68: Border Demon Slayer

"Are these the only Demons left..."

Li Jiangchen frowned slightly, then his figure flashed, appearing within a Suspended Mountain.

The Demon Kingdom in the Palm expanded, enveloping the mountain. demon souls crawled out from the remains, their expressions dazed.

After a few breaths, he shook his head: "As expected, they are all dead. It seems if I want to obtain more Demon cultivation in the short term, I must think of another way."

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow. In the next instant, his figure vanished, appearing in a dark secret chamber.

Inside the chamber, a blood pool was dried up, with eggshells remaining at the bottom with faint blood-colored patterns.

Li Jiangchen picked up a fragment, and the aura of the Red Blood Demon King emerged from it: "As expected, the Red Blood Demon King left a contingency. It seems he left the Suspended Mountain long ago."

"Fine, let's Breakthrough first."

Li Jiangchen sat cross-legged, five primordial magnetic ore hearts fell into his palm, his Spiritual Sense seeped in, frantically absorbing the primordial magnetic profound fiend contained within.

Demon cultivation burned.

[Year 1, you used your Spiritual Sense to seep into the primordial magnetic ore heart, extracting the primordial magnetic profound fiend, and fused the True Qi in the 101st Meridian with the Evil Qi.]

...

[Year 260, you fused the True Qi in the 360th Meridian with the Evil Qi. Your True Qi transformed, you broke through to the Quenching Fiend Realm, and mastered the Magnetic Force.]

The True Qi in his body transformed; every drop turned silvery-white, emitting a strong Magnetic aura.

He pinched a seal, and a stream of True Qi erupted from his 108,000 pores, transforming into a silver Dragon that swept toward the sky. Its Dragon eyes flickered, swallowing the surrounding Magnetic Force as if it were a living creature.

"Quenching Fiend Realm, True Qi activation, like a living being, it is indeed true."

The activated True Qi was like it had gained intelligence, could change shape at will, and its power skyrocketed.

"Cultivation in the Quenching Fiend Realm is about completely compressing the activated True Qi within the body, which also requires a large amount of Magnetic Force. Just right, I will leave five streams of True Qi to merge into the Inverted Mountain. The process of swallowing the Magnetic Force is also refining the Suspended Mountain, killing two birds with one stone."

Saying this, Li Jiangchen unleashed four streams of True Qi, which transformed into five silver Dragons, sweeping toward the five Suspended Mountains.

"I should also go back and see the Giant Spirit Divine General Mansion."

...

Taizhou. Frontier.

Yellow sand raged, dark clouds covered the horizon, and dozens of Demon Flood Dragons seemed to be rolling in the clouds, with Demonic Qi soaring to the sky.

In the distance, General Li Ding, clad in golden armor, gazed at the horizon with a solemn expression. Behind him, a large number of soldiers were rushing to build walls and set up Formations.

"Black clouds are raging, the Demon Flood Dragons have emerged. Trouble. This time, that yellow-skinned one actually invited Demons from the Demon Flood Dragon Palace."

The Demon Flood Dragon Palace was a major demonic force. Within it, there were no fewer than five Demon Kings, and the Palace Master, the Demon Flood Dragon King, was a Great Demon King comparable to a Human Race Spirit Observation Realm Grandmaster.

Unexpectedly, behind this demonic invasion, there was the shadow of the Demon Flood Dragon Palace.

At this moment, several Military Guards dressed in light leather armor approached; they were the scouts Li Ding had sent out previously to seek reinforcements.

"How is it?"

"Reporting to you, my Lord, the Sect Leader of the Wujue Sect in Taizhou is in closed-door cultivation and has informed us that he cannot intervene this time."

"The Yanglu Sword Saint also left to travel the Nine Provinces three days ago, and cannot be contacted."

"Commander Gu He of the Taizhou garrison troops is suppressing a Demon King's chaos and cannot send troops to support."

One message after another fell into his ears, causing Li Ding to furrow his brows and grit his teeth secretly.

In the Great Shang Dynasty's Nine Provinces, the number of Guanshen Realm Martial Artists was already fewer than that of Demon Kings. If not for the internal conflicts among the Demons preventing them from forming a united force, the Great Shang Dynasty would have likely already fallen.

But in recent years, internal issues had also arisen within the Human Race, leading to infighting.

"That yellow-skinned one really chose a good time." Li Ding snorted coldly and took out a cyan jade pendant engraved with the words 'Giant Spirit'.

This item sealed the spirits of the martyrs of the Divine General Mansion from past generations. Crushing it at a critical moment could summon a spirit comparable to a Guanshen Realm Martial Artist.

However, every time it was used, the spirits in the Li family ancestral hall would be consumed by a portion. It could not be used unless it was a life-or-death crisis.

Now, with two Demon Kings invading, he had no choice but to use it.

Li Ding was about to crush it when he suddenly heard a miserable wail from the horizon. He looked up and saw clouds and mist churning. A giant figure was riding on the head of a Demon Flood Dragon, and a pair of peerless, fierce fists were falling like drums. Suddenly, Demon blood splattered across the Void Realm.

"What a powerful Body Refining Divine Ability!"

Li Ding was both shocked and delighted. He quickly took out an ark, poured True Qi into it, and the ark surged with blue waves, treading on the waves into the sky.

As soon as he got within ten miles, he perceived an astonishing Sword Intent. Sword Qi swept past, leaving a bloodstain on his cheek.

"This person has actually mastered a Sword Domain Divine Ability!"

The next moment, Li Ding's eyes widened and his mouth hung open. With a 'bang', those fierce fists smashed directly into the Dragon's head, and red and white matter scattered.

The aura of the Demon Flood Dragon Palace's Demon King quickly dissipated, and it fell to the ground.

"This Dragon has a decent Bloodline aura. It also contributed 12,000 years of Demon cultivation." Li Jiangchen's palm glowed with black mist, and the Demon Kingdom rolled out, merging the demon soul into the Demon Kingdom.

This scene left the Yellow Wind Demon King, who was still watching from the sidelines, dumbfounded and incoherent: "You... you actually dared to kill... the Sea Flood Dragon King. The Demon Flood Dragon Palace will never let you go!"

In the next instant, the Yellow Wind Demon King flicked his cloak, and the sky was filled with raging sand and wind, and he vanished from sight, fleeing into the void.

Li Ding, standing on the side, secretly thought it was a pity.

However, the yellow wind driven by the Yellow Wind Demon King had the effect of obscuring Spiritual Sense, and his own escape speed was extremely fast.

He had guarded the Taizhou frontier for decades, and the two had clashed several times. Even though he had the upper hand, he could not slay that yellow-skinned one.

"Next time, I will borrow a Wind-Fixing Pearl from the imperial court to suppress this yellow wind and sand; I will definitely be able to slay this villain." Li Ding clenched his fist secretly.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow and saw the giant figure stepping out with five-colored divine light. In just a mere three breaths, he had killed his way to the Yellow Wind Demon King.

"Did I say you could leave!"

The cold words echoed through the Void Realm, immediately making the Yellow Wind Demon King feel chilled to the bone.

His escape speed was top-tier among the Demon Kings, yet he had been caught up in an instant.

Whoosh—

A giant palm covering the sky descended with irresistible momentum, slapping the Yellow Wind Demon King out of the void with one strike. A giant palm print immediately appeared on the ground.

In an instant, the Yellow Wind Demon King felt all the bones in his body shatter, and Demon blood mixed with internal organs gushed out violently.

"Die..."

A cold snort came from the Void Realm, and a force of Sword Domain descended, with boundless Sword Qi sweeping out, covering the ten-mile desert.

The Sword Qi storm raged. Ten breaths later, the Yellow Wind Demon King's body was in tatters, and there wasn't a single piece of intact flesh on his entire body.

[Slayed Yellow Wind Demon King * 1, obtained 13,000 years of Demon cultivation.]

Black mist permeated, and the Demon Kingdom once again absorbed a Demon King.

Ever since the Demon Kingdom in the Palm was upgraded to a First-Rank Divine Ability, the upper limit of demon souls it could contain had long since changed drastically.

At this moment, even with three Demon Kings contained, the Divine Soul still felt no sense of obstruction.

"Many thanks to the righteous warrior for your help." Li Ding approached, only to see the giant phantom in front of him shrink rapidly, revealing a face that was both familiar and strange, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"You are... Jiangchen?" Li Ding's mind flashed with a face, his tone filled with disbelief.

"Fifth Uncle." Li Jiangchen nodded.

The Li Ding in front of him was the elder brother of his original body's father, who had guarded the frontier for many years.

In his memories, he was one of the few clansmen who had no rejection toward the original body.

"It really is you, Jiangchen! Good, good." Li Ding laughed: "If Ninth Brother knew about today, he would feel deeply comforted in the afterlife."

Hearing this, Li Jiangchen was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Fifth Uncle, the reason I returned this time is, firstly, to pay respects to my deceased parents, and secondly, to avenge them. When I was young, I asked the elders in the clan, but they all refused to answer. I suppose they thought my strength was weak and it was not yet the time. Now that your nephew has achieved success in cultivation, may I ask, Fifth Uncle, why did my parents die back then?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Ding fell silent, and after a long time, sighed.