92: Massive Killing

Qin Yue remained outwardly calm, but his full attention was on the Snake Demon.

As soon as the Snake Demon began its attack, Qin Yue immediately directed the Protective Aura threads secretly arranged around his body to entangle it.

The Snake Demon was also alert, realizing something was wrong, and immediately turned in mid-air.

But Qin Yue's trap had been laid for so long; there was no way he would let the Snake Demon escape.

Several Protective Aura threads touched the Snake Demon's surface, instantly coiling around it.

Although the Snake Demon immediately broke free from these threads, Qin Yue only needed them to momentarily delay its speed.

A white light descended from the sky, and the beak of a Crane Demon directly pierced the Snake Demon's neck.

However, the moment this white light appeared, the Bear Demon's body on the other side swelled up again, and with a charge, it broke through the interception of the Tiger Demon Puppet and the Six-Armed Puppet.

It rushed in front of Qin Yue, and before Qin Yue could react, it scooped up the heavily injured Snake Demon, smashed through the courtyard wall, and charged out.

Qin Yue's body, which had been sitting on the ground, slowly rose; he did not pursue the Bear Demon.

Qin Yue knew that the Snake Demon was beyond saving, and with only the Bear Demon, a Ninggang Realm great demon, remaining, it was no longer a threat.

Of course, there was a more important reason: the two Puppets' pursuit speed couldn't match the Bear Demon's, and Qin Yue himself couldn't defeat the Bear Demon if he caught up, so he had to give up.

Qin Yue stood up and looked around, finding that all the Lesser Demons that had previously surrounded them had vanished.

But this was not important!

Now, Qin Yue had completely shattered the balance of power between the Human Race and Yao Race in this Small World's competitive mission.

Once he found his two Senior Brothers, it would be the time for the annihilation of all the Yao Race in this Small World.

Overnight, all the demons and their followers withdrew from Zao Yan Mountain.

Qin Yue didn't know what that demon was thinking; if it were Qin Yue himself, he would definitely seize this last opportunity to find the two Human Race Martial Artists to prevent his failure from becoming irreversible once the Human Race Martial Artists converged.

However, the Bear Demon's timely retreat made Qin Yue feel comfortable; he only needed to search systematically, and he would eventually find his two Senior Brothers.

Indeed, on the sixth day after Qin Yue defeated the Yao Race, he found Senior Brother Shi and Senior Brother Bai in a cave.

Seeing his two Senior Brothers again, Qin Yue had not expected it to be under such circumstances.

Senior Brother Shi no longer possessed his former heroic demeanor; he was emaciated, and his left lower leg was completely gone.

Senior Brother Bai was not much better; a Sword Cultivator's right arm was missing.

When Qin Yue rescued his two Senior Brothers, they had already sealed all the acupoints in their bodies.

The purpose of sitting motionlessly like this was both to conceal their Qi in the cave and to reduce consumption.

It could be said that if Qin Yue had not come, or if he had found his two Senior Brothers too late, they would have sat in that cave until they died.

Seeing his once high-spirited two Senior Brothers in such a state, Qin Yue couldn't help but think of himself.

If he encountered a situation like his two Senior Brothers, would he hide himself with all his might and wait for his companions' rescue, like them?

Qin Yue still trusted himself more.

However, it was too early to draw conclusions; he still didn't fully understand the situation his two Senior Brothers were in at the time.

Qin Yue handed his two Senior Brothers over to the Demon Slayer Division members who arrived later and descended into the cave himself to see if his two Senior Brothers had left anything behind.

To Qin Yue's surprise, his two Senior Brothers, knowing their chances of survival were slim, had not left any last words or similar items.

Seeing that there was nothing left in the cave, Qin Yue sealed it off and turned to catch up with the Demon Slayer Division team.

Three days later, at the former demon stronghold.

Under Qin Yue's care, his two Senior Brothers' bodies finally showed some recovery.

"Senior Brother Shi, why won't you let me replace your leg? I can guarantee that this leg will be just like your own, without affecting the circulation of Blood Qi."

Qin Yue looked at Senior Brother Shi, who was leaning on a crutch and moving around the courtyard, and spoke thus.

Senior Brother Shi heard Qin Yue's words but did not stop; he walked and said to Qin Yue,

"Our Martial Peak is different from your Pill Refining Peak. If I replace my leg with a new one made by Puppetry, I might never be able to Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm.

So, thank you for your kind offer; I feel that using a crutch does not affect my movement."

Even if Senior Brother Shi's body was intact, he might not necessarily be able to Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm!

Moreover, now that he had lost a leg, the probability of Breaking Through to the Divine Intent Realm was even more remote.

Qin Yue grumbled internally, of course, without saying it aloud, and instead turned to look at Senior Brother Bai, who was sitting at the entrance.

"Senior Brother Bai, how is your new arm? Are you adapting to it? Is there anything that needs adjustment?"

"Everything is fine, it just needs some time to adapt. Thank you, Junior Brother Qin."

Senior Brother Bai's temper seemed to have softened a bit after this injury; he wouldn't have spoken so politely before.

"Junior Brother Qin, the two of us have recovered almost completely. Let's return to the Imperial City and continue organizing the Demon Slayer Division to kill demons!"

Qin Yue hadn't expected Senior Brother Shi, even with a limp, to be so eager to complete the mission.

Qin Yue truly admired how his two Senior Brothers immediately regained their spirits and thought about how to complete the next mission as soon as they woke up.

One would think that after such severe injuries and hiding in a cave for so long, his two Senior Brothers should have some psychological issues, but they seemed completely unconcerned, as if they were not the ones who were injured and trapped.

In fact, Qin Yue didn't know that the rapid recovery of his two Senior Brothers' mental state had a lot to do with him.

When Shi Qianjun and Bai Jinghong first woke up and heard that Qin Yue had killed all but one of the invading demons, their first reaction was disbelief.

Although they didn't say it aloud, in their hearts, Qin Yue had always been the weakest of the three, good at Medicine Refining but completely unreliable in direct combat.

So, in their usual battle plans, they habitually excluded Qin Yue, including this ambush plan.

They hadn't expected their plan to fail so spectacularly, while Qin Yue, who had stayed behind in the Imperial City, had made such a great contribution.

This caused any self-pitying emotions that had arisen in their hearts to be diluted by the news of victory brought by Qin Yue.

Coupled with their desire to prove themselves and their unwillingness to accept defeat, the last bit of emotion in their hearts also dissipated.

Now, the two of them just wanted to redouble their efforts and complete the demon-slaying mission in this Small World as soon as possible.

Since both injured Senior Brothers wanted to return, Qin Yue naturally had no reason to refuse.

The next day, the three of them, along with their Demon Slayer Division subordinates, set off on the road back to the Imperial City.

Many days had passed, and the traces of that night's battle could still be seen on the Imperial City's walls.

Seeing this scene, his two Senior Brothers both turned to look at Qin Yue, wondering if they could have achieved the same feat as Qin Yue if they had been in his position at that time.

The answer was that it was impossible!