Chapter 2999

The ghost sent by the Holy Mother of Jin Du thought she had already left by boat. In fact, she had circled back and was hiding quietly near the beach. "Kill her, quickly!" Indeed, she had called for reinforcements, and she knew the devourers would not obey meekly.

The demons bore the tasks assigned by the Holy Lord of Ling Xu, so they had to rush over, followed by ten Jin Du younglings. These were all bred in advance by the Holy Mother of Jin Du in the human realm, each carefully raised and immensely powerful.

On the shoulder of the god Da Li appeared a rhombus mirror, its surface flashing with green light. This was the personal treasure of an ancient great immortal, forged from the body of a mirror demon with two thousand years of Dao cultivation, possessing many wondrous uses.

Da Li pointed at Sun Fuling and said:

"Freeze!"

Instantly, a beam of clear light shot from the mirror, like a sudden spotlight, enveloping Sun Fuling.

Any living creature struck by the mirror's light would petrify, turning into a stone statue within five seconds. Even after the light faded, this state would not be undone.

Da Li had used it against both demons and immortals, and it was extremely effective.

Most enemies he turned into stone statues. He even built a stone statue garden on his own territory, tossing petrified foes inside as decorations. Even if some enemies with profound cultivation were not petrified on the spot, their bodies would become heavier than ten thousand jin, every joint stiff as ancient millstones that had not moved for centuries.

In such a state, defeating them was effortless and pleasant for Da Li.

But when the mirror's green light shone on Sun Fuling, her movement merely hesitated slightly—so briefly that the naked eye could hardly perceive it.

Her body suddenly donned red light armor, and she casually snatched a hairpin-sized trident from Shu Ye's waist. With a flick in the wind, it expanded into an eight-foot-long halberd, its entire body flashing with blue light, and on the gleaming steel prongs swam blue-light-formed flood dragons.

These movements flowed like clouds and water, utterly unhindered. The light of the thousand-year mirror demon, when shone on her, merely illuminated her—aside from being dazzling, it had no other effect.

Is this right? Da Li's face changed drastically. How could a woman of unknown origin be immune to the mirror's light?

Wait, her battle armor...

The Red General, too lazy to bother with what he was thinking, only said to the infant:

"Hurry up and eat."

Only then did everyone notice that Shu Ye was holding a round bead in his hand, round and soft like a fish ball.

His hand had shrunk, making it somewhat difficult to grasp the ball, but once shoved into his mouth, it caused no difficulty at all. For he could open his mouth to nearly one hundred sixty degrees while simultaneously enlarging it—let alone a small pill, even an orange could be swallowed whole.

This was the demon pill of the great demon Hua Chi.

In life, it had been a giant shark of the Western Sea, twelve zhang in length, a colossal creature roaming the oceans, devouring all things, and once even served as a mount of the Sea Emperor. Even the Holy Mother of Jin Du did not know how Shu Ye obtained its demon pill, only aware that the feast prepared for his secondary growth was absurdly lavish.

After swallowing the giant shark's demon pill in one gulp, the devourer continued to swallow two more beads, which the Red General had no time to identify as what kind of demon's, before Shu Ye gulped them down, then immediately produced three chunks of red meat and devoured them at a speed beyond compare.

Obviously, the ingredients in Xu Yunhe's storage ring were only a small portion; he himself still carried emergency supplies.

Eating demons was most convenient—nutrition, energy, and life essence all resided in the demon pill, and they were not prone to spoilage.

He had originally been nothing but skin and bones, but after this whirlwind feast, his body began to plump at a visible speed, starting to fill out with flesh and nourishment.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xu Yunhe felt he had grown slightly paler, no longer as black as a lump of charcoal.

They all stood on the beach, just as the tide rose. The Red General raised his trident, and from the waves surged seven or eight water dragons, lunging at the Holy Mother of Jin Du and her ghostlings. These water dragons bore scales like armor, possessed extraordinary strength, and one swept its tail against a reef pile—crack! —the stone exploded into a shower of small fragments.

Yet the Red General himself was far swifter than these. Those present felt a flash of red light, and the Red General had already slain two demons. One had his throat pierced and died; the other suffered worse, as a water dragon plunged into his seven orifices, his body swelling like an inflating skin ball, and after a few breaths, he exploded with a "bang" into a rain of blood across the sky.

Xu Yunhe stood close, saw it, and tried to dodge, but it was already too late—his clothes and hair were smeared with sticky substances, and he couldn't help muttering about ill omens. How fierce! Da Li's face changed drastically, knowing he had hit a hard obstacle, he grabbed the Holy Mother of Jin Du's shoulder and turned to flee:

"Run!"

Just as he took a step, the Red General hurled his trident like a spear.

The divine weapon left his hand, becoming a shooting star, growing brighter and larger, so dazzling one could not keep their eyes open.

Everyone present instinctively felt that this shooting star exuded an aura of extreme danger—any slight contact would surely bring great misfortune.

Its speed was astonishing; the two gods could not evade, and Da Li could only grab his treasure mirror and hold it up.

This mirror also possessed a powerful reflective ability—meaning it could bounce back an opponent's attack.

As long as the enemy was caught off guard, they would be harmed by their own divine power.

Thus everyone saw the light ball shoot straight into the mirror surface, and the entire mirror blazed with light.

Logically, the mirror should immediately return it along the same path, at most after half a breath.

But it did not.

Da Li saw the mirror crack beneath, blinding light pouring through the fissure, suddenly filling Chi's entire field of vision!

Finally, the beach fell silent.

Da Li was pierced through the heart by the Sea Emperor's halberd, hanging on by a breath. Though demons were not usually so fragile—being pierced through the heart still allowed them to live vigorously—the problem was that the power attached to the halberd seared him externally while leaving him tender within, so much so that he could not muster even a trace of strength to lift his hand.

The Red General seized the long halberd and lightly swung it, flinging Da Li before the devourer.

From She's perspective, she happened to see the devourer drop the meat chunk in his hand and lick his lips toward her.

"Save me!" Da Li cried out loudly to the Holy Mother of Jin Du, "Ah"

Before this departure, had the Holy Mother of Jin Du not promised Chi that Shu Ye could not truly defy his mother, only obey the Holy Mother's will? The Holy Mother of Jin Du cried hoarsely: "Stop!"

Chi could no longer move either.

The devourer's response was to grab Da Li's shoulder and bite off his arm in one mouthful.

Crack, crack—the sound of bones being crushed, sharp and piercing to the ears.

The Holy Mother of Jin Du could only silently chant the incantation, attempting to stop it.

This incantation directly targeted the devourer's neural core, using blood ties as a bond and constraint, capable of making the devourer suffer unbearably. If the Holy Mother of Jin Du ruthlessly activated it, she could even cause the neural core to explode outright—equivalent to a human brain detonating, leaving no chance of survival.