Chapter 192: Chaos

Huh!

The second-stage mid-level great demon, the Riftwind Beast, let out a pained roar—it never expected the human opposite to be so powerful; one sword stroke nearly killed it.

The Riftwind Beast staggered to adjust its posture, activated a secret technique, and fled toward the distance.

Qin Ming's gaze was sharp, "Trying to escape?"

He immediately activated the Floating Light Illusion Technique again and chased after it.

The secret technique Huangfu Qi traded with him was truly devastating; though it consumed immense magic power, it now allowed him to briefly match the speed of a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator.

Qin Ming's figure twisted and vanished once more; within just a few breaths, he caught up to the Riftwind Beast.

He unleashed his blood qi true Gang, slashing a crimson streak from his hand—the sound of a wet slash echoed as he severed the beast's other wing.

The Riftwind Beast, writhing in pain, plummeted toward the mountain below.

Qin Ming swiftly pursued, his fists wrapped in blood qi true Gang, and smashed one punch directly into its skull.

Boom! The Riftwind Beast's head was shattered halfway, its corpse crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust—dead beyond any doubt.

Qin Ming immediately extended his spiritual sense, then reached into the beast's chest and pulled out a blue demonic core.

This was a rare treasure, excellent for either alchemy or feeding to beast companions.

After stowing the demonic core, he also collected the wings—the Riftwind Beast's wings were rare materials for crafting spiritual artifacts, especially since this one had reached second-stage mid-level.

Then Qin Ming tossed a black spiritual seed at the corpse and activated the Thorns Technique.

Within a few breaths.

The once fearsome second-stage great demon had been reduced to a single drop of blood.

Qin Ming raised his hand, summoned the blood drop, then flew toward the direction of his beast companion.

When he arrived, he was stunned to find.

The Blackwater Crocodile was unleashing its full might, having overpowered and pinned the other second-stage mid-level demon wolf.

Roar! Its scaled tail whipped through the air, sweeping with terrifying force—trees and boulders shattered instantly, then slammed into the gray demon wolf.

The wolf demon felt as if it had collided with a mountain; its ten-foot-tall body was flung over a hundred zhang away.

With a crash, it slammed into the cliff face.

The wolf demon was drenched in blood, struggling to rise, its eyes filled with terror as it stared at the Blackwater Crocodile—a shiver rose from the depths of its soul.

"Is this bloodline suppression?"

"No wonder it's a heavenly-grade bloodline!" Qin Ming's eyes gleamed as he studied his powerful beast companion.

Then the Blackwater Crocodile opened its massive maw and spat out a Tuan of purple lightning, instantly obliterating the wolf demon.

It looked excited, ready to feast—but Qin Ming moved first, extracting a green demonic core from the corpse, then activated the Thorns Technique on the body, harvesting another blood drop formed by the second-stage great demon.

"Don't be greedy for now—I'll make it up to you when we return," Qin Ming said, then stowed the items and turned his gaze elsewhere.

The Silverwing Frost Bee's Soul-Annihilating Sting had struck its target—a bat-like demon's corpse hung rigidly, then tumbled lifelessly from the sky.

Qin Ming flicked his hand, collecting another blood drop and demonic core.

In the sky, Mo Lingwei drifted down, gazing at the two spirit beasts beside the bearded giant, her heart surging—she thought to herself: "Even its spirit beasts are this terrifying!"

"With his own strength and two second-stage spirit beasts, he likely has no equal among Foundation Establishment cultivators."

She had come to help, but ended up merely a bystander. The demons ahead, having witnessed three great demons fall, were deeply shaken by the Blackwater Crocodile's royal aura and hesitated, briefly creating a gap.

Seeing this, Qin Ming said nothing—he launched himself in the direction of the opening.

The Mirror Snow Pavilion's group had also fled here in disarray, realizing the demons in this area had been cleared.

"What kind of strength is this?"

"Could he rival even Huangfu the Guardian?"

Li Mu of the Mirror Snow Pavilion swallowed hard and blurted out the words.

…

In the center of the Thousand Leaf Spirit Island, the Twin-Eyed Demon Ape, slaughtering all around, suddenly froze—it sensed the simultaneous deaths of its three second-stage great demons.

It roared to the heavens, leapt high into the air, and charged toward Qin Ming's direction!

Qin Ming had already flown beyond the island's boundaries, chosen a direction, and poured all his power into fleeing.

At that moment—suddenly!

A chilling sensation suddenly rose unbidden in Qin Ming's heart.

He extended his spiritual sense outward and discovered that behind him, besides Mo Lingwei and the Mirror Snow Pavilion group.

The ten-zhang-tall Twin-Eyed Demon Ape was rushing toward him at incredible speed, closing the distance dramatically with just a few leaps.

The fleeing Mirror Snow Pavilion group also noticed the demon ape catching up—every one of them was terrified beyond measure.

"Worse! Why is this fiend chasing us?!"

"Split up and flee!"

But the Mirror Snow Pavilion group had all sustained heavy injuries during their battle with the Zhao family, their magic power nearly depleted, and their escape speed had slowed considerably.

Long Yi's eyes hardened with resolve; she pulled a silver talisman from her bosom, its surface shimmering with silver light and spiritual energy.

It was clearly a second-stage supreme talisman.

She channeled her magic power, tapped it lightly, and hurled it toward the charging Twin-Eyed Demon Ape.

Hum～A resonant hum suddenly echoed through the heavens.

The silver talisman dissolved into a torrent of golden light, engulfing the demon ape—anything struck by the golden rays instantly vaporized.

The demon ape naturally noticed this.

But instead of fearing it, it halted, then made an unexpected move toward the golden rain.

The Twin-Eyed Demon Ape widened its eyes—its overlapping pupils suddenly filled with crimson aurora.

From its pupils erupted two beams of crimson divine light, striking the golden rain formed by the talisman.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

The falling golden rain seemed frozen mid-air; after several breaths, the divine light in the demon ape's eyes exploded violently.

The golden spell formed by the second-stage supreme talisman shattered and vanished into thin air.

Qin Ming's powerful spiritual sense witnessed this too—he gasped in horror: "Destruction Eye!"

This was the Twin-Eyed Demon Ape's innate bloodline technique.

No wonder even two pseudo-Jin Dan elders couldn't defeat it—combined with its destruction ability, overwhelming strength, and invulnerable body, it was virtually unstoppable.

Qin Ming's scalp prickled—he immediately expended massive magic power to activate the Floating Light Illusion Technique again and fled for his life.

After shattering the talisman, the Twin-Eyed Demon Ape roared and swung its colossal fist toward Long Yi and the Mirror Snow Pavilion group.

Long Yi's face turned ashen—she never imagined her ultimate talisman had no effect on the demon ape.

Qin Ming sighed inwardly—he could do nothing, could not help them.

Boom! Crack～

At that moment, thunder roared.

A golden thunderous sword descended from the sky, wrapped in golden lightning arcs, striking the demon ape's descending fist with lightning speed.

Boom! The technique knocked the demon ape's fist back, revealing a horrifying wound on its arm.

Whoosh! A graceful figure appeared beside Long Yi and the others, grabbing her and pulling her back.

Long Yi and the others narrowly escaped death; they turned to see who it was and cried out in relief: "Guardian Huangfu!"

"This is no place to talk—get aboard the magic vessel and retreat," Huangfu Qi said, his gaze fixed grimly on the distant Twin-Eyed Demon Ape.

A massive Mirror Snow Pavilion magic ship descended nearby; the reinforcements arrived just in the nick of time.

Meanwhile.

On the island, "Zhao Wuyang" lifted his head, his hollow eyes gazing at the distant sky, curling into a sinister smile: "Only recovered two-tenths of my power—time to leave."

The next instant.

In the sky, two powerful auras—one blue, one purple—flashed and descended upon the Thousand Leaf Spirit Island.

(End of Chapter)