Chapter 104

The bright moon hung high in the sky.

Tonight, Heishui City shone as bright as daytime.

As a broken pearl slowly rose from the Sky Wolf Gang's garrison, Heishui City seemed to have risen a second full moon, light spreading everywhere, moonlight like a tide, enveloping the entire Heishui City.

"Awoo——"

A mournful wolf howl tore through the night sky, shattering the tranquility of the entire city.

Under the moonlight, one after another Outer City resident stepped out of their homes.

They dropped to all fours, dense wolf fur rapidly sprouting on their bodies, fangs and claws growing, they leapt onto rooftops, facing the broken pearl suspended above Heishui City, craning their necks to howl long and loud!

Awoo——! Awoo——!

The wolf howls rose and fell, sending chills down listeners' spines.

As the wolf howls pierced the air, the bright moon in the nine heavens seemed to be stirred, moonlight gathering like a long river, forming pillars of silver-white light that fell upon the transformed wolf demons.

Awoo!

After being bathed in moonlight, these transformed wolf demons became even more excited and frenzied.

Their eyes glowed with crimson light, the blood and qi within their bodies evaporated by the moonlight, turning into countless threads of blood that converged toward the broken pearl.

For a moment, silver light and blood threads intertwined, forming a vast net that covered the entire Heishui City.

"Ah! What's happening? I……I……why am I growing wolf fur? Howl……"

"Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong, what's wrong with you? Why are you covered in hair?"

"Blood……blood……I want to drink blood, howl……"

In a short moment, the entire Heishui City seemed to have become hell.

One after another transformed demon wolves leapt from houses, standing on rooftops to kowtow and offer themselves as sacrifices to the Demon King's Inner Core.

"Father, father……what's wrong with you?"

In a dilapidated civilian house.

A girl of about ten or eleven looked at her father, who had transformed into a wolf demon before her eyes, her face filled with shock and fear.

She did not understand why her father, who had just been telling her stories, had suddenly turned into such a ferocious and terrifying wolf demon.

She wanted to run, but fear seized her heart, causing her muscles to twitch uncontrollably, her hands and feet refusing to obey.

"Little……Little Die……quick……quickly run……"

The middle-aged man transformed into a wolf demon, upon hearing his daughter's cry, forcibly resisted the wolf demon's erosion in his mind, briefly regaining his sanity.

His face was half human, half wolf, appearing even more terrifying and ferocious.

"Father……"

The little girl screamed in terror, but this time, she could not awaken her father.

That half-human, half-wolf monster suddenly transformed into a wolf demon and bit down on her neck……

The little girl's eyes widened suddenly, her hands clutching tightly the pair of hands that had once been warm but were now hairy and large, ultimately going limp!

Awoo!

After draining the little girl's blood, qi, and spirit, the wolf demon shed blood tears from its eyes and let out a painful howl toward the heavens.

But soon, this pain turned into cruelty and bloodlust.

Following the beastly instinct deep in its soul, it bit to death all residents in the area who had not yet transformed into wolves, then leapt onto the roof, joining other wolf demons in beginning the sacrifice.

The same scene unfolded in every corner of Heishui City.

In Heishui City, with a population of over ten thousand, some people, for various reasons, became fish that slipped through the net of the blood-colored web, thus suffering merciless slaughter by the transformed wolf demons.

After being invaded by the Xiaoyue Yaowang's evil spirit, whether martial artist or civilian, all lost control of their bodies, completely transforming into bloodthirsty and cruel wolf demons, humanity utterly lost.

Liuhe Martial Arts Hall.

Wei Yuan, who had originally been preparing to wash up and sleep, suddenly felt an itch all over his body; lowering his head, he discovered that his withered arms had actually grown thick wolf fur.

"The Wolf Fur Strange Disease of the Outer City?"

Wei Yuan was startled by the sudden change in himself.

"Howl!"

At that moment, a loud wolf howl exploded in his mind, as if it wanted to shatter his spirit.

But Wei Laotou, worthy of being the second strongest in Heishui City, with Tongmai Peak cultivation, instantly envisioned a white ape and a celestial crane in his mind, both letting out cries to resist the invasion of the wolf demon's lingering soul.

"Damn it, what is this evil thing, when did it invade my mind?"

Wei Yuan's heart was greatly shocked.

This method, unheard of and unseen, left him both startled and fearful.

He staggered out of the room, just in time to see Old Four Liu Xuan and Old Six Chen Shan transformed into silver wolves, lunging to massacre the Hu Guanjia in charge of internal affairs at the martial arts hall.

"Old Four, Old Six, what are you doing?"

Wei Yuan flew into a rage, actually forcing down the frenzied and bloodthirsty impulse within him, striking with lightning speed, knocking Liu Xuan and Chen Shan to the ground.

"Old Hu, tie them up……"

Wei Yuan instructed the Hu Guanjia, who was so frightened he had slumped to the ground nearby.

"Hall……Master……you……you……ah!"

Hu Guanjia let out a miserable cry and turned to run.

Because at this moment, aside from his face, Wei Yuan's entire body was covered in wolf fur, making him look even more eerie than the fully transformed Chen Shan and the other two.

Wei Yuan froze for a moment, his face turning extremely grim.

He fetched a rope and tied up Liu Xuan and Chen Shan.

Then he discovered that Old Three Zhan Bai and several other martial artists who had just reached Inner Strength were also transformed into wolf demons, now searching everywhere for non-transformed individuals to frighten within the martial arts hall.

"You beast, stop causing trouble!"

Wei Laotou glared with furious eyes, struck out swiftly, and knocked all these disciples unconscious, then tied them up with rope.

The next second, he staggered on his feet and nearly fell to the ground.

He focused his gaze and saw that his blood and qi were continuously leaking out of his body, drifting toward a shattered pearl in the sky.

Not only him, but Zhan Bai and the others tied to the pillar by him were the same— their blood and qi continuously seeped out, drifting upward.

"Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu..."

Wei Yuan suddenly thought of the Qin siblings not far from the martial hall. Suppressing the weakness from his leaking blood and qi, he lightly tapped his toes and leapt onto the martial hall's roof like a white crane.

The next second, he was completely stunned.

Under the bright moon, on the roof.

Wolf demons with scarlet eyes gazed upward, howling at the moon, inhaling and exhaling moonlight, offering their own blood and qi.

As vast amounts of blood and qi poured into the shattered pearl, its radiance grew brighter and brighter, even gradually surpassing the moon above, becoming the sole light in Heishui City.

"Ao!"

The silvery-white pearl's radiance fell upon Wei Yuan, making him involuntarily let out a long howl...

It was the sound of a wolf's howl!

At the same time, the agitation rising from deep within his soul flared up again.

Like a demon wolf, it kept tearing at his consciousness, emitting from the depths of his soul a wolf's howl that caused annoyance and dizziness.

"Get out of my mind!"

Wei Laotou flew into a rage, channeling the true intent of the white ape and white crane in his heart, letting out a clear cry, and once again suppressing that agitation.

He leapt about the roof like a spiritual monkey and quickly arrived at the courtyard where Qin Shuo was.

In the courtyard, there was no sign of the Qin siblings— only a torn long dress on the ground, and a silver-white wolf standing on the roof, head raised, howling at the sky.

"Xiao Jiu!" Wei Yuan's heart jolted.

He leapt onto the roof and delivered a palm strike to the neck of the wolf demon that Qin Lan had transformed into, knocking it unconscious, then tied it to a jujube tree in the courtyard with rope.

After doing all this, Wei Yuan relaxed his mind!

"Hou!"

A wolf's howl, even more violent than before, erupted from his mouth.

Immediately afterward, his consciousness began to blur.

Vaguely, he saw a figure wrapped entirely in a black robe, looking down upon him from above.

Those crimson vertical pupils resembled those of a ferocious beast from the primordial wilderness— cold, brutal, bloodthirsty...

"It's you!"

Wei Yuan's mind trembled.

He recognized the figure descending into his consciousness— it was none other than the leader of the Sky Wolf Gang.

"A mere Pulse Connecting cultivator dares to defy this king's summons again and again!"

The black-robed man's voice was deep and hoarse, filled with boundless coldness.

Only then did he slowly raise his right hand, as silver light gathered across the sky in his palm, and he slapped down upon Wei Yuan's consciousness!

Boom!

The cold iron prison was shattered by a pair of fists that seemed forged from molten gold.

A breath of utmost yang and rigidity, utmost strength and dominance, spread from the dungeon.

Qin Shuo's body flowed with golden light, his eyes like two furnaces burning, blazing like two fierce suns— radiant, scorching, carrying a yang and rigid aura capable of purifying all evil in the world.

"So... this is divine ability!"

After refining the Longxiang Relic,

Qin Shuo only felt a blazing sun explode within his body, carrying endless power, so that every gesture of his seemed to possess the strength to topple cities and shake mountains.

Powerful!

Unparalleled, indescribably powerful!

His entire body was wrapped in rolling golden light, radiant and scorching.

Carrying an aura of invincibility and unstoppable dominance, as if it could shatter all darkness and evil in the world.

This power did not come from innate physical talent, but was engraved deep within the soul.

Once activated, from within outward, it caused his entire being to undergo a qualitative leap.

From limbs to torso, from the five viscera and six bowels to the spinal great dragon, every inch of his skin, every bit of flesh, radiated invincible golden light.

This was the indestructible will of the Vajra, radiated from the depths of the soul and nourishing the flesh.

With a thought, the golden light transformed into a dragon, coiling around his body, while the elephant trumpeted, gathering power for release.

【Divine Ability · Great Longxiang Force (Minor Achievement), Refined!】

Feeling the indestructible, indestructible Vajra will from deep within his soul, Qin Shuo's heart burned hot.

Unlike the Longxiang Golden Body, which requires gradual forging and adaptation, the Great Longxiang Force originates from the soul and is perfectly aligned with oneself.

Thus, Qin Shuo needed no adaptation at all and had fully mastered this minor achievement-level divine ability, its mighty force comparable to the Four Symbols Power.

Elephant power, supreme on land!

Far stronger than the strength of oxen and tigers by an unknown multiple.

Ordinary inner strength cultivators, judging by physique alone, cannot even match a water buffalo, let alone a fierce mountain tiger or an even stronger elephant.

The Four Symbols Power is still stronger than the strength of nine oxen and two tigers by onefold!

How immense is this power?

Even Qin Shuo cannot estimate it— he only feels that everything before him appears as fragile as paper, easily snapped with a flick of the finger, utterly weak.

Just like the black iron prison before him— though forged from the essence of black iron, impervious to blades and axes, even the Arhat Golden Body of Master Jueming could not break it open.

At this moment, however, Qin Shuo easily blew it up, without expending the slightest effort.

"Truly, hating heaven with no leverage, hating earth with no fulcrum!"

Qin Shuo casually pulled with both hands, and the thick black-iron steel rods on either side instantly bent like mud, curving to the side.

In his every gesture, terrifying immense power was contained; a single step could shatter the ground into pieces and sink it downward.

"It's time to settle accounts, you old fogeys..."

He turned his head to glance at Jueming Dashi, still struggling to hold on, and at He Mingjing, who had completely lost his reason and degenerated into a ferocious Wolf Demon, then walked out of the cave without looking back.