Chapter 25: Seven Hundred and Fifty Years of the Great Yuan, Slaying Demons Under the Moon

"My lord is no ordinary martial artist, but this concubine is no ordinary cultivator either."

Lady Liu’s voice was ethereal.

As her words fell, pillars of blood-red light ignited around Chen Mo, trapping him within as if in a cage.

He raised his hand to touch a pillar, and his fingers instantly turned charred black!

The flesh corroded, deep enough to reveal the bone!

"Since my lord insists on meddling, then leave your life behind."

The wives and concubines of the Liu family stepped forward, standing in a Seven Stars formation, sandwiching Chen Mo between the "Heavenly Pivot" and "Heavenly Authority" positions.

The blood-red light flared, and the pillars tightened inward continuously.

They were actually going to grind Chen Mo to death!

"This person’s true qi is abundant, unlike a sixth-grade, and his saber technique is shockingly strong; one must not clash with him head-on."

"However, a martial artist is a martial artist after all; his methods are singular, and he definitely cannot break my blood prison."

"As long as I wear him out before the midnight hour, let the monster transform, and use him to sacrifice to the great array, then the grand plan can be achieved!"

Lady Liu muttered to herself.

Her voice shifted from that of a young girl to that of a mature woman.

The little mouse perched on her shoulder squeaked excitedly, unable to restrain its desire to feast.

Little did it know, it was also one of the sacrifices.

Bang!

At this moment, a figure fell from the roof, landing solidly on the ground.

Li Yuan leaned on her long-handled saber and climbed up from the ground, hating in her heart:

That lecherous man hit too hard, making it so she couldn't even walk properly...

"..."

Lady Liu’s brows furrowed slightly.

"Another one in the way; kill her first!"

The Liu family wives and concubines leaped forward, pouncing toward Li Yuan!

Li Yuan glanced over, immediately understood the current situation, and a flash of excitement crossed her eyes.

Good!

I have a belly full of fire with nowhere to vent!

She swung the long-handled saber in her hand, enveloping all of them as if splashing water.

The Chaotic Chopping Saber, a military technique for charging formations, is best at fighting many with few!

Fighting seven against one, she did not fall behind!

Lady Liu’s brows furrowed even deeper; previously, her attention had been entirely on Chen Mo, and she had not expected this woman to be so troublesome!

But it was not a big problem.

There was still time; as long as she dragged Li Yuan out, she could slowly refine Chen Mo...

Whoosh!

A sharp whistling sound rang out.

A signal arrow streaked across the night sky and exploded with a bang!

Under the reflection of the firelight, over a dozen figures were sprinting toward this place, and the fatty in the lead shouted loudly:

"Protect the Regional Commander, follow me to kill the enemy!"

They had followed Chen Mo’s instructions and gathered at the county government office at the hour of the Pig.

But after waiting for a long time, Constable Xing brought news that the two Regional Commanders had decided to stay at the Liu residence...

Qin Shou knew Chen Mo was not a man to lose his head over beauty, realized something was wrong, and led his men toward the Liu residence.

On the way, they saw saber qi soaring into the sky, and immediately after, they ran into the scene before them.

Constable Xing followed behind, his face turning slightly pale.

He realized he had misunderstood Chen Mo.

"Lady Liu is actually the murderer!"

"My lord staying at the Liu house was not for the sake of beauty... but to slay the demon!"

"Mere small fry, daring to come and join the fun!"

Lady Liu spread her arms, her clothes fluttering, and endless black mist surged from her sleeves, drowning everyone.

They immediately lost their sense of direction; though they were within arm's reach of each other, they could not see, trapped in the black mist, spinning in circles.

"It is almost midnight; we cannot delay any longer, kill this woman first!"

Lady Liu opened her mouth to speak, but the voice came from the seven wives and concubines simultaneously.

Demon ghosts have their own rules: kill one person every three days, and the deceased must wear wedding robes... Since she had chosen Chen Mo, even if she were a ghost cultivator, she could not change it.

Solve this stinking woman first, then put all effort into refining Chen Mo!

"Planning for years, only one step away, how can I let it all go to waste?"

"Finish the battle quickly to avoid attracting a Grandmaster from the capital!"

Lady Liu opened her hawk-like mouth, the corners of her lips splitting to her ears, and she took a violent breath; the black mist entered her belly, and her figure expanded several times over.

Immediately after, she swallowed the seven concubines whole!

After eating the seven, her aura climbed step by step, and the black mist permeating her body was thicker than the night!

Boom!

Two red lanterns lit up in the black mist, and a monster over ten meters tall stepped out!

Its eyes were scarlet like lanterns, seven pairs of arms grew from its sides, its flesh and blood churned, and several human faces were revealed from time to time; it looked extremely ferocious and terrifying!

Facing such a monster, even with Li Yuan’s temperament, she could not help but feel a chill!

"Die!"

Eight voices mixed together, and giant palms slapped down one after another like the sky collapsing!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The street caved in, houses collapsed, as if the earth were splitting and the sky falling!

Li Yuan’s figure flashed and turned, dodging while continuously swinging her long-handled saber to counterattack.

But just as she chopped off the monster’s toes, black mist surged out, and they recovered as before in an instant! She could not cause any substantial damage!

"If this continues, I will be worn to death sooner or later!"

"I can only risk it!"

Li Yuan’s eyes were resolute.

Her figure stopped, and she thrust her long saber into the ground.

Her hands gripped the hilt, her feet stepped on the blade, and the nearly two-meter-long long-handled saber bent like a crescent moon!

Just as the seven pairs of palms slapped down, the blade straightened, and her whole body sprang up violently; she tucked her shoulders and bunched her shoulder blades, narrowly passing through the gaps between the fingers and arriving before the massive head!

Under the vast night sky, with her back to the jade-like moon, she was like a tiger in the moonlight!

Li Yuan held the saber with both hands, poured her true qi into it, and a peerlessly tyrannical saber intent slashed toward the monster’s neck!

Chaotic Chopping Saber: Taking the Head Amidst Ten Thousand Armies!

This was the only chance!

However, the seven faces churning on the monster’s body all revealed a strange smile at the same time, and a cunning look flashed in its scarlet eyes.

Its chest split open, and a pair of giant hands actually reached out!

"Oh no!"

Li Yuan’s pupils shrank!

At this moment, she was suspended in mid-air with nowhere to borrow force, and she was caught directly!

"Your combat awareness is good, and your courage is not bad, but unfortunately, your strength is still a bit lacking."

"Kill you first, then deal with him..."

The monster held the woman in its hands, its mouth like a giant abyss, and it made a move to swallow her in one bite!

A desperate gamble does not succeed every time.

Failure means not even a corpse remains!

Smelling that incredibly fishy and foul scent, with the darkness in her eyes constantly expanding, Li Yuan’s face turned pale, and a feeling of despair surged—

Am I going to die?

She had walked on the edge of life and death countless times, but she had always managed to survive until the end.

But this time, it seemed she was really going to die.

It really is frustrating.

She had not yet fulfilled her father’s dying wish, had not stood at the peak of the saber path, had not had a romance, had not defeated that bastard Chen Mo...

Is it... ending?

Suddenly, the monster’s movements paused.

It seemed to have sensed something and slowly turned around.

Li Yuan followed its gaze and was instantly stunned.

She saw Chen Mo, trapped in the blood prison, gripping the red light pillars with both hands, wisps of blue smoke rising, accompanied by the smell of charred flesh.

"Don't look down on me; you think you can trap me with just this thing?!"

His palm was burned away until only bone remained, yet he still struggled to force the beam of light open.

The red light in the monster's eyes flared, and the blood prison tightened rapidly, almost completely covering him!

Yet Chen Mo continued to walk forward, slowly and firmly.

Under the erosion of the blood light, his flesh and skin fell away continuously, revealing ghastly white bones, and one could even see his heart beating within his chest cavity!

"Is this guy throwing his life away?"

The monster looked at him in bewilderment.

Chen Mo took the final step and finally walked out of the blood prison.

At this moment, his face, with only half the skin remaining, curled into an incomparably gratified smile.

"You son of a bitch, I am really in pain!"

He sheathed his blade, and his aura retracted.

A sense of inexplicable terror rose in the monster's heart, as if it were being watched by some more massive, profound existence.

In the blink of an eye, a blade radiance of extreme brilliance descended like an inverted galaxy!

Boundless life essence was injected into it, and a giant cyan dragon faintly took shape, its body coiled with thunder, rapidly enlarging in the monster's scarlet pupils!

"Roar!"

The dormant dragon awakens, the spring thunder begins to peal!

The moment it made contact with the monster, the cyan essence annihilated the black mist completely!

Death energy was replaced by vitality, and amidst the monster's terrified expression, its massive body crumbled and disintegrated.

The world seemed to have quieted down.

The sky was cloudless for ten thousand miles, the moon was bright and the wind was clear, when suddenly a fine, misty rain began to fall.

Li Yuan landed on the ground, and through the fine curtain of rain, she gazed at the man covered in wounds...

She could not help but feel a sense of infatuation.