Chapter 126

As he spoke, the bald man suddenly spat a jet of ink-green venom!

The venom shot like an arrow released from a bow, piercing straight through the raging spiritual energy.

It grazed Xiao Qiangwei's wrist, leaving a terrifying burn on her pale skin; the green fluid corroded flesh at an alarming speed, and within breaths, white bone could already be faintly seen.

She had been struck by such a ferocious poison.

Xiao Qiangwei's expression didn't change; only the corner of her eye twitched slightly, her palm power intensified by three-tenths, and seizing the moment Shen Yi pinned the opponent, she slashed downward with crushing force toward the giant's temple.

The Chan Jun had hoped the venomous arrow would force the woman to retreat, but discovered she was willing to trade injury for death; he redoubled his effort to pull the long knife from his neck and escape, only to find the young man's seemingly frail body contained strength that even he, a Demon Lord, found astonishing.

Crack!

He took the blow straight on; fine cracks instantly spread across his entire skull like a spiderweb.

Under the force of that mighty palm, his whole body was flung sideways—before he could even hit the ground, Shen Yi had already swung his blade again, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of strikes rained down, each aimed straight at vital points!

Repeated wet thuds echoed across the Chan Jun's body as flesh split open, turning him into a bleeding mass of ink-green, his appearance grotesquely horrific.

The blade's edge was sheathed in ferocious demonic energy; each strike left behind a fragment of that power, violently tearing through his resilient demonic body.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qiangwei adjusted her breath to temporarily slow the worsening of her wrist wound, then stepped forward to block his escape route and struck upward with another palm strike.

All the spiritual energy in the air was forcibly gathered into her palm, determined to shatter his bones and snap his tendons.

Both were warriors who had slain countless demons; though they had never fought together before, their coordination was flawless, leaving the demon no chance to catch its breath.

In this dire moment, the Chan Jun suddenly raised his arm, which rapidly transformed into a giant toad leg nearly ten zhang long, sweeping violently toward the youth, while his hind legs also changed—slightly shorter than the forelimbs, yet still seven or eight zhang long, they exploded outward with immense force toward Xiao Qiangwei!

Shen Yi planted his foot on the pitted, warty toad leg and slashed downward with his blade, ferocious as splitting firewood, carving straight through the demon's finger gaps until the blade sank fully into flesh.

The Chan Jun screamed in agonized rage.

His hind legs unleashed all their power, slamming into the woman below!

"..."

Xiao Qiangwei, already wounded, met the massive toad leg—larger than her entire body—with both palms slamming forward; her condensed spiritual energy pierced through the foot, leaving a horrifying hole.

She herself was flung backward, barely steadying her stance, only to find before her a colossal creature over twenty zhang tall.

"Guloo."

A long, low toad call echoed all around.

The giant toad crouched on the ground, mouth closed, staring fixedly ahead; its body surface was not smooth, but rough like tree bark, covered in hollow cavities.

At this moment, green fluid continuously spewed from those cavities, like a skyful of arrows.

Amid the arrow rain, the figure in black robes twisted and dodged, even sheathing his blade, waiting for an opening to strike with a punch.

That toad, towering like a mountain, was rocked backward by those fists, staggering, the entire depression trembling beneath them!

Outside Qingzhou hadn't seen a body-refining warrior comparable to the Nascent Core Realm in many years.

Under such direct visual impact, Xiao Qiangwei felt almost useless—fighting a demon in its true form with sheer physical strength, without relying on inner core energy, was simply too outrageous.

She glanced down at her wrist; earlier, to avoid wasting this golden opportunity and deliver a crushing blow to the Chan Jun, she hadn't dodged the venom.

She had now unleashed two more full-power strikes.

Now, the entire forearm's flesh had turned to green sludge; she had to channel most of her energy just to contain it.

Xiao Qiangwei clenched her teeth, enduring the pain; under the immense force of that toad leg, the hidden injury left by the Shan Jun had finally resurfaced, causing a trickle of crimson to seep from her lips.

Shen Yi's strength exceeded her imagination; she hadn't hesitated—she seized the opportunity—but to intercept and kill such a massive demon within less than a hundred zhang was simply too difficult.

Even the Zhen Mo Si's Grand General couldn't manage it—how much less could the two of them?

Indeed, the Chan Jun merely unleashed a barrage of venomous arrows to vent his fury, then took another punch to the face; the deep cracks on his broad skull grew even deeper, his mountain-sized body reared back—but his hind legs had already gathered full power.

He spoke in human voice: "You two are serious? I'm not sticking around!"

Probably because he'd grown too comfortable in recent years, he'd forgotten how ruthless the Great Qian's hounds could be; now that he remembered, why would he stay?

His hind legs pushed off hard, launching his entire body high into the air, effortlessly leaping over a hundred zhang, then ploosh—he plunged into the black stone pool, splashing up a massive wave.

"..."

Shen Yi landed abruptly, his breathing slightly ragged.

No wonder—he was a demon that had lived over four thousand years; his body's resilience far surpassed even that of the Qingfeng Mountain River Dragon Jun.

He had never faced such a formidable opponent before.

"To drive a Elixir Formation Realm demon into flight—that alone would be enough to boast about anywhere."

Xiao Qiangwei stared at the cold, dark pool, wiped the blood from her lips, and felt no disappointment; after all, it was merely a spontaneous attempt—she'd never expected much.

Even if she'd been replaced by Jiang Chengyun, the outcome would've been the same.

Beside the Zhen Mo Si's tent, numerous Captains and Deputy Commanders had been left speechless by Shen Yi's brutal beating of the Chan Jun; that terrifying, fearsome demon had simply fled—without even uttering a threat.

As for Liu Bin, the moment the demon plunged into the water, all hope in his eyes vanished.

The demon escaped—but he was dead.

This beast hadn't even scratched that young boy!

"Hm?"

In his despair, a flicker of confusion appeared on his face.

They saw Shen Yi walk slowly to the edge of the unfathomably deep cold pool, glancing briefly downward.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Qiangwei stared, startled, at his back.

"Thank you."

Shen Yi gave a slight nod.

After the Second Transformation of Immortal-Demon, his power had surged rapidly; yet even with the added strength of external elixirs, facing a Elixir Formation Realm demon—especially a Chan Jun stronger than the Qingfeng Mountain River Dragon Jun—was still too risky.

With the aid of this Silver Bell demon hunter, the Chan Jun had been severely wounded, giving him far greater confidence.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi felt a burning heat rise within him.

His tall figure stepped without hesitation into the icy black stone pool, too cold for anyone else to approach.

In an instant, everyone near Black Stone Pool froze in place.

Xiao Qiangwei's eyes went wide; even the composure she had been able to keep when facing the Mountain Lord now quietly shifted.

From the low slope in the distance, Liu Bin's wild laughter suddenly rang out, as though he had just seen the most absurd thing under heaven, gasping for breath between fits.

"Doesn't he know… why a venomous toad… is called the Black Stone Pool Demon Lord?"

A big shot reminded me about the chapter-locking issue—many thanks, many thanks.

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