Chapter 164: Disciple of Qingqiu

The sky was tinted pale red, the momentum terrifying to the extreme.

Even Liu Yuquan, who shared the Nascent Core Realm with the fox demon, was startled by this aura.

The crimson Dao sword collided with the bronze bell phantom that erupted again; the entire blade trembled while the phantom rapidly faded.

The middle-aged man in the white robe wore a blank expression, the anger in his pupils growing ever more intense.

This sword was clearly some kind of True Intent technique; though somewhat crude, the opponent had cultivated it to perfection and could not be underestimated.

If he did not display some true skill, this group would still treat him as one of the wild demons they usually encountered.

With a slight movement of his spirit, twelve round jade pills quietly appeared beside him, one after another, until all twelve were fully revealed, slowly revolving around him.

Every single one radiated the aura of the Nascent Core Realm!

The bronze bell phantom instantly became indestructible, firmly blocking the crimson Dao sword outside.

"Qingqiu's External Pill Art..." He Zhen was shocked in his heart. He wanted to step forward to help but was powerless to act. How had they started fighting directly in the sky? General Shen should have at least left behind the Sky-Breaking Sun Bow...

Truly worthy of the famous Qingqiu disciple; casually unleashing such a technique left their group of ordinary martial men staring in stunned silence.

Twelve external pills could simultaneously channel cultivation into the bronze bell treasure; it was simply unbelievable.

"Soul-Suppressing Bell, Trap!" The middle-aged man in the white robe, now having some spare strength, pressed his palm down toward the void.

With the support of such immense cultivation, the bronze bell at his waist shot out with a swoosh, expanded against the wind in mid-air, quickly grew to a zhang in height, and then thunderously engulfed the distant youth!

"Vulgar martial men, you dare fight me?"

The fox demon, standing on a green jade sword, flicked his white robe slightly and sneered downward: "Little Miss, I seem to have spared you once before; that was for the sake of Outside Qingzhou. Rest assured, there will not be a second time."

Having spoken, he formed a hand seal again: "Melt his soul!"

Only to see streams of light surge on the green bronze bell, followed immediately by a violent boom!

Boom—

This vast momentum made the faces of the two accompanying deputy generals turn instantly grim; Lin Baiwei's breath also stopped abruptly. What she saw before her was far beyond the capabilities of the Nascent Core Realm.

The fox demon, hovering on his sword, also showed a change in expression.

This commotion had nothing to do with the hand seal he had formed.

In an instant, the booming sound exploded across the sky again!

The thick green bell body was smashed by tremendous force; an arm covered in black armor clenched into a fist and suddenly thrust out.

Immediately, five fingers gripped the edge of the crack and tore it open with sheer force.

Shen Yi walked out indifferently, his form turning into a clear breeze; when he reappeared, he was already before the fox demon.

At the moment the bell cracked, the phantom surrounding the middle-aged man in the white robe simultaneously vanished. Seeing the crimson Dao sword before him, he frantically summoned an external pill to block it, yet the sense of crisis brought by an elbow strike from the side far exceeded that of the Dao sword.

The black iron arm guard slammed into his eye socket.

Only at this moment did the fox demon truly comprehend how terrifying the force capable of shattering his Soul-Suppressing Bell truly was.

The entire skull cracked with a crunch, the eyeballs exploded, leaving only half a pair of lips struggling to chant the hand seal.

"Jade Immortal Revival Art..."

Dense, warm white light covered the head, while the green jade treasure sword beneath carried him rapidly away.

Shen Yi drew his blade and slashed; green light surged, and an invisible wave several zhang long swept through the air, instantly taking away more than half of the fox demon's body.

Without the bronze bell treasure, the fox demon's physical body appeared so frail before the youth, like paper.

Feeling the excruciating pain of severed limbs, the fox demon finally felt intense fear in his heart, followed immediately by the sensation of a violent poison corroding the wound, as if it intended to eat all his flesh and blood.

He waved his hand in panic.

The remaining eleven external pills shot out one after another, exploding with a boom beside Shen Yi.

The Nascent Core Realm cultivation contained within instantly erupted, causing heaven and earth to change color!

Unable to spare a thought for the external pills, the fox demon hastily controlled his sword to flee, but behind him, a gust of wind carrying a bloody and evil aura surged forth, rapidly sweeping over to block his path.

The youth stood suspended in mid-air; between the black light and black armor, a crimson great cape fluttered like a long streak of sunset clouds.

"..."

Gazing at that cold figure, the fox demon finally remembered he still possessed his innate divine ability, something he had not used in many years.

His remaining eye glowed red, intending to bewitch the youth's spirit.

Just then, the fox demon suddenly found himself enveloped in white mist; the surroundings turned into a vast black prison. Looking in all directions, he saw the youth's figure everywhere, like a nightmare that could not be shaken off.

Boundless despair surged into his heart.

The red light in his eyes faded, and his pupils became dazed and unstable.

His spirit finally collapsed, and he screamed miserably: "I will leave now, I will leave right now... I beg you... I will get out of here!"

Before his words ended, a calm voice sounded in his ear.

"When did I say you could leave?"

Accompanying the youth's whisper, the fox demon suddenly felt his throat gripped; before he could even taste the sensation of suffocation, his neck was casually snapped.

【Killed Nascent Core Realm fox demon, total lifespan 5,800 years, remaining lifespan 4,100 years, absorption complete】

【Remaining demon lifespan: 13,050 years. Can be refined】

【Demon Origin: Can reshape the demon soul, serve at your side, enslaved for eternity, unable to transcend, suffering all kinds of hardships in the world to protect its master's supreme law】

Shen Yi held the fox demon corpse, now revealing its true form, and a hint of surprise finally appeared on his expression.

He had killed four Nascent Core Realm demons before, but this was the first time he had encountered one so young.

As for the new additions, he was too lazy even to glance at them; demon treasure crystals were one thing, at least they could help him deduce martial arts, but using precious demon lifespan to feed demons? Unless he was stuffed to the brim.

Besides this fox demon, notifications for a total of twenty-four minor demons had previously flashed by, young and old, ranging from awakened intelligence to the perfection of the initial realm, including one old fox in the early stage of the Jade Liquid Realm.

The most had four hundred years remaining, the least only a few decades; altogether, it amounted to over five thousand years.

A whole family gathering together like this, seeing someone from the Zhen Mo Si and not running away, was a unique case even in Outside Qingzhou.

Shen Yi extracted the demon pill and placed it into the silver bell, then collected its vital heart blood and that green jade treasure sword.

He stripped the fox as well, searched it carefully, found a small silver-white pouch, and tucked that away too.

Only then did he return to the base of the high cliff and toss the mangled corpse toward his two attendants.

"That's enough. Let's head back."

Shen Yi set off on foot toward Bai Yun County.

The two attendants, heads spinning, cradled the fox demon's corpse and felt it scorch their hands: "General Shen, we came to warn it…"

Can the Commandant my lord's frail frame really bear such a massive scapegoat?

"I did warn it." Shen Yi turned his head, puzzled.

With such a commotion from the Heaven-Shattering Sun-Slaying Bow, plus over twenty lives of an entire household, wasn't that enough to make the other party realize it should run?

(End of chapter)