Chapter 179: Slaying Another Embracing Elixir Demon Lord (One More Chapter Will Be Late)

Seeing that the other party had already understood his meaning.

The White Jade rabbit demon turned her gaze toward the two women beside her, her expression utterly content, and then she too tried to stand up.

Suddenly, a trace of something odd crossed her face.

Because she had clearly made the motion of rising, yet failed to truly stand.

The reason was that a hand with clearly defined knuckles had appeared on her fair, delicate shoulder—seemingly placed there casually, yet pressing her firmly back into her seat with tremendous force.

The White Jade rabbit demon looked up and met a handsome face, eyes beneath his hair clear and bright.

This youth, who had walked unhurriedly into the teahouse, had neither looked at the golden bell on the table nor at the women beside her.

As if he cared nothing for such things.

He gazed quietly at the rabbit demon's pretty face, as if his eyes could hold only her.

"What are you doing?"

The rabbit demon's heart suddenly raced—even in the most tender years long ago with her husband, she had never felt such a gaze, as if under heaven she alone mattered most to him.

What confused her even more was the deep, hidden joy in those dark pupils, like a leaping flame, as if greedily wanting to devour her whole.

Under such a stare, a chill shot from her spine to the crown of her head, and her whole body tensed instantly.

"……"

Shen Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief inside.

That was truly close—almost too late.

This sweet demon core had nearly been snatched away by someone else.

The somewhat bizarre scene inside the teahouse did not last long.

The next moment.

Shen Yi suddenly threw a punch, his fist—gleaming like white jade—smashing brutally into the rabbit demon's pretty face!

No ripple of Qi whatsoever, only pure physical strength.

The rabbit demon's skull cracked, her entire face caving in instantly; her fair, delicate flesh was torn beyond recognition the instant that fist ground into it.

"I…"

The rabbit demon was an Embracing Elixir Realm demon lord, her body incalculably tough.

Yet now she was struck dumb for an instant, feeling as if her whole brain were consumed by searing pain.

"……"

You Longtao hadn't expected a fight to break out suddenly—he had still meant to ask about the golden bell.

But as a Great General of Demon Suppression, his reactions were lightning fast.

The instant Shen Yi moved, he had already closed his eyes, mobilizing the power belonging to a Yin God.

Just then.

Shen Yi seemed to sense something; he seized the rabbit demon by her long hair and hurled her out without mercy. Her graceful body smashed through the teahouse roof and flew into the air like a torn sack.

He transformed into a breeze and shot out of the teahouse.

He casually formed a sword hand-seal.

The Dao seed within the Heaven-Devouring Inner Core swiftly fell into a violent, ferocious frenzy; overwhelming demon power surged from the great orifices, dyeing the entire sky a pale red.

A crimson longsword some ten-odd zhang in length swiftly condensed.

The cries of dragons and roars of tigers echoed unceasingly through Yong'an City, as if an evil dragon were soaring up from the abyss and a fierce tiger pacing through mountain forests.

The enormous longsword phantom thundered forth!

Ferocious dragons and savage tigers coiled around the longsword, trailing long streams of light as they madly rushed toward the delicate figure in the air!

Vast demon power engulfed the woman; two ferocious beast-maws seemed ready to chew her to pieces.

Shen Yi hung in the sky, his black robe billowing, looking down coldly at the demon as it plummeted.

He stepped through the air, and his form instantly appeared behind the rabbit demon.

Under the empowerment of the Sixth Molt of Immortal-Demon, six world-shaking fierce demons within him roared in unison—though the sound rang only in his mind, that invisible pressure made all of Yong'an City feel as though it were being watched by demons and fiends; the atmosphere grew oppressive and terrifying, plunging into utter Tianyan Siji.

A green light glimmered over Shen Yi's five fingers.

He looked at the falling rabbit demon; as she dropped to midair, the green light rippled, and his palm slammed into her once more!

Under that tremendous force and the tearing green light, the rabbit demon's body exploded apart, sinews snapping and bones shattering.

Scalding demon blood bloomed in the air like a gorgeous rose.

"Is the person still alive?"

The question rang in her ears. The rabbit demon, in her searing agony, went half-mad—yet the other's hand had already seized her throat, and was tightening.

Within that seemingly somewhat slender frame was hidden a strength so terrifying it would make even demons and fiends gasp!

She struggled desperately.

She wanted to threaten, to intimidate—and there was also a lingering thought, an instinctive urge to beg for mercy.

Yet the youth only silently tried to snap her neck.

After asking his question, he hadn't even given her a chance to answer!

If you didn't want to know, then don't ask, damn it?!

The rabbit demon howled within her heart.

In an instant, she felt the grip on her neck seem to loosen slightly.

She blurted instinctively: "He escaped! The golden bell was something I conjured! He's escaped!"

Before the words had finished, the rabbit demon felt a hollow emptiness in her belly, as if something were missing—the other's practiced motion, together with the green light at his fingertips, was so deft it left one unable to even feel pain.

After that, the youth swiftly withdrew his gaze, too lazy to look at her again—where was that earlier focus?

Shen Yi placed the demon core into the silver bell, casually took the demon's life, and packed up its qi and blood as well.

【Slain: Embracing Elixir Realm Red-Maned Bai Yu Rabbit Demon. Total lifespan: 8,100 years. Remaining lifespan: 2,900 years. Absorption complete.】

Tch, not even as good as Bai Lu.

Shen Yi was a little disappointed. He had thought that any Embracing Elixir Demon Monarch bold enough to set foot inside Qingzhou would, at the very least, have some real substance to it.

Just who gave her the courage.

"..."

You Longtao walked out of the teahouse in silence.

The moment Shen Yi tossed the rabbit demon aside, he had realized the other party did not want him to intervene.

Though somewhat puzzled, he held himself back for the time being.

He simply hadn't expected that, before the tea had even cooled—

The Howling Moon Demon King had already become a widower.

In just a handful of strikes, Shen Yi had revealed a crushing martial intent that the entirety of Qingzhou had never possessed, as well as a tempered body beyond all comprehension.

By comparison, his Embracing Elixir Realm cultivation and the movement technique he had heard of earlier became far easier to accept.

Within the entire Yong'an City, almost everyone had retreated indoors.

Beneath the murderous demonic might that seemed poised to slaughter the entire city, even the highest-cultivation elder of the Deng clan in the city—Shenxu Laozu—only dared to stand at a great distance, watching anxiously and uneasily.

Then, gazing at that black-robed figure in the sky, the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed...

The remaining martial men of the jianghu did not even dare cast their eyes that way.

For a moment, the group of demon hunters still standing dumbly in the street looked extremely out of place.

Shen Yi retracted his Carefree Wind-Riding Art and descended beside the crowd.

Recalling the brutal scene from moments ago, these demon hunters who lived by the blade also felt an inexplicable dread. Lord Shen was clearly slaying demons and eliminating evil—why did it always feel like something was off...?

"Why is General Shen here?"

You Longtao gathered his thoughts... actually, there wasn't much to gather. He was still completely baffled.

The man should have gone to the Imperial City—why had he suddenly appeared in Tingyang Commandery, and without his Black Armor either?

"Just happened to be passing through. I received the message General You left behind." Shen Yi gave a slight nod. After all, if he told the man that he had taken his aura and used the movement technique at full strength through the night to rush over from Qingzhou City, it would sound rather strange.

(End of chapter)