Chapter 183

"Roar!"

The giant lion barely endured a barrage of impacts, and as it lifted its head, it saw the broad crimson longsword slashing down again.

It raised both forepaws to block, but felt a chill at the back of its neck.

Shen Yi stood on its blood-drenched shoulder blades, five fingers gripping the hilt, drawing the Qianyuan Longdao—black mist swirling off it stretched suddenly, like a stroke of dense ink flung through the air!

Sssshhh!

The hardened demonic body of the Blue-Faced Giant Lion, which had withstood previous true intentions and arrow strikes, was as fragile as tofu before that icy blade.

A wave of blood, ten feet high, erupted like a geyser.

Shen Yi slashed downward with the blade, breaking through the demon's strongest defense, allowing the azure light to fully unleash its power.

Invisible ripples spread outward, separating its muscles and bones.

The Liyi Long Hu Daojian struck repeatedly against its body; though less sharp than Qianyuan, its greater size compensated, until it finally split the demon's torso nearly in two.

Then the youth jammed the long knife into the lion's forehead, gripped tightly with both hands the fur and flesh at the torn neck, and with a sudden surge of strength, tried to rip the giant lion's head clean off its body!

The terrifying beast thrashed in fright.

But the harder it struggled, the more its head's connecting flesh tore apart—soon it would be severed completely.

At that moment.

A grotesque, sky-obscuring face suddenly appeared in the sky—wild mane, deep-blue wrinkled skin, mouth gaping wide, fangs sharp!

Shen Yi glanced sideways downward.

Indeed, the lion demon had broken free of the illusionary realm; its expression was monstrous, and the giant lion head in the sky was clearly its doing.

The next instant, a furious wind burst from the giant lion's mouth.

Thick trees were uprooted; everything within the canyon was flung violently through the air!

"..."

Shen Yi remained focused, tearing at the lion's head in his hands.

The wind howled like ghosts wailing and wolves crying.

It carried an inexplicable coldness; upon touching the skin, it did not bring biting chill, but instead froze the dantian and major meridians, slowing the flow of Qi within the Golden Core by dozens of times.

It directly affected the dantian and meridians through the body.

This technique was downright eerie.

But it was still manageable.

After all, he was a Body Tempering martial artist—no need for a Golden Core anyway.

"Stop!"

The lion demon had no time to wonder why its Yin Wind technique had no effect on the youth's movements.

Its towering figure lunged forward hastily.

Yin Wind must be used together with Blood Rain—the former targets the dantian, the latter corrodes flesh and bone.

If his brother truly died in this opponent's hands,

its power would be severely diminished.

In its massive paw, a spear twelve feet long suddenly appeared—dark red, blade and shaft fused as one, spiraling like a crimson serpent clutched in its grip.

Such a long spear fit the lion demon perfectly; paired with its gleaming silver armor, it looked utterly majestic!

It leapt into midair and thrust forward a single, tyrannical spear strike!

Shen Yi briefly loosened one hand, his eyes flashing with brilliance—under the golden eagle's vision, the red point hurtling toward him moved with excruciating slowness; he casually slapped out a palm, altering the spear's trajectory so it pierced straight through the giant lion's spine.

"Aaaah!"

The giant lion let out its final cry, then was utterly torn apart by Shen Yi!

Watching its brother die in such a gruesome manner,

the lion demon's eyes turned crimson with surging blood; it yanked the spear free and hurled it violently forward.

No words were needed now—only weapons would decide life or death!

Shen Yi sidestepped, drew Qianyuan in one motion, and slashed back with equal ferocity.

A metallic hum rang out.

The dark red spear held for less than a breath before being cleanly severed by the long knife.

The Blue-Faced Lion Demon was visibly stunned—its spear was a divine weapon granted by the Howling Moon Demon King! What treasure was this youth wielding?!

But it had no time to think further.

The long knife, wreathed in black mist, continued its relentless slash toward its chest.

The lion demon blocked with the broken spear—its already half-destroyed shaft was severed again; it instinctively reached out to grab the blade, its palm split open instantly, and the icy blade slid effortlessly into its chest.

It hadn't been split cleanly in two

because it finally reacted, clutching the youth's forearm with both arms in a desperate grip.

"..."

Shen Yi frowned slightly.

No wonder it could crush Nascent Soul cultivators—its strength rivaled even his own, Sixth Transformation Immortal-Demon level, perhaps even surpassed it.

"Stop struggling."

"I'm not struggling!" the lion demon nearly ground its teeth to dust.

"Let go. I'll take you to see the rabbit demon," Shen Yi said softly.

"I don't believe you!" the lion demon shoved the youth's arm away—given this youth's methods, Bai Yu would have no chance of survival.

Just as it finally managed to pull the blade slightly out of its chest, before it could even exhale,

it watched the youth's body erupt with thick demonic aura.

"……"

Although the Yin wind slowed the circulation of his Qi considerably, it did not render him completely unable to mobilize it.

Under the augmentation of demonic power, the balance between the two was broken in an instant.

Puchi—

Shen Yi easily sliced through the lion demon's body, and before it could revert to its true form, he snatched its demon core with swift, decisive hands.

【Slain Embracing Elixir Realm Green-Faced Lion Demon, total lifespan eight thousand nine hundred years, remaining lifespan three thousand three hundred years, absorption complete】

【Slain Embracing Elixir Realm Green-Faced Lion Demon, total lifespan eight thousand six hundred years, remaining lifespan three thousand four hundred years, absorption complete】

Only when he saw the two prompts on the panel did he—

Shen Yi finally relaxed.

Fighting two Embracing Elixir demon lords at once was still quite a bit of pressure.

He carefully collected the essence blood of the two demons, then extracted the other lion's demon core as well, grabbed one corpse in each hand, and once again activated the Carefree Wind-Riding Art before vanishing from the spot.

With such a huge commotion, if it truly drew the Howling Moon Demon King here, that would be rather troublesome.

Better to wait until reaching the Qingzhou region to continue his deductions.

Things were going more smoothly than Shen Yi had imagined; he should still be able to make it back in time for a late-night snack.

Lin Baiwei said she had something to discuss, though he didn't know what it was.

……

He arrived at the edge of Tingyang Commandery, at the little stream from before.

Shen Yi tossed down the two massive lion corpses.

He opened the panel cleanly and decisively.

He had originally planned to first break through Tiannan Dan Shi, but he found this lion's divine ability to be quite practical—using it as material for the seventh metamorphosis should work rather well.

【Remaining demon lifespan: seventeen thousand eight hundred ninety-five years】

Shen Yi held the demon core in his mouth, channeling the demon lifespan to pour into the martial art.

As soon as demon martial arts were involved, even over ten thousand years of lifespan suddenly didn't seem all that abundant.

(End of chapter)