Chapter 409: Beheading the Fierce Tiger Beneath the Dog's Paw

Boom!

Under the blessing of immense force, the Shadow-Tail Spear transformed into a streak of light, overturning the demons.

Before they could regain their senses.

That black-robed youth had already arrived before them, golden flames blazing at his brow, with scorching radiance rising from his palms.

He roughly stepped on the Deer Demon, his fists falling like a violent storm.

No blood sprayed, nor did bones snap.

Yet the sound of the magical array shattering, like iron being beaten, made every demon's heart tremble with each ring.

"Save it!"

Jin Chi suddenly felt a touch of despair.

The moment she had been waiting for was clearly extremely close, yet it seemed like trying to scoop the moon from water, always out of reach.

If Shen Yi slays another Great Demon Emperor, what will we have left to keep him?

Four figures leaped up together, rushing toward that youth.

Boom! Boom!

The continuous sounds of impact exploded.

They were all Great Demon Emperors ranked among the top in the Thousand Demon Cave; even without revealing their true forms, their powerful demon bodies still possessed immense force.

However, the problem lay with the magical robes.

Neither side could break the other's defense, turning it into a bitter battle of sheer endurance.

Inside the Spirit Plant Garden, only the dull sound of punching remained.

Until Shen Yi, for the fifth time, pulled out a demon core and swallowed it.

"..."

Even Jin Chi, the Great Demon Emperor with the most profound cultivation, let her hand fall in a daze, stumbling to her knees in exhaustion, palms pressing the ground as she panted heavily.

Shen Yi looked indifferently at the four demons lying beneath his feet.

The Shadow-Tail Spear fell into his palm once more.

Gazing at the spear tip's piercing sharpness, Great Demon Emperor Jin Chi smiled self-mockingly and finally released that golden arrow.

In an instant, a vast sound seemed to sweep across the sky.

That arrow quietly vanished from Great Demon Emperor Jin Chi's palm.

When it reappeared, it had already pierced Shen Yi's chest, then transformed into golden radiance and merged into his body.

Before this Demon-Imposing Golden Arrow, the magical robe showed no reaction whatsoever.

"Go."

Following Great Demon Emperor Jin Chi's sharp cry.

The remaining Great Demon Emperors hurriedly scrambled to their feet, fleeing in a wretched state toward that light curtain.

The woman cast one last glance at Shen Yi, then followed the demons away.

"..."

Shen Yi watched silently as they disappeared within the light curtain.

He took a step forward.

Blood suddenly seeped from the corner of his lips, quickly soaking his collar.

Yet the violent turmoil within his body did not hinder him from taking the next step.

Since he had already engaged in battle, how could he possibly give up halfway?

In an instant, he too stepped out of the light curtain.

"Run! He's chasing us!"

The Deer Demon finally lost its composure; even the Demon-Imposing Golden Arrow could not stop this youth's advance.

Just then, the Great Demon Emperors ahead suddenly stopped.

Within the quiet Thousand Demon Cave, a towering sea of blood suddenly surged, spreading five hundred zhang in visible speed, blotting out the sky and sun.

Shen Yi emerged from the depths of the blood sea.

Accompanying his steps.

One by one, huge and terrifying crimson vertical pupils opened in the sky.

There were fully more than ten of them.

They occupied the entire firmament, appearing strange and shocking.

Until a clap of thunder rang out.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Dense blood-thunder fell from the sky, completely enveloping a radius of ten li.

Great Demon Emperor Jin Chi, without hesitation, removed her magical robe, revealing her massive Nine-Striped Fierce Tiger true form, and spread her wings to flee, only to be smashed down by a thick bolt of blood-thunder.

As for the others who reacted too slowly, they were directly engulfed by the blood-thunder.

Desperate screams echoed within the Thousand Demon Cave.

This is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the world, and also the place where the divine might of the Dao Palace can be best displayed.

"..."

Shen Yi's eyes looked slightly unfocused as he swallowed the blood-taste back down.

He silently watched the churning blood-thunder before him.

And within Shen Yi's body, the Demon-Imposing Golden Arrow was likewise frantically battering his Dao Infant's five viscera.

He dragged the Shadow-Tail Spear with slightly weakened strength, ensuring no living soul could emerge from it.

Just then.

Shen Yi suddenly frowned, looking toward the sky.

He saw a piece of gray cloth drift over, then rapidly expand, blocking all the blood thunder.

Immediately, it took the shape of a bundle and descended to cover everything below.

Several gruesome figures below shrank rapidly, wrapped up inside that bundle.

"Tsk."

Shen Yi's eyes were filled with black evil, showing almost no hesitation.

His figure dove down in an instant; under the horrified gazes of several, he suddenly thrust the long spear in his hand straight into the Deer Demon's chest.

Pfft!

At the same time.

Right at the entrance of the great hall in the deepest part of the Thousand Demon Cave.

The black-backed yellow dog stared coldly at the sky.

Its gaze, which had remained calm, finally surged with a trace of anger at the moment this final spear thrust was made.

The old dog bared its teeth.

The body that had not left the great hall for tens of thousands of years now slowly lifted one front paw.

This simple movement.

Caused a giant paw, large enough to block the sky, to suddenly extend from the bundle far away.

Facing this sudden event.

Shen Yi's expression became ferocious; he drove the long spear several more inches into the Deer Demon's heart.

Crack—

Under the giant dog paw, the Youwei Spear shattered directly.

Then it slammed straight down onto Shen Yi.

The magnificent black robe tore open with a ripping sound.

The youth, his upper body bare and stained with blood, clutched the Deer Demon's corpse and flew backward, crashing down and shattering the earth veins with a boom.

"Roar!"

Jin Chi, the Demon Emperor, saw his killing intent surge; he actually broke free from the bundle's restraint.

He rushed toward the direction where Shen Yi was falling!

"You damned liar! Come die for your Emperor!"

The dog paw, along with the bundle, vanished from the sky.

Only the furious roar of the Nine-Stripe Fierce Tiger remained.

It leaped down the hill, its front paw slamming hard at the figure on the ground.

"..."

Shen Yi's entire body was nearly shattered, soaked in blood, yet he still stretched out his hand to easily block the tiger paw that was striking down.

He was indeed severely injured, but under the bombardment of the blood thunder just now, where did Jin Chi have any strength left?

"Roar!"

The Fierce Tiger opened its blood-filled maw, biting toward the youth's head.

But it had its eye bones smashed by a single punch.

Shen Yi flipped up, pinned Jin Chi Tiger to the ground, and both, exhausted, rolled wildly on the earth.

In the end, it concluded with the youth's victory.

Shen Yi sat on the Demon Tiger's neck, punching its head again and again!

"Why..."

Jin Chi Nine-Stripe Fierce Tiger's eyeballs exploded, filled with flesh and blood; it screamed with all its might: "Why did you lie to me!"

"When did your Emperor ever lie to you?"

Shen Yi smashed her head with an elbow strike and said calmly: "The things I said back then, I want them all."

Hearing the voice beside his ear, Jin Chi, the Demon Emperor, was stunned for a moment; before she could figure it out, the broken Youwei Spear pierced straight through her neck.

"Huff."

Shen Yi lay on the Demon Tiger's neck, panting heavily, staring silently at the sky.

That dog paw just now had indeed exceeded his expectations.

But... even in this situation, it only extended one paw.

It seems my guess was correct; the iron chain on the other's neck is more effective than any magical treasure.

"Two still escaped."

Shen Yi was slightly disappointed.

He glanced at the tiger beneath him, consumed ten thousand years of lifespan, and created another Stabilizing Stone.

In a single breath, the tiger corpse was entirely sucked into it, transforming into a golden Jin Chi Fierce Tiger statue.

【Jin Chi Fierce Tiger Stabilizing Stone: Not Spirit-Inscribed】

Shen Yi staggered to his feet, stepped on and crushed the rolling Flowing Sand Spirit Pearl, but did not leave the Thousand Demon Cave; instead, he walked back toward the Spirit Plant Garden.

A dog too cowardly to come out—what is there to fear?

In the perilous Thousand Demon Cave, the most dangerous place in the world.

The youth was nearly exhausted, covered in blood, yet he walked openly without any concealment; within a hundred li nearby, no living creature dared approach.

(End of this chapter)