Chapter 417: Different Paths, All Do Their Best

Shen Yi suddenly threw a punch, his knuckles smashing violently into the Wind Demon Emperor's brow; that talisman trembled fiercely, then tore with a ripping sound, shattering directly into flying ash and vanishing!

The force of the punch had not yet diminished, landing straight upon its brow bone.

Pfft—

That bead, which seemed to be made of gold and jade, was actually formed of flesh and blood; under Shen Yi's fist, it exploded, splattering blood everywhere.

The gap containing the bead was torn open by a vast force, and brilliant golden flames flowed in like molten lava.

Boom!

The Wind Demon Emperor was knocked flying backward, its brow bone cracked, and the golden flames instantly consumed its entire face.

At the very moment it was about to fall to the ground.

Shen Yi attacked again, his long boot stomping heavily on its chest, causing dense talismans to explode one after another.

Until it crashed completely to the ground.

The Wind Demon Emperor spat out a mouthful of blood, its entire body curling like a giant shrimp; its breastbone snapped and collapsed, and that boot pinned it in place like a wooden stake; no matter how it struggled, it could not move even a fraction.

It instinctively tried to revert to its original form.

But it saw the youth lean down, his long five fingers gripping its neck; the skin and flesh on its neck trembled and swelled wildly, yet could never break through the restriction of that palm.

The Wind Demon Emperor widened its eyes, spewing wild wind from its mouth.

The gale wind capable of tearing Nie Jun's body could only make the golden flames on Shen Yi flicker slightly.

The wind sound from its mouth grew increasingly faint.

It could only stare blankly at the other, snapping its own neck inch by inch.

【Killed Soul Transformation Realm Wind Demon Emperor, total lifespan 97,000 years, remaining lifespan 16,000 years, absorption complete】

"Hah."

Shen Yi adjusted his breathing, and the rippling golden flames on his body slowly sank into his skin.

The lifespans of these two great demons were not particularly long.

But he had mainly come to collect the stabilizing stones; as for demon lifespans, Lady Qinghua, with her own strength, had traveled back and forth across the Nine Provinces day and night without rest, nearly cutting down half of the demons.

【Remaining demon lifespans: 223,000 years】

Such abundant lifespans made Shen Yi feel somewhat complex emotions.

It felt like guarding a mountain of gold, yet using it as stones to skip on water.

Within this desolate General Nanyang Sect, demon lifespans could not bring forth their true value at all.

In the previous clash.

Shen Yi himself had not even expected that a single move of the Killed Fanxu Realm Spiritual Body Technique could yield such a massive improvement.

He had originally planned to use the Bestowed Demon Golden Arrow to deal with this Wind Demon Emperor of the Second Cave.

However, precisely because of this, Shen Yi completely recognized the gap between him and the Old Dog.

Previously, the opponent had used only one claw, from such a distance, to tear the General Nanyang Dharma Robe directly apart, while his own full-force kick, though it killed the Great-Horned Demon Emperor, was only because she had exhausted her demonic power; regarding the Dharma Robe itself, there was almost no damage.

"..."

Shen Yi suddenly felt a strange restlessness.

He had almost collected everything usable within General Nanyang Sect, yet still could not break through the bottleneck.

Before, he had been limited by talent and aptitude; now, he was limited by the barrenness of Heaven and Earth itself.

Thinking of this, he could not help but feel a bit more admiration for that Shenxu Laozu of Mount Wutong.

The other party had been able to endure such restlessness, living a withered life for so long, yet still maintaining sanity.

However, if it were to happen again, Shen Yi's answer would be the same.

It was not that he thought Shen Shan Laozu was wrong.

It was just that the two were in different positions; the other was truly at the mountain peak, transcending the world, while he himself was indeed just the mayfly she spoke of, having no room for choice.

Any turmoil, a trivial matter in the eyes of the Laozu, could cause Shen Yi to die inexplicably.

For instance, an enlightened black dog wanting to change its appetite.

Shen Yi had no cave dwelling to provide him with a quiet place to cultivate; he could only rely on killing along the way, and the help of many mayflies, such as Zhang the Butcher, Lin Baiwei, Chen Qiankun, and even Wu Dao'an within the Martial Temple.

Although now, seemingly, his cultivation and status were vastly different from before.

Yet he could not extract himself from those mayflies who had helped him, detaching himself from the mundane world, and watching helplessly as they were slaughtered by demons day and night without knowing dawn or dusk.

Shen Shan Laozu indeed saw more deeply.

In her eyes, sacrificing the small to protect the great was the right path.

Standing high and considering things with her mindset, if Shen Yi had abandoned Outside Qingzhou back then, letting the Little Demon King slaughter, and Nie Jun had not pursued the Blood-Transformation Demon Emperor, perhaps there would simply be no demon calamity today.

Hiding oneself as much as possible, not letting the Old Dog discover, preferably not letting the other party know such a person existed at all, was the only way to achieve the greatest effect.

Before such a great matter, let alone Outside Qingzhou, even the entire Great Qian, the Xuan Guang Cave, and including the disciples of Mount Wutong, could all be sacrificed.

Wait until a second person breaks through to Killed Fanxu and opens General Nanyang Sect.

The worry would resolve itself.

By that time, holding three sticks of incense, it would not be too late to slowly mourn the departed old friends.

But for Shen Yi, if he did not fight, without demon lifespans, he would most likely be the part that was sacrificed and mourned, having no qualification at all to stand before Shen Shan Laozu.

Moreover, there was another question.

Who exactly could guarantee that after opening General Nanyang Sect, there would definitely be aid from outside?

Of course, for Shen Shan Laozu, this was actually not a problem.

If there was none, a cultivator with Killed Fanxu Realm strength could naturally leave with the sky high and the sea vast; what happened to the others within the sect seemed to matter little.

But not wanting to die, not wanting people he knew to die, should also be nothing wrong.

"Take one step and see."

The greatest risk now is nothing more than that old dog, seeing the situation turn unfavorable, deciding to come out and fight for his life.

Shen Yi gazed far toward the direction of the Thousand Demon Cave.

His expression grew even more calm, his figure beneath the black robe standing tall.

In the next moment, he once again transformed into a long rainbow of purple and white, streaking toward the Great Qian Imperial Capital.

"..."

Watching the long rainbow in the sky.

The Great Qian cultivators raised their heads in unison; they had long heard that Lord Shen handled affairs cleanly and decisively.

Yet they never imagined that even against the Demon Emperor of the Second Cave, there was not the slightest change.

When the long rainbow at the horizon vanished, the one positioned in Transformation of Spirit Realm looked back at the map in his hand, his fingertip slowly moving to the spot above the Divine Wind Demon Emperor.

But he found that place was empty.

"What is going on?"

He was somewhat stunned; did the Thousand Demon Cave have no Demon Emperor of the First Cave? Or was this the rumored Cave Master?

However...

The cultivator suddenly grinned; the retaliation from the Thousand Demon Cave that had kept them in constant dread.

Under Lord Shen's casual fists and palms, it had actually ended so easily.

The Great Qian, once driven like dogs by the Profound Light Cave, with the help of the elders of Mount Wutong and the Xu family, could now actually resist the Thousand Demon Cave head-on.

Even achieve victory with an overwhelming crushing force?!

This, this kind of thing, even a few years ago, they would not have dared to dream so big.

Now it had truly happened right before their eyes.

(End of this chapter)