Chapter 437: Family Annihilation and Clan Extermination

Shen Yi naturally knew how risky this move was.

But if he could personally slay Venerable Bihai, besides the lifespan of demons, he could also harvest a stabilizing stone with a very high probability of reaching third-rank.

By then, when breaking through to the second layer of Return to Emptiness, there would be a greater chance of receiving the gift of heaven and earth.

Although his cultivation journey so far had been making do with what was available, how could he possibly let go of an opportunity handed right to his doorstep?

Under the blessing of the Undying True Body of the Celestial Phoenix.

Shen Yi ruthlessly drew that long sword, raising a surging wave of blood, taking advantage of Venerable Bihai's weakness and moment of daze.

The sword flew like a long rainbow, sweeping through the air.

With an extremely precise angle, it fiercely chopped into the neck of this spotted deer demon.

Whether it was the timing of the strike or the proficiency in slaying demons, there was hardly a single flaw to be found.

But, with a crisp "clang!"

The sharp magical treasure long sword actually collided violently with the deer demon's spine.

Even under the full blessing of the Undying True Body of the Celestial Phoenix, it still shook Shen Yi's hands numb, yet could only leave a faint white mark on that bone.

The demon body of this old deer was actually far more formidable than Zhang Laifu's!

This was the gap between bloodlines.

At the same time, the deer demon also reacted, pouring dense demonic energy, almost turning into solid substance, entirely into his palm, and smashing fiercely toward Shen Yi!

With life about to be lost, who cared about Shen Zongzhu?

Clashes between demons easily cause misunderstandings; for instance, the palm strike the toad had slapped out earlier was similarly unremarkable, yet it produced no reaction at all when it hit the old dog.

This would make one subconsciously feel that this palm strike actually had no power.

Crude and useless.

But only by truly taking a hit does one understand why these creatures of heaven and earth could, with almost no thought, force human cultivators into a relentless retreat.

Even though Shen Yi had already expected it, the Dao Infant's five organs trembled together, and the near-cracking agony still made his eyes instinctively grow a bit more fierce.

Fortunately, that phoenix egg came into play again.

Jin Guang instantly filled his four limbs and hundred bones, stabilizing this spiritual body.

Shen Yi swung the sword back again, piercing "puff" into Venerable Bihai's mouth, then immediately grabbed the other's robes and threw him toward the old dog!

By all rights, the old dog, having crossed the watershed to the fourth layer of Return to Emptiness, should have been able to deal with a toad with ease.

But hindered by the shortcomings of its true form, although it could press the toad down, it still couldn't truly slay the opponent for half a day.

Already, a heart full of anger and fear occupied his mind, fearing being despised by his master.

Now seeing Venerable Bihai flying toward him.

Zhang Laifu no longer cared about the problem of excessive consumption; the shadow of his front paw suddenly opened, several times more solid than it had been at General Nanyang Sect back then.

The huge dog paw directly enveloped that spotted deer.

Then squeezed tightly!

Beneath the sharp dog paws, only the grating, dense "crack-crack" sounds could be heard ringing out continuously, accompanied by the deer demon's agonized howls.

By the time the shadow opened again.

Venerable Bihai's entire skeleton had been crushed, his internal organs exploded, and it was clear his life had ended; he fell limply to the ground.

【Slain Return to Emptiness Realm Venerable Bihai Deer Demon, total lifespan 179,000 years, remaining lifespan 73,000 years, absorption complete】

"Die for me!"

Zhang Laifu's killing intent surged greatly, summoning the dog paw shadow again, and with one paw shattered the toad's greasy belly.

Truly worthy of the Hongze Water Clan.

Even in this situation, it still hadn't drawn its last breath.

"You dare move me! What Shen Zongzhu, where is there a Shen Zongzhu! You let that Harmony Dao senior come out; I will commit suicide right here to appease the senior's anger!"

Venerable Bihai the toad endured the excruciating pain, water surging within his body, sustaining his life force.

In this life-or-death struggle, he actually managed to barely support the dog paw striking again with both palms, screaming, "If there isn't one, then just you, a mere clerk surnamed Liu, plus these two rogue cultivators, do you have the qualification to act against our Water Clan? Can you bear the crime!"

He did not waste any more words to bring up his background.

Because this Clerk Liu knew better than anyone whose subordinate he was.

"..."

Liu Qianyun finally shifted her gaze from Shen Yi.

She certainly couldn't summon a Harmony Dao senior, but the Shen Zongzhu was real.

However, there was no need for the toad to commit suicide here.

She silently looked at that dog.

After all, she was just a junior; before she was even born, General Nanyang Sect had already met with disaster.

Her understanding of that sect was all heard from others.

She actually didn't know that General Nanyang Sect was also skilled in the method of puppet-making.

Even among clerks, this dog could be counted among the upper-middle ranks, far beyond her own ability; no wonder Shen Yi showed not a trace of nervousness when he came out; it turned out he carried such a guardian with him.

Under Shen Yi's eye signal.

Zhang Laifu sneered again, the shadow smashing down repeatedly; in the incredulous gaze of Venerable Bihai the toad, he literally smashed him into a mass of meat wrapped in skin.

【Slain Return to Emptiness Realm Venerable Bihai Toad Demon, total lifespan 182,000 years, remaining lifespan 94,000 years, absorption complete】

During this time, Shen Yi was not idle either.

The other three demons had long seen the situation was unfavorable and were fleeing toward the door like madmen.

However, the instant their hands touched the stone door.

They would be directly pulled back by the youth in the black robe.

The minor completion of the Heavenly Phoenix Indestructible True Body allowed Shen Yi, with his physical body alone, to achieve an effect comparable to the second layer of Killed Fanxu.

Not to mention the continuous assaults of the Dao Palace Blood Lightning and the Golden Wind.

Breaking Delusion Shattering Body, Golden Wind Soul Capture.

Add to that a terrifying youth who threw punches without end, and it was actually one against three, leaving the three demons utterly powerless to resist.

All manner of divine abilities slammed viciously into Shen Yi's body.

But the golden flames, as if endlessly regenerating, blocked all the demons' divine abilities outside.

Any single technique that could be collected by the General Nanyang Sect, if brought out into the world, would be at a level these ordinary demon cultivators could hardly imagine.

This is the foundation of a great sect!

On the smooth stone door, dense blood palm prints gradually appeared.

Every single one contained a thick aura of grievance and fear.

Until the last surviving demon was suddenly struck on the head by a palm, its whole body drained of strength, and was slowly dragged back by Shen Yi, leaving a straight trail of blood on the ground.

Liu Qianyun looked at the youth below and suddenly felt a vague sense of discomfort all over her body.

Although she was an executor, her cultivation was too low, and she rarely left the sect to participate in those true battles of slaughter.

The demons' wails of agony rang in her ears.

Yet they failed to stir even the slightest change in the youth's expression.

It even made Liu Qianyun feel that the other party had done similar things too many times, to the point of numbness.

What kind of monsters exactly does the General Nanyang Sect produce?

The next moment, Shen Yi collected all the demon corpses into his thumb ring.

He retracted the golden flames all over his body and walked toward Liu Qianyun.

"Uh... what are you doing?"

Liu Qianyun instinctively moved slightly away from the overwhelming stench of blood and murderous aura rushing toward her.

The moment her words fell, she noticed Shen Yi glance at her with a slightly odd look, then walk past her, lift the bead curtain, and head into the stone passage.

The entire process was so practiced it was breathtaking.

Shen Yi brought the old dog into the stone passage.

Looting the home and exterminating the clan.

The clan is already exterminated, so of course next is looting the home—does that even need to be asked?

He was now so poor he couldn't even produce a decent birthday gift, and could only follow in empty-handed. When he was alone before it was fine, but if something like this happened again in the future, wouldn't it be the General Nanyang Sect's face that was lost.

"..."

Liu Qianyun was silent for a long time, then suddenly covered her face.

She had only wanted to bring the other party out to see the world, not to be a bandit!

Moreover, up until now, Liu Qianyun had no idea at all what had happened, or how the fight had even started.

But it seemed Shen Yi didn't really care about that.

Judging from his earlier move of pulling the long sword out of the deer demon's heart, it seemed he simply enjoyed the process of killing demons, not even caring if he got hurt.

This was clearly a killing-crazy lunatic!

(End of this chapter)