Chapter 455: Sect Master Shen Made a Killing

Rolling waves of blood spread across the horizon, revealing six great pillars within.

And in the center, seated upon a cushion, holding a fly-whisk, surrounded by nine demons, was a scarlet figure.

The roars of the ferocious beasts drifted up as if from the bottom of an abyss.

Yet everyone's gaze converged entirely upon the purple qi surrounding that scarlet figure.

"Tiangong?"

The Serpent-Head General's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of dread appeared in his expression.

He instinctively turned his gaze toward Shen Yi's youthful face... This did not seem to be an illusion technique; the other was only at the second layer of Killed Fanxu, simply because he was younger.

Which young master has come out to travel the world?

Baohua Xianzi was so surprised she stood frozen in place; it was hard for her to imagine that this so-called loose cultivator, who was willing to slay demons and monsters for her all the way just for twenty Soul-Returning Pills, had casually summoned a layer of Tiangong.

However...

Even if it was a Tiangong, it only signified extraordinary talent; it could not truly inflict any substantial damage on a Killed Fanxu fifth-layer demon.

If it were another matter, the demon might have considered the identity behind it and retreated.

But this Tortoise Demon had already made up its mind to die.

Such a scene would only make it more violent, its killing intent surging, as it sought to clear the trouble for that Snake Woman.

Sure enough, the Tortoise Demon merely paused for an instant before waking up sooner than anyone else.

The resolve in its eyes did not waver in the slightest: "Kill!"

Shen Yi raised his gaze to watch the Dao Palace in the sky; the hand seals in his hand changed again. In the next moment, that scarlet figure waved its fly-whisk, sending the purple qi down to be offered.

At the very moment the purple qi fell completely.

Everyone immediately sensed something was wrong, especially Baohua Xianzi and the Serpent-Head General; both had personally witnessed a Tiangong before.

Shen Yi had only just ascended to the palace for the first time.

How could he possess such dense purple qi, more than double that of other geniuses!

Beyond that, what was even more puzzling was that while the other had summoned the Dao Palace, he did not unleash any Dao techniques; instead... he merged that exceptionally dense purple qi into his own body.

"Hoo."

Shen Yi withdrew his gaze and looked seriously at the Tortoise Demon ahead.

He had originally just wanted to test whether the Tiangong's purple qi could enhance the Spirit Body Technique, but unexpectedly, the instant the purple qi touched his body, the Golden Phoenix within him awakened; its long tail feathers were dyed purple, erupting with even more vigorous vitality.

The towering golden flames were also stained purple.

After sensing the change in strength for a moment, it seemed no arrays or the like needed to be set up anymore.

Shen Yi finally took a step.

Then he vanished directly from the spot.

He appeared beside the Tortoise Demon, whose face was full of caution; several Li Fire seals were held in his palm, and he casually slapped toward its temple.

Beneath that casually thrown palm.

The Tortoise Demon felt a violent throbbing; had it not swallowed that Radiant Jewel, it felt it might not even have had a chance to react.

Yet even so, it was still a step too slow.

Just before it could counterattack, five long fingers had already pressed down; the palm strike looked utterly ordinary, yet it made the Tortoise Demon feel as if it had gone deaf.

Its body shot out with a boom; the immense force caused the entire Xiao Family Fortress to collapse.

Boom—

The fully realized Great Phoenix Indestructible True Body possessed strength comparable to the fourth layer of Killed Fanxu, just like the Tortoise Demon; both had borrowed some method for enhancement.

But clearly, the Hongmeng Chen Ziqi bestowed by heaven and earth was far superior in grade to that Radiant Jewel!

How dare the light of a firefly compete with the brilliance of the full moon.

The Serpent-Head General's face had already begun to look uneasy.

The Snake Woman swallowed hard, casting a timid, pleading glance in that direction; even with her vision, she could see the situation was not tilting in her favor as she had imagined.

"So strong." Baohua Xianzi bit her lip again.

In just one day, Shen Yi's impression in her heart had leaped from a second-layer Killed Fanxu cultivator to an existence merely one step away from her.

The gap in between, for an ordinary cultivator, might take tens of thousands of years to bridge.

These Soul-Returning Pills were absolutely worth every penny.

"..."

The Tortoise Demon flew sideways, feeling a burning pain added to its soul.

But it was an old demon that had lived for so long, serving the Snake Family for over a hundred thousand years; its cultivation was certainly no fake.

That strange Li Fire technique was forcibly suppressed by its sheer willpower.

Its twin eyes stared fixedly at the collapsed Xiao Family Fortress.

Immediately, its clothes billowed, and a tortoise shell glowing with treasure light detached from its body, splitting into eight pieces.

Six of them protected its body, while the other two slashed toward that figure in dark robes like blades, carrying no aura fluctuations, as if they had instantly merged into the void.

Only by actually taking a hit could one clearly understand what power they contained.

However, that figure had vanished from its line of sight.

The Tortoise Demon's expression changed slightly; it instinctively looked behind... its eyes reflected the youth standing in mid-air, and the purple-gold sea of fire filling the sky.

Shen Yi slightly turned his palm and punched out again!

Accompanied by a sharp, piercing cry, the sky-high sea of fire coalesced into a golden phoenix spreading its wings to soar, then all converged into his five fingers.

Bang!

The six tortoise shells shattered in succession, causing the Tortoise Demon to explode all over, shrouded in a faint mist of blood.

One palm sent it flying; one fist shattered its armor.

The instant the blood mist was scattered by the gale, the turtle demon saw that handsome face right before its eyes, and the palm-blade coming for it like a death warrant.

"Audacious beyond belief!"

The Jiaoshou General finally burst out with a furious roar.

The great halberd in his hand flew free like a long dragon, the blast of air making the very earth tremble, as if it would sink beneath the water the next moment.

"Just as I thought… you're all liars."

Lady Baohua Xianzi seemed to have foreseen this long ago; the hand hidden in her sleeve had already formed its spell.

A colossal flower palace six stories tall, magnificent and as resplendent as an immortal realm.

It descended upon the mortal world so abruptly.

Two breaths of the Blue Luan, three strands of white spiritual Qi—the foundation that allowed her to become Lady Baohua Xianzi.

Killed Fanxu, sixth layer; five palace ascensions.

Every single one had received a gift from Heaven and Earth.

An enormous pink petal bloomed in the air, and with just one petal it blocked that Tiger-Devouring great halberd.

In this brief span of time.

Shen Yi's palm-blade had already cleanly sliced across the turtle demon's neck.

He casually took out its demon core, along with the Huaguang Treasure Pearl that had been digested less than a third of.

Sure enough, a true Killed Fanxu fifth-layer cultivator was never this pathetic.

With such overwhelming power, the opponent simply couldn't bring it to bear—nothing but a hollow show.

Even without the Tiangong's purple Qi, if Shen Yi had set up the Iron Stroke Silver Hook Grand Formation, it might have been a bit of trouble, but taking the opponent down was still no problem.

Thinking of this, he stored the turtle demon's corpse in his thumb ring and turned to look into the distance.

The battle at this point was already one that Shen Yi could not take part in at all.

But he still had other things to do.

"You really dare to make a move?!"

The Jiaoshou General caught the great halberd that had flown back, vaulted into the air, and seeing that victory and defeat were already decided, could only turn his furious gaze toward Lady Baohua Xianzi below.

The reason it had proposed this wager.

Was simply because it was certain that young cultivator would surely lose.

With its status, it had no right to stake the woman favored by Dragon Lord: "This general warns you once more—do not bring ruin upon yourself!"

"I just suddenly understood something, that's all."

Lady Baohua Xianzi shook her head and said calmly, "Since the Dragon Consort is looking for it, she will certainly be watching the transmission conch of the Western Palace, which is why you chose to use a jade slip instead—so doesn't this mean…"

Saying this, she suddenly revealed a complicated smile: "As long as I kill all of you, no one will ever know."

Shen Yi had already taught her this lesson with his actions many times; pity she was a bit slow, only catching on now.

"After all, in the eyes of outsiders, this is nothing more than two rogue cultivators, acting as champions of justice, sheltering the Xiao Family Fort."

"This whole area is full of my people—what are you going to fight me with?"

As her words fell, Lady Baohua Xianzi struck without hesitation; within the Hundred Flowers Immortal Palace in the sky, the Blue Luan cried long, and spiritual Qi gathered.

From within the enormous peach blossom, a snow-white longsword slowly emerged.

Two breaths of the Blue Luan, three strands of spiritual Qi, swiftly poured into it, adding several shades of killing intent to that resplendent longsword.

Both at Killed Fanxu, sixth layer.

But once they truly came to blows, there was a world-shattering difference between them.

Yu Nanhong's title of prodigy was not earned for nothing.

"This—!"

Feeling that sharpness that nearly pierced his very eyes.

The Jiaoshou General's face changed drastically in an instant.

With a sweep of his great halberd, waves hundreds of zhang tall leapt up at once, the water roaring thunderously, like sea beasts choosing their prey to devour, as if to swallow the whole place.

Yet the instant that longsword came slashing across the sky.

The towering waves froze solid in midair, then quietly and soundlessly receded.

The sword was like Bai Hong.

It pierced through the Jiaoshou General's fish-scale armor and chest, transforming into dazzling white blossoms that sank into its flesh and blood.

Hiss—

Every petal became a small sword, working from the inside out, shattering its body to pieces in an instant!

Only a bloodied, mangled husk remained sprawled on the ground, clinging to its last breath.

With just one sword strike, the world saw clearly the gulf between a prodigy and an ordinary aquatic commander.

"Hah."

This was Lady Baohua Xianzi's first time killing a demon, yet she felt no discomfort at all; on the contrary, her fingertips trembled slightly from excitement.

She raised her hand, preparing to finish off the Jiaoshou General, but a glance to the side revealed Shen Yi walking out from the ruins, the snake woman in his hand—her spine already smashed, clearly dead.

"I have something I want to ask it," Shen Yi said, his expression unchanged as he looked toward the Jiaoshou General.

"…"

Lady Baohua Xianzi suppressed the pounding in her heart, forcibly recalled her spell, and nodded: "Alright, go ahead and ask."

Hearing this, Shen Yi stepped over to the side of the mangled husk.

"Get lost! This general won't say a damn thing!" The Jiaoshou General, summoning the last of its strength, roared at the young cultivator.

Shen Yi, as if he hadn't heard, leaned close to its side and whispered a few words.

After a moment, he stood back up, waited a while, and slightly furrowed his brow: "Won't talk? Then die."

"Hmm?"

The General of the Serpent Head shook his head desperately, even doubting he had gone deaf.

He had heard absolutely nothing!

Yet what answered him was a palm-blade much like the one before.

Pshh!

【Beheaded a Back-Black Serpent Demon of the Void-Returning Realm, total lifespan 153,000 years, remaining lifespan 27,000 years, absorption complete】

Shen Yi stored both corpses into his signet ring, pressing his lips together: "..."

Baohua Xianzi looked at him with concern: "Why not ask a bit more? You needn't worry about me; I can still delay things for you for this long."

"It's nothing, a trivial matter."

Shen Yi shook his head; he could not continue the conversation, or his mouth would truly start to curl up.

(End of this chapter)