Chapter 38: The Fall of Laogui

He raised an eyebrow.

Could this cave be the source of the surrounding Yin Qi? And according to the lock-on from his Ten Thousand Mile Soul-Chasing Qi mechanism, that Weird had also stopped inside the cave and was no longer moving.

It seems it found a treasure land suitable for healing.

But why was it at the cave entrance instead of deep inside? Could it be that there was some flood-dragon or fierce beast inside? Li Heng smiled lightly, becoming even more interested.

Gradually approaching the cave entrance, the more one could feel the Yin cold within.

However, this kind of Yin cold was of no concern to Li Heng. His Qi and Blood circulated, and Great Sun Original Qi filled his entire body, supreme in Yang and rigidity, directly driving those Yin cold forces out.

This is the benefit of possessing a heterogenous Original Qi.

If it were only the Original Qi born from one's own body, even if your Original Qi were pure and reached the level of a Blood Exchange Realm Martial Saint, it would still be difficult to resist the Yin Qi and avoid being eroded by it.

This is precisely one of the reasons why the Weird run rampant.

The Yin Qi is simply too suppressive to normal living beings.

Li Heng could not help but have a thought: is this Yin Qi, which suppresses all things and all spirits so thoroughly, truly formed by Heaven and Earth naturally? Or rather, does it truly belong to this Heaven and Earth?

Thinking this in his heart, he had already arrived before the cave entrance.

The interior of the cave was dark and deep, as if light could not shine in; he did not know what kind of danger lay hidden within—Unknown.

He smiled lightly and flicked his finger.

A wisp of Sun True Fire shot inside instantly, illuminating the surrounding cave walls and flying toward Laogui, who had intended to hide in the darkness and ambush Li Heng. Under the lock-on of his Ten Thousand Mile Soul-Chasing Qi mechanism, it still wanted to ambush him? Impossible!

Laogui was greatly alarmed and hurriedly dodged.

That wisp of Sun True Fire flew directly onto the surrounding cave walls, burning the rocks, turning them into ash, and forming a huge depression.

Finally, under the continuous assault of the Yin Qi, this wisp of Sun True Fire, like a fire without roots, was extinguished.

Watching this scene, Laogui felt his heart jump with fear.

His injuries were not yet healed; if he had touched even a little bit just now, would his body still exist? He feared he would have been cooked through, the kind you could sprinkle cumin and chili powder on and eat.

Back at the Sanshan Gathering, this Demon Exorcist's fist also had this kind of flame, which could burn his Yin Qi and even his power, causing him to almost be beaten to death with one punch.

What exactly is this flame? So overbearing!

"Who exactly are you? Are you from the Ma Family?"

After dodging, Laogui finally revealed his form before the cave entrance, looking at Li Heng with great wariness, then spoke, attempting to stall for time; he was also quite curious.

"Oh? The Ma Family?" Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

"Yang Extreme True Flame, number one for exorcising demons!"

Laogui spoke in a deep voice. "But the Yang Extreme True Flame shouldn't be this overbearing. Your flame even burns stone!"

"The Ma Family? A hidden family? Or some kind of heterogenous true fire from between Heaven and Earth?" He continued to state his guesses.

It seems this Ma Family is a family skilled in fire-based demon exorcism?

Li Heng was thoughtful, then spoke with a smile. "It looks like you are guessing my background, but in reality, you want to stall for time, right?"

"What exactly is hidden in this cave? Or is that mastermind inside the cave?"

He quickly discerned this Laogui's thoughts.

Standing at the cave entrance to heal instead of going deep into the cave, where the Yin Qi is most concentrated. It is obvious it is guarding something? Perhaps a person, or perhaps an object.

Or perhaps, both person and object!

Laogui's heart shook violently, but his expression remained unchanged.

"I don't know what you're talking about. This cave is very shallow; it's a dead end inside. It's a pity that you, a Demon Exorcist, are still guessing blindly."

Its voice was hoarse as it mocked him thus.

"Forget it, even if you don't admit it, that's fine. Speaking of which, you are the second Weird I've encountered that can talk; it seems you are in a half-human, half-Weird state."

The second Weird encountered that can talk?

Hearing Li Heng's words, Laogui's pupils shrank slightly, and its heart shook slightly. Could it be that not long ago, what that woman encountered...

Li Heng would not wait for it to be shocked, or rather, the sentence he just said was intended to make this Weird slightly distracted so he could strike and Town-kill it.

He did not want to entangle with it any longer and waste time.

At the Sanshan Gathering, he had ambushed this Weird, almost killing it with one punch. Now that this Weird's injuries were not healed and its strength was damaged, he could face it head-on.

In a flash, Li Heng's body lunged forward. In just one breath, he crossed a distance of seven or eight meters, arrived before this Laogui, and then smashed his right fist toward its face.

This was a normal attack!

Well, a normal attack with various buffs for breaking demons and punishing evil. After all, of all the martial arts in the world, only speed is unbreakable; as long as a normal attack is strong enough, one can even kill gods for you to see.

With the threat imminent, Laogui finally came back to its senses, alarm bells ringing in its heart, and it desperately mobilized the Yin Qi present in this place, wanting to directly block this strike.

At this moment, Li Heng suddenly changed his move. He threw a left fist, and a raging true fire ignited on his left fist, directly burning the Yin Qi that Laogui had mobilized, and punched through, slamming into Laogui's face.

Boom!

The terrifying force, added with the intent to break demons and punish evil, plus the burning power of the Sun True Fire—a dual attack of physical and spiritual—caused Laogui's form to be directly blasted away by the punch.

It flew into the depths of the cave.

At this moment, Laogui was truly not far from death; the injuries inside its body had not recovered, and having received this punch, it was injury upon injury.

It coughed up fresh blood, spitting out several fragments of internal organs. Only shock and panic remained in its heart: what kind of flame is this? Its essence is actually so high that such massive Yin Qi cannot resist it; could it be the legendary immortal fire?

It struggled with difficulty to crawl up from the ground.

But it only saw Li Heng slowly walking toward it.

Laogui gritted its teeth, a look of determination appearing on its face. With a movement of its mind, it directly triggered the Gathering Yin Rune on its forehead. Instantly, Yin Qi exploded, rampaging through its entire body.

Then its whole body exploded with a bang; it self-destructed.

Li Heng's expression was indifferent; if it were any other explosion, he might have suffered some injuries, but Yin Qi? His Sun True Fire burned it clean directly; it could not hurt him in the slightest.

The explosion dissipated, and the Yin Qi rushing toward him was also burned by the Sun True Fire. But Li Heng frowned, because he did not feel the Source Power arrive. This Weird was not dead yet?

He suddenly thought of a possibility and revealed a cold smile.

In his mind, he directly performed the Visualization of the third eye—the Heavenly Eye—of that True Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Dao from the myths of his past life, temporarily gaining the faint ability to break through illusions and see through souls.

He then saw, at the spot where the explosion had just occurred.

The weak soul of Laogui was struggling to drift; at the same time, nourished by the surrounding yin energy, its speed was increasing, and it was estimated that it would be able to move normally before long.

"You Weirds are truly hard to kill."

Li Heng said indifferently, directly imbuing his palm with the intent to break demons and execute evil, and grabbed the soul of Laogui with one hand.

Laogui's expression was one of horror; how could this be?

He was currently a pure soul, not even having touched much yin energy, so how did this demon slayer know he wasn't dead!

"This lord, I have..."

He hurriedly tried to beg for mercy, but only saw Sun True Fire rise on Li Heng's palm, burning him to nothingness in an instant.

True Qi Realm Weird, Laogui, has fallen!

Source Power +32, current Source Power has broken through the one-hundred mark.

It has reached 120 points!