Chapter 169: Demon Dog

While dashing through the Spirit Realm in pursuit of Ke Lai En, Lei Ke Dun's inspiration was suddenly sparked, and he followed his intuition to leave the Spirit Realm.

Ke Lai En, still eyes closed and divining the door opened by the Universal Key before him, opened his eyes and turned to look at the person who had suddenly appeared beside him.

Ke Lai En said in a surprised tone:

"How did you get here?"

Just having stepped out of the Spirit Realm, Lei Ke Dun lifted his gaze to the "door" before him, his secret‑seeing eye scanning the surroundings, locating where the other side of the "door" lay.

"I'm here to kill that demon," he whispered, and Lei Ke Dun stepped back into the Spirit Realm.

In a brightly yellow‑decorated living room, a female corpse with an empty abdomen lay on the floor.

Next to it was a huge black dog; after swallowing its entrails, it paused, sensing a strong sense of danger.

The demon's malicious perception made it feel a lethal danger approaching, and the demon dog, without hesitation, dropped the unfinished entrails and bolted outward.

It didn't even have time to pinpoint the source of danger; it only knew the threat was closing in from the Spirit Realm.

One star after another appeared, scattering rays of starlight, and the fallen starlight wondrously formed a transparent, dazzling barrier.

It severed the connection between this living room and the outside world, even diminishing the Spirit Realm's influence here considerably.

On the other side, still hesitating whether to pass through the "door" he had opened in the wall, the next moment he found a layer of starlight spreading on the other side of the "door", blocking it.

"Seems there's real danger over there, but A Er's arrival was overly timely, huh?"

"Feels like he's using me as bait!"

Ke Lai En clicked his tongue, feeling that his guess was highly likely correct.

He put away the Universal Key, and Ke Lai En decided not to use this magical item again.

Ke Lai En walked to the window, flicked a match outward, then snapped his fingers.

With a "Snap!" sound, two flames ignited, one from Ke Lai En's pocket and the other from the match outside.

Ke Lai En's form was quickly enveloped by the flames and vanished; immediately, the flame on the thrown match surged, and Ke Lai En leapt out of the fire.

He glanced around to confirm his current location, and Ke Lai En swiftly devised a new plan to return home:

"Good, I've already left the West District. Looks like I need to detour to a farther place, then find a chance to take a carriage back."

In the bright yellow‑decorated living room, the surrounding walls, floor, and ceiling were all enveloped by a transparent, dazzling barrier.

A colossal demon dog, its body nearly three meters tall, with curved goat horns sprouting from its head, covered in countless mysterious patterns, and a pair of massive bat‑wing‑like wings unfurled behind it, entwined with crimson and pale‑blue flames, exuding a strong sulfur odor, raged within the relatively cramped living room, wildly spewing pale‑blue fire while clashing with the surrounding ice.

The already bright living room was filled with pure, holy morning light.

The dawn also mingled with clear, radiant, pure holy light, and the brilliance, reflected by the ice crystals covering the room, appeared exceedingly dazzling.

The towering demon dog, its whole body seeming cloaked in a thick, hard armor, emitted plumes of black smoke as the light continuously purified it.

The black smoke dissipated quickly after leaving the demon dog's body, and the dog's intense abyssal aura was steadily weakened.

"Frost!" he muttered a draconic word.

Streams of crystal‑clear light swarmed in, all targeting the enlarged demon dog, freezing it within.

In the bright, noon‑sun‑like living room, layer upon layer of frost hung, and the warmth brought by holy light was completely dispelled.

A pale‑blue fireball emitting a strong sulfur smell ignited and extinguished in the demon dog's mouth.

To quickly break free from the frost's shackles, the demon dog set itself and the surrounding ice crystals ablaze with fire.

"Corruption!" the demon dog's frost‑bound mouth finally uttered, speaking a demonic word from the abyss full of filthy decay.

The living room began to take on an abyssal tendency, with a slightly viscous black liquid coating everything.

Yet these viscous black liquids vanished within moments, purified by the bright light in the room, leaving no trace.

Lei Ke Dun hurried toward the demon dog, hands clasped, and the surrounding light coalesced in his palms.

With a chopping motion, a sharp, sturdy, heavy, broad two‑handed greatsword was drawn from the light.

He struck heavily on the frost‑covered demon dog, lifting the ice.

The thick, hard armor draped on the demon dog was pierced as easily as paper, and the two‑handed greatsword, forged from mingled holy light, embedded itself into the dog's body.

"Wooo!" the demon dog let out a mournful howl, pale‑blue flames flaring around it, and the strong sulfur smell stung the nose and mouth.

"Frost!" Lei Ke Dun stood still, quietly uttering a draconic word without moving a foot.

A burst of crystal‑clear light covered the pale‑blue flames, suppressing the demon dog's struggle.

Lei Ke Dun released one hand from the greatsword, pulling in the air.

Silently, numerous chains formed from the light, piercing the demon dog's flesh and binding it.

Then Lei Ke Dun continued to wield the greatsword with both hands, raising and swinging down, severing one massive bat‑wing‑like wing behind the demon dog.

Magma‑like blood splattered, dripping onto the surrounding ice crystals, vaporizing into plumes of toxic gas.

Depriving the demon dog of any chance to struggle, Lei Ke Dun kept swinging the greatsword, cutting off its other wing as well.

The demon dog ignited pale‑blue flames over its entire body, continuously thrashing as the chains binding its flesh gradually snapped.

A strong, acrid sulfur odor, splattering hot blood everywhere, and charred fragments of meat constantly emitting black smoke.

Pale‑blue flames surged continuously, centered on the massive demon dog, with crimson magma and pale‑blue fire converging and erupting like a volcanic explosion.

The acrid sulfur smell permeated the entire living room, accompanied by spreading ink‑green toxic gas.

Lei Ke Dun quickly retreated, creating distance from the demon dog; starlight swirled around him, shielding him from the scorching shockwave and toxic gas.

A faint golden hue tinged Lei Ke Dun's pale‑blue eyes, and the surrounding environment simultaneously took on a golden tint, spreading outward layer by layer.

The expanding toxic gas from the demon dog was continuously purified, and the crimson magma and pale‑blue flames were diminished beneath successive golden ripples.

A massive demon dog silhouette emerged from the flames and toxic gas, ferocious and terrifying, like a demon crawling out of fire.

Lei Ke Dun squinted slightly, noting that the dog could not control its raging desire and murderous intent, and had completely lost control.

The already out‑of‑control demon dog's flesh began to swell abnormally, the huge bat‑wing of the demon dog that Lei Ke Dun had already cut off...

"Death." the demon dog rasped, uttering a demonic word.

Lei Ke Dun's body shattered in an instant, turning into countless flickering points of brilliant starlight.

The corruption and fallen power originating from the deep abyss had no effect on Leikedun, merely causing the flickering starlight to dim somewhat.

Leikedun's figure reassembled amidst the scattered starlight, his eyes a pale blue.

Immediately, several strands of pure blazing white light, like swords, pierced the out-of-control demon dog's body, and the pale blue flames burning on it were nearly extinguished.

"The demon's vitality is truly tenacious!"

Leikedun sighed while spreading his arms, mimicking an embrace of the sun.

A magnificent, pure blazing light pillar filled the entire living room, and the dying demon dog's body lying on the ground trembled incessantly, as if suffering extreme punishment.

It lasted about thirty seconds, after which the light gradually faded, leaving the living room scorched black, as if it had just endured a severe fire.

On the ground lay a charred female corpse; faintly visible, her abdomen had been hollowed out.

The demon dog's body lay on the ground, devoid of breath.

But its massive body did not revert to a normal canine; it remained demonized, with specks of scarlet, and scalding blood flowed from the burnt wounds on the corpse.

The demon's formidable vitality kept the demon dog's corpse retaining a degree of liveliness.

Leikedun paid no attention to the demon dog's corpse, instead walking straight to the victim's charred corpse, closing it up and performing a requiem.

After waiting another ten or so minutes, the specks of light exuding from the demon dog's corpse coalesced into a soft, icy-textured mass blending crimson and pale blue, shaped like a skull.

Having collected the demon dog's trait, Leikedun then performed a certain counter-divination on the scene.

The starlight barrier that had once covered the living room's surroundings had long since vanished.

Leikedun walked to the doorway, paused his steps, and muttered to himself:

"Aluodesi, do you wish to swiftly meet your great master, the supreme sovereign above the Spirit Realm?"

"Pa!"

Leikedun snapped his fingers, a burst of fire flared up behind him, accompanied by a cracking sound.

The firelight once again illuminated the living room; aside from the two charred corpses, nothing else remained.

The firelight and cracking noise quickly drew the attention of nearby people; the originally scattered dim yellow lights soon blazed across a large area, and the night on this street would no longer be peaceful!

(End of chapter)