Chapter 67: Earth Dragon

"Good heavens!"

"What kind of thing is this?"

"How is it moving so fast even underground?"

Haoran Righteous Qi flashed through Li Xiang's eyes.

He saw that deep underground, more than ten meters down, a creature with limbs wrapped in scales was traveling through the soil very rapidly.

A dense aura of Demon, enough to make one's heart panic.

【Seventh Grade Demon: Jiaoli!】

"How does this thing look so much like a pangolin?"

Li Xiang muttered to himself.

The Jiaoli's appearance was strikingly similar to the pangolin in Li Xiang's knowledge, only its entire body was much larger, seemingly six or seven times the size.

It was as huge as two yaks standing together, very imposing, and far from what the three Demons of the Zen Monastery could compare to.

This guy, one would think, belongs to the powerful existences even among the Seventh Grade.

It buried its body underground.

Dense scales covered its entire body, and on its forehead were three unique precious scales, emitting a faint, precious light.

Demon aura surged, Qi and Blood churned.

This guy's physical body seemed extremely powerful; it ran through the soil at high speed, and with a light wave of its two claws, it opened up a passage.

Even when encountering rock underground, it only took a touch from its claws for it to shatter into powder.

Its strength was frighteningly great.

It seemed to have sensed Li Xiang's gaze.

The Jiaoli suddenly stopped its movements, raised its body, and let out a roar while baring its fangs at the crowd above, filled with murderous intent.

This guy, it comes with ill intent.

"So ugly..."

Li Xiang muttered.

He pondered how to kill this thing without exposing his own identity.

After all, he was only three years old; doing something too extreme might attract the attention of some people with ulterior motives.

Su Qin was right; one must learn to hide one's edge.

There were too many eyes here, not suitable for exposing himself.

This was a supernatural world; one never knew when an evil cultivator who had lived for thousands of years might pop out from some corner.

One had to know, not every evil cultivator was as miserable as Song Ming.

Moreover, his parents and the little one were still nearby; if they were accidentally injured, it would be extremely troublesome.

However, perhaps the current situation did not require him to act; the people from the Demon Slaying Division could solve the problem.

"Everyone!"

"Hold your ground!"

Lu Jianxing roared.

His Qi and Blood surged throughout his body, seemingly warning the Demon not to approach.

He could feel that a powerful Demon nearby was currently spying on them.

The shattering of the Town Demon Bell just now was the other party's probing attack.

If his side did not pose a threat to it, then they would immediately face a frantic attack from the Demon.

This feeling of being watched by someone in the dark made Lu Jianxing extremely nervous.

That feeling made every hair on his body stand up, and his spirit was focused as never before.

He was ready to strike fiercely at any moment to suppress and kill the evil Demon.

"Shen Lian, the Demon Revealing Mirror!"

"Yes!"

Shen Lian raised his hand and threw him a precious mirror.

Lu Jianxing held it in his hand; without needing to offer Essence Blood, a slight tremor of his vast Qi and Blood power caused the Demon Revealing Mirror to shine brightly.

It erupted in his hand like a scorching sun.

The next moment, the Demon Revealing Mirror seemed to sense the Demon aura, and the image of the Jiaoli immediately manifested upon it.

"Trouble, it's actually an Earth Dragon."

Lu Jianxing frowned.

He recognized this thing; the Demon Slaying Division had detailed records of it.

How to deal with it, what its weaknesses were—the Demon Slaying Division had very detailed illustrated manuals.

Jiaoli, Earth element, scale-armored type, skilled at mountain-piercing, skilled at earth-escaping, abundant Luck, extremely difficult to deal with.

This thing's scales were extremely hard; ordinary blades and swords were simply difficult to handle.

The only weakness on its entire body was the part under its body not covered by scales.

Golden Scales grew on its forehead, clearly indicating that this guy was about to break through the Seventh Grade, re-refining its bloodline, returning to its ancestors, and awakening the power of the Ancient Gods and Demons within its body.

Those three Golden Scales were the signs that it had begun to return to its ancestors.

"A Seventh Grade peak Earth Dragon, trouble."

This thing was not easy to deal with!

If it were one-on-one, Lu Jianxing would not be afraid.

It was just that he was currently bringing a group of villagers, which was quite troublesome.

The battle must be resolved as quickly as possible!

If it comes to a fight to the death, perhaps there is a fifty-fifty chance of winning.

"Fifty-fifty, that's enough!"

His mind was made up.

He raised the Demon Revealing Mirror, following the demonic aura, attempting to lock onto its direction.

The next instant, Lu Jianxing let out a cold sneer.

"Found you, beast!"

Swish!

He drew his blade from its scabbard.

The Qi and Blood throughout his body surged, condensing behind him into a variegated fierce tiger.

With a light leap, it merged into his body.

His entire aura suddenly became several times stronger.

A roar of anger made people's eardrums ache.

"You two, watch the others."

"I'm going to slaughter this beast; you stay prepared, don't let other wild beasts find an opening and cause our brothers to fall."

Having said that, Lu Jianxing was seen gripping his long blade and slashing fiercely toward the ground.

Martial Dao Seventh Grade, the power of Qi and Blood released externally and attached to the Xiuchun Blade, directly cleaved a half-meter-deep gap in the ground.

Judging by Lu Jianxing's intent, he seemed prepared to carve a path one slash at a time to the tunnel the Demon had dug underground and fight it there.

Not long after, a loud boom was heard, and a tunnel entrance was cleared by him.

Lu Jianxing jumped in, gripping his Xiuchun Blade, intending to slay the Demon in this narrow space by the light erupting from the Demon Revealing Mirror.

"Stupid..."

Li Xiang frowned.

He did not expect Lu Jianxing to be so reckless.

He actually intended to fight on the enemy's home turf.

This thing was likely a close relative of a pangolin, and it was simply in its element underground; if Lu Jianxing went down to fight it, the situation would likely be dire.

Sure enough!

The Shark Carp's entire body surged with demonic aura, and the three precious scales on its forehead suddenly glowed slightly.

The next moment,

A thick, pale yellow aura emerged from the precious scales on its head and merged into the surrounding earth.

Hum~

The earth suddenly began to shake violently.

Like an earthquake, it shook people so they could not stand steady.

In an instant, the tunnel Lu Jianxing had just carved collapsed and was buried by soil.

With the exit blocked directly and the original passage half-collapsed, if Lu Jianxing wanted to find it underground, he would have to break through the collapsed passage all the way.

This Demon's bloodline had undergone an atavism, and it had actually begun to possess some supernatural powers, capable of manipulating the earth's veins.

Lu Jianxing's brows were tightly locked.

If this thing wasn't handled well, they wouldn't be able to take a single step forward.

With a Demon hiding under their feet that could pop out at any moment, anyone would be on edge.

However, looking at the current situation, it was very difficult for him to deal with this earth dragon.

If he wanted to return to the city safely under the interference of the earth dragon,

Then he could only abandon the villagers and run away with the brothers of the Demon Slaying Division.

In an instant, Lu Jianxing fell into a dilemma.

It wasn't that his heart was cold, but that the optimal solution at the moment was to abandon these villagers.

He gripped his Xiuchun Blade, feeling somewhat lost for a moment.

In the crowd.

Li Xiang watched the Shark Carp trigger its supernatural power and shake the earth.

He also felt that things were looking bad.

This place was far from any village or shop; if they stayed here too long, there would likely be more danger.

Looking at Lu Jianxing's appearance, he seemed not to know how to break the deadlock either.

After some thought.

Li Xiang's brows suddenly relaxed.

A faint bit of Haoran Qi condensed at his fingertips; before long, it condensed into a small Yinglong.

"Go!"

The Yinglong left his hand, escaped into the ground, and headed straight for the Shark Carp.

Condensing Haoran Qi into a beast was an extremely profound technique.

He had once seen his master use it.

The Yinglong was the ancestor of scaled creatures; using this thing to disrupt the Qi and Blood within the Shark Carp's body would surely have miraculous effects.

What's more, this was pure Haoran Qi, which naturally suppressed all Demons.

It should be able to create the conditions for Lu Jianxing to land a kill.

(End of this chapter)