Chapter 21: Demonic Beasts of Xuwang Mountain

The town was full of villagers who had no power to resist these Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and were being slaughtered en masse.

"Someone is coming!" Lin Feng, who was in the middle of circulating his Qi, suddenly opened his eyes.

Even this momentary lapse in concentration caused his internal energy to tremble, and he nearly failed to resist the Demonic Qi.

In the distance, over a dozen Golden Core cultivators came running over; judging by their crazed expressions and the Dharma Artifacts in their hands, they were clearly about to attack Jiang Xun and the others.

"This... please, Senior Lin, take action!"

Lin Feng and the others were unable to move and could only pin their hopes on Jiang Xun.

"Master..." Gu Qing was also worried when she saw this.

Her master was only at the Golden Core Stage, and these dozen people in front of them were all at the Golden Core Stage; she feared her master would not be able to hold them off!

"Rest assured, nothing will happen." Jiang Xun looked back at Gu Qing and smiled, while simultaneously reaching out his hand, where the Seven Absolutes Sword appeared.

To deal with these Golden Core cultivators, there was no need to use the Liu Hong Sword.

"Ya!!"

Liu Hong charged at the very front; seeing Jiang Xun, he leaped up, raised the long sword in his hand high, and slashed down toward Jiang Xun's head.

Jiang Xun did not dodge, letting the long sword fall.

Bang!

The long sword slashed down five centimeters in front of Jiang Xun, only to be blocked by a black barrier.

A powerful repulsive force erupted from Jiang Xun's body, directly shattering Liu Hong until he exploded and died.

Lin Feng and the others were stunned at the sight.

He just stood there without making a move, and he shattered the opponent into a pulp of flesh? Not even bones were left?

There was even a faint aura of a Spirit Transformation Stage expert.

Above the Nascent Soul is the Spirit Transformation; it seems this Senior Lin is already on the verge of breaking through!

Little did he know, this was entirely the effect of the Nine Heavens Reversal Robe.

Liu Hong had fallen into a frenzy, exerting even greater force in his hands, and coupled with his desperate, full-power execution of his technique, the power of that sword strike was, to be honest, quite formidable.

But this was also the reason he exploded.

His body could not withstand his own strike.

Seeing Liu Hong explode, the other Golden Core cultivators did not stop their advance.

They seemed to have lost their own consciousness, charging at Jiang Xun with all their might one after another, while fireballs and earth spikes from the distance also attacked Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun flipped his hand, and a Dharma Artifact bead flickering with an eerie red light appeared in his palm, with a ball of raging fire burning inside it.

Jiang Xun activated the Dharma bead, and a sea of fire surged out from it, instantly engulfing all the Golden Core cultivators, along with their fireballs and earth spikes, burning them all away in an instant.

The flames did not stop, but began to burn the surrounding Demonic Qi!

It swallowed all the Demonic Qi around Lin Feng and the others, as well as Gu Qing and the other person.

The group immediately felt a sense of lightness in their bodies, put away their cultivation techniques, and stood up from the ground.

"So powerful, it actually burned away the Demonic Qi." Liu Ruoyun stood up and said, looking at the flames beside her.

She felt no temperature from these flames, nor did they harm them; they only burned the Demonic Qi.

"Master, are you alright?" Gu Qing was still concerned for Jiang Xun, and after getting up, she ran to Jiang Xun's side at the first opportunity.

"I am fine." Jiang Xun nodded and put away the Purgatory Fire Bead and the Seven Absolutes Sword.

He had thought he would be able to exchange a few blows with them before taking out the Seven Absolutes Sword.

He just hadn't expected the Nine Heavens Reversal Robe and the Purgatory Fire Bead to be so monstrous that they could even burn away Demonic Qi; the Seven Absolutes Sword had been brought out for nothing.

"Senior Lin truly has profound cultivation, even being able to consume Demonic Qi."

The three of them, Lin Feng, came to Jiang Xun's side and said respectfully.

They believed that being able to use a Dharma Artifact to trigger such powerful flames was also because of Jiang Xun's profound cultivation.

"I didn't expect this Demonic Qi to be so powerful; even Nascent Soul Stage cultivators find it difficult to resist. I imagine the fate of those rogue cultivators and the people of Xuwang Town will not be very good right now."

Jiang Xun nodded slightly and looked around.

"At this moment, the sect disciples ahead should also be circulating their Qi to resist the Demonic Qi. If we take this opportunity to enter the Secret Realm, we can get ahead of them by a lot!" Jiang Che said from behind.

"The Secret Realm has this Demonic Qi that even Nascent Soul cultivators find hard to resist the moment it opens; it must be even more dangerous inside. We might as well wait for the Demonic Qi to subside and let them go in first to scout the path." Jiang Xun shook his head.

"This..." Lin Feng was stunned upon hearing this; so this was the plan this senior had been holding all along.

But since he had already agreed to Jiang Xun's conditions earlier and had to listen to him along the way, as a disciple of the Spirit Sound Sect, he could not go back on his word and ruin the sect's reputation, so he had to nod and agree.

"Roar!"

Just at this moment, a roar came from afar.

Everyone was startled and turned their heads to look in the direction the sound came from.

They saw a black shadow at a high vantage point charging down the hillside at an extremely fast speed.

"It's the Demonic Beast rumored to be on Xuwang Mountain!"

Lu Yingying shouted when she saw this.

"It's actually a Spirit Transformation Stage Demonic Beast!"

Lin Feng was also taken aback and hurriedly summoned his Dharma Artifact.

A zither appeared in his hands.

Lin Feng sat down on the ground and plucked the strings.

A wave of white light attacked in the direction from which the Demonic Beast was charging.

Under the light, everyone finally saw clearly that it was a creature with a lion's head and a snake's body.

It looked incredibly strange.

It was about ten meters long.

Its head was as large as a millstone, and its body as thick as a tree trunk.

It opened its mouth and came charging over with a roar.

It crashed head-on into Lin Feng's attack, shattering it instantly.

Afterward, it continued to charge toward the group without any loss of momentum.

"Senior Brother, I'll come to assist you!" Seeing this, Jiang Che immediately took out a sword that was snow-white all over and went to meet the Demonic Beast.

The Spirit Sound Sect does not only practice the zither.

Lu Yingying also took out her sword and attacked alongside Jiang Che.

"Master?" Gu Qing looked at Jiang Xun, meaning to ask if they should help.

"Just watch for now." Jiang Xun shook his head.

For a Demonic Beast at the Spirit Transformation Stage, beasts are different from humans; their cultivation realm may appear high, but what makes them formidable is the Demon Core they have yet to fully absorb, not their physical bodies.

If this Transformation Spirit Initial Stage Demonic Beast were calculated according to human cultivation, it would be considered a Nascent Soul Mid-Stage Peak.

With Lin Feng and the other two taking action, it should be enough.

"Roar!"

The Demonic Beast let out a roar, and seeing Jiang Che and Lu Yingying charging toward it, it swung its tail directly.

The thick tail snapped a large swath of trees and smashed toward the two of them.

"Ugh!"

Jiang Che drew his sword from its sheath and blocked in front of himself.

Lu Yingying did the same.

The power of this tail swing was immense and carried internal energy; Jiang Che was sent flying directly, rolling several times on the ground.

As for Lu Yingying, after being sent flying, Liu Ruoyun threw out a strip of white cloth to catch her, tossing her directly into Jiang Xun's arms.

She even gave Jiang Xun a flirtatious wink.

Jiang Xun felt helpless; he caught Lu Yingying and gently placed her on the ground: "Are you alright, Miss Lu?"

"Th-thank you, Senior Lin."

Lu Yingying's face flushed red as she lowered her head and spoke.

At the same time, Lin Feng's zither music arrived, whipping up a gale all around that swept toward the Demonic Beast like blades, slicing its body until it was mangled and bleeding profusely.

Lu Yingying also immediately took out a small bell.

After shaking the bell, Spirit Energy appeared around Lu Yingying, and under her urging, the Spirit Energy began to compress into sharp arrows.

As Lu Yingying waved her hand, the arrows condensed from Spirit Energy pierced through, riddling the Demonic Beast with holes.

"Ugh... that hurts like hell."

Jiang Che had only just managed to crawl up from the ground, clutching his chest.