Chapter 114: Reunion with Feng Lin

Following the Phantom Demon Army along the way, he discovered that these Phantom Demons were strictly organized and bound by some sort of constraint, as if some power were controlling them.

"System, can you analyze what is controlling the Phantom Demons?" Yan Xiao asked.

"Analyzing... Analysis successful. These Phantom Demons are controlled by simple Puppetry; they only execute tasks simply. Aside from that 6th-rank Great Demon which possesses a sliver of intelligence, the rest are walking corpses," the System replied.

"Puppetry?" Yan Xiao frowned. Using Puppetry to control Phantom Demons indicated that things like Phantom Demons were created by cultivators.

And the purpose of the person who created the Phantom Demons was then self-evident.

"Owner, Phantom Demons are originally a unique species of this world. The reasons for their formation are very complex and cannot be manufactured by cultivators. At most, these cultivators used some secret technique when the Phantom Demons were about to form, thereby achieving the goal of controlling them," the System corrected.

"Oh, in that case, the methods of the person behind the scenes aren't that monstrous." Yan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. If that person could freely manufacture so many high-level Phantom Demons, then this cultivation world would have long since become his domain.

"System, what place is ahead?" After another half a day passed, Yan Xiao could vaguely see houses appearing ahead. His heart tightened involuntarily.

Although he was not a savior and did not want to be a savior, he still could not bring himself to watch villagers being killed and devoured by Phantom Demons.

"Ahead is the territory of Liuyun County," the System replied.

Yan Xiao nodded and scanned with his Sunglasses, discovering that the village ahead was no longer inhabited. It seemed the villagers here, like those in Majia Town, had all moved away.

This made Yan Xiao breathe a sigh of relief.

His strength was currently not bad; single-handedly taking on a 1st-layer Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was no issue, but he did not yet have the courage to take on this group of death-defying Phantom Demon Army alone.

A few hundred meters from Yan Xiao, Chenxi steered the Golden Scale Shuttle to slowly catch up. Luo Ying held the Divine Bow in her hand, ready to help Yan Xiao fight at any time.

It was also her first time seeing so many Phantom Demons, which made her scalp tingle, but she kept gritting her teeth and persisting because she was worried Yan Xiao would encounter danger.

Another three hours passed.

The sky was already bright.

The scorching sun was in the sky. Yan Xiao saw a high-standing city wall at a glance. At this moment, the wall was packed with people, standing in battle formation, seemingly waiting for the arrival of the Phantom Demon Army.

Seeing this scene, Yan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief once more. This Liuyun County had experts guarding it and the defensive posture was quite good; it should not be completely slaughtered by the Phantom Demons.

Of course, a fierce battle was unavoidable.

Yan Xiao scanned the crowd to observe the cultivation strength of the people in Liuyun County and discovered there was only one Nascent Soul Realm expert, while the rest were only Spirit Void Realm cultivators. Moreover, he recognized that Nascent Soul Realm expert; it was precisely Feng Lin, the junior brother of Feng Wanqing from Fengxue Silver City.

"Why is he here? And he has even become a great Nascent Soul Realm cultivator." Yan Xiao couldn't help but frown when he saw Feng Lin.

He and this kid could hardly be considered friendly; the previous Feng Lin had disliked him very much.

"Better to be careful." Yan Xiao did not know Feng Lin's purpose for coming here and dared not act rashly. He had no choice but to wait for a critical moment to step in and help.

He also wanted to see just how much this kid Feng Lin had improved.

On the city wall, Feng Lin was in silver battle armor, holding a large silver saber, looking like a battle-hardened general; he was very imposing. Seeing the Phantom Demon Army closing in, Feng Lin shouted, "Kill!" Then, taking the lead, he drove his Qi and charged toward that 6th-rank Great Demon.

Following the order, all the cultivators of Liuyun County rushed toward the Phantom Demon Army, with various Dharma treasures and weapons emerging one after another, charging into the Phantom Demon Army to kill.

The sky was suddenly lit up with colorful lights; looking from afar, it was like a large-scale light show.

The brilliance was dazzling, but Yan Xiao had no heart to appreciate it, because he knew how bloody and cruel it was beneath that dazzling light.

Many cultivators might be buried here forever, unable to even find their corpses.

"Ying'er, come here." Yan Xiao beckoned, signaling Luo Ying to move closer to him.

Chenxi let out a cry and carried Luo Ying to Yan Xiao's side.

"Young Master." Luo Ying's expression was unsightly. Upon arriving at Yan Xiao's side, she immediately gripped his arm, as if only then did she feel a sense of security.

"What's wrong? Are you unwell?" Yan Xiao asked worriedly, seeing Luo Ying's face turn pale.

"The aura of the Phantom Demons makes me very uncomfortable; I feel dizzy and my True Qi is in chaos," Luo Ying said in pain.

Hearing this, Yan Xiao understood. The pressure of a 6th-rank Great Demon was extremely formidable. He had the protection of Invisible Fear and the Dominator Halo, so he naturally wasn't affected, but Luo Ying was different; her cultivation had a certain gap compared to the Great Demon, and she had no Dharma tool for protection, so she naturally couldn't withstand the Phantom Demon's pressure.

Yan Xiao hurriedly circulated his True Qi to form a protective shield, wrapping Luo Ying inside. Luo Ying immediately felt the pressure decrease, and her breathing gradually recovered.

"I'm so useless, causing you trouble again." Luo Ying bit her lip, secretly cursing herself for being useless.

"This is a 6th-rank Great Demon, equivalent to a Nascent Soul Realm expert. It was my oversight, how could I blame you?" Yan Xiao comforted her.

Watching the tragic battle below, Yan Xiao frowned, "Stay here and don't move around for a moment. I'm going to help him kill the Phantom Demons. If there's an opportunity, use the Divine Bow to kill some low-level Phantom Demons, but be careful not to let the Great Demon discover your position. Chenxi, you protect Luo Ying."

After giving the order, Yan Xiao turned into a streak of light and shot toward the battlefield.

The number of Phantom Demons was too high, nearly double that of the Liuyun County cultivators. Even though the Liuyun County cultivators had higher cultivation, it was still very strenuous. Many cultivators were bitten to death alive because their True Qi was exhausted.

Seeing this scene, Yan Xiao could no longer hold back and charged into the low-level Phantom Demons.

He held his sword with both hands, using the Black Sword like a large saber. With one swing, two or three Phantom Demons were killed by him and slashed into fragments.

After the Black Sword was upgraded to a Spirit Tool, its power was even greater. Many 3rd or 4th-rank Phantom Demons didn't even need him to use force; as long as they were swept by the Black Sword, they were immediately wiped out by the terrifying aura on the Black Sword.

In this way, Yan Xiao just danced his sword, fighting alone in the crowd of Phantom Demons; wherever the sword light went, it was invincible!

Very quickly, a large area of Phantom Demons was swept away by him.

With his participation, the cultivators of Liuyun County immediately felt their pressure decrease.

They discovered that as long as they were behind this youth, it was absolutely safe; not a single Phantom Demon could break through his defensive offensive.

"Young hero, what fine martial arts! Are you a martial cultivator?" A man holding a large saber approached Yan Xiao, admiring him greatly, and couldn't help but ask.

"No, I am a cultivator," Yan Xiao replied indifferently. He also noticed this man with the large saber; that domineering explosive power was on par with Wang Dazhu. With one swing of his saber, he would inevitably kill a Phantom Demon, but it seemed his cultivation was not high; he only killed 2nd or 3rd-rank Phantom Demons, and he struggled a bit with the 4th-rank ones.

"So that's how it is, no wonder the young hero can kill a 4th-rank Phantom Demon with one sword." The big man laughed heartily, not hiding his envy for Yan Xiao at all.

"Are you a martial artist?" Yan Xiao felt this big man was very forthright and to his liking, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I was born without a dantian, so I can only practice martial arts. I have brute strength, but it's very hard to achieve anything," the big man said with a grin to Yan Xiao after slashing a 3rd-rank Phantom Demon with his saber.

"Oh?" Yan Xiao was very interested and scanned the big man's body with his Sunglasses. He discovered that he truly had no dantian.

Let alone cultivation, he could only stop here in the martial path; he could only be an Acquired Extreme martial arts expert, but he could not step into the ranks of the Innate.