Chapter 64: Sacrifice

After solving this bear demon, Li Hao noticed movement in the cave next to it.

When his soul patrolled, he saw seven survivors in tattered clothes, men and women, all about twenty to thirty years old, without children and the elderly.

The seven people had their hands and feet tied with chains, and the other end passed through the eye slit in the middle of a large stone, unless the large stone could be dragged, otherwise they couldn't get out at all.

Seeming to have experienced some kind of terrifying thing, the expressions of the seven people were a bit trance-like, their faces were full of fear, and some expressions were already dull and confused.

Li Hao sighed slightly. He was not used to comforting people, thinking it was better to give them some time to wake up by themselves, and by the way, take this opportunity to deal with everything outside.

Only to see him casually controlling objects, gathering the corpses of these demons together, building them into a high platform, neatly and orderly.

"Lin Shu, the disciple is incompetent, can only use these demons to sacrifice to your heroic soul!"

Li Hao flipped his palm and took out a wine gourd from behind.

Then he unscrewed the gourd mouth and poured the wine in front of the corpse sacrifice platform.

In front of him was a sea of corpses and blood, but what appeared in his mind was the courtyard with bright sunset glow.

It was the night the man drank wine and sang killing poems.

It was the afternoon the man saw that he couldn't absorb the foundation-building medicine and hung his head in sadness.

It was also that autumn, when fallen leaves fell on the chessboard, and the two played chess and scolded each other.

Li Hao shook the wine gourd, and there was one mouthful left inside. He looked up and drank it, and said softly, Lin Shu, cheers.

Subsequently, he put away the wine gourd, turned around, carried the demon-slaying saber, and walked toward the forest outside.

In this mountain range stretching for a hundred miles, there are tens of thousands of demons, and just around, there are tens of thousands gathered.

Whoosh! Li Hao's figure stood on the leaves of a treetop, his soul rushed out from the top of his skull, driving the demon-slaying saber, shuttling into the green sea forest, sweeping the four directions.

Various demons that were crawling or sleeping, or foraging, or playing, were all slashed by a black light, cutting off their lives.

The black light shuttled through the mountains like a flying needle, piercing the bodies of one demon after another. These demons noticed the danger and fled in panic, but the black light was faster.

If it were an ordinary Fifteen-Li Realm, it might not be able to slay so easily, but Li Hao's object control range and speed were several times that of an ordinary Fifteen-Li Realm, and he hadn't used any special means.

The tens of thousands of demons gathered at the foot of this mountain were terrified, not knowing what happened, just instinctively galloping and fleeing, and some rushed to the top of the mountain, wanting to ask the Great King what happened, but were beheaded before going up the mountain.

The whole mountain was shaking violently, like an earthquake.

The demons fleeing in all directions had only fled more than ten miles away before they were all beheaded and killed.

Blood stained the shrubs and the earth, like a trickling river, flowing along the wrinkles of the earth, gathering into the blood and tears of this mountain range! The soul returned to the body, and the black light also fell into his hand.

Li Hao took a look.

Slaying tens of thousands of demons, the blade was already curled.

If it weren't for the soul coverage, this knife would have broken long ago, and it would be difficult to penetrate the bodies of some demons with thick flesh.

The monsters fleeing in all directions were all slaughtered and killed before they had even escaped ten miles away.

Since he came.

Then clear them all.

"Sure enough, demons are gathering!"

In the high sky of the Black Wind Mountain Range, a golden light flew extremely obscurely in the clouds and fog, which was Song Yueyao's soul.

She herself was sneaking along the way outside the mountain range, her soul flying into the sky, patrolling the situation of the entire mountain range.

Along the way, she had already seen many demon shadows.

In this mountain range closer to the city, only occasional demons were seen, and the demon energy was thin. They were just small demons that had just become refined, not worth fearing. Some hunters holding bows and crossbows could scare the small demons away.

But as she went deeper, she saw large areas of misty demon energy shrouded in the mountains and forests, and the number was

High above the Black Wind Mountain Range, a streak of golden light flitted extremely stealthily through the clouds and mist; it was precisely Song Yueyao's primordial spirit.

She herself was stealthily moving along the outskirts of the mountain range, while her primordial spirit soared through the air, inspecting the situation of the entire mountain range.

Along the way, she had already seen the traces of many monsters.

In this part of the mountain range closer to the city, monsters were only occasionally seen, and their demonic Qi was thin; they were just small demons that had just gained sentience, not worth fearing. Some hunters armed with crossbows could perhaps even scare them away.

But as she delved deeper, she saw large swathes of dense demonic Qi shrouding the mountain forests, their numbers growing increasingly large.

"The Yuecheng Garrison Commander was not wrong; there is indeed a gathering of monsters here, and it is very obvious!"

Song Yueyao frowned deeply: "But why, with the situation confirmed, has the Yuecheng Garrison Commander not been confident enough to report it truthfully and request the Xia family to come and assist?"

She could not understand; was the Yuecheng Garrison Commander not afraid that these monsters would suddenly launch an attack on the city?

Or was it that the Xia family was unwilling to come, and they had some past grievances? But if Cangyu City were to fall and the common people suffered heavy casualties, both the Yuecheng Garrison Commander and the Xia family would be held accountable.

She could not understand it, feeling that the situation here was somewhat complex.

At this moment, as she continued to delve deeper, it was not long before she arrived at the depths of the Black Wind Mountain Range.

The monsters she encountered along the way were at most Ji Hun Realm monsters patrolling the mountains, which she easily evaded without exposing herself.

Suddenly, a series of fishy winds drifted from the mountain forest ahead. Song Yueyao's expression changed slightly; she stopped her footsteps and carefully probed forward with her primordial spirit.

Soon, she saw an inconceivable scene.

The mountain forest was flowing with blood like a river; almost all water sources were stained red with fresh blood, and the corpses of monsters lay nearby.

Song Yueyao was stunned for a moment; she had originally thought this fishy wind was caused by humans captured and harmed by monsters, but she had not expected it to be the blood of the monsters themselves!

Her expression was filled with shock and suspicion; what had happened here?

After hesitating for a moment, she let her primordial spirit sneak forward cautiously. Soon, she arrived near some monster corpses and quickly inspected them, discovering that they were all fresh wounds, with the time of death not exceeding one hour.

Someone is slaying monsters! This thought popped into Song Yueyao's mind, her heart trembling; could it be the other Inspector of the Demon-Suppressing Division?

The Demon-Suppressing Division of Cangyu City only had one Inspector, a Spirit Wandering Realm cultivator, who guarded this city near the border together with the Yuecheng Garrison Commander.

As for her, she was an "airdrop" soldier, temporary, and her position would not be permanently tied to Cangyu City.

Amidst her shock and suspicion, Song Yueyao let her primordial spirit scout the path ahead; if she could meet the other party, they could assist each other and see the situation here.

However, as she continued to delve deeper, Song Yueyao's expression became increasingly shocked.

The path was filled with monster corpses! They were everywhere!

They were densely packed; from what her primordial spirit saw while patrolling, there were at least ten thousand!

The density of the number of monsters gathered here could absolutely be called a small-scale monster tide, but the most shocking thing was that these monsters were all dead! Whoever could command so many monsters must be a Great Demon!

So where was that Great Demon?

Song Yueyao had never fought that Inspector, but regarding the situation before her, she asked herself, if it were her, it would be very difficult to achieve, and she would not have this courage.

As her primordial spirit moved forward, she saw more and more monster corpses, even more than before. Among them were many monsters with massive bodies, some of which had already changed, showing signs of taking human form; they were clearly monsters approaching the Shenyou Realm, but without exception, they were all dead, and their wounds were surprisingly consistent—all pierced through their vital points by sharp objects.

Soon, Song Yueyao arrived before a large mountain.

She could vaguely see that a demonic Qi as thick as clouds was brewing on the mountaintop! Such terrifying demonic mist absolutely meant a Great Demon, and judging by the colors of the monsters, there was more than one! She was terrified, having an urge to turn around and retreat, but the monster corpses covering the foot of the mountain and the eerie silence on the mountaintop caused an incredible thought to emerge from the bottom of her heart.

Enduring her fear, she let her primordial spirit quietly soar up, concealing her aura, and looked down beneath the demonic clouds on the mountaintop.

Upon seeing this, her expression went blank.

A meat platform piled up from the corpses of more than twenty Great Demons stood on the mountaintop, arranged neatly.

A breeze blew past, and one could still see the frozen eyeballs of some Great Demons, in which the horror and fear before death remained.

Song Yueyao's entire body went stiff, shocked to the point of being unable to speak.

The number of Great Demons was even higher than she had expected, but they were actually... all dead! These were all Shenyou Realm Great Demons, who could have killed them all?!

That Inspector? Impossible, the other party was also only in the Shenyou Realm.

To be able to do such a thing, even a top-tier Shenyou Realm prodigy would find it difficult, unless it was a powerhouse of the Fifteen-Li Realm! Was it a general sent by the Xia family? Or some sect expert passing by? Song Yueyao came back to her senses and suddenly noticed that several figures were slowly walking out of a cave on the mountaintop. She looked carefully and saw they were humans; judging by their disheveled appearance, they seemed to be survivors.

She quickly moved to rush to the mountaintop and arrived before these survivors.

"Were you all captured by the monsters?" Song Yueyao asked immediately upon seeing these survivors.

She had originally thought that these survivors would feel a sense of security upon seeing her Demon-Suppressing uniform, but who would have expected that upon seeing Song Yueyao, their bodies would all tremble and shiver, their eyes revealing a fear as if they had seen a monster.

"Don't, don't capture us!"

"I beg you, let us go!"

Several survivors actually knelt down as if they had broken down, kowtowing desperately and crying loudly.

Song Yueyao was astonished.

Her mind couldn't react for a moment, and after a while, she said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am a Demon-Suppressing Inspector, I am here to rescue you."

"Spare my life, my lord, spare my life!"

The survivors just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Song Yueyao was left speechless, thinking to herself, could they have all been scared crazy by the monsters?

Since that was the case, she probably wouldn't be able to ask anything; that expert was not here after slaying the monsters, probably because they had seen that these survivors had long since gone mad.

However, these Great Demons had clearly died not long ago.

Thinking of this, Song Yueyao could not care about paying attention to the few survivors anymore and quickly urged her primordial spirit to patrol in all directions.

Soon, she saw a bloody path, with monster corpses all along the way.

She hurriedly chased after it.

Not long after, Song Yueyao had just jumped onto a treetop when she stopped.

She saw that in a clearing in the mountain forest ahead, the ground was covered with monster corpses, all of which were ape demons; it seemed to be a tribe.

But at this moment, they had all been slaughtered.

Fresh blood gathered on the ground, and in the center of these monster corpses stood a young man.

He was wearing the most ordinary black uniform of a Demon-Suppressing Envoy of the Demon-Suppressing Division, holding a broken and tattered Demon-Slaying Blade in his hand.

(End of chapter)