Chapter 356: The Demon Cultivator's Origin, The Dark Night Demon General

Chapter 356: The Demon Cultivator's Origin, The Dark Night Demon General

September 29th, 2024

Boom!

The power of Lu Qing was truly formidable.

Not to mention these were mere puppets, who had taken shortcuts and had their strength forcibly enhanced.

Even a true Primordial Realm cultivator would not be able to withstand his fist.

Thus, Lu Qing didn't even need to land a direct punch on them.

The mere force of his terrifying fist wind was enough to send the four figures he had pinned down flying backward, vomiting blood profusely.

By the time they hit the ground, their bones and tendons were shattered, leaving them utterly incapacitated.

"Ah!"

The black runes on the four of them surged rapidly, constantly trembling as if trying to drill out of their skin.

The next moment, the aura on their bodies actually began to re-condense, showing signs of standing up again.

"Hmm?"

Lu Qing was somewhat surprised by this scene.

Although he hadn't exerted much strength with that punch, it was clearly beyond what these people could withstand.

Yet, these few individuals were merely severely injured. Not only had they not been killed by his punch, but they also showed signs of standing up and continuing the fight.

This bizarre situation defied common sense.

"Interesting."

Lu Qing immediately understood that the black runes on their bodies were the cause of this abnormality, which went against the principles of martial arts.

He slightly moved his fingers, and golden light flashed from his body, spreading out the Earth Pulse Magnetic Power to once again pin the four of them to the ground, rendering them immobile.

Activating his ability, he focused his mind and looked closely.

Soon, several strips of text appeared on their bodies.

【Liu Jing: Disciple of Qingyun Sword Pavilion of Ji Prefecture.】

【Cultivation: Postnatal Inner Organ Realm.】

【Controlled by a mysterious Demon Cultivator using secret techniques, losing his mind and becoming an obedient Demon Servant, overdrawing his lifespan to gain Primordial Realm power.】

...

"So they were controlled, huh?"

Lu Qing wasn't surprised by the information revealed by the text that appeared on their bodies.

Instead, their identities made things clear in his mind. It seemed that the mysterious Demon Cultivator who had annihilated Qingyun Sword Pavilion several months ago was the one who had taken control of them.

"Roar!"

Even with Lu Qing suppressing them with Earth Pulse Magnetic Power, these disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion remained restless.

The black runes on their bodies rapidly circulated, continuously drawing on their lifeforce and unleashing a formidable aura as they struggled to break free.

"You'd better stay put for now."

Lu Qing said calmly.

With a slight thought, the Earth Pulse Magnetic Power he controlled intensified, instantly pinning the four manipulated disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion back to the ground.

After doing this, Lu Qing looked towards the State Capital City.

Although he was quite interested in studying the black runes on these individuals, it was obviously not the right time for that.

He sensed that the demonic array ahead had started operating again. If he delayed any longer, the commoners in the city might not be able to hold on.

Without further ado, Lu Qing stopped paying attention to the four controlled disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion. He nocked another arrow and drew his bow.

He unleashed the Arrow Technique [Starfall], firing three arrows simultaneously at a high speed into the sky.

As three muffled sounds echoed from within the city, three more array nodes were destroyed.

This time, the black light curtain of the array enveloping the State Capital City also changed.

It trembled slightly, and the originally dense black light dimmed a little.

The few disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion pinned to the ground witnessed this scene, their eyes filled with shock.

Finally, they understood how the array nodes set up by the Demon Lord had been destroyed.

It was this youth before them who had shattered them with his bow and arrows!

Without pausing after firing the three arrows, Lu Qing took out three more magic arrows and fired another set of three.

"Damn it!"

With these three arrows, three more nodes were destroyed.

The wild-haired figure saw that the blood fog surrounding the black bone sword had dissipated by another third and could no longer endure it.

Of the thirty-six array nodes he had set up, nearly a third had already been destroyed.

If this continued, once more than half of the nodes were destroyed, this simple Ten Directions Blood Soul Refining Array would no longer be sustainable.

"Those few useless brats couldn't even hold them off for a while. I want to see which rat dares to ruin my grand plan!"

The wild-haired figure knew that if he let the outsider continue destroying the array, it wouldn't be long before the entire array was broken.

At that time, he would truly have failed at the last moment.

This time, setting up the array had almost exhausted all the resources he had plundered from Qingyun Sword Pavilion.

If the array was broken, he wouldn't have the resources to set up another one.

The wild-haired figure's eyes turned cold, and his figure suddenly disappeared from where he was, rising into the air with the support of the array's power and flying towards the city.

"What's that?"

In the city, the State Capital City Lord and his group, who were working together to resist the black gas serpents, had been paying close attention to the movements of the black light curtain overhead.

As the unshorn figure flew into the sky, a look of shock appeared on their face.

In this world, there were actually people who could ride the wind and fly?

Even the Primordial Realm experts couldn't fly!

"Governor, that person is the Evil Cultivator who laid siege to the State Capital!"

Wei Xinghe looked up and shouted, "Since he's revealed himself, he must be the Sage who's breaking the array! If we hold on a little longer, we might witness the moment the array is broken!"

The Governor and the others trembled upon hearing this.

Indeed, they felt the dark veil above grow dimmer.

Even the descending Black Gas Serpents seemed to weaken.

Wei Xinghe wasn't lying; there truly was a Sage outside trying to break the array and save them.

Realizing this, the Primordial Realm cultivators' spirits soared, and their determination to eradicate the Black Gas Serpents intensified.

"Has the Demon Lord left the city?"

In the shadows of another street, Wei Zihao also saw the unshorn figure heading towards the city gate and was startled.

He sensed the aura of the Governor and the others, knowing that he alone couldn't capture his father.

Without hesitation, he too headed towards the city gate.

The unshorn figure flew swiftly.

Soon, they reached the top of the city gate and sensed the location of the Demon Servants.

However, he was surprised by what he felt.

The Demon Servants were positioned a mile away from the city gate.

"Hmm?"

Lu Qing sensed the unshorn figure's arrival at the city gate.

He looked up and saw the figure in black robes standing atop the gate, exuding a pure Demonic aura.

Lu Qing raised an eyebrow, "So, it's you."

"You?"

Unlike Lu Qing's calmness, the unshorn figure trembled upon seeing Lu Qing, his eyes widening in shock.

"Indeed, it's me. You Demon Brat, in the Holy City, I almost chopped you down, but you escaped. I never thought you'd come here to harm the innocent."

Lu Qing stared at the unshorn figure and activated his extraordinary ability.

In the Holy City, he had tried to probe the figure's information several times, but the brief encounters didn't allow him to succeed.

This time, he wanted to see who this Demon Cultivator was.

"Brat, I never thought it would be you. What a narrow escape! I've been searching for you for a long time!"

The unshorn figure was shocked to encounter Lu Qing here.

After the initial surprise, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"After that day in the Holy City, I swore to search the ends of the earth to find you, peel your skin, and refine your soul to avenge that strike. I never imagined you'd appear before me so soon!"

Recalling the losses in the Holy City, the unshorn figure's heart still bled.

If those Celestial Meteor Iron hadn't been taken by Lu Qing, he would have already formed his Demonic Body and swept across the world.

There would be no need for him to hide in this remote place, plotting his next move.

Thinking of this, murderous intent surged from the unshorn figure's heart, longing to capture and torture Lu Qing to death.

However, he managed to maintain his rationality.

He knew Lu Qing wasn't an ordinary cultivator.

As the first Tribulation Transcender since the revival of Spirit Qi and the transformation of the Cosmic Rules, Lu Qing was clearly the genius favored by the Heavenly Dao's Fortune.

Such a genius couldn't be measured by ordinary standards.

Months had passed since the battle in the Holy City, and who knew how much the boy's cultivation had advanced.

Despite the boiling murderous intent, the unshorn figure suppressed it and didn't rush out of the city.

"Peel my skin and refine my soul? Demon Brat, do you have the qualifications? Have you forgotten who fled like a mouse from my blade?"

Lu Qing spoke sarcastically, but he was surprised.

He had been using his ability to observe the figure on the wall for over ten breaths, yet he still couldn't probe the figure's information.

With his current cultivation level, even probing a Spirit Tool's information should have been achievable within ten breaths.

Who was this person, and why did it take longer to probe their information than a Spirit Tool?

"What did you say, brat?!"

The unshorn figure heard Lu Qing's words and flew into a rage.

This ancient being, who had lived for an unknown number of years, was being called a 'demon brat' by a native youngster. This was an intolerable insult to his lofty and arrogant nature, accustomed to being above all.

"Am I wrong, demon brat? That day, you didn't even have the courage to fight me head-on. You hid like a mouse, spying from the shadows."

Lu Qing continued his taunts, verbally sparring to gather information and buy time.

"How dare you insult me, you brat!"

The wild-haired figure on the city wall was infuriated by Lu Qing's repeated mockeries. Yet, he was also wary of Lu Qing, not daring to leave the city to engage him.

Without the support of the array, he wasn't confident he could defeat Lu Qing.

Just then, Lu Qing noticed something strange. Several floating words slowly emerged from the wild-haired figure's body.

【Li An: Disciple of Qingyun Sword Pavilion, one of the 108 Demon Generals under Black Heaven Demon Sovereign in the Heavenly Origin World, the reincarnation of the Midnight Demon General.】

【Cultivation: Greatly Accomplished Primordial Realm.】

【Originally from the Heavenly Origin World, he was one of the Black Heaven Demon Sovereign's Generals. Pursued by the righteous path, he fled into the starry sky. His injuries were too severe to recover, so he reluctantly used the Reincarnation Technique, reincarnating into this small world.】

【The cultivation of a Demon General is comparable to a Qi Condensation Path Primordial Spirit Powerhouse. After reincarnation, there's a chance to unravel the Embryo Enigma and awaken the memories of past and present lives.】

...

Lu Qing was shocked as he finished reading the floating words. He hadn't expected the demon cultivator before him to have such a background.

He wasn't a native of this world but a reincarnated Demon General from the Heavenly Origin World, once serving under the Black Heaven Demon Sovereign.

No wonder it took so long to investigate his background.

The wild-haired figure on the wall felt a chill as he sensed Lu Qing's gaze. It was as if Lu Qing could see through all his secrets, sending a shiver down his spine.

This sudden chill, however, calmed the wild-haired figure's anger, clearing his mind.

An alarm bell rang in his head, though he didn't know why he had such a premonition.

Something was amiss.

"What's the matter, demon brat? You claim you want revenge, yet you cower in your array, afraid to come out?"

After uncovering the figure's background, Lu Qing's heart finally settled.

Though the figure's origins were impressive, his current cultivation was merely the Greatly Accomplished Primordial Realm.

At the same level, Lu Qing had nothing to fear, no matter how impressive the figure's past was.

"You're just full of yourself because you have fortune on your side. But let me tell you, throughout history, those with fortune have never had a good ending.

Enjoy your moment, for when karma catches up and you're entangled in cause and effect, you'll regret it!"

The wild-haired figure became completely calm after sensing the intuitive warning.

He firmly decided not to attack unless Lu Qing invaded the array.

He spoke half-truths to shake Lu Qing's mental state.

Indeed, Lu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing his words.

"Haha, are you scared now?"

The wild-haired figure laughed, "You natives are like frogs in a well, thinking you're invincible just because you have a bit of fortune.

I've seen many like you, boy. Wait and see; the higher you fly, the harder you'll fall.

One day, you'll beg for life and death! Haha!"

As the wild-haired figure laughed wildly, Lu Qing's expression turned calm.

A strange smile appeared on his face.

"Demon brat, you dare call yourself 'this humble one'? Guess what your master, the Black Heaven Demon Sovereign, would say if he heard that?"

"What did you say?!"

The wild-haired figure trembled, his eyes wide with disbelief.

His deepest secret had been exposed by Lu Qing, causing his mind to shake violently.

At that moment, Lu Qing suddenly nocked an arrow, his spirit rapidly gathering the spiritual energy within a hundred meters in less than three breaths, concentrating it into the magic arrow.

Then, with a loosening of his fingers, a streak of light shot towards the city gate at an unimaginable speed.

(End of Chapter)

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