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Chapter 394: Instantly Killing the Blood Demon
Chapter 394: Instantly Killing the Blood Demon
In the middle of a vast plain, the air was empty and desolate.
However, the dozen or so puppets with their unique appearances were extremely eye-catching.
Controlling these dozen puppets were seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators, a team consisting of early and mid-stage cultivators.
They occupied all directions, surrounding the black-robed cultivator who was enveloped in a black robe.
"Fellow cultivator, you dare to assassinate my Luoyun Sect disciple. You're truly bold!"
The speaker had an extremely youthful appearance.
Despite his young age, he had solid cultivation at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
Not to mention his impressive achievements in the Qi Condensation stage, which had spread throughout the Jade Cauldron Domain.
Han Zheng!
During the Qi Condensation stage, he was ranked first on the Heaven's Elite List of the Jade Cauldron Domain.
After reaching Foundation Establishment, he defeated a Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivator at the mid-stage with his early-stage cultivation.
Not only did he have the identity of a Nascent Soul True Person's grandson, but his combat abilities were also solid.
However, the team of cultivators he led still treated the black-robed cultivator as a formidable enemy.
For no other reason!
The black-robed cultivator was actually at the Grand Completion stage of Foundation Establishment!
Moreover, from his few thunderous attacks, there were signs of him reaching the Gold Core stage.
This indicated that he was likely a powerful cultivator who had failed to condense his Gold Core, a false core realm expert!
Such an existence could almost be considered invincible during the Foundation Establishment stage, and anyone who encountered them would retreat in fear.
Initially, they only thought he was at the late-stage of Foundation Establishment, but after intercepting him, they realized something was amiss.
Now, it was a situation where they couldn't back down!
The black-robed cultivator smiled sinisterly and casually threw something.
"You've been tracking me for your junior's body, so here it is!"
A corpse landed in front of the cautious Han Zheng.
When Han Zheng saw the corpse, which was as dry as a withered tree, his expression changed.
Not a trace of blood energy remained, what did this mean?
He took a step back, but his words were probing: "Blood Demon?"
The Blood Demon chuckled, his sinister gaze sweeping over the seven cultivators and the dozen puppets they controlled.
"Disciples of the upper sect, your essence blood must be far superior to that of weak wandering cultivators!"
Before he finished speaking, he quickly began forming intricate hand seals.
At the same time, Han Zheng shouted.
"Attack together!"
The seven Luoyun Sect cultivators, under his command, immediately controlled the puppets to launch an attack.
...
However, after a short while, the battlefield became a mess.
The dozen puppets had only four left still fighting.
The Luoyun Sect cultivators were reduced to just two.
Han Zheng stood on a wooden kite, with a large puppet beside him, and he was also controlling a fast-moving puppet from a distance to engage the Blood Demon in close combat.
He looked disheveled, but his heart was filled with grief and anger.
He had indeed underestimated the false core realm cultivator.
Even without having formed a core, they were not someone that a few early and mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators could withstand.
With just a few attacks, the Blood Demon slaughtered more than half of their numbers like killing chickens and dogs, leaving only one junior disciple dodging left and right.
"Junior Brother Xu Ji, hold on!"
"I've already informed Elder Ling Huo, and he'll come to rescue us soon."
Xu Ji's body was already stained red, and controlling that mid-stage Foundation Establishment humanoid puppet had exhausted his soul spirit, making his mind hazy.
Hearing this, he shook his head vigorously.
"Senior Brother, I'll cover your retreat!"
As he spoke, he swallowed a blood-red pill.
In an instant, his aura surged, forcibly increasing his cultivation by three levels.
Han Zheng recognized the pill as a top-grade first-stage Blood Incineration Pill, created by the pill refining master Dan Chenzi.
Elder Tianxingzi had obtained it through favors.
As Dan Chenzi's disciple, it was only natural for Xu Ji to have the Blood Incineration Pill.
At this moment, he took the pill.
It seemed he was going to make a desperate move!
Moreover, he was covering their retreat.
Han Zheng was deeply moved, "Junior Brother, you..."
However, the next moment, something astonishing happened.
After his strength surged, instead of advancing, he retreated dozens of zhang like an arrow leaving the bow.
This caught Han Zheng off guard.
He himself became the one covering the retreat? How dare he, the grandson of a Nascent Soul True Person, do this?
"During the battle, you dare to be distracted. Are you too confident in your soul spirit, or do you look down on me?"
A faint voice echoed in his ears.
Han Zheng's eyes widened in shock. The Blood Demon had already escaped from his close-combat puppet, which was comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Boom!
A peach-red light flashed, and Han Zheng was sent flying several zhang away, falling to the ground, his life hanging by a thread.
The Blood Demon glanced down at Han Zheng's body, then formed a sword seal.
The flying sword flashed.
In an instant, it crossed ten li and aimed for Xu Ji's head.
At that moment, a giant sword flew like a meteor, accompanied by a white light behind it.
The giant sword directly pierced through Xu Ji's chest as he tried to escape.
Only then did the Blood Demon see the figure of his opponent.
He frowned and controlled his flying sword to meet the attack.
Clang!
In just one strike, the seemingly mighty giant sword was effortlessly knocked to the ground.
"A flying sword that hasn't been refined at all, and you dare to use it to bully others?"
He coldly smiled and formed a sword seal, stabbing towards his opponent.
"With such cultivation, you dare to be the vulture waiting behind, truly not knowing how to write the word 'death'!"
Just as he was full of confidence, the seemingly ordinary white figure suddenly spread its wings, its body exploding forward like a startling thunderclap.
"It's you!"
The moment he saw the wings, the Blood Demon immediately recognized the identity of the opponent.
However, while his mind worked quickly, his body was half a step slower.
The speed of the opponent's burst was simply too fast, covering a hundred feet in the blink of an eye!
There was no time to recall the flying sword, so he instinctively summoned his defensive magical treasure—a soft, red silk ribbon appeared in front of him.
In the next moment, a white figure closed in.
One hand grabbed the red silk and pulled it violently backward.
The immense force actually created a gap in the defensive magical treasure!
The fingers of his left hand spread out like the claws of a beast!
Rip!
Like a knife slicing through tofu, this claw easily penetrated the defenses and grabbed the Blood Demon's heart.
He squeezed it, and in the Blood Demon's terrified gaze, the vigorously beating heart turned into a flurry of flesh fragments.
Ignoring the shock, the Blood Demon gritted his teeth and summoned his strength.
"Return!"
The red silk defensive magical treasure, which had been torn apart, was about to wrap around his body again.
Even though he was severely injured, he maintained his composure. As long as the defensive magical treasure was activated, he could still mobilize it, even if it meant a mutual destruction!
However, the white figure gave him no chance.
His hands opened again, and although they did not touch the body, a surging flow of blood qi burst forth.
Like two streams of water eroding a rock, the Blood Demon's body was split in two!
Puff!
Amidst the spray of blood and flesh, the two halves of the body fell to the ground.
The white figure paused, one hand grabbing the red silk, and the other snatching the Blood Demon's storage bag from his waist.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he took in a human-shaped puppet that lay on the ground.
After that, he took a deep look at Han Zheng's corpse and swiftly left.
He didn't even glance at the remains of the other fallen Luoyun Sect disciples.
This battle, though it seems long in the telling,
from the moment the white figure appeared with his sword to the ruthless killing of the Blood Demon, it all happened in the blink of an eye.
After the white figure left,
the ground, riddled with holes, saw Han Zheng slowly open his eyes.
In his arms, a palm-sized grass puppet cracked into two pieces.
A sacrificial puppet!
A secret technique passed down by the Han family of Luoyun Sect!
It was thanks to this that he had managed to survive by a stroke of luck.
Standing up from the ground, Han Zheng's body trembled slightly.
He considered himself to be outstanding, having cultivated the puppet techniques of Luoyun Sect to a level that his peers could only dream of.
His grandfather, Han Zhan True Person, had personally crafted three puppets for him, each specialized in flight, ranged attack, and close combat.
Among his peers, he was almost unmatched, and he was even willing to challenge a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator!
But!
In front of the Blood Demon, he was still weak and powerless, like a child.
Especially during the battle, he was distracted and didn't even have time to activate the defensive means given by his grandfather.
If not for the sacrificial puppet, he would have perished, and Han Zheng would no longer exist in this world.
The Blood Demon was one thing!
At least he was a pseudo-core cultivator, just a step away from the Gold Core realm.
Han Zheng had only advanced to the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment a few months ago.
The gap in cultivation was too vast, not something external means could bridge.
But that person just now!
He hadn't seen the person's true face, but with his spirit perception, he had clearly observed the lightning-fast battle.
Using Xu Ji as a cover, the person pretended to attack with a magical treasure and flying sword, then suddenly struck, closing the distance with the Blood Demon in a flash.
He then used an unimaginable technique to tear open the defensive magical treasure.
Finally, with three fierce strikes, he tore the Blood Demon's body apart!
Such a display was truly like a bolt of lightning, leaving one speechless!
The Blood Demon likely never had a chance to react from start to finish.
Most crucially, the spirit qi fluctuations the person displayed were almost nonexistent!
It was all thanks to his body cultivation techniques!
Such a person would not be unknown in the Jade Cauldron Domain!
"Could it be a powerful figure from outside the domain?"
Han Zheng couldn't figure out the person's identity, but a thought struck him, recalling the Blood Demon's exclamation, "It's you."
"Could it be someone the Blood Demon recognized?"
"Fine, let me see your true face, Blood Demon, and perhaps I can deduce where that person is from."
He took a deep breath, ignoring the bloody scene, and stepped forward.
Using his spiritual energy, he brought the two halves of the body together and swept away the disguise on the Blood Demon's face.
"Hmm, it's not the rumored Wang Yuan from the Luo Tian Association, but Xuan Yu?"
(I'm somewhat familiar face, heavenly city
There, he had just advanced to Foundation Establishment and defeated a Jade Cauldron Sword Sect cultivator, securing his first victory after that.
He remembered that on the viewing platform, there was a man of extraordinary handsomeness.
From Peach Mountain.
Rumored to be the favorite of the Peon Flower Ancestor of the Hundred Flowers Palace.
"Not Wang Yuan, but Xuan Yu."
"However, he is also from the Jade Cauldron Domain. Since he recognized the white figure, the person is likely from the Jade Cauldron Domain as well. Skilled in physical techniques... Could it be that the person is Wang Yuan?"
"Was he angry that Xuan Yu was using his name, so he acted out of rage?"
"But is Wang Yuan that strong?"
The limited information he had only told him that Wang Yuan was also proficient in body cultivation.
If this were the case, everything would seem perfectly reasonable.
"However, he made his move and killed Xu... Xu Ji!"
His gaze fell on Xu Ji, who was impaled by a sword, and Han Zheng's expression darkened.
The other party had actually abandoned him and fled ahead of time, leaving him to cover their retreat.
Such an action truly disgusted him.
Therefore, even when Xu Ji was killed, he felt no sadness.
However, when his gaze swept over the other five fallen fellow disciples, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow.
Just then, a streak of escaping light flew from the center of the ruins.
It landed beside him.
"Han Shizhi, are you alright?"
Han Zheng raised his head, his face filled with surprise.
"Ling Huo Shishu!"
Ling Huo Jie's gaze swept across the chaotic battlefield, and his eyebrows furrowed.
When he looked at Xuan Yu's corpse, he was even more astonished.
"A False Core Cultivator?"
"Yes, he is the Blood Demon, a disciple of the Peony Flower Ancestor from the Hundred Flowers Palace. He was managing Tianlan Peach Mountain on behalf of the other party and was known as Xuan Yu. But I don't know what he was doing these years, roaming the battlefield, slaughtering cultivators, and collecting essence blood." Han Zheng was puzzled, his face showing confusion.
Ling Huo Jie's eyebrows furrowed, and he thought of a certain rumor.
Peony Flower Ancestor...
He shook his head, waved his wide sleeves, and collected the fallen disciples' belongings from the Luoyun Sect.
Seeing this, Han Zheng asked in confusion, "Aren't we going to use the Soul Gathering Incense to gather the shattered souls of our fellow disciples?"
Ling Huo Jie patiently explained, "This cave mansion is filled with overwhelmingly powerful thunder power, even without the presence of lightning. When they died, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators' souls were unable to remain in this world and had long been extinguished."
Han Zheng was taken aback, "How is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. This place was once the cave mansion of a Divine Transformation Grandmaster who cultivated the Thunder Dao Law. Even though he passed away a thousand years ago, powerful Thunder Dao Laws still gather here." Ling Huo Jie looked at the vast heavens and earth, his tone filled with emotion, "The special terrain of the Thunder Accumulation Nine Mountains was most likely formed slowly after the death of this senior."
No one knew if the Thunder Accumulation Nine Mountains existed a thousand years ago.
After all, the Jade Cauldron Domain was only conquered by human cultivators three to four hundred years ago.
Before it was known as the Jade Cauldron Domain, this land was called the Continuous Haze Mountain Range!
"Let's go. I'll take you out first. This place is no longer suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators like you to stay for long."
Seeing Han Zheng's confusion, Ling Huo Jie specifically said, "That senior died very suddenly, and his remains are most likely still preserved in the central cave mansion. This is a heavenly opportunity that those Gold Core Great Sects are no longer worthy of touching."
"After I leave, I'll report to the True Person, and we'll come to clear the place later!"
Clear the place!
Han Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously asked, "What about the Sword Sect?"
"He will join us in clearing the place!"
Ling Huo Jie said indifferently, and his eyes clearly showed a hint of killing intent.
At this moment, he was no longer the patient and gentle Ling Huo Shishu in front of Han Zheng, but the feared Luoyun Sect's Ling Huo Laogui!
On their way out, Ling Huo Jie asked about the battle.
Han Zheng truthfully recounted the events, including how he was distracted in battle, allowing someone to take advantage of him, and even the embarrassing and humiliating incident of activating the Sacrificial Puppet.
Instead of scolding him, Ling Huo Jie gently advised him to relax, learn from his mistakes, and try to avoid making such errors in the future.
As for Xu Ji's death?
Han Zheng held back some details.
He didn't mention how the other party had abandoned him and fled on his own, a despicable act.
That was the other party's personal behavior, and if he revealed it, it would inevitably implicate their master, Heavenly Star Elder.
He had a good relationship with the Heavenly Star Elder, and the Elder's lifespan was already limited. It was better to let him pass away peacefully rather than suffer in his old age.
He also didn't mention how the white figure had killed Xu Ji.
Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, that person had saved his life.
If he brought up this matter, Ling Huo Shishu would definitely investigate, causing trouble for that person.
He decided to remember this battle in his heart!
Senior brothers and junior brothers, they can be used but are not reliable!
Everything depends on oneself!
During battles, one should plan before taking action. If one moves, they should learn from that person, achieve success in one move, and never be sluggish!
After some time, Ling Huo Jie led Han Zheng out of the cave mansion.
After telling Han Zheng to go back and rest, he called over the Luoyun Sect's disciples and inquired about the people who had entered and exited earlier.
Upon learning that there were no suspicious individuals, he stopped asking.
It was not appropriate to involve too many people in the Blood Demon's matter.
Behind the Blood Demon was the Peony Flower Ancestor, one of the three Gold Core Cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Palace.
And the Hundred Flowers Palace was a branch of another Nascent Soul Upper Sect, the Harmony Sect.
Involving them too much might easily bring trouble.
"From now on, no one is allowed to enter, not even solitary cultivators. This includes disciples from the four major sects."
"Anyone who comes out should be scanned with this magical treasure. If there's a reaction, notify me immediately!"
Ling Huo Jie gave his instructions calmly.
Amidst the disciples' astonishment, he sent out a telepathic message, gathering more disciples to guard the cave mansion's entrance, ensuring that nothing slipped through.
Unbeknownst to the world, this so-called opportunity would have nothing to do with ordinary people.
(End of Chapter)
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