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Chapter 496: A Fierce Battle Against the Dragon Palace General
Chapter 496: A Fierce Battle Against the Dragon Palace General
Among the cultivators, there was none as formidable as Li Shiquan, who could open two grand cities and retrieve the Qingluan Celestial soldiers. Not only in Nan Hong but also throughout Hongze, he was known for his exceptional prowess.
Ordinary demons and monsters dared not provoke him.
Even those qualified to face him were few, and each possessed a formidable reputation.
Yet today, five such powerful demons and monsters had appeared at once!
Aside from the Xianzong, any top-tier force would only watch helplessly as they faced annihilation.
At this moment, they had gathered in the Immortal Cave.
Even this secret realm seemed a bit cramped with their presence.
Wu Jun's wild laughter echoed relentlessly. With a fierce exertion of its massive front claws, it sent the Long Nose Water Elephant, covered in wet scales, flying!
Boom!
This sudden attack instantly shattered the temporary eerie peace within the Immortal Cave.
Originally, it had been three Dragon Palace generals against one opponent, but now the situation had reversed.
Even Li Shiquan temporarily suppressed the shock and surprise in his heart, and his solemn face gradually revealed a hint of killing intent.
It was evident that this stoic elder's emotions were not as calm as they seemed, and he had clearly been holding back his anger during the previous battle.
He stared at the massive figure charging towards him, and the curved moon blade in his hand suddenly flipped.
The blade glided through the sky, stirring up a trail of green light.
This pure green color, compared to the sword that Su Hongxiu had once wielded, lacked grandeur and seemed rather ordinary. Yet, the sharpness it contained seemed capable of slicing through anything in the world.
"Hiss hiss!"
The Three-Headed Serpent Demon's eyes flickered uncertainly.
Although they were one person short and were three against four, Li Shiquan's state seemed feeble, and he was merely holding on. After a few more exchanges, it would essentially be three against three.
Winning would be difficult, but preserving themselves shouldn't be a problem.
With this in mind, it finally took action, its necks shooting out suddenly like three ferocious giant dragons attacking Li Shiquan from different directions.
Aside from their bloodline divine abilities, one of the important criteria for demons and monsters to be considered comparable to Bai Yujing was the ability of their demon bodies to withstand attacks from the soldiers retrieved from the grand cities.
These three Dragon Palace generals had previously been able to suppress Li Shiquan almost unscathed.
This alone proved how formidable their demon bodies were.
At this moment, the serpent demon's body stood still as its three necks shot out from its shoulders, instantly reaching Li Shiquan's sides and blocking all his escape routes. The last neck coiled around the Long Nose Water Elephant, attempting to pull it back.
Just as the massive jaws were about to devour Li, a hand appeared, holding an iron token—his Qingluan celestial soldier. As for the milky white radiance released from the second Red Clarity City, it transformed into a spirit soldier, a heart-protecting bronze mirror.
He was about to take action
when a savage hiss suddenly rang in his ears.
The two massive snake heads couldn't get within three zhang of Li and were grabbed by a pair of sharp claws, forcing them to the ground!
The last long snake reluctantly let go of the Long Nose Water Elephant as well.
Behind it, a giant mouth filled with sharp teeth approached, ugly and bloody, moving at an invisible speed as it swept past everyone's vision and bit down on the last snake head.
"Roar!!"
The Three-Headed Serpent Demon was toppled to the ground, pinned down by the Meat Wing Silkworm's wings.
With a head in each hand, it greedily chewed on the serpent demon's heads.
Compared to this mountain-like figure, the serpent demon's originally sizable body suddenly seemed delicate. Its struggles were futile, and it couldn't break free for the moment.
Its tail, hard as cast iron, continuously slammed into the Meat Wing Silkworm's body.
It smashed the opponent's body, causing rubble to rain down.
"Hehehe!"
However, the Meat Wing Silkworm only let out a strange, sinister laugh, as if it felt no pain, intent on swallowing the serpent demon whole. Its saliva made the serpent demon's already moist body even more slippery.
Pfft—
The Long Nose Water Elephant, bound by the golden pattern from Wu Jun's palm, could only face Li's blade after being abandoned by the serpent demon.
As the green light burst forth, a deep gash appeared on its head, and a large chunk of flesh, along with its entire trunk, was sliced off, spraying putrid demon blood.
With one successful strike, Li showed no sign of relief.
Instead, he instinctively cast a strange glance at the two figures entangled and rolling on the ground in the distance.
The Meat Wing Silkworm's sharp laughter drowned out the Three-Headed Serpent Demon's cries.
It was like a bully tormenting the virtuous, pinning down the serpent demon's other two heads as its voice grew more excited, and it said incoherently, "Scream! Hehehe! Scream!"
After experiencing the blessing of their demon and monster origins, these stone guardians couldn't help but harbor intense resentment.
The Long Nose Water Elephant, stimulated by the excruciating pain, was about to shatter the golden pattern on its body.
It leaped forward and flipped the massive elephant onto the ground.
The four gigantic demons engaged in a chaotic battle, their formidable sizes sending chills down one's spine, their fighting style raw and primitive!
The deafening roars and the overflowing demon blood painted a gruesome scene.
The only one left was the bulky Sharp-Toothed Fish Demon, who glared at Chi Yang and growled, "You broke the rules!"
Elder Chi Yang glanced around silently.
They were in the Immortal Cave.
He lifted his head, brandishing the iron token, and said nonchalantly, "Who knows?"
In the next moment, the token descended like a mountain.
The palm-sized token crushed the fish demon to the ground, its weight akin to three mighty mountains, shattering the demon's scales and seemingly about to sink into its flesh.
"Old Liu! Chop it up!"
Chi Yang laughed wildly, then paused and turned to look at Liu Shiqian, whose scimitar had dissolved into green light, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.
Thud.
His habitual silence led to a misjudgment of the severity of his injuries.
"..."
Liu Shiqian's arms bulged with tense veins, his expressionless face betraying no emotion as he tried to stand again, grasping at the green light to reconstitute his scimitar. But he fell back once more.
A hint of darkness and self-reproach flashed across his face.
Shen Yi, the sect master, had planned to use their numbers to their advantage, but the flaw in their plan had ultimately been exposed by Liu's condition.
Chi Yang alone could not defeat this fish demon general leading the demon army.
"Heh... Ha..."
The fish demon also turned its gaze, its previous despair vanishing as it instinctively let out a delighted laugh.
Even its body, suppressed by the iron token, began to tremble and shake.
Its aura surged, and despite its knees shaking uncontrollably, it slowly rose to its feet, as if carrying mountains on its shoulders, taking an extremely difficult step forward.
Boom—
The great hall shook as if it were about to collapse entirely.
"Oh crap."
Elder Chi Yang suddenly panicked. While he had other offensive methods, there was no way he could kill the fish demon before it reached Liu Shiqian.
He could only infuse all his energy into the rainbow light once more and channel it into the iron token, attempting to suppress the fish demon again.
Crack! Crack!
Under the weight of the iron token, the fish demon's body seemed to shrink by several zhang, its bones shattering.
But as a seasoned Dragon Palace general, it knew this was its only chance.
Mustering all its demonic power and enduring the excruciating pain, it took one step after another toward the front, its goal not being Liu Shiqian but the exit behind him.
As for the Qingyue Sect Elder, he was merely collateral damage to be taken out on the way.
"Huff..."
In reality, the gap between Elder Chi Yang and the fish demon was not significant; they were roughly on the same level. But to protect another exhausted cultivator from the fish demon's attack, Chi Yang would need to be far stronger than his opponent.
At this moment, he finally cried out in panic, "Sect Master Shen, do you have any other spirit puppets? Quickly save this old man!"
However, Shen Yi's response caused his heart to sink.
He heard Shen Yi's calm voice say, "None left."
In the face of these demons, comparable to opening two grand cities, a stone guardian like Ke Shi could do nothing.
"None left, huh... Well, that's good... Sect Master Shen... Do you know... You've really scared the life out of me..."
The fish demon's voice quivered, its tone a mix of laughter and tears.
Even with its mental fortitude, it couldn't help but reveal its true, ugly nature at this life-and-death moment.
Who would have thought that a seemingly late-stage Returning Void cultivator could pull out two terrifying spirit puppets capable of shaking a top-tier force at any time?
"Since there are none left... Then I won't hold back!"
Just as the iron token was about to crush its spine, the fish demon finally reached Liu Shiqian. A greedy and vicious look appeared on its twisted face.
It bent its massive body, looking down at Liu on the ground, and its wide palm viciously struck out! But it only managed to brush Liu's ink-black robe, failing to make contact with his body.
Shen Yi stood in front of the stoic elder, also reaching out towards the fish demon. His movements were slow and calm, without any fluctuation in his aura, his distinct knuckles slightly raised.
It was less of an attack and more of a gesture to halt the fish demon's advance.
In the face of such a terrifying demon, a late-stage Returning Void cultivator was incredibly frail. Any insignificant action could lead to their demise.
Liu Shiqian was equally stunned. Aside from not understanding why Shen Yi would risk his life to help, there was another more important reason...
The moment Shen Yi's hand rose.
The fish demon truly halted.
This was a difficult situation to comprehend.
The two figures, one large and one small, seemed frozen in place, as the fish demon stared blankly at Shen Yi.
In an instant, its massive body, which had withstood the weight of the iron token, suddenly crashed to its knees! Along with a faint hissing sound, the fish demon's body was riddled with countless holes, and gushing fountains of demon blood erupted, making it look utterly miserable.
Fortunately, this wretched state didn't last long.
After a few breaths, it was as if an invisible giant blade had chopped it into more than ten pieces, which clattered to the ground.
The round, glossy eyeballs in its dead eyes swelled further.
Within them was a scene that no one else could see.
Amidst the pitch-black night sky, stars twinkled.
The fish demon, bearing the weight of the iron token, had exerted all its might to sweep away the stars, causing the entire sky to darken and fall silent as if it had died.
But as the light faded, amidst this silence.
A crimson palace faintly appeared.
Beneath the Infinite Demon Emperor's Palace.
That tall figure hung in the sky, clad in the ancient and solemn Guxu Immortal Armor, resembling a divine general.
As his black hair fluttered, his eyes were suffused with a purple hue, more dazzling than the stars.
He held a dragon spear in his hand.
Blood droplets trickled down the spear tip, staining the sky with a vivid crimson hue.
Until, finally.
The night sky receded like a retreating tide, and that crimson hue gradually solidified into a dazzling blood rune between his pale white palms.
This was the last scene the fish demon witnessed.
"Huh."
Shen Yi slowly curled his fingers, retracting his palm into his sleeve, his fingertips trembling as if exhausted.
As expected, the Tianyan Four-Nine technique wasn't a particularly profound spiritual art. Even when perfected, it could still be seen through by such a powerful demon, and it wasn't a sure-kill move.
In the end, he had to rely on the Wusheng Palm.
As his ink-black robe fluttered, a faint reddish tint appeared, and the faint scent of blood wasn't noticeable amidst the thick demon blood.
Shen Yi's already pale face now looked slightly sickly.
This was the price he had to pay to use the Wusheng Palm to protect himself from the demon's attack.
The last time he paid such a price was during his deadly battle with Zhang Laifu in the Nanyang Sect.
Moreover, that was when he had the aid of Chi Yang's Qingluan Immortal Warrior.
No wonder there was a separate distinction between the Returning Void and Unity of Dao realms, with the White Jade Capital in between. The gap between these realms far exceeded Shen Yi's expectations.
However, the outcome was still favorable.
He had only intended to stop the fish demon, but he ended up slaying it directly.
The killer move he had comprehended seemed to be quite effective.
"Heh, heh."
Neither Chi Yang nor Liu Shiqian noticed Shen Yi's unusual state, not because of their limited perception or their indifference towards him.
It was because the scene before them was too shocking and extraordinary.
Even when the fish demon was dismembered, Shen Yi's palm hadn't truly made contact with it.
It was as if their cultivations had been reversed.
The fish demon, a late-stage Returning Void cultivator, had been killed by a palm strike from a White Jade Capital cultivator.
"Stop playing around, hurry up," Shen Yi said casually as he walked to the wall, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
Don't be fooled by Wu Jun and the Meat Wing Silkworm appearing to be of similar cultivation to those two demon monsters. In reality, with the support of their entire clan, the rarity of their bloodlines far surpassed that of ordinary demons.
Coupled with their lack of pain receptors and fearless nature, they could be considered unmatched within their realm unless they encountered a true genius.
Upon hearing Shen Yi's words, the two stone guardians went berserk, driven by their demonic and monstrous origins. The Meat Wing Silkworm paid the price of losing most of its body, directly biting off the heads of the Three-Headed Serpent Demon and tearing it into three pieces.
Wu Jun was even more ferocious, his tortoise shell shattered, yet he continued to pummel the Long Nose Water Elephant to death with his claws.
If this place hadn't been the Immortal Cave, the overwhelming demonic power emanating from their clash would have likely caused panic among the creatures in the southern half of Hongze.
(End of Chapter)
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