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Chapter 63: Slaying the River Demon
Chapter 63: Slaying the River Demon
"Ah!!!'
The River God covered her plump face, trying to shield herself from the suspicious gazes of the fishermen.
"I am a god! I am the River God who rides the waves to protect this land!"
She let out a piercing shriek, and countless water droplets condensed, shooting forward like arrows with a thunderous roar that shook the heavens.
Shen Yi's steps were agile, staying close to the River God within a yard's distance.
His slender fingers moved in mysterious trajectories, constantly tapping and severing the meridians, causing the demon's power to dissipate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The River God's graceful figure gradually became bloated, straining against her blue robe, now robust like an ox.
Having already lost most of her essence to the flood dragon, and defeating two Jade Liquid Realm officers on her own, Li Mujin's oil lamp was nearly depleted, and she, too, had exhausted a lot of her energy.
At this moment, with her meridians sealed by Shen Yi's profound martial arts, she could no longer maintain the rain of arrows, which quietly dissipated in the air.
Shen Yi delivered a fierce kick, sending the huge body flying. It crashed into a gilt statue, shattering it like a sandbag, causing the temple to tremble and the roof beams to collapse, filling the air with thick dust.
He sidestepped slightly and reached out to catch the falling Black Blade in the air.
Then, he stepped into the River God Temple, grabbed the back of the river demon's neck, and slammed her onto the offering table.
The river demon trembled all over, her palms tightly clutching the edge of the collapsed offering table, trying to use her half-numb arms to lift her body.
Shen Yi stepped on her shoulder, pressing her back down onto the table.
Feeling the icy aura behind her, the river demon was terrified to her core:
"You can't kill me! I carry a dragon fetus in my belly!"
"I will be the Dragon Consort of the Yangchun River!"
"I am the River God of Watercloud Village!!! Save me!!!'
Listening to the piercing shrieks, Li Mujin, who was already dazed, almost fainted.
Countless fishermen gathered outside the River God Temple, holding torches and looking at the bulky figure on the offering table in disbelief.
That was the deity their ancestors had worshiped for hundreds of years.
The master who had sent three hundred sons and daughters into the river to serve.
At this moment, she lay helplessly on the offering table, emitting a frightened voice, pleading for help.
"Save the River God, kill the hounds!"
The village chief, holding his son's corpse, wept bitterly, his eyes filled with hatred.
He had only this one son!
The old man choked out in a hoarse voice, "Kill!"
The words of resentment tore through the silence of the night.
Immediately, more than a dozen young men threw down their torches, clenched their fishing spears, and charged forward in a frenzy.
In the past, they had driven away these emissaries of the Demon Suppression Division time and time again with such determination.
This was the anger of all seventy thousand people of Watercloud Village.
In their presence, even a Jade Liquid Realm commander would have to retreat.
"...'
Shen Yi seemed not to have heard, picking up a sharp wooden stake and driving it through the river demon's back without hesitation, nailing her to the offering table.
Accompanying the river demon's miserable shriek, he glanced back, extending his left hand, his fingers slowly spreading. A black talisman emerged, swaying in his palm, the characters "Demon Suppression" inscribed in silver and iron, exuding an icy cold aura.
His voice was indifferent, "The Demon Suppression Division is ordered to exterminate demons. All unrelated people, leave immediately."
The young fishermen glared with bloodshot eyes, uncaring of the warning. As long as they charged in, the other party would have no choice but to retreat.
Thinking of this, they tightened their grip on their fishing spears, their rough palms turning white, "Kill the hounds! Save the River God!"
But they didn't know if it was an illusion. In the dim firelight, they couldn't find any trace of hesitation in the ink-clad youth's eyes, unlike the hesitation they had seen in the officers' eyes before.
Seeing the people continue to rush forward,
Shen Yi remained silent, merely clenching his fingers into a fist.
This time, the colonel seemed a little different from before.
Before he could finish his thought, the scorching red on his forehead had already obscured his vision, and his body began to sway unsteadily.
"..."
Watching the village chief's lifeless figure, the remaining fishermen who hadn't made a move felt their faces go numb, and they unconsciously took half a step back.
The fishermen who had been controlling several Demon Suppression colonels also trembled and dropped their fishing spears.
Thump, thump—
The area outside the temple gradually filled with kneeling figures. The villagers knocked their heads on the ground until they bled, their cries echoing endlessly: "Please spare the River Goddess, sir!"
Shen Yi turned around again and stared at the river demon beneath his feet.
The black blade of his sword instantly slashed down.
Accompanied by a dull sound, the head tumbled to the ground, transforming into a yard-wide catfish with no whiskers.
The blue robe tore, revealing a slippery, fat, green fish body that filled half of the River God Temple, its tail twitching slightly.
Under the shocked gaze of the crowd.
The bloodstained youth stood with his foot on the offering table, his expression not particularly fierce, but one that made people dare not look directly at him.
He was even more awe-inspiring than the statue that had stood there before.
He stabbed the fish's belly with his sword and diligently dug into it, the white, tender, and fatty fish meat unfolding like the pages of a book.
He casually took the beast's core.
Shen Yi took a piece of fish meat with the blade of his sword, stood with his head lowered, and placed it in his mouth to chew slowly.
"..."
The fishermen no longer knocked their heads, their eyes dim and their expressions gradually becoming numb. They no longer knew what expression to wear in the face of this scene.
This towering, sinister figure, like an evil demon, was tasting their River God.
A moment later, Shen Yi tore off a large piece of fish meat, took a step, and walked out of the temple.
He grabbed a stunned man.
Under the man's shocked gaze, he casually stuffed the fish meat into the man's mouth.
"Ugh!"
The man vomited instinctively, but Shen Yi's long fingers tightly covered his mouth.
"Chew it and swallow it," a indifferent voice said, chilling the hearts of the crowd.
"Then answer me."
Shen Yi pulled the man up from the ground, his expression calm. "How does your River God taste?"
Tears welled up in the man's eyes, and his body trembled.
But the tenderness that burst from his lips was a delicious taste he had never tasted in the more than thirty years he had lived by the river.
He subconsciously swallowed it, then immediately felt guilty.
Then he couldn't help but swallow another mouthful.
"Well raised. Don't raise it next time."
Shen Yi patted the man's face, sheathed his black sword, and walked towards a few people not far away.
The madman, who had woken up from his coma, was now covered in mud and crawled towards this place.
He saw the shocking sight of his fellow villagers, the collapsed temple, and his gaze swept over the only standing figure.
Then he looked at the fat fish with its belly ripped open inside the temple.
Immediately, the madman burst out with unprecedented strength, rushed through the crowd, pounced on the fish's belly, and began to bite and tear at it wildly.
The fish meat, mixed with snot and tears, was frantically swallowed by him as if he wanted to pour out all the resentment of these ten years.
Seeing this, the people kneeling on the ground stared blankly at him.
The man who had been forced to eat the fish meat earlier now beat his chest and stamped his feet, but he couldn't help secretly swallowing his saliva.
In the firelight, the shattered statue's golden skin peeled off, revealing its original clay body.
(End of Chapter)
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