Chapter 201
Subduing the Demon, the Green Snail Arrives
Chapter 202 Subduing the Demon, the Green Snail Arrives
At this point, Li Jieqing was well aware that this was the birth of the demonic fiend Xu Fuyi, who had transformed into a living being, and that heaven was sending down calamities to strike it down.
I was completely affected.
"Could it be that he has truly suffered retribution—" Li Jieqing held the two array plates on the left and right, and suddenly smiled with relief as he put them away.
If they have truly suffered retribution.
Then we absolutely cannot let that demon escape!
The restraining magic array shattered, but the four-winged Xu Fuyi did not benefit from it. Blown by the wind, it howled incessantly, suffering unbearable pain, and burrowed directly into the top of the deep cave and into the body of Black Mountain.
The underground cave that Li Jieqing had cleared out was buried once again.
Inside the Black Mountain, the four-winged creature, no matter how frantically it tried to break through the mountain, was still being blown by the wind. This wind poured in directly from above, leaving it no room to hide. No matter how frantically it howled and tried to break through the mountain, it could not escape.
The summit of Black Mountain is outside.
With a deafening roar, the bat demons that were still on the mountaintop and hadn't moved away scattered in all directions. Before they could react, a huge crack appeared on the mountaintop, from which four-winged monsters emerged, their painful howls soaring into the sky.
In an instant, demonic energy spread, like dark clouds dispersing, enveloping the entire summit of Black Mountain.
This is precisely because the body, which was originally a unified whole with four wings, was blown apart by the wind, causing the demon to lose control.
The scattered demonic energy is its life force.
"You're still here, so ignorant and arrogant, you don't take me seriously at all."
Li Jieqing, wearing the Thousand Illusions Mask, also came out of Black Mountain and witnessed the scene of the malevolent creature howling in agony.
After thinking for a while, he did not rush to approach, but instead raised his hand, took out a white mirror, and threw it to the top of Black Mountain.
This white mirror comes from the Seven Immortals and is a treasure of the Ruyi Sect. It is specially used to collect evil energy without leaking a single bit. Once it is used, it will be one less available.
"Come-
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The malevolent creature with four wings, which was traveling through the clouds, was still unable to escape the fierce wind. Just as it was howling and falling, it suddenly saw a white mirror floating on the top of Black Mountain.
The thought that it seemed to be a hiding place flashed through the mind of the Four-Winged Crouching Wing.
Then, with its last bit of strength, it crashed into the white mirror like a fledgling bird returning to its nest, its entire body merging into it.
To avoid the wind, it was even willing to be restrained.
It's just about surviving.
However, the wind still exists.
The evil spirits actively entered the white mirror, and within moments, the mirror surface, which stored the evil energy, was shattered from the inside out.
The white mirror shattered, creating a gust of wind that dissipated outwards.
A lifelike four-winged dragon, still vivid in its form, reappeared from the shattered mirror, perched atop the mountain, its wings outstretched, its head looking around.
But there is no longer any spiritual dependence in their eyes.
It had just been born when it was attacked by humans and the Bifeng Calamity. The evil spirit that had been there was already dead.
What remains now is nothing more than a mass of malevolent energy devoid of any sentience, reduced to mere instinct.
Or rather, it has returned to the control of fate.
The malevolent energy transformed into living beings, desperately seeking survival, but their lives were fleeting due to the calamity, and they did not live to experience even a single cycle of the sun and moon.
However, after its death, the wind dissipated, all disasters vanished, leaving behind only malevolent energy that coexists with heaven and earth, and continues in harmony with the sun and moon.
"The reason why heaven and earth can endure and last long is that they do not live for themselves; therefore, they can live long."
Before the demon could reveal its malevolent power, a pool of blood fell and poured onto the floating four-winged creature.
Li Jieqing approached, channeled his divine sense and magical power, and a hand that was still bleeding profusely grabbed Xu Fuyi's wing, forcibly pulling it off its floating state.
The dissipated malevolent energy was gathered together by divine sense and magical power.
The destructive instincts that had just arisen in the Fuyi Demon were suppressed and transformed into Li Jieqing's consciousness, which he controlled and forcibly stuffed into another white mirror.
At the same time, the last remaining wisp of wind dissipated.
The demonic aura that shrouded the summit of Black Mountain was gradually withdrawn by Li Jieqing, and the sun and moon reappeared. The bat-like monsters there fell silent, and the entire summit of Black Mountain became quiet.
The malevolent energy transformed into living beings, which frantically sought survival upon encountering it, yet still perished in natural disasters and man-made calamities. The malevolent energy that remained, on the contrary, caused the natural disasters to disappear as well. Li Jieqing no longer attacked it, and the malevolent energy once again became part of the world. Isn't this also a kind of immortality?
That is, because it does not live on its own, it can live forever.
However, this kind of immortality was by no means what Li Jieqing sought.
With a sigh, Li Jieqing carefully put away the new treasures he had acquired and turned to take a look.
Because the Demonic Winged Demon had just rushed out of the Black Mountain underground and caused such a commotion, there has been a new development.
A second-tier demonic beast from nearby has already found its way to Black Mountain.
It was nothing other than a green snail in clear water.
Li Jieqing scanned the approaching green snail with his divine sense and finally confirmed that the creature before him was the same Azure Snail demon he had encountered when he fell into the Blood Heart Cave.
This monster has some connection with Shecai, and if possible, Li Jieqing would rather not encounter it at all.
But it's too late now.
Hearing the commotion, the green snail came ashore from the distant Tongtian River, riding the waves and speeding its way to the summit of Black Mountain. Upon reaching it, it fixed its gaze on the area where the lurking, winged demonic energy had just lingered.
Beneath the snail shell, something seemed to be being muttered.
It was an aura, an aura very similar to that of the Demon Emperor Fuyi back then.
The Azure Conch Demon sensed this, and therefore valued this aura even more than Li Jieqing, the cultivator who suddenly appeared in the demon realm.
A surging demonic aura pressed down on the mountaintop, and the green snail descended from the clear water, about to speak.
On Black Mountain, Li Jieqing had already taken out a pale yellow pearl and placed it above his head. He put away all his other belongings, leaving only the Green Water Sword in his hand, which he held high, and uttered a few words.
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—Blood Release: Flying Form!
The Azure Snail, which had just landed, saw the cultivator transform into a blood-red shadow and crash towards it.
As a second-tier great demon, its reaction speed was even faster than that of Master Baozhang. In an instant, it opened its mouth and spat out a sticky water arrow that smashed away the blood shadow. At the same time, it used its signature move to shrink its limbs into a mountain-like snail shell.
The blood shadow tore through the viscous liquid and, without delay, crashed directly into the snail shell.
The two collided, and the raging shockwave plowed across the summit of Black Mountain. The great demon, Azure Snail, was completely knocked away, falling off Black Mountain and crashing into the western mudflats.
A snap.
The snail, having fallen onto the mudflats and stirred up a sea of silt, had several fine cracks appearing on its shell.
"So hard—"
As the blood shadow materialized, Li Jieqing coughed twice, his internal organs shifting due to the recoil from the impact, despite the double protection of his magic power and the Earth-Bearing Pearl.
However, this injury was nothing to worry about. Li Jieqing simply held up the Qingshui Sword, whose blade was buzzing incessantly, and showed a look of surprise on his face.
His Azure Water Sword was even more powerful than the Precious Earth Sword, a spiritual weapon, yet it almost failed to pierce the Azure Water Snail.
Its shell is harder than a magical weapon!
This is a second-tier demon beast—
If it were Bao Zhang, he would have been half-dead long ago if he had bumped into him.
"roar!"
The green snail, dizzy and disoriented, crawled up from the mudflats, its roars a mixture of surprise and anger, along with an undisguised fear.
It painstakingly refined its shell day and night with demonic energy. There were few things in the entire demon realm that could shake its hard shell. It relied entirely on this ability to stand firm. But in the blink of an eye, a piece of it was broken.
A pool of viscous spring water emerged from beneath the green snail, spreading outwards and quickly evaporating.
Following the gushing spring water, it flew directly into the sky.
They didn't even bother fighting; they simply fled.
"The water they vomited is poisonous—"
Li Jieqing pressed his chest to avoid the gushing, viscous spring water. The toxic gas from the evaporation of this liquid instantly filled the entire mudflat.
Fortunately, the poison gas was not effective against spiritual sense. When Li Jieqing saw the Azure Snail fleeing, he was slightly shaken.
The green snail was scared.
So that's all there is to it!
Li Jieqing's confidence soared as he faced a second-tier demonic beast for the first time.
He always fights when the opponent is weak and retreats when the opponent is strong.
Without hesitation, Li Jieqing used the Blood Heart Disintegration Technique, sacrificing his lifespan to transform into a ball of blood that rushed out of the mudflats. In mid-air, Li Jieqing, having shed the poison, emerged from the blood, once again wielding the Green Water Sword, and used Blood Escape to crash into the fleeing Azure Snail.
"Behold my flying sword!"
Li Jieqing would never allow Bishui Qingluo to escape, otherwise he would summon the surrounding monsters, and the trouble would only escalate.
Fortunately, the Blessed Pearl of Virtue, which had been used to enhance the body, came into Li Jieqing's hands and shone brightly. Combined with his flying sword technique, he could strike one enemy without making a sound.
The blood shadow moved with incredible speed. It flew upwards and crashed directly into the fleeing Azure Snail's body.
In mid-air, a pool of demonic blood and flesh was sliced off and fell down.
"roar!"
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The Azure Snail was struck by the Blood Shadow and sent flying high into the sky. Overwhelmed by pain, it lost its balance and began to writhe wildly in the air.
Pools of blood were stirred up, and it looked like a rain of blood was falling below.
Inside the Green Snail, Li Jieqing, who had reappeared, secretly thought that he seemed to have come to the wrong place. He was hit by the omnipresent demonic energy from all directions and could not open his eyes or release his divine sense for a moment.