Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Humans and Demons Devouring Each Other

After speaking, Senior Brother Liu reached into his storage bag. A stream of light flashed in his palm, and a glittering silver giant axe appeared in his hand.

Without another word, he leaped off the paper kite and brought his axe down on one of the Tiger Demons.

The Tiger Demon gave a savage laugh, pulled a dark Profound Iron Rod from beneath it, and calmly blocked Senior Brother Liu’s attack.

"Late-stage Sensing Cultivators? Fine. I’ll show you just how out of your depth you are!"

The Tiger Demon’s body swelled. In the blink of an eye, it grew to ten feet tall. Dense fur sprouted across its skin and its muscles bulged, its strength instantly multiplying several times over.

With a sudden burst of strength, it shoved Senior Brother Liu back. Then, it swung the Profound Iron Rod in a torrential blur, raining blows down upon him.

Unflustered by the danger, Senior Brother Liu displayed his steady composure.

He wielded the glittering silver giant axe as if it were weightless. Twisting and turning, he blocked the Tiger Demon’s entire onslaught.

The two clashed violently from the very start, the sound of their weapons colliding deafeningly loud.

Everywhere the man and the demon fought, vegetation was crushed. Trees toppled in droves, leaves rained down, and dust filled the air.

Meanwhile,

the remaining two Tiger Demons leaped into the air, aiming for the paper kite. In mid-flight, their bodies swelled, ripping their clothes to shreds. Riding a fierce demonic wind, they lunged straight at the four people on the kite.

Senior Sister Yang waved her hand, summoning a Golden Talisman. The talisman flickered in the wind, then burst with a brilliant light, transforming into a Golden Armored Warrior General. Clad in a Purple-Red Battle Robe and War Lion Armor, with a Lion-Man Treasure Belt cinched at its waist and a Long Halberd in hand, the general trod on shimmering clouds. It intercepted one of the Tiger Demons, and the two began to battle in mid-air.

As the second Tiger Demon closed in, Fang Cheng prepared to strike, but Ye Yan beside him whispered, "I’ll handle this!"

The moment she spoke, Ye Yan waved her fair hand. Instantly, more than a dozen Crescent Axe Blades materialized, shimmering with a cold light. They swarmed through the air and descended upon the Tiger Demon.

These Crescent Axe Blades were a product of Profound Light Transformation. They were peerlessly sharp and imbued with a shocking coldness, making them incredibly lethal.

Though the Tiger Demon’s Demon Power was far greater than Ye Yan’s, its expression turned grim as it faced this Divine Technique. It furiously swung its Profound Iron Rod, struggling to defend itself.

Fang Cheng stood beside Ye Yan. His Cold Wave Radiance Sword silently flew out and hovered with agile grace, poised but not striking, ready to protect his beloved wife.

With an angry expression on her pretty face, Ye Yan relentlessly unleashed Crescent Axe Blades formed from Profound Light. They attacked the Tiger Demon from all sides, spinning and slicing with peerless sharpness, wounding it within moments.

A chilling aura permeated the air, and faint snowflakes and ice crystals began to form.

This was the telltale phenomenon of the Ye Family’s Black Water Profound Talisman Scripture being used at full power.

Seeing this, the Tiger Demon immediately dropped back to the ground. It dodged the attacks while searching for an opportunity to leap onto the paper kite and engage Ye Yan in close combat.

Ye Yan let out a cold snort. She would not give it the chance!

With a flick of her finger, a streak of netherworld light shot through the air toward the Tiger Demon’s head.

The Tiger Demon raised its rod to block, but with a loud CRACK, the Profound Iron Rod snapped in two.

The netherworld light struck the Tiger Demon squarely on the head, instantly smashing it to a pulp!

Netherworld Heavy Water.

Within the netherworld light was a single, profoundly dark droplet of water.

It was no larger than a fingernail, but it weighed over a thousand pounds. The sheer force of the impact killed the Tiger Demon instantly.

But Ye Yan’s anger was not sated. She directed the Netherworld Heavy Water to slam back and forth into the ten-foot-tall demon, reducing its body to a pile of gore and shattered bone.

With the battle on their side over so quickly, Fang Cheng turned his attention to Senior Sister Yang.

The Golden Armored Warrior General that Senior Sister Yang had summoned had exchanged over a hundred blows with its Tiger Demon opponent and was gradually beginning to fail. Its spiritual essence was damaged, and its power was waning.

It was the manifestation of a First-rank top-grade talisman. While sufficient for dealing with an ordinary Tier One Late Stage Demon Beast, it was somewhat outmatched against a sentient member of the Demon Race.

Senior Sister Yang frowned, immediately took the Jade Flute from her waist, and brought it to her lips to play.

The sound of the flute was ethereal and faint, its melody winding and intricate.

A look of confusion appeared in the Tiger Demon’s eyes, and its movements slowed for a crucial moment.

The Golden Armored Warrior General seized the opportunity. It thrust its Long Halberd through the Tiger Demon’s heart, then swiftly withdrew the weapon and swept it across the demon’s neck, severing its head!

THUD! THUD!

The Tiger Demon’s corpse and head fell to the ground one after the other. Senior Sister Yang waved her hand, sending out a pulse of spiritual light. The Golden Armored Warrior General flickered and reverted to its talisman form, which flew back into her hand.

Just then, Senior Brother Liu emerged from the jungle below, holding the Silver Giant Axe in one hand and dragging a Tiger Demon’s corpse with the other.

When he saw the Tiger Demon that had been turned into a pile of slush by the Netherworld Heavy Water, the corner of his eye twitched. He then shook his head with a hint of regret.

"What a waste."

Senior Brother Liu took out a fist-sized piece of Demon Jade, black as ink. He channeled his Magical Power and chanted an incantation. Bloody phantoms immediately rose from the three Tiger Demon corpses and were involuntarily drawn into the jade.

Fang Cheng recognized the Demon Jade’s origin. Cultivators from the Yinluo Sect were known for using these Soul Capturing Stones to collect the souls of Demon Beasts.

These Demon Souls could be used to refine Magical Artifacts like the Netherworld Banner. The more one had, the better, and they were in high demand at the Yinluo Sect Marketplace.

"Junior Brother Fang, we’ll split the spoils from this trip based on contribution. The three Demon Souls will go to you and your wife, while Senior Sister Yang and I will take the two Tiger Demon corpses. What do you say?"

After collecting the Demon Souls, Senior Brother Liu began to negotiate the split with Fang Cheng.

This arrangement seemed to give Fang Cheng’s side two extra Demon Souls, but it was actually quite fair.

Without Ye Yan’s intervention just now, Senior Brother Liu and Senior Sister Yang alone might not have been able to slay their Demon Race opponents so easily.

These three Tiger Demons were quite strong; an ordinary Late-stage Sensing Loose Cultivator would not necessarily have been able to defeat them. Senior Brother Liu’s proposal was equivalent to dividing the total spoils into three shares: one for himself, one for Senior Sister Yang, and one for Ye Yan.

Since Chen Yu Yan hadn’t fought, she naturally wouldn’t receive a share.

However, they had only just entered the Southern Wilds; there would be plenty more opportunities to fight.

Fang Cheng had no objections. He nodded and said, "We’ll do as you suggest, Senior Brother."

Senior Brother Liu handed the Soul Capturing Stone to Fang Cheng, saying, "I have several more of these stones. This one is a gift."

A single Soul Capturing Stone was worth about five or six hundred Spirit Stones on the market. Senior Brother Liu’s generosity was clearly an attempt to curry favor with the Ye Family, giving him an opening to ask for their help in the future should the need arise.

Fang Cheng immediately took out six hundred Spirit Stones and, after some polite refusal, insisted he couldn’t possibly take the Soul Capturing Stone for free.

Seeing that Fang Cheng understood his intentions, Senior Brother Liu didn’t insist. He stored the Tiger Demon corpses in his storage bag and said, "To think a fellow cultivator fell into the hands of these three Tiger Demons and needlessly lost their life."

Ye Yan sent out a Profound Light Cold Blade that knocked over the endlessly bubbling iron pot. "These members of the Demon Race deserve to die," she said, her indignation palpable. "To think they actually eat people."

Senior Sister Yang tried to console her. "That is the nature of the Demon Race. Just as our Human Race cooks Demon Beasts into Spiritual Cuisine, the Demon Race sees Human Race Cultivators as ingredients. These cultivators were likely Loose Cultivators who came to the Southern Wilds seeking fortune, and unfortunately met with disaster."

"Things like this happen every day in the Cultivation Realm. You should try not to take it so hard. Once you’ve seen it enough, you get used to it."

Ye Yan let out a soft sigh and nodded, faintly guessing why her mother, Madam Ye, had sent her out to gain real-world experience.

Fang Cheng and Senior Brother Liu, meanwhile, resumed using the Demon-Revealing Mirror, sweeping it in all directions to search for the auras of the Demon Race and other Demon Beasts.

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