The heavens really seed to be setting the scene.
The sky, which had been pitch-black and quiet just monts before, now began to drizzle with light rain.
Deng Mingxu's mouth hung agape, clearly frightened, then he turned to look toward the young man in the seat of honor and tremulously asked the girl beside him, "Miss Lin Rou, what realm is your brother in?"
"I don't know!" Lin Rou stamped her foot impatiently.
If her colleagues refused to leave, how could she leave by herself without feeling uneasy?
Although there were no hard rules for demon hunters, they traveled the martial world and should at least show so loyalty.
"Jade Liquid Realm Complete."
Shen Yi calmly assessed the situation, the Deng family didn't have many experts—around a dozen at the Jade Liquid stage—but if a fight truly broke out, they could still be sowhat useful.
It was better to reveal their strengths to each other in advance, so they could have a clear understanding when the ti ca.
Hearing this, Deng Mingxu's eyes widened and his breathing beca hurried. A Jade Liquid Realm Complete cultivator so young, claid to be from a second-rate family? It would be hard to find another even among the prominent Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li clans.
He bowed his head in sha, "I...I'm at Initial Realm Perfection."
Compared to the young master's shock, the older generation of Deng Family experts looked far from optimistic.
The family patriarch had been taken away, and was tonight's event really sothing soone at the Jade Liquid Boundary could handle?
"No wonder they told not to ss with him."
Amidst her surprise, Lin Rou muttered to herself disdainfully, for a genius of such a realm to value the Condensation Elixir thod more than his life was indeed understandable.
Crack-
A bolt of lightning lit up the faces of over a hundred people, each with a different expression.
Won and children huddled in the back, while the Deng family experts gripped their weapons tightly, their palms inevitably sweating.
Fortunately, there was no one outside the courtyard, which made them seem a bit jumpier than usual.
At that mont, however, the young man sitting in the seat of honor stood up and casually drew his three-foot-long Ceremonial Blade from its sheath.
Almost simultaneously, a massive tiger head peeked out from beyond the eaves!
The rain-soaked fur glistened golden, while its light yellow vertical pupils swept the room greedily.
Its red, thorny tongue voraciously licked its rough paws, with saliva mixed with streaks of blood dripping down in the rain.
"Plop."
The instant the saliva hit the ground, a thick, fishy stench instantly swept through the entire hall.
The tiger demon's roar, naturally possessing the power to instill fear and weaken the limbs, roared out from its gaping maw.
"Roar!"
No one knew whose weapon clattered to the ground, but in the midst of the tiger's roar, the clinking sound was like a mournful wail.
People turned pale. Under the reputation of Deng Jianyuan, Yong'an City had not seen such a brazen demon for many years, one that not only entered the city but also mocked them before making its move.
The Tiger Demon turned and leaped down, its muscles rippling as it hunched its body and took a step inside the hall, "It's your turn..."
The voice was barely out when the figure in front of the seat of honor suddenly burst forth, like a sharp lightning bolt.
The long robe fluttered angrily!
Shen Yi stepped into the air, his slender fingers tightly grasping the beast's head, forcing the mountainous body to arch backward with his vigorous strength.
The Sun lting Furnace opened wide, releasing the restraint on the ferocious demonic power.
His right hand, holding the Black Knife in reverse grip, swung with a sinister red trail, cutting fiercely!
Schlick!
Empowered by Greed Wolf Banishes Evil, the blade's edge easily sliced through the golden fur to the throat below, and foul-slling blood gushed forth.
Grasping the massive head in his hand, the Tiger Demon's towering body staggered backward, crashing into a puddle and splashing murky water.
[Having slain a Tiger Demon at Jade Liquid Realm Complete, total lifespan of 2,310 years, remaining lifespan 792 years, absorption complete.]
[Remaining demonic lifespan: 1,266 years.]
Shen Yi threw away the tiger head, scooped out the Beast Origin, and then reached into the heart of the Tiger Demon to extract a wisp of its blood essence. Afterwards, he returned to the hall and sat back down on the chair.
"..."
Seeing the young man in the ink robe sheathe the long sword and place it back on the table, then slightly close his eyes as if to regulate his breath.
The Deng Family master, who had just dropped his weapon, shakily picked up his long sword, gripped the hilt tightly, but didn't know where to direct it.
The recent tiger's roar was like an iron claw gripping their throats, suffocating them to the extre.
Shen Yi's sudden strike with the Black Knife was like violently pulling the air from their lungs, leaving everyone in a daze.
"Jade Liquid Perfection?"
Lin Rou watched the demonic qi she had just collected slowly dissipate at her fingertips, a question arising in her mind.
Her reaction wasn't as poor as the people from the Deng Family. The mont the Tiger Demon revealed itself, she made a basic assessnt of its strength: formidable, an opponent not to be taken lightly, but one that could possibly be subdued with the right coordination.
The reason she was dumbfounded was not because of the Tiger Demon, but because of Shen Yi.
The nurous strategies that had surfaced in her mind were instantly and cleanly severed by that Black Knife.
She stared blankly at the massive drenched corpse outside the hall, suddenly growing much quieter.
This was by no ans a rookie, but instead a powerful ally to firmly latch onto.
She then looked back at the young man with slightly furrowed brows, as if he wasn't anxious as she had imagined, but rather… unsatisfied, sowhat disappointed.
"..."
Shen Yi feigned a state of breath regulation with his eyes slightly closed, while in reality, he had already called up his panel.
Looking at the remaining lifespan from the demons, he realized that it wasn't enough to deduce a complete Condensation Elixir Tempering thod, and even finishing this half-scroll of the life-and-death mantra was going to be tough.
He found himself falling into a misconception.
From a human perspective, with the old ancestor of the Deng Family absent and panic spreading, it was an excellent opportunity to annihilate them and take their place.
But the enemy was a demon who didn't care about their reputation in the martial arts world, and this hunt had the nature of a contest. Enjoy exclusive chapters from empire
They were only concerned about which Human Body Elixir had a higher level of cultivation and more abundant accumulation.
The Condensation Elixir Realm old ancestor of the Deng Family had achieved his breakthrough through a stroke of luck and wasn't the hardworking type, possibly being less strict with his family.
The remaining dozen or so at the Jade Liquid Middle Stage probably weren't considered top-tier within Yong'an City, hence the relative weakness of the Tiger Demon they attracted.
Outside, the rain was getting heavier, and the moist night wind, mixed with the scent of blood, was whooshing into the hall.
The enemy was hidden while he was exposed, and he couldn't afford to be careless.
After all, this hunt could involve Condensation Elixir Realm demons, and every bit of improvent counted.
Having ford an idea, Shen Yi still contained his thoughts and started channeling the demonic lifespan into his life-and-death mantra.
Since it involved the Condensation Elixir Realm, even the Body Refining thod required insight. It demanded a level of Buddhist cultivation, truly leaving no leeway for ordinary people.
[In the first year, you perused this Buddhist Body Refining thod, pondering how to extract the essence of life and death from the heavens and the earth.]
[In the third year, you realized that your progress was faster than expected. Puzzled, you suddenly recalled the countless tis you had used the Demon-trapping True Sun Sword to consu your own flesh and blood essence, leaving yourself in a state of exhaustion.]
[In the fifth year, you had already brazenly traversed the threshold of life and death back when you were a mortal. To you, rediscovering that state was only a matter of ti.]
[In the twelfth year, black and white erged from your fingertips, and you formally began refining your body with the essence of life and death...]
Shen Yi opened his eyes, a slight and imperceptible look of surprise flashing through his dark pupils.
The Wind and Thunder Demon Subduing True Solution of the Initial Realm, and half a scroll of the Condensation Elixir Realm Body Refining thod.
Two martial arts works that seemingly had no connection sohow managed to complent and accomplish each other, a serendipitous surprise indeed.
It was a pity that without Precious dicines or spirit plants concerning the essence of life and death, he could only rely on the demonic lifespan to brute force his way through.
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