"Woman, when will that powerful person you mentioned arrive?" the Shadowless Dog King shouted. The rear half of its body appeared eerily ethereal, flickering like a shadow, as if it could vanish at any moment.
This was the price it paid for forcibly extracting Demonic Qi from the Demon General’s body; its lower half almost disappeared permanently and was on the verge of disappearing now.
The Venomous Centipede, using a massive amount of Demonic Power, forced the Demon General out of its body. Its body was riddled with transparent, penetrating blood holes, like a sieve.
More seriously, its body had been corrupted by demonic aura, starting to demonize. Even if it didn’t die, continuing to fight would likely lead to full demonization, losing its consciousness.
"Yue Hua!" Ling Yuyan raised her sword, and cracks appeared on the sword’s blade.
"Mm!" She groaned, triggering her internal injuries while using her technique, a trace of blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.
Her Jade Flower Sword shattered, and she used a Secret Technique to summon the power of the moonlight, unleashing a deadly move that could usually only be used at night, at the cost of her long-used Jade Flower Sword breaking.
Countless shards shot towards the Demon General. After an intense battle, even though the Demon General’s body was extremely strong, it was still left with numerous unhealed wounds.
The shards penetrated the Demon General’s skin and embedded in his body, the moonlit purification power within the Jade Flower Sword shards preventing his wounds from self-healing until the power in the shards was exhausted.
The moonlight purification power would continuously weaken the Demon General’s healing ability.
After completing this strike, Ling Yuyan even lost the power to maintain her levitation and fell from the sky.
Woosh~ A massive body caught the falling Ling Yuyan and brought her back to the sky. The Venomous Centipede’s many eyes all fixed on the Demon General, feeling that it was nearing its limit.
The Fire Feather Pheasant was already burning through its bloodline to sustain a massive black cloud of Demonic Qi, preventing it from descending.
At this moment, it was impossible to withdraw. Either they wait for human powerhouses to arrive to suppress and kill the Demon General, or else the three below, killed by the Demon General, would also be devoured by the black cloud of demonic aura.
The Demon General sensed the strange power within his body, momentarily pausing his actions, fully focusing on expelling the moonlight purification power with his Demonic Qi.
In some sense, the moonlight purification power was the nemesis of Demonic Qi.
Demonic Qi represents chaos, the erosion of sanity, the desire to kill, the source of extinguishing life... the moonlight purification power represents tranquility, calming the mind, harmonious inner peace, and the radiance illuminating all things...
Unfortunately, the moonlight purification power Ling Yuyan used through her Secret Technique was too weak and scarce.
The Demon General reached in, inserting his fingers into the wounds torn by the shards, and extracted the shards from his body.
Blackened blood flowed down his fingers, dripping onto the ground, faint Demonic Qi rising from the blood drops, returning to his body.
The Shadowless Dog King had stood still for a long time without moving or speaking, but at this moment, no one noticed whether it had spoken.
Lu Yu stood on the ridge, gazing into the distance. Earlier, he saw the mentors of Beifeng Academy evacuating the students from the inner region of Kugu Ridge, along with many monsters.
It was rare to see so many monsters and humans moving together without breaking into a fight.
No more sword light flashed from afar, nor could cries that shook the heavens and moved the spirits be heard. The massive figures stood still amidst the poisonous mist, only black and fiery clouds clashing, with the fiery cloud at a disadvantage.
"Is it over?" Lu Yu saw the stillness there for a while and speculated that the battle might have ended.
Given the situation with the black and fiery clouds, the outcome was probably not ideal, most likely resulting in the victory of the demon he released. Lu Yu felt indescribably conflicted.
If possible, he would rather plunge the sword back in than release that Demon General.
Demons are beings hostile to both humans and monsters.
Their existence is solely for slaughter; no normal being would have slaughter as the purpose of their existence, except for the demons.
Glancing at the sword in his hand, Lu Yu felt its exceptional weight; it bore a heavy meaning that became apparent only when he wielded it.
Moreover, it was truly heavy.
"Demon-Breaking Saber, a thousand pounds," a voice appeared by Lu Yu’s ear, startling him into alertness, noticing an old white-bearded man nearby that he hadn’t realized was there before.
After a couple of glances, he found the old white-bearded man looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen him before.
"Senior..." Lu Yu cupped his fists in salute; regardless of who he was, anyone who could appear silently around him and was older deserved that respectful address.
Moreover, seeing the expression of the white-bearded old man, he seemed to recognize the sword. If he pursued the matter of releasing the Demon General, it could be troublesome!
"It was going to come out sooner or later, it was only a matter of time, don’t blame yourself too much," the white-bearded old man seemed to discern his thoughts and said.
"Since you’ve drawn this saber, you must not fail the will it carries," Zhou Chisheng said, looking at the sword in Lu Yu’s hand: "The Demon-Breaking Saber, to annihilate all demons under the heavens."
"You will understand in the future."
With that, leaving the bewildered Lu Yu behind.
He took a step, a long beam of light beneath his feet connected to the battlefield under the black cloud, and in an instant, Zhou Chisheng reached the battlefield many miles away.