Chapter 107: Demon Ghost Domain Trial (Part Seven)
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“Squeak squeak…” As if blowing an attack horn, the washbasin-sized Blood-thirsty Demon Bats spread out and danced in the air. As their cries became urgent, with a whooshing sound, hundreds of demon bats formed a tornado-like spiral and spun downward.
Yue Qianchou, who had been somewhat worried at first, completely calmed down facing the approaching fierce battle. Beneath his calm exterior, a long-missed surging passion flowed through his limbs. In his mind appeared a scene of someone holding two machetes in a corner of the city, charging toward a group of people. Wherever he went, blood sprayed wildly, along with opponents’ wails. Bloody wounds on his own body were also increasing, but at that time there was only one belief… kill!
A long-suppressed killing intent boiled in his chest, and a domineering aura instantly emanated. Yue Qianchou looked at the hundreds of Blood-thirsty Demon Bats covering the sky above, trembling slightly with excitement. The four women surrounding him also noticed his abnormality. Even Kou Xuehua, with her Nascent Soul cultivation, felt somewhat uncomfortable being suppressed by the special aura emanating from him.
“You guard the surroundings. Leave the rest to me.” Yue Qianchou’s tone brooked no argument. Looking at the demon bats diving down with bared fangs, he raised two fingers skyward and shouted: “Kill!”
As soon as the sword left his hand, two cold gleams immediately shot out from his storage bag. Three sword lights cooperated with each other, spinning and swift as rushing thunder, meeting the charging demon bats head-on for slaughter. “Squeak squeak…” The group of demon bats leading the charge let out continuous wails, quickly being dismembered into fragments, accompanied by a shower of blood. The tornado-like assault formation of the demon bats was immediately scattered, flying in all directions while flapping their wings. This single attack cost the demon bats nearly a hundred of their number.
Women love cleanliness, but at this critical moment, they couldn’t possibly dodge. The four were instantly drenched in a shower of demon bat fragments and blood. Except for Kou Xuehua, the other three women completely forgot the dangerous situation they were in, making bitter faces as they picked chunks of flesh from their heads, eager to shake them off their hands. Kou Xuehua, however, looked in amazement at the three flying swords poised in the air. To simultaneously control three swords with such nimble and coordinated cooperation – while each sword individually wasn’t particularly powerful, together they had such great destructive force. Did Floating Immortal Island have such sword techniques? How had she never seen anyone use them before?
The demon bats squeaked strangely for a while, then swooped down again. This time they were smarter, charging together from all directions. Yue Qianchou shouted loudly: “Well done!”
His fingers changed hand seals, and the three flying swords in the air moved swift as lightning, crisscrossing everywhere like shuttling jade maidens. Though there were clearly only three flying swords, when the four women looked up, it seemed as if flying swords were everywhere overhead, radiating brilliant light. In the flickering appearances, it was dazzling to the extreme. One black shadow after another was pierced by white gleams, crashing heavily to the ground.
“Squeak squeak…” Of the several hundred demon bats, only a dozen or so remained in that brief moment. No longer daring to attack, they fled in panic in all directions. Yue Qianchou gave a cold snort: “Want to run!”
His hand seals changed, and over ten cold gleams flickered faintly in the air. Those dozen fleeing demon bats instantly lost their momentum, paused in mid-air, and fell down stiffly. Yue Qianchou stopped his hand seals, clenched his fists, and shouted: “Return!”
His sword returned to its sheath, while the other two cold gleams flashed into his storage bag.
The women looked at each other. They had originally thought this would be quite troublesome, given the large number of demon bats. Who knew that before they could even act, Yue Qianchou, a Foundation Establishment stage disciple, had single-handedly dealt with everything.
Kou Xuehua frowned and pondered for a while, then looked at Yue Qianchou and said: “I remember seeing a technique for simultaneously controlling multiple swords in the Scripture Repository Hall. It seemed to be called ‘Returning Origin Sword Technique.’ Is that the sword technique you’re practicing?”
Yue Qianchou was quite satisfied with his sword technique’s debut performance. He nodded and smiled: “Martial Grandaunt Kou truly has keen insight, seeing through it at a glance.”
The other three women exchanged glances. Xiao Wanqing sighed softly: “Such a beautiful sword technique.” Mei Yinhong nodded repeatedly in agreement: “Yes, yes! Can Foundation Establishment stage cultivators practice such sword techniques? How did I not know about this before? When I return, I must find it to practice.” Actually, women all liked flashy but impractical things, but there was one condition – they had to be beautiful.
“That’s not right.” Kou Xuehua shook her head and frowned: “I’ve carefully studied the Returning Origin Sword Technique. It couldn’t possibly have such great power, especially such unbelievably fast speed, let alone with your Foundation Establishment cultivation.” Hearing this, the other three women all looked at him suspiciously.
Yue Qianchou smiled mockingly. ‘Do you even need to say that? Sister already said this sword technique’s power wasn’t enough. I risked nearly going into qi deviation to improve it, incorporating two major elements that maximize power. First, unity is strength – emphasizing mutual cooperation. Second, as martial arts novels from my previous life said, in all martial arts under heaven, only speed cannot be broken.’ However, these were personal secrets that he couldn’t possibly tell them. Want to learn the Returning Origin Sword Technique? Go to the Scripture Repository Hall and learn it slowly yourselves.
Seeing him smile without answering, Kou Xuehua had no mind to waste time on this question. She said to the group: “We need to hurry down the mountain and find a place to hide, or we’ll be in trouble after dark.”
The group looked back at the human-bat battle on the mountainside that showed no signs of ending, and had no heart to care anymore. After all, one’s own life was more important than others’ lives. They hurriedly followed Kou Xuehua down the mountain.
Overall, Yan Shu was quite fortunate. Among the fifteen disciples sent by his father’s Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, seven had previously participated in Demon Ghost Domain trials. Upon reaching the mountainside, the seniors decisively led him quickly down the mountain. When they saw the sky full of demon bats flying toward the mountainside, Yan Shu was secretly alarmed. Although demon bats weren’t particularly formidable creatures, they couldn’t withstand so many attacking together.
All the way down, various demon beasts emerged to attack in the eerie atmosphere, either individually or in groups. Yan Shu followed the seniors and joined with experts from other sects, fighting their way to the mountain’s base, leaving behind countless demon beast corpses. He finally understood why his father had previously forbidden him from coming here for trials. This time he had secretly submitted his name without his father’s knowledge, resulting in his father’s great fury. He didn’t deny that this impulsive decision was all because of Yue Qianchou – first wanting to kill Yue Qianchou for satisfaction, and second because Yue Qianchou had made him lose face several times at the Alchemy Pavilion, causing countless disciples to mock him behind his back. He wanted to use this trial to regain some face.
Now his thoughts of revenge were gone, and whether he had face or not didn’t matter anymore. His only thought was to find a way to survive and return alive to Floating Immortal Island. He regretted coming! He had been too impulsive then, not thinking that even if he didn’t kill Yue Qianchou here, what were the chances of Yue Qianchou returning? Even if he did return, wouldn’t there be opportunities for revenge in the future?
Not only was he depressed, but the seniors constantly protecting him were also depressed. In the Demon Ghost Domain, being able to guarantee one’s own survival was already good enough. Now they had to spend energy protecting others, which was truly headache-inducing. But he was Elder Yan’s precious son, and Elder Yan had repeatedly instructed them before coming. The meaning of his words was nothing more than hinting that they could have accidents, but his son couldn’t have the slightest mishap, or he wouldn’t spare them upon return.
As darkness approached, the greatest crisis was about to arrive. Upon reaching the mountain’s base, people from various sects sought the most advantageous allies to form small teams. Many even abandoned their sect mates to team up with experts from other sects, searching everywhere for hiding places to endure the terrifying night of the Demon Ghost Domain.
On the mountaintop, each sect carried ‘Divine Sense Compasses’ to monitor their disciples’ conditions. Dongfang Changao and the other Floating Immortal Island elders stared at the compass with somewhat heavy expressions. Over ten light points had already disappeared from the compass, meaning Floating Immortal Island had already lost over ten disciples. Several other light points appeared very dim – needless to say, they were definitely severely injured. Looking at the sky, it wasn’t even dark yet!
Elder Quan and Elder Sun, who were closely watching the compass, breathed a sigh of relief. The light point representing Yue Qianchou remained very bright, indicating this kid was still alive and kicking without any problems. To emerge unscathed from the first wave of demon beast attacks, this guy obviously wasn’t as useless as Elder Guan had said. The two elders unconsciously exchanged glances.
