Whoosh, whoosh…
The three of them sprinted through the dense fog, one after another. Li Da's speed was particularly fast; he was probably stimulated by the deaths of Niu Zhenye and the other two, and was desperate to break out of the fog, so he moved incredibly quickly.
Suddenly, just as the three of them had rushed out less than a few hundred feet, an anomaly occurred.
A faint crimson light shot out from the dense fog and lunged towards Li Da, who was in the lead.
“You're courting death!”
Li Da was indeed a master of the Body Forging Realm. The moment the Blood Demon lunged at him, he sensed it, let out a fierce roar, drew his long blade, and swept it out horizontally, striking at the Blood Demon with an astonishing sonic boom.
“Caw, caw, caw…”
The Blood Demon let out a strange, sharp sound, its body seemingly transforming into a blood mist. Li Da’s battle blade struck it as if it were cutting through mist, completely without force.
“Demon, die!”
Just then, Qin Qing suddenly made her move. Her longsword was unsheathed, and firelight burst forth, like a fiery snake streaking across the sky, fiercely piercing the Blood Demon’s body. Under the burning flames, crackling sounds were heard, and one-third of the blood mist that the Blood Demon had transformed into was incinerated.
“Ah…”
The Blood Demon immediately screamed miserably. The remaining blood mist condensed into an illusory figure, ready to retreat into the dense fog behind it.
Lin Baichuan's pupils constricted as he looked at the longsword Qin Qing had recalled, muttering to himself, “It’s a Spiritual Artifact. It looks much better than Lu Changkong’s Spiritual Sword. As expected, they're filthy rich…”
Clang!
Just then, Li Da suddenly moved.
This guy was indeed a Senior Demon Slayer Guard and a master of the Seventh Grade Organ Forging Realm; his reaction was truly swift. The moment the Blood Demon retreated, his Blade Intent flashed, striking ten times within one second.
In an instant, the Blade Intent surged, forcefully tearing apart the Blood Demon’s condensed body.
The Blood Demon was peculiar; its body could be both ethereal and solid.
When it attacked Li Da earlier, it was in an ethereal state, and Li Da’s attacks were useless, unable to harm it in the slightest. But after it was severely wounded by Qin Qing, its body immediately left the ethereal state, transforming from ethereal to solid.
This gave Li Da an opportunity; he struck ten times in one second, severely wounding it directly.
“Roar, roar…”
The Blood Demon roared. Trapped by Li Da, it had no chance to escape. Its ferocity erupted, and it lunged directly at Li Da.
A strange, chilling Evil Qi emanated from its body. It opened its mouth wide, and a strange blood Evil Qi sprayed onto Li Da’s body. This blood Evil Qi was extremely peculiar, like sulfuric acid, corroding Li Da’s entire body, instantly leaving him riddled with holes.
“Ah…”
Li Da immediately let out a shrill scream. The blood Evil Qi corroded his body, exposing even his bones.
“You beast, you're courting death!”
Just then, Qin Qing struck again. Her longsword soared through the air, firelight scattering, striking directly at the Blood Demon.
Boom… Bang…
The Blood Demon’s body shuddered. Its left arm was severed at the root and flung out like a cannonball, slamming heavily into Qin Qing’s Spiritual Sword. Its body swayed, and like a phantom, it actually charged towards Lin Baichuan.
As its body rumbled, it forcefully transformed into an ethereal blood mist, intending to devour Lin Baichuan.
“You're courting death!”
Lin Baichuan was instantly enraged. This beast actually wanted to pick on him; it was truly seeking its own demise. With an angry roar, he raised his hand, drew his long blade, and fiercely struck out.
The blade’s hum was like thunder, accompanied by overwhelming blood-Evil Qi killing intent, as majestic as a mountain, as fierce as a tsunami, fiercely striking at the charging Blood Demon.
The blade descended, cutting through the Blood Demon’s forcefully ethereal body.
The profound Blade Intent erupted, forcefully annihilating its life force.
“Ding! Gained 120 Karma points.”
A cold, mechanical voice echoed in Lin Baichuan’s mind. The Blood Demon’s original strength was only at Soldier-level Tier 3, equivalent to a Human Race Martial Artist at the Seventh Grade Organ Forging Realm, completely incomparable to Yin Kuisheng.
The demon core Yin Kuisheng swallowed was definitely of a much higher grade than this Blood Demon.
The Blood Demon’s life force was annihilated, and its forcefully ethereal body once again solidified. Then, with a thud, it crashed to the ground. Red, almost black, blood soaked into the ground, corroding a large pit.
Qin Qing and Li Da stared at the Blood Demon lying on the ground, their faces filled with astonishment.
Immediately after, Li Da’s face twisted. He gritted his teeth, glaring at Lin Baichuan, and growled, “You clearly had the strength to kill this Blood Demon, but you didn’t act. You obviously wanted to use it to kill us. You are so ruthless…”
No one was a fool. As soon as Lin Baichuan killed the Blood Demon with one strike, Li Da immediately realized that Lin Baichuan had been holding back all along, clearly intending to use the Blood Demon to kill them.
Li Da’s entire face was contorted, his expression ferocious, as if he wanted to devour Lin Baichuan alive.
Qin Qing, beside him, also looked at Lin Baichuan with a complex expression. They were all intelligent people; what Li Da could see through, she naturally understood. However, Qin Qing did not question Lin Baichuan like Li Da, and even felt disdain for Li Da’s actions in her heart.
Because Qin Qing knew that Lin Baichuan’s actions were entirely tit-for-tat; it was Li Da who had first broken the rules.
From the beginning, Li Da wanted Lin Baichuan to block the living dead, intending to use the living dead to kill Lin Baichuan. Later, seeing that Lin Baichuan was too strong and the living dead couldn't harm him, he immediately devised another plan when the first failed: he deliberately had Niu Zhenye go easy, letting the Mountain Demon escape, wanting to repeat the trick and use the Mountain Demon to kill Lin Baichuan.
But Li Da and the others never expected that Lin Baichuan’s strength was outrageously powerful; he not only annihilated hundreds of living dead but also counter-killed the Mountain Demon.
Being schemed against repeatedly, anyone would get angry. A Prodigy like Lin Baichuan, who could comprehend Blade Intent at the Ninth Grade Body Refinement Realm, was naturally arrogant. How could he not retaliate after being schemed against in such a way?
Therefore, Qin Qing completely understood Lin Baichuan’s use of the Blood Demon to deal with Li Da and the others, and even believed that Li Da and the others were reaping what they sowed. If they hadn’t broken the rules first and harbored malicious intentions to put Lin Baichuan to death, they wouldn’t be in this situation now.
Now, Niu Zhenye and the other two were dead, and Li Da was severely wounded. His body was badly corroded by the Blood Demon’s blood Evil Qi, damaging his Foundation. He probably wouldn't be able to advance any further in this life.
The price was hefty enough.
Thinking this, Qin Qing couldn’t help but glance at the ferocious-faced Li Da, but she didn’t feel much sympathy. A pitiable person must have a hateful side; Li Da was reaping what he sowed and couldn’t blame anyone else.
To be fair, Lin Baichuan had already shown restraint. If it were her, the retaliation would probably be even more brutal.
Lin Baichuan didn’t know what Qin Qing was thinking. After hearing Li Da’s words, he merely let out a cold, dismissive laugh: “Captain, we’re just calling the pot black; it’s a mutual thing…”
After speaking, Lin Baichuan couldn’t be bothered to respond to Li Da and walked directly towards the Blood Demon’s corpse.
A guy who didn’t know his place. He could scheme against him, but when he was schemed against, he wouldn’t stop complaining. He was probably a notorious hypocrite…