Ling Yuyan, Heaven Poison Centipede, Fire Feather Pheasant, Shadowless Dog King.

The four Qi Sea Realm experts watched from afar as the Demon General absorbed Demonic Qi. Shadowless Dog King said, "If we don't act soon, once it fully recovers, we'll have to run."

"Anyway, I can run fast." Shadowless Dog King spoke from its throat, unlike how Heaven Poison Centipede spoke.

"Pheasant spirit, burn away this Demonic Qi!" Heaven Poison Centipede vibrated its Demonic Qi as it spoke. Although it was a centipede, it was the largest of the four, measuring hundreds of meters, with each leg resembling a pillar.

"Heh~ Call me pheasant spirit one more time, I swear I'll roast you, centipede tastes quite good." Fire Feather Pheasant spoke with a clear voice, sounding like a hen pheasant.

"You can try!" Heaven Poison Centipede's voice trembled with Demonic Qi, sounding abnormally muffled, as purple poison mist began to expand around it.

Whoosh~ Flames surged up from Fire Feather Pheasant's wings, causing the poison mist to crackle and burst. Shadowless Dog King kept its distance, not wanting to get caught in their squabble.

Ling Yuyan frowned, using Spiritual Qi to separate the surrounding poison mist, stomping forcefully on the Heaven Poison Centipede beneath her, saying, "Put away your poison, stop causing trouble. The most important thing now is dealing with the Demon General. None of you want to lose Kugu Ridge and be hunted by humans outside, right?"

"Tch~" Fire Feather Pheasant made a disdainful sound but ceased to press the Heaven Poison Centipede with its flames, while the Heaven Poison Centipede withdrew its poison mist upon hearing her words.

The purple poison mist and flames were transformed by their own Demonic Power, allowing them to be controlled freely.

Only Qi Sea Realm, with vast amounts of Spiritual Power, could use Spiritual Power like this. Those in the Qi Cultivation stage wouldn't dare use Spiritual Power this way; they would exhaust all their Spiritual Power in no time.

Fire Feather Pheasant fully unleashed its Demonic Power, turning into a massive blaze sweeping towards the Demonic Qi black clouds in the sky. The high-temperature flames ignited the Demonic Qi black clouds, flames continued to spread through them quickly turning the black clouds into fiery clouds.

The volume of Demonic Qi within the black clouds, though much greater than Fire Feather Pheasant's Demonic Power, was ownerless, unable to resist the burning by Fire Feather Pheasant's flames.

The Demon General turned its head to look at Fire Feather Pheasant releasing the flames, the Demonic Qi atop its head churned, transforming into a giant hand reaching for Fire Feather Pheasant.

Fire Feather Pheasant sprayed flames trying to burn the giant hand, but the effect on the black cloud hand was minimal. Fire Feather Pheasant's flames had difficulty resisting the black cloud hand controlled by the Demon General.

Heaven Poison Centipede's massive body rose, crashing towards the black cloud hand. Ling Yuyan, standing atop the Heaven Poison Centipede, swung her sword, Spiritual Power transforming into a giant full moon.

The full moon emerged through the clouds, slicing open the black cloud hand, Heaven Poison Centipede scattering the severed black cloud hand, while nearby poison mist continuously corroded attempting to erode the invading Demonic Qi.

The poison mist formed by Demonic Power sought to obliterate the Demonic Qi at a huge expense. Dealing with such Demonic Qi, flames were more direct. Heaven Poison Centipede was effectively using its Demonic Power to forcibly obliterate the Demonic Qi, breaking it down into smaller components.

However, for Heaven Poison Centipede, the cost was not significant. Its massive size contained far more Demonic Power than the other three, making it the least afraid of a war of attrition.

Heaven Poison Centipede moved like a dragon, weaving in and out of the black clouds, relentlessly defeating the giant hands of Demonic Qi controlled by the Demon General, with Fire Feather Pheasant's flames following closely behind, incinerating the scattered Demonic Qi.

Shadowless Dog King swiftly approached the Demon General, appearing like a shadow, its body transformed into a two-dimensional surface, only visible as a dark silhouette moving towards the Demon General, its front and back unseen.

The Demon General floated stationary in mid-air, continuously generating black cloud hands, yet consistently being scattered by Ling Yuyan and Heaven Poison Centipede, and incinerated by Fire Feather Pheasant.

It showed no signs of movement.

Suddenly, a shadow behind the Demon General stabbed out a shadow spear, piercing into the Demon General's back as if its shadow rebelled, attempting to kill the shadow's original form.

The shadow spear barely penetrated a few centimeters into the Demon General's back before stopping.

In an instant, hiding in the shadows, Shadowless Dog King sensed a mortal danger.

The Demon General's right arm reached back, the arm swelling continuously, grasping Shadowless Dog King hidden in its shadow, ignoring Shadowless Dog King's innate ability, forcibly extracting it from the shadows.

"Awooo~" Shadowless Dog King let out a scream.

Everyone was astonished, looking toward the Demon General, shocked that Shadowless Dog King had fallen into its hands so quickly.

Glancing at the shadow in its hand, the Demon General squeezed it hard, the shadow mass representing Shadowless Dog King exploded outright, countless shadow light spots scattered all around.

Heaven Poison Centipede halted, Fire Feather Pheasant withdrew a bit, Ling Yuyan stood stunned, Shadowless Dog King was killed in an instant?

Then why fight anymore!

"Ouch~ That hurt!" Shadowless Dog King's voice appeared beside Ling Yuyan, causing her to immediately turn toward the direction of the voice.

Countless bursting shadow light spots gathered there, the shadows converging to a man's height, and Shadowless Dog King's figure emerged from the shadows.

Seeing Shadowless Dog King unharmed, Ling Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that she was worried about Shadowless Dog King's safety, but if Shadowless Dog King were instantly killed, the Demon General's power would be terrifyingly overwhelming, beyond her capability to resist.

The Shadowless Dog King bared his teeth and said, "I have tested it just now. The Great Demon only has strength at the eighth or ninth level of the Qi Sea Realm, but his physical body is terrifyingly strong."

"If I don't use all my strength, I can hardly harm the Great Demon." Glancing at the surrounding black clouds, the Shadowless Dog King worriedly said, "If he finishes absorbing this clump of Demonic Qi, he will definitely recover to above the Demon Core Realm, and by then even if we join forces, we won't be his match."

"Then stop him from absorbing the Demonic Qi." Ling Yuyan said decisively.

"Didn't you see? Our attacks have no effect on him at all. From the time we appeared till now, he hasn't truly attacked us even once, only been absorbing Demonic Qi to heal his injuries." the Shadowless Dog King said.

"In my opinion, we should just run away first and wait for the strongest among your humans to deal with this Great Demon." the Shadowless Dog King suggested.

"Tian Poison, if you burrow underground, no human can find you down there. Fire Plume, you look so pretty, you should go rely on humans. I heard rich and powerful humans love keeping beautiful demonic beasts, and those demonic beasts live comfortably, eating Spirit Fruits until they're full every day, so comfortable."

Shush~ A flash of sword light, and the Shadowless Dog King felt a blur in front of his eyes, the sword tip rested on his eye, nearly touching his eyeball. The Shadowless Dog King gulped, baring his teeth, "Uh, I was kidding, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously..."

Whoosh~ Flames reached the Shadowless Dog King's tail, "Hiss~", he extinguished the flames with Spiritual Power, wagging his tail constantly to dissipate the heat, but his body didn't move at all, fearing blindness if he moved rashly.

Retracting the sword, Ling Yuyan sternly said, "Keep the Demon General from absorbing Demonic Qi to heal his injuries at all costs. Our experts are on their way. Afterward, I swear by the Ling Family's reputation to guarantee your safety."

"Let's do it!" The deep voice of Tian Poison Centipede sounded.

With that, he charged with the Shadowless Dog King and Ling Yuyan toward the Demon General. The Shadowless Dog King grimaced at the enthusiastic Tian Poison Centipede beneath him, thinking this isn't usually a good thing; why are you so proactive?

Boom! A round moon descended from the sky, striking the Demon General floating mid-air, severing his connection with the black clouds.

Ling Yuyan wielded the Jade Flower Sword, pierced through the black mist, every sword light falling toward the Demon General was like moonlight descending from the heavens, pure and sharp.

The Demon General counterattacked, opening his right hand as four thick Demon Qi Long Spears stabbed towards Ling Yuyan.

The massive body of Tian Poison Centipede swept by, scattering the four Demon Qi Long Spears, while venom sprayed onto the Demon General's body, causing a sizzling sound as it corroded the skin.

As the Demon General attempted to fly up and attack Tian Poison Centipede, a tugging force came from below. Unbeknownst, four shadowy tendrils had coiled around his waist, with the Shadowless Dog King grinning not far behind him.

The black cloud of Demonic Qi was blocked by a sheet of blazing fire, unable to descend onto the Demon General who could not continue absorbing Demonic Qi to recover his injuries.

Ling Yuyan took the main attack, Tian Poison Centipede bore the injuries, Shadowless Dog King restrained, and Fire Feather prevented Demonic Qi from descending, hindering the Demon General's recovery. Their roles were clear-cut, and the tacit understanding between the strong needs no words.

The Demon General glanced at the sword marks on his chest, which disappeared at a visible speed, and looked up at Ling Yuyan, taking a step towards her.

This step brought countless sword lights raining onto him, carving numerous scars that quickly disappeared.

The tendrils around his waist were casually ripped apart by him, making the Shadowless Dog King's grin vanish, replaced with gravity.

This step, ascending to the sky, left a penetrating hole on Tian Poison Centipede. Ling Yuyan put all her strength into blocking the Demon General's punch, getting knocked back several hundred meters, disappearing into the black clouds.

The Demonic Qi in the black clouds surged wildly, persistently crashing against the flames below. Fire Feather fully unleashed its innate ability, barely holding back the Demonic Qi summoned by the Demon General.

Feeling the Demonic Qi being obstructed, the Demon General looked up, seeing the entire black cloud boiling, Fire Feather's power appearing insignificant before it.

A sword light, a penetrating moonlight, descended, interrupting the Demon General's control over the Demonic Qi in the black clouds, and Ling Yuyan's figure reappeared before the Demon General.

Tian Poison Centipede, ignoring the transparent bloody holes on his body, crashed into the Demon General, spouting a mouthful of venom condensed over hundreds of years.

Half of the Shadowless Dog King merged into the Demon General's body, with two claws resting on the Demon General's shoulders. With a mischievous grin, he whispered, "Feeling like you're leaking air?"

Boom!

At the clash of the trio's attacks on the Demon General, they inflicted significant damage on him. Immediately after, Ling Yuyan's figure flew out of the combat range, crashing into the black clouds and disappearing, Tian Poison Centipede gained several more penetrating holes, and the Shadowless Dog King screamed pitifully, wailing and weeping.

Before the Demon General could summon more Demonic Qi, sword light descended again, adding new holes to Tian Poison Centipede, with the Shadowless Dog King's cries sounding even more heart-wrenching, earthshaking and ghost-wailing...

Lu Yu stood on the ridge, watching the stalemate between the distant black and fire clouds. Below the clouds, an occasional blinding sword light exploded, a massive figure dove in and out of the poisonous mist, accompanied by earthshakingly ghost-wailing screams.

Across dozens of miles, Lu Yu could still perceive the commotion of the battle there, feeling the intense combat fluctuations emanating from it.

"Is this the power of the strong?"

Watching the distant battle, Lu Yu gripped the knife tightly in his hand, an overwhelming sense of despair toward such power.

The majestic Spiritual Qi storm made Lu Yu feel his own insignificance, like an ordinary person feeling powerless before a natural disaster.

A Martial Cultivator of the Qi Cultivation Realm caught in that battle would be no different from an ordinary person facing a natural disaster—life or death left to fate.

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