Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Shen Yi suddenly swung his fist, the peak of his fist hammered down violently towards the brow of the Shen Feng Demon Emperor, causing the talisman to tremble violently, and then with a tearing sound, it directly shattered into pieces, turning into flying ash that dissipated away!

The momentum of his fist had not yet diminished, and it landed squarely on its frontal bone.

Thud—

The bead, which seemed to be made of jade, but was actually transformed from flesh, exploded into a splash of blood plasma under Shen Yi's punch.

The gap housing the bead was torn open by the immense force, and brilliant golden flames, like molten lava, poured in.

Bang!

The Shen Feng Demon Emperor flew backward, its frontal bone cracked open, and the golden flames instantly took over its entire face.

In the instant before it was about to fall to the ground,

Shen Yi attacked once more, his boot thunderously stomping onto its chest, a succession of densely packed talismans exploding one after another.

Until it was completely smashed to the ground.

The Shen Feng Demon Emperor spat out a mouthful of blood plasma, its body bent like a shrimp, its breastbone broken and collapsed, the boot nailing it in place like a wooden stake, unable to move even an inch no matter how it struggled.

It subconsciously tried to transform back into its original form.

But it saw the young man lean forward, his slender fingers seizing its throat. The flesh on its neck trembled and swelled in a frenzy, yet it could never break free from the grasp of that hand.

The Shen Feng Demon Emperor's eyes widened, a gale spewing from its mouth.

The gale that could tear Nie Jun's body apart only caused the golden flames on Shen Yi's body to sway slightly.

The wind from its mouth grew ever weaker.

It could only stare vacantly as the other party slowly broke its neck inch by inch.

[Slain Divinity Transformation Realm Shen Feng Demon Emperor, total lifespan of ninety-seven thousand years, remaining lifespan of sixteen thousand years, absorption complete.]

"Phew."

Shen Yi adjusted his breathing, the gold flames rippling on his body gradually sinking into his skin.

Both of these Great Demons had lifespans that weren't much to speak of.

His primary goal was to collect the Town Stone, and as for the lifespans of demons, Qinghua alone had tirelessly traveled around Jiuzhou, day and night, cutting down almost half of the demons.

[Remaining lifespan of demons: Two hundred and twenty-three thousand years.]

Such a bountiful lifespan made Shen Yi's feelings somewhat complicated.

It felt like guarding a mountain of gold but using it to skip stones in the water.

Within the desolate Nanyang Sect, the demons' lifespan simply could not unleash its true value.

In the earlier fight,

Shen Yi didn't even expect that a technique from the Return to Void Realm, the Spiritual Physique Technique, could grant such a massive boost.

He had even prepared to use the Imperial Demon Gold Arrow to deal with the second den's Shen Feng Demon Emperor.

However, it was also because of this that Shen Yi completely realized the gap between him and that old dog.

Earlier, his adversary had used just one claw, and from such a distance, it tore the Nanyang Vestment robe apart, whereas his own full-powered kick, despite slaying the Great Horned Demon Emperor, only did so because she had exhausted her demonic power, and it caused barely any damage to the vestment robe itself.

"..."

Suddenly, Shen Yi felt an inexplicable restlessness.

He had nearly collected all the useful things within the Nanyang Sect but still couldn't break through the bottleneck.

In the past, he was limited by his innate talent, but now he was constrained by the sheer barrenness of the world itself.

At this thought, he couldn't help but feel an increased sense of respect for the Wutong Mountain Ancestor.

That the latter could endure such restlessness, living for such an extended period while still maintaining his sanity.

But if he had to do it over again, Shen Yi's answer would still be the same.

It wasn't that he thought the Wutong Mountain Ancestor was wrong.

It was just that their positions were different; the other truly stood at the peak, detached from the world, while he indeed was just the ephemeral mayfly described, with no room for choice.

Any turmoil, no matter how trivial it seemed in the eyes of the Wutong Mountain Ancestor, could inexplicably lead to Shen Yi's death.

For instance, an enlightened black dog seeking a change of palate.

Shen Yi lacked a cultivation cave to quietly cultivate in, so he had to rely on constant fighting and the help of numerous ephemeral allies like Zhang the Butcher, Lin Baiwei, Chen Qiankun, and even Wu Dao'an of the Martial Temple.

Although now it seemed that both his cultivation and status had changed greatly from before.

But he couldn't extricate himself from those ephemeral allies who had helped him, stand aloof from the world, and watch them being slaughtered by demons without knowing whether it was day or night.

The Wutong Mountain Ancestor indeed saw things more profoundly.

In her eyes, sacrificing the few to save the many was the righteous path.

From her high vantage point, if Shen Yi had abandoned Qingzhou back in the day, allowing the minor Demon King to slaughter at will, and if Nie Jun had not pursued the Blood Transforming Demon Emperor, perhaps there would be no such demon disasters today.

It was most effective to hide completely, not letting the old dog discover him, better yet to have the enemy completely unaware of his existence.

In the face of such major issues, not only Qingzhou, but even the entire Great Qian, Mysterious Light Cave, including the disciples of Wutong Mountain, were all expendable.

Once a second person made a breakthrough to the Return to Void Realm and established the Nanyang Sect.

The troubles would resolve themselves.

By that time, holding three sticks of incense, it wouldn't be too late to slowly pay tribute to the deceased friends.

But for Shen Yi, if he didn't fight his way up, lacking a demon's lifespan, he was most likely to be the one sacrificed, the one memorialized, without any right to stand before the Wutong Mountain Ancestor.

Moreover, there was another problem.

Who could ensure that after opening the Nanyang Sect, there would definitely be support from outside?

Of course, to the Wutong Mountain Ancestor, this wasn't really a problem.

If there was no help, a cultivator with the strength of the Return to Void Realm could naturally leave under the vast sky and sea, and what happened to the other members of the sect didn't seem to be a big deal.

But it shouldn't be wrong to not want to die, to not want people he knew to die.

"Let's take it one step at a time," he said.

The biggest risk now was that the old dog might realize things were going south and decide to come out and fight for its life.

Shen Yi gazed far into the direction of the Thousand Demon Cave.

His expression grew calmer, his figure tall and straight beneath the black robe.

The next moment, he once again transformed into a purple and white long rainbow streaking towards the Great Qian Imperial City.

"..."

Watching the rainbow in the sky.

The cultivators of Great Qian uniformly raised their heads, having heard that Officer Shen handled affairs neatly and efficiently.

Yet, they had never thought that even facing a Great Demon Emperor of the second cave, there would be no change whatsoever.

When the rainbow at the edge of the sky dissipated, that Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator looked back at the diagram in his hand, slowly moving his finger above Shen Feng, the Demon Emperor.

But he found that place was empty.

"What's going on?" he wondered, somewhat taken aback. Was there no Demon Emperor in the first cave of the Thousand Demon Cave? Or could this be the cave master from the rumors?

However...

The cultivator suddenly cracked a smile, thinking of the retribution from the Thousand Demon Cave that had been making them live in constant fear.

Under the casual fists and palms of Officer Shen, it ended that effortlessly.

Great Qian, once treated like a dog by the Mysterious Light Cave, had now managed to stand up to the Thousand Demon Cave with the help of the predecessors from Wutong Mountain and the Xu Family.

And even to win with an overwhelming force?!

This kind of event, a few years ago, they wouldn't even dare to dream of on such a grand scale.

Yet now, it was truly occurring right before their eyes.