Yellow Court Daoist

Lu Qingfeng watched as the Zhu Rong Demon God slammed his hands down, capturing the Green-Backed Centipede. The centipede's carapace was tough, and its strength formidable. Even with the Demon God exerting force, he couldn't stop the Green-Backed Centipede from struggling.

"Zhu Rong Divine Flame!"

The Zhu Rong Demon God glared, spewing divine flames from his nose and mouth.

This was the Zhu Rong Divine Flame, far more ferocious than the Dutian Fierce Fire and the 'Dutian Demon Flames', a super-level technique Lu Qingfeng had deduced from the Twelve Du Tian Fierce Fire God Flags.

The Green-Backed Centipede could withstand the Dutian Fierce Fire, but faced with the Zhu Rong Divine Flame, its carapace quickly became red-hot, turning it into a Red Centipede.

"Ah ah ah!"

"Pain, pain, pain!"

The Green-Backed Centipede screamed in pain, constantly struggling and coiling its body around the Zhu Rong Demon God. With all hundred legs attacking, the two were locked in a stalemate.

Using the Refined-level Twelve Heavenly Demon God Skill, Lu Qingfeng had refined the Zhu Rong Demon God at the Postnatal Stage, using incense fire collected from Upper Sun Country to refine into Heavenly Silver, rapidly enhancing the Zhu Rong Demon God's strength.

Although the time for refinement was short, it had already reached its limit. Possessing an extremely strong body capable of wielding Dutian Fierce Fire and Zhu Rong Divine Flame, his True Qi volume was comparable to the Devil Technique True Qi within Lu Qingfeng's body.

Though lacking other Divine Skills, it was still extraordinary.

However, the Green-Backed Centipede was also exceptional, a Fifth-Order Demon Clan member, comparable to a Human Clan expert at the Foundation Establishment and Essence Cultivation Realm. Its demonic power was profound, and its body was as if cast from steel.

The two were in a deadlock, the Zhu Rong Demon God's cultivation on par with Lu Qingfeng.

True Qi at the Eighth Layer of the True Qi Realm, although of Refined-level quality, its volume was more than eight times that of ordinary Refined-level Magic Gates, but it was still only at the True Qi Realm Eighth Layer.

Compared to the Pei Yuan Realm, there was a vast gap, spanning several levels.

Deploying the Zhu Rong Divine Flame, though no less powerful than the Green-Backed Centipede, consumed a great deal of True Qi.

The Zhu Rong Demon God gradually began to falter.

"Demon Sect brat, you're dead for sure!"

The Green-Backed Centipede gradually gained the upper hand, laughing jeeringly as it found an opening.

"About time."

Since strengthening the Twelve Heavenly Demon God Skill to the Mysterious level, this was Lu Qingfeng's first time summoning the Zhu Rong Demon God at the True Qi Realm stage.

After the contest, Lu Qingfeng gained a better understanding of the Zhu Rong Demon God's strength—

At this stage, the Zhu Rong Demon God could battle a Fifth-Order Demon Clan member at the Foundation Establishment and Essence Cultivation Realm but would quickly fall into a disadvantage. If facing a Fourth-Order Demon Race at the Foundation Establishment Condensing Liquid Realm, it might dominate and win.

Against the Foundation Establishment and Body Tempering Realm, it was no match.

With this knowledge, Lu Qingfeng stopped watching idly.

His inner True Qi surged, his hands forming seals and suddenly spreading apart, a dazzling white light flickering.

"What?!"

The Green-Backed Centipede felt a great terror descending, its body uncontrollably trembling, its hundred legs loosening. It erupted with demonic power, trying to break free from the Zhu Rong Demon God's grasp and dodge the attack.

But even though the Zhu Rong Demon God was in a weak position, entangling it for a moment or two was not a problem.

How could the Green-Backed Centipede break free?

"No!"

The Green-Backed Centipede, speaking human language, let out a frightened scream. Unfortunately, Lu Qingfeng made his move without mercy.

Boom!

The dazzling white light instantly activated, striking across the sky and landing on the Green-Backed Centipede's head.

Its carapace, as tough as a magic artifact, had a hole the size of a head blasted into it.

"Roar!"

Zhu Rong Demon God seized the moment to stimulate the Zhu Rong Divine Flame, spreading into the hole.

Crackle!

The Green-Backed Centipede was instantly burned into several sections, a charred mass falling from the Zhu Rong Demon God's body to the ground.

One life, gone in a flash.

[Divine Skills: Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light]

[Grade: Ordinary]

[Explanation: A natural Divine Skill of the Black Vein Golden Butterfly clan, containing the annihilating power of the sun, nothing can withstand it]

"Divine Skills are truly divine!"

The power of Divine Skills is immense, but so is the consumption.

Just with this one strike, more than half of the True Qi cultivated in Lu Qingfeng's Iron Refining Body was depleted. Even if all the True Qi in his body was exhausted, the number of times he could use it was limited.

Lu Qingfeng stepped forward, flicked a few drops of Heavenly Silver, and the Zhu Rong Demon God swallowed it to recover True Qi.

As they faced each other, the Demon God merged with Lu Qingfeng, disappearing into his body.

In reality, the first time using the Demon God and Divine Skills against an enemy, the outcome was similar to what Lu Qingfeng had practiced in the Red Smoke Realm—

The Demon God entangled the enemy, while Lu Qingfeng, from the side, annihilated them with Divine Skills.

Even opponents several levels higher could be easily annihilated.

Lu Qingfeng estimated that with his current cultivation level, he would only find it difficult to deal with Body Refining Realm experts. Below the Body Refining Realm, like Green-Backed Centipedes in the Pei Yuan Realm, none could withstand a single strike. Once his cultivation broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and he refined a second Demon God, he would be invincible in Foundation Establishment!

It was only when facing Spirit Void True Cultivators, who could fully mobilize the power of heaven and earth and merge with them, that he would show a slight sign of timidity.

"Cultivation level!"

"The cultivation level is the key!"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head, waving his hand, a storage bag flew out from the charred corpse of the Green-Backed Centipede, landing in Lu Qingfeng's hand. With the Green-Backed Centipede dead, the storage bag had no owner, and Lu Qingfeng easily refined it, reaching into the storage bag.

The space in this storage bag was not large, and it stored various trivial items.

Most of the Spiritual Medicine were First Rank, Second Rank was rare, and there wasn't a single Third Rank.

Roughly calculating, these Spiritual Medicines were worth about seven or eight Spirit Stones. The Hundred Herbs Garden had been open for just under five days without consuming any Spirit Stones; all these Spiritual Medicines were pure profit, the Green-Backed Centipede's methods and luck were obviously not bad.

Unfortunately, it encountered Lu Qingfeng.

However, in the storage bag, the Spiritual Medicine was just a small part, the bulk was the Spirit Stones sparkling with spirit light in the corner.

"Murder and arson, golden belt!"

"In the Cultivation World where conflicts and killings abound, it's the same in the Hundred Herbs Garden, and there are reasons for that."

Entering the upper levels of the Hundred Herbs Garden, one must carry at least two hundred Spirit Stones.

In the Green-Backed Centipede's storage bag, there were precisely one hundred ninety-eight Spirit Stones. Lu Qingfeng waved his sleeve, collecting the carapace of the Green-Backed Centipede, and indeed found two more Spirit Stones buried in the dust.

A total of two hundred Spirit Stones.

"Great profit!"

Sudden gain of two hundred Spirit Stones, even Lu Qingfeng was somewhat delighted.

He had been quite low-profile in Silver Horn Mountain for three years, apart from the Spider Puppet searching and mining Spirit Stones in the Crying Swamp, the earned Spirit Stones were not many, and they were mostly used to exchange for Spiritual Medicine, refining Elixir Pills, Magic Artifacts, etc.

He didn't have many Spirit Stones on him.

This time entering the Hundred Herbs Garden, it was the Luoxia Sect that provided the Spirit Stones. Now that he had gained two hundred Spirit Stones, he was no longer strapped for cash.

"If one talks about earning Spirit Stones alone, hunting Demon Clan and Demon Sect cultivators is faster than mountain climbing and gathering herbs."

Lu Qingfeng labored all day, traversing one peak after another, the value of the gathered Spiritual Medicine was also only about thirty or forty Spirit Stones. The battle with the Green-Backed Centipede just now, in less than the time it takes for a cup of tea to brew, earned him more than two hundred Spirit Stones.

The difference was clear!

"The Hundred Herbs Garden is only so big, continuing forward, there's always the possibility of encountering Demon Clan or Demon Sect cultivators. Focusing solely on searching could delay time, resulting in inferiority."

Lu Qingfeng reaffirmed his thoughts, and continued forward according to the original plan.

…

Just as Lu Qingfeng expected, in the following days, he successively encountered a Demon Dao cultivator and a Sky Sun Demon Clan cultivator.