A Thousand Cuts Could Not Quench His Hatred

"Such formidable palm force. If I hadn't activated the demonic markings' protection at once, that blow would have taken my life!" The Old Goat Demon staggered to his feet, trembling. This boy would one day become a great enemy of the goat demon race—even the entire demon race.

In such a short time, he had grown this strong.

Even he could do nothing against him.

"What are you all standing around for? Seize that stinking girl for me!" The Old Goat Demon's eyes darted about. He had to get hold of Chu Jiang's weak spot.

With her as leverage, he was not afraid that Chu Jiang would not be wary.

Hearing the Old Goat Demon's command, the other demons instantly howled and pounced toward Su Yan'er.

"I can't kill Chu Jiang, but can't I handle a little girl like you?" The Old Goat Demon cackled as he watched the other demons rush at Su Yan'er.

The next moment.

Chu Jiang's blade moved. Wild winds danced in a frenzy, and the Blood Shadow Saber mixed with the Gale Saber. Endless blade light ground through the demons, chopping their corpses into several pieces and scattering them everywhere.

The final demon had its head severed less than a meter away from Su Yan'er.

[Void Rank Black-skinned Dog Demon, cultivated for seventy-eight years, remaining lifespan: sixty years]

[Void Rank Black-skinned Dog Demon, cultivated for seventy-two years, remaining lifespan: fifty years]

[Nether Rank Black-skinned Dog Demon, leader of the Black-skinned Dog Demons, cultivated for one hundred and nineteen years, remaining lifespan: eighty years]

[Void Rank Goat Demon, cultivated for sixty-five years, remaining lifespan: fifty years]

...

The attribute panel scrolled madly as a vast amount of lifespan poured in.

A full eight demons had been wiped out. Not a single one had been left alive.

This could not even be called a battle. It was a one-sided massacre.

"A bunch of trash!"

The Old Goat Demon cursed furiously. They could not even capture one little girl. The demons within Baishi County truly had no fighting power whatsoever.

They spent every day stuffing themselves in the human world until they had even thrown away their fundamentals.

"No, I have to run. This guy is too strong. I can't fight him."

"My dear nephew, wait until I return and recuperate. Then I'll come back to avenge you."

The Old Goat Demon desperately burned the demonic marking between his brows, recovering a little strength. He picked a direction at random and began to flee.

"Trying to run? Did you ask my blade?"

Chu Jiang kicked off the ground and leaped into the air, exploding with terrifying speed. The Blood Sun Saber erupted in midair, carrying waves of bloody radiance that were grim and sinister.

Even the air howled as a long bloody line streaked across the sky.

Third form of the Blood Saber, Blood Saber Slash!

"Damn it!"

The Old Goat Demon's expression changed drastically. From this strike, he actually sensed the breath of death.

"Block it for me..."

The Old Goat Demon burned the demonic marking on his brow to nothingness, and his aura surged.

He raised his twin axes before him.

Boom!

The Blood Saber collided earth-shakingly with the twin axes. When the dust dispersed, the Old Goat Demon looked down at his chest. The Blood Sun Saber had pierced directly through his heart.

Cough, cough...

His heart had been pierced, nearly suffocating him. For a moment, he could not speak.

However, once their goat demon race cultivated to the Grievance Tier, they would grow four hearts. As long as one heart remained intact, they would not die.

"Young friend, I was rash this time. I will not seek vengeance for this grudge either."

"As long as you let me go, once I return, I'll have my elder brother call off the hunt for you. Life and death are decreed by fate; each should accept their destiny. My nephew was meant to suffer this calamity."

"What do you say?"

The Old Goat Demon spoke slowly, coughing twice after every sentence.

After all, he had lost a heart. The impact was still considerable.

Though the Old Goat Demon said this aloud, he thought otherwise in his heart.

Once he returned, he would make this damned brat pay the price.

He would chop his corpse into dozens of pieces and distribute them among his clansmen to feast upon.

This brat's blood and vitality were abundant.

He surely tasted delicious.

"Sure."

Upon hearing Chu Jiang's words, the Old Goat Demon could not help but rejoice inwardly, though he still put on a respectful appearance. The brat really was young; he actually believed such nonsense.

After a while, he would make him...

Before the Old Goat Demon could begin fantasizing, he felt a searing pain in his chest. The Blood Sun Saber was frantically churning inside his chest.

Several organs ruptured in succession.

Seeing the Old Goat Demon struggle desperately, Chu Jiang pulled out the Blood Sun Saber and crazily stabbed it into the goat demon's abdomen. In the blink of an eye, he had punctured more than ten holes through him.

"You..."

The Old Goat Demon was so enraged that he could not even speak. This fellow had never intended to let him go. He only wanted to torture him now.

The next moment.

Chu Jiang swung his blade again, severing the Old Goat Demon's right leg in one strike.

Then came the left leg...

Then he severed the tendons in his hands and chopped off his arms...

Then he sliced away his skin, cut by cut...

Whenever the Old Goat Demon fainted from pain, Chu Jiang would stomp him awake and make him continue enduring the torture.

The Old Goat Demon's eyes brimmed with resentment, along with Nether Rank terror.

He only wanted release now, but clearly, Chu Jiang had no intention of giving him that chance.

"You massacred hundreds in Baishui Village, then came to Daxing Village to slaughter again. Even flaying you with a thousand cuts could not dispel the hatred in my heart."

Chu Jiang's tone was calm, but the blade in his hand continued shaving away the Old Goat Demon's flesh bit by bit. Every slash was measured with exquisite precision.

He made the Old Goat Demon suffer, yet always kept him hanging on by his last breath.

"You demons who sow chaos—one day, I will suppress and kill every last one of you... leaving none behind!"

From Chu Jiang's words, the Old Goat Demon sensed an astonishing will that filled him with fear, and an absurd thought could not help arising in his heart.

Perhaps one day in the future, the demon race would be destroyed by this man's hand.

At that point, the Old Goat Demon's thoughts ceased.

"He died so quickly. I only cut him seven hundred times, and I didn't even chop off his head..." Chu Jiang was somewhat disappointed. He stomped on the Old Goat Demon's head, still wanting to vent his rage, for this level of punishment did not satisfy his hatred.

Su Yan'er looked at Chu Jiang as though she were looking at a demon. His methods were so cruel that they inspired fear.

Yet they also gave her a powerful sense of security.

Watching those demons that had ravaged the villages die miserable deaths one after another beneath Chu Jiang's hand,

the oppression in Su Yan'er's heart eased somewhat.

[Demonic Mark Goat Demon, Grievance Tier demon, cultivated for two hundred and thirty years, remaining lifespan: ninety years]

[Demon Lifespan: nine hundred and ninety-eight years]

[Own Lifespan: ninety years]

...

There had been a full eleven demons causing havoc this time. They had contributed nearly eight hundred years of lifespan to Chu Jiang, bringing his Demon Lifespan close to one thousand years.

Having gained such a vast amount of lifespan, he felt joy, but also some confusion.

Too many people had died.

More than five hundred people in Baishui Village had all died miserable deaths, while more than half of Daxing Village had essentially been destroyed. He did not know how many people were still alive.

However, after this battle, there probably would not be any demons left in Baishi County for him to kill for the time being.

He had killed a group at Black Tiger Mountain, and another group here.

Even if there were other demons, once news of Black Tiger Mountain and Daxing Village spread in a few days, the demons still deep in the mountains would surely flee in all directions.

Suddenly.

A brand-new message appeared on the attribute panel.

"Host has slain demons. Accumulated Demon Lifespan has exceeded one thousand years. The system will automatically upgrade. Duration: forty-eight hours!"

A system upgrade?

Chu Jiang was rather surprised by this message.

He just did not know what function would be upgraded, which made him somewhat expectant.