Slaying the Blood Demon, Li Da's Resentment

Whoosh, whoosh...

The three raced through the dense fog, one behind the other. Mainly because Li Da was simply too fast. Perhaps the deaths of Niu Zhenye and the other two had rattled him; he was bent on charging out of this fog, and his speed was terrifying.

Suddenly, before they had run even a few hundred zhang, an unexpected change struck.

A faint streak of bloody light shot out from the fog and lunged at Li Da in the lead.

"Courting death!"

Li Da truly deserved to be called an Organ Forging Realm expert. The instant the Blood Demon pounced, he actually sensed it. With a thunderous roar, he drew his saber and swept it out, its terrifying sonic boom cleaving toward the Blood Demon.

"Gaga gaga..."

The Blood Demon let out a bizarre, piercing cry. Its body seemed to turn into a cloud of blood mist. Li Da's saber struck it as though cutting through fog, meeting no resistance at all.

"Demon, die!"

At that moment, Qin Qing suddenly attacked. Her longsword left its sheath, bursting with flames as it streaked through the air like a fiery serpent and viciously pierced the Blood Demon's body. Beneath the burning flames came a crackling sound, as one-third of the blood mist the Blood Demon had transformed into was forcibly incinerated.

"Ah..."

The Blood Demon immediately screamed. The remaining blood mist gathered into an illusory figure, which instantly tried to retreat into the thick fog behind it.

Lin Baichuan's pupils contracted as he looked at the sword Qin Qing had recalled. He muttered inwardly, It's actually a spirit artifact. Looks like it's much better than Lu Changkong's spirit sword. What a damn rich girl...

Clang!

At that moment, Li Da moved.

He was indeed a Senior Demon Slayer and a Seventh Rank Organ Forging Realm expert; his reaction was truly swift. The instant the Blood Demon retreated, his saber flashed, unleashing ten strikes within a single second.

Saber light flared in all directions, forcibly tearing apart the Blood Demon's condensed body.

The Blood Demon was strange—its body could be either insubstantial or solid.

When it had attacked Li Da earlier, it had been in an illusory state, rendering Li Da's attacks completely useless and unable to harm it in the slightest. But after Qin Qing severely wounded it, its body immediately left that illusory state, turning from phantom into flesh.

That gave Li Da an opportunity. He slashed ten times in one second, directly inflicting grievous wounds upon it.

"Roar, roar..."

The Blood Demon roared in fury. Entangled by Li Da, it no longer had any chance to escape. Its ferocity erupted as it lunged straight at him.

An eerie, icy Sha Qi radiated from its body. It opened its mouth, spraying bizarre Blood Fiend Power onto Li Da. This Blood Fiend Power was incredibly strange, like sulfuric acid as it corroded Li Da's entire body, leaving it riddled with holes in an instant.

"Ah..."

Li Da screamed miserably. The Blood Fiend Power ate through his flesh until even white bone was exposed.

"Beast, die!"

Qin Qing attacked again. Her longsword hung in the air, scattering sparks as it slashed straight toward the Blood Demon.

Boom... bang...

The Blood Demon shuddered all over. Its left arm was severed at the root and flung out like a cannonball, slamming viciously into Qin Qing's spirit sword. Its body flickered, and like a ghost, it actually charged toward Lin Baichuan.

With a roar from its body, it forcibly transformed into a wisp of insubstantial blood mist, trying to devour Lin Baichuan.

"Courting death!"

Lin Baichuan flew into a rage. This beast actually wanted to use him as a soft target—truly seeking its own doom. With an angry shout, he raised his hand, drew his saber, and slashed out fiercely.

The saber's cry was like thunder. Carrying towering blood-fiend killing intent, as majestic as mountains and as savage as a tsunami, it cleaved violently toward the charging Blood Demon.

The strike fell, passing through the Blood Demon's forcibly illusory body.

Profound Saber Intent erupted, forcibly extinguishing its life force.

Ding! Obtained 120 Merit points.

A cold mechanical voice rang out in Lin Baichuan's mind. This Blood Demon was only Soldier Tier 3 in strength, equivalent to a human Seventh Rank Organ Forging Realm martial artist. It was utterly incomparable to Yin Kuisheng.

The Demon Core Yin Kuisheng had swallowed was definitely of a far higher grade than this Blood Demon.

The Blood Demon's life force was extinguished. Its forcibly illusory body turned solid once more, then crashed onto the ground with a bang. Its dark crimson blood soaked into the earth, corroding a huge pit.

Looking at the Blood Demon lying on the ground, both Qin Qing and Li Da froze, their faces filled with shock.

Then Li Da's face twisted at once. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Lin Baichuan and growled, "You clearly had the strength to kill this Blood Demon, yet you refused to act. You plainly wanted to kill with a borrowed blade. How ruthless..."

No one was a fool. The moment Lin Baichuan slew the Blood Demon with one strike, Li Da immediately understood. Lin Baichuan had been holding back all along, clearly intending to use the Blood Demon's hands to kill them.

Li Da's entire face contorted. With a savage expression, he looked as though he wanted to swallow Lin Baichuan alive and flay him apart.

At the side, Qin Qing looked at Lin Baichuan with a complicated expression. They were all intelligent people. What Li Da could see through, she naturally understood as well. But Qin Qing did not question Lin Baichuan as Li Da had. If anything, she deeply disdained Li Da's actions.

Because Qin Qing knew Lin Baichuan had done this purely to return tooth for tooth. Li Da had been the first to break the rules.

At the beginning, Li Da had wanted Lin Baichuan to block the walking corpses, intending to use them to kill him. Later, when he saw that Lin Baichuan was too strong and the walking corpses could do nothing to him, he immediately hatched another scheme. He deliberately had Niu Zhenye go easy and release the Mountain Fiend, hoping to repeat the same trick and use the Mountain Fiend to kill Lin Baichuan.

But Li Da and the others had never imagined that Lin Baichuan's strength would be so absurd. Not only had he wiped out several hundred walking corpses, he had even turned the tables and slain the Mountain Fiend.

Anyone would be angered after being schemed against again and again. A Heavenly Prodigy and Monstrous Talent like Lin Baichuan, who had comprehended Saber Intent while still in the Ninth Rank Skin Refinement Realm, was naturally proud and arrogant. How could he possibly refrain from retaliating after being plotted against like this?

Thus, Qin Qing fully understood Lin Baichuan's use of the Blood Demon against Li Da and the others. She even believed that Li Da and his group had brought this upon themselves. Had they not broken the rules first, harbored malicious intent, and tried to put Lin Baichuan to death, they would not have ended up like this.

Now, Niu Zhenye and the other two were dead, while Li Da was gravely wounded. The Blood Demon's Blood Fiend Power had severely corroded his entire body and damaged his foundation. He likely would never be able to advance another step for the rest of his life.

That price was steep enough.

As she thought this, Qin Qing couldn't help glancing at the vicious-faced Li Da. Yet she felt little sympathy for him. Pitiful people always had something hateful about them; Li Da had brought this upon himself and had no one else to blame.

Besides, Lin Baichuan had already been rather restrained. If it had been her, her revenge would probably have been even harsher.

Lin Baichuan had no idea what Qin Qing was thinking. After hearing Li Da's words, he merely gave a cold, dismissive laugh. "Captain, aren't we just fifty steps laughing at a hundred? We're two of a kind..."

After saying that, Lin Baichuan couldn't even be bothered to deal with Li Da anymore. He headed straight for the Blood Demon's corpse.

That thing had no idea whether it lived or died. It could scheme against him, but the moment he schemed against it, it wouldn't stop yapping. Talk about a world-famous double standard...