Blood Demon, Is That All?

"Black?"

Ji Qing was somewhat surprised as well.

He truly had not known that his blood actually carried a trace of black.

"Could I have the bloodline of a Demon Slayer?"

Ji Qing turned his gaze toward Chen Luo.

"Brother, why does this trace of black in his blood look like demonic aura?"

Chen Lin asked softly.

"Demonic aura?"

Ji Qing's expression turned grave upon hearing that.

Chen Luo drew a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Brother Ji, my sister was right just now. Your blood does not look like it carries the bloodline of a Demon Slayer. It looks more like you have been afflicted by some kind of demonic art. Let me examine it carefully."

Chen Luo immediately began carefully examining Ji Qing's blood.

After a while, Chen Luo let out a breath of relief. "Ji Qing, this trace of black in your blood is indeed the result of a demonic art, but it should merely be something like a tracking art. Some demon has marked you with it, allowing it to determine your location."

Ji Qing immediately had a suspicion.

"Skin-Peeling Demon!"

"It should have been the Skin-Peeling Demon that cast this demonic art on me. Is there any way to remove it?"

"This kind of demonic art is easy to dispel. Brother Ji, please wait patiently for a moment."

Chen Luo immediately performed some kind of Demon Slayer technique, and a golden radiance enveloped Ji Qing.

At once, Ji Qing felt as though he were being "purified" from the inside out.

When the golden light vanished, Ji Qing felt as though his entire body had become much lighter.

"Brother Ji, look at your blood now."

Ji Qing squeezed out a drop of blood at those words.

Sure enough, the drop was no longer black, but the normal crimson red of blood.

The Skin-Peeling Demon's tracking art had been removed.

This also showed that, just like Miss Lei, Ji Qing did not possess the bloodline of a Demon Slayer.

"Brother Ji, the fact that the Skin-Peeling Demon was able to place a tracking art on you means it likely hates you to the bone. You must be careful from now on."

"Thank you, Brother Chen. But without the bloodline of a Demon Slayer, can one truly not kill demons? To be honest, I once killed a Lesser Demon that had not undergone Transformation."

Ji Qing raised his head and asked.

"Actually, those without the bloodline of a Demon Slayer can kill demons too! Most demons cannot even perform demonic arts. They are merely physically powerful and can be treated as stronger wild beasts. But demons like the Blood Demon are different. If an ordinary martial artist encounters the Blood Demon, death is certain!"

"However, it is different if one's martial arts can reach the Grandmaster realm. A Grandmaster is Innate. Once one becomes a Grandmaster, one can return from acquired to Innate, as if undergoing a second rebirth. One's entire body is remade, and one can inflict tremendous harm upon demons as well!"

Ji Qing's eyes lit up.

An Innate Grandmaster?

Even without the bloodline of a Demon Slayer, an Innate Grandmaster could still slay demons!

Although Grandmasters were already mythical figures in the Jianghu, there was still hope in the end.

"Brother Chen, Miss Lei and I both bear the hatred of our households being wiped out by the Skin-Peeling Demon. We finally found a trace of the Skin-Peeling Demon this time. We will never give up!"

Ji Qing's tone was as firm as nails driven into iron.

Lei Yu nodded as well, her attitude just as resolute as Ji Qing's.

"Fine, then we will track the Blood Demon together. But after we catch up to it, whether the Skin-Peeling Demon is there or not, you must follow my arrangements and cannot act rashly."

"Agreed."

Chen Luo, Ji Qing, and Lei Yu reached an agreement.

"Good. Then I will begin tracking the Blood Demon with a spell!"

Chen Luo immediately drew another drop of blood and performed a tracking technique. The group of four followed the trail created by the technique.

Lei Family Fortress, in the home of village head Lei Changming.

The ground was carpeted with corpses.

A woman in a long dress was crouching on the ground, skinning someone.

She was Lei Changming's daughter-in-law, Qian Lei Shi. Yet this daughter-in-law's face was now covered in blood, bearing a bizarre smile.

"This skin is flawless and whole. It is a fine skin!"

Qian Lei Shi placed the human skin on the ground.

Several complete human skins had already been piled there.

"Skin-Peeling Demon, you helped me recover. What exactly do you want me to do?"

Suddenly, a "corpse" spoke.

"Blood Demon, since I helped you recover, how about you kill someone for me?"

"Kill whom?"

"An ordinary person. More precisely, a martial artist of the Jianghu. He killed quite a few of my avatars and has been searching everywhere for me, clinging like dog-skin plaster that cannot be shaken off. You know that my avatars are not very strong. Killing him is truly somewhat difficult."

"If you help me kill him, I will help you recover with all my strength. You know what I am capable of. Without alerting anyone, I can continuously bring you blood food."

The Blood Demon was silent for a while before sneering. "If I had not been sealed by Demon Slayers for so many years, why would I need your help finding mere blood food?"

"Times have changed, Blood Demon. There are many people who can kill you now. If you seek blood food on a large scale and alert those Grandmasters of the Jianghu, then you will be doomed beyond redemption. After all, those Grandmasters are different from Demon Slayers. They do not need you and will not seal you again. They will slaughter you instead!"

The Blood Demon closed his eyes.

"Deal!"

The Blood Demon agreed.

"Hee hee, Blood Demon, eat this blood food first. Then we will leave this place and head into the city, where there is more and better blood food..."

The Skin-Peeling Demon reached out and grabbed, and several skins flew onto several "corpses."

At once, those "corpses" trembled and wavered, as though they were slowly about to stand.

"Hm?"

"Damn it, Demon Slayers have arrived..."

The Blood Demon's expression changed drastically in an instant.

He had been sealed by "Demon Slayers" for far too long and was all too familiar with their scent.

Even without using any technique.

He could "smell" the scent of Demon Slayers simply by "smelling."

"Buzz."

The moment the Blood Demon finished speaking, two figures leaped in through the door.

"Blood Demon, we finally caught up to you! Today, I will definitely seal you and bring you back to the Lineage!"

It was Chen Luo who spoke.

The Blood Demon looked at the Chen siblings and sensed them carefully once more. There were indeed only two Demon Slayer auras. A smile instead appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Heh heh, I thought those old undying bastards of the Chen Family had come. I never expected it to be you two little brats. You think you can capture me?"

The Blood Demon truly feared Demon Slayers, but the ones he feared were the several deeply cultivated Demon Slayers of the Chen Family.

The Chen siblings were still far from that level.

"Whoosh."

The Blood Demon moved, turning directly into a streak of blood-red light and charging toward the Chen siblings.

The Chen siblings bit their fingers fiercely, then drew talismans in the air. A complex seal formed in midair.

"Demon Sealing Seal, seal!"

The Demon Sealing Seal the two had drawn together was specifically meant to deal with the Blood Demon.

Moreover, with their Demon Slayer bloodline, they could completely restrain the Blood Demon.

That was why the two had dared to pursue the Blood Demon.

Once the Demon Sealing Seal emerged, the Blood Demon would certainly be sealed.

"Buzz."

The Demon Sealing Seal instantly sank into the Blood Demon's body.

The Blood Demon's figure paused slightly, yet he seemed unaffected. He actually charged at the Chen siblings again.

"What? The Demon Sealing Seal has no effect?"

Chen Luo's expression changed drastically in an instant.

How could the Demon Sealing Seal have no effect?

"Golden Body Shield!"

The two immediately unleashed golden protective light.

Then the Blood Demon's transformed streak of light slammed fiercely into their golden protective light.

"Bang! Bang!"

Their golden protective light shattered at the sound, and the tremendous impact sent both of them flying backward before crashing heavily onto the ground.

Chen Luo finally understood why the Demon Sealing Seal had failed.

"No, the Demon Sealing Seal has already taken effect. Yet even while restricted by the Demon Sealing Seal, your strength is still this terrifying? How did you recover so quickly?"

The Blood Demon was actually terrifying.

Yet after being sealed by the Chen Family for so many years, his strength had long since been less than one percent of what it once was.

If it had been the Blood Demon who had just escaped confinement, then the Chen siblings' Demon Sealing Seal would naturally have been able to seal him completely.

But now, with the Skin-Peeling Demon's help, the Blood Demon had recovered considerably. The Chen siblings' Demon Sealing Seal could only seal part of the Blood Demon's power and could not completely seal him.

"Hahaha, Demon Slayers are wonderful! Demon Slayer bloodlines are a great tonic. Once I devour you, my recovery will progress even faster!"

The Blood Demon laughed loudly, then opened his blood basin of a mouth, about to swallow the Chen siblings whole.

Just then, a massive figure suddenly charged in through the door.

"Bang!"

The main gate was smashed to pieces in an instant.

Lei Yu charged into the courtyard like a mountain of flesh.

"Come back."

Lei Yu reached out with both hands and directly seized the Chen siblings, pulling them behind her and away from the Blood Demon's blood basin of a mouth.

"A mere Jianghu martial artist..."

The Blood Demon immediately transformed into a streak of blood light and rushed at Lei Yu.

Lei Yu grinned. "Looking down on this young lady? Then this young lady will let you taste what it feels like to be torn into pieces!"

"Eight-Armed Heavenly Maiden!"

With Lei Yu's soft shout.

Arm-shaped afterimages seemed to appear throughout the air.

They were illusions produced by speed pushed to the extreme.

The Blood Demon had already rushed before her, his speed reaching an extreme. Yet Lei Yu seemed to have truly grown eight arms. Her defense was watertight, and no matter how the Blood Demon charged, he could not break through Lei Yu's eight arms.

Lei Yu's two arms even took advantage of the moment the Blood Demon's mind was shaken and seized him in one motion.

"Heh heh, got you. Die for me!"

Lei Yu's two arms exerted force fiercely.

"Splurt."

Blood splashed through the air.

The mighty Blood Demon was forcibly torn into two halves by Lei Yu.

"Blood Demon, is that all?"

Lei Yu casually tossed him aside, and the Blood Demon's two halves of a corpse fell to the ground.