Stillness!
A deathly silence fell over the air.
As they stared at the Blood Demon's corpse split into two halves on the ground, everyone stood dumbfounded, including the Chen siblings.
Was the Blood Demon not strong?
No, the Blood Demon was very strong!
Just moments ago, Chen Luo and Chen Lin had been utterly powerless against the Blood Demon.
But once Lei Yu made her move—especially after she unleashed the Eight-Armed Heavenly Maiden—the Blood Demon became like a ball in her hands, toyed with at her pleasure and utterly unable to resist.
Hadn't they said that Jianghu martial artists would surely die when facing a Blood Demon?
And this was the result?
"Wait, the Blood Demon has an immortal body. Miss Lei, be careful..."
Chen Luo growled a warning to Lei Yu.
But Lei Yu needed no reminder.
As an experienced Jianghu martial artist, she remained alert to every movement in all directions at all times.
Suddenly, the Blood Demon's two halves on the ground turned into a pool of blood.
"Splash."
The blood surged and instantly pounced on Lei Yu, completely engulfing her massive body.
The Blood Demon's voice came from within the blood: "Such a powerful body. Though she lacks the bloodline of a Demon Slayer, her flesh and blood must still be exceedingly delicious..."
"This is bad. Miss Lei has been trapped by the Blood Demon. If this goes on, she may be devoured by it!"
Chen Luo immediately wanted to rush over and support Lei Yu.
But the moment he rose, he realized that his injuries from earlier were quite severe.
And there was even another pool of blood on the ground, sweeping toward the two of them.
The siblings could only continue using their golden light to protect their bodies.
Yet part of the blood still wrapped around them.
"What do we do?"
The Chen siblings were both extremely anxious, but neither could free a hand to help Lei Yu.
"Clang."
At that moment, everyone seemed to hear a crisp metallic ring.
Immediately afterward, a dazzling blade light descended from above.
"Slice."
The blade light instantly cut through the blood covering Lei Yu.
And it was perfectly controlled, not harming Lei Yu in the slightest.
That alone showed just how precise the force behind that strike had been.
However, the severed blood instantly rejoined itself. Ji Qing's strike had not harmed the Blood Demon at all.
"Brother Ji, the Blood Demon has an immortal body. Unless one possesses the bloodline of a Demon Slayer, ordinary blades and weapons cannot harm it in the slightest!"
Chen Luo's voice rang out.
Ji Qing frowned. "An immortal body?"
Without the bloodline of a Demon Slayer, he would have difficulty dealing with the Blood Demon.
"Brother Ji, give me your blade."
Ji Qing came before Chen Luo and slashed out directly.
The blood was instantly split apart.
Ji Qing handed his blade to Chen Luo.
Chen Luo drew the blade across his palm, then smeared his blood over its surface.
"Brother Ji, I have coated the blade with the blood of a Demon Slayer and added a demon-slaying spell. Now your blade can harm the Blood Demon!"
"Hurry and save Miss Lei. You needn't worry about us here."
Chen Luo was extremely anxious.
Lei Yu likely would not be able to hold out much longer.
Ji Qing took the blade. With the golden light protecting their bodies, the Chen siblings truly could hold on for a while.
"Whoosh."
Ji Qing struck again.
The blade light remained dazzling as it cut down from above, splitting apart the blood covering Lei Yu.
This time, a shrill scream came from within the blood.
"Ah... damn it! Blood of a Demon Slayer, and a demon-breaking spell!"
It was the Blood Demon's voice.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Ji Qing slashed five more times in succession, each strike faster and fiercer than the last.
Yet he did not harm Lei Yu in the slightest.
The Blood Demon screamed again and again. In the end, it no longer dared to cover Lei Yu. The blood swiftly fell to the ground and fled outward.
"That disgusting Blood Demon truly deserved death..."
Lei Yu panted heavily.
She had nearly been unable to hold on just now.
"Brother Ji, the Blood Demon is very fast. Stop it quickly..."
Chen Luo could not catch up to the Blood Demon.
Only Ji Qing here could match the Blood Demon's speed.
"Whoosh."
Ji Qing had mastered Grass on Wings to perfection. Like a gust of wind, he instantly blocked the Blood Demon's path.
"You are courting death!"
The Blood Demon was enraged. It no longer transformed into a pool of blood, instead becoming a massive body formed from piled flesh.
The Blood Demon's body stood over three zhang tall.
Before it, Ji Qing was simply far too tiny.
"So getting bigger is enough?"
Ji Qing's expression remained calm as the Internal Force within him erupted instantly.
A thirty percent boost!
At the same time, incomparably pure Supreme Yang Inner Force drove his blade technique.
"Swish, swish, swish."
In an instant, the sky seemed filled with blade shadows, all of them covering every part of the Blood Demon giant's body.
Ji Qing had driven his blade technique with all his strength. Within a single breath, no one knew how many times he had struck.
The blade light faded, and Ji Qing stood with his blade in hand.
"Rumble."
The Blood Demon's enormous body collapsed in an instant like a towering pagoda.
It turned into chunk after chunk of minced flesh, piled upon the ground.
It turned out that in that instant, Ji Qing had struck an unknown number of times, thoroughly "cutting" the massive Blood Demon body into countless pieces.
"If not for your blade being empowered by the blood of a Demon Slayer, how could a mere Jianghu martial artist have made me suffer such losses?"
The Blood Demon was both shocked and enraged.
It had never regarded mere Jianghu martial artists as worthy of notice.
After all, it possessed an immortal body.
Its only nemesis was likely Demon Slayers.
Yet it had never expected that before a Jianghu martial artist, it would be completely unable to resist.
Like chopping melons and slicing vegetables, it had been effortlessly carved apart.
Still, the Blood Demon remained undead.
But the Chen siblings had already recovered.
"Now, Chen Lin, set up the Demon Sealing Array!"
Chen Luo shouted.
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!
The Blood Demon had already been greatly weakened by Ji Qing using the blood of a Demon Slayer.
Now was the time to use the Demon Sealing Array and completely seal the Blood Demon.
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and directly cut open her palm with the blade.
Chen Luo did the same.
Their blood rapidly dripped onto the ground, forming a bloody net that directly covered the Blood Demon's shattered flesh.
"No, I don't want to be sealed. No..."
The Blood Demon roared in terror.
It no longer wanted to return to the Chen Family. It did not want to be sealed again in that lightless place, where its flesh and blood's spiritual power was drawn out day after day.
Unfortunately, the Blood Demon, greatly weakened by Ji Qing, no longer had the strength to resist the Demon Sealing Array cast jointly by the Chen siblings.
The Blood Demon's flesh shrank bit by bit, finally forming a meatball the size of an infant's fist. It rolled restlessly on the ground before Chen Luo grabbed it in one hand.
"Whew..."
Chen Luo let out a long breath.
"Finally caught you... Blood Demon, obediently come back with me to answer for your crimes..."
The Chen siblings were delighted.
The Blood Demon had escaped, and the two of them bore great responsibility for it.
This time, they had secretly slipped out to hunt down the Blood Demon and had finally achieved their goal. Even if they would still be punished upon returning to the Lineage, it would only be a light punishment, nothing too severe.
Chen Luo placed the Blood Demon into a small wooden box, sealed it once more with blood, then put it away.
"Thank you, Brother Ji, Miss Lei, for your help. Otherwise, we truly would have had no way to deal with this Blood Demon. But why did the Blood Demon recover so quickly?"
There was a trace of doubt on Chen Luo's face.
"Because she was helping the Blood Demon!"
Ji Qing turned around, his gaze cold as he stared at Qian Lei Shi.
"Skin-Peeling Demon, we meet again!"
As his words fell, the air seemed to freeze, and the entire courtyard fell silent.
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