Void Well Nourishing Wood, Cinnabar Osmanthus Sinking into the Abyss

Chapter 77: Void Well Nourishing Wood, Cinnabar Osmanthus Sinking into the Abyss. Turbid mist pressed down across the sky. Killing intent filled heaven and earth, while the demon's power swallowed the land on every side.

Chen An stood before the ancient well, his blood churning and his meridians in disarray. Spiritual Essence leaked from him. His organs had yet to recover from the Cloud Demon's last blow, and its second assault was already upon him.

Formless cloud vapor pressed in from every direction, denying him even a moment to breathe.

The man-eating Great Demon had occupied this place for years. It had made the entire village its hunting ground: every wisp of mist was its eyes and ears, every stir of wind its claws and fangs.

Chen An drew a deep breath and forced down his surging blood. He knew the danger he faced. This Cloud Demon's might was at least equal to that of a cultivator in the Qi Eating Realm.

Turbid Breath had corrupted it and robbed it of the Heavenly Palace cloud-kind's elusive nature. Yet that very corruption made it more terrifying than a demon of pure, insubstantial vapor.

It had gained obsession and greed, and stronger instincts to devour the living.

A demon with an obsession would hunt its prey at any cost.

And what did he, a boy who had not even entered the Qi Eating Realm, have to set against such a Great Demon?

His body? The bloody battles at Jinghai had tempered him, and he had cleansed his marrow and exchanged his blood several times. But no matter how strong his body was, it could not withstand cloud vapor seeping through every opening.

His arts? He knew pitifully little about the demons of Cloud Prefecture, and the methods he could use at a