39-Second Kill

Chapter 39: Instant Kill

The Sheep Demon didn't hesitate and began to flee in a panic.

Ning Xuan and Yaozhen Immortal Aunt followed.

The midnight moon cast its light upon the black mist, and the wind howled like an angry spirit. It was as if someone were wielding a giant brush, splattering ink across the space. The further they went, the more it felt like they were no longer in the human realm.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt suddenly mused, "Why don't we capture the Sheep Demon and interrogate it directly? Isn't it too rash to venture in so blindly?"

Ning Xuan asked, "You're in the Imperial Capital, focusing on cultivation, right?"

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt replied, "I also cooperate with warriors to carry out some demon and monster exterminations."

Ning Xuan said, "Then stop the nonsense and just follow me."

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt argued, "Your demon-subduing experience isn't as extensive as mine."

Ning Xuan retorted, "Either stop the nonsense, or go back where you came from."

He was getting a little impatient.

He was currently in an extremely tense state, a state of "I must kill the other party." Yet, no matter what he said, this annoying woman beside him would always utter a few opposing opinions.

His bottom line was flexible. He lacked a lot of information right now, but he had to press on regardless. Don't let his current pursuit of the demon fool you; he might turn around and flee at any moment. And if he felt he could still turn back after fleeing, he wouldn't mind turning around immediately to deliver a fatal blow. All his actions were based on seizing opportunities. This annoying woman, however, insisted on setting rules and even talking about "demon-subduing experience."

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt said, "I am your partner. I won't leave you here alone."

Ning Xuan replied, "If you want to follow, follow. If you want to act on your own, then act on your own."

With that, he acted as if she didn't exist.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt was also getting a little angry.

She had never been this angry before.

Her tranquility had been almost completely ruined by this partner.

For some reason, whenever this General spoke, she felt compelled to retort, even though she knew now wasn't the time for arguments.

She took a deep breath, silently recited a few words of "Chang Qing Heavenly Venerate, calm my anger," and then said, "This humble Taoist won't argue with you."

But Ning Xuan truly ignored her.

Besides locking onto the limping Sheep Demon, Ning Xuan was desperately observing his surroundings.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed from his embrace.

A bloody hole appeared on the fleeing Sheep Demon ahead.

Ning Xuan said, "Stop messing around and quickly go find a demon that can save you."

The Sheep Demon clutched its wound, stopped jumping, and lowered its forelegs, starting to run faster.

Ning Xuan continued to follow closely.

Clanging sounds emanated from him, like ink blobs falling onto him and spreading out.

He scanned his surroundings vigilantly.

The forest grew narrower and narrower.

There were mountains on both sides.

Dark, imposing mountains.

"Go up the mountain, travel along the summit," Ning Xuan dictated the escape route for the Sheep Demon. The Sheep Demon had the right to refuse, and he had the right to stab it again, after which the Sheep Demon would still have to agree.

Helpless, the Sheep Demon's hoof dug into the nearby hard stone with a "thud," and it began to climb vertically.

Ning Xuan was already extremely proficient at rock climbing. Without a word, he dug his fingers into the rock face, his arms like a drawn bowstring. With a tightening and release, his body soared several dozen feet upwards.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt was quite considerate. She maintained a golden sphere of light around herself and flew suspended, keeping pace beside Ning Xuan as if keeping watch for him.

Just as the two of them were halfway up, all sound in the world abruptly ceased.

The Sheep Demon suddenly turned its head and let out a sinister, ferocious laugh at Ning Xuan.

A blue light flashed from Ning Xuan's embrace, instantly killing the Sheep Demon.

The Sheep Demon's laughter froze, and its body plummeted from mid-air.

It was still falling.

Its eyes were wide open.

The open pupils reflected the dark, oppressive sky above, and then a green lotus shell-like crown emerged from the cliff edge. A massive Bodhisattva face then appeared. With this emergence, a giant golden hand reached down from above towards Ning Xuan, who was still suspended in mid-air, neither on heaven nor earth.

Greed flashed in its eyes, and saliva dripped from its mouth.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt was startled and quickly cast a spell, thinking to herself: A 'xiang huo' golden body demon has appeared! I should run first!

Suddenly, a whisper reached her ears: "Yaozhen, smash it."

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt was stunned, but she changed her spell. A golden seal materialized above her head and crashed down towards the Golden Body Bodhisattva.

With this press, the Golden Body Bodhisattva stumbled. Its originally solemn golden body was forced into a prone position.

Ning Xuan was not surprised.

Although Yaozhen Immortal Aunt grumbled, her strength was undeniable.

The Stealing Incense Rat's mental strength of 5 couldn't withstand her seal.

Thus, he had added another layer of insurance for instantly killing the Stealing Incense Rat, as someone was helping to hold down that Yao Demon, rendering it immobile.

But just then, Ning Xuan felt an incredibly strong sense of restraint on his body. Glancing down, he saw a rotten, pale, giant Frozen Corpse suddenly emerge from the ice mountain he was climbing. The giant Frozen Corpse's hands were slightly hooked, tightly embracing him. He didn't feel immense strength, but rather a heavy pressure on his soul.

At this moment, The scene became extremely bizarre.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt was suppressing the Golden Body Bodhisattva, waiting for Ning Xuan to attack it.

While the mysterious Frozen Corpse in the mountain was suppressing Ning Xuan, waiting for the Golden Body Bodhisattva to attack.

Both sides suppressed each other, as if in a copy.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt suddenly thought of the familiar feeling when she saw the "black mist, Sheep Demon" before. She hadn't thought much of it then, but now that the familiar feeling reappeared, she understood.

Back then, "human-headed black mist" entangled the warrior and the Celestial Master, and then the Sheep Demon killed the warrior and the Celestial Master.

Now, the "mysterious Frozen Corpse" entangled the warrior and the Celestial Master, and then the Yao Demon killed the warrior and the Celestial Master.

This was the Yao Demon imitating them.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt sensed a bit and felt three or four more Frozen Corpses rapidly climbing in the direction ahead on the mountainside. These Frozen Corpses must have originally been ambushing at the end of this canyon. They didn't choose to move forward but chose to climb the mountain, so those Frozen Corpses crawled over from afar.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt recognized the power on these Frozen Corpses.

She sensed it for a moment.

She felt it.

Dragon Qi!

The Frozen Corpses actually had Dragon Qi!

Although the Dragon Qi was chaotic and couldn't be used for any spells, it already possessed an extremely powerful soul-suppressing force.

This made Yaozhen Immortal Aunt shiver.

Because she had never heard of Yao Demons being able to use "soul suppression." Wasn't this a characteristic of Celestial Masters?

The next moment, another unbelievable thought rushed into her mind: Could it be that warriors are learning from Yao Demons, and some special Yao Demons are learning from Celestial Masters?

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt glanced at the Frozen Corpse, then at the Celestial Master Seal she had pressed out, and the several other Frozen Corpses rapidly climbing from the direction of the sloping wall.

She made a decisive move and was about to retract the Celestial Master Seal pressed on the Golden Body Bodhisattva, smash it back, and rescue Ning Xuan.

Even if a mere Frozen Corpse had some Dragon Qi, she didn't take it seriously.

As for what she would use to deal with that Golden Body Yao Demon afterward, she hadn't thought of it yet.

She could only deal with it later.

But at that moment, she heard a whisper in her ear.

"Don't move rashly."

After saying this, Ning Xuan directly broke free from the Frozen Corpse.

Although the Frozen Corpse's strength was great, it wasn't enough to completely suppress his "5.5" mental strength.

As soon as he broke free from the Frozen Corpse, his Golden Body expanded wildly. A Golden Body Bodhisattva over thirty feet tall appeared on the cliff face. He needed to quickly kill that Stealing Incense Rat and not reduce the success rate by deliberately hiding.

The second Golden Body Bodhisattva appeared.

The Stealing Incense Rat, suppressed by the Celestial Master Seal at the cliff top, was stunned. It couldn't believe its eyes, its mouth agape.

Ning Xuan didn't pause at all; all his actions were fluid.

The Bodhisattva held a flower, the flying knives were the flowers, and a dense, sharp whistling sound suddenly filled the air.

Then he lowered his hand.

Yan Chao!

The flying knives accurately pierced the stomach of the Golden Body Bodhisattva at the cliff top, bringing out a splash of brilliant blood – the Stealing Incense Rat, blown into a bloody mist.

"Go!"

Ning Xuan lunged towards the light sphere in mid-air.

Yaozhen Immortal Aunt's head buzzed, feeling as if everything before her was a dream. But after retracting her Celestial Master Seal, she still vaguely cast an "earth escape" spell, taking Ning Xuan and fleeing far away.