Li Youming's Strength, Claiming Quest Rewards

Clouds and mist billowed forth!

Thunder exploded across the firmament!

Massive golden blades hung suspended in the air from every direction!

The giant ice spikes, scorching poisonous smoke, and fierce wind blades were all blocked by the rising mist, from which the sounds of clashing metal seemed to ring out!

Li Youming stood atop the massive corpse of the fox demon, his gaze fixed on the distance.

A giant vicious wolf charged out from there, far taller and sturdier than the wolf demons of Thousand Wolf Mountain.

Cold mist permeated the area around it, and its malevolent, sickly green eyes stared fixedly at Li Youming as it let out a heaven-shaking howl:

"Awoo—!"

"Human! You deserve to die!"

It swung its claws violently, and wave after wave of ice blades swept toward Li Youming!

"Humans dare to wantonly slaughter our demon kin; you cannot be left alive!"

A Scarlet Wild Boar, four or five zhang tall, charged out from the forest on the left, spewing billowing, scorching poisonous smoke the moment it opened its mouth!

"Humans are nothing but blood-food; you should just honestly act as blood-food!"

"Who gave you the gall to slaughter our demon kin!"

In the forest on the right, towering trees shattered as a Giant Fierce Leopard leaped into the air, its body suffused with terrifying demonic qi as a multitude of wind blades surged toward Li Youming!

Every wind blade tore through the air, emitting astonishing sonic booms.

"Are you afraid?"

"Afraid that I, Li Youming, will storm your lair and cut you down beneath my feet?"

Li Youming sneered.

He flicked his sleeve lightly.

Instantly, clouds and mist rose up, transporting Li Xiuwu and the others a hundred zhang to the rear.

Following that, his body suddenly lunged toward the giant vicious wolf charging from directly ahead!

"Heavenly Thunder, fall!"

His eyes shone with an astonishing light as he pointed a finger.

Immediately, a bolt of thunder descended from the sky, slamming directly onto the body of the giant vicious wolf.

The flickering lightning turned the shrubs surrounding the giant vicious wolf into charred remains, and boulders were pulverized into dust!

"Awoo—!"

The vicious wolf let out a roar of agony.

Three brilliant golden blades slashed down!

Struck by the thunder, its body was rigid, leaving it completely unable to dodge.

It could only spew out mouthful after mouthful of ice spikes to block the golden blades.

But the golden blades were too sharp.

The massive ice spikes were shattered by the golden blades in a flash; even as dense swarms of ice spikes continued to strike, they were relentlessly cut through!

Pfft—!

The golden blades slashed into the vicious wolf, instantly drawing blood!

However, the majority of their power had been worn down by the ice spikes, and it was not killed in a single blow.

"If you can't kill me, then you're going to be killed by me!"

The giant vicious wolf roared, standing like a small mountain as it opened its mouth to spew another barrage of ice spikes at Li Youming!

Meanwhile, the other two great demons had already closed in!

The scorching poisonous smoke and the dense swarm of wind blades completely enveloped Li Youming!

The three great demons had joined forces.

In Cangmu Town, this was an invincible display of power.

"Just you lot?"

Li Youming spoke with a cold tone.

His body suddenly sank into the ground, and he vanished from his spot in an instant.

All the attacks from the three great demons struck empty air!

This was the second spell he had acquired during his recent strengthening, alongside the Lesser Heavenly Thunder Art: the Lesser Earth Escape Art!

In that instant.

The giant vicious wolf, the Scarlet Wild Boar, and the Giant Fierce Leopard were all stunned.

And in that very same moment, Li Youming appeared behind the giant vicious wolf.

The Golden Blade reappeared.

It instantly cleaved the giant vicious wolf in two, wolf blood spraying everywhere!

Following that—

Li Youming did not give the Scarlet Wild Boar or the Giant Fierce Leopard time to react, his body sinking back into the earth and vanishing.

"Damn it!"

"This human possesses the power of Earth Evasion!"

"How can this be!"

"Don't humans only master the martial path?"

"How could the human before us grasp four different abilities: lightning, golden blades, mist, and earth evasion!"

The Giant Fierce Leopard roared in shock and fury.

As demons, they usually possessed innate abilities.

But only one at most.

Only those demons with a true heritage could learn more techniques.

But clearly, they were not among them.

BOOM—!

Thunder descended, and the Golden Blade reappeared!

A moment later.

Li Youming looked at the three additional Great Demon corpses before him, a look of satisfaction appearing at the corners of his mouth.

Every Great Demon in Cangmu Town had been slaughtered by him.

"Hahahaha—!"

"I, Li Youming, have slain demons here today!"

"We human cultivators should be this unconstrained, cutting down demons and eliminating evil!"

His heart was filled with joy.

This feeling was far too exhilarating.

So what if they were demons?

They had treated humans as blood-food in the past, but today, they were slaughtered by him, Li Youming!

He looked toward the cliff ahead.

With a thought, a golden blade manifested, carving the words: 'Li Youming, Temple Keeper of Four Seas Village, acting under the divine oracle of the Orthodox Land God, Lord Zhangyue, has slain the four great demons of Cangmu Town here' into the cliff face.

Behind him.

Li Xiuwu and the ten martial artists who had followed were filled with worship in their eyes.

Lord Temple Keeper is amazing!

Lord Temple Keeper is mighty!

Within the Divine Domain.

A smile appeared on Li Yue's face.

Li Youming's entire battle had fallen under his gaze.

He expressed his approval of Li Youming's combat talent.

To kill three Tier 3 Lower-Rank demons in a single battle while at the Tier 3 Mid-Rank realm was truly impressive.

If it had been a standard Tier 3 Mid-Rank martial artist—

They would likely have been killed by these three demons instead.

"Li Youming did well in his application of spells."

"Although there were many flaws, the merits outweighed them."

Li Yue was satisfied.

With a thought, he opened his Personal Quest.

At this moment—

[Personal Quest—Six] was already marked as complete.

Li Youming had wiped out all the Tier 3 demons in Cangmu Town, killing a total of six Tier 3 demons.

Whoosh—

He claimed the quest reward.

Instantly—

Before him appeared twenty sets of First-Tier armor, five sets of Second-Tier armor, and three Second-Tier Blessing Talismans.

The First-Tier armor was white, while the Second-Tier armor was pale blue; both were full-body sets complete with helmets.

Each piece of armor was etched with various strange runes, containing within them the essence of Dao and logic.

Within his body, seventy strands of divine power manifested out of thin air.

At this moment—

He already possessed five hundred and eighty strands of divine power.

Over the past few days, the demon corpses that Li Youming had hunted and sent back had also sold for over two hundred strands of divine power.

"These armors are not heavy at all."

"Furthermore, their defensive capabilities are impressive; I fear it would take combat power at the limit of the First-Tier to break through the First-Tier armor."

Li Yue muttered to himself.

The Second-Tier armor was much the same, requiring combat power at the limit of the Second-Tier to breach.

This would undoubtedly grant a massive boost in strength to any warrior who donned them.

"What's missing now are weapons."

"If I could also equip them with First-Tier and Second-Tier combat blades, that would make for a formidable squad of warriors."

Li Yue smiled.

This world naturally possessed graded items such as armor and weapons.

He believed that since Li Youming had slaughtered all the Third-Tier demons in Cangmu Town, he should be able to acquire quite a few.

After all, demons would often use, bestow upon their subordinates, or hoard such graded items.

He dismissed the thought and continued refining the Second-Tier Yin Soldier Artifacts.

Time slipped by, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day.

Li Yue discovered that a Third-Tier Origin Essence Realm grandmaster had stepped into his "jurisdiction."

It was a white-haired old man, possessing an air of natural authority, clearly someone who had held a high position for a long time.

"A Third-Tier grandmaster..."

Li Yue's expression remained calm as he cast a glance in that direction.

And it was precisely that single glance.

The white-haired Third-Tier grandmaster's body stiffened in place, boundless terror surging within his heart.

He felt as though he were being watched by an peerless, monstrous demon, his scalp tingling with dread.

He stared ahead, unsure if he should continue forward or turn back.

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