Clouds and mist surged up!
Thunder exploded across the sky!
Huge golden blades hung suspended in the air in every direction!
The towering ice spikes, searing poisonous smoke, and razor-sharp wind blades were all blocked by the billowing clouds and mist. The sound of metal clashing rang out from within!
Li Youming stood atop the Fox Demon's enormous corpse, gazing into the distance.
A gigantic evil wolf charged out from there, far taller and more imposing than the Wolf Demons of Thousand Wolf Mountain.
Frosty mist swirled around it. Its vicious, ghastly green eyes stared fixedly at Li Youming as it let out a thunderous howl:
"Awooo—!"
"Human! You deserve to die!"
It suddenly swung its claws, sending wave after wave of ice blades sweeping toward Li Youming!
"Humans dare to slaughter the Demonic Creature Clan with impunity? They cannot be allowed to live!"
A Scarlet Wild Boar, four or five zhang tall, charged out of the forest on the left, its mouth spewing billows of searing poisonous smoke!
"Humans are all meat for the table. They should know their place and stay that way!"
"Who gave you the nerve to kill members of the Demonic Creature Clan?"
The towering trees in the forest on the right exploded apart. A Giant Fierce Leopard leaped into the air, its body wreathed in terrifying demonic energy as countless wind blades surged toward Li Youming!
Every wind blade tore through the air with a shocking sonic boom.
"Are you afraid?"
"Afraid I'll storm your lair, then cut you down at my feet?"
Li Youming sneered.
He flicked his sleeve.
Clouds and mist surged up, carrying Li Xiuwu and the others a hundred zhang behind him.
Then he shot forward, straight toward the gigantic evil wolf charging at him!
"Thunder, strike!"
His eyes shone with startling brilliance as he pointed.
A bolt of thunder fell from the sky and crashed directly into the gigantic evil wolf.
Lightning flashed, turning the shrubs around it to charcoal and reducing the rocks to powder!
"Awooo—!"
The evil wolf let out a pained roar.
Three brilliant golden blades slashed toward it!
Paralyzed by the thunderbolt, its body was frozen in place. It had no chance to dodge.
It could only spew ice spikes in great mouthfuls, trying to block the golden blades.
But the blades were far too sharp.
The enormous ice spikes were split apart in an instant. Even as they continued to pour in, the golden blades cleaved through them one after another!
Pfft—!
The golden blades struck the evil wolf, and blood sprayed everywhere!
Still, the ice spikes had worn away most of their power, so the wolf survived the blow.
"If you can't kill me, then I'll be the one to kill you!"
The gigantic evil wolf roared, standing like a small mountain as it opened its mouth and spat out another volley of ice spikes at Li Youming!
Meanwhile, the other two great demons had already closed in!
Searing poisonous smoke and a dense storm of wind blades engulfed Li Youming!
The three great demons fought together.
In Cangmu Town, that would have been an invincible force.
"Just you three?"
Li Youming's voice was cold.
His body suddenly sank into the ground, then vanished in an instant.
All three demons' attacks struck empty air!
This was the second spell he'd gained from his recent enhancement, in addition to the Lesser Heavenly Thunder Art: the Lesser Earth Escape Art!
For a moment,
the gigantic evil wolf, the Scarlet Wild Boar, and the Giant Fierce Leopard all froze in disbelief.
And in that same instant, Li Youming appeared behind the gigantic evil wolf.
The golden blades appeared once more.
They slew the gigantic evil wolf outright, spraying wolf blood into the air!
Then—
Li Youming gave the Scarlet Wild Boar and the Giant Fierce Leopard no time to react. His body sank into the earth and vanished again.
"Damn it!"
"This human can use earth-escaping powers!"
"How can this be?"
"Don't humans only know the Martial Path?"
"How does this human wield thunder, golden blades, clouds and mist, and earth escape?"
The Giant Fierce Leopard roared in shock and fury.
As demons, they often possessed innate abilities.
But they only had one!
Only demons with inherited legacies could learn more techniques.
And they clearly weren't among them.
Boom—!
Thunder struck, and the golden blades appeared once more!
A moment later,
Li Youming looked at the three great demon corpses before him, the corners of his mouth lifting in satisfaction.
Every great demon in Cangmu Town had been slain!
"Hahahaha—!"
"Today, I, Li Youming, slay demons right here!"
"This is how we Cultivators of the Human Race should act—unrestrained, cutting down demons and expelling devils!"
His heart was brimming with joy.
It felt exhilarating.
So what if they were demons?
They had once treated the Human Race as meat for the table. Today, Li Youming had cut them down!
He looked toward the cliff ahead.
At a thought, a golden blade appeared and carved words into the rock face: "Li Youming, Temple Keeper of Four Seas Village, by the Divine Oracle of Orthodox Land God Lord Zhangyue, slew the four great demons of Cangmu Town here."
Behind him,
Li Xiuwu and the ten Martial Artists who had come with him looked on in utter admiration.
The Temple Keeper is amazing!
The Temple Keeper is mighty!
Within the "Divine Domain."
A smile appeared on Li Yue's face as well.
The entire battle had played out before his eyes.
He approved of Li Youming's combat talent.
At the mid stage of the third tier, killing three demons at the lower stage of the third tier in one battle was indeed impressive.
If a Martial Artist at the mid stage of the third tier had faced them—
he would likely have been killed by those three demons instead.
"Li Youming made good use of his spells."
"He still has plenty of rough edges, but his strengths outweigh his flaws."
Li Yue was satisfied.
At a thought, he opened the "Personal Quest."
At that moment—
[Personal Quest—Six] showed as completed.
Li Youming had wiped out every third-tier demon in Cangmu Town, killing six in total.
Phew—
He claimed the quest reward.
At once—
Twenty sets of first-tier armor, five sets of second-tier armor, and three second-tier Blessing Talismans appeared before him.
The first-tier armor was white, while the second-tier armor was pale blue. Both were full suits, complete with helmets.
Strange runes covered the armor, in varying numbers, imbued with the Dao and its principles.
Seventy divine power also appeared out of nowhere within him.
At that moment—
He possessed five hundred and eighty divine power.
Over the past few days, the demon corpses Li Youming had sent back after his hunts had also sold for more than two hundred divine power.
"These suits of armor aren't heavy."
"And their defenses are decent. It would probably take the strength of a first-tier expert at their absolute limit to break the first-tier armor."
The same went for the second-tier armor. It would take a second-tier expert at their absolute limit to break it.
This would undoubtedly greatly increase the strength of Martial Artists wearing the armor.
"They still need weapons."
"With first-tier and second-tier sabers to go with them, they'd make a decent Battle Squad."
Li Yue smiled.
This world naturally had armor, weapons, and other items of ranked quality.
Li Youming should be able to obtain quite a few after slaying every third-tier demon in Cangmu Town.
After all, demons also used, awarded to their subordinates, or collected items of ranked quality.
He gave it no further thought and continued refining second-tier Yin Soldier Artifacts.
Half a month passed in a flash.
On this day,
Li Yue noticed a Great Martial Master at the Origin Essence Realm, third tier, enter his Jurisdiction.
The newcomer was a white-haired old man with an imposing air. It was clear he had long held a position of authority.
"A third-tier Great Martial Master..."
Li Yue calmly glanced at him.
And with just that glance,
the white-haired third-tier Great Martial Master froze in place, boundless fear surging in his heart.
He felt as if a peerless great demon were watching him. His scalp prickled.
He stared ahead, unsure whether he should continue onward.
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