If You Cannot Kill Me, You Will Be Killed By Me

Lu Yuan pushed open the main gate and walked straight into the courtyard.

His eyes flickered, glowing with a golden light in the darkness, and his fighting spirit surged within him.

His spirit power, vast as an abyss and deep as the sea, compressed rapidly within his meridians, condensing into clear spirit crystals that locked all his aura inside, not allowing a single shred to leak out.

Lu Yuan had come on this trip to kill demons.

In his vision, demonic energy soared into the sky from within the Chen Family residence, indicating at least seventy or eighty demons.

If those demons were intimidated by his aura and slipped away early, this trip would be a massive loss.

On his way here, he had encountered the retreating Su Ding'an, and according to him, most of the demons inside possessed only Initial Realm auras.

Facing such a lineup, a Demon Suppression Captain like Wu Shouxin could never hold out for long.

But to Lu Yuan, this was nothing.

Even if he didn't know the plans of the Lord Blood Demon, and didn't even know where that Lord Blood Demon was hiding.

It didn't matter; he was just here to kill demons.

BOOM—

The courtyard wall exploded, sending broken bricks flying as a figure stepped into the courtyard, shrouded in dust and smoke.

The group of blood slaves turned their heads in unison, their gray-white eyes fixed on that figure, their assault on Wu Shouxin slowing down slightly.

Chen Lianshan was also startled, the smile on his face turning stiff.

Watching that figure step out of the dust, his scarlet pupils suddenly contracted.

"My lord!"

Upon recognizing the newcomer, the blood-soaked Wu Shouxin was overjoyed.

He leaned against the corner of the wall, blood streaming from his wounds, unable to even stand steadily, looking at Lu Yuan with an expression of disbelief.

He had considered many possibilities, but he had never imagined that the person coming to save the day would be Lu Yuan.

My lord?

Chen Lianshan was slightly stunned, his expression instantly turning grave.

"Someone from the Demon Suppression Bureau? Shouldn't he be at the North Ferry?"

Strange!

Lord Blood Demon had ordered those Water Ghouls to pin down the people from the Demon Suppression Bureau; they shouldn't have been able to break free in such a short time, so how could a Demon-Suppressing Guard have arrived here?

But fortunately, there were no other auras around the residence; he must have come alone.

Thinking of this, his expression returned to composure, and a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Another Demon-Suppressing Guard? A decent entrance, but unfortunately, you're too stupid."

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Lu Yuan as if he were looking at an ignorant junior.

"This courtyard is an arrangement by Lord Blood Demon; what can you do by barging in alone?"

"There are forty Initial Realm blood slaves here. Even if you are in the Initial Realm, how long can you last? One incense stick? Or two?"

As his voice fell, all the Initial Realm blood slaves surrounded Lu Yuan in unison.

Pairs of gray-white eyes stared at him, the cold killing intent almost solidifying.

Wu Shouxin leaned against the corner in despair, using his last bit of strength to shout:

"My lord, retreat!!!"

Lu Yuan turned a deaf ear, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings as he chuckled, "Eighty-seven."

Chen Lianshan looked confused, "What do you mean?"

Lu Yuan's pupils flashed with a faint golden light, "There are eighty-seven blood slaves in total in this residence."

"And then?"

"And then, I want to say, don't bother hiding anymore. All of you, come at me together."

"..."

Chen Lianshan frowned slightly, "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing special, don't misunderstand."

Lu Yuan slowly raised his hand, the spirit crystals within his meridians roaring and surging, blooming with unprecedented, brilliant radiance.

"If you cannot kill me today, you will be killed by me."

The moment his voice fell, his spirit power crystallized, and two three-foot-long Sharp Crystal Spikes appeared in his hands.

"This is..."

Chen Lianshan's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

Before being turned into a blood slave, he had been the head of the Chen Family in Chixia County; his insight was naturally extraordinary.

Crystallizing spirit power—this was a method of tempering spirit power to its absolute limit.

An ordinary martial artist could never achieve this, and even if they could, it would require a long time to build up power.

Yet, the other party had done it while laughing and chatting.

This level of skill, no matter how one looked at it, did not resemble that of an Initial Realm Martial Artist.

His expression shifted slightly, an instinctive sense of foreboding washing over him.

"Wait..."

The moment he opened his mouth, a Crystal Spike shot out, leaving a faint trail of light in the night.

The leading Blood Slave shuddered as its head was instantly pierced and exploded.

The Crystal Spike continued on with undiminished momentum, killing three more Blood Slaves in succession before embedding itself into the courtyard wall.

[Killed Mortal Realm Blood Slave, obtained White Trait [Bloodthirsty] ×4]

In an instant, a hole the size of a forearm was punched through the wall, and the remaining Blood Slaves finally reacted, retreating in terror.

Chen Lianshan's eyelids twitched wildly as he watched.

He never imagined that the Crystal Spike would possess such terrifying lethality.

If this were to continue...

Chen Lianshan subconsciously looked toward the depths of the residence, and with just one glance, he seemed to reach a decision.

"Don't think that just because you killed a few Mortal Realm Blood Slaves, I have no way to deal with you!"

He swallowed a Blood Pill, and a strange, eerie blood-red light suddenly erupted from the depths of his eyes.

Immediately after, blue veins bulged all over his body, and his bones began to crackle and pop.

A violent, bloody aura rushed toward them, laced with brutality and murderous intent.

"Do you think you've won?"

Chen Lianshan sneered, his body suffused with an astonishing blood-red glow as his aura instantly surged to the Initial Realm.

He reached behind his back and drew a blood-red Bone Blade from his spine, slashing toward Lu Yuan with a shrill whistle that tore through the air.

The surrounding Blood Slaves seemed encouraged, their eyes turning blood-red as they lunged forward like evil spirits.

Lu Yuan's pupils erupted with golden light; the blade technique, which appeared fast as lightning to Wu Shouxin, suddenly slowed down.

Just as the blade fell, he shifted his feet slightly, and the blood-red blade light grazed his shoulder, missing him entirely without even harming a single hair.

Lu Yuan flicked his wrist, and a three-foot Crystal Spike shot out instantly.

The Crystal Spike, like a spear, pierced through Chen Lianshan's chest, blasting a deep crater into the ground and pinning him within it.

Chen Lianshan coughed up a mouthful of blood, his limbs twitched a few times, and then he went completely still.

The dust settled.

In the corner, Wu Shouxin moved his throat with difficulty, filled with horror.

After consuming the Blood Pill, Chen Lianshan's cultivation had surged to the Initial Realm!

And he was dealt with just like that?

In his three years on the roster, he had seen the Demon Suppression Captains fight more than once, but no one had ever been as powerful as Lu Yuan.

Was this even slaying demons?

It felt no different from slaughtering chickens or dogs.

The surrounding Blood Slaves trembled all over, their original murderous intent instantly turning into deep fear.

Chen Lianshan was the leader of the Blood Slaves, and he had even consumed the Blood Pill bestowed by Lord Blood Demon, bringing his cultivation close to the late Initial Realm—yet he couldn't even withstand a single move?

How were they supposed to fight this?

The few Blood Slaves at the front were completely terrified, their legs turning to jelly; they didn't even dare to run.

"Haha... Hahaha..." A sinister, chilling laugh suddenly rang out.

Inside the deep crater, Chen Lianshan, who had been pierced through the chest by the Crystal Spike, suddenly looked up, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes.

"Using Spirit Power to form crystals—the lethality is truly astonishing!"

"But with such intense consumption of Spirit Power, even an Initial Realm Martial Artist couldn't keep this up for long, right?"