Northern slope of Xinyue Mountain, trial grounds.
A massive centipede lay sprawled across from Wang Qi. This late-stage awakened demon was six meters long and half a meter wide, a truly terrifying sight. Its head was black, its carapace bright red, while the dozens of pairs of venomous fanged claws along its sides were mottled black and white. One glance was enough to tell that its venom was formidable.
Generally speaking, venomous creatures had lousy physical attributes. Once they developed a talent for poison, they could rely on it for offense, defense, and hunting; there was no need for their bodies to become too strong. But demonification apparently did not care much for that. After becoming a demon, this centipede's venom had grown even deadlier, while its armored shell had become harder still. Ordinary Qi Refinement cultivators could not even break its defense.
But Wang Qi had his own methods.
After confronting the demon for a moment, Wang Qi swung the ** in his hand. Every new disciple of an immortal academy could choose one low-grade talismanic artifact after selecting their supreme art. His dharma robe and flying sword had both been destroyed in the battle against the Entropy-Increasing Heretic Demon, and this ** was the only artifact he had left.
A mass of purple electricity coiled around the **'s tip. Blade qi, wrapped in that electricity, slashed toward the centipede's back. The purple light left a faint blade mark in the air. The ** struck the demon's shell with a dull thud, yet failed to pierce it.
The centipede bared its fangs and brandished its claws, trying to strike back, but Wang Qi had already withdrawn his blade and retreated on the force of the recoil. The centipede lunged at empty air, reared upright, and waved its venomous claws