Blade Slices Bear Demon

Chapter 46: Blade Slays the Bear Demon

Inside the meditation room, everything was in disarray.

Chen Tong and the others lay sprawled across the floor, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, their eyes filled with terror.

Liu Ke, in particular, struggled to prop himself up on one side. His chest churned with surging blood and qi; a sweetness rose in his throat, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

How could this be...

He was a half-step Bone-Resonating cultivator!

Even across the entire Longyou Circuit's younger generation, he was considered quite talented. How could he be defeated so easily?!

He stared fixedly at the black bear. Though the demonic aura radiating from the creature was vast, that presence had never truly stepped into the Bone Resonance Realm.

At most... at most, it was the same as him—half-step Bone-Resonating!

It was true that, at the same realm, demons and monsters naturally surpassed human martial artists.

But the gap shouldn't be this enormous!

Moreover, his side had the advantage in numbers!

Setting aside the others, even that fat monk was a genuine half-step Bone-Resonating cultivator. Chen Tong, though slightly inferior, was still a skilled late-stage String-Hearing expert!

With such a lineup, they had been shattered in a single blow!

"What? Still not leaving? Don't tell me I have to invite you out?"

The black bear waited a moment, but seeing that the figure at the door still stood rooted in place, it grew impatient.

Yet.

The figure at the door seemed not to hear.

The girl's bangs veiled the look in her eyes.

Her hand rested on the hilt of the blade at her waist, trembling slightly.

As a transmigrator, she had seen the dead and killed with her own hands.

She had also witnessed the brutal devastation wrought by demons in Shangpan Village.

But no matter what...

No matter what, she still couldn't calmly accept such a sight.

She really wanted to vomit.

Not because of the bloody scene, but from a revulsion rooted deep in her soul.

Yet she had to control it.

Only calm could let her carve this beast before her into minced flesh, one cut at a time.

After a long moment.

She finally let out a long, relieved breath.

Her slightly trembling hand steadied completely in that instant.

She slowly stepped forward.

Seeing that she advanced instead of retreating, actually taking a step toward him, the black bear's eyes blazed with ferocious light.

Boom—

An even more violent demonic aura than before exploded from the black bear's body!

"An ignorant fool who doesn't know death!"

"This Seat has lingered in the String-Hearing Realm for centuries since attaining the Dao, all to grind my foundation to flawless perfection!"

"Now, I am but one step away from entering Bone-Resonating!"

In other words.

Beneath Bone-Resonating, he was invincible!

As the words fell.

Its massive body suddenly lunged, charging straight at Jiang Yuechu!

But Jiang Yuechu had already drawn her blade from its sheath.

Hum—

The blade sang softly.

The cultivation of the Bone Resonance Realm, held back no longer, erupted in full force!

Dong... clang...

Clear, resonant sounds rang out from within her body, like metal striking stone, or temple bells chiming.

Sinews and bones singing in unison!

Bone Resonance Realm!

This time, not only did the smug grin on the black bear Spirit's face freeze instantly.

Even Chen Tong and Liu Ke, who had fallen to the ground struggling to get up, were utterly stunned.

Qi and blood flowing freely, all bones resonating in unison.

This was a genuine Bone Resonance Realm!

But...

But this Team Leader Jiang looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old!

A seventeen- or eighteen-year-old at the Bone Resonance Realm?!

What the hell... was this a joke?!

Alarm bells clanged in the black bear Spirit's heart, but the arrow had already left the bow—there was no turning back now!

It let out a furious roar, demonic aura surging around its sharp claws as it viciously swiped at Jiang Yuechu's head!

Right at that moment.

Tiger Roar Demon Suppression Blade!

This single slash carried a fierce, unyielding momentum, and the tiger phantom behind her was now several times more solid than before!

Even more terrifying was that as the blade tore through the air, a soul-shaking tiger roar erupted!

"ROAR—"

The sound waves rolled forth, striking straight at the spirit!

The black bear roared inwardly, feeling that the tiger's roar had momentarily stalled its demonic aura and slowed its movements by half a beat!

It no longer dared to be the least bit careless. The scattered demonic aura abruptly retracted, and it crossed its claws tightly in front of its chest!

Clang—

The blade and the claws collided with brutal force!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The black bear felt an unimaginable, overwhelming force surge through its claws, and its entire body uncontrollably slid back several zhang, its feet gouging two deep furrows into the ground.

Before it could even steady itself.

That slender figure had already closed in like a shadow, pressing the attack!

The second slash.

Came crashing down without mercy!

Shlick—

A flash of blood.

The black bear's thick right paw, along with half its forearm, was cleanly severed!

Foul demon blood gushed out like a fountain.

"Gyaaahhh—!!"

Clutching its stump, it stared at that figure in disbelief as its massive body crashed to its knees.

The pride and arrogance in its eyes were, in that moment, utterly replaced by terror.

"Spare... spare me!!!"

It howled in panic, "Milord, spare me! Milord, spare me!!!"

Facing the bear demon's desperate pleas for mercy, her face showed not a trace of emotion.

She simply walked, step by step, slowly, until she stood before the kneeling, begging black bear.

Then, she raised her blade.

"Don't... don't!"

The black bear felt the icy killing intent, its soul nearly fleeing in terror as it scrambled backward.

Shlick!

Another flash of blood.

The black bear's remaining left arm was also sent flying into the air.

"Aaaaahhh—!"

Wracked with agony, the black bear's massive body thrashed wildly on the ground, its foul blood staining the earth pitch-black.

Jiang Yuechu paid it no heed, her Horizontal Blade falling once more.

In the blink of an eye, the once-arrogant great bear demon had been reduced to a writhing lump of flesh in a pool of blood.

Blood gushed violently from the stumps of its limbs, and the searing pain nearly drowned its consciousness entirely.

But what filled it with the deepest despair was this.

The young girl's movements still showed no sign of stopping.

She crouched down, the Horizontal Blade in her hand moving like a butcher dissecting an ox—unhurriedly, slice by slice, carving flesh from her own body.

The black bear's screams had grown hoarse.

"Kill... kill me..."

"If you've got the guts, just kill me!"

Drops of blood splattered across the girl's pale face.

She lifted her eyes, a smile on her lips, her voice soft. "I thought you monsters would enjoy this."

If not, why would these creatures torment humans so?

Chen Tong and the others swallowed hard, staring blankly at the scene before them, their throats parched.

He had never seen anyone—like this girl before him—wear a smile while doing such a thing.

What kind of calm was that? And what kind of... naturalness?

"Amitabha..."

"To kill is to protect life; to sever karma is not to sever the person..."

Bujie murmured softly, slowly closing his eyes, as if unwilling to watch any longer.

In the pool of blood, the black bear's screams had dwindled to the faintness of a mosquito's buzz.

Its eyes, once meant to be fierce, now held only endless pleading.

The smile on Jiang Yuechu's face slowly faded.

She stood up, looking down from on high at the lump of mangled flesh beneath her feet, and finally brought the blade down across its face.

Puchi.

A flash of light, gone in an instant.

[Killed a String-Hearing Realm creature. Acquired three hundred and sixty years of its Dao Cultivation.]