Sun Fu still wore that eerie smile. His shock had not even registered before the grim Sword Qi severed his head and wiped out his Yin God before it could leave its shell.
Watching Sun Fu's corpse fall, Zhou Yu sheathed his sword, expressionless. Instantly killing a Void Stepping cultivator of the same rank brought him no thrill. Only the three slender scars along his cheek had split open slightly, revealing a faint trace of blood. Then someone called from behind him:
"Brother Yu, did you get him?"
Zhou Yu shook his head slightly. "Uncle-Master Dan, sound the alarm. The enemy has planted the Heavenly Demon Poison Lure. The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons may arrive at any moment."
"Heh, this is the fourth time already. Are they ever going to stop?"
Zhou Yu did not reply. Before long, the clang of bells rang through heaven and earth, seeping into every corner of the sect grounds. Who knew how many people, upon hearing it, were struck by a jolt.
Over the past month, the warning bell had sounded once every seven or eight days. Each time, it brought an invasion of thousands upon thousands of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. When they were lucky, only cats and dogs came, nothing worth worrying about. But once, an Outer Realm Calamity Demon had actually infiltrated the sect.
The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons had their own system, distinct from cultivator ranks. The cultivation world could only classify them by their level of threat into four major tiers: No-Life Thought, Gathering Yin Sha, Outer Domain Tribulation, and End Law Lord—or, more simply, Mind Demons, Baleful Demons, Calamity Demons, and Devil Masters. This was also the classification used for the inner demons born from cultivators themselves.
An Outer Realm Calamity Demon was comparable to a Longevity True