Slaying Demonic Beasts in Succession, Acting Alone

"Hiss!"

The Hair-Foot Centipede cried out in pain.

It let out a piercing screech.

Its body suddenly twisted.

Dozens of long legs clawed at Lu Yuan's wrist at once.

Ink-black venom dripped from the tips of its legs.

"What a venomous beast."

Lu Yuan flipped his wrist.

His saber stroke shifted from a chop to a slice.

Lu Yuan did not use the Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber.

Instead, he unleashed the Basic Demon-Slaying Saber Technique.

The saber light came in dense waves.

It specifically struck at the gaps between the centipede's legs and carapace.

He had read about this in the Beast Compendium.

The weakness of centipede-type demons lay at the joints of their limbs.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

Several crisp sounds rang out.

Several long legs were sliced off by the saber light.

Ink-black venom splattered everywhere.

The Hair-Foot Centipede let out a sharp screech.

Yet its attack only became fiercer.

It actually ignored the pain of its severed legs.

Its entire body sprang into the air.

Its mandibles spread wide as it bit straight for Lu Yuan's throat.

"Good timing."

Rather than retreating, Lu Yuan advanced.

His feet shifted.

He narrowly evaded the mandibles.

At the same time, he activated the Withered Wood Fist with his left hand.

He grabbed the centipede's tail segment.

Wild Bull Force erupted.

"Die!!!"

With a low roar,

He actually swung the foot-long centipede through the air.

And smashed it viciously onto a nearby bluestone.

"Bang!!"

The bluestone shattered.

A crack split open in the Hair-Foot Centipede's carapace.

Ink-black blood flowed out.

But the beast's vitality was formidable.

It twisted its body.

Dozens of long legs frantically clawed at Lu Yuan's arm.

Even with the Ironhide Body-Tempering Art,

Several white marks were scratched into Lu Yuan's arm.

"Courting death."

Lu Yuan's gaze turned cold.

He raised his rusty saber high.

Ready to thrust it into that crack.

Just then,

A muffled groan came from beside him.

"Mm!"

Lu Yuan glanced over from the corner of his eye.

His expression changed slightly.

He saw that, over on Lin Ruoxue's side,

Her soft sword had been knocked aside by the Rotbone Crow's wing.

Taking advantage of the opening, the monstrous crow swiped a claw.

Three bloody wounds appeared across her shoulder.

What was even more fatal was that

The Rotbone Crow attacked

While constantly letting out piercing cries.

Its spiritual power surged toward Lin Ruoxue like a tide.

Disturbed by that spiritual power,

Her swordsmanship immediately fell into disarray.

She stumbled.

And on the ground, the Hair-Foot Centipede whose several legs Lu Yuan had smashed apart

Actually seized this opening.

Its body sprang.

It went around Lu Yuan.

And bit toward Lin Ruoxue's calf like lightning.

"Watch out."

Lu Yuan's face changed drastically.

But the distance was too great.

He could not reach her in time.

"Ah!"

Lin Ruoxue cried out in pain.

The centipede's mandibles clamped tightly onto her calf.

Ink-black venom was injected in an instant.

She only felt a numbness rush from her calf straight to the top of her head.

Her vision darkened in waves.

Her soft sword fell to the ground with a clang.

And she collapsed limply.

"Caw!"

Seeing its chance, the Rotbone Crow

Shot its iron claws straight at Lin Ruoxue's face.

It intended to crush the human woman's head.

"You demonic beast, how dare you!"

Lu Yuan's eyes nearly split with rage.

If Lin Ruoxue died here,

It would be difficult to explain things to Chen Wang and her family.

"Die!"

Lu Yuan gave a low shout.

The qi and blood within him began circulating with a thunderous roar.

The Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber

At this moment,

Revealed all its edge.

"Buzz!!!"

The rusty saber trembled.

Upon its blade,

A faint blood-red glow appeared.

It had previously absorbed a trace of demonic beast essence blood.

That seemed to have made the Blood-Baleful Demon-Slaying Saber even stronger.

A savage, bloodthirsty, terrifying aura, as though it had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood,

Wrapped around him.

One slash descended.

The saber light was like blood.

It swept out horizontally.

"Pshht!!"

The Rotbone Crow that was pouncing toward Lin Ruoxue

Did not even have time to cry out.

With that single strike,

It was cleaved in half from the middle.

Black blood and viscera spilled across the ground.

The saber light did not lose its momentum.

It swept upward in passing.

"Puff!"

The Hair-Foot Centipede biting Lin Ruoxue's calf

Was likewise severed in two by one slash.

Its upper body flew several yards away.

Its lower half still hung from Lin Ruoxue's leg, twitching.

In two breaths,

Two First-Order Mid-Grade demonic beasts

Were both slain.

[ Ding! Killed a First-Order Mid-Grade Rotbone Crow. Obtained 150 experience points. ]

[ Ding! Killed a First-Order Mid-Grade Hair-Foot Centipede. Obtained 150 experience points. ]

[ Current experience points: 910. ]

The system prompt faded.

The baleful blood aura around Lu Yuan

Receded like a tide.

He sheathed his saber.

"Phew!"

He let out a breath.

Lu Yuan hurriedly crouched down.

He tore the centipede's remaining body off Lin Ruoxue's leg.

Looking down,

The area around the wound had already turned black and swollen.

Black threads of blood were spreading upward through her veins.

Lin Ruoxue's face was pale as paper.

Her lips had turned purple.

Her eyelids were so heavy that she could not lift them.

"Senior Brother Lu..."

Her voice was as faint as gossamer.

"Don't fall asleep!"

Lu Yuan frowned tightly.

He took a bottle of antidote pills from his robes.

These were top-grade antidote pills purchased from Sandalwood Palace in the Black Triangle.

He pried open Lin Ruoxue's teeth.

And fed the pill into her mouth.

He then took out some wound medicine.

And sprinkled it over the wounds on her shoulder and calf.

He tore off a piece of his clothing.

He hastily wrapped her wound.

"I... I'm so sleepy..."

Lin Ruoxue's gaze was unfocused.

Centipede venom had always been vicious.

Coupled with the Rotbone Crow's mental assault.

The fact that she had held on until now.

Was already no easy feat.

"Don't close your eyes!"

Lu Yuan shouted in a deep voice.

"Did you hear me, Lin Ruoxue?"

"If you fall asleep, you really won't wake up again!"

Lin Ruoxue was jolted by his shout.

And regained a little clarity.

But her eyelids still kept sinking.

Seeing her like this.

Lu Yuan knew he could not delay any longer.

He pulled a smoke flare from his robes.

Chen Wang had issued one to everyone before they set out.

"Hiss—boom!"

The smoke flare shot into the sky.

And exploded amid the dim forest.

A plume of crimson wolf smoke.

Rose straight upward.

Standing out strikingly amid the mountain woods.

After sending the signal.

Lu Yuan glanced toward the pool.

The Spirit-Transforming Grass was still nestled within the crack in the rocks.

He walked over.

And carefully pulled out the Spirit-Transforming Grass, roots and all.

He wrapped it in cloth and tucked it into his robes.

This thing was useless to martial artists.

But if he brought it to Sandalwood Palace.

He could still sell it for a few dozen taels of silver.

Even a mosquito was meat.

Afterward.

He helped Lin Ruoxue lean against a large tree.

Then dug out and stored the Demon Cores from the two demon beasts.

After finishing all this.

Lu Yuan raised his head and looked into the depths of the dense forest.

There.

The demonic aura was even thicker.

Which also meant.

More experience points.

After releasing the wolf smoke flare.

Lu Yuan did not go too far.

Instead, he hid in the shadows and observed.

He had to see his master and the others arrive.

And make sure Lin Ruoxue was safe and sound.

Before he could leave; otherwise, it would not be long before Lin Ruoxue was eaten until not even her bones remained.

About the time it took for an incense stick to burn.

Chen Wang arrived with the others.

"A First-Order Mid-Grade Hair-Foot Centipede and a Rotbone Crow..."

You Tai inspected the two demon corpses nearby and spoke.

Su Yu hurried to Lin Ruoxue's side. Seeing that her clothes were intact, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

"She's been given an antidote pill, the poison has been temporarily suppressed, and her wound has been treated... It should have been Lu Yuan."

Chen Wang first checked Lin Ruoxue's pulse, and the tension in his aged face eased slightly.

"Where is that boy Lu Yuan?"

Chen Wang looked around.

The others also searched the surrounding area.

"Master, we didn't see Lu Yuan."

"That kid... he couldn't have met with some accident, could he?!"

"Junior Brother Lu is no ordinary man. He probably saw Junior Sister Lin was injured and lured the demon beasts away. Once he shakes them off, he will surely find a way to rendezvous with us."

You Tai analyzed the situation.