Single-Mindedly Slaying Demons, Renowned Among Humanity

Li Yu followed the chieftain who called himself Lei into the cave.

At present, the humans of the Primordial World still lived in groups, most of them dwelling in caves.

"Chief Lei, tell me about the trouble your tribe has encountered," Li Yu said bluntly after taking a seat.

Lei hurriedly replied, "Reporting to the Holy Envoy, members of our tribe have been disappearing frequently these past few days. At first, we had no clue why. Only a few days ago did we find traces—those missing tribesmen were all dragged away by a venomous snake that had become a spirit. I fear they are already nothing but bones!"

As he spoke, Lei knelt and pleaded, "I beg the Holy Envoy to act and eliminate that demon. Otherwise, my tribe will surely face utter destruction!"

It was merely a demon that had gained some cultivation. Li Yu could have slapped it to death with a casual gesture.

Yet considering the Huaxu Tribe's plight, there were surely countless human tribes, large and small, scattered throughout the Primordial World. This could not possibly be an isolated case.

Li Yu now understood why Nüwa had sent him to aid the Huaxu Tribe. Dealing with this matter was clearly meant to let him travel through the human tribes of the Primordial World and thoroughly sweep away the demons lurking around them.

"Do you know where that demon is?" Li Yu asked.

Lei shook his head. "That, I do not know. I only know that it appears at night and comes and goes with incredible speed."

Li Yu could have calculated the demon's whereabouts with a pinch of his fingers and dealt with it himself. But to settle the tribe's hearts, he still intended to dispose of the snake demon before everyone's eyes.

"Then I shall wait here for that demon to come and deliver itself to death! Go tell your tribesmen to prepare tonight. Perhaps they will even get to enjoy a meal of snake stew!"

Having received Li Yu's instructions, Lei was overwhelmed with gratitude and hurried off to inform the tribe.

Li Yu left the cave, ascended the mountaintop, sat cross-legged, and quietly awaited nightfall.

The moment the sun set, torches were lit throughout the tribe.

Perhaps the demon had grown bolder, or perhaps it had benefited from devouring humans these past days. Before the sky had fully darkened, it had already arrived at the Huaxu Tribe.

From afar, Li Yu saw a mass of black mist racing toward the Huaxu Tribe. To mortals, it was as swift as wind and lightning, but in his eyes, it was no different from a turtle crawling.

When the snake demon hidden within the black mist reached the outskirts of the Huaxu Tribe, Li Yu vanished from the mountaintop and appeared in its path.

The snake demon was enormous, thirty or fifty zhang long and as thick as a thousand-year-old tree.

"Looking at your size, you should be enough to give everyone in the Huaxu Tribe a full meal."

Though Li Yu's words were light, the killing intent within them made the snake demon shudder from head to tail.

"Senior, I do not know how this little demon has offended you. Please show mercy and spare my life!" the snake demon said tremulously, flicking its tongue.

Li Yu could not be bothered to waste words on it. With a point of his finger, the snake demon froze as though struck by an immobilizing spell, unable to move in the slightest.

Li Yu turned and headed toward the Huaxu Tribe. The snake demon floated behind him, carried away along with him.

Upon returning to the tribal grounds, Chief Lei led more than a thousand tribespeople, young and old, to greet him. By the torchlight, they saw the snake demon behind Li Yu and all sharply sucked in a breath.

"Holy Envoy, is this the demon?" Lei asked, gathering his courage as he stepped forward.

Li Yu nodded. "I told you during the day that I would treat everyone to snake meat tonight. Have you prepared the necessary tools?"

"They have long been prepared!"

"Good. Then I shall eliminate this demon before your eyes. You may eat its flesh and drink its blood, avenging the great hatred of it devouring your tribesmen!"

After speaking, Li Yu turned to the snake demon and said, "Shatter fangs, pull tongue, flay skin, sever head, purge venom..."

With each of Li Yu's soft commands,

like a master butcher carving an ox, he divided the snake demon into chunks of flesh, large and small, in the blink of an eye.

The demon's flesh itself contained spiritual essence, utterly incomparable to the wild beasts they usually hunted. After Li Yu's handling, it had become fine ingredients.

As for how they ate it, that was no longer Li Yu's concern. He trusted in their talent in that regard.

"Chief Lei, the demon has been eliminated. I must leave now. Lead your tribesmen well and survive," Li Yu said privately after calling Lei over.

"Lei thanks the Holy Envoy and the Holy Mother on behalf of every elder and child of the Huaxu Tribe!"

With that, Lei knelt and performed a grand kowtow. When he raised his head again, Li Yu was nowhere to be seen.

"The Huaxu Tribe? Was this where Fuxi would later be born?"

Li Yu calculated for a long while, yet found not the slightest clue. It seemed the time was still too early, and the future held too many variables for him to deduce anything for now.

Setting those thoughts aside, Li Yu began traveling across the Primordial World, searching for human tribes scattered throughout it.

Whenever he encountered humans suffering the same fate as the Huaxu Tribe, Li Yu dealt with the demons as he had there, then divided them among the people for food. But for great demons unsuitable as food, Li Yu usually sent them on their way with a single palm strike to save trouble, leaving neither corpse nor soul behind.

Li Yu spent nearly a year traveling through every human tribe in the Primordial World. He eliminated no fewer than several thousand demons that had harmed humans.

As he traveled, the name of the Holy Envoy spread far and wide among the humans of the Primordial World!

Demon Court, Demon Emperor Hall.

The two Demon Emperors, Di Jun and Taiyi, sat above, while beneath them stood a host of great demons—White Marsh, Ji Meng, Fei Lian... These were the backbone of the Demon Court.

"Your Majesties, a Holy Envoy has recently appeared among the humans of the Primordial World. Under the banner of protecting humanity, he has slain several thousand of our Demon Race. Though they were merely lesser demons with shallow cultivation, this is a blatant disregard for the Demon Court's dignity and an attempt to provoke our Demon Race. I ask Your Majesties to decide how this matter should be handled."

Ever since Kunpeng had mysteriously vanished after Purple Cloud Palace's third lecture, his position had been filled by White Marsh, who excelled in strategy. Having received this report from the demons below, White Marsh was unable to decide on his own and had thus come to discuss countermeasures with everyone.

Humans?

Only then did the demons in the Demon Emperor Hall recall that humans had appeared in the Primordial World. They had been created by Nüwa, who herself hailed from the Demon Race.

Ever since the matter of Fuxi, the two Demon Emperors had no longer dared show their faces before Nüwa. Nüwa's ascension to sainthood should have given the Demon Race an extraordinary pillar of support, making the situation in the conflict between the shamans and demons far more favorable to them. But because of Fuxi's death, let alone asking Nüwa to aid the Demon Race, they would already be fortunate if Nüwa did not scheme against them.

"Send down the order: humans were created by the Saint of our race. They are not to be bullied."

After hearing White Marsh's report, Di Jun considered it only briefly before making his decision. There was already bad blood between them and Saint Nüwa, so this was a good opportunity to offer the Saint a favor and indirectly lower themselves, hoping to improve Nüwa's attitude toward them.

As for the demons who had died, Di Jun did not care in the slightest. They were merely insignificant lesser demons, unworthy of appearing on any stage. With the Demon Race's vast numbers, several thousand dying today would naturally be replenished before long.