Three Hundred and Fifty-Eight Apertures, Nearly Perfect!

Yang Xiao leaped forward, as if riding the wind, and caught up with the one in front in just a few breaths.

At the end of the street, the Blood Bat Demon dragged the Green Snake Demon as they flew low, their wings flapping and making a rapid buzzing sound.

It turned around and saw Yang Xiao approaching on the wind; its pupils suddenly contracted.

"Oh no, they're catching up!"

The Blood Bat Demon flapped its wings suddenly, its body rising high into the sky.

At the same time, it opened its mouth and let out a piercing shriek.

"Squeak!"

The sound waves spread like a tide, covering the entire street.

This is its most proficient sonic attack, powerful enough to shake the soul of an ordinary Aperture-Opening Realm martial artist for a moment.

Yang Xiao opened his mouth and responded with the same soft shout.

"Get down!"

The two sound waves collided in mid-air, producing a deafening explosion!

The Blood Bat Demon's soul was struck, and its body sluggish in the air for a moment.

In that instant, Yang Xiao raised his right hand, and dozens of blue crystal prisms condensed in his palm.

Although the entry had been synthesized and unused for a long time, Yang Xiao was now brimming with powerful Spiritual Power, and it would only take him a moment to condense a few crystal prisms.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--!

Several crystal spikes shot out from the air, piercing the Blood Bat Demon's wings and brow with precision from a distance of more than ten feet.

"Gaa--!"

The Blood Bat Demon let out a painful screech as its wings were pierced by crystal spikes, rendering it unable to fly and causing it to fall from the sky.

It fell onto the Bluestone, its body convulsing, but a will to survive made it get up and move a few steps.

Yang Xiao arrived on the wind, Army-Breaking Spear down in one strike!

Pfft!

The spear pierced through the Blood Bat Demon's heart, pinning it to the Bluestone and instantly destroying its life force!

Yang Xiao drew his Army-Breaking Spear and turned to the side.

The Green Snake Demon, dragged behind by the Blood Bat Demon, was now huddled in a corner, trembling all over.

It saw the Blood Bat Demon pinned to death by a single spear, its eyes filled with terror.

"No... don't kill me..." the Green Snake Demon croaked, "I can tell you the White Ape Lord's plan..."

"Need not."

Yang Xiao raised his Army-Breaking Spear and thrust it down.

The Green Snake Demon's body twitched a few times, then stopped moving.

From the moment the Red-Faced Fox appeared before him disguised Deputy General until all five Demons were killed, only a few breaths had passed.

Yang Xiao drew his Army-Breaking Spear, carrying the two demon corpses back to find the previous demon corpse.

He walked over, dragged the five Demon corpses together, first extracted the auras of the five Aperture-Opening Demons and sent them into the Qi-Gathering Bottle, then sat cross-legged on the ground and placed his hands on the corpses.

"Evolve the Lotus Platform Mystic Body Method!"

An invisible force surged from his palm, enveloping the physical bodies of the five Aperture-Opening Realm demons. After a moment, they were all disassembled into different Aperture Opening Diagrams by the Fourth Equipment Slot.

These diagrams corroborate the 268 Apertures that have already been opened in his body, continuously filling in the hidden Apertures that have not yet been opened.

Yang Xiao closed his eyes, sensing the changes within his body.

His Apertures are growing.

Two hundred and sixty-nine apertures, two hundred and seventy apertures, three hundred apertures... three hundred and forty apertures, three hundred and fifty-eight apertures!

Ninety Apertures were added in one go!

[Aperture Opening - Lotus Platform Mystic Body Method]

[Grade: Top-grade Aperture Opening Method]

[Current number of Aperture Opening: 358 (nearly perfect)]

"Nearly perfect."

This was the first time Yang Xiao had used this term, he pondered.

It seems that the Apertures diagram of the Lotus Platform Mystic Body Method is almost complete. Only a few more hidden Apertures need to be added before it can reach the true state of perfection.

Yang Xiao flipped his hand, and five Aperture Opening Demon Core appeared beside him. He then equipped the five Inner Core one by one.

Besides replenishing itself with a massive amount of Spiritual Power, it also gained five new attributes, though their quality was only average.

(Green) [Mind Disruption] Exhales mist, slightly disturbing the opponent's mind and causing their vision to become blurred.

(Green) [Ghostly Shadow] emits a faint black mist, enveloping a small area around it and obscuring vision.

(Green) [Blood Essence Plunder] Forcibly extracts the opponent's blood essence to restore one's own condition.

(Green) [Azure-Scale Numbing Poison] Releases light blue venom, causing numbness in the affected limbs and slightly slowing down movement.

(Green) [Rockskin] Skin as hard as rock, increases physical defense, and reduces some physical damage.

At the same time, the Golden Trait "Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body" began to operate.

The Inner Core Aperture-Opening Realm Demon was refined and integrated into Yang Xiao's body.

Perhaps because these five Aperture Opening demons were of too low a level, they barely triggered a physical transformation of their Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body after consuming the five Demon Core.

The Second Refinement of the Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body!

A faint golden light emanated from Yang Xiao's body, his bones emitted a slight crackling sound, and the Spiritual Power flowing through his meridians became more condensed.

His physical body was stronger than that of a body cultivator who had just entered the Mysterious Core Realm.

Yang Xiao stood up and stretched his arms and legs.

He could sense that his strength had reached a new level.

With all 358 acupoints in his body fully opened, the second refinement of his Ten-Thousand-Forged Demon Body was completed, and his physical body surpassed that of a beginner in the Mysterious Core Realm.

With the addition of the Army-Breaking Spear, the Demon-Slaying Soul-Extinction, and the Soaring Through the Void Voidstride Wind Riding... below the Mysterious Core Realm, he has no rivals.

In the entire Azure Mist City, perhaps the only one he could consider a rival was the White Ape Lord, the leader of the Seven Demons of She Mountain.

Yang Xiao raised his head, carefully sensed the surrounding area to make sure there were no remaining Demon, and then took out the Qi-Gathering Bottle hanging on his waist again.

He chose the closest distress signal from several others, rode the wind, and disappeared into the depths of the streets and alleys.

Yang Xiao followed the scent along the way, stepping silently across the rooftops.

Finally, they found a high wall.

Behind the wall was an abandoned courtyard with an old locust tree in the middle, its dense branches blocking out most of the moonlight.

Yang Xiao climbed over the broken wall and landed in the courtyard.

He immediately spotted Zhou Zheng leaning against a tree trunk, his robes torn in several places and stained with blood, but it seemed to be mostly external injuries and not a major concern.

When Zhou Zheng saw Yang Xiao, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then looked to the side ahead.

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man wearing a dark blue robe.

The man was about forty years old, with a few strands of white hair at his temples. His eyebrows and eyes were narrow and long like an eagle's, and the moment his gaze fell upon you, a sharp feeling enveloped your entire body, as if you could see right through him.

Shen Jingxian's gaze first fell on the Army-Breaking Spear behind Yang Xiao, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He recalled the years he spent with Pei Xuance in the Demon-Slaying Battalion many years ago, when they were both Deputy General and both wanted to fight their way out from among countless Deputy General.

Ultimately, however, Pei Xuance reached a higher position before him.

He had only entered the Mysterious Core Realm a little over a decade ago, becoming the garrison Deputy General of Azure Mist City.

The reason I deliberately left five Demon behind was simply to test how this junior who had taken Pei Xuance's weapon would perform.

His gaze swept from Yang Xiao's head to his feet, and he had killed five powerful demons at the Aperture-Opening Realm without being injured or losing his breath.

This performance is comparable to that of Pei Xuance back in the day.

Shen Jingxian sighed, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, then stepped forward and politely inquired:

"I'm going to hunt down the White Ape Lord. There might be other Demon as well. Do you want to come?"