Demonic Obsession

"Kill our way through!"

A cold glint flashed through Chen Xian's eyes as he made his decision without hesitation.

That Demon Lord might not even be able to defeat Chen Quanwu, much less stand against him.

If there were no other formidable beings in the Demon Camp, then even with the help of those eleven demon men, the Demon Lord would not be able to do anything to him.

At most, three thousand demons would surround him and wear down his vital energy.

Chen Xian decided that he would first kill the Demon Lord, then behead the eleven demon men and swiftly leave the Demon Camp.

That way, the demon experts from the other camps would not discover him.

Boom!

With a single leap, he crossed a hundred meters. In the blink of an eye, Chen Xian arrived outside the great tent and thrust out his spear.

"Who is it?"

The Demon Lord in the tent finally sensed a human aura and let out a roar.

The next instant.

The enormous tent was sent flying, revealing twelve figures.

The Demon Lord raised a blood saber and shot into the sky, slashing down at Chen Xian.

"Lowly humans, cunning to the bone!" A burly demon man among the eleven roared as he joined the battle with a Blood-colored Battle Axe in hand.

The other demon men also drew their weapons and surrounded Chen Xian to kill him.

Hearing the commotion, the surrounding demons rushed over one after another.

Bang!

The long saber erupted with blood-colored demonic aura, but it was far inferior to Chen Xian's dark golden flame vital energy.

Chen Xian thrust out his spear. The dark golden flaming spear-shadow was like a great river flowing backward, vast and majestic.

Wherever the spear passed, it blasted the bizarre blood-haired man away, leaving a bloody hole in his chest as blood poured from his mouth.

Chen Xian's eyes lit up at the sight.

This blood-haired Demon Lord truly was no match for him. He would kill him first.

With a horizontal sweep of his spear, he forced back the demon men closing in around him. Then he leaped forward and charged at the blood-haired Demon Lord. Though the latter's chest had been beaten into a bloody mess, it had not been pierced through.

The blood-haired Demon Lord swiftly swallowed a healing pill, flipped over, and fled into the distance.

At such a distance, how could Chen Xian possibly give him a chance to escape? He thrust out his spear again. The blood-haired Demon Lord gave a low shout, turned, and slashed with his saber. Blood-colored demonic aura condensed into surging saber light and collided with Chen Xian's vital-energy spear-shadow.

The next instant.

The demonic saber light shattered, and the blood-haired Demon Lord was sent flying by Chen Xian's terrifying flaming spear-shadow, his injuries worsening.

"Stop him...!" the blood-haired Demon Lord roared.

The eleven demon men were terrified inside, but they had no choice but to desperately surround Chen Xian.

Chen Xian was trapped again. Sweeping his spear, he killed two demon men first.

Sacrificed the soul of an early Spirit Demon. Obtained 1202 Experience Points.

Sacrificed the soul of a mid-stage Spirit Demon. Obtained 1519 Experience Points.

The panel prompts appeared before his eyes, but Chen Xian did not look at them. He tore open a gap in the encirclement and leaped after the blood-haired Demon Lord.

By then, the blood-haired Demon Lord was already close to escaping the camp. As he fled, he fired off a distress signal.

Chen Xian's expression darkened. He violently mobilized the vital energy within his Jade Sea and pursued at full speed.

"Damn human!"

The blood-haired Demon Lord discovered that Chen Xian was extraordinarily fast, reaching a hundred meters per breath—twice his own speed. Despair immediately filled his heart.

He turned back with a roar and charged at Chen Xian.

"Die!"

A cold light flashed in Chen Xian's eyes. Using the move Gun Stabilizes the Universe from the Demon-Slaying Spear Technique, he lunged down from above and impaled the blood-haired Demon Lord into the earth.

Sacrificed the soul of an Early Demon Lord. Obtained 3357 Experience Points.

Seeing the panel prompt before his eyes, Chen Xian had no time to check what the blood-haired Demon Lord's true form was. He turned and charged toward the demon men pursuing him.

"Attack together! Kill him!"

Watching the Demon Lord get slaughtered, the nine demon men were furious beyond measure.

Chen Xian switched from spear to saber, moving with lightning speed. Saber light flashed again and again, and each flash sent a head flying.

Three breaths later, he charged into the mass of demons.

"Run, run...!"

When they saw the nine headless demon men collapsed on the ground, the demons were utterly terrified. Roaring wildly, they fled out of the camp.

Seeing this, Chen Xian killed dozens more demons before leaping out of the camp and racing north.

One Demon Lord and eleven demon men had given him over ten thousand experience points. The fifty-odd demons he killed afterward had given him another five or six thousand Experience Points. He had made a killing.

By the Blood River, Ding Chen's expression changed when he saw Chen Xian racing over, drenched in blood. "You're injured?"

Chen Xian leaped over the Blood River and did not waste words. "Leave, now!"

Ding Chen's gaze flickered, and he immediately ordered Wang Yan, Qin Fei, and the others to swiftly withdraw with their men.

He remained behind and asked, "What happened?"

Chen Xian grinned. "I killed a few demons and alerted some powerful ones!"

Ding Chen: "...!!"

North of Blood River Forest.

Chen Quanwu and his men were still waiting when a distress signal suddenly lit up the southern night sky. He could not help but freeze. "What's going on?"

The three lieutenants and the Demon Slayer Soldiers were also somewhat stunned.

They had not even made a move yet. Why had a distress signal been fired from the direction of the Demon Camp?

After waiting about the time it took to brew a cup of tea, they saw surging blood qi dozens of miles to the south, rushing northward.

Chen Quanwu leaped onto a tree crown and activated his eyesight to look over.

A moment later, his expression changed drastically. "It's a Demon King!"

"Quick, withdraw!"

Chen Quanwu swiftly landed on horseback and immediately gave the order.

The information he had received said that the camp leader was an Early Demon Lord, whose strength was comparable to his own.

He had no idea why the other party's distress signal had directly brought a Demon King.

Even a Lesser Demon King possessed the strength of the Dao Foundation Realm and could kill him with ease.

"Commandant, what about Ding Chen and the others?" a lieutenant asked.

Without even turning his head, Chen Quanwu said coldly, "A group of cooks aren't worth saving. If they die, they die. Withdraw immediately!"

"Yes!" The lieutenant nodded and hurriedly led his Demon Slayer Soldiers away.

The other Demon Slayer Soldiers also withdrew one after another.

Chen Quanwu stayed behind to cover the retreat. Watching the surging blood qi draw ever closer, he too turned and fled.

As for Chen Xian and the others.

After charging out of the western side of Blood River Forest, Chen Xian looked up at the night sky and saw a mass of surging blood qi racing north at tremendous speed. Clearly, a powerful demon was coming after them.

"Quick, take the men and retreat to Black Wind Valley!" Chen Xian said to Ding Chen.

Ding Chen's expression was somewhat ugly. It was not even dawn yet—were they retreating already?

Chen Xian was speechless. "Stop hesitating. You won't go wrong listening to me!"

Only he knew what had happened. He had killed that Demon Lord, and before dying, the Demon Lord had fired a distress signal. The demon now arriving was certainly extremely powerful.

It might even be more terrifying than him.

"Go!"

Ding Chen still trusted Chen Xian. He immediately ordered Wang Yan, Qin Fei, and the others to take the wounded to Black Wind Valley.

Chen Xian alone stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Watching the rapidly approaching blood qi, Chen Xian did not remain idle. He glanced at the panel.

Experience: 53721 points

"Deduce!"

Chen Xian began deducing the subsequent cultivation method of the Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art.

After one hundred months of painstaking study, your Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art has made no progress.

After two hundred months of day-and-night attempts, your Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art has begun to take shape.

After one thousand months of day-and-night deduction, you tried three methods to forge a Dao Foundation, all without success.

His previous deduction of the Ox Demon Spirit Flame Art had consumed 3000 experience points. Continuing the deduction would only require more.

Seeing that the surging blood qi was now only ten-odd miles away, Chen Xian could not help feeling anxious.

"Continue deducing!"

After three thousand months of diligent deduction, you tried one hundred and six methods. You expended vital energy and injured your meridians, lungs, and organs, showing signs of demonic obsession.

"...Signs of demonic obsession?"

Seeing the panel prompt, Chen Xian was utterly dumbfounded!