Seeing the Demon Race Again

"What a close call!"

Watching Yang Tiesheng and the others flee in disarray, the black-clad man atop the rock suddenly let out a sigh of relief. He wiped his face with both hands, and his beard fell away in clumps, revealing a youth's features—it was none other than Nie Yun!

"I never expected circulating my mental strength according to the Nameless Art to produce such a powerful aura of pressure! Without that aura, deceiving those fellows would probably have been difficult!"

Thinking back on what had just happened, Nie Yun could not help but breathe out in relief.

Without that special power inside him, the Nameless Art was like an engine without fuel—it could not run. Yet his mental strength could slowly circulate according to the method of the art, and when it did, it even produced an aura of pressure far beyond his actual strength!

If circulating mental strength could yield such an effect, did that not mean no one would be able to see through him even if he impersonated an expert in the future?

Of course, he absolutely could not let anyone see through the act. Pulling an empty-city bluff with nothing but imposing momentum was one thing, but once exposed, he would not even know how he died!

"I must never use it again unless I am utterly forced to. The side effects are simply too severe!"

Rubbing his head, which felt on the verge of splitting apart, Nie Yun could not help but sigh inwardly.

When he had first discovered this effect, Nie Yun had eagerly tested it several times. To his surprise, every attempt left his head aching as though it would split open, and his whole body nearly fainting! If he had not lived two lives and possessed mental strength naturally tougher than ordinary people's, he probably would have collapsed before he could frighten them away!

"The preparations I made beforehand were also thorough enough. That made them unconsciously form their own psychological suggestions, allowing me to scare them off so quickly!"

The moment he heard at the inn that people from the Yang Family were coming out to hunt, Nie Yun had rushed over without stopping, deliberately creating the scene of a battle.

As an old fossil who had experienced countless battles, if even Yang Tiecheng and the others could spot flaws in a fake battlefield he created, Nie Yun might as well smash his head against a wall and die!

That incredible control of power which Yang Tiecheng and the others found unimaginable, as well as the even spacing between every hole, had all been measured by Nie Yun with a ruler. Naturally, there could be no errors!

As for the holes in the granite, they had not been punched out. Even if he wanted to do that, Nie Yun did not possess such strength. They had been corroded with a special liquid!

This liquid could corrode all objects. Nie Yun had learned of it from a member of the Demon Race in the past. It had originally been used for forging weapons, yet he had never expected to use it for putting on airs.

"All right, time to head back..."

Muttering to himself, Nie Yun slowly rose from the rock. Yet before he could even take a step, his knees gave way, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

"It seems I still underestimated the side effects of circulating the Nameless Art with mental strength..."

With a bitter smile, the drowsiness in his mind grew increasingly intense. Nie Yun's head tilted to one side, and he directly passed out!

This unexpected fainting spell counted as Nie Yun's first true rest since his rebirth. When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already filled with stars, and night had fallen.

"I was unconscious for so long? I'll have to be more careful in the future. If there had been demon beasts here, I probably would have died long ago!"

At the thought that someone could have killed him while he was unconscious and he would not even have known it, cold sweat broke out on Nie Yun's forehead.

He got to his feet and stretched his limbs. He found that there were no adverse effects from this fainting spell. Instead, his exhausted body seemed replenished, leaving him more alert than before.

"Hmm? My strength... My strength actually broke through while I was unconscious?"

His eyes suddenly fell upon the true qi in his qi sea, and his face wore an expression that was both amused and helpless.

Previously, he had been stuck at the early stage of the Fourth Level True Qi Realm. He had thought he would need some opportunity for a breakthrough before advancing to the middle stage, yet after waking from this fainting spell, he had directly reached it!

Advancing from the early stage to the middle stage of the Early Fourth Level Qi Sea was a crucial process of true qi transformation. Many people spent three to five years without grasping the key to it, yet Nie Yun had broken through after one fainting spell. If others learned of this, they would probably be angered to death on the spot!

This was too damn unfair! Was this guy using cheats or what?!

Though it sounded unbelievable, it made sense upon reflection. Nie Yun had used the Di Lian Flower to stimulate his muscles' vitality. Although the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique had absorbed most of its medicinal power, some had still fused into his body, accelerating the growth of his cultivation!

How could a thousand-year Di Lian Flower worth ten thousand taels of silver possibly have such simple effects? This alone was more than enough to help him break through!

"Oh no, I returned so late. Yang Yan probably got tired of waiting and went to the Yang Family by himself..." Checking the time, Nie Yun knew he had missed the time he had agreed upon with Yang Yan. Given that fellow's personality, he had most likely already gone over on his own.

"But it does not matter if he went alone. After being frightened by me like that, the Yang Family will surely pose no danger when he goes there again. My task can be considered complete!"

Thinking that Yang Yan might have already gone, Nie Yun no longer forced the matter and simply smiled.

After being frightened once by someone of his "Supreme" level, the Yang Family would surely treat Yang Yan like a priceless treasure. There would definitely be no danger in going over this time, so there was nothing to worry about.

"With nothing left for me to do, I should return to the branch. If Yang Yan successfully becomes the Yang Family's first heir, he will probably come running over tonight to tell me!"

Smiling faintly, Nie Yun's feet slid forward, and he sped toward the branch.

Racing ahead at full speed, Nie Yun became like a straight line cutting through the night. Dozens of li vanished beneath his feet in an instant.

"Though Luoshui City cannot be considered a first-rate city in the Shenfeng Empire, it should rank near the top among second-rate cities!"

Luoshui Gorge was still some distance from Luoshui City. From afar, he could already see the entire city ablaze with lights, like a brilliant pearl nestled amid the mountains and forests.

A city's rank was not determined by the number of its buildings, but by the strength of its greatest martial force!

The stronger its greatest martial force, the safer the city was when facing invasions by the Demon Race. Through survival of the fittest, more people naturally came to live in such a city, and the city grew ever more prosperous and vast!

Luoshui City stood near the Luoshui River, the greatest river in the Shenfeng Empire, making transportation convenient. Moreover, the heads of the Four Great Families were all peak Weapon Armor Realm experts of the Seventh Level Qi Sea. As a result, the city had developed extremely rapidly over the years!

What it lacked was an expert of the Eighth Level Qi Sea, the Qi Master Realm. If Luoshui City had a Qi Master Realm expert, it could directly advance into a first-rate city of the Shenfeng Empire, and the city lord as well as the Four Great Families could receive noble titles and be enfeoffed as kings by the empire!

"Hmm? What is that?"

Just as Nie Yun's thoughts wandered, he suddenly saw waves of dazzling qi billow up along the banks of the long Luoshui River.

Those waves of qi were pure as snow. In the darkness, they were like bright lamps illuminating all around them.

"Someone is fighting! I'll go take a look!"

Determining that a battle was taking place there, Nie Yun did not hesitate. He immediately changed direction and raced wildly toward the riverbank.

Before long, he arrived before an abandoned dock. In the darkness, more than a dozen black figures were besieging a white figure.

Every one of those black figures looked bizarre. Some had two long horns, while others had three arms. Each was far larger than an ordinary person, standing two or three meters tall. The force behind every strike surged endlessly. These dozen or so figures were all peak Fourth Level Qi Sea experts, and the two at the front had even released their true qi beyond their bodies, already reaching the Body Egress Realm!

"The Demon Race? They are actually people of the Demon Race! Why would they come here at this time?"

The moment Nie Yun saw those figures, his heart shook violently!

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