The first night was uneventful.
When the gray morning light appeared on the horizon, Qin Tiexin woke up on time. After sorting it out and confirming that no obvious traces were left, they set off on the road again.
The next afternoon, they encountered their first worthy target.
It was a lone low-level Flame Demon General, appearing on the edge of a forest of dead trees that had been burned by fire. The Flame Demon was nearly 1.3 feet tall, covered with dark red bones. Green flames spewed out from the cracks in the shoulder blades and elbows from time to time. Every step it took left a layer of charred black on the ground. The melted snow water gathered into small puddles at the feet, and soon evaporated into white mist, rising into a cloud of steam.
The two of them were not in a hurry to take action. Qin Tiexin made a gesture, and Duan Xuan understood, and followed him around to the downwind of Flame Demon, hiding under some blackened trees, and observed for a while.
Duan Xuan lowered his voice. "Flame Demon The most difficult thing is the layer of magic fire protection. Close attacks will cause burns, and long-range attacks are easily blocked by the magic fire. I met one last time, but I didn't take advantage."
"Its weakness is the cracks in its shoulder blades." Qin Tiexin said, his eyes falling on the cracks on Flame Demon's shoulder blades that are constantly spitting out tongues of fire. "Those cracks are the channels through which fire energy is exchanged between its body and the outside world. Once penetrated, it will be unable to re-condensate the protective magic fire in a short period of time. I have hunted some Flame Demon before, and this weakness has been verified repeatedly."
Duan Xuan followed his gaze and nodded. "Then I'll go ahead and hold it back, and you can use the javelin to deal with it."
As soon as she finished speaking, she jumped out from behind the tree.
The long whip tore through the air and made a crisp explosion. The whip that seemed to be only six feet long suddenly extended to more than three feet, and the tip of the whip accurately wrapped around Flame Demon's left arm.
Flame Demon was in pain, let out a low roar, turned around and sprayed out a ball of green magic fire in the direction of Duan Xuan. Duan Xuan was already prepared and dodged sideways. The scorching fireball passed over her shoulder and ignited a dead tree behind her.
She used the strength of the retreat to tighten her wrist and tighten the whip, pulling Flame Demon staggering. Its left arm was pulled up, and the gap in its left shoulder was pulled open, just in the direction of Qin Tiexin.
That's it now.
Qin Tiexin revealed half of his body from behind the tree, holding a Profound Ice Spear in his right hand. Infused with spiritual power, he twisted his waist and threw it. The javelin was almost silent and accurately penetrated the ever-expanding crack on Flame Demon's left shoulder.
Poof.
The moment the tip of the gun sank into the crack, Flame Demon let out a hoarse roar. A stream of Scorching Heat's dark red smoke spewed out of the crack, but the layer of green magic fire on its surface was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the furnace was blocked by the air outlet.
Qin Tiexin didn't give it a chance to breathe. The second javelin had already left its hand - Bursting Spear, and along the same trajectory, it shot through the crack again. The gun body passed straight through the crack, hit the fire core in Flame Demon's body, and detonated instantly when it came into contact with the highly compressed fire gas.
Boom.
A dull loud noise exploded from Flame Demon's body. Its huge body shook violently, and large streams of bright Flame and Lava-like liquids spurted out from the cracks. The ignited fire ripped its torso open from the inside, and dark red fragments and burning tissue were scattered on the scorched earth several feet in radius.
Flame Demon's huge body shook and fell to the ground.
Duan Xuan took back the long whip and shook off the ashes on it. Qin Tiexin rushed over and put Flame Demon's body into Storage Bag. The two quickly left the place.
The rhythm of the next two days was roughly similar. The two advanced during the day and found a hiding place to camp before dusk. Qin Tiexin would remotely deal with the Devil Soldier-level team they encountered. When they encountered early- and intermediate-level Demon General, the two of them would work together to kill them based on their weaknesses. When they encountered high-level Demon General, they would stay far away and not take risks.
On the afternoon of the fourth day, the two encountered an intermediate Horned Demon General and a Shadow Demon General.
Horned Demon General was encountered on a rocky slope. The thing was more than ten feet tall at the shoulders, covered with thick gray-brown horniness, like a breathing hill. Qin Tiexin only glanced at it and said to Duan Xuan, "I'll drag it head-on, you look for an opportunity." After saying that, he dragged the knife and Edgeless wiped out a stream of sparks on the gravel.
When Horned Demon saw the person coming, he growled, buried his head and bumped into it. Qin Tiexin turned sideways, staggered, and avoided the frontal impact. Edgeless used the force of twisting its waist to slash hard at the joint between its shoulder and neck. There was a muffled sound of "bang", and only a white mark appeared on the horn. Horned Demon was in pain, and turned around and swept away with a claw.
Qin Tiexin blocked with the vertical knife, and his huge claws hit the blade, knocking him back seven or eight steps. Not only was Horned Demon extremely powerful, but he was also not slow at all, and he was unforgiving. His huge body followed closely, and he smashed with both claws, forcing Qin Tiexin to keep going around with Water Phase Steps. Every hard blow from the knife made his arms numb.
Qin Tiexin retreated while looking for an opportunity. Edgeless slashed at Horned Demon's wrist armor, elbow elbow, and head one after another. Although there were only light white slash marks left, Horned Demon roared repeatedly. Gradually, he was aroused by the struggle. All his killing intent was locked on the difficult human race in front of him, and he was no longer on guard against the surroundings.
Just when Horned Demon was furious, raising his claws high, and was about to smash Qin Tiexin into the ground with his knife, a whip shadow broke through the wind and wrapped around its right leg that was about to exert force. Gen. Duan Xuan had already touched his side like a ghost. At this moment, he tightened his grip on the whip with both hands, making a rattling sound. Horned Demon's right leg instantly lost strength, and his huge body fell to the ground.
At this moment, Duan Xuan abandoned his whip for a sword, and Treading Step entered. The sword body was filled with golden light and thrust straight out, one sword, two swords, three swords... all from the same point - the soft gap with the thinnest horniness on the inside of Horned Demon's legs.
The first sword made a harsh scratching sound, leaving only a shallow mark; the second sword cut into half of the finger, and the horn cracked and fine lines appeared; the third sword penetrated an inch, and hot Blood Bead shot out along the spine of the sword; the fourth sword The sword penetrated deeper, and the blade touched the fascia; the fifth sword was so fast that only an afterimage was left, and only a "pop" sound was heard as the sharp blade penetrated the flesh. The tip of the sword penetrated deeply, and then was withdrawn like lightning, bringing out a cloud of blood mist.
Horned Demon's pitiful howl almost tore the air apart. Qin Tiexin had already passed by its side. Edgeless Saber dragged its tip to the ground and took advantage of the momentum. When it turned over and jumped up, it brought a surge of sword light, from Horned Demon The bone seam on the back of the neck was accurately cut into. Heavy Mountain Saber Technique·Mountain Shattering, with a "click", the head flew out diagonally. Horned Demon's huge body shook and completely lost its movement.
Qin Tiexin leaned on the ground with one sword, gasped and looked at Duan Xuan, grinning. "Your fifth sword is so cruel."