The scorpion spirit

"This is the Jumbled Stone Cave."

Xuan Yi led his junior brother to the front of the Jumbled Stone Cave. With his divine eye activated, he could see the Yao Qi soaring into the sky ahead.

Such Yao Qi caused even Xuan Yi to frown deeply upon seeing it.

"Senior brother, with my abilities, I won't hold you back once we get in, will I?"

Yang Xiang also sensed something was amiss. During his travels, he had only dealt with some insignificant demons and ghosts.

The place is now filled with a heavy Yin Qi energy, and the demons inside must be extremely powerful.

If I go inside, I won't be able to protect myself, and that would distract my senior brother, which wouldn't be good.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yi glanced at the Yin Qi surrounding them and guessed that the demon inside probably only had a few hundred years of cultivation.

However, what my junior brother said is not wrong. We cannot underestimate the opponent before we have even fought one.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yi. "Junior brother has considered everything carefully. You wait here outside while I go in."

"Currently, demons and monsters are rampant all around the Great Jin Dynasty. Now that we've encountered them, we absolutely cannot let them go."

After speaking, Xuan Yi made a hand Hand Seals and patted the rope at his waist. The originally inconspicuous rope instantly turned into a golden light.

It forced back the surging Yao Qi all around.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiang couldn't help but feel a pang of envy. This was the Yao-Beating Whip.

These are relatively common and easy-to-cultivate treasures in the Daoist Sect, and they are often surprisingly effective in dealing with demons.

With a single lash, even ordinary demons could be killed or annihilated.

It can also be used to restrain demons.

Xuan Yi, carrying his Yao-Beating Whip, went inside alone.

After a short while, they arrived at a cave. Stepping down, they heard a creaking sound.

It was the sound of bones beneath their feet cracking.

I hadn't looked closely before, but now that I've come here in person, I realize that this place is completely covered with bones.

The eerie, Yin Qi constantly gathered and protected the surroundings, blocking out the sunlight and providing a place for the monsters of this place to cultivate.

These Yin Qi are nourished by yin spirits.

"Who would dare trespass into my Jumbled Stone Cave? Oh, so it's just a lowly Daoist priest!"

As soon as Xuan Yi arrived, he saw a giant scorpion crawl out, followed by countless other scorpions.

These scorpions kept crawling out from the ground and from the cracks in the rocks.

In a matter of moments, they surrounded Xuan Yi like a tidal wave, leaving him no way out.

The scorpions' tails were hooked up, all gleaming with a cold light, as if a drop of water still clung to them. Their verdant appearance made it clear that they were highly poisonous.

"These bones are the result of your cruelty towards Human Race?"

Xuan Yi glanced around, then pointed at the withered bones on the ground and asked in a loud voice.

The bones here are piled up layer upon layer. If this is the work of a demon, it should be punished!

The scorpion flicked its forelegs, then stood up straight, transforming into human form.

"That's not true."

The scorpion demon chuckled, but in male form, he waved his hand behind him.

A delicate and frail woman was captured by him. "My wife, do you think I killed these people?"

As he spoke, he bit off several of the woman's fingers, causing blood to flow and the scorpions at his feet to surge wildly.

Upon seeing this, Xuan Yi's eyes narrowed, Yao-Beating Whip in his hand blazed with golden light. "Demon, you're courting death!"

"I merely wished to confirm a few things, yet you dared to injure someone in front of me! You deserve to die!"

Xuan Yi shouted sharply and lashed out at the scorpion demon with his Yao-Beating Whip.

The whip didn't grow longer and lash out at the scorpion demon, yet a tremendous force inexplicably struck her.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, the scorpion demon was sent flying backward, crashing into a boulder that tumbled down behind her.

"The Yao Qi is soaring to the heavens, and the wronged souls are entangled, gathering together for cultivation; they deserve to be exterminated."

Xuan Yi glanced back and saw the ground covered with scorpions, which were now lunging at him without any mercy.

He gripped the whip with one hand, then gave it a sharp twist, and the gleaming golden whip transformed into a fiery red.

With a loud bang, the whip spontaneously combusted without any wind.

The whip then spun around his body, engulfing all the scorpions that were nearby, and fierce flames immediately ignited.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xuan Yi flicked his whip at the woman in front of him, but the flames on the whip did not burn her.

After pulling him to my side and quickly helping to stop the bleeding, I took another look at the woman.

The woman's eyes were devoid of any light; her mind had been corrupted by a demon, and her three souls and six spirits were all damaged.

However, Xuan Yi moment, as the scorpion demon in front of him had already stood up again.

"A cultivator?"

The scorpion demon looked at Xuan Yi, and her expression immediately became extremely serious.

Seeing his opponent brandish a long whip, turning his own descendants into charred remains in no time, his heart bled.

To slaughter one's own descendants so wantonly right before his eyes—what can a cultivator do about it?

"Go, immediately go and summon that Old Ghost Black Wood."

At this moment, the scorpion demon dared not be careless and quickly summoned her descendant, who had gained sentience, and ordered him to quickly find the Old Ghost Black Wood.

Old Ghost Black Wood's skills far surpass his; if the two joined forces, taking him down would be more than enough.

Having given the order, the Xiao Xiao scorpion darted away and disappeared in a few breaths.

"Even if they are cultivators, my descendants are not to be slaughtered at will!"

The scorpion demon let out a fierce shout and slapped at Xuan Yi with her hand.

A giant pincer slammed down heavily on Xuan Yi.

Upon seeing this, Xuan Yi immediately swung his long whip.

"Boom!"

With a muffled thud, the surrounding boulders cracked, and many scorpions were thrown into the air.

Xuan Yi felt a tightness in his chest, as if he couldn't breathe.

This scorpion is quite skilled!

Xuan Yi felt a chill run down his spine, but he couldn't care less about the other scorpions; he had to capture this one first.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yi flicked his whip.

The whip flew directly to the scorpion demon in the next moment.

Upon seeing this, the scorpion demon was terrified and tried to escape, but the Yao-Beating Whip simply wrapped around her and locked her tightly.

"Burn!"

Seeing the scorpion demon locked up, Xuan Yi gave a soft shout, and his whip instantly burst into flames, burning the scorpion demon into a sea of fire.

The scorpion demon instantly revealed its true form, with venom dripping continuously from its enormous barbs.

When it lands on fireworks, the flames flicker and the poisonous fumes it emits wither and kill all the surrounding vegetation.

At that moment, the remaining Xiao Xiao scorpions rushed towards the scorpion demon, flicking the venom from their barbs into the flames in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

"This scorpion demon does have some tricks up her sleeve."

Upon seeing this Xuan Yi frowned, reached behind him, and a sharp sword leaped into his hand.

"Bang!"

Xuan Yi drew his sword, about to step forward and kill the scorpion demon, but the next moment...

A plume of black smoke billowed up from behind.

Caught off guard, Xuan Yi was sent flying.

It landed under a large tree some distance away.