Great Demon Qijing Again!?

"Hm?"

All of a sudden, Lady Nüwa's delicate brows shot up, and she looked toward the horizon. "A Demon Race being at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm is rushing toward us!"

As Lady Nüwa's words fell, Lin Yunji also looked in that direction. As if sensing something, he frowned; he had felt it too.

His impression differed from Lady Nüwa's, however. He found the presence rather familiar.

It had a sinister, terrifying feel to it.

"Could it be..."

After pondering for a moment, something stirred in Lin Yunji's mind. A figure wreathed in ghastly ghostly Qi immediately appeared in his thoughts: Great Demon Qijing!

Great Demon Qijing had fought him before, only for him to shatter two of the demon's pseudo-worlds. The demon had then used a Secret Method to flee tens of thousands of miles in an instant, leaving him no time to give chase and finish him off.

To his surprise, Great Demon Qijing had not only recovered from his injuries, but his cultivation had also soared. He had actually reached the Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm!

Was the trouble he had left behind back then now coming to settle accounts with him?

Without a doubt, Great Demon Qijing was speeding toward them, and his target was none other than Lin Yunji!

No wonder the black bear demon who led that Demon Race group had looked so startled and doubtful when he saw him. He had clearly recognized him!

The bear demon had hastily retreated, taking the other demons away in a hurry, probably to report to Great Demon Qijing!

"Boom!"

A tremendous crash rang out. Before Lin Yunji had time to think, a streak of light flew in from the horizon and landed directly above them.

Great Demon Qijing now hovered over their heads, looking down at them.

Compared with some thirty thousand years ago, his imposing presence was indeed on a completely different level.

The presence around him was even more sinister and terrifying. Dense black ghostly Qi lay in overlapping layers, interwoven and thick with the reek of bloodlust.

He bore several small worlds behind him. Although they were still formed from demonic creatures, they were countless times more powerful than before!

Ghostly Qi filled those pseudo-worlds, as if countless tormented souls were roaring and wailing. Their voices came from who knew where, mournful, terrifying, and utterly sinister.

"Hahahaha! Boy, do you still remember me?" Great Demon Qijing shouted, his face fierce and his venomous eyes fixed on Ling Yunji.

"Back then, you were the one who ruined my Secret Method and Divine Ability, causing my cultivation to suffer greatly and leaving me to endure every kind of torment. But I never imagined that I would have a wondrous encounter of my own. Not only did my cultivation escape lasting harm, but I also gained a tremendous fortuitous opportunity and broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop!"

"Today, I've finally found you! I'll rip out your soul and refine it for millions upon millions of years, so you can experience what it means to beg for life but be unable to live, and beg for death but be unable to die!"

Seeing Lin Yunji right in front of him, how could Great Demon Qijing hold back? He roared in fury, his eyes fixed on Lin Yunji and filled with blood-red color, as though he meant to unleash all the hatred that had tormented him for tens of thousands of years.

But after his roar, Great Demon Qijing suddenly stopped, as though he had not finished speaking. His eyes widened, and he stared fixedly at Lin Yunji.

His gaze was full of shock, mixed with a trace of fear.

"Th-this can't be possible!"

Great Demon Qijing had discovered that Lin Yunji's cultivation had grown enormously too!

At this very moment, he was displaying the signs of an Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal!

Moreover, Lin Yunji's Law Power was boundless and immensely rich, surging forth in an endless torrent. It actually made him afraid!

It was a realm he could not compare with.

In that instant, a chill gripped his heart, filling him with terror. How could he dare taunt Lin Yunji now?

Yet he could not believe that the being before him had truly become so formidable!

"That's impossible! In a mere thirty thousand years or so, how did you go from a Taiyi Early-stage Golden Immortal to an Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal?"

"Back then, I was a Late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal! Even after I happened upon a tremendous fortuitous opportunity and endured countless hardships, I only barely reached the Early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm!"

"What gives you the right?!?!?"

"A dream! I must be dreaming! I must have fallen into an illusion. This has to be an illusion!"

Indeed, after seeing Lin Yunji's realm clearly, Great Demon Qijing went mad. His face twisted into a hideous, terrifying grimace, and the small worlds he bore behind him let out hissing roars along with him.

For as he saw it now, Lin Yunji, the brat he had previously paid no mind, was actually somewhat stronger than he was.

His state of mind twisted. Like this, he had no way to exact his revenge and cut down his heart demon!

Over those thirty-odd thousand years, time had seemed endless to him. He had suffered immense torment every moment, pain beyond imagining.

Only after spending more than thirty thousand years like that had he attained his present cultivation and reached this realm. He had nursed a grudge all along, hoping to wash away his former humiliation and make an offering of Lin Yunji to those thirty thousand years of suffering!

But what he had not expected was that, just when he thought his cultivation had soared and his realm had risen, just when he had finally found Lin Yunji and believed he could take his revenge, he would discover that Lin Yunji had become impossible to defeat!

The blow nearly drove him to collapse.

"Is there something wrong with him? Who forgot to shut the door and let this thing out?" Lin Yunji was at a loss for words as he watched Great Demon Qijing's twisted face shift from hatred to shock, then to helplessness and aggrieved frustration.

He himself had stood in the same spot from beginning to end without saying a word.

Ever since Great Demon Qijing had rushed over and landed above him, he had done nothing but shout and taunt.

He was like a clown jumping about, and Lin Yunji could not be bothered to pay him any attention.

"Little Jade Bamboo, do you know him?"

Lady Nüwa had naturally heard Great Demon Qijing's insults toward Lin Yunji, and she was already very displeased. Her delicate brows rose, and her eyes narrowed slightly as she fixed Great Demon Qijing with a cold gaze.

How dare this fellow speak ill of Lin Yunji in front of her!

He even used such foul language.

A surge of killing intent welled up in Lady Nüwa's heart.

"Of course I know him. This demon is called Great Demon Qijing. He pestered me before, and after I seriously injured him, he fled in a sorry state. It's been over thirty thousand years since then, and I don't know how he found me!" Lin Yunji curled his lip and replied in a carefree manner, paying it little heed.

"So that's what happened. No wonder he looked at you so venomously and said those things," Lady Nüwa said in understanding.

"It's nothing." Lin Yunji glanced at Great Demon Qijing with considerable disdain, then looked away. "Why would either of us need to deal with a clown like him?"

Clearly, to Lin Yunji as he was now, Great Demon Qijing amounted to nothing.

He was even capable of fighting a cultivator at the Late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, let alone Great Demon Qijing, who was currently at the same realm as him.

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly, Great Demon Qijing let out a string of sinister laughs. He looked mad, and his mind was no longer entirely clear, but his gaze remained cold as frost.

His face trembled as he looked at Lin Yunji, but the words he spoke were despicable.

"Boy! Even if your fighting strength is greater than mine now, so what? You don't dare kill me, even though I insulted you."

"I have now pledged allegiance to the Demon Race Heavenly Court and am one of the ten great demon gods personally appointed by Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi! If you dare lay a hand on me, I'm afraid there won't be a place left for you to hide in this vast Primordial World!"

At the mention of Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Great Demon Qijing seemed to gain endless strength and regained his confidence.

It was as though declaring his status as one of the Demon Race's ten great demon gods would make Lin Yunji wary and leave him at a loss!

The Demon Race?

The Demon Race was currently one of the only two great powerful races in the Primordial Wilderness, and it was even showing signs of taking dominion over the Primordial World!

Its members were numerous and its experts as plentiful as clouds, with powerful figures such as Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi holding down the fort.

Wasn't provoking the Demon Race asking for an early death?

Upon hearing the names of Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, even Lady Nüwa's expression changed.

"Little Jade Bamboo, Dijun and Taiyi are no weaker than I am! You..."

"Whoosh!"

Before Lady Nüwa could finish, Lin Yunqing's figure flashed, and he vanished from where he stood.