Slaying

"How dare you run wild in the Divine Medicine Sect? Are you looking for death?" Lin Feng's face darkened, and his presence surged.

Having knelt before Lei Chong's true body earlier, he had been nursing a smoldering anger. He hadn't expected another stranger to appear and attack at the slightest disagreement.

As he spoke, he thrust out a palm. Runes poured from its center, forming a giant hand that reached for Lei Chong in the distance.

Lin Feng was powerful, having long since reached the Inscription Realm. He thrust out a giant hand to meet Lei Chong's.

Crack!

The moment Lin Feng's palm touched Lei Chong's, his entire hand broke. Under the crushing force of Lei Chong's powerful fleshly body, he was utterly unable to resist.

Whoosh!

Lin Feng thrust out a finger on his left hand. A beam shot from his fingertip and struck the giant hand, only to be easily crushed as well.

Like a millstone, the giant hand pressed down without hesitation.

Lin Feng's expression changed drastically. He lamented his bad luck at running into another tough opponent.

He pulled out a medicine pestle and sent it crashing toward the lightning.

Bang!

The palm and the medicine pestle collided, sending out a terrifying shockwave.

Lin Feng's expression changed as he controlled the pestle. He felt as though a giant mountain were bearing down on him. A scream rang out, and Lin Feng flew backward, blood spilling from his mouth.

"Who exactly are you?" Lin Feng struggled to his feet.

His opponent was clearly just a youth, yet he couldn't withstand even a single move from him.

Lei Chong's eyes were icy. He had no intention of giving his opponent any chance.

He extended a finger and continued to thrust it toward Lin Feng.

As the finger drew closer, a chill rose in Lin Feng's heart. He hurriedly called to the Demon Spider beside him for help. "Senior, save me!"

"Hmph." The Demon Spider snorted coldly. Runes spilled from his mouth and nose, turning into a sword beam that shot toward Lei Chong's finger.

Crack!

The runes collided in the air, producing a terrifying sonic boom.

"Senior, this man is very powerful. Throw him onto the Heaven Ascending Ladder, and perhaps we'll gain something unexpected," Lin Feng suggested.

The Demon Spider's eyes lit up at once, and he was clearly tempted.

Earlier, he had gained no advantage in his fight with Lei Chong, so he had brought some artifacts, hoping to take the opportunity to deal with him.

He hadn't expected this turn of events. It seemed he could only deal with the person before him first.

"Which great sect are you a disciple of?" The Demon Spider did not attack immediately.

There were some powers in the Lower Realm that even his Demon Spirit Lake was unwilling to provoke. Lei Chong could crush Lin Feng, so he was clearly no ordinary being.

"I have no need for any sect," Lei Chong answered expressionlessly.

"Very well. Then die." The Demon Spider sneered.

As he spoke, he thrust out a jade-green palm.

Rumble!

The palm swelled in the wind, its fingers as thick as millstones. Like a primordial prison, it descended from high above.

"You showed disrespect to a Venerable. Even if you're a disciple of a great sect, you'll have to make amends and apologize today," the Demon Spider said darkly.

"Hmph." Lei Chong snorted coldly and punched upward.

Lightning flashed across his fist, turning into sharp war spears.

Crack!

The lightning war spears struck the giant palm and exploded in the air, unleashing terrifying force that knocked it back.

The Demon Spider's expression changed, growing increasingly grave.

Although he hadn't used all his strength just now, he had wielded Venerable-level power.

Yet he hadn't expected such a blow to fail to touch even the hem of his opponent's clothes.

"Very well." The Demon Spider's voice was icy. Then green light erupted, and his body swelled in an instant, transforming into a jade-green spider.

The spider was enormous, like a small mountain.

Hum!

The Demon Spider raised a leg, transforming it into a heaven-cleaving war spear. As though it would slice heaven and earth apart, it pressed down toward the top of Lei Chong's head.

Its might was terrifying, as if the entire sky were pressing down.

It was far stronger than Han Ming of the Flame Fish Clan.

Roar!

Lei Chong naturally dared not be careless. Endless lightning flickered behind him, forming a purple suanni that towered before him like a giant mountain.

The suanni opened its mouth and roared, spraying countless bolts of lightning.

Boom!

The lightning formed a giant net that blocked the Demon Spider's leg.

"Hmph." The Demon Spider snorted angrily, jade-green light radiating from his entire body. The light around his leg surged, and its might grew even more terrifying.

Lei Chong changed his hand seal, and the Thunder Emperor Technique changed.

Countless bolts of lightning rose from the suanni and formed a great vortex in the air.

Boom!

At the center of the vortex, a gigantic bolt of lightning struck down. Like the light before the heavens were cleaved open, it illuminated the entire sky.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The gigantic bolt collided with the spider leg. Struck by the tremendous impact, the Demon Spider staggered back dozens of steps, nearly falling into the great formation.

The Demon Spider dared not be careless and unleashed his full strength in battle. After the two sides exchanged several moves, neither had gained the upper hand.

Lei Chong, of course, was still holding back and had not unleashed his full strength.

From the time he began cultivating until now, he had gained too little combat experience. Only after the Kunpeng Nest opened had he begun to truly fight.

"How is this possible? That's a Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake! How can this man stand against him?" Lin Feng's voice began to tremble.

"Is he really a youth?"

"How does he grow braver the longer he fights?"

"We've lived decades in vain, yet we're nowhere near this youth's equal."

The Divine Medicine Sect's disciples looked at one another, unable to believe what they were seeing.

Boom!

A terrifying shockwave swept out, making the entire valley tremble.

The two figures in the air separated, each retreating some distance.

Lei Chong was unharmed, but the Demon Spider was badly injured. Large patches of his body were charred black, and his green spider hairs fell out in clumps.

"Whoever you are, anyone who insults Demon Spirit Lake must die!" the Demon Spider roared, spitting a giant net from his mouth.

This was an artifact the Demon Spider had refined, and he rarely used it.

Hum!

The vast net blotted out the sky and pressed down from high above. The entire heavens seemed ready to overturn, making it hard for the people below to breathe.

Lei Chong used none of his own artifacts and withdrew all his precious techniques.

The bold move changed the expressions of Lin Feng and the others, and even the Demon Spider not far away was stirred.

"It's too late to stop now," the Demon Spider said, his voice like thunder.

"This boy truly is fearsome, to have forced a Venerable this far. Even if he dies, he can take pride in that," Lin Feng said with feigned regret.

Lei Chong didn't want to use precious techniques now. He wanted to test the results of his efforts over the past few days.

Hum!

At Lei Chong's urging, countless runes poured from his body and formed sword beams around him, enclosing him at their center.

Whoosh!

Golden sword lights shot upward as though to cleave heaven and earth apart, slicing cracks through the air as if opening an abyss into hell.

"What is that?" Even the Demon Spider's voice trembled.

As a Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake, he had rampaged unchecked throughout the Desolate Region. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in battle.

The sword beams soared into the sky, as though piercing all the way through heaven and earth.

With a soft tearing sound, the giant net was shredded in an instant.

Another soft sound followed, and the Demon Spider's leg was severed at the root. A shrill scream rang out, echoing through Divine Medicine Valley.