"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a measly daemonic beast right now," said the Golden Pheasant Elder, but his voice was rather unsteady.
The Lone Grave Elder did not relax his vigilance. Instead, it grew heavier. It was impossible for a daemonic beast to make its way here.
Powerful daemon qi surged out of the cave. The Golden Pheasant Elder's face changed. "Daemon General!"
"Why are you running so quickly?" A clear voice rang out from the black cave. It was clear and resonant, echoing through the spacious hall.
Milliped unfurled his body, shaking his head and wagging his tail.
The Lone Grave Elder shut his mouth, and corpse qi surged from him. The Green Vine Elder said, "They've come with ill intentions. Be prepared."
A handsome man emerged from the cave. His red hair draped over his shoulders, and his eyes shone brightly, like charcoal burning in the darkness. He shifted his gaze and looked at the three elders. "Your land is so tough!"
There was nothing Li Qingshan could do about the layers of formations, so he forcefully carved out a path in the centre of the mountain and made his way to the top.
However, this was not a new innate ability. Instead, it was a different use of his old abilities. After becoming a Daemon General, his three innate abilities had all become much stronger. The Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell had obviously become tougher, and the Ox Demon Tramples had gone from roughness to finesse. He could control the direction and range of the shockwaves more effectively.
The three elders all experienced a strange and absurd feeling. In the middle of the night, a naked man had made his way to the main hall of the Green Vine mountain from the most unlikely of places.
The Green Vine mountain was the foundation of all formations, so there was a hole at the very bottom that the formations could not reach. However, the earth there was even tougher than steel!
Li Qingshan said loudly, "I've come for revenge today. Prepare to die, you three old coots!"
The Green Vine Elder asked, "Just you?"
"Are you blind? Doesn't this count? Do you still remember this guy? "Li Qingshan kicked Milliped under his feet.
Milliped climbed onto Li Qingshan's body happily, draping it around his shoulders like a great, pink scarf.
Li Qingshan rubbed his forehead. "Sigh, let's go. You act like you don't matter at all. You've made me lose all interest in revenge." Milliped crawled back into the hole with a series of clattering sounds.
The three elders exchanged glances. Then, they laughed together. So this was the uneasiness they felt? Although the Demonic Qi he emitted was very powerful, it was only relative to ordinary Daemons. One look was enough to tell that he had not been a Daemon General for long.
What they feared the most was the Daemon Commander underground taking action, or a large-scale attack and revenge. Was a mere Daemon General bold enough to make trouble for them on the Green Vine mountain? A Monster Core that was delivered to his doorstep. How could he not accept it?
"Do you know who I am?" Li Qingshan asked boldly. He was not a person who liked to talk nonsense. Villains who talked nonsense did not have a good ending. But when it came to revenge, he had to clearly tell the other party who he was. Why did I come here? Otherwise, even if I killed my enemy, it would be as tasteless as wearing silk clothes at night.
What answered him was the green vines that rapidly extended beneath his feet, bursting out eagerly from the ground one by one.
Li Qingshan leapt up, but he heard the cry of a golden pheasant from above. The Golden Pheasant Elder flapped his wings and slapped him to the ground. The vines immediately wrapped around him.
"What a wretched name. It'll only stain my ears. "
Li Qingshan used the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell to block the vines. In the blink of an eye, he was wrapped up into a ball of vines, immobilised.
The three elders immediately recalled what had happened during the Herb Gathering ceremony. The humanoid, black daemon had left an extremely deep impression on them.
Today was basically a repeat of what had happened back then.
"So it's you!" The Green Vine Elder smiled. Originally, he was still rather worried. He felt like he had won a little too easily, but now, the final sliver of doubt had vanished. This daemon had become arrogant right after undergoing the heavenly tribulation. He felt like he was omnipotent and wanted revenge, but he did not understand the difference between them.
Even the weakest among the three of them was mid Foundation Establishment. It was impossible for them to lose in a one-on-one battle.
At this moment, the Lone Grave Elder had not even done anything. He just watched on coldly from one side.
Li Qingshan cried out, "That's impossible! How can I lose to you humans? I'm going to blow up my daemon core and drag you down with me! "
The three elders immediately became nervous. The power of Milliped blowing up his daemon core was still fresh in their minds. The Golden Pheasant Elder could not help but back away, but the Lone Grave Elder summoned the Ancient Bronze Corpse General to block him.
Li Qingshan seemed like a bomb that could explode at any time.
"Hold on. If you hand over your daemon core, we'll spare your life," the Green Vine Elder said in a hurry.
"That's impossible! Humans are all crafty liars! I'll never believe you!" Li Qingshan released powerful daemon qi as if he was about to blow up his daemon core at any time.
The Green Vine Elder could tell that he was wavering slightly. He said patiently, "We won't lie to you. How about this? I'll disperse the vines first to show my sincerity and let you return to the cave!" At the same time, he exchanged glances with the Lone Grave Elder and the Golden Pheasant Elder. As long as this stupid daemon gave off the slightest opening, they would strike together and kill him. If they reported this to the Demon Slayer, they would probably be rewarded separately.
The densely-packed vines receded from the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell. To the three elders' surprise, Li Qingshan turned around and charged out of the hall.
"Stop him!" The Green Vine Elder took out a cane made of green vines and pointed it at Li Qingshan. Vines burst out of the ground, swaying and twisting like a demon.
Li Qingshan came to a halt and leapt over gently, brushing past a vine that had almost wrapped around his ankle. Then he turned around rapidly, constantly changing directions without any pattern, leaving behind a path of vines behind him.
The entrance was right in front of him. The Ancient Bronze Corpse General descended from above with surging corpse qi. With a boom, it struck the entrance and spread its arms as it lunged towards Li Qingshan.
Li Qingshan wanted to retreat, but he was already surrounded by vines. Looking up, the golden pheasant's claws swiped down.
"You still want to leave?" The Lone Grave Elder extended a finger and shot out a pitch-black streak of light. It passed through the gaps in the vines and struck Li Qingshan accurately.
Li Qingshan's body weakened. The golden pheasant's claws had already pressed him down. Resplendent, golden light illuminated the gloomy hall. He squinted his eyes, and all he saw was the sharp beak pecking over viciously.
Just when the Green Vine Elder let out a smile of relief, the sense of danger he had been sensing for the past few days suddenly rose to the limit. Silently, a long, narrow blade of ice pierced through his body from behind.
"Humans are all crafty liars." Li Qingshan smiled as he gripped the hilt of his blade, revealing his sharp teeth.
Even a lion would use its full strength to catch a rabbit. With Li Qingshan's personality, how could he become careless just because he had undergone the heavenly tribulation and look down on three Foundation Establishment cultivators?
Right from the beginning, he had planned on launching a sneak attack. Originally, he wanted to kill the three elders one by one, but he never expected them to be gathered together. Moreover, due to the formations, the sneak attack failed. If there was no opportunity, then he would create an opportunity. Li Qingshan first used his mirror image to disturb the enemies before suddenly launching a sneak attack to kill the most troublesome person, the Green Vine Elder.
The Green Vine Elder lowered his head and looked at the blade before turning around to look at Li Qingshan. Disbelief filled his face. Just when he tried to circulate his spiritual qi, the blade twisted and swung behind Li Qingshan. It left behind a streak of light in the air, piercing the eyes of the Lone Grave Elder and the Golden Pheasant Elder.
"Green Vine!"
The long, narrow blade kicked up a fierce gust of wind, sweeping through the surroundings. A streak of light was caught in it. Whether it was the huge pillars that supported the hall or the countless spreading vines, they were all cut through in a single stroke.
The Green Vine Elder's body had already been split in half, falling to the ground.
"How dare you …" The Lone Grave Old Man's dead face also revealed an expression of shock. However, before he could finish his words, the devilishly handsome face appeared right in front of him and interrupted him with a smile. "How dare I?"
The Lone Grave Elder's heart sank to rock bottom. The smile was filled with a familiar smell of death. Although their appearances were exactly the same, their strength was worlds apart. The person before him was startlingly powerful. He did not possess the strength that a Daemon General who had just undergone the heavenly tribulation should possess.
The blade of ice did not stop at all. With Li Qingshan's right hand as the centre, it formed a beautiful semicircle.
Corpse qi erupted!
The Lone Grave Elder roared out madly. Black corpse qi gushed out from his sleeves as he retreated to the edge of the hall. He lowered his head in shock and looked at the wound on his chest. The blade had sliced through his protective corpse qi easily. If it were not for the force from the eruption of corpse qi, he would have followed in the Green Vine Elder's footsteps already.
A clump of corpse qi that was as black as swamp did not disperse. When it came in contact with one of the pillars, it was like an invisible beast had taken a bite out of it. A gap immediately appeared.
With a great rumble, the upper half of the pillar fell down with a piece of the roof. Before it had even reached the ground, it had been melted away by the corpse qi. Even inanimate objects were like that. If living beings came in contact with it, they would probably be reduced to a puddle in the blink of an eye.
With a cry, the golden pheasant unfurled its wings and shot out several hundred feathers, which turned into several hundred streaks of golden light that stabbed into the corpse qi.
There was a flash of snow-white light, and the corpse qi was split into two. Li Qingshan emerged with his ice blade and smiled at the Lone Grave Elder. "Nice reaction."
A streak of moonlight poured down on him, gilding him with a silvery-blue sheen. His handsome face and perfect body seemed even less like a living being, more like the statue of a legendary god.
From beginning to end, he did not give off any daemon qi at all.
Lanterns lit up the Green Vine mountain. Many disciples emerged from their residences and gazed at the hall at the top of the mountain.
"What's happened?" "Let's go take a look!"
Yu Shukuang yawned. "It's already so late. What's the matter now?"
Several hundred streaks of golden light shot out from the ground, stabbing towards Li Qingshan. The golden pheasant swooped down.
"Lone Grave, why don't you work with me and kill this daemon?"
With a series of rapid, sharp sounds, Li Qingshan swung his ice blade, creating a wheel of blades that landed on every single feather with great precision. The feathers flew out even faster than when they had come.
The accompanying wind was like countless huge blades and axes, swinging through the hall viciously, destroying everything in the way.
Li Qingshan raised his head and looked at the claws of the chicken. He did not dodge, nor did he block. He only threw a punch.
The disciples of the Green Vine mountain saw several hundred streaks of golden light shoot out of the hall in a straight line. A golden pheasant smashed through the roof and was sent flying. Its golden light had dimmed, and it was in a horrible shape.
The Legends of the Great Sage.
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