“Boom!!”
After all, it was a Golden Core Sky Demon. Despite taking a direct hit from Nan Zhi's heavenly thunder, it merely wobbled a few times. It tossed aside Hai Ying from its grasp, then spun around and opened its maw, attempting to swallow Nan Zhi whole!
A powerful suction locked onto Nan Zhi, leaving her unable to escape. Without hesitation, she threw a red pill into the air. A torrent of pill fire, thick with blazing heat, erupted from it, blasting the Sky Demon square in the face!
“Fwoosh!!”
It was indeed a pill fire refined by Qinglong. Even though Nan Zhi could not unleash its full power, it was still more than enough to give this Golden Core Sky Demon a run for its money!
The demon stumbled backward as the flames engulfed its face, a massive chunk of its half-open maw burned away. But before Nan Zhi could celebrate, it let out a bizarre shriek. Amidst the swirling black mist, the gaping wound actually began to slowly heal!
What on earth was this monster?
The shattering of the Four Provinces Continent definitely had something to do with these things!
Nan Zhi hastily grabbed Hai Ying and prepared to flee, but the Golden Core Sky Demon pursued them relentlessly, scrambling up the side of the ship. Its pair of massive, fleshy palms reached straight for them, leaving them with nowhere to hide!
“Boom!”
Another blast of pill fire erupted. Nan Zhi naturally felt a pang of distress; after all, pill fire was not inexhaustible. Once the fiery energy was depleted, the pill would completely become a dead object!
“Roar!!”
The monster shrieked, seemingly in excruciating pain. Yet, unwilling to let the two escape, it leaped onto the bottom of the ship. Its giant palms smashed several meters into the hull, gripping it to anchor itself and blocking their retreat completely!
Up on the deck, the Golden Core cultivators were likely fully occupied with fighting off the demons, so no one was paying attention to this spot.
Nan Zhi's heart tightened. In a mere instant, she made her decision:
Since they couldn't escape, they would fight!
With a Foundation Establishment Level 3 cultivator and a second-revolution demon core cultivator, they might actually stand a chance against this monster!
“Kill it! Sky Demons are incredibly vengeful. If we don't kill this beast today, we will all die here in the Wuwang Sea!”
While Nan Zhi was thinking, Hai Ying misunderstood her intentions. She violently ripped a pearl-like object from her neck, bit it open, and swallowed it.
“I treated you that way, yet you still came to save me. I dragged you into this. You should just escape! Even if it costs me my life today, I'm going to slaughter this damn thing!”
The moment she finished speaking, bloody red light erupted around her entire body. The veins in her arms bulged, her massive muscles tensed ferociously, and her snake tail suddenly swelled to more than twice its original size!
She must have swallowed some secret medicine that forcibly boosted her cultivation stage!
Nan Zhi realized what was happening, but she did not leave.
“Then let's slaughter this thing together. I want its corpse.”
Surprise flashed in Hai Ying's eyes, but she didn't say much. Grasping a black iron chain in one hand, she coiled her massive snake tail and charged forward fiercely with a scimitar!
Screeech!
Under the immense force, the Golden Core Sky Demon was violently thrown back a hundred meters. Its four claws dragged against the ten-thousand-year iron-heart wood on the bottom of the ship, carving out four horrific gouges!
It was somewhat wary of Hai Ying, whose cultivation had suddenly surged. It shook its massive, hairless head in confusion and let out a cautious howl. Within moments, three Foundation Establishment Sky Demons and countless Zhemu demons emerged from the black mist in response!
“Focus on dealing with this demon! Leave the rest to me!”
Nan Zhi slowly drew her Fish-Dragon Guillotine. The array-building foundation stones slowly revolved around her, and her command tally flew into the air. A dark, mist-shrouded Hundred Ghosts Thousand Cries Killing Formation unfolded, and thousands of black souls wailed behind her—
The hundred ghosts wailed, their killing intent towering as countless Zhemu demons surged forward like a tide!
Nan Zhi sat within the formation. Swallowing Qi-Augmenting Pills to replenish her energy, she manipulated the hundred ghosts to slaughter the enemy, slaying three demons in rapid succession!
【Congratulations, cultivator, on slaying the Level 30 red-named monster 'low-level Sky Demon Zhemu'. You have obtained Upgrade EXP x200, 'Sky Demon Spirit' x1, and Heavenly Treasure Tree Lottery Ticket x5.】
【Congratulations, cultivator, on slaying the Level 31 red-named monster 'low-level Sky Demon Zhemu'. You have obtained Upgrade EXP x200 and 'Sky Demon Spirit' x1.】
【Congratulations, cultivator, on slaying the Level 27 red-named monster 'low-level Sky Demon Zhemu'. You have obtained Upgrade EXP x150 and 'Sky Demon Spirit' x1.】
To slay three Foundation Establishment Sky Demons in a row using a killing formation—such power would command respect and awe even if displayed by a sect's direct disciple.
A young sword cultivator arrived on his flying sword. Seeing Nan Zhi effortlessly slaughter three demons with her formation, a trace of astonishment inevitably crossed his cold face, though the expression vanished in an instant—
In the next moment, sharp sword light flared. Dozens of biting sword intents crashed down, piercing straight into the low-level Zhemu demons. Over a hundred minor demons let out a single collective shriek before falling into the Wuwang Sea abyss!
He was a cultivator from the Wuwei Sect.
Nan Zhi recognized his background with a single glance. She didn't speak, only nodding to him from afar as she accelerated the speed of her formation setup.
“Fellow Daoists, the formation is ready! Force this demon into the killing formation immediately!”
Hai Ying was already at her limit, but she did not hesitate. Her thick snake tail tightly coiled around one of the Golden Core demon's arms, and she slashed with her long knife, forcibly severing one of its claws!
The Wuwei Sect sword cultivator followed closely behind. Sword light flashed behind him as he formed a sword array to feign an attack, aiming straight for the back of the Golden Core demon's neck!
With the two working in tandem—one launching a powerful assault while the other feigned a retreat—the demon indeed fell for the trap, believing it had the upper hand. It spun around and charged straight into the Hundred Ghosts Thousand Cries Killing Formation that Nan Zhi had laid down!
“Roar! Roar! Roar!”
The Golden Core demon was not a brainless hungry ghost. The moment it stepped into the formation, it sensed that something was wrong. But now that the killing formation was complete, how could Nan Zhi possibly let this experience bundle escape?!
“Strike!”
She barked, waving her command tally. The Hundred Ghosts Thousand Cries Killing Formation finally bared its savage fangs, revealing its true power!
But can you hear the hundred ghosts wailing within the formation? Shadows intertwined continuously, slowly coalescing into a headless giant. Clutching a battleaxe in one hand amidst incessant ghostly wails, it exuded pure killing intent. The giant axe, formed from dense yin energy, slammed down with terrifying force as a brilliant red light erupted!
In an instant, the area became a cacophony of ghostly wails and demonic howls. Grafts of yin wind blew, and the black mist, combined with ghostly energy, surged straight into the heavens!
This single strike completely drained all the spiritual energy in Nan Zhi's body!
But in the next second, a smile appeared on her face.
【Congratulations, cultivator, on slaying the Level 61 high-level Sky Demon (Simu). You have obtained EXP x500, 'Sky Demon Spirit (Golden Core)' x1, 'Spirit Beast Talisman (Gold Quality)' x1, and Heavenly Treasure Tree Lottery Ticket x5.】
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“Who is that? She actually possesses the fiery spirit and courage of our Demon race women. Just now, she was the one directing the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the ship to stand together against the demons.
If I remember correctly, she was also the first to detect the traces of Duanyu and Tiancan.”
High in the sky, the Dragon Girl narrowed her eyes, pointing at Nan Zhi's retreating figure as she spoke to Zongfang beside her:
“Well? Two high-level Sky Demons. It seems my, Ao Mingzhu's, reputation is truly grand to entice two demons to ambush me together. Master Zong, are you willing to join hands with me to skin these two Sky Demons alive?”
“I fear this matter will not be easily resolved today.”
Zongfang held a jade whisk in his hand. Staring at the clouds and mist behind the two demons, he let out a cold laugh:
“The Dragon King is truly senile, finding himself such an extraordinary foster son who actually dares to collude with the Sky Demons. Humph—”
With that cold snort, the clouds receded, revealing the faint silhouette of a dragon swimming within the mist.
The Dragon Girl's face turned icy, and she immediately spat out a curse.
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