Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 922 - 617: Competing in Ruthlessness with Others, Matching Wits with Animals_2

Chapter 922: Chapter 617: Competing in Ruthlessness with Others, Matching Wits with Animals_2

Invisible chanting whipped up a storm that tousled Shen Yi’s hair, yet failed to stir the slightest ripple across his demeanor.

Instead, it was the West Dragon King’s actions that brought sudden clarity to him.

These so-called Masters of Hongze, lofty members of the Dragon Race, held dominion over the lives of countless beings, their words alone deciding the fate of vast waters and lands.

Yet in the face of true life-and-death struggle, they were no different from the stray black dog he had slaughtered upon first arriving in this world, equally driven by instinct.

Nothing more than beasts.

The next moment, thick black clouds roiled and spread like twilight across the water.

"Father!"

Qi Shengtao sensed something amiss, panic flashing across his face as he burst forth towards the West Dragon King.

In the next instant, a figure covered in golden cracks stepped out from the clouds, robes fluttering, materializing behind Qi Shengtao.

A vicious knee struck hard against the Great Demon’s lower back.

Bang!

Under the dual enhancement of Shenyue Zhenqingtian and the Azure Dragon Primordial Spirit Body, Qi Shengtao felt his brain shudder, his mind went blank, his body sent flying sideways.

Below him, Shen Yi’s expression was detached as he expertly drew his sword.

A Mystic Gold Edge swept across the water from below, as if the night sky was descending to swallow up all light.

Gurgle!

A dull sound echoed all around.

The robust Demon Body was split in two, blood plasma carrying shattered organs sprayed forth, haphazardly splashing on Qi Shengtao’s trembling face.

His eyes widened, his gaze locked on Qi Shengtao’s bisected body plummeting down.

The Dragon Claw that reached out to rescue the other was still stiff in mid-air.

"You..."

With a hoarse voice, Qi Shengtao’s gaping maw revealed chilling fangs, and the Dragon Claw, like thunder cleaving the waves, slammed into Shen Yi’s chest with Crimson Demon Power.

He exerted all his strength, seeking to tear apart that frail body.

Yet Shen Yi seemed to have no intention of dodging, letting the golden blood plasma trickle down, staining the Dragon Claw as his dead eyes stared straight at Qi Shengtao’s neck.

Suddenly, he swiftly grasped the tips of the West Dragon King’s fingers, and with his other hand, he slashed down with his sword as if caught in a violent storm.

The body of a Heavenly Realm Perfect Great Demon was formidable, the natural scales of a Jade Horned Silver Dragon were treasures rarely seen in the world, not to mention that this ancient dragon was clad in armor forged from concentrated demonic power.

One slash, the armor shattered!

Another slash, silver scales scattered.

The long knife sank into flesh, and Shen Yi, like a wolf tasting blood, gripped the West Dragon King’s fingers that sought to escape, repeatedly performing the same motion as if never running out of strength.

"To trade lives with me, you think you are worthy?"

It wasn’t that he was severely wounded.

But before the flashing knifelight, Qi Shengtao wished only to momentarily avoid the edge. He raised his arm to block, finally pulling away and staggered back in retreat.

Somehow, the ground beneath him suddenly sank.

Astonished, he looked up to find he had unknowingly stepped into a somber Netherworld Mansion.

The sound of water echoed, as if carrying a haunting effect able to strip the Divine Soul. Qi Shengtao found his footing on the edge of a broken bridge, steadied himself, and saw that he had indeed reached the end of it.

"What evil magic have you used now!"

Sensing that unsettling feeling in his soul, Qi Shengtao instantly steadied his mind, summoning back the pair of frost-white long knives into his grasp, and then he looked ahead.

There he saw Shen Yi also approaching the desolate mansion, his body, under the torn dark shirt, already soaked with golden blood.

As the two clashed, the remaining members of the Dragon Race transformed into their true forms, several Jade Horned Silver Dragons chaotically crashing in all directions, but no matter how bloodied their heads from the collisions, they couldn’t escape the embrace of this peach blossom array.

Just then, a series of ethereal dark shadows appeared before them.

The next moment, the furious and angry dragon roars nearly simultaneously turned into piercing wails!

"Roar!"

Those indifferent figures collectively swung their butcher knives.

The immense dragon bodies spilled hot, crimson blood in splendor, tinting even the peach blossoms in the sky with a ghastly allure.

"Hisss."

Watching the blood rain from heaven.

Zi Xian instinctively averted her gaze, being of the Purple-Bearded White Dragon lineage, even at her angriest, she had never imagined such a scene.

As the Crown Prince of the East Dragon Palace, Zi Yang bore it much better, but being of the Dragon Race, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of pity.

Of course, that shred of pity quickly faded.

He truly felt a chill in his heart because, from the moment Shen Yi entered the Great Formation, Qi Shengtao’s towering murderous intent had slowly turned into timidity step by step, being led by the nose the entire time.

Could it be that he had held a position of power for too long and already lost the heart to kill?

And what about Shen Yi? So young, yet from where had he honed such a ruthless nature?

Zi Yang looked grimly towards the heart of the formation, even forgetting the embarrassment from being previously ignored.

Moisture mixed with the stench of blood rained down, mingling with the murky water flow.

Drifting between the two figures.

Shen Yi had already approached Qi Shengtao, but the West Dragon King just stared blankly around him. This vast West Hong Dragon Palace now seemed to have only him left.

In a moment of absent-mindedness, he failed to notice that the entire gloomy Netherworld Mansion had become illusory, as the spreading black fog seemed like a sharp claw slowly tightening around his body!

Boom!

Shen Yi leaped up with a spin kick, striking Qi Shengtao’s battered neck fiercely, sending him crashing off the broken bridge.

Simultaneously advancing, his long blade whipped through the air, the Mystic Gold Edge engulfing the entire dragon body.

Qi Shengtao, in a rage, swung his blade, the frosty long sword transformed from his Jade Horn—a treasure he had cultivated for years—actually blocking all the onslaughts of the Golden Rune Mystic Knife and, though slightly cracked, not shattering.

"You wish to kill me, but you are far from enough!"

"Even without the Dragon Cave, how could you, without the protection of the Immortal Array, be any match for me?"

Furiously wielding his blade, the essence of his lifeblood boiling, he forced the Golden Run Mystic Knife back inch by inch.

...

Shen Yi did not feel any panic; even with the support of Immortal Law and Divine Skills, the opponent was, after all, a Dragon Demon whose realm was far superior to his own. It was quite normal to be half a step behind in strength.

He decisively abandoned the Azure Dragon Devours the Sun and with a sweeping leg kick, he sent the opponent’s long blade flying.

Raising his fists, he swung them down, each fist carrying a Mystic White Fierce Tiger, and struck Qi Shengtao’s face fiercely.

In an instant, both seemed like wild beasts devoid of a powerful being’s demeanor, engaging in a brutal close combat, fist against flesh.

"Come on! Come at me!"

"Fighting in courage and ruthlessness, would I, a Cultivator, be afraid of you?"

Qi Shengtao gradually reclaimed the vigor of his younger days, becoming braver as the battle raged on, and the murderous look on his face began to intensify.

This was, after all, the combat style he was familiar with. No matter how much the Cultivator had learned, he was but aping the grandeur and how could he ever overpower him!

By contrast, Shen Yi remained calm throughout.

Fighting a beast truly required being fiercer, but one shouldn’t actually consider oneself a beast.

Qi Shengtao had not noticed the sharp claw made of black fog was already slowly sinking into his body.

The two shadows gradually descended into the deepest part of the water.

Qi Shengtao, feeling the youth’s breath growing weaker, finally let out a vicious laugh, "Are you done for?"

Just then, he suddenly noticed Shen Yi casting a casual glance at him, as if looking at some idiotic thing.

Qi Shengtao finally realized something was amiss.

He seemed to have forgotten something.

Looking up to the sky, he realized that at some unknown point, the garish peach blossom had disappeared, and the waters had become dull and heavy.

Under the influence of the Supreme Netherworld and Yin Yang Life and Death, the more he fought, the more vigorous he became, yet he had long since lost his observational power over his surroundings.

That Dragon Cave... Shen Yi had given it back to him long ago.

Unfortunately, it was a bit too late now.

Shen Yi opened his palm and covered it with the blood-stained peach blossom over its forehead, obscuring his vision.

A hoarse voice, worn from exhaustion, slowly rose to Qi Shengtao’s ears.

"Greedy Wolf... slay the Immortal."

In that unseen brow chakra sea, within the black miasma-filled Demon Hall.

Led by Ke Shisan, all seventeen Town Stones opened their eyes.

The blood-stained peach blossom sunk into Qi Shengtao’s pupils.

The next moment, the body he was most proud of turned as if to stone, cracking from the inside out, bright white light, sharp as the world’s keenest blade, stabbing out from those cracks and illuminating the entire waters.

Qi Shengtao looked tremblingly to one side.

That dark and bottomless abyss was the Dragon Cave he had relied on the most.

An endless despair and unwillingness welled up in the eyes of this West Dragon King.

Crack—

Among the crisp sounds of shattering, the Immortal Array with near-divine power, finally spread within the ancient dragon’s body, shattering it into pieces.

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