I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 514 - 328: Divine Artifact Rank! Night Illuminating Divine Sword!

Chapter 514: Chapter 328: Divine Artifact Rank! Night Illuminating Divine Sword!

They were not far from High Willow City now.

They should be able to arrive before nightfall.

At this moment, Lin Yan rode atop a Jiao Linma, his expression somewhat solemn.

"That Fire Hell God, he actually has such astonishing abilities to escape?"

"According to information from the Observatory, this Fire Hell God possesses over a thousand years of cultivation."

Little White Ape popped its head out, complexity in its expression, whispering, "The guy came to block our way, intending to devour us! Now that we’ve driven it off and it’s fleeing in the middle of the night, why do you seem unsatisfied, sir?"

"My intention was to kill it."

Lin Yan’s expression was calm, "Not killing it, I naturally feel dissatisfied, and I even lost more than two thousand True Qi."

Whether returning to High Willow City along the official road, or taking a more direct route through mountains and rivers, neither would pass by Fire Hell Mountain midway.

Yet the Fire Hell God had learned of their movements, intercepting them halfway and setting up the visage of its Fire Hell right on their path.

From a distance, with the assistance of Duke Murky Spirit employing the Taiyin Mysterious Light on the side, Lin Yan shot an arrow and immediately advanced with the sword in hand.

He didn’t anticipate, however, the sudden eruption of a volcano.

Dust billowed and lava splattered.

By the time Lin Yan had traversed the magma-strewn area, the Fire Hell God had disappeared without a trace.

Afterward, on the fragmented part of the road, Lin Yan lit signal fires, summoning personnel from last night’s lodging in the nearby Pure Land from the Observatory and City Guard Mansion to take care of the aftermath.

By this moment, he had also learned that the Fire Hell God had vacated Fire Hell Mountain and even left the outskirts of Qifeng Prefecture.

The news that spread to the outside world was that the Fire Hell God, hearing the name of the Saint Master, was so frightened that it moved overnight.

But in truth, this Evil Spirit had surpassed tiers, comparable to those capable of Creating,

"Knowing this, I shouldn’t have used the Divine Bow, that really was startling the snake in the grass. I should have stealthily approached and toppled it with the Night Illuminating Divine Sword!"

At this point, Lin Yan couldn’t help feeling some regret, thinking to himself, "Seeing as this Evil Spirit exceeded its tier, had I managed to kill it, the benefit from its Evil Qi surely would have surpassed that from the ’Ghost God of the East Mountain Prefecture Forbidden Land’!"

He sighed, feeling that his Inner Realm had not performed perfectly for its first construction.

At this moment, behind Lin Lei, the silhouette of Duke Murky Spirit seemed fraught with complexity.

"Actually, we don’t need to be so pessimistic about everything, we should also spare a thought for that Fire Hell God."

Duke Murky Spirit said in a soft voice, "You’re young and full of vigor, the very essence of Great Medicine. It counted on its millennium of cultivation to devour you, but instead, it was beaten back and forced to flee..."

On his aged face, there was an indescribable feeling, "Is there a possibility that at this moment, the one who should feel dejected, who should be gloomy and not joyous, full of self-doubt... is that Fire Hell God?"

"Why do you look as if you sympathize, as though you’re sharing in its sorrows?" seeing this, Little White Ape couldn’t help but speak out in irritation, "Which side are you on?"

"There should always be some reasonableness in everything."

Duke Murky Spirit sighed, saying, "This Fire Hell God, able to survive for a thousand years and still unextinguished, apart from its powerful cultivation, is evidently also quite fond of its life. Knowing that it couldn’t win, it cleverly chose to avoid battle, and actually... if we really had fought, we might not necessarily have been able to defeat it."

"That is also true."

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

He had yet to unleash his full capabilities when the Fire Hell God fled.

And the Fire Hell God escaped so cleanly, its true abilities were also not fully revealed.

Just because from that one arrow, the Fire Hell God had realized that this young Saint Master was not some fish on the cutting board.

Therefore, it simply abandoned the battle.

So far, it was only evident that the Fire Hell God was extremely cautious with its life, only striking at the weak and avoiding strong opponents. This didn’t necessarily prove that the Fire Hell God wasn’t powerful.

But for an Evil Spirit that had surpassed its tier, such powerful abilities and the tendency to run at the first sign of resistance were indeed rare.

No wonder it had managed to survive for over a thousand years without being extinguished.

However, this battle was not without its gains.

Even though he lost two thousand Evil Qi, it allowed Lin Yan to gain new insights into the Qi Eating Divine Power.

Throughout this journey, every Tribulation Ash, Evil Spirit, and demon he encountered fell beneath his blade, yielding Evil Qi to replenish what was spent, the rest being pure profit.

But earlier, while gazing at Fire Hell, he had released that one arrow, consuming six thousand four hundred eighty strands of True Qi.

Empowered by the Inner Realm Divine Domain, it possessed might far greater than the ordinary Mana of the Refining God Realm!

That one arrow forced back the Fire Hell God!

But it didn’t manage to slay the Fire Hell God!

Logically, he should have lost six thousand four hundred eighty strands of Evil Qi.

However, as the arrow pierced through the Fire Hell Arena and wounded the Fire Hell God, he actually gained an additional two thousand eight hundred strands of Evil Qi.

"In the past, I needed to thoroughly slay the enemy, extinguishing its life, to gain Evil Qi."

"But now, even if I can’t kill the enemy, as long as I wound them and cause their ’Qi Mechanism’ to overflow, I can use my ’Qi Eating’ divine power to absorb it for my own, replenishing my Evil Qi."

"Under this cycle of depletion and growth, the enemy grows weaker with battle, while I will become increasingly valiant..."

Lin Yan thought to himself, "In the future, against enemies with higher cultivation than mine, as long as the gap isn’t too large, as long as they can’t kill me outright, I could wage a war of attrition, exhausting the enemy to death!"

Thinking this, he mused to himself, "Six thousand four hundred eighty strands of True Qi, once transformed by the Inner Realm Divine Domain, can condense into nine strands of Mana..."

Martial Artists in the stage of Qi Refining and God Transformation, after achieving their Primordial Spirit, unify their vital essence, spirit, and a lifetime of True Qi, transforming it into Mana.

The Cultivation Techniques of the Qi Refining Realm vary in high and low, strong and weak.

Some Martial Artists in the Qi Refining Realm, after cultivating over two thousand strands of True Qi, are confined by their techniques or physical constitution, unable to advance further, thus reaching the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.