Martial Arts Domination: Start with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique
Chapter 194 - 190: It’s Discourteous Not to Reciprocate!

Chapter 194: Chapter 190: It’s Discourteous Not to Reciprocate!

Blood flowed for a thousand miles, and corpses littered the ground.

The land was like a wasteland, permeated with a desolate and deathly aura.

As a territory closer to the border of the Demon race, the situation in Yanzhou was far more severe than in Lingzhou.

Just one day!

The patriarch of the Li Family fell, Lingzhou and Yanzhou were overrun, all in just one day!

All of Yanzhou had turned into this desolate and miserable landscape!

Wang Qingfeng, holding a long spear in one hand, walked on the bloody ground of Yanzhou with a sullen face.

After a short while, he arrived in front of a mountain that had been cut in half.

There, sat a figure dressed in a Gold-Patterned Profound Robe, perched atop a massive boulder.

Next to that figure, a Ghost Head Greatsword was planted upright, emitting an astonishingly fierce energy.

"I am Wang Qingfeng," he said. "Dare I ask if your honor is the newly promoted National Martial Saint of Great Jin?"

Wang Qingfeng planted his long spear into the ground beside him, then clasped his hands together and cautiously spoke.

Through the perception of his Primordial Spirit, although Yanzhou was filled with bloodshed and demonic energy, there were no living members of the Demon race left.

And at the edge of Yanzhou, there even lay the corpses of three Great Demons!

The only National Martial Saint present was the one before him.

It wasn’t hard to deduce that the source of all these changes was the very figure standing before him!

Just after his promotion, he was able to kill three Great Demons of the Demon race on his own, and these were the same three that had joined forces to take down the patriarch of the Li Family!

Such might and profound depth...

Wang Qingfeng, recalling the rumors he’d recently heard, immediately identified the man before him.

Qingzhou Qin Zheng!

Fighting Great Demons of the Demon race with only a Semi-Saint’s body, he set a precedent since the establishment of Great Jin, stirring the Capital City as a prodigious genius!

Qin Zheng slowly opened his eyes, a glint flashing through them.

The three Great Demons that invaded the two states had allowed him to accumulate tens of thousands of merit points once again!

At that moment, his promotion was complete, and his strength had reached a new level!

It was just a pity that the Gao Clan Martial Saint, despite his deep-seated sins, had defended Great Jin for hundreds of years, balancing his merits and demerits, neither good nor bad, and thus had not provided Qin Zheng with the means to grow stronger.

This was also the reason he chose to spare the other party the first time.

But... good words are wasted on the damned devil; since he was beyond redemption and obstinately ignorant, killing him was just killing him!

These thoughts flashed through Qin Zheng’s mind in an instant.

Then, he turned his gaze to the figure before him, a man dressed in blue, with a steadfast face, the eighteenth Martial Saint of Great Jin, risen a hundred years ago.

The Direct Disciple of Elder Wang Qingquan.

Wang Qingfeng!

"I am Qin Zheng."

Qin Zheng responded, slowly standing up while clasping his hands together, and continued, "For matters in Qingzhou, I thank you, senior!"

If not for him giving his Divine Weapon that he had nurtured for hundreds of years to Wang Qingquan.

That old man alone would not have been able to stop Great Sage Moxu and the two other Great Demons, buying time for Qin Zheng’s promotion.

Wang Qingfeng naturally understood what Qin Zheng meant and waved his hand nonchalantly, saying, "It was a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."

After a moment’s thought, he added, "My master, he..."

Qin Zheng nodded and interjected, "Elder Wang is well."

Wang Qingfeng then breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Wang Qingquan was of advanced age, and even though he was a Half-Step Martial Saint holding his Divine Weapon that he had nurtured for hundreds of years, he was still up against true Great Demons of the Demon race.

So, he couldn’t really be entirely at ease.

"The monsters that invaded Lingzhou and Yanzhou have all been slain by me. The rest is up to you, senior," Qin Zheng said, pulling the Ghost Head Greatsword, which was radiating an intense killing energy, from the ground.

At this, Wang Qingfeng was taken aback and then asked, "You are going?"

Qin Zheng turned, stating calmly, "To come and not go is against propriety!"

With these words, he stepped forth and in an instant, soared into the sky, heading towards the Demon lands beyond Yanzhou!

...

Great Jin’s territory was vast, spanning the Thirty-Six States.

But beyond Great Jin, there lay an even more boundless expanse of wasteland.

The seventy-two Demon Caves were just a loose expression; in reality, the caves were endless and beyond count.

This was the truth that Qin Zheng had learned from Wang Qingquan only after his promotion to Martial Saint.

It was different from the information previously given to him by Zhao Li.

To Zhao Li’s account, Wang Qingquan could only offer a helpless smile and explained, "Seventy-two has a limit, there’s the hope of an end."

"But if you tell the people of Great Jin that the Demon Caves are endless and countless, wouldn’t that be like the ’Spirit Root’, breeding despair in their hearts?"

Qin Zheng nodded quietly, his heart filled with a wave of emotion.

The commoners of Great Jin were living in a cage woven of lies.

But it was hard to judge right from wrong.

After all... countless Martial Artists continued to emerge, and Great Jin didn’t fall into decay and wastefulness because of this.

National Martial Saints continued to guard the borders of Great Jin, deterring and resisting the threats from the Demon Caves.

The invasion of Lingzhou and Yanzhou this time came from three of the many Demon Caves.

White Cloud Demon Cave, Huangyan Demon Cave, Thousand Crane Demon Cave!

These three Demon Caves, neighboring Great Jin’s territory, had been raiding Great Jin for a thousand years.

Although Qin Zheng had slain three Great Demons in a single battle, these three Demon Caves were not just these three Great Demons!

...

White Cloud Demon Cave.

This place is thousands of miles away from Great Jin.

Tall and dense trees burst forth with luxuriant branches and leaves, shielding the sunlight that fell from the Firmament.

The dark and damp ground was covered with rotting leaves and remains.

Moo!!

A thunderous elephant cry emerged.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground started trembling.

A moment later.

Four legs like pillars holding up the sky crushed a swath of big trees as they marched directly toward the towering mountain nearby.

The closer they got to the mountain, the greater the number of giant elephant demons surrounding them became.

These elephant demons cast their respectful gazes one after another.

"Leader!"

"Leader!"

"..."

A group of elephant demons greeted him with reverence.

The giant elephant ignored them and, after a few breaths, arrived in front of the towering mountain.

A cave big enough to accommodate several times its size also appeared before it.

Stepping inside,

"You’re back?"

Inside the cave, at this moment, there was a man comfortably lying on a huge bed.

And around him were lightly-clad, fair, and beautiful women, diligently attending to his needs.

"Reporting to Lord Elephant, the mission was smooth!"

The giant elephant underwent a transformation, turning into a stalwart man nine feet tall, who respectfully lowered his head and spoke.

The man on the bed waved his hand lightly, dispersing the attending women.

Suddenly, various monsters revealed their true forms—foxes, rabbits, pythons, elephants—all scattering toward the cave’s entrance.

"Is that old man dead?"

It was only then that the man sat up and spoke.

"Yes, Li Wuyi died from exhaustion; his head was torn right off by the second in command."

The stalwart man spoke.

"Hahaha! Good!"

The man on the bed immediately laughed heartily, then stood up with a glint in his eyes.

He then slowly said, "Those old foxes at Thousand Crane Demon Cave and Huangyan Demon Cave are extremely cunning. My naive brother might be duped by them."

"Therefore, you stay here to guard the Demon Den. I’ll set off for Great Jin immediately to help my brother retrieve the remains!"

After saying so, he hesitated no further, ready to sprint out.

He dared not invade Great Jin, but now it was time to reap the fruits of victory, and he couldn’t truthfully leave them for his foolish brother!

This thought emerged in his mind.

But at that moment!

Whoosh!!

A huge figure tore through the air, violently crashing into the cave from the outside.

Boom!!!

The enormous elephant body smashed into the cave, instantly exploding into a pile of flesh and blood.

Lord Elephant’s expression turned extremely unsightly in an instant.

Moo!!

The stalwart man called the leader immediately cried out and turned to reveal his true form.

But two streaks of light struck, piercing through his heart and skull, causing him to explode on the spot!

"How dare you! How dare you!"

Lord Elephant’s eyes turned blood red as he bellowed with rage.

Then, as the two streaks of light attacked him, he suddenly reached out with both hands, instantly seizing the two soul power-entwined flying knives.

At the same moment, he stepped out, reaching the entrance of the cave in an instant.

What he saw was a field of corpses!

All the creatures outside the White Cloud Demon Cave were now bleeding from seven orifices, sprawled across the ground.

On the peak opposite him stood a young man in a gold-patterned profound robe.

"National Martial Saint!!"

Lord Elephant roared with all his might, enunciating each of the four words.

The voice was filled with almost overwhelming rage.

Only the National Martial Saint, an expert in mental attacks, could silently carry out such a deed!

In just a few breaths, his grand demon den had turned him into a solitary figure!

Qin Zheng’s expression was calm. Seeing the main target emerge from the cave, he reached for the Ghost Head Greatsword.

He then stepped forward and, in an instant, soared across the land to face his opponent, swinging the greatsword straight down!

The Ghost Head Greatsword, having absorbed the essence of the Great Saint’s blood and flesh, had already evolved to the level of a Martial Saint Divine Weapon!

Moo!!

Lord Elephant let out a fierce bellow, his legs stomping hard on the ground, causing shudders through heaven and earth.

And from nowhere, he fiercely drew out two bone rods to meet Qin Zheng’s descending greatsword.

Afterward.

Whoosh!

The greatsword cleanly sliced through the bone rods, then from head to bottom, swiftly cutting through Lord Elephant’s body.

Boom!!!

A hundred-yard-tall white elephant suddenly manifested between heaven and earth.

But it was cleaved in two, each half lying on one side.

After a flash of light passed, a demon core radiating a soft white light fell into his hand.

[Item Discovered: Lord Elephant’s Demon Core. Can be refined. Refining requires five thousand jin of merit. Do you wish to refine it?]

[Note: Refining grants the martial art: Divine Elephant Subjugation Sutra]

[Note: You may choose to expend one hundred jin of merit to gain a strand of spiritual energy.]

Of little use...

Qin Zheng stepped forward and in a flash, soared into the sky, meanwhile silently reciting in his mind, "Enhance Martial Skill: The Tai Chi Primordial Seal."

Hum!

The Merit Scroll trembled lightly, immediately deducting merit.

At the same time, within the divine mansion inside Qin Zheng’s body, a seventeenth star lit up within his primordial spirit.

Then the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth stars followed in succession.

With merit exhausted, Qin Zheng withdrew his attention, turning his gaze toward the distant land.

Three demon dens, yet two remain!

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