Chapter 90: Thirty Thousand Souls!
"Hiss—"
With the death of a Deity Transformation great demon, many of the surrounding demon clan members at the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation realms could not help but suck in a sharp breath, their gazes toward Lin Xuan now filled with deep apprehension.
That seamless, flowing sequence of actions that had directly killed a Deity Transformation great demon left this entire group of demon cultivators trembling with fear.
"We attack together!"
A wolf demon howled sharply.
The remaining more than two hundred demon cultivators, upon hearing the wolf demon's cry, all had a ruthless glint rise in their eyes.
They knew that even if they did not strike first, this human cultivator would not spare them. Only by fighting was there any chance of survival.
Swish, swish, swish!
In an instant, dozens of demon cultivators skilled in close combat lunged toward Lin Xuan from all directions, every one of them locking onto him as sharp claws and fangs prepared to strike.
In the next moment, however, the Dragon Wings behind Lin Xuan suddenly beat. His movement technique was pushed to the extreme, and like a ghostly shadow, he slipped through the encirclement formed by the dozens of demon cultivators.
At the same time, wherever Lin Xuan passed, demon cultivators were torn apart one after another.
Boom, boom, boom!
Streams of pure spiritual energy were devoured by Lin Xuan, causing the python-dragon cells within his body to undergo another transformation, increasing by more than a hundred particles.
After a quarter of an hour.
Already one hundred demon cultivators had been slain, and the ground was flooded with blood.
"Run, run for your lives. This monster cannot be defeated!"
On the outskirts, among the nearly one hundred remaining demon cultivators, several had already begun to lose their will to fight.
Just as these demon cultivators tried to flee, Lin Xuan directly summoned a sixth-grade flying sword from his storage ring. At the moment he threw it out, he forcibly shattered the stabilization formation within the flying sword.
Immediately after, Lin Xuan executed the Great Void Technique and stepped into a spatial rift.
That flying sword, its sword energy in complete disarray, crossed a distance of one hundred zhang in the blink of an eye and arrived among the group of demon cultivators.
Slash!
At this moment, all demon cultivators focused their gazes on the flying sword.
Violent and tyrannical sword energy scattered in all directions from the sixth-grade flying sword. Some of the stray sword energy left numerous wounds on several nearby demon cultivators.
"This is bad!"
Sensing the extreme instability of the sword energy and seeing the cracks spreading across the flying sword, the hearts of the demon cultivators sank abruptly.
Next, the cracks rapidly spread across the entire blade. With a thunderous explosion, it self-detonated, and a sword-energy tempest enveloped the hundred demon cultivators within.
Within the spatial rift, Lin Xuan coldly watched everything unfold.
Moments later.
The sword-energy tempest dissipated, and the hundred demon cultivators at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms were completely wiped out, leaving not even bones behind.
Lin Xuan stepped out from the spatial rift.
He then took out a flying sword talisman marked with the emblem of the Nine Heavens Sacred Land from his storage ring.
After infusing spiritual energy into the talisman, the runes suddenly lit up. As if alive, it flew from his hand and burst forth in the sky one hundred zhang above, condensing into a cyan longsword one hundred zhang in length.
"So the one who came is a disciple of the Nine Heavens Sacred Land!"
"That is great. After so long, a disciple of the Nine Heavens Sacred Land has finally arrived!"
Some human cultivators hiding inside their shops peered out through window cracks. Upon seeing the cyan longsword suspended in midair, their faces were filled with excitement.
They had been oppressed by the demon clan for several months, suffering relentless exploitation.
Previously, any human cultivator in Little Dragon City had been captured and eaten alive by the demon clan, meeting a horrific end meant to serve as a warning to others.
As a result, no one dared to resist, and they became mere puppets at the mercy of the demon clan.
Next.
Lin Xuan took a single step forward, transforming into a streak of rainbow light. In just a few breaths, he crossed a distance of one thousand zhang and arrived at the City Lord's Manor of Little Dragon City.
At that moment.
From the side gate of the manor, a surge of demonic wind suddenly burst out and sped toward the city outskirts.
A flash of light flickered in Lin Xuan's eyes. Raising his hand, he sent out three crescent-shaped cyan wind blades that slashed fiercely toward the fleeing demon.
Puff, puff!
After two dull thuds, a shrill scream rang out.
With a light beat of his Dragon Wings, Lin Xuan arrived above the fallen demon in a single thought.
Looking down.
What came into view was a rat demon clad in a black robe.
Name: Black Rat Demon
Race: Demon Clan
Realm: Golden Core Realm, Third Level
Both legs of the Black Rat Demon had been severed by Lin Xuan's wind blades. Terror filled its narrow, beady eyes, and in its right hand, it tightly clutched a delicate storage pouch.
With an indifferent expression, Lin Xuan raised his right hand. A sharp cyan light shot from his fingertip, forming a crescent wind blade that severed the Black Rat Demon's entire right arm.
"Ahhh!"
The Black Rat Demon screamed miserably as the severed arm flew away and slammed heavily onto the ground, blood staining the area red.
Lin Xuan, however, showed not the slightest reaction.
Earlier, Lin Xuan had already investigated the City Lord's Manor. Aside from some humans forced into servitude, there were no other demon cultivators within.
Moreover, in a woodshed, he had found several cold corpses, all of them women.
That fact alone ensured he would not let this Black Rat Demon off lightly.
From this, it was clear that the rat demon's status was anything but ordinary.
Lin Xuan drew the storage pouch into his hand, eroding the restrictions on it with highly corrosive demonic energy before sending his divine sense inside.
Within a pitch-black, empty space, there were only ten palm-sized jade bottles. They appeared to be crafted from fine mutton-fat white jade, each bottle's mouth tightly sealed with formation restraints.
With a single glance, Lin Xuan noticed the pale yellow curse seals on the bottle surfaces.
"Soul Suppression Curse."
His gaze immediately darkened.
As the name implied, this type of curse seal was used to suppress souls.
It was obvious that what these ten mutton-fat jade bottles contained could only be souls.
Summoning the jade bottles, Lin Xuan casually broke the complex sealing formations at their mouths.
In the instant his divine sense probed into one of the bottles, he sensed nearly ten thousand child souls drifting within. Their eyes were filled with confusion, wandering aimlessly like lifeless dolls, a sight that wrenched the heart.
"One jade bottle contains ten thousand残魂 of children. Then these ten bottles… that is one hundred thousand souls in total. To gather this number within a radius of three thousand li would take several months at least. To slaughter such weak children on this scale would incur heaven-defying karmic retribution."
Killing intent filled Lin Xuan's eyes.
Combining this with the information he had obtained from the Old Black Tortoise, there was no need to guess. These child souls were clearly offerings meant for the Lord of the White Python Manor.
"Spare me, my lord! I am merely an advisor under the Lord of the White Python Manor. I was only responsible for transporting these child souls. I did not personally involve myself deeply in this matter!"
Seeing the icy chill in Lin Xuan's eyes, the Black Rat Demon felt as though it had fallen into an ice abyss.
It knew clearly that Lin Xuan was truly enraged now, and that its chances of survival were slim.
Lin Xuan looked down at the struggling Black Rat Demon. With a flick of his finger, a tiny spark of flame flew out and landed on its body.
In the next instant, the scattered sparks flared up as if doused with fuel, instantly engulfing the Black Rat Demon. Amid several shrill screams, after a dozen breaths, it was roasted into a lump of charcoal.
Lin Xuan coldly watched as the Black Rat Demon was reduced to charcoal. Only after confirming that even its soul had not escaped did he withdraw his gaze.
"Lord of the White Python Manor."
He looked toward the direction of the White Dragon River, his heart filled with icy resolve.
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