Chapter 96: Turmoil Rises in Demon-Suppression City!
Late at night.
Within Demon-Suppression City, at the Gongsun family's stronghold.
Inside the vast estate, only a few scattered lights remained lit.
In the family head's residence.
Gongsun Yuan sat cross-legged in the room, demonic qi coiling around his body. Beside him stood a soul bottle barely a foot tall, within which the souls of many young maidens were being devoured by him.
"Hoo—ha!"
His cultivation technique ran at high speed, each cycle devouring a large amount of soul power from the bottle, drawing it into his body and converting it into cold, yin-aligned demonic power.
At that moment.
Bang!
The tightly shut door was suddenly kicked open.
Gongsun Yuan, who had been cultivating with his eyes closed, snapped them open.
He wanted to see who dared to be so reckless within the Gongsun estate as to kick open his door.
"Hm?"
Yet when Gongsun Yuan opened his eyes, he discovered that the person before him was a young man he did not recognize.
Boom!
Before Gongsun Yuan could react, the floor beneath him shattered violently. A thick vine shot up from below, wrapping around his body like a dark-green python and binding him tightly.
For the moment, he was unable to move.
"Great Heart Demon Art!"
Lin Xuan cast the spell directly, causing Gongsun Yuan's mind to go blank.
"Shentu Dalong!"
At the same time, Lin Xuan sent a transmission to Shentu Dalong.
Above the eaves of Gongsun Yuan's residence, a massive force blasted open a giant hole several zhang wide, tiles scattering in all directions.
From the hole descended Shentu Dalong, gripping a treasured crescent blade, dropping straight down.
His ferocious eyes locked onto Gongsun Yuan, who was bound by the vines. The black curved blade in his hand flashed like black lightning as it chopped viciously toward Gongsun Yuan's head, its momentum overwhelming.
Below.
The restrained Gongsun Yuan instantly felt a powerful sense of imminent danger descend upon him.
With the formidable divine sense of the Void Refinement Realm, he dispelled the heart demon's influence in less than half a breath. However, by the time he regained control of his body, it was already too late.
The sharp blade aura was right before him.
Gongsun Yuan's spiritual energy erupted violently. The vines binding his body were torn apart in an instant as he forcefully broke free.
He barely shifted his body half a step sideways.
Boom!
Shentu Dalong's black curved blade severed Gongsun Yuan's right arm completely. When the blade struck the ground, the earth within several hundred zhang trembled violently, cracks spreading rapidly outward.
At the same time, the building collapsed under the residual might of the strike.
Such a huge commotion alarmed the entire estate.
All cultivators of the Gongsun family rushed to the scene at once.
At this moment.
Gongsun Yuan, now missing an arm, was forced to circulate demonic power to suppress the rampaging blade qi within his body. As he did so, black fur rapidly grew over his entire body, and his eyes turned a terrifying crimson.
Demonic qi overflowed as his aura became markedly more ferocious.
"Clan Head!"
The surrounding Gongsun family disciples stared in shock at the half-human, half-demon Gongsun Yuan.
"Your clan head was long ago possessed by the demon race. The one before you now is nothing more than a Void Refinement Realm demon," Shentu Dalong said as he hovered in midair, sweeping his gaze over the stunned disciples. "Why are you not retreating at once?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Watching the demonic form emerge on Gongsun Yuan, the disciples retreated rapidly in fear.
They withdrew until they were several hundred steps away.
"This is impossible. How did you discover my identity?"
The demon Gongsun Yuan stared in disbelief, his crimson eyes filled with confusion. His disguise technique had been jointly created by two Canglan Ancestors, and even the intact Demon-Illuminating Mirror had been unable to detect any flaw.
In recent days, the only slip he could think of was secretly devouring a few tender maids within the Gongsun estate. Other than that, he had done nothing out of line.
He had believed his concealment to be flawless.
"Damn it. If you want to kill me, I will not let you have your way!"
The demon Gongsun Yuan spoke with vicious hatred.
In the next instant, the last traces of his human appearance vanished, and he transformed into a werewolf covered in dense black fur.
Awoo—
A shrill wolf howl echoed throughout the inner city of Demon-Suppression City, as if calling for allies.
"Are you calling the heads of the Zhao family, the Mu family, and the Lei family?"
Lin Xuan, seeing the wolf demon's actions, revealed a faintly mocking smile.
"You… you… how do you know!"
The wolf demon stared at Lin Xuan in terror.
Each of the three family names Lin Xuan spoke struck his heart like a heavy hammer.
"Since we can see through you, others naturally can as well," Lin Xuan said calmly.
"Before we arrived, the heads of those families were already dealt with. You are the last one left. Otherwise, we would not have made such a high-profile entrance."
Lin Xuan spoke in an even tone.
"Heh heh…"
A bitter smile appeared at the wolf demon's mouth.
Then, in the next moment, power erupted from his lower body. A dull boom sounded as two massive spiderweb-like cracks spread beneath his feet, and his figure shot out like an afterimage.
Whoosh!
With the terrifying physique of the Void Refinement Realm, the wolf demon crossed dozens of steps in an instant, appearing before Lin Xuan. With his remaining claw, he lunged violently toward Lin Xuan's chest.
"Great Void Technique!"
With a thought, Lin Xuan activated the art.
A faint pulling force arose from the void around him, and he vanished instantly from before the wolf demon.
The wolf demon's claw struck empty air, his eyes widening in shock.
In the next instant, a fierce gust of wind surged up behind him.
Slash!
A black curved blade pierced straight through the wolf demon's heart. His heart shattered instantly, bones collapsing as his body fell stiffly to the ground.
The residual blade qi obliterated his demon soul completely.
Clean, efficient, and decisive.
"The last one is finally dealt with!"
"Hoo!"
Shentu Dalong stepped through the air, pulled the blade free from the wolf demon's body, and let out a heavy breath.
At this time.
Lin Xuan also emerged from the void and landed beside Shentu Dalong.
"This time, we truly must thank the Holy Son. Otherwise, if these people had joined forces, the impact on Demon-Suppression City would have been catastrophic," Shentu Dalong said, a trace of lingering apprehension in his eyes.
"This is simply the duty of a disciple of the Nine Heavens Holy Land," Lin Xuan replied with a return salute.
"However, I ask that Elder Shentu arrange for someone to activate the teleportation array leading to the Nine Heavens Holy Land. I have already transmitted the general situation here back to the Holy Land, and they will dispatch others."
"I still have a small personal matter to attend to, so I will not delay further," Lin Xuan said.
"Very well. Leave the teleportation array to me. I will first have disciples of the Shentu family guard it. Once your Nine Heavens Holy Land personnel arrive, I will hand over control," Shentu Dalong replied with proper discretion.
After exchanging a few more words, Lin Xuan set off and departed from Demon-Suppression City.
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