Chapter 1000: Demonized Monks (2).
Shi Lang dressed up in his battle gear and left the Asura Hall. With every step he covered a few hundred meters. Hou Bing walked beside him and asked, "What do you think we will find?"
The Terran replied calmly, "Demonization is a tricky thing to solve. Depending on the degree of the demon energy, it is possible that only death might solve the situation properly."
Hou Bing sighed and said, "Your image as the Shura Sovereign seemed to be a big deal to me back then but now it will become a big thing for the north."
Shi Lang clicked his tongue and said, "You worry too much. So what if I kill demons. Should I think about image and impression when death is knocking on the door?"
Hou Bing nodded and as they were talking about demonization, they reached the location and found Tian Long doing his best along with Fairy Moon Jade to repel the zombie like people attacking them mindlessly.
Shi Lang tilted his head and said, "Hou Bing, we have trouble at our hands."
The Phoenix asked, "What happened?"
Shi Lang replied, "They have lost their minds and to kill them, I will have to destroy them completely. That is the only way to solve it."
Hou Bing took out her communicator and said, "Go, I will record and telecast it live in the news portal."
Shi Lang thought for a bit and said, "Fine."
That said, he moved towards Tian Long and said, "Old Long, send them my way, also, use flame energy to burn the demonic energy."
Tian Long reacted quickly and induced flame energy in his attacks. The demons who attacked her were repelled and scared to run away. Shi Lang said, "Start killing, and make sure you destroy their bodies completely. The demonic energy has eaten away at their souls because of the flaws in their souls."
Tian Long snorted and said, "That fucking monk supreme, he created a facade that hindered their real path of cultivation. This is why their resolve was weakened."
Fairy Moon Jade sighed as she repelled one demon, and said, "I feel so useless."
Hou Bing appeared next to her and asked, "Fairy Moon Jade, would you mind telling us what is going on here?"
Fairy Moon Jade was surprised, and Hou Bing waved her hand to cast a flame barrier. The former sighed and replied, "Well, Senior Hou, we were patrolling the nearby reaches to see if things were alright when we stumbled upon these things. They attacked us as soon as they saw us, and we tried to resist but they are chaotic beings. If you look at them carefully you will find that these people have blackened skin, as if their blood has turned to ink, and their eyes are red as flames. They do not respond to anyone and had it not been for the fact that we were scared, we wouldn't have called for help."
Hou Bing nodded and then her recorder was pointed towards the fighting area. She said, "As you can see, there are fifty zombies at the moment, and I have not detected more in my spirit sense. At the moment, Shi Lang and Tian Long are fighting bravely, and the demon tide seems to be receding."
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Shi Lang did not have time to pay attention to Hou Bing, he was moving his spear around and it was covered in golden lightning. Every attack where he made contact with the zombies around him would inject a stream of lightning energy inside the zombie physique, and thus destroy the demonic energy inside the bodies of the people.
The impact did not kill the zombie right away, it was slowing them down, and Shi Lang was assessing the degree of infliction. This also bought him time to take care of the enemies around him. After a few rounds of attack, he killed one guy and destroyed his body to ashes.
He said, "Old Long, start killing them. Burn their insides with your energy and make sure that they do not have a single piece of flesh left behind."
Tian Long did not know what Shi Lang meant. The young man was killing monk after monk and his spear instinct was rising higher with every move, like a cyclone.
After a few kills, Shi Lang got the hang of it and stabbed his spear forward as he said, "Shura Rain."
The sky was suddenly filled with twinkles, it was broad daylight but everyone could see the sparks. It was as if a meteor shower was passing over head. The meteors were actually sharp spearheads, that manifested as Shi Lang invoked his spear intent. The attack hit the mark and directly stabbed through the zombies, and just when they were about to regenerate, the residual lightning energy inside the bodies exploded and destroyed it all.
Shi Lang did not stand back, he induced a little touch of slaughter intent in his spear attacks, and the intensity was drastically increased. He directly reduced the zombies into ashes, and after the cyclone of his attacks stopped the people saw ashes left to blow with the wind.
Shi Lang suddenly sensed something and looked deep into the forest. He took half a step forward but the entity he sensed vanished. This creature was standing at the edge of his detection boundary and he did not know what it was. Initially he had a thought to give chase, but given that the person was no ordinary entity, it would be almost impossible to find them.
Hou Bing said, "Did you sense it too?"
Shi Lang nodded and raised his communicator and said, "Commander, please issue a look out notice for anyone with a slightest bit of demonic energy on them. Make the demon detection bell a public knowledge. Share it with people and have them take charge ASAP. We need to find out the source of this infection."
Commander Silence replied positively, and Shi Lang came over to check on the condition of Tian Long and Fairy Moon Jade. The former was fine, but the latter seemed very haggard.
Shi Lang sighed and said, "Why did you push so hard? If you were to exhaust yourself more, they might have infected you. Don't be careless next time. Just do what you used to do back in the past. Sing the songs that boost your allies and play the same music that you would during war to make the people focus on the situation before them and not get affected by the demon whispers."
Fairy Moon Jade took a few deep breaths and recovered the pink in her skin. She sighed and said, "One of them got really close, and I froze. Thankfully, you came and took on the fight. I will be careful next time."
Shi Lang nodded and helped her stand up and they all returned to the Asura Hall. At the same time, the entire eastern continent was bustling. Asura Hall was an organization that was connected to everyone and everywhere on the eastern continent. If someone is stealing even a coin, they will know about it.
The news that they have detected a demonization infection among monks, the impact was explosive. Guardian Sect, and Holy Maiden Sect, along with the two halls, and four big families were given demon detection bell plans. Shi Lang relayed a simple message after the dilution, that if anyone sought personal profits, they will suffer a lot more than what they can imagine.
His words were not taken lightly and everyone gave up, all the ideas they had were scraped right from the get go and the production of these said devices began. All the members in the Asura Hall were to be equipped with these bells, and some were given even two of them. Then Shi Lang personally led the training and told them the impacts and scale of demonic energy.
In the end, he even shared a video of him when he was infected on the lower realm and how he was acting, with the people. They were shocked to see him in that state, and even Shi Tao had a hard time controlling her tears. All her life she blamed him for missing her childhood, but now when she saw the clip she realized how much Shi Lang suffered. Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire
In the clip he was attacking himself, yelling and roaring as if a rabid beast. Amelia did not even dare to get close to him but she was watching him from the side with tears on her face as she yelled his name to get a grip of himself.
Shi Lang looked at the members of the Asura Hall and said, "I know that some of you might think that I was on a lower realm and that was why I was struggling. However, the concentration of the demonic energy was also lower, banned by the realm laws. The brighter the light of your bell, the higher the concentration of the demonic energy. So, I hope that you all do not try to be heroes. If you are not a flame attributed cultivator, and if you do not have a strong mindset to defend yourself. Run, and inform the others to do the same, do you understand?"
"Yes, Hall Master."
The Asura Hall did not expect that they would be faced with such a tricky thing right before Shi Lang's departure to the north.