Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

As he spoke, the scabby-headed man suddenly spewed a stream of dark green venom from his mouth!

The venom shot forth like an arrow from a bow, slicing through the surging qi.

Grazing past Xiao Qiangwei's wrist, it left a terrifying burn mark on her fair skin, the green liquid corroding the flesh at an alarmingly rapid rate, such that even the bone could faintly be seen with each breath.

Having been struck by such fierce and violent poison.

Xiao Qiangwei remained expressionless, her eyes twitching slightly, her palm force became even more robust by threefold, taking advantage of Shen Yi's suppression of the opponent to deliver a heavy chop toward the man's temple.

The Toad Demon, wanting to force the woman back with its poison dart, discovered to its amazement that she was ready to trade injury for injury. As it exerted force again in an attempt to pull out the long knife from its neck and escape, it found that the young man's ostensibly frail body contained a strength that even it, a Demon Lord, found astonishing.

Crack!

It was struck hard by that palm, a web of fine cracks instantly spreading across its entire head like a spiderweb.

Under the mighty force of the palm, its body was flung sideways, and before it even hit the ground, Shen Yi was already slashing down with his knife again—a dozen strikes in the blink of an eye, all aimed at vital points!

The Toad Demon's body resounded repeatedly with the squelch of flesh tearing open, turning into a green-bloodied figure of extreme misery.

The opponent's blade was wrapped in fierce demonic power, each strike leaving behind some of it inside the Toad Demon, brutally tearing through its sturdy demon body.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qiangwei manipulated her breath to temporarily slow the deterioration of the wound on her wrist, then stepped forward to block its retreat, raising her palm for another strike from below.

The surging qi was forcibly condensed into the palm of her hand, intending to break its muscles and fracture its bones.

Both were martial artists who had slain countless demons, and even though it was their first time fighting side by side, their cooperation was seamless, not giving the demon any chance to catch its breath.

In such a perilous moment, the Toad Demon suddenly stretched out its arm, which visibly transformed into an immense, nearly thirty-foot-long toad's limb, sweeping viciously towards the young man. At the same time, it underwent another change in its legs, slightly shorter than its forelimbs but still seven or eight zhang long, its rounded and robust legs striking fiercely at Xiao Qiangwei!

Shen Yi stepped on the warty toad limb, his long knife ferociously slashing down, cutting through the Toad Demon's spaces between its fingers like chopping wood, the blade sinking deeply into the flesh and blood.

In pain, the Toad Demon let out a frenzied, piercing scream.

Its hind legs, exerting full force, kicked the woman below!

"..."

Already injured, Xiao Qiangwei faced a toad leg larger than herself and smashed out with her palms. Condensing qi pierced through her body, leaving a shocking large hole in the foot!

She was sent flying by the kick, and after she finally stabilized herself, she saw a giant creature, approximately twenty-plus zhang tall, emerge before her eyes.

"Gurgle."

A long, deep croaking sound echoed all around.

The huge toad lay on the ground, with its mouth closed, staring intently ahead. Its body was not smooth, but rough like tree bark, riddled with cavities.

At that moment, green fluid continuously shot out from those cavities, like a torrential rain of arrows.

In the midst of the arrow rain, the figure clad in black ink robes weaved and dodged, even putting away the long knife to seize the opportunity for a punch.

The toad-like creature, towering like a mountain, was unsteadied by those fists, stumbling backward, and the whole concave ground trembled!

Qingzhou had not seen a Refinement Martial Arts Master comparable to the Condensation Elixir Realm for many years.

Under such a direct visual impact, Xiao Qiangwei actually felt somewhat incapable of joining in, finding it a little exaggerated that someone could fight body to body with a demon in its true form without relying on inner core energy.

She lowered her eyes to her wrist. Just now, not wanting to waste the perfect opportunity, she had inflicted heavy damage on the Toad Demon without dodging the stream of poison.

And she had struck with full strength two more times.

At this moment, the skin and flesh of her entire wrist had turned into green liquid, necessitating her to channel most of her qi to maintain it.

Xiao Qiangwei bit her teeth hard, enduring the pain. Under the tremendous force of that toad's kick, the old injury left by the Mountain Lord had finally recurred, causing a trace of fresh red to spill from the corner of her lips.

Shen Yi's strength had surpassed her imagination, and she did indeed seize that opportunity... but to attempt to slay such a massive demon within a mere hundred zhang was an incredibly difficult task.

Even the Demon-suppression Great General could not achieve such a feat, let alone them two.

As expected, the Toad Monarch simply unleashed a sky full of poison arrows to vent his anger, received another punch on his face from Shen Yi, and the already cracked broad skull deepened with a few more fissures. The mountainous figure leaned backward, but its hind limbs had already accumulated enough power.

It spoke in human language, "You two are serious huh? This monarch has no interest in accompanying you!"

Perhaps the easy life it had been leading in recent years made it forget the ruthlessness of the Great Qian Dynasty's hunting dogs; now that it had realized this, where was the willingness to linger?

With a forceful stamp of its hind limbs, its entire body leaped high, easily crossing the hundred zhang distance, and with a splash, it dived into the black stone pool, causing a huge wave.

"..."

Shen Yi abruptly landed on the ground, his breathing a bit hurried.

As expected of a demon that had lived for more than four thousand years, its physique was even more durable than that of the Jiao Monarch of Qingfeng Mountain that he had encountered before.
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This was his first time facing such a formidable opponent.

"To have made a Nascent Pill Realm demon flee in panick, spreading such a tale anywhere would be a source of pride."

Xiao Qiangwei stared at the cold pool, wiping the blood from the corner of her lips. There was no hint of disappointment in her demeanor; after all, it was just a casual attempt, and she had not held much hope from the beginning.

Even if it were Jiang Chengyun in her place, today's outcome would have been the same.

By the camp of the Demon-suppression Bureau, many Colonels and Generals had been so astonished by the scene of Shen Yi's brazen beating of the Toad Monarch that they were at a loss for words. That formidable and terrifying demon that had instilled fear in people's hearts had actually fled, not even daring to leave a single spiteful remark.

As for Liu Bin, the moment the Toad Monarch dived into the water, the hope in his eyes had already vanished.

The demon had fled, but his own death was now certain.

This beast hadn't even managed to injure that young man!

"Hmm?"

In his despair, a look of confusion suddenly crossed his face.

He saw Shen Yi walking slowly to the edge of that unknown depth of the Cold Pool and looking down briefly.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Qiangwei asked in surprise, staring at his silhouette.

"Much obliged."

Shen Yi nodded his head lightly.

After the second shedding of the Immortal Demon, he had experienced a rapid increase in strength, but even with the addition of some Outer Elixir's power, facing a Nascent Pill Realm demon... especially one stronger than the Qingfeng Mountain Jiao Monarch from before, was still not entirely secure.

With the help of the Silver Bell Demon Catcher, injuring the Toad Monarch had indeed given him a better chance.

With this thought in mind, a surge of heat washed over Shen Yi's heart.

His tall figure stepped into that pool, cold enough to deter others, without any hesitation.

In an instant, everyone near the black stone pool was stunned in place.

Xiao Qiangwei's eyes widened. Even when facing the Mountain Lord, she had maintained her composure, but now her expression subtly changed.

From a distance on a low hill, Liu Bin's crazed laughter suddenly erupted, as if he saw the funniest thing in the world, gasping for air.

"Doesn't he know... why a Poison Toad... is called the black stone pool Monarch?"