SQLJBFDTW Chapter 65

Raindrops pelted the accumulated water, splashing up dense sprays.

A disciple of the Tianyao Sect was fighting fiercely against demons, not realizing he had exposed a flaw in his back. A demonic shadow pounced, about to devour him in one bite. Chao Jianxue drew his sword, slicing through the curtain of rain, and with a flip, kicked the shadow away. The demon instantly let out a wail, turning into black mist and dissipating in the rain.

Only then did the disciple realize he had just faced a life-or-death situation. He gratefully turned his head to look at his savior, seeing a person with striking features. His black pearl-like eyes gleamed with a faint, eerie green light. The grayish-black rain ran down his chin, but it didn’t appear to tarnish his appearance. The rising and falling of his robes as he swung his sword resembled a fish swimming in water.

Chao Jianxue stabbed another demonic shadow and, turning his head, saw the disciple standing there, frozen for some reason. He immediately said, “What are you doing standing there?!”

He reached out, grabbed the disciple’s collar, and yanked him forward.

The demonic shadow behind him pounced, missing its target again. Ming Qianli took the opportunity to fly out, piercing through the demon’s body.

Then, with a “clank” sound, it flew back into Chao Jianxue’s hand.

He shook off the rain from the sword and released the disciple.

“Don’t be distracted,” Chao Jianxue told him.

Having said that, he stepped on the raindrops and headed towards another street.

Chao Jianxue had eliminated countless demonic shadows along the way. He wondered how Yu Wei and the others were doing. He was surprised that a half-demon turned demonic possessed such a strong power of attracting demons, even more powerful than Lin Yao’s incident before.

The distortion of this street was even more severe than the previous one. The houses were completely covered with vines and dense forests. The stone slabs on the street were all broken, with countless thick green vines surging beneath.

Chao Jianxue used the protrusions on the vines as leverage, deftly moving through them.

There was no one here. He used Ming Qianli’s moon scythe without restraint, greatly increasing his efficiency in eliminating demons, sending many demonic shadows away with sweeping movements.

He had agreed to meet Li Zhenzhen here to work together to set up another formation.

However, he suffered a mishap. A vine suddenly fell from the sky, entangling his ankle. As Chao Jianxue was about to cut it off, the vine suddenly exerted force, hanging him upside down.

Vines of various thicknesses came from all directions, binding his hands and feet, and he couldn’t cut them off in time.

Even Ming Qianli was wrapped in layers of vines. The vines were wary of its power, so they were wrapped very tightly.

Chao Jianxue struggled, and the vines wrapped from his ankles to his waist and abdomen. He began to have difficulty breathing. Demonic shadows were lurking all around.

He thought it was not good. Using the fingers he could move, he made a hand seal and flicked away a few demonic shadows.

But the demonic energy became more intense. He felt a burning sensation on his skin. Chao Jianxue laboriously supported his chin and looked down. He didn’t know when poisonous needles had grown on the vines, piercing into his skin.

After the burning sensation came numbness. It was difficult to even lift his fingers.

It was indeed very bad.

Chao Jianxue was already prepared to call for Yu Wei.

A demonic shadow attacked him. He kicked his legs with force, and his whole body swayed to the side while hanging upside down, barely dodging the attack.

Swinging back and forth like this, needless to say, he wouldn’t shake the demonic shadow away, but he himself would be dizzy.

The word “Yu” had just squeezed out of his throat when suddenly a white light flashed, and the demonic shadow in front of him was instantly split in two.

Chao Jianxue’s eyes were filled with gold stars. He blinked hard. Another white light flashed, and the vines that bound him recoiled in pain. He fell down at once.

Ming Qianli also broke free from the layers of wrappings and flew back to his side.

Chao Jianxue got up, his head throbbing. He finally saw the person who saved him clearly, dressed in black clothes. It turned out to be Tan Zhou, and a Tianyao Sect disciple following behind him.

He said gratefully, “Fortunately, Fellow Daoist appeared in time, otherwise I don’t know what I would have done.”

Tan Zhou still didn’t smile and said politely, “It was just a coincidence.”

Chao Jianxue asked again, “When Fellow Daoist came over just now, did you see a disciple of the Wuwu Sect with Yuanying cultivation wearing Wuwu Sect clothes? We agreed to meet here, but he hasn’t appeared yet.”

Tan Zhou tilted his head and pondered, but the disciple behind him said, “I have an impression… When I came over just now, I seemed to see someone surrounded by demonic shadows. I don’t know the situation. But my senior brother and I were anxious to come over and didn’t stop.”

Surrounded by demonic shadows?

Chao Jianxue originally thought that Li Zhenzhen’s Yuanying cultivation should be more than enough to deal with these demonic shadows, but his injuries might have slowed him down.

He was a little worried.

Tan Zhou said, “Just now, the half-demon escaped from the central seal. Fellow Daoist Yu and the others went to the other side to look for him. We came here to look for him, so we didn’t see the specific situation.”

Chao Jianxue nodded, “I’ll go find him, thank you both.”

The three of them passed each other. Tan Zhou and the other disciple continued to search for the half-demon.

Chao Jianxue rotated his numb and sore wrist. After passing through a few corners, he finally saw a group of demonic shadows. They were pressing something down in layers. He was shocked. Could it be that Li Zhenzhen was pressed at the bottom?

Chao Jianxue immediately drew his sword and drove the demonic shadows away. He didn’t see Li Zhenzhen’s figure. Instead, a huge demonic energy roared and surged up, engulfing him.

He narrowly dodged it. He was about to activate Ming Qianli again, but the paralyzing poisonous needles on the vines had taken effect at this time. His wrist was sore and weak, and he couldn’t even hold the sword.

At this time, the vines from the ground also took the opportunity to break through the ground, wrapping around him in a rush. The fishy smell of rain mixed with soil covered his face.

He only felt a pain in his abdomen. An icy feeling poured directly into him. He touched a handful of blood.

A cold wind attacked from his back. Chao Jianxue tensed up and rolled on the spot.

He wasn’t so lucky this time. He was stretched by the demonic shadow onto a vine on the side. The vine instantly tightened around his neck, making him unable to make a sound.

“…Cough cough cough…” His face turned red, and his spiritual energy was stagnant for a long time and couldn’t be activated.

Black rain constantly washed his vision. Chao Jianxue’s eyes turned white. He gritted his teeth, and his fingernails dug into the tightening vine around his neck, blood overflowing from his fingers.

I can’t die here…

Where is Ming Qianli…

He still wants to go back to the sect with Yu Wei…

I can’t die here!

The huge demonic shadow rose from the ground, condensing into substance.

The person it caught was no longer moving. His hands also drooped down, and blood dripped from his fingertips.

That face was pale, and his breath was almost gone.

The demonic shadow was relieved, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed the person whole.

Just as it had swallowed the person, the demonic shadow was about to leave, but suddenly, a huge force tore open its mouth. The demonic shadow trembled suddenly, retreating in panic.

It didn’t understand. Clearly, this person had no breath just now, but at this time, he burst out with a power it couldn’t understand at all. It wasn’t the spiritual power of a cultivator, but it was extremely similar to the power that attracted it.

Chao Jianxue lowered his head. The rain raged, wetting his hair. The braids were all disheveled and stuck to his body.

He looked like a water ghost walking out of the black water.

A huge moon scythe light and shadow appeared behind him, not only spiritual power, but also a thick layer of demonic energy attached to it.

The white moon faintly showed red light.

He raised his head, his pupils became vertical, a blood-red mark on his forehead, and those ears that showed he was not human.

The demonic shadow hadn’t figured out what was going on when it saw the red light coming. In an instant, it turned into two halves and dissipated into nothing in the rain.

Chao Jianxue turned his head to leave, but his pupils turned into a line again when he touched the opposite side.

Neither the demonic shadow nor he had noticed just now. Right next to him, there was actually a disciple of another sect hiding. At this time, he was widening his eyes, looking at him in horror.

Chao Jianxue’s blood ran cold. The sound of rain was even more deafening in his ears.

He walked closer to him.

The disciple said in a trembling voice, “You… you are a demon… you are a demon!”

Chao Jianxue quickened his pace, the demonic mark on his forehead was dark red.

The man screamed, as if he were some terrible flood or beast, and ran forward: “Help! Someone…”

“Bang.”

Chao Jianxue raised his hand and knocked him unconscious. He didn’t have time to call out again, and fell down softly, and was caught…

The rain was boundless.

Chao Jianxue suddenly opened his eyes, got up from the ground, took a deep breath, and then coughed it out fiercely.

He had held this breath for too long, and almost thought he was going to suffocate to death.

He wouldn’t die for the time being, but he had just used his demon power uncontrollably, and his demon form was completely revealed, and he couldn’t take it back for a while.

Where exactly did Li Zhenzhen go?

The rain was very uncomfortable hitting his ears. Chao Jianxue shook his head, took off his outer robe, and wrapped his head and ears together.

That’s not right… I seemed to have knocked a disciple unconscious just now… Where did he go?

Chao Jianxue’s head was dizzy, and his emotions were also very complicated. He thought, what were you shouting for, I wouldn’t do anything to you!

He looked around and couldn’t find the disciple’s figure. He guessed that he took the opportunity to escape when he fainted after his demon power exploded just now. Chao Jianxue had no time to pay attention to him, so he put on his hat again and walked into the rain.

There was no movement from Li Zhenzhen in the communication jade pendant.

Chao Jianxue was anxious. He hadn’t walked a few miles when his feet stopped.

His uneasy heart also suddenly rose.

Right in front of him, Li Zhenzhen was unconscious on the ground. A small figure was squatting beside him, looking up.

The same colored demon pattern on his forehead, and pupils turned scarlet because of becoming demonized.

He said, “I didn’t expect to see a fellow being.”

Chao Jianxue raised his sword vigilantly: “Let him go!”

The half-demon kicked Li Zhenzhen impatiently: “He was surrounded by demonic shadows. I saved him.”

Chao Jianxue: “…”

This half-demon didn’t play cards according to the routine, and he couldn’t answer for a while.

“Human cultivators are looking for me, and those demonic auras are also looking for me. Human cultivators want to kill me, and demonic shadows want to take my body.” The half-demon stood up. Chao Jianxue realized that he was not tall, only a half-grown teenager.

The half-demon said, “You are also a half-demon, how did you get into human cultivation?”

Chao Jianxue didn’t speak.

The half-demon continued, “I also wanted to join the immortal gate of human cultivation before, but I failed. I cultivated by myself and became like this. Alas…” He sighed faintly.

He looked at Chao Jianxue, a flash of jealousy flashed in his eyes: “But if human cultivators see you like this, they will definitely not tolerate you.”

“I will definitely not be able to escape today,” he kicked Li Zhenzhen again, like a child kicking stones at will when he was bored, “But seeing that you are a fellow being, I can point you in the right direction. There is an underground ghost market on the edge of the demon realm, where there are things that can suppress the demon form.”

Chao Jianxue: “Why are you telling me this?”

The half-demon smiled: “It is said that half-demons are destined to become demons. If a half-demon can cultivate to the Mahayana level or above among human cultivators without falling into demonhood, it will be a dream come true for me. It just so happens that you are here, so my death today will be considered to have successors – is that how the word is used? I haven’t read books.”

“…”

The half-demon closed his eyes, feeling the faint movement in the rain, and said, “They are coming. You go east, I opened a small door in the narrow space there.”

Them in his mouth, naturally refers to Yu Wei, Tan Zhou and others.

Seeing that Chao Jianxue’s eyes were still on the person on the ground, as if he was worried that he would swallow him, the half-demon clicked his tongue and urged: “This person will be fine. If you don’t leave, do you want to be caught and killed like me?”

Chao Jianxue pursed his lips, tightened his clothes. If they saw him in his current state, it would indeed be a troublesome matter.

He took one last look at the increasingly dim rain curtain in front of him, turned his head and flew east.