Huangxiu

Chapter 1116 Shocking Change
“You…” Lu Xiaolu said in disbelief.

If a demon core falls out, then it is undoubtedly a great demon, but can he really kill a great demon?
Chu Zhiyuan understood why she was in a daze, and patted the Jade Heaven Sword, which had already been sheathed: "This is the Jade Heaven Sword."

"Is this the Lesser Heavenly Sword?"

"The Jade Heaven Sword possesses a portion of the Heavenly Sword's power, much like the Bright Moon Divine Sword, and is even stronger than the Lesser Heavenly Sword."

“No wonder…” Lu Xiaolu suddenly realized, looking at the Jade Heaven Sword with a sigh.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "This time it was just luck."

He sensed the approaching demon, and in a flash of inspiration, he decisively activated the Jade Heaven Sword.

This time it was a powerful demon that launched a sneak attack.

The great demon's figure was already difficult to detect, and its movements were incredibly fast.

It is indeed the best way to kill him.

For this powerful rat demon, it was almost impossible to fail.

Chu Zhiyuan's intuition for danger, his sense of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree's aura, his extrasensory perception, and many other senses combined to give him a flash of inspiration and allow him to pinpoint its location.

The power of the Heavenly Sword amazed him. In his haste, he activated it with all his might, but its power was contained within the sword and did not spill out.

"You can really detect powerful demons?" Lu Xiaolu asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "So it was just luck. This time, I drew my sword in a flash of inspiration. I would rather make a mistake than hesitate."

Lu Xiaolu said, "It should still be because of the Demon-Subduing Blade."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

It must be because of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree that this great demon could not be detected by extrasensory perception alone.

He peered into the demon core in his sleeve, and under his heightened senses, the demon core shone with a seven-colored light.

It was exactly the same as the previous demon core.

"Hey, we killed the great demon!" Lu Xiaolu's smile began to spread, eventually becoming a wide grin.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and asked, "Senior Sister, what are the wonderful uses of this great demon's demon core?"

“Wonderful uses?” Lu Xiaolu said, “There are many wonderful uses! ... If it is used for alchemy, it can produce top-quality spiritual pills. It can also be taken directly to enhance spiritual power. However, it would be too wasteful to eat it directly. It is best to use it for alchemy.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

“A single elixir can be exchanged for a massive amount of merit points at your Heavenly Sword Peak,” Lu Xiaolu said. “It far surpasses the merit points gained from killing a great demon.”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Besides that, is there any other wonderful use for it?"

Lu Xiaolu said, "There are also some extraordinary skills that require the use of demon cores."

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Lu Xiaolu said, "Our Guanghan Palace's Wonderful True Technique can advance by leaps and bounds if aided by a demon core."

"The Wonderful Truth Technique?"

"Yes, a cultivation technique that assists in practice."

"To aid in cultivation," Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and smiled, "Is this Wonderful True Technique really that important?"

“It’s very important.” Lu Xiaolu nodded gently: “It’s one of the foundations of all the techniques of our Guanghan Palace. If you master it, you’ll achieve twice the results with half the effort when practicing other techniques of the Guanghan Palace.”

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Does our Heavenly Sword Sect also have such a technique?"

"Of course there are," Lu Xiaolu said, "but these are usually kept secret and not to be leaked. You mustn't tell anyone!"

Chu Zhiyuan indicated that he understood.

"Shall we continue forward?" Lu Xiaolu asked.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Let's wait for Senior Sister Qi and the others first. We'll be going deeper into the Azure Lotus Sea soon."

The mountain peak where they stood was at the exit of the Azure Lotus Sea.

Further ahead lies the true Azure Lotus Sea, where the number of demons will multiply, and even increase.

Lu Xiaolu said, "Then it's best to act together with my senior sisters."

Although Chu Zhiyuan possessed the Demon-Subduing Blade and the Jade Heaven Sword, he was still outnumbered and needed help when facing a large horde of demons.

Just like last time, it's best to protect him.

……

After listening to Lu Xiaolu's report, Qi Qingmei looked at Chu Zhiyuan with curiosity.

Chu Zhiyuan took out the rat demon's core and handed it to Qi Qingmei: "Senior Sister Qi, this is the core."

With it, he could prove that the one he killed was a great demon.

The women's bright eyes were fixed on the demon core, gleaming.

Killing a powerful demon is far more effective than killing hundreds of other demons; the results are vastly different.

This also signifies that his killing power has reached the level of a great demon. Although he used the Jade Heaven Sword, being able to kill a great demon with the Jade Heaven Sword is already an extraordinary skill.

The great demons are elusive and impossible to guard against. The key is not having overwhelming power, but being able to sense them.

Qi Qingmei took the demon core, examined it closely, sighed, and handed it back: "It is indeed a demon core. You killed a powerful demon."

"It's a rat demon." Lu Xiaolu said, "Senior Sister, should we rest for a while, or continue on?"

Qi Qingmei turned her head to look at the other women.

The women all shook their heads.

“Alright, then let’s go straight into the Azure Lotus Sea.” Qi Qingmei nodded slowly: “Junior Brother Chu, you will be among us.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, offering no objection.

Although he had already reached the third stage of Venerable Realm, his cultivation level was still the lowest among the women.

With them protecting us outside, we can indeed unleash the throwing knives with more confidence and cause greater damage.

Lu Xiaolu floated to his left, Qi Qingmei to his right, and then Guanghan Palace experts stood in front, behind, left and right.

Qi Qingmei said, "Let's go!"

The women drew their swords and moved with light steps, as if in a dance.

They maintained a special distance from each other, forming a formation.

As they moved forward, their individual techniques varied in speed, yet they maintained their formation.

As they entered the Azure Lotus Sea, they traveled along the mighty river, passing over mountain ranges.

They had only ventured ten miles in when demons began to attack.

Various demons appeared one after another, either a group of a certain type of demon came, or several types of demons cooperated with each other.

Chu Zhiyuan had already released twenty flying knives, which were divided into four groups, one above, one below, one to the left and one to the right, forming an encirclement.

Screams came and went.

The moment these demons were touched by the aura of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree, they suffered unbearable pain, exceeding any form of torture, and their screams were earth-shattering.

The efficiency of the twenty throwing knives was astonishing; the demons were often annihilated before the women even had a chance to make a move.

Instead, they became leisurely, traveling along the mighty river, skimming over the mountains along its banks as if walking on flat ground.

A group of demons would suddenly and fiercely rush out of the mountains to attack them.

But these demons often died screaming as they were annihilated by the flying knives before they could even reach them.

Throwing knives often strike first, eliminating the hidden demons before they can even attack.

Qi Qingmei shook her head gently.

Lu Xiaolu smiled and said, "Senior Sister Qi, this is great, it saves you time and effort."

Qi Qingmei said, "This is too much of a drain on energy."

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile as he manipulated the throwing knife, "Senior sister, I'm fine."

Qi Qingmei said, "We've only just entered the Azure Lotus Sea. We don't know how long it will take to get there. Let us take action first, and you can assist us from the side."

“…Okay.” Chu Zhiyuan reluctantly agreed.

He actually wished he could kill all the demons himself, without sparing a single one.

But Qi Qingmei's words were not wrong. The Qinglian Sea was vast and not so easy to clear out. The trouble was yet to come, and he should not make sure he was short of strength.

Even with Chu Liezhao and Leng Tieya present, their spiritual power could not sustain an inexhaustible supply.

The Jade Heaven Sword consumes too much energy, and so do the twenty throwing knives.

If the ancestral aperture is opened and activated, it should be possible to achieve this.

As the women attacked together, his throwing knives provided support, which actually slowed down his progress.

Chu Zhiyuan calmed himself down, pressing one hand on the Jade Heaven Sword while activating ten flying knives.

The remaining ten throwing knives were put back into his sleeve to reduce the consumption of mental energy.

After traveling about a hundred miles and experiencing more than a dozen battles, Chu Zhiyuan drew his Jade Heaven Sword again and slashed into the void.

At the same time, a bright moon rose.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The muffled thud was like a thunderclap, earth-shattering.

The disciples of Guanghan Palace were immediately sent flying, and Chu Zhiyuan was also sent flying involuntarily.

At the same time, a colossal object burst through the mountain peak, slowly rising and blotting out the sky and the earth.

(End of this chapter)