Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 283 Fierce Tigers Accompany Us, Jianghu Night Rain

The Demonic Cult has dealt with demons and monsters more than once or twice.

Whether it was the beautiful woman in palace attire or the hunchbacked monster, they both had some understanding of the abilities of demons and monsters. The mountain lord's transformation was beyond human capabilities, so the hunchbacked monster immediately used his movement technique to dodge, trying to avoid the mountain lord's fierce palm strike with his ghostly movements.

There are two theories about the origin of the Demonic Cult: one is Chi You, and the other is Xing Tian. The former is regarded as the ancestor of the Jiuli, while the latter is the demon god worshipped in the Blood Pool of the Demonic Cult.

During the pre-Qin period, most of the members of the Demonic Sect were descendants of the Jiuli people, living in the Ten Thousand Mountains and worshipping Chiyou as their ancestor. Later, Western Region sects were introduced, and the local orthodox sects denounced them as demonic sects and heretics. Gradually, they confused the public and were also incorporated into the six branches of the Demonic Sect.

But whether it was the beautiful woman in palace attire or the hunchbacked freak, they all scoffed at the demonic cult that had spread from the Western Regions. They claimed to be the orthodox Chinese and the origin of demonic ways, and looked down on foreign cults.

Aside from that one silly guy who ate bamboo, every single one of Chi You's subordinates was a ruthless figure from ancient times. When members of the Demonic Sect traveled the world, they would simply cut down any ordinary mountain spirits or monsters they encountered.

A few years ago, a disciple of the Yin-Yang Sect, one of the six branches of the Demonic Cult, mistakenly entered a fox den. He used the technique of absorbing yin to replenish yang to drain a group of fox spirits clean. Finally, he selected the best ones, made a fox fur coat, and presented it to an elder of the Demonic Cult.

But the Mountain Lord is different from other mountain spirits and monsters. A fierce tiger that can be called a Mountain Lord is already considered a demon lord of its own territory.

Lu Shanjun's palm strikes were so domineering that no one could match them. His body was covered in internal energy, which made him completely indifferent to ordinary swords and blades. Although he only practiced rudimentary external martial arts, the way he unleashed them made the hunchbacked monster's face change drastically. He didn't dare to take the blow head-on and could only dodge repeatedly. He secretly used corpse poison to break through the opponent's internal energy with a sinister technique.

If an outer sect master lacks true qi, there is an opportunity to exploit him if his internal energy becomes disordered.

However, Lu Shanjun was not afraid at all. He was a demon beast in human form, taking the Tiger as his symbol, and following the path of the twelve zodiac animals. The reason why the beautiful woman in palace attire was able to break through his protective aura was because she cultivated the Taiyin Way, where metal and water are mutually reinforcing and can penetrate everywhere. Even though the Heart-Shattering Palm struck his vital point, it only temporarily disrupted his internal energy.

Now, facing the members of the Demonic Sect again, Lu Shanjun is extremely cautious. He has the Six Ding Six Jia Protective Curse on him, so ordinary curses and poisonous spells cannot harm him.

"That tiger is amazing!"

"Even the godlike powers among the Oceanic descendants might not be a match for them!"

Duncan was also quite surprised. After the Mountain Lord's spell was cast, his aura surged. His figure moved swiftly and fiercely. Although it was a straightforward fighting style, he relied on terrifying brute force and energy to suppress the hunchbacked monster so much that he couldn't fight back at all.

The beautiful woman in palace attire immediately seized the opportunity. With a flick of her wrist, more than a dozen silver needles shot out, several of which pierced acupoints. The hunchbacked man's breathing became unstable, and he was immediately dragged into a fierce battle by Lu Shanjun.

Opening the Stele Palm!

The moves of ordinary martial artists were simply earth-shattering in Lu Shanjun's hands, and yet another Blood Child was smashed into a pulp.

at the same time.

On the opposite side of the cliff, the young man dressed as a sword immortal also stood up. He put away his wine gourd, and his figure soared into the air, as if riding the wind, but in fact it was a superb lightness skill. He drew the long sword he was carrying on his back, and floated lightly like a leaf falling in the wind. He stood on a pine tree on the edge of the cliff and sighed, "This old guy has survived for so long, half-human and half-corpse."

"Why hasn't he been possessed by the extraterrestrial demons yet?"

In the beginning of time, beyond the mortal world, there were three thousand extraterrestrial demons. They were formless, intangible, and indescribable. They would possess others to enter the mortal world. Members of the demonic sects were most favored by the extraterrestrial demons. Greed, anger, ignorance, and hatred were all bait.

That hunchbacked monster should have long since succumbed to demonic possession and endless slaughter, yet for some reason he has retained a semblance of his sanity.

Since the extraterrestrial demons don't try to possess him, it's actually harder for him to make a move.

After all, killing a demon from a demonic sect is far less meritorious than killing a demon possessed by an extraterrestrial demon.

In an instant.

The hunchbacked monster was injured by Lu Shanjun, his right arm bones were broken, and his hands tore apart flesh and blood. Lu Shanjun looked astonished, because the thing his tiger claw touched was like tree bark, and the hunchbacked monster's skin and flesh were like leather, and the blood that appeared was also dried and congealed.

This person can no longer be considered alive.

The hunchbacked monster looked horrified. The moment he raised his hand, the Blood Child next to him exploded, turning into a cloud of blood foam. The Blood Escape Technique had almost wiped out all the Blood Children around him. He turned around and grabbed the last remaining Blood Child, intending to use the escape technique to leave the battlefield.

As long as the Blood Child is still there, he will be fully recovered from his injuries in less than a quarter of an hour. However, once the Blood Child he has created is exhausted, he will have to find another one.

But at this moment.

The Blood Child's expression suddenly cleared, and it clawed at his eyes with its five fingers. The hunchbacked monster never expected that the Blood Child, created with secret techniques, would backfire. In addition, his right arm had been broken by Lu Shanjun, so he had no time to react and let out a shrill scream.

His two eyeballs were forcibly gouged out!

The hunchbacked monster released his left hand and was about to smash the blood child's skull with a palm strike, but he didn't expect the opponent to be so experienced in combat. In the instant his hands were blinding, the opponent used his right foot to deliver a knee strike, directly hitting the hunchbacked monster in the groin.

Click!

This powerful strike sent a chill down Lu Shanjun's spine. Although he practiced a body-strengthening technique, he did not have the Yang-locking skill. If he were to be struck so fiercely, he would likely be severely injured.

He pierced their eyes, gouged out their eyeballs, and kicked them in the groin, smashing their testicles

Duncan's fierce attack was executed in one smooth motion. In a backhand motion, a dagger was thrust straight at a vital point. At the same time, he kicked backward, using a rudimentary grass-flying lightness skill to narrowly avoid the hunchbacked monster's dying counterattack.

An ordinary person would have perished along with the hunchbacked monster, but the palm strike barely grazed his scalp, shattering a few strands of his long hair.

Roar!
With a roar, Lu Shanjun grabbed the hunchbacked monster's right foot, shattering its bones. With a flick of his wrist, a spiraling force twisted the monster's legs into a pretzel. Meanwhile, the beautiful woman in palace attire caught the young blood boy who had just landed in mid-air with her long sleeves. She then struck out with a palm strike, her Yin energy giving rise to Yang. The domineering power of the Xuan Yin Palm was such that it was one of the very few demonic cultivators who could match Lu Shanjun's palm strike.

Blood mist gushed out.

The hunchbacked monster's body fell like tattered leather, lifeless and devoid of breath, its bones shattered.

Lu Shanjun glanced at the young, blood-red child, his expression quite surprised. He tossed out a bright red fruit and said, "If it weren't for you, he might have escaped."

—"Vermilion Fruit (lower grade) (rare item): A spiritual object from the mountains, the Vermilion Fruit is mixed with branches. Consuming it can enhance one's cultivation and is equivalent to ten years of arduous cultivation."

Is this tiger really that generous?

Duncan reached out and caught it, surrounded by a fragrant breeze. The beautiful woman in palace attire was also curiously looking at him. This woman had noticed that something was wrong with Blood Child long ago, but she did not expect that he would be able to interrupt the other party's Blood Escape Technique at the critical moment.

"Madam, do you want this?"

Duncan caught the exotic fruit, opened his palm, and handed it to the beautiful woman beside him. He seemed free, but in reality, he was already under her control. Within half a step, very few people could dodge the beautiful woman's heart-crushing palm.

The beautiful woman in palace attire was slightly taken aback. She glanced at the strange fruit and quickly understood. Her figure swayed gently in the wind as she stepped back, her long sleeves instantly loosening around the boy's waist.

This young man has amazing insight and is also handsome. He could be recruited into the sect; he might be a top-notch cauldron.

If the Holy Maiden of the Church wants to break through the barrier in the future, he may be a great help.

I just don't know what their innate qualities are.

The Yin Fire of the Xuan Yin Sect is intense; those with insufficient spiritual foundation may find it difficult to serve as furnaces or cauldrons.

Even if all else fails, we can pass on some superior techniques to him so that the female disciples can use them to cure the 'isolated yin' syndrome in the future.

Duncan had barely finished speaking.

Lu Shanjun then moved his feet, seemingly casually, but in doing so, he separated himself from the beautiful woman in palace attire on either side. This was an invisible way of defusing the crisis, preventing the life and death of the Blood Child from being at the mercy of the beautiful woman.

This certain mountain lord has always been clear about his gratitude and grudges!
Although the Blood Child was controlled by the demonic sect, he managed to break free and fight back at the last moment, so he owed the other party a favor.

This child is extraordinary!

His ruthlessness in the final act shocked Lu Shanjun. He was on the verge of death, brave and decisive. A slight mistake would have meant death, but he survived, which was already remarkable.

The beautiful woman in palace attire was extremely wary of Lu Shanjun; few internal martial arts masters dared to let a powerful external martial arts practitioner get close.

She silently created some distance, glanced at the young blood child, and stared at the mountain lord who had transformed into a tiger. She said in a deep voice, "Mountain lord, now that things are clear, let's settle our grudges here."

"It was my recklessness that caused you trouble."

If she hadn't killed the cougar, Lu Shanjun might not have confronted her head-on.

The transformed tiger narrowed its eyes slightly, its long whiskers swayed, and the "king" character on its forehead furrowed. It waved its hand and said, "Go."

The beautiful woman in palace attire was just about to turn around.

Behind Lord Lu Shan, the young blood-red child suddenly cried out, "Lord Shan! Be careful!"

boom!
A surge of bloodthirsty energy rose up, and the hunchbacked monster with its bones shattered actually got up. It used all four limbs, like a demon, not human, with its head and spine twisted and contorted like an insect or a monster. When it pounced, it was as fast as lightning, and opened its blood-red mouth to bite.

"A demon has possessed her!" The beautiful woman in palace attire's expression changed drastically.

Lu Shanjun whirled around and unleashed a palm strike, Black Tiger Claw ripped out the heart of the hunchbacked monster. The tiger's claws pierced through his body, yet the monster seemed oblivious, biting at Lu Shanjun's arm while its limbs clung and coiled around him, its body defying the laws of human skeletal structure, its claws aimed for Lu Shanjun's throat. "Kill! Kill! Kill!..."

"Blood food!..."

That hunchbacked monster actually treated Lu Shanjun as food, biting down on his neck. Only a master of external martial arts, transformed into a tiger, could stop it; others would probably have had their throats bitten off.

"Watch out! Sword energy!"

The beautiful woman in palace attire spoke up to warn him, and a sharp, invisible sword aura pierced the air, accompanied by the faint sound of thunder in the sky.

The earth split open with a sword mark several meters long.

A long sword flew from the hand of a man in a blue robe, piercing through the body of the hunchbacked monster. Then, with a talisman between his fingertips, he chanted a mantra, and a bolt of lightning, guided by the talisman, struck the two men directly.

—The Five Thunder Spell.

Instantly, Lu Shanjun's hair stood on end. He roared wildly, his tiger howling through the forest, his eyes bloodshot and filled with murderous intent. He used his physical body to withstand the lightning, then grabbed the monster's head with both hands and twisted it off.

Gululu.

The disfigured head, resembling a ghoul, rolled down in front of the young blood child. The head was still moving, its mouth still opening and closing. The blood child's expression shifted, and without hesitation, he used the Yama's Kick, crushing the head with a single stomp, sending brains splattering out.

"Wait a moment……"

The young man who landed gracefully not far away looked regretful. He regretfully made a sword incantation with his hand, and the long sword instantly flew through the air and returned to his palm.

Flying sword technique.

He sighed softly, and the talisman in his hand turned into flames, igniting the monster's corpse the moment it fell.

"Pity."

"All that work for nothing."

The young man glanced at the young, innocent-looking child opposite him, shook his head and sighed, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lu Shanjun and said, "I apologize for any offense, farewell!"

That Five Thunder Curse just now struck down Lu Shanjun as well.

Don't stay here for long.

To avoid the tiger coming after him, he had traveled the world for many years, and this was the first time he had encountered a demon with such superb external martial arts skills.

It's probably the Tiger descending to earth.

Without hesitation, the man took out a wind-controlling talisman and floated down the cliff like a falling leaf.

At that moment, Duncan noticed a faint golden light, invisible to the naked eye, clinging to his body.

—"Demonic War Merit (Good Deeds): Beyond the heavens and earth, there are extraterrestrial demons who invade this world by seizing bodies. Those who slay extraterrestrial demons can use this merit to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of the Nine Li."

(This merit can also be used to offer sacrifices to the Heavenly Emperor.)
Duncan looked surprised.

Unexpectedly, besides him, there were other extraterrestrial demons.

What a coincidence.

At this moment, the beautiful woman in palace attire seemed to have suffered a relapse of her injuries. She glanced at the young blood child not far away and slowly said, "Young man, you still have the Blood Child Substitute Curse planted by Old Demon Li on your body."

"If other cultivators of the Blood Child Immortal Body discover this, they will surely capture you and refine you into a puppet again."

"Why don't you come back to Xuanyin Palace with me?"

"I have my own way of breaking the Blood Refining Curse for you."

"If you join my Xuan Yin Sect in the future, I will grant you the position of guest elder, and you can choose any superior cultivation technique you like, how about that?"

Will pie fall from the sky?
will not.

Duncan refused without hesitation.

Believing in members of a cult is simply insane.

Of all the people present, Duncan trusted Lu Shanjun, who stood beside him. Lu Shanjun appeared the most domineering and ruthless, yet he possessed the same aura as Duncan.

A brute, a barbarian.

The beautiful woman in palace attire looked somewhat disappointed when Duncan refused. Her injuries were becoming increasingly difficult to control. With a regretful sigh, she flew away.

These people with superb lightness skills are like they're flying in the sky, but even his grass-flying skill requires him to run on the ground.

"You have nowhere to go?"

Lu Shanjun frowned as he glanced at the young, blood-stained child. The child slowly shook his head. Lu Shanjun then asked, "Do you have any family?"

The blood child shook his head again.

Lu Shanjun sighed, his expression softening slightly, no longer displaying the previous cruelty and tyranny. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Then come with me. I happen to need someone to accompany me."

“In the future, I will help you break the blood-refining curse planted by the demonic sect.”

The young blood child seemed to hesitate, his expression showing a hint of fear. To walk with a fierce tiger, especially a mountain lord in human form, required courage that ordinary people could not possess.

He hesitated for a moment, then said as if jokingly, "The mountain lord invited me to travel with him, is there anything I can do to help him?"

"Could it be that you're carrying a ration of food with you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shanjun couldn't help but burst into laughter, his laughter echoing through the mountains. He clapped his hands and said, "Interesting, interesting."

"Does a certain mountain lord need to carry his own provisions?"

"However, I have not yet fully transformed into a human form, and it is inconvenient for me to walk in the world. It will be much more convenient to take you with me."

"It just so happens that you have the courage to know my identity."

"It saved me a lot of trouble."

Lu Shanjun pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "How about this?"

"Your kung fu is terrible."

"I see you have a good physique and abundant yang energy, making you a good candidate for cultivating your muscles and bones."

"I will teach you the external martial arts technique to protect your body with internal energy."

"How about you teach me how to be a decent human being?"

How to be a decent person?

That's right, Lu Shan Jun is a demon, so he really doesn't know how to behave like a human.

The young, innocent child looked up at the ferocious tiger before him. Their eyes met, and they both expressed admiration. Their courage surged, and the boy nodded, saying, "Good."

We agreed on the terms immediately.

The two traveled together; Lu Shanjun taught the boy how to cultivate internal energy, while the boy taught Lu Shanjun how to be a good person.

A fierce tiger and a god of death enter the world at the same time.

The world of martial arts is in turmoil.

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(End of this chapter)