The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 188 Killing Demons

"Since you are the city lord, we will need your cooperation in this demon-slaying mission."

Chen Jinshu spoke to the city lord.

"How would you like me to cooperate, senior?"

When the city lord heard Chen Jinshu ask him to cooperate, he was momentarily horrified. Wasn't this sending him to his death?
However, he still gritted his teeth and agreed to her request.

"The people in the city call the snake demon the Dragon King, with reverence in their hearts. And you, as the city lord, have not spoken up to explain for so many years. If I rashly go out to kill the demon, wouldn't I be provoking the anger of these people?"

Although she has already established her foundation and can abstain from grains for extended periods, she would find it difficult to intervene if the people rose up in rebellion against her.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to explain. If I explain, these people will live in fear every day. With man-eating monsters in the river, who can live in peace? I'm doing this for the sake of the people in the city," the city lord said with some helplessness.

"Very well. This time, I'll have you issue a notice so that all the people will hide inside their houses while I'm killing the demon. I'll also set up a formation outside the city to conceal the process of exterminating the snake demon. If anything unusual happens that day, you need to reassure the people in time."

Chen Jinshu naturally understood the city lord's reason for not explaining at the time; it was simply to make life better for these people.

Some things will eventually come to light; it's just a matter of time.

"Alright! I will make the announcement later. When will you make your move, senior?"

"It will be at noon tomorrow."

Since this snake demon is afraid of dryness and doesn't like to stay away from the water for long periods of time, the midday temperature is the most suitable time to kill it.

……

Noon the next day.

Chen Jinshu left the city lord's mansion and headed towards the Qingling River.

Walking through the streets and alleys of the city, I found no one there; the people had all returned to their houses and locked their doors and windows.

Yesterday, the city lord informed the people to return to their homes and close their doors and windows tightly, using the pretext that a demonic beast was attacking the city and that immortals would come to exterminate it, urging the people to protect themselves.

This pretext is indeed true; the snake demon in the Qingling River outside the city is a real threat, and when she makes her move to hunt it down, the snake demon is very likely to go berserk and attack the city.

After Chen Jinshu walked outside the city, he immediately set up a defensive isolation formation on the spot. The jade array plate in his hand twisted rapidly, and in just an instant, the entire Yulian City was covered by a huge golden barrier.

Immediately afterwards, thick white fog began to climb up the surface of the golden barrier, obscuring the previously visible blue sky.

The city's unruly citizens, who had come to see what was happening, collapsed to the ground when they saw the sky obscured, shouting, "Monsters are attacking the city!"

"Run for your life!"

The people hiding inside the houses panicked when they heard the shouts outside, but few opened their doors.

If there are indeed monsters attacking the city outside, going out means certain death. It's better to hide in the house, where there is still a chance of survival.

"Everyone returned to the house. The Immortal Master is already outside controlling the demon beasts."

The city lord addressed the restless people in a loud voice.

At this moment, Chen Jinshu had arrived at the Qingling River. Looking at the calm river surface, she had a feeling that there were no monsters in it.

But often, the quieter the place, the more dangerous it is.

"Yinshan Sparrow, please keep an eye on my surroundings at all times."

After releasing the Yinshan Sparrow, Chen Jinshu gave the instructions.

She didn't know whether the snake demon was born with intelligence or was raised by someone, so she had to be vigilant about her surroundings when she took action to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring.

"Fire Formation!"

She gazed at the Green Ridge River before her, her hands rapidly forming hand seals. In an instant, a peculiar ring-shaped pattern surrounded by flames appeared in front of her. Under her control, the fire circle formed by the blazing fire array quickly floated towards the river ahead.

As she infused more spiritual energy, the temperature released by the Fiery Array increased, and the originally dark river immediately lit up with a large amount of red light.

However, considering that many creatures live in the river, she kept the temperature release within an acceptable range to avoid causing casualties. But staying in such a hot river all the time was still very uncomfortable.

"Huh? Where's the snake demon?" Chen Jinshu used his pupil technique to look into the river, but he couldn't see any trace of the water snake. It seemed to be just an ordinary river.

Large numbers of fish with their white bellies floating on the surface of the river are already floating.

"Falling Plum Sword!" Her eyes dimmed slightly, and the Azure Frost Sword in her hand flew out quickly, conjuring up a large number of longswords on the river surface in front of her.

With a few 'whoosh' sounds, the longsword stabbed fiercely downwards into the river.

However, even after she controlled the spiritual sword formed from spiritual energy and plunged it to the very bottom, she still found no trace of the snake demon.

"Not in the river anymore? Did it realize I was coming and leave beforehand?"

"Master! That snake demon has swum to the other side of the mountain range." Yin Shan Que's voice came, and she disappeared from the spot, leaving only a red glow behind.

When they reappeared, they had arrived at the river outlet at the bottom of the Yulian Mountains.

Then they saw a huge black shadow in the river, heading towards the river's outlet.

"Trying to escape? No way!"

Chen Jinshu quickly removed the golden ribbon tied at the back of her hair bun, which flew from her hand, quickly lengthened, and wrapped around the snake demon's half-body.

She gripped the golden ribbon tightly with both hands and pulled the snake demon's body outwards with a sudden force.

"What a strength!"

She felt an extremely strong pulling force in her hands; if her physical cultivation hadn't improved considerably, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on.

"Go up, Yinshan tit! Peck its seven-inch spot!"

Chen Jinshu controlled the Azure Frost Sword and quickly thrust it towards the exit of the mountain range below.

At that moment, the Yinshan Sparrow transformed into a black shadow and pecked at the snake demon's vital spot.

With a clang, the Yinshan Sparrow revealed itself, revealing a large amount of blood on the snake demon's vital spot, indicating that it had suffered considerable injuries.

However, her spirit sword did not penetrate very deep into the snake demon's body, only a few inches.

Clearly, the attack from the Yinshan Tit did not achieve the expected damage.

'Boom!' The Yulian Mountains began to shake violently as the snake demon struggled violently, as if it would collapse at any moment.

'Thump!' A large number of boulders rolled down from the mountain and splashed into the river, creating a lot of water. Many stones also hit the snake demon's body.

"Let's finish this quickly!" Chen Jinshu grabbed the golden ribbon binding the snake demon's tail and pulled it away.

Playing the zither is of little use now; it does very little damage to the snake demon and can only be used to cast spells.

"Spring Thunder Technique!" A purple ball of lightning, tinged with a bluish light, was gathering in her right palm and growing larger and larger.

Eventually, it grew to be a size larger than her head.

She hurled the lightning ball fiercely towards the snake demon in front of her.

With a loud 'boom,' a large amount of water splashed up in front of them, and at the same time, a lot of purple lightning crackled on the surface of the water, making a sizzling sound.

A large number of spirit fish were stunned by the electric shock and leaped out of the water.

The snake demon was also shaken more and more violently by the electric shock, and blood gushed from two wounds on its body...