The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 151 Battle Against the Mountain Lord
After he killed the last Jurchen, a group of twenty lesser demons from the cave rushed to the vicinity of the city wall.

He raised his hand and threw a long spear, which whistled as it pierced Li Jingxiao on the city wall a hundred meters away.

Fortunately, the distance was far enough that Li Jingxiao easily avoided it.

Then he drew a long arrow and shot it at the little demon.

However, don't underestimate these little demons; they can't even transform into human form.

Each one had an animal head and a human body; although they wore clothes and armor, their skin was still covered in fur.

It didn't look very impressive, but in reality, the little demon drew his long sword and with a casual sweep, knocked away the long arrow that Li Jingxiao had shot.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Li Jingxiao grew increasingly fierce.

But this display of force was no threat to Li Jingxiao.

The 'Green Vine Bow' in his hand suddenly transformed into a level 20 'Rhinoceros Horn Bow'.

He drew his bow and shot another arrow.

The little demon was puzzled as to why the bow in Li Jingxiao's hand had suddenly changed its appearance.

He then tried to block the arrow again, but suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

Looking down, I realized this arrow was much faster than the previous one.

Although he managed to parry, the arrow had already pierced his chest.

Even a demon that has cultivated to a certain level will die if its heart is pierced.

Hearing the notification sound of +400 experience points, Li Jingxiao became even more motivated to kill monsters.

He drew his bow and fired another arrow at the little demon below the city wall.

With a 'whoosh', the little demon instinctively tried to block with the weapon in his hand.

Even though he was prepared, he still underestimated the power of the 'rhinoceros horn bow'.

With his hand halfway raised, the long arrow had already struck his forehead, and with one shot, it blew off his entire skull.

The other lesser demons no longer dared to stand there foolishly.

One by one, they either sought cover or charged toward Li Jingxiao while roaring.

Five arrows flew in quick succession, killing three more and wounding two more.

This time, Li Jingxiao did not remain standing still. He used the Lingbo Weibu technique to dodge left and right, avoiding the attacks.

Every now and then, he would draw his bow and attack the lesser demons around him.

In just two or three minutes, he killed twelve lesser demons and gained 4800 experience points.

I checked my character level; it's already level 27 (4810/5400).

Li Jingxiao immediately turned his attention to the two minor demons he had previously wounded.

Two arrows in quick succession sent them to their deaths.

Only then did they turn their attention to the little demon who had been hiding.

After he shot down three more, reaching level 28 (2210/5600) in experience, a roar suddenly came from the cave.

Then came a giant man who was at least 2 meters tall. Although his face was already human, he still had tiger stripes on his cheeks and a 'king' character mark on his forehead.

Holding a long-handled axe, he led a hundred or two armored demons out of the cave.

Without hesitation, Li Jingxiao added 1 attribute point to his physique.

体质19、根骨21+4、悟性18+2
I immediately felt that the meridians in my body were wider and stronger than before.

The flow of vital energy within the meridians has also accelerated somewhat.

Looking at the experience bar again, as long as I kill 9 more monsters, I can level up to level 29.

Li Jingxiao drew his bow and shot an arrow at a little demon who had emerged from his hiding place upon seeing his king approaching.

With a whoosh, the little demon, who had just thought he was saved, was shot through the head by an arrow. His eyes were filled with disbelief, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground dead.

The tiger demon was enraged. With a roar, it brandished its long-handled giant axe and charged towards Li Jingxiao.

Li Jingxiao sneered, turned around and flew down the city wall, running towards the place where Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong were hiding.

He leaped dozens of meters, and even turned his head to look at the tiger demon that had just charged onto the city wall.

He saw the tiger demon standing on the city wall, looking hesitant, and Li Jingxiao couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Judging from appearances, this tiger demon isn't brainless.

While still in mid-air, Li Jingxiao drew another long arrow and turned to shoot it at the tiger demon.

That Lord Jinyang was indeed much more powerful than the little demon; he simply turned his head and dodged the arrow.

Moreover, he was not angered by the arrow and rushed out of the city wall to chase after it.

Li Jingxiao kept walking, but he was wondering why this tiger demon was so cautious.
Just as he was thinking, a sudden sense of crisis surged into his heart. Without thinking, he changed his footwork using the Lingbo Weibu technique.

Instead of advancing, they retreated, and a whooshing sound flew overhead.

The giant axe in the tiger demon's hand flew rapidly over his head and slammed heavily into the muddy ground seven or eight meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust and mud that scattered in all directions.

Li Jingxiao looked back and saw the tiger demon with a regretful expression on its face before jumping down from the city wall to catch up.

Li Jingxiao cursed inwardly, "This tiger demon is cunning."

The reason we didn't chase after them earlier was simply to create the illusion that the tiger demon was timid or cautious.

Only after he let his guard down did he throw an axe at him.

If it weren't for the unparalleled dodging ability of the Lingbo Weibu technique within short distances, I might have actually fallen victim to it.

Having just been nearly struck by the giant axe, Li Jingxiao was naturally determined not to let the tiger demon get away with it.

He leaped to the side of the long-handled giant axe, reached out and lifted it, and immediately felt that the giant axe was incredibly heavy.

No wonder that tiger demon dared to throw his weapon.

This was based on the certainty that even if an ordinary person could lift it, they wouldn't be able to carry such a heavy weapon and escape.

That way, you won't have to worry about your weapons being stolen.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao is someone who has cheat codes.

With a thought, he put the giant axe into his game inventory.

Now it was the tiger demon's turn to be both shocked and furious.

For most demons, a handy weapon can increase their strength by several times.

Like in Journey to the West, without the golden cudgel, Sun Wukong could probably only use up 50% of his skills.

Seeing that Li Jingxiao had taken the giant axe, the tiger demon no longer cared about anything else.

The speed of the pursuit immediately increased by three points.

Li Jingxiao chuckled and used all his strength to chase the stars and catch the moon, instantly reaching a speed of over forty meters per second.

With each step, another forty meters were covered.

The tiger demon immediately roared, fearing that if Li Jingxiao escaped far away, he might never have the chance to reclaim his weapon.

It transformed into a black whirlwind and rapidly chased after Li Jingxiao into the woods outside the valley.

And I must say, their speed is no slower than Hu Xian'er's or Liu Cuitong's.

As the two fled and chased, when they were only three or four hundred meters away from where Hu Xian'er and her companion were lying in ambush, the tiger demon suddenly stopped.

It landed on the ground and looked at the forest with suspicion.

It also sniffed around every now and then.

Now it was Li Jingxiao's turn to be surprised; he hadn't expected the tiger demon to have such a strong sense of danger.

But if I stop at this moment, it's like deliberately stopping a second time, and even a fool could guess that something's wrong.

In just a moment, Li Jingxiao decided to keep running.

If we don't pursue them, then we'll ambush those lesser demons again tomorrow.

Each one grants 400 experience points, and a dozen or so can level up. Li Jingxiao wanted nothing more than to kill them all.

If the tiger demon continues to chase, it will be caught in a pincer attack.

Moreover, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong had previously stated that they were not afraid of this tiger.

Judging from their tone, the two even looked down on the tiger demon. By the time Li Jingxiao had run more than two hundred meters, the tiger demon's nose still hadn't detected anything wrong.

Only then did he grit his teeth and continue chasing after them.

After chasing for four or five hundred meters, he suddenly saw Li Jingxiao stop, draw his bow and shoot an arrow at him.

After avoiding it, Jin Yangjun suddenly felt a pang of unease.

Two bright lights came from behind him. He turned around and his pupils shrank instantly.

Then he saw a green light and a white light flying toward him at an extremely fast speed.

Especially that green light; you could tell at a glance that it contained a deadly poison.

He moved as if to dodge, but when he turned around, he didn't see Li Jingxiao making a spell with both hands.

Suddenly, he pointed at him and shouted something.

'Certainly'.

The tiger demon instantly felt unable to move, and his heart pounded with fear.

This is a Taoist technique for immobilizing the body.

He cursed the Taoist priest inwardly, saying that the immobilization spell was just a simple magic trick in the hands of Sun Wukong.

However, among ordinary cultivators, this thing is a closely guarded secret.

Before he could think further, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong unleashed two spells, one after the other, striking the tiger demon.

What was unexpected was that as the two spells struck the tiger demon, dozens of ghosts suddenly flew out from its body, blocking most of the attacks for it.

Although a dozen or so ghosts died at once, the afternoon sunlight was quite effective at suppressing them.

However, this also resulted in the tiger demon only suffering minor injuries.

However, after Liu Cuitong's poison attack exploded, a green mist filled the tiger demon's body.

Even though you hold your breath, your body still inevitably gets contaminated with a lot of toxins.

Unfortunately, although Li Jingxiao's immobilization technique was powerful, his own cultivation level was ultimately no match for these monsters who had cultivated for hundreds of years.

He only managed to immobilize the tiger demon for three or four seconds before he managed to break free.

But for that tiger demon, three or four seconds was enough to terrify him.

Not to mention, his body was also tainted with a lot of poison, and there were two powerful demons behind him, attacking him from both sides.

With a roar, he summoned the lesser demons from the distant city walls to come and provide support.

Without a second thought, he leaped away from the left side and fled.

Incidentally, it also released more ghosts to protect itself.

But the tiger forgot that Li Jingxiao, whom it had just been chasing, was the biggest threat.

He put away his bow and arrows, gripped his flying sword, and used the sword-flying technique to flash into the distance.

At a top speed of 800 kilometers per hour, it can travel 200 meters in an instant.

He drank a mouthful of 'unsheathed' liquor.

With a clang, the Flying Immortal Sword was drawn from its sheath.

Suddenly, a loud bang erupted, breaking the speed of sound, and it hurtled forward through the air towards the tiger demon.

The tiger demon was so frightened by the sonic boom that its heart almost stopped beating.

He could only subconsciously allow the ghosts to surround him.

This actually suited Li Jingxiao's wishes.

While the experience gained from killing just one tiger demon is high, it certainly won't be as high as the combined experience from killing dozens of smaller demons or ghosts.

Therefore, killing more ghosts before defeating this tiger demon is actually a good thing.

However, despite Li Jingxiao's thoughts, the Flying Immortal Sword continued to shoot towards the tiger demon without the slightest hesitation.

Instantly, four notifications of '+300 experience points' echoed in Li Jingxiao's mind.

This immediately made Li Jingxiao even more excited.

With a single thought, nine level 20 longswords immediately appeared around his body.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao always believed in the principle of "a lion hunting a rabbit," and he activated his Lightning Thunder Fist technique.

Bolts of lightning shot out from his body and attached themselves to the nine flying swords.

Only then did Li Jingxiao point at them, and they charged towards the tiger demon head-on.

The tiger demon's face changed drastically in fright.

The sword control technique is already very powerful, and when combined with the ability to control lightning, it makes all demons and ghosts extremely vulnerable before the battle even begins.

However, he could not escape Li Jingxiao, who could fly on a sword, and he was without a weapon, relying only on his pair of tiger claws to smash away the flying swords that attacked him.

Its pair of sharp claws were also damaged by the Flying Immortal Sword, and some were even cut off.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and release all the ghosts he had devoured and refined to block most of the flying sword's attacks.

Upon seeing this, Li Jingxiao became even happier.

As the Flying Immortal Sword flew back to his side, nine flying swords flashing with lightning surrounded the tiger demon, constantly stabbing or slashing it.

Now the tiger demon's situation is even more dangerous.

In Li Jingxiao's mind, a notification sound kept ringing, indicating that he had gained 300 experience points.

In just a moment, I heard the notification sound that I had been upgraded to level 29 (210/5800).

Then, just over twenty seconds later, the upgrade notification came to my mind again.

Li Jingxiao glanced at the experience bar: Level 30 (110/3).

Just as they were feeling pleased, the nine flying swords easily killed more than a dozen ghosts.

My experience level immediately jumped to 30 (3710/3).
Li Jingxiao was even more motivated to kill these wretched ghosts.

He even considered deliberately creating an opening after killing the ghost, letting the tiger demon escape.

Having learned this painful lesson, the tiger demon will now hide away to protect itself.

It will inevitably continue to harm people, imprison more wronged souls, and create more wretched ghosts.

Moreover, this tiger demon is unlikely to dare to enter the Great Zhou, so the people he killed were foreign tribes from beyond the Great Wall.

Li Jingxiao would then have no psychological burden.

Despite thinking this, Li Jingxiao's hands moved quickly.

He continued to command his flying swords from mid-air, relentlessly attacking Jin Yangjun.

On a whim, he took out a stack of high-level lightning control talismans, fire control talismans, and exorcism talismans from his inventory.

This caused Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, who had rushed to his side to protect him, to change their expressions.

The fire-controlling talisman is alright, although monsters are also afraid of fire.

But compared to lightning, the fire-controlling talisman is nothing.

As for exorcism talismans, they are far more effective at suppressing evil spirits than demons.

Not to mention, Li Jingxiao took out a whole stack of these three kinds of talismans, at least two or three hundred of them.

The two demons, Hu and Liu, had lived for hundreds of years and had never seen anyone so extravagant, who didn't treat talismans as treasures.

Li Jingxiao didn't care about anything else. With a thought, he activated the talismans and threw them into the sky.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong immediately felt that the sky was filled with talismans that were activated, turning into streaks of lightning, flames, and exorcising light.

The sheer power of the attack terrified Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, causing their expressions to change drastically once again. Without hesitation, they leaped backward, avoiding the attack by several hundred meters.

The tiger demon tried to escape, but nine flying swords surrounded and attacked him.

Once a weakness is exposed, a flying sword will pierce through the body, leaving a bloody hole.

This hesitation was followed by a crackling of thunder in the sky, and then hundreds of bolts of lightning struck down towards the tiger demon.

Unsurprisingly, a large number of ghosts were instantly burned to ashes by the power of the lightning upon contact with it.

Just a few seconds later, Li Jingxiao heard the upgrade notification again.

Level 31 (4710/3.2)
(End of this chapter)