The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 221: Capture Alive
Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao didn't know how to use a knife; even when he wanted to kill someone, he preferred to use a long-handled heavy weapon.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the more skilled the wielder, the more effective the knife becomes.

This has the same effect as increasing the power of spells, such as the Water-Splitting Fan, the Jade Flute of the Azure Pool, and the Fish-Dragon Zither.

However, in addition to increasing spell power by 30%, the Fish-Dragon Harp also reduces spell cost by 30% and has the attributes of Soul Suppression and Sound Vibration.

Compared to this, the Japanese sword seems much inferior.

I intended to return the Japanese sword to that dog demon.

But then I thought, this is my spoils of war, why should I give it back to this dog demon?

With that thought, I immediately added it to my inventory.

He looked at the dog demon and said, "Take this woman to see her grandfather and tell the old Dragon King that I'm waiting for him to come back to me."

But if he dares to enter the Great Zhou, I will skin him alive and tear out his tendons.

However, if he finds a place in Japan and stays there quietly, I, Daoist, will not bother him anymore.

Moreover, as long as the benefits are sufficient, he'd even help me seize a few pieces of territory in Japan.

In order to gain experience, Li Jingxiao was indeed willing to go to Japan to kill some demons.

They can also get some benefits from the old dragon of Tianchi Lake at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, Li Jingxiao wasn't stupid; he wouldn't actually become a henchman for the Heavenly Dragon.

They certainly didn't believe that the feud between them and that old dragon could be so easily laughed off.

There's no guarantee that if I go to Japan, I won't be besieged.

With eyes that can see a thousand miles, you basically don't have to worry about being ambushed.

They even hoped that the old dragon would bring his Japanese friends to ambush them.

This gave him an excuse to go door-to-door and gain experience.

You ambush me first, and when I counterattack, the other great demons and demon kings of Japan will have no excuse to stop me from doing so.

Sometimes, having a legitimate excuse is quite necessary.

If it involves personal grudges, the other great demons of Japan will not unite to deal with him.

The dragon girl was furious when she heard Li Jingxiao's first sentence.

But then he thought to himself, he couldn't quite believe that this Taoist priest would actually help his grandfather establish a foothold in Japan for personal gain.

The woman's gaze towards Li Jingxiao held a strange glint.

He wondered to himself, "Could this Taoist priest surnamed Li have already fallen into demonic ways?"
Why do they become increasingly bloodthirsty, which is why they think about fighting and killing all the time?

If that's the case, then we really have to help him out, until the Taoist priest goes mad and can't control himself anymore.

They didn't even need to lift a finger; plenty of Taoist priests would help them avenge their grandfather in order to eliminate evil and uphold justice.

If Li Jingxiao knew what this woman was thinking, he would definitely hug her and kiss her a few times.

As for the idea that excessive killing could lead to demonic possession, Li Jingxiao had never encountered such a thing.

I didn't find anything abnormal about my body.

Even if one were to fall into the demonic path and become a demon-slaying monster, there's nothing inherently wrong with that.

People today think that as long as they are doing well, they don't care whether it's the righteous path or the demonic path.

Moreover, as long as he doesn't kill his own people from the Great Zhou, people from Japan, the grasslands, and South Asia are all potential enemies in Li Jingxiao's eyes.

They feel no psychological burden whatsoever when causing trouble in these places.
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Li Jingxiao watched the dog demon and toad demon leave, then gathered dozens of surviving monsters and strange creatures to escort the dragon girl on her journey through the night to Japan.

His gaze involuntarily turned to the One-Horned Demon King, who was more than two hundred miles away.

However, Li Jingxiao was in no hurry to kill him.

Moreover, he remained hidden for two hundred miles, using his third eye on his forehead to keep a close eye on the One-Horned Ghost King hiding in the mountain stream.

Sure enough, a few days later, the Ghost King returned to Huanggangliang, gathered over a hundred of his men, and moved directly to the more frigid land further north.

However, this guy ran so far not just to avoid Li Jingxiao.

Instead, he planned to gather more monsters in the north, hoping to seek revenge on Li Jingxiao once his strength had grown to a certain level.

Unfortunately, by the time this guy had gathered hundreds of monsters and hid in a cave...

Li Jingxiao's eyes immediately lit up. The headmaster of Maoshan had previously said that this Ghost King was skilled in concealment.

Once he's determined to hide, it's very difficult to find him again.

Now that this guy has actually gathered hundreds of monsters and is hiding mysteriously in the cave, Li Jingxiao immediately felt that his chance to make a move had come.

They came to the door, blocked the entrance to the cave, and took a deep breath.

He activated the "Breath of Flames" technique, opened his mouth and spat out a fierce flame that roared into the cave.

The dozen or so monsters guarding the cave were instantly surrounded by flames, letting out mournful screams.

Soon, the voice in Li Jingxiao's mind rang out, indicating an increase in experience.

After exhaling a burst of flames, the cave was instantly engulfed in flames.

The fire was so intense that it made people scream and howl inside.

Li Jingxiao took another deep breath, and this time what he exhaled was no longer flames, but thick smoke transformed by the "Mist Formation" technique.

He also took out the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan and fanned it a few times into the cave.

The monster inside the cave was being scorched by the flames and coughing incessantly from the thick smoke.

He just wanted to rush out of the cave, but before he could even reach the cave entrance, he was burned to ashes by the five-colored flames of the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan, which was fanned by Li Jingxiao.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Jingxiao received a 'ding' notification of an upgrade in his mind.

I glanced at the character's level: 67 (0.2/37).
With one attribute point, Li Jingxiao thought for a moment and simply added it to his physique.

体质39、根骨33+12、悟性36+6
Once your constitution reaches 40 points, then increase the base values ​​of your root bone and comprehension to 40 points as well.

With his meridians increased by 280%, Li Jingxiao immediately felt that his meridians and dantian had become more resilient and expansive.

However, since Li Jingxiao did not hear any notification that the One-Horned Ghost King had died, or saw any notification that he had suddenly gained 10,000 or 20,000 experience points, he naturally understood that the Ghost King was not dead yet.

He continued fanning himself with the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan until the entire cave walls, and even the mountain itself, were scorched red.

If this continues, the entire mountain might melt into lava.

Sure enough, a wisp of black energy forcefully broke out of the cave, meeting the five-colored flames fanned by the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

When Li Jingxiao saw the black mist mixed with black poisonous fire, he knew it must be the black banner of the One-Horned Ghost King.

He chuckled and immediately retreated. By the time the ghost king rushed out, he was already charred black all over, with many parts of his face and hands faintly charred and emitting black smoke.

It can be as miserable as it gets.

But to Li Jingxiao's dismay and regret, the black banner in the Ghost King's hand had already been burned to a tattered state.

He couldn't help but start cursing.

Although it was the Ghost King's magic weapon, Li Jingxiao had long considered the black banner to be his own treasure.

Seeing the black banner destroyed, he was naturally very unhappy.

Judging from the appearance, the black banner must have blocked most of the flames for the ghost king to last so long in the cave.

Since Li Jingxiao didn't receive any notification in his mind that his experience points had suddenly increased by 10,000 or 20,000, or even 30,000, he concluded that the guy wasn't dead.

They stood outside the cave, constantly fanning themselves with the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

The One-Horned Demon King, trapped inside the cave, was fending off the raging flames while gritting his teeth and thinking that all his plans for a sneak attack and revenge would be in vain when Li Jingxiao came in to check.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao, this overpowered guy, is always very cautious. To put it bluntly, he cherishes his life.

The more the ghost king in the cave resisted, the more injuries he sustained and the more magic power he consumed.

Finally, unable to withstand the onslaught any longer, they charged out again, but by then only two or three tenths of their original strength remained.

Even the black banner in his hand was now tattered and torn by the five-colored flames.

The poisonous fire within the black banner had almost completely neutralized the five-colored flames.

When Li Jingxiao saw that the Ghost King was so badly injured...

With a thought, the Big Dipper sword on his back was suddenly drawn with a clang.

It transformed into hundreds of flying swords, which pierced down in a wide area towards the location of the Ghost King.

I don't aim to kill the enemy in one blow, I just want to prevent him from escaping.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao also cast a 'body-fixing spell' on the Ghost King.

Within a range of several hundred meters, there were Seven Star Swords. After the Ghost King was pierced by more than a dozen flying swords, the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation was activated instantly.

They trapped the Ghost King within the sword formation.

Immediately, a flash of lightning appeared in Li Jingxiao's eyes, and his body floated in the air.

Dark clouds quickly filled the sky, and bolts of lightning struck the Ghost King repeatedly.

If Li Jingxiao hadn't remembered what the City God of the capital had said...

Judge Zhong of the Punishment Department wanted to arrest this Ghost King and take him to the Underworld for judgment.

This Ghost King will definitely be struck by lightning by Li Jingxiao today, his soul scattered and his spirit destroyed.

The black banner in the hands of the One-Horned Demon King was cleaved into several pieces by lightning, and his weapons, soul tablets, and other magical treasures were also destroyed.

Li Jingxiao then unleashed the Immortal Binding Rope, binding the Ghost King tightly without saying a word.

They also pasted hundreds of level 5 lightning-controlling talismans and hundreds of level 5 fire-controlling talismans on his body.

Only then did he feel relieved enough to carry the thing and fly towards the capital.

Along the way, the One-Horned Demon King did consider escaping, but the slightest movement would cause the Thunder Control Talisman and Fire Control Talisman to emit light.

If two hundred level 5 talismans were to explode simultaneously, the One-Horned Ghost King knew that even at his peak, such an explosion would cripple him if not kill him.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao held onto one end of the Immortal Binding Rope the whole time, and lightning kept flashing from his hand, which flowed into the Ghost King's body through the rope.

It was as if the Ghost King had been constantly struck by lightning, leaving his entire body numb.

No matter how much thought you put in, it's useless.

Two hours later, after traveling more than 4,000 miles, they successfully disappeared and landed in the 'City God Temple'.

Immediately, General Niu Ma rushed forward and saw the One-Horned Ghost King bound by Li Jingxiao.

The two underworld generals were taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

To Li Jingxiao's surprise, the three of them actually knew each other.

Then the bull-headed creature sneered, "One-horned, you've roamed freely for thousands of years, but in the end, you can't avoid going to the Demon-Slaying Platform. Do you still think it was worth it?"

The One-Horned Ghost King sneered, "Whether it was worth it or not, I've still been living a carefree life outside for a thousand years."

Compared to someone like you who spends your whole life being driven around like a beast of burden, you are infinitely better.

Moreover,

At this point, the Ghost King glanced at Li Jingxiao.

Looking back at the Bull-Headed General, he said, "No matter how great the sins I have committed, they are not for you defeated generals to judge."

Even Judge Zhong, if it weren't for you all deceiving Master Li into going to capture me, wouldn't have been able to do anything to me.

Li Jingxiao frowned upon hearing this, but upon closer reflection, he realized the reason why the Ghost King had escaped from the underworld.

It's even possible that a local ghost king who was previously in office might defect.

It's nothing more than being unable to stand the rigid rules of the underworld.

Or perhaps they couldn't bear the loneliness and the monotonous life in the underworld, so they secretly ran away from the underworld and committed evil deeds in the human world.

If this guy leaves the underworld and does good deeds in the human world, or serves as an official in a certain place and benefits the local people, then Li Jingxiao will give him a thumbs up.

But this guy is like those monsters in Journey to the West who have powerful backers; once he descends to earth, he eats people and wreaks havoc.

For a 'humanist' like Li Jingxiao, if it is the humans who suffer, then all talk of resistance and freedom is utter bullshit.

He reached out and yanked hard on the Immortal Binding Rope, causing the Ghost King to fall to the ground.

Li Jingxiao dragged the ghost king in front of him.

Lightning crackled from his feet as he stomped on the ghost king's head a dozen times.

The ghost king's face was charred from being stomped on, and his forehead was scraped raw from being hit on the bluestone floor. Then, in a fit of rage, he stomped on it again.

Then he smiled and said to General Niu and General Ma, "Gentlemen, now that the man has been captured, please inform the Prince."

"Take him to the underworld and hand him over to General Zhong as soon as possible, so I can get my reward sooner!"

Niu and Ma were already frightened by Li Jingxiao's fierceness just now.

He also realized that the man in front of him was of human origin.

To tell him how many people you've eaten or how many lives you've taken isn't boasting; it's slapping him in the face.

This is drawing hatred to the One-Horned Demon King himself.

At this moment, this Taoist priest might even be thinking about his two brothers.

Thinking about Zhong Kui and the other three judges, who were also of human origin, General Niu and General Ma couldn't help but shudder.

He hurriedly bowed to Li Jingxiao and went to inform the 'City God'.

Before long, Li Jingxiao was dragging a dead dog.

They dragged the Ghost King to see the City God.

Upon meeting, a round of polite formalities is inevitable.

But the City God was somewhat surprised to see the One-Horned Ghost King so obedient.

After Li Jingxiao returned to await the notification from the underworld, the City God learned from the Ox and Horse Generals what Li Jingxiao had just done. Only then did the City God smile, stroke his beard, and nod repeatedly.

He thought to himself, "It's all worth it for me and Judge Zhong to support this kid so much."

Now, not only has he received a reward, but it seems that this kid shares the same thoughts as everyone else, and in his heart, he also acknowledges his identity as a human.

General Niu Ma suddenly realized that this City God was also of human origin.

Only then did I suddenly understand why the City God treated the man surnamed Li so well.

Profound Taoist techniques such as "Flame Spitting," "Invisibility," and "Cloud Riding" were all taught to Li Jingxiao under various pretexts.

It seems that this Duke Li has not only caught the eye of the City God, but even Judge Zhong has shown him great favor.

I wonder what good things they'll give him this time.

Li Jingxiao was also looking forward to what rewards the City God and General Zhong would give him.

I thought it would take at least three to five days to get a result.

Unexpectedly, that very evening, the City God sent General Ma to his door to take him to the City God Temple.

(End of this chapter)