Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 210 The Eight-Tone Cone Slays Five Demons, the Blood Transformation Array Subdues the Demon King

Judging from the aura emanating from these powerful demons, one was at the mid-stage of the Dharma Realm, two were at the early stage of the Dharma Realm, and two were at the late stage of the Divine Power Realm.

There are five great demons in total.

As soon as Liu Qing entered the arena, he killed the eagle demon in the late stage of the Divine Power Realm with a single spear thrust. Then, when fighting his own demon king, he forced him back with another spear thrust.

They knew all too well how formidable Liu Qing's fighting prowess was.

Therefore, as soon as they appeared, they all used their best techniques, not daring to be careless in the slightest, lest they be stabbed to death with a single shot.

The two powerful demons, both at the late stage of the Divine Power Realm, revealed their true beast forms with a flash of demonic energy. They were a black wolf and a leopard, respectively. Lacking outstanding spells or powerful spiritual treasures, they had no choice but to reveal their true forms to fight.

The other three great demons did not reveal their true beast forms, but fought Liu Qing in human form. They each held top-grade magical weapons: a steel fork, a mixed iron rod, and a wind-breaking blade.

Although top-grade magic artifacts are not as powerful as spiritual treasures, they can still offer some protection. They are confident that with three top-grade magic artifacts and the assistance of two demons, they can at least hold Liu Qing off for a while, giving the Demon King time to cast his spells.

Furthermore, behind these three great demons, a faint, illusory entrance to the Dharma Realm appeared, seemingly containing Yin soldiers who were ready to swarm and attack Liu Qing at any moment.

Liu Qing prefers enemies at the Dharma Realm level or above, simply because killing them yields gold coins.

The five demons immediately unleashed their signature moves upon entering the scene, revealing their true forms or wielding magical artifacts to summon the Dharma realm. Instantly, the air was thick with demonic energy, exuding a menacing aura and displaying a formidable presence.

These five great demons had clearly been lying dormant in the deep mountains and forests for many years, and had not followed the current path of gods, but instead still followed the cultivation path of the ancient demon race.

After refining the void and merging with the Dao, one does not merge with the authority of the Dao or with incense offerings, but rather merges with the fortune of the demon race, using the remaining fortune of the demon race as the foundation of one's own Dao.

Therefore, what they cultivate has always been demonic energy, never transforming into divine authority or incense power, and the Dharma realm they evolve is also constructed with demonic energy, as black as an abyss.

After the ancient war between humans and demons, the human race emerged victorious while the demon race was defeated. The human race became the protagonist of heaven and earth, and its fortune reached the heavens, thus achieving the path of humanity.

When the demon race was defeated, its fortune dissipated, and most of it was devoured by humanity, becoming the fortune of the human race. Only a small portion was scattered in the remote mountains and forests.

By sheer luck, he was found by some demons deep in the mountains, who used the ancient cultivation methods of the demon race passed down through their bloodline as the foundation for his Dao integration.

Therefore, these monsters are called ancient monsters, while those like Liu Qing, who follow the path of power or incense offerings, are called new monsters.

Ancient demons have always been in hiding, following the law of the jungle and acting cruelly. On the contrary, those who are unwilling to hide in the mountains and forests, rely on the great powers of the three realms, and are willing to be driven by them are the grass-head gods.

The Grass-Headed God relies on powerful beings in the Three Realms, transforming his demonic energy into divine power. He can be considered to be walking between the ancient demonic path of cultivation and the current divine path.

The monsters that Sun Hua brought this time were all ancient monsters.

Liu Qing understood their origins, but without any hesitation, he shook the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone in his hand and charged forward first.

They are just remnants of some ancient demon races; there's nothing to be afraid of.

“Kill, kill, kill!——”

"Don't kill me, I surrender!"

"I am a god, how dare you kill a god?"

As soon as the spear was fired, cries of immortals, Buddhas, ghosts, and gods pierced the ears of the five ancient demons opposite, seeped into their minds, and stirred their spirits.

While trying to calm themselves down, they also had to deal with Liu Qing, so they could only unleash about 80% of their original fighting strength.

Then, enveloped by the innate killing aura, he was instinctively terrified, leaving him with only 80% of his strength, which was further weakened by 10%.

At this moment, Liu Qing's real killing move was about to begin.

He thrust his spear like lightning, and before the ancient demon opposite him, which had revealed its true form as a black wolf, could react, it was pierced through the chest.

Liu Qing then flicked his wrist, lifting the corpse of the black wolf demon and hurling it at the leopard demon. The leopard demon quickly jumped away, unaware that Liu Qing's Panlong Eight-Tone Cone was already waiting at its side.

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, trailing a sharp whistle, crashed down, shattering the leopard demon's spine with a single blow. The leopard demon let out a half-moaning wail before Liu Qing stomped on its head, crushing it.

With a swift movement of the spearhead, Liu Qing used the spearhead as a handle and then thrust the end of the spear into the mid-stage demon with the highest cultivation level in the center, a being at the mid-stage of the Dharma Realm.

This demon reacted the fastest, and with its top-grade magic weapon, the steel fork, it silently stabbed towards Liu Qing's back.

How could Liu Qing do as it wished?

He gripped the spear to block the steel fork, then turned the spearhead around, exhaled sharply, and lashed out. The powerful demon in the mid-stage of the Dharma Realm hurriedly used the steel fork to parry.
But then, with a snap, the top-grade magic weapon, the steel fork, was forcibly broken in two.

Liu Qing thrust his spear forward, intending to kill him, but unexpectedly, a mixed iron rod and a wind-breaking blade attacked from the left and right sides respectively.

With a swift movement of his boots, Liu Qing leaped out of the encirclement. Halfway there, without even looking back, he launched a fierce counterattack with his spear.

puff-

A powerful demon at the early stage of the Dharma Realm had its thigh pierced by Liu Qing. With a twist of his hand, Liu Qing caused the spearhead to spin, crushing one of the demon's legs.

The great demon collapsed to the ground, clutching its broken leg and howling pitifully. With a tremor of its demonic energy, it could no longer maintain its human form and transformed into a three- or four-zhang-tall roe deer, only missing a hind leg.

"Shut up—" Annoyed by the noise, Liu Qing took a step forward and crushed the head of the deer demon.

Sun Hua, who was hiding in the army formation and casting spells, couldn't help but tremble when he saw this scene.

Too brutal.

Everyone says that ancient demons act ruthlessly, but this new generation of little demons is no less ruthless than us ancient demons.

Sun Hua was filled with fear, and he accelerated the speed of his hand seals and spellcasting. His hands almost left afterimages as he unleashed streams of demonic energy that burrowed into the ground. As he continued to cast the hand seals, faint blood-red patterns appeared on the ground.

"Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Array, activate!—"

Instantly, an eerie red light emerged from the ground, enveloping all the rebels around Sun Hua. As this strange formation operated, the corpses that had fought and the surviving rebels were like punctured blood bags, their blood forcibly drawn out and gathered on Sun Hua, who was standing at the center of the formation.

After only a few exchanges, Liu Qing killed three demons in succession. The remaining two great demons were terrified and exchanged glances, both intending to flee.

They all simultaneously opened their own demonic energy realms, releasing countless Yin soldiers from within. These Yin soldiers were the souls of wild beasts that died in the mountains and forests, or the Yin spirits of other demons that were killed. After being absorbed into the realm, they were driven into Yin soldiers.

After releasing their ghostly soldiers, the two demons turned and fled without even looking at them.

Tens of thousands of Yin soldiers swarmed out, roaring as they rushed towards Liu Qing. Each of them exuded Yin energy, which gathered together and condensed into a huge evil cloud in mid-air.

Liu Qing had just acquired the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, and was trying to figure out its power when he saw the Yin soldiers forming a dark cloud and rushing towards him. He was too lazy to use any other means.

He flapped his fiery wings and took flight, then gripped the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone with both hands, poured in divine power, and slammed it down.

boom--

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone emitted a terrifying sonic boom, shattering the evil clouds. Countless Yin soldiers within the evil clouds were all reduced to dust by this blow.

And this terrifying power did not diminish, continuing to extend downwards, blasting a huge crack in the ground. Wherever the crack passed, every house and city wall was split in two.

Changsun Wuji, Li Xuanba, and the remaining Sui soldiers and Li family servants were all stunned by the terrifying spear thrust.

A huge cloud of dust rose up, obscuring the view. Liu Qing opened his mouth and exhaled a gust of cold wind, sweeping away the dust.

Ahead, the two powerful demons at the Dharma Realm level had already escaped several miles away. Liu Qing was about to fly up and catch up with them to kill them.

But then, two roots formed of congealed blood suddenly shot out like monstrous pythons, piercing through the bodies of the two great demons from behind with a shriek.

In the blink of an eye, the two great demons were drained of their flesh and blood essence, along with their cultivation levels.

Only two mummified corpses fell from the sky and shattered into dust with a thud.

Liu Qing followed the gaze and saw that the rebel army, which originally had nearly a thousand remaining soldiers, had all turned into dried corpses, just like two great demons.

Standing tall in the middle of the army formation was a giant gibbon, ten zhang tall, whose entire body was blood red, with blood constantly dripping from its fur.

The Li family, who had been fighting the rebels, hurriedly dodged away, all looking at the blood ape with fear on their faces.

The blood ape's eyes were bloodshot and vacant, filled with a frenzied killing intent. It pounded its chest with its fists, producing a muffled thunderous sound, and roared as it pounced towards Liu Qing.

"Good! We weren't satisfied with the fight just now, we wanted to test the power of this treasure again!"

Liu Qing swung his spear like a hammer down, but Sun Hua, who had transformed into a blood ape, blocked it with his arm raised to the sky. With a thud, the blood ape staggered back three steps, and Liu Qing's Panlong Eight-Tone Cone was also shaken.

Liu Qing poured in his divine power again, without changing his move, and swung his spear once more. The blood ape blocked again, but was once again sent flying.

Liu Qing laughed heartily and exclaimed how satisfying it was. He swung his spear repeatedly, and the blood ape, unable to dodge in time, could only passively parry.

With a series of clanging sounds, the blood ape was hammered into the ground by Liu Qing's spear, one after another.

Li Xuanba stared wide-eyed, his face full of disbelief: "Everyone says I'm strong, but my benefactor brother is even stronger."

Changsun Wuji teased, "Xuanba, aren't you always looking for someone to fight? Why don't you go and have a go at your benefactor?"

Li Xuanba rolled his eyes: "I may not be the brightest, but I'm not stupid either."

Since consuming the fourth-grade Dragon Elephant Pill for several months, Liu Qing's strength has increased to no less than 100,000 jin. He has also recently acquired a powerful weapon. Now, in high spirits, he unleashes his divine power and smashes with great pleasure.

"I'm so angry! I'll fight you to the death!"

The blood ape roared and spewed out its five primordial energies, which transformed into the Five Elements Mountain. Unlike the five-colored mountains of other cultivators at the Five Elements Realm, the mountain was also blood red.

Attacks formed from the five elements—water arrows, earth cones, fire crows, and more—were all tinged with red, carrying the cries of countless wronged souls, and shot towards Liu Qing.

One after another, tree roots with human faces on their surfaces flew out from the wooden mountain, like monstrous pythons biting Liu Qing.

With a single sweep of his spear, Liu Qing severed the roots that the wood mountain had transformed into. With another sweep, he encircled the other five elemental attacks and flung them away.

Then it soared into the air and thrust its spear down from above.

(End of this chapter)