Kamimine

Chapter 274 Demon-Slaying Peak

Everyone in Bailao Village was dissatisfied with Liu Chengfeng. With a cold snort, his aura was overwhelming, suppressing thousands of miles, intimidating the universe, and causing the Milky Way to tremble!

The overwhelming pressure came, but Liu Chengfeng was never afraid. With the Heavenly Dragon Spear in hand, his eight arms held up the sky, blocking the divine might and looking down upon all directions.

"Shall we make a move? I want to see just how many hidden talents are lurking here!"

Even when facing a hundred generals alone, Liu Chengfeng was never afraid. He laughed loudly, pointed his gun at everyone, and looked down on the entire village with arrogance.

I'm ready to punch the elders and kick the whole village!

The old man at the village entrance, puffing on his pipe, snorted coldly, withdrew his imposing aura, and sat down.

The others also withdrew their oppressive aura, and no one made a move, ignoring Liu Chengfeng.

They must have some reservations! They're unwilling to take action.

This made Liu Chengfeng even more curious.

"If you want to find the Demon-Slaying Technique, go to the back mountain."

The old man at the village entrance muttered something under his breath, then ignored Liu Chengfeng, went home, and closed the door.

The middle-aged man with the scar and the laundry maid also went home and closed their doors.

No one wanted to pay attention to Liu Chengfeng.

The entire village of Bailao was quiet, with a cold wind blowing and withered leaves falling.

"It's weird."

Liu Chengfeng muttered to himself, unable to understand these divine generals.

He didn't lay a hand on the old man; he wouldn't actually smash up his house. He still respected the elderly and cared for the young.

Liu Chengfeng turned and went into the back mountain, entering the jungle.

Upon entering the back mountain, one is greeted by a vast expanse of wilderness, like entering a primeval forest. The mountains rise and fall, with countless towering peaks and strange cliffs, ancient trees reaching for the sky, and vines stretching endlessly.

The mountains are steep and treacherous, rarely seeing the light of day.

"Something's wrong——"

When Liu Chengfeng entered the back mountain, he felt as if he had entered another world, a realm beyond the heavens.

Liu Chengfeng sensed an aura, the power of a curse!
"The Heavenly Curse Line?"

Liu Chengfeng looked up and saw that this power was different from the forbidden spell lines that locked the forbidden continent.

Just then, skeletal claws emerged from the ground and reached for Liu Chengfeng's feet.

Liu Chengfeng snorted coldly and stomped on it.

The next moment, as if a hornet's nest had been stirred up, skeletons crawled up from the ground and pounced on Liu Chengfeng.

Each skeleton had black flames flickering in its eye sockets, radiating a cursed power.

"roll--"

Liu Chengfeng sneered, took a step forward, and pushed his way out, crushing all the bones in his path.

But then, a cracking sound rang out, and the crushed skull bones pieced themselves back together and lunged at Liu Chengfeng.

"What the hell is this thing—"

Liu Chengfeng found it strange. He had seen corpses and skeletons before, such as in the Burial Ground of Gods and the Ghost Palace, but the skeletons and bones here were different from those places.

The power of the curse makes them seem unkillable; even if they are crushed, they can still be pieced back together.

Undeterred by the skeletons and bones, Liu Chengfeng strode forward, pushing his way through.

The deeper they went, the more skeletons and bones appeared, all following behind Liu Chengfeng.

They seemed to be howling as they pounced on Liu Chengfeng, trying to devour his flesh and blood and consume his life.

With divine might, Liu Chengfeng pushed forward, forcefully carving a broad road through the skulls and bones.

He was going into the mountains to find people and rescue Yuan Dijing and the others.

"Something's wrong——"

As he pushed his way forward, Liu Chengfeng noticed something was amiss.

The deeper they went, the more skeletons they found. Where did all these skeletons come from in this desolate wilderness?

Among the many skeletons, some are mummified corpses of soldiers, the soldiers of the village guard who died tragically here and became mummified corpses, burdened with a curse.

They followed all the skeletons and attacked Liu Chengfeng.

The power of curses is contagious; where does this power of curses come from?
Heavenly Curse Line?
"The burial of gods, the cycle of ghosts, the immortality of heavenly curses—could this be what they refer to?"

Liu Chengfeng found it strange and, disbelieving in superstition, attacked and killed the skeleton.

When the Heavenly Dragon Spear is unleashed, strange phenomena appear. Each spear thrust pierces the sky, shatters the Falling Star Axe, cuts through mountains and rivers, and crushes skulls and bones.

But it was all in vain; even when the skull and bones were crushed to dust, they could still piece themselves back together and get back up.

"Try this!"

All methods were tried, but to no avail. The nihilistic ashes could no longer contain themselves and burst forth with a unique true fire, like the flame of great light, or like the fire of returning to emptiness.

Liu Chengfeng unleashed true fire, sweeping across the skeletons and bones. One skeleton after another fell, their curse power burned away.

"Okay, this is it!"

Liu Chengfeng was overjoyed. The Void Ashes were indeed extraordinary, capable of countering the power of curses!

The other skeletons, wary of the power of the true fire of the Void Ashes, dared not advance further.

"Brother Dao, save me."

Hearing the sounds of fighting, someone escaped from inside, covered in blood, pursued relentlessly by a large group of skeletons.

"roll--"

Liu Chengfeng roared, unleashing a torrent of true fire that swept outwards, engulfing countless skeletons and bones, and incinerating the power of the curse.

The bones were scattered and burned on the ground, and even the surviving skeletons dared not provoke them.

"Many thanks, fellow Daoist, for saving my life!"

The rescued person was overjoyed to have met a savior and bowed to Liu Chengfeng in gratitude.

The man who was rescued was a middle-aged man, as hard as a rock, with eyes like lightning, and covered in wounds.

Even a first-level god-general almost lost his life here.

"Village Guard Team".

Judging from his armor, which was the same as that of the soldiers at the village entrance, Liu Chengfeng knew that he belonged to the village guard regiment.

"Exactly."

The middle-aged man quickly introduced himself; he was the head of the village guard.

After learning about the strange events in the back mountain, he led his brothers in to investigate, only to find themselves surrounded by skeletons.

"Where are Di Jing and the others?"

Liu Chengfeng's heart sank; he had a bad feeling.

"They were the first to discover the anomaly, and other brothers also fell. We went to rescue them."

Knowing that Liu Chengfeng had come for Yuan Dijing and his group, the village chief immediately led the way. Liu Chengfeng and the village chief hurried off, venturing deep into the wilderness.

"Right here—"

When they arrived, the village chief's face changed drastically, because his brothers had already been brutally murdered by the skeletons and turned into mummies.

"It's my fault for not being able to protect it."

The village chief looked sorrowful, unable to even bury his brothers.

Liu Chengfeng's heart sank. He scanned the mummified corpses, but did not see Yuan Dijing or Feng Xi, which reassured him somewhat.

“They’re not here.”

"No, they're not here. Di Jing and Feng Xi were the first to enter the back mountain; we arrived later."

The village head shook his head.

Do you know which direction they went?

A glimmer of hope ignited in Liu Chengfeng's heart: if no body was found, then he wasn't dead yet.

"The most likely place is Demon Extermination Peak! These two kids, ever since they joined the village guard group, have been thinking about the Demon Extermination Technique every day, sneaking off to the back mountain. Don't think I don't know!"

The village head was cursing and swearing. He knew about it, but he turned a blind eye.

The job of guarding materials is a cushy job, and it is rotated every once in a while. People who come here are just there to fill in the numbers and slack off.

"What are you village guarding groups protecting?"

Liu Chengfeng gave him a strange look.

The village commander, a first-tier divine general, should know more.

"Keep an eye on Demon-Slaying Peak. If there's any movement, report to Azure Phoenix God. It's been so many years, nothing's happened, and now suddenly we're seeing ghosts!"

The village commander had a bitter face. He was in a sinecure, and once he passed the Golden Crossing, he could transfer to the Divine Forbidden Heaven Domain as a general. He never expected this to happen.

"Not the village of elders?"

Liu Chengfeng found it even stranger; he thought the village guard was the same as the village guard.

"Shh, don't say that. If they hear you, you'll lose your head."

The village commander was startled; even as a first-tier divine general, he was terrified.

"We also have another task, which is to keep an eye on them and report to our superiors if anyone leaves."

The village chief was reluctant to talk much about Bailao Village, his heart pounding with fear, because these old fogies were far too powerful.

"Can you hold out?"

Liu Chengfeng suspected that even if a fourth-tier main god arrived, these veterans might not be able to handle it.

“How can we protect them? They have never left the village. Bailao Village has existed for a long time. They have never left.”

"Then why defend it?"

Liu Chengfeng was even more puzzled as to why this group of veterans stayed in Bailao Village and didn't leave.

"do not know."

The village headman shook his head; how could he know?

Guarding the village was a sinecure; one could stand at the village entrance and do nothing, and be replaced when the time was up.

"Where is Demon-Slaying Peak?"

Liu Chengfeng looked up and gazed into the distance.

"That place is not a place we should go."

The village head was alarmed.

"why?"

"I heard that a demon was sealed there, and there's a decree that forbids anyone from entering, only to observe from the sidelines."

"Demon, what demon?"

Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed.

The village head had no idea that he wouldn't have come to the back mountain if nothing had happened.

"What about the Demon-Slaying Technique?"

Liu Chengfeng wanted to know more.

"That's just a legend. Only those two outsiders, Di Jing and Feng Xi, believe it. It doesn't exist at all."

The village headman shook his head, his voice like a rattle-drum.

"real or fake?"

Liu Chengfeng suspected that Huang Sha Nu's claim that it was a dirty little trick was unfounded, but since the Golden Crow God had come to visit, it wouldn't be baseless.

“Brother Dao, you are so powerful, you should know that there is no cultivation method in the mortal world that can make one a god with just one practice. That is simply impossible.”

The village chief reasoned with them, saying that he did not see the divine way and believed that Liu Chengfeng was a more powerful divine general.

Liu Chengfeng nodded; that was indeed the case.

Each divine treasure has a different cultivation method. If one can become a god simply by practicing a divine skill, then what need is there to comprehend the divine way?
Becoming a god would be an easy task.

However, judging from Huang Sha Nu's words, the Demon-Slaying Technique must exist.

"Go to Demon-Slaying Peak!"

Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed. Yuan Dijing and Feng Xi were after the Demon Extermination Technique, and they would definitely go to Demon Extermination Peak!

The village head had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the way for Liu Chengfeng.

Before leaving, Liu Chengfeng ignited a fire, burning away the curse power of the village guards. The village chief then collected and buried them.

Although the village commander had never been to Demon Extinction Peak, he knew the direction and led Liu Chengfeng straight to Demon Extinction Peak.

With the true fire of nothingness and ashes, and the skeletons unwilling to provoke Liu Chengfeng, they traveled unimpeded.

Seeing that they had passed safely, the village headman breathed a sigh of relief; at least his life was safe.

Before Liu Chengfeng and his group even reached Demon Extermination Peak, they heard a tremendous tremor from afar, the earth shook, and the clanging of iron chains could be heard.

"It's Demon-Slaying Peak—"

The village commander felt a terrifying power and was terrified.

"The demon must have broken free."

The village commander wanted to turn around and run away to report back, but Liu Chengfeng grabbed him, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue forward.

When Liu Chengfeng and his group arrived and saw Demon Extinction Peak, they couldn't help but gasp.

Before their eyes appeared countless skeletons, filling all the mountains and ravines.

"Where did all these skeletons come from?"

Liu Chengfeng was astonished, as if millions of skeletons had come to pay homage.

(End of this chapter)