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Chapter 34: Eliminating Demons
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The mummified corpse seemed to be angry and suddenly turned around and swung its sword. Sun Wang hurriedly drew his sword to block, but he still could not dissipate the violent force. He was sent flying and his back slammed heavily against the courtyard wall several feet away.

After Sun Wang pulled out his sword, a trace of crimson blood remained on the chest of the mummified corpse, and inside the wound was a hazy and terrifying black mist, giving people an extremely violent and evil feeling.

"really."

Hu Yong's eyes flashed.

Although today is the so-called time of extreme yin, ordinary demons and monsters could not possibly steal a normal person's body, devour their essence and blood, and reside in it to turn into a dried corpse. Only the legendary evil energy could possibly do that.

Clearly, this mummified corpse was the work of some unfortunate soul who was invaded by demonic energy, which devoured his soul and essence. Afterwards, the demon followed Chen's Pharmacy and came here. Hu Yong guessed that it was most likely the newly arrived 'Blood Herb Tea' in the main hall, which contained a strong demonic blood aura, that attracted this demon.

"Ma Liu, make your move quickly."

Seeing that the mummified corpse was still trying to rush into the main hall, Hu Yong's face immediately darkened, and he spoke in a low voice.

There was a lot of blood herb tea in the main hall, and even some other things. He didn't know what would happen if the demon swallowed those things, but it was definitely not a good thing. Wu Ming was nowhere to be found right now, and he might have encountered some evil spirits outside. He couldn't care less about that now; he had to deal with the demon first.

This thing is indestructible and possesses immense strength, but its movements are clumsy, devoid of any set moves, and its weaknesses are quite obvious.

"it is good."

Ma Liu also let out a deep shout and suddenly attacked, joining forces with Hu Yong to launch a pincer attack from the left and right.

He also used a sword technique, specifically a heavy horse-slaying saber. As he swung the saber, Hu Yong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood that landed on the blade.

Click! ! !
Both of Ma Liu and Hu Yong's blades were coated with pure Yang blood. One on the left and one on the right, they pierced through the mummified corpse's neck during a gap in its movements. With a cracking sound like metal shattering, the mummified corpse's head flew straight into the air.

Having depleted their vital essence, Ma Liu and Hu Yong's auras were noticeably weaker. However, after they jointly severed the head of the mummified corpse in one move, its movements stopped in place, and wisps of black demonic energy surged from the severed neck.

Wow.

In the next instant, the demonic energy suddenly surged out from the severed neck of the mummified corpse, turning into a cloud of black mist. Instead of rushing towards the main hall, it suddenly turned backward and pounced on Sun Wang, who was sitting in the corner with injuries!

"not good."

"Beware!"

Upon seeing this, Hu Yong and Ma Liu's expressions changed immediately, and they tried to step forward to help, but it was too late.

Sun Wang was also startled. It was actually his first time encountering a demon, but he had heard some things about demons. Once this black energy invaded the body, it would often steal the soul and drain the blood, turning the body into a dried corpse.

Sun Wang immediately tried to circulate his blood energy to stop the invasion of demonic energy, but he had previously exhausted his blood energy to unleash a sword strike, and now his blood energy was weak and difficult to mobilize in a hurry.

The situation was extremely critical.

boom.

A figure rushed in from outside the courtyard, wielding a crimson python spear that flashed with a cold light in the darkness. He blocked Sun Wang's path and thrust it forward, piercing through the evil demonic energy.

"careful!"

"This is a demon; you must use its essence blood!"

Upon seeing Wu Ming appear and rescue Sun Wang, Hu Yong did not relax his vigilance and immediately shouted a reminder.

But just as Hu Yong finished speaking, the dark demonic energy, after being pierced by Wu Ming, seemed to have been unharmed and quickly spread up the gun barrel, instantly enveloping Wu Ming completely.

As the billowing black energy surged, it was about to pour into Wu Ming's body, but then it suddenly shuddered, as if it had encountered something terrifying. It made a hissing sound and dissipated most of it in an instant, with the remaining little trying to move away from Wu Ming.

Wow.

Wu Ming's figure emerged from the demonic energy, his aura somewhat weak, as if he had lost some of his blood energy, but his expression remained unchanged. He swept his spear horizontally, and the remaining bit of demonic energy was quickly dispersed and destroyed by his spear, disappearing without a trace.

Seeing that Wu Ming had eliminated the demonic energy, Hu Yong and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at each other and saw a hint of relief in their eyes. They had never expected that tonight would be so dangerous. At the time of extreme yin, evil spirits would appear.

"Brother Wu, your return is just in time."

Sun Wang propped himself up to stand up, looked at Wu Ming, and let out a long breath.

Wu Ming's sudden departure for patrol was probably because he had noticed some signs of demonic disturbance, or perhaps he had fallen for a demonic trick to lure him away from the mountain. Fortunately, he returned in time.

Hu Yong also took a breath, composed himself, and walked over. Just as he was about to ask Wu Ming what he had encountered when he suddenly heard movement in the distance again. A group of people was rapidly approaching.

Instantly, the atmosphere in the courtyard tensed up.

Fortunately, a few breaths later, a sound came from outside the courtyard.

"The Censorate is conducting an inspection!"

Swish!
As the sound faded, several night patrolmen from the Censorate poured into the courtyard.

The leader, dressed in a dark blue flying fish robe, was Zhou Huai'an, a seventh-rank patrol officer of the Censorate. His gaze swept across the entire courtyard, taking in the mess, and he said in a deep voice:
What happened here?

The inspectors of the Censorate are all three-time blood coagulation officers, powerful figures who wield power through force.

Hu Yong and the others dared not be negligent and bowed to each other. Then Hu Yong immediately stepped forward and told them what had just happened.

Listen.

Zhou Huai'an frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.

He had already dealt with one demon tonight and knew that although the remnant spirit of such a demon was not a threat, he could probably deal with it if it was below the third blood coagulation stage, but it would not be easy to completely destroy it.

However, the blood energy and souls that the demon had previously devoured might not have been strong enough, resulting in a weak demonic aura. In addition, Hu Yong and the others had all depleted their own blood energy and were fighting it head-on with pure yang blood energy, so it was indeed very possible that they would eventually destroy it.

Zhou Huai'an immediately looked at his night patrolmen and said in a deep voice, "Zhao Hu, Feng Yong, you two stay here and don't slack off! The rest of you, continue patrolling with me. There's only a quarter of an hour left until dawn!"

Say it.

After leaving two people behind to keep watch, Zhou Huai'an led the others away quickly, disappearing back into the night.

Seeing Zhou Huai'an and the others leave, Hu Yong breathed a slight sigh of relief. Although he had never committed any crimes, he inevitably felt some pressure facing the seventh-rank patrol officer of the Shenxing Division.

After catching his breath, Hu Yong cautiously looked at one of the night patrolmen and whispered, "Brother Zhao, why are there demons causing trouble in the city tonight?"

Don't ask!

Zhao Hu's gaze was cold and his attitude was impolite. He then turned his attention to Sun Wang, Ma Liu, Wu Ming, and the others, saying, "You must not speak ill of what happened tonight tomorrow! Otherwise, you will be punished for making dissenting remarks!"

"Yes."

Sun Wang, Ma Liu, and the others were immediately alarmed.

Wu Ming was leaning against the wall, holding the Crimson Python Spear. He looked weak and exhausted, similar to Hu Yong, Sun Wang and others, and was not particularly noticeable.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Wu Ming's eyes were flashing with a faint, uncertain light.

The blood and energy depletion of Hu Yong and the others was due to their battle with that evil demon, but his was not like that. His blood and energy depletion was because the Black Emperor Subduing Demon Diagram suppressed the evil energy at that moment and produced an effect that caused a portion of his blood and energy to be naturally depleted. In its place, his divine soul power was further enhanced!

"As expected, this Black Emperor Demon Subduing Diagram can suppress the lingering thoughts of evil spirits and use those thoughts to refine blood energy to nourish the soul."

Wu Ming already had a very clear understanding of the situation.

This had happened once before, but that time his consciousness couldn't withstand the impact and he fainted. This time, however, he was fully aware of the entire process and saw clearly how the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram operated.

The Black Emperor Subduing Demon Diagram currently displays two abilities. One is to absorb Yin energy, and once it reaches a certain level, it can evolve into mantras and secret patterns that he can comprehend and master. These mantras and secret patterns are also the method to control the power of the soul.

The second method is to suppress demonic thoughts, subdue demons and refine the soul, turning demonic thoughts into one's own, thereby refining blood energy and nourishing and strengthening the soul.

Although he lost a lot of his blood energy just now, and all the blood energy he had accumulated from practicing martial arts over this period of time was exhausted, his soul power underwent a further transformation, and it even seemed that he had broken through a certain limit.

"My spiritual power has grown much stronger than before, and it seems that it can leave my body in the blink of an eye. If my spiritual power were to leave my body, it would probably be far more powerful than those wandering souls."

Wu Ming carefully sensed the changes within himself.

His spiritual power was far stronger than the unconscious wandering souls bred by the Yin energy before. If he were to attempt to separate his soul from his body and wander around, he could easily deceive an ordinary person.

However, if one were to use the secret technique of the character 'Lin' to calm the mind and solidify the soul, even a martial artist with blood-condensing abilities would likely be mentally intimidated by him!

"I wonder how effective this move would be on a person."

Wu Ming seemed to be deep in thought.

Simply intimidating someone is meaningless, but if it's a close-quarters fight between martial artists, a sudden attack would likely result in anyone, regardless of who they are, being pierced through the vital organs by his spear if they pause for even a moment!

(End of this chapter)