In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 203, The Demon's Intended Sneak Attack

Within Ling Qiqi's territory.

Lin Ran returned with everyone, and the fact that everyone was at the seventh level reassured Ling Qiqi a lot, because she had already received challenge letters from the three surrounding demon territories.

And they are already mobilizing a demon army, preparing to invade her territory.

Ling Qiqi said to Lin Ran,

"Brother Lin, you should go and train first. I've prepared a lot of resources for you, which should be enough for a while to improve your skills and make fighting much easier."

"...Okay." Lin Ran thought for a moment and did not object.

He immediately entered the cultivation space and began to cultivate the Eight Gates Formation with all his might.

Afterwards, Ling Qiqi made arrangements for everyone.

Zhou Yu, Nangong Yu, and Yan Lingfei, each leading the forces of their respective territories, went to confront a large army from a demon territory.

As for the Spirit Lord, he remains in the territory temporarily due to the special nature of his abilities.

If other demons discover her, they might unite and attack her territory first.

No one objected, and they all set off with the demon.

Ling Qiqi followed Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu's abilities were above curses, so if a demon got close, she would be at a disadvantage.

After everyone set off, the castle became empty.

The Spirit Lord, bored, stared blankly for a while before studying the origin of his territory. Not long after, he successfully entered the cultivation space where Lin Ran was.

Lin Ran sensed the presence and spared a sliver of her attention.

"Why don't you go and cultivate?"

"The advancement is too fast, we need to slow down." The Spirit Master blushed slightly, looking a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Lin Ran couldn't help but smile. She raised her hand and pulled the Spirit Master over, allowing her to focus most of her attention on maintaining the full-speed enhancement of the Eight Gates Formation.

"Lie still and don't move."

"Hmph..." The Spirit Lord's face turned even redder, but he was very obedient.

……

boundary.

When Ling Qiqi and Zhou Yu arrived, they saw an almost boundless but extremely chaotic army of demons on the other side of the border.

Sensing their presence, four seventh-tier demons stepped out of the army and pressed forward, releasing their auras together.

Ling Qiqi stepped forward and pushed with one hand.

The giant handprint appeared out of thin air, causing the demon's expression to change drastically.

Then, the giant handprint instantly shattered the combined aura of the four demons and struck one of them.

boom!

The demon was blasted underground, its body torn to pieces, its breath faint, almost killed by a single slap!

An even stronger aura emerged from the army, and a humanoid demon appeared out of thin air. After sensing Ling Qiqi's aura, its expression turned very ugly, never expecting that she had actually broken through to the eighth rank!

"Ligu, do you want to start the war first?" Ling Qiqi preemptively asked.

"Heh, if I didn't have some tricks up my sleeve, I would have really been fooled by you. If you compensate me for the demons in that city, I will consider not starting a war."

The humanoid demon sneered.

Ling Qiqi's expression remained unchanged.

"You're mistaken, I didn't destroy that city."

"Whether or not it's up to me to decide."

"Then let's have a match!"

Ling Qiqi flashed and rushed towards the humanoid demon.

The latter's face hardened, and he waved his hand.

"attack!"

Roar! ! !

The demon army began its attack, and the demons in Ling Qiqi's territory retaliated, instantly igniting a chaotic battle.

……

the other side.

Nangong Yu led her demon army to the front lines. Since there were no eighth-tier demons, she displayed the bizarre methods of the Path of Faith, leaving the opposing demons helpless.

Their territorial controllers were busy attacking the succubi and had no way to fight against Nangong Yu's bizarre methods.

The battlefield where Yan Lingfei was fighting was very intense. Relying on the Yan Emperor's Death Arena, she fought against three seventh-tier demons without being at a disadvantage.

At this moment, a team of seventh-tier demons, composed of three territories, is rapidly approaching the core of Ling Qiqi's territory.

……

Within the core of the territory, in the cultivation space.

Lin Ran put the Spirit Master down, allowing the almost unconscious woman to breathe a sigh of relief as she lay softly on a cushion made of spiritual energy.

Lin Ran stretched her body, and her cultivation progress appeared before her eyes.

[Eight Gates Formation LV8: 2000/4000]

Lin Ran stroked his chin. In one cultivation session, he had advanced halfway to the seventh level, but the resources consumed were also enormous.

Ling Qiqi hardly used any resources to develop his territory; the vast majority of resources were used for his cultivation. He only made progress of about half of the three seventh-tier demon territories.

It's estimated that he'll need resources from an eighth-tier demon territory to open the next door, the Gate of Life.

Lin Ran suddenly looked in a certain direction, his gaze piercing through layers of space, and saw a group of twelve seventh-level demons. He couldn't help but smile.

He immediately moved and disappeared from the cultivation space.

……

Near the core of the territory.

A group of seventh-tier demons quickly approached the core of Ling Qiqi's territory, which was also the location of the castle.

The demons did not communicate with each other, but traveled in silence.

Suddenly, the twelve demons stopped at the same time. In front of them, a tall and slender figure appeared abruptly, looking at them with a strange gaze.

After a brief silence, a demon spoke.

"An unfamiliar human... that succubus has colluded with the human race."

"You're only at the mid-stage of the seventh rank. Who gave you the courage to stand in our way? Now lead the way to that succubus's core territory, and I'll give you a chance to transform into a demon."

"Why say so much? Just kill it. What if it turns into a demon and continues to betray us? Maybe that succubus was like that, always opposing us."

"That makes sense. This human must be connected to that succubus. I've heard that humans are very sentimental. I wonder what will happen to the succubus if this person is killed."

"..."

"Are you done talking?"

Lin Ran chuckled, immediately silencing the demons, who all turned to look at him with unfriendly expressions.

A gigantic, powerful demon emerged, clasped its fists together in front of its chest, and revealed a ferocious grin.

"You weak human race..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lin Ran's gaze shift over to him.

The giant demon's expression changed, and he instinctively raised his arms, crossing them in front of him to block the view.

boom!

A sword aura appeared out of thin air and struck the giant demon's crossed arms, causing one of its arms to explode instantly, and its purplish-black palm flew out.

Then the flesh of its other arm was torn apart, exposing the stark white bone. Countless scattered sword energies struck its face, instantly turning it into a bloody mess.

His tall body moved backward uncontrollably, his feet carving two long furrows in the ground.

Roar!

The mighty demon roared and suddenly exerted force to stop its retreat. Its face was completely mangled, with no undamaged parts, only grotesquely twisted flesh.

It lowered its arms, let out a low growl, and sank its body to use the momentum to break free.

His vision suddenly distorted for a moment, and a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him, followed by a golden fist that rapidly enlarged.

The giant demon immediately resisted, but a sharp, needle-like pain suddenly shot through its mind, causing its consciousness to go blank for a moment.

boom!

The golden fist landed on the face of the giant demon, smashing its head, and then grabbed a core and squeezed it hard.

Click, click...

The giant demon's corpse fell limply, lifeless.

(End of this chapter)