Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 126 Beneath the Underground Palace

"Reporting to the boss, this mansion appears normal on the surface, but there's an underground palace beneath the southern pavilion; the treasures are hidden inside."

An underground palace?

Chen Hengyi chewed on the two words while turning his gaze to the direction the five ghosts had indicated.

The raging wind swept away, and soon it carried its energy through the cracks in the bricks into the attic and into the underground palace, revealing all the mechanisms inside.

At the same time, along with the whistling wind, there was also the sound of crunching. A flash of understanding crossed his eyes, and he murmured, "So that's how it is."

He strode over the steps and arrived at the attic. As he entered through the main gate, two burly guards wielding long swords suddenly appeared, shouting sternly, "Who are you? Stop right there!"

Chen Hengyi remained silent, his gaze never straying to the side.

With a loud "bang," the wind transformed into a sharp sword, instantly piercing through the two guards.

In the blink of an eye, the two were torn into bloody pulp by the whirlwind.

At the same time, the door burst open instantly, and Chen Hengyi walked in.

He went straight to a door, kicked it, and the solid stone wall was smashed into a cloud of stone chips and dust.

What came into view was a deep underground palace, with the stench of blood and decay filling the air.

"Boss, that thing is inside."

"It seems to be a demon."

Chen Hengyi walked down the stone steps. Inside the underground palace, the faint candlelight flickered. The further he went, the stronger the stench of rotting corpses became, accompanied by the crunching and gnawing sounds.

Chen Hengyi quickly entered the underground palace, where he felt a sticky, felt-like substance under his feet.

He glanced down and saw something made of piled-up human skin and hair. In the center of the underground palace, a hunched humanoid figure covered in sparse black hair was crouching with its back to him, clutching a corpse in its hand and gnawing and tearing at it, its body writhing.

Suddenly, perhaps Chen Hengyi's footsteps startled the creature, which whirled around, revealing a hideous face with blue eyes and fangs—it was a mountain demon.

The mandrill's scarlet eyes darted around, and it uttered a clear, childlike voice: "Big brother, I'm so hungry, can you give me something to eat?"

As it spoke, the mandrill suddenly stood up. It was a burly creature, over two meters tall, and two heads taller than Chen Hengyi. It spoke in a child's voice, still clutching the gnawed and mangled corpse in its hand, and swayed as it walked towards Chen Hengyi.

Chen Hengyi stared at the other person for a moment, and at the same time, a large number of skeletons in the underground palace came into view.

He couldn't help but sneer, "What a monster! He deserves to die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bolt of blue-purple lightning crackled and appeared on the mandrill's chest in the blink of an eye. The mandrill screamed in agony as its massive body was slammed into a corner of the underground palace as if struck by a tremendous force.

Chen Hengyi's face froze, radiating a chilling killing intent. Lightning crackled in his hand as he demanded, "Speak! How many people have you eaten? How many years have you lived?"

As he questioned it, the mandrill suddenly seemed to lose its mind, and its two long arms lashed out like iron whips.

The mandrill roared and howled, its expression as if it wanted to devour Chen Hengyi.

This attack might be effective against an ordinary person, but Chen Hengyi's eyesight was exceptional, and to him it was as slow as a snail crawling.

With a whoosh, a golden spear grew longer in the wind and shot out suddenly.

The mandrill let out a piercing wail and was instantly pinned to the stone wall of the underground palace.

But just then, a flurry of footsteps suddenly sounded behind Chen Hengyi.

In the blink of an eye, the entrance to the underground palace behind Chen Hengyi was completely blocked by a large crowd, and the torches made the dark underground palace appear bright.

"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you trespass on my Fang family's forbidden area?" A shrill voice, like that of a duck, came from behind.

Chen Hengyi turned his head to look behind him and was shocked to see that the town mayor was leading a group of martial arts masters and guards, holding weapons and looking furious, as if they wanted to surround and kill him.

Chen Hengyi didn't bother to reply, and an M14 automatic rifle immediately appeared in his hand.

When everyone saw his modern firearm, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I think you've gone mad, you thief! Trying to kill yourself with that dark, grimy fire poker?"

Chen Hengyi ignored them and pulled the trigger. The next moment, sparks burst from the muzzle, and before the martial arts masters could react, they were hit by several bullets.

Aaaaaah!!

Bang bang bang! !

Not to mention these martial arts masters, even the servants and guards hiding behind them and relying on their power were all unable to escape.

A stray bullet grazed half of his brain, killing him instantly before he could utter a sound. He fell down the slope of the underground palace and rolled in.

With two clicks as the magazine ran out of ammunition, Chen Hengyi put away his rifle.

"Do you know what this is? It's a gun! Do you know what a gun is? Now you know."

Among the crowd, only Mayor Fang remained.

He sat there, dazed and confused, straddling the pile of corpses, his eyes meeting Chen Hengyi's. He was still reeling from what had just happened.

Upon hearing Chen Hengyi's words, his eyes widened in horror, and he babbled incoherently, "Sorcery! This is sorcery!"

"A demon? You yourself raise a demon, and you dare to accuse me of sorcery? This is science! Do you even know what science is?"

Chen Hengyi snapped his fingers, and the Five Ghosts instantly appeared beside the town mayor. "Come on, let this mayor know what science is."

Upon hearing this, the five ghosts immediately began to laugh lewdly.

Mayor Fang's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "A ghost! A ghost!"

Mayor Fang was dragged aside by the five ghosts for interrogation.

Chen Hengyi walked back to the mountain demon. At this moment, the mountain demon was still struggling frantically, trying to break free from the suppression of the Demon-Subduing Golden Spear.

But no matter how much he struggled, it was to no avail; instead, it only made his suppressive power grow stronger.

"Speak, stop playing dumb. I know you can speak. Did you cause trouble in Majia Village?"

Upon hearing this, the mandrill spoke in a strange tone, no longer the disgusting childish voice.

"Yes, do you have relatives in Ma Family Village? Or are you trying to avenge them? That's really strange. We've always done things this way before, so why are you suddenly appearing now?"

At this moment, the mandrill was filled with many doubts. He didn't understand that he had only eaten some unruly commoners, which was actually beneficial to the town's rule.

He used to do this, and nobody paid any attention.

Na Shan stared intently at Chen Hengyi, wanting to find an answer.

Chen Hengyi chuckled twice.

He then slowly pulled out the demon-subduing golden spear, and the mountain demon immediately fell off the wall.

"Haha, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding..." The mandrill thought it was saved and couldn't help but cackle loudly.

But the next moment, Chen Hengyi snatched the demon-subduing golden spear.

With a bang, a cloud of blood mist exploded.

The headless corpse of the mountain went limp and collapsed into a pool of blood.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask, just to know that you were the one who did it."

"I'm afraid I've killed the wrong person and will have to search again."