I, a cultivator, have ended up in the world of tomb raiding.

The six-winged centipede, in pain, suddenly arched its back, using its head and tail to propel the person on it more than ten feet high.

Li Yue was not intimidated by the height. He stood firm in the air, stepping on the giant demon body.

Then, the longsword pressed down hard, stabilizing the lower body, and the six-winged centipede instantly sank into the middle, turning into a head-and-tail-up position.

Li Yue moved swiftly, and before the centipede demon could react, he immediately gripped the sword hilt and slashed downwards.

"Sizzle and crackle"

Its dark brown carapace, resembling a slice of cake, curls up to both sides.

The dark red flesh and bluish-white tendons inside surged out instantly, and a foul-smelling mist of blood sprayed out in all directions.

In excruciating pain, the six-winged centipede thrashed its head wildly, emitting low, hoarse hisses, and twisted and writhed its body frantically, instinctively trying to escape forward.

Li Yue gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, the longsword like a nail.

As the centipede struggled, the sword's edge slicing down its spine, vertically cleaving its massive body open.

Unable to advance or retreat, the six-winged centipede, writhing in excruciating pain, struggled wildly. Upon seeing this, Li Yue immediately recited an incantation to ward off evil.

The next second, incantations swirled around the sword, further suppressing the evil spirits.

The six-winged centipede felt its soul and body being torn apart by intense pain and pressure, and it was filled with overwhelming regret.

However, his body had already been forcibly cut open, leaving him with no power to resist.

A minute later, the six-winged centipede's struggles gradually weakened, and its body slumped against the cliff face, barely alive.

Li Yue confirmed that it was completely exhausted before leaping off the corpse. He staggered slightly upon landing, his face pale from the excessive consumption of his magical power.

He walked to the gaping wound in the centipede's flesh and began searching through the indistinct blood and gore.

Not choosing to cut it in half directly was a somewhat risky move.

However, in order to eliminate any future troubles and also for the inner core of the six-winged centipede, he decided to use this method after some deliberation.

He carefully explored the churning internal organs with his five fingers.

He vaguely sensed the source of that dense demonic essence, and when he pierced the sword earlier, he aimed precisely at that demonic core.

This is one of the reasons why the six-winged centipede declined so quickly.

On the other side, the crowd that had just scattered and fled finally came to their senses and, clutching their knives and guns, crept up to surround them.

Chen Yulou walked at the front, his face still pale. Looking at the centipede's still slightly twitching body, he was still filled with fear and unease.

Red Girl had one hand on the throwing knife at her waist, and she and the mute Kunlun followed closely behind, keeping a watchful eye on the enormous body, fearing that the centipede might suddenly attack.

Luo Laowai originally wanted to find an engineer to go and check, but when he saw the leader of the team step forward, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

At this moment, he kept his gun in his hand, his index finger on the trigger, standing far away, ready to fire another burst of bullets at the python-like centipede.

"Brother Li... is this monster truly dead?" Chen Yulou asked in a low voice, his tone still carrying a hint of barely perceptible fear.

Li Yue didn't respond, but his fingertips suddenly touched a warm, round, yet somewhat irregular hard object.

He was overjoyed and, with a quick flick of his wrist, retrieved the thumb-sized demon core.

The elixir was slightly irregular, indicating that the six-winged centipede had only recently formed its elixir and its cultivation was not yet complete.

He secretly cast a purification spell, and the bloodstains and stench on the pill instantly dissipated, leaving only a faint red halo. He then casually stuffed it into his inner pocket.

He then stood up and glanced indifferently at the crowd: "We were lucky; this thing is already dead."

He glanced again at the bloody gash of the six-winged centipede and said, "This centipede should be the leader of those small centipedes in the underground palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, his massive body, now deprived of the support of his inner core, suddenly collapsed.

The body, which had been trembling with flesh and blood just moments before, shrank at a visible speed, and the muscles, bones, and flesh inside dissolved rapidly.

In a short while, it turned into a pool of yellow-green, pungent, and foul-smelling pus, leaving only an empty shell limply collapsed on the edge of the cliff.

The brothers of the Unloading Ridge and the engineers standing around were all dumbfounded.

Some people subconsciously took a half step back, while others gasped, their eyes now filled with awe and fear as they looked at Li Yue.

To slay a thousand-year-old demon with a single sword strike and casually take its core—such methods are far beyond the ordinary ways of tomb raiding.

But where did this sword come from?

Luo Laowai stared at the longsword in Li Yue's hand, which was gleaming with a dark blue light. His eyes darted around a few times, and finally, unable to contain his curiosity, he stepped forward and asked:

"Hehe, Brother Li, your sword... it's truly formidable. I wonder where you obtained it?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou and Hong Guniang both looked at Li Yue.

The Azure Edge Sword was unstained by blood. Without the enhancement of magic, the azure light on it receded into the blade, no longer shimmering with spiritual energy as before.

But everyone remembers that it was this very sword that easily pierced the centipede's carapace, which even bullets couldn't break.

This is absolutely a rare and powerful weapon!

Li Yue naturally wouldn't reveal anything about the magical artifact to them, so he casually gave a perfunctory answer:

"I found it down there."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou and the others knew that he was unwilling to say more, so they waved their hands, signaling Luo Laowai not to ask any more questions.

Luo Laowai originally had doubts about Li Yue's abilities.

But after witnessing Li Yuefei steadily subdue the thousand-year-old centipede ten zhang in the air,

He ruthlessly killed him, and then fell back to the ground unharmed.

This is something that ordinary people cannot do.

They dared not harbor any further doubts.

But then he suddenly remembered the two personal guards he had sent down earlier, and he became uneasy again.

I wonder if those two have succeeded. If Li Yue holds a grudge against him, wouldn't that be a disaster?

With this thought in mind, he gave Li Yue a dry laugh twice and silently retreated behind the others.

"Centipedes prefer shady places and mostly hide in damp, dark valleys during the day, rarely appearing in the sunlight. Could it be... that we set fire to the underground palace just now, which finally scared it out?"

Chen Yulou stared at the rapidly dissolving corpse, his brows furrowed.

Li Yue remained noncommittal.

The arson might have been the trigger; he was more inclined to believe that the six-winged centipede was startled by the high temperature and then located the bandits by following their cries as they fell down.

The ant-like creature beside it stepped forward, staring at the empty shell with a look of horror on its face:

"Good heavens... an old centipede only grows a pair of wings after living for a hundred years, but this thing has six wings! How many years of cultivation must it have accumulated?"

"For a demon to cultivate, it needs to occupy a spiritual land to absorb the essence of the sun and moon in order to develop its intelligence and condense its demon core," Li Yue said.

"Although the air on this Bottle Mountain is heavy with turbidity, there must be some rare treasures or medicinal energy nourishing it from below. It has been cultivating here for at least five hundred years."

Spiritual land, cultivation, demon core... these were words they had only heard in the fairy tales told by storytellers.

The fact that these words came out so calmly from the young man in front of them sent a shiver down everyone's spines, and their gazes toward Li Yue changed completely.

This is no ordinary bandit; he is probably a hermit master cultivating in the mountains.

Chen Yulou was inwardly turbulent, but outwardly remained calm, raising his hand in a fist salute:

"If it weren't for Brother Li's help today, we would probably all be dead. This is a great favor, and I, Chen, will certainly repay it handsomely."

Li Yue nodded; he was determined to accept the thank-you gift.

In worldly life, money is needed for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. In these chaotic times, the connections and information of Changsheng Mountain are also extremely important.

Chen Yulou continued, "Then why don't we go down the mountain first and then discuss this further?"

Li Yue naturally had no objections.

So the group quickly regrouped, gave the wounded a quick first aid, and carefully made their way down Ping Mountain.