Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

"ah--"

The extra thing caused Lu Yan's soul to tear apart with pain, and Lu Yan couldn't help but scream.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted a few breaths, and then the world quickly returned to normal.

The eye in the sky disappeared, the swirling dark clouds stopped, and the gale vanished.

Looking down, he saw that the statue in his hand had lost its demonic energy and was gradually cracking, eventually slipping from his fingers.

Everything felt like a dream.

He examined his body internally and found no other changes. His spiritual power was still obediently staying in his dantian, and his demonic cultivation level remained at the peak of the eighth-level demonic soldier.

Upon closer inspection of the spirit, they finally discovered a small object, its shape exactly the same as the shattered statue.

"What is this thing?" Lu Yan began to panic upon seeing it.

The soul is the very source of a person's existence, and now that something else is inhabiting it, Lu Yan couldn't help but be alarmed.

"Outsider! Become my believer, and I will bestow upon you supreme glory." The familiar voice rang out once more.

This time, however, it was no longer just a simple sentence; the voice carried an endless power of persuasion, and even Lu Yan's best resistance was futile.

Desire and greed grew endlessly in Lu Yan's heart, taking root, sprouting, and bearing fruit.

"Magic, give me magic!"

"I can't do this, I can't do this." The shift in his thinking caused Lu Yan great pain. He knelt on the ground and banged his head repeatedly, trying to get rid of the unwanted thoughts.

The mask of pretense had long since fallen off, and Lu Yan had returned to his original self.

The black lines, like spiderwebs, were drawn on the skin, making it look extremely eerie.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" As his consciousness waned, Lu Yan became increasingly frenzied, as if he had an endless amount of power within him that needed to be released.

"What's wrong with him?" The bandit who arrived was bewildered by the scene and watched Lu Yan acting crazy all by himself from afar.

"I don't know, but it must be a serious illness."

"What race of demons is he? I've never seen him before." After observing for a while, the demons noticed that Lu Yan's appearance was different from their own and asked in confusion.

"I don't know, but it looks a lot like the Frost Demons. I think it must be from the north," a demon said uncertainly.

"That makes sense. The world is so big, there are many things we haven't seen."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" At this moment, Lu Yan had completely lost his mind.

Endless magical power flowed around Lu Yan as if it were alive.

With his blood-red eyes and flowing long hair, he looked like a savage monster.

At this moment, in Lu Yan's eyes, these bandits and demons had become his targets, and he involuntarily summoned the Brutal Staff.

"Are you afraid of death?" As he spoke, the magic within him began to spread outward, forming a black mist.

"This kid is strange." Seeing this, the surrounding bandits dared not be careless and all took out their weapons to aim at Lu Yan.

"What do we do now?" a bandit demon asked the leader of the level 10 demon soldiers, Tooth Demon.

"Kill him!" Lu Yan's appearance made him uneasy, but he still gritted his teeth and commanded the demons to attack.

"kill!"

As the Tooth Demon gave the order, the bandits began to attack Lu Yan.

"Hehehe~ The slaughter begins!" Seeing this, Lu Yan was not afraid at all, but rather very excited.

Carrying the brutal club, Lu Yan charged directly into the bandit horde.

With a casual wave of his hand, Lu Yan smashed an eighth-level demon soldier into pieces, splattering blood and bits of flesh everywhere, creating a gruesome scene.

"So fast!" The Tooth Demon, who was watching from the sidelines, was somewhat alarmed.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Lu Yan continued to wield his brutal club amidst the bandit horde, and more and more bandits died, each one dying a gruesome death, either shattered to pieces or mangled beyond recognition.

No demon could withstand a single blow from that staff.

"Retreat!" After Lu Yan easily killed a level nine demon soldier, the demons finally felt fear. In just a few dozen breaths, a third of the demons had died.

"I'll do it!" In this situation, even the Tooth Demon had no choice but to step in.

The Tooth Demon, wielding two short forks, thrust them toward Lu Yan's chest.

"kill!"

Lu Yan came over to greet them.

"Clang~"

In a single blow, the two short forks were sent flying, and the brutal club slammed into his chest.

"Boom!"

The Tooth Demon flew out, smashing through several large trees before stopping. A bandit demon went up to check and found that his entire chest was caved in and he was no longer breathing.

"Hiss~" Upon seeing this scene, all the demons present gasped in shock.

Even a level 10 demonic soldier couldn't withstand a single blow, so he must be at least a demonic general, right?

"Run!"

This time, the demons began to flee in panic.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Lu Yan pursued relentlessly from behind, and one bandit after another died under his club.

"Such dense demonic energy!" Before anyone knew it, the multi-armed demon general had arrived, flying in the sky watching Lu Yan slaughter his subordinates.

"No matter who you are, if you dare to kill my subordinate, die!" With a swing of his sword, a blade of energy rushed straight towards Lu Yan.

Seeing this, Lu Yan held the brutal stick horizontally in front of his chest to block it.

"Sizzle~"

"Boom!"

This time, it was Lu Yan who was sent flying backward, but he quickly stood up again.

Not only were the people unharmed, but even the brutal club was unscathed, without even a scratch.

"What a magical artifact! I want it!" Upon seeing this, the multi-armed demon general's eyes lit up, and he flew from the sky toward Lu Yan.

"Kill!" Lu Yan was not afraid at all and charged forward with his brutal staff.

"Great!"

As the sword and club clashed, Lu Yan was sent flying backward once again.

"Pfft~" However, the multi-armed demon general was not in good condition either. He was already seriously injured and his strength was greatly reduced. Now, he suffered a freak attack from Lu Yan's monstrous strength, which caused his injuries to flare up again. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Again!" At this moment, Lu Yan seemed to have lost the pain, and after getting up, he continued to attack the multi-armed demon general.

"Hmph! You're asking for death!" In a swift and decisive attack, the multi-armed demon general unleashed a barrage of sword strikes, sending out more than a dozen sword energies aimed at Lu Yan.

"Boom!"

The violent explosion kicked up a cloud of dust, which immediately enveloped Lu Yan.

"Let's see if you don't die this time!" The multi-armed demon general calmed his body and slowly walked forward.

"kill!"

Before he could take two steps, Lu Yan burst out of the dust and smoke, striking him in the abdomen with his brutal club and sending him flying.

"Damn it!" The multi-armed demon general never expected that his attack would fail to kill an eighth-level demon soldier, and he was caught off guard and took this hit.

"Pfft~" With his injuries compounded, the multi-armed demon general spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Boy! I'll tear you to pieces!" This time, the multi-armed demon general was completely enraged.

"Convergence!" He mobilized the remaining magic power within his body, wielding six swords simultaneously, forming a massive sword aura that surged irresistibly towards Lu Yan.

Even so, Lu Yan was not afraid at all and swung the brutal stick at them.