A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

sulfuric acid!

A streak of emerald light pierced the dark night sky, swift as lightning, and slashed towards the neck of the Illusionary Sea Deer. As it passed through its demonic body, it emitted a soft clang like metal clashing.

A bright red bloodstain immediately appeared on the neck of the Illusionary Sea Deer where the azure light had struck it, but there were no other injuries.

The Xuanlu Demon Sea, whose mind had been tense, was startled the moment the sharp blade pierced its body. It immediately endured the excruciating pain in its demonic body and propped itself up on one side. It raised its head and glared angrily in the direction from which the emerald light was shooting, letting out a mournful low cry.

"So hard!?"

Zhou Ping, hidden in the shadows, stared in astonishment at the flying sword artifact that had failed to achieve its goal, speechless with disbelief.

No wonder the five people couldn't do anything to this deer demon even after trying their best. It turns out that its demon body is so tough that it only managed to get a small wound after withstanding a blow from a mid-grade flying sword.

"This demon's physical body has likely reached the late stage of the first level of the Body Refinement Realm, which is extremely close to the level of a second-level demon beast!"

Zhou Ping retrieved his flying sword and magic weapon, staring intently at the Illusionary Sea Deer not far away, muttering to himself with a grim expression.

But now that we've started, there's no reason to give up halfway!

Without giving his opponent a chance to catch his breath, he immediately summoned another fire hammer magic weapon that shone with red light. The flames swirling around it made the Illusionary Sea Deer, which was not far away, tremble. It was yet another fire-attribute magic weapon that was the opposite of it.

"go!"

Zhou Ping let out a low shout, raised his hand and pointed at the latter, and the fire hammer magic weapon immediately shot towards the Illusionary Sea Deer with a long tail of flame.

Bang Bang Bang!

Three consecutive, rapid muffled thuds rang out. Due to his severe injuries and inability to dodge, the fire hammer that came down from mid-air struck Huanhai Xuanlu squarely on the forehead. Sparks flew everywhere. The three consecutive heavy blows caused the latter's eyes to roll back and he fell to the ground again, knocked unconscious by the fire hammer.

Zhou Ping was delighted to see this. After observing it for a moment and confirming that it had indeed lost its fighting ability, he looked around at the surrounding forest for a while and found that there was no white mist that terrified him. Then he 'whooshed' to its front and looked at the antlers of the Illusionary Sea Deer with burning eyes.

At the same time, the emerald green sword that he had just put into his storage bag reappeared in his large palm.

crunch - crunch -

In the silent, dense forest, a series of rhythmic cutting sounds suddenly rang out, the sound piercing and continuous.

About the time it takes to eat a meal, Zhou Ping, his face flushed, pulled up his sleeves, revealing his strong arms with bulging veins. The small emerald sword in his hand was still tirelessly slicing back and forth at the crystal-clear horns of the Illusionary Sea Deer.

Click!

Finally, after exhausting most of its strength, Zhou Ping managed to cut off one of its crystal-clear antlers from the top of the Illusionary Sea Deer's head.

Huff... Huff...

Zhou Ping plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, large beads of sweat rolling down his face, but he didn't even bother to wipe them away.

"What... what are these deer demon's antlers made of?! They're so hard! Even with my mid-stage Body Refinement strength, it took me so long to cut off just one!"

He held the severed antler in front of his eyes and examined it carefully. It was clear at a glance that this antler was no ordinary object. The rich spiritual power contained within it could be clearly felt by Zhou Ping even without using his divine sense.

"It seems that the Three Flowers Gang went to great lengths to deal with this demon, and what they were after was probably this horn."

After thinking it over, Zhou Ping took out a large, exquisite jade box from his storage bag. After admiring the jade horn a few more times, he finally sealed it away with satisfaction.

After getting up and dusting himself off, Zhou Ping put away his magic weapon and his gaze fell once again on the only remaining jade horn of the Illusionary Sea Deer, but a look of regret flashed in his eyes.

"One should not be greedy. Today's harvest is already too abundant. Not to mention the jade horn that was just sealed away, that top-grade magic artifact alone is already an incredible opportunity. If I were to covet the other jade horn, I'm afraid I would be in grave danger..."

Zhou Ping glanced back at the Illusory Sea Deer one last time, trying his best to suppress the greed in his heart, and then disappeared into the dark night.

Greed knows no bounds; he had spent so much time and effort just to cut off one of the demon's jade horns, and there was no longer enough time to cut off the second one.

So much time has passed, and the terrifying mist woman could return at any moment. Previously, she had focused all her attention on the Three Flowers Gang members who had harmed this demon, and had not noticed him, the person hiding in the shadows.

If he were to suddenly turn back now and discover that he had cut off the jade horns of the Illusionary Sea Deer, he would be filled with unimaginable rage and madness. If that were to happen, he would truly be doomed.

Having witnessed his monstrous, ghostly movements and formidable strength, Zhou Ping now has no confidence whatsoever that he can escape with his life from the pursuer in the Yin-Yang Forest.

Not long after, the Xuanhai Xuanlu slowly woke up. After shaking its still somewhat dizzy head vigorously, it felt unsteady and its head seemed a little heavy.

It shook its head again in confusion, vaguely feeling a slight pain on the top of its head. Suddenly, its eyes widened, and the deer's head suddenly became motionless, as if time had stopped.

Wow!!!

A piercing, extremely harsh cry, like rolling thunder, exploded through the dense forest, its loudness surpassing all the previous cries.

At this moment, on the other side of the Yin-Yang Forest, a snow-white demon wolf slowly strolled out and appeared at the edge of the dense forest. If Zhou Ping were here at this time, he would definitely recognize it at a glance. This was the strange demon wolf that had almost taken his life and could speak human language.

After emerging, the demon gracefully crouched on the ground, extended its scarlet tongue, skillfully licked the blood from its lips, and grinned as it gazed at the opposite jungle, revealing its chilling, sharp fangs.

"That silly deer howled all night; I wonder what triggered it!"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of doubt appeared in his scarlet wolf eyes as he turned to look behind him.

In the dark, dense forest, through the scattered light, a headless corpse lay silently exposed on the weeds, its blood drained away and its chest torn and mangled.

However, judging from her clothing, she was the female cultivator named Su Jin who was following the man surnamed Xie.

Unexpectedly, after his lucky escape from the White Mist Maiden's pursuit, he was unexpectedly killed by the claws of the strange demon wolf. It can be said that fortune and misfortune are intertwined, and life is unpredictable.

At this moment, Zhou Ping was sitting cross-legged on the flying boat, traveling at full speed. He had already appeared in the sky above the official road dozens of miles away, speeding towards Sanhua Town.

With the remaining pure spiritual energy within his body, he didn't need to worry about insufficient magical power when traveling.

During its flight, it suddenly reached up and picked at its ear, then looked back as if it could faintly hear the deer demon's cry again.