Chapter 731: The Demon in the Mountain Range
Deep within the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, a pitch-black demonic shadow slowly advanced. This shadow exuded a terrifyingly cold aura and a killing intent. On its shoulder, a small, pure white demon beast lay quietly, occasionally using its snowy claws to scratch at the shadow's face.
Every so often, the cold, murderous aura on the demonic shadow would intensify. Its eyes would turn icy, bloodthirsty, and filled with an extremely heavy killing intent. However, at that moment, it would raise its head and look at the snow-white creature resting on its shoulder, Xue Linglong. Seeing those pure, flawless, beautiful eyes, the bloodthirsty and murderous aura within him would involuntarily be suppressed, gradually weakening as he used his will to subdue it.
Lin Feng had fallen into demonhood for Meng Qing's sake. Now, it was also because of Meng Qing that he restrained himself, preventing himself from becoming a sword slave, a tool of slaughter.
Behind Lin Feng, a figure followed silently. For three days, Tang Youyou had witnessed every change in Lin Feng, feeling the ebb and flow of the demonic aura within him. She sighed inwardly. Just how important was that Xue Linglong in his heart, that a single glance could suppress the urge to succumb to demonhood?
Tang Youyou had every reason to believe that if Xue Linglong were not by his side, Lin Feng would have already fallen into demonhood, unable to control himself.
"In the process of this battle of wills, your willpower is constantly growing stronger, while the demon's will is weakening. One day, you will be able to overcome the demonic will within you," Tang Youyou thought to herself. She firmly believed that Lin Feng could do it.
Although Lin Feng remained silent and cold, she knew very well that he was consciously fighting against the demonic will. He walked alone in the Nine Dragons Mountain Range, afraid that if he went out, he would lose control and slaughter innocent humans.
Ahead, a mountain peak lay across their path. From a cave at the foot of this mountain, wisps of demonic aura seemed to seep out, likely a lair for demon beasts.
But Lin Feng acted as if he hadn't seen it. His steps did not pause in the slightest; he continued forward resolutely.
As he approached the mountain, a cave dwelling at its base gradually became clearer. Outside the cave, several figures were guarding the entrance. This sight made Tang Youyou's gaze freeze for a moment. There were actually people here.
Those figures had no demonic aura about them, unless they were powerful celestial demons who had completely concealed their aura. Otherwise, they should be genuine humans.
Those people also saw Lin Feng and Tang Youyou approaching. Their gazes froze for a moment, then a cold, sinister smile appeared in their eyes.
Lin Feng glanced at them indifferently and then walked towards the side of the mountain, intending to bypass it and continue forward. However, those people seemed unwilling to let him leave so easily. Their figures flickered, blocking Lin Feng's path.
His brow furrowed. A terrifying murderous aura surged violently. The icy, demonic aura was so cold that the few people felt as if they had entered an ice cellar, their bodies even trembling slightly.
"Such a heavy demonic aura," they thought to themselves. Their steps slowly retreated, no longer daring to block Lin Feng. This person seemed to be someone they couldn't afford to provoke.
"Hmm?" A cold voice rang out, causing their bodies to stiffen. They stopped in place, not daring to move.
"Bring them in," an eerie voice slowly came from within the mountain cave. This voice seemed to possess a magical power. The bodies of those people no longer dared to retreat. Their gazes turned cold as they looked at Lin Feng and Tang Youyou.
"Hmm?" Tang Youyou noticed their abnormality and frowned slightly. Just a single voice had made them seem bewitched. How strange. What kind of person was living in that cave?
A cold aura emanated from those people. They all slowly walked towards Lin Feng, their eyes filled with cold light.
Sensing the cold light from them, Lin Feng's hand slowly moved to his back. There, a terrifying demonic aura churned violently. An icy, bloodthirsty sword aura burst forth, as if a terrifying sword was ready to be drawn at any moment.
"Lin Feng, don't," Tang Youyou called out from behind him. "You can't use it anymore. Otherwise, you'll kill me, and you'll kill Xue Linglong on your shoulder."
Indeed, hearing Tang Youyou's words, Lin Feng's body stiffened slightly. As the cold aura burst forth, he involuntarily reached for the demonic sword, as if an invisible force was summoning him, calling him to use the demonic sword in battle.
He glanced at Meng Qing on his shoulder. Seeing her moving, pitiful eyes, Lin Feng slowly lowered his hand. But the cold intent did not dissipate. His icy gaze locked onto the people before him.
"Kill!" With a single word, Lin Feng's entire being radiated a terrifying, cold killing intent. He stepped forward, and boundless demonic aura burst forth. A massive, dark palm print shot towards one of the figures, enveloping the person completely.
"Boom!" A loud sound rang out. The black demonic palm print struck the person, killing him instantly.
However, the other three figures acted as if they hadn't noticed. They continued their attack on Lin Feng, turning their palms into claws, reaching for him.
The demonic aura on Lin Feng's body churned wildly, forming a terrifying pitchfork—the kind used by Yaksha demons. He stepped forward, and the pitchfork pierced directly into one person's body, sending him flying far away.
The attacks of the other two landed directly on Lin Feng. But his body didn't move at all. Only endless, terrifying demonic aura churned violently, engulfing the two figures, drowning them in that demonic energy.
A cold, bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes. Lin Feng's palms struck out with force, hitting both of them on the head. Their bodies went limp and fell to the ground, lifeless.
In just a few short moments, all four were dead at Lin Feng's hands, not one left.
Tang Youyou watched all this happen silently from behind. Lin Feng was terrifying now. He killed without even a ripple of emotion, each strike a sure kill. The four people were not weak, with cultivation at the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Mysterious Martial Realm. But before Lin Feng, they were utterly powerless, easily slaughtered.
What also puzzled Tang Youyou was why the last three, after witnessing Lin Feng's terrifying strength, still attacked him fearlessly, as if they too had fallen into demonhood and lost their reason.
Her gaze involuntarily turned to the cave.
Lin Feng, his eyes gleaming with a terrifying cold light, also looked at the cave. His killing intent flickered unsteadily.
"Useless humans, such trash," an eerie voice slowly came from the cave. Along with it, a terrifying demonic aura drifted out.
"Demon beast!" Tang Youyou's heart trembled. There was a demon beast in the cave, and it had controlled the human experts Lin Feng had just killed. It could even speak human language. This demon beast was a celestial demon!
The demonic aura grew stronger and stronger, surging violently from the cave like a terrifying whirlpool. Soon, outside the cave, the demonic aura turned into a hurricane, howling wildly, kicking up a cloud of dust. It was extremely terrifying.
"A celestial demon... such a terrifying aura." Tang Youyou's heart tightened. In this cave, there was a celestial demon.
A fierce whirlwind swept past, as if a black shadow had flashed out of the cave. Instantly, the demonic aura shot straight into the sky. All the great and small demon beasts within a hundred-mile radius could feel this terrifying aura and fled frantically.
"A few useless humans died, and now two more have come. Becoming my demon slaves wouldn't be bad either," the rampaging demonic aura remained terrifying, but the whirlwind gradually weakened until, in the place where the demonic aura had surged to the sky, a figure appeared—a human silhouette. A transformed demon.
This silhouette was thin, its outline seeming to have a shadow. It stood with its hands behind its back, exuding an air of a master, imitating humans quite vividly.
However, Lin Feng and Tang Youyou's reactions seemed different from what it had imagined. The two didn't move at all. This made it snort coldly. An eerie light flashed in its demonic eyes, and then its body slowly turned, truly beginning to regard these two human intruders.
But the moment its gaze fell on the young man, its body couldn't help but tremble slightly, appearing somewhat stiff!
PS: It's not that I'm not giving it my all after the burst. It's just that I can only burst on weekends. On Monday, I have to rush from home to the company. Please understand!