Chapter 87

Shen Lian stood calmly at a distance, looking at Ha Li Zi without fear. No matter what a Nine-Headed King was, even if it was an extremely powerful demon king, it wouldn't shake him. He had never heard of it, and even if he had, it wouldn't make any difference.

Lazily, he didn't want to talk much. His wooden sword traced a trajectory, as if the sunlight gathered at the tip of his sword, and a faint heat could be felt.

The wooden sword glowed with a greenish light, isolating the heat.

A ball of fire appeared out of nowhere, and with a flick of the sword tip, it suddenly smashed toward Ha Li Zi.

Ha Li Zi didn't expect Shen Lian to attack so quickly. Fortunately, it had some cultivation and reacted very quickly. It spat out purple liquid from its mouth, which hit the fireball. The fireball turned purple, and with a gust of air, it swept toward Shen Lian.

An invisible primordial energy gathered around Shen Lian, as if he were enveloped in a mist. The purple toxic fire exploded in the mist, creating a cloud of smoke and dust.

But there were no cries of pain. Not far away, Shen Lian gently placed the little girl on a tree and said calmly, "Don't be afraid."

He lightly touched the ground, holding the wooden sword, and lunged at Ha Li Zi in mid-air. Suddenly, there was a sizzling sound, which was Ha Li Zi's tongue, moving like lightning, leaving only a faint red shadow.

An ordinary toad could catch a bug flying in front of it in less than a blink of an eye. This toad demon had practiced for a hundred years and could speak. Even ordinary cultivators who had achieved magical powers could only be its food.

In Shen Lian's eyes, even though it moved faster than the human eye could see, he could still clearly see its trajectory.

This breakthrough not only allowed him to integrate his divine energy and cultivate magical powers but also began to transform his mortal body. Especially after unblocking the mysterious points in his body, his control over his body reached a new level.

During his rapid lunge in mid-air, he could still twist his waist as if performing a graceful sword dance.

With an incredible twist of his body, he avoided Ha Li Zi's tongue.

When the tongue recoiled, Shen Lian lunged at Ha Li Zi with even greater speed.

He used runes as his sword path, communicating with the primordial energy of heaven and earth to form talisman techniques. Although the power was not great, the momentum was impressive.

Electric sparks flashed in the air, dazzling Ha Li Zi's eyes. As a demon, it instinctively feared lightning.

For a moment, the electric light made it unable to open its eyes.

When it felt a slight coolness in its eyes, it saw only endless darkness.

Ha Li Zi knew its eyes had been blinded by Shen Lian.

Its senses spread out, and the wind flowed around it. Every blade of grass, every tree, and every flower could be clearly sensed, but there was no trace of Shen Lian.

Its tongue danced wildly in the air, guarding itself.

Ha Li Zi's ferocity flared up, and it crashed into the courtyard. If it couldn't deal with Shen Lian, it could kill some mortals to vent its anger.

As soon as it moved, it sensed a sharp sword qi.

It didn't dodge but turned toward the sword qi. At the same time, its abdomen expanded and contracted at an incredible speed, causing a loud noise that made the ground collapse.

A spherical light ball spewed from its mouth, instantly extinguishing the sword qi and moving on its own.

The little girl on the tree saw a strange scene: a small light ball flying toward Shen Lian at an incredible speed, but it slowed down with each sound of breaking the air.

The initial terrifying pressure also weakened.

Shen Lian kept retreating, continuously emitting sword qi, which struck the light ball. He didn't know how far he had retreated before the light ball finally fell to the ground.

The process seemed long, but in reality, it was just a few breaths.

Ha Li Zi couldn't understand how this human cultivator's magical power could circulate so quickly.

If Shen Lian could gather such strong magical power at will, he would naturally have great abilities. A single powerful spell could easily deal with it, without such trouble.

It didn't know that Shen Lian was a freak. Long before reaching the stage of returning to the elixir, his meridians and acupoints were already unblocked.

He could use magical power with each breath, much faster than cultivators of the same realm.

It was this much faster magical power gathering speed that allowed him to calmly form talismans and emit sword qi in actual combat.

As the light ball fell, Ha Li Zi's divine energy waned.

Shen Lian mercilessly struck it with various sword qi, cutting off Ha Li Zi's life force.

The last fire talisman burned away Ha Li Zi's flesh and blood, leaving only the unformed inner core, which Shen Lian collected. This thing might be useful back at Qingxuan, and it could also earn him some merit.

The green smoke of Ha Li Zi's soul was also extinguished by Shen Lian.

The toad's flesh and blood were actually a great supplement of primordial energy, but at Shen Lian's current cultivation, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth was purer for him.

Moreover, Ha Li Zi had eaten many people, which Shen Lian despised.

Feixian Island had some grudges with him, so Shen Lian didn't want to meet these people and was about to leave.

The little girl suddenly jumped down from the tree, and Shen Lian caught her.

The little girl grabbed his collar and said, "Big brother, can I cultivate with you?"

She was from Feixian Island and knew a bit about cultivation.

"I haven't even succeeded in my own cultivation, how can I teach you?" Shen Lian didn't pretend to be cold to the child and gently placed her on the ground.

When the courtyard gate opened, and someone came out, the first to run out was naturally the little girl's mother.

Shen Lian smiled at the little girl and said, "Goodbye."

A gentle breeze blew, and Shen Lian's figure became increasingly faint, disappearing into the distance. Only the mess on the ground and the collapsed pit indicated that something unusual had happened.

The young man from the Xiao family, whose martial arts had been disabled by Shen Lian, saw his back and recognized him. A wave of anger rose in his heart, not hatred, but jealousy. If he hadn't been disabled, the cultivator who left so gracefully might have been him, not a useless person hiding in the crowd.

It seemed he heard a voice, faint and indistinct, accompanied by a laugh that seemed to come from the depths of the netherworld.

"Do you want to become stronger?"

These five words were full of temptation and left him with no desire to refuse. Without hesitation, he said "yes." Since there were many noises around, no one heard him.

After he agreed, the mysterious voice made him feel a cool sensation between his eyebrows, as if something had drilled in.

At the same time, no one noticed that his eyes flashed with a blood-red light, and his entire demeanor became sinister, as if he had suddenly become a different person.

PS: Thank you, Xiao Xun and Zhan Wu Mao, for your support.

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