Chapter 1 The Rock Mountain Demon General

The one-eyed giant tortoise demon general named Shanyan glanced at Taihao and the others, then turned to Dan Chenzi and said in a foreign language, "We'll leave this place to you. We're going to other places to mop up. We have enough people now, so no need to leave any alive."

"Understood."

Dan Chenzi nodded in agreement.

Shanyan strode forward, and together with the evil dragon, led the demons past the grim-faced Taihao and his companions.

They didn't glance sideways, didn't take special precautions, but arrogantly ignored them.

The sound of the demons' footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Dan Chenzi turned his gaze back to Taihao.

The atmosphere gradually solidified, and the air became strangely cold.

Frost began to condense at an increasingly rapid rate along the base of the walls on both sides.

Crack—

As a piece of frost broke off and fell, the group moved.

The cold energy in Taihao's hand suddenly extended, transforming into a long dragon that charged towards Dan Chenzi's lotus sword formation.

The sword formation abruptly unfolded, allowing the cold energy dragon to pass through.

Then, it contracted again, cutting at the dragon's body like a circular saw.

However, the energy dragon summoned by Taihao using the *Shi Gan Shi Er Zhi* (Ten Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches) technique could grow large or small, ascend or become invisible.

As soon as the lotus sword formation tightened, the energy dragon automatically contracted and became illusory, with rings of razor-sharp ice crystals appearing around it.

The ice crystals spun and counter-cut the six flying swords, producing a dense, rain-like sound of metal clashing.

Kuangranhuo flew into the air, and scorching flames rose from the palms of her hands, which she hurled down towards the foreign cultivator camp.

The spherical flames rapidly expanded in the air, and when they landed, they suddenly exploded, releasing heat and shockwaves.

Kuangranhuo's power system was very special. She could collect all kinds of flames.

The flames from modern butane, propane, and liquefied petroleum gas lighters,

The charcoal fire in ancient blacksmiths' furnaces,

The candle flames from burning inferior candles,

The napalm's jellied fire that devoured lives in modern warfare...

From a scientific point of view, combustion is a chain reaction of atomic vibrations, and fire is just a phenomenon caused by the reaction.

But in the realm of mysticism, flames from different sources possess different mystical properties—properties that can be stored, utilized, converted, and changed,

And used as weapons when appropriate.

Large fireballs rained down, suppressing many foreign cultivators.

An excited, manic smile gradually spread across Kuangranhuo's face as she relentlessly bombarded them with fireballs.

The bare-chested disciple of the Demonic Sect frowned, bent his knees, and leaped up like a cannonball, rushing towards Kuangranhuo, only to be intercepted by Lei Lang in mid-air. The two rolled and crashed into the wall, creating a concave pit.

The Demonic Sect youth and Lei Lang got up almost simultaneously. Although they didn't understand each other's language, they both saw the other's intention in their eyes as they hung on the wall.

*You're fighting me.*

Thump!

The Demonic Sect youth kicked off the wall, instantly crossing a hundred meters and punching Lei Lang's front paw.

The latter took the punch head-on, opened its bloody mouth, and bit down on the Demonic Sect youth's left arm, tearing fiercely.

This was a bloody, barbaric, ultimate contest of strength and skill.

The Qing Shan (green shirt) scholar holding a book faced Zhanlu, Chengying, and Ding Zinsi,

While the blind monk was entangled by Anberri wielding a saber, unable to help his companions.

The system detector silently recorded the scene, faithfully capturing and broadcasting the battle.

The players here were all powerhouses among powerhouses, transcendents standing at the top of hundreds of millions of ordinary people.

But the opposing foreign cultivators had power systems of their own, unfamiliar and bizarre techniques, and higher stats across the board.

The Demon Sunflower World had experienced two hundred years of eternal night. During this time, the first-generation demon sunflowers that could devour wandering energy withered and degenerated en masse because they couldn't get sunlight.

Only the mutated, weakened, second-generation demon sunflowers that could adapt to the darkness and absence of light could continue to survive.

During this process, the gradually dying first-generation demon sunflowers released all the wandering energy they had previously devoured, causing the overall spiritual energy concentration of the Demon Sunflower World to rise instead of falling.

Like a final burst of glory, it gave rise to a group of exceptionally talented cultivators at the end of the eternal night.

Of course, the price paid for this was the death of billions of living beings and the extreme decline and stagnation of civilization.

Bang!

The blood-stained Demonic Sect youth landed a punch squarely on Lei Lang's side.

Lei Lang rolled away, plowing a long furrow in the ground. Its pale fur was covered in dust, and its limbs were broken and shattered to varying degrees.

"..."

Lei Lang struggled to its feet, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. Its sharp but tired eyes remained fixed on the Demonic Sect youth in the distance.

The situation on the battlefield was not optimistic.

The Qing Shan scholar holding a book was constantly releasing various spells, attacking Chengying and Ding Zinsi, forcing Zhanlu to exhaust himself to protect his companions.

Anberri's Tidebringer pirate saber was slashing at the blind monk again and again, but the latter blocked it with his vajra, alms bowl, kasaya, prayer beads, and other magical artifacts.

Kuangranhuo and Taihao were also in a stalemate. The foreign cultivators had formed a formation and were working together to share the burden of the falling otherworldly fire bombardment, constantly depleting Kuangranhuo's spiritual energy.

The energy dragon summoned by Taihao had been continuously cut and reduced by Dan Chenzi's lotus sword formation and was soon reduced to less than twenty meters in length.

The situation could collapse at any moment.

"Huu..."

A trace of determination flashed in the depths of Lei Lang's eyes. It ignored the Demonic Sect youth rushing towards it.

A collar filled with needles suddenly appeared around its neck.

The collar automatically fastened around Lei Lang's neck, and the needles injected a large dose of spiritual energy potion into Lei Lang.

A surge of heat flowed through its body.

Lei Lang took a long, deep breath, and its body was instantly crackling with electricity as lightning flashed.

The Demonic Sect youth, who was charging, stopped in his tracks, and a drop of cold sweat instinctively broke out on his forehead.

His spiritual sensitivity, comparable to that of a demon beast, allowed him to clearly sense the energy constantly surging from Lei Lang's body.

Crackle—

The sound of electricity tearing through the air rose and fell.

The electricity on Lei Lang's fur gradually condensed into a rapidly vibrating, irregular object.

It slowly floated into Lei Lang's mouth and was swallowed whole.

Lei Lang's chest suddenly swelled,

And under the stretched and thinned skin of its throat, a dazzling light, like a star, flickered.

[Skill Name: Void Dog Cannon]

[Type: Psionic]

[Effect: Bombardment. Swallows the energy in the body into the stomach, squeezes and compresses it to form a sphere, and then launches it, causing devastating damage]

[Consumption: At least 70% of spiritual energy value]

[Cooldown: 10 minutes]

[Usage Conditions: Total spiritual energy value is greater than or equal to 1500, remaining spiritual energy value is greater than or equal to 1000; must be in beast form]

[Note: The more spiritual energy value invested, the faster the Void Dog Cannon flies, the farther the range, and the greater the power]

[Note: Mature Tailed Beasts will choose mature hosts]