Chapter 104: Chapter 10: Clan Extermination

The Iron Armor General’s entire arm was gone, leaving only a clean-cut wound on his left shoulder. The Turtle Demon Wu Cheng’s shell was shattered, his face so pale it was devoid of all color. As for the Mingyi Dog Gou Santong, he was missing a leg and bore two additional slash wounds that cut down to the bone.

They had paid a terrible price, but they had managed to kill the Red-faced Cultivator.

The Iron Armor General felt for the Storage Bag within his clothes. The Heaven-shattering Earth-sinking Array was inside it. All he could think about now was bringing this Array back to the Demon Country to atone for his failures.

His Cultivation had fallen to the Qi Cultivation Stage, and his enemies in the White Ape Kingdom would never pass up such a golden opportunity.

This Heaven-shattering Earth-sinking Array was his Life-saving Talisman.

An Array wasn’t like an Elixir, which leaves no trace after being consumed. The moment it appeared on a battlefield, or if any sign of a defensive line’s Array being broken by the Demon Country’s Heaven-shattering Earth-sinking Array was found, the Six Great Sects would stop at nothing to trace it back to its source.

Even the Profound Carp Association wouldn’t dare sell the Heaven-shattering Earth-sinking Array to the Demon Country. They were already content with the handsome profits from Spirit Pills and certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to illegally sell a prohibited item like it.

The Iron Armor General planned to return to their hidden cave, gather his valuables, and erase any traces they had left behind. He wouldn’t wait for the White Apes and other Demons on the raiding mission; he would flee straight back to the Demon Country. The losses from this operation had been catastrophic, and the Iron Armor General was ready to pin the blame on those other Demons.

It was those Demons who had provided faulty intelligence, causing him to misjudge the entire situation.

When he saw the two White Apes left on guard duty still standing watch at the cave entrance, the Iron Armor General breathed a sigh of relief. At least their hideout hadn’t been exposed.

“General! What happened?!”

The two White Apes paled in shock when they saw the wretched state of the Three Demons.

The Three Demons shoved the two guards aside and rushed into the cave. After the huge commotion tonight, the White Apes and other Demons, who were only at the Qi Cultivation Stage, wouldn’t be able to hold off pursuers for long. They had to flee at top speed.

With their Cultivation having fallen to the Qi Cultivation Stage, they stood no chance of escaping the pursuit of Cultivators from the Six Great Sects.

As he entered the cave, the Iron Armor General’s pupils constricted.

No torches were lit within the cave, leaving it shrouded in darkness. Rows of corpses and bones hung from iron hooks on the walls. Some had been hung while still alive, left to die from the excruciating pain. On a stone table sat leftover livers, and piles of skeletons, stripped clean of flesh, were heaped on the floor, their hair and skin tangled in the mess.

Amidst a scene straight out of the Demon Realm, a young man in a Daoist Robe sat upon a stone throne, one leg casually crossed over the other, waiting for them with an air of complete leisure.

The Iron Armor General backhanded the White Ape beside him, sending it sprawling to the ground.

“Who is this man?!”

The two White Apes looked utterly bewildered. They had no idea how this Cultivator had gotten inside.

“Iron Armor General, why blame your subordinates? You all made a move against the Huang Family. Did you truly think my Taixu Sword Sect would remain completely in the dark? That’s a little naive, don’t you think?”

Yang Jing stood up. Noticing a skull by his feet, he picked it up and placed it on the table. There were clear teeth marks on it. Unlike the Iron Armor General, who favored eating the human heart, the Turtle Demon was quite fond of steamed human heads.

Whether due to misplaced anger or growing suspicion, the Three Demons’ Affinity for his identity as Wang Tong had dropped below sixty. The contract between him and the Three Demons was severed.

This prompted Yang Jing to try one last deception. ’If I win, great. If I lose, so be it. I’ll just consider it putting some trash to good use.’

The Three Demons now only had the Cultivation of the Qi Cultivation Stage.

The Iron Armor General gritted his teeth.

“Since when did the Taixu Sword Sect resort to using poison? How cruel of you, to just stand by and watch the Huang Family be annihilated without lifting a finger!”

Yang Jing spread his hands.

“Apologies, but that’s just how we do things in the Taixu Sword Sect’s Demon Slaying Hall. Your Cultivation is now only at the Qi Cultivation Stage. Why not surrender quietly?”

He had long since used the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique to alter his own Qi Mechanism, preventing the Three Demons from discerning his level of Cultivation.

The Iron Armor General gripped his Iron Rod with his one remaining arm, so furious he felt like he would explode.

Just then, a portly figure suddenly burst into the cave.

“Iron Armor General, you have to run! I received a secret report from the Profound Carp Association. A Cultivator from the Taixu Sword Sect’s Demon Slaying Hall has infiltrated the Huangyuan Marketplace. I fear they’re coming straight for you!”

Wang Tong burst into the cave, his face beaded with sweat.

Tears welled in the Iron Armor General’s fierce eyes, and all his suspicions about Wang Tong vanished instantly. Wu Cheng and Gou Santong stamped their feet in regret. ’If only this news had arrived three hours earlier, we wouldn’t be in this mess!’

“Brother Wang Tong, your news came too late! And now… now you’re trapped here with us!”

Yang Jing looked at Wang Tong with a peculiar expression.

“Excellent. The Taixu Sword Sect has been investigating this Profound Carp Association, and to think a member would deliver himself right to my doorstep. It seems I’m destined to perform a great service today!”

The Three Demons felt a mysterious connection form between themselves and the Taixu Sword Sect Sword Cultivator before them. In the next instant, their remaining Demon Power began to vanish rapidly, as if draining through a funnel.

Simultaneously, the Sword Cultivator’s own aura began to fluctuate.

The Iron Armor General was horrified. The ability to seize another’s power for one’s own use was a clear hallmark of a Demon Skill. An ordinary Demon Skill couldn’t possibly be this malevolent; this had to be the work of a Fundamental Demon Scripture from the Demon Sect.

“That… That’s a Demon Skill! You’re not a Cultivator from the Taixu Sword Sect—you’re a Demon Cultivator! Wait… your Cultivation is only at the Qi Cultivation Stage!”

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