Chapter 52 Slaying Demons

"kill!"

It's unclear who made the first move, but after Xu Yuanlang shouted the words "demonic cultivator," the Foundation Establishment cultivators from both sides attacked first.

"Hmph, how dare you ruin my plans!"

The red-haired demonic cultivator was furious. He suddenly opened his palm, and a long Zen staff flew out. The staff was pale white and seemed to be made of an unknown bone.

The staff was decorated with several skulls. He swung it suddenly, and the skulls let out a sharp shriek. Xu Yuanlang felt his spirit tremble and he was about to faint, but at this moment, the seven-colored flower petals in his body vibrated and a strange power came through, and he instantly woke up.

He hurriedly fled backwards, but by then the others nearby had already fainted. The red-haired demonic cultivator grabbed the guard who had just been loudly reminding him, opened his blood-red maw, and swallowed him whole. Before he could even be shocked, the red-haired demonic cultivator glanced at him and saw him, his eyes showing some surprise.

"Very well, it's rare to see a cultivator with such a stable soul! It just so happens that my Hundred Ghost Banner is still missing a main soul, so you can go in obediently."

His large right hand slammed down, and although the two were still several feet apart, Xu Yuanlang suddenly felt as if his palm had turned into a mountain that blotted out the sky, and then slammed down as if the sky were collapsing and the earth was being destroyed.

"Demonic cultivator, stop!"

With a delicate shout, Ouyang Yue appeared like a fairy. With a flick of her sleeve, Xu Yuanlang felt a soft force envelop him, directly transporting him far away from the Foundation Establishment battlefield.

"Hehe, I can't bear to kill such a delicate girl. How about this, if you can take out half of the spiritual items and give me a hundred cultivators, I will leave."

The red-haired demon cultivator's eyes were filled with apprehension. He couldn't see through Ouyang Yue's strength, but turning away was out of the question.

"Hmph, go tell my Nine Dragon Jade!"

Ouyang Yue sneered and took out a jade tablet, which was pointed at the top and more than a foot long at the bottom, with nine different colored dragon patterns carved on it.

With a flick of its wrist, a giant dragon, its body shimmering with golden light, flew out of the jade tablet, spewing out hundreds of sharp blades from its mouth.

"court death!"

The red-haired demonic cultivator was enraged and took out his magical weapon to attack.

Xu Yuanlang quickly averted his gaze as two demonic cultivators, one tall and one short, attacked him. Both were at the late stage of Qi Refining, but the taller one was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, while the shorter one was the same level as him.

"Flesh and blood belong to me; I like to live and drink blood."

"It's a deal."

The two men were uttering harsh words, and Xu Yuanlang's expression darkened as he looked at them.

"The Demon-Slaying Gourd!"

This was the first time he had used the Demon-Slaying Gourd at full power since it returned to its original grade.

The Demon-Slaying Gourd began to reveal its ferocious fangs, and nine sword lights burst forth from within it, each sword light comparable to a full-force strike from a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Of course, the spiritual energy consumed also increased exponentially. A normal Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator could only use it five or six times at most, but by absorbing the spiritual energy in the jade bowl through the Seven-Colored Flower, he was able to continuously activate the Demon-Slaying Gourd.

In an instant, nine sword lights slashed down like the scythe of death.

"This kid's tough!"

Even though the taller man's cultivation was slightly stronger than Xu Yuanlang's, he didn't dare to take so many sword lights head-on. He hurriedly picked up a Yin Banner, unfurled it in the wind, and countless wronged souls and vengeful ghosts let out mournful howls.

The sword light from the Demon-Slaying Gourd fell upon it as if it were falling into viscous water; not only did its speed decrease, but its power was also greatly reduced.

"Qi-breaking needle!"

With a thought, Xu Yuanlang sent out tiny, fine needles, like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, silently towards the two of them.

"Be careful of the flying needle-like magical artifacts!"

The tall demonic cultivator had a very sharp eye and spotted the Qi-breaking needle that was looking for an opportunity around it. He quickly patted his beast-taming pouch, and colorful venomous snakes crawled out of the pouch, surrounding the area to guard against the Qi-breaking needle.

"Brother, this kid's attacks are so fierce, he'll be exhausted soon, then we can launch a full-scale counterattack."

I'm going to torture this kid properly, crush his bones bit by bit.

The short demonic cultivator wore a ferocious smile, the tall one nodded, and the two immediately began to move around.

But half an hour later, the tall man was somewhat surprised to see Xu Yuanlang still full of energy.

"Even I myself cannot maintain this kind of attack for so long. Just how abundant is this guy's spiritual power?"

"Damn it, if this drags on, won't we run out of spiritual energy first?"

While dodging and defending consume less energy than attacking, so much time has passed that only half of the magic power in his dantian remains.

"Brother, this kid either has some kind of treasure to replenish his spiritual energy, or he secretly swallowed some pills. It seems he has plenty of spiritual energy. We need to find another way!"

The dwarf's expression changed drastically; his situation was even worse, with only about two layers of magic power remaining in his dantian.

Because demonic cultivators have an extremely bad reputation, there are no demonic pills specifically made for their use.

They only had pills left behind by their deceased fellow disciples, and these pills were all for replenishing qi and blood.

"Use the Bloodthirsty Bell!"

The tall man shouted in a low voice, and the short man moved instantly, nimbly dodging several sword lights. The tall man used his magic weapon to knock away the Qi-breaking needle.

"Now!"

A small, blood-red bell appeared in the dwarf's hand. His ferocious smile suddenly froze, and a flash of light enveloped him.

"boom!"

Immediately following, an explosion occurred on the spot, with bursts of flames coiling around like pythons.

The dwarf's body exploded in the flames, turning into a rain of blood. The tall demonic cultivator turned his head stiffly and saw a bronze ancient mirror appear in Xu Yuanlang's hand.

This mirror originally belonged to Mo Laogui. After he was killed, it fell into Xu Yuanlang's hands. When he saw that this ancient bronze mirror was not tainted by demonic energy and was extremely powerful, Xu Yuanlang refined it and has been nurturing it in his dantian for many years.

The ancient bronze mirror's attack power was even greater than that of the Demon-Slaying Gourd. The only problem was that it could only unleash one flash of light at a time, but even so, its use directly turned the tide of the battle.

"out!"

After killing one person, Xu Yuanlang did not relax. The sword light of the Demon-Slaying Gourd flew out again. With one less person to share the pressure, the tall demon cultivator's pressure suddenly increased.

"No, this kid has too many magical artifacts. We need to close the distance."

Thinking of this, he suddenly found an opening in Xu Yuanlang's defenses and quickly closed the distance to within one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) as fast as a willow catkin.

His face was contorted with rage. At this distance, Xu Yuanlang's magical artifacts were rendered useless, and he was ready to take Xu Yuanlang's life.

Just then, Xu Yuanlang's arms suddenly disappeared, and a golden light flashed across his throat.