"Demon Venerable?!"
"Has a Demon Venerable already appeared?!"
"Do not panic! Huangzhou is still more than two thousand miles away!"
...
For a mont, as everyone understood the ssage conveyed by the flying sword, they began to discuss in shock.
After all, a Demon Venerable is equivalent to a super-Innate cultivator of the human race, much rarer and more powerful than the so-called Demon General.
"Huangzhou is the territory of the Buddhist Sect. No doubt, the sect will send high monks to handle it. We just need to avoid it as instructed by our master."
Xuanzhen Daoist then stroked his goatee and comnted, indicating that they should just follow Qingyangzi’s arrangents and not attempt to challenge the limits of their lives.
But Wang Zhifan, standing beside, imdiately lit up his eyes upon hearing this and wanted to ask the others about the specific location of Huangzhou, ready to rush over and check the situation.
It wasn’t that he wanted to seek death, but because the strength of the previous Demon Generals had been too disappointing for him. He wanted to understand how strong the Demon Venerable truly was and then, based on the actual situation, adjust his personal positioning in this scenario and modify his approach to clearing the challenge.
However, before Wang Zhifan could ask for directions, the masked, tall Dragon Lady beside him suddenly leapt into the air, her figure shooting eastward like an arrow, without a trace of hesitation.
"That woman... she must be heading to Huangzhou!"
Wang Zhifan imdiately had this judgnt in his heart, realizing he didn’t need to ask for directions anymore, as he had a guide who was familiar with the area. So he, too, activated the Wind and Thunder Heaven-Treading Skill and took off after her.
In an instant, those left behind, including Xuanzhen Daoist and the other disciples of Qingyang Palace, looked at the direction in which the two experts had vanished, their lips twitching but saying nothing.
Primarily, because Wang Zhifan and the Moon-Annihilating Dragon Saber didn’t belong to their group; they were only temporary allies. What they wanted to do was their own business, and Qingyangzi’s words couldn’t completely restrain them.
At the sa ti, during the state of traveling at high altitude one after the other, the Moon-Annihilating Dragon Saber flying in front also noticed Wang Zhifan, who was following closely behind.
This situation seed to pique her interest, and she soon slightly slowed down, allowing Wang Zhifan to quickly catch up.
As Wang Zhifan raced through the air to a point nearly parallel with her, she continued flying while turning her head to say to him:
"Daoist Fanyun, you can’t compete with this ti."
Her voice was still crisp and cold as always, with a unique pressure, yet not particularly annoying.
"Rest assured, I’m just going to take a look."
Wang Zhifan promptly responded with a smile, no longer holding the resolute attitude from earlier when he competed with her for priority in killing the Demon General.
This wasn’t because he was afraid of her, but because he was a reasonable person. Since she had backed off once in their previous conflict, it wouldn’t be right to continually oppose her, or else it would give the impression of being too arrogant and tyrannical, which could lead to unnecessary internal strife.
And from another perspective, his most important goal in seeking out the Demon Venerable was to gather intelligence on its combat power. Having soone fight at the front wouldn’t affect his intelligence gathering, so conceding once didn’t really matter.
"Thank you for your concession, Daoist."
The Dragon Lady responded politely, showing that, after so previous events, she had co to understand a fraction of Wang Zhifan’s strength and respected him more.
Wang Zhifan nodded and took the opportunity to have a conversation with the Dragon Lady, asking questions like how far it was to Huangzhou and how much she knew about the Demon Venerable, acquiring so intelligence in the process.
The Dragon Lady was willing to answer such questions, as long as they didn’t involve her personal issues, offering Wang Zhifan a brief explanation before returning to her earnest traveling mode.
Wang Zhifan similarly didn’t dwell much on her; seeing she didn’t want to say more, he summoned his Red Deer Horse and focused on galloping as well.
In reality, with his current skill and physique, he could have used the Lightweight Skill to reach Huangzhou all the way. However, he was always the type to economize — he wouldn’t waste strength or energy if he could help it, especially since the Red Deer Horse was fast enough, ensuring no delays.
So, about half an hour later, riding on the celestial steed, Wang Zhifan and the Moon-Annihilating Dragon Saber arrived at Huangzhou’s territory simultaneously. This traveling speed was quite fast even among cultivators, and yet, throughout the entire journey, the Moon-Annihilating Dragon Saber maintained a calm and relaxed state. This showed that the Dragon Lady’s physique was indeed incomparable to ordinary human races, which was why Qingyangzi valued her.
Afterward, they searched within Huangzhou’s territory for about the duration of a stick of incense, during which they dealt with a few traces of demons they encountered along the way, until they finally found the location where Qingyangzi said the Demon Venerable was appearing.
There, on a vast plain, they sensed the extraordinarily intense demonic aura from a great distance, as conspicuous as a lighthouse on the sea in the dark of night. Without further investigation, they knew they had found their target.
As they got closer, they saw a massive and terrifying demon that resembled a small mountain, suspected to be the Demon Venerable. It had three heads and six arms, with three faces vaguely discernible as a human female child, a male youth, and an old female. Its entire body was enveloped in terrifying dark fla, and only three extrely powerful monks from the Buddhist Sect dared to confront it, trying to contain this terrifying presence.
anwhile, in the surrounding area, several miles away from this enormous demon, there were tens of thousands of other demons. Most of the ordinary demons had already been wiped out by the army of bald monks gathered here, but there were still dozens of Demon General-level beings engaged in battle with the monks. The overall scene was extrely chaotic, with demons and human cultivators falling at any mont.
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