Chapter 550: Pursuing the Demon Clan

Taking this opportunity, the yellow flying dagger arrived not far from the half-demon.

The half-demon roared skyward, releasing an invisible sound wave. As the yellow flying dagger touched the sound wave, it was immediately sent flying backward.

A house-sized blue lightning orb struck. The half-demon swung its golden long spear, shattering the blue lightning orb, which dispersed into a large area of blue lightning.

A thick white light beam flew over, directly targeting the half-demon.

Feeling the bone-chilling cold emanating from the white light beam, the half-demon dared not be careless and spewed out a stream of crimson flames as thick as an adult's arm.

The crimson flames collided with the white light beam, resulting in a deafening roar, and a large cloud of white mist swept outwards in all directions.

A thick blue iron rod descended from the sky, crashing down directly.

The half-demon quickly swung the golden long spear in its hand to meet the blue iron rod.

"Clang! Clang!"

The half-demon felt a powerful jolt travel up its wrist, and its expression grew serious.

A formidable yellow giant sword slashed fiercely towards the half-demon, while five white ice flood dragons lunged from all directions.

The half-demon frowned and spewed out a large area of crimson flames, enveloping itself within them.

"Explode!"

As the five white ice flood dragons approached the crimson flames, their bodies burst open, transforming into a vast cloud of white icy mist, which quickly extinguished the crimson flames.

The yellow giant sword's light intensified, and its speed increased significantly. It was now less than thirty zhang from the half-demon.

Huang Fugui controlled the yellow flying dagger, sending it to strike the half-demon from the left.

The half-demon frowned and swung the golden long spear in its hand towards the yellow giant sword.

The yellow giant sword shattered, transforming into a large area of fine yellow sand, which then spun rapidly and morphed into countless yellow flying needles, striking towards the half-demon. The half-demon then spewed out an invisible sound wave, causing all the yellow flying needles to fly backward.

A layer of crimson flames appeared on the half-demon's right fist. It slammed its fist towards the yellow flying dagger, sending the yellow flying dagger immediately flying backward.

A massive blue lightning orb appeared before the half-demon, less than twenty zhang away.

The blue lightning orb suddenly burst open, transforming into a vast expanse of blue lightning, engulfing the half-demon's body.

A blue iron rod struck directly, plunging into the blue lightning. The half-demon, like a kite with its string cut, was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Boom!

The half-demon was embedded in the mountain, creating a large crater.

Before it could get up, a thick white light beam descended from the sky, striking its body. Instantly, it turned into an ice sculpture.

The Ruyi Profound Jade Rod in Wang Changsheng's hand glowed brightly and smashed towards the ice sculpture.

The earth shook. The ice sculpture was shattered into pieces, the half-demon's head was split open, and red and white fluids flowed everywhere.

Wang Changsheng was able to slay this demon partly due to Huang Fugui's assistance, and partly because the half-demon had not fled far and was desperate to escape. If it had been a one-on-one fight, even if the half-demon couldn't defeat Wang Changsheng, it could have escaped.

Wang Changsheng put away his magic treasures and flew to the side of the half-demon's corpse. He pulled off the half-demon's boots, knowing that a flying magic treasure would be much more convenient for both escaping and pursuing enemies.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, your divine abilities are astonishing. I am truly impressed," Huang Fugui flew down and said with a fawning smile.

Huang Fugui's escape speed was quite fast, but his combat ability seemed not strong. It was unclear if he was truly weak or if he was holding back.

"I'll take these boots, and this long spear magic treasure is yours, Fellow Daoist Huang. Do you have any objections?"

"None, none at all."

There wasn't much wealth in the half-demon's storage bag; the most valuable items were some third-tier artifact refining materials and less than fifty thousand spirit stones. Come to think of it, if it had been strong enough, this half-demon wouldn't have been left behind. The demon race seemed to have long known about the human race's counterattack, and their main forces had retreated in advance, leaving only a small contingent to mislead the human race.

After dividing the spoils, Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui flew back the way they came.

Large numbers of low-tier demonic beasts were fleeing in all directions. Wang Changsheng unleashed the Nine-Bend Divine Sand, slaying a large number of low-tier demonic beasts. He then brought out the Soul-Collecting Bottle and collected their vital souls.

Because the number of low-tier demonic beasts was truly enormous, and high-level cultivators were busy pursuing high-level demons, a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators flew out from Pingyao City to slay the low-tier demonic beasts.

Without high-level demon command, low-tier demonic beasts were merely fish on a chopping block, left to be slaughtered. Of course, relying on their vast numbers, they also managed to kill several cultivators.

Initially, various teams could maintain their formations, but there were simply too many low-tier demonic beasts. The cultivators, in a frenzy, gathered in groups of three, five, or more to slay the demonic beasts.

"Don't scatter, stick close to me."

Wang Ruyan and the other six surrounded Wang Qingshan, obeying his command to slay demonic beasts. Second-tier demonic beasts, rarely seen in Wei State previously, were now everywhere.

Wang Qingshan's flying sword was incredibly sharp. Additionally, his tamed Three-Headed Fox released three different elemental spells to attack the demonic beasts. One by one, demonic beasts fell beneath his sword.

"Roar!"

An angry roar rang out as two massive golden demonic bears lunged towards Wang Qingshan and his group. Behind them followed two smaller demonic bears, seemingly a family.

The human cultivators had surrounded the demon stronghold. If these low-tier demonic beasts wished to survive, they had to fight their way out.

A rapid burst of pipa music rang out as over a dozen ten-foot-long green wind blades flew forth, striking the demonic bears but leaving no marks.

Several water-vat-sized giant fireballs struck the demonic bears, only burning off some of their fur and causing them no significant harm.

The demonic bears were quite large, but surprisingly agile.

Hundreds of green flying swords appeared before them, but were sent flying back by the invisible sound waves they spewed.

Wang Qingxiao formed a hand seal, and two spider puppet beasts each sprayed out a spider web, ensnaring the four demonic bears.

Mo Caiyun's hands glowed yellow, and she pressed them to the ground. The earth beneath the demonic bears' feet rapidly turned into quicksand, and their lower half sank into the loose sand.

Wang Ruyan formed a hand seal, and a golden-armored guard stomped its right foot heavily on the ground. A powerful gravitational force appeared out of nowhere, causing the demonic bears' movements to slow significantly.

Seizing this opportunity, Zhao Zheng summoned a yellow seal, which instantly enlarged and smashed down from high above.

"Boom!"

All four demonic bears were completely flattened into meat paste by the enlarged yellow seal.

"Howl!"

Dozens of black demonic wolves charged over, moving at extreme speed.

"Hundred Swords Return to One!"

Wang Qingshan let out a cold shout. A vast expanse of green light appeared before him, transforming into numerous green flying swords, which eagerly rushed to strike the incoming black demonic wolves.

With muffled "thuds," most of the demonic wolves were pierced through the heart by the green flying swords, falling into pools of blood. The remaining few that escaped were jointly slain by Wang Ruyan and the other six.

Wang Qiuming and Wang Qingling were responsible for collecting the demonic beast corpses. Their storage bags were filled with second-tier demonic beast corpses; they didn't bother with first-tier demonic beast corpses at all.

Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui set aside their high status to slay low-tier demonic beasts. Wang Changsheng was doing so to collect demonic beast vital souls. What left him speechless was that Huang Fugui wore a string of massive storage pearls, numbering over a hundred, enough to store a vast quantity of demonic beast corpses.

It wasn't until dawn that the other high-level cultivators began to return.

In the Council Hall, Xu Bin gathered all the Core Formation cultivators to discuss the war.

"The demon race learned of our counterattack from an unknown source and withdrew most of their forces in advance, leaving behind a small contingent to mislead us. The demonic beasts sent by the demon race are simply too numerous; we must not miss this opportunity to strike while they're down. Core Formation cultivators will follow Nascent Soul cultivators to pursue and eliminate the high-level demon forces, killing as many high-level demons as possible. Foundation Establishment cultivators will be responsible for clearing out the low-tier demonic beasts."

"Yes, Senior Xu."

Wang Changsheng didn't have time to bid farewell to Wang Qingshan and the others and hastily left with Fang Sizhe.