Dashing Student

The Demon Suppressing Sword emitted majestic golden light in the night, making Chen Nan's eyes suddenly widen.

The Cat Demon before him had a cultivation level of the fifth layer of the Golden Core Stage, which meant his attack shouldn't have been able to break the Cat Demon's defense.

Yet, the Demon Suppressing Sword directly left a deep wound on the Cat Demon's claw.

"So it only unleashes its power in the face of demons, huh."

Chen Nan looked at the Demon Suppressing Sword in his hand with delight, a smile blooming on his face.

However, the injured Cat Demon became even more frenzied, its scarlet eyes locked onto Chen Nan, and a peculiar energy wave suddenly spread out.

"Not good, Jue Mingzi, watch the shadow!"

Song Ya, saved by Chen Nan, although hopeless at heart, did not wish to see Chen Nan die at the hands of his own mother, so he hurriedly called out to warn.

"Shadow?"

Chen Nan was a bit puzzled; he looked down at the shadow cast by the firelight and suddenly noticed these shadows seemed to come alive, starting to wriggle.

Quickly, the shadows melted like ink, floating up rapidly to form black spheres of varying sizes.

Although he didn't know exactly what these black spheres were, Chen Nan instinctively sensed immense danger and immediately gathered lightning wings, his body turning into a blur disappearing from the spot.

Boom boom boom!

The black spheres simultaneously crashed onto where Chen Nan was, and everything touched by the spheres melted instantly, dozens of holes appearing on the ground in a blink of an eye.

Such destructive power made Chen Nan's pupils constrict sharply; if a black sphere hit him, his body wouldn't withstand it!

"This is our clan's innate divine ability: Shadow Void. We can manipulate shadows, and shadows can turn everything they touch into void!"

Song Ya quickly relayed this information to Chen Nan alongside.

Chen Nan's expression became even more grim: "Your mother is so formidable; how can I fight?"

Hearing this, Song Ya's face turned even sadder.

"Can't you not hurt my mother? She wasn't like this originally!"

"Are you crazy? She just tried to kill you as well!"

Chen Nan roared a sentence, but unexpectedly, the Cat Demon's speed was extremely swift, seemingly aided by shadow movement, appearing on Chen Nan's left side in an instant, its long tail whipping down like an iron whip.

"No! Mother, what happened to you?"

Seeing Chen Nan being whipped away, smashing through several houses before stopping, Song Ya immediately became grief-stricken.

However, a voice suddenly came from the ruins.

"I know what happened to your mother!"

Just when he was whipped away, Chen Nan summoned the Turtle Shield, barely blocking the blow, but cracks appeared on the Turtle Shield.

Obviously, this one blow nearly made the Turtle Shield scrap.

Chen Nan felt a pang of heartache, but being hit once, his mind suddenly connected some seemingly unrelated information.

Words spoken by Wu Yiming, the blood of the slain people in the village, and finally remembering the Blood Spirit Pill!

Blood Spirit Pill, formed by using blood as a guide.

Moreover, it required human blood, as humans are the primates of all living things, even the blood of mortals is better than that of demon beasts.

Therefore, to refine the Blood Spirit Pill, one must first kill people to collect blood, the best way through torture, as this way the blood would contain deep resentment.

Ultimately, leveraging blood and resentment, the refined Blood Spirit Pill could help break through cultivation realms, the more blood, the deeper the resentment, the better the effect.

It could even have effects on cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage as long as there was enough blood!

However, after consuming the Blood Spirit Pill, one's mind would be gradually eroded, ultimately turning into a demon that knows only slaughter!

Previously, Chen Nan had read about this evil elixir pill in the Qingshan Pill Technique. Having never considered refining it, he didn't have much impression.

Furthermore, the pill recipe for the Blood Spirit Pill is extremely rare; Chen Nan had only seen it in Qingshan Pill Technique.

At this moment, he finally recalled and understood that the blood of the murdered had been collected, prepared for refining the Blood Spirit Pill.

He even guessed the probable cause of these happenings.

Perhaps it was Wu Jue Zhenren, or maybe others from the City Lord Mansion, wanting to rely on the Blood Spirit Pill to break through a bottleneck, yet, if they slaughtered mortals, they would be hunted down as demons.

Therefore, they captured Song Ya's mother, making her a tool for killing to collect blood and amass resentment.

In this way, the killing was done by Song Ya's mother—the Cat Demon, and the people behind the scene got enough blood.

Eventually, they might even step out to slay the Cat Demon, claiming to "act on behalf of heaven," potentially becoming heroes in the eyes of mortals.

"What a deep scheme indeed!"

Chen Nan was filled with emotion, truly, the water of the cultivation world was too deep for him to grasp!

Not far away, Song Ya anxiously shouted: "What happened to my mom?"

Chen Nan, with a grim expression, said, "If my guess is correct, she is now being controlled by someone, and her madness for killing is not her intention; she has lost her sanity."

"How could this be? Who could be so cruel?" Song Ya gritted his teeth in hatred upon hearing this.

Even though Chen Nan knew the truth, he still found himself powerless against Song Ya's mother, a mighty demon at the Golden Core Stage.

At this moment, the Cat Demon focused on Chen Nan again, a vast aura of demon energy surged skyward, enveloping the entire village.

"Do we really have to flee?"

Seeing the remaining villagers trembling in fear, Chen Nan felt tormented inside.

Suddenly, he remembered a secret treasure he possessed, his heart immediately filled with joy.

"Maybe it will work!"

Chen Nan gritted his teeth, deciding to take a gamble; with a thought, a grayish stone flew out from his bosom.

It was a Buddhist relic!

As a supreme treasure of the Buddhist sect, the relic had the power to suppress evil spirits, not to be underestimated.

The relic quickly flew into the air, and Chen Nan continuously channeled mana, making the relic emit a golden light.

Chanting sounds arose in the void, even Chen Nan felt an immediate sense of tranquility.

The Cat Demon, ready to attack, seemed to fear the golden light emitted by the relic, the illuminated areas even making a "sizzling" corrosive sound.

A golden swastika swiftly gathered in the air, and as Chen Nan's mana was exhausted, the golden swastika suddenly descended, pressing the Cat Demon onto the ground harshly!

The golden swastika at this moment was as heavy as a mountain!

After being suppressed, the Cat Demon's scarlet eyes slightly faded, showing a struggling expression.

Song Ya hurriedly rushed to his mother, hugging her face and crying.

"Mom, it's me, Song Ya, wake up!"

The Cat Demon arduously raised its claw, gently touching Song Ya's head.

"Song Ya..."

Chen Nan felt a flicker of joy inside, it seemed the relic was effective, yet this moment had drained his mana entirely, terrifyingly so.

Just when Chen Nan thought the matter was resolved, a presence as strong as the Cat Demon suddenly descended: "Who ruined my plans?!"