Human Clan Defender

The Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth!

Vast and everlasting!

After cleansing the residual Yin Evil Aura in the village, Chen Shu remained standing there for a long time, the anger on his face having vanished without a trace.

After a while, he sighed.

Although the local Demon Evil had been vanquished, the dead could not be brought back to life.

"So be it!"

"Folks like me should take it upon ourselves to eradicate Demon Evil. This time, this old man will lend a hand to your Demon-Subduing Division!"

Chen Shu's face remained calm. He did not return to the Capital City but instead headed towards another place filled with Yin Evil Aura.

「Meanwhile.」

Within the borders of the Capital City, Demon Evils roared incessantly.

The vast majority of the Yin Evil Aura was dissipating and retreating; only the boundless Righteous Qi remained, vast and indestructible.

"As expected, experience does count for something. Chen Shu usually seems unremarkable, but who would have thought his killing intent was so strong? It's better for him to be out and active than festering away at Qingyun Academy. A third-rank Great Confucian with such sharp rhetoric is more than enough to give those creatures a hard time," Dongfang Zhao said with a slight smile.

When Chen Shu was eliminating Demon Evil, he too had felt those Yin Evil Auras rapidly dissipating.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Shu only needed to exterminate the Demon Evil in one place, but now he was on a killing spree, thoroughly fired up.

To this, Dongfang Zhao was happy to see it happen.

He never underestimated scholars. Every scholar who had cultivated Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi was a force to be reckoned with.

Someone like Chen Shu, who had already reached the Great Confucian Realm, possessed strength equivalent to a Defender Envoy out in the world.

Those Fiend-Level Strange Monsters, no matter how strong, could not possibly be a match for a Defender Envoy.

It was exceedingly easy for a third-rank Great Confucian to exterminate those creatures.

After smiling for a while, Dongfang Zhao's smile receded once again.

"Fiend-Level Strange Monsters are just the beginning. For the Demon Evil Clan, they are nothing but stepping stones. If Demon Evil cause more trouble later, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as just Fiend-Level Strange Monsters!"

He never took Fiend-Level Strange Monsters seriously.

Demon Evils are divided into two tiers. The lower-tier ones are Strange Monsters, while the upper tier consists of what can truly be called Demon Evils.

Therefore, what Dongfang Zhao truly feared were never the Strange Monsters, but the powerful Demon Evils lurking in the shadows, as well as the unstoppable natural disasters.

Having just returned to the Capital City with Jiang Zuo, Shen Changqing paused for a moment.

He turned his head to look in a certain direction outside the Capital City, a puzzled expression on his face.

Strange...

Just now, Shen Changqing was sure he had sensed a grand and massive Qi erupting.

That Qi was also vastly different from the Yin Evil Aura of Demon Evil.

And he was certain that it was not the first time he had felt this kind of Qi.

After staying put for a moment or two, Shen Changqing finally remembered. That's right! It's Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi!

He had once clearly sensed Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi on Nie Xu, so he had always kept a firm memory of that Qi.

However, the Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi that had erupted just now was many times stronger than Nie Xu's.

The difference was like comparing a true sage to ordinary scholars.

"Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zuo initially looked puzzled. Then, following Shen Changqing's gaze, he saw nothing and sensed nothing.

Seeing this, Shen Changqing withdrew his gaze and shook his head with a self-deprecating laugh. "It's nothing. I just thought I sensed the aura of Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi."

"There are Great Confucians stationed in the Capital City. Perhaps some Great Confucian has taken action to eradicate Demon Evil."

"Perhaps," Shen Changqing nodded, not dwelling on the matter any further.

The intervention of a Great Confucian had little to do with him.

Of course, at this time, he himself should be out slaying Demon Evils.

But now, having acquired Slaughter Value from the auction, Shen Changqing was in no rush to undertake that task.

He had just gained a considerable amount of Slaughter Value, and he would surely prioritize converting it into strength first.

Slow and steady wins the race. He didn't want to fail due to a careless mistake.

With Demon Evils rampant at present, he dared not act recklessly.

Even though he could now easily crush common Fiend-Level Strange Monsters, Shen Changqing still maintained a cautious attitude.

He had no choice. The power of the Demon Evil Clan was too formidable.

He could handle ordinary Fiend-Level Strange Monsters with ease, but if he encountered powerful Demon Evils, the trouble would be immense.

Upon returning to the Demon-Subduing Division, Shen Changqing said, "Brother Jiang, you are wounded. You should go back and recover first."

"Alright." Jiang Zuo did not waste words.

He currently had a skull-splitting headache, held at bay only by sheer willpower.

The woman in red's blow hadn't caused physical harm, but it had dealt a significant blow to his spirit.

However, in front of Shen Changqing, Jiang Zuo, mindful of his pride, didn't reveal much.

But in truth, his condition was genuinely not good.

After saying goodbye to Shen Changqing, Jiang Zuo went straight back to his residence.

On the other side, Shen Changqing had returned to the Hidden Heart Pavilion.

Inside the room, Shen Changqing, in his azure robes, sat cross-legged, his mind completely immersed.

In front of him, a large amount of restorative supplies had already been prepared.

Name: Shen Changqing

Power: Great Qin's Demon Suppression Division

Identity: Earth Rank Demon Hunter

True Intent: Hundred Battles True Intent (Twenty percent)

Martial Arts: Great Sun Golden Body (15th level, can be enhanced), Great Sun Scripture (17th level, can be enhanced), Chiyang Divine Palm (2nd level), Seven Stars Stepping on Air Step (1st level)

Slaughter Value: 60

When he left the black market, his Slaughter Value on the panel had been sixty-five.

However, merging the two Outer Techniques had directly consumed fifty Slaughter Value.

Later on, after slaying the woman in red, she provided forty-five Slaughter Value, so now, after everything, his Slaughter Value stood at exactly sixty.

Now, Shen Changqing's attention was all on the Great Sun Golden Body.

This Martial Art had merged the advantages of the Invincible Golden Body and the Buddha's Golden Body, thus transforming into the current Great Sun Golden Body.

For this Martial Art, the fifteenth level of the Great Sun Golden Body is already a stage of minor achievement.

Although the panel did not show much information, Shen Changqing understood from the memories of the Great Sun Golden Body in his mind that once this Martial Art reached minor achievement, another technique would be derived: the Great Sun Buddha Light.

What is the Great Sun Buddha Light?

When he had unleashed the Great Sun Golden Body on his way to Fengyun Village, the radiant light suffusing his body was the Great Sun Buddha Light.

The Great Sun Buddha Light, just like Great Sun True Qi, is an entity of utmost rigidity and pure Yang.

For that reason, the Great Sun Buddha Light has a powerful suppressive effect on Yin Evil Auras.

In Shen Changqing's view, the Great Sun Buddha Light was somewhat similar to the Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi of a scholar. Both were different from the True Qi of a Martial Artist and represented another level of power.

I was able to overwhelm the woman in red earlier, first, because my strength is formidable—even stronger than a typical late-stage Grandmaster. Second, the Great Sun Buddha Light combined with Great Sun True Qi created absolute suppression. These two powers, both embodying ultimate firmness and pure Yang, complemented each other. Their combined effect was far more potent than either the Great Sun Buddha Light or Great Sun True Qi operating alone. Achieving such overwhelming suppression was therefore only natural.

Through actual combat, Shen Changqing had also gained a much deeper understanding of the Great Sun Buddha Light.

Memories were one thing; actual combat experience was another, and there would always be discrepancies.

Thinking back to the fight with the woman in red, it was clear she had been suppressed by him from start to finish, completely unable to unleash her Yin Evil Aura.

Later on, her flesh exploded. That was because she had been attacked earlier. The combination of Great Sun True Qi and the Crimson Flame's fiery poison from the Chiyang Divine Palm had entered her body. When these two forces accumulated to a limit, they would explode.

Under normal circumstances, if the Yin Evil Aura had been strong enough, it could have suppressed the two forces.

However, the woman in red's Yin Evil Aura was severely depleted under the suppression of the Great Sun Buddha Light and Great Sun True Qi. Consequently, she had no strength left to suppress the Great Sun True Qi and the Crimson Flame's fiery poison inside her body.

Her body exploding, leading to her death, was perfectly normal under the circumstances.

After this battle, Shen Changqing gained a profound understanding of his own strength and also developed a much clearer understanding of Fiend-Level Strange Monsters.

He had previously thought that the Demon Evils he encountered were inherently intangible, lacking physical bodies.

In such a state, Demon Evils can come and go without a trace, and their attacks can be unpredictable. However, their weakness is also obvious: the lack of a physical body makes their defense extremely fragile.

If faced with an indiscriminate area-of-effect attack, such stealth methods would be rendered useless.

Conversely, Fiend-Level Strange Monsters possess a physical body. Even though they lose the advantage of being intangible, both their offensive and defensive capabilities are greatly enhanced.

Moreover, they don't need to possess anything to move freely.

Simultaneously, their spiritual power also becomes incredibly formidable.

It could be said that such Demon Evils are even more terrifying than those without physical forms.

If Fiend-Level Strange Monsters already possess a physical body, then what is the difference between them and Demon Evils? Shen Changqing mused.

The difference between Strange Monsters and Demon Evils is definitely more than just their differing levels of strength.

He then recalled the Demon Evils he had seen in the Demon-Subduing Prison.

Some Demon Evils seemed to be alive even if only a part of their remnant bodies or a piece of flesh remained. He was beginning to grasp the most significant difference between the two.

Perhaps... Aside from strength, the difference between Demon Evils and Strange Monsters must lie in the characteristic of being undead!

Yes. Undead!

Combining the scenes he had witnessed in the Demon-Subduing Prison, Shen Changqing suspected that those fragments and flesh of Demon Evils were completely alive. Otherwise, the Demon-Subduing Division wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to seal them away.

Demon Evils are undead!

This speculation startled him.

But Shen Changqing soon dismissed this guess.

No! Demon Evils cannot be immortal. Otherwise, the world would have been in chaos long ago. Demon Evils can also die; they're just harder to kill than ordinary Strange Monsters. As for how to kill Demon Evils, with absolute power, it should be no problem!

He knew that one day he would inevitably face Demon Evils.

He resolved to look up information on Demon Evils the next day to thoroughly educate himself.