The First Demon of the Chan Sect

East of the city, the vast mansion was now in chaos.

The originally majestic and ancient houses had been reduced to ruins amidst the fierce battle between the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards and the Cold Origin Guards.

The battle was escalating, and the resistance of the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards was gradually becoming strained and inadequate.

"Sir, this won't do! Their offensive is getting stronger and stronger. If this continues, we will all perish here!" Ying Yi kicked away a Silver-armored Cold Element Guard and transmitted his voice to the gaunt-faced Shadow Lord.

The Shadow Lord frantically dodged the slashes from the Golden Armor Cold Element Guards. Hearing Ying Yi's words, he too felt a surge of anxiety.

Suddenly, he noticed the cultivators from various domains who were observing the fierce battle from the north of the courtyard and hatched a plan. He transmitted to the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards, "Every time the Cold Origin Ancient City opens, it's to select the most capable and fortunate cultivators from different realms! See there, in the north of the courtyard? If we kill a few cultivators and thoroughly muddle the waters, I believe Golden Boat will become anxious, and we will have a chance to escape!"

"But, Sir!" Ying Yi hesitated and said, "The Golden Boat City Lord is watching us like a tiger eyeing its prey, and I fear that any attempt to flee will result in us being ruthlessly slaughtered. How can we possibly make it to the north of the courtyard?"

A determined light flashed in the eyes of the Shadow Lord. "You go first, I'll cover the rear! Remember, once you escape, don't ever look back!"

"Sir, that's not possible!" The others were horrified and urgently transmitted their voices.

The Shadow Lord shouted, "Listen to me! At my age, I'm likely unable to make any breakthroughs! After you escape, do not think about avenging me unless you are absolutely confident! It will not be in vain that I have taught you all these years!"

"Sir..."

All the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards fell silent, understanding that the Shadow Lord's decisions were often hard to change. Powerless to alter his decision, they had no choice but to give their all!

"Ying Yi, strike with all your might!" A moment later, the Shadow Lord took advantage of an opening and wounded a Golden Armor Cold Element Guard before him, then madly attacked the remaining thirty Silver-armored Cold Element Guards, giving his utmost to ensure the breakthrough of the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards.

The Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards burst into a loud howl. In the moment when the Shadow Lord went berserk, they fully exerted themselves, using magical techniques and Spiritual Treasures like meteorites slashing the Heavenly Vault, powerful and terrifying.

"Block them!" A Golden Armor Cold Element Guard roared in aggravation, ignoring the bleeding arm wounded by the Shadow Lord, and leaped forward intending to block the path of the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards.

"Get lost!" The Shadow Lord was already prepared. Holding his longsword lightly, he spun around and counterattacked with a back thrust, piercing the shoulder of the Golden Armor Cold Element Guard.

"Damn it, why are these goddamned ones all targeting us!"

Below, Long Xuhu's face paled upon seeing Ying Yi and his ten brothers launching a fierce charge from midair, their bloodthirsty eyes expressing a terrifying murderous aura.

"It seems we're considered easy targets!" Li Qingming shrugged his shoulders, smiling contemptuously.

"Haha, you poor things, go die! Blame your own curiosity for wanting to join the excitement here!" The charging Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards cackled madly, shooting out tens of thousands of Black Demonic Energies from their palms, merging into a tumultuous dark sea that submerged Li Qingming and the elite cultivators from various domains.

This tactic was the same as the one used against the Huntian group earlier, but since the targets were different, naturally, the effects were different as well.

The Golden Boat City Lord, watching the scene from a distance, revealed a schadenfreude smile. Others might not know the true strength of Li Qingming and his group, but who was he? He was the City Lord of Cold Origin Ancient City, and no event within the city could escape his eyes.

Thus, if the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards indeed targeted Li Qingming and his group, it would undoubtedly be they who ended up in trouble.

The Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards shouted simultaneously, their hands releasing Black Demonic Qi that slashed down like heavenly moats, aiming to refine all the people on the spot.

However, things did not go as planned!

When they eagerly waited to hear screams from within the Demonic Qi, the tens of thousands of demonic energies, like a clay ox entering the sea, descended upon the north part of the small courtyard, completely inundating it, but quickly dissipating without even managing to refine a single Early Quasi-Saint cultivator.

Above Li Qingming, a Black Gourd floated, marked with the rune "道" shimmering in golden light, flickering continuously. The gourd widely opened its mouth, swallowing and absorbing all the emitted Demonic Qi.

"What's with that Black Gourd?" Shadow Eleven felt his scalp explode, noticing the miraculous nature of this Exotic Treasure.

"Big brother, did you see that gourd?"

Others had also noticed the Qiankun Gourd, each showing a hint of suspicion.

Ying Yi frowned and said, "Avoid him and attack other cultivators. As long as we can escape, there is still hope!"

"Understood!"

The Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards unleashed a collective howl, spewing streams of dazzling radiance from their mouths, avoiding Li Qingming and slashing towards Xuan Tian and others beside him.

Eleven crimson long knives cleaved through the air, emitting 'swoosh swoosh swoosh' sounds as they tore through the Void, instantly reaching in front of the people.

"Buzz! Boom!"

The knife radiance shattered the Void, arriving right in front of the crowd but did not manage to break apart the group of four hundred. Instead, it collided with a layer of pale green light barrier.

"Boom!"

Eleven long knives shattered on the spot into dull, lightless metal plates that scattered and shot towards the distant sky.

No one could see who had crafted the barrier, nor why it was placed in front of the crowd.

The Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards had already followed the long knives and reached the barrier.

Their original plan was to clear a bloody path with the long knives and then flee, but things did not go as expected.

Those within the barrier had their eyes wide open, glancing around, trying to figure out who had lent a hand to fend off attack after attack.

"Damn it, everyone get out of the way!" Failing multiple times, Ying Yi was completely berserk.

He glanced back at the pursuing Silver-armored Han Yuan Guards, and suddenly swung his huge hand, his palm covering the sky as he slashed towards the dimly green barrier, aiming to completely shatter it with the body of a Saint.

"Boom!"

Ying Yi's killing intent was intense. As his huge hand was about to hit the barrier, it suddenly burst forth with black brilliance, and an overwhelming aura of death bizarrely converged from all directions. The terrifying corrosive force enveloped Ying Yi's hand, exploding outside the barrier.

"Oh, the Power of Death Law?" Standing at the forefront and supporting the barrier, Li Qingming smirked, he looked up at the black hand on the barrier, and his Primordial Spirit instantly approached.

"Buzz!"

A vast and terrifying oppressive force centered on Li Qingming, wildly spreading in all directions.

His blue robe fluttered, and his endless momentum gradually pressed towards Ying Yi.

The on-looking Golden Boat City Lord's eyes narrowed. He sensed a fatal threat emanating from Li Qingming.

"You, who exactly are you?" Ying Yi felt cold sweat all over, the unease in his heart growing stronger. He initially wanted to pick a few lower-cultivation individuals to kill to muddle the waters, but unfortunately, he encountered a tough obstacle.

Li Qingming sneered, glancing at Huntian who was fighting with the Han Yuan Guard, and said, "Your Young Master has been at odds with me since before he entered the city, and he has sent people to assassinate me several times, who do you think I am?"

"Li Qingming!" Ying Yi's hair stood on end, almost blurting out. The rest of the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards also looked as if they had lost their parents.

"Do you still want to fight?" Li Qingming injected a surge of Vitality Power into the barrier, filled up the hole eroded by the Power of Death Law, and smirked while looking at them.

The Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards were horrified by Li Qingming's gaze, an invisible pressure weighing on their hearts like a mountain.

"Thief, stop escaping!"

At this moment, the freed Silver-armored Han Yuan Guards also flew over, surrounding the Shadow Demon Thirteen Guards.

The Shadow Lord flew over from not far away, jumping into the melee, furiously chiding, "Why aren't you escaping?"

The Shadow Lord was truly driven mad. He had created such a good opportunity for them to escape, yet they wasted it dawdling around, losing the chance to flee.

Ying Yi bitterly shook his head, pointing at Li Qingming below, said, "He, is Li Qingming!"

The Shadow Lord, taken aback by the words, looked at Li Qingming exuding a commanding presence following Ying Yi's pointing.

"Damn it, he actually made this step!" The Shadow Lord shook his head bitterly, completely despairing.

"Do you surrender yourselves, or do we need to make our move?" The Silver-armored Han Yuan Guards, following the Shadow Lord, glanced at the now calm Li Qingming and spoke.

The Shadow Lord looked below, seeing Li Qingming seemingly uninterested in attacking and having escape on his mind, plunged into madness again, "Even if I die, I won't let you harm the Young Master!"

Poor Huntian was pulled into being the scapegoat by the Shadow Lord again.

He held a longsword in his hand, flashing with a cold metallic luster, blocking it in front of the Golden Armor Han Yuan Guards, slashing it down.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, as if to create heaven and earth, this sword exhausted all the demonic energy of the Shadow Lord!

As the longsword stabbed out, it was like a burst of stars, demonic energy engulfing the sky, enveloped in the dense and indomitable Power of Death Law. The onlookers all changed in color, with some of the lower-cultivation common Han Yuan Guards being forced by this aura to bleed from their mouths and noses, their veins bursting!

It was a spectacular sword, radiating light brilliantly, making the whole sky tremble as if it was about to shatter!

At that moment, the vast Power of Death Law enshrouded the originally withered-faced Shadow Lord, casting him like a Demon God, imposing an extra bit of intimidation!(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation on QiDian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)