The First Demon of the Chan Sect

Towering city walls, nearly as marked with the scars of time as Cold Origin Ancient City.

Li Qingming and the others followed the Wushuang City Lord up onto the city walls but were drawn to the shouts and killings outside before they could greet the other few people there.

Right now, a fierce battlefield spread out beyond the city walls, filled with screams and howls, while savage Fierce Beasts rampaged, and powerful Spiritual Treasures flew through the sky, emitting dazzling light mixed with the Power of Laws, exploding and fracturing the firmament amidst the crowd.

"Damn it, this struggle is even more brutal than the Dragon Han Calamity!" Li Qingquan, feeling the terrifying power outside the city walls that could destroy heaven and earth and reforge Chaos, was shocked and dumbfounded.

Li Qingming's face turned grave as he nodded and said, "The battles of those above the Quasi-Saint Realm are completely beyond the category of Spiritual Energy, all relying on Laws, even the Power of Rules! Each strike carries the might to shake the heavens, and this time, Scorpion City might have some trouble!"

"Wushuang, who are these people?" At that moment, a tall, pale young Confucian Scholar without facial hair approached and asked with confusion.

"Brother Scorpion, these are the youngsters that Golden Sun mentioned!" Wushuang said with a light smile, warmly pulling Li Qingming and the others to introduce them: "Come, Qingmingzi, let me introduce you! This is the City Lord of Scorpion City, Scorpion; that one over there with the fluttering white beard is the City Lord of Mojie City, Jin Jie, he's the elder brother of Golden Sun City Lord; and over there..."

Listening to Wushuang's introductions, Li Qingming greeted each of the City Lords in turn.

"By the way, where is Golden Sun City Lord?" Li Qingming wondered, thinking of the number of City Lords at the teleportation formation outside, along with Scorpion, Jin Jie, Luan Girl, Qingcheng standing on the city wall, totaling just eight people. Given that there are twelve cities, logically, there should be four more, including Golden Sun City Lord, right?

As the host, Scorpion pointed to a battle circle ten miles away from the city wall and said, "Golden Sun and the City Lords of Centaur City Jin Ju, Aquarius City Shui Han, and Pisces City Jin Lin, have already led their forces to intercept Huntian. Although none of our subordinates have stepped into the Half-step Saint Realm, each of them has cultivated the True Body of the Witch Tribe. We believe they can hold off the enemy!"

Just as Li Qingming was about to have Long Xuhu and the others join the battle, Huntian, clad in Golden Armor and driving an Ancient War Chariot, approached arrogantly and shouted, "Listen well, all of you on the city wall! Since I, the king, dare to attack Scorpion City, I have come fully prepared. If you hand over the Tao Origin Qi to me, I will immediately withdraw the troops. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Long Xuhu, who had been displeased with Huntian from earlier, heard Huntian's words and felt his ire rising, so he bypassed the others and roared with a strong voice.

Due to the Array, one could clearly see everything outside from within the city walls, but from the outside, one could only see the towering walls, and the people and things on top of them appeared very blurred and indistinct, only vague silhouettes were visible. Therefore, Huntian could recognize the sound of Long Xuhu's voice as familiar but did not know his identity.

"Otherwise, when Scorpion City falls, it will be the moment your souls scatter!" Huntian's voice was cold, his entire being exuded a majestic aura, and even the air around seemed to freeze.

"Arrogant!" Li Qingming scoffed coldly, "Li Qingquan, it's not fitting for me to make a move, you and Man Niu go down there and strip Huntian of his wings, let's see how he can still be arrogant!"

"Ha ha ha, I've been itching for a fight!" Li Qingquan laughed heartily, getting ready to rush out to the battlefield.

"Wait..." Suddenly, Li Qingming called them again, saying, "You guys would do well to change your appearances. Otherwise, knowing Huntian's cunning, if he knows I am here, he might flee at the first opportunity!"

"Ha ha, we understand, don't worry, Big Brother!" Long Xuhu nodded knowingly, his body immediately surged with golden light, and a hazy glow wrapped around him, making it difficult to discern his figure and appearance.

The others also chuckled and followed suit, concealing their appearances.

"City Lord Scorpion, please open a gap in the Array." Li Qingming nodded in satisfaction and turned his head to say to Scorpion.

Scorpion frowned and glanced at Li Qingquan and the others with hesitation before saying, "Only these few of them are going down?"

Long Xuhu and Man Niu raised their eyebrows, ready to get angry, but Li Qingquan quickly pressed down on the two and said, "Rest assured, noble City Lords, even if we can't hold off Xuan Tian's offensive, we can at least ensure our own safety! Please, City Lord Scorpion, open a gap in the Defense Magic Array!"

"Yeah, Brother Scorpion! I heard from Golden Sun, these youngsters are very capable, why don't you let them go down and try?" Wushuang also persuaded Scorpion.

"Alright then, be cautious yourselves!" left with no other option, Scorpion reluctantly formed Tao Rules talismans with both hands, channeling them into the golden Array.

"Humm!"

A hazy manifestation of mist and clouds, an array of runes as big as fighting bulls, flowed from Scorpion's fingertips, entering the Array and creating ripples of golden light.

In a moment, a gap just big enough for one person appeared on the golden Array.

"We're off then, Big Brother!" With a glance at Li Qingming, Li Qingquan turned into a streak of light, heading straight for the gap.

...

Outside the Array, a figure entirely cloaked in a black robe stood beside the Ancient War Chariot, pointing at a gap that had suddenly appeared on the Defense Magic Array near the Teleportation Array, and said, "Young Master, look, they've opened the Defense Magic Array again!"

"Hmph, opening Arrays so frequently, do they truly think this king is useless?" Huntian snorted coldly, lightly patting the war chariot he sat upon.

A stream of black Demonic Qi flowed from Huntian's palm into the war chariot, which with a "whoosh" transformed into a golden dragon-shaped Fierce Beast, blasting towards the breach.

"Huntian, prepare to die!" Little did he know, as he had just soared midair, a ferocious roar erupted from the breach.

"Boom!"

What followed were dozens of Sky-reaching Battle Spears, formed entirely of Yuqing True Essence, interwoven with traces of the Power of Devouring Rules.

The green spear bodies were thicker than water buckets, each one over a dozen zhang in length, sharp and cold, radiating a sky-high ferocity.

"What is that?" Huntian, standing within the chariot turned dragon beast, narrowed his eyes, and two glimmers like stars shot from his eyes, like lightning tearing through the firmament.

The giant dragon beast lifted its four claws into the sky, dodging the two battle spears flying at the forefront; its tail swung fiercely and struck the spears.

"Boom and rumble!"

The Dragon Power was mighty and forceful, the battle spears ferociously sharp; when the extreme forces clashed together, they let out an earsplitting boom. The thick spears were shattered by the tail into fragments, which scattered across the vault of heaven, plunging into the earth in clusters.

Huntian's subordinates who couldn't evade in time suffered an undeserved calamity. Their protective True Yuan instantly crumbled under the barrage of fragments, and their bodies, once firmly shielded by True Yuan, were consumed by the trace Rule Power within the fragments, dissipating into puffs of black mist, souls utterly destroyed.

"Damn it!" Huntian roared in fury, his dragon limbs opening and closing with a "crackling" sound, ferociously grabbing the remaining green War Spears in midair.

"Snap!"

The War Spear pierced the firmament, and although the dragon claws were sharp, they were after all just illusory, naturally no match for Li Qingquan's fully powered Devouring Battle Spear in a hasty fight.

The sound of "clang" spread across the heavens, yet the giant dragon beast, transformed from Huntian's war chariot, was left with holes and indentations, a sight of complete disrepair.

"This is bad, these battle spears contain the Power of Tao Rules, it is best to avoid their edge!" Left and right, incessantly warding off the war spears, Huntian saw that the chariot was beyond repair and had no choice but to dodge.

He dispelled the dragon form, lightly tapped his forehead with a big hand, a pair of black wings fluttered out from his top of the skull, and flew to his back, lifting and carrying him towards several sub-saints in the distance.

"Still trying to run! Die for me!" Seeing Huntian's embarrassing flight, Li Qingquan was furious, gesturing for Long Xuhu and others to fend for themselves, while the True Yuan on his body circulated, drawing in a thick War Spear to his hand, his body brimming with Yuqing True Essence, and fiercely threw it.

The battle spear, over a dozen zhang long and thick as a bucket, was feather-light in Li Qingquan's hands, a magnificent green light soared through heaven and earth, flying towards Huntian.

In an instant, the world filled with flying sand and rolling stones, thunderous roars, along with various splendid lights entwining, as endless nature's spiritual energy furiously converged towards the lengthy War Spear.

"Woo... Woo..."

The War Spear emitted a demonic hum, its brilliance intense, resembling a gathering of stars, trailing a long tail, arriving in a flash.

Huntian, in the midst of a desperate run for his life, suddenly stiffened, feeling the hair on his body stand on end, a terrifying sense of crisis enveloping him.

He fiercely turned back and saw a dazzling green light, carrying a destructive force that could obliterate heaven and earth, bursting towards his top of the skull.

"What the hell, who's this freak? Even a Saint's assault might not possess such power!" Huntian was terrified, his guts turning to water. He frantically flapped the black wings behind him in a mad dodge.

But the War Spear, as if it had spiritual intelligence, followed Huntian, zigzagging behind him, seemingly determined not to stop until it had hit its target.

"Ah! Break for me!" Seeing the War Spear pressing ever closer, now looming over his back, Huntian let out a long howl. His Golden Armor emitted endless Demonic Qi, and the pitch-black wings fluttered up on their own accord, overlapping in front of Huntian's armor, forming a black shield.

"Boom!"

The massive War Spear didn't hesitate to jab into the black shield. A black brilliance rose from the shield, containing the Spatial Law Power, firmly opposing the War Spear with a tremendous roar.

The thunderous noise was horrifying, shattering the Void, causing many lower Cultivation Cultivators to bleed from all orifices, suffering severe injuries.

After a deadlock midair for several moments, the War Spear, with its vigorous force, directly flung the shield, along with Huntian, a hundred thousand li away. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommended votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)