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Chapter 66: Chapter 66 Half-Demon (Alliance Hierarch adds more)
"It seems to resemble the energy inside the demon stone..."
Li Qian’s brows furrowed slightly.
How could it be related to demons?
But the residual energy couldn’t be faked.
In this period, he absorbed the Demon Essence from the demon stone every other day, so he was highly sensitive to this type of energy.
Although this residual energy wasn’t pure Demon Energy, its nature was very similar, likely having the same origin.
Of course, he might have thought it wrong.
Perhaps it was Inner Qi True Qi transformed through some demonic cultivation technique.
After all, his experience was too shallow, unfamiliar with the martial arts of the world.
He still kept his guard up.
He had to be cautious.
After inspecting the Xia Mansion, Li Qian walked alone in Sanhe Town, hoping to find some clues.
Relying solely on the Xuan Supervision Department and the stationed Inner Sect Disciples to investigate could take a long time to catch those people.
He didn’t want to waste too much time on this purging mission.
Suddenly, Li Qian stopped in a low residential area.
He faintly smelled a very faint scent of blood, carried over by the night breeze.
Moreover, using his Spiritual Perception, he could also clearly sense the blood particles mixed in the air.
Someone nearby had died.
Most likely murdered.
He immediately traced the scent towards the low residential houses.
...
Sanhe Town.
Inside a civilian house.
Three corpses were nailed to the wall, the flowing blood had coagulated, still emitting a strong blood scent.
But beside the table, four people were eating and drinking, seemingly indifferent to the corpses on the wall.
Suddenly, a person walked in, "The Divine Sword Sect has dispatched an Innate Martial Artist."
"So what, as long as it’s not someone from the True Essence Realm, if they provoke us, just exterminate them."
One burly man, his face covered with horizontal flesh, held a glossy big pig trotter, completely unconcerned as he spoke with oil dripping from his mouth.
"There will always be some trouble, we’ve already got three pieces, and there’s one left..."
The speaker was a skinny man looking weak and sickly, he pulled out three pieces of cowhide paper from his bosom and spread them out on the table.
Each piece of cowhide paper had a detailed map.
Joined together, they seemed to form a bigger complete map.
Except for a missing piece.
"According to the clues, the last piece of the map fell into the hands of a servant disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, but... that servant disciple is already dead, and the map is lost... this complicates things, how do we explain to the Sect Hierarch if we can’t get this last piece?"
The skinny man sighed.
Suddenly, his expression changed, "Someone’s coming."
Everyone else quieted down, ceasing their eating and drinking.
Soon, a series of light footsteps approached and then stopped outside the house.
Outside.
Li Qian did not release his Spiritual Perception.
But he had already keenly sensed several strong presences inside the house.
"Is it this easy?"
Li Qian muttered to himself.
He hadn’t expected that these people hadn’t left and were still hiding in Sanhe Town.
That indicated they were very confident.
"Come out."
With his sword on his back, his hands behind him, Li Qian spoke indifferently.
"A Divine Sword Sect’s Innate expert? Tsk tsk... There’s a road to heaven yet you don’t take it, insisting on breaking through the door to hell."
A deep voice came from inside the house.
The aura Li Qian emitted was just ordinary Innate True Qi Realm.
As long as it wasn’t an elder-level Innate strong man, they naturally weren’t afraid.
Suddenly.
A sonic boom erupted.
Following that, a figure dashed out from the house rapidly, ferocious claws tearing through the air, clawing towards Li Qian’s chest. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
His eyes, unexpectedly, were faintly red.
Li Qian stood unshakably.
With a casual wave of his hand, the man was sent flying and crashed into the wall, creating a huge hole.
The man tumbled to the ground, vomiting blood profusely.
"Kill."
"Die."
Three more figures dashed out at high speed, tearing through the air with the same red-eyed, ferocious, and violent aura.
Li Qian still easily dealt three strikes, sending the three men flying back even faster, almost collapsing the building.
In an instant, all four men were down and couldn’t get up.
From the ruins of the collapsed building, a gaunt, sickly man stepped out.
"Even if you are not an elder-level master of the Divine Sword Sect, you are probably among the best of the Inner Sect Innate disciples."
The gaunt, sickly man spoke as he walked, drawing a strange, curved knife.
The next moment, like a flicker, he suddenly appeared in front of Li Qian, and the terrifying blade fiercely slashed down, like a crescent moon added to the night sky.
Li Qian moved and drew his sword to block.
With the clashing of the sword and the knife, the two figures flickered rapidly in the night, creating a rolling force and continuous explosive sounds wherever they passed.
Suddenly!
A sword light soared up, then fell like a meteor.
Following that, the gaunt, sickly man was thrown back, landing on the ground on one knee.
Only half of his curved knife remained in his hand.
From his head, to his chest, to his abdomen and groin, a bloody trace appeared, his clothes sliced in two.
He was nearly split in half by that one sword.
But the next moment, the sword wound on his body quickly healed.
"What a powerful sword, you are definitely a master of the True Essence Realm."
The gaunt, sickly man’s eyes filled with solemnity.
If his Physical Body hadn’t been special, he might have died from that strike.
Li Qian held his sword in one hand, not speaking, his expression very calm.
The fierce encounter just now was merely a mutual probe.
This man was not ordinary; his body contained a terrifying power.
The four men he had previously sent flying did not possess such demon-like power.
Perhaps this power was in this man’s possession.
"Very well, I haven’t used my true power in a long while. Innate master of the Divine Sword Sect, let me show you what true Divine Power is."
The gaunt, sickly man chuckled lowly.
Then, he looked up at the night sky, his eyes becoming more intensely red.
Regrettably, there was no moon tonight.
Unable to bathe in the Divine Power of the Moon God.
"Divine Transformation."
He murmured softly.
The next moment, his body began to undergo a terrifying transformation; his originally merely 1.7-meter-tall frame suddenly grew taller, turning into a two-meter-tall, muscle-rippled humanoid creature.
The creature’s head became utterly hideous, with protruding fangs and deep-set eyes shining with red light.
Its body was covered in dense hair as stiff as steel needles.
Moreover, the aura exuding from this humanoid creature was extremely frightening, containing a terrifying invisible dominance, causing everyone who saw it to tremble with fear.
"What is this monster?"
Li Qian, looking at this humanoid creature, showed a look of surprise.
A demon, perhaps?
But the master had said that the weakest demons... were said to be comparable to Heavenly Persons.
And yet, this humanoid creature seemed strong, but that was all.
Judging from the violent aura it radiated, it was equivalent to a True Essence Realm martial artist who had not yet grasped Illusion-Level Martial Intent.
The noise from the fight had already alarmed other Inner Sect Disciples and personnel of the Taiping County Xuan Supervision Department within Xia Mansion.
They rushed over one after another.
When they saw the scene of the gaunt, sickly man transforming into a humanoid creature, they were all incredibly shocked.
The violent aura emitted by the humanoid creature was too intense, exerting a strong mental pressure on them, causing their faces to turn pale.
"Is this a half-demon?"
Chu Ping, the households head of the Taiping County Xuan Supervision Department, fought back his internal agitation and couldn’t help but exclaim softly.
As a households head, commanding the county’s supervision department, he had once participated in the secret training at the department’s headquarters and had learned some secrets, including records about half-demons.
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