Chapter 66

Fat Long looked at Chen Qiu's back with a complex expression and did not speak. At the time, when he was captured and taken to Flower Offering Sect on the road, he had desperately hoped for someone like a scholar to descend from the sky and rescue him from the dire situation.But...

He never came.

If he hadn't relied on selling himself to save his life, perhaps he would have been completely drained and turned into a dried corpse, discarded in the back mountains by now.

The Heavenly Dao might not care, but Xiao Yu did care.

...

At this moment—

Chen Qiu's palm continuously flashed with Thunder Light, as he single-handedly blocked the city gate, throwing Hand Palm Thunder without even needing to aim, and still hitting his targets.

Only after reaching the later stages of Foundation Establishment could one's Divine Sense be released over a wide area, allowing it to lock onto enemies and ensure that one's Spells hit with maximum accuracy. Before that, one had to rely on mere eyesight to aim.

Nevertheless, the number of demon beasts in front of him was so great he could barely count them, naturally eliminating the need for precise aiming.

Even though nature's spiritual energy was very rich here, to recover spiritual energy one still needed to sit in meditation and absorb spiritual energy using a mental method. This was where the benefit of the Heavenly Dao Foundation showed itself—Chen Qiu didn't need to circulate mental methods at all, as the Heavenly Dao Foundation would automatically rotate and help him absorb spiritual energy.

And the number of resentful spirits behind him was also increasing.

A single dead demon beast could bring him ten resentful spirit demon beasts, mostly in the Qi Refinement Realm.

But...after all, the demon beasts were still too numerous.

Chen Qiu's brow slightly furrowed, ordering all the resentful spirits to charge forward and firmly block the city gate, putting himself in a relatively safe realm. Then, he threw out dozens of Hand Palm Thunder!

Under the entry "Spiritual Energy Intimidating," the power of his Spell at this moment was far beyond that of Cultivators of the same level, further enhanced by the Great Perfection Realm of this Spell, boosted by the entry "Focused Power."

The power was staggeringly exaggerated.

An indiscriminate strike could instantly kill some demon beasts in Qi Refinement and early Foundation Establishment Realm stages, with virtually no resistance.

Plus, with the extremely abundant spiritual energy available.

At this time, he seemed to reincarnate as the Duke of Thunder himself. Standing there, countless Thunder Lights smashed into the darkness, the dazzling light making the entire battlefield gleam brightly.

"One demon beast... Two demon beasts..."

With every demon beast killed, Chen Qiu silently counted in his heart. For each demon beast slain, his Tao Foundation expanded slightly. It was just regrettable that the three souls and seven spirits from these demon beasts did not count as individual kills.

A bit of a pity.

Scion of Ten Thousand Demons...

He silently remembered this name in his heart, wondering if there might be a chance to capture this person someday. Not to discuss other aspects, but just this mastery over subduing myriad demons was far more effective than his use of "Demon Burning Incense."

Truly thrilling.

Chen Qiu took a deep breath, feeling the extremely dense spiritual energy around him. For a moment, he even felt a bit envious of these Heavenly Dao prisoners who lived in such a richly spiritual environment for extended periods.

...

Just like that.

An hour later, the city gate was covered in a massive number of demon beast corpses, and Chen Qiu finally snapped back from the trance of the melee, his teeth slightly trembling as he scanned the surroundings.

At this time, his Tao Foundation had expanded to over twenty-one thousand centimeters.

The demon beasts that had died at his hands numbered over eleven thousand, which also allowed his Tao Foundation to accommodate a double the amount of spiritual energy than before, especially in the surrounding environment where the spiritual energy was extremely rich. He didn't even need to take Qi Replenishing Pills, as his Tao Foundation was filled to the brim.

He looked back.

He found that the city behind him was already filled with countless angry roars and sounds of fighting. The demon beasts were not only blocking this one gate—he could guard one gate, but couldn't protect the remaining ones.

"Where are the scholars?"

Chen Qiu subconsciously wrapped his robe tighter around himself, his teeth chattering as he looked at Fat Long, who stood at the city gate. At that moment, there were more than eighty thousand resentful spirits surrounding him, the intense chill penetrating to the bone.

He only felt very cold at the time.

Cold enough to shiver.

He had only killed over ten thousand demon beasts. However, each demon beast's split souls had individually transformed into a resentful spirit demon beast. Excluding those lost in battle, there were still more than eighty thousand resentful spirits quietly standing behind him. Sёarᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

That towering resentful energy almost made ghost cultivators unable to withstand retreating!

Once, a Taoist in Wentian Market had told him that he was carrying thousands of resentful spirits on his back and needed to resolve them quickly, but now it had already exceeded eighty thousand. The powerful resentful energy had made his body icy cold to the bone.

This was also why these resentful spirits had already been released and stayed behind him, which was slightly better. If they hadn't been released and stayed on his back, they probably would have completely crushed him.

"The scholars went into the city to kill demon beasts," he said.

"Didn't the scholar say he was poisoned and couldn't take action?"

"He said that on ordinary days, indeed, he couldn't. A large amount of spiritual energy was needed to suppress the toxins in his body. Although taking the Heavenly Dao Jade had relieved much of it, it only ensured that his cultivation wouldn't fall further. Normally, he could only use a small amount of spiritual energy to wield his flying sword."

"But here, where the degree of spiritual energy is extremely dense, there is no need to worry about that. He can use some techniques."

"Mhmm."

Chen Qiu's eyelids drooped as he nodded slightly, the whole person standing in place, using his long sword to support his body to prevent himself from falling. At this moment, he only felt very sleepy, very tired, and very cold.

It felt as though a thousand catties were pressing on his back, making it hard for him to stand straight.

The last solution now was to control these demon beasts to move towards the depths of the black mist away from him and then wait for the hour to pass so they naturally dissipate into the ether, but this also eliminated a significant aspect of his combat capability.

Currently, many demon beasts had already rushed into the city, and he needed to deal with these demon beasts first.

"Let's go."

Chen Qiu had Fat Long come over to help support him. After taking a deep breath and slowly straightening his back, he walked toward the city, and the tens of thousands of resentful spirit demon beasts also closely followed behind him. Although he could control these resentful spirit demon beasts, they couldn't be too far from him and could only carry out some simple commands.

Such as attacking, defending, etc.

He couldn't make those resentful spirit demon beasts behind him charge into the city and spread out to attack the demon beasts in a detailed operation.

Looking along the way.

Fufeng City, which was once quite bustling, was now covered with corpses. The bluestone road was full of overturned baskets of fruits and vendor stalls. The children's pitiful cries mixed with the demon beasts' roars echoed throughout the skies of Fufeng City.

Shrouded in black mist, the visibility in Fufeng City was very low.

In such an environment, fear surged up, causing one to run around chaotically like a headless fly. From time to time, commands were also issued, but at such a time, who could remain calm? Everyone was fighting for themselves.

"Roar!"

Just as a massive bear-like demon beast opened its gaping maw to devour a little girl cowering in a corner crying.

"Boom!"

Tens of resentful spirit demon beasts surged out of the black mist and knocked the bear-like demon beast aside.