Chapter 767 - 269: Battle of Celestial Aromatic Mountain (Part 6)
The Cyan Snake Demon was momentarily stunned, then her expression changed drastically!
Buzz!
Her huge body twisted quickly, transforming from a hundred feet to just a few feet within seconds with an eerie speed!
Attempting to use this instant reduction in size to evade the strike of the Red Flame Arrow.
Shen Chongming hadn’t expected the opponent to have such a trick up her sleeve.
The Red Flame Arrow was originally aimed at the Cyan Snake Demon’s vulnerable spot, planning for a single hit to incapacitate her, allowing Xu Zhan to seize the opportunity and kill her outright.
Thus avoiding the risk of self-detonation.
But the Cyan Snake Demon’s form suddenly shrank from a hundred feet to a few feet, making the original target location and her current position a hundred feet apart.
Trying to redirect the arrow was now too late.
Seeing this, Shen Chongming made a decisive move and directly detonated the Thunder Power on the surface of the Red Flame Arrow with his Divine Sense!
Boom!
In an instant, countless electric glows erupted from the Red Flame Arrow!
Bolts of electricity danced like raging Thunder Serpents, enveloping the surrounding space for hundreds of feet!
Although the Cyan Snake Demon managed to evade the fatal blow by shrinking her body, she couldn’t dodge the widespread electric glow!
Several bolts of electricity directly struck her smaller form, making her howl continuously from the shock.
Xu Zhan, as a Body Cultivator, had a strong combat instinct.
Seeing the Cyan Snake Demon’s body stiffen from the electric shock, he immediately charged forward!
His dark gold Ink-Horn Poison Dragon Spear carried immense force, smashing into the Cyan Snake Demon’s body with overwhelming power!
Though the Ink-Horn Poison Dragon Spear was a Peak Middle Grade Magical Artifact, in Xu Zhan’s hands, it could only be used like a Mortal Soldier’s weapon, unable to tap into its abilities as a Magical Artifact.
Fortunately, the spear was made of excellent materials, able to withstand Xu Zhan’s immense force.
Feeling the power of the spear, a trace of panic flashed through the Cyan Snake Demon’s eyes. She immediately tried to revert her form back, relying on her massive body to withstand the attack.
But several bolts struck her body again, and the Thunder Power interfering with her Demon Elemental Power circulation was tremendous.
Thud!
Xu Zhan’s spear struck the Cyan Snake Demon, whose body burst apart like a brittle rope!
Snake skin mixed with blood and internal organs exploded in mid-air!
The Cyan Snake Demon screamed as she plummeted toward the ground!
Seeing this, Shen Chongming swiftly opened his Great Bow, shooting more than a dozen Thunderbolt Arrows at the falling Cyan Snake Demon!
Bolts of thunder formed by the arrows continually struck the Cyan Snake Demon’s body, quickly eroding the vitality within her!
The Cyan Snake Demon wanted to self-detonate her Golden Core like Feng Changyou, but evidently, the continuous attacks left her no chance to recover.
The smaller form wasn’t her true body.
After taking over ten Thunderbolt Arrows, the secret technique to maintain her shrunken form failed, and she instantly reverted to her original hundred feet size!
Boom!
The battered body crashed heavily onto the earth below, sending a dull thud reverberating!
The Cyan Snake Demon struggled to move her body, enduring the intense pain, trying to seize this moment to reverse the Demon Elemental Power in her meridians to detonate her Golden Core.
But in the next moment, a blood-colored stream descended from the sky directly!
The stream, burning with rich Blood Flame all over, speedily pierced through the Cyan Snake Demon’s head with its dark golden edge!
The Cyan Snake Demon felt her Divine Spirit being ripped apart by a force of extreme brutality.
The few remnants of her soul quickly hid in her Golden Core, attempting to escape and seek opportunities for reincarnation.
But Shen Chongming had already anticipated this move.
As soon as the Cyan Snake Demon’s Golden Core emerged, a Thunder Net swiftly descended from above, precisely netting the Golden Core!
With a flash, Shen Chongming directly absorbed the Thunder Net and the netted Golden Core into his hand.
"Do you still need this thing?"
Examining the Golden Core emitting a faint Spiritual Charm in his hand, Shen Chongming looked at Xu Zhan and asked.
"Save it for Master."
"But Senior Brother needs to find a way to erase the remaining soul in this Golden Core first."
"Otherwise, if she regains a bit of sense, she might escape with her remnants using the Golden Nature."
"The Golden Core is easy to catch, but the Immortal Golden Nature is difficult to deal with."
They weren’t members of the Underworld, so they had no better means to handle Golden Nature.
The last time they killed the Yin Tiger Demon King was because all his Divine Spirit was nailed in the Sea of Consciousness by the Sword Bone Magical Sword, unable to hide in the Golden Core in time.
Shen Chongming nodded, and with a thought, his hand holding the Golden Core emitted a large amount of electric glow!
Soon after the Thunder Power enveloped the Golden Core, they heard a faint scream echoing.
Immediately, the entire Golden Core showed no more Divine Spirit fluctuations.
As Shen Chongming retrieved a Jade Box from his Storage Bag to store the Golden Core, preparing to assist his third uncle Shen Wen’an against the Crane Demon, a flicker of light appeared beside them as Shen Wen’an arrived.
"Hm?"
"Third Uncle killed that Crane Demon?"
Xu Zhan asked curiously, glancing at Shen Wen’an’s hands but seeing no corpse or Golden Core of the Crane Demon.
"He escaped." Shen Wen’an chuckled softly.
The Crane Demon had mastered a rather bizarre Escape Skill, probably a bloodline Secret Technique, allowing him to swiftly escape after his Divine Spirit was severely wounded by the Sword Bone Magical Sword.
Shen Wen’an estimated that even if the Crane Demon survived, his Realm would sharply decline, suffering long-term agony from Divine Spirit tearing, so he didn’t bother pursuing.
Ultimately, they had more important matters to attend to next, and chasing the Crane Demon would be a waste of time.
"What about the Spirit?"
As Shen Chongming stored away the Cyan Snake Demon’s Golden Core, corpse, and Storage Bag, Shen Wen’an spoke.
Hearing him, Xu Zhan and Shen Chongming both looked toward Celestial Aromatic Mountain in the distance.
Currently, the eight-hundred-mile Celestial Aromatic Mountain was almost completely demolished, leaving only the small area where the Spirit was located standing.
It was spared because both sides were cautious, fearing they might accidentally disperse the not yet fully formed Spirit, wasting their efforts.
"It should be almost there. Let’s go take a look."
As Shen Chongming spoke, the three directed themselves toward that area.
"Hm?"
On their way to the Spirit’s location, they suddenly noticed a group of fleeing figures ahead.
"It’s the demon cultivators from Celestial Sandalwood Mountain."
Shen Chongming focused his gaze, discovering that among the chaotic figures ahead, hundreds of demon cultivators in half-transformed or transformed forms led by Hua Qing, at Half-Step Golden Core Realm, were fleeing in panic toward them.
Evidently, with two of Feng Changyou’s Golden Core Realm Demon Kings dead and one escaped, the remaining demon cultivators at Celestial Sandalwood Mountain realized their fate was sealed, with nothing but death ahead.
"It’s bad; those are the Shen family’s three Golden Core cultivators!"
On the devastated land below, the fleeing demon cultivators abruptly noticed Shen Wen’an and the others, their faces turning ashen.
"Quick, escape this way!"
Beside Hua Qing, a muscular man at the Late Stage of Fetal Breathing immediately wanted to steer in another direction to escape.
"It’s useless, they’ve already seen us."
Facing the despair, Hua Qing muttered, "There’s no way we can escape underneath the strikes of Golden Core cultivators."
Upon hearing this, all the demon cultivators behind expressed hopelessness.
On the opposite side, Xu Zhan raised his spear upon seeing these demon cultivators from Celestial Sandalwood Mountain.
"Leave these small fry to me; Third Uncle and Senior Brother, go ahead to the Spirit’s location."
Hearing this, Shen Chongming glanced at the desperate demon cultivators ahead, then turned to Shen Wen’an and said, "Third Uncle, should we... give them a chance?"
Shen Wen’an pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
These demon cultivators had decent strength, killing them felt like a waste.
"You go try. If they’re willing to pledge allegiance to the Shen Family, all the better. If not, it’s best to kill them to eliminate future troubles."
Shen Chongming nodded and rode the Wind Manipulation towards the demon cultivators.