Great Demon Leader: Start By Refining Flying Zombies

Chapter 41: Fire Chi Pearl

"It's such a pity. It seems that today, there is no hope for a good outcome..."

The middle-aged scholar sighed and shook his head, showing no signs of taking any action.

On the side, Qin Long's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly said, "Be careful, he has already made a move!"

Liang Xiao became alert and saw a piece of floor in front of him suddenly shatter. A ghastly hand emerged from the ground, exuding a fierce and menacing aura. Like a swooping eagle, it aimed straight for his face.

"Not bad, let's try my Heavenly Sun Town Demon Hand!"

A hint of fire ignited in Liang Xiao's pupils. From his elbows, golden mana formed into threads that wrapped around his arms, covering his palms and fingers.

Bang!

Liang Xiao's arm smashed into the ghastly hand, and the two collided forcefully. The ghastly hand's nails were only a hair's breadth away from his eyeballs, but it couldn't make any further progress.

However, a circular aura burst open, exposing the cultivation levels of the two.

"Hehe, I am much stronger than you think. Qi Refining Fourth Layer is not enough to fight against me. Why don't you call your companions?"

The middle-aged scholar glanced at Qin Long with a hidden agenda, mocking Liang Xiao with his words. In reality, he was very wary of being surrounded and attacked.

His intuition told him that the magnificent longsword at the woman's waist carried a chilling aura, and its spiritual energy fluctuations far surpassed that of an ordinary Law Weapon.

"Provoking me, do you think I'm the kind of foolish boy who cares about face in front of a woman?"

"But you're lucky today. Your opponent is really just me alone. Don't worry, even though you have the cultivation of Qi Refining Sixth Layer, it won't waste much of my time."

Liang Xiao looked at the whetstone in front of him and couldn't help but find it amusing. Through their previous exchange, he already had an expectation of their strengths.

The middle-aged scholar was at Qi Refining Sixth Layer, two levels higher than Liang Xiao, but they were still within the same realm, both in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, the cultivation technique the opponent practiced seemed very crude, with the intensity of mana being of the lowest quality among cultivators. It would be difficult for him to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

On the other hand, Liang Xiao himself had already switched to practicing the true transmission-level technique, the Golden Crow Refining Sun Divine Art. The quality of his mana surpassed that of his opponent.

"What an arrogant kid!"

Although the middle-aged scholar had achieved his goal, when he saw the smile on Liang Xiao's face, his anger surged. He slightly bent his knees and suddenly bounced back, creating distance between him and Liang Xiao.

However, the ghastly hand from earlier did not retreat but instead advanced. It transformed in mid-air, displaying various claw and palm techniques, like a martial arts master, attacking Liang Xiao with a storm of blows.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Liang Xiao also came from a martial arts family and had a solid foundation. He fought back without giving an inch, occasionally getting hit but quickly dissipating the force.

With the support of the Golden Crow Refining Sun Divine Art, his pair of Heavenly Sun Town Demon Hands seemed to possess a strange increase in power.

After all, this was a technique passed down from the Heavenly Sun Mountain lineage.

The ghastly hand belonged to the Yin attribute, and the Heavenly Sun Town Demon Hands seemed to restrain it perfectly. With each exchange, the black aura emanating from the ghastly hand was dispersed bit by bit, and the balance of victory gradually tilted towards Liang Xiao.

"Heh!"

Seeing this, the middle-aged scholar was not panicked but instead revealed a cold smile.

Suddenly, another ghastly hand rushed out from under his wide sleeves, fiercely attacking Liang Xiao towards the ground, shattering the floor along the way.

At this moment, Qin Long noticed that the middle-aged scholar's wide sleeves were already empty, fluttering in the strong wind.

Originally, those two pitch-black ghost hands turned out to be his true form.

What a sinister spell!

"Just one ghost hand already overwhelms you. What about two hands together? Arrogant brat, in your next life, you should learn to be more cautious!"

The pair of ghost hands hidden within the wide sleeves of the middle-aged scholar's robe were a Demon Dao spell called Soul-Severing Ghost Refining Technique. It required severing one's own flesh and merging with the fierce souls of vengeful spirits in order to successfully cultivate it.

The cost was immense, but so was the power. The ghost hands not only had the ability to move independently, but they were also incredibly dexterous and impervious to attacks.

Often, the middle-aged scholar only needed to create some distance, and with the pair of ghost hands, he could easily toy with his opponents.

In the martial arts world of Yan Kingdom, his title as the Ghost Hand Scholar ranked seventh in the Divine Weapon Catalog, surpassing many independent cultivators in Yan Kingdom.

As the second ghost hand attacked from the ground, the two ghost hands, one above and one below, displayed different killing techniques. However, because they were controlled by the same person, their coordination was flawless.

Rip!

Although Liang Xiao's expression remained calm, he felt the pressure increase. Facing the extremely eerie attacks of the ghost hands, he soon couldn't defend himself and had a bloody gash torn on his shoulder by one of the ghost hands.

After a moment, black blood actually seeped out of the wound, and half of his body felt numb.

The middle-aged scholar revealed a pleased expression. Normally, when someone fell victim to this move, even cultivators would suffer greatly.

However, soon after, as Liang Xiao circulated the power of the Heavenly Sun Refining Technique to his shoulder, the poisonous blood quickly burned away, and even the bleeding stopped.

Heavenly Sun Mountain was a righteous sect that likely often dealt with Demon Dao techniques. Perhaps this was called professional countermeasures, with a high resistance to poison in the nature of their powers.

"I have to say, you people from these crooked paths always resort to such despicable means as poisoning. But in the face of true power, they are all useless!"

Liang Xiao shrugged his shoulders, as if he had forgotten that he was also a practitioner of the Demon Dao. Using the techniques of Heavenly Sun Mountain, his tone was casual and full of mockery.

"You're dead!"

The middle-aged scholar's face twisted, and his entire body trembled with spiritual power. With a "swoosh," a rusty and blackened soft sword shot out from his waist, caught firmly by one of the ghost hands.

Then, the soft sword, like a venomous snake, swiftly attacked Liang Xiao's vital points with incredible speed.

"Liang Xiao, be careful! He's going all out. That sword is a Law Weapon!"

Qin Long restrained the urge to draw his sword but couldn't help but remind him.

"Die under my Black Blood Sword!"

The middle-aged scholar sneered, but just as he saw the critical moment, his opponent suddenly turned his back, and something faintly appeared in his hand.

Before he could see clearly, he saw that his opponent had already turned back around, holding a fiery red bead in his hand. Within that bead, a golden spark flickered as if it possessed spirituality.

Liang Xiao puffed up his cheeks and blew forcefully at the bead in his palm.

Boom!

A roaring golden flame dragon burst out from the bead. In just one gulp, it swallowed the Law Weapon soft sword and the two black ghost hands, then erupted into a high-temperature hurricane, sweeping dozens of yards around.

Plop!

The middle-aged scholar's face turned pale, and then he felt a sweet sensation in his throat as he spat out a mouthful of blood. His entire being became weak.

In his consciousness, he only felt a terrifying and unbearable heat, and then he completely lost contact with the two ghost hands and the Law Weapon soft sword.

(End of this chapter)