Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Wow!
Zhang Yan slashed horizontally with his sword, and the raging waters spread out.

Wherever it went, it submerged everything around it.

As all things withered and died, their life essence gathered into the body of the Xuanwu phantom.

The shape of the Xuanwu phantom remained unchanged, but it became increasingly solid.

His aura had finally reached the mid-stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Finally, in the vast swamp ten thousand meters below, terrifying life essence erupted, transforming into a black water tornado that swept across the heavens and the earth, towering and crashing towards Shi Xiao.

boom!
The two forces collided, and the entire sky was completely occupied by the two forces of heaven and earth, causing the whole world to tremble.

In the end, the phantom of Xuanwu gained the upper hand.

Shi Xiao's massive body was swept into the waterspout, and his body was severely eroded.

The boulder was shattered by the Gui water, and Shi Xiao's own body was also peeled away, shrinking in size and looking extremely miserable.

"Damn humans!"

Shi Xiao broke through the whirlpool of Gui water, his face full of frustration.

It was one thing that he had just broken through the seal and was suppressed by Zhang Yan.

Having returned to the demon realm for so long, he has recovered to the Dharma Aspect Realm.

When he encountered Zhang Yan again, he was still no match for him.

Before that, it was a great demon of the eighth realm.

Zhang Yan was merely a human, not even three hundred years old.

"Come with me!"

Knowing he couldn't do anything to Zhang Yan, Shi Xiao immediately summoned two other demons at the Dharma Aspect Realm.

These are two elephant demons.

hold head high!
They roared and released their true demonic forms, which were over two hundred feet long.

Shi Xiao stepped back and took out a blood-red eye, seemingly calling out to something.

"It needs to be summoned."

"An even more powerful demon race?"

Zhang Yan's expression changed slightly.

He had suffered losses more than once before. These demons were numerous, and provoking one meant provoking a whole group.

Zhang Yan could handle Shi Xiao on his own.

Even he couldn't defeat a demon race member at the late stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm or higher.

"Kill Shi Xiao first!"

Zhang Yan's murderous intent surged.

Rumble!
In Zhang Yan's hand, the Kui Niu True Eye reappeared, and countless bolts of lightning converged, transforming into a sea of ​​thunder.

"Lei Xing's fifth-tier magic weapon!"

Although it wasn't the first time she had seen it, Qingluan was still terrified.

"Illusory Thunder and Lightning!"

The moment Zhang Yan took out the Kui Niu True Eye, he used a fifth-order technique.

Thunder merges into the body, unleashing dazzling lightning.

Two colossal elephants, each over two hundred feet long and with bodies as white as jade, stood like two divine mountains blocking Zhang Yan's path.

Their species excels at defense.

That thick outer layer is comparable to a low-grade fifth-order magic weapon.

However, Zhang Yan's Thunderous True Meaning was even more powerful.

Boom!
Zhang Yan pierced through the sky, carrying endless lightning, and crashed directly into one of the demon race members.

hold head high!
The giant elephant roared to the sky, and a charred, bloody hole appeared directly in its body.

The wandering, tortuous lightning emitted a powerful destructive aura, which was completely beyond what an early-stage Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator could withstand.

hum!
At this moment, the space in front of Shi Xiao began to distort.

The passage to guide other demon races is about to open.

"That's too late!"

Zhang Yan's gaze was solemn.

boom!
Thunder roared, and the first elephant demon was reduced to a pile of corpses.

"return to!"

The other elephant demon was terrified, but it still crossed the void and stood in front of Zhang Yan.

It will die anyway if it doesn't try to stop it, so it might as well fight for that sliver of hope.

Beyond the spatial passage lies an even more terrifying existence.

"Silence reigns in all directions!"

But Zhang Yan had already used his trump card.

hum!
The Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon appeared one after the other, releasing two illusory images of divine beasts.

"It's that Azure Dragon again!"

Shi Xiao looked at the illusory image of the Azure Dragon with utter disgust.

But as soon as the three phantoms appeared, they merged together again.

Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, three illusory figures, swirled around, their powers merging within them.

An invisible force descended.

When the three spiritual swords come together, the Four Directions Annihilation Sword technique can instantly kill someone in the mid-stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm!
An annihilation power erupted.

The elephant demon, at the early stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm, froze in place as soon as it approached.

"No!"

It only had time to let out a scream.

As the power of annihilation swept over it, its enormous body turned into nothingness and vanished into the world.

Having dealt with the demons blocking his way from both sides, Zhang Yan continued his advance without slowing down, heading straight for Shi Xiao.

With the terrifying power of annihilation, even Shi Xiao could not withstand it.

Before Shi Xiao was a spatial passage, which was not yet fully formed.

No one can save it now.

"and many more!"

Shi Xiao's eyes widened, and he suddenly shouted.

But Zhang Yan ignored it completely. If he had slowed down a few more breaths, the spatial passage would have opened.

"Do you know why?"

"Appearing here?"

"Because this world holds the greatest secret of my demon race!"

Shi Xiao was terrified and could only speak quickly.

"The secrets of the demon race?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan's gaze finally wavered.

Zhang Yan was indeed puzzled by Shi Xiao's sudden appearance in the lower realm.

And it wasn't just Shi Xiao.

And the sudden arrival of the demon race before was definitely not a coincidence.

There must be some purpose behind it.

The demon race had previously infiltrated human territory to gather intelligence.

But what brings Shi Xiao and his demon clan here?
"I'll spare your life for now!"

Zhang Yan thought for a moment and did not immediately kill him.

Shi Xiao was delighted, but his smile immediately froze on his face.

boom!
Because Zhang Yan's sword light passed over Shi Xiao and landed on the spatial passage behind him.

Before a spatial passage is formed, it is extremely fragile.

Under the power of annihilation, it vanished into thin air.

Without the spatial passage, the demon race behind them probably won't be able to get here.

Zhang Yan then looked at Shi Xiao.

"explain."

"What is your purpose in coming to the Southern Wilderness?"

Zhang Yan, holding the Xuanwu Guishui Sword, pointed at Shi Xiao and asked.

"actually……"

Shi Xiao's gaze shifted.

They came to Middle-earth for a reason, but that reason is hard to explain.

Even if it returned to the demon race, it wouldn't survive.

Click!

As Zhang Yan was asking his question, a sound of space shattering suddenly came from behind Shi Xiao.

The original location of the spatial passage has become nothingness.

The spatial passage has been erased.

However, the demon race behind the spatial passage was far stronger than Zhang Yan had imagined.

Based on the spatial coordinates left by Shi Xiao, it is possible to unilaterally break through spatial barriers and cross space to arrive.

"not good!"

"It's careless!"

Zhang Yan's expression changed drastically.

He should have realized it sooner; if there really was something, it was the secret of the demon race.

Among the demons who have come this time, there must be some powerful ones.

"Great Roc!"

"Hurry up and save me!"

Shi Xiao was overjoyed and shouted at the spatial rift behind him.

"court death!"

Zhang Yan's gaze was icy.

If he had known this would happen, he should have killed Shi Xiao earlier and ended it all.

But it's not too late.

Zhang Yan maintained his power of annihilation, and the Xuanwu Guishui Sword in his hand pierced into Shi Xiao's body, suddenly erupting.

"you……"

Shi Xiao's consciousness was extinguished.

These were supposed to be extremely difficult-to-kill beasts, yet they did not perish in the war between humans and demons.

Instead, he died at Zhang Yan's hands.

Bang!
Shi Xiao's body turned into scattered stones and fell to the ground.

In the sky, only a disc remained, along with a colorful, irregularly shaped crystal.

This disc exudes an ancient aura. It was previously used by the demon race to search for the Xuanhuang Qi in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

"Keep it."

“Take it back to the sect.”

Zhang Yan put the disc away.

Next, there was that colorful crystal, which surprisingly had a slight connection with Zhang Yan's nascent soul.

"When I condensed my Nascent Soul."

"It once absorbed the soul of Shi Xiao."

"This crystal also comes from Shi Xiao, and it will be of great use to me."

"If I absorb it, it should allow me to break through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!"

Zhang Yan sensed it for a moment and thought to himself.

Although this stone noise is difficult to deal with.

But everything he carried was a treasure.

Such ancient and exotic creatures possess materials that are top-grade for refining weapons.

Click!

The sound of space shattering rang out again.

Zhang Yan then remembered that the spatial passage had not been closed yet.

boom!
Just as Zhang Yan was retreating rapidly, the spatial passage shattered with a deafening roar.

A surge of demonic power, solidified into a tangible form, erupted, and a claw, a thousand meters in size, tore through the void as it hurtled towards them.

The surrounding天地力量 (heaven and earth power) was directly torn apart.

The void twisted, and spatial turbulence surged.

"This is... a demon race from the seventh realm!"

Zhang Yan's mind went blank.

He had once sensed the aura of the Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord, that power of rules that transcended heaven and earth, enough to change the world.

Even powerful Dharma forms are incredibly weak under the power of this rule.

"Little Zhang Yan!"

Those behind who witnessed this scene instantly turned bloodshot.

Zhang Yan had just returned when he encountered such a terrifying demon race again.

"Block!"

"You must block it!"

Only one thought remained in Zhang Yan's mind.

"Senro Thunder Prison!"

As the aura of death approached, Zhang Yan pushed the Kui Niu True Eye to its limit.

Rumble!
The thunder descended, transforming into intertwined thunder trees, which eventually converged to form a vast, continuous thunder prison stretching to the horizon.

Its power was comparable to the thunderous might of a late-stage Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator, vast and boundless.

Boom!
The world was shrouded in endless lightning, a vast expanse of white.

"puff!"

Zhang Yan's magical power, connected to the Thunder Prison, was like crashing into an ancient divine mountain, shattering his internal organs and causing him to vomit blood.

The once radiant body now bore numerous cracks and was almost shattered.

Beyond the spatial passage lies a great demon of the seventh realm.

However, the spatial passage weakened some of its power.

When it descended upon this land, it was weakened once more.

That's why Zhang Yan wasn't killed in one blow.

"Little Zhang Yan!"

Qingluan was in turmoil. She transformed into a streak of blue light, crossed the void, and embraced Zhang Yan in her arms.

Bright red blood stained her dress.

But she didn't care; she just held Zhang Yan tightly in her arms.

Zhang Yan then fell into a coma.

The Thunder Prison between heaven and earth has also dissipated.

The power of the Dharma Aspect Realm is utterly insignificant in the face of a great demon of the seventh realm.

Click!

The spatial barrier continued to shatter, and that kilometer-long claw tore open a spatial passage once more.

Even with just one claw, it exceeds a kilometer in length.

If it were the real thing, I wonder how many tens of thousands of meters long it would be.

"Shi Xiao is dead?"

A cold voice came from behind the spatial passage.

At the same time, there was another eye, the size of a lake, coldly looking over.

boom!
Space kept exploding, and the beings beyond the passage were about to cross boundaries.

"puff!"

Qingluan was only in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and a mere spatial shockwave caused her to vomit blood.

"Do not."

"Zhang Yan cannot die..."

Qingluan held Zhang Yan in her arms, utterly desperate.

At this moment, that claw had completely descended upon this world.

The kilometer-long claws gleamed with a dazzling golden light.

Its aura was incredibly terrifying.

It is far more powerful than the Dharma Realm.

"The Soul of Shi Xiao".

"It's still with this person!"

The claws stretched across the sky, reaching out to grab Zhang Yan's body.

With this claw strike, Qingluan and Zhang Yan will surely die a gruesome death.

On the brink of life and death, endless flames surged between heaven and earth, while a fiery star, ten thousand meters in size, fell from the sky.

The rules of heaven and earth were suppressed, and they floated in the void.

The entire sky was covered in flames.

"Do not harm the young master!"

A loud shout rang out.

Then the stars descended upon the earth.

Boom!
The power of the rules erupted and landed entirely on that claw.

When the same seventh-realm spell struck, this claw, having just crossed the realm, was utterly unable to withstand it.

Click!

The stars erupted, and an endless curtain of fire, like clouds hanging from the sky, actually severed that claw.

"Get back!"

Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord revealed himself and slammed his palm onto the spatial passage.

"impossible!"

"Why would a human at the seventh realm appear in such a desolate place?"

Beyond the spatial passage came the roar of the demon race.

The laws of heaven and earth of Middle-earth manifested, and together with the great power of the Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord, they repaired this spatial passage.

boom!
That one, a thousand-meter-long demonic claw, crashed to the ground.

This is a limb from a seventh-realm demon, enough to make cultivators in the True Self Realm scramble for it.

However, the Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord went to check on Zhang Yan's condition immediately.

"Thank you, Heavenly Lord!"

Qingluan, having survived the ordeal, quickly expressed her gratitude.

"It's my fault for arriving too late to save the emperor!"

Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord said with shame.

He then took out the last healing pill and fed it to Zhang Yan.

"Tianjun."

"How is Xiao Zhang Yan?"

"Qingluan asked with concern."

"The young master is not in any danger."

"However, his situation is not optimistic."

Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord's expression was extremely unpleasant.

It's already incredible that Zhang Yan survived being attacked by a powerful demon from the seventh realm.

His internal magical power was now extremely chaotic, and his aura was extremely weak.

"Let's go back to Qingheng Sect first."

Qingluan was at a loss and could only take Zhang Yan back to Qingheng Sect first.

With a bitter expression, Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord took the claw with him and returned to Qingheng Sect.

During the days he was away from the Qingheng Sect, he discovered many traces of demons in the Central Plains.

So they followed along, but little did they know that they would never discover the origin of the demon race.

Now it seems.

The origins of the demon race have always been in the Southern Wilderness.

If anything happens to Zhang Yan, the Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord will not escape responsibility.

The group quickly returned to the Qingheng Sect.

"Master."

The disciples of the Qingheng Sect were all watching intently, exclaiming in surprise.

Even the Qingheng Sect sensed the intense battle that just took place.

Back at the Qingheng Sect, Qingluan took out all the pills.

Everything useful was fed to Zhang Yan.

However, the spiritual energy in Middle-earth was ultimately too scarce.

"I wish to take the young master back to the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

Fire Dragon Heavenly Lord was extremely anxious and made a suggestion.

But upon hearing these words, Zhang Yan regained consciousness.

"I trouble you... Your Majesty."

"Stay in...the Southern Wilderness." (End of Chapter)