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Chapter 973 The Changes at Juding Mountain

Today, Juding Mountain's celestial and geographical features are increasingly resembling those of Huoguan Mountain.

The raging fire evaporated all the moisture in all directions, the ground dried up and cracked, and the sky above looked like it had been burned through a huge hole, with the clouds piercing through the neat, large holes.

The smoke and flames intertwined to form a column of smoke that shot into the clouds through the large hole, reaching the highest heavens and turning the sky orange.

From a distance, the air surrounding Juding Mountain appears distorted, as if covered by a thick layer of plastic.

The hillsides are dotted with raised earthen platforms, many of which are now empty, but still have numerous cauldrons standing on them, as if something is being refined over a fire.

Countless heads were busy around the raised tripod vessel; a rough estimate suggested there were at least tens of thousands of people.

These people were all pharmacists and attendants invited by Kutang, and recently they have been focusing on researching the open direction of demon essence alchemy.

They were completely unaware of the impending doom, that a great demon was watching them, and that they were still busy with their own affairs.

"Hur hum hum, the place where the Fire Continent is engaged in large-scale alchemy is right here in this desolate mountain!"

The talking monster, besides having a mouthful of fangs, looked like a burly butcher. His face was greasy, and he was chewing on screaming living people, with blood splattering from between his teeth.

One of the Ten Demons of the Southeast, a cunning demon, cruel and gluttonous, whose greatest pleasure is eating living people.

It ranks among the top ten demons in the southeast, slightly higher than the dragon demon, placing it in the middle tier.

The cunning demon is most famous for its love of 'delicious food'. It cannot go a day without eating people, so it has occupied dozens of cities as 'pigsties' to capture many men and women to raise and breed, making them its food for generations.

Sound familiar? It's just a matter of reversing the roles of humans and livestock.

Such an outrageous act has drawn countless hatreds and condemnations for the cunning demon, but it has survived to this day and has killed many of its enemies.

Previously, the Great Gentleman fought two great demons but failed to kill the cunning demon because it was adept at observing the wind direction and was extremely cunning. It could always escape from desperate situations, which was a headache for the people.

"Hehe, the actions of the Ten Demons of the Southeast cannot be kept secret from the outside world. Everyone thinks that our goal is the Demon Transformation Cauldron, but I will do the opposite!"

The cunning demon gazed in the direction of Juding Mountain and muttered to himself, "Juding Mountain is a key location. Once it is destroyed, at least half of the Demon Transformation Cauldrons can be destroyed, and the group of pharmacists led by Bitter Soup Pharmacist can be killed."

"I'd like to see how you 'transform into demons' without manpower, even if you have the cauldron?"

He slurped down the chewed flesh and blood, then hunched over, sending waves of dust rippled across the ground.

In a few breaths, the churning soil spread to the foot of Juding Mountain. In an instant, the solid rock shattered and fractured, and a tremendous force surged from the ground, crashing against the foot of the mountain.

The entire mountain was shaking, and the shaking was getting stronger and stronger.

Fist-sized boulders rolled down, followed by those the size of a human head, then the size of a millstone...

The mountain was severely damaged, and cracks shot up from the ground at lightning speed, piercing through the massive mountain.

The cunning demon stirred and churned underground, turning the solid soil and rock layers into a fluid that swirled back and forth. The changes occurring underground were incredibly complex: cracks appeared, caves formed, and collapses occurred...

Juding Mountain's foundation has been thinned to the point where it looks like it could be blown over in a single breath.

Suddenly, the cunning demon's fat ears twitched, and a clear, beautiful female voice rang out.

"Don't move, you idiot! There's not a single living person on the mountain!"

The cunning demon looked up in surprise, its eyes full of doubt. With a howl, it burst out of the ground and suddenly overturned Juding Mountain.

The mountain tilted and fell to the ground, disintegrating in mid-air before it even hit the ground, breaking into large pieces of stone raindrops.

There were all sorts of sounds, but none of them were the screams or cries for help from dying humans.

The cunning demon opened its mouth and inhaled, a stench engulfing the area where Juding Mountain was located. The flesh and blood of all living things were stripped away, forming a long river that flowed into the demon's gaping maw. It finally confirmed that there were no living people, only wild beasts and birds.

"How is this possible? In such a short time, how could tens of thousands of people in the mountains, along with the heavy cauldron, disappear without a trace?"

The cunning demon suddenly looked up at its companion above, the source of the clear female voice—the beautiful demon.

Li Yao, also one of the Ten Demons of the Southeast!

The two demons traveled together, one burrowing into the ground and tilting the mountain, the other soaring through the air, but they found nothing.

Li Yao was a glamorous woman, around thirty years old, with a beautiful appearance but an aggressive and domineering aura.

It still retains the characteristics of the demon race, namely the feathers mixed in between its hair and temples!

Faced with the cunning demon's questioning, the beautiful demon shook her head, "I couldn't see it clearly from heaven either. It wasn't an illusion, nor a deception. One moment the person and the cauldron were real, and the next they vanished without a trace!"
"Perhaps this is a trap!"

Upon hearing the word "trap," the cunning demon's hair stood on end, like a frightened hedgehog.

The next moment, it laughed, "What a load of crap, there's nothing there. I saw them all flee in panic."

"Look around, maybe there's an entrance leading to the lair!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cunning demon lowered its head and arched towards the ground, instantly softening the soil, and its huge, fat body sank with lightning speed.

"Same old rules: I'll burrow underground, you fly through the air—don't miss any corner!"
Deep underground, a thin line rises up on the ground.

Li Yao watched his retreating figure, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes. She clapped her hands lightly, and countless brilliant feathers emerged from the void, condensing into a large fan with a diameter of a hundred meters, blowing away the strong scent left by the cunning demon.

Once the air returned to freshness, Li Yao slowly opened her arms, and clumps of feathers emerged from her arms and armpits. The feathers connected end to end, and in a few breaths they intertwined to form broad wings.

Its magnificent wings shimmered with iridescent light, as if inlaid with a hundred thousand jewels, dazzling and mesmerizing.

As the beautiful demon flapped her wings...

A sword light suddenly tore through the void and pierced out from behind Li Yao. At the same time, one sword light after another followed closely behind, like countless trickles of water flowing into the first sword light.

"The Great Chaos Slash of the Formless Divine Sword that Slays Color!"

A total of 300 sword lights, with power like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, were all poured into the first sword light.

The power of the sword light surged, but its outline faded and merged into the air.

The person who made the move was none other than the three hundred Impermanent Assassins who had infiltrated Zhou Nanwang's new team, and the leader was none other than Peacock Six.

The Impermanent Assassin's method of concealment was unparalleled, even evading the search of the great demon, before suddenly attacking, catching it completely off guard.

This is one of the killer moves!

The third killing move is the sword wielded by the peacock, which is called the third most famous sword in the world. The first and second ranked swords are the Southern Divine Sword and the sword of the Lord of Broken Eyebrow Mountain, respectively.

The second killing move is the superposition and fusion of sword light, which elevates the power of the strong martial arts level to a level comparable to that of a grandmaster.

Peacock Sixth Brother, having fused the power of three hundred Impermanent Assassins, unleashed the Formless Divine Sword, which possessed the destructive power to kill a Grandmaster.

Li Yao was struck by this all-out sword strike at close range, and could only take the third sword strike of the world head-on with her back completely unguarded.

Could it be that Li Yao is truly going to become the first powerful demon to be assassinated by Qiang Wu?
Its companion, the cunning demon, is still hidden deep underground, beyond its reach.

(End of this chapter)