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Chapter 864 One-Eyed Owl

Just as the golden beetle was searching everywhere for the whereabouts of its clone.

In the ancient demon realm, within the Thunder Swamp Water Palace.

After Qin Ming was granted the title of Demon General, he received his first mission from the Demon Court.

They were sent to quell a rebellious demon clan that bordered a neighboring country.

In the main hall.

After reading the jade slip in his hand, he discovered that the highest-ranking demon cultivator in this demon clan was only at the mid-stage of the sixth rank. His gaze then fell upon the lower ranks, and he immediately issued the order:
"Sky-Devouring Rat!"

"Your subordinate is here!" The Devouring Rat, carrying a black steel fork, stepped forward, clasped his hands, and responded with a powerful and resounding voice.

Qin Ming tossed the jade slip to it, saying, "This task is entrusted to you. I order you to quell the rebellion within seven days."

"This is the first battle since the Longevity Army was incorporated into the Demon Court. Do not disgrace me. You must win this battle in one fell swoop! Otherwise, you will be punished according to military law!"

"Yes!!"

The master and servant, working in unison, then announced the end of the court session.
Outside the Lei Ze Water Palace.

After receiving his assignment, the Devouring Rat excitedly led the demon army, setting off in a grand procession towards their destination.

Beneath it lay a black tortoise the size of a millstone.
The Devouring Rat sped forward atop the Black Tortoise, its entire being exuding a heroic and dashing air as it shaded its eyes with its hand, gazing at the distant waters.

Behind it followed a massive army of tens of thousands of demons, their imposing presence and awe-inspiring power.

The Devouring Sky Rat never dreamed that one day it would be able to command the demon court's army, especially within the ancient demon realm.
At this time.

Gu Chang'an, whose soul resided within the Xuan Turtle, retorted somewhat speechlessly, "Brother Rat, I'm not your mount."

"What's going on, Fellow Daoist Li? You actually called me out to go to war with you."

"He didn't mention such conditions, did he? Should I go back and confirm with him first?"

The Devouring Rat didn't seem to care, and said with its hands behind its back, "Brother Gu, there's no need to ask. If you want to return to the Spirit Realm, you still need my master's help. You'll have to put in some effort yourself."

"It's not good to just stay underwater and sleep all the time."

While it said this, it actually had a little ulterior motive: as a demon general, it also needed a cool mount.

The Devouring Sky Rat was dissatisfied with all the mounts assigned to it by the Demon Court.

After much deliberation, only the Xuan Turtle, possessing the bloodline of the True Spirit Xuanwu, was worthy of his current noble status as a member of the Spirit Devouring Clan and a general of the Demon Clan.
Therefore, it used a combination of coaxing and deception to forcefully pull Gu Chang'an out of White Ape Island.
If the golden beetle knew this.

The avatar he had painstakingly searched for was now being ridden by the Sky-Eating Rat. One wonders what he was thinking.

Two days later.

The Devouring Rat led the demon army to a body of water on the border called the Golden Turtle Water Palace.

This place is very close to the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom. The Golden Turtle Clan, which occupies this water palace, led several of its demon clansmen in a secret plot to rebel against the neighboring country, but their scheme was exposed.

Therefore, the Demon Court was furious and decided to use swift and decisive measures to wipe out the rebellious demon race in this area as a warning to others.

The Devouring Rat led its army straight in with spears, and quickly slaughtered all the demons in the area.

The water was littered with corpses, and the blood of demons stained the surface, making it appear extremely cruel.

If Qin Ming hadn't accepted the Demon Court's offer of amnesty, the fate of the Thunder Swamp Water Mansion would probably be no different from what we see now.

After a swift and decisive crackdown.

Only a few core members of the Golden Turtle Clan, seeing the situation turning against them at the end of the battle, abandoned their people and fled.
Moreover, the direction they fled was the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom, with which they had been secretly colluding all along.

"Brother Gu, hurry up!"

"They're all turtles, so how come you, with your Xuanwu True Spirit bloodline, can't catch up with those few tortoises?"

Seeing that some of the rebellious Golden Turtle Demon Clan members had escaped, the Sky-Devouring Rat was so anxious that it scratched its ears and cheeks.
Immediately, unable to wait any longer, it leaped off the tortoise's back, revealing its true form as a giant gray-furred rat. It then began to bite at the space ahead, instantly opening a Devouring Realm Passage with black mystic light.
Immediately afterwards, the turtle and the rat disappeared into the spatial passage.

"Brother Rat, why didn't you use this bloodline ability sooner? You even complained that I fly too slowly. You should know that my current form is a tortoise."

As they were talking, their expressions suddenly changed.

The few golden turtles that had escaped their pursuit had all vanished as if into thin air, disappearing right before their eyes.
The Devouring Rat rubbed its nose hard, trying to find the aura of the escaped Golden Turtle Demon.

But after half a day, they still hadn't found anything.

The tortoise beneath its feet said, "Brother Rat, have you found it yet? If it gets away, where will Fellow Daoist Li's face be?"

"You made a solemn vow and signed a pledge."

The Devouring Rat became even more agitated after Gu Turtle's words. "That's strange! That can't be right! My Devouring Realm Space Passage is already in front of them!"

"How could it disappear so mysteriously? There must be something fishy going on."

As they were speaking, the demon army from behind also arrived in their magic boats.

With a command from the Devouring Sky Rat, tens of thousands of demon troops surrounded the area, conducting a thorough search of every inch of the water.

Two days passed, and the demon army found not a single hair, not even a hair of those few rebellious demons.

The Sky-Eating Rat's face turned extremely ugly. It hadn't expected that its first battle leading its army would end in defeat.

It originally wanted to make a great contribution and get some reward from Qin Ming.

The Devouring Rat was extremely envious of the wolf-tooth club that Qin Ming had used to upgrade the Xuan Shui Crocodile.

My precious steel fork needs an upgrade, I guess.

"Lord Devouring Heaven Demon General, could those rebels have fled to the neighboring Holy Feather Demon Kingdom?"

"In my opinion, they must have been met by people from the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom, otherwise they could not have disappeared into thin air."

The Devouring Rat's subordinates offered their guesses.

"Impossible. I used my bloodline supernatural power to pursue them. They can't be faster than us. They must still be within this area of ​​water."

"However, I don't know if they used some secret technique or treasure to hide it."

It knew that Qin Ming's Lesser Spirit Realm could do this, so it was also speculating whether those rebels might also have such a cave space.

But the Devouring Rat thought about it again and realized that the probability of this was extremely low.

After all, not everyone has the same luck as their master and can obtain powerful treasures from the grotto.

"Then you're finished. Get ready to go back and accept Fellow Daoist Li's punishment. At that time, the law will not show mercy, and Brother Rat, you will inevitably lose face in front of all the demons. Hehehe!" Gu Chang'an laughed gleefully.

"The deadline I gave you was seven days to wipe out the rebels, but now the most important bandit leaders have escaped."

Upon hearing this, the Devouring Rat's face fell, and it stomped hard on the turtle below, pacing around in a panic.

Suddenly.

It seems that it has made up its mind.

"There's no other way; we have to call for reinforcements."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chang'an said, "If even your innate divine power can't be used, who else can help you solve this problem?"

"Sigh! Let's ask the second brother. He's more powerful than me in the water, and he's been making a name for himself lately, his strength has increased dramatically, and he even received a rare treasure from our master. Maybe he can handle it."

"The Devouring Sky Rat explained. Upon hearing that it was the Xuan Shui Crocodile, Gu Chang'an remained silent for a moment. He naturally knew that Qin Ming's spirit pet had obtained the legendary True Dragon inheritance in the Thunder Abyss."

Therefore, it is not surprising that it is shining brightly in the ancient demon realm at this moment.

Even he was quite envious.

"If we ask the Black Water Crocodile for help, things might take a turn for the better."

Gu Chang'an slowly nodded his turtle head in agreement.

Without delay, the Devouring Sky Rat immediately used its supernatural powers to create a spatial passage and hurriedly headed to the Thunder Swamp Water Mansion territory of the Xuan Water Crocodile.

After half a stick of incense.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, the Devouring Rat arrived outside the Water Palace.

Although it was asking for a favor, it adopted an arrogant attitude upon arriving at the main hall, walking in with its hands behind its back.

The Devouring Rat had already sent a message to the Mystic Water Crocodile in advance, and learned that the other side had just ended their meeting, and that it was the only one sitting on the throne at the head of the table.

"Brother Rat, didn't our master send you to suppress the rebels? Have you already completed your mission?"

The Xuan Shui Crocodile, with its towering, imposing body, exuded an aura of dominance. Upon seeing the Devouring Sky Rat enter, it immediately stood up and asked.

The Sky-Eating Rat appeared incredibly small in front of it, several times shorter.

But then it raised its hand and coughed lightly, saying, "It's nothing. A mere small clan plotting rebellion and colluding with the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom to become traitors is no match for me, your brother."

"The Golden Turtle Clan has already been annihilated in the blink of an eye by my swift and decisive actions."

"I was just passing by and stopped by to see you, Second Brother. It's nothing serious."

The Xuan Shui Crocodile, with a pair of huge dragon horns on its head, had its eyes flickering slightly. Its powerful spiritual sense had already determined that what the Devouring Sky Rat said was a lie.

Immediately, his cold face furrowed, and he said, "Brother Rat, tell me the truth, what exactly happened?"

Seeing that he had seen through his intentions at a glance, the Devouring Rat could no longer hold back and hurriedly stepped forward to hug the Xuan Shui Crocodile's strong arm, lamenting:

"Second brother, you've got to save your older brother this time!"

Immediately, the Devouring Sky Rat recounted the whole story to the Mysterious Water Crocodile.

"What? Those golden turtles have vanished into thin air?" Xuan Shui Crocodile's eyes blazed with astonishment.

"Let's go then, I'll go with you to take a look."

Having said that, the two demon bodies, one large and one small, entered the void passage of the Devouring Sky Rat and disappeared in an instant.

……

the other side.

The Golden Turtle Water Palace is located in the waters near the Holy Feather Demon Clan.

Four traitors from the Golden Turtle Clan stood nervously in a place that resembled an underwater dragon palace.

These four people were the patriarch of the Golden Turtle Clan and core members of the clan, who had escaped the siege of the Demon Court.

In the blessed land that resembled a dragon palace, besides the four of them, there were several other figures.

One of them was Emperor Chen, the Holy Son of the Night Owl Clan, who ruled the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom.

However, at this moment, the Night Owl Clan members, including him, were all led by a gigantic figure at the peak of the sixth rank.

This person was dressed in a black feather robe, with neat and pale silver hair. He was a middle-aged demon cultivator with a resolute face and a short beard.

Although he only had the cultivation level of the sixth rank, his aura was extremely powerful, no less than that of a seventh-rank great demon, and even stronger.

Even the attitude of the Holy Son Di Chen towards him was completely different from that of the gray-robed elder of the Night Owl Clan.

It would make one appear more respectful and polite.

Furthermore, this person has an even more unique and distinctive feature: one of his eyes is blind, with a faint dark red light flickering within it, making him appear extremely eerie.

The chieftain of the Golden Turtle Clan was an old man in a golden robe. Their secret plot to rebel was intercepted by the upper echelons of the demon race, and they were wiped out by the Devouring Sky Rat, causing great grief and indignation among the clan.

He had been secretly dealing with the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom for a long time, so he naturally knew that the people in front of him were all well-known figures in the Night Owl Clan who had come to meet him today.

In particular, the middle-aged man with a single eye was known as the most terrifying sixth-order demon god of the Night Owl Clan in tens of thousands of years. He had once single-handedly killed a seventh-order fusion stage demon while at the peak of the sixth order, a feat that made him famous throughout the ancient demon world.

It is known as the 'One-Eyed Owl'.

It is said that this person is not incapable of breaking through to the seventh rank, but rather that he has been deliberately suppressing his realm, remaining within the sixth rank, in order to cultivate a certain secret technique.

The name "One-Eyed Owl" is synonymous with legendary demon cultivators throughout the entire Holy Feather Demon Kingdom.

Whether in terms of status or cultivation strength, he is extremely powerful.

As a result, in the ranking of the demon race's strength, One-Eyed Owl is known as the number one person below the Fusion Stage.

He can be described as a powerful figure who commands respect from all directions.

Therefore, even the mid-stage sixth-order clan leader of the Golden Turtle Clan dared not utter too many complaints when he saw the One-Eyed Owl.

However, his tribesmen did not think so.

But then a young man beside Chief Golden Turtle, his face filled with righteous indignation, pointed in the direction of the Night Owl Clan and cursed:
"It's all your fault, Night Owl Clan! You didn't even know you had spies planted in your ranks!"

"Otherwise, how could our Golden Turtle Clan's plan have fallen into the hands of the White Ze Demon Emperor!"

"If we don't get an explanation for this, we're ready to perish together!"

The young man from the Golden Turtle Clan had bloodshot eyes. He had just witnessed the deaths of his parents and then saw countless fellow tribesmen die tragically. He could no longer suppress his emotions.

It all erupted at this moment.

The Night Owl Clan members opposite them, however, remained expressionless, seemingly indifferent to the matter.

"Hmph! If it weren't for my Mountain and Sea Pearl, which can contain all things and has an extremely strong concealment effect, allowing me to take you all in, do you think you'd still be standing here talking?"

"He was buried with those clansmen long ago."

"You'd better save your energy. Even this Holy Son's Mountain and Sea Pearl isn't omnipotent; there's still a risk of being exposed."

Emperor Chen, the Holy Son, showed a nonchalant expression and explained calmly.

But the next moment.

With a "whoosh," a black feather streaked through the void at incredible speed, flashing past the body of the young man from the Golden Turtle Clan.

Suddenly.

A black crack appeared on the young man's forehead and extended from the middle to his entire body, splitting him in two.
The sudden attack came from the one-eyed owl at the head of the group.

The young man from the Golden Turtle Clan, who was at the early stage of the sixth rank, couldn't even put up a fight; he was cleaved in two.

One-Eyed Owl raised his hand.

A golden demon core flew out from the corpse and landed directly in his hand, which he then refined in an instant.
Finally, he clenched his fist tightly, and the demon core turned into a pile of powder, which flew away in the wind.

Everyone present was shocked and horrified upon seeing this.

Instantly killing a sixth-tier demon cultivator only took two breaths.
(End of this chapter)