Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 53 Beheading
Chu Yanming: "Then, doesn't that mean it already has a demon core?"

"Yes!"

A snow demon with a demon core is even more difficult to deal with: "So are you still excited?"

Chu Yanming immediately shook his head: "No, not at all. But, isn't there still the Marquis? With so many people dealing with one snow demon, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

Liu Sijun smiled and asked in return, "Then why do you think the Marquis is here?"

"That's right!" Chu Yanming asked, his clear, innocent eyes wide open. "Why don't you go up, Lord Marquis?"

Just as Chu Yanming uttered his question, the snowflakes suddenly stopped in mid-air, and the originally soft snowflakes turned into ice blades, shooting densely towards the people on the mountaintop with a "whoosh whoosh whoosh".

A disciple who had just established his foundation was caught off guard and was pierced through the dantian by three ice blades, dying instantly.

"Oh no, it's a snow demon! Quick, form ranks!"

Someone shouted, and they reacted quickly. In the blink of an eye, a golden light shot into the sky, and the Demon-Slaying Formation was completed.

The snow demon, hidden in the heavy snow, had its demonic power broken by the formation, revealing its true form.

"I really can't understand why people still come here to die every year." He stood in the middle of the formation, looking at them mockingly, his feet once again transforming into snowflakes.

"The snow demon is about to transform again; strengthen the formation."

Among this group, Liu Shiyuan was the strongest, so naturally everyone obeyed his commands.

At a command, everyone once again poured their spiritual power into the formation, trying to suppress the ever-changing snow demon. However, the snow demon's demonic power was too strong. After turning into snowflakes, it moved through the formation like a ghost.

The Snow Demon's technique is unique; while dodging the attacks of the Demon-Slaying Array, she uses the falling snow as cover to try and destroy the array.

The pressure he felt was most pronounced from the demon-slaying formation set up by Liu Shiyuan. Recalling the time years ago when the Snow Demon struck his dantian with a palm strike, the pain was still unforgettable, causing him to become unsettled.

If this continues, the Demon-Slaying Formation will not be able to contain the Snow Demon.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Chu Yanming couldn't see anything amiss, but Liu Sijun, who had already formed his core, saw it clearly: Liu Shiyuan's Dao heart was unstable, which greatly reduced the destructive power of the entire Demon-Slaying Formation.

Fortunately, he quickly came to his senses.

They readjusted their tactics, intending to suppress the Snow Demon once more.

However, he had been distracted, and the snow demon seized the opportunity. Just as they were injecting spiritual power again, a huge ice wall appeared out of thin air, setting up an illusion array within the demon-slaying formation.

"How is this possible! A demon has actually learned the formations cultivated by humans!"

It was so shocking.

Not to mention Liu Shiyuan and the others, even Gu Changzhou, who was watching the show down the mountain, did not expect that the snow demon would actually learn the formations of human cultivators.

It's more difficult to deal with than I imagined.

The ice wall was ferocious and terrifying, constantly crashing into the array circle. Ice fragments kept falling from the ice wall, and the array collapsed one after another.

The shattered ice turned into ice spikes and shot towards one of the disciples in purple.

Fortunately, the formation provided some protection, and Liu Shiyuan acted quickly, thus avoiding the fate of having his dantian pierced by the arrow.

The young man in purple turned pale and was covered in cold sweat.

"What are you staring at?"

Liu Shiyuan kicked him: "The more people there are, the more strength you'll have. If you don't want to die, snap out of it."

The snow demon attacked again, this time conjuring a long sword that aimed straight for the purple-robed disciple's head. The spurting blood sprayed all over Liu Shiyuan's face.

"what……"

Another disciple in yellow robes was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

Decapitate him directly.

Even the deaths of those young men a few days ago weren't this tragic.

They were all the pride of their families, and they thought that even if they didn't gain the sect's appreciation, they would still have a great time and broaden their horizons.

If we work together, we might be able to kill the Snow Demon.

Now one is dead, and another is too terrified to fight. The already fragile demon-slaying formation collapsed under the snow demon's fierce attack, and the disciples were blasted away one after another, spitting out blood.

They struggled to their feet, wanting to suppress the snow demon with the formation again, but it was too late.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the snow demon launched an attack. The long sword conjured by her demonic power emitted a buzzing sound as it slashed towards Liu Shiyuan's vital points.

Snowflakes swirled like a vortex, and the snow demon's face drew ever closer.

Liu Shiyuan was terrified and quickly retreated with his arms outstretched, but the Snow Demon was faster. Her long sword slashed down from above, diagonally across Liu Shiyuan's left shoulder.

At the critical moment, Liu Shiyuan threw out several demon-suppressing talismans.

The snow demon's expression changed, and it transformed into a snowflake to dodge.

This talisman was drawn by a guest of the Liu family. It is slightly inferior to the Snow Demon's demonic power. However, the Snow Demon has just expended a lot of demonic power, so these two demon-suppressing talismans are still lethal to him.

Having a chance to catch his breath, Liu Shiyuan shouted, "Continue forming the formation!"

With a flick of their swords, the demon-slaying formation was re-established.

Having successfully broken through once, the snow demon, now trapped in the formation again, was not in a hurry. Instead, she sat cross-legged on the snow with a graceful posture. The ice flowers on her eyelashes had disappeared, but a layer of frost permeated her body, making her look like she was recovering her demonic power.

"We can't let him continue to recover. Fire-elemental disciples, inject your spiritual power into the array to melt all the ice and snow."

Without ice and snow, he cannot continue to acquire energy and convert it into demonic power.

Ji Qiyuan shouted, "It is I."

Fortunately, Ji Qiyuan had already formed his core, and under the encirclement of the formation, fire-type spiritual energy quickly spread within the formation, causing the ice and snow to melt rapidly.

The Snow Demon's leisurely expression vanished, and he slammed his palm into the air. A vast surge of demonic power erupted from his palm, causing cracks to appear in the Demon-Slaying Array. A newly established Foundation Establishment disciple was blasted away, but he immediately got up and began channeling his spiritual power into the array.

Lu Ruoying, standing next to Ji Qiyuan, turned pale.

She said, "I can't hold on much longer!"

Ji Qiyuan dropped his nonchalant expression and said with a grim face, "In this life-or-death struggle, it's all about who can hold out longer. If you retreat, we'll all die!"

Now each of them is important.

But if they all have the intention to retreat, the most likely outcome is that they will be defeated one by one by the Snow Demon. In that case, it would be better to grit their teeth and fight to the death!

"My lord, isn't the lord still here? He won't stand by and watch someone die."

"It's better to rely on yourself than to depend on him."

Before coming up, Ji Qiyuan also thought that Mo Linhou would not stand by and watch people die, but two people had just died and he still didn't come up.

He is not a compassionate person.

Lü Ruoying shook her head: "No, I am a descendant of the Great Yu Kingdom, he will not remain indifferent."

She doesn't want to die.

So he withdrew his spiritual power and rushed down the mountain.

Lu Ruoying's actions immediately deflated the previously unsettled disciples, who all rushed down the mountain, hoping that Mo Linhou would save their lives.

The snow demon was overjoyed.

A strange smile appeared on the face glowing with blue light, and demonic power swept through like a giant vortex, swallowing everything in its path.

Chu Yanming, standing at the foot of the mountain, swallowed hard: "Really, really don't care?"

He felt somewhat reluctant.

But going to rescue them would be tantamount to suicide.

What a dilemma.

She was tormented by her inner turmoil, but dared not let her cousin find out, lest she also be put in a difficult position.

(End of this chapter)