Danzun War God

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Cicada Sheds Its Shell

Several more days passed, and everyone was still cultivating. However, except for Han Qi, the others had all made significant breakthroughs in their cultivation levels, triggering several lightning tribulations. However, the power of these tribulations was incomparable to the one Han Qi had experienced. Their appearances also began to change, especially Lu Yuanba and Sun Yaozu, whose cultivation was about to enter the Saint Infant Realm; their bodies began to turn black, as if they had been smeared with charcoal. During this time, Elder Wuji came by, saw everyone cultivating, and was very satisfied before leaving with a cheerful smile.

That night, Han Qi suddenly opened his eyes. He felt that his cultivation level was about to break through again. Han Qi tried his best to suppress the improvement and got up to walk out of the stone chamber and head towards Blood Demon Mountain.

At this moment, the moon hung high in the sky. Although it wasn't a full moon, the light was excellent. Blood Demon Mountain was bathed in a blood-red glow, appearing terrifying. The stench in the air grew stronger, forcing Han Qi to circulate his profound energy to form a protective circle around himself. However, shadows of Blood Demon spirits began to appear around him from time to time. These spirits drooled as they looked at Han Qi, but they followed him from a distance. Those that got too close were all killed by Han Qi using his primordial spirit power.

Han Qi's purpose for this trip was to find the Blood Demon. The Blood Demon was much weaker than the Blood Demon King who guarded Blood Demon Mountain, but much stronger than the Blood Demon Spirit.

Finally, after Han Qi had walked for nearly half an hour, a loud shout rang out: "Who goes there? State your name!" A blood demon, its body completely red, muscles bulging, and wielding a giant axe, leaped out. The blood demon had a face full of scars, eyes like copper bells, and fangs like knives; it was clearly a ruthless character.

Seeing this, Han Qi immediately channeled his inner energy and threw a punch, striking without hesitation. Wanting a swift victory, Han Qi unleashed the Blazing Palm of the Blazing Flame Technique, a fiery palm print erupting forth. The Blood Demon was slightly taken aback, not expecting Han Qi to attack so quickly, and then swung its axe. The Blood Demons of Blood Demon Mountain bathed in blood mist day and night, absorbing the blood energy within and converting it into their own power. Each Blood Demon was formed from a demonic spirit over nearly a hundred years of cultivation, making them all incredibly strong and extremely difficult to deal with.

The giant axe and the fiery palm print collided with a deafening boom. The fiery palm print shattered and scattered on the ground, and the Blood Demon was forced back several steps, barely managing to regain his footing. He touched the hand holding the axe; his entire arm was numb from the impact. He couldn't help but be secretly amazed: What a powerful palm print! Its power is no less than that of my Berserker Axe.

He then said, "Who are you? I have no grudge against you, so why do you want to kill me the moment you see me? Humph! I don't care who you are, I'll chop you up and make you my meal today." After saying that, he charged forward, brandishing his axe.

Han Qi was also thinking that this Blood Demon was indeed monstrous. Under normal circumstances, a single Fiery Palm strike would be more than enough to deal with anyone below the Saint Infant Realm. It was clear that this Blood Demon's cultivation was far beyond the Saint Infant Realm, and he should not be underestimated. As he thought this, as the profound energy in his hands condensed, the primordial spirit in his life palace also began to circulate its power.

The Blood Demon wielded his axe with incredible speed, completely enveloping himself in an axe imprint, making him utterly invincible. Countless streams of profound energy transformed into sharp swords that flew towards Han Qi, who could only dodge left and right. As the Blood Demon drew closer, Han Qi unleashed an even more powerful palm strike, much faster than the first one, while simultaneously, two beams of golden light shot from his eyes.

Han Qi's palm print collided with the Blood Demon's berserker axe once again. The enormous impact sent both of them flying backward instantly. At the same time, two golden beams shot into the Blood Demon's eyes. The Blood Demon fell to the ground, rolling around with his hands covering his head. The blazing palm print had not injured him; it was the powerful primordial spirit that had injured him.

Han Qi immediately rushed forward, separating the Blood Demon from the surrounding blood mist. Because of the nourishment from the blood mist, the Blood Demon recovered extremely quickly. Only by removing him from the snow mist could the Blood Demon be truly killed. Then, Han Qi stretched out his palm and spat out Purple Profound True Fire, which enveloped the Blood Demon. After a few screams, the Blood Demon lost its life force and was directly burned into a charred corpse by the Purple Profound True Fire.

When Han Qi returned to the stone chamber, the moon was already setting in the west. He then entered a meditative state and began to improve his cultivation.

Before long, dark clouds began to gather above Han Qi's stone chamber, and another heavenly tribulation was brewing. That's right, Han Qi was about to break through again. However, this time the tribulation clouds gathered even thicker and faster. Soon, the first tribulation lightning bolt struck down from the sky with great force. Twelve bolts of Nine Heavens Profound Lightning struck down in succession before the tribulation clouds slowly dissipated.

A short while later, the Wuji Ancestor arrived from the sky and stood in front of the stone chamber. He watched as yet another stone chamber was destroyed. The other three were also alarmed and came out to watch.

The Old Ancestor Wuji stroked his beard, squinted at the messy stone chamber, and slowly realized something was wrong. Han Qi still hadn't come out after all this time.

Lu Yuanba said, "That kid Han Qi, could it be that he failed his tribulation? He hasn't come out yet after so long."

Wuji Ancestor glanced at Lu Yuanba but didn't speak, because he knew that many people failed their tribulation, and besides, the power of the twelve Nine Heavens Profound Lightning bolts was indeed extraordinary.

At this moment, Li Ke had already entered the ruins when he suddenly shouted, "Han Qi failed his tribulation; his body has been charred beyond recognition!" He then dragged out the charred corpse, which was now unrecognizable and extremely gruesome. Li Ke looked at the charred body with a hint of grief, after all, Han Qi had saved his life.

Lu Yuanba looked at the charred corpse and a smile appeared on his lips. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy, thinking: "Thank God! Now I don't have to do it myself. When I get out, I'll definitely get my hands on the beautiful girl next to him." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Sun Yaozu was also very happy. Finally, there was one less competitor. After leaving the secret realm, I will have the opportunity to become the chief disciple again.

The Old Ancestor Wuji sighed softly, then said, "Everyone has their own destiny. You should bury him properly." After saying that, he ascended into the sky and disappeared.

Meanwhile, in a cave on the back mountain of the Xuantian Sect, Han Qi silently observed everything. He then reinforced the seal and turned to leave. He went off to check on Lin Yuyao and Chen Wei, wondering how they were doing after all this time.

The charred corpse in the secret realm is the body of the Blood Demon that Han Qi killed in Blood Demon Mountain. Han Qi burned its head with Purple Profound True Fire, making others think that it was Han Qi who died.

Han Qi didn't want anyone to know he had left the secret realm, intending to return to Muyun City. His main reason was that after breaking the seal of the secret realm for the first time, while everyone was following the golden runes in the cave, Han Qi instantly unleashed his primordial spirit power to explore parts of Lu Yuanba's memories, hoping to find out if Lu Yuanba knew about this exit. Unexpectedly, he discovered Lu Yuanba's conspiracy—a plot to destroy the Han family.

Han Qi hurriedly flew towards his residence. Just as he stood up, he saw a figure flying towards their residence in the distance. Due to the extremely fast speed, he could not make out the person's appearance. He guessed it was probably his master, Situ Yuanhao, who had gone there. He didn't pay much attention to it.