The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The city of Luojia, guarded by Miaoyin, is located in the far south of the Demon Zen Kingdom, while the capital of the Demon Zen Kingdom is located in the northern border region near the Central Plains.

This trip will take two days. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Demon Zen Kingdom on airspace before and after the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, only large flying magical artifacts such as airships are permitted to travel.

Therefore, traveling to the capital by the Mystic Sound Pavilion airship is the best solution.

During his two days of free time, Chu Xiu used them to review the hundreds of basic demonic arts he had unexpectedly acquired.

Among all living beings in the world, the demon race is the most numerous. Even though the Demon Realm is the land of demons, there are still many powerful demons who rule over the mountains in this realm.

Therefore, studying demonic arts can be considered the foundation for traveling between the demon and monster realms in the future.

Furthermore, after studying demonic arts, Chu Xiu felt his perception of the flow of energy in the world becoming increasingly clear, as if he could merge with the entire universe.

This will help Chu Xiu unleash the Heaven-Slaying Arrow more smoothly and enhance its power.

The Heaven-Slaying Arrow, one of his signature moves, was an unexpected bonus.

Time flies, and a day has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, besides studying demonic arts, Chu Xiu also used the main seal within his body and blood ritual to send a message of peace to A'nu.

These two, relying on their relationship with him, actually managed to obtain the position of elder in the Demon King Sect, where they acted arrogantly and domineeringly.

Chu Xiu was helpless. After seeing that this was at Ye Wujiang's behest, he didn't bother with the two of them anymore.

That night, just as Chu Xiu was preparing to meditate and rest in his room, a warning shriek echoed throughout the entire airship.

Chu Xiu was immediately awakened and flashed to the mainboard of the airship. Miao Yin and Ye Wujiang were already there, looking cautiously at the dark night ahead.

Chu Xiu waved to An Lan, who had also been awakened, and persuaded her to go back to her room. Then he came to the two of them.

"what happens?"

Ye Wujiang raised his chin towards the direction the airship was traveling, "There are air pirates blocking the way."

"Sky bandits?" Chu Xiu extended his divine sense and detected hundreds of demonic auras in the dark night sky.

Most of them were at the Reincarnation Realm, but the leaders included two at the late stage of the Qiankun Realm and one at the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm.

"How could it be a demon?"

Chu Xiu was puzzled. This airspace was above the Demon Zen Kingdom. How could there be demons running rampant there, and even a high-level demon with such high cultivation leading them?

"They're coming for me," Miaoyin said, her brows furrowed, her tone filled with suppressed anger.

Ye Wujiang explained, "These demons are descendants of the Feathered Clan who were left here after the last great war between the demon and monster races. Many of them possess the bloodlines of divine beasts and ferocious beasts, which is why they have been able to survive in the Demon Zen Kingdom until now."

"That Qiankun Realm Great Perfection cultivator, named Yao Ye, is a mutant with the Fire Phoenix bloodline—the Ice Phoenix bloodline."

"The remaining two late-stage Qiankun Realm cultivators are twins with the bloodline of the Taotie. If they join forces, they could even fight me."

Chu Xiu frowned upon hearing this, not expecting the enemy to be so troublesome. One Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm and two Late Qiankun Realm cultivators had already taken away two of their strongest combatants.

The dozen or so attendants on the Myriad Sounds Airship were mostly early-stage Reincarnation Realm cultivators, and were maids not skilled in combat. The highest-ranking among them was only at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, while the enemy had hundreds of Reincarnation Realm cultivators.

Based on this calculation, Chu Xiu would likely have to fight against nearly a hundred Reincarnation Realm demonic beasts all by himself.

"Oh, isn't this Miaoyin? Are you on your way to the capital of the Demon Zen Kingdom? Why don't you take me along?"

A charming voice rang out, and the speaker, a slender woman with cascading blue hair, pierced the night sky as she walked towards the airship.

Miaoyin frowned and angrily rebuked, "Bingling! Take your demonic beast and get out of the Demon Zen Kingdom! Otherwise, I won't mind sending you to keep your brother company in the afterlife!"

"Ha, what arrogance! If my brother hadn't been seriously injured and ambushed by you, leading to his defeat and death, how could you possibly have been a match for him!"

The female demon Bing Ling, who possessed the bloodline of the Ice Phoenix, revealed a fierce glint in her eyes and immediately turned to order the demons: "Attack! Leave no one alive!"

At the banshee's command, hundreds of demonic beasts swarmed forward, launching a coordinated attack on the airship that had deployed its protective shield.

"You're courting death!" Miaoyin roared, transforming into a golden light and hurtling towards the demoness.

The female demon dared not be careless and immediately revealed her true form as an ice phoenix to fight her.

The two strange beasts, possessing the bloodline of the Taotie, despite being late-stage Reincarnation Realm cultivators with the power to transform, chose to remain in their beast forms. Upon seeing Ye Wujiang, a series of unpleasant roars emanated from their gaping maws:

"Nightless Blade? You're here too!"

Ye Wujiang laughed, "You two gluttons, you're still alive? You're really good at surviving."

"Brother, why waste words with this bastard? It's better if he's here! He can avenge the two of us who were seriously injured earlier!"

The smaller of the beasts roared and raised its massive paw to smash the airship.

Seeing this, Ye Wujiang gave Chu Xiu a word and then left the airship to block the attack of the two giant beasts, Taotie and Yitie.

"Chu Xiu, the rest of the demonic beasts are all yours!"

"Leave it all to me..." Chu Xiu said with a wry smile, "You're probably overestimating me."

Chu Xiu thought for a moment, then waved his hand, releasing and waking up Long Xue, whom he had previously knocked unconscious and stored in his storage space.

Long Xue was at the same level as him, both being at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, and possessing the bloodlines of Yinglong and Demon Dragon, making him an invaluable assistant.

Originally, I planned to let her calm down after witnessing her birth mother turn into a corpse demon in the storage space world, where the time flow was different from the outside world, and then release her after returning to the Demon King's Gate.

But the situation is critical now, and we are in dire need of help, so this is the only option.

As soon as Long Xue opened his eyes, he saw the sky filled with demonic beasts, and his expression changed drastically:

"Chu Xiu, what's going on?"

After quickly explaining the current situation, Chu Xiu shouted, "You and the airship guards work together to buy me some time!"

He had sensed that the concentration of celestial energy in the sky was extremely low when he was meditating and regulating his breathing.

If one wants to unleash powerful spells like the Heaven-Slaying Arrow and the Myriad Swords Return to One, one will need more time to charge up than before.

"it is good!"

Without saying a word, Long Xue conjured two swords in his hands and charged forward, engaging in a fierce battle with several mid-stage Reincarnation Realm demonic beasts.

Chu Xiu knew that the airship's protective shield wouldn't hold off the group of demonic beasts for long, and that An Lan, a person with no cultivation, was also on board.

If she were unable to spare any effort when the airship crashed, she certainly wouldn't have survived.

The only way to deal with the remaining monsters is to draw their attention to other targets and lead them away from the vicinity of the airship.

The only things that could attract these Reincarnation Realm demon beasts would be rare items from the demon race.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu remembered something the Butterfly Queen had left in his storage space—the cocoon shell of the Phantom Butterfly that had inhabited him when he was seriously injured.

If Chu Xiu's guess is correct, even though the cocoon shell has been discarded by the Butterfly Queen, the liquid left inside, which contains a large amount of life force, can still be used to refine a highly nourishing substance for injuries to the soul.

Without hesitation, Chu Xiu waved his sleeve towards the night sky, throwing the cocoon of the Phantom Butterfly Queen far away.

Once the cocoon is exposed to the outside world, it exudes an extremely alluring aura of life.

Its barely concealed life force alone should be enough to lure all the demonic beasts present.

"What's that smell?!"

"Such a rich aura of life force! Just one breath and more than 10% of the soul injury I had suffered a hundred years ago has instantly healed!"

"That's what that human brat threw out!"

"This aura—I know it now, it's the healing elixir secreted by the Phantom Butterfly!"

"It's actually the Elixir of Healing! If I could obtain such a divine item, what would I have to fear about my hidden injuries not being healed after just one drop?"

Surprise and shock came from all around. It turned out that the demonic beasts that were besieging the airship's protective shield and guards had suddenly abandoned their enemies and followed Chu Xiu as he threw out the healing liquid.

"good chance!"

Seeing the countless demonic beasts gathering in groups, Chu Xiu immediately began to unleash the Heaven-Slaying Arrow, aiming it at the demonic horde.

The strongest among these demonic beasts snatched the basin of healing liquid, and as it revealed a look of wild joy,

The Heaven-Slaying Arrow had been fully formed. Chu Xiu smiled coldly and released his grip on the bowstring.

The Heaven-Slaying Arrow pierced the night sky, shot into the demon horde, and then exploded with a deafening roar!