Invincible Soul Emperor

Chapter 634 I Want You Dead

The Great Demon stood gaping, staring in disbelief at the sword that had pierced its back and protruded from its chest. A towering fury reignited its entire body!

"I want you dead!"

The surge of Demonic Qi took shape almost instantly, rapidly ascending into the air and launching itself at Ye Qingchen!

"Damn it! This fellow wants to take our junior brother down with him!" Zhu Liang, who had been toying with another Great Demon nearby, noticed the commotion and panicked. That’s our junior brother! If anything really happens to him, the sect will never let me off the hook! He quickly abandoned the Great Demon he was facing and prepared to intervene. However, the demon fighting their junior brother had used some unknown method to suddenly increase its speed. Zhu Liang couldn’t catch up at all!

Li Nian’er and Cheng Lu also seemed to realize the situation. In a panic, they spun around and rushed over as fast as they could, but they were still too late!

Right before their eyes, the demon, with a ferocious grin, boldly broke through Ye Qingchen’s defensive Mu Liu and smashed straight down! Seeing Ye Qingchen take the direct hit, everyone’s pupils contracted in that instant, their eyes filled with regret. If only we had known, we wouldn’t have been so careless! We forgot that members of the Demon Clan are vengeful creatures! To think it would actually try to take our junior brother down with it!

How could they know what an utter disgrace it was for a Great Demon to be seriously injured by a mere first-level Martial Emperor Realm youth? To wash away this stain on its reputation within the Demon Clan, death was the only way to defend its honor.

A bright flash erupted within the Devil’s Cave, causing the entire cavern to tremble. Stones began to rain down from the walls, dislodged by the force of the explosion!

"Young Master!"

Xiao Xiao was the first to notice something was wrong and the first to charge over. Just as her hand was about to reach her young master, a powerful shockwave flung her away, sending her crashing hard onto the ground. Ignoring her injuries, she scrambled to her feet and desperately searched toward the epicenter of the explosion. Even her calls were trembling. "Young Master, Young Master... where are you?!"

The dust and debris kicked up by the falling stones temporarily obscured everyone’s vision, making it impossible to see the situation at the heart of the blast. Following the direction she had discerned, Xiao Xiao searched earnestly, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes as she wiped them away.

Zhu Liang and the others had intended to protect their junior brother with all their might, but they were halted in their tracks by the powerful blast wave. Their senses were far superior to Xiao Xiao’s, and as they scrutinized the shadows in the mist, they could not detect a single trace of life. Fear gripped their hearts, and they prepared to rush forward.

Then, they heard a loud CRACK. A huge boulder that had been thrown against the wall by the blast was suddenly kicked away, landing heavily on the ground! Everyone’s gaze snapped toward the sound. They saw Ye Qingchen, guarded by his Mu Liu. In an instant, their hearts were in their throats, and they stared intently, not daring to blink.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingchen let his defenses fall, revealing his true appearance. Aside from a burnt corner on his clothes and a bit of dirt, he was completely unscathed!

Crying tears of joy, Xiao Xiao rushed toward Ye Qingchen. She anxiously checked him over, as if fearing even a single hair was out of place.

Zhu Liang glanced at Ye Qingchen, then at the mark in the center of the now-dissipating dust cloud. It all clicked into place. Li Nian’er couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief. The Heaven-Devouring Azure Python seemed to sense its master’s mood; seeing her relax, it hurried to press its head against her palm, as if to comfort her.

The other Great Demons, who had been flung aside, watched this scene, their faces etched with horror. If we’re not mistaken, that whelp is only at the first level of the Martial Emperor Realm, yet he was able to kill our leader?!

Realizing the terrifying truth, these Great Demons had no energy to spare for the corpse on the ground. Like headless flies, they madly scrambled toward the exit of the Devil’s Cave.

Zhu Liang and the others moved to intercept. What a joke! Letting these Great Demons escape would just be asking for trouble! Who knows how many powerful members of the Demon Clan are still on this third level? If we don’t exterminate them all, we’ll be the ones to suffer! Besides, we need Tokens, and we need the points from these demons to exchange for them!

No sooner said than done, the group sprang into action, aiming for a swift battle. With a posture as if one man could hold a pass against ten thousand, their imposing auras flared! The Great Demons seemed to understand their intentions. Exchanging glances, several of them charged toward Zhu Liang and his companions, while another made a dash for the outside!

But Li Nian’er had already seen through their ploy. She casually tossed the Heaven-Devouring Azure Python from her wrist. The moment it was thrown, its body abruptly enlarged, becoming much larger than the cave entrance itself. It coiled there firmly, its Scale Armor impervious to any attack. The demon that had tried to flee was forced to retreat deeper into the Devil’s Cave.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingchen looked at Xiao Xiao crying inconsolably in his arms and felt a pang of guilt. That Great Demon’s self-destruct attack was truly formidable. For a moment there, I even thought my life was over.

However, something unexpected had happened during the battle. His growing mastery over the Five Elements Law had spontaneously activated the Attribute Energy within his body. In the heat of such an extreme battle, he felt himself brush against a bottleneck. He had originally thought he could simply block the Great Demon’s attack, but the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough was too good to miss. He had no choice but to withdraw his own attack, taking a huge risk. He never anticipated that this reckless move would turn out to be exactly the right one!

Just as the Great Demon’s attack was about to engulf him, the Willow Wood Martial Soul within his body began to operate on its own. In an instant, from every vertebra of his spine, supple yet powerful branches of Mu Liu erupted, piercing straight into the demon before him. A surge of green Wood Attribute Energy channeled through the Mu Liu branches, and with a sharp tug, it tore the Great Demon to pieces.

Unfortunately, the Great Demon’s attack hadn’t dissipated yet. To protect him, the Wood Attribute Energy instantly retracted all the extended branches, weaving them into the strongest possible defense around his body.

Thankfully, he had made it through unharmed.

"Xiao Xiao, breakthroughs come from risk," Ye Qingchen said gently. "To become stronger, there are some dangers I must face."

He knew the danger he had just been in; if anything had been delayed by even a second, he might have been reduced to ashes. But on this path of cultivation, the road is never entirely smooth. Some things you are destined to experience alone, some risks you simply have to take.