Inner Demons

Chapter 178: Mad Talk

The flames illuminated this small alley.

The light itself became a solid, like water or mist. Because of the law that cut off fate, it only filled this alley and did not spill out at all.

This made the person in the flames even clearer and more dazzling.

At first, the two cultivators thought that a female general in a red helmet and red armor was walking toward them. The flames born out of thin air coiled around her feet, blossoming on the ground as if they were a long fiery dress. Tongues of fire licked the ground and the walls, and the rising steam made the air hot and twisted.

And that female general had a pair of fiery red eyes with a slender, thread-like black pupil.

This meant that she was a...

Dragon Clan.

A terrifying and ominous premonition suddenly arose in the hearts of the two cultivators. It was because of this fear and astonishment that they finally saw the "armor" on the "female general."

It seemed to be more than just armor.

The fiery red hard armor only protected the dragon woman's head, chest, hips, arms, shoulders, and elbows. The other parts, which the cultivators had thought were a gray-blue lining, they now realized were large patches of scales that grew from her body.The armor was of a strange style that they had never seen before. But the two large, ferocious-looking arm shields with sharp protrusions on her elbows left a deep impression on them.

Now, flames also rose from the Dragon Clan's hands. Her five fingers and palms became an almost transparent fiery red in the flames.

This... did not match her sharp and strange voice at all.

But the cultivators no longer had the time to judge the other party's appearance, voice, or even eyes.

Ziguzi stared at the dragon woman, who was walking toward them with a terrifying aura from the flames, and felt his fingertips tremble slightly. And he said to his Senior Brother in an equally trembling voice, "Yazi."

Zhi Youzi let out a light breath and gritted his teeth.

He knew that the one in front of him might be Yazi.

Other than Yazi, who else could the Dragon Clan who appeared in Weicheng be?!

He just didn't expect Yazi's true form to be a... woman.

Now, this woman stopped five steps in front of the two of them. She was a little taller than the two cultivators. So, she looked down at them, and the firelight cast a flickering shadow on her face.

When she spoke again, her voice was still sharp. But her tone became a little slower, a little lazier, and a little deeper.

This made her sound like a little girl full of malice, who was staring at two small objects with cruel curiosity, dangerous and unpredictable. "Oh... I've been waiting for so long..."

When she made this exclamation, she stood in front of the two cultivators in the alley, with her back to Li Yunxin and the four demons on the wall. Therefore, only Zhi Youzi and Ziguzi could see that her two eyes had strangely turned. One eye stared at the two cultivators, while the other eyeball was tilted to the side...

It seemed to be looking at the people on the wall.

She naturally couldn't see the people behind her through her head. So, this strange scene only lasted for an extremely short moment. So short that the two people who were about to die felt that it might be an illusion caused by the firelight and shadows.

It was at this time that Zhi Youzi and Ziguzi suddenly realized another thing.

If the Dragon Clan in front of them was Yazi...

Then Li Yunxin could actually say to her, "Kill them," in such a casual but obviously condescending tone...

Who was he?!

Zhi Youzi suddenly turned to Li Yunxin and frowned. "You—"

But because of his movement, the dragon woman's pupils suddenly shrank. She seemed to be extremely wary of him wanting to speak to Li Yunxin again!

Just after he said that one word, the dragon woman's mouth let out a rare short and clear word, "Die!"

Then, just like the Chicken Spirit before, she pounced with a fierce and powerful momentum, bringing with her a sky-full of flames and a terrifying, extreme heat!

"Suppression Character Talisman, Chen Character Talisman, and My Life's Essence!" Zhi Youzi shouted to Ziguzi in a low voice. His hands did not stop. Two golden light characters were outlined by his magic brush in an instant, even before his words had finished.

"Hold on. You block her, and I'll go." Ziguzi spoke almost at the same time as him, and his body suddenly became blurred.

The words they said were different, and the things they did were different, but their goal was the same. They had previously only known about Li Yunxin's matter and felt that it was a "great achievement," and they wanted to go back and tell Yue Yunzi to get some benefits. This was because, in their opinion, whether Li Yunxin lived or died was not important to the overall situation. A True Realm cultivator could handle a lot of trouble.

But now, they saw "Yazi." The Dragon's Son was going to make a move on the two of them in Weicheng. Even the stupidest person would understand that the situation must have changed greatly!

Cultivators valued emotions lightly, but it was only the emotions between cultivators and ordinary people that were valued lightly. Among fellow cultivators, especially low-level cultivators like Zhi Youzi and Ziguzi who had only passed the Passion Tribulation of love and hate, there were actually not a few who had a deep bond. The two had been together for so long that they already had a certain understanding.

They had not been afraid of Li Yunxin before because a Painting Daoist was also a Taoist priest, and they had some vague understanding of them. But now, the one who was going to kill them was a dragon woman. Yazi's reputation was notorious. Even if she was in a difficult situation, she was still a presence that could not be underestimated in the hearts of the cultivators.

Li Yunxin said that their deaths were because of their Master. Although they were surprised at first, they still had doubts in their hearts. But now that they saw the dragon woman appear, they felt that what the sinister young man had said was very likely to be true. If that was the case...

They absolutely could not die like this.

They had to figure out whether that matter was true or not. If it was true, they had to fight to the death to inform the Daoist Orthodoxy of this news. If it was not true, then Yazi appearing and killing people tonight was an even greater change, and they had to inform their Master of this!

Therefore, the two of them made the most rational decision at the same time. Zhi Youzi, who was at the Illusory Realm, would use the three-step barrier formed in front of him when writing the Talisman to block the dragon woman's momentum. As long as he could block her for one or two breaths, Ziguzi, who was better at escape, could escape. At that time, Zhi Youzi would die, and Ziguzi would go and figure everything out. This was better than both of them dying in a daze here!

It was in this split second that the two true Talismans written by Zhi Youzi were released.

The three-step prohibition in front of him was formed immediately and collided with the flames and high heat that came at him, giving off a brilliant golden light.

And Ziguzi's figure had gradually become transparent. Before he was about to escape, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at his Senior Brother one more time.

He decided to remember this last moment. In the future, no matter where he went, to the ends of the earth, he would never forget this deep hatred and would definitely—

However, what he saw in this last glance was not his Daoist Brother Zhi Youzi.

As soon as the golden light in front of the cultivator appeared, the dragon woman did not get blocked and sent back like the Chicken Spirit before.

The prohibition in front of her flames was like brittle paper that had been exposed to the sun for years. It shattered into streaks of golden light with one touch. The dragon woman entered within three steps of the cultivator as if she had entered an uninhabited land.

Zhi Youzi's Suppression Character Talisman and Chen Character Talisman had not yet taken effect. He was still confused as to why the dragon woman was not blocked by the prohibition when his head was shattered by a palm strike.

So, what Ziguzi saw was the green smoke formed by the shattered flesh, bones, brains, and blood in the flames. Before he could figure out why the dragon woman had killed his Illusory Realm Daoist Brother in an instant, the same palm strike also shattered his head.

At this time, the echo of the word "die" that the dragon woman had said earlier had not completely dissipated in the alley.

Everything only took one palm strike.

The flames suddenly dissipated, and the dragon woman turned around and let out a breath. "Oh?"

She seemed to be very dissatisfied that these two people were killed so easily by her.

Li Yunxin jumped down from the wall. As soon as he landed, he threw an iron chain from his sleeve and locked the souls of the two cultivators.

After locking them, he looked at the other end of the alley. One breath later, a black shadow came from far away and seemed to have crossed the alley in just two or three steps, until it was five or six steps away from the two souls.

But it could no longer move forward. The formation that Li Yunxin had set up had not yet dissipated. The black figure could only keep taking steps but was always walking in place.

This was probably... the clone puppet that the White Yama King had mentioned.

It was a pity that some ordinary people's names were on the ledger of life and death, and Li Yunxin, the great demon, had to personally go and collect them. But these two cultivators, who had no regard for ordinary people, were collected by such a puppet.

At least in the world of the Black and White Yama Kings, they were just unimportant dust.

Li Yunxin then pulled the iron chain back, and the two souls were pulled into his white paper fan. Then he looked at the Black Yama King's clone.

He found that this clone puppet was no longer walking here. It looked around in place and then suddenly turned into a green light and disappeared.

"So that's how it is," Li Yunxin said to himself quietly.

After some people die, their souls, because of some coincidence, such as a special time, a clash of yin and yang, or simply dying in a place with a lot of yang energy, coincidentally hide from the clone puppet like today and become lonely ghosts that wander in this world.

He looked at San Hua, who was rubbing her hands to rub off the stains on them. He was silent for a while and then waved. "Come down."

After the three demons and one chicken jumped into the alley, Li Yunxin looked outside the wall and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to defeat those two cultivators. I brought you here to actually train you."

"Now you are following me and fooling those commoners, living a happy life. But you need to know that not all demons in this world are so happy. Outside, with your cultivation, if you meet Taoist priests like Ziguzi and Zhi Youzi, they will kill you just like that."

"Your cultivation realms are not far apart, but they have magical artifacts and Talismans. They also have a whole set of experience and insights that the Daoist Orthodoxy has passed down for thousands of years. Although you are a little more powerful than the spirits who can't learn Daoist Arts, it's also limited. Because no matter what, actual combat and experience are the most important."

He rarely spoke in such a serious tone. The three demons all stood properly. Even the Chicken Spirit, which had been sent back to its original form, was quietly listening.

The dragon woman stood beside them, nervously rubbing her hands and looking at them. Her eyes kept moving, making people very worried that they would fall out. She seemed to still be adapting to her new body, and she looked a little strange.

Li Yunxin paused and pointed at the Chicken Spirit. "But I didn't expect... I'm talking about you. Are you an idiot?"

The Chicken Spirit still didn't move, but it knew that Li Yunxin was truly getting angry.

He didn't look angry, and his tone was flat. But he had always spoken to them lightly, as if he was teasing a pet, and he had never spoken to them so harshly.

"Are you an idiot?"

"When I was lecturing you, I said that when you see people, you have to be more careful. You really dared to rush forward just now. If that Taoist priest was not even more stupid and felt that you wouldn't be stupid enough to come and die and held back his strength, I could have already stewed you and eaten you."

The Cat Demon laughed.

Li Yunxin ignored her and walked two steps with his hands behind his back. "Unconvinced? Hmm? You're saying she also rushed over like that?"

He turned around, looked at the dragon woman possessed by San Hua, and pointed. "First, her body has no fate with this world, so a three-step barrier is useless against her."

"Second, her palm strike. You see it as just a simple palm strike. A palm strike that shatters two people's heads? San Hua, you tell them how you hit that palm strike."

The dragon woman listened to his words, and her eyes stopped moving. She blinked. But she quickly seemed to get shy and put her two hands in front of her chest and rubbed them. The sharp blades on her arm shields rubbed against each other, making a teeth-grinding sound.

"Oh... hmm? Me, hee hee... I'm not telling!" She rubbed her hands and laughed, swaying back and forth in place.

Li Yunxin didn't force her and spoke for her. "That palm strike, she kept it low. She first broke the hand of that Zhi Youzi who was holding the magic brush and knocked his magical artifact away."

"Although the physical bodies of cultivators are also strong, they can't compare to demons. The most terrifying thing is their Daoist Arts. So, she first broke his hand. Then, where did she hit that palm strike? According to the momentum from the bottom up, it should have hit him right in the face and shattered his head. But she moved up a little and directly shattered the top of his head."

"The top of the head. I've told you about it before. This top of the head can be opened in an extremely critical situation to force your Spiritual Soul out of your body to at least get one moment of clarity. Running away and escaping as a lonely ghost is better than being destroyed in both form and spirit. So, she hit from top to bottom, making him unable to escape even if he wanted to."

"She rushed over like that, and you, Shan-ji, also rushed over like that. You think about it yourself."

The red-crested rooster buried its head in its wings.

After saying this, Li Yunxin turned to look at San Hua. "So, that palm strike was indeed beautiful. Then, little Cat Demon, where did you learn these skills?"

Knowing some common sense was not difficult. But using common sense in a fight was more difficult. And in that kind of fierce pounce, she simultaneously took care of two things in an instant. This was simply a kind of combat instinct that had been honed for who knows how long.

It was because of this kind of instinct that she, with her hidden advantage that the other party did not know about, killed one Illusory Realm Taoist priest and one Intent Realm Taoist priest with one palm strike.

The problem was... her current cultivation was also only at the Illusory Realm, the middle stage.

San Hua was asked by him and stood by the wall and blinked. She pretended to think for a while and then giggled. "Oh, oh... I forgot..."