Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 36: Knowing People by Their Swords
"What's going on?" A sinister voice, as eerie as the cold wind in a deep valley, came from the Hundred Illusion Butterflies, with a tone full of dissatisfaction, "Is this how you, the Soldier Demons, do things? Ridiculous!"
"This is..." Qing Ge looked at this strange scene and seemed to have thought of something.
The Black Demon Marshal's reaction was much faster than Qing Ge's. He exclaimed, "The Heart Demon Saint Clan!"
The scene before his eyes was exactly the manifestation of one of the innate abilities of the Heart Demon Saint Clan - "Soul Control".
After the Heart Demon Clan uses the magical power of "Controlling Souls", they can separate a soul thought, and use this soul thought to briefly drive all living things for a short period of time.
The eight holy demon clans in the abyss actually each have their own unique and extremely powerful talents and abilities.
For example, the two major talents of the Soldier Demon Clan - "recruiting soldiers" and "refining furnace" - are extremely powerful talents in the field of magic soldiers, which give the Soldier Demon Clan unparalleled combat power.
There is also the "spatial truth" of the Void Clan, which enables the demons, who are clearly incompatible with the truth system, to possess the ability to control the spatial truth out of thin air...
The Heart Demon Saint Clan is the one with the most mysterious and bizarre innate magical powers among the eight holy demon clans.
Their innate magical powers cannot directly enhance their combat effectiveness, their main advantage lies in their surprise and being hard to defend against.
Therefore, the Heart Demon Clan hid their innate abilities very deeply. Other demons only knew that the Heart Demon Saint Clan had two innate abilities - "controlling souls" and "controlling lives", and both were abilities at the soul level.
But no one knows how these two talents manifest themselves in detail.
"The Holy Clan of the Heart Demon..." Qing Ge, who was standing aside, finally remembered everything after hearing the name, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes unconsciously.
Among the eight holy demon clans, excluding his own soldier demon clan, the one he disliked the most among the remaining seven holy demon clans was the heart demon clan.
There is no reason for this dislike; it is completely groundless.
The point is, his phenomenon is not an isolated case.
There is dislike between the Soldiers Demon Saint Clan and the Heart Demon Saint Clan for each other, which seems to be an old tradition.
But if you really look into the root cause, you will find that in fact there has never been a real major conflict between the two ethnic groups in history.
So, some people, you can only say that you are born to be incompatible with each other, just like your father beating you for no reason.
However, if we look at it from a scientific and dialectical perspective, there is a very reasonable explanation for the conflict between the Soldier Demons and the Heart Demons:
The talent of the soldier demon lies in the way of magic soldiers, which is materialism, while the heart demon is good at soul control, that is, idealism - materialism and idealism are inherently incompatible.
Puff puff puff!
The Hundred Illusion Butterfly flapped its wings and flew at an extremely fast speed in front of Qing Ge and the Black Demon Marshal who were already on the verge of a showdown.
It can be seen that the originally colorful pupils of the Hundred Illusion Butterfly have now turned upwards and disappeared, leaving only large patches of eye white, which is creepy to look at.
This is the result after the inner demon uses the "Soul Control" skill.
"I don't know what to call you, sir. What's going on? Why are you here?" The Black Demon Marshal was also confused about the situation at this time.
The territories of the Soldier Demon Clan and the Heart Demon Clan are extremely far apart.
And how could there be monsters controlled by the Heart Demon clan on the extraterritorial battlefield where the Soldier Demon belonged, and in his City Lord's Mansion?
"My name is Linghuo," a gloomy voice came from the Hundred Illusion Butterflies, with a hint of anger, "As for why I appeared here?! It's all because of you who killed the messenger I sent out for no reason! You should tell me first, what are you doing? If I hadn't always been prepared and added a soul thought to the Hundred Illusion Butterflies, wouldn't this matter have been caused by you?"
It is not easy for the strong men from the underworld to sneak into Yumen Pass, because it is very easy to expose their identities, and if they are not careful, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Therefore, the Demon Lord of Spirits could only send an inconspicuous cultivator from the Netherworld Realm to deliver the message and transport the Hundred Illusion Butterfly.
But even so, the Demon Lord Linghui was still a little worried. After all, a Void Refinement cultivator was too insignificant on the battlefield outside the domain, and he might run into an accident if he was unlucky.
In order to be prepared for any eventuality, the Demon Lord used his "Soul Control" magical power on the Hundred Illusion Butterfly.
In this way, even if the monk from the underworld who delivered the message encountered an accident, he could awaken his soul in time and complete the unfinished task of the monk from the underworld.
As a result, this backup plan was actually used.
"The Demon Lord of Spiritual Bewilderment!" the Black Demon Commander couldn't help but exclaimed.
He didn't expect that the soul in the Hundred Illusion Butterfly in front of him actually belonged to a demon lord from the Heart Demon Clan.
The strong ones among the sixth-grade demons are called Demon Generals, the strong ones among the seventh-grade demons are called Demon Marshals, and as for the Demon Lord, that is a title only given to the strong ones among the eighth-grade demons.
One can imagine how high his status and how powerful he is.
After knowing the identity of the visitor, the Black Demon Marshal immediately became serious and explained with a little embarrassment: "There was a little accident, so I mistakenly killed your messenger..."
Infighting is always infighting. Family disgrace cannot be made public in front of other saints and demons, so he naturally cannot slap Qingge in the face.
Therefore, even though he didn't get along with Qingge, the Black Demon Marshal still helped Qingge explain.
"Hmph!" An undisguised voice of contempt and ridicule came from the Hundred Illusion Butterflies.
Qing Ge's face showed some embarrassment, and there was a hint of sudden realization that had been delayed for a long time.
After the appearance of the Spirit Demon Lord, he had been thinking seriously about a serious question - why did a person from the Heart Demon clan suddenly appear after the people who killed his eldest brother?
That doesn't make sense.
Only now did he finally react.
The person who was killed by himself, it turns out, seems, as if, might... not be Li Feiyu?
…
"Lord Linghu, I wonder what kind of important news is this that you value so much?" The Black Demon Marshal asked respectfully.
Even though the Soul-Confused Demon Lord had a lot of dissatisfaction and contempt in his heart, he was a man of great shrewdness after all. He knew that the most important thing was to take care of the big picture. He controlled his temper and said calmly, "My soul thoughts can't last too long, so I'll keep it short. You must convey my words to Chi Pu without missing a word."
Although the inner demon's magical power of "controlling souls" can keep the soul thoughts in the souls of other lives for a long time, once the soul thoughts awaken and begin to control the bodies of other lives, it can only last for a short period of time.
This is the limitation of the "Soul Control" magical power.
"I understand, your Excellency, don't worry." The Black Demon Marshal responded in a deep voice.
A voice came from the Hundred Illusion Butterflies again, "This time, Chi Pu has an extremely important task to do. The Underworld has taken root in the human domain for ten thousand years, and originally developed very well, but recently it has suffered a major blow from the human race. Except for the Middle Spiritual Domain to which our race belongs, the Underworld in the other six domains has suffered heavy losses, and the root of all this is from a sword cultivator named Lu Qingshan."
“This person’s cultivation is not high, but his talent is extremely outstanding.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that this Lu Qingshan got a lot of inside information about our underworld from somewhere, causing people in all the underworlds to panic, fearing that a disaster would befall them someday.
After a thorough investigation of his sources of intelligence, we still found nothing.
Since we can't find out, we can just kill him and be done with it.
This person is extremely cunning, and his whereabouts are erratic, but as the saying goes, "The devil is always one step ahead of the good", and we also used some special means to successfully lock down his location.
However, he finally entered the extraterritorial battlefield where your soldiers and demons belong.
With Yumen Pass blocking us, it is difficult for us, the monks of the underworld, to enter the battlefield outside the domain, so the task of killing this beast can only be entrusted to you. "
"Although this Lu Qingshan is only at the level of Lianxu, his methods are extraordinary. So tell Chi Pu not to be careless and to make sure he takes action himself to ensure that he can be killed 100%."
The Hundred Illusion Butterfly flapped its wings twice, and the color of its body kept changing between seven colors. "This beast is called the Hundred Illusion Butterfly, and it has the ability to track thousands of miles. As long as you release this butterfly, it will lead you to find Lu Qingshan."
"Did you hear clearly?" The voice coming from the Hundred Illusion Butterfly had become very weak at this time.
"Don't worry, Lord Demon. I will convey this matter to His Majesty Chipu without missing a word," the Black Demon Commander promised, and he was a little curious, "Is this Lu Qingshan really so amazing that His Majesty Chipu has to take action personally?"
He dared not disobey the instructions of the Demon Lord, but subconsciously felt that he was making a fuss out of nothing.
Isn’t he just a fifth-level swordsman?
His Highness Chipu is a demon commander-level existence, so why does this require His Highness Chipu to take action?
If everyone is like this, wouldn't His Highness Chipu be extremely busy?
When the Spiritual Devil Lord heard the Black Demon Marshal ask this, he immediately understood his little thoughts, "Of course what I said is not empty words. This person has ruined our plans several times. He even faced the ambush of the Sixth Realm cultivator when he was in the Fourth Realm, and successfully fought back. Now he has advanced to the Void Refining Realm, and he should definitely not be underestimated."
"A fourth realm kills a sixth realm? How is this possible?" The Black Demon Marshal couldn't believe it.
"If it weren't for this, why would I keep reminding you not to be careless? Moreover," the Spiritual Devil Lord said slowly, "this man's natal sword is extraordinary, and it is very likely to be a pseudo-Dao weapon. If you can kill him and seize his natal sword, it will be a great gain for your master."
"Fake Taoist weapon!" Qing Ge, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had his eyes light up.
The "refining furnace" innate magical power of the Soldier Demon Clan allows them to breed a magic weapon in their bodies from the moment they are born.
After that, they can swallow all kinds of magical weapons into their bodies, and then use the "refining furnace" magical power to melt these magical weapons into their own natural magic soldiers, making the magic soldiers increasingly powerful and randomly generating many strange magical powers.
This is a powerful innate magical power with unlimited possibilities, and the upper limit is almost infinite.
It is also because of this that, for the soldier demons, the powerful magic weapons of human cultivators are precious "raw materials" that they value extremely.
If the pseudo-Taoist weapon-level natal sword can be melted into the magic weapon, it can definitely greatly enhance the power of their magic weapon.
Qingge was moved!
Seeing Qing Ge's behavior, the Spiritual Devil Lord did not take it seriously and explained, "This person has three natal swords, one each of fire, water, and wood. The fire-attributed natal sword is almost 100% a fake Taoist weapon in our opinion. Although the other two natal swords are a little inferior, they are not ordinary things either."
"His fire-attributed natal sword possesses an extremely powerful sword magical power, which once allowed him to easily break the secret technique of a Yuanying cultivator with his Jindan cultivation base."
The Demon Lord's heart moved, and he flapped the wings of the Hundred Illusion Butterfly again. Immediately, a lot of red dust floated out from the body of the Hundred Illusion Butterfly, and finally formed a pattern of a fiery red sword in front of them.
"It is this sword."
"It looks like a good sword. His Highness Chi Pu will definitely like it." The Black Demon Marshal couldn't help but praise it.
Judging from the appearance alone, among all the swords, Longque is definitely the best-looking one.
"Li! Fei! Yu!"
But just when the Black Demon Marshal was praising Longque, a voice like that of a demon from hell came to his ears.
He turned around in surprise and found Qing Ge standing beside him. For some reason, his eyes were bigger than copper bells and his look was full of ferocity.
What is this doing?
Shit, again?
The three words "Li Feiyu" immediately evoked bad memories for the Black Demon Marshal - just now, after Qing Ge said these three words, he killed the monk from the underworld who came to deliver the message for no reason.
Qingge was really dizzy.
Because he recognized the sword, and then, through the sword, he recognized the person.
That Li Feiyu used this sword to cut through his sea of blood with one strike.
In other words, that Li Feiyu is Lu Qingshan?
No, didn’t Li Feiyu keep saying that he wanted to cause trouble for Lu Qingshan?
How come he suddenly became Lu Qingshan?
The thief cries thief?
Also, isn’t Li Feiyu the eldest brother’s man?
Qingge felt that his head was like paste, a tangled mess that would become even more tangled if he couldn't cut it clean.
Here, after the Dragon Sparrow Sword took shape, the soul of the Demon Lord finally reached its limit. Unable to bear the heavy burden, it began to dissipate and disappear.
The eerie aura on the Hundred Illusion Butterfly gradually disappeared as the soul of the Demon Lord dissipated.
Without the control of the Demon Lord's soul, the Hundred Illusion Butterfly flapped its wings in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
The next moment, a ball of demonic energy flew out and transformed into a big hand, grabbing the Hundred Illusion Butterfly.
"Your Highness Qingge, what do you mean?" The Black Demon Marshal was unable to react in time, and Qingge took away the Hundred Illusion Butterfly first. Qingge, who had lost both arms, could only perform this action by transforming his magic energy into a huge hand.
"I happen to have a great grudge against Lu Qingshan. If I don't kill him with my own hands, I will be very upset. And you guys are also planning to kill him. In this case, leave this matter to me." Qing Ge vowed.
Although he hadn't figured out what was going on for the moment, he had grasped a key point - if he caught this "Lu Qingshan", wouldn't everything be clear?
"Your Highness Qingge, this matter is not a joke. The Demon Lord Linghui has warned you about this matter many times, so why would you play with it like this?" The Black Demon Commander looked unhappy. He suppressed his anger and even threatened Chi Pu: "If Your Highness Chi Pu knew about this, I'm afraid that the brotherhood between the two of you would be hurt!"
As he spoke , the Black Demon Marshal had an idea and stretched out his hand, ready to snatch the Hundred Illusion Butterfly back.
"How dare you," Qing Ge saw this and shouted angrily, his voice as loud as thunder, "Are you going to attack me? If you dare to do it, I will report this to my father! Can my elder brother still be so arrogant now? Even his subordinates dare to disrespect me?"
"Your Highness has misunderstood." After being rebuked by Qing Ge, the Black Demon Marshal felt fearful, and his outstretched hand stayed awkwardly in the air, unable to move forward or backward.
"My elder brother is very busy, so it's a good opportunity for me, as his younger brother, to help him share some of the responsibilities. We are brothers who are united, so how can we allow a villain like you to sow discord between us?"
Qing Ge glanced at the Black Demon Commander coldly, without giving him too much time to react, he turned around and soared into the sky with the Hundred Illusion Butterflies, flying out of the Black Demon City , "Let's go."
The triangular-eyed demon cultivator looked at the Black Demon Commander meaningfully, and without saying anything more, he left with Qingge.
Qing Ge left decisively, without even considering the main purpose of his visit to the Dark Magic City - to use the blood pool to heal his wounds.
Because he was afraid that if he delayed any longer, the Black Demon Marshal would really invite his eldest brother Chi Pu. Although he was very unhappy with his eldest brother, he had to admit that he was still a little scared.
The only way is to act first and report later, so as not to give the eldest brother too much time to react.
When everything is settled, what can big brother do to him?
As for why they wanted to snatch the Hundred Illusion Butterfly?
In addition to wanting to kill Lu Qingshan and avenge the humiliation he suffered that day, there was another very important and deeper reason...
He is also coveting the fake Taoist weapon!
If he could get this pseudo-Taoist weapon into his possession, the power of his "black blood" magic soldier would surely increase dramatically.
Just by killing a fifth-level swordsman, you can get a pseudo-Taoist weapon. How can I let my brother get such a big bargain?
This action of mine not only prevented my elder brother from receiving the fake Taoist weapon that belonged to him, but also gave me, who had nothing to do with this fake Taoist weapon, an unexpected gain.
In this back and forth, my brother loses a lot of money and I make a lot of money!
My elder brother ridicules me for being stupid every day, but now I have to swallow my loss, right?
After this experience, I have become smarter!
Qing Ge was secretly proud.
As for capsizing in the ditch?
I'm the great Demon General Qingge, with the blood of the Demon of War. How could anything go wrong when I kill a fifth-level swordsman?
