Free Web NovelChapter 363: Chapter 132: Slaughtering Demon Sharks in the East Sea, Handcrafting a High Tier Thought Stone (Part 2)
Li Xuan grabbed another Water Demon Shark, tore it into several pieces, and stuffed it back into the Alchemy Furnace.
This time, the furnace lid finally closed.
"I need to find a place to refine elixirs."
"Moreover, the size of this demon’s corpse is also a problem."
Li Xuan ascended into the air on his sword, looked around for a while, but didn’t find an island.
However, his luck seemed to be good; he found another Water Demon Shark.
Using sword control, he slashed it with one blow.
This time, 12 spare points were credited to his account.
He skillfully dissected, cleaned, and replaced the demon blood, but there was no more room to store it.
Li Xuan had no choice but to take out the Water Demon Shark originally in the Alchemy Furnace, ate it up, and then put the fresh one in.
However, encountering two consecutive Water Demon Sharks made him suddenly feel, "Could there be a Water Demon Shark lair around here?"
Being a Tier Four demon, and with "Demon Bear Blood" that could add an extra 640 physique points remaining in the "blood tank,"
this gave Li Xuan confidence.
"Why not look for it?"
"Wipe them all out?"
"If there’s really a lair, it shouldn’t be far."
Li Xuan glanced at the deep blue sea, quickly flying on his sword.
He had Demonic Qi within him, acting like a human radar; anything within his sensory range unable to conceal its Demonic Qi would become his prey.
...
After a while.
"Hey, another one!"
Li Xuan happily controlled his sword.
The sword light descended.
However, he suddenly had a thought, slightly adjusted his strength, and didn’t completely pierce through that Water Demon Shark, but instead slashed a large gash on its side.
The demon shark’s skin split open, blood gushed out, causing a rush of boiling bubbles in the sea.
The demon shark, both in pain and fear, turned and fled in panic.
This type of power-based infant demon had low intelligence, just like the Fog Concealed Wraith Leopard Li Xuan encountered.
And low intelligence meant "if it’s hit, it will instinctively flee to what it considers a safe place."
This place was the demon shark’s lair.
However, this heavily injured Water Demon Shark was not entirely unwary. It swam cautiously, observing the terrifying cultivator, and only when it realized that the cultivator wasn’t following and had instead turned back did it quickly swim in a certain direction.
’Its little brain hasn’t figured out that perception distances vary in range...’
In the distance, the terrifying cultivator returned quietly, evaluating, while considering how to handle such a situation himself, then flew high on his sword, hiding among the clouds, trailing from afar, overlooking the silhouette floundering in the deep blue sea, quietly tracking it.
One man, one fish, drifting with the waves.
The demon shark occasionally stopped to eat some fish.
However, it was now in extreme pain.
Usually, even if its skin was accidentally pierced by other fierce sea beasts, it could recover quickly. But the wound from that cultivator’s sword wouldn’t heal no matter what.
Besides, a cold sensation spread deep into its flesh, making it increasingly weary and weak.
In the dead of night, the demon shark’s speed slowed, and it plunged into the seabed.
...
In the clouds, sword-wielding Li Xuan was beaming with smiles.
He extended his perception, sensing clusters of Demonic Qi emanating from the nearby seabed.
Those Demonic Qis varied in size, but none were stronger than him.
No!
It wasn’t a matter of strength, but rather, they couldn’t even compare to him at all.
The situation where "as soon as you go out, powerful monsters suddenly spring up around you in a new place. Even if you’ve reached the peak of cultivation in your original realm, you still find yourself disadvantaged in a new place" hadn’t occurred.
Since that was the case, Li Xuan didn’t plan to be polite.
He was tolerant towards people, generally not killing randomly unless they crossed the line or posed a threat. But towards demons and monsters, there was not a shred of mercy.
In Great Yin, a country rampant with demons and monsters, he gradually climbed from the bottom to the peak, having witnessed too many human tragedies caused by demons and monsters and having seen relatives die tragically before his eyes. So in this world... no demons would be best.
In mid-air, Li Xuan’s figure flickered, transforming into a giant whale, falling into the sea, then swishing its long tail, advancing towards the deep origin of the Demonic Qi.
...
...
The injured Water Demon Shark fled to an undersea cave.
In that cave, several Demon Sharks were piled together, seemingly resting.
And nearby were quite a few bones, some from ordinary sea beasts, some resembling land creatures, and then... there were even iron cages.
Iron cages were heaped with several skulls, incredibly human heads!
With the current stirring, human heads bobbed around.
One seemed not fully devoured, with blood and flesh adhering to long hair, entangled as one, and an uneaten eyeball was connected by nerves, bulged and floated, the faint impression of fear and agony the deceased experienced before death visible within.
Sensing the scent of blood, the demon sharks resting at the cave entrance suddenly stirred, but upon seeing it was a companion returning, they dismissed their initial intentions, then swam around, inspecting its wound.
From the depths of the cave, a huge dark figure slowly emerged, its body powerful, its size exceeding that of ordinary infant demons by two or three times.
Its shark mouth moved, emitting strange sounds.
That wasn’t the demon shark’s language, but more like a common speech from somewhere.
"Why are you injured?"
"Grandfather, I... I barely managed to escape back."
After a brief dialogue.
The giant demon shark observed the infant demon shark’s wound, speaking in a cold and curious voice: "It’s a cultivator, no less."
This sentence immediately sparked many discussions.
More demon sharks swam out from the cave, examining the wound.
