Free Web NovelChapter 2173: Chapter 2174: The Death of Hong Yuan!
The situation Ye Qiu was worried about quickly appeared.
With his keen eyesight, how could he fail to notice the subtle changes in Taiyi and the others?
Taiyi, Stone Demon Lord, and Traveler had long stepped into the ranks of Supreme Saints. Now facing five abyssal demons of the royal level, they gradually entered a certain state from the initial disadvantage.
As they continued to clash, their counterattacks became more frequent.
This indicated that the battle with the royal demons had allowed them to grow.
The more Ye Qiu watched, the more he frowned. Taiyi’s talent was undoubtedly the first among the younger generation in the Ancestral Land. Gaining insights during combat was not surprising.
But Ye Qiu and he were adversaries. Once Taiyi entered the realm of the heavens, if he found out Ye Qiu was still alive, he would definitely want to kill him.
How could he stop the progress of Taiyi and the others?
Break off this battle? It seemed unlikely. Even if he charged up, it might not change the situation. After all, his current strength was just at the royal level of a demon body.
Taiyi and others had gold armor that could completely ignore his physical attacks.
After thinking for a long time, there really wasn’t any solution.
Feeling a headache, Ye Qiu could only watch others gradually approach the heavenly realm.
After a while, Ye Qiu gave up. He decided to calmly continue collecting his inner cores since he couldn’t reveal himself now. Otherwise, many powerful people would come for him, and even an army of abyssal demons would not tolerate him then.
Taking a glance at the three abyssal demons sent out to collect inner cores, Ye Qiu was quite satisfied. In a short span of time, they had already collected a lot.
There were vast numbers of abyssal demons. The demons killed during the last demon wave were replenished today.
It’s fair to say the losses were very few.
Meanwhile, the numerous young martial artists on the city walls were slightly at a disadvantage. After all, they had no new blood joining them, and some were lost with each demon wave.
Of course, after having experienced several demon waves, people developed their own techniques and secrets for dealing with abyssal demons. The survivors aren’t easy to deal with, so the number of casualties became fewer and fewer.
The demon waves acted like a process of elimination, gradually weeding out the weaker martial artists in the ancient city, leaving only the strongest, the most talented, and the fewest in number.
Ye Qiu shifted his focus back to the battlefield in front of him, watching as the inner cores collected by the three demons increased. He wondered to what extent his demon body would reach after this demon wave ended.
If only he could obtain a demon core of the royal level. Unfortunately, demons of this level aren’t easily killed by ordinary people.
It’s no wonder Taiyi Holy Son, Stone Demon Lord, and others could fight royal demons without dying, thanks to their strong defensive power. But to kill a royal demon, that’s impossible.
So Ye Qiu had no intention of seizing any royal demon core opportunities from their hands.
Suddenly.
Ye Qiu’s brows furrowed. His gaze fell beneath the ancient city’s walls, only to see a figure cutting across one of the three royal demons he sent out and then snatching away the bag containing the cores.
After completing this feat, the figure quickly targeted the second royal demon, leaping off the heads of other demons and landing on the head of a royal demon, directly smashing its head, and another bag of cores was snatched away.
Damn...
Seeing this scene, Ye Qiu was instantly furious. In a flash, two of his three demon henchmen were gone, and the cores were snatched away.
When Ye Qiu took a closer look at the figure, his face was covered with a cold smile.
Hongyuan Holy Son!
It turns out that Hongyuan Holy Son had eliminated two royal demons and stolen two bags of cores, now heading for the third demon.
"I may not be able to deal with them, but I can certainly handle you."
Ye Qiu harbored murderous intent. He had no good impression of the Hongyuan Holy Son, who played a significant role in him ending up like this. It was he who brought the heaven-level power, Elder Huang.
"You should’ve stayed in the ancient city, but since you’ve come down, don’t think of going back. It’s time to settle our old scores."
With killing intent stirring, Ye Qiu’s figure flickered, no longer staying still to watch, and he quickly moved towards the Hongyuan Holy Son.
Swish.
Hongyuan Holy Son turned his hand into a knife, cleaving open a royal demon’s skull, killing it instantly.
He then grabbed the bag from its hand, weighed it in his hand.
A hefty load of cores, no less than a hundred.
"I didn’t expect that within the abyssal demons, there would be such a clever demon, knowing to keep silent and prosper. Hmph, but unfortunately, your actions were all seen by my eyes. Trying to take what’s mine under my nose, your only choice is to die as atonement," Hongyuan Holy Son said flatly.
Previously, there was an incident of mysterious core disappearance, causing everyone to fight for a whole night in vain without getting a single core.
Everyone was quite upset.
Therefore, when the demon wave came, while killing abyssal demons, people also put some effort into observing where the cores of the demons they killed ended up going.
Hongyuan Holy Son was particularly meticulous in his observation. He noticed three figures mixed in the vicinity, swiftly collecting the cores.
Seeing this scene, Hongyuan Holy Son couldn’t restrain himself. To prevent the cores from being taken away again entirely, he leapt down from the ancient city despite the danger and, with swift power, executed a killing move on the three abyssal demons, taking back all the cores from them.
"Good thing I discovered it early, or else if you three special abyssal demons matured, it would be our nightmare," Hongyuan Holy Son felt he had accomplished something significant by eliminating the three relatively intelligent abyssal demons.
Just as Hongyuan Holy Son was feeling a bit smug, he didn’t realize a shadow had silently approached him.
And in the next second, this figure struck. Hongyuan Holy Son felt his body covered in goosebumps.
Suddenly turned around.
All he saw was an abyssal demon in front of him, showing a playful expression and delivering a punch to his chest.
This hit wasn’t lethal, but Hongyuan Holy Son was shocked. How could this demon have approached so silently?
A royal demon couldn’t possibly do this.
Soon, the words "royal demon" appeared in Hongyuan Holy Son’s mind, and sweat immediately dripped from his forehead.
"Damn, could it have instructed those three royal demons to collect the cores?" Hongyuan Holy Son quickly realized the reason why this powerful demon suddenly attacked him.
However, a more shocking thing lay ahead because the existence that appeared to be a royal demon before him actually started to speak, and it was a voice he remembered deeply.
"Hongyuan Holy Son, do you remember me?"
Ye Qiu’s voice reached Hongyuan Holy Son’s ears, and Hongyuan Holy Son’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief, pointing at Ye Qiu, speaking in a stutter: "You... are... Ye... Ye Qiu..."
Ye Qiu’s demon body uttered: "You got it right."
Then, a claw with three fingernails grabbed Hongyuan Holy Son’s head, emitting a faint golden color from the claw, followed by a pop sound.
Blood spurted.
Leaving behind a headless corpse.
Instantly, Hongyuan Holy Son’s head shattered, his soul extinguished.
