Record of a Demon's Cultivation

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The Nether Fox stood only a few feet away from Song Wen.

Though it remained still, its mere presence exerted immense pressure on him.

This put Song Wen on high alert, unable to relax even slightly.

In this tense atmosphere, time seemed to drag on endlessly.

Finally, after a full hour had passed.

The Nether Fox moved at last, slowly rising and lifting its left forepaw, stepping forward.

But instead of approaching Song Wen, it bypassed him and made its way toward a lizardman’s severed limb on the ground.

With a flick of its crimson tongue, it pulled half of the lizardman’s carcass into its mouth.

The crisp sound of chewing filled the air.

The severed limb was crushed and swallowed whole by the fox.

Suddenly—

The Nether Fox sprang forward, pouncing toward Song Wen.

The gust of wind from its claws swept through his hair and clothes.

As its claws neared his head, Song Wen appeared paralyzed with fear, wide-eyed and unmoving, watching the claws descend upon him.

At that moment, the chain wrapped around Song Wen suddenly went taut, yanking him backward just in time to dodge the fox’s lethal strike.

Despite his close escape, Song Wen’s face bore no relief; instead, he looked disappointed.

Seeing its prey slip away, the naturally timid Nether Fox didn’t pursue. Instead, it turned and leapt back toward the entrance of the inner hall.

“Trying to escape? Too late!”

As Xue Mei’s voice rang out, the floor of the hall suddenly flared with red light.

Blood-red energy surged upward.

A crimson barrier of an array formation appeared in the middle of the outer hall.

The Nether Fox was trapped inside the formation, while Song Wen and Xue Mei remained outside it.

The sudden change enraged the Nether Fox; its fur stood on end as it charged back and forth within the formation, trying to break free.

However, every attempt was blocked by the formation’s barrier.

“Leaving the inner hall and trying to escape back in? Wishful thinking!”

Xue Mei looked smugly at the enraged fox within the formation.

In her hand was a blood-colored formation plate, the very tool that allowed her to control the formations in the square and the outer hall.

There were also formations within the Nether Shrine’s inner hall, but due to the presence of ghostly mist, Xue Mei dared not venture deeply, or she would have captured the fox long ago.

As she manipulated the formation plate, the blood-red light within the array intensified.

The light pierced the Nether Fox like countless tiny poisoned needles, continually stabbing into its body.

The fox let out piercing howls of agony.

Black ghostly mist rose from its body, dissipating rapidly under the blood-red light.

Its aura grew weaker.

In a matter of moments, the fox was severely injured, its strength greatly diminished.

Just as Xue Mei prepared to end it in one final strike—

Song Wen, who had been crouching nearby, suddenly sprang up.

With a powerful push from his legs, he leapt into the air, hurling himself head-first toward Xue Mei.

Xue Mei remained motionless, a look of mockery on her face.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to pull tricks in front of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

The chain went taut again, dragging Song Wen backward at an even faster speed toward the outer hall’s entrance.

Suddenly, a ten-foot-tall ghostly figure appeared, blocking his escape.

The Ghost King raised its massive sword.

Song Wen’s head collided with the sword’s tip and exploded instantly.

Outside the Nether Shrine, Tai He couldn’t hide his surprise.

“Dead! How is that possible?”

With a thought, he quickly retrieved the chain.

Upon examining the body pulled back by the chain, he noticed something unusual.

This wasn’t ‘Ji Yin’ at all; it was merely a corpse puppet.

A life-substitution puppet!

Tai He’s heart surged with anger.

He had promised Yan Yiwen that he would bring ‘Ji Yin’ back alive.

As a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator, he had personally set out to capture a Foundation Establishment cultivator, only to be bested by a decoy.

This was an unbearable humiliation.

After a moment’s consideration, Tai He decided to cast aside all reservations. His figure flickered as he dashed into the Nether Shrine’s outer hall.

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Xue Mei was momentarily stunned as she watched Song Wen suddenly commit suicide.

However, it was only a brief moment; whether Song Wen lived or died had nothing to do with her.

Suddenly, from nowhere, a pseudo-third-tier Silver Corpse appeared, charging toward her aggressively.

“Scram!”

Xue Mei shouted fiercely, raising a clawed hand and striking at the Silver Corpse.

Her current body had already advanced to the third tier.

The pseudo-third-tier Silver Corpse was no match for her; it was sent flying with a single strike.

At that very moment—

A streak of silver lightning appeared.

The lightning shot toward Xue Mei like a long rainbow, powerful and unstoppable.

The ghostly mist inside the hall dissipated instantly upon contact with the lightning, like frost meeting the blazing sun.

The Grand Cave Thunder Technique!

Xue Mei’s eyes flared with hatred as she stared at the lightning.

She immediately realized that Song Wen wasn’t dead.

She had seen him use the Grand Cave Thunder Technique before.

Xue Mei raised her hand and struck upward.

A palm print condensed from Corpse energy materialized out of thin air, surging toward the lightning.

Boom!

The lightning clashed with the palm print.

The palm’s power was clearly stronger than the lightning.

Yet, the palm, formed from Corpse energy, was countered by the overwhelming force of the thunder.

The lightning pierced through the palm and continued toward Xue Mei.

Boom!

The lightning exploded above Xue Mei’s head.

Her entire body seemed to be cloaked in a silver mantle.

The lightning had been weakened significantly by the palm, rendering it incapable of harming a third-tier Silver Corpse.

However, Xue Mei’s current form was that of a powerful spirit inhabiting a Silver Corpse body.

Whether as a ghost or as a zombie, she was vulnerable to the force of heavenly thunder.

Xue Mei felt her body stiffen, momentarily losing control over the corpse.

Suddenly—

A massive black sword swung down.

It struck Xue Mei’s wrist—the very hand holding the formation plate.

Clang!

The giant sword failed to sever her wrist; instead, the recoil forced the Ghost King back two steps.

The strike only managed to cut through the flesh on Xue Mei’s wrist, revealing the silver bones beneath.

However, the force of the blow caused her to lose her grip on the formation plate, which flew out of her hand.

The pseudo-third-tier Silver Corpse immediately appeared, grabbing the formation plate and dashing toward the inner hall’s stone gate.

The Ghost King, without hesitation, followed closely behind toward the inner hall.

With the formation plate taken, the array was left without a controller.

The blood-red barrier dimmed quickly.

The array shattered on its own!

The Nether Fox sprang up, heading toward the inner hall.

At that moment—

Xue Mei regained control over the corpse.

Her grayish-white corpse eyes burned with rage.

Corpse Fiend energy surged around her, causing her hair to fly wildly and her clothes to whip in the wind.

Her gaze flickered between the Nether Fox and the pseudo-third-tier Silver Corpse.

After a brief hesitation, she ultimately chose to pursue the Silver Corpse.

Although she was desperate to capture the Nether Fox, without the formation plate, she no longer had leverage to negotiate with Tai He.

Even if she captured the fox, she’d only be handing it over as a gift for Tai He.

Suddenly, before she could take a single step forward—

Another strike of the Grand Cave Thunder fell.

The lightning flared.

“Boom!”

Xue Mei’s body froze again.

She could only watch helplessly as the Silver Corpse, the Ghost King, and the injured Nether Fox darted through the inner hall’s entrance one after another.

Watching this scene unfold was Tai He, who had just entered the outer hall.

TLN: Boom, finally some heart-pumping action after a long time.

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