"So rigid? Not even slightly greedy."
An Jing tried several more times, discovering that as soon as the Xi Yin Drone revealed itself and drew close to a hundred yards, the Demon Shedding immediately turned back to attack; but it would swiftly turn away upon reaching beyond a hundred yards to the periphery of the Fiend Cloud, absolutely not giving anyone a chance.
This was probably the downside of having intelligence; humans always crave better things and hence become greedy, even if they know that sometimes they need to retreat during battle, but still want to greedily strike one more time.
But it didn’t matter, An Jing had other plans.
He controlled the drone again, luring the Demon Shedding into a depression within a hundred yards of the Primordial Spirit Cave, and the Demon Shedding, without any suspicion, chased after the drone at high speed and entered it.
Then came the sudden explosion of Thunder Light, transforming into chains like a prison, all striking the Demon Shedding!
Laden with wounds from assaulting the Immaculate Wood, which had yet to heal, the Demon Shedding was pierced by the thunder chains, unable to move and was bound in place, only able to endure the relentless blitz of thunder.
In a swirl of demonic Qi and billowing black smoke, the Demon Shedding emitted a strange sound, like a massive rush of air through a narrow passageway; it suddenly coiled up, appearing to be from pain but in reality, it was to protect more of its body, especially the vital ’Yuan Dong’ located at its chest and abdomen.
The moment the Demon Shedding was struck, the air heated by the thunder expanded explosively, the shockwave tossing Xi Yin up in the air, causing the Dragon Storing Bottle to fall; An Jing leapt up, caught it mid-air, and started furiously drawing the Spirit Qi within it.
In his hands, the Thunder Talisman burned, the acquired talisman mixed with the Five Soldiers True Thunder; a surging Golden Fiend Long Spear Qi Soldier solidified with bursting thunder light within.
The enormous thunderclap sounded like giant drums struck three rapid beats.
The first was An Jing, throwing the Golden Qi Thunder Spear with all his might.
The second was the explosion of the Golden Qi Thunder Spear as it struck the Demon Shedding’s back, right opposite the Yuan Dong.
The third was An Jing himself executing Grasping Heavenly Moment, transforming into an afterimage, diving down with the full force of the Tyrant Sea Blade’s roar!
Anyone who could hear this thunderous roar would believe it was powerful enough to illuminate heaven and earth, shatter all darkness, and annihilate all demons and spirits.
Covering over thirty yards in a flash, the Demon Shedding’s back had already been shattered by the thunder spear, emitting huge clumps of dense demonic Qi, while An Jing’s eyes shone with golden red bloodlight; his True Spirit Eye pierced through the demonic Qi, and the Tyrant Sea Blade in his hand shimmered with glowing tide-light, bringing up a phantom image of a tiger whale, crashing into the body of the Demon Shedding!
The moment it got attacked, the Demon Shedding let out a piercing roar, its body bizarrely twisted, emitting a massive amount of demonic Qi, as if intending to use the wound on its back as a mouth to swallow An Jing whole.
Indeed, it could do so, since the Demon Shedding fundamentally had no distinction between front and back; it essentially was a dense cluster of demonic Qi wearing a layer of skin, An Jing daring to approach to attack was exactly what it wished.
As the demonic Qi flowed like a tide, all surrounding vegetation and stones withered and decayed, turning into gray-black sandy ash; a human body could absolutely not withstand this level of demonic Qi pollution, even if it was a martial cultivator with a strong physique, it would inevitably be eroded by demonization!
But the Defense Against Evil Field expanded, like a bubble in the tide.
Enveloped by the field, An Jing rushed through the demonic Qi, unscathed.
Although the field generators on his shoulders instantly heated to red-hot, warning of potential overload at any moment, he wasn’t the slightest bit panicked; his Tyrant Sea Blade completely transformed into a splash of raging sea waves, nearly severing the Demon Shedding at its waist and directly shattering the ’Yuan Dong’ at its chest and abdomen.
While shattering the Yuan Dong, An Jing’s sensations were very curious.
It was not the feeling of destroying something physical or a soul, but rather a kind of void attraction.
If one were to describe it, the Yuan Dong was like an invisible magnet; when a sword slashes it, even if capable of shattering it, the attraction would adhere to the sword—and if the sword was withdrawn, some of the magnet pieces would remain on the sword, attempting to erode it in return, while the rest would stay in place, eventually recondensing into the Yuan Dong.
Only with Sword Intent, making the fragments of the Yuan Dong unable to affiliate themselves and completely shattering them, severing the source of attraction, could the Yuan Dong sustain real damage.
The Tyrant Sea Blade, fully powered by the Dragon Storing Bottle and wielded with the might of Martial Meridian, instantly shattered the Demon Shedding’s Yuan Dong under the enhancement of An Jing’s Sword Intent.
The Demon Shedding didn’t even have time to let out a painful roar; its entire body harshly contracted, its tail lashing out, slamming An Jing into the ground like pounding a stake.
The force was terrifying, shaking the earth and causing severe tremors to spread.
On brute force alone, the Heartless Demon Shedding ranked strong among Martial Meridian Grandmasters; An Jing, who had just unleashed a mighty strike, couldn’t withstand it at all and was smashed five feet into the ground.
It was only because he was protected by Proving Staunch White Divine Skill around his internal organs that he wasn’t seriously hurt; otherwise, any regular Inner Strength individual hit by this tail would have been flattened.
The Demon Shedding struggled wildly, roaring and shrieking, its huge body rolling on the ground and within the thundertrap, and even breaking free from the locks of An Jing’s Thunder Talisman, causing large arcs of electric dust to burst forth.
At the same time, it also sprayed out a large amount of purple-black demonic Qi, which carried the old venomous Fiend of the Four-Winged Moon Snake; this venomous Fiend splattering on the ground immediately produced great amounts of purple-blue mist, corroding large pits into the landscape.
Meanwhile, inside the Primordial Spirit Cave, suddenly three towering columns of demonic Qi surged out, sensing an attack on their kin in an instant; all Demon Sheddings moved as one, like conjoined twins, rushing towards the trapped Demon Shedding to their rescue with the swiftness of lightning!