This turned out to be a group of human cavalry. From their equipment and attire, they were clearly the Kan Country horse riding, it’s just that now these people were heavily laden with demonic qi, with skin armor growing on their bodies, their demonic transformation evident, resembling half-demons. However, they were obviously only at the Golden Core Realm, definitely not demon Nascent Souls that had transformed into human form.
This group of cavalry was probably the first reconnaissance squad. They moved a mile in each direction, splitting into several groups. They infiltrated towards Jing Mountain in a stepped formation, seemingly wanting to scout the situation in the mountain or follow the tracks of the refugee team, bypass the mountain to track them.
Guess what? Tie Dan simply acted. He rushed over in Wind Escape mode, first receiving a few arrows, tested their skills, and got a sense of them. Then, with a casual wave of Sword Wind, he slaughtered them, checked the corpses and found that these people had been transformed.
Their internal organs had all been replaced with the flesh and blood of demons, forming some sort of symbiotic parasitic relationship, still retaining human intelligence and memory, but becoming brutally bloodthirsty, addicted to cannibalism. Their muscle tissue was gradually assimilated and transformed, becoming immensely strong, growing to be indistinguishable from demons. In a few more days, they might evolve into some kind of special demon.
"This is something new. I’ve never heard of humans being parasitized by demon fetuses, yet retaining their sanity."
This small monster didn’t need Wei Ji God Monarch to act. He swung his whip and strolled over to take a look,
"But looking at these incision marks and stitches, it seems the chunks of meat have been artificially implanted into the body."
"Hmm, it’s organ transplantation."
Tie Dan wasn’t surprised. There is a mysterious power behind those demons, their technological level even far surpassing that of Chen Xuantian’s side. Even having a robot with Divinity Transformation combat power, casually doing some organ transplant to create biochemical monsters probably wasn’t hard for them.
"The demons of Returning Ruins seemingly have deep ties with the Ancient Demon Country. In the future, demons appearing likely won’t be as easily slaughtered as livestock. The Mystic Sect underestimates them, and will inevitably suffer."
Wei Ji God Monarch, however, didn’t care, chuckling,
"Well, let’s see if this one can cause me some trouble and gain some attention."
Tie Dan also stopped speaking, stood up, and looked towards the sky.
Only to see a Divinity Transformation Great Demon had already arrived through Wind Escape, suspending high in the sky. This creature had a human form, resembling a human, except with a cluster of eyeballs on its forehead and two pairs of bat-like wings on its back, heavily muscled like iron, making it unclear what kind of demon it was.
"Fellow Daoist, want to come down and play?"
This creature was no small matter, and Wei Ji God Monarch certainly wouldn’t hide behind Tie Dan, he raised his copper whip and moved forward.
The demon extended a finger towards Wei Ji God Monarch, the fingertip suddenly accumulating some sort of black energy ball, as if preparing to release some wave.
Wei Ji God Monarch rubbed his chin,
"Does he know we can tunnel and evade?"
"Senior, be extremely careful, who knows if the demon has any special moves, if he takes you out in one shot, wouldn’t it make you look like a clown?"
Wei Ji God Monarch, "...your mouth stinks a bit."
Then they saw the demon expand the energy ball at its fingertip, growing to the size of a basketball, suddenly let out a howl, its lips splitting, and spat out a plasma from its mouth!
The plasma pushed the ball, accelerating it wrapped with black energy, directly attacking Wei Ji God Monarch!
"Be careful, Senior!"
Tie Dan immediately dodged!
Wei Ji God Monarch was also startled by him, feeling a bit uneasy, quickly using Wind Tunnel evasion!
Thus, the two watched the black ball hit the ground, "pa!" and created a crater the size of a basketball court!
Yes, not basketball-sized, but basketball court-sized! The soil and rocks on the ground instantly vanished! Those cavalry on the ground had their bodies vaporized completely!
Wei Ji God Monarch and Tie Dan exchanged a glance, suddenly falling silent.
Then the black ball demon sneered, raised its hand, and once again began to gather energy! The black energy ball was getting bigger and bigger!
Wei Ji God Monarch, "Here it comes again?"
Tie Dan, "... He might have other tricks, senior do not underestimate him."
Wei Ji God Monarch, "Well then, why don’t you go first."
Tie Dan advanced in Wind Escape!
The black energy ball demon spat plasma! A black ball came flying!
The Wind Escape Tornado, instantly evaporated! Tie Dan urgently dodged!
The black energy demon laughed, then suddenly paused, only to see its headless body falling from the sky, shattered into pieces by Tie Dan’s Sword Wind.
Yes, seizing the moment when Tie Dan advanced like lightning in Wind Escape, attracting the magic ball’s attention and firepower. Wei Ji God Monarch cooperated tacitly, shamelessly, two against one, making a surprise attack from behind and tore the Demon Head apart, his Palm Strength blasting the demon’s remains to smithereens.
Thereafter, the two silently exchanged glances for a while.
Tie Dan, "...Well, that’s that."