Chapter 208: 0113: Eliminate all Demons and Ghost Paths, shattered the mirror and combed the full moon in the heavenly heart (asking for monthly tickets)_3 Chapter 208: 0113: Eliminate all Demons and Ghost Paths, shattered the mirror and combed the full moon in the heavenly heart (asking for monthly tickets)_3 “Huff—”
In the tree, Chen Dengming breathed a sigh of relief, felt the chilling and eerie demonic qi disappeared altogether.
The gray-black mist in the forest quickly dissipated, gradually revealing the starry night sky, and his oppressive mood improved considerably.
“Tao, Taoist friend…
Are you alright?”
The voice of Mini Array Spirit faintly came from within the Soul House.
“I’m fine!”
Chen Dengming conveyed a thought, and immediately reacted, prompting the Spirit Subduing Vase to start collecting pieces of spiritual body power that were shattered in the surrounding air.
At the same time, he quickly swooped down from the treetops to investigate the condition of the many disciples in the tent.
“Aow——”
The Black Cloud Leopard also shook its head and got up from the ground, appearing completely disoriented.
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In the tent, disciples woke up one after another.
After the death of the Foundation Establishment demon, the nightmare-like bizarre effect it created was quickly fading.
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Suddenly, an exclamation came.
Chen Dengming’s expression changed, and he instantly arrived in front of a tent.
Upon lifting the tent, a strong smell of blood rushed towards him.
Inside the tent on the ground, a female disciple had been ripped open, her intestines pulled out.
Another unharmed disciple was collapsed on the ground, his face filled with extreme terror.
“Damn it!”
Chen Dengming’s face was grim, and he immediately went to check the other tents.
In one of them, he found his junior, Le Yue.
This tent had also evidently been visited by the demon, but everyone inside, including Le Yue, was unharmed.
Ashes of several talismans were scattered inside the tent.
It seemed that Le Yue had used exorcism talismans to rest beforehand, so he hadn’t been affected.
Chen Dengming was somewhat comforted, knowing that this junior had heeded his words and even took care to protect the other disciples nearby.
He quickly went on to check on the other disciples.
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An hour later.
The forest was brightly lit.
A repressive atmosphere of panic accompanied by many low sobs echoed throughout the forest.
Tens of Changchun Sect disciples stared in horror, pain, and fear at more than a dozen bodies of their companions piled on the ground.
Almost all of them had been ripped open, just like the pile of corpses they saw when they arrived four days ago.
Unable to bear the death of his friends, someone angrily activated his magic artifact to attack the demon’s corpse by the side.
Guan Le frowned, about to scold.
Chen Dengming raised his hand to stop him, and quietly said, “Senior Brother Guan, let them vent it out, or they might have lingering fears in the future.”
Guan Le’s eyebrows wrinkled, but then relaxed, looking at Chen Dengming with a smile.
He wanted to salute but ended up aggravating his wound, so he laughingly praised him instead.
“It’s all thanks to Brother Chen’s heroic feats.
If not for you, I too would have fallen to these evil creatures…
That Foundation Establishment demon just now, it seems to come from the Nightmare Kingdom of the Western Region’s Demon Country as rumored.
It’s infuriating.
Had we had the information earlier and knew about the demons from the Nightmare Kingdom, we could have been prepared, preventing this from happening.”
By the end of his words, Guan Le looked a little scared and glanced down at his wound.
If Chen Dengming was a little slower earlier, or didn’t destroy the nightmare environment created by the Foundation Establishment demon, he might have truly met his end.
“Nightmare Kingdom?”
This was the first time Chen Dengming heard of this kingdom.
He felt he needed to read more books about the detailed power distribution of the Four Regions.
Guan Le nodded and explained, “The rumored Nightmare Country King was once a righteous person too, but he fell into the Magical Way due to some matters and became a demon.
He relies on a peculiar treasure, absorbing the power of fear in people to transform it into his demonic power.
This power can also be bestowed upon his subjects.
The Foundation Establishment demon just now was obviously bestowed with the power of a nightmare.
Fortunately, these types of demons only excel in dragging people into dreams.
Once the nightmare is broken, they can’t do much in direct combat…”
Guan Le paused speaking, shooting a look at Chen Dengming, feeling that it might not be the best to describe his strength as not too high.
Because the Demon had just demonstrated strong frontal combat abilities, it just so happened that Chen Dengming’s more fierce Golden Gang Spirit Venerate restrained it.
“His direct combat potential is not too strong,” he said.
Chen Dengming nodded solemnly, “Indeed, this kind of Foundation Establishment Demon might just be the weakest we’ve dealt with.
We ought to be even more cautious if we encounter them again.”
Guan Le was momentarily at a loss for words, an awkward smile frozen on his face.
He was just jesting, but this overpowered yet overly cautious junior fellow disciple of his was taking it so seriously?
This demon we just dealt with was no weakling by any means.
Now Guan Le was thoroughly convinced of Chen Dengming’s abilities and simultaneously regretted not heeding his warning earlier, which would have prevented so many disciples from dying.
He would bear a significant amount of responsibility for these many tragic deaths.
When they returned to the Sect, he would undoubtedly face severe punishment.
If this had happened in the past, he might have asked Chen Dengming to destroy the recorded information within the Audio-Visual Bead.
But now, he didn’t even want to open his mouth.
Instead, he wanted to bear the burden himself.
Not only would this ease his guilt, but it would also eliminate Chen Dengming’s involvement, especially since the latter had saved his life.
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Time passed quickly and dawn soon arrived.
Having collected the bodies of the deceased disciples, Chen Dengming and Guan Le decided to first return to the Sect with the disciples to recuperate.
However, before they left, they rode the Spirit Boat to the Zhang cultivation family nearby to check whether there were any Demons hiding among the cultivators there.
It was discovered that some of these cultivators had been possessed by Evil Curses from the Nightmare Kingdom and only attacked when everyone’s guard was at its lowest, nearly resulting in their total annihilation.
If there were still Demons or Evil Curses from the Nightmare Kingdom lurking within the Zhang Family, it would be a disaster.
However, upon thorough investigation by Chen Dengming and Guan Le, even making use of the Mirror of Heart-piercing illusion on each individual, they did not detect any hidden Demons.
“It looks like the only Demons hiding were those ones.
They intended to kill us then leave the bodies of the Zhang family’s cultivators, taking over the bodies of some controlled disciples instead?
Or even possessing us directly and sneaking back into the Sect?”
After Chen Dengming and Guan Le discussed this, they both felt a chill down their spines.
The Demons of Nightmare Kingdom were practically invincible.
Thankfully, they managed to eliminate them.
To date, no similar Demons have been found elsewhere.
Those killed by Li Yue and the others were all powerful Blood Demons with strong physical strength.
After verifying the state of the Zhang family, the two of them didn’t linger and immediately led the disciples back to the Sect to rest.
Chen Dengming only began to relax once he was back in his own dwelling.
He promptly used the Mirror of Heart-piercing Illusion to cleanse himself entirely, ensuring he was absolutely free from harm before letting down his guard.
Looking back on his previous fights with the Demons and how he had been trapped in a nightmare-like illusion, it was mostly due to his strong state of mind, his Utmost Emptiness and calmness that enabled him to quickly break free from the illusion.
The Foundation Establishment demon was indeed formidable.
Besides this, his past experiences of fighting against the Blood Demon controlled by Blood Ghost Taoist, and his battle with the cold demonic air emitted by the demon yesterday, all flashed across his mind.
Chen Dengming couldn’t help but ponder upon his own advantages.
“It seems like cultivating my own Evil Qi has given me a lot of resistance against the Demons’ Evil Qi and Demonic Qi.
Otherwise, whether it was during the battle with the Blood Demon or the Nightmare Demon, I could have been attacked by their Evil Qi or Demonic Qi, and any moment of negligence could have meant my demise.
But what if I encounter stronger Demons in the future?
Will my resistance still work?
This Evil Qi is very useful…
I need to improve it…”
Thinking this, Chen Dengming walked out of his dwelling, and his gaze suddenly fell on the Black Cloud Leopard.
The Black Cloud Leopard was leisurely drinking from the Spiritual Spring, but instantly felt a chill run through it from its tail to its forehead, nearly choking on the spring water.
It immediately turned around.
“Heizi, have you been eating and drinking well recently?
I’ve treated you well, haven’t I?”
The tone of Chen Dengming’s voice was gentle and smiling…
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