A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 66. This...can be called pain? (5.1K words - long chapter)

"Ah"

"Hehehehe."

"Hahaha, hahahahaha!!"

Ning Xuan suddenly burst into wild laughter, laughing maniacally until tears streamed down his face.

He only had sixteen breaths left.

He had counted it precisely, no more, no less, sixteen breaths.

Sixteen breaths later, the choice is either death or imprisonment for eighty-four years.

So even as he was laughing wildly, he was still taking action.

His action was to draw his knife.

The Ruyi Blade split into a thousand, becoming a hundred-foot-long blade that moved with his arm. Wherever the blade went, everything was destroyed and leveled to the ground.

A tremendous roar, a shockwave, and energy waves intertwined, filling the sky with smoke and dust.

Trees and rocks are secondary; his target is the house.

All the houses in the village.

He had to use all his strength to destroy all these houses within sixteen breaths!

Scenes from the past flashed through his mind.

Outside Shanyang Prefecture, outside the Frozen Hell, Tian Youzi did not get out of the carriage. Only when Yao Zhen Fairy called him would he slightly lift the curtain to reveal his appearance. At all other times, he confined himself in the cramped carriage, not seeing anyone and not speaking, even when he used the Celestial Master Seal.

On the eleventh day, he was suppressed. Tian Youzi opened a door to a village house and went inside, remaining there for eighty-four years. A full eighty-four years! Ning Xuan had been listening the whole time, but he never heard Tian Youzi leave even once again. Could it be said that in the nightmare world, without the confined carriage, Tian Youzi began searching for enclosed dwellings?
He lived for eighty-four years without dying.
This only shows that Tian Youzi's appearance is just an appearance and has nothing to do with his true self.

On the second of the eleventh, he was about to be suppressed. Tianyouzi's physical form had been destroyed, but he still stubbornly walked into a closed room and closed the door tightly.

why?
Ning Xuan didn't know.

How could he know?

But he knew that in a life-or-death struggle, the more his opponent wanted to do something, the more he liked to do it, the less he could allow him to do it.

Therefore, he wanted to destroy all the houses and caves that could hide people, and to destroy them with all his might within these sixteen breaths, so that Tianyouzi would have nowhere to go.

Then, he wanted to try it out and see what would happen if he were suppressed again under these circumstances.
After all, he had already tried. In the short time between the appearance and descent of the Celestial Master's Seal, even if he destroyed Tian Youzi's physical form, Tian Youzi would not die. If he had to do it again and again, he would only be wasting his chance.

The village houses, like building blocks, were toppled by the giant's hand, billowing smoke, rumbling sounds, and the earth cracking—the force of the storm was even greater than an earthquake and a mudslide combined.

As the sixteen breaths were about to end, there were still some scattered houses dotting the woods in the distance.

Ning Xuan's pupils contracted slightly. With a swing of his Ruyi Blade, he unleashed a thousand fragments, which rained down like a meteor shower, shooting several miles away. Each of these fragments contained Ning Xuan's power, and each one that fell was not a simple slash, but an explosion.

It consumes a lot of energy, but the effect is very good.

It's like slamming a huge metal seal full of sharp blades and gunpowder onto that spot.

boom! !

The last house was also gone.

The dense forest and houses were all on flat ground.

Ning Xuan had been controlling his movements. He circled around in sixteen breaths, and the endpoint of this sixteen-breath trajectory was the place where Tian Youzi appeared.

As he unleashed his final strike, recklessly destroying the last dwelling, he happened to be standing where Tianyouzi had appeared.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if they were about to burst, because he knew that this time, he might be suppressed for another eighty-four years.

That kind of pain
He would be willing to sacrifice himself to avoid such pain, as long as it could be avoided.

But if he wanted to go back alive, he had to be patient and suppress his madness. Even though he was terrified to the extreme, he still had to maintain the most cruel and sharp calmness to boldly imagine, carefully verify, and take one step at a time to survive.

As the knife flew back, still in mid-air, the pale white sun suddenly vanished, as if swallowed whole by some evil beast. The beast then opened its mocking, pitch-black single eye, hovering high in the sky, transforming into a pitch-black full moon, overlooking the earth.

Ning Xuan clenched his right hand tightly, veins bulging, his powerful control over the Ruyi Blade causing the broken blade to suddenly transform into a scattered cage. The cage was not dense, with large gaps between the blades, so it was far from sealed, but no living person could possibly squeeze out of it.

Then, a middle-aged man in a purple robe, with a purple face and a goatee, suddenly appeared in his sword cage.

Tian Youzi looked at Ning Xuan, but did not recognize him.

This place is the "root of life," not an entity with memories.

This is for refining talismans, not for refining people.

The two "people" locked eyes at close range.

Tian Youzi suddenly spoke.

He never spoke except in the "Whisper Chain". Even when Yao Zhen called out "Senior Brother" excitedly, he did not speak directly, but responded in the "Whisper Chain".

And now, he spoke.

It sounded like a mixture of mechanical voices from men, women, the elderly, and children, all mingling together in a chilling chorus of screams and roars.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

The man is shouting.

The woman is shouting.

The old man is shouting.

The child was also shouting.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the sound of countless shouts erupted.

Ning Xuan finally understood why he couldn't speak; it turned out he was simply unable to produce a normal sound.

Immediately, the corners of Tianyouzi's purple face suddenly curled up, a chilling curve.

He raised his hand and pressed down.

There is no official seal.

Things have come to this point, there's no need to pretend anymore.

A dark aura surged from his body, neither mist nor smoke, like a giant sea monster in the deep sea suddenly spewing out ink. The ink spread rapidly, causing everything in it to rot, wither, and mold.

From the ink, dark humanoid silhouettes flew out and crawled out. Ignoring Ning Xuan's sword cage, they swiftly pounced on Ning Xuan, pressing down on his feet, hugging his legs, binding his waist, and pressing down on his shoulders, one after another, layer upon layer, until Ning Xuan could only see outwards with his eyes.

But those eyes were quickly covered up.

This time, he was unable to move again.

These humanoid silhouettes, which could clearly be called "ghosts," trapped him in layers upon layers.

This rendered him unable to move or speak, and all his strength remained unchanged.

But this time, it's different from the first time.

Because he wasn't the only one who couldn't move.

Tianyouzi trapped him.

He also trapped Tianyouzi.

If in the outside world
Tianyouzi could easily order the demon to kill him, but there are no demons here right now.

one day.
Ten days
Half a month.
On this day, Ning Xuan felt the cutting sensation coming from his sword cage, and heard the sharp, grating sound of flesh and bone being cut by the smooth blade.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle*
Hehehe.
Tianyouzi has come out of the cage.

The way he came out was by cutting himself into strips, like a butcher wielding a cleaver on a chopping board, smoothly chopping open the flesh and bones in one stroke, not even his head escaped.

Even so, he still had to come out.

Why did he insist on coming out?

What happened to him after he got out?

Ning Xuan didn't know.

He can't see.

Ning Xuan only knew that Tian Youzi was determined to leave, even if it meant sacrificing his physical body.

But this time, there are no more enclosed houses that Tianyouzi can enter across the entire mountain. What changes will occur this time?
Perhaps there are no variables at all.

He had to endure eighty-four years in the "embrace" of the ghost tide, unable to live or die.

Another half month, which felt like an eternity, has passed.

Ning Xuan suddenly realized that his body seemed to have been "unbound".

He twitched his five fingers.

The arm moved slightly.

The ghosts pressing down on his body were dispersing and then disappearing into strange smoke, disappearing at the same speed as they were created.

Soon, Ning Xuan's body was completely cleared.

Why did it suddenly untie?

Ning Xuan was both quite relieved and quite curious.

He didn't understand why, but the only difference between this time and the first time was that Tianyouzi had no physical body and was unable to enter the closed room.

He scanned his surroundings but did not find Tianyouzi.

As he observed, he couldn't wait to twist his neck, stretch his body, jump around, and do a few push-ups, one-finger handstands, and frog jumps. These physical activities filled him with happiness.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the sword cage returned with a "whoosh," transforming back into the Ruyi Blade in his hand.

The sword is a hundred feet long.

He casually brandished his hundred-foot-long sword, hacking and smashing wildly across the land shrouded in the black moon. But nothing came of it.

Tianyouzi disappeared.

However, he knew that Tian Youzi was still there because his "Heavenly Demon Talisman" had not made any progress at all, which meant that he had not harmed Tian Youzi at all.

This was a battle beyond his comprehension.

He knew the enemy was Tian Youzi, but he didn't know where Tian Youzi was, or even why Tian Youzi was suddenly unable to use the "Celestial Master Seal" he had just used.

Ning Xuan stopped swinging his sword.

He had slashed the entire village in the nightmare world to pieces, turning it into a complete ruin, so ruined that not a single brick or piece of wood remained intact.

He stood on these ruins, surrounded by a dense layer of incense smoke that formed a subtle, transparent membrane.

He scanned his surroundings warily.

Suddenly, he felt a chill in his ear.

He instantly unleashed his Swallow's Cry Force, the force emanating from his ears and spreading throughout the surrounding area.

Bang!
"Ow~~~"

A loud bang, followed by a strange scream.

Ning Xuan glanced around and saw a wisp of smoke dissipate near his ear, revealing a terrifying, wooden face before it dissipated.

In an instant, the face shattered into pieces and vanished into nothingness.

'The Headhunter?'

'no.'

'This thing is even more terrifying than the Headhunter.'

'However, no matter how terrifying it was, it was still destroyed. Is this Tianyouzi's new attack method?'

Ning Xuan stood on the ground for a long time without making a sound.

However, it is clear that things have now entered a strange new phase—the second phase.

He sat down cross-legged, and the Ruyi Blade transformed into a blade shield covering his entire body. He circulated his energy throughout his body and closed his eyes to rest.

A day later, a cloud of smoke billowed from under his nostrils, his face still expressionless.
Another day passed, and a cloud of smoke burst from his mouth, revealing his still expressionless face.
Day after day, and then another day.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past month, the bizarre "enhanced version of the Head Demon" has visited daily.

January, January, and then January again.
one year later.

There are no new changes.

Ning Xuan still couldn't find Tian Youzi, and the "enhanced version of the human-headed demon" still visited him every day, trying to possess his body.

This made Ning Xuan wonder: Could this "enhanced version of the human head demon" be Tian Youzi's true form?

in the case of.
So, is Tianyouzi completely unkillable?
He's been killing people for a year now, but Tianyouzi still appears every day.

What the hell is this?

if not
Then, where is Tianyouzi?
Because the "enhanced version of the Head Demon" had a very formal visit, Ning Xuan even had time to reflect on his own power.

He spent three months becoming more proficient in generating "Swallow's Cry Burst Force" and "Swallow's Tail Cutting Force," to the point that he could generate even a single hair, but he still couldn't unleash the power beyond "Double Force."

The technique is a single force, generated by the movement of the body; the flesh and blood are a double force, generated by the movement of the flesh and blood. These are two different kinds of force.

If you want to transform one layer into two layers, it is impossible. You can only transform it into "two waves," and the effect of these "two waves" is not as strong as the "one layer" of force you exert at full strength. It is just fancy and useless.

He then tried to improve his physical condition.

He underwent a lot of training.

However, his physical constitution had already been developed to its limit, and no matter what he did, his constitution could not be improved in the slightest.

And so, three years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the "enhanced version of the human-headed demon" arrived as scheduled, buzzing and crashing against Ning Xuan's ear once more, creating ripples on the incense burner and attempting to penetrate his body.

Ning Xuan did not use his strength to kill him again, because he really couldn't think of any other way.

Allowing this "enhanced head demon" to enter his body has become the only option.

There are no other variables.

If this weren't a nightmare world, he certainly wouldn't dare to make such a mistake, but here, if he dies, he will be reborn and come back again.

As this "enhanced version of the human-headed demon" entered his body, Ning Xuan's consciousness was also pulled into a strange space.

Before him stood a terrifying, wooden-faced giant.

Compared to giants, he was just a child.

This giant was clearly an "enhanced version of the Head Demon" that had burrowed into his body, and this world was the world of the mind.

The fact that the opponent is so strong indicates that he or she has a strong spirit.

At this moment, Ning Xuan was basically certain: this was Tian Youzi.

Tian Youzi showed no desire to communicate. He suddenly lunged forward, forcefully pinning Ning Xuan to the ground and biting him hard.

Ning Xuan was pinned down and unable to move, but when the other person got close to bite him, he suddenly twisted his neck and bit back.

This is the third stage.

The next instant.
Ning Xuan felt that a piece of his memory had been lost, and in its place was a newly added memory: a pitch-black room, tightly closed windows, he ran around in fear, banging on the walls and the door, but he couldn't get out. A feeling of imprisonment and fear came from that memory.

He tasted it and smiled.

Is this what you call fear?
Tianyouzi, who had taken a large bite of him, had obviously lost a piece of his memory, but also gained a memory—a profound one.

Tian Youzi froze, his blank pupils showing a look of astonishment, as if he had just eaten a mouthful of excrement that was extremely difficult to digest. Even though his teeth and appetite were much better than Ning Xuan's, and his spirit was much stronger, he still found it hard to digest.

Ning Xuan took a bite, then tilted his head back and took another big bite.

New memories flooded back: a multitude of angry roars; he was shoved into a pig cage, struggling desperately, shouting, "It wasn't me! It wasn't me!" but no one paid him any attention. He entered the pig cage, where several large stones were quickly thrown in, and then the cage door was closed. A profound fear of imprisonment welled up within him.

He tasted it again.

this.
Okay?
Can't we call it fear?

After taking two bites, he glanced at Tian Youzi, who was pressing down on him.

Tianyouzi's ashen face was filled with pain and fear, and he remained frozen in place.

Ning Xuan took his third bite.

New memories drew him back in: "Splash!" The pig cage was pushed into the water. He struggled desperately, but the heavy stones dragged the cage down, pulling him towards the bottom. The light on the surface grew farther and farther away, the aquatic plants twisted and swayed, and a sense of imprisonment in the darkness, along with the agony of drowning, rose up.
This pain echoed the previous feeling of confinement, creating an extremely powerful mental impact.

but.
Ning Xuan recovered quickly.

He has confirmed that Tianyouzi is indeed an evil spirit.

And Tianyouzi, this evil spirit, is possessing him and merging with him.

However, things seem to be taking a little strange turn.

It's just drowning, isn't it?

He died very quickly.

Is it really that painful?

He was already dead, wasn't he?

Are our expectations too high?

Ning Xuan could completely accept this way of dying.

Not only could he accept it, he even began to look forward to it, hoping that every nightmare would involve dying in this way—how blissful that would be!

Ning Xuan then absorbed Tian Youzi's memories.

Once the memory is digested, it will not cause memory interference, but will become a pure spiritual force that makes his soul stronger.

During this digestion process, wisps of black smoke flowed from Tian Youzi's body and came towards him. He began to grow larger, while Tian Youzi began to shrink.

Tian Youzi seemed to sense something was wrong, and his face showed increasing pain. Clearly, Ning Xuan's memories made it difficult for him not to feel pain.

at last
Just as Ning Xuan was taking his fifth bite, Tian Youzi finished digesting his first bite.

Then, Tianyouzi took a second bite, tearing a large chunk of Ning Xuan's memory and swallowing it.

Suddenly, Tianyouzi's expression froze in a rather strange way. He stood there motionless, as if he was enduring something.

A few breaths later, he couldn't take it anymore. He suddenly vomited violently, spitting out the second bite of memory he had just taken, and even the first bite of memory he had digested earlier, all of which he vomited back onto Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan suddenly felt his memories returning.

Tianyouzi quickly let go of his hand; he was about to run.

But Ning Xuan did not give in.

Ning Xuan held on tightly, and at the same time, seized the opportunity to take another big bite.

Tian Youzi struggled frantically, but his strong will ultimately allowed him to finally shake Ning Xuan off.

He fled.

He understood that even if this soul was weaker than his, he couldn't possess it, because this soul was too strange.
Ding! !

He crashed into the incense burner's protective shield and bounced back heavily.

Ning Xuan pounced again and began to devour it.

(End of this chapter)