Raise a sword!

When Old Hao self-destructed, Jiang Peng had already escaped beforehand, but she was only twenty or thirty feet away.

The underground cave was not a straight path, and Jiang Peng, not knowing the way, could only blindly turn left and right.

But when a cave collapses, it doesn't matter where you are.

Therefore, Jiang Peng was naturally affected.

But the aftershocks of the self-destruction did not hit him; only rocks fell on him.

Based on her experience from her previous life, Jiang Peng found a corner of the triangular structure and curled up into a ball to hide when she realized that the cave was about to collapse.

Thanks to his copper skin and iron bones, Jiang Peng was not harmed and remained conscious throughout.

However, he did not flee immediately after the collapse ended.

Even though Old Hao's self-destruction was separated by layers of rock walls, it still left Jiang Peng feeling dizzy.

However, according to Elder Hao, Elder Dan has so many tricks up his sleeve that he is impossible to deal with. Therefore, Jiang Peng guessed that even if he self-destructed, he might not be able to kill Elder Dan.

So Jiang Peng hid under the rubble, quietly observing the epicenter of the explosion.

Having cultivated in the Yin Sha Land for half a year, Jiang Peng's aura had already merged with the Yin Sha Cave, and he was confident that he could hide underground without being discovered.

Jiang Peng had even prepared herself to stay put for another month or two.

This was because they feared that Old Demon Dan still had the strength to spare, and disregarding his injuries, he would use his hatred to cause trouble for the culprit.

Jiang Peng originally intended to play a trick of hiding the truth from the light.

But things took a little longer than he expected.

Dan the Demon was indeed not dead, but it took a full hour for him to crawl out of the rubble.

His injuries were more severe than we had imagined!

Even a novice like Jiang Peng could tell at a glance that this person's strength was less than one-tenth of what it used to be! In fact, if he dared to force a fight, his injuries would only worsen!

This is...an opportunity!

......

bang——

Jiang Peng's powerful kick was blocked by Dan Laomo's arms protecting his chest.

However, Old Demon Dan's body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Jiang Peng was overjoyed. A dignified late-stage Qi Refining cultivator was so weak!

"You...you're still here!"

Dan Laomo's eyes trembled violently, and his heart jumped into his throat once again.

He couldn't understand why Jiang Peng was still here. Wasn't two hours enough for him to escape far away?

Yes, it's the Heart-Eating Pill!

It's no use for this kid to escape. Since I'm not dead, he has to fight to the death!

Realizing this, Old Demon Dan suddenly relaxed.

He even laughed twice, which made Jiang Peng, who was about to continue, freeze in place.

"You can still laugh when you're about to die?" Jiang Peng frowned, puzzled.

With just one kick, Dan Laomo's injuries began to worsen significantly.

"Haha, as long as I still have the antidote for the Heart-Eating Pill, what do I have to fear from you?!" Old Demon Pill looked smug. "You think Hao Qian's self-destruction will drag me down with him, so you can reap the benefits and get the antidote from my corpse?"

Jiang Peng raised an eyebrow slightly, but remained silent, neither denying nor responding.

Seeing this, Dan Laomo assumed that Jiang Peng had tacitly agreed with his statement.

Dan the Old Demon became even more smug.

"Boy, let me be frank with you, the Heart-Eating Pill is a poison I created, and only I know how to concoct the antidote! If I die, you won't survive either!"

Jiang Peng took a deep breath, memories of her time as an extra flooding her mind. Her face was full of conflict, as if she was hesitating about something.

Dan Laomo, however, remained calm and composed, even beginning to regulate his breathing in front of Jiang Peng.

After a moment, Jiang Peng seemed to have made up her mind.

"Give me the formula for the antidote to the Heart-Eating Pill, and make at least two months' worth... then I'll spare your life!"

Old Demon Dan chuckled.

"I can refine pills, but I need to recuperate first."

Jiang Peng shook her head decisively, her tone becoming extremely impatient.

"No, if I let you recover from your injuries, I'll no longer be able to control you... You damn old devil, either refine pills now, or just die already!"

Upon hearing this, Old Demon Dan frowned deeply, as if he were pondering something.

The young man before me was clearly consumed by hatred. What if, in his eagerness for revenge, he acted rashly and tried to take us both down with him...?

After thinking about this, Old Demon Dan finally nodded.

"Alright, then I'll refine the pills for you first! But my storage bag was damaged earlier, so you'll have to come with me to where I refine the pills."

"Where?"

"Not far, just a hundred feet away."

Jiang Peng followed behind Dan Laomo and soon arrived at a place where the ground had sunken down.

Clearly, the collapse of the underground cave has affected the alchemy room where Dan Laomo usually works.

Jiang Peng and Dan Laomo began digging and removing stones.

After digging down less than a meter, a hollow stone cave room appeared before Jiang Peng's eyes.

The secret chamber below was completely undamaged, clearly indicating that Old Demon Dan had made preparations beforehand.

"Hehe, this is it..."

Dan Laomo chuckled. Now that he was here, he could use the traps he had set up in advance to turn the tables.

When the time comes, he'll take his revenge for the destruction of his path, slowly and thoroughly! He'll make that kid behind him suffer every torture imaginable, making him wish he were dead... Hmm?

Dan Laomo suddenly heard the sound of wind breaking behind him.

He instinctively turned around, only to see a rock the size of his head hurtling towards him.

bang——

Dan Laomo was knocked off balance and staggered, his head bleeding profusely.

"you!"

He stared in disbelief at Jiang Peng, who was once again wielding a stone.

Aren't you afraid of killing me, having nowhere to get an antidote, and then dying from the poison yourself?!

Seeing Jiang Peng recklessly swinging the stone again, Old Demon Dan could no longer hold back.

At this moment, even at the cost of severe damage, he was determined to kill this reckless brat.

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, then waved his hand, and a stream of light flew out from his tattered sleeve.

Jiang Peng almost instinctively shrank her neck, only to feel a sharp pain on her face.

"A flying sword?!" He touched his cheek where the flying sword had cut him, and felt a wave of fear wash over him.

If it weren't for the fact that Old Demon Dan was severely injured, his strength reduced to less than one-tenth, and that he hadn't inadvertently developed a body of copper and iron—if he hadn't lacked either of those two, he would already be a corpse.

Before he could recover, he saw Old Demon Dan, his face flushed, manipulating a flying sword with one hand, heading towards him.

Jiang Peng's heart tightened, and she stepped in front of Dan Laomo, raising her hand to hug him tightly.

Dan Laomo wanted to dodge, but he was too close to Jiang Peng and his injuries were too severe, so he was directly embraced by Jiang Peng.

Then Jiang Peng suddenly turned around.

"Come on, let's die together!" Jiang Peng shouted viciously.

Swah——

The flying sword behind her attacked again, but she narrowly avoided Dan Laomo and naturally did not hurt Jiang Peng.

Dan Laomo, who was being held tightly by Jiang Peng, quickly lost the ability to control his flying sword.

He tried desperately to break free of his restraints, but his severely injured body was no match for Jiang Peng's indestructible body.

"Little... little beast!"

Despair filled Dan Laomo's eyes as he spat a mouthful of foul-smelling, poisonous blood onto Jiang Peng's face.

The areas stained with the poisonous blood immediately emitted foul-smelling white smoke, corroding Jiang Peng's skin.

"Purify!" Jiang Peng thought to himself.

The toxicity of the poisonous blood was rapidly dissolving on Jiang Peng's skin.

Dan Laomo clearly noticed this change, but he was already at his limit and had even lost most of his strength to struggle.

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as Jiang Peng was unharmed, and as his last drop of heart's blood turned to nothing.

Jiang Peng loosened her grip.

Dan Laomo fell to the ground.

"Immune to all poisons, I hate it so much..." he murmured weakly.

"Spare...spare my life."

Jiang Peng ignored him and picked up a head-sized rock from the side, then smashed it down on Dan Laomo's face.

bang——

This blow landed squarely on Dan Laomo's mouth, smashing his nose and mouth to pieces.

Old Demon Dan flailed his limbs wildly, seemingly still trying to escape.

Jiang Peng picked up the stone again and smashed it down once more.

bang——

The stone shattered instantly.

Dan the Demon's face became a bloody mess.

Jiang Peng then found another stone nearby and lifted it up.

bang——

This time, I put in all my strength, and the stone shattered again.

But Jiang Peng discovered that Dan Laomo's skull was intact, with only superficial injuries.

A cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining indeed has a tough body.

But coincidentally, there were plenty of stones around.

bang——

"Waaah..."

Dan the Demon whimpered, struggling in terror, his body contorted.

He used all his strength to turn over, seemingly wanting to kneel down and beg for mercy.

But this action only made it easier for Jiang Peng to hit him hard on the back of the head a few more times.

Only after he had run out of readily available stones did Old Demon Dan lie face down, seemingly motionless.

But it seems he's not completely dead yet.

So Jiang Peng found new stones from a farther place and continued smashing them.

He kept throwing stones down, one after another, without even realizing how many stones he had used, and he didn't even notice that day had turned into night.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Until the old demon Dan's neck had lost its head shape and was only a lump of rotten flesh, until Jiang Peng finally felt exhausted.

He seemed to lose all his strength and collapsed into the deep pit.

Jiang Peng was panting heavily.

After nearly a year of living in darkness, all the fear and resentment that had accumulated in my heart finally erupted in this hysterical act of violence.

"I don't hate you anymore, Old Demon Dan."

Jiang Peng curled her lips into a smile as she looked at the headless corpse, which was now attracting ants and flies, right in front of her.

This was clearly Jiang Peng's first time killing someone.

But he felt no discomfort whatsoever; in fact, he even felt a little... good.

"We've settled all our debts. Including your inheritance in that cave down there, neither of us owes the other anything."