With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

The convenience provided by the Desolate Rock Heavenly Dao is the key that can turn time.

The moon disc behind His head spun around once, the sky changed color accordingly, and time went backward by one day.

Night recedes, and the sun hangs high in the sky.

At noon, the square, which had previously been littered with dried-up corpses, had come back to life.

In the Shanyang tribe, people came to the flat square, chatting and working. Suddenly, someone stood up and looked up at the sky.

"What is that?"

A ball of black light, accompanied by a deafening roar, descended from the sky and headed straight for this place, drawing the people of the Shanyang tribe to gather here, all looking up and discussing.

"Oh no, run!"

The wise elders sensed something was wrong and shouted loudly, telling the children in the tribe to flee.

But it was too late.

"Hahahaha~ Delicious! So many delicious meals! Life, beautiful life, is all mine! Hahahaha~ Hahahaha~"

The black light fell on the square and transformed into a strange figure with wrinkled skin that also had an eerie, smooth texture.

"What are you?"

Several soldiers, carrying stone spears, cautiously approached and questioned him.

Hehe~

The strange man glanced at them, let out a grotesque laugh, looked around, and then took a deep drag on his breath, addressing everyone from left to right.

"Heave-ho!"

In an instant, countless colorful particles drifted out from everyone within the strange man's sight, gathered into a ribbon, surged towards the strange man, and entered his mouth and nose.

It added luster to his wrinkled skin.

The spear-wielding warrior closest to him was drained of his life force and collapsed to the ground.

"It's a demon! Run!"

The older man shouted again, and his body rapidly shriveled up, instantly turning into a mummy, before collapsing to the ground.

"Trying to run? None of you will escape!"

The freak is actually a demon.

He finally made it to the mortal realm; how could he not have a good meal?

"Heave-ho!"

The demon closed his eyes, took another deep breath, and faced the crowd.

But this time, no colorful particles appeared.

What surged toward him in the air transformed into a vast expanse of jade-colored primordial energy.

"Um?"

"Hello, human demon."

Upon hearing the sound and sensing that what he was inhaling was quite strong, the demon suddenly opened his eyes, looked in the direction of the sound, and was startled.

A divine being, with a sun and moon halo floating behind its head, clad in jade armor, and radiating light, suddenly crashed into the eyes of the human-demon.

This figure clearly belongs to someone from the upper realm!

Realizing this, the demon shuddered, his legs went weak, and he tried to escape.

"Don't even think about it, you can't escape."

He smiled and looked at the demon.

The demon did not flee, but that did not mean heeded His words.

The demon squinted, scrutinizing Him, then straightened his back and spoke:

"A strongman? He's actually a strongman?"

"A martial artist? So you're calling yourself a martial artist?"

"Tch~"

The demon chuckled, his fear gone. He turned to the Shanyang tribesmen gathered around him, and facing them, he took another deep breath.

"Heave-ho!"

Another large amount of primordial energy surged towards the human and the demon.

He acted ahead of time, preventing the demons from stealing the vital essence of these mortals.

"...Looks like you don't quite understand your place. So eager to die? I'll grant your wish!"

The demon coldly looked at Him and inhaled deeply.

"Heave-ho!"

He did not stop him, allowing his primordial energy to transform into large particles, drifting and surging towards the other.

He spoke curiously:

"What's your name? What kind of ability is this? Is it some kind of magical technique?"

"Heave-ho!"

The demon ignored him, and as large amounts of primordial energy were swallowed, he had already tasted the benefits.

He twitched his nose, swallowed hard, and kept inhaling; he was far from stopping to answer.

"This is my last act of mercy. If you really refuse to communicate, then I'll have no choice but to send you to your death."

He shook his head.

Upon hearing this, the demon frowned, unsure where the other party got their confidence. However, since it concerned life and death, he decided to speak just in case:

"What's gotten into you! You were already weaker than me, and now your energy is drastically depleted, your strength is continuously declining, and you still dare to talk about killing me? Where do you get the nerve?"

"You think I can't beat you?"

He asked curiously.

"Heh~ Then why don't you attack? What are you doing? Letting me drain your life essence, like Buddha cutting off his own flesh to feed the eagle?"

The demon mocked Him.

He looked compassionately at the demon and said nothing more.

He pressed down on the statue beside him with one hand, and slowly stretched out the other hand, making a pinching motion towards the human demon's neck.

hum~

An invisible force field, arising out of thin air, instantly locks itself in the center!

He gripped the demon's throat from afar and lifted him high into the air.

"...How...is...this...possible?"

Where did you get this strength?

The demon was being held by the neck and lifted high in the air, staring at Him in disbelief, kicking his legs and struggling incessantly.

"I am here by imperial decree from the higher realm to vanquish demons, and I have taken the jade to become a god, to slay evil and destroy demons... Are you willing to submit to my wrath?"

bang~

He solemnly proclaimed, and the thunderous drums sounded at the opportune moment.

"Spare me..."

Overwhelmed by the fear of death, the demon instantly burst into tears and begged for mercy.

Unexpectedly, when the demon begged for mercy, He actually let him go.

"You...you won't kill me?"

"You are dead."

The demon asked a question that seemed utterly incomprehensible, and upon hearing His answer, he became even more puzzled and unable to understand.

He looked compassionately at the demon and asked again:

"What's your name? Where are you from? How did you become a demon? What ability was that just now?"

"If you spare my life, I'll tell you everything you want to know."

"Then tell me."

"Hey~ hey~"

My real name is Fei Shangnian. In my youth, I was a martial artist from Shanyang Village in Huangyan Mountain. I returned to the village when I got older.

I lived in the village for decades, and was already old and frail. I spent my days basking in the sun at the door, waiting to die. But I never expected that by enduring each day, I would live to be a hundred years old.

Later, I fell and became incredibly weak. I felt like I was going to die, and a fear that I rarely experienced before suddenly resurfaced in my heart.

The fear of death took control of me...

For some reason, one morning when I opened my eyes, I had become a demon. My body, which had been injured in the fall, was healed. Even my original Star-Absorbing Technique was transformed by the demon, and I was able to absorb the life force of others.

Hehe~ You don't know, I used to be so old that I could barely walk.

But after I ate my son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, I immediately felt energetic and could run up and down the mountain. You tell me, who could stand that?

I turned around and ate my wife too. She was my second wife, and she was also an old woman, very useless. I ate her up in one go.

Even if my house is gone, there are still other people in the village, so I'll just sit at home and wait, hehe~

Guess what?

They're so stupid, they actually brought themselves to my house! *slurp*

There are only so many people in our village, not enough to feed us.

Luckily, there are three villages on the desolate mountain. After I finished eating in our village, I took advantage of the middle of the night to knock on their doors, one by one, hehe~

They were all idiots. I ate most of the people in the mountain demon village in one night, and I really couldn't eat anymore.

Later, I thought, how can I keep such a great thing to myself? I should share it with others.

I turned all the remaining people from Mountain Demon Village and Mountain Shade Village into my own kind, hehe~

Later, a minor official in a red robe came. My martial arts skills from my youth had long been forgotten, and I couldn't beat him, so I ran away.

Fortunately, he didn't really want to kill me. He kept pressing me to tell me how I became a demon and what my martial arts were.

Damn it, if I knew, if I remembered, I would have told him everything.

He wouldn't stop asking me questions, and if I didn't answer, he'd hit me. I had no choice but to escape to the mortal realm. You caught up really fast; I'd barely landed when you arrived...

As the demon spoke, tears inexplicably welled up in his eyes.

While wiping away his unstoppable tears, he couldn't help but pour out his heart, explaining the whole story clearly.