One Dao Fruit a day, starting with the Dragon Taming Technique.

After a while.

Xu Guang stood atop a deer demon's head, his long sword plunging into the demon's forehead.

The body collapsed with a crash.

Shikamaru stared intently at Xu Guang, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"You've killed two more of my people! Do you even know what a foolish thing you're doing?!"

After a roar.

The chunks of flesh on Shikamaru's body began to tremble violently.

The demonic art it comprehended is called the Blood Summoning Technique, which can summon blood spirits from heaven and earth to empower itself. The more dead living beings nearby, the stronger the empowerment. It can even manipulate the surrounding evil energy and turn it into chains.

A crimson aura emanated from his body, and anything that came into contact with it withered, its flesh rotted, and it made a hissing, corrosive sound before turning into pus in the blink of an eye.

The scene was so terrifying that it made one's heart pound.

Xu Guang was surprised, but not afraid. Ever since he learned of the existence of demonic magic, he had been pondering what kind of performance and combat power it had.

We finally meet today.

"You should feel honored to have used the blood of two of my own kind to kill you."

Shikamaru was more inflated than ever before.

This was the first time he had used the Blood Summoning Technique in front of the corpses of two of his own kind. This unprecedented power fueled countless ambitions and greed within him.

Although he had not yet reached fifty years of cultivation, at this moment, he was confident that he was no less capable than Madam Lu.

Xu Guang was merely a prey awaiting slaughter.

"I will kill you, crush your bones, and eat your flesh raw. Your skull will forever be the vessel for my baby's blood wine."

Shikamaru's voice changed, as if it had its own reverberation, carrying a kind of ferocity that seemed to come from the wilderness.

Xu Guang narrowed his eyes, and the flesh beneath his skin slowly writhed, while countless streams of qi and blood gathered on his bones.

In the blink of an eye, the Fourfold Dragon Transformation erupted within his body, his blood and energy surged forth, snake scales appeared, his muscles bulged, and golden light shone in his eyes.

The long sword struck Shikamaru's shoulder.

Upon contact with that malevolent aura, an extremely cold sensation suddenly emanated from the longsword, and Xu Guang felt his internal energy and strength continuing to be depleted.

Xu Guang's lips curled into a smile, tinged with cruelty and ferocity.

So it turns out... Qi and blood can block evil energy.

"Then what are you pretending for?!"

……

Outside the medicinal herb field.

The shouts of battle filled the sky.

Under the command of Wang Gan and others, the government troops finally understood why the Qinghuai Town government army was hailed as the number one army in Shuofang Prefecture.

This complete dominance, from individual combat prowess to overwhelming battle formations, coupled with the vast disparity in equipment, cannot be compensated for by sheer numbers.

The four hundred soldiers were scattered and defeated in just three moves by the four leaders of the Tendon Realm.

What should have been a situation where the majority of people were fighting against the minority had been reversed.

There were only a little over a hundred yamen soldiers. It should have been the prefectural army besieging them. The yamen soldiers kept resisting, but as their formation was constantly being broken up, the yamen soldiers were constantly outnumbered!

The military commander, Zheng Yong, saw this and his eyes turned bloodshot.

He suddenly looked at Cao Jun sitting to the side.

"Are you truly from the governor's office? Speak, did you forge the governor's token?"

Upon hearing this, all the military commanders who had been observing looked at Cao Jun at the same time.

Even if the government troops were incompetent, those who could serve as leaders were all strongmen who had achieved great success in martial arts and made numerous military exploits.

Being stared at by these people, Cao Jun felt his hair stand on end, as if he were being watched by countless ferocious beasts.

He closed his eyes and offered no explanation.

He understood Zheng Yong's meaning; Zheng Yong was about to surrender, and whether he was genuine or not was no longer important.

"Please allow me, Commandant Zheng, to die facing Shuocheng, so as to preserve my loyalty and integrity."

……

The next moment, Xu Guang advanced instead of retreating, slamming his long sword down fiercely, aiming for Shikamaru's neck.

laugh!

Shikamaru raised his hand to block, but the blade struck his palm and embedded itself in it.

Shikamaru moved his hand and used his wound to clamp the long sword between his fingers.

"Got you!"

With a tug, he wrapped his arms around Xu Guang and pulled him towards his location.

It was as if he wanted to merge Xu Guang into his body.

Hug him, and then... head down and smash your head against him to death!

This is what Shikamaru is thinking right now.

But to its horror, it discovered that Xu Guang's body only swayed slightly before he stood still again. It couldn't believe that its strength was inferior to Xu Guang's!

He used the lives of his own kind to perform the Blood Summoning Technique!

The force at this moment, measured by human weight standards, is more than a thousand pounds!

What kind of monster is this Xu Guang?!

Taken aback, Xu Guang suddenly withdrew his strength, his body following Shikamaru's force as he charged straight toward him.

Releasing his grip, Xu Guang reached for his waist again, where a knife lay.

A straight, uncomplicated strike, devoid of any fancy moves, only an unyielding spirit.

laugh! !

The long sword pierced Shikamaru's chest and abdomen, and the murderous aura on his body suddenly stopped, then spread outwards rapidly as if a mountain had collapsed.

"You can't kill me!!!"

Shikamaru roared, unleashing his inner demonic energy towards Xu Guang's location.

Xu Guang remained expressionless, not even glancing at the armor that was corroded by the evil aura and covered in rust spots, holding his sword in both hands.

Then, he exerted force with both legs.

It rolled and died like a crocodile.

Shikamaru screamed and frantically slapped Xu Guang's body with both hands.

One punch after another.

Until a certain moment, its arms were raised, but did not fall.

In its abdominal cavity, there was a huge bloody hole large enough for one person to pass through.

Xu Guang slowly stood up from behind him, picked up the long knife from the ground, picked up a piece of black cloth, and carefully wiped the dirt off the knife.

These are all new knives; they've only been used a few times.

What pained him was that the Cold Iron Blade had a small nick, while the spare Red Iron Blade had a severely twisted blade with numerous nicks, making it almost usable as a saw.

The armor on his body was also corroded beyond recognition by the evil energy; the iron plates were of varying thicknesses, and in some places, they had been corroded through.

Grass!

Repairing all your equipment will cost at least thirty strings of cash, right?

He cursed under his breath.

Xu Guang looked at his harvest.

A deer demon with three heads and twenty years of cultivation.

I wonder what surprises it might bring me.

[Slay a demon with twenty years of cultivation, obtain 1 Demon Seed of Magic (White), inherit its karma: 8 lives lost, 13 lives saved, 8 negative karma gained, 13 positive karma gained]

[Slay a demon with twenty years of cultivation, obtain 1 Demon Seed of Magic (White), inherit its karma: 23 lives lost, 0 lives saved, 23 negative karma gained, 0 positive karma gained]

[Slay a demon with twenty years of cultivation, obtain 3 white demon seeds, and inherit its karma: 38 lives lost, 1 life saved, resulting in 38 evil karma and 1 good karma.]

Not bad. Apart from the demon core and deer antlers, Xu Guang thought that was all. After all, he had killed several demons before, but they were all penniless and didn't have anything that humans wanted.

Unexpectedly, Xu Guang made a great discovery while examining the corpses of the three demons.

Just as Xu Guang had predicted, Shikamaru and the other deer demon were indeed penniless.

But the deer demon whose arm Xu Guang almost severed earlier had a small package found on him. Inside were a number of odds and ends: a pot of wine that smelled of blood, a deer head ring, and... a bamboo book!

Upon seeing the bamboo book, Xu Guang felt a surge of excitement.

After reading the contents, Xu Guang was somewhat disappointed. It was not the Twelve-Story Strength technique, but a strange art called Guiyao, which seemed to be a feng shui divination technique. Xu Guang did not look at it in detail and put it away.

"Xu Guang!"

"Captain Xu, you..."

The team leaders that Wang Gan sent to support Xu Guang arrived late.

The group saw Xu Guang and rushed over to help, but stopped ten feet away from him.

It was as if someone had cast a spell on them, freezing them in place.

The mouths of the group all opened wide.

The ground was covered in blood, and the stench of demonic blood was overwhelming.

He has almost lost his speech.