Chapter 20: Slaughter on the Evil Dragon River

Ji Ning stood alone by the ship's railing, gazing at the surging river, his mood excellent.

He had already taken on a disciple, and among the twelve demon kings of the Eastern Flow, he might be able to gather ten great sinners. The only difficulty was that these demon kings were very hard to deal with.

"Hmm?"

Ji Ning suddenly looked into the distance.

In the distance, a large group of figures on the land was rapidly approaching. They closed in so fast that Ji Ning could already see the 'Firewing' emblem on their armor with his naked eye.

"Firewing Guards?" Ji Ning said in surprise, "There must be several hundred."

Inside the cabin, Prince Qi Rufeng and the others were also observing the Evil Dragon River through the windows, searching for a suitable hidden place to live.

"That's..." The prince and princesses all changed expression.

"Several hundred Firewing Guards?" The purple-clad girl Qi Ruhui turned pale. Earlier, just twelve Firewing Guards had terrified them; now several hundred Firewing Guards—even Earth Immortals and loose immortals would likely die!

"Bad!" Prince Qi Rufeng's face turned pale as he urgently transmitted, "It must be that the previous twelve Firewing Guards all died without a single escape. That's why so many Firewing Guards were sent this time."

During the previous escape, the Firewing Guards had always had the upper hand.

The royal clan had been fleeing and fleeing, and the Firewing Guards had never been completely wiped out. Moreover, Prince Qi Rufeng had only recently taken leadership. Previously, the royal clan still had Primal Daoists, and the elders made decisions. But now the Primal Daoists were dead, and Qi Rufeng was the one making decisions!

Qi Rufeng had no experience, and having never encountered a situation where the Firewing Guards were completely annihilated, he never imagined what terrible consequences that annihilation would bring.

"Three teams in total, each led by a loose immortal with eleven Primal demon lords and over a hundred Wanxiang demons," the black-clad girl transmitted solemnly. "With so many Firewing Guards united, even a top loose immortal would likely fall."

"Shouldn't we flee?" the purple-clad girl transmitted urgently. "That Beiming is only a Primal Daoist. Even if his Dao realm is high enough to fight above his level, matching a top loose immortal would be remarkable. Facing so many Firewing Guards, including three old demon loose immortals, he definitely can't hold out."

...

Just as Ji Ning smiled and the Qi royal clan panicked,

the several hundred Firewing Guards in the distance had already deployed their soldier formation. The three teams, each led by a loose immortal demon, formed into three thousand-zhang giant firewing centipedes, each with a loose immortal commanding eleven Primal demons, and each Primal demon commanding eleven Wanxiang demons.

Flame wings, centipede bodies.

The three giant firewing centipedes radiated overwhelming ferocity, their aura so powerful that the surging river was instantly pressed flat.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

All three thousand-zhang firewing centipedes crossed the river, treading on the waves, and pounced toward Ji Ning's large ship.

Ji Ning stood by the railing and shouted, "Withdraw quickly, and you might save your lives."

"So it's you protecting the Qi royal clan." One of the three thousand-zhang firewing centipedes rumbled, "Human, this is the territory of the Firewing Demon King. How dare you act recklessly?"

"Don't waste words with him. Kill him."

"Kill this human."

The opposition between demons and humans spanned almost the entire Three Realms.

After all, the two most powerful races in the Three Realms now were humans and demons.

Ji Ning shook his head slightly.

Three loose immortal demons? They were probably about as strong as the Floating Cloud Loose Immortal who had once tried to assassinate him. Back then, he could already fight Floating Cloud. Now, his second true body had advanced a major realm, and his 'Sword Dao' insights were incomparably deeper. Killing these loose immortals was like killing chickens.

With three splashes, the three giant thousand-zhang firewing centipedes pounced, intending to surround Ji Ning and kill him in one fell swoop.

Ji Ning remained calm.

To deal with these several hundred Firewing Guards, relying solely on his 'Dao Domain' was not enough; he had to act. Still, it would be easy.

"Quick."

"Let's go."

"If we delay, we won't escape."

The Qi royal clan dared not hesitate any longer; if they did, they would likely die.

In their view, no matter how high Ji Ning's realm was, he was still a Primal Daoist. Against several hundred Firewing Guards led by three loose immortal demons, it would be remarkable if he could hold them off.

"Go."

Prince Qi Rufeng waved his hand, and a long shuttle appeared beside the large ship.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! The prince, princesses, and five maidservant guards all leaped into it.

"Go!" The purple-clad girl flipped her hand and threw out a handful of green bamboo stalks that descended from the sky, plunging into the waves.

Swoosh!

The long shuttle broke through the waves, swift as lightning.

And those green bamboos, several hundred in number, were thrust down scattered, completely enclosing Ji Ning and the three thousand-zhang firewing insects within. The bamboos still had leaves on them, and as the leaves drifted, the surrounding space turned into nothingness, and the waves all around vanished without a trace.

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"Little sister, you, you..." Inside the fleeing long shuttle, Prince Qi Rufeng was greatly alarmed.

The purple-robed girl turned her head to look at the tall bamboos far behind, sneering dismissively, "What's the matter? That Beiming Daoist is only at the Primordial Soul level; it's good enough if he has the strength of a top-tier loose immortal. Even so, he's probably no match for the Firewing Guards. Since that's the case, we might as well make use of him and let him contribute more to our royal clan. Consider it a small payment for taking Xiao Yu as his disciple."

"You are truly... foolish!" Qi Rufeng was so angry he was speechless. "This Beiming Daoist is so formidable. If he has a sect behind him, how powerful must that sect be?"

"So what? Who would know?" The purple-robed girl was disdainful.

The black-robed girl said urgently, "Little sister, given Beiming Daoist's strength, he might have a Celestial Immortal ancestor behind him. A Celestial Immortal can examine past events. If we are found out..."

"Don't worry. Even if they find out, so what? Even if Beiming Daoist really has a Celestial Immortal ancestor, that Celestial Immortal can't find us. But that Celestial Immortal will surely know that Beiming Daoist died at the hands of the Firewing Guards. Maybe it will provoke Beiming Daoist's sect to deal with the Firewing Demon King!" The purple-robed girl's eyes held a hint of madness. "Heh heh, maybe the Firewing Demon King will be killed. That would be totally worth it!"

……

Ji Ning waved his hand and put away the large ship nearby, and the disciple Qi Xiaoyu inside the ship was also taken into his随身 immortal mansion.

"Hmph."

Ji Ning saw the Qi Kingdom's royal clan fleeing, and the little princess threw out a treasure, causing bamboos to descend and set up a formation. He naturally understood their intention: to trap him and those Firewing Guards. Otherwise, the three enormous firewing venomous insects would only need to send one to deal with them, and they would be in big trouble!

But now, all were trapped inside the formation. The three firewing venomous insects would surely first join forces to kill Ji Ning, then break the formation. This forced Ji Ning to go all out.

If Ji Ning's strength were really as the Qi Kingdom's royal clan guessed, he would indeed, as the little princess expected, delay for a while and then die!

Unfortunately, they guessed wrong!

Ji Ning's sect was powerful, far beyond their imagination. Ji Ning's master was Patriarch Subhuti, the creator of this major world!

Ji Ning's strength was also beyond their imagination!

"Kill him, then break the formation."

"Kill."

The three thousand-zhang firewing insects were not flustered at all. They were absolutely confident they could kill this human and then break the formation. It would just take a little more time. Anyway, those Qi Kingdom royal clan members were stained with firewing venom and would be caught up to.

"Die." Ji Ning's expression was ugly. He had been protecting them, yet they stabbed him in the back. How could he not be angry?

Angry, Ji Ning had no mood to waste time. He wanted to settle accounts with the Qi Kingdom's royal clan.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Ji Ning stood on the water surface. The Beiming Sword appeared in his hand, and he directly struck out three sword beams!

Three dazzling sword beams transformed into three enormous black dragons. The black dragons radiated overwhelming power and, with an irresistible force, charged directly at the three thousand-zhang firewing insects.

"What!"

"How is this possible!"

"No—"

The loose immortal old demon, the Primordial Soul great demon, and the Wanxiang great demon among the three thousand-zhang firewing insects were all stunned, scared out of their wits.

The three black dragons pounced respectively. Though they appeared as black dragons, they were actually terrifying sword beams that directly destroyed the thousand-zhang firewing insects. With a series of bangs, hundreds of demons, including the loose immortal old demon, were all killed!

Their souls and spirits were utterly annihilated!

The power of Ji Ning's sword technique in his rage destroyed even their physical bodies and souls. Even the Dao-soldier armor on the Wanxiang great demons was directly shattered, and many magical treasures were broken.

"Break!" Ji Ning sent out another sword beam.

This kind of one-time formation inherently contained Yuan power and was mainly used to trap enemies.

But Ji Ning couldn't be bothered with other methods. He directly used force to break the law. A sword beam whistled past, and the bamboos were shaken to pieces.

"Whoosh." Ji Ning took a step and chased after them.

……

Inside the long shuttle that fled like lightning, the purple-robed girl's eyes held madness: "Heh heh, maybe the Firewing Demon King will be killed. That would be totally worth it! Hahaha, I'm so clever. Earlier, I just wanted that Beiming to be useful when he died, to help buy some time. Now it seems this is truly a rare masterstroke of mine, Qi Ruhui!"

"Yes, truly a masterstroke." A cold voice sounded.

The prince and princesses inside the long shuttle all trembled, each turning their heads to look.

At the tail of the shuttle stood a young man.

Ji Ning looked at the three princes and princesses.

"How is this possible..."

They were all stunned. They had just fled and spoken a few words—what a brief time! How could they know that Ji Ning had simply killed the hundreds of Firewing Guards with one move, forcibly broken the formation, and directly chased after them? Naturally, it was very fast.

"Senior Beiming." Qi Rufeng quickly stood up.

"Bang."

Ji Ning's gaze fell on the purple-robed girl. Immediately, a sword beam flashed, and the purple-robed girl was directly minced into ashes and scattered. At Ji Ning's current level, the power of a sword beam was such that even a slight touch would result in the destruction of the soul.

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