Chapter 583 - 251: Backstab

Chapter 583: Chapter 251: Backstab

Only after truly entering the prefecture did Qin Fang realize just how severe the demon infestation in Jinlan Prefecture had become.

As he flew, Qin Fang passed many villages and market towns. He only occasionally saw a settlement with survivors; the vast majority were in ruins, their inhabitants slaughtered.

He even saw human remains in the wilderness... clearly, some people had run into demons out in the open.

The sheer number of demons was astounding. Along his flight, Qin Fang had encountered at least six or seven groups of them.

The largest of these groups numbered over thirty: a pack of Pig Demons. Each one was far larger than the Wild Boar King he had bought from Fishermen’s years ago. With their thick hides, they were like thirty-odd tanks, rampaging through the wilderness.

...Qin Fang could see the massive commotion they were causing from several kilometers away.

However, only three of these Pig Demons had reached the Extraordinary Level. The rest seemed to be a ways off.

...Naturally, he killed them all.

With Qin Fang’s current strength, annihilating these Extraordinary Level demonic creatures was almost effortless.

...He could just stand there and let the demons attack. They wouldn’t be able to break through his defenses and would instead be frozen into ice sculptures by the recoil of his True Gang.

An ’Eternal Freeze’ level Profound Nether Nature was no joke.

’Is that Grotto Heaven some kind of zoo? The variety of Exotic Species it’s raising is a bit much, isn’t it?’

Qin Fang thought with a slight frown as he looked down at a massive Mouse Demon by his feet.

...The Mouse Demon’s body alone was over three meters long. Its eyes were crimson, its gray fur coarse and stiff. Its thick tail was nearly the same length as its body, bringing its total length to over six meters.

It had been in the middle of killing a tiger when Qin Fang happened to fly past and see it.

A tiger lay beside it, now completely dead. More than half of its carcass had been devoured...

...A tiger, killed by a mouse.

Qin Fang shook his head.

He took off again and resumed his patrol.

He didn’t fly deeper into the region... After all, he wasn’t trying to reach the Grotto Heaven. His purpose was to slay demons.

He memorized the location of every demon he killed.

Collecting them now wasn’t practical... He could come back for the corpses once things had settled down.

He had frozen almost all the Demon Corpses. His Profound Ice could withstand even the blazing sun for at least several months. He estimated that by the time the other Sects arrived and finished wiping out these Exotic Species, the Demon Corpses would still be perfectly preserved in their icy tombs.

’Unfortunately, the Void Realm is too small. One or two of these Demon Corpses would fill up the whole space... If I had a Void Realm that was over a hundred, or even a thousand meters, that would be awesome...’

Qin Fang thought.

Then he laughed at his own thoughts.

...Human nature was truly insatiable.

When he had first obtained the Void Realm, he had been thrilled and utterly content, even though it was only five meters square.

He was even happier when it fully stabilized and expanded to six meters.

But how long had it been since then?

He was already growing dissatisfied with his six-meter Void Realm and was longing for something bigger...

’The Seventh Realm, the Grotto Heaven Realm... the ability to create a true, tangible World... It’s truly unimaginable...’

Qin Fang couldn’t help but think back to what his Martial Uncle had said about the Seventh Realm.

An entire world...

’Looks like my leisurely days are over for now. After this is all done, I should go into seclusion and focus on breaking through to the Divine Realm.’

With that thought, Qin Fang took to the skies again, searching for any trace of demons.

The night passed in a flash. Qin Fang barely stopped, killing nine separate groups of demons.

But Qin Fang’s True Gang was immense, and killing these demons—whether they were Extraordinary Level or weaker—was completely effortless.

Along the way, he passed a commandery city. He saw soldiers standing guard on the walls, among them Elders and disciples in the robes of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

He even saw streaks of light flashing across the sky from time to time... probably Demon Hunting Disciples from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

At this sight, his eyes narrowed slightly.

’...Is Zhao Yuanling among them?’

’I haven’t seen him in six years, after all. Back then, he was at the True Essence Third Realm. I wonder if he’s broken through to the Fourth Realm yet...’

’Probably not, though. It’s not that easy.’

In the True Essence Realm, the most difficult bottleneck to overcome is the one between the Third and Fourth Realms.

Qin Fang had a system panel to help him.

But it wasn’t so simple for other people.

Although Zhao Yuanling’s Talent was considered quite good, Qin Fang didn’t think he could have broken through that quickly.

’I wonder if my last judgment was correct... Is he really after my ’opportunities’?’

He pondered, his eyes narrowed.

But confirming his suspicion now would be difficult.

Still, Qin Fang always kept the matter in the back of his mind.

’When we do meet, I’ll have to be on my guard and watch him carefully.’

Qin Fang thought.

「Two days passed in a flash.」

Qin Fang roamed without a set destination, hunting for demons. He killed nine groups on the first day and even more on the second—a full eleven groups.

So far, however, he hadn’t encountered any Great Demons of the True Blood Realm. They were all Extraordinary Level or weaker, and he naturally slaughtered them all.

By the end of the second day, he was feeling a bit tired. Qin Fang found a mountain peak and sat down to restore his Spirit.

...His True Gang consumption wasn’t high, but searching for demons for so long had kept his Spirit on edge. He needed to relax a little.

After resting for a couple of hours, he set off again.

This time, just as he was flying past a large mountain, he heard a series of shouts.

He instinctively turned his head and saw a group of Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples in the mountains below, trying to surround and kill several Ox Demons.

The Ox Demons were massive, each over ten meters tall. There were four of them in total, and their destructive power was astonishing.