Chapter 417: A Sky Full of Ice Cones

Aboard the Spiritual Ship, numerous Demon Fiends vied for Chu Xianyi’s favor.

Chu Xianyi’s expression was cold and aloof, her eyes like brilliant stars in the heavens.

Her gaze swept over to a corner, where she spotted a young-looking boy surrounded by a flock of pretty, chattering women.

Paying no mind to the Demon Fiends trying to curry favor, Chu Xianyi glided to her seat and sat down.

But not all the Demon Fiends were fawning over Chu Xianyi.

Some, in fact, looked on with disdain.

“She’s just a mere Late-stage Void Refining cultivator. What’s with the act?”

A Demon Fiend muttered under his breath.

Yama Ghost watched the peerlessly cold and beautiful woman in the palace-style dress, and he happened to overhear the quiet muttering.

He couldn’t help but glance at the Demon Fiend who had spoken.

The Demon Fiend noticed Yama Ghost looking up and immediately adopted a fawning expression.

After all, who didn’t know the name of Guardian Yama Ghost of the Blood Corpse Commerce?

He was a powerhouse with the combat strength of someone at the Peak of Ji Meng Level!

Yama Ghost gave him a look heavy with meaning but said nothing more.

‘Late-stage Void Refining!?’

‘What a joke!’

PFFT!

Lü Yi’s laughter rang out.

Hearing the laughter swirling around her, Yaya couldn’t help but snort coldly.

“Hmph!”

“What’s he putting on airs for!”

Seeing that Xu Chang’an paid their arrival no mind at all, not even seeming to want to say a single word, Yaya couldn’t hold it in.

“Yaya, let’s go,”

Honglan said lightly, forcing herself to maintain the reserved composure expected of a peerless beauty.

Watching the two beauties depart, Lü Yi looked perfectly content.

“Grey Rat, I’ve got to hand it to you!”

Lü Yi said approvingly.

Xu Chang’an remained noncommittal.

‘Honglan and Yaya might be beautiful, but in his eyes, they were nothing special.’

‘How could they be more important than the Energy on my panel!’

The Demon Fiends’ celebratory banquet would naturally last for more than a single day.

With their lifespans and stamina, it was perfectly normal for a banquet to go on for ten days or even half a month!

He thought that would be the end of it, but at some point, a rumor started circulating at the banquet that Grey Rat had verbally humiliated Honglan Fairy.

The story went that Grey Rat fell for Honglan Fairy at first sight and confessed his feelings on the spot, only to be brutally rejected.

After being rejected, he then confessed to Yaya.

The outcome was exactly the same.

His love unrequited, Grey Rat’s affection turned to hate, and he resorted to verbally humiliating Honglan Fairy.

This story spread like wildfire among the many Demon Fiends and guards at the banquet.

As a demon who knew what had actually happened, Lü Yi was well aware of how the rumor started.

But no matter how she tried to explain, her efforts only made things worse.

The Demon Fiends discussing it made no special effort to be discreet around Xu Chang’an.

Naturally, Xu Chang’an heard it all.

“Honglan, Yaya…”

A glint flickered in Xu Chang’an’s eyes.

‘His ambition was the Great Dao; he wouldn’t let such petty tricks bother him.’

‘To him, these Demon Fiends on the Spiritual Ship were merely passersby in his life!’

However…

Even so, he made sure to remember the names of those two demonesses.

The matter naturally reached Chu Xianyi’s ears as well.

In response, a faint smile inadvertently appeared on Chu Xianyi’s cold and beautiful face.

That small smile made the hearts of the Demon Fiends who saw it tremble.

Watching the smile on Chu Xianyi’s face, Taishu Taiheng felt as if he were becoming intoxicated.

‘That pathetic Grey Rat, loving someone he can’t have. How pitiable!’

‘There’s nothing wrong with falling for Honglan or Yaya. But being weak, that’s his ultimate mistake! If he had my level of strength, a mere Honglan would be his for the taking!’

Listening to the gossip about Grey Rat, a sense of superiority swelled within Taishu Taiheng.

‘Honglan Fairy had shown interest in him before!’

‘The exquisite Fairy in the eyes of other demons was just so-so in his!’

‘She was fine for a dalliance, but as for becoming Dao Companions, she was still lacking!’

But…

‘She was different!’

A raging Flame ignited in Taishu Taiheng’s eyes.

“So beautiful…”

“Hahaha, come, drink!”

“Good wine, good wine! How satisfying!”

“Fellow Daoist, let us cherish this cup of wine and brave the path to Longevity together!”

Atop the Spiritual Ship, the music of strings and flutes was pleasant to the ear.

It was a scene of peace and harmony.

“Hm!?”

Xu Chang’an, who had been eating some Spiritual Food, suddenly had his expression change.

“Grey Rat, what’s…”

Noticing his change in expression, Lü Yi, who was beside him, subconsciously asked.

Before she could finish her sentence.

“SWOOSH!” “SWOOSH!” “SWOOSH!”

A series of sharp whistling sounds rang out, and in almost the same instant, they bombarded the Spiritual Ship.

BZZZZ—

The light of the Array protecting the Spiritual Ship trembled violently.

It didn’t last long. The light dimmed, and with a BOOM, the Spiritual Ship itself burst apart.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

“What’s going on?!”

“What’s happening?!”

The situation changed so rapidly that the Demon Fiends were unable to react.

The attack came so suddenly that not even the two Qinyuan Level Demon Fiends, Ha Li and Zhangsun, had detected it in advance.

From the sky, frost-like ice cones rained down like a torrential downpour, striking madly at the exposed Demon Fiends and guards.

The ice cones were so fast that some of the Demon Race maids with weaker Cultivation were instantly pulverized.

BANG!

Near Xu Chang’an, a Demon Fiend summoned a Defensive Spiritual Treasure to block an incoming ice cone.

But before he could celebrate, several more ice cones struck in quick succession.

BANG! BANG! BANG!…

After blocking five or six ice cones in a row, the Defensive Spiritual Treasure he had summoned was overwhelmed and shattered completely.

In the next instant, that Demon Fiend’s body exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

Xu Chang’an clearly remembered that this was the very same Demon Fiend who, just a short while ago, had been openly gossiping with another about him verbally humiliating Honglan Fairy.

And now, he had vanished from the world.

Several crystal-clear ice cones, shimmering with an indescribable light, shot forth.

They hurtled toward Lü Yi, who was beside Xu Chang’an.

In a flurry, Lü Yi summoned a cloth-like Defensive Spiritual Treasure to protect herself.

BANG! BANG!

Lü Yi’s strength was greater than Xu Chang’an had imagined; she actually managed to block the assault of several ice cones.

Of course, Xu Chang’an wasn’t lucky enough to escape the ice cones’ attack either.

Several ice cones blasted toward him.

Xu Chang’an’s Demon Sense was immense. He instantly determined that with his Demon Body and Spirit, he could easily endure such an attack head-on.

It couldn’t cause him the slightest bit of harm.

‘However, now is not the time to reveal my hand.’

Xu Chang’an summoned a Spiritual Treasure in a conventional manner and blocked the attack.

He performed at a level that was just strong enough to be considered a fairly powerful Late-stage Void Refining expert.

By now, the many Demon Fiends present were in a state of utter chaos.

In just a brief moment, many members of the Demon Race had already fallen.

A single ice cone could be easily blocked by an ordinary Demon Fiend.

But faced with a dense barrage of them, if one’s luck was poor, even a Harmonization Demon Race expert would likely perish with regret.

After the dense barrage of ice cones, the resulting shards of ice did not disappear.

Instead, they surged and gathered, blotting out the sky and sun, obscuring both sight and the probing of Demon Sense.