Chapter 31 The Battle Between Tao and Demon: The Thirty-First Day of Game Development

On the western side of the primordial wilderness, at the foot of Mount Sumeru.

A Taoist priest dressed in purple and barefoot was sitting in meditation, his every breath in harmony with the natural order.

Suddenly, a streak of black light swept across the horizon.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a black-tasseled spear burning with raging flames, heavy with demonic energy and stained with blood—the very same God-Slaying Spear of the Demon Ancestor Rahu.

The spear was aimed directly at Hongjun's head, carrying the intent to kill him instantly. However, just as it was about to touch Hongjun, it was stopped by an invisible barrier.

Hongjun slowly raised his head, only to see that the spear had already been retrieved by Rahu.

"Hmph, I was hoping to let you live a few more days, but I didn't expect you to deliver yourself to my door." Luo Hou's eyes were cold, and a blood-red glint was particularly conspicuous in them.

He had been cultivating in seclusion here for a hundred years, intending to completely fuse the Zhuxian Sword Formation in his hand with the essence of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans before going to cause trouble for Hongjun. He never expected that Hongjun would come to him on his own.

It's always been Luo Hou who's the one causing trouble for others; this is the first time someone has come to their lair, and it's Hongjun, that dullard who can't utter a word even after three blows.

Luo Hou was on guard. Something was definitely amiss. The Hongjun he knew was not the kind of person who would come knocking on his door on his own initiative.

But things had come to this point, and he could not back down halfway. Holding the God-Slaying Spear and standing on the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, his eyes gleamed: "Hongjun, you blockhead have found some courage. I will grant your wish to die."

As he spoke, the black lotus beneath his feet burst into flames, and the God-Slaying Spear in his hand thrust forward fiercely. A black rainbow of light tore through the heavens and earth, possessing the power to destroy the world.

But the blood-red spear tip collided with a small bead, abruptly stopping the attack.

If one strike fails, then strike again.

Luo Hou snorted coldly, urging the flames of the World-Destroying Black Lotus to rush forward, while the God-Slaying Spear never stopped, determined to smash Hongjun's soul to pieces.

"You're quite the actor!" Luo Hou cursed as he attacked, unleashing all his magical treasures and unleashing a torrent of demonic energy. But Hongjun remained seated in his original spot, meditating with his eyes closed, motionless, constantly throwing out innate spiritual treasures to defend against his attacks.

Luo Hou revealed a set of sharp teeth: "You're the kind of guy who believes in fate and destiny. I didn't know you'd have so many opportunities in just a hundred years. Are you perhaps just killing and robbing for treasure, pursuing the freedom of the demonic path?"

Hongjun remained unmoved. For now, Luo Hou was merely testing the waters. He would wait and see what the other side's trump cards were. Anyway, the game provided plenty of innate spiritual treasures; he wasn't worried about wasting them, and he could nurture them further.

Luo Hou continued spouting nonsense: "If I had known that you had long harbored a heart for demonic ways, it wouldn't be impossible for me to work with you. Why don't you cultivate the demonic path with me and ascend to the realm of the Great Dao together?"

"Heh." Hongjun's reply was concise and powerful. He held the Protective Umbrella, deflected the God-Slaying Spear, and charged straight at Luo Hou's dantian.

At the same time, he stood on a twelfth-grade pure white lotus, and the golden light of merit on his body burst forth as if it were free, tearing a hole in the originally sky-covering demonic energy.

"You really went to kill and rob?" Luo Hou was shocked. How could he have so many magical treasures in a hundred years? Even if he killed and robbed, it would be difficult to get so many.

Hongjun ignored him, only throwing out the Golden Phoenix Hairpin and the Shadowless Needle to stab at Luo Hou's death acupoint, but only managing to graze the skin of the other side.

"No, your Dao heart is firm, you must not have fallen into my demonic path, how could this be!"

Luo Hou's eyes turned completely red with jealousy. He had painstakingly cultivated for ten thousand years and schemed to seize magical treasures, but now he only had a dozen or so innate spiritual treasures in his possession.

In less than a century, the other side went from being penniless to being wealthy and powerful, possessing all sorts of magical treasures, and they didn't steal or rob; they did it all through legitimate means.

"Heaven is unjust! Heaven is unjust!" Luo Hou was so angry that the veins on his hands bulged. They were both candidates for the future Dao Integration, but the other one got a windfall and became rich overnight. Heaven is really too biased.

Seeing his longtime nemesis's face contorted with rage, Hongjun, protected by abundant spiritual energy, still spoke a word of justice for the Heavenly Dao: "It is not the Heavenly Dao, but the Earth's veins."

After all, his increased merit and the early birth of the spiritual treasure were all obtained by repairing the earth's veins in the game.

However, the reason why there was this calamity in the earth's veins was because Rahu had done something wrong first, which gave him the opportunity to play the game to remove the calamity and control the earth's veins. Therefore, Rahu should be credited for this matter.

At that time, Tongtian seemed to have said that in this situation, one should properly thank the other party.

So Hongjun said very sincerely, "Thank you for your many evil deeds that have allowed me to have this opportunity."

His expression was natural, and his words were sincere, but his hands continued to strike relentlessly, each move aimed straight for Luo Hou's vital points, intending to take Luo Hou's life.

Luo Hou was so choked by those words that his chest heaved, his face contorted in pain, and his knuckles gripped the God-Slaying Spear so tightly that he felt as if he were clenching his nemesis.

He's always the one spouting trash talk to disgust the other side. When did that blockhead Hongjun learn to say such disgusting things?

Hongjun added at the opportune moment: "It's true, because of you and me I had the opportunity to acquire so many magical treasures."

"Shut up! Disgusting! Hypocritical idiot!" Luo Hou was so angry that his whole body was on fire, and the flames of destruction enveloped him. Only his mouth was still cursing Hongjun.

In the midst of these curses, Hongjun personally tossed out an ordinary paper package. Luo Hou was on high alert, but it was easily pierced by the God-Slaying Spear.

"What is this?" Luo Hou saw the sticky object clinging to the tip of the spear and sensed something was wrong.

“Fertilizer used to maintain plants,” Hongjun repeated verbatim, “It can also be called manure.”

Hongjun, who had uttered such shocking words, remained calm: "I should have just thrown it in your mouth."

"I kill you!"

Not far away in the sky, Tongtian, who was watching Luo Hou and Hongjun fight and learning from them, was not moved by the thrilling and exciting battle between the two powerful beings for the first time.

He swallowed nervously and turned to look at Yuan Yi: "Is that really...?"

Based on his understanding of his senior, his senior would never do such a thing unless he was specifically instructed by someone, such as a certain fellow Daoist who often disregarded his and his senior's lives when making games.

Yuan Yi nodded frankly, then shook her head: "Yes and no."

"This is a plant fertilizer that I made by imitating the texture of concentrated demonic energy, based on a few whimsical ideas."

After all, when repairing the Western Earth Veins, Yuan Yi had been made miserable by the sticky demonic energy more than once. Now, he was just entrusting Senior Hongjun to take some revenge.

"It's just a kind of fertilizer. It looks like manure, it smells like manure, and even your nemesis says so, so what do you think?"

Yuan Yi smiled, and the array he was recording even gave a close-up of Luo Hou's face and the tip of the God-Slaying Spear.

Tongtian looked at Yuanyi with awe, feeling that his words of gratitude to the other party for bringing him this opportunity were too simplistic.

What does it mean to kill someone by destroying their spirit? What does it mean to repay someone with their own methods? Fellow Daoist Yuan Yi, this is what a true master looks like! I still have room for improvement, but I don't think I've offended Fellow Daoist Yuan Yi during this period.

Although Tongtian felt his methods were low-level, the tricks he and Yuanyi had given Hongjun were now indeed driving Luo Hou mad.

Looking at the unidentified object clinging to the spear tip, which even the demonic energy couldn't remove, Luo Hou felt his natal magic weapon was tainted, and even felt uncomfortable all over, as a result.

Hongjun continued to add insult to injury leisurely: "My aim was off just now, but next time I'll definitely throw it in your mouth."

Luo Hou laughed angrily: "Hahaha, you have indeed improved your skills, but it's all just low-class talk. Now I'll make you use your life to see my skills."

Behind Luo Hou, demonic energy surged, and four long swords stood in mid-air, their blood energy thick and their demonic power overwhelming. Amidst the fierce sword light, monsters formed from the essence of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans cried out and tore everything in their path.

As he unleashed the sword formation, Luo Hou's eyes cleared a little. He flicked his finger across the blade of the Zhuxian Sword: "This is the Zhuxian Sword Formation that I have painstakingly crafted over tens of thousands of years. Each sword strike locks in the essence of a clan, but this Zhuxian sword strike is a little lacking."

Luo Hou thrust the God-Slaying Spear into the center of the array: "Once I take your three flowers from the top, I will establish the eternal infamy of the Immortal-Slaying Array."

At this moment, Luo Hou was not fighting alone. The Ancestral Dragon, the Primordial Phoenix, and even the Qilin Ancestor, all formed from the essence of the three races' blood, had no choice but to obey the formation master's command and besiege Hongjun.

Two fists can't beat four hands, let alone Hongjun fighting four opponents, each of whom was a top figure in the prehistoric world.

If a real fight breaks out, it will probably fulfill Yuan Yi's words: "The Great Dao will be obliterated in the process."

Hongjun put away all his magical treasures, and the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus remained beneath his feet. With a gentle gesture, he transformed the solid ground beneath his feet into an endless swamp.

The once stable Immortal Slaughtering Formation was also disturbed by a gust of wind, and the four peerless and ferocious swords couldn't help but emit sword cries at this moment.

"A mere trick." Luo Hou used his aura to stabilize the sword formation once more, and urged the essence of the three races to attack first.

But then Hongjun flicked his sleeves, and three treasures appeared in mid-air before him: a tail feather, a reverse scale, and a tooth.

The treasure concealed itself, seemingly ordinary, yet it suppressed the Blood Phoenix and Blood Dragon, preventing them from advancing.

"The one who stirs up trouble among the three races, takes their blood essence to nourish the formation, and steals their soul essence to feed them is right here. I beg you all to help me."

As Hongjun finished speaking, the three treasures in front of him burst forth with soaring light, accompanied by the roars of dragons, the cries of phoenixes, and the howls of qilin.

"hatred!"

"Kill them!"

Tear him apart!

At this moment, the three races, thousands of miles away, erupted with overwhelming hatred. The phoenix in the magma of the Southern Ming Undying Volcano struggled to fly up but was pulled down by its chains, only able to let out a mournful cry. The monster formed from the three-legged essence blood before them now harbored even more resentment, its momentum growing stronger and its power visibly increasing.

A tear fell from the longan tree, landing on the ground and turning into a sea of ​​blood.

They lacked wisdom and could not speak, yet at this moment they felt the resentment and murderous intent from their previous lives. However, this murderous intent was not directed at Hongjun, but at the culprit who controlled everything.

When the master of the formation faces the true master, whoever kills me, whoever harms my clan, I will kill!

Luo Hou was caught off guard by Hongjun's move. Seeing that the sword formation essence he had carefully cultivated had turned against him at the last minute, he was furious.

But things had come to this point, and there was no time to worry about anything else. He could only use the Four Swords of Zhuxian to kill all the monsters formed from the essence of blood. However, the essence of blood that had been cultivated for many years, along with its resentment, still backfired on the array master.

Blood trickled from the corner of Luo Hou's mouth, and his aura weakened slightly.

He hunts geese all day long, but today a goose pecks at his eye. He never expected Hongjun to have such a trick up his sleeve; no wonder he dared to come looking for trouble.

Now that his sword formation has been destroyed and he is suffering from the backlash of the three races, while Hongjun has not exerted his power, he is no match for him now.

Seeking survival or fame, it wasn't a difficult choice. Luo Hou forced out his heart's essence and blood, smearing it on the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, while simultaneously drawing out the God-Slaying Spear, leaving a gap in the formation.

After tasting its master's essence blood, the Zhuxian Sword Formation grew even more rampant, its sword techniques chaotic and its blood energy overwhelming, forcing Hongjun to deal with each strike. Meanwhile, Luo Hou had already escaped on the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Without the earth veins entwined with demonic energy as a foundation, and without a master to suppress the array's core, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array becomes a rootless duckweed.

"Hmph!" Hongjun used hand seals to summon the power of the earth veins in all directions, forcibly forcing the four fierce swords away and taking them into his possession.

Meanwhile, Rahu, who had escaped, was now trapped in an endless white fog. No matter how he tried to escape, a strange message appeared in front of him: "[Area ahead is temporarily closed and passage is prohibited]".

Hongjun pulled his leg out of the earth veins, and the air wall actually trapped Luo Hou in the four earth veins. It turned out that this place had long been chosen as the game field.

Strike while the iron is hot. A binding rope tightened around Luo Hou, the surrounding earth veins and air walls tightened continuously, and the attacking magical treasures hidden in his sleeves attacked from the sky and the ground. Hongjun gathered spiritual power in his palm and struck Luo Hou's vital point.

Enemies on all sides, with nowhere to escape. Rahu could only raise the God-Slaying Spear once more, its shaft swelling as it thrust straight at Hongjun's brow; success or failure hinged on this moment.

Unfortunately, a golden needle behind him was faster than his spear. The needle pierced the back of his neck, causing Luo Hou to collapse like a deflated doll, spitting out blood. The God-Slaying Spear fell limply, plunging into the ground.

Luo Hou still struggled and made hand seals, but Hongjun had already severed the meridians in his right hand with his fingers and then used his other hand to nail four fierce swords into his limbs.

"Hahahaha, I never thought I, Rahu, would fall into such a state."

"But don't think that I'll just give up!"

With blood dripping from his mouth and eyes filled with resentment, Rahu declared: "By the Great Dao above, I, Rahu, swear an oath to the Great Dao: from this day forward, the rise of demons will diminish the rise of the Dao; for every foot the Dao ascends, the rise of demons will be ten feet; the demonic path will be established!"

As the oath was uttered, Rahu's body transformed into wisps of smoke between heaven and earth, and a series of booming sounds echoed throughout the world. This was the Great Dao responding to Rahu's oath.

At the same time, all living beings in the primordial world already knew that a new path had appeared in the world, called the Demonic Path.

Seeing his longtime nemesis vanish, Hongjun had no time for sentimentality. He simply took the spiritual treasures he had sent out, along with the God-Slaying Spear, and then resolved the predicament created by the earth vein formation.

Outside the invisible wall, Yuan Yi and Tong Tian were smiling and waving at Hong Jun: "Congratulations, Senior, on winning the game and becoming the MVP!"

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Author's Note: Luo Hou: I possess the God-Slaying Spear

Hongjun: Eating feces

Luo Hou: I possess the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, which I've mastered using the essence of three races' bloodlines, secretly corrupting the earth's veins. [Angry]

Hongjun: [Control the earth's veins through the game] [Launch an attack before the opponent is ready] [Use the relics of the three races to make the opponent betray us] [Accept the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation]

Luo Hou: I have the Black Lotus of Annihilation; I can escape [fear]

Yuan Yi: I forgot to mention, this is the game area, and Hongjun is one of the game administrators. You can't explore areas that aren't yet open to the public! [doge emoji]

Rahu died.