Cangyang County, near Black Iron City.
At this moment, there was virtually no trace of human activity left in or around the city. On this desolate and ruined land, it was unknown whether anyone was still alive.
Any intelligence needs to be investigated, and at this time, the chaos of demons and monsters has broken out. Demon warriors roam freely here, and ordinary people who enter this place will most likely never return.
The imperial court, in name only, had demonic martial artists performing a blood sacrifice and had issued a decree that the people should temporarily stay away from that area.
And in this desolate wilderness, a campfire was burning.
A man dressed in black sat quietly by the campfire, closing his eyes to rest.
The man in black appeared to be in his early twenties. He was tall, handsome, and had an extraordinary air about him. His fine clothes indicated that he came from a prominent family and was extremely noble. The powerful aura emanating from him was also quite awe-inspiring.
Beside the fire stood two burly figures. Recalling the scene when they arrived, all they saw were bones, no people. Even though they had seen many tragic scenes, this was the first time they had ever witnessed such an apocalyptic landscape.
One of them exclaimed, "These demon warriors are far too audacious, slaughtering an entire city like this! Lord Qi, are we just going to let them do as they please?"
This was the first time he had received a mission to eliminate demons, and his purpose in coming here was to resolve this demonic chaos!
The man in black opened his eyes upon hearing this and said calmly:
"What's the use of killing demon warriors? To the demons behind them, these demon warriors are nothing more than tools that can be used at any time. The key is to find the location of the demon behind them."
"Then why don't you hurry up and find it..."
What's the rush?
The man in black's face darkened upon hearing this, and he said coldly:
"Of course I've been looking for it for a while now, and I'm almost at the location of that demon."
He naturally has ways to find demons, and he has already located their positions, but he doesn't want to make a move so soon.
"yes."
The man in black was the most powerful and influential of the three. Hearing the other party's tone become increasingly hostile, the man who had spoken earlier dared not say anything more.
He understood something in his heart: demons were also a high-level race, and there would naturally be some gains after killing these creatures, which were like dragons.
Although demons are not as treasure-filled as dragons, killing a demon still brings many benefits, as the demon blood within them is a valuable resource.
Humans naturally have many ways to utilize the essence of demons and monsters. They can not only use it to forge weapons, but also refine it into elixirs that can stimulate bloodlines and prolong life!
Its value is self-evident!
Meanwhile, Qi Xuanyi, the man in black, remained with his eyes closed, seemingly quite confident in his own strength.
He had already secretly ascertained the demon's strength; it was only at the intermediate level and was no match for him.
The reason why this demon resorted to any means necessary and began to massacre the city was quite simple: the enemy was seriously injured and had no choice but to slaughter ordinary people to make up for his own injuries.
After all, demons aren't stupid. The flesh and blood of ordinary people aren't of much use to them, and they won't attract so much attention unless absolutely necessary.
Many demons are actually hiding in human territory, secretly hunting warriors.
They even cultivate their own faction and make them work for them.
It can be said that the difference between these demons and demonic martial artists is not that great.
The quality of the essence and blood in a severely injured demon's body will also be impaired.
In order to maximize his benefits, Qi Xuanyi naturally had to let the other party recover, otherwise wouldn't he have risked his life to come for nothing?
As for the lives of ordinary martial artists and civilians, they were naturally not worth mentioning in his eyes. The imperial court would only care whether he had eliminated the demons, and would not investigate how he had eliminated them.
In his eyes, he didn't care about the feud between Li Ming and the Qi family.
The Qi family is not a monolithic entity, so he has no need to take action against Li Ming.
"You guys keep an eye on your surroundings. Although these demon warriors don't dare to attack us, you still need to be careful and not let them disturb my rest."
Qi Xuan spoke in a flat tone, devoid of any emotion.
"well……"
The burly man didn't want to say much. He came from a military background and wanted to get promoted in Cangzhou, so he didn't want to offend the Qi family.
...
On the other side.
Li Ming shot and killed several demon warriors and saved many other warriors, but he didn't gain much life energy. As his strength increased rapidly, lower-ranking warriors could no longer provide him with life energy.
At this moment, Li Ming was not in a hurry to reminisce with his master, but instead spared the lives of the two demon warriors.
"I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them. If you're hiding anything... Hmph!"
Li Ming's words were icy. He didn't take the lives of these two people directly because he wanted to find out information about the demon behind the scenes.
These demon warriors are quite powerful, but they couldn't possibly be the demon behind the scenes. And with so many demon warriors gathered here, they must know quite a bit of information about this.
"I told you... would you let me go?"
The tall demon warrior looked terrified. The aura of the man in front of him made him feel as if he were facing a demon god. He could only try to circulate his demonic power to heal his injuries while stalling for time.
"Enough with the nonsense!"
The long sword at Li Ming's waist was instantly drawn. In a flash, a sound of tearing air was heard, and the demon warrior who had spoken in front of him had his legs cut off. He fell to the ground with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust, and his mouth was full of painful moans.
Then Li Ming instantly drew his sword and severed both of his arms.
Demon warriors, though possessing regenerative abilities and able to regenerate rapidly by activating their demonic power, still suffer unavoidable pain.
Upon hearing his companion's cries of agony, the other demon warrior trembled instantly, daring not to utter a word or even entertain the thought of fleeing.
Seeing this, Li Ming said coldly, "You're not so naive as to think I'll let you go, are you?"
"If the information you provide is of any use, I can inflict some pain on you. If you can't say anything... Heh, I've heard that demon warriors have good regenerative abilities? You've killed so many people, do you really think that death is all you need to get rid of them?"
The martial artists beside Li Ming also lit up, revealing strange smiles.
"Hehe, I wonder what it's like to torture demons."
“In the past, when interrogating prisoners, I was always worried about killing them, but this time I probably won’t have to.”
Hearing these inhuman words, the other demon warrior trembled with fear. He had heard that the imperial court had researched many methods of torture, and many so-called iron-willed warriors had never come out of the torture chambers; even a quick death was a luxury!
"I...I'll talk."
"Alright, then tell me, what's your name? And how did you become a demon?"
Li Ming inquired.
Looking into Li Ming's icy gaze, the demon warrior Wang Yong trembled and said:
"My name is Wang Yong. I was just a martial artist who had no chance of reaching the Grandmaster level. I fled to Black Iron City because I had committed many crimes. I accidentally came into contact with a mysterious old man. He gave me a drop of blood and I became incredibly powerful."
"They also recruited many martial artists like me to work for them, making us hunt down martial artists and collect a large number of their hearts... I didn't want to do this, but they held my life and death in their hands!"
Li Ming frowned. It seemed that the demon's strength had recovered considerably during this period.
"Do you know where he's hiding?"
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