He really meant to fight immediately, without the slightest hesitation!

Lu Song actually didn’t have much confidence in his heart.

He neither knew what origin this evil demon before him had, why he had infiltrated Xinghai, nor what cultivation level he possessed or what kind of strength he had. After all, he had never before seen a great demon that made the Sky Demon Mirror react so intensely!

But he had to act, relying only on that moment’s instinct, that surge of righteous indignation!

With a thunderous “boom,” the entire Sky Demon Mirror flipped over, endless blue light like azure seawater pouring out from the mirror’s surface, instantly surging toward Fu Chaosheng!

Moreover, vague golden runes flickered within the seawater, glittering brightly.

A tremendous force accompanied this strike, spreading toward the surroundings.

All the cultivators who had originally been sitting in Lanke Tower discussing the Dao were affected by this force and knocked away. For a moment, the cultivators originally gathered here scattered outward like ripples on water!

The aura of a Return to Void stage great power’s attack made everyone’s scalp tingle!

Even the Yashan cultivators who knew Fu Chaosheng were momentarily stunned, not reacting immediately.

Only Jian Chou’s heart turned cold the moment she saw Fu Chaosheng appear. Now seeing Lu Song attack, she only had time to urgently shout: “Pavilion Master Lu, wait!”

But how could Lu Song pay attention to her?!

The Sky Demon Mirror strike had already been launched. Under the blazing light, it grew larger against the wind, imposing and mighty, as if it wanted to press Fu Chaosheng beneath it and crush him to pieces!

That ancient, worn slate-colored robe was lifted by this strike’s terrifying force, fluttering wildly.

The countless pale green ancient patterns on it seemed to sense some threat. In the blink of an eye, they came alive under the Sky Demon Mirror’s radiance, twisting and writhing!

Fu Chaosheng’s expression remained unchanged as he stood in place without moving, but his pair of eyes suddenly turned deep green.

Five slender, pale fingers slowly rose at this moment.

A power completely different from cultivators’ spiritual energy instantly coiled between his five fingers, gathering into streams of cyan energy.

Though not particularly conspicuous, the aura it faintly revealed made viewers tremble with fear!

Demonic power!

Demonic power so dense it was frightening!

In just this instant, all uncertainty vanished. Tongling Pavilion had raised spirit beasts for many years and subdued countless demons – how could they fail to recognize this aura?!

Immediately, not only did the Sky Demon Mirror’s power not withdraw, it even added three more layers!

Even Jian Chou, who wanted to step forward to stop it, was caught off guard and forced back three steps by this force!

In the entire tower, only Fu Chaosheng could still stand steadily in place!

Facing this attack that came at him in an instant, he didn’t even try to dodge, directly extending his palm forward to block!

Light and effortless, without even a trace of exertion!

But the Sky Demon Mirror’s entire azure sea-like radiance seemed to hit some invisible barrier, unable to advance even half an inch further!

“Boom!”

The next moment, without him doing anything more, this entire expanse of radiance exploded thunderously, overturning all the surrounding tables and chairs, even half of Lanke Tower’s roof!

Bright daylight immediately poured down.

Lu Song’s face had already changed in horror.

Only Fu Chaosheng’s pair of deep green pupils suddenly looked toward him, then repeated the two words he had just said: “…Evil demon?”

What was an evil demon?

Being different from humans made one an evil demon? Made one deserving of death?

Then could he now say that all existences except himself were evil demons and should die?!

The demonic, malevolent aura that had been restrained due to hiding his identity when entering Yashan reappeared in Fu Chaosheng’s eyes for the first time in so many days.

His gaze toward Lu Song was extremely cold.

But Lu Song was, after all, a Return to Void stage great power. Having recognized his identity, how could he give up so easily?

Moreover, there wasn’t just one great power cultivator in Lanke Tower today.

Even if the opponent was powerful, they had several people. If they couldn’t win even with these numbers, it would be too embarrassing.

So even though the Sky Demon Mirror’s attack was blocked, Lu Song had no intention of stopping. On the contrary, after the Sky Demon Mirror’s attack, he had a moment’s time to unleash his real attack!

The Sky Demon Mirror was originally just a sensing instrument with little attack power.

But Tongling Pavilion’s various techniques were different!

Tongling Pavilion’s techniques were, in a sense, very similar to the Extreme Domain’s dharma bodies and Buddhist dharma forms, except they specialized in establishing soul contracts with demons to borrow their abilities and techniques.

“Bang!”

He heavily stamped the ground with such force it was like a mountain collapsing!

Lu Song solemnly shouted coldly, his hands closing from both sides toward the center, as if bearing tremendous pressure, continuously squeezing inward!

Crimson firelight, when squeezed to a certain extreme, suddenly exploded outward like a sea of fire!

Lu Song immediately released his hands, instantly forming a moon-embracing posture raised high.

“Screech—”

A sharp, high bird cry!

In that instant, a massive red bird actually condensed from the firelight, its crimson eyes emitting faint divine light, its red feathers like forged flame, radiating fierce and oppressive malevolence!

Spirit of the Four Directions, Vermillion Bird!

The Vermillion Bird was an ancient divine bird. Though now extinct in the world, Tongling Pavilion’s sect history was also very ancient, so having such ancient divine bird spirits wasn’t surprising.

All the cultivators recognized it almost immediately.

They were naturally shocked and awed by the soul-capturing’s pressure when this bird cry rang out!

Perhaps influenced by this Vermillion Bird spirit, Lu Song’s entire body glowed with crimson firelight. He threw back his head and gave a long howl.

The Vermillion Bird spirit also instantly sensed his intense fighting spirit and sang loudly!

The piercing shriek immediately shot out like a sharp sword. The Vermillion Bird spirit spread its wings and in this instant transformed into a straight beam of firelight, charging toward Fu Chaosheng!

Vermillion Bird spirit?

Perhaps he had once been just an insignificant mayfly, but now he was already a great demon formed by heaven and earth. Lu Song couldn’t see his cultivation level clearly, much less know his origins, which was why he dared summon this spirit before him!

In the depths of his deep green eyes, whirlpools suddenly swirled, wisps of icy killing intent faintly emerging!

His gaze just pierced through this oncoming firelight and through this seemingly fierce Vermillion Bird spirit, looking directly into Lu Song’s eyes!

From this pair of completely different eyes, all he could see was himself.

For cultivators, there might be right and wrong in the world, but for beings like Fu Chaosheng, naturally demonic and evil, there was no right or wrong in the world, only life and death.

Only life and death were pure.

Existence was existence, annihilation was annihilation.

He was born from the great wish of the mayfly clan, existing for the purpose of not dying.

If anyone wanted him dead…

Then, no matter what existence it was – human, demon, friend, or enemy – his answer and response would only be one:

Whoever wants me dead, I will kill!

“Hum!”

A vibrating sound in the air.

From the ancient, worn patterns on Fu Chaosheng’s robes, wisps of black qi actually emerged, evil and fierce, causing fear and terror the moment they appeared!

Killing intent finally completely enveloped him!

Dense black qi almost surrounded his entire being, making it impossible for anyone to see his face clearly, much less his expression.

Under this strange and dangerous aura, even the diving Vermillion Bird spirit showed momentary fear, as if encountering some supreme existence, or perhaps fearing the danger before it, not daring to advance further.

Lu Song was greatly alarmed.

He naturally sensed Fu Chaosheng’s killing intent, but the more so, the more it proved the being before him was demonic and evil!

The Sky Demon Mirror was an ancient secret treasure passed down in Tongling Pavilion – it couldn’t possibly be wrong!

Gritting his teeth, he directly shouted “Kill!” and forcibly manipulated the Vermillion Bird spirit to continue forward, burning with raging flames like a sea of fire, about to engulf Fu Chaosheng!

Though Fu Chaosheng still maintained human form, anyone could see he was no longer human!

His five fingers hanging at his sides lightly tensed.

In this instant, there was faintly a strange spatial fluctuation unfolding around him. Even his eyes took on an illusory quality, as if existing in another space, repeatedly separated by something void between him and Lu Song.

With a slight movement of his fingers, he was about to manipulate something to end the life of this cultivator who didn’t know his place. But just as his palm was about to rise, a slightly warm hand suddenly reached over!

“Slap!”

Unexpectedly, it firmly grasped his hand that was about to strike fatally!

Fu Chaosheng was a demon, a mayfly.

Even in human form, if he didn’t deliberately conceal it, his body naturally had no temperature, so compared to real cultivators, he was much colder.

Thus at this moment, the palm covering his hand felt extremely hot.

Before he could react to this, a familiar figure had already appeared before his eyes.

Jian Chou in moon-white robes, due to this sudden entrance, was lifted by the oncoming hot wind. The Vermillion Bird spirit’s crimson firelight even dyed her white robes blood red!

Even the black hair flying beside her cheeks seemed to be burning at this moment.

Fu Chaosheng was immediately stunned.

Not understanding human customs and relationships, he didn’t know what this action meant. Almost instinctively, he wanted to break free from Jian Chou’s grasp and continue the technique interrupted earlier, to strike at Lu Song.

Unexpectedly, Jian Chou in front seemed to sense his intention.

The Vermillion Bird spirit was right before them!

Behind her was someone who thought of killing at the drop of a hat!

Heaven knew how furious she was at this moment!

The Burning Lamp Sword instantly unsheathed, twenty-one treasure-form flower patterns instantly ignited, but the entire sword directly transformed into a lotus lamp-like platform!

“Boom!”

Endless Vermillion Bird spirit fire surged like a great tide, fierce and terrifying, as if it could instantly devour that tiny “heart fire” in the lotus lamp!

But no one expected—

This seemingly fragile spark, like a lone boat in raging wolves, not only wasn’t impacted or extinguished, but became like an bottomless whirlpool!

Devouring whatever came!

However fast Lu Song’s Vermillion Bird spirit fire came, it disappeared just as quickly!

After Jian Chou brought out this lotus lamp, she didn’t even spare it another glance, as if completely unconcerned about the result. She directly turned around, her eyes containing some anger, actually giving a stern cold shout: “Everyone stand still!”

At this moment, Fu Chaosheng was somewhat bewildered.

Almost the instant her cold shout rang out, he instinctively stopped his brewing technique and really stood still without moving.

Jian Chou’s warning gaze lingered on him for a moment before sweeping around.

When Lu Song and Fu Chaosheng fought, quite a few people were already watching.

Great powers like Fengmo Sword Sect’s Sect Master Zhang Yuandai indeed wouldn’t participate in the dispute between Lu Song and Fudao Shanren, but facing Fu Chaosheng was different.

After all, he was a demon, and a great demon at that.

At this moment, several cultivators of considerable cultivation stood at the tower’s corners, clearly preparing to act and attack together with Lu Song.

But Jian Chou’s thunderous shout out of nowhere stunned them.

No one could be mistaken – this Yashan Senior Sister seemed to be protecting this evil demon?

For a moment, facing her undisguised warning gaze, everyone was somewhat dazed. Their impending attacks somehow stopped.

Probably because her pressure was too heavy at this moment, her aura too fierce.

As if they would be declaring themselves her enemies if they acted!

So after this warning filled with stern intent, everyone really did “stand still.”

The atmosphere in the tower immediately became strange.

Lu Song was even more flabbergasted. First, his invincible Vermillion Bird spirit was easily dissolved by Jian Chou’s lamp, completely absorbed into that point of heart fire and disappeared without a trace. Second was the matter of Jian Chou suddenly standing up itself.

“Young Friend Jian Chou, what is the meaning of this! Are you really going to protect this evil demon?!”

“Pavilion Master Lu, you seem to have forgotten that Fellow Daoist Fu is a guest of our Yashan. What his origins are, Yashan knows very clearly! What business is it of yours to interfere?”

Jian Chou stood right in front of Fu Chaosheng, blocking him completely.

This was clearly a “try to touch him before touching me” stance, her protective intent couldn’t be more obvious.

But…

Several people from Yashan’s side, like Shen Jiu, Zuoliu, Jiang He, Chen Weishan and others, felt inexplicably guilty hearing these words.

Crystal clear? Bullshit.

This Fellow Daoist Fu had mysterious origins – they knew absolutely nothing!

Others seeing Jian Chou’s solemn face speaking with righteous indignation might think everything she said was true, but it was actually all nonsense!

How terrifying. Indeed, anyone who could replace the black-hearted Qu Zhengfeng as Senior Sister wasn’t simple. At least this ability to lie with eyes wide open was invincibly strong!

Of course, they wouldn’t stand up to expose their Senior Sister.

The reason?

Very simple. They could face each other with drawn swords, but would never stab in the back. They were all Yashan disciples – what was wrong with lying together?

So several people wisely maintained silence.

But Lu Song’s heart blazed with anger, truly unable to understand what Yashan was doing now, what they were thinking, what they were up to!

The previous matter with Yushan Xing was one thing, but now a demon appeared and Yashan wanted to protect him too!

Which could be tolerated, which could not?!

Lu Song’s chest heaved, feeling waves of anger rising. His sharp gaze passed over Jian Chou and fell directly on Fu Chaosheng, with no intention of backing down.

“Your Yashan is truly unreasonable! This creature’s demonic aura runs rampant, stained with bloody qi – who knows how many lives he’s harmed! Today he dares appear in Xinghai, how arrogant! Since I, Lu, have seen him, how can I spare him!”

Before his words finished, he raised both hands again!

“Roar—”

Unlike the clear-yet-stern cry of the previous Vermillion Bird spirit, this dragon roar that rang out from nowhere carried rolling fury in its bellow, already showing heaven-defying majesty in the blink of an eye!

An azure dragon shadow leaped from above Lu Song’s head in response, eyes tinged with gold, scorning all things!

Billowing clouds swirled around it, instantly manifesting endless wind and clouds.

The dragon head raised, actually opening its mouth wide and lifting its claws high, charging toward Jian Chou – or rather, toward Fu Chaosheng hidden behind Jian Chou!

Lu Song had already thought it through.

Everyone had self-preservation instincts. Yashan’s Jian Chou surely wouldn’t sacrifice herself for this demon or fight him so blatantly!

Facing this attack, she would definitely retreat!

But he misjudged Jian Chou, misjudged her determination, and misjudged her barely suppressible fury at this moment!

Couldn’t this Pavilion Master Lu understand human speech?!

On ordinary days, in different circumstances, Jian Chou might really retreat, might yield, but at this time, in this situation!

Retreat?!

Dream on!

At this moment, Jian Chou raised her head to look at this azure dragon charging directly at her, her ears also filled with its terrifying roar, unable to hear any other sound.

All she could hear was the fury in her heart!

Her eyes completely turned cold. For the first time since entering Return to Void, Jian Chou released all her cultivation and power. The moment her left palm rose, a dark gold phantom merged into her palm like a specter!

“Bang!”

In a flash, the Four Directions Azure Dragon spirit charging head-on had struck without reservation!

Lu Song never expected she wouldn’t retreat at all!

And she even thrust her palm forward to meet it head-on!

A feeling of being offended by a junior immediately surged up, along with a tide of anger about “how could Yashan be like this.” But in just the next moment, all these complex feelings collapsed like mountains crumbling and heaven tilting!

“Rumble…”

This seemingly ordinary palm actually erupted with infinite power!

The heart-shaking dragon roar was replaced by terrifying shattering sounds. The spiritually radiant azure giant dragon, the instant this palm struck back, completely unable to withstand it, its dragon head instantly pierced through!

This palm was like a white rainbow piercing the sun, unstoppable and incomparably sharp!

The mighty azure dragon couldn’t even create the slightest ripple before it!

Never mind others – even Lu Song himself couldn’t believe his eyes.

Though this Four Directions Spirit Dao Seal wasn’t his trump card, Jian Chou was just a cultivator who had recently broken through to Return to Void, not cultivating for long, so her foundation must be insufficient. Logically, dealing with her should be more than enough.

But how could this be the situation?

Too shocking!

Everything was unexpected!

So much so that in this moment that decided life and death, victory and defeat, Lu Song actually failed to react quickly. But by the time he reacted, Jian Chou wouldn’t give him another chance!

After destroying Lu Song’s strike like crushing dry weeds, this palm’s pressure was only consumed by sixty to seventy percent. Though the remaining thirty percent wasn’t much, it was enough to subdue the dazed Lu Song who had no follow-up prepared!

“Bang!”

“Crack crack crack…”

Everyone felt their vision blur. Lu Song, who had been standing in place, was gone. Then came terrifying impact sounds from the only remaining hard silver-veined rosewood pillar behind!

Looking back, they saw Lu Song’s entire body had crashed into it!

Terrifying cracks immediately appeared on the silver-veined rosewood pillar!

What made everyone even more terrified was that dark gold palm shadow firmly pressing against Lu Song’s neck…

Jian Chou stood in place, not moving a single step.

Her arm maintained its extended posture, five tense fingers gripping emptily, as if like that palm shadow ahead, firmly strangling Lu Song’s throat and surrounding his soul with that terrifying power!

Motionless, it was a suffocating oppression!

Her face was icy cold, her eyes crystallized with murderous intent. Fury hadn’t yet left her, so that even this seemingly calm and straightforward statement carried a cold threat.

“Now, can Pavilion Master Lu listen to this junior discuss reason?”