Chapter 34 - Pursuing the Fox Demon (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Yi Qing and Lonemoon were not so much pursuing the fox demon as pursuing Shen Ying who had left them trailing far behind. They followed her right up to the entrance of a cave before stopping.

Shen Ying stood upright at the entrance of the cave… looking like she was mulling over something?

“Is the fox demon hiding in the cave?” Lonemoon flew down and asked. “Why don’t you chase after it?”

Shen Ying turned to look at him impassively. Her face did not convey any expression yet to Lonemoon, there was a hint of disdain behind it. “Don’t you see the words written on this cave?”

“Words? What words?” Lonemoon was baffled.

She reached out her hand and pointed at the cave entrance. “Trap inside. Please enter quickly!”

“Er…”

Indeed, the fox demon clearly knew that it was being pursued. Why of all places would it choose this cave which was obviously a dead end? It was obvious that the fox demon had planned a trap here in advance.

“Then what should we do? There’s no other way in.” Frowning, Lonemoon countered, “We can’t let the fox demon refine a neonate formation pill, otherwise it’ll become a Demon Monarch after consuming it and then it’ll be even harder to deal with.”

“Master.” Yi Qing stepped forward with a proposal. “This cave doesn’t look deep, so why not let me force it out using a sword array?”

Huh? Sword array?! Is there such a sword array?

Shen Ying nodded her assent. Yi Qing immediately formed a hand seal and the sword in his hand suddenly transformed into thousands of swords, all of which started flying up into the sky following the Spirit Qi he released. Immediately, the entire sky was covered by a dense rain of swords. Yi Qing then formed another hand seal and the rain of swords began to gather and condense in the air. Within moments they had turned into a gigantic, golden sword that reached up to the sky. Yi Qing made a huge leap into the air, his entire body seemingly merging into the golden sword. The whole sky was covered in a dense cloud of Sword Qi.

Lonemoon was stunned. Such surging Sword Qi was something even he might not be capable of summoning forth. In just a few days, Yi Qing had mastered and become one with his Sword Intent.

Lonemoon’s heart leaped in excitement. He saw that Yi Qing was changing his sword move. Lifting his right hand, a solemn expression on his face, Yi Qing let out a formidable roar. “Break!” The gigantic sword immediately slammed itself down directly onto the cave. There was a resounding bang and the cave in front of them was sliced in two. The giant sword did not stop there, but instead attacked in different directions: making a side chop, a vertical chop, an oblique chop. It was like chopping vegetables. One chop here… another chop there… yet another…

Lonemoon, who had been eagerly looking forward to an awe-inspiring move from Yi Qing: “…”

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I’m gonna flip out! This is just plain smashing. You call this forcing it out? This is obviously a demolition operation! Don’t think that I can’t recognize an excavator when I see one, asshole!

Wait a moment!

Why did he feel that this move looked a little familiar?

Bloody hell, isn’t this the sword move that Shen Ying used to part the sea? It seems like you’re really applying what you’ve learned!

“Master…” Seeing that the cave had been diced into a pile of gravel, Yi Qing had flown back. “Okay!” No more traps.

“Good job.”

Good job my foot! Where’s the fox demon? You said you would force it out! It hasn’t bloody come out yet!

The civet cat: “…” These people are really terrifying. Kitty wants to go home.

It was only after taking a few deep breaths… that Lonemoon managed to suppress the curses in his heart. He activated his Divine Perception and started probing for the fox demon among the mountain of gravel in front of him. The strange thing was that the demonic aura which had been very pronounced until just now had suddenly vanished without a trace.