Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?!
Chapter 116: Third Life: 1,000-Year-Old Demon Locust Tree, Bone-Eroding Poisonous Fog

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Third Life: 1,000-Year-Old Demon Locust Tree, Bone-Eroding Poisonous Fog

Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

Hour of the fifth watch.

Lu Yuan awoke from his slumber, his eyes betraying a trace of doubt.

Normally, around the hour of the fourth watch, the crowing of roosters would be heard.

But today, it was eerily quiet, with not a sound emanating from the vast escort agency!

"Something’s amiss."

Lu Yuan frowned slightly, just as he was about to get out of bed.

"Creak!"

Just then.

The door opened on its own, a bone-chilling wind gusting through the crack, causing him to involuntarily shiver!

Lu Yuan turned his head to look.

He saw that outside the door, the courtyard had been shrouded in a grey mist unbeknownst to him.

Lu Yuan’s vision was blocked by the grey mist, rendering him unable to see beyond a single zhang!

This discovery was shocking, sending alarm bells ringing in his mind.

To know that a martial cultivator, at the level of a Third Grade Qi Gathering Realm, had gradually surpassed the limits of mortal flesh, with vision and hearing far beyond ordinary men.

On normal occasions, he could clearly see even an ant a hundred zhang away!

Yet this grey mist seemed to isolate all sounds and sights, and if one were suddenly encased within it, the five senses would be greatly weakened, even inferior to mere mortals!

Especially as the grey mist spread.

The entire doorway gradually vanished, and apart from the bed upon which Lu Yuan was situated, everything within sight had disappeared without a trace!

Moreover, within the grey mist, shadowy figures loomed.

Many indistinct silhouettes lingered at the door, occasionally casting icy glances at Lu Yuan!

These figures included men and women, elderly and children, their faces indistinct.

Their mouths alone were all adorned with eerie smiles!

"How could one be haunted in broad daylight?"

Since the simulation began.

This was the first time Lu Yuan encountered such a strange occurrence, even though he was a strong practitioner of the Qi Gathering Realm, his heart was somewhat uneasy.

Suddenly, mindful of a fleeting thought, he focused on the grey mist before him.

Soon enough, information began to appear in his mind.

[Martial Technique: Bone-Eroding Poisonous Fog (Weakened Version)]

[Grade: Earth Tier]

[Introduction: While enlightening at the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, the Thousand-Year Demon Locust Tree from Black Wind Ridge imitated Divine Sea powerhouses, manipulating Heaven and Earth primordial energy to self-create an ultimate skill.]

[Once unleashed, all within ten li will be enshrouded, and any living being within will be eroded and perish due to high toxicity!]

[Note: The Tiger Demon’s cultivation is insufficient, so the power of its Bone-Eroding Poisonous Fog is less than one percent of the Thousand-Year Demon Locust Tree’s.]

[However, due to its unique qualities, it paved an alternative path, creating a new technique, Bone-Eroding Ghostly Mist, which uses grey mist to create Chong Ghosts, weakening martial cultivators’ power and senses by killing living beings!]

"Pretending to be ghosts, it turns out to be merely the Tiger Demon working behind the scenes!"

Once he figured out the enemy’s origin, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing the enemy’s identity left nothing to be wary of.

He grabbed the Blood Slaughter Saber and sprang up from the bed.

The Wind and Thunder Power flowed unrestrainedly through the saber handle, infusing into the Blood Slaughter Saber.

Countless complex lines lit up in succession, a substantial crimson blade light suddenly shot forth!

Wind and Thunder Saber Technique Second Move: Exorcism!

The most resilient wind and thunder true qi was the bane of all malevolent specters.

Moreover, the Blood Slaughter Saber, bathed in countless people’s blood, was a supreme fierce weapon, its intense evil qi causing even spirits to tremble!

The Chong Ghosts didn’t even have time to react before being cleaved by the saber light, instantly vaporizing into smoke and disappearing into the air.

"Boom!"

The Wind and Thunder true qi surged, purging all demons and malevolent spirits.

A series of thunder arcs slithered through the air like serpents.

All the grey mist swiftly dissipated, retreating like the tide, finally revealing the true face of the courtyard.

As the grey mist cleared.

An elderly figure hurriedly approached from afar, with lingering fear and trepidation on his face.

"Yuan’er, are you alright?"

Elder Lu asked with concern.

The grey mist was too bizarre, able to shield all perception, even he was trapped by it just now!

If it weren’t for Lu Yuan acting quickly to disperse all the grey mist.

Otherwise, should someone exploit the opportunity, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Wait, Yuan’er, have you broken through again?"

Elder Lu surveyed Lu Yuan with slanted eyes, suddenly taking a gasp of cold air, his eyes wide like brass bells, as if discovering a new world.

In his perception.

Lu Yuan’s true qi was as vast and powerful as rivers and seas, even slightly stronger than his own!

"During cultivation two days ago, I suddenly realized something, and broke through accordingly."

Lu Yuan seemed very calm.

With the triple blessings of [Acting on behalf of Heaven], [Yin Sha Spirit Body], and [Emotionless Dao], this achievement was genuinely nothing.

But his calm tone struck Elder Lu’s ears like a thunderbolt out of the blue!

Only two years of age, Third Grade Qi Gathering Realm?

What kind of extraordinary prodigy was this?

Elder Lu’s brain was dizzy, taking half a day to recover his senses.

"Grandfather, you’re newly healed, make sure to rest well, I’ll go out for a bit."

Lu Yuan greeted briefly, then turned and left the escort agency.

This ghostly mist came suddenly, the culprit behind must be nearby!

...

On the other side.

In a mansion not far from Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

The ground paved with bluestone had already been stained red with blood, scattered everywhere were corpses and bones gnawed clean, even the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

A group of great demons, holding arms and legs, were feasting happily.

Since the old ancestor followed that Tiger Demon’s antics to learn human race language and habits, they had been eating leisurely over time, not having feasted so joyously in ages.

With the Pig Demon’s sudden disappearance, they took advantage of their entry into the city to slaughter, satisfying their desires.

After all, the villagers outside the city were all emaciated, no match for these pampered, plump merchants?

Just as the group of great demons were feasting gluttonously.

The Tiger Demon, who was meditating, suddenly seemed heavily injured, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Its vigorous blood energy quickly plummeted, instantly becoming weak and listless.

"What expert came to Zhenyuan Escort Agency to dismantle my Bone-Eroding Ghostly Mist!"

The Tiger Demon abruptly opened its eyes, its expression drastically shocked.

Its cultivation time was short, and although lacking in direct combat power, its talent and aptitude were sufficient to eclipse every great demon on Black Wind Ridge.

Because of this.

The Thousand-Year Demon Locust Tree took great regard for it, even making an exception to adopt it as a foster child.

And the Bone-Eroding Ghostly Mist it created was essentially perfect, with greater potential than the Thousand-Year Demon Locust Tree’s Bone-Eroding Poisonous Fog!

However, the Tiger Demon never envisioned.

It originally planned to use ghost mist to first probe Zhenyuan Escort Agency, only to have it easily dismantled?

Combined with the mysterious disappearance of the Pig Demon and Wu Yong, the Tiger Demon was now convinced that Zhenyuan Escort Agency contained great terror!

Yet when the Tiger Demon saw the demons embroiled in infighting over food, it was even more infuriated.

"At a time like this, you morons are still fighting over food?"

"Stay here now, do you intend to wait for death?"

The Tiger Demon reprimanded angrily.

"Tiger Demon, your wisdom is still fresh, you’re just too cowardly. In our days following the old ancestor, we killed countless strongmen from the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"So what if Zhenyuan Escort Agency has experts? Are they stronger than the Demon Suppression Bureau, able to annihilate us all?"

The other great demons remained indifferent, continuing to feast.

They usually felt suffocated on Black Wind Ridge, now finally making it to the city, leaving without filling their bellies was impossible?

The Tiger Demon was nearly incensed, spitting blood.

How could it rejuvenate the Demon Race mingling with this bunch of dimwits?

Just as it was about to depart alone, its steps suddenly halted, its figure involuntarily staggered back a few steps.

Because at the mansion door, a silhouette unexpectedly appeared!