Chapter 110: Saber Slash Fells Water Demons, Fame Spreads Across The Land!
Near the wharf, everyone fell silent.
Many people saw the massive vortex in the river surface and even tightly covered their mouths, not daring to make the slightest sound.
Everyone was curious: were there really demons?
What did the demons look like?
Only Ji Qing’s momentum was steadily rising, ultimately reaching the peak of momentum!
“Splash”.
Beneath the massive vortex of Yunmeng River, a massive demon resembling an octopus yet also like a turtle leaped out and charged onto the wharf.
The demon was covered all over with densely packed eyes, inspiring terror at the mere sight.
Moreover, it had a mouthful of enormous sharp teeth.
Capable of swallowing a person whole in one bite.
“Clang”.
Ji Qing drew sword.
He didn’t care how ugly or terrifying the demon looked.
The moment the demon charged onto the wharf and emerged from the water, Ji Qing decisively drew sword.
A massive blood-colored blade light appeared in the void.
The blade light gathered terrifying malevolent energy.
It was also empowered by Ji Qing’s saber momentum.
Especially under the empowerment of Ji Qing’s saber momentum, this saber slash was like heaven and earth shattering.
With one saber slash, it seemed capable of cleaving through everything!
This terrifying saber slash was presented before everyone.
Even non-martial artists trembled all over upon seeing this scene.
Martial artists who practice martial arts understood even more clearly just how powerful this saber slash was!
However, could such a brilliant blade light slay the terrifying demon?
Many people felt anxious inside.
When the blade light fell and enveloped the demon, everyone heard the demon’s roar.
“Pfft”.
The blade light entered its body, and the malevolent energy swiftly eroded every inch of the demon’s flesh.
“Crackle”.
A series of electric arcs flashed in the void.
That was the second mysterious power carried by Ji Qing’s internal energy: lightning power!
This was a power Ji Qing had mastered not long ago.
And lightning power, being the most rigid and yang, was precisely the demon’s nemesis.
It instantly made the demon roar madly and roll on the ground.
“Crack”.
Ji Qing’s internal energy also contained a second mysterious power: ice power.
With the burst of ice power, the enormous demon body was likewise frozen.
Ice and lightning rampaged within the demon’s body, while the sharp blade light also destroyed the demon’s flesh.
“Boom”.
Finally, Ji Qing’s blade light vanished.
The demon’s massive head had already turned into an ice sculpture and rolled directly onto the ground.
“Rumble”.
The demon’s enormous headless corpse also crashed heavily to the ground.
Having been decapitated, with ice and lightning, and more importantly the corrosion of the demon saber’s malevolent energy, which seemed even more effective than demon slayer’s blood.
Thus, no matter how tenacious the demon’s vitality, it was beyond saving.
The demon was dead!
In full view of everyone, Ji Qing slew the demon with one saber slash, severing its head!
Many people were already excited beyond control.
“That… was really a demon?”
“With so many eyes, it’s my first time seeing a demon.”
“This old man has traveled Yunmeng River for decades and never imagined such a terrifying demon lurked in its depths. Not encountering a demon before was truly fortunate!”
“Who is this great hero? To slay a demon with his own power using a single saber slash—it’s simply unbelievable…”
Ji Qing had already sheathed his sword.
A line of small text appeared before his eyes.
“Killed Water Demon Fish Turtle, obtained 10 origin points.”
Ji Qing obtained 10 origin points.
He flipped open the demon record again.
Sure enough, the demon record had gained a new page.
It contained information about the demon “Fish Turtle”.
“Water Demon Fish Turtle excels in water escape, can control water waves, preys on humans, and generally emerges from rivers.”
Ji Qing pondered.
Water escape?
Can control water waves?
Fortunately, Ji Qing hadn’t entered the water.
If he had entered the water, this Fish Turtle’s combat power would surge in the water, and with water escape, escaping would be all too easy.
Therefore, only on shore could the Fish Turtle be slain.
Once in the water, slaying the Fish Turtle would be far too difficult.
Ji Qing knew that his slaying of the Fish Turtle deserved at most half the merit.
The other half belonged to Yunmeng Goddess.
He didn’t know what method Yunmeng Goddess had used to force the Fish Turtle out of the water onto shore, giving Ji Qing the chance for a fatal strike!
“This Fish Turtle has decent defense. Before, it might have given me some trouble. But this time, after cultivating twenty-four acupoints, my internal energy surged, and with the addition of the second lightning power, my saber technique has grown stronger!”
Ji Qing’s strength had undoubtedly improved again.
Otherwise, slaying this Fish Turtle with one saber slash wouldn’t have been so easy.
Of course, the demon saber deserved the greatest credit.
“Hm?”
“The demon saber’s malevolent energy has surged again…”
Having just thought of the demon saber, Ji Qing immediately sensed that after killing the Water Demon Fish Turtle, the demon saber Tuliu’s malevolent energy had greatly increased.
Even its demonic nature had begun influencing Ji Qing again.
This demon saber was powerful and indeed effective against demons.
But its side effects were also severe.
The more powerful the beings slain, whether human or demon, the more the demon saber’s malevolent energy would burst with each kill.
Making it increasingly difficult for Ji Qing’s saber momentum to suppress it.
However, it was still within controllable limits for now.
Moreover, the stronger the saber’s malevolent energy, the more it tempered the saber momentum.
Once the saber momentum improved, suppressing the demon saber would be easy again.
“Thank you, Great Hero Ji, for exorcising demons for Luancheng!”
Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.
Ji Qing immediately recognized it as the voice of the Blackwater Gang gang leader.
The loud shout spurred everyone near the wharf to shout as well.
In an instant, the voices rose majestically, echoing over Luancheng.
Ji Qing had leaped from “villain ranking demon” to “demon slayer great hero”.
“Whoosh”.
Without looking back, Ji Qing jumped directly back onto the small boat.
“Boatman, row the boat.”
“Yes, this little one will row immediately.”
The previous boatman and passengers had also been required to go ashore, staying near the wharf.
Seeing Ji Qing board the boat, the boatman ran over at once, and the passengers hurried to the cabin.
At this point, the passengers’ gazes toward Ji Qing were no longer so fearful.
The boatman immediately rowed the oars.
The small boat leisurely departed from Luancheng’s wharf.
Luancheng Yamen’s constables and yamen runners saw the massive demon corpse on the wharf.
Their eyes lit up one by one.
This was a real demon corpse.
With such a demon corpse dead in Luancheng, it was a great merit for the city!
“Quick, hurry and drag the demon corpse to the yamen. This is like a pie from heaven, gaining such great merit for free…”
The constables were delighted.
This matter brought huge benefits to everyone in the yamen.
As for the demon slayer being the Imperial Court wanted criminal Ji Qing?
No one would mention this point; it was even automatically ignored.
The yamen would only report it as a Jianghu righteous hero, nothing more.
The yamen could fool the Imperial Court on this, but news in the Jianghu spread quickly.
In the sixteenth year of Yongchang, tenth month, “Astonishing Swan Saber” Ji Qing at Luancheng Wharf slew the water demon single-handedly with one saber in public!
The news spread, shocking the entire Jianghu.
“Astonishing Swan Saber” Ji Qing was also hailed as the “demon slayer great hero,” his fame spreading throughout the land!
