Chapter 18: Black Blood!
“What Skin-changing Demon? We are tracking the Blood Demon here, and the Blood Demon’s aura is in the room, so that’s why we came in.”
“I see… then how do you confirm it’s the Blood Demon?”
“That’s simple?”
Chen Luo immediately took out an ancient compass. He bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the compass.
The blood was absorbed by the compass.
“Buzz.”
The compass emitted a brilliant light.
Within the light, there was faintly a streak of blood color, pointing toward the room.
Chen Luo re-entered the room.
Suddenly, a massive blood-colored phantom appeared within the compass.
“See, the Blood Demon has indeed been here before, and it stayed in this room for quite a long time.”
Chen Luo pointed at the blood-colored phantom and said.
“Could it be that the entire Lei Residence was harmed by the Blood Demon? Young Master Ji, didn’t you say it was the Skin-changing Demon that harmed the entire Lei Residence?”
Lei Yu frowned and asked.
“Buzz.”
Before Ji Qing could answer, the compass in Chen Luo’s hand suddenly emitted brilliant light again.
This time, a blurry phantom appeared next to the blood-colored phantom.
Seeing this, Chen Luo was greatly startled.
“Huh? There’s a second phantom, which means there was likely a second demon in this room before. Could it be the Skin-changing Demon you mentioned?”
A sharp glint flashed in Ji Qing’s eyes, and he said gravely, “Chen Luo, you’re a Demon Slayer, don’t you know about the Skin-changing Demon?”
“My Chen Family has been Demon Slayers for generations, and there is no demon in the world that my Chen Family doesn’t know about. However, my skills are not refined, so I’m not very familiar with many demons, but are you sure it’s called the Skin-changing Demon?”
“We’re sure!”
Ji Qing’s tone was resolute.
The Demon Record authenticated it—how could he not be sure?
“Good thing I brought the Demon Identification Compendium. Let me look it up first.”
Chen Luo immediately took out a mysterious ancient book from his bundle, with the four large characters “Demon Identification Compendium” written on it.
Chen Luo opened the Demon Identification Compendium and carefully checked page by page.
Lei Yu and Ji Qing glanced at each other and both couldn’t help but shake their heads.
They could tell that this Chen Luo truly had no Jianghu experience at all.
He was completely a novice just setting out into the world.
“Found it!”
Chen Luo suddenly looked excited and said loudly, “Skin-changing Demon, adept at concealing its aura, can peel off human skin to create clones, cunning by nature, and its true body rarely appears in the world.”
“You Demon Slayers can’t find the Skin-changing Demon’s true body?”
Ji Qing’s heart sank.
Chen Luo scratched the back of his head and said with a bitter smile, “Among the demons in the Demon Identification Compendium, most have been exorcised or sealed by my Chen Family, but there are a very few demons that even my Chen Family is helpless against. The Skin-changing Demon is one of them.”
“However, although the Skin-changing Demon’s true body is hard to find, its clones are active in the world, and the clones of the Skin-changing Demon often aren’t very strong, so they’re not hard to deal with if encountered.”
Ji Qing fell silent.
He knew even more about the Skin-changing Demon than Chen Luo, this Demon Slayer.
“It’s not that the Skin-changing Demon’s clones aren’t strong, but that the strength of the Skin-changing Demon’s clones depends on the strength of the host before they became clones. The stronger the host was before becoming a Skin-changing Demon clone, the stronger it will be after!”
Ji Qing explained.
“This great hero isn’t a Demon Slayer, yet knows more about the Skin-changing Demon. Could it be that you’ve dealt with it before?”
Chen Luo asked.
“Dealt with it? More than that—the entire Ji family, and my entire Lei Residence, were all massacred by the Skin-changing Demon! I don’t care if this Skin-changing Demon is a clone or the true body—I must kill it!”
“Chen Luo, can you find the Skin-changing Demon?”
Lei Yu asked with murderous intent.
“Well… I can find it. With a wisp of demon aura, a Demon Slayer can track it. But the main purpose of our trip is to pursue the Blood Demon. This Blood Demon is extraordinary, with extremely high danger level. Ordinary Jianghu martial artists aren’t opponents for the Blood Demon at all. Once the Blood Demon emerges, it will truly endanger the world.”
Chen Luo explained.
Lei Yu was about to get angry.
With great difficulty, there was a trace of the Skin-changing Demon—Chen Luo had to track it even if he didn’t want to!
But Ji Qing shook his head slightly and said, “Brother Chen, since the Lei Residence has the auras of both the Blood Demon and the Skin-changing Demon, it means the Skin-changing Demon and the Blood Demon were likely together. The two demons teaming up probably means some conspiracy. You’re tracking the Blood Demon now, so we’ll follow along—perhaps we can find the Skin-changing Demon too!”
“Huh? That’s a good idea… but the Blood Demon is too dangerous. You Jianghu people have strong martial arts, but facing the Blood Demon is still too risky…”
Chen Luo meant well.
He was afraid that in pursuing the Blood Demon, he would end up harming Ji Qing and Miss Lei’s lives.
“Chen kid, don’t forget who was just beaten until vomiting blood all over the ground?”
“This…”
Chen Luo was indeed a bit embarrassed.
He glanced stealthily at Miss Lei again, his feelings complex.
Although he was a novice, in the Demon Slayer family, he was one of the top among the younger generation. This time sneaking out to track, Chen Luo also thought his martial arts and magic were very strong.
As a result, the first opponent he met was Miss Lei—his martial arts and magic combined weren’t a match.
It was really too embarrassing.
“Miss Lei, Brother Ji, it’s not that I’m looking down on your strength—you’re indeed very strong among Jianghu people. But facing the Blood Demon, you’re no match. The Blood Demon isn’t afraid of ordinary blades, swords, or weapons; it has immense strength, is versatile in changes, and is almost immortal. Only our Demon Slayers’ magic can harm the Blood Demon.”
Chen Luo explained.
“Demon Slayers’ magic? Can you teach us some too? Even the simplest little spell—if we master it, we can assist you!”
Ji Qing’s heart stirred, and he spoke up.
“Yes, yes, just teach us magic.”
Although Lei Yu said Chen Luo’s strength was average, she was still very interested in the Demon Slayer’s magic.
“Magic…”
Chen Luo shook his head and said, “Even if I teach you magic, you won’t learn it. Our Demon Slayers’ magic can only be cast using Demon Slayer blood. Every time we cast magic, we Demon Slayers use our own blood as the medium.”
“Without the Demon Slayer bloodline, it’s almost impossible to cast any magic. However, occasionally some people scattered outside might have Demon Slayer bloodline in their bodies, but the probability is extremely small.”
“If you two don’t believe it, look at my blood and my sister’s.”
Chen Luo and Chen Lin each flicked out a drop of blood.
“This blood… has a faint blue color?”
Ji Qing and Lei Yu glanced at each other, both feeling very surprised.
“That’s right, this is the Demon Slayer bloodline! Actually, not every descendant in our clan can awaken the Demon Slayer bloodline—most people can’t awaken it either.”
“You two can also check your own blood. It’s not just blue—as long as it has a hint of unusual color, it’s likely the Demon Slayer bloodline!”
So, Ji Qing and Lei Yu each squeezed out a drop of their own blood.
Lei Yu’s blood was very normal, just blood-red, with nothing special.
However, Ji Qing’s blood seemed a bit different.
“Your blood… why does it have a hint of black mixed in?”
Lei Yu stared at Ji Qing’s blood, her eyes gradually widening.
