CHAPTER 168: CHAPTER 167 UNDYING DEMON FIEND

Lu Yan was staring at the dark clouds that had previously obscured the full moon.

Those shadow creatures could not face the moonlight directly; as long as they were under the moonlight, they couldn’t attack Lu Yan.

Yet, that particular cloud "just happened" to block the full moon while Lu Yan was digesting information, allowing the shadow creatures to launch an attack.

However, Lu Yan could clearly recognize that this seemingly subtle coincidence was actually a test using shadow creatures against him.

As Lu Yan’s words fell, the clouds in the sky completely dissipated, revealing a bizarre-looking demon in front of him.

This demon’s body was stitched with numerous twisted and strange limbs—bear paws, tiger claws, deer legs, eagle beaks—like a toy haphazardly pieced together by a child.

Yet in the face of such an ugly demon, Lu Yan felt a slight sense of threat.

It should be known that Lu Yan could confront a Peak of Foundation Establishment solely with his spells, even without the Soul Banner. However, merely from its aura, this demon appeared to be only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

For a mid-stage Foundation Establishment demon to give Lu Yan a sense of danger, there was something unusual about it.

"Could it be related to comprehending the Path of Heaven and Earth through the True Technique?"

This demon, resembling a stitched monster, gazed at Lu Yan, with more than a dozen gluttonous eyes showing undisguised greed.

"Delicious! Delicious!"

"Unexpectedly, failing the cultivation, escaping to these vast mountains for safety, yet I can still gain such a harvest."

The stitched demon fiend uttered a hoarse tone, and Lu Yan was suddenly enlightened.

This so-called sewn demon fiend was essentially a human, but practicing a certain True Technique caused an imbalance, turning into this exceedingly bizarre form.

The sewn demon fiend swallowed a mouthful of saliva and then slowly spoke in an alluring whisper:

"Is it you who acquired those True Techniques?

The Path of Heaven and Earth is meant to be comprehended one at a time. Even with so many True Techniques, it’s hard to harness their full power.

Otherwise, why don’t we make a deal? As long as you pass me one of those True Techniques, I assure you I’ll turn away immediately!"

Lu Yan curiously asked, "These True Techniques have already merged into my Divine Soul, can they still be passed to you?"

Lu Yan had already noticed that, as those True Techniques merged into his Sea of Consciousness, the books on the ground had turned entirely blank.

This indicated that these True Techniques couldn’t be preserved by conventional means, which was why Lu Yan had received seventeen True Techniques successively.

Thus, Lu Yan was very curious about how these True Techniques could be extracted.

Since True Techniques were of little use to Lu Yan, if they could all be removed, it might eliminate some hidden dangers.

"It’s very simple!"

The sewn demon fiend restrained its gulping, speaking in a muddled voice:

"All you have to do is voluntarily segment your soul, and you can pass a portion of the True Technique contained in that soul fragment to me.

Once I have the True Technique in hand, I can assure you I’ll turn away immediately!"

"Segment my soul?" Lu Yan temporarily dispelled the thought of extracting the True Techniques.

The cost of soul partitioning was too great, posing too significant a risk to Lu Yan, making it unworthy.

Then Lu Yan looked at the sewn demon fiend before him, seemingly influenced by the grotesque demonic limbs all over its body, as it did not hide its greed and malice.

By segmenting the soul and handing over the True Technique, Lu Yan would inevitably enter a weakened state, and that was the very thought the sewn demon fiend harbored—to strike when Lu Yan was weakened.

"What exactly does the Heaven and Earth True Technique List mean?"

Hearing Lu Yan continue to ask, the sewn demon fiend was growing a bit impatient.

"The Heaven and Earth True Technique List is the manifestation of the Path of Heaven and Earth. Any True Technique eligible to touch the Path of Heaven and Earth will appear on the Heaven and Earth True Technique List.

I’ve answered you; now hand over the True Technique quickly!"

Lu Yan paid no heed and continued to ask, "What does the number of practitioners mean?"

The sewn demon fiend’s gaze tightened, roaring harshly, "Are you toying with me?"

"Enough. Since you are unwilling to give it to me, then I’ll take it myself!"

As he spoke, the sewn demon fiend, with a body towering five meters high, moved towards Lu Yan.

The bizarre limbs chaotically pieced on its body fell to the ground, then a mass of flesh and blood sprouted, forming ferocious beasts lunging at Lu Yan.

Mad tigers roared, fierce bears bellowed; each beast had an aura no less than the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation, and the exuberant, twisted blood on them was rather alarming to Lu Yan.

Hand forming a Dharma Seal, Magical Power manifested around Lu Yan like glimmering light.

Second-tier high-grade spell, Earth Dragon’s Turn!

Suddenly, the earth shook and mountains roiled as massive fissures spread in all directions throughout the mountains, rocks rolling with the Power of the Earth to devour the menacing beasts into the earth.

In the sky, more than a dozen flying beasts bore down on Lu Yan, yet saw him flick his fingers, and a spark akin to starlight filled the sky, devouring it entirely.

Second-tier mid-grade spell, Fire Stream Ember!

In the next moment, the spark burst into a sea of eerie blue flames, incinerating all beasts, including the sewn demon fiend. The beasts howled and struggled in the spell but couldn’t break through the confinement of the flames.

All beasts were easily annihilated by two spells, yet a twisted smile appeared on the plump face of the sewn demon fiend.

"Very good!"

With those words, that towering five-meter body burst through the eerie blue sea of fire, crashing towards Lu Yan like a meteor.

Under the cold moonlight, Lu Yan’s spell coalesced Dharma Seals in the air. His fingertips danced with scorching flames like blooming Mandalas, dispersing the surrounding darkness. The flaming tongue whirled, turning into a stream of scorching red, sweeping towards the grotesquely transformed sewn demon fiend.

However, as the flame consumed the demon’s body, the creature made of stitched corpse fragments let out a chilling low laugh. Beneath the charred surface, the decayed flesh wriggled and healed, as if the flame was merely a spring breeze.

"Flesh regeneration?"

Lu Yan’s eyes flashed with solemnity, forming Dharma Seals with both hands, causing the air to ripple with eerie blue waves.

Second-tier high-grade spell, Soul-Annihilating Blade!

In the void, it sketched a mysterious trajectory, aiming like a sharp blade directly at the demon’s soul.

Yet when the spell struck, the shattered soul fragments twinkled like stars, realigning in the darkness.

"Soul Reorganization!"

Lu Yan finally felt the shock.

A mere mid-stage Foundation Establishment demon could even exempt soul-related spells, rebirthing even when its soul was torn apart.

The massive body, standing five meters tall, began to swell again, with the sewn demon fiend’s methods seemingly surpassing the boundaries of life and death, becoming stronger with each reformation.