Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Escape

“If that’s the case, with this demon’s cultivation, no matter how the controlling spirit sets up this trial, I definitely won’t be able to defeat it.”

Chen Ansheng pondered, speculating about the intention behind the controlling spirit’s test.

He thought, if he really were a novice cultivator who had never seen the world, how would he respond in such a situation?

For the sake of a companion, risking his life and fighting to rescue her?

Or, knowing he wouldn’t stand a chance, prioritizing his own life, and running away?

What’s there to hesitate about!

Of course, the answer is to run!

True cultivation isn’t about telling stories. When facing a fierce and powerful enemy, it’s not as if you can always turn danger into safety by exhausting all your efforts.

“Little sister, look at him hesitating; he’s clearly a heartless scoundrel. You’ve entrusted yourself to the wrong person.”

“Hey, coward, can you have some manly spirit? If you don’t come now, this little cutie will really become this lady’s meal!”

The demoness in the red dress not only provoked Chen Ansheng with her words, but also secretly used some magical power to amplify his emotions, trying to make him act impulsively.

“Hey, you demoness, wait for me! One day I will take revenge for this!” Chen Ansheng shouted, turning and running.

In a flash, his figure vanished from the sight of Chen Yuling and the demoness.

“Really a worthless fellow!”

The demoness was momentarily stunned, staring in the direction where Chen Ansheng had disappeared, cursing.

Then she turned to Chen Yuling, “You poor thing, that unfaithful man has left you to escape. You must be very sad, very upset, right?”

Chen Yuling, however, smiled, “Upset? Not at all! I’m quite happy, actually.”

“Stop pretending. Though I’m a demon, I’m still a woman. I know your heart feels like it’s being pricked with needles right now. Just cry if you want,” the demoness said.

“I won’t cry! That’ll just make you angry,” Chen Yuling pouted, “Brother Ansheng didn’t fall for your tricks, which proves he’s smarter than average. Sooner or later, he will come back and chop you into eight pieces for me!”

“Utterly unreasonable, ridiculously foolish.” The demoness felt Chen Yuling’s true trust, and her face fell, “Do you believe that within three months, he will find someone new and forget you completely, never coming back again?”

“I don’t believe it!”

Chen Yuling pouted.

“Regardless of whether Brother Ansheng has a new sweetheart, he will definitely come back to save me. We can just wait and see.”

“Hmph.” The demoness sneered, “What you say just serves to provoke me into sparing your life.”

“Say whatever you like, but I still believe in Brother Ansheng.”

“Fine, I will spare your life for three months. I want to see if he will come to save you!”

…

Chen Ansheng ran several hundred miles in one breath.

“The controlling spirit has stipulated that killing is not allowed in this realm. There’s no way it would let Chen Yuling be eaten by the demoness, right? Yeah, it must be like that.”

Thinking this, Chen Ansheng began to whistle, putting his hands behind his head and strolling leisurely.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky, crashing heavily right in front of his heels.

Chen Ansheng instinctively took a few steps back and focused to see a young man covered in injuries.

Blood gushed from his mouth as he looked at Chen Ansheng in desperation, gasping, “Daoist, save me…”

Chen Ansheng was momentarily stunned.

This guy’s insides were shattered, hanging by a thread; without an immortal herb, he would surely not be saved.

“Who injured you?”

Chen Ansheng was extremely curious. In this spirit realm, there were indeed others willing to kill!

“Monkey, monkey demon… Daoist, hurry, save me…”

Before he could finish, his neck tilted, his eyes widened, and he died.

“Damn you!”

Chen Ansheng was dumbfounded. It turned out that the monsters within this realm could actually kill people.

If that was true, Chen Yuling might have… already been eaten!

Thinking of Chen Yuling possibly being devoured, Chen Ansheng felt a surge of frustration, as if endless wrath was pent up in his heart, with nowhere to release it.

“Daoist, help me!”

Just then, several blood-soaked young elites desperately rushed toward him.

Behind them, a three-foot-tall, muscle-bound black-haired monkey wielded a black iron rod, crazily chasing after them.

“Chh-chh-chh.” As the monkey approached and sensed the rich true energy within Chen Ansheng, it smirked and said, “This one looks good, this one smells delicious.”

“Daoist, please hold off the demon monkey for a bit while we seek help.”

The few individuals who arrived behind Chen Ansheng quickly instructed before preparing to flee.

“Get lost! Why should I protect you?”

Fury flickered in Chen Ansheng’s eyes, and with a roar, he unleashed his true energy, causing the few to spew blood in shock.

“You!”

The group intended to scold him, but seeing the ferocity in his gaze, which was even more frightening than that of the demon monkey, they fell silent.

“Ah!”

However, the demon monkey did not want to miss out on Chen Ansheng’s savory flesh. Holding the black iron rod, it locked onto him and swung ferociously.

Chen Ansheng snorted coldly. He released his true energy to form a sword of true energy that blocked the blow!

“Bang!”

The shockwave surged, shaking mountains within a ten-mile radius.

“Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage!”

The young elites being chased felt Chen Ansheng’s true energy and were overjoyed.

Even though a month and a half had passed in this realm, there were still not many cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

And Chen Ansheng, being at the Mid-Stage of Foundation Establishment, was even rarer, likely less than ten had reached this stage in total.

“Chh-chh!”

Shocked by the true force of Chen Ansheng, the demon monkey grinned, not expecting that a human would possess such combat power.

“Alright, alright, hit me with another stick!”

Furious, the demon monkey leaped into the air, brandishing the black iron rod.

Boom!

Moments later, a multitude of rod shadows swept toward Chen Ansheng.

“Extreme Shield Earth Gang!”

With his mind focused, Chen Ansheng rapidly condensed his true energy, forming a protective barrier around himself.

This Extreme Shield Earth Gang was a low-level defensive technique he created by imitating the Extreme Shield Celestial Gang.

“Bang!”

As the onslaught of rod shadows descended, they automatically converged and slammed into Chen Ansheng’s defense.

The ferocious demonic energy shattered the barrier but did not break it completely.

Chen Ansheng braced against the tremendous force, sending himself flying.

“Slash!”

Swish, swish, swish!

A series of true energy sword shadows slashed at the demon monkey.

“Clang, clang, clang!”

Sparks flew as the true energy swords cut deep gashes into the demon monkey’s body.

“Ahhh!”

The demon monkey howled in pain, swinging its rod back in retaliation.

But Chen Ansheng acted even faster, forming a blade-like hand that plunged straight toward the demon monkey’s heart.

Pfft!

The demon monkey’s chest was pierced, and its beating heart was grasped in Chen Ansheng’s hand.

“Bang!”

With a squeeze, its heart was turned into mush.

“This pure demonic energy seems usable for me!”

At the moment of killing the demon monkey, the dense demonic energy within it surged into Chen Ansheng’s palm.

With a thought, Chen Ansheng refined the demonic energy, assimilating it as though he were absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

Reflecting on this, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon was indeed a power only a great demon could possess. That he could achieve it proved that his current physique was already suited for the path of demon cultivation.

This could also be confirmed by his insights from observing those ferocious beasts.

In no time, all of the demon monkey’s pure demonic energy was refined by Chen Ansheng, leaving its corpse as a dried husk.

Witnessing this scene, the surviving young elites were utterly shocked.