Chapter 107: Chapter 103: Warm Wine to Slay the Demon (X), Slain by the Demon Over Warm Wine (✓)

Seeing Luo Jinyu on the verge of tears from anxiety, Du Youqian clapped him on the shoulder, stood up, and said, "Alright, calm down. Go warm up a pot of Spirit Wine and wait for me. I’ll be right back."

"You’re going to fight that Demon alone?" Luo Jinyu’s face turned deathly pale. "Brother Yu, have you thought this through?! Brother Yu, don’t go! Calm down! That’s a Demon with the strength of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Du Youqian didn’t waste any more time arguing with him and walked straight out of the small house.

The next moment, he retreated back inside. "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

He spat out several mouthfuls of sand and gravel.

"The biggest threat isn’t the Demon Zombie, it’s this damned weather!" Du Youqian complained.

The sandstorm was absurdly strong.

Although the Tier Two Defense Array here had a function to weaken sandstorms, it was normally kept inactive to avoid wasting resources.

It was said that the Tier One Spirit Vein near this Evil Pool had been transplanted here by a Core Formation Great Power of the Holy Blood Sect using unimaginable methods, making it less effective than a naturally occurring one.

If all the functions of the Tier Two Grand Array were left active for years on end, it would likely cause this artificial Spirit Vein to deplete rapidly.

However, when the Magical Combat started, he would have no choice but to activate the sandstorm suppression function.

Otherwise, before the Demon Zombie even made a move, he’d be blown a thousand miles away by the wind.

Du Youqian returned to the hidden room. Seeing him come back, Luo Jinyu said joyfully, "Brother Yu, did you change your mind? I don’t have anything to pack, we can leave right away!"

Du Youqian shot him a glance, grabbed the Array’s control hub, and left.

Luo Jinyu’s face immediately fell.

Meanwhile, Du Youqian went outside again, released a Top Grade Defensive Magical Artifact Cloak to shield himself, and started walking toward the Demon Zombie, braving the sandstorm.

Luo Jinyu watched with great worry as Du Youqian strode into the unknown, viewing the events through the image feedback from the Array.

’This Brother Yu is great in every way, except he’s a bit too reckless,’ he thought.

But then he had another thought. Previously, "Brother Yu" had slaughtered those scheming Foundation Establishment Early Stage Loose Cultivators as if it were child’s play.

’With "Brother Yu" being so powerful, maybe he really can handle the Demon Zombie?’

With that thought, Luo Jinyu’s legs didn’t feel so weak anymore, and he wasn’t quite as terrified.

’Oh, right, "Brother Yu" told me to go warm a pot of wine.’

’But where am I supposed to find wine?’

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Du Youqian, for his part, didn’t think he was being reckless.

He was confident in his own strength.

With the help of the Array, killing a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demon Zombie should be within his capabilities.

Even if the Demon Zombie was actually at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and he couldn’t kill it right away, he was confident he could still hold his own.

And if worse came to worst, even if he couldn’t win, he could still run.

If he used the Secret Technique "Thousand Miles in One Line," he could burn his Essence Blood and sacrifice some of his lifespan to make a quick escape.

Not even a Core Formation Great Power would necessarily be able to catch him.

Let alone an undead creature like a zombie.

As someone who could continuously reincarnate as long as he didn’t die a violent death, he wasn’t an idiot. Why would he ever be reckless?

Unless he was truly pushed into a corner, or he was approaching the deadline of his tenth life, he would absolutely never act recklessly.

Closer, and closer.

Through the sandstorm, Du Youqian could already make out the faint outline of the Demon Zombie.

The Demon Zombie, perhaps possessing some ability to discern a human’s aura, was also walking straight toward him without the slightest deviation.

When they were thirty zhang apart, Du Youqian’s Divine Sense still couldn’t reach that far, making him unable to lock onto the Demon Zombie.

Moreover, the blinding sandstorm prevented him from seeing it clearly.

But he attacked with his sword without hesitation.

"SWOOSH!"

The Flying Sword shot out, circling the Demon Zombie once.

Hundreds, even thousands, of streams of Sword Qi erupted from it.

THUD! THUD! A series of low thuds sounded one after another, like striking worn leather.

But the Demon Zombie’s body didn’t even sway; it was completely unaffected.

After being pierced by thousands of streams of Sword Qi, its body should have been riddled with holes.

But when Du Youqian looked closely, he saw no signs of injury on its withered hide. It continued to approach with its same unhurried, eerie gait.

Du Youqian hadn’t expected to deal with this troublesome creature so easily anyway; he was merely gauging the Demon Zombie’s strength.

He cast a few more Fire Magic spells, but he couldn’t even ignite the Demon’s fur.

Seeing his attacks had no effect, Du Youqian quickly poured his Magical Power into his cloak-shaped Defensive Spiritual Artifact, switching from offense to defense.

The Demon continued to approach.

When it closed to within ten zhang, Du Youqian finally got a clear look at the Demon.

Its body was indeed just as he had judged before: a size smaller than a hound, its body dry and shriveled as if it had been air-dried. It had long, pointed ears and a snout longer than a typical dog’s.

It looked like some species of fox.

Its four legs were thin and stiff-jointed. Behind it, three tattered tails swayed as it walked.

’A Three-tailed Demon Fox?’

Its entire body was covered in dry, dull-gold fur, and its eyes were nothing but empty sockets.

Du Youqian noticed that its mouth was bulging, as if it were holding something.

The Three-tailed Demon Fox stopped five zhang away, raised its air-dried head, and "stared" at Du Youqian with its empty eye sockets.

Du Youqian felt a soul-trembling pressure coming from the wind, from all directions, from some unseen height. Cold sweat dripped down his back, and he even felt a strange urge to fall to his knees and prostrate himself in worship.

’Kneel?’

’Kneel my ass!’

’A mere dead fox, a *dead* fox, wants *me* to kneel?’

’Just watch, I’ll skin you, break your bones, and chop your jerky-ass fox meat up to feed the dogs!’

Du Youqian gritted his teeth, resisting the pressure.

He didn’t know where this inexplicable pressure came from, which made him deeply puzzled and even more vigilant.

This Three-tailed Demon Fox might be even more troublesome than he had initially thought.

Du Youqian had already secretly activated the suppressive power of the Grand Array.

However, the suppressive power didn’t seem to have much effect on the dead fox.

After "watching" Du Youqian for a long moment with its empty sockets, the fox suddenly whipped its tails.

A hair-raising sense of dread suddenly overcame Du Youqian.

The next moment, with a "FWOOSH, FWOOSH," several violet-blue flames suddenly appeared.

The wind fanned the flames, and they swelled in the gust.

In an instant, the violet-blue flames filled the air all around him, sealing off all the Space within ten zhang.

Without a second thought, Du Youqian ducked into his cloak and immediately activated the Secret Technique "Thousand Miles in One Line."

He didn’t stop until he was ten li away. His face was pale, his nerves barely settled. He glanced at the Top Grade Defensive Magical Artifact Cloak, which was now mostly burnt, and casually tossed it aside.

’Damn it... a crisis always shows up when you least expect it.’

’This was supposed to be a probing attack. Who would have thought the Demon Zombie would unleash its Big Move right from the start?’

’I was a hair’s breadth away from being severely burned!’

’Those violet-blue Flame Divine Abilities are truly terrifyingly powerful.’

Du Youqian had even planned on showing off, pulling a "slay the fox while the wine warms."

He never imagined he’d be the one almost slain by the fox while the wine was warming.