Chapter 227: Chapter 128: Caught the Joyful Union Sect Demon! Two Magical Artifacts Explode!

Chen Han read the description of the shadowy demons and, combined with the effect of the Cloud Barrier Cauldron, began to draw some conclusions.

The Cloud Barrier Cauldron is a magical artifact. When intact, it can refine Cloud Barrier Pills that create a mist covering several miles. If an intact Cloud Barrier Cauldron self-destructs, it can produce a mist covering more than ten miles.

This function is meant to hinder and obstruct the enemy.

In the world of the Swordsmen of Shushan, cultivators fly back and forth. Even those with lower power are stronger than ordinary people, so simple mist might not have a significant impact.

However, if something like illusions appears in the mist to distract the enemies and make them unable to relax, the effect becomes much greater.

Therefore, shadowy demons might mean just that—adding such distractions while the mist covers the area.

But maybe some experimentation is required to be sure.

He immediately retrieved a Cloud Barrier Pill from the warehouse. Recently, he had been refining them daily, so the warehouse was quite stocked.

However, most covered a 10-meter range, and others had a range of 1 or 2 meters, with few that covered 20 meters.

This particular Cloud Barrier Pill had the largest range, covering 30 meters.

He planned to refine this Cloud Barrier Pill further.

As he placed the Cloud Barrier Pill into the cauldron, a game prompt reappeared:

[Would you like to spend 50,000 reputation points to refine the Cloud Barrier Pill?]

Chen Han nodded and selected to proceed with the refining.

Soon, he noticed a 50,000-point reduction in his mental reputation, and the runes on the Cloud Barrier Cauldron lit up, revolving around the cauldron as the refinement process commenced.

Initially, he thought this refinement would take significant time, but unexpectedly, it took no longer than ordinary refining and was quickly completed.

[Congratulations, you have spent 50,000 reputation points to refine one Cloud Barrier Pill!]

The refined Cloud Barrier Pill was noticeably different, adorned with extra runes and a darker, more profound color.

Chen Han immediately stored this Cloud Barrier Pill in the warehouse and checked the notes:

[Refined Cloud Barrier Pill (30 meters): This is a refined Cloud Barrier Pill, with a mist range covering 30 meters. Once crushed, it instantly releases mist covering a 30-meter diameter and can summon multiple shadowy demons to affect the enemy.]

Seeing the notes, Chen Han confirmed that it was indeed different from ordinary Cloud Barrier Pills.

Curious about the effect of these shadowy demons, he quickly left his yard, heading for the mountain behind the Chen Family premises.

Since this Cloud Barrier Pill covered 30 meters, and given the uncertainty of the shadowy demons’ effects, it was not suitable for testing within the Chen Family area due to the high number of visitors.

Chen Han was quite familiar with the mountain behind, having frequently run around it as a child, and elders often cleared paths there.

But with most family members gone for work, no one maintained the paths, and they’ve since grown over with weeds.

After climbing up, he first picked a fine, well-balanced tree branch to clear the brush.

For children raised in rural areas, who could resist having such a "weapon" in hand?

Waving the branch surely left a trail of crushed flowers and plants in its wake.

Soon, he found a relatively open area, well away from the city where no one could see.

He took out the Cloud Barrier Pill.

Smashed it!

Much like an ordinary Cloud Barrier Pill, mist rapidly spread outwards, enveloping a 30-meter range. The mist was over 3 meters thick upwards, with visibility reduced to less than 5 meters.

For anyone in the fog, it was nearly impossible to see their surroundings.

Soon, he noticed the difference between the refined Cloud Barrier Pill’s mist and regular mist when a black figure appeared within the mist.

Or more precisely, it was a figure formed by black smoke. At first, it was indistinct, but gradually, one could see it had horns and multiple arms and wielded a strange axe, with eyes seemingly fixated on an observer.

The figure advanced slowly, becoming clearer the closer it got, resembling a demon enveloped in black energy.

Then a second, a third figure appeared in succession...

As Chen Han watched a figure approach, he waved, causing it to distort, with the contacted area dissolving into black smoke.

This was the shadowy demons!

It was indeed intimidating.

Chen Han took out his phone, curious if he could capture this on camera, and upon activating the recording feature, found he could indeed see the shadowy demon spectacle clearly on video.

After all, these shadowy demons, when all’s said and done, were just smoke creations, no different from the previous mist.

The Cloud Barrier Technique could record the mist, so naturally, it could record this as well.

Realizing this, he saw it as great material since the previous video material had been stalled. With the current buzz around the Chen Family, he seized the opportunity to shoot a video to upload.

He immediately spoke to the phone: "Damn it, my tribe reports that the Cyan Simurgh Peak has a special illusion array. I didn’t expect so many shadowy demons within the array. This must be the work of a Demon Path Demon. Watch me kill these shadowy demons!"

With that, he began swinging his tree branch at the approaching shadowy demons, dispersing them one by one.

His attacks were fierce; even though it was in the first-person perspective, the force wielded with the branch instantly scattered shadowy demons one after another.

From the video footage, this was cooler than any Xianxia special effects.

Truly, these lifelike shadowy demons, even if merely smoke, would surely scare the wits out of any ordinary person stumbling into such a situation!