The tentacles of the Shadow Octopus moved with incredible speed, transforming into a series of afterimages as they wrapped toward the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly activated the Demon Soul Banner he had prepared in secret, unleashing a dense demonic qi that transformed into demonic shields to block the Shadow Octopus's attack.

However, just as he was fully defending against the Shadow Octopus, he suddenly felt an indescribable pain in his mind, as if his divine soul were being burned.

The demonic power within the demon cultivator surnamed Li stagnated, and he instantly became rigid, revealing a look of horror.

"What kind of technique is this?"

He dared not be negligent, quickly circulating his power to concentrate and extinguish the anomalous fire in his divine soul.

It was Shen Xuan who, seeing him distracted, secretly used the Spirit-Burning Demon Flame to ambush the divine soul of the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

However, at this moment, the eight tentacles of the Shadow Octopus seized the opportunity to tightly bind the body of the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

The protective range of the Demon Soul Banner rapidly shrunk, barely covering a radius of three feet around the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li barely managed to focus and extinguish the anomalous fire in his divine soul, but he appeared listless.

In just a few breaths, a quarter of his internal demonic power and divine soul were lost.

Furthermore, the tentacles of the Shadow Octopus had already wrapped around him layer by layer, slowly constricting with their inherent great strength.

All of this happened in a split second, quickly plunging the demon cultivator surnamed Li into a predicament.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li's face was gloomy.

Reaching into his storage pouch, he took out a blood-red elixir and reluctantly tossed it into his mouth.

Then, using both hands, he infused his internal demonic power into the Demon Soul Banner, only then expanding the protective range to three feet.

But that was its limit.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li barely managed to stalemate with the Shadow Octopus by using a demon pill to replenish his demonic power.

Wanting to free his hand to attack Shen Xuan was extremely difficult.

Looking again at the opposite side.

In front of Shen Xuan, nine strange talismans floated, shimmering with golden light and faintly emitting the sound of thunder.

The violent aura of destruction instantly made the heart of the demon cultivator surnamed Li sink.

"Tier Two Thunder Talisman! And of terrifying power!"

"He can actually activate nine at once!"

Being able to activate nine thunder talismans at the same time not only requires precise control over thunder spiritual power but also requires extremely abundant spiritual power.

Looking again at his zombies.

Four flying zombies were struggling on the ground, bitten by thousands of Shadow-devouring Demon Insects, their corpse energy dissipating and thinning, on the verge of being scrapped.

And that golden body zombie was also tightly entwined by the Red-winged Snake Corpse Beast, while the Golden Claw Divine Eagle Corpse Beast used its sharp golden claws and beak to disassemble the corpse.

Each time, it could only disassemble a small part, estimated to weigh only three to four liang.

As time passed, the golden light on the surface of the golden body zombie began to dim, sooner or later to be disassembled into a skeleton by the Golden Claw Divine Eagle Corpse Beast.

The face of the demon cultivator surnamed Li appeared very unpleasant.

This Shen cultivator, clearly at the early stage of Foundation Establishment realm cultivation, had unfathomable means, putting him in such a predicament.

On the other side.

The two cultivators of the Zhu Family escaped their predicament, overjoyed.

"Brother Shen, when dealing with such a demon cultivator, why hold back? Just use the thunder talismans to blow him up!"

"Exactly. Brother Shen, demon cultivators are cunning, it's best not to get close."

Shen Xuan sighed lightly.

"It's not difficult to blow up this demon cultivator. But the storage pouch on his body, the demon treasure, and even his head would be blown to pieces."

"Including my own corpse beasts, which would also be damaged. Who will compensate for this loss?"

The two Zhu Family cultivators looked at each other in dismay.

For a long time, this Fellow Daoist Shen hadn't made a killing move because he was afraid of losing the spoils.

"Do you two have any solutions?"

The two Zhu Family cultivators shook their heads in unison.

Are you kidding!

Going up would be no different from seeking death!

Even if they had one or two tactics, could they be displayed in front of Shen Xuan?

"Demon! You heard it too. Fellow Daoist Shen is merciful and doesn't want you reduced to ashes. If you know what's good for you, throw out your storage pouch and demon treasure, seal your spirit vein, and maybe you'll be spared!"

"We're all cultivators. At this point, you should resign yourself to fate!"

The two sang in harmony, apparently trying to persuade the demon cultivator surnamed Li to surrender.

What a pair of treasures!

Even knowing these two were acting, Shen Xuan couldn't help but laugh internally.

"Step aside, fall back!"

As Shen Xuan shouted.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li's eyes showed a trace of viciousness.

The Demon Soul Banner struck his head fiercely.

Immediately, his face started twitching, black blood seeping from his seven orifices.

However, his aura suddenly surged.

Soon reaching the late stage of the Demon Foundation.

At this moment, the demon cultivator surnamed Li swung the Demon Soul Banner again, doubling its power, brutally forcing out a demonic shield over a foot in size.

The tentacles of the Shadow Octopus faintly showed cracks.

The two Zhu Family cultivators had already run far away, hiding in the back and watching.

"As expected, demon cultivators are troublesome!"

Shen Xuan summoned the Water Purification Bottle, and a massive water column shot skyward, scattering dozens of portions of spirit water onto the body of the Shadow Octopus.

The next moment.

The Shadow Octopus seemed invigorated as if it had taken a stimulant, its strength increasing greatly, suddenly applying more force, again starting to slowly compress the space of the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li looked at Shen Xuan, a hint of fear in his eyes.

He used the Demon Sect Secret Technique to increase his power to the late stage of the Demon Foundation, yet he could only break even with Shen Xuan's Shadow Octopus Corpse Beast.

This Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator was too overpowering!

However, at this point, he had no choice but to fight desperately.

"Shen, I'll fight you to the death!"

The demon cultivator surnamed Li roared angrily, demonic qi surging on his body, and a black mist spread out as the Demon Soul Banner transformed into a black demon spear, piercing through one tentacle of the Shadow Octopus Corpse Beast.

Then, he flung the Shadow Octopus Corpse Beast away.

The enraged demon cultivator, man and spear as one, charged at Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan shook his head slightly.

Nine exquisite thunder talismans lined up in sequence, transforming into thunder arcs, bombarding the demon cultivator surnamed Li.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The demon cultivator surnamed Li went mad, wielding the demon spear, continuously breaking through nine water-barrel-thick thunder arcs.

Even Shen Xuan couldn't help but secretly admire him.

But admiration was just admiration.

In front of Shen Xuan, nine more exquisite thunder talismans appeared.

"Very good. Fellow Daoist Li, continue your performance."

Another nine water-barrel-thick thunder arcs.

The demon cultivator surnamed Li's eyes showed a look of despair.

He wasn't truly at the late stage of the Demon Foundation.

Relying only on the Demon Sect Secret Technique to squeeze potential and forcibly elevate the realm cultivation had certain time and power limitations.

Opposite, Shen Xuan's exquisite thunder talismans were endless.

Relying on this move alone, he couldn't withstand it.

This time, the Demon Cultivator with the surname Li struggled through just seven Thunder Arcs before exhausting his strength.

The remaining two Thunder Arcs blasted him into a charred state, emitting a fragrant scent of roasted meat.

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li was visibly weakened.

Only at this moment did he realize how astonishing the power of Shen Xuan across from him truly was.

The feeling he had was unfathomable.

Even the late-stage Demon Foundation cultivators in his Sect were not as terrifying as Shen Xuan.

"Even if I die, I won't let you off easy!"

The Demon Cultivator shouted with bravado but lacked true courage, channeling the remaining magic power, intending to self-destruct.

"Swift!"

Shen Xuan uttered softly.

A miniature Cold Ice Divine Dragon, with claws and teeth bared, flew towards him.

The speed was so fast, it seemed to transcend space.

In the next instant.

The Cold Ice Divine Dragon dove into the body of the Demon Cultivator, freezing him into an ice sculpture.

The magic power within him was completely sealed by the ice spiritual power, cold to the bone.

"How is this possible?"

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li couldn't move, incredulously glaring at Shen Xuan ahead.

His consciousness remained.

Yet his body was no longer his to command.

Insect Control, Corpse Beast, Thunder Talisman, Ice Technique...

All these various techniques left him powerless to resist.

Even self-destruction was beyond his reach now.

Behind, two cultivators from the Zhu Family stepped forward, wearing ingratiating smiles.

"Fellow Daoist Shen indeed has remarkable techniques, easily subduing this villain!"

"In my view, in Weimu County, Fellow Daoist Shen is the foremost cultivator!"

Shen Xuan retorted impatiently, "Shut up!"

Upon hearing Shen Xuan's reprimand, the two were not angry but instead let out a sigh of relief.

At least, from Shen Xuan's tone, they discerned that he merely disliked their unprincipled flattery.

And was not like the Demon Cultivator, looking to murder and plunder.

Shen Xuan gazed at the ice sculpture of the Demon Cultivator with the surname Li before him, and said softly, "Fellow Daoist Li, you are from the Corpse Refining Sect, with countless lives on your hands; you should be prepared for this."

Shen Xuan waved his hand.

The ice layer on the Demon Cultivator's body vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.

"What do you want?"

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li glared at Shen Xuan, coughing repeatedly.

His internal organs had been invaded and shattered by Shen Xuan's Ice Soul Cold Water.

Even if he survived, he would be a ruined man.

"Open the Storage Pouch and teach Shen the Golden Body Zombie Refinement technique."

"What if I refuse?"

"You will do it. Fellow Daoist Li is a smart person."

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li looked at Shen Xuan.

From the moment Shen Xuan appeared, he had not thought of sparing him.

Despite only being at the middle stage of Demon Foundation.

He was confident that he could easily defeat Shen Xuan while trapping the two Zhu Family cultivators.

After all, he was just a Loose Cultivator, only in the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Even though he could command thousands of Shadow-devouring Demon Insects, it caused him slight concern.

But with his carefully refined Golden Body Zombie, with strength equal to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, dealing with an Early Stage Loose Cultivator was more than sufficient.

Yet after Shen Xuan acted.

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li realized how gravely mistaken he was.

Shen Xuan's battle prowess far surpassed those two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Zhu Family.

It was definitely not as simple as appearing to be in the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

He could simultaneously command three Corpse Beasts.

Two of them at Tier Two Middle Grade and one at Tier One Lower Grade.

They were all refined from Demon Beasts with impressive talent and outstanding combat ability.

The Demon Cultivator with the surname Li had engaged in Magical Combat with Late Stage Foundation Establishment before.

Though slightly defeated.

However, there was definitely no such battle prowess like Shen Xuan's that left him entirely powerless.

Moreover, seeing Shen Xuan's serene demeanor, it seemed he hadn't exerted his full strength.

At this point, the Demon Cultivator with the surname Li had nothing left to say.

"I know of a Moon Lake in the Cyan Spirit Secret Realm."

"I wish, after being shattered, to have my ashes scattered in Moon Lake."

"I've heard the scenery there is beautiful. I could quietly watch the moon there, reminisce, without being disturbed anymore."

Shen Xuan nodded.

"No problem."

"As long as Fellow Daoist Li is willing to help, I swear to the Heavenly Dao, I will bury Fellow Daoist Li's ashes in Moon Lake."

"Should I break this vow, let me be struck by Celestial Thunder, my soul dissolved!"

Only then did the Demon Cultivator with the surname Li gather his remaining magic power, hand sealed with a spell, and open the Storage Pouch.

Shen Xuan's Divine Sense swept over.

Inside was indeed a jade scroll of emerald green writing labeled [Golden Body Corpse Refining Technique].

Shen Xuan briefly scanned to confirm it was correct.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I will send you off now."

The Demon Cultivator turned around, looking up at the sunset.

"I've been so engrossed in fighting, I rarely paused to enjoy the sunset."

"No rush. I will give you a hundred breaths, is that enough?"

"Enough! When the time comes, Fellow Daoist Shen, make it quick."

"Alright!"

After a hundred breaths.

The dark ice fish leapt from Shen Xuan's body, piercing the Demon Cultivator's heart.

Instantly, it froze him into an ice sculpture.

Shen Xuan waved his hand.

This time, the ice sculpture did not thaw.

Instead, it shattered piece by piece and was stored in a Beast Bag.

"Fellow Daoist Li, rest assured, I will fulfill my promise to you!"

Next.

Shen Xuan collected the Demon Soul Banner, Storage Pouch, Corpse Nourishing Gourd, and Golden Body Zombie of the Demon Cultivator with the surname Li.

Then turned back; the two cultivators of the Zhu Family looked pale as paper, fearfully gazing at Shen Xuan.

Terrified of displeasing him and ending up frozen like ice sculptures.

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