The large pleasure boat ahead in the river was the fish demon's true target.
Now, it had been completely capsized, sending everyone on board plunging into the water.
Beneath the surface, the fish demon with its massive head opened its bloody maw and began its all-you-can-eat buffet.
Ever since Chen Yi crushed the Black Stone Gang,
this fish demon had lost its steady, secret supply of food.
Now, whenever it craved human flesh, it had to hunt for itself.
However, it was incredibly cunning.
It knew that constantly hunting in the same area would draw the attention of the Demon Slaying Division and invite a lethal pursuit.
Although this fish demon's cultivation was not low, having already reached the Golden Body Realm, it deeply understood the principle that there was always someone stronger out there.
Therefore, after every meal, it would change its hunting grounds.
Gradually, it made its way from Qinghe County in Qingzhou downstream, all the way to the border region between the Qian and Qing provinces, where Chen Yi currently was.
Help! I am the son of the King of Qian! Save me! You will be heavily rewarded! Glug, glug...
Among those who had fallen into the water, a lavishly dressed youth was crying out for help.
Watching the swirling currents, the floating debris, and himself all sliding toward a terrifying, gaping maw, the youth practically wet himself in terror.
It's over, I'm going to die! Father, I should have listened to you and practiced my martial arts! I regret everything!
Half of the Fathead Fish demon's massive head was exposed above the water.
With a fierce inhalation, it sucked everything in the water toward its legendary, bottomless stomach.
Suddenly!
A small pleasure boat came crashing through the waves. With a deafening boom, it rammed head-on into the Fathead Fish's forehead.
Crash!
The tremendous force instantly shattered the boat into a shower of splintered wood.
From amidst the exploding debris, Chen Yi's fist shot out!
Who are you?! How dare you ruin my meal?!
I'm your daddy!
What arrogance... Pfft!
Chen Yi's fist slammed into the back of the fish demon, striking it so hard that its eyes instantly bulged out. Everything it had just swallowed was violently spewed back out!
But the Fathead Fish was no weakling either. Fighting through the agonizing pain and dizziness, it unleashed a sweeping tail strike, whipping up massive waves as it launched a heavy, powerful counterattack against Chen Yi.
Smack!
Standing on a large piece of driftwood, Chen Yi simply raised his hand and caught its tail.
Die!
Gripping the Fathead Fish's massive tail, Chen Yi ruthlessly slammed it against the water, three times to the left, three times to the right.
The brutal thrashing churned the river into a violent frenzy, sending massive waves sweeping in all directions and blasting pillars of water high into the sky.
The sheer commotion he caused was even more terrifying than the fish demon's initial attack on the pleasure boat.
Finally, with a mighty heave, Chen Yi hurled the twenty-meter-long behemoth straight onto the riverbank.
Against a demon of the same cultivation realm as himself, Chen Yi didn't even bother using any martial arts techniques.
The most high-end battles often required only the simplest of methods.
Basic attacks were more than enough, it was the pure beauty of raw stats.
The Fathead Fish was surprisingly resilient. Despite such a brutal slamming, it still had enough strength left to try and wriggle its way back into the water to escape.
Unfortunately for it, Chen Yi caught up.
Where do you think you're going?!
Chen Yi's murderous aura skyrocketed!
He grabbed the largest tooth in the Fathead Fish's mouth with one hand and dragged it headfirst into the forest.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sprinting at top speed, Chen Yi dragged the Fathead Fish along, using its massive body as a battering ram to smash through trees, shatter boulders, and plow through the earth. He forcefully carved out a brand new, perfectly smooth avenue through the woods.
The entire process was a flawless display of violent aesthetics!
At this point, the Fathead Fish couldn't even process the pain.
It was simply dying of sheer frustration.
Where the hell did this monster of a powerhouse come from?!
Did I eat one of his relatives or something?
Why is he beating me so ruthlessly?!
Right before its death, the Fathead Fish widened its lifeless fish eyes and took one last, good look at Chen Yi.
What it saw was a pair of ferocious eyes that struck absolute terror into its soul.
Still not dead?
Mommy! It was literally scared to tears!
I'll just die!
It was hard to tell whether the Fathead Fish had been beaten to death or simply scared to death.
Glancing around to ensure the woods were completely empty, Chen Yi summoned his Myriad Soul Banner and absorbed the Fathead Fish's soul into it.
Huh? Is this the Underworld? Am I about to be reincarnated? Sigh, let me be born as a human in my next life. Being a demon is too miserable, there are just way too many terrifying powerhouses among the humans nowadays...
Upon entering the banner, the Fathead Fish's soul was momentarily confused.
It wasn't until it saw the dark, shadowy artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner that it realized its soul had been refined by a human.
Xiao Wan, this Fathead Fish is in the Golden Body Realm. Don't melt it down. Refine it into a soul slave to fight for me.
Chen Yi's display of extreme violence had honestly left the Myriad Soul Banner completely dumbfounded.
Right now, it was being exceptionally obedient.
You got it!
Looking at the fish carcass on the ground, Chen Yi didn't let it go to waste. He sliced off a few pounds of fresh meat.
Channeling his cultivation, his palm radiated intense heat, roasting the fish right there on the spot.
Tastes pretty good.
Inside the Myriad Soul Banner, the Fathead Fish's soul wanted to cry but had no tears to shed.
It had merely wanted to treat itself to a good meal today. The few people it had swallowed hadn't even been digested yet before this absolute madman punched them right out of its stomach.
Not only had it been brutally beaten to death, but its soul had also been enslaved, and the guy didn't even leave its corpse intact!
This human was a literal demon!
Chen Yi returned to the banks of the Qing River, where he saw a soaking wet Black Wind vigorously shaking its body to dry off.
The moment the boat had crashed into the fish, Chen Yi had skipped Black Wind across the water like a stone, sending it safely to the shore.
The youth who claimed to be the son of a King had also managed to swim to the shore by now.
Seeing Chen Yi approach, he ignored his own soaking, wretched state and hurried over, cupping his hands respectfully.
Thank you for saving me, Senior! I am eternally grateful! I dare not take this life-saving grace lightly. Please, Senior, accompany me back to the royal estate so that I may host a grand banquet in your honor!
Chen Yi sized the youth up.
Despite looking like a drowned rat at the moment, he did indeed exude an undeniable aura of nobility.
Are you really a King's son? Why didn't you bring any decent guards with you?
A large crowd of people had fallen into the water, and they were currently dragging themselves ashore.
Chen Yi couldn't tell if any of them were martial artists, and even if they were, their cultivation realms had to be extremely low.
The youth scratched his head awkwardly.
That's because I sneaked out. My royal father forbids us from going out to play. Every day, we must complete rigorous studies in both scholarly and martial pursuits before we're allowed even a moment's rest.
The strict upbringing of the royal estate had kept this fifteen or sixteen year old boy locked up day in and day out. Bored out of his mind, he had decided to sneak out for some fun.
He just hadn't expected to run into a demon attack.
Let's skip the banquet. I still have a journey ahead of me...
Actually, a King holds a very high status in the Great Qian Dynasty. If you truly wish to repay me for saving your life, I happen to need a favor from your father. Do you think you can arrange that?
The youth patted his chest confidently, boasting that no matter the trouble, his family could settle anything within the borders of Great Qian.
However, the moment Chen Yi mentioned he needed help capturing a Chief of the Demon Slaying Division, the boy instantly chickened out.
To be honest, Senior, my father has over a dozen sons, and I'm his least favorite. Asking him for money or resources is fine, but if I ask him to mobilize his political power, he won't even give me the time of day.
The King of Qian, as his title suggested, was the feudal lord of Qian Province. Getting him to interfere in the affairs of the neighboring Qing Province wouldn't have been easy to begin with.
No matter. He would just stick to his original plan.
Still, he wasn't going to let a life-saving favor go to waste.
At the very least, he needed to get reimbursed for the boat he had just destroyed.
Senior, please accompany me to the nearby White Horse City, the youth offered. It is a prosperous provincial capital with abundant resources. Please, allow me to show my gratitude.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
