Chapter 671: Here to Deliver Warmth
As Yang Haoran's voice rang out, the cat demon lunged at him once more.
Yang Haoran's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, he set up a restriction barrier. The barrier was circular, entirely black, making it impossible to discern anything within. Though the area it enveloped was not large, it completely enclosed both him and the cat demon.
"Hmph, setting up a restriction barrier? Are you worried I'll escape? You're quite farsighted, but even if you possessed the ability to kill me, which you don't, a mere broken restriction barrier wouldn't be enough to hold me!"
As the cat demon spoke, it secretly channeled the Demon Power within its body. The moment its voice faded, Demon Power once again coalesced in its mouth. A powerful wave of energy emanated from its maw, and this time, the Demon Power it gathered was far more intense than any previous attempt.
Judging by its stance, it was preparing a single strike to finish off Yang Haoran and shatter the restriction barrier he had deployed.
Boom! ! !
A dull thud erupted from the cat demon's mouth, and a column of green light, formed from Demon Power, blasted forth. This stream of Demon Power was thicker than any it had unleashed before!
At that very moment, Yang Haoran opened his Heaven Soul. As his power skyrocketed, a mass of Yin Qi manifested and churned beside him.
Remnant Moon whistled forth from the Yin Qi, transforming into a black streak of light. It directly sliced the cat demon's unleashed Demon Power in two, finally piercing through the cat demon's body.
Only then did the cat demon realize something was amiss. The power fluctuations released by Yang Haoran after opening his Heaven Soul were truly terrifying. Though it had speculated about Yang Haoran's strength time and again, and admitted to underestimating him repeatedly, it now discovered that even after assessing Yang Haoran's true capabilities to a very high degree, it had still gravely misjudged him.
The power fluctuations Yang Haoran unleashed after opening his Heaven Soul were simply beyond what its current strength could resist. In its eyes, this smiling fellow had merely been playing the pig to eat the tiger all along, and the only reason he hadn't opened his Heaven Soul immediately was to toy with it!
This was merely the cat demon's own conjecture, but it hadn't guessed the true reason.
Coming to its senses, it instinctively tried to dodge, but it was too late, for it then horrifyingly discovered that its body was no longer under its brain's control.
Not only that, but even its consciousness grew hazy at that moment.
The cat demon suddenly recalled that a black streak of light had just pierced its body. Yet, it had been so fast that it hadn't felt the slightest pain, and its brain had even continued to function normally.
But now, as it realized its body was unresponsive and its consciousness blurred, it knew that this trip wasn't to seek revenge on Yang Haoran, but rather to offer a generous gift.
Under Yang Haoran's watchful gaze, a line of blood appeared across the cat demon's massive body. Then, blood spurted, and its body split in two, falling from the sky like a cleaved small mountain. It finally came to rest at the edge of the barrier below.
Yang Haoran wore a smile, his expression unchanged from before. The cat demon's death did not alter his emotions in the slightest; he was unmoved. Though a smile graced his face, it was merely a habitual expression and did not reflect his inner feelings.
The cat demon's death meant victory in this battle belonged to him, but a battle of this caliber did not bring him much joy, so his heart remained utterly calm.
With a flash of his figure, Yang Haoran arrived beside the cat demon's corpse. At this point, the cat demon's body had returned to its normal size. Aside from its rather tragic demise, it looked only slightly larger than an ordinary black cat.
Yang Haoran merely sensed for a moment before locating the cat demon's Demon Pill. With a gentle wave of his hand, the Demon Pill floated up from within the cat demon's corpse, hovering above Yang Haoran's palm on its own.
Gazing at the Demon Pill floating above his palm, Yang Haoran's smile deepened. The Demon Pill then vanished from his palm, having been stored in his personal dimension.
Immediately after, Yang Haoran forcibly condensed the cat demon's soul into a demon spirit, used a Soul-Gathering Bead to collect the cat demon's demon spirit separately, and finally stored both it and the cat demon's corpse into his personal dimension.
Yang Haoran had no use for the cat demon's corpse, but as a great demon, its body was also a valuable treasure for Ye Zhiqiu.
After collecting his spoils, Yang Haoran recalled Remnant Moon, closed his Heaven Soul, and the powerful surge of energy greatly diminished. Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, he dissipated the restriction barrier.
Outside the barrier, Bai Xue and the ox demon's battle had also reached a fever pitch. Both great demons had reverted to their true forms, but Bai Xue was clearly more formidable than the ox demon, leaving the latter consistently on the defensive.
The ox demon hadn't fled for two reasons: one, his obstinate temperament, and two, his belief in the cat demon. He was convinced the cat demon could surely slay Yang Haoran, that newcomer from the Underworld Office. Once Yang Haoran was dead, teaming up with the cat demon to deal with Bai Xue, that snake demon, would be an easy task.
Just moments ago, seeing Yang Haoran suddenly set up a restriction barrier, the ox demon couldn't help but sneer, believing Yang Haoran was digging his own grave and would surely die miserably within the barrier he had deployed. Now that the restriction barrier had vanished, and the ox demon saw no trace of the cat demon, only the smiling Yang Haoran, his heart couldn't help but sink.
He was an ox, not a pig. How could he not know what such a situation implied? The cat demon was gone, and only Yang Haoran remained. It was clear the cat demon had croaked.
Just dealing with Bai Xue, the snake demon, already felt like a struggle. He wouldn't last much longer before he'd have to say goodbye to this world. Now, not only did he have to face Bai Xue, but also Yang Haoran, an Underworld Official. Neither of them alone was someone he could handle; if they teamed up, he'd be dead in their hands after just a few exchanges.
Understanding this truth, the ox demon had no intention of fighting further. He took a direct hit from Bai Xue, and leveraging the immense impact force, conjured a gust of demonic wind and fled into the distance.
"Hehe, don't run. Aren't we having fun?"
Bai Xue's alluring voice echoed through the area. Her massive serpentine body then rapidly moved through the air, like a white dragon darting through water, several times faster than the ox demon. In a blink, she caught up to the ox demon, wrapped her body around his massive frame, and began to constrict rapidly.
At this point, the ox demon was completely devoid of fight, only wanting to escape. As Bai Xue coiled around him, he let out angry roars, using all his might to break free from her binds.
However, his struggles not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but Bai Xue wrapped ever tighter around him.
In just a few breaths, multiple bones in the ox demon's body fractured, and blood flowed from his nose and mouth. His roars continued, but compared to before, they now held less anger and more tinged with fear.
After a few more breaths, the ox demon's roars grew significantly weaker. No anger could be heard in them anymore; only fear and agony remained.
As time ticked by, second by second, the ox demon's painful roars grew fainter, and his struggles became increasingly feeble and powerless. When the final, desperate shriek of agony fell silent, the ox demon's body ceased to struggle, losing all signs of life.
The ox demon did not die from suffocation, but rather from the violent crushing and shattering of his entire skeletal structure and internal organs. In just a short time, Bai Xue, with her massive serpentine body, had forcibly crushed and shattered the ox demon's bones and internal organs, taking his life.
The lifeless ox demon emitted faint green light, and its mountain-like body rapidly shrunk, transforming into an ox a size larger than a normal yellow ox.
Bai Xue's body also rapidly shrunk, then a ball of green light enveloped her. When the green light dissipated, she had returned to her human form, gazing with a smile at Yang Haoran as he walked towards her.
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