With a clang, the Nanming Lihuo Sword once again soared into the sky, transforming into a streak of light.
Fear flickered in the spider demon’s eyes.
The Nanming Lihuo Sword was simply too terrifying in its eyes. For one, it was a golden-quality immortal sword.
Even if it were like the Xuanyuan Sword, the Nanming Lihuo Sword’s power depended on Bai Ye’s strength. Currently, Bai Ye could only unleash two to three-tenths of its power, but it was still formidable enough.
The other reason was…
Dispelling Evil and Avoiding Demons (has a restraining effect on all evil spirits).
Ghosts, of course, were evil spirits.
Even without mentioning the Nanming Lihuo Sword’s quality and power, it had a suppressive effect on ghosts.
However, the spider demon was incredibly fast. By spitting silk and wrapping around surrounding trees, it could move, allowing it to traverse the air without being restricted by terrain.
This enabled the spider demon to nimbly evade the streak of light that was the Nanming Lihuo Sword.
“You can’t hit me,” the spider demon taunted Bai Ye. “If you can’t land a hit, your sword, no matter how powerful, is useless.”
Bai Ye looked at the spider demon with a detached, pitying gaze. “You are already on the verge of death.”
The spider demon sneered, “Such arrogance…”
But before the spider demon could finish speaking, it suddenly felt something was wrong and turned its head towards the sky.
The streak of light that had flown into the sky suddenly exploded, scattering like a meteor shower, descending from above like a hundred and eight brilliant, dazzling beams.
Myriad Flowing Lights (sword light explodes, forming one hundred and eight streams of light for attack).
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
As the flowing lights rained down, continuous, booming roars echoed.
The ground cracked, surrounding trees toppled, and crashed down.
The mountain forest within a radius of half a li was completely destroyed, leaving a scene of utter devastation. Large clouds of dust swirled into the air, forming a mushroom cloud.
After a moment, the dust settled.
Bai Ye casually extended his hand, and the Nanming Lihuo Sword flew down from the sky, returning to his grasp.
Holding the sword, Bai Ye walked forward, quickly reaching the spider demon.
At this moment, the spider demon was covered in blood and venom. All eight of its legs had been severed, and a gaping wound marred its massive body, revealing its internal organs.
“I told you, you were close to death,” Bai Ye said, raising the Nanming Lihuo Sword. “Too bad you didn’t believe me!”
*Puff!*
Bai Ye swung his sword at the spider demon, and its head detached, rolling on the ground.
“You have killed the Spider Demon Brother of the Spider Demon Clan, completing Forbidden Zone Mission One (Temporary).”
“This kill can be transferred.”
Bai Ye glanced at the screen. The so-called transfer meant that if someone killed Bai Ye before the Forbidden Zone ended, Bai Ye’s kill of the spider demon would be transferred to the chosen one who killed him.
It wasn’t a difficult rule to understand.
The Forbidden Zone was designed to stimulate the chosen ones into fighting each other. Otherwise, with only five members in the spider demon family, there wouldn’t be enough to go around.
Furthermore, the rescue in Forbidden Zone Mission Two was similar. There were only three Demon Slayers, which was also not enough to go around, so these could also be transferred.
Only Forbidden Zone Mission Three was a one-time deal. Once the controller of the spider demon was killed, the Forbidden Zone would end, and everyone would be sent out.
Wiping the screen away with a casual gesture, Bai Ye approached the Demon Slayer from earlier and patted his cheek.
“Hey!” Bai Ye said. “Wake up if you’re not dead.”
The Demon Slayer groggily opened his eyes and mumbled, “Where is this? Am I dead?”
“You’re not dead, you’ve still got a breath left,” Bai Ye replied. “Just lie there and wait for the rescue team.”
After the Forbidden Zone ended, the Demon Slayer Corps’ rescue would arrive.
The Demon Slayer seemed to be a crybaby. Tears instantly welled up in his eyes, and he said with a look of a timid wife, “Thank you, thank you.”
With his thanks, Bai Ye’s mission was considered complete.
“You have saved a member of the Demon Slayer Corps (Agatsuma Zenitsu), completing Forbidden Zone Mission Two (Temporary).”
“This rescue can be transferred.”
Seeing the screen appear, indicating the mission was complete, Bai Ye saw no reason to linger and got up to leave.
But at that moment…
Bai Ye sensed something and leaped to the side.
*Boom!*
The instant Bai Ye leaped away, the large tree behind Agatsuma Zenitsu was blasted open, and a surge of energy shot out, striking the spot where Bai Ye had been standing.
Bai Ye looked ahead and saw a man, about thirty years old, rushing towards him.
“Shrinking Ground into Inches!”
The man grunted, then took a step forward!
Despite being about seven to eight meters away from Bai Ye, the man instantly appeared before him.
“Eighteen Forms of Arhat Fist! Child’s Greeting to Buddha!” the man bellowed. He slightly bent his body and then powerfully thrust both fists towards Bai Ye’s chest.
*Bang!*
The man’s fists struck Bai Ye’s chest!
Bai Ye glanced at the man. “Can’t you see what’s going on around you?”
The man’s face showed surprise, both because Bai Ye stood there motionlessly, taking his punch, and because of Bai Ye’s words.
Bai Ye continued, “This area was destroyed by me.”
As Bai Ye spoke, he grabbed the man’s wrist.
Intense pain contorted the man’s face, and his clenched fist involuntarily loosened.
Bai Ye said, “Perhaps you have eyes, but no brain?”
*Crack!*
Bai Ye applied sudden force, and the man’s palm twisted unnaturally backward. With the sound of cracking bones, Bai Ye wrenched the entire hand backward.
“Otherwise…” Bai Ye raised the Nanming Lihuo Sword and plunged it into the man’s chest. “How dare you come out to steal missions?”
*Puff!*
The Nanming Lihuo Sword pierced through the man’s chest, completely impaling him.
The man’s body trembled, and he coughed, spewing large amounts of blood.
*Puff!*
Bai Ye pulled the sword out, the Nanming Lihuo Sword emerging with a splash of bright red blood that spattered onto the ground.
The man seemed to lose all strength instantly, slowly collapsing to his knees, then falling to the ground.
Crimson blood flowed out from beneath the corpse.
Bai Ye looked at the body and grinned. There were no God Stone fragments.
Nowadays, everyone had some God Stone fragments, and usually more than one, so the number of God Stone fragments obtained from kills had also increased, usually yielding at least a few.
However, the quantity of God Stones obtained was random, and the chance of obtaining God Stone fragments after a kill was also probabilistic, which could be quite frustrating at times.
After all, when one was unlucky, even drinking cold water could get them choked.