As Yang Hong had predicted, it took less than a quarter of an hour for that familiar, domineering divine sense to sweep over him.
This time, the divine sense scanned twice before disappearing.
"Yu Kehui, I wish you good luck. If you can return alive, I should be safe leaving Gazhu Mountain."
Although Yu Kehui was indeed beautiful and well-built, she was merely a flower demon, one that Yang Hong had imbued with power. Therefore, in Yang Hong's eyes, Yu Kehui was essentially a tool. He had already prepared for her to die when he sent her away from Gazhu Mountain. After all, Yu Kehui had a divine soul clone arranged. If anything went wrong, she would only die once and revive quickly. Coupled with Yang Hong's imbuement system, it wouldn't take long for her to recover her strength.
After waiting for a long time with no divine sense approaching, Yang Hong flew back to the small basin he named "Xuhuai Valley."
...
Meanwhile, Yu Kehui, who had been forewarned and instructed by Yang Hong, immediately used one of her innate magical skills, "Mudan術" (Wood Evasion Technique), the moment she saw the blue light barrier sweep past. She vanished from a nearby large tree. When she reappeared, she was on another tree thirty li away. If she hadn't been afraid of attracting the attention of unknown enemies, with her sixth-tier Divine Soul realm cultivation, she could have directly escaped three hundred li. Furthermore, she could cover three hundred li in just two to three breaths of time. This was the speed at which cultivators traveled.
Yu Kehui cautiously moved away, traveling for a quarter of an hour and covering a thousand li before reaching the east coast of Yuliu Island. Yuliu Island was over 1600 li wide from east to west and over 2300 li long from north to south. Yang Hong had requested that she choose the east coast, further from Gazhu Mountain, solely to lure out the enemy. However, Yang Hong's luck was always excellent; the direction he casually pointed turned out to be the location of Yuliu Island's only city, Yuliu City.
"Oh dear! Why can't I fly past here? My Mudan術 has failed."
Yu Kehui exclaimed as she was ejected from her wood evasion mid-flight.
"What demon dares to forcefully enter Yuliu City?"
Before Yu Kehui could regain her senses, four fourth-tier demons immediately surrounded her. All four demons had beast heads and human bodies. Upon seeing Yu Kehui, who was only second-tier but as beautiful as a celestial being, their eyes gleamed. A horse-headed demon, in particular, had tears of longing streaming down its mouth.
"Insignificant human, how dare you trespass into my Yuliu City! Kneel and surrender."
As he spoke, the horse demon flung out a large net, intending to capture Yu Kehui.
"Wait, this human is mine. It's my turn to catch a human."
Just then, another net was cast. A pig-headed demon beside the horse demon also made a move. Immediately, the remaining two bird-headed demons also threw out their net-like magical artifacts. These net-like artifacts seemed to be the standard magical treasures of these city gate guards.
Still unclear about the situation, Yu Kehui was immediately ensnared by four large nets.
"Ah! You're hurting me, you bad people!"
With a soft cry, Yu Kehui raised her hands and grabbed and tore at the large nets.
*Rip!*
All four large nets were simultaneously torn apart!
"Impossible! This Enforcement Luo Net is crafted from the silk of a fourth-tier Azure Spider and refined by a fifth-tier Demon King into a fourth-grade magical treasure. How can a second-tier biped like you tear it apart!"
"Impossible—absolutely impossible! The Enforcement Luo Net cannot be easily torn even by a fifth-tier Demon King, how could you?"
"This human has concealed their cultivation! Quickly sound the alarm!"
"Brothers, hold on! I'll go back and sound the alarm immediately."
The four demons cried out in alarm. The horse demon was the most intelligent; it immediately dropped one end of the Enforcement Luo Net and quickly retreated, heading towards the nearby city gate.
This time, Yu Kehui understood what was happening. She used both hands and pulled the four large nets, along with three of the great demons, towards herself.
"Come back here."
*Swish—bang—bang—*
Yu Kehui's primary cultivation technique was the "Great Brightness Buddhist Scripture," but she also practiced the "Green Wood Body Tempering Technique." Her strength was immense. Yang Hong had roughly estimated it to be over ten million jin. Therefore, in her first combat encounter, Yu Kehui, in a moment of panic, exerted too much force. The three fourth-tier demons collided with each other due to the immense force. The pig demon's head was directly pierced by the beak of a bird demon, and this bird demon's neck snapped. The last bird demon crashed onto the pig demon's back, piercing through its body while its own head exploded.
With one move, Yu Kehui instantly killed the three fourth-tier demons.
"Are these demons this fragile?"
She looked at the three dead demons with some confusion and muttered softly.
*Dong— dong— dong—*
The alarm bell rang in the distance, but Yu Kehui ignored it. Then, with a surge of her magic power, three whip-like phantoms appeared and directly pierced into the bodies of the three demons, extracting three demon cores the size of ping pong balls.
"The demon cores are so small? No wonder they died so easily."
Looking at the demon cores, Yu Kehui grumbled again.
"Audacious! You dare to kill the enforcers of Yuliu City! You must be that human who came from Gazhu Mountain, right?"
As Yu Kehui was examining the demon cores, a sinister and domineering voice echoed in the air, and a young man with a long face and an aquiline nose appeared above her.
"Are you blind? Can't you see I'm a demon?"
Yu Kehui rolled her eyes, put the three demon cores into the storage bag Yang Hong had given her, and then began searching the bodies of the three demons right in front of the hawk-nosed man.
"Hmph! I don't care if you're a demon or a human, you will die today!"
"Lightning Strike!"
Amidst a rumbling sound, a bolt of blue lightning directly struck Yu Kehui.
"Idiot! You dare to take my Lightning Strike head-on with your physical body. This is my fifth-tier innate secret technique. I can heavily injure even a peak sixth-tier Demon King with a single strike!"
The thunder roc king, the hawk-nosed man in the sky, said disdainfully, slowly descending. He had previously marveled at how Yu Kehui had killed four fourth-tier demons in one exchange, but now he found her to be an idiot with no combat experience. Even demons known for their physical strength would not dare to take a lightning-attribute spell head-on.
"Scoundrel! How dare you damage Master's clothes!"
Unfortunately, Yu Kehui was unharmed, and her furious voice was still full of spirit.
"Not dead? Heh heh, as expected, you have some skill. Then have a few more. There's no enemy that can't be solved with one Lightning Strike. If there is? Then have two more!"
The thunder roc king wasn't too surprised that Yu Kehui was still alive. He activated Lightning Strike again.
"Ah! My clothes! The clothes Master gave me! I'll kill you! Lightning Five-Strike Whip!"
As the second bolt of lightning descended, the second-grade magical artifact brocade robe Yang Hong had given Yu Kehui was directly reduced to ashes. A fifth-tier innate secret technique was not to be trifled with; even with Yu Kehui's magical power protecting it, the second-grade magical artifact turned to dust after just two strikes. But this also enraged Yu Kehui. This was the only piece of clothing Master Yang Hong had given her.
*Crack!*
A green whip rapidly rose from the ground, sweeping across the sky. The five cracks of the whip merged into a single sound.
"Fall—"
The thunder roc king's third Lightning Strike was about to be unleashed when it was chopped into nine segments by the green whip. The thunder roc king, a late sixth-tier Demon King, died without any warning. All because he had damaged a piece of clothing.