Chapter 523: Chapter 500: Steady Improvement In the stunned gazes of both humans and demons alike. Jin Tingfeng’s entire person transformed into a beam of golden light, delivering another punch to the chest of the Hill Giant, creating a massive hole with large chunks of stone crashing down with a ’bang bang’. "Roar!" The Hill Giant let out a painful roar, sending its enormous fist slamming towards Jin Tingfeng, driving him into the ground. But soon a golden light shot up to the sky, and Jin Tingfeng leaped out lively once again. "I possess the bloodline of the Azure Dragon, my physical body is invincible at the same level, what can you fight me with!" A fierce punch again struck the chest of the Hill Giant where a hole had appeared, several great dragon shadows violently burst through from the hole, causing countless cracks to spread rapidly across it like a spider web... ’Boom!’ The entire Hill Giant exploded, breaking into countless pieces of stone. This powerful demon clan member, who had previously pressured Lou Yi to desperation, was actually beaten to death alive by the prodigy of the True Blood Sect! "What bullshit Demon General, couldn’t withstand a few punches from your grandpa!" "That Red Hero tangled with it for so long, I think his level is just average." "Where is that Red Hero, let him come out and spar with me quickly!" The golden-armored man yelled crazily and furiously after killing the Hill Giant. This left many disciples of the Corpse-Driving Sect speechless, but they were also shocked by his strength. "Why doesn’t our Corpse-Driving Sect have such a formidable prodigy?" a disciple asked unwillingly. "In the last few centuries, there have been very few prodigies in our sect who break through Foundation Establishment before fifty years of age. The strongest disciple of the previous generation, Gui Shuoyuan, has been in seclusion, and our strongest, Qiu Shaojie, just broke through Foundation Establishment recently and has yet to prove himself independently on the human-demon battlefield," another disciple replied. "Our sect indeed seems to have declined... If only Red Hero was a disciple of our sect," a low voice of regret resounded, plunging everyone into silence momentarily. ... In front of the walls of Ruicheng City. "Chirp!" A large blue phoenix, about forty or fifty zhang long, emitted dazzling divine light from each of its feathers. Under the command of a beautiful female cultivator in a blue long skirt, it fought fiercely against a pitch-black thousand-legged Centipede Demon. The powerful bodies of both sides collided continually, sparking visible sparks and flashes of lightning. In the end, the blue phoenix was superior, its sharp enormous claws tearing the Centipede Demon apart, breaking it into several pieces, blood forming small pools that dyed large areas of the ground red. "No wonder you are the most talented person in Qingluan Palace for centuries, Fairy Xin’s strength indeed makes this old man a bit ashamed," the elder responsible for defending the city from the Corpse-Driving Sect complimented the female cultivator in the long skirt. "Elder, you flatter me, it was merely because my Spirit Pet happened to counter this demon," the female cultivator, known as Fairy Xin, replied modestly with a gentle smile. Outside Pan City. A group of cultivators wearing gray and white long robes with red dragons embroidered on their chests each picked up a ruler-like magical artifact solemnly to engage the enemy. With spiritual power flowing, extremely cold white mist surged forward, freezing the oncoming demons completely into large, translucent blue ice stones. Through the frozen ice stones, even the fearful expressions of the demons before they were frozen could be seen clearly. Then, numerous magical artifacts flew towards the ice stones, shattering them into countless ice fragments, naturally breaking the demons’ bodies along with the pieces of ice. The Li Family from East Sea also joined this massive troop supporting the Zhao Kingdom. This is a highly powerful cultivation family, with a Golden Core Master guarding the clan, whose strength and heritage are comparable to the Corpse-Driving Sect. Near Yi City. Brilliant silver sword lights flashed back and forth among the demon army, easily slicing through the intruders, blood dyed the long sky red. The thick murderous aura and sharp sword light instilled fear among the surrounding demon clan, deterring them from approaching easily. The Zhang Family from East Sea boasts an even deeper foundation than the Li Family; it’s rumored that the patriarch who founded the family came from the big sect Infinite Sword Sect in the heart of the Central Continent. Therefore, the family members are adept at flying sword techniques, with offensive abilities ranking top in the Northern Domain of the Central Continent, and no one dares to challenge their edge easily. Besides Huai City, Beng City, Pan City, and Yi City, many allied sect members came to aid the other cities along the borders of Zhao Kingdom. The Red Sun Sect, True Blood Sect, Qingluan Palace, East Sea Li Family, East Sea Zhang Family... The originally precarious human defense line became stable once more, and some areas even showed signs of counterattack. Every day, victory reports were sent to the Task Hall of the Corpse-Driving Sect, boosting the morale and excitement among the disciples greatly. "Hucheng has been recaptured, and the Demon General who broke the city was reportedly fiercely slain by experts from the Red Sun Sect!" "Zhang Xinye, the prodigy of the East Sea Zhang Family, swept everything before his flying sword, having already beheaded five Demon Generals in succession, enjoying quite the limelight!" "Having support really is great, no more fighting alone now." "I heard that from even more distant countries, disciples from major sects and great families seem to be planning to come and train on the human-demon battlefield..." Upon hearing each piece of good news, Lou Yi couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Now that the situation in Zhao Kingdom is looking very positive, he could focus more on improving his cultivation without rashly going out before advancing to the mid-stage Martial Saint. However, this doesn’t mean Lou Yi won’t leave the sect at all. He still occasionally visits various battlefields to collect energy and affinity, and occasionally uses his illusion talent to influence the battle outcome. But he won’t openly attack and kill Demon Generals, thus revealing Red Hero’s existence to the demons or Yellow Springs Sect, leading out strong enemies like last time. Aside from gathering energy, using the prophecy talent to locate key items is also his main direction. If one divination doesn’t work, he’ll try twice; if twice doesn’t work, then thrice. With continuous calculations, the distance to the truth will eventually draw closer, ultimately obtaining the desired result. A month after several major allied sects came to aid the human-demon war with great fanfare, Lou Yi first calculated the existence of the Drunken Immortal Peach. This treasure appeared at a large auction in the Yan Kingdom where the True Blood Sect was located, and Lou Yi bought it for a high price, then elevated his Poison Talent to the proficient level. Poison (Proficiency 0/100+1 Drunken Immortal Peach)→ Poison (Proficient 0/300+1 Corrosion Flower) Two and a half months later, Lou Yi calculated the location of the Earth Spirit Sand. This item was buried under an unknown mountain in Chu Kingdom where the Red Sun Sect is located, and he unearthed it by digging hundreds of zhang underground, elevating his Earth Escape talent to the proficient level. Earth Escape (Initiate 0/30+1 Earth Spirit Sand)→ Earth Escape (Proficient 0/100+1 Mother Qi of Earth) Four months later, Lou Yi’s Qi Cultivation progressed to the sixth layer, only one step away from the late-stage Qi Refining. According to the progress of the Attribute Panel, it’s estimated that he could advance to the late-stage Qi Refining in less than a year. And with his Yin Affinity continually increasing, this time is likely shorter than imagined. Five months later, Lou Yi turned twenty-five years old, having spent his fifth year in Zhao Kingdom after crossing the river. More than six months later, ’Holy Daughter’ Jia Hong sent him a message, indicating that the Yin Fiend World could be entered again, urging him to prepare. Lou Yi looked at the figure beside him, identical to him in both appearance and aura, and thought to himself: ’The waters of the Yin Fiend World run too deep; a single misstep could mean drowning, it’s best to let the doppelgänger test the waters first.’ ...