2 And A Half Weeks Later

Inside a dense forest filled with dangerous magical beasts that could destroy towns with ease, Xiang Xiang was silently cultivating.

Absorbing True Qi, converting it to Evil Qi, and absorbing Evil Qi from the Demon Lotus...

Suddenly, as she was cultivating, her eyes opened and contracted before the wind around her was blown away and dense marks were made on the trees 30 meters around her.

"5th Stage of the Foundation Building Realm..." Xiang Xiang clenched her fist, enveloped it with Evil Qi, and punched at a cluster of trees.

The trees couldn't handle Xiang Xiang's power and were torn in half, leaving a mess 100 meters long.

"Night Poison Cicada. I'm coming for you!" Xiang Xiang had a wicked smile on her face as she glared at the demon lotus.

It was all thanks to this powerful treasure that she was advancing through the realms so quickly.

"Hey, what was that?"

"Did you guys feel that? Such strong Qi fluctuations..."

"Should we investigate?"

"Yeah, if we work together maybe we can catch us one of those hunams"!

"They're called humans..."

"..."

Xiang Xiang waited patiently as three silhouettes came her way in combat stances. They were vigilant and ready for any surprise circumstance.

'Let's see what exactly you guys are...' She said as her smile became even worse. After taking the Deranged Killer Moth's bloodline from its body a day after killing it, she came to realize that there was more to the technique than meets the eye.

"I'll be taking your bloodlines as well, I'm sure they're valuable or have some significance..."

Xiang Xiang enveloped her feet in Evil Qi and completely vanished from her previous location, and appearing before the three demon-like individuals.

Ha!

Clink!

Xiang Xiang looked slightly surprised as she stared at the demon-like creature that blocked her attack with a rapier.

It was a woman with light purple skin, two thick horns on the sides of her head that curved upward, and long hair that was tied in a big ponytail. She was wearing a simple cloak that had a hood.

Her chest and butt were covered with white bandages.

'She's not strong, but she has amazing sword skill...Maybe I should finally use some sword moves from my own world and test her! I wasn't alive for over 200 years for nothing!'

Xiang Xiang used the demon girl's strength and pushed herself into the air and spun as she glared at the girl.

'So terrifying! Who is this woman?!' The demon girl shuddered as she gazed into the eyes of Xiang Xiang.

"You guys! Get in formati-" Just as she was giving commands to her two comrades, she felt the air around her become turbulent so she looked ahead.

She was met with Xiang Xiang holding a crimson red rapier pointed directly at her face.

Xiang Xiang wore a wicked smile on her face, feeling quite interested and amused.

"Let's see how to people of this world fare against the sword skill I cultivated from my world!" Xiang Xiang had never used her sword skill from her(his) own world since arriving here.

She only used a few minor strokes that weren't complicated in the least.

She never used her real sword skill until now.

'I have to dodge!'

The demon girl felt an alarming sense of danger when she looked at Xiang Xiang so she dodged as fast as she could.

"Ah! The air? What was that?!" The demon girl bared her fangs as she looked at her arms that were covered in cuts that were bleeding.

"Don't think that you're out of danger just because the sword didn't hit you!" Xiang Xiang said as she turned to look at the demon girl with a piercing gaze.

She's too dangerous! How can we even beat this woman?!

The demon girl felt terrified but her gaze became stern as she gripped her rapier with all her strength and pointed it at Xiang Xiang who was now standing still and observing her.

'When will she attack again? I have to be ready!'

Xiang Xiang's figure vanished all of a sudden and the demon girl's pupils contracted as she sensed great danger from behind her.

'Another back shot? Tch.'

The demon girl turned around and thrusted forward with her rapier, expecting to see Xiang Xiang impaled on her blade.

?!

Somehow, when the demon girl turned around, no one was there.

She was confused but she felt the hair on her back raise when she heard Xiang Xiang's voice.

"After being alive for so long, I learned to manipulate my killing intent despite not being able to use Qi. Can you do that? If not, then you'll lose this battle."

The demon girl turned around but all she saw was her two comrades with confused and terrified faces.

"F-Formation now!" The demon girl leaped towards her comrades as they assumed a combat formation in the form of a triangle.

They all looked around, waiting for Xiang Xiang to appear before them and attack her all at once.

Fwoosh!

Suddenly, they all saw a shadow in the corner of their eyes.

"Argh!" The demon boy gritted his teeth as he resisted Xiang Xiang's surprise attack.

To everyone's surprise, Xiang Xiang wasn't using a rapier anymore. She was now wielding a sharp dark red greatsword that had a crescent gleam to it.

What the hell? She's too strong!

The demon boy who had short white hair, dark purple skin, and small black horns had a pained expression on his face as he was blocking Xiang Xiang's attack.

Although he was blocking Xiang Xiang's attack, she was too strong so he fell to the ground.

The demon boy tried to get up but felt intense pain in his hands and looked down.

To his surprise, his hands were in a weird and unusual position that caused his stomach to drop and his heart to pound hard.

"M-My hands, argh!" The demon boy laid on the ground as he winced in pain.

Sadly, Xiang Xiang didn't stop there and slowly approached him, completely disregarding the other two demons.

She transformed her Evil Qi from a heavy and powerful greatsword to a light and fast rapier and stabbed it into the demon boy's shoulder.

"Ah! AAH! D-Damn you!" The demon boy shouted in pain at first but he soon became angry and tried to attack Xiang Xiang even though he had a hole in his shoulder.

'So this is the future leading race?' Xiang Xiang thought to herself as she created 3 more rapiers and pierced them into the demon boy's other limbs.

A rapier in his left shoulder, one in his right shoulder, one in his right kneecap, and another in his left kneecap.

The demon boy howled in pain as blood leaked from his limbs and tears flowed from his eyes. Not only was he being impaled by four weapons at the same time, his body felt like it was burning up.

"Take them out! Please! AAAAH!" The demon boy wriggled in pain, trying to take the weapons out but not only did they pierce through his body completely, but they were also jammed tightly in the ground.

"Stay right there. Don't move or the rapiers will go deeper until the point that you won't be able to move at all." Xiang Xiang said as she glanced at the demon oy before turning her gaze to the demon with the greatsword.

It was another girl that had short white hair and a slightly rough face. She had 2 scars on her face, both on her right eye, and had dark purple skin as well.

Her horns were thick and black and curved upwards as well.

She was also wearing bandages over her breasts and butt.

"How dare you hurt my little brother like that! I'll beat you until you die!" The big sister demon rushed at Xiang Xiang, brandishing her greatsword at her in anger.

Xiang Xiang easily dodged the attacks as the big sister demon was enraged and couldn't attack properly so she condensed a rapier and stabbed it into the back of the big sister demon's leg.

"Sit down. No one likes a rowdy woman." Xiang Xiang stepped on the big sister demon's back and she fell to the ground.

She grabbed her leg and tried to tear the rapier out of it, but the more she pulled the worse it felt.

"D-Damn you, you evil woman! What do you want from us?! We didn't do anything to you!" The big sister demon yelled at Xiang Xiang with a pained expression.

Xiang Xiang turned and looked at her with a piercing gaze and small grin.

"I just came to see what the future leading race is like. Or at least I think you're part of the future leading race of the world." Xiang Xiang responded.

"W-What? Future leading race?! What do you mean?" The big sister demon was confused, but Xiang Xiang just ignored her and gazed at the demon girl with the rapier.

"If you're comrade here surrenders then I'll tell you." Xiang Xiang condensed her Evil Qi into a cross blade that was 15 inches long, yet she held it with one hand.

It dragged against the ground as she walked towards the demon girl wielding the rapier.

The demon girl had many expressions on her face.

Confusion, Anger, Worry, Terrified, and Interest.

She handled Luciana and Jelvin so easily! Should I just surrender? Maybe she'll let us live...I can't afford to let either of them die, we've been together since we were just kids...

"W-What happens if I surrender? Will you let us live?"