Chapter 9: That'll Teach You to Show Off

"Come on up and finish this, you bunch of little shrimps. It's time for you to accept death," Su Hang said indifferently, with his hands behind his back.

"Do you, a clueless native, even realize what kind of existence you are provoking?" Cold Demon's voice was deep and chilly.

"Provoking?" Su Hang curled his lip, shaking his head, "You're thinking too much. I'm merely here to trample some bugs to death."

"You lowly native, what did you say? Say it again if you dare!" Shadow Demon's face darkened, and a chilling aura swept in, instantly turning the place as cold as midwinter, the chill pouring down people's necks.

Yet Su Hang was as if oblivious, speaking lightly, "Here on the ground is nothing but a pile of garbage, as for you..." His mouth twisted into a grin, followed by a light laugh "heh."

The implication was clear: these people were not even as good as rubbish, and the contempt he showed for them felt thoroughly exhilarating.

"Ignorance truly is fearlessness, huh? Are you aware that the Real Person Standing-on-Earth whom you keep provoking is a supreme powerhouse in the True Core Realm, the second greatest realm? He could kill you just by exhaling." Shadow Demon sneered with slanting eyes, "Oh, I almost forgot, you natives are but a bunch of pitiable frogs at the bottom of a well, probably never even heard of the True Core Realm."

With a arrogant smile on his face, Shadow Demon continued, "Let me give you a free introduction, you soon-to-be-dead slave. With your meager cultivation level, you need to break through Houtian, step by step become an Innate, a Grandmaster, a Mysterious Scholar, and only then can you step into the True Core Realm.

At that realm, one lives for three hundred years, can walk in the sky, seize the wind as a blade, summon the wind and call forth rain, live on air without dying, and fear not the attack of ordinary missiles."

Not fear missiles? Li Qingdai scoffed at this claim. These demon cultivators sure liked to boast.

"Little native, do you now comprehend the gap between you and Real Person Standing-on-Earth? Kneel immediately and offer your neck for execution."

"A bunch of ants oblivious to their own deaths, how could you comprehend my power?" Su Hang scoffed and with a "whoosh whoosh" his figure moved, and in a few flashes, he was right in front of Cold Demon.

"A naive native on a path to self-destruction, I'll end you with one move," Cold Demon raised a palm, the air collapsing inward at the center of his palm, forming a small, black vortex that he swept over Su Hang's head.

Shadow Demon's hands moved swiftly, like butterflies fluttering, shooting out mysterious runes from his fingertips. They formed a square, grey, ancient seal, which he threw viciously at Su Hang's back.

"These must be the famous clan-protecting ultimate techniques of the Devouring Moon Ancient Clan—the Heaven Devouring Palm and Life Severing Seal, right?" Su Hang looked indifferent as he brought down his palm with a slash "whoosh whoosh," twice, his momentum was whole and seemed as if it could split heaven and earth.

This was the Sky-Splitting Axe from the Eight Desolations Scatter Hand, combined with the immortal power Su Hang was channeling through his flesh and blood, its power increased several folds.

The first slash tore through the small black vortex at the center of Cold Demon's palm, leaving a deep wound right in the middle of it.

The second slash split the gray ancient seal in half, shocking Shadow Demon into a hasty retreat.

"So much for clan-protecting ultimate techniques!" Su Hang said lightly with a smile, exuding unrivaled dominance.

"Using cultivation at the Perfection Stage of Houtian, he actually injured Cold Demon and Shadow Demon, both of the Innate Realm, in just one encounter, this is way too awesome!" The surroundings filled with exclamations of amazement, as Li Qingdai let out a sigh of relief.

Stone Demon, having recovered more than sixty percent of his injuries, seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. He threw out a green stone which expanded as it whirled through the air, hurtling towards Su Hang's head.

"This is the Dog-beating Stone, specifically for smashing the skulls of the slaves of the Central Plains!" Stone Demon timed his sneak attack perfectly—it was an inspired move.

Li Qingdai's heart clenched once again.

Fortunately, Su Hang dodged at a critical moment, and the Dog-beating Stone grazed by his shoulder, ripping a tear in his clothes.

The Stone Demon immediately recalled the Dog-beating Stone after his missed attack.

Cold Demon and Shadow Demon lunged forward, attacking in tandem with a tight coordination.

The black vortex in one palm could devour a person's vitality, disintegrating attack power, while the Life Severing Seal created by the other could reduce a person's lifespan.

With his palms acting as axes, Su Hang chopped left and right. His palm edges emitted an invisible sharpness, pressing both opponents in fight.

Stone Demon waited for the right moment, then crouched down and shot the magic treasure—the Dog-beating Stone—in an upward diagonal strike.

The Dog-beating Stone tore through the air, leaving behind a faint white trail, aiming straight for Su Hang's heart in a fatal blow.

With an exceptionally keen reaction, Su Hang's body tilted to the side, avoiding the Dog-beating Stone, but narrowly escaped a palm strike from Cold Demon.

"Xiao Hua slave, this time I will beat up your little brother, are you ready to become a dead eunuch?" Shi Mo triumphantly declared, as if he were invincible.

"A stinking insect like you dares to shout at me? I'll crush you within seconds," Su Hang replied with a glance at Shi Mo, eyes filled with contempt and disdain.

Shi Mo considered Earth Cultivators to be no more significant than ants, and he could not tolerate Su Hang's contempt. Angered, he shifted his position rapidly, suddenly flinging his hand up, throwing the stone used to hit dogs in a beautiful arc through the air, heading straight for Su Hang's crown.

"Pushing Against the Wind!"

With a thrust of his palm, Su Hang's True Qi surged, drawing on the immortal power within his flesh, drastically increasing his Attack Power as he collided with the stone.

"You dare to catch the dog-hitting stone with your bare hands, huh? You're truly courting death," Shi Mo said, a confident smile spreading across his face.

But the smile on his face disappeared instantly, as the stone was deflected by Su Hang's palm, speeding back on its original path, even more violently and swiftly.

Shi Mo wasn't able to control the stone in that moment.

"Pfft!"

The stone penetrated Shi Mo's forehead, and the tremendous force caused his head to crack, shattering like broken pottery into a pile.

Shi Mo was dead!

"Great!" Li Qingdai revealed a radiant smile, "That's for showing off, hmph..."

The moment Su Hang killed Shi Mo, he retreated three steps, narrowly avoiding the pincer attack from Cold Demon and Yin Demon.

"Heaven-Piercing Cannon!"

After retreating three steps, Su Hang halted, then immediately counterattacked. Clenching his fist, he threw a punch as though firing a cannon, unleashing all his strength in a magnificent force like thunder, carrying an invincible momentum as if determined to face ten thousand troops alone.

This momentum created a vast aura. Wherever the punch passed, it was unstoppable, causing the air to scream.

It collided directly with Cold Demon.

"Boom!"

Cold Demon's attack was broken, and his right arm exploded, with flesh, bone scraps, and blood flying everywhere.

Without the slightest pause in his attack, Su Hang's fist made an arc, unstoppable, tearing through the protective Qi shield and striking Cold Demon's chest.

"Ah..."

Cold Demon screamed, his chest caved in, and a fist-shaped mark protruded from his back, with blood gushing from his mouth, his breathing threadlike.

At that moment, Yin Demon's Life Severing Seal arrived, almost falling upon Su Hang.

In haste, Su Hang pulled Cold Demon's body to block the Life Severing Seal.

Being hit by the Life Severing Seal, Cold Demon's hair turned mostly white instantly. Suffering injury upon injury, he immediately stopped breathing.

Cold Demon was dead!

Seeing herself the only one left and Su Hang's momentum skyrocketing, Yin Demon's courage chilled, and she turned to flee towards the summit of Forget-Me Mountain.

"Did I say you could leave?" Su Hang appeared behind Yin Demon like a ghost and with a "crack," he promptly and cleanly broke her neck.

With that, the "Cold-Blooded Trio" that had plagued Changle City for over three months were all dead, and this news, if spread, would surely shock the entire Changle City.

"Laidong old dog, now it's your turn to hit the road," Su Hang said, looking up toward the summit of Forget-Me Mountain.

"Young man, you may be able to indiscriminately slay Innate beings with the power poured into your body by others, but when facing this old man, one finger is all it takes to crush you," said the Earthly Immortal Laidong, appearing in the air with a cold gaze he directed at Su Hang, pressing down with a finger from afar.

At the same time, the Devouring Moon Ancient Formation only needed one final step to be repaired successfully, and the demonic rain would once again descend.