After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 65

The three of them brought the demonic general, who was now utterly incapable of resistance, before Qin Qingyi.

“Senior Sister, we did not fail our mission.”

“You despicable dogs of the Immortal Sect! The Demon God will not spare you!”

The demonic general was thrown to the ground by Zhou Zhixue. Because he was tightly bound, the impact sent him sprawling headfirst. He twisted and struggled on the ground for a while before standing up, immediately spewing curses at the group.

Qin Qingyi ignored him. She first briefly explained the current situation to Xie Su and Hu Yu, then handed them the Shapeshifting Pills, signaling for them to also consume them.

Having understood the plan to infiltrate the demonic lair, Xie Su and Hu Yu didn’t hesitate. They tilted their heads back and swallowed the pills. Soon after, demonic energy began to emanate from their bodies.

The demonic general watched as the group transformed into beings similar to himself, and also overheard their entire plan to infiltrate the demonic sect. For a moment, his eyes were burning with rage, wishing he could devour them alive.

But he was now at their mercy, completely unable to resist, with even one of his arms having been brutally severed. He was now meat on a chopping block, left to their disposal.

All he could do was curse foully. Unfortunately, the complicated demonic language was incomprehensible to the group, and cursing in the human official language lacked menace, making him seem incredibly frustrated.

“You’re very noisy.” Annoyed by the constant sound, Qin Qingyi wrinkled her nose, raised her sword, and thrust it into the demon’s mouth. Not only did she slice off his tongue, but she also twisted her wrist, making the sword turn two full rotations inside his mouth until it was a bloody mess, before finally stopping.

Her brutal methods caused the few people beside her to turn pale, all collectively drawing in a sharp, cold breath: “Hiss.”

Bai Qiyue shivered and instinctively retreated towards Zhou Zhixue, clutching the corner of Zhou Zhixue’s clothes, sounding weak, pitiful, and helpless: “Is your Senior Sister always this brutal?”

She recalled that she had offended Qin Qingyi before, and had even been speaking rudely lately, making her heart feel even more uneasy.

But Zhou Zhixue was like a block of wood, showing no reaction to her words. In fact, Bai Qiyue belatedly realized that this person had been quite cold towards her before. Why was she showing no reaction now? Shouldn’t she have flicked her sleeve and told her to get lost?

Just as Bai Qiyue was about to look up and see what was going on, she heard Zhou Zhixue, who was standing in front of her, speak in a hushed but incredibly fervent voice: “Senior Sister, she’s so beautiful.”

Bai Qiyue suddenly looked up, staring at Zhou Zhixue with a look of shock, then let go of her hand and silently moved two steps away.

She’s sick, and it’s a serious illness.

“Cutting off your tongue, that should finally teach you to be quiet, right?”

Qin Qingyi used the tip of her sword to pick up the severed half of the demon’s tongue, her eyes asking the demon the rhetorical question with great interest.

At this moment, the cold, brutal nature of the Demon Race was fully displayed in her.

The Demon lineage is only tender towards its own kind. Towards the Demon Race, a sworn enemy, Qin Qingyi naturally wouldn’t show any good grace.

Thinking of the few corpses of young demon cubs she had found at Black Water Cliff last time, Qin Qingyi’s heart was filled with nothing but hatred for the Demon Race.

She had sent those young cubs’ bodies back to the Demon Race. But remembering how the little wolf’s parents had wept heartbreakingly in front of her that day, Qin Qingyi wished she could flatten the Demon Race completely.

The demon opened his mouth and wailed, but without a tongue, he could only make “woo-woo” sounds.

Dark blood flowed down his jaw, dripping onto the ground.

Qin Qingyi shook the tip of her sword, flinging the piece of tongue onto the ground. Looking at the dark blood sticking to the sword, her expression was one of disgust:

“Demon blood, truly disgusting.”

Burning away the demon blood with spiritual power, Qin Qingyi then stepped forward, not using her hand, but her spiritual power to grasp his neck, slowly lifting him into the air.

Seeing this demon, who had just been arrogant and intent on killing them, now in utter disgrace, even with his eyeballs starting to fill with blood due to lack of oxygen, Qin Qingyi was in a good mood and spoke leisurely: “You didn’t think that if I kept you alive, you’d be treated as a honored guest, did you?”

“What kind of foolish dream are you having?”

After saying this, Qin Qingyi stopped wasting words with him. She took two steps forward, formed her hand into a claw, and pressed it onto the demonic general’s head.

The others were previously unaware of Qin Qingyi’s motive for keeping him alive, feeling highly doubtful, but Qin Qingyi’s next action made everything clear to them.

Soul Searching.

Qin Qingyi was going to search this demon’s soul.

“Soul Searching Technique, this is a forbidden art. Senior Sister actually knows this forbidden art,” Hu Yu mumbled subconsciously as he watched the scene before him.

Zhou Zhixue looked at him, her voice cold: “What, do you have an issue with it?”

“Absolutely not!” Hu Yu immediately shook his head in denial.

People from their Hidden Snow Peak were inherently unrestrained. Even he had secretly read many forbidden books from the Sword Sect and learned many forbidden arts.

It was just that this Soul Searching method was too profound and complex. He had wanted to learn it back then but had been unable to fully master it despite studying it for three months, so he had to give up.

He hadn’t expected his Senior Sister to know it.

And, it was now proving to be useful.

Zhou Zhixue had been observing his expression. Now, she simply let out a slight huff: “You better not.”

Evidently, this unlucky demonic general also realized that Qin Qingyi was about to search his soul, and immediately began to struggle wildly, kicking his legs, trying to break free from Qin Qingyi’s grip.

But regrettably, he no longer had any chance.

The moment Qin Qingyi’s hand firmly clasped his skull, everything was settled.

Soul searching had begun.

Qin Qingyi narrowed her eyes, feeling the demon’s spiritual world, invading it step by step with spiritual power, slowly destroying the opponent’s spiritual platform and dantian, and extracting the opponent’s memories and past.

Qin Qingyi performed this process slowly and cautiously. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to finish quickly, but the Soul Searching technique was inherently fraught with danger. A slight mistake could lead to both parties becoming drooling idiots begging for food.

Therefore, Qin Qingyi was extremely careful, exploring the demon’s brain with great caution, slowly extracting useful information.

The demonic general whose soul was being searched, because of the process, began to lose focus in his eyes, and the struggling of his limbs slowly ceased, finally stopping altogether. He submissively rested his head in Qin Qingyi’s palm, allowing her to proceed.

Not long after, the soul searching ended. Qin Qingyi lowered her hand. Due to the exertion of using the forbidden art, her face gradually began to look worse.

Zhou Zhixue promptly walked up and helped support Qin Qingyi, asking with concern: “Senior Sister, are you alright?”

Qin Qingyi felt dizzy. She closed her eyes for a moment before steadying herself. She nodded, then shook her head: “I am fine.”

She looked down at the demonic general, who had collapsed at her feet after the soul searching, his eyes dull and vacant, and the hatred in her eyes was no longer concealed: “Beastly creature!”

Xie Su and Hu Yu also came closer. Hu Yu even crouched down and examined the demonic general, then looked up and said: “His spiritual platform is shattered. He’s completely become a cripple, ah no, a crippled demon.”

Thinking about the things she had seen in the demon’s memory just now, Qin Qingyi was consumed by rage, completely unable to suppress her angry emotions. Therefore, at the very end, she had deliberately destroyed his spiritual platform.

She spat again, gritting her teeth with hatred, and raised her sword to directly sever the demon general’s head. Only then did the overwhelming fury in her heart subside slightly.

The others didn’t know what had happened, but seeing her state, they knew she must have seen something during the soul searching process.

When Qin Qingyi had calmed down, she took several deep breaths before finally settling down. She asked the others to gather around again and recounted some of the things she had seen in the demonic general’s memory.

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Qiyue’s eyebrows were already raised in fury, and she cursed: “Beastly creature!”

Xie Su and the others also looked displeased.

The reason was none other than the Demon Race’s actions, which were simply too cruel, lawless, and utterly infuriating.

However, there was no time for them to indulge in sorrow and anger. They had more important matters to attend to.

Qin Qingyi raised her hand, and a ball of fire climbed onto the now-decapitated corpse of the demonic general. In a moment, the flames completely engulfed it. When the flames dissipated, only a pair of demonic horns remained on the spot.

“So, she has a Fire Spirit Root?” Bai Qiyue muttered softly.

Zhou Zhixue heard it and couldn’t help but feel a stir in her heart.

This was also the first time she had learned of her Senior Sister’s spirit root. Her Senior Sister had never displayed her spirit root spells in front of her before.

But judging by the looks of her two Senior Brothers, they seemed to have known for a long time.

So, only she didn’t know.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhixue’s eyes drooped, looking quite dejected.

Her depressed appearance made Bai Qiyue look at her several times, unable to understand how she had suddenly transformed into such a fragile, vulnerable state.

But Qin Qingyi didn’t see this scene. Time waited for no one. She had to quickly deal with the current situation here to prevent further complications.

She put the demonic horns into her cosmos bag to be used as raw material for refining the Shapeshifting Pills later. Then, Qin Qingyi wiped her face and transformed into the appearance of the demonic general she had just killed.

When she spoke again, even her voice had changed:

“You all should also transform into the appearance of other demon soldiers, like me.”

The group nodded one after another, following the instructions and transforming into the low-level demon soldiers who had died in the earlier skirmish.

Afterward, they swaggered behind Qin Qingyi, openly walking into the Black Water Cliff Demonic Lair.

Finally no longer having to skulk around the outer perimeter, Qin Qingyi was in a good mood. Many low-level demon soldiers bowed to her, and Qin Qingyi simply nodded slightly in acknowledgment before passing.

This was an act she had modeled after the memory of the demonic general who had died by her hand.

That fellow was merely a small squad leader, yet he acted arrogantly and conceitedly, putting on many airs in front of the low-level demon soldiers. Therefore, Qin Qingyi’s current arrogant attitude did not arouse any suspicion.

Zhou Zhixue and the others behind her had already taken on the appearance of low-level demon soldiers. They followed Qin Qingyi, their heads bowed and looking timid, an obedient demeanor.

“Hurry up! What use is it to keep you good-for-nothings, who need me to step in just to deal with two Immortal Sect dogs?”

Qin Qingyi walked ahead, cursing in the demonic language, acting out a scene suggesting that it was her involvement that had taken care of the illusionary Xie Su and Hu Yu.

No demon suspected anything, some even looked at Qin Qingyi’s small squad with envy.

“Tefa, you’re back?”

A lazy, sinister demonic voice rang out behind the group, causing them to stop.

Chaotic, malevolent demonic energy instantly surged up, enveloping the group. They all felt a chill run down the back of their necks, as if something cold and soft was sliding across their necks, then observing them with cruel, cold eyes, leaving them completely stiff and afraid to look up.

Qin Qingyi also froze in place, not responding.

The demonic general she had transformed into was named “Tefa.”

So, the person who came was…