I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 42

Mo Xiao looked at the three demon beasts that were virtually being suppressed by their Master and frowned slightly in confusion.

She felt that these three demon beasts seemed very timid, focusing mostly on defense and rarely initiating attacks. Moreover, they didn’t have Demonic Qi on them and didn’t look like they were being controlled.

“Junior Sister, let’s go,” Yun Yu also noticed this, but they didn’t have time to ponder over it. Their goal was to be swift, ruthless, and precise, leaving the lives of these demons and demon beasts right here.

Mo Xiao nodded. She and Yun Yu exchanged glances, then charged toward the demon with the strongest cultivation.

Yun Yu’s sword was fast, and Mo Xiao’s sword was faster. Both used their Sword Intent with a tacit understanding: one attacked the demon’s head, and the other struck at his Dantian.

The demon under attack had most of his attention drawn to the battle between Xuan Shuang and the demon beasts, only realizing a moment later that there was an ambush nearby.

Under the combined efforts of Mo Xiao and Yun Yu, the first demon was quickly decapitated, and his Nascent Soul in the Dantian was also destroyed, ensuring the opponent was utterly dead.

After about fifteen minutes, Xuan Shuang successfully eliminated one of the human-shaped demon beasts. The remaining two, seeing the unfavorable situation, immediately reverted to their original forms, hoping to rely on their massive size to endure Xuan Shuang’s attacks.

How foolish. Xuan Shuang lamented inwardly. If they had remained in human form, they might have been able to leverage their flexibility and defensive capabilities—superior to ordinary Transformation stage cultivators—to continue delaying the fight. But by reverting to their demon beast forms, they had become blatant targets.

Xuan Shuang hovered in mid-air, channeling her spiritual energy into her natal spiritual sword. Slowly closing her eyes, countless wisps of Sword Qi surged from her meridians and attached themselves to the spiritual sword, vaguely forming a semi-transparent long sword about ten meters in length.

At this point, Xuan Shuang no longer needed to worry about specific techniques. She merely needed to lift her sword and swing it toward the target.

The spiritual energy and countless Sword Qi surrounding the natal sword seemed to have a mind of their own, transforming into a formidable Sword Qi blast that cleanly bisected the two demon beasts.

“It’s just that…” The demon beast was about to say that even though their physical bodies were cut into two halves, their soul bodies still existed.

But before he could speak, he discovered that his soul body felt exceptionally light, and there was a subtle tingling sensation spreading from his neck.

“Ah—” His companion’s mouth was the first to emit a scream. The demon beast could clearly see that his companion’s soul body was constantly being devoured by the Sword Qi, shrinking bit by bit until it vanished completely.

Then, am I going to be the same as him…

Before the demon beast could fully comprehend this, he completely lost consciousness, ultimately turning into nothingness.

Having dealt with the three demon beasts, Xuan Shuang fixed her gaze on her two disciples.

After eliminating the first demon, Mo Xiao and Yun Yu separated to engage the remaining two demons. The demons’ cultivation was a minor stage higher than theirs, and their physical constitutions were particularly robust—their body strength could rival demon beasts. Mo Xiao took a little more time before successfully killing hers.

Yun Yu’s actions were slightly slower than Mo Xiao’s, but only by a little. She managed to resolve her enemy at roughly the same time as Xuan Shuang.

Not bad. Xuan Shuang was satisfied with the performance of both her disciples and planned to sheath her natal sword to see if further investigation into the depths of the woods was necessary.

Hmm? Xuan Shuang suddenly halted her movement. After roughly one breath’s time, she abruptly drew her sword and slashed in a certain direction.

“Pfft—” In the spot where the sword strike landed, a white figure was forced out of its disguise, simultaneously spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Upon seeing his appearance, Mo Xiao instantly confirmed, “He is our target today.”

“Good,” Yun Yu said nothing, immediately drawing her sword and charging forward.

Xuan Shuang’s action was even faster. She had also been warned by her Little Disciple and knew that this Chong Huai was an extremely cunning individual. Disregarding the fact that Chong Huai’s cultivation was an entire major stage lower than her own, she attacked directly, intending to deliver a finishing blow.

Chong Huai’s face was extremely grim. He hadn’t expected his disguise to be discovered, nor had he anticipated being targeted by a late-Transformation stage cultivator.

Seeing Xuan Shuang’s attack about to land on him, Chong Huai desperately stacked defensive artifacts on himself, hoping to block her attack and buy himself time to escape.

Trying to run? No chance!

As Xuan Shuang’s attack descended, Mo Xiao and Yun Yu charged up to deliver supplementary strikes. The angles of their attacks were different, maximizing the chance of cutting off Chong Huai’s escape route.

Chong Huai saw the so-called Orthodox Cultivators not only bully the weak but also shamelessly gang up on him three against one. He could only widen his eyes and pull out all his trump cards.

“Is he… dead?” Yun Yu asked somewhat uncertainly, looking at the breathless corpse on the ground, casually stabbing the body several more times with her sword.

“I can’t sense his aura anymore,” Mo Xiao said, frowning slightly. “However, we didn’t destroy his Dantian. There’s no reason for him to die that quickly.”

It must be noted that after cultivating a Nascent Soul, it was equivalent to gaining half a life. As long as the Nascent Soul was not destroyed, both cultivators and demons could re-cultivate a physical body using the Nascent Soul and heavenly treasures.

“He must have prepared a substitute in advance. The moment his physical body died, he activated a certain formation to teleport his Nascent Soul to another location,” Xuan Shuang approached to examine the body. “A pity, he got away.”

“He can teleport with only his Nascent Soul left?” Yun Yu was surprised. She had never heard of such a thing. “Doesn’t that mean he essentially has two lives?”

“Human cultivators may not be able to do it, but the Demon Realm has many strange and peculiar formations that can achieve this through special means,” Xuan Shuang, though only specializing in the sword, had extensive experience and knew much more than the two of them.

“This method goes against common sense. He must have paid a significant price and likely won’t recover his vitality within a century,” Xuan Shuang said, slowly retracting her natal spiritual sword back into her Dantian.

“Also, the demon beasts I just killed hadn’t truly cultivated to the Transformation stage. Although the power they displayed was comparable to the mid-Transformation stage, their combat awareness was extremely poor, or rather, almost nonexistent.”

Xuan Shuang paused for thought and added, “Their soul bodies were very weak, only about late-Nascent Soul stage strength. They must have cultivated some kind of special cultivation method.”

Special cultivation method? Mo Xiao found the phrase familiar. “Wuyi and I met a person before who also said he cultivated a special method, and his cultivation quickly advanced from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage.”

“If ordinary cultivators can cultivate it, and demon beasts can also cultivate it, then it’s likely a Demon Race cultivation method,” Xuan Shuang said, conjuring a basic spell to incinerate all the corpses at the scene.

“The matter of Chong Huai is temporarily resolved. Let’s return to Nanfeng City first and see if any anomalies have appeared in the city,” Xuan Shuang said.

“Yes, Master,” Mo Xiao and Yun Yu responded simultaneously.

Meanwhile, in a palace somewhere in the Demon Realm, a translucent soul body crawled out of a teleportation array. If one looked closely, they could see cracks on his soul body.

“Sword Cultivators! All Sword Cultivators deserve to die!” Chong Huai was extremely weak now. To prevent his current state from being exposed to other demons, he forced himself to appear normal and summoned a trusted subordinate, gave him a few instructions, and then announced his seclusion.

“Chong Huai is going into seclusion at this time?” The well-informed Chong Teng was the first to receive the news. “If I recall correctly, didn’t he tell Father Monarch he was going to conquer a human city? Why is he going into seclusion now?”

“Young Master Teng, according to the information gathered by your subordinate, Young Master Huai’s plan seems to have already begun implementation. Perhaps Young Master Huai is confident his plan will succeed, which is why he went into seclusion early?”

Chong Teng was noncommittal. It was true that Chong Huai was confident, but he was also very cautious. Even if he were to go into seclusion, he would typically inform Father Monarch and receive praise before doing so.

“Send a few people to the Human Race side to investigate what Chong Huai has been doing,” Chong Teng commanded. “Also, send people to keep an eye on Chong Huai. You must report any move he makes.”

“Yes, your subordinate will arrange it immediately,” the demon knelt and replied.

When Mo Xiao followed her Master back into Nanfeng City, she heard sounds of fighting on the streets. Looking down, many cultivators had lost their minds and were attacking people indiscriminately.

Zuo Wuyi had already warned Chu Ting about this possibility, so there were many City Lord’s personal guards on the streets, capturing these deranged cultivators. The current situation was still within a controllable range.

“Be gentle. Just knock them out,” Xuan Shuang instructed, then flew toward the street, targeting the back of the cultivators’ necks. One chop per person, her movements were swift and precise. In the space of a single breath, she knocked out five or six cultivators.

“I think Master might be able to handle this alone?” Mo Xiao slowly let out a breath, watching the cultivators instantly drop.

“…” Yun Yu said nothing, only thinking that her Master’s movements for knocking people out were extremely smooth, so smooth that it was almost like she was a habitual offender?

“Senior Martial Sister, the situation in the city is manageable. I’m going to check on Wuyi,” Mo Xiao said. “I’m worried about Wuyi and Xuan Min clashing.”

Yun Yu nodded. “Alright. After the matters in the city are dealt with later, Master and I will also go take a look.”

Mo Xiao nodded, no longer paying attention to the situation in Nanfeng City. She immediately flew forward on her sword, heading toward the demon beast tide at her fastest speed.

The battle between the cultivators and demon beasts was not far from Nanfeng City. After Mo Xiao flew on her sword for about fifteen minutes, she could already sense the situation with her spiritual sense.

With Chu Ting directly participating in the battle, the human cultivators still held the advantage against the demon beasts. Although Xuan Min was only there because of Zuo Wuyi, he kept his promise. When high-grade demon beasts appeared, he would strike to kill them immediately.

Zuo Wuyi and Yun He had been following Chu Ting. Chu Ting also valued their safety highly and arranged a late-Nascent Soul stage captain of the personal guards near them to ensure their security.

It looks like the situation is decent. If this continues, the demon beast tide should be resolved soon.

Mo Xiao relaxed slightly. After confirming Zuo Wuyi’s location, she slowed down her pace, conveniently eliminating nearby demon beasts before closing in.

“Senior Sister!” Yun He called out happily.

“Did you succeed?” Zuo Wuyi had been thinking about this matter since Mo Xiao and the others left, worried about an accident.

Mo Xiao hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

“Failed?” Zuo Wuyi was stunned for a second, then quickly accepted the fact. “That’s normal. Chong Huai is extremely treacherous. Did he pretend to be pitiful, or did he threaten you with the cultivators of Nanfeng City?”

Mo Xiao continued to shake her head. “Master attacked, and Senior Martial Sister and I delivered supplementary strikes. But Chong Huai seems to have had special means. We saw his corpse, but couldn’t retain his Nascent Soul.”

“Huh?” Zuo Wuyi was taken aback. “Didn’t you all say anything to Chong Huai?”

Mo Xiao still shook her head. “Chong Huai was hiding. Master discovered him, and we attacked immediately. Chong Huai was seriously injured by Master and will likely need about a hundred years to recover.”

“Good! Excellent!” Zuo Wuyi was so happy she almost jumped up.

A full hundred years! That was enough time for her to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage and take action herself!

It is never too late for a gentleman to seek revenge after ten years; for a lady to seek revenge, it’s not too late even in the next life!