Stranger Danger

Chapter 897: Exterminating a Heavenly Demon in One Finger Flick

As his heart demons grew, his cultivation plummeted at a visible rate. After all, the “The Heavens and I Share One Heart” demanded that he maintained an emotionless, desireless state all the time. If he failed to do so, he would lose his cultivation at the best, or suffer a deviation at the worst.

“It’s the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire...”

Ye Feihua couldn’t care less about his current condition, however. He was staring wide-eyed at the human face in the sky, stunned and at a loss.

It was because the human face in the sky was an Ancient-class Stranger, an existence on par with human Sage or God-On-Earth.

The Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire was one of the thirty-six thousand avatars of the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon. Born from red dust and desire, it roamed the endless worlds to stir up the Seven Emotions, beguile the Six Desires, and tempt all living beings to succumb and turn into a Boundless Dependent of Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon.

It was clear that the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire was drawn over by the mysterious junior who was manifesting their Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon Yin God. They were just unfortunate victims who got caught up in its antics.

It was precisely because he recognized the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire that Ye Feihua was filled with despair. He knew that resistance was futile, and the only thing they could do was await death’s cold embrace, or lose their minds to corruption and transform into a dependent of the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon.

Then, Ye Feihua’s eyes widened in surprise.

The middle-aged man held out his hand toward the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire.

When he squeezed, the entire night sky crumpled on itself like a piece of paper being crushed by an invisible hand.

With one hand, he was going to crush the cosmos.

At the center of the sky, the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire seemed to sense the danger and reacted immediately. The human faces began weeping, laughing, smiling, crying, raging, hating and more. Endless desires permeated the heaven and earth and warped the space as the heart demon attempted to corrupt the man.

The man did not react, however. He simply continued to squeeze his fingers.

Amazingly, the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire began shrinking bit by bit.

Seeing that it could not corrupt or even influence the man, the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire abruptly shattered into a million pieces. Countless faces were flying in every direction.

Still, the man paid it no heed. He simply squeezed his hand faster. The scattering faces could not escape the shrinking sky no matter what it tried.

So what if it was a heart demon? This space was his, and it would not leave.

When the man’s fist finally closed completely, the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire finally burned up like paper and eventually disappeared into nothing.

“It’s... it’s dead?”

Ye Feihua was speechless. Now that the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire was gone, his heart demon and unnatural desires had disappeared as well. However, he found it difficult to stomach what just happened.

It was impressive enough that the man had crushed the sky and captured the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire with his bare hand, but it was even more unbelievable that he actually managed to kill it.

The most terrifying thing about the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire was that it was a creation of the Seven Emotions of red dust and Six Desires of all creation. So long as desire existed, the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire would forever exist. It was an unbelievably tenacious existence that was nigh impossible to kill.

In fact, this was a characteristic shared by all Ancient-class Strangers. All ancients were eternal and everlasting.

This was also why Ancient-class Strangers could only be sealed, but not killed in most circumstances. The Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire in particular was among the most tenacious of the bunch.

In reality, the man had annihilated the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire with one hand. Just how was this possible? How strong could he possibly be?

Could he be... Venerable Six Livestocks?!

It was at this moment Ye Feihua realized something and bowed his head in a hurry. “I greet you, Venerable One.”

He was aware of the origin of the Six Livestocks Market, of course. That was why he was able to put two and two together instantly.

It made perfect sense. Only Venerable Six Livestocks would possess the impossible power to annihilate an Ancient-class Stranger like he was slaughtering a livestock.

“I greet you, Venerable One.”

“I greet you, Venerable One.”

Everyone else copied his salute and bent their backs as well.

“I am Six Livestocks, but Six Livestocks aren’t me. I am just the lawful will of the Six Livestocks Market,” the man a.k.a Venerable Six Livestocks said gently.

Ye Feihua and everyone else rose back to full height with reverent expressions. Of course they knew that the man before him wasn’t the real Venerable Six Livestocks, but that was no reason to disrespect him at all.

Venerable Six Livestocks looked away from the group and stared at Ye Qing’s yin god for a moment. Then, he made a grab and extracted what looked like a ball of black qi from Ye Qing’s yin god.

The black qi was only a wisp, but it gave off a terrifying and dangerous feeling.

“Six Livestocks... he is my prey. Are you going to defy me?” A voice came from the black qi.

It was soft, silky, and myriad as if countless people were speaking at the same time—male, female, old, young. It was also mixed with all sorts of emotions such as joy, sorrow, resentment, hatred...

Strangely, the amalgamation of voices did not sound chaotic or disruptive at all. If anything, it invoked emotions of beauty, gentleness, and fantasy. It could draw out one’s most wonderful thought or memories.

“Since he entered Six Livestocks Market, he is my disciple. No humiliation shall come to my disciple,” Venerable Six Livestocks said indifferently.

The voice in the black qi chuckled. “Still, he is my prey. You may be able to save him this time, but you can’t save him forever, Six Livestocks.”

“Waste of breath.”

Venerable Six Livestocks declared emotionlessly and made a rubbing motion. Just like that, the consciousness within the black qi was extinguished. Then, he flicked the black qi back to Ye Qing.

The black qi containing the power of the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire slipped into the forehead of Ye Qing’s yin god, mingling and changing. It eventually turned into an enigmatic and anomalous mark.

Once the mark was fully formed, the speed at which Ye Qing was purifying his yin god suddenly grew by leaps and bounds. Wisps of Profound Yellow Mother Qi began sinking into his yin god much faster than before.

It should’ve taken days or even weeks for the process to be complete, but now, it only took a dozen breaths or so for Ye Qing’s yin god to shed its yin shell and manifest a yang god.

Ye Qing’s yang god no longer looked like what it was when it was a yin god. It was now wearing a dark yellow crown on top of its head and bearing the Heavenly Demon’s mark on his forehead. The dark yellow qi and anomalous demonic thought mingled harmoniously with each other, boasting the dignity of a god and the enigma of a demon.

Its divine might was as severe as hell, and its demonic pressure was as deep as the sea. Such was its power that even the likes of Ye Feihua could not help but feel small and submissive.

Then, the yang god disappeared into thin air, and a silhouette flew out of a residence. When he landed, he saluted to the middle-aged man and said solemnly, “Thank you very much for your aid, Venerable One.”

The newcomer was none other than Ye Qing, and there were three reasons he thanked Venerable Six Livestocks.

One, the reason the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire had shown up in the Six Livestocks Market was because of him. Without Venerable Six Livestocks’ timely aid, he might have been corrupted by the heart demon and transformed into the dependent of the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon.

As for why the Heart Demon of Bewitching Desire knew when and where to show its ugly mug, it was most likely because of that wisp of black qi Venerable Six Livestocks had extracted from his mind. If he wasn’t mistaken, it was the mark of the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon.

That’s right. The “Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon Sutra” was an unparalleled martial art taught to humanity by the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon, and those who practiced it would inevitably form a karmic bond with it. Before this, he thought he would have to reach a much higher level—a Half-Sage at least—before he would form a karmic bond with the Paranirmitava?avartin Heavenly Demon. In reality, the damn thing had set its sights on him since heavens-know-when.