My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Although Yang Jing understood the trick to it, he could only pretend to struggle as he drew the Demon-slaying Sword, gripping it with both hands.

Si Taizhen meant well, but he had no idea that the number of Celestial Demons and Demon Cultivators who had died at Yang Jing’s hands was already countless. Having to act like someone who rarely killed gave Yang Jing quite a headache.

His hands trembling, he feigned exhaustion as he held the Demon-slaying Sword and walked up to the first Demon Cultivator.

When that Demon Cultivator was captured, he had been quite defiant, but by now, his courage had all but vanished.

Yang Jing let his hands go slack, allowing the Demon-slaying Sword’s own weight to slice off the Demon Cultivator’s head and half his shoulder.

A Demon Soul flew out from the wound. Seeing that Yang Jing hadn’t made any preparations to capture it, the soul immediately fled, trying to escape the execution ground.

The bottom of the sea wasn’t like the land. On land, a disembodied Demon Soul would be tormented by the light of the sun and moon, by sinister winds and lightning, and would be reduced to ashes in an instant. In the sea, Yang Qi was thin, and after passing through the immense depths of the water, the sunlight and moonlight were even thinner. There were no sinister winds or lightning either.

After leaving its physical body, the Demon Soul shot away like a bolt of lightning, fleeing into the distance.

The ones who scrambled to block it weren’t the spectators who had come to watch the execution, but rather the Demon Cultivators who were there to attend the ceremony.

The Demon Soul of a Cultivator of the same tier was a first-rate ingredient for Refining Spiritual Artifacts. Normally, a Cultivator of the same tier wasn’t so easy to fool. During Magical Combat, the slightest mistake could result in you becoming someone else’s Refining Materials.

But now, with just a small effort, they might be able to obtain the Demon Soul of a Cultivator of the same tier. Naturally, they all made their move.

But then a bowstring twanged, and a speck of cyan light shot out, piercing through the water.

The Demon Soul had been dodging the various techniques of the Demon Cultivators, but it was frozen in place by the cyan light and exploded into a burst of fiery radiance.

Si Taizhen held his Longbow; that arrow had naturally been a casual shot from him.

The power of that arrow was truly fierce. Aside from lacking some versatility, it was almost comparable to a Sword Cultivator’s Flying Sword.

Yang Jing put on a terrified expression:

"Crown Prince, I didn’t expect these Demon Cultivators to have such a trick up their sleeves. The Demon Soul almost escaped."

He had killed more Demon Cultivators than most Cultivators had ever even seen. How could he not know that simply lopping off a head with the Demon-slaying Sword carried the risk of the Demon Soul escaping?

He was simply trying to make a few mistakes intentionally so that Si Taizhen wouldn’t value him so highly, thus avoiding the focus and scrutiny of others.

"Hmph. It seems you really are just a hermit who cultivates in the wilderness. Don’t tell me you’ve never even killed before? Are you a vegetarian?"

Among the Demon Generals, some had long been jealous of Yang Jing. Seeing him make a fool of himself, they were the first to mock him.

Yang Jing put on a timely look of shame.

Si Taizhen watched the other Demon Cultivators cowering, awed by the divine might of his shot, and felt very satisfied. ’The whole point of this public execution was to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, after all.’

"No need. You just keep chopping. I’d like to see which of these Demon Cultivators’ Demon Souls can actually escape my Divine Arrows, and who dares to snatch a Demon Soul away!"

He looked at the other Demon Cultivators as he spoke.

He was clearly treating the Demon Souls of these Demon Cultivators as a prize to be won.

These words also piqued the interest of the Demon Cultivators in the crowd. Although Si Taizhen’s reputation in the Jade Poison Kingdom was formidable, and he was known as the number one Golden Core Cultivator, the Jade Poison Kingdom was still just one kingdom. ’If we all act together,’ they thought, ’can we really not snatch a Demon Soul from him?’

Yang Jing hadn’t expected things to develop this way either. He could only follow his previous act, struggling a little to lift the Treasure Sword.

The ones most devastated by this turn of events were the captive Demon Cultivators. They began to curse loudly, first cursing the Demon Cultivators in the crowd for disregarding their sect brotherhood, then cursing Si Taizhen to die without heirs. All sorts of profanities spewed from their mouths until a Snake Demon, unable to bear it any longer, cut out their tongues, and they finally fell silent.

Yang Jing raised the Treasure Sword and chopped off another Demon Cultivator’s head. These Demon Cultivators were prepared now; the moment the blade sliced open a wound on the neck, the Demon Soul shot out and fled with all its might.

The other Demon Cultivators immediately unleashed all kinds of Magical Artifacts and Magic, casting them toward the Demon Soul. It was like a net cast across heaven and earth, intended to ensnare the Demon Soul within it.

Another grating sound of a bow being drawn was heard. This time, Si Taizhen was clearly using his full strength. When he released the string, the bow cracked like thunder, and the resulting shockwave in the water even sent several nearby Demon Generals staggering back a few steps.

The flying arrow directly pierced through several streams of Magical Power and Magical Artifacts, shooting the Demon Soul and causing it to explode in mid-air.

Many of the Demon Cultivators whose minds were linked to their Magical Artifacts let out blood-curdling screams as their treasures were destroyed.

After two more Demon Cultivator heads were chopped off, the other Demon Cultivators saw that not only did they fail to gain anything from fighting over the Demon Souls, but they even risked having their Magical Artifacts destroyed. None of them dared to make a move again, and Si Taizhen easily shot down the souls with his arrows.

"Little Crown Prince Si, do you think my Demon Sect has no one?"

A sinister voice rang out just as they were down to the last head.

A Demon Banner shot into the sky. Demonic Qi surged from it, and black clouds roiled, threatening to blot out the sky and sun.

Some of the more timid Demons, upon seeing such a scene, nearly collapsed to the ground in fear.

Even Yang Jing, who was accustomed to the various methods of Demon Cultivators, couldn’t help but marvel at what a fine Magical Treasure it was.

’This banner is extraordinary, no ordinary Magical Treasure. Previously, I would have had to use the Five Fire Divine Thunder or the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Prohibition to be certain of breaking this banner in a single move.’

’As for the Nine Great Celestial Thunders and my Swordsmanship, it would have taken nearly twenty to thirty moves to subdue this banner.’

Don’t be fooled by how easily he said it; it was only because his Magic Techniques and Divine Techniques were extremely effective against Celestial Demons that he could win so quickly.

This advantage reached its peak after he refined the Innate Pure Yang Qi. Now, for a Demon Banner like this, he only needed the Innate Five Elements Grand Capture to break it within a few moves.

A thought arose in Yang Jing’s mind: ’This person’s status among the Demon Cultivators must be extraordinary.’

Si Taizhen could also naturally tell that he had run into a tough opponent. He held his bow and, as if strumming a pipa, fired a rapid stream of arrows at the Demon Banner.

The arrows were wreathed in True Gang, their power extraordinary, holding the might to tear through the sky and part the sea. But the Demon Banner in the sky simply unfurled, and although the force of the arrows was strong, they couldn’t pierce the banner on the first impact and their power was easily deflected.

Si Taizhen naturally knew that his Bow and Arrow Technique lacked versatility and was easily countered by soft techniques overcoming hard ones. So he decisively abandoned his bow and took up the Big Spear he was most comfortable with.

With a motion of his hands, the Gang Qi on his Big Spear exploded, transforming into a vivid Cyan-Scaled Python that shot into the sky to battle the Demon Banner.

Two Top Tier Golden Core Cultivators fighting with their full strength naturally churned the ocean waves and stirred up raging undercurrents. The colossal tremors were nearly enough to shatter eardrums.

Even though Si Taizhen intentionally confined the scope of the Magical Combat to the sky above, countless Snake Demons were still unable to keep their footing, tumbling into a heap.

Yang Jing had been focusing all his attention on the battlefield above, but his gaze suddenly shifted, falling upon the Demons and Demon Cultivators on the seafloor.

Just a moment ago, he had sensed a trace of a Magical Power aura. This wisp of Magical Power was pure and light, clearly cultivated by Collecting Spiritual Qi. However, the person was using some kind of concealment technique to hide their Magical Power, masking it as the aura of a Demon, hidden amidst an endless and chaotic mix of Demon Qi and Demonic Qi.

If not for the fact that Yang Jing was proficient in Water Escape and possessed the Bright Qi Talent, which gave him an extremely sensitive sense of smell, he really would have been fooled.

Curiosity stirred in Yang Jing. Here in the Jade Poison Kingdom, aside from Si Taizhen, he had never met another Cultivator who practiced with Spiritual Qi.

His eyes seemed to be watching the Magical Combat overhead, but he had concealed their sharp gleam and was secretly observing the chaotic mess of Demon Cultivators, Celestial Demons, and Demons below.

After all, Yang Jing’s Grotto Dark Dharma Eye had reached Tier Three. By intentionally searching, he quickly found his target.

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