At this moment, what was attached to Xu Li's body
was the True Spirit Split Soul of the Jiao Demon, specifically divided to ensure the five great boxes of spirit-nurturing items were absolutely secure.
Through his helmet, Meng Chuan could even smell the rancid stench from the creature's mouth!
As the serpent's tongue licked over his visor, its right claw ferociously struck at Meng Chuan's waist!
He was briefly mesmerized by the opponent's powerful demonic intent, which was why he couldn't react in time.
When Meng Chuan regained clarity by operating the Dragon Sitting Meditation, he was already like a cannonball, blown away for dozens of meters!
In midair, as Meng Chuan touched the wall, he twisted his waist and kicked, using the counterforce to shoot back fiercely!
The armor was sturdy, and the opponent, after all, was only a split soul; the claw strike left just a white mark.
"Everyone retreat, firearms are useless!"
Meng Chuan roared with anger, charging boldly towards the incarnated Jiao Demon!
"Ant, what solid iron skin."
The creature bowed slightly, twisting to exert force, its sharp claws enveloped in dark demonic qi, colliding with the red fiery energy of Meng Chuan's fists, exploding a copper-colored ripple in the air.
At the same time, Meng Chuan's left fist, wrapped in fierce killing intent, pushed forward to pierce its chest.
The Jiao Demon, brave and unyielding, immediately formed a fist with its claws, gouging towards the junction of Meng Chuan's chest armor!
The pitch-black steel bones entered the chest, tearing through its Celestial Demon Force Field.
Attempting to delve deeper in slaughter, it was pulled and wrenched by the Jiao Demon, the arm dislodging several blood-stained scales.
"I am the Thousand-Headed Dragon Venerable, worshipping me can grant you countless divine power blessings, allowing you to be unmatched!"
Before the words were finished, the armored Jiao tail silently wound around to the back of Meng Chuan, transforming into a black light, stabbing straight at his neck!
There, without armor protection, the Jiao Demon used words to deceive, but in truth, its tail aimed for a sneak attack on the vertebrae.
Climbing from the lowest ranks, the Jiao Demon's battle instinct was already unparalleled!
"How can the Jiao Demon from the Demon Nest outside Yong'an City be so weak?"
Meng Chuan didn't believe its lies at all, considering its strength, it was likely no more than a clone.
No big deal in killing it!
Sensing the conspicuous intent to kill at the back of his head, Meng Chuan had a sudden inspiration.
Using Eight Steps to Catching a Cicada, he rushed to its face, relying on the armor's sturdiness to close in, his waist suddenly exerting force to fiercely hug the Jiao Demon's body tightly!
Boom!
While avoiding the tail stab, the [Heavy Strike] force exploded, Meng Chuan pivoted his waist down and swung the opponent up to smash into the ground!
His knees pressed fiercely on the creature while his arms erupted with terrifying power!
Killing intent, Power, and Heart Fire energy mixed together.
Every punch Meng Chuan delivered sank into the demon's body, mixing with the demonic qi, exploding into dark red intertwining shockwaves!
A sharp scream resounded in his ears, halting Meng Chuan's fist, and the Jiao Demon seized the chance to slip away.
Compared to the powerful physical body, the weak point of the Heart Spirit was exposed once again!
Luckily, he was only controlled for a moment, Meng Chuan using Eight Steps to Catching a Cicada to close in on the Jiao Demon once more.
The Qi of Metal from the lungs urged his swinging arms straight, the fist edge releasing an invisible sharpness, slashing violently at the hideous half-human, half-serpent head!
On a narrow road, the brave will win! No matter who he is, deal with it later!
Clang!
The Jiao Demon was blasted away by this strike, its body crashing hard against a solid wall.
Dust filled the sky, and Meng Chuan was somewhat disappointed.
Its head armor was tough, the sharpness of the Qi of Metal from the lungs fell slightly short, ultimately not splitting it open.
The Jiao Demon's silhouette emerged from the dust, salivating at the sight of the blood seeping from its abdomen, Meng Chuan felt a glimmer of excitement in his heart.
"The bone-breaking effect and the blood-drinking sharpness of Bone Penetration both triggered."
Thoughts flashed by in an instant; there's no room for distraction in battle!
Two figures, trailing elongated torrents of air, violently collided again.
After countless clashes, until the Rainbow Light manifested on his body!
The Jiao Demon's split soul's claws finally pierced through the gap in Meng Chuan's right shoulder armor, only to be caught by him, locking its wrist bones.
"Die!"
He bit his teeth, his killing intent attached to the outside of the thigh, leaping like a crane and striking down fiercely!
The Jiao Demon cunningly made its claw only a feint attack.
Its tail tip thrust into the ground like a reef under the sea, burrowing out fiercely from beneath Meng Chuan's jumping trajectory!
Meng Chuan's Cloud-Ascending Ladder brought up airwaves once again, abruptly raising his body just enough to narrowly avoid the Jiao Demon's egg-crushing blow.
He gritted his teeth in secret.
"Once the Doma Iron Arm attains Limit Breaking, no more Iron Body practice, focus on Iron Groin first!"
Foreign demons lack martial virtue, constantly targeting Meng Chuan's groin.
Although the Inch Step is a third-class body technique, it's most effective for close-quarters entanglement within three feet.
Meng Chuan executed his body technique to the fullest, clashing and weaving with it while vigilantly watching for the Jiao tail hidden underground.
The opponent moved just as ruthlessly, clawing to form several afterimages, aiming viciously at the gap in Meng Chuan's neck.
Meng Chuan lowered his posture to dodge, Heart Fire energy enveloping his fist edge, the arm like a grand spear rounding straight in, thrusting once more into its ribs.
This possessed body had its limits, already wantonly squandered by the Jiao Demon, rupturing in deep bloody gashes everywhere.
And then, Meng Chuan forcefully stirred further.
"Crash"!
Its rib was yanked broken by Meng Chuan with brute force!
The Jiao Demon, heedless, lunged with its head thrown back, opening its bloody maw wide to swallow Meng Chuan whole.
Simultaneously, hidden killing intent flashed out, the sharp tail attacking fiercely downwards again.
Meng Chuan had been tensely ready for the Jiao Demon's move, his body retreated back to dodge, rebounded off the wall, stretching legs and muscles like a flexible steel rod, swinging fiercely towards its head!
The explosive heat of Heart Fire erupted, leg's sharp edge burning with violent killing intent, suddenly bursting out!
—Pa!
In this strike, Meng Chuan utilized the predictive technique taught by Master Luo, hitting the Jiao Demon's diving head precisely and solidly.
At the same time, gunfire resounded from all sides.
The officers in the distance seized the opportunity to fire a volley as the two figures separated.
Its Celestial Demon Force Field had been exhausted after such a prolonged battle.
Xu Li's physical body was ultimately too frail, compounded by Meng Chuan's relentless armor-breaking attacks.
Bullets scraped off large patches of scales and flesh from its body.
Especially Old Wu's black gun, which astonishingly created a gap at the tip of its tailbone, eliminating further concerns for Meng Chuan.
"Xiaomeng, reinforcements have been called, just hang on a little longer!"
Everyone was shocked by Meng Chuan's power; this monster wouldn't be a match for any of the others present if faced alone.
The monster was attached to Xu Li, its strength rivaling even the peak of the Eight Levels, or even a Nine-Level Martial Artist, which was an unexpected turn in the mission.
The reserve team of the police was not far from the casino, and Meng Chuan's armor energy was sufficient to hold out until they arrived.
But Meng Chuan was indifferent, for he was the one on the offensive!
He exhaled a heavy breath of murky air, his body still had the energy to rise and fight another three hundred rounds!
"Kill!"
Once again, the figures were locked in combat; the Jiao Demon, with its shattered body, did not retreat even an inch.
This was merely a temporary corporeal shell; even if it's completely destroyed, it doesn't matter.
He was the world-crushing, fierce and evil demon; how could he be subdued by this trashy Qi Blood Martial Artist?
The two smashed through the overhead wall and down into the earth, turning the entire third basement into a massive hollow.
Through the hollow, the gold light from the casino hall shone down.
"Kid, I really want to train you, you have some skills."
Thousand-Headed Venerable wasn't an Unwise Celestial Demon; this fight made him genuinely want to recruit Meng Chuan.
"If you are willing to submit, I'll make you the leader of this Demon Summoning Hall.
At that point, you'll have countless resources to choose from, and all you need to do is become my agent in the human world. How about it?"
In a place where others couldn't hear, the seductive voice of the Jiao Demon once again entered his ears.
Meng Chuan was resolute; the Demon Summoning Hall was nothing but a group of lost hounds, he would have to be brain-dead to give up his Martial Arts genius status to join them.
"Sure, but..."
He plunged forward with a heavy punch, unleashing a surging blast of air, deeply thrusting through the chest and penetrating out!
Bluffing was the way to go, even if there was no permanent record, he would still use this move.
The Jiao Demon let out a sharp scream, its demonic aura blocked the wound and charged at Meng Chuan once more.
"Ant, you're courting death!"
Its sharp claws stripped towards Meng Chuan's shoulder, the foul head dripped stinking saliva, intending to swallow Meng Chuan whole!
"Crunch!"
As Meng Chuan's body was about to retreat, he saw the imprinted seal on Xu Li's chest, the locus of the true form, crack at the sound.
It watched in horror as the demonic energy was pulled from the seven orifices.
"How could the true form... no!!!"
Without any resistance, the Jiao Demon was pinned to the ground by Meng Chuan's heavy fist.
He lowered his body and delivered a final punch, landing at the core of its imprint.
Its Split Soul body collapsed into a line of black light in the blazing flames, turning to flying ashes.
The dome exposed, the night wind blew away the dust.
The ground was pitted, leaving only a section of a solid horn in the pit.
Meng Chuan stepped forward, picked it up, and felt the hardness with a pinch.
The horn was not large and was conveniently slipped into his pocket.
"Go back and ask Chief Long, this should be worth some money."
Like the Shadow Demon Core from the chemical factory, this was personal acquisition and did not need to be handed over.
He dusted off the dirt from his body and looked towards the officers in the distance.
"Let's go, let's meet up with Yang Lan upstairs."
Yang Lan and his team had already controlled all the black market merchants, and the smuggled spirit-nurturing items were confiscated.
Meng Chuan removed his armor, packed it into the silver-white armor case that Old Wu was carrying, and headed upstairs.
Through the hole above, he could see a crimson light in the distant horizon under the night sky.
Thinking of what this monster said before dying about the "true form," he understood which "big fish" the police aimed to catch.
Casino hall.
The little mustached shop owner from the magic oil shop had his leg bones crushed by Xu Li.
Now being handcuffed from behind by Yang Lan, he could only roll and wail on the ground in pain.
Yang Lan, annoyed, took off the other's socks and stuffed them into his mouth.
Seeing Meng Chuan and the others come up, he stood up and greeted,
"Captain, is it finished down there?"
Meng Chuan nodded and laughed,
"It's all settled, mission accomplished."
Seeing the little mustache on the ground with stinky socks in his mouth, he crouched down to greet him.
"Good brother, we meet again, huh?"
Having taken off the armor, the little mustache recognized this old acquaintance, his pupils ignited with hope.
"Mmm... Mmm!"
...
Above Chaoyang Mansion, fiery flashes blazed in the night sky, burning the heavens and boiling the sea.
The Jiao Demon expanded to a hundred-zhang stature, not showing the domineering posture of before, only a single head intertwining with a fire dragon in the clouds.
"Little serpent, if my true form were here, I'd kill you just by blinking!"
Upon hearing this, the fire dragon's head exploded with deafening laughter.
"Jiao Venerable, if your true form were here, it would be my human race's Great Saint coming.
Dare to stir chaos in the human world, no matter what, your fate is only death!"