High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 323 The Mission to Hunt Down Demons

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The darkness seemed endless, enveloping this vast and boundless wasteland.

In this pitch-black world, a towering city stands out in all its grandeur.

It is like a dazzling pearl, standing alone in the darkness, emitting a faint light.

It was an extremely magnificent city, entirely cast from "Obsidian Star Iron," a material capable of resisting the erosion of the void.

The city walls, hundreds of feet high, are densely covered with countless golden defensive array patterns.

They intertwined in the darkness to form a vast net of light, isolating the human cultivators within the city from the raging void currents and the ever-present threat of the demon army.

This is one of the human race's strongholds in the Void Battlefield—the 1145th Demon Suppression City.

At this very moment, a figure radiating intense heat was hovering in the void a hundred miles away from the city.

"Hehe, what a magnificent city."

The Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes, burning with golden flames, reflected the magnificent city in the distance, and his face revealed undisguised greed and excitement.

"Although the environment of this void battlefield is harsh, the city-protecting formation uses a lot of good stuff."

"If we could take control of it, it would be a decent place to stay."

In his eyes, the cultivators in this city were nothing more than a flock of lambs to the slaughter.

The city lord here is at most an eighth-level tenth-stage cultivator. How could he possibly stop this old monster who once reached the ninth level?

"From now on..."

The Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun slowly raised his right hand. In his palm, a golden fireball was being compressed and condensed wildly, radiating a world-destroying aura.

"This city should belong to me!"

In this void battlefield where there are no rules, fists are the only truth.

He not only wanted to occupy this city, but also to enslave all the cultivators inside, making them gather resources for him to support his recovery to his peak!

However, just as the Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun was preparing to take action and give the city a "show of force".

"Buzz—!!"

Deep within his consciousness, the usually lifeless and silent [Soul Devouring Slave Seal] suddenly trembled violently.

Immediately afterwards, a cold and unquestionable voice exploded in his mind.

[All personnel, listen to my command!]

[From this moment forward, cease all meaningless exploration and occupation!]

[All personnel, immediately disperse and proceed to the depths of the void battlefield to search for and hunt down eighth-tier demons!]

[Task targets: No upper limit.]

[Requirements: The demon's corpse must be preserved intact, especially the demon's heart. After the hunt, transport the body to an unnamed canyon at the coordinates provided.]

[Deadline: Until no more eighth-tier demons are seen in this area!]

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This sudden order left the Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun frozen in mid-air.

The fireball in his hand, poised to be unleashed, went out with a "poof," like a deflated balloon.

"Wh...what?!"

The Heavenly Venerable of Blazing Sun widened his eyes, wondering if he had misheard.

Hunting down eighth-tier demons?

Do we still need to move the bodies?

And they're not even allowed to occupy cities?

"Duanmu Hong!!"

An uncontrollable rage surged up to the crown of the head of the Blazing Sun Celestial Venerable.

He was a dignified ancient celestial being, once a powerful and revered figure, who had barely escaped death and been reborn, but now he was being treated like a laborer.

Or are they just laborers specifically tasked with collecting corpses?!

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!!"

The Heavenly Venerable of Blazing Sun trembled with rage and cursed loudly at the void.

"Damn Duanmu Hong! You dumped us in this godforsaken place, and you didn't even give us a single piece of information about the Void Battlefield. Now you dare to order this old man around doing such lowly work?!"

"Go kill an eighth-tier demon? And then deliver the corpse to you?"

"I'll give your mother my head!"

"I'm right here! I'm taking this city today! Let's see what you can do to me."

Before he could finish his harsh words, a sudden change occurred.

A familiar, sharp pain erupted from the depths of his soul without warning.

This time, the punishment was even more swift than the one in the main hall.

"Aaaaaahh ...

The once arrogant and domineering Celestial Venerable of the Blazing Sun suddenly let out an extremely shrill scream.

He was like an electric toad, convulsing wildly in mid-air, his hands gripping his scalp so tightly that his nails dug deep into his flesh, drawing blood.

"I was wrong... Ah!! I was wrong!!"

"Stop!! Stop it now!!"

"I'm going... I'm going to kill demons! I'm going to move the corpses! Waaaaah..."

This is not just physical pain, but also a form of mental torture.

This inhuman torture lasted only one minute.

But for the Celestial Venerable Lieyang, those short sixty seconds felt longer than his million-year slumber.

Finally, as he completely succumbed to his inner turmoil, the excruciating pain receded like a receding tide.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

The Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun floated in the void like a dead dog, panting heavily, his whole body already soaked in cold sweat.

Those once defiant eyes were now filled with deep fear and apprehension.

He looked up and glanced at the Demon Suppression City No. 1145, which was right in front of him.

The city was right there, within easy reach, but he dared not take even half a step out of it.

"Duanmu Hong...you're ruthless..."

The Heavenly Venerable of Blazing Sun gritted his teeth and swallowed his anger.

He realized a cruel truth: before unlocking this damned slave seal, he, Lieyang Tianzun, was nothing more than a dog kept by Duanmu Hong.

He has to bite wherever his owner points.

Even if he had to eat shit, he would have to swallow it with tears in his eyes.

"Walk……"

The Celestial Venerable of Blazing Sun took a deep look at the city, his eyes filled with resentment, but in the end he could only let out a helpless sigh.

He turned around, his back view appearing incredibly desolate and forlorn.

The once mighty ninth-tier powerhouse is now forced to act like a laborer, plunging into the vast dark void to find those unfortunate eighth-tier demons in order to meet the "boss's" KPIs.

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Meanwhile, on this vast and boundless void continent, similar scenes are unfolding in every corner.

"Damn it! I just found a city and was about to go in to borrow some things."

"You bastard! You actually treated this old man like a hunting dog?!"

"Ah—!! Stop reading! Stop reading! I'll go, okay?"

The more than one hundred ninth-level experts who were originally preparing to display their unique abilities all bowed down in the face of the despairing "one-minute punishment package" after receiving the order that "must be carried out." Whether they were angry, unwilling, or cursing, they all chose to submit.

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

And so, a strange sight appeared on the void battlefield.

More than a hundred people, who should have been honored guests in major cities or powerful figures who dominated their respective regions, were now like a swarm of diligent little bees, frantically sweeping across the wasteland.

Their target was clear: the eighth-tier demon race.

And it's the kind of killing where you have to pack up and take the animals away.

This directly resulted in the entire eighth-tier demon race of the Void Continent suffering the consequences.

Originally, it was the demons hunting humans, but now the roles have reversed. These old monsters, in order to complete their mission sooner and suffer less, are truly treating the demons like their fathers' killers, hacking them down.

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However, what these hardworking "ninth-level workers" could never have imagined was that...

Duanmu Hong, who was being torn to pieces and cursed a thousand times in their hearts at this moment, was currently sitting in the headquarters of the Demon Extermination Hall cultivating, completely unaware that he had taken such a huge blame.

In fact, in Duanmu Hong's mind, it was perfectly fine for these cities to be occupied by those old monsters.

After releasing these old monsters into the void battlefield, he won't care about the aftermath at all.

After all, they only have one choice here: kill the demons, or they will be killed by the demons.