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Clang!

The loud sound of two weapons clas.h.i.+ng together echoed through the air as two figures were blown apart from each other for a couple of meters.

s.h.i.+n Jiao expected such a result because right now he can see the power of the demon general.

The porcupine looking demon has the strength of a grand knight or an equivalent of an infant soul realm cultivator. And from the clash just now he feels that the demon general's strength is almost at the peak of its cla.s.s.

"This is a hard bone to chew. With my strength right now at the peak of the gold core realm, I'm not sure if I can fight against this thing." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought as he gritted his teeth and held his katana tightly.

He needs to buy some time to be able to help Qian Li recover.

Swoos.h.!.+

s.h.i.+n Jiao rushed to attack the demon general without hesitation.

Flash of lights can be seen above the air as the two began clas.h.i.+ng swords. s.h.i.+n Jiao combined the attack of his sword and sub-machinegun making the demon riddled with wounds all over its body. But with its strength, it is able to preserve its life.

What made s.h.i.+n Jiao sweat and felt helpless is the rate the wounds on its body are healing. The demon's regenerative ability is very high that every time it received a wound it would only take around sixty seconds or a minute before the wound is fully healed.

"Hahaha! It's useless, human! Your attacks are futile against me." it shouted.

Then waving it's the two huge spiky bone-like weapons on its hands, the demon general began its counter attacks.

The demon general's attack was fast and truly fierce, but s.h.i.+n Jiao can easily dodge every blow it sends because what the demon is using is a purely physical attack. It does not use any Qi or mana in each of its attacks.

"It that all you can do human? Dodge! I seem to see that your strength is below mine and you are very weak. Haha…" the demon general shouted while attacking unceasingly.

"You seem to talk too much demon. How about I show you some tricks." s.h.i.+n Jiao suddenly said as he waves his katana blade.

With the right concentration of this absolute sense, he was able to calculate the right angle of his sword and directly slash it to the demon's weapon made of hard metallic-like bones.

Slas.h.!.+

The weapon made of bone was sliced in half without too much effort. s.h.i.+n Jiao's black katana sliced through it like a hot knife into b.u.t.ter.

Bang!

The loud sound of the heavy weapon falling to the ground can be heard as the demon general was stunned. It is known that in the demon army, many demon generals would pay a hefty price just to acquire a single bony thorn from its back and process it to be their weapon.

This is because the bony spikes protruding from its back are harder than any known metal in the continent where they came from. Even the humans in that place, the mages, and warriors, would kill just to have one of his spikes. Hence it is confident of its strength and bony spike weapons.

"How? How my spikes could be cut by a mere blade?!" the demon general muttered in disbelief.

Then suddenly s.h.i.+n Jiao sent another slash towards the demon still using his absolute sense and cutting the remaining spike on the demon's hand as it tried to block the black katana.

Bang!

Arrgghh!!!

Another half of the spike fell to the ground with a loud bang while the demon shouted in pain as its left chest was wounded showing a gaping wound.

However, right in front of s.h.i.+n Jiao's eyes, the gaping wound is healing itself which is visible to the naked eye.

This situation made s.h.i.+n Jiao frown.

He could not use his absolute sense while attacking as it is taking too much of mental stress for him.

Then he decided to immediately execute a skill, the perfect defense sword.

With the proximity of him and the demon pretty close to each other, s.h.i.+n Jiao is sure that the demon would enter the range of the sword slashes.

Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+

The wind started to whistle as s.h.i.+n Jiao executed the skill making his sword blur and then hundreds or thousands of sword slashes immediately covers his body.

The demon saw the danger of this skill and didn't hesitate to grab another two spikes from its back and defended itself by also throwing its own attacks.

But the proximity between them is truly close that in just a second after the Perfect defense sword was activated, hundreds of wounds immediately appear on the demon general's body. However, with its quick reaction, it was able to use the two new spikes on its hands to block most of the blade slash and the demon immediately grabs this opportunity to propel itself away from s.h.i.+n Jiao.

Dark Purple blood began oozing out of its wounds as the demon general grimace in pain.

"Human! You will pay for this! I will tear you apart!" it shouted as it flew a short distance away from s.h.i.+n Jiao.

Then suddenly it began to throw multiple spikes like a Gatling gun.

With the Perfect Defense sword, s.h.i.+n Jiao is able to parry the spikes. But his figure is being pushed back after each clash.

This only shows the power of the demon general.

Because of the disparity in their strength, it can be seen that s.h.i.+n Jiao is at a disadvantage right at this time. However, s.h.i.+n Jiao noticed something right at this moment.

He had not noticed this before because he has inflicted tons of wounds on the demon's body. He even used Holy Qi in coating his sword that's why he can easily inflict damage on it. But right now, there is a particular area of its body that is not healing.

He immediately tried to talk while trying to defend himself from the bombardment of the spikes.

It felt like the demon general's spike is almost unlimited, but s.h.i.+n Jiao noticed that the spikes are getting smaller.

This is also one of the weaknesses of the demon general that he noticed.

"Haha… it seems that your spikes are getting smaller. It's my turn now!" s.h.i.+n Jiao shouted as he suddenly deactivated the Perfect Defense sword and rushed towards the demo.

Once again he used his sword and the sub-machine gun to attack. Making a lot of wounds in the demon general's body.

"You despicable rat! I will show you my true might!" the demon shouted as it suddenly crossed the two bone spikes on its hand.

Then s.h.i.+n Jiao saw that a fireball was actually formed which blasted towards him.

Without a second thought, s.h.i.+n Jiao slashed towards the fireball trying to cut it in half. But suddenly he found something is wrong. His dantian is already lacking in energy.

In those two days that he concocted the pills, he had used up most of his spirit stones and beast core. Now what are left are the 4th level beast core in his dantian and a single 5th level beast core in his inventory.

Right now, the 4th level beast core is almost depleted. So it's either he can take some pills to try and replenish the core, or change to the 5th level one.

Although it is dangerous to make a breakthrough in a battle, however, this something that s.h.i.+n Jiao desperately needed right now. He needed strength to buy some time and as soon as possible.

If he takes in pills, then he might recover little by little but he didn't have time for that. So his option is to change the core as fast as he could.

With a quick hand, he used the energy in his mind dantian and cast wind spell around him. Then with one hand, he began firing towards the demon general.

Seeing the hail of bullets, the demon general didn't put down its guard and continue to dodge and parry the bullets flying towards it.

Suddenly, the demon general was shocked to see something that it never thought it would see.

Right in front of it is a human that suddenly had his stomach open. Then the human takes out something that this continent called a beast core and then put in another one. Then the human's stomach accepted the new beast core.

Although it was curious the demon general didn't put down its vigilance. In response to the hail of bullets, it then sends out a few fireb.a.l.l.s of its own, which meets the wind spells that s.h.i.+n Jiao cast around himself.

Each explosion pushed s.h.i.+n Jiao's figure backward.

But upon inserting the 5th level beast core, s.h.i.+n Jiao immediately felt the uncontrollable power deep in his dantian. He didn't think twice and rushed towards the demon general in a head-on attack.

Boom!

As they clashed large energy was sent out around them causing a booming sound.

s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't stop as he has a limited time to use the core. He needed to make an opening. And he needs to do it as soon as possible.

However, the demon general held on to its defense and suddenly crossed the two bone spike on its hands.

Seeing this, s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't hesitate and used a skill.

Bursting point!

s.h.i.+n Jiao quickly extended the katana on his hand as the fireball in the middle of that crossed spikes congeal.

Boom!

A loud explosion happened which sent s.h.i.+n Jiao's figure shot like a cannonball towards the ground. His body is now riddled with wounds as cracks suddenly appear on his skin.

The beast core is truly strong that it is now causing him some pain all over his body.

The demon general also didn't fare well as both of its hands were blasted apart, but its body is unharmed. Then its hands slowly regenerated slowly forming.

"Haha… Is that all you've got human?" a smug look on the demon general's face can be seen as it watches s.h.i.+n Jiao's figure falling.

But suddenly the demon general's expression changed.

Puchi!