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A large hole tore open the chest of the demon general as a look of disbelief is written all over its face. The fight is already in its hand as it saw that the human was already beaten and has fallen to the ground. But what it didn't expect is the recovery of the human's companion.

It was already too late for it to discover the danger because of the fatigue it has while fighting. What the demon general could not accept is the result of the fight. It could not accept its death and has just realized that although the human seems to be weaker than it, the demon general was still defeated.

As its eyes went dim and its consciousness faded, the demon general's body fell from the air and with a loud bang hit the ground.

"Arghh… my… my body still hurts… Master… where is Master?" Qian Li who was the one who shot the demon general while sitting on the ground weakly muttered.

But she could not do anything as her body is very weak as she received a lot of grievous wounds on her body.

"Hey… hey… are you okay? Argghh… I think I'm going to rest here for a while." s.h.i.+n Jiao's voice from the intercom said.

When Qian Li heard this a smile appears on her face.

s.h.i.+n Jiao discovered that the bullets exposed to the holy Qi from the lake can stop the regenerative ability of the demon. It might be like an acting catalyst that prevents demons to use their powers. Thinking about this while resting, s.h.i.+n Jiao slowly formulated a way to fight these demons.

At this time, s.h.i.+n Jiao was able to break through his bottleneck and has now reached the physique of an infant soul realm cultivator. This is an unexpected gain, but he is happy to accept it. With this, he is now able to use the 5th level beast cores in his inventory.

But sadly, the spheres in his mind dantian did not advance to the 50th sphere.

And of course one of their greatest harvests is the corpse of the demon general who carries many of the bony spikes on its back.

When the sun is about to set, two figures coming from the lake are slowly walking away from it.

After they were able to recover, s.h.i.+n Jiao took the fist-sized stone from the middle of the lake. This fist-size stone contains mysterious energy which even s.h.i.+n Jiao found confusing. He only thought that it contains holy Qi but when he uses his absolute sense to check it, he was stunned.

Qi and natural element amplification that is what the fist-size stone can do.

"We need to go back as soon as possible."

"Umm… Master, can we…" Qian Li said but suddenly stopped because s.h.i.+n Jiao turned his head towards her.

"You've been calling me master this and master that… are you really going to put a boundary between us?" s.h.i.+n Jiao said with a frown on his handsome face.

Qian Li bit her cherry lip awkwardly.

She is not yet used to calling him by his name, so she felt a bit shy.

s.h.i.+n Jiao saw that she felt a little shy and just shook his head. But seeing her cute expression made his heart feel warm. Qian Li is truly a beautiful woman and is very loyal to him. He knows how hard it is for her to follow him and how dangerous it is, but she didn't think twice and is willing to be with him. This simple gesture from her made s.h.i.+n Jiao feel warm. So he promised himself to be strong enough or would make something that can protect those people he loved.

Right now, in their hands is the key to defeating the demons.

For half of the day, the two worked in making bullets that can be effective against the demons. After a few experiments on the dead body of the demon general, they discovered a bullet that is effective and they called it the 'holy bullet'.

"Ma… s.h.i.+n… with this, we can help the empire win the war right? After we send this to the kingdom of Wu, are you going to come back to s.h.i.+n County? To our place?" she asked feeling a bit hopeful.

When s.h.i.+n Jiao heard her, he kept silent as he didn't know the answer.

Right now, there are two things that are stopping him from going back. He is really having a hard time settling his feeling between the two women, Qian Li and Qin Lou. He felt that he has betrayed both women for being too fickle. He would accept the fact that he is truly attracted to the beauty of Qian Li, while his feelings for Qin Lou are something that was developed when the two are together in the underground base.

So he could not answer that question as of now.

"Umm…" s.h.i.+n Jiao was about to answer when suddenly from the sky a loud booming sound appear.

When the two turned their heads towards the sky, they saw four figures floating in the air.

Three large figures that look like demons because of their horns, and a single woman with a voluptuous body and an impeccable beauty also sporting a single long silver horn on her forehead, stood with an imposing demeanor on the air.

"Is… what powerful aura. These demons are high ranking demons if I presume. I think that woman is already equal to a nascent realm cultivator… This is bad." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought as he grabs Qian Li's hand as the two hid behind a large rock.

From behind the rocks, s.h.i.+n Jiao and Qian Li observed the enemy.

"My queen, the traces of the general ends here… from the looks of it, there was a big fight in this place." one of the huge demons said respectfully at the lady.

When the two heard the demon they were surprised.

Queen!

"Is she the demon queen? I was expecting someone who would look like an ugly creature from h.e.l.l… but this woman looks like an angel… Hmm… I guess she is a fallen angel." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought as he laughed at himself.

In truth, s.h.i.+n Jiao was truly taken aback after seeing the woman's beauty.

"I can feel the chaotic aura in this place if the enemy is still here it would be hard for us to find them. Let us…" the demon queen said but suddenly stopped and turned her gaze towards a particular object near the stones.

Upon seeing her reaction, s.h.i.+n Jiao almost cursed in his mind.

He didn't know how the demon queen found where they are and how she was able to accurately turned her gaze at their location. Even Qian Li completely hid for fear of compromising their hiding spot. But from the looks of it, it seems that the demon queen is already suspicious of this place.

"How the h.e.l.l did she found us? I swear I have hidden by breath and we didn't exude any killing intent, then how?" s.h.i.+n Jiao muses as his heart began to pound loudly in his chest.

He is not sure if he can take on the demon queen and her minions at this time. Although he has already recovered from his wounds, his strength has not yet been consolidated. So he needs to buy time for this. Plus Qian Li is still with him, with her strength she would die easily if they really fight in this place.

Suddenly, s.h.i.+n Jiao noticed the small pill floating right above the stones.

He almost hit his head for forgetting the existence of Hun Jingan.

But of course, it's too late for regrets now. What he can do is think of a way to divert the attention of those four powerful beings and help Qian Li escape this place.

"What is it my queen?" one of the demons who noticed the reaction of the demon queen asked.

The demon queen is currently musing in her mind what is that thing she is seeing. She knew that in this continent there are many weird things that she has not seen before. And her curious heart wanted to also see and discover those things.

When she was still a human, her human husband told her about the land where he came from, a land of wonder and mysteries where men can fly through the clouds and subdue dragons. Of course, at that time, she was truly intrigued by his tales as she was too innocent.

But now, after becoming the queen of the demons and gaining the power to control millions of her subjects, the innocence and curiosity inside her were quelled and changed into rage and anger.

She didn't want to become the demon queen as all she wanted was revenge. But the demon king took a liking at her and the two formed a pact. When she turned into a full pledge demon, everything changes.

However, the defeat of the demon race in the hands of the mages woke her from her power drunken state. And now, her goal is to find a place for the demons to survive.

Revenge and anger are way past her now.

She needs to claim a new land of their own, a new and fertile land.

However, that pill that she is looking right now brings back a lot of memories from when she was a human and it made her somewhat shaken and somewhat awoken from the madness she was in.

She slowly extended her hand wanting to grab the small floating pill.

But then something happened that she didn't expect.