Chapter 103: The Golden Light of Merit

Lei Long's face changed color as he was sent flying backward by a surge of overwhelming pressure.

The giant monkey had gone berserk!

The bloodline within its body raged violently, demonic energy erupted, scattering every current of electricity. Its eyes had turned bloodshot, staring at these creatures with murderous hunger.

It roared once more, and the massive sonic wave blasted Xu Bing into the air.

While still midair, Xu Bing spat out a mouthful of blood.

Just as she was about to slam hard into the earth vein, a river of water flew out from the ruins, wrapping around her and surging skyward.

Xu Bing turned her head, dazed, and saw the water condensing into Lin Qiu.

And she was being held around the waist by one of Lin Qiu's arms, standing in the void.

"Are you alright?"

Lin Qiu frowned at her, his usual playful demeanor gone, his expression turning serious.

"I'm fine."

Xu Bing's cheeks flushed. She quickly averted her gaze, pulled away from his embrace, and stood in the void on her own.

"This thing is too strong!"

Lei Long and the girl flew over, staring at the giant monkey that was looking at them with murderous bloodlust, fear creeping into all their hearts.

This Primordial Rank Six creature was absurdly powerful.

All of them combined were no match for it.

Even the hundred-thousand-volt electric charge had failed to harm it—only leaving some scorched patches on its body, burns left by the instantaneous eruption of electricity.

In fact, crackling sparks still danced across the black ape's body even now—residual traces of the hundred-thousand-volt shock.

Its body was still in a state of partial paralysis.

That was why its reactions were somewhat sluggish.

Lin Qiu and the others wanted to press the attack, but they sadly discovered the electric batons were useless now.

The hundred-thousand-volt current was single-use.

Once unleashed, it went all out in an instant.

Perhaps even Liu Changfeng himself hadn't expected that the gadget he designed would fail to kill a single Rank Six demon beast.

A hundred thousand volts was terrifyingly powerful, but after all, he didn't understand these demon creatures.

These beasts had formidable physical bodies—at most, the hundred-thousand-volt current would momentarily paralyze them and give them a taste of discomfort. It could never truly harm them.

Not only could it not harm them, it might thoroughly enrage them, sending their beast blood boiling and turning them into killing machines.

The black ape before them had now fully exploded with rage.

Malice burning in its eyes, it let out a guttural roar.

Its muscles gave a violent tremor, and the electric sparks running through its body were instantly shaken out, vanishing into the void.

"Foolish humans. You've hurt me. I was only planning to scare you off, but now you've thoroughly angered me!"

A voice like rolling thunder emerged from the black ape's mouth, carrying boundless resentment.

It suddenly lowered its head and let loose a tremendous roar.

A powerful shockwave of sound swept forward, and the people suspended midair were instantly blasted down, crashing heavily into the ground.

"These fellows—even dealing with a mangy mutt—make this much of a racket."

"Having them protect me? What a joke!"

In the Management Bureau's room, Bai Jingjing lay on her bed. Floating in the air above her head was a mirror-like object.

On it played images—the scene of the battle outside.

This was a demon race technique: the Void Mirror!

It could fold space, folding and transmitting the scene one wished to see.

Watching the images in the Void Mirror, a strange glint appeared in her eyes: "Aside from those cultivators, these humans actually have such tricks. They can even fuse with mutated beasts."

"Inventing the art of armor manifestation!"

Bai Jingjing murmured to herself, then let out a disdainful laugh: "They're nothing but a herd of wild bulls. They can't grasp any mystical arts or spells—what use is relying on brute force alone?"

"And these mutated beasts now? Useless as well."

"Even if they can take human form, they can't grasp the power of heaven and earth's natural forces. In the end, they still come up short."

"Beasts are beasts. They can never become true demons. Just a bunch of low-class trash!"

Bai Jingjing had seen these mutated beasts. She'd even captured a few to study. In the end, she found they were nothing special—they looked intimidating, but were all useless.

Still, she was quite interested in Lin Qiu.

He had managed to evolve his bloodline. He was definitely no ordinary mutated beast.

Moreover, she hadn't sensed demonic aura from Lin Qiu, nor the surging blood energy of a beast. If she hadn't known he was a mutated beast, standing before her, she'd have thought he was just an ordinary human.

"Lin Qiu, I'm going to dig out every one of your secrets, no matter what."

"And if that doesn't work, I'll bind you and drag you back to the Primordial Wild, lock you up in the Bai family's Living Death Prison."

A vicious glint appeared in Bai Jingjing's eyes. In her heart, she had already pronounced Lin Qiu's fate.

And at that very moment, in the Void Mirror, the black-furred ape was just about to stomp Lin Qiu and the others to death when Bai Jingjing prepared to make her move.

Because now that she knew Lin Qiu might be connected to immortal power, in her eyes anyone could die—but Lin Qiu absolutely could not.

To be more precise, it wasn't that he couldn't die, but that he couldn't die *now*. Even if he was to die, he'd have to spit out every secret first.

But just as she was about to act, her eyes suddenly went wide with a trace of fear.

In the Void Mirror, a beam of golden light descended from the nine heavens.

Within the golden light, a golden swastika pattern could be faintly seen spinning rapidly, transforming into something like a radiant golden sun.

The black-furred ape let out a terrified scream.

"The Great Buddha Sect's Merit Golden Light!"

Bai Jingjing abruptly sat up from her bed, her eyes fixed on the golden swastika, grinding her teeth as she spat: "Those old bald donkeys have actually come to Wu Capital!"

There was wariness in Bai Jingjing's voice—but even more, hatred.

Among the righteous and evil factions of China, the Buddhists had always carried the banner of subduing demons and vanquishing evil.

For thousands of years, countless Primordial Wild demons had been taken by these bald donkeys—either beaten to death, or "delivered" through Buddhist rites, turned into guard dogs.

That was why the demons of the Primordial Wild gnashed their teeth with hatred toward these so-called righteous figures.

"Old bald donkey..."

Bai Jingjing's face turned extremely sour. She cursed under her breath and lay back down, continuing to watch the Void Mirror. There was no way she was going out now—who knew whether she'd get captured by those bald donkeys?

Outside, the black-furred ape kept letting out screams of agony.

Bathe in golden light, black gas now rose from its body.

This was demonic aura—the demonic energy hidden within its body.

Under the golden light's bath, it began rapidly purifying. Even the fur on its skin quickly lost its luster.

Hairs of black monkey fur began falling off one by one. Before long, the great ape had lost a considerable amount of fur—from a distance, it looked like a mangy dog.

The sight was horrifying and sickening.

"Old bald donkey! What do you want?! I didn't smash your incense burner or destroy your temple's offerings—why are you doing this to me?!"

The great ape howled at the heavens as its body rapidly shrank...