Although there were many Crow Demons, only a few had reached the *Innate Realm*. Compared to the hundred disciples of the Taiqing Immortal Sect, they were far inferior.
"Taiqing Sword Art, Sword, come!" Ye Sanshui uttered with a soft command.
The long sword behind him instantly transformed into a streak of radiant rainbow light, carrying a piercing coldness as it shot toward the golden Crow Demon.
The golden Crow Demon's feathers fluffed upright. Its wings spread wide, and its black claws erupted in flames, colliding with the flying sword.
A deafening *boom* echoed, and a surge of air blasted outward. The flying sword was struck by the fiery claws and was sent flying backward.
The golden Crow Demon roared angrily, summoning the crow demon army to obliterate these reckless fools.
All the Crow Demons instantly stopped feeding, their faces contorted in rage. With a series of *crack-crack* sounds, they bared their fangs and claws, their wings unfurling like a vast tsunami, sweeping toward the group.
"Kill!"
The Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples were undaunted, drawing their swords and charging forward.
Hundreds of sword beams slashed at the wave of crows, creating a massive *boom* as they collided, stirring up a storm of dirt and stones.
The golden Crow Demon screeched ferociously, its wings flapping like the king of the sea, charging to the front.
"Vile creature, die!" Ye Sanshui shouted, sending out a powerful sword strike.
The golden Crow Demon dodged the sword strike and, to everyone's shock, opened its mouth to expel a large fireball, roaring with intense heat, and hurtling directly toward Ye Sanshui. The speed was so fast that it seemed like a falling star.
With a *boom*, the fireball was shattered by Ye Sanshui's sword strike, but the massive shockwave pushed him back.
The golden Crow Demon howled in fury, diving down toward Ye Sanshui, where sword and claw met in a deadly dance, blood and wounds spreading across the battlefield.
"Senior Sister Xiao Yu, you don't need to protect me. Go kill the mythical creatures!" Xiao Nanfeng, at the back of the battlefield, shouted at his side, Xiao Yu.
"I go to fight, and what will you do? There may be few Crow Demons in the *Innate Realm*, but there are plenty of those in the *Acquired Realm*. You can't stop them," Xiao Yu insisted, staying close to Xiao Nanfeng.
"Don't worry. I'm about to harvest the spoils. The Crow Demons I kill won't be fewer than yours." Xiao Nanfeng shook his head confidently.
"You? You didn't even bring a sword this time. Are you planning to tear apart Crow Demons with your bare hands?" Xiao Yu looked at him in disbelief.
Xiao Nanfeng flipped his hand, revealing a purple pill the size of a fist.
"Before I left, I bought this 'Purple Smoke Poison Pill' from the sect's pharmacy for self-defense," Xiao Nanfeng explained.
"Purple Smoke Poison Pill? You can't even eat it, and it's a deadly poison pill! Three thousand liang of gold, and you bought this?" Xiao Yu rolled her eyes.
"If it works, that's enough. Keep your distance; I'm going in." Xiao Nanfeng smiled as he swallowed an antidote.
With his inner energy, he activated the *Purple Smoke Poison Pill*, which exploded in a burst of purple smoke, swirling around him within a radius of a few meters.
"Everyone, be careful, stay clear of me!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.
Immediately, many turned their heads in his direction.
"Purple Smoke Poison Pill? Who's the fool who bought that? It's three thousand liang of gold for one! We might not even earn that much on a demon hunt," one disciple exclaimed.
"Nanfeng, did you hear that? They're calling you a wasteful brat," Ye Dafu, not far away, jeered.
Xiao Nanfeng paid no attention to their words and charged directly toward the area swarming with Crow Demons. The *Purple Smoke Poison Pill* might be expensive, but its effects were nothing short of extraordinary.
Dozens of Crow Demons charged toward Xiao Nanfeng, but the moment they entered the purple smoke zone, their eyes turned bloodshot, and they fell to the ground, dead in an instant.
The purple smoke was highly toxic—touch it and die. The others gasped in shock and hurriedly moved away.
The Crow Demons, having gained some intelligence, saw the scene and panicked, scattering in all directions. But Xiao Nanfeng pressed forward relentlessly, his path littered with the fallen corpses of the demons. In the span of a few moments, hundreds of ordinary Crow Demons had perished in the toxic smoke.
"This is insane. A group wipe?"
"The *Purple Smoke Poison Pill*... what a treasure."
"Three thousand liang of gold? Worth it."
...
The disciples were all stunned.
"It can only deal with ordinary Crow Demons. What will you do if an *Innate Realm* Crow Demon shows up?" Ye Dafu, still jealous, muttered.
At that moment, a *Innate Realm* Crow Demon screeched and charged toward Xiao Nanfeng.
"Nanfeng, be careful!" Xiao Yu screamed.
The *Innate Realm* Crow Demon, half a person's height, dove into the purple smoke. It managed to resist the toxic smoke for a brief moment before arriving at Xiao Nanfeng's side.
"Dominating Fist!" Xiao Nanfeng struck, his fist leaving afterimages.
With a *bang*, Xiao Nanfeng was knocked back by the force of the impact. The Crow Demon staggered but continued its assault. However, it soon began to wobble mid-flight, its expression filled with panic as it tried to flee.
"Poison in your body, and now you want to run? It's too late. Stay!" Xiao Nanfeng leaped, grabbing its wing.
The *Innate Realm* Crow Demon struggled to flap its wings, but the poison was taking hold, draining its strength. Within moments, it was pulled to the ground. Xiao Nanfeng stomped on it, tearing its wing off with a violent motion. A piercing scream erupted from the demon as it collapsed, and Xiao Nanfeng held a blood-soaked wing in his hand.
Nearby, Xiao Yu gaped, "You can really tear apart an *Innate Realm* Crow Demon with your bare hands? How brutal!"
Xiao Nanfeng had already proven his ruthlessness. With no time to waste, Xiao Yu rushed into battle as well.
The *Purple Smoke Poison Pill* had proven its value. Even the *Innate Realm* Crow Demons were no match for it if they couldn't withstand the initial poison.
After a bloody battle, Xiao Nanfeng had killed five *Innate Realm* Crow Demons. The remaining demons, witnessing the fearsome purple smoke, scattered in fear.
Soon, no Crow Demon dared approach him. Xiao Nanfeng withdrew his inner energy, ceasing the purple smoke's effect.
The remaining demons circled overhead, cawing in fury but too terrified to descend. The ground was littered with over two thousand dead Crow Demons, and the gruesome sight of six *Innate Realm* demons torn apart sent a chilling message to the others.
"A mere *Acquired Realm* disciple made the Crow Demons flee like this?"
"Next time, I'm buying a *Purple Smoke Poison Pill* too. This thing is unbeatable in group combat!"
"Nanfeng is truly extraordinary!"
...
The disciples exchanged admiring looks, their respect for Xiao Nanfeng growing.
"What's so impressive? If I had a *Purple Smoke Poison Pill*, I'd be even more ruthless," Ye Dafu muttered bitterly.
Xiao Nanfeng, however, was in a state of regret. His overzealous slaughter had left the demons too afraid to approach. Looking at the remaining half of the *Purple Smoke Poison Pill*, he sighed in pain, "I've used half of it already. The spoils must be worth at least fifteen hundred liang of gold, or else it would be a huge loss."
Seeing no more demons daring to come near him, Xiao Nanfeng headed towards the village.
Within the village, some disciples had already arrived, driving away the remaining Crow Demons and recovering the bodies of the villagers. Unfortunately, the villagers' bodies had been mangled beyond recognition by the demons.
Xiao Nanfeng, along with his fellow disciples, began covering the bodies with sheets. His heart grew heavy as he did so.
"Sigh, although this disaster helped me break through my predicament, and after this battle, no one will dare look down on me again—Ye Sanshui won't dare use me at will either—if given a choice, I would rather this village remained untouched, and these people never had to suffer such a fate."
A voice suddenly shouted, "There's a child in this house, still alive!"
"There are still living people? Quickly, please ask the senior brothers to immediately check the surrounding houses and rescue the living people, also, check every corpse and carefully confirm whether it is dead or not, and if there is still a heartbeat, save it immediately." Xiao Nanfeng 's spirit lifted.
"Yes!" A group of senior brothers answered.
After responding, the crowd of senior brothers were stunned, just now, who was giving the orders? The crowd looked at Xiao Nanfeng together, was it him?
The crowd was a little upset in their hearts, but they didn't have the time to pursue the matter at this moment, and immediately followed Xiao Nanfeng 's arrangement to go around rescuing people.
Soon, one by one, children were found out from the rice tank, cellar, under the bed, in the closet, one by one, crying in fear, and even some children were blocked by their parents with cloths and tied up, just to hide them from being discovered.
In the blink of an eye, fifteen children were rescued.
The Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples let out a long breath, all of them showing a palpitating smile.
"If it wasn't for Nanfeng 's persistence, these children would have definitely been discovered by the crow demon and buried in the crow's belly."
" Nanfeng was right to insist, we were right to listen to him this time."
...
Most of the senior brothers had good intentions, and especially seeing these young children they saved, they were even more emotional and grateful, and unconsciously, the gazes they all looked at Xiao Nanfeng with suddenly gained an extra level of recognition.
Xiao Nanfeng also revealed a wave of celebration, glad that Ye Dafu came to trouble himself, glad that he went to challenge Ye Sanshui's authority.