Inside Orochi Cave.

Listening to the woeful cries for help, the numerous Onmyoji, who had been planning to give the Divine Orochi a ritual purification, all frowned.

"They can’t handle the situation outside?" an old man exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"It must be enemies attracted by the Divine Orochi’s revival! Let’s go! We’ll capture them alive and let the Divine Orochi have its first offering since awakening!" one of them said with a sinister laugh.

In the next moment, no one else spoke. One by one, they rushed out of the cave.

Sensing the urgent, rustling movements from within, Qin Fan smiled.

「Outside.」

It was an utterly wicked smile. The Evil Spirit Zen Staff in his hand was already surging with his body’s Mixed Element True Qi. Without exaggeration, a single strike from this staff could cause a large part of Mount Fuji to collapse!

"Wasn’t the blood of those dozens of Divine Ninjas enough to satisfy you? Fine. Today, I, the Heavenly Venerate, will let you taste the blood of Divine Level Onmyoji!"

As Qin Fan playfully whispered to the Evil Spirit Zen Staff, it seemed to understand, and its body began to tremble with a low hum. Yes, as an Evil Spirit Magic Artifact, it was bloodthirsty! And it was no ordinary thirst.

The few Divine Level Onmyoji were already resigned to their fate. They were no longer concerned whether Hua Xiaotian would find and destroy their Life Source from within the Illusion Realm. Instead, they looked in panic toward the cave entrance, ceaselessly praying to their deities, Divine Tian Zhao and the Divine Orochi!

Sadly, the gods of Japan have never been responsive. Just as they began to pray, figures started emerging from the cave.

Hidden in the shadows, Qin Fan seized the critical moment.

As the first head appeared, the staff immediately smashed down upon it!

BANG!

With a sound strikingly similar to a bursting watermelon, a spray of red and white matter instantly splattered everywhere! This Divine Level Onmyoji never even saw his assailant’s face before he was summoned by Divine Tian Zhao.

However, this all happened in a flash. The other Onmyoji, filing out one after another, had no time to react. Splashed with red and white gore, they were left utterly bewildered.

And this moment of bewilderment gave Qin Fan the perfect opportunity!

Among experts, a single moment of stunned confusion is enough for an opponent to be cut down like a vegetable, let alone when facing a heaven-defying prodigy like Qin Fan. The Evil Spirit Zen Staff, however, gave them no time to process their shock. Seeing their stunned expressions fall right into his trap, Qin Fan began to swing the staff, smashing it about as if he were playing a game!

BANG!

BANG! BANG!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

With swings that seemed to exceed the speed of light, a mist of blood and viscera formed in the blink of an eye! A pungent, nauseating smell immediately filled the entire cave.

In a fleeting instant, under Qin Fan’s superhuman speed and control, more than forty heads were smashed to pieces, just like a game of whack-a-mole!

Total annihilation! In the space of a few breaths, this top-tier lineup—the very Onmyoji who had revived Orochi and stood at the pinnacle of Japan’s world of abnormal skills—was wiped out just like that! They died without ever understanding what had happened.

No one could have imagined that Divine Level Onmyoji, men capable of shaking the world, would be wiped out in such a manner. The red and white matter from their exploded heads mixed and mingled together. Amid the overpowering, nauseating smell, scattered fragments of skulls created a backdrop worthy of Purgatory!

Even Qin Fan hadn’t anticipated such an easy massacre. It had all taken just a few damn seconds.

So-called Onmyoji? The so-called Divine Level Onmyoji that made nations tremble? They were so damn fragile?

"Tsk, tsk... Nothing but an empty reputation!" Wiping the gore from the Evil Spirit Zen Staff, Qin Fan remarked sardonically.

He then looked over at the several Divine Level Onmyoji who were being held motionless. Their expressions were frozen as they stared at the tragic, purgatorial scene. Their faces were utterly immobile. Even their eyes had lost all luster, replaced completely by a vacant, unfocused emptiness.

They had seen people defy the heavens before, but to this extent? Annihilating over forty Divine Level Onmyoji in the blink of an eye... Is that even human? No! Absolutely not!

If they could speak, their words would have been nothing but trembling cries.

"Old Hua, haven’t you figured out the pattern yet?" Qin Fan suddenly called out with a smile.

「Within the Illusion Realm.」

Hua Xiaotian, who had been moving about with his eyes closed, suddenly snapped them open. He burst out joyfully, "Master Qin, I’ve found it!"

"Make it quick! I’ll let you properly witness Orochi!" Qin Fan said, the corners of his mouth curling into a placid smile.

「Inside Orochi Cave.」

As soon as his words fell, a grinding, rustling sound arose from within, heading toward the entrance!

The Divine Orochi! Is the Divine Orochi coming out?

The few survivors, who had been lost in despair just a moment before, heard the noise and roared with excitement in their hearts. The very existence of Orochi made them forget their own lives and deaths.

To enter the world of Yin Yang is to enter an ocean deep; from that point on, life and death are meaningless.

This was an observation the Demi Immortal Qilian once had about the Onmyoji of Japan. It was enough to show the fanatical extent to which these Onmyoji were devoted to Orochi. In terms of brainwashing, even the most prevalent pyramid schemes couldn’t compare.

While these barely surviving Onmyoji were ecstatic, Qin Fan was smiling a profoundly sinister smile.

The rustling sound grew louder, signaling that Orochi was getting closer to the cave mouth!

As Qin Fan and the few remaining Onmyoji focused their attention on the entrance, a monstrous creature slowly began to emerge.

One head.

Two heads.

Three heads.

Five heads.

Eight heads!

A total of eight heads slowly revealed themselves, dragging a colossal snake body out from the cave entrance.

At the same time, an Onmyoji spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood. In the midst of his inner ecstasy, he simply collapsed.

Clearly, Hua Xiaotian had found the pattern of their Life Source!

Hearing the sound, Orochi numbly rolled the eyeballs in its eight heads before letting them droop again as if nothing had happened.

SPIT!

The next moment, another Onmyoji fell!

SPIT! SPIT!

SPIT! SPIT! SPIT!

Before long, as Orochi remained motionless, the handful of Onmyoji who had been desperately hoping to see the Divine Orochi’s might all collapsed, their faces masks of disbelief and unwillingness.

Why didn’t the Divine Orochi attack the enemy? Why didn’t the Divine Orochi attack him?

This was the question they desperately wanted to scream. Sadly, they would never find the answer.

WHOOSH!

As Hua Xiaotian destroyed the Life Source of each Onmyoji, the Illusion Realm dissolved. The Chaotic Burial Mound before him vanished. However, the moment Hua Xiaotian returned to reality and saw the eight-headed Orochi rolling its eyes in front of him, his legs trembled uncontrollably, and he nearly stumbled and fell.