Chapter 1064 - 439:

Along with the shaking of Demon Qi, a wisp of Spiritual Qi emerged around the Demon Suppression Monument, making it especially conspicuous in Cuixian County.

Bang!

With a dull rumbling sound, the ground of Cuixian County began to tremble, as a mound of earth rose from the mountains within the county, rolling all the way to the vicinity of the Demon Suppression Monument.

Immediately thereafter, the mound split open, and a spirit creature, six or seven meters tall and whole body shimmering with yellow light, emerged from it.

The spirit creature was neither human nor non-human, with a tall figure but proportionally very strange.

It had a giant head, human face and limbs, but no neck, and the parts of its body transitioned with no visible gradation, being wider on top and narrower below like a giant radish that gained consciousness.

Its body was covered in a thick layer of mud forming armor, as if it had just been dug up from the muddy ground. If placed in a supermarket with labels like "fresh" and "organic," it could surely sell for several times the price of an ordinary radish.

The radish spirit glared at Wu Chang and, cursing, shouted:

"It was so hard for grandpa to fall asleep, only to be woken up by your racket. You human cultivators are truly incorrigible."

"Once, twice, but not thrice. This time, all of you must die. Once I smash that broken monument, I will..."

Halfway through its words, the radish spirit suddenly noticed that only Wu Chang stood by the monument, and it first lay down on the ground, tilted its ear to listen for a while, and then questioned:

"Did you come alone this time?"

Wu Chang looked at the radish spirit, secretly thinking no wonder even a Great Grandmaster's effort couldn't reclaim Cuixian County—though it seemed comical, the radish spirit radiated a strong aura of Power of Root.

In terms of sheer strength, the radish spirit was no less than a typical Great Grandmaster, and coupled with being in the Demon Realm, which gave it a geographic advantage, it was indeed difficult for a usual Great Grandmaster to hold the Demon Suppression Monument against it.

He asked, "Are you a Demon General?"

After the initial grumpy awakening, the radish spirit began observing Wu Chang, and said, "Grandpa is a Demon General under the Earth Demon King, Hong Xin. Which Great Grandmaster of the Human Dao Alliance are you? How come I haven't heard of you?"

Wu Chang repeated the question that the radish spirit had asked him earlier, saying:

"Are you the only Demon General here?"

Wu Chang's tone carried a hint of regret, as if speaking to a child, suggesting it call for its elders.

Not standing for this provocation, the radish spirit immediately sank underground, transforming into an earth dragon, rushing towards Wu Chang and the buried Demon Suppression Monument.

Wu Chang swiftly stepped forward and punched at the rising mound of earth.

In his Sea Giant form, his Power attribute exceeded 400 points; without using any elaborate skills, his punch directly shattered the ground, nearly smashing the radish spirit to pieces.

Although Wu Chang was powerful, the radish spirit, being a Demon General, would not be so easily defeated.

As a subordinate of the Earth Demon King, the radish spirit also wielded earth-related Power of Root, redirecting most of Wu Chang's force into the ground, leaving only his surface mud armor shattered, but its essence unharmed.

Taking advantage of the force redirection, the radish spirit drilled out of the ground, quickly retreating to distance itself from Wu Chang.

An expert makes their prowess known with just one move.

The radish spirit, after merely taking one punch, recognized that Wu Chang was not to be trifled with and was far from an ordinary Great Grandmaster.

The force of that punch, even for the Earth Demon King, known for its power, was not something it could deliver with mere brute strength in such a devastating blow.

The radish spirit was sweating; if possible, it wanted to immediately burrow away, yet the Earth Demon King had ordered it to guard Cuixian County.

It pondered momentarily, then utilized its ability to once again gather mud armor on its body, and tunneled deeper underground.

This time, it went deeper, without forming any mounds on the surface, changing its goal from defeating Wu Chang to simply toppling the Demon Suppression Monument.

If it couldn't overpower the mobile Wu Chang, couldn't it at least knock over the immobile monument?

Wu Chang looked at the radish spirit that had re-burrowed, his brow furrowed slightly.

The radish spirit's earth escape wasn't highly potent, but it was quite problematic in one respect: it could use the earth to block his view.

Unable to visually lock onto the radish spirit, he couldn't use Mamba Iron Elbow on it, and could only launch attacks through the earth.

The problem was, the radish spirit commanded earth attribute Power of Root, with extremely thick surface armor, able to deflect his blows into the ground, making it difficult to inflict effective damage.

In another plane, solving the radish spirit wasn't impossible; revealing his 800-meter Sea Giant true form, one punch could dig it up, even if it burrowed deeply, and crush it.

But given the sensitivity of the Sea Giant form, if the Human Dao Alliance mistook him for a Demon, there could be trouble later.

How could he pull the radish spirit out from underground?

At this moment, his main body had already dealt with the Candle Yin Remains, extracting the Heart Flame from it, which he absorbed to gain Candle Yin Remains' signature skill.

"Skill Name: Heart Flame"

"Skill Level: A"

"Skill Description: Releases a special mental flame. Heart Flame is highly concealed during latency and difficult for the target to detect. Upon detonation, it uses the target's fear and anxiety as fuel to burn the target's mind and soul. If Heart Flame detonates within the target's body, it deals destructive damage.

If the target has severe Heart Demon or current severe negative emotions, they will suffer additional damage. Heart Flame's damage depends on the difference between the user's Inspiration and the target's Will."

Wu Chang used Inspiration to lock onto the radish spirit below ground, waiting until it entered the Heart Flame's range before launching a Heart Flame at it.

Heart Flame, being a mental flame, wasn't impeded by the earth, precisely landing on the radish spirit.

Heart Flame was the Fire Demon King Candle Yin Remains' forte, with high base damage; combined with the radish spirit's current fear, it was bound to take additional damage.

Adding Wu Chang's nearly 200 Inspiration Value,