All Chapters of The Rejected Disciple, Successor to The Demonic Path: Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
12 chapters
The Demon Was Actually Human
The four cultivators moved with the practiced coordination of men who had carried out hundreds of field operations together. At the same instant, they threw their Spirit Nets into the air.Whoosh!The nets spread wide, covering nearly fifty meters of desert beneath a web of spiritual light. Every thread glowed with condensed energy, making the formation appear impossible for any ordinary creature to escape.“Die!” one cultivator shouted, his eyes burning with the excitement of finally having a clear target.“You damned demon! Tonight will be the last night you breathe free air!” another roared, his voice carrying the resentment that had been building since that enormous shadow had covered the moon.The Spirit Nets hissed sharply as they tore through the air. The spiritual force contained in their threads restricted the creature’s movements, preventing it from moving as freely as before.Within moments, the demonic bat was trapped.The glowing nets wrapped tightly around its body, bind
The Army of the Dead
Han Shan sucked in a sharp breath. His eyes dropped to the hand that had blocked his saber, and what he saw stopped his retreat halfway. The skin was pale, like wax that had not touched light for a long time. Veins showed beneath that thin skin, but they did not pulse like the veins of a living person. No warmth came from the hand. There was no body heat, no sign of life, no trembling pulse. There was only pressure, heavy and cold, like stone that had somehow learned to move. An undead corpse. “What... what is that?” a cultivator behind Han Shan stepped back twice. His voice was barely more than a whisper. “Where did it come from?” “I did not see it earlier,” another cultivator said. His eyes searched for the place from which the creature had appeared, but found no answer. “It was not there before