The Demon with Holy Radiance-Chapter 146 - 131: A New Line of Thought, Senior Brother He Chuan, Come Out and Fight

'How do I pass this trial? Don't tell me I have to defeat everyone from the Life Crane Sect in this scene?'

Other than that, Yang An couldn't think of any other method that could be called a trial.

Logically, since the scene here was a reconstruction based on his memories, it meant that all his fellow disciples—and even the old bastard—were present.

Perhaps these sect brothers were the obstacles he now needed to overcome.

Thinking of this, Yang An couldn't help but look at the bracelet on his wrist, formed by the Six Golden Secret Seals.

He tried injecting a sliver of Mana into the bracelet.

The next moment, the entrance reappeared before him.

'I can leave this place anytime I want?'

Yang An was instantly overjoyed.

'Doesn't this mean that even if I fail the challenge this time, I can open the entrance and try again whenever I want in the future?'

'Wait!'

'If I think about it differently, being able to enter at any time... doesn't that mean I can use this place for sparring practice?'

After all, he had to challenge these sect brothers in the real world anyway. He might as well try it here first.

If he could kill these sect brothers here, he would have a much better chance of succeeding in reality!

At this thought, Yang An's eyes lit up. He suddenly felt that whatever treasure he might get from passing the trial no longer seemed so appealing.

These sect brothers, whose Cultivation Levels were identical to their real-world counterparts, were the most valuable treasure to him!

However, there was one thing he still needed to verify: could these guys display their true strength here, one hundred percent?

If they were merely based on his memories and couldn't use their real abilities, then the effectiveness of this training would be greatly diminished.

To find out, Yang An decided to start by trying to kill Pi Chu.

He left his residence and walked toward Pi Chu's. Before long, he arrived outside Pi Chu's home.

Corpse Slaves stood guard outside. Yang An couldn't be bothered to ask questions and simply flew up and over the wall.

As soon as he entered the residence, Yang An immediately saw Pi Chu inside the room, its door wide open.

Unlike in his memory, Pi Chu hadn't replaced his skin and flesh. Aside from the bloodshot eyes, he looked no different from a normal person.

However, a thick stench of blood still wafted from his room.

When he saw Yang An suddenly appear, Pi Chu's eyes lit up as if he had seen a pleasant surprise.

"Junior Brother Thirteen!"

"What brings you here, Junior Brother?"

He walked slowly toward Yang An, step by step, sizing him up and down with an undisguised, predatory hunger in his eyes.

Yang An didn't speak, just watched him quietly.

"You're here for the Cultivation Technique, aren't you, Junior Brother? Why not come in for a cup of tea?"

"You're not from Han State, are you, Junior Brother? The people from Han State have skin that's a bit more yellow or dark. You must be from... oh, right!"

He slapped his forehead as he spoke.

"Look at my memory! The old bastard said he brought you from Dingzhou!

You have such fine features, Junior Brother, and your skin is so fair and clean. It truly makes your Senior Brother envious."

Yang An still said nothing. This guy was as audacious as ever, openly calling their master "the old bastard."

Everything that followed was just as Yang An remembered. Pi Chu kept talking to himself as he suddenly closed in.

This time, however, Yang An instantly dodged using the Light and Shadow Escape Technique.

The gap in their Cultivation Levels was now too great. Pi Chu was only in the Primordial Feeding Realm, while he had already reached the Visceral Stone Realm. They were on completely different levels.

When he'd fought Pi Chu before, Pi Chu had died too quickly. Now, he just wanted to see if Pi Chu could display strength beyond what he remembered.

Seeing his attack so easily dodged, a look of surprise appeared on Pi Chu's face.

The next moment, the skin and flesh on his body bloomed open like a flower bud, and two massive hands shot out from within his gore, lunging at Yang An.

SHIING!

A flash of light shot past, and Pi Chu was instantly shredded into a shower of minced flesh that fell to the ground with a wet SPLAT.

The Light Wheel shook off the blood staining it and returned to its place behind Yang An.

To Yang An's surprise, the guy here really could display his true strength; it wasn't limited by his memories.

That's why Yang An had wasted no time in casually shredding Pi Chu to pieces.

But after killing Pi Chu, Yang An felt a little unsatisfied.

So he decided to go try killing Xuan Kang next.

At this point in time, Xuan Kang hadn't yet provoked the Fifth Senior Brother, nor had he been injured and entered his calamitous state. His strength should be at its peak.

Soon, after a dozen or so breaths, Yang An arrived at Xuan Kang's residence.

After landing in the courtyard, Yang An immediately sensed the aura inside the house. Xuan Kang was in there.

BANG!

Yang An used his Mana to blast the door into a shower of splinters.

Inside the room, a figure slowly raised its head and looked at Yang An with a somewhat dazed expression.

Xuan Kang also had the form of a normal person, with none of the changes from his calamitous state. He just stared at Yang An with a vacant look in his eyes, as if he hadn't yet processed what was happening.

Yang An knew that Xuan Kang was innately mentally deficient, a natural-born fool. So, he simply raised his hand, and a flash of Golden Radiance instantly broke Xuan Kang's arm, enraging him.

Xuan Kang let out a garbled roar and immediately charged at Yang An.

He was very fast. At the same time, a figure actually burst out from his body—a completely faceless, blood-drenched monster.

But just as Xuan Kang charged in front of Yang An, the blood-drenched monster instantly split from him, both attacking Yang An at once.

The next second, countless rays of Golden Radiance appeared, instantly engulfing both figures and turning them into a shower of blood in the blink of an eye.

Yang An turned and left.

Before long, he arrived at Zi Luan's residence.

Unlike Pi Chu and Xuan Kang, Zi Luan's Cultivation Level was at the Visceral Stone Realm. However, back then, his power had been sealed by the old bastard, so he was killed before he could display his full Visceral Stone Realm strength.

But the current Yang An wasn't afraid in the slightest. 'As if I'm not in the Visceral Stone Realm myself,' he thought.

When Yang An approached Zi Luan's residence, Zi Luan had already sensed him. He appeared before Yang An in the blink of an eye, frowning at him.

"What are you doing here?"

Zi Luan's tone was cold, his eyes filled with disdain.

This matched Yang An's impression of him perfectly.

"I want to test your strength."

Yang An grinned, speaking the honest truth.

He had never truly tested Zi Luan's full strength.

But Yang An's words instantly enraged Zi Luan.

"You're courting death!"

Since Yang An had come to his door to provoke him, he was allowed to attack and kill him directly. It wasn't against the rules.

The next second, Zi Luan instantly appeared in front of Yang An and threw a palm strike at him.

Yang An didn't dodge or evade. Just as Zi Luan's palm arrived, he threw a punch at Zi Luan with even greater speed, his fist instantly suffused with five-colored light.

BANG!

Zi Luan's figure was sent flying backward, smashing a large hole in the wall of his residence.

When he got back up, there was a hole in his chest pouring blood, but it healed within a few breaths.

"You're not in the Fake Food Realm?!"

He looked at Yang An in shock. He could clearly sense the aura of the Fake Food Realm Cultivation Level from Yang An, yet Yang An's strength was completely beyond his imagination.

Yang An didn't answer. He quietly waited for Zi Luan to use his true strength.

The next moment, Zi Luan, thoroughly enraged, revealed his true form.

Purple feathers sprouted from his flesh. The bones in his limbs tore through his skin, transforming into sharp talons. Long avian feathers grew from his hands, shimmering with a cold luster like metal.

The tip of every feather instantly ignited with dark purple flames, and even the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

In a single breath, Zi Luan had completely transformed into a giant, human-headed bird covered in flaming purple feathers.

This was his true form!

The next second, countless purple feathers shot from his body, flying toward Yang An.

But at the same time, innumerable rays of Golden Radiance erupted around Yang An, spinning around him and shielding him in an impenetrable defense.

A shower of sparks erupted in front of him, accompanied by the sound of clashing metal, but not a single feather could break through the defense of the Golden Radiance. All of them were knocked away.

But at that moment, Zi Luan blurred into a purple streak, appearing behind Yang An in a flash.

"Die!"

His sharp talons swung out at least a hundred times in the blink of an eye, attempting to tear Yang An to pieces in an instant.

But the next moment, a blinding light burst from Yang An's body. Finding an opening, one of his hands plunged directly into Zi Luan's body and held him fast!

As a look of panic appeared on Zi Luan's face, the light completely engulfed him.

Two breaths later, when the light faded, Zi Luan's figure had vanished completely, turned to ash.

"Still so weak!"

Yang An shook his head. 'And here I thought Zi Luan would be strong once he used his real power. Is that all he's got?'

But despite his disappointment, he had at least confirmed his theory. Here, these sect brothers could indeed use their true strength; it wasn't limited to his memories.

His guess was correct.

This place could absolutely serve as his personal training ground!

So, after dealing with Zi Luan, Yang An thought for a moment and decided his next target would be the Eighth Senior Brother, Jiang Hechuan.

Although he already possessed the complete set of Cultivation Techniques for the Visceral Stone Realm and could, in reality, skip Jiang Hechuan and directly challenge a sect brother with a Corpse Transformation Realm technique...

...here, he still wanted to probe Jiang Hechuan's true capabilities.

After all, in the real world, Jiang Hechuan had killed the Seventh Senior Brother, Shi Hu, and taken his Late Stage Visceral Stone Realm Cultivation Technique.

This meant he definitely possessed the strength of the Late Stage Visceral Stone Realm.

So, what came next was the real main event! The real challenge!

Leaving Zi Luan's residence, Yang An headed for the Eighth Senior Brother's home. Not wasting any time, he flew directly there, arriving in just a dozen or so breaths.

This wasn't reality, so Yang An didn't need to bother with pleasantries. He was here to uncover Jiang Hechuan's true secrets.

So, after sensing the aura within the residence, he got straight to the point. Countless rays of Golden Radiance blasted straight through the gate of Jiang Hechuan's home.

"Senior Brother He Chuan, come out and fight!"

As the saying goes: be timid in reality, but strike hard in the trial! At the same time, Yang An was mentally prepared to use the Six Golden Secret Seals on his wrist to escape at a moment's notice.

With a foolproof plan in place, as long as he could see Jiang Hechuan's true capabilities, he would fight if he could win, and flee if he couldn't.

But just as Yang An was warily anticipating how Jiang Hechuan would appear and attack, an unexpected scene unfolded.

In an instant, countless figures appeared from all directions. A dense, teeming mass of heads, numbering at least a thousand at a glance, surrounded him, making his Scalp tingle.

They were all Corpse Slaves!

Yang An even saw the figure of the Corpse Slave Fugui among them!