Shen Yi's fist came round and drove into the point between the Divine Wind Demon Emperor's brows. The talisman there shuddered violently, then tore with a rip, shattered outright, and crumbled away to ash!

The force of the punch did not slacken; it landed squarely on the frontal bone.

Squelch—

The bead, which had looked to be of gold and jade, proved in fact to be made of flesh; under Shen Yi's fist it burst and sprayed blood.

The slit that had housed it was torn wide by that vast force, and brilliant golden flame poured in like magma.

Bang!

The Divine Wind Demon Emperor was blown backward, its frontal bone split, golden flame taking over its whole face in an instant.

In the instant before it struck the ground—

Shen Yi came again, and a long boot came down on its chest; the densely pasted talismans burst one after another.

Until it was driven fully into the earth.

The Divine Wind Demon Emperor spat blood, its whole body bent like a prawn, its sternum broken and caved in. That boot pinned it in place like a driven stake, and struggle as it might, it could not shift so much as a hair.

Instinctively it tried to take its true form.

Only for the young man to lean down, long fingers closing round its throat. The flesh of its neck shuddered and swelled wildly, and never once broke past the limit of that hand.

The Divine Wind Demon Emperor's eyes went wide, and it spat a gale from its mouth.

An astral wind that could tear Nie Jun's body apart made the golden flame on Shen Yi waver only slightly.

The sound of wind in its mouth grew weaker and weaker.

It could only stare blankly as the man crushed its neck through, inch by inch.

【Spirit-Transformation-realm Divine Wind Demon Emperor slain — total lifespan 97,000 years, 16,000 years remaining — fully absorbed】

"Hah."

Shen Yi steadied his breathing, and the golden flame rippling over him sank slowly back into his skin.

Neither of these two great demons had much…