Guan Qingsi took Wang Xiaoqiang into the air. Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang holding onto her, unwilling to use his spiritual power to fly, Guan Qingsi felt both shy and angry, and said coquettishly, "How long do you plan to hold me?"

"Guanguan Jiejie, your clothes are wet. I'll dry them for you!" Wang Xiaoqiang said earnestly. With a thought, he channeled fire element spiritual energy from the Five Elements Spirit Spring, circulating it around his body.

Under the roasting of the fire element spiritual energy, Wang Xiaoqiang's robe quickly dried. At the same time, the fire element spiritual energy was transmitted from Wang Xiaoqiang's body to Guan Qingsi, drying her white dress as well.

The intimate and ambiguous situation of them sticking together while drying each other's clothes made Guan Qingsi very embarrassed. To divert Wang Xiaoqiang's attention, she said, "Such pure fire element spiritual energy! Little Qiang, you must have a fire element spirit root, right?"

Wang Xiaoqiang laughed and said, "Why don't you check and see for yourself?"

Guan Qingsi used her divine sense to examine Wang Xiaoqiang and then exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Little Qiang, you... you don't have a spirit root... how is that possible?"

"I really don't have a spirit root..." Wang Xiaoqiang said with a smile.

"Then, how can you emit such pure spiritual energy?"

"That's a secret. I will only tell that secret to my future wife..." Wang Xiaoqiang said with a smile, "Guanguan Jiejie, do you want to hear it?"

"Pah! I don't want to hear it!" Guan Qingsi pushed Wang Xiaoqiang away, turning around shyly, leaving him with a graceful back view.

Wang Xiaoqiang stared at the charming back and changed the topic, "Uh, by the way, Guanguan Jiejie, where did that lotus flower go just now?"

Guan Qingsi turned around, her expression serious, and said, "Mundane appearances are all illusions! That lotus was a 'Phantom Lotus' conjured by a demoness with illusion techniques. This kind of ghostly technique only manifests in the dark and dissipates as soon as it encounters sunlight..."

"So it was an illusion. Then didn't I sleep on that Phantom Lotus for the whole night?" Wang Xiaoqiang stretched lazily, "But it was quite comfortable."

Guan Qingsi's face changed, becoming solemn as she tightly stared at Wang Xiaoqiang, "Little Qiang, did you encounter a demoness last night?"

"That's right!"

"Then, did you and the demoness do... that...?" Guan Qingsi couldn't dare to imagine further.

"Haha, Guanguan Jiejie, your imagination is too wild. If I had really done that with a demoness, I'd be a dried corpse by now!"

Guan Qingsi couldn't help but blush at his words. It was true; if Wang Xiaoqiang had done that with a demoness, he wouldn't be standing lively in front of her now.

"Then, you..."

"I killed all four demonesses!" Wang Xiaoqiang extended his hand, pulling out his dragon tendon, and pointed at the four demon heads on it, smiling proudly.

Guan Qingsi glanced at the dragon tendon and saw that it indeed had four demoness heads. Moreover, it was strung with eighty-two demon heads in total, making her exclaim in admiration, "Little Qiang, not bad. Killing eighty-two demons in one day, your achievement surpasses mine..."

"Just okay," Wang Xiaoqiang said with a faint smile, "Besides, demon-slaying achievements aren't just about quantity but also quality. Whoever can kill a Demon Emperor would surely rank first."

"A Demon Emperor..." Guan Qingsi smiled bitterly, "The power of a Demon Emperor, even if not as strong as an Immortal Emperor, is equivalent to an Immortal King. None of us Immortal Heroes could face a Demon Emperor alone. Encountering a Demon Emperor would be quite the misfortune..."

"Yes, let's hope none of us encounter a Demon Emperor," Wang Xiaoqiang said, "But I do hope to encounter the North Sea Demon King and kill him to eliminate future troubles..."

"Alright, Little Qiang, it's getting late. Let's part ways here. I hope you achieve great results." Guan Qingsi said as she flew northward.

"Guanguan Jiejie, results are secondary; safety is the most important," Wang Xiaoqiang shouted after her. He was still worried about Guan Qingsi.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Guan Qingsi's voice echoed even as she flew away into the distance.

Watching Guan Qingsi's figure disappear into the ocean and sky, Wang Xiaoqiang collected his thoughts and headed deep into the North Sea.

That day was another clear, beautiful day.

The sky was clean, the sea vast, with an infinite horizon.

Wang Xiaoqiang released two spirit springs, using them to fly. As he flew, he expanded his divine sense to search for demons.

Wang Xiaoqiang liked challenges and didn't want to waste time, so he ignored minor demon soldiers and targeted demon generals or even demon kings.

Wang Xiaoqiang was busy all day, continuously slaying demons. By nightfall, forty-six more demon heads were strung on his dragon tendon, more than thirty of which were demon generals'. His Sumeru Ring also contained forty-six demon hearts.

Unfortunately, he didn't encounter any demon kings.

Especially his arch-nemesis, the North Sea Demon King.

His main purpose in this journey was not just to slay demons but mostly to kill the North Sea Demon King.

Without killing the North Sea Demon King, Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't feel at ease, fearing the king would come for revenge one day and harm innocents. Wang Xiaoqiang didn't want innocent people to die because of his feud with the North Sea Demon King.

That evening, Wang Xiaoqiang landed on an uninhabited island, releasing Little Qing to catch fish in the sea.

After eating fish, Wang Xiaoqiang ordered Little Qing to stand guard while he slept in her embrace.

At midnight.

A whirlwind suddenly arose from nowhere, sweeping towards Wang Xiaoqiang and Little Qing. At the center of the whirlwind was a head filled with evil qi.

The whirlwind, carrying the head, rushed at Wang Xiaoqiang and Little Qing.

Little Qing let out a cry, whipping her long tail towards the head in the whirlwind.

The head suddenly opened its eyes and mouth, biting onto Little Qing's tail.

Ah!

Little Qing screamed in pain.

Awakened by the sound, Wang Xiaoqiang saw the whirlwind with the head biting Little Qing's tail. His expression turned stern as he took out the Sun-Shooting Bow and shot an arrow at the head.

Whoosh!

The air-shattering sound rang out as the Gang Qi arrow, accompanied by electric arcs, shot towards the head.

The head seemed to recognize the danger and quickly released its bite to dodge.

"Boy, tonight, let's see where you can run!"

At that moment, a voice sounded. Along with it, a figure appeared on the island, standing before Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang glanced around, his eyes fixing on the figure as he pronounced each word with emphasis, "North Sea Demon King!"

"Indeed, it is I!" The North Sea Demon King, hands behind his back, stood arrogantly, "I've been looking for you for a while!"

In fact, while Wang Xiaoqiang was searching for the North Sea Demon King, the North Sea Demon King was also searching for him.

Since their battle at the Luoo River, the North Sea Demon King recognized Wang Xiaoqiang's strength. While secretly marveling at his great power, he also realized that he alone was not enough to kill Wang Xiaoqiang.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com