Chapter 256: The Demi-God Corpse Curse Sword Immortal, The Netherworld's Ink City, and the Martial S

Chapter 256: The Demi-God Corpse Curse Sword Immortal, The Netherworld's Ink City, and the Martial Saint's Stand

At the Drunken Goose Tower.

A gentle breeze blew, and the night was as calm as water, with the silver moon resembling a tilted spring.

The Heavens and Earth Chessboard spanned the sky, shimmering with flowing light, its crisscrossing lines adorning the starry sky.

Li Che wore an Ox Demon mask, and within his eyes, faint golden lightning seemed to intertwine and burst forth.

He stared at the man in front of him, Huang Jianjiu, who wore a gentle smile.

A grand family with a history of three thousand years of rise and fall.

He wanted to take a trip.

To kill some dogs.

Was Huang Jianjiu planning to deal with the Su family?

With his own strength?

Difficult!

Beneath the mask, Li Che's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he shook his head, not optimistic about Huang Jianjiu's plan.

Although Huang Jianjiu was very powerful, on par with You Liqing in his prime, even if Huang Jianjiu joined the Corpse God Cult and gained some means to enhance his strength...

But the Su family was the first family in the Primordial Dao City, with an extremely rich foundation built over three thousand years of rise and fall.

How could Huang Jianjiu alone oppose them?

Li Che had also been wanting to take action against the Su family, after all, Su Heilian had once harbored ill intentions, wanting the younger generation of the Su family to target Xixi, aiming to interfere with her emotionally.

This was something Li Che, as a father, couldn't bear.

The Su family wanted to use underhanded means, deceiving his daughter's emotions!

It was unforgivable.

So, Li Che took action and killed Su Heilian, but...

That was all he could do.

Wishing to wipe out the entire Su family was, for now, beyond his capabilities; the difficulty was too great.

After all, within the Su family, there were Divine Embryo Realm cultivators.

Additionally, according to You Liqing's popularization of the Four Transformations of Divine Embryo and the classification of Martial Sage's Four Openings, Li Che felt that the Su family might have more than just one Divine Embryo or Martial Saint.

Divine Embryos and Martial Saints were the true foundation of a power, the capital of a great family's heritage. How could they easily expose this to outsiders?

So, when Li Che learned that Huang Jianjiu wanted to go to the Su family to kill some people...

He thought it was just a suicide mission.

The gentle breeze blew past, stirring their robes.

Huang Jianjiu, carrying a yellow pear wood sword case on his back, gently caressed the wine gourd in his hand, covered in sword scars, and looked up at the bright moon, his gaze complex.

"Ox Demon..."

"Do you know how beautiful the first moonlight you see in your life is?"

Huang Jianjiu spoke softly.

"When you're at your lowest point, when no one believes in you, when everyone laughs at you, when they think you're just a waste..."

"A ray of moonlight shines down, giving you confidence and faith..."

"That moment of moonlight will be remembered for a lifetime."

Huang Jianjiu's voice was very gentle.

Li Che pressed his face, suppressing the Cuddly Bull mask. His voice was hoarse.

Huang Jianjiu held the wine gourd, looked at the Ox Demon, and smiled, "It's just..."

"I want to make the Su family feel pain."

"The head of the Su family, Su Wenxi, is a Martial Saint at the first opening, in the realm of the Human Dan."

"The Su family's Divine Talisman Demi-Sage, Su Daoling... Divine Embryo at the first transformation, with the heart, lungs, and kidneys transformed."

"These are the Su family's openly known Martial Saint and Divine Embryo Realm experts..."

Huang Jianjiu raised the wine gourd and took a sip.

His throat moved as if savoring the girl's feelings that had been brewing in the wine for twenty years.

"For the past twenty years, I've been investigating the Su family. Apart from these two known experts, the Su family's greatest foundation is actually the previous generation's head, Su Wenxi's father, the Su family's elder, Su Leibao, a powerful Martial Saint at the second opening, in the realm of the Qi Sea."

Upon hearing this, Li Che's eyes slightly narrowed.

Indeed, these grand families that could sit in the Dao City for a thousand years had a foundation beyond imagination.

There were two Martial Saints and one Divine Embryo! Even in the Primordial Divine Sect, the total number of Martial Saints and Divine Embryos was only six!

The three elders, the Grand Master, and the Lady of the Divine Carving Peak, as well as the peak master Gongshu Jingjun and the grand elder Tang Xiejia...

The Grand Master's wife, Xuan Qisha, was in a special state and could also be considered a Divine Embryo.

But the Primordial Divine Sect and the Su family were different; the Su family was a family power!

someone's having a rough time.

Having such a foundation was truly unbelievable.

The Zhou, Yun, and Zhong families, the three great powers of the Dao City, couldn't compare to the Su family!

Li Che slowly exhaled, his tall body trembling with veins. "You know the Su family's foundation, yet you still want to go to your death?"

Huang Jianjiu laughed.

His unkempt and unruly demeanor reappeared.

"So what?"

"It's all the same in the end."

Huang Jianjiu narrowed his eyes, looking at the Ox Demon.

"Brother Ox Demon, I joined the Corpse God Cult and borrowed their power..."

"I know I won't survive."

"Even if the Netherworld doesn't come for me, I don't have much time left..."

"The Su family isn't a good bunch, and neither is the Corpse God Cult! Let them fight among themselves."

"And I'll be the meat bun!"

"Hahahaha..."

"Let's go."

Huang Jianjiu laughed.

His gaze fell on the boss lady sleeping soundly on the table, and his eyes revealed a trace of melancholy.

"If there's a next life..."

"I'll drink your wine again."

...

...

The Su family was the first grand family in the Primordial Dao City.

They controlled many strange shrines, and among the six strange shrines in the Dao City, the Su family owned two.

In the vast expanse, two strange shrines stood, one named the Lotus Jail Nod Random Soul Strange Shrine and the other, the Lotus Jail Mouth Roar Soul Shock Strange Shrine. For thousands of years, these shrines held great importance to the Su family, nurturing countless divine essence experts.

Su Daoling, the Divine Talisman Demi-Sage of the Su family, resided in the Lotus Jail Nod Random Soul Strange Shrine, while the hidden elder, Su Leibang, guarded the Lotus Jail Mouth Roar Soul Shock Strange Shrine.

These two shrines seemed to share a peculiar bond, positioned closely together. The deities within could even unite in a unique manner, unleashing a pressure akin to the Five Elders' rank, rivaling the power of a Five Elders' rank shrine deity.

Thus, although the Su family didn't control the Five Elders' shrines, their understanding of the deities' divine essence granted them the might of the Five Elders' rank.

The shrines were not far from the Su family's mansion, surrounded by thick, eerie mists. The Strange Palaces were contained within this range, preventing their spread.

Su Daoling, the Divine Talisman Demi-Sage, slowly opened his eyes within the house with its flying eaves and upturned corners. His sleeves billowed as he glanced at the bright moonlit night.

But a slight frown creased his brow. "Why do I feel a sense of unease tonight?"

Shaking his head, his gaze fell on the Lotus Jail Nod Random Soul Strange Shrine before him.

This unease likely originated from the strange shrine.

Suddenly, Su Daoling's eyes narrowed slightly, noticing the eerie mists within the Strange Palace being drawn by an unseen force, rising in a thunderous surge like a towering wave.

Su Daoling's brow furrowed, and with a flick of his fingers, numerous yellow and black talismans took flight in the wind.

Turning slowly, he looked into the distance.

There, a figure had appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

Tall and slender, dressed in black robes, a mask concealed their face, smooth and adorned with faint starlight.

Under the moonlit sky, they shimmered with starlight.

"Hunter Pavilion?"

"Constellation Killer?"

Surprise flashed across Su Daoling's aged face.

Who could it be?

To summon a killer from Hunter Pavilion? But this Constellation Killer didn't seem to be here to assassinate him...

Instead, they appeared to be blocking his path.

Su Daoling's gaze halted, and he turned towards the Su family mansion, his pupils narrowing slightly.

The Constellation Killer from Hunter Pavilion stretched lazily, a smile on their face. "Someone spent decades of savings, pinching pennies for drinks, just to hire me, a Constellation Killer from Hunter Pavilion..."

"You know we at Hunter Pavilion never refuse business, especially when the client is so sincere..."

Su Daoling's face turned cold.

With a flick of his fingers, countless talismans soared into the sky, emitting a mysterious glow and ripples.

However, a terrifying blade light swept across, like a surging sea, omnipresent like the moonlight!

The air tore, and the dazzling talisman lights were extinguished!

The Constellation Killer, holding a long knife diagonally, blocked Su Daoling's path.

A mocking laugh echoed.

"We do as we're paid, Elder Su. Please understand."

...

...

The Lotus Jail Mouth Roar Soul Shock Strange Shrine stood, ancient and profound.

Black tiles reflected the moonlight, like a light veil, shimmering softly.

The Su family had set up a building around the strange shrine.

Su Leibang, the elderly patriarch, seemed to sense the energy emanating from the Lotus Jail Nod Random Soul Strange Shrine, slowly opening his eyes.

"Hunter Pavilion?"

Su Leibang's body was frail, as if enveloped in death energy, on the verge of sinking into the earth.

"To openly target our Su family's Divine Talisman Demi-Sage? This isn't the style of Hunter Pavilion's assassins..."

Su Leibang's brow furrowed.

Gripping a dragon-head cane, he slammed it to the ground, ready to rush out of the building to aid Su Daoling.

After all, a Divine Talisman Demi-Sage was too important to the Su family to lose.

But as he struck the cane, Su Leibang paused, slowly raising his head to look at the ink-black roof above.

His cloudy eyes seemed to pierce through the black-tiled roof.

On the roof stood a figure, clad in a scholar's robe, with a long, beautiful beard, holding a book, quietly reading as if detached from the world.

Su Leibang's eyes narrowed slightly.

"The Inner Sect Great Elder of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect..."

"Fang Hanshu?"

...

...

Huang Jianjiu, wearing a tattered robe, strode with a large yellow pear wood sword case on his back.

The moonlit night was clear and bright, like a silver veil.

Li Qingshan, wearing the Ox Demon Mask, activated the Sleeping Dragon Elephant, merging with the darkness as if disappearing into the heavens and earth.

With a thought, the Heaven and Earth Chessboard shrank and hovered above Huang Jianjiu's head, isolating his aura.

Huang Jianjiu's steps halted as he sensed the distorted energy field around him, his eyes flashing with a bright light.

His aura seemed to vanish from the world.

A slight smile curved his lips. Huang Jianjiu felt like he had experienced the services of the Netherworld.

Unfortunately, having sworn allegiance to the Corpse God Cult and received the Corpse Curse Seal, he had no way back. The Netherworld was likely out of reach.

Clenching his fists, he held the broken iron sword at his waist, a gift from Ping'er, his first sword.

Grasping this ordinary iron sword, carrying the massive sword case, and wearing a wine gourd adorned with sword marks at his waist, he walked with a light, unhurried pace.

Above, countless stars emerged from behind the clouds, bringing a breeze that cleared the mist, revealing a moonlit night with a touch of brightness.

From the Drunken Goose Tower to the Su family mansion, a long journey of fifteen li.

Huang Jianjiu's steps were slow but not sluggish. With each step, silver sword lights seemed to bloom beneath his feet, like lotus flowers.

Li Qingshan hid in the darkness, following from a distance.

He was curious.

What was Huang Jianjiu planning? Compared to the Su family, his power alone was insignificant."

The Su family was a true giant, with two Martial Saints and a Divine Embryo expert.

How could Huang Jianjiu stand against them? Yet, if needed, Li Qingshan wouldn't hesitate to intervene.

In the ancient city of Ink, a three-thousand-year-old noble family residence stood, occupying a vast area like a small city within its walls. The grand entrance of the Su Manor was closed, its grandeur not exuding arrogance or dominance.

Huang Jian Jiu, with his disheveled appearance, stood gazing at the Su Manor's imposing gates. Behind the high walls, countless pairs of aged and lonely eyes seemed to peer out, longing for the outside world. Countless talented women who entered were forever trapped, their gifts consumed to perpetuate the Su family's noble lineage.

Huang Jian Jiu closed his eyes, recalling when Su Wuming, the third on the True Lineage Scroll, had brought him into the Su Manor. They passed through courtyard after courtyard, seeing elderly women with pale, withered faces like dried wood, imprisoned in their enclosures.

Finally, led by Su Wuming, Huang Jian Jiu saw the girl he had been thinking of—the girl who had lost her youth, leaning against the railing, her eyes devoid of spirit.

The old woman, upon seeing Huang Jian Jiu, seemed startled. She covered her face with her hands, letting out a shrill, terrified scream.

"Run!"

"You run!"

That scream was like a sharp sword cutting through Huang Jian Jiu's heart.

The scene deeply affected Huang Jian Jiu, unsettling his state of mind. He acknowledged that Su Wuming had succeeded in disrupting his mental clarity.

Huang Jian Jiu's killing intent was also stirred. Closing his eyes, he opened them again, and in the next instant, his eyes seemed to be filled with sword Qi, cold and sharp like the winter sky's icy glare, exuding extreme cruelty.

Huang Jian Jiu slammed the yellow pear wood sword case onto the ground before him. Spider-web-like cracks appeared, spreading out from his body, and the fine gravel seemed to float, isolated by an invisible force.

Huang Jian Jiu's disheveled clothes fluttered in the wind as he lifted his head, his black hair wild. The next moment, he slapped the sword case. The case vibrated with a hum, and after a breath, it exploded into countless fragments.

A sword suddenly slid out, smooth and sleek.

Whoosh! The silver moonlight seemed to be split in two by the sword's light.

It was like a smooth, pure white mountain peak, instantly shimmering with infinite sword light!

The sword, standing vertically, hovered in front of Huang Jian Jiu.

In an instant, concentric circles of white sword light expanded!

In the distance, Li Che watched from behind the Bull Demon mask, seeing this pure white sword.

"What a powerful sword!"

Li Che's eyes stung just from a glance.

His hairs stood on end, and the blood within him seemed to freeze.

At the Niwan point, his flesh tore.

His Star-Snatching Eyes shone with dazzling golden light.

With profound insight, Li Che looked up and saw the floating white sword, its light flowing like a white-robed, flawless swordsman holding a sword, barely visible.

It was incredibly illusory yet incredibly real!

Like a heavenly sword immortal, a sword was drawn in the mortal world.

Within it, Li Che felt an intense...

"The power of the strange shrine!"

"From the Five Elders' strange shrine, the rank of Lu Xuan Sword Immortal?"

Li Che's eyes flashed with dazzling electricity.

He raised his hand, and in an instant, the Heavens and Earth Chessboard soared, expanding in mid-air to envelop the Su Manor, including Huang Jian Jiu.

Huang Jian Jiu's hair flew in the wind as his disheveled clothes flapped.

"Hahaha! Bull Demon brother, thank you!"

The Heavens and Earth Chessboard isolated the flow of spiritual energy, buying Huang Jian Jiu more time.

The next moment, he looked at the broken sword case, revealing a pure white sword—the sword he had nurtured for decades, unsheathed today.

"The Sword Immortal's sword..."

Huang Jian Jiu stepped forward.

Boom! The earth trembled as countless sword Qi surged from beneath the ground, flooding into the sky. Huang Jian Jiu's body was torn by the sword Qi, his disheveled clothes shredded.

His body was covered in bloodstains.

The power of this sword...

...had surpassed the limit a Grand Master could bear.

Huang Jian Jiu couldn't withstand it!

His body would be torn apart by the raging sword Qi.

But Huang Jian Jiu was prepared. He raised his hand to his forehead, and a black mark, the Five Elders' Mid-Rank Corpse Curse Seal, suddenly appeared.

The surging death and corpse Qi instantly spread, all of it sucked into Huang Jian Jiu's body.

His body suddenly glowed with a black jade luster.

On his black jade-like body, countless curse marks wound around, like a blooming flower of curses!

It was the crystallization of intense death and corpse Qi.

Black Jade Flower, Demi-God Body!

In the distance, Li Che's eyes shone with golden currents.

So that was it.

Huang Jian Jiu intended to use the Corpse God Sect's Corpse Curse Seal, harnessing the boundless death and corpse Qi within, to temper his body into a Demi-God form!

Even if only temporarily, he could withstand the power of this sword!

Crossing the barrier between Grand Master and Martial Saint, he attained Martial Saint strength!

Buzzing! In front of the Su Manor, a dazzling sword hummed, its light blazing like the sun. Radiant sword light shone for dozens of miles, imbuing everything with flowing light.

"Su Manor!"

"Huang Jian Jiu has come to kill today!"

...

...

In the Su Manor's main hall, the family head, Su Wenxi, was handling affairs. The death of the Divine Carving Master, Su Huai Ming, greatly impacted the Su family's Divine Carving business.

Su Wenxi had to minimize this impact. Su Huai Ming had undertaken many Divine Carving tasks before his death, so Su Wenxi had to pay a high price to reserve other Divine Carving Masters to fulfill the Su family's client orders.

Suddenly.

"Su Family!"

"Huang Jian Jiu has come to kill today!"

The voice was like a tidal wave, exploding with a thunderous roar, causing a mighty gust of wind.

Su Wenxi's face changed slightly, and he immediately felt an overwhelming and dazzling sword intent and sword aura!

"Who?"

"Huang Jian Jiu?!"

Su Wenxi's face turned angry.

Boom! With a single step, the entire mansion shook, and a white, terrifying sword aura exploded, with blood-red energy surging like a raging dragon's roar.

In just an instant, he had already appeared above the Su family mansion.

At the entrance, Huang Jian Jiu was surrounded by death energy and corpse aura, gripping a terrifyingly pure white sword, the sword of a sword immortal...

The majestic sword intent pierced through the clouds, piercing the sky and the layers of clouds, allowing the moonlight to shine down.

"How dare you!"

"You're asking for death!"

"Huang Jian Jiu, how dare you cause trouble at the Su family?!"

Su Wenxi had been feeling angry and frustrated due to a series of recent events, and seeing Huang Jian Jiu's attack, his anger surged, and he roared like a thunderclap.

The sound of the waves echoed everywhere, but it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and was suppressed.

Su Wenxi's eyes narrowed.

Suddenly, he looked up.

His eyes shone with golden light, and he saw an invisible chessboard spanning the sky in the veiled realm.

"This is..."

"The Netherworld!"

"Huang Jian Jiu, you're colluding with the Netherworld?!"

Su Wenxi's body trembled, and his blood surged with anger, as if it had been ignited again.

The air exploded with a loud bang, and invisible ripples were visible to the naked eye, like cracks in the ground, spreading like a spider web.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Inside the Su family mansion, wave after wave of mighty energy erupted and raged.

These were the grandmasters and divine essence realmen of the Su family.

"Huang Jian Jiu?"

Su Wuming, third on the true lineage scroll of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, also soared into the sky from the Su family courtyard.

Looking outside the mansion, Huang Jian Jiu's face changed as he held the terrifying sword intent and sword aura, like the blazing sun.

He had gone mad!

Huang Jian Jiu had lost his mind!

What was he trying to do?

Attack their Su family with his own strength?

Where did he get this courage?

This was asking for death!

Didn't he want to live anymore?

However, Su Wuming's face soon showed a hint of joy because if Huang Jian Jiu died, he would become second on the true lineage scroll of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect.

Huang Jian Jiu's body turned black like jade, blooming with black flowers, his eyes becoming pitch-black, and his pupils blood-red.

This was a demi-god's body, a complete corpse transformation, no longer human!

According to reason, after the demi-god transformation, Huang Jian Jiu's will should have been dominated by the corpse curse seal, but he used the divine nature of Lu Xuan's sword immortal to forcefully suppress this will of the corpse god.

It was like getting a free upgrade from the mid-rank corpse curse seal of the Five Elders, without paying the price of will corruption.

Su Wenxi, the patriarch of the Su family, was a martial sage with an open physical body great pill, and his martial prowess was extremely powerful, with a booming and overwhelming aura.

With his five fingers, countless streams of energy were crushed into five raging torrents.

Su Wenxi's keen eyes instantly saw through Huang Jian Jiu's plan and confidence.

"Borrowing the demi-god corpse of the Corpse God Cult, wielding the sword of a sword immortal, and obtaining the martial sage's sword is indeed impressive... but that's all."

"With me here, who do you think you can kill?"

Su Wenxi snorted, and his entire body seemed to radiate a brilliant light, stirring up the energy of heaven and earth. As a martial sage, he was in tune with the world.

He could harness the power of heaven and earth for himself, and his strength was already extraordinary.

Boom!

With a single step, countless energy waves chased after him, and he charged forward at an incredibly fast speed.

The surging blood energy was like a raging tide, turning the world upside down.

With a clenched fist, the surrounding energy was stirred, turning into a vast ocean.

He aimed at Huang Jian Jiu, who held the dazzling sword intent like the blazing sun.

He wanted to punch and shatter the sword qi sun.

He wanted to punch and explode this madman who dared to challenge a true martial sage with the body of a grandmaster.

Huang Jian Jiu's black hair flew wildly, his bloodshot eyes rolling, and his five fingers gripped the sword of a sword immortal, pointing from afar.

Suddenly.

Huang Jian Jiu's eyes focused.

But then.

Like a cannonball, Su Wenxi looked up.

In an instant, he felt a pitch-black city, like ink, materialize from the mirage-like haze, and it fell from the sky with a mighty crash.

It seemed like an endless sea of thick ink.

The city was tall and majestic, deep and eerie, shrouding Su Wenxi, who couldn't gauge its height or depth.

In front of everyone's eyes!

Su Wenxi, the proud patriarch of the Su family, a martial sage with an open physical body great pill.

He had suddenly disappeared!

Huang Jian Jiu was stunned.

The corpse curse seal on his forehead twitched and struggled, and a strand of sword qi, like a countdown pillar of smoke, was fighting against the will of the corpse god.

He didn't have much time.

At this moment, after understanding the situation, he burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"Thank you, Bull Demon!"

According to Huang Jian Jiu's plan, by borrowing the demi-god corpse of the Corpse God Cult and combining it with the power of the sword immortal shrine deity, he could use the sword of the sword immortal to stop Su Wenxi.

Then, he would take advantage of this time to attack the Su family.

But now, Su Wenxi had been taken away by the Netherworld using mysterious means...

Although he didn't know how long Bull Demon could hold off this martial sage...

It was enough!

Huang Jian Jiu...

Without the martial sage's obstruction, he was like a runaway mad horse.

The Su family was an easy target for him.

Huang Jian Jiu laughed wildly, his black hair swirling like a demon, his demi-god body twitching and shaking, and his five fingers gripping the sword of a sword immortal.

"Kill!"

In an instant—

He pushed horizontally!

With just one sword.

Like a raging wind, the golden crow spanned the sky, and all things bowed in submission.

Su Wuming, still shocked by the sudden disappearance of the martial sage patriarch Su Wenxi.

He felt his hair standing on end.

The next moment.

Feeling his heart and neck turn cold, he realized his head had been chopped off and was flying three zhang high.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter end