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Chapter 810: Slaying Demons with a Single Sword, It's Him!
Chapter 810: Slaying Demons with a Single Sword, It's Him!
"Fellow Daoist Seven Rhino, I have come to pay my respects to Lord Mountain-Flattening!"
A thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire Lingtian Pass, causing countless cultivators within the city to look up at the massive colorful rhino with despair in their eyes.
The defensive light curtain enveloping the city emitted an ear-piercing screeching sound as it gradually descended under the pressure of the beast's roar.
Some weaker cultivators fainted merely from the overwhelming sound.
Such power and ferocity indeed struck terror into the hearts of many.
However!
A burst of cheerful laughter suddenly dispelled the fear instilled by the beast's roar, instantly making countless people feel a sense of security.
"Fellow Daoist Seven Rhino, such rudeness is not befitting of a guest!"
It was the voice of the Lingtian City Lord.
Accompanying his voice, the Lingtian Pass formation suddenly changed.
The originally unchanging light curtain suddenly came to life, resembling a water screen that enveloped the sky.
As the colorful rhino forcefully pressed down, the water screen merely sank, but the deeper it sank, the more resilient it became. The light curtains on all sides surged like waves, seemingly intending to wrap around the giant beast.
By not competing, one can never be defeated by the world.
The Sevenhorn Overlord, who had originally intended to break through the Lingtian Pass formation with thunderous might, suddenly realized his ignorance at this moment.
How could such a formidable city's defensive formation be broken by him alone?
Even with his level of strength, at least three or more cultivators of similar power would be needed to forcibly break through the formation with brute force.
"Today, a direct assault is not feasible."
In an instant, the Sevenhorn Overlord made his decision.
Stamping his four hooves, he soared upwards.
The surrounding water currents seemed to form chains, attempting to pull him back down.
He remained unafraid, and the colorful patterns on his skin came to life, continuously dissipating the force.
Even so, his escape speed was much slower than his earlier descent.
Clearly, the Lingtian City Lord would not idly stand by and watch him leave.
"Sword, rise!"
A cheerful command rang out.
From the four directions of southeast, northwest, four ancient-style swords emerged within the grand water screen.
Water droplets fell, and the swords gradually emanated a brilliant glow.
"Go!"
Mysteriously, one sword suddenly broke free from the light curtain, transforming into a thousand-foot-long giant.
The giant sword rose to the sky, and in an instant, the ten-thousand-mile dark clouds collapsed, transforming into gray cloud puffs, resembling gray dandelions, frantically scattering in all directions.
The sword tip pointed diagonally downward, and it slashed downward.
Boom!
A deafening explosion shook the heavens and earth.
The colorful light burst forth, enveloping the entire sky.
Before the winds and waves could settle, a mournful roar echoed.
"Escape!"
A tiny black dot, barely discernible by the naked eye, shot out from the center of the storm, frantically fleeing towards the extreme east.
The Lingtian City Lord, clad in a blue robe, stood in the air above the city lord's mansion, watching this scene with regret.
He was not proficient in formation techniques and couldn't control the four mysterious swords simultaneously, thus failing to achieve complete success.
However!
"You may have escaped, but others won't be so lucky!"
He pointed with his fingers like swords, and with a single hand gesture, the giant sword split into four smaller swords, flying towards the four directions.
Mid-flight, the four swords further divided, and three more swords emerged.
In total, seven flying swords, each locking onto an invading Demon Sovereign.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The sound of breaking through the air was incessant.
Shachatamo, who was battling Qin Bai Xiang, revealed a horrified expression. Without a moment's hesitation, he ignored Qin Bai Xiang's attacks and trembled all over.
Whoosh!
A ray of spiritual light shot out from his body, and in the blink of an eye, he teleported a thousand miles away.
But in the next moment, one of the small swords pierced through his body.
Qin Bai Xiang coldly snorted, "Abandoning your body to escape, you got lucky."
At the same time.
In the northern district, the two Demon Sovereigns besieging Xiao Shi Niang revealed their true forms amidst the dense smoke, their bodies trembling with the fear of impending death.
Without a second thought, the two demons revealed themselves.
One had white feathers and a golden crown, with two legs and two wings, resembling a rooster.
The other had countless cracks on its body, and its feet numbered in the hundreds, its appearance bizarre and peculiar.
Xiao Shi Niang withdrew, and upon seeing the true forms of the two Demon Sovereigns, she raised her eyebrows.
"Golden Crowned White Rooster!"
"Thousand Clawed Howl Worm!"
After revealing their true forms, the two Demon Sovereigns reacted differently.
One screeched as it soared into the sky, while the other frantically tried to burrow into the ground.
The one that soared was not fast enough, and a sword beheaded it.
The one that burrowed was blocked by the formation, and a sword pierced its body. After a brief stalemate, countless sword lights burst out from its cracks.
Both met their demise, their souls annihilated, and their Nascent Souls ceased to exist!
Only the shattered Nascent Souls' boundless power formed a raging spiritual storm that swept through the skies above Lingtian Pass.
The water screen of the formation flowed, and within a few breaths, it absorbed the spiritual storm.
Everything seemed as if nothing had happened.
Xiao Shi Niang witnessed this scene, her eyes filled with fear, and she swallowed hard.
"Is this the formation set up by the Abyss School back then?"
Amidst her astonishment, she spread her divine sense towards the southern district.
There, in the darkness of night, countless fireflies flickered.
After the sword lights flashed, the night dissipated, and the fireflies fell.
"Did one escape?"
Xiao Shi Niang muttered, and in her line of sight, a deep black light fled from Lingtian Pass, leaving behind countless bloodstains.
Then, her gaze shifted once more.
Beyond the vast thousand-mile expanse, in the western part of the city, thunder and lightning flashed, revealing an overwhelming might.
A sword beam was currently engaged in a fierce battle with a black giant peng with wings that seemed to stretch to the heavens, its speed unmatched.
With just a glance, Xiao Shi Niang's pupils constricted.
"The opponent Dan Zong Luo Chen faced before was such a powerful cultivator?"
...
West of Lingtian Pass.
When the flying sword approached, Luo Chen knew that he would be out of options.
However, he did not retreat but stood firm in the air, using his Divine Sense to lock onto the Thunder Prison Phoenix.
"I'm leaving, and none of you can stop me!"
The Thunder Prison Phoenix roared, and its three-zhang-tall body suddenly trembled, revealing its massive true form amidst endless thunderous light.
Facing the flying swords that had separated from the city's protective array, it remained calm and unafraid, reaching out with its claws to grasp them.
Crack! Crackle!
Countless arcs of electricity moved with its body.
The flying swords swayed, slicing through large swaths of electric light.
After several rounds, the sword beams dimmed, no longer posing a threat to him.
Seeing this, the Thunder Prison Phoenix couldn't help but laugh arrogantly.
But this laughter abruptly stopped when one of the three suspended black swords slowly rose into the air.
He took a deep look at Luo Chen, then without hesitation, charged towards the heavens.
After he left, the unsettled Lingtian Pass seemed to instantly calm down.
The Lingtian City Lord felt a hint of regret.
The Thunder Demon Beast was incredibly fast, clearly proficient in body refinement techniques.
If only Brother Zhang were here.
Among all Thunder Cultivators, none could compare to him; they would all pale in comparison.
He exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and manipulated the array, and the remaining three black swords quietly returned to the array.
Outside the city, countless Demon Beasts, like a tide, approached from all directions.
He chuckled and instantly understood the plan of the Sevenhorn Overlord.
The eight Demon Sovereigns, powerful enough to break through the Lingtian Pass' protective array.
With the support of the Demon Beast army, they aimed to directly crush the Lingtian Pass.
It had to be said that this was too simple, too reckless, and too hasty.
"City cultivators, leave the city and kill the demons!"
At this command, the eastern gate opened, and countless cultivators rushed out like a flood, attacking the Demon Beasts that covered the mountains.
...
At the western gate.
Luo Chen slowly descended from the sky and landed on the city wall, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Did the Thunder Prison Phoenix recognize me?"
"Perhaps it did, perhaps not, but that's not important. What matters is that in this war between humans and demons in the East, the Cangwu Mountain has joined the fray!"
He clearly remembered that when the Thunder Prison Phoenix introduced itself, it said, "Under the seat of the Cangwu Mountain Great Sage!"
Obviously, the title of "Great Sage" was not a courtesy title bestowed by others, like the Nine Spirit Lord, but that of the Qixia Great Sage who was rumored to have fought the Refining Heaven Devil Lord a thousand years ago!
If she had joined, could the Abyss School really achieve its goal of unifying the East? Luo Chen couldn't be sure.
He also didn't know what kind of injuries the Qixia Great Sage had suffered in that life-and-death battle that even led to the downfall of the Refining Heaven Devil Lord a thousand years ago.
Had she recovered after a thousand years?
"In any case, such an unparalleled powerhouse probably wouldn't care about an unknown small fry like me!"
Luo Chen exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and scanned his surroundings.
Zeng Yilong and Yang Pingdu were leading the Heavenward Sect cultivators, protecting him.
"It's fine, you can all disperse now!"
Zeng Yilong asked with concern, "Senior, are you injured?"
Although their cultivation was not high enough, they could still clearly see the grand scene.
The Lingtian City Lord had just used his sword to repel the Sevenhorn Overlord.
And that sword beam, which had separated from the sword, was being eroded by the Thunder Prison Phoenix's overwhelming power.
Such an enemy had previously been faced by Luo Chen alone.
This couldn't help but make him worry.
In response, Luo Chen waved his hand.
"It's fine, this demon was quite polite. When it fought with me, it didn't use deadly force, and I escaped unscathed."
Hearing this, the crowd thought Luo Chen was being modest, but their hearts also settled.
Many people had a stereotypical impression of alchemists.
They believed that although their cultivation was high, their combat abilities were not particularly strong among their peers.
Since Luo Chen had made a name for himself in the alchemy world, others also had this stereotypical impression of him.
If he had used titles like Fire Spirit Lord, Qingyang Demon Lord, or even the title of the Wild Scattered Immortal, low-level cultivators probably wouldn't have thought this way.
Yang Pingdu tentatively asked, "Just now, the Lingtian City Lord ordered that there were numerous Demon Beasts attacking the eastern district, and he commanded the city's cultivators to leave and kill them. Should we go?"
Luo Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth, "There's no need to go, just guard this small area in the west."
After speaking, he left.
...
Inside the Flame Ridge, in an underground cave.
The Sevenhorn Overlord sat cross-legged, his hands pressing against the back of a woman in black.
As he exhaled, he commanded, "Go!"
The woman in black trembled as if struck by a heavy blow, her body shaking.
Under the impact of overwhelming power, a strand of sword qi burst out from her body.
The woman in dark golden clothes standing beside her saw this and her pupils constricted. She quickly dodged the strand of sword qi, allowing it to strike the ground and sink deep into the rock layer.
Pfft! The woman in black coughed up a mouthful of blood, but her complexion visibly improved.
"Are you alright, Lightless?" Darkglow asked with concern.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Lightless heaved a sigh of relief, "I'm fine. I managed to survive thanks to my clan's innate demonic art, but Darkglow..."
Darkglow sighed, "It's not just Darkglow. Even Clarincrown and Thunderhowl didn't make it. If I hadn't sensed the situation and retreated immediately, I might not have fared any better. Shachatamo is truly formidable. Even he had his physical body destroyed, and I saw him sever his tail like a gecko and escape, abandoning his body."
Fear flashed in Lightless' eyes, "Is the human formation truly this unmatched?"
Unlike many active Demon Sovereigns, Lightless and Darkglow had always resided deep within the Million Mountain Range, and if not for this summons from Emperor Tian, perhaps they would never have interacted with powerful human cultivators in their lifetime.
Previously, they had only heard about human cultivation, mastering a hundred arts and possessing countless means.
But these were limited to their killing techniques. They never imagined that a formation built upon a city could possess such terrifying power.
Darkglow remained silent, glancing discreetly at Overlord Sevenhorn with the corner of her eye.
On top of his head, a deep sword mark was etched on one of his horns.
It was a close call, as the sword nearly severed the horn!
Overlord Sevenhorn had withstood a full-powered sword strike!
Sensing his subordinate's gaze, Overlord Sevenhorn, who was meditating, slowly opened his eyes.
His face turned ashen, and his tone was heavy.
"This is not your fault, but I was too rash in this battle."
Lightless, who had just been saved by Sevenhorn, couldn't help but speak up, "Overlord..."
Overlord Sevenhorn interrupted him and turned to Darkglow.
"Where is Shachatamo?"
Darkglow replied, "He didn't return with me. He said that the price for helping you this time was too great, and the promise he owed you is now void."
Upon hearing this, Overlord Sevenhorn showed no reaction.
It was normal for Shachatamo not to return, after all, he had lost his physical body and only his Nascent Soul remained. If he appeared before them, he would be at their mercy.
As for the other promise Shachatamo owed him...
"It's fine, just forget about it!"
Overlord Sevenhorn sighed deeply.
After this battle, three of the ten Demon Sovereigns under his command had perished, and one was injured.
Although six remained, those six demons were not very obedient to his commands, and as a result, he instantly became a marginal figure among the nine Overlords.
"I was too eager for merit."
"The formation at Lingtian Pass requires at least four Overlord-level Demon Sovereigns to withstand it. To forcefully break through it, at least five or more are needed."
"If you don't want to personally engage, the only option is to use a protracted strategy and gradually deplete its power."
"The credit for breaking through the city doesn't belong to me, nor does it belong to any of them!"
After pondering, he instructed, "Darkglow, go to the frontlines and bring back the lower-level demons attacking Lingtian Pass... With the means of the Lingtian City Lord, there probably aren't many left. Bring back as many as you can!"
His tone became somber as he spoke.
Darkglow accepted the order and was about to leave.
"Be careful and ensure your safety!"
Darkglow's footsteps paused, "Thank you for your concern, Overlord!"
She departed once more.
After she left, lightning flashed within the cave.
"Sevenhorn, why are you in such a sorry state?"
Overlord Sevenhorn's face flashed with anger, "If you had faced that sword directly, you might not have survived! Moreover, if you hadn't applied enough pressure in the western city, how could the Lingtian City Lord calmly activate the formation and kill three of my Demon Sovereigns?"
As he spoke, the sharp Qi on his single horn on his forehead became more intense, and he grew angrier.
"I thought we had a good relationship. Back then, you sought my clan's Thunder Marsh Technique, and I lent it to you. Today, when I entrust you with a task, why don't you give it your all?"
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Facing his friend's interrogation, he furrowed his brows but knew that he had indeed fallen short previously.
He could only offer an excuse, "The western city's defender is strange."
"Strange? How so?"
"I don't know."
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Overlord Sevenhorn felt irritated and waved his hand.
"Go!"
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As he reached the horizon, he looked down at the distant plains outside Lingtian Pass.
There, a one-sided slaughter was taking place, with blood and gore everywhere.
East of Flame Ridge, a rolling demonic aura approached, and in its midst stood a golden yellow grand banner.
"Huang Man has also arrived! This won't bode well for Sevenhorn."
He felt slightly guilty, but the face of the white-robed figure kept flashing in his mind.
Suddenly!
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That face, unmoved by honor or disgrace, cold and composed, merged with another face from his memory—timid, servile, and ingratiating.
"So it's him!"
In the clear sky, thunder rumbled.
(End of Chapter)
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