Chapter 140 - 113: The Descent of the Celestial Dao Title

Chapter 140: Chapter 113: The Descent of the Celestial Dao Title

A vast avalanche surged toward the foot of the mountain. Against the power of nature, Lu Changyuan’s figure was like a tiny shadow.

Broken Thought, the sword in his hand, parted the river of the avalanche. The endless snow flowed past Lu Changyuan and struck the Blood Demon at the foot of the mountain. But soon, the ice and snow melted away, and one by one, Blood Monsters took physical form from the snow, slowly materializing from the Blood Demon’s body.

The Blood Demon’s army.

Lu Changyuan didn’t spare a glance behind him, merely swinging the sword in his hand forward.

"Ugh..."

The girl’s gasps reached his ears. Her body temperature was rising, her soft form turning into a searing, sticky furnace. Her blood had even stained Lu Changyuan’s neck red.

Lu Changyuan suddenly sidestepped, planting his feet firmly as he dodged to the right.

In the very next moment, a massive monster erupted from the snow. It was covered in white fur, with long limbs and Glazed-colored pupils.

’The Snow Demon King?’

’A Sixth Realm.’

Lu Changyuan took a deep breath. The icy air entering his lungs brought a sharp, searing pain.

He just had to cross this Snow Mountain. Beyond it was the sea, and once he set foot on the sea, Long Mountain would be within reach.

’No need to fight the Snow Demon King... but it’s already here.’

In an instant, those long limbs were before Lu Changyuan. He blocked with Broken Thought held horizontally but was sent flying by a wave of brute force.

’This Snow Demon King can actually use ice and snow to extend its limbs at will?’

Not only that, but the spot where the Snow Demon King had struck him began to crystallize with ice, threatening to turn him into an ice sculpture.

Lu Changyuan frowned, then reached out, dabbed some of the girl’s blood, and smeared it on the ice crystals.

SIZZLE.

The ice melted away into water.

Fighting a Sixth Realm being would be a huge hassle, and victory wasn’t guaranteed. Tapping his toes lightly, Lu Changyuan weaved and dodged, evading the barrage of ice shards unleashed by the Snow Demon King.

CLANG CLANG CLANG! The sound of impacts rang continuously from Broken Thought as Lu Changyuan closed in on the Snow Demon King’s face.

"ROAR!"

The Snow Demon King seemed surprised that Lu Changyuan dared to approach. It roared, its massive body transforming into a giant ball that hurtled toward him. But in mid-air, Lu Changyuan raised Broken Thought in a reverse grip to block.

BANG!

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his body shot away like a kite with a snapped string. To the Snow Demon King’s surprise, Lu Changyuan made no attempt to stabilize himself, instead letting the force carry him farther and farther away.

’Only a fool would fight you. I’m out of here.’

Seeing Lu Changyuan fly further away, the Snow Demon King flew into a rage. It was about to give chase and crush him with its fists, but countless tiny blades of grass suddenly sprouted from its body.

The mouthful of blood Lu Changyuan had just spat had splattered onto the Snow Demon King, and now it had generated small blades of grass that took root in its body.

The Snow Demon King grew even more furious.

But by the time it shattered the grass, it was faced with a dense horde of Blood Monsters that looked as if they had crawled out of a bloody Hell.

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"Are you okay?"

Lu Changyuan asked softly, but the girl had fallen unconscious again at some point.

His right hand had begun to tremble slightly. The web between his thumb and forefinger had split open, and blood trickled down the dull blade of Broken Thought onto the ground.

A short while ago, just before sunset, Lu Changyuan had used the last rays of light to unleash A Sword from the West one final time. That single strike had carried him away from the Snow Mountain.

He could no longer use A Sword from the West.

He had reached his limit.

Back then, Jiang Jiayi had Xia Lianxue constantly using her Time Technique, which was how she was able to use A Sword from the West for several days without rest to return to Celestial Mountain.

Lu Changyuan had no Little Fairy to help him. He was completely spent.

If he kept going, his mind was in greater danger of collapsing than his body.

’There are only a few steps left. It would be a real shame to fall here.’

A torrential downpour hammered the ground, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Lu Changyuan numbly pushed his speed. He scanned his surroundings; it was too quiet, as if there were no enemies left.

Lu Changyuan gasped for breath. With a THUD, his leg gave out as if it were no longer his own, bursting with blood. He fell to one knee.

The damp, muddy earth seemed to want to swallow him whole.

"Have you cursed me?"

The scar-covered youth, his face stained with dried blood, slowly turned his head.

The Blood Demon had finally found his weakness.

Lu Changyuan had sustained many injuries and lost a lot of blood on his journey. The Blood Demon had collected this blood and, on the Snow Demon King, had gathered the final portion needed to curse him.

"I understand how you feel now. So this is what it’s like when your own blood won’t obey you."

The Blood Demon was close at hand.

Lu Changyuan got up again, adjusting his hold on the Nether Monarch.

"Then let’s see you try."

This final stretch of the road was exceptionally difficult. Cursed as he was, Lu Changyuan had nothing left. And yet, amidst the lightning and thunder, a fierce killing intent rose in his weary eyes.

The principles of the Dao suddenly rose around Lu Changyuan. They were faint, but they were there.

The Killing Dao!

Chang’an Daoist had cultivated not only the Emotionless Dao but also the Killing Dao.

To be more precise, before he walked the path of the Red Dust again, Lu Changyuan had cultivated the Killing Dao. It was only after re-entering the Red Dust and joining the Sun and Moon Palace that he comprehended the Supreme state of emotional detachment.

This was also why he had said that his Entering Yao Guang had broken the rules.

Now, not yet at the Sixth Realm, Lu Changyuan couldn’t reclaim his Killing Dao. But these dozens of days of continuous slaughter had finally allowed him to reconnect with his former intent.

Lu Changyuan turned, looking at the vast sea of Blood Monsters. A flash of mockery crossed his crimson eyes.

Blood suddenly began to GURGLE GURGLE from Broken Thought. Lu Changyuan lifted the sword and made a light slash toward the horde of Blood Monsters.

Ripples spread through the air.

The Five Desires and Six Dust Heart Transformation Technique began to operate at full power.

The greed, anger, and ignorance between heaven and earth were instantly ignited, spreading out like ripples on a lake and affecting every monster created by the Blood Demon’s Transformed Life.