Chapter 677 - 51: The Victor Is Decided, but Life and Death Are Not

The spectating cultivators felt their scalps tingle and a chill run down their spines as they watched the sky fill with saber auras and sword light.

Those with lower Cultivation and unstable Dao Hearts found their souls trembling after just a few more glances. It was as if countless saber auras and sword lights had invaded their seas of consciousness, leaving them feeling as though they’d been struck by lightning. They hastily averted their gazes and sat down to enter a state of meditation.

The multiplying light from the Profound Gold Demon Pattern Long Saber was omnipresent, surging so violently that not even a Tier Six Flying Sword could break through it.

Upon seeing this, Jia Yin and Feng Yan exchanged a look and joined the fray, launching a pincer attack on the Demon Lord.

One woman unleashed a sky full of Zen Light, while the other activated the Profound Moon Essence Wheel, sending it spinning silently toward the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body.

The Demonic Light around the Demon Lord erupted. A mass of eerie black wind materialized from nowhere and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a colossal tornado that stretched from the ground to the sky, shielding him completely.

The Zen Light and the Profound Moon Essence Wheel struck the vast Nine Nether Magnetic Wind and Fire, erupting in a dazzling brilliance.

The Zen Light flared, suppressing the Nine Nether Magnetic Wind and Fire. The Profound Moon Essence Wheel then broke through the black wind and slashed at the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body, but it suddenly cut through nothing but air. As if passing through an incorporeal form, it reappeared behind the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord’s saber light shifted, and its thousands of rays instantly converged into a single beam that slashed down toward Feng Yan.

Venerable Jiayin pointed a finger, and a Golden Lotus materialized beneath Feng Yan’s feet. The Treasure Lotus spun gently, sending a boundless torrent of Star Sand soaring into the sky to collide with the saber light.

The saber light sliced through the Star Sand, but its momentum was slightly checked. With a flicker of her tall, graceful form, Feng Yan dodged the attack.

Seizing the opportunity, a world-shaking Sword Aura shot across the sky and lopped off the head of the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body.

Yet, a bizarre smile spread across the face of the massive, severed head, which still wore its cold and indifferent expression.

Fang Cheng’s expression was also grave.

Logically, when he executed that strike, he should have been able to clearly sense that he had extinguished his opponent’s life force.

But this time, it was like he had cut through a void. It felt as if the Demon Lord’s life force had shifted and hidden itself in an instant, evading his Sword Intent and remaining un-extinguished.

’This Demon Skill is truly bizarre and unpredictable... It seems he hasn’t been idle either.’

Fang Cheng sighed to himself. He knew a long, grueling battle was unavoidable before his true self could complete its tribulation.

Just as the ten-thousand-zhang head hit the ground, it flashed with Demonic Light. Countless fleshy tendrils sprouted from the neck stump, and in the blink of an eye, they intertwined to form an entirely new ten-thousand-zhang demonic body.

At the same time, from the neck of the headless body nearby, countless fleshy tendrils also sprouted, weaving together to form a massive new head.

The auras of the two demonic bodies had hardly diminished. Now, they both attacked simultaneously, one targeting Fang Cheng and the other targeting Feng Yan and Jia Yin.

A sky full of saber light flickered and multiplied, once again striking at the cloud of Chaos Qi where Fang Cheng’s true body was undergoing its tribulation.

Meanwhile, the other body’s countless fleshy tendrils writhed and coalesced into a sky-blotting hand that descended to grab the two women.

The Profound Moon Essence Wheel shot skyward, its rapid spinning instantly cutting through the great hand of tendrils. An endless wave of Zen Light then washed over the fiend, and the tendril-based demonic body was immediately annihilated, dissipating into nothing.

By joining forces, the two women managed to hold the Demon Lord’s incarnation at bay.

But then, the sky filled with the Nine Nether Magnetic Wind and Fire, blocking their assault.

The fleshy tendrils on the Demon Lord’s incarnation continued to spread and grow, reforming its body in the blink of an eye before it resumed its fierce battle with the two women.

This earth-shattering battle raged for the better part of a day. The Demon Lord only grew stronger as the fight wore on, while the energies of Fang Cheng and his two companions were severely depleted.

Whether it was Fang Cheng’s Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation, Jia Yin, or Feng Yan, all three were fighting at full power. The expenditure of energy was immense, and they were finding it difficult to sustain their efforts.

This was especially true for Jia Yin and Feng Yan. Activating the Tier Six Treasure Lotus for defense and the Profound Moon Essence Wheel for offense consumed an extreme amount of their Magical Power.

But the Demon Lord seemed to have an undying body. Just as the two women were on the verge of defeat, a jet-black, heavy, and piercing Sword Aura shot out from the cloud of Chaos Qi. With tyrannical force, it cleaved the ten-thousand-zhang, tendril-covered demonic body in two, rescuing them.

One half of the bisected demonic body turned to ash and scattered.

The countless fleshy tendrils of the other half balled together, writhing and swelling until they once again formed limbs and a head. It stretched its new body, unleashing a vast demonic will.

At the same time, the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation pointed a finger. Starlight flowed through the void, and a Grand Array lit up. From within, a Wood Armor Spiritual Mechanism emerged.

It was none other than the Golden Crow Incarnation.

The moment the Golden Crow Incarnation appeared, it waved a wide sleeve and summoned the Great Sun Essence Wheel.

Feng Yan immediately summoned her Profound Moon Essence Wheel as well.

The Sun and Moon Essence Wheel combined in the sky, and a brilliant light shot toward the heavens, illuminating the land and causing all Demonic Light to recede.

The two of them activated the treasure together. A strange radiance shot forth from the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel, so dazzling it was hard to keep one’s eyes open. It flashed once, followed by an earth-shattering thunderclap accompanied by the sound of ten thousand golden drums, as it hurtled toward the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body.

The void fractured. With a vast and astonishing momentum like the very might of the heavens, the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body punched out with both fists, wreathed in the Nine Nether Magnetic Wind and Fire, to block its path.

BOOM!

The rapidly spinning Sun and Moon Essence Wheel slammed into the demonic body’s fists, triggering a world-shaking tremor as brilliant lights burst forth in all directions.

The arms of the ten-thousand-zhang demonic body were blown to pieces.

Its momentum unabated, the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel then pierced through the demonic body’s chest, shredding its upper half into a mist of blood and gore.

「In the distance.」

The other Demon Lord incarnation, which was locked in a fierce battle with the Celestial Venerable of Universal Transformation, suddenly retreated beyond Baili. Its massive body then flickered and vanished.

「The next moment.」

An octopus-like Celestial Demon appeared in its place and sneered at Fang Cheng, "Fang Cheng, you’ve fallen into my trap."

In that instant, the Demon Lord had swapped places with a Celestial Demon from another location.

Fang Cheng’s expression changed. He glanced at the Golden Crow Incarnation, and realization dawned.

"He’s gone to the Sealed Ancient Land in the Chixiao Domain."

He pointed a finger. Endless starlight descended, forming a Teleportation Array to send the Golden Crow Incarnation back to the Sealed Ancient Land in the Chixiao Domain.