First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2419 – The Silver Flame Heart Net

After a little while, Demon Emperor Chi Nie said casually, “I’m sure you know full well what we’re after. Otherwise, we would never have rallied our forces and gone to such lengths to gamble with you.”

“Then let’s skip the chatter,” said Su Yi. “I’ll just ask you this. Do you agree to my second condition or not?”

Demon Emperor Chi Nie’s expression was obviously a bit dark. Nonetheless, he said, “Very well. I’ll agree!”

The Outsider Celestial Demon army was in uproar. None of them understand why Demon Emperor Chi Nie was suddenly so agreeable.

Luo Yao and the others exchanged glances. Without exception, their hearts filled with excitement.

Su Yi was like the edge of his sword, pushing their enemies harder and harder. He’d already started to turn things around!

But Su Yi frowned. Demon Emperor Chi Nie had endured and agreed to two of his terms. This was unquestionable proof that this bet wasn’t simple!

After a moment’s pondering, Su Yi said, “My third condition is that before the battle begins, you make a Heart Demon Secret Vow. I want you to swear that no outsiders will get involved in our duels.”

The army was in uproar once more. Demon Emperor Chi Nie’s gaze was particularly unsightly.

If he swore a Heart Demon Secret Vow and violated it, it wouldn’t matter that he was an Emperor-Level expert. He’d still suffer a lethal backlash!

“I can agree that no other Celestial Demons will interfere, but I cannot make a vow,” said Demon Emperor Chi Nie. “After all, what if someone else entirely gets involved?”

“Others?” Su YI said thoughtfully. “Who in the Boundless Battlefield would dare to interfere in the Outsider Celestial Demons’ affairs?”

Demon Emperor Chi Nie said expressionlessly, “We Celestial Demons aren’t the only ones in the Boundless Battlefield. There are also Undying Divine Corpses, ancient variant species, and perhaps even a few surviving experts from the God Domain.”

Su Yi gazed intently at him for a moment, then said, “Very well. I’ll take a step back. Swear a Heart Demon Secret Vow that no other Outsider Celestial Demons will get involved. That will be enough.

Demon Emperor Chi Nie fell briefly silent, then said, “Very well. I agree!”

When the other Emperor-Level experts saw this, their expressions shifted. Not even they had anticipated that Demon Emperor Chi Nie would agree to all threw of Su Yi’s conditions.

None of them were happy about it, either.

But it didn’t matter. Demon Emperor Chi Nie was their leader, and his decisiosn represented the will of Old Man Heart Demon. They naturally wouldn’t object out loud.

Demon Emperor Chi Nie went on to swear a Heart Demon Secret Vow. When he did, a strange, invisible ripple of cursed power gathered, then silently transformed into a red light and vanished into his forehead.

That was the Heart Demon Secret Vow. If he went against it, he would suffer a lethal backlash!

“Are you happy now?” Demon Emperor Chi Nie said with a cold glare.

Su Yi gazed intently at him. He had a vague premonition that unexpected variables were likely to arise in this bet!

In the end, Su Yi said nothing. He just inclined his head. “That’s good enough.”

He’d only just said this when an Emperor-Level Celestial Demon stepped forth, seething with murderous intent. He said icily, “Su Yi, dare you fight this lofty one?”

His hair and beard were scorched yellow, and his skin was indigo. His bones were big and clearly visible. He was a full thirty feet tall, and he gripped a spear carved out of bone.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun!

He was an Deathless Body Demon, just like Chi Nie.

Su Yi glanced at him. “Why are you in such a hurry? Even if you want to die, you have to wait in line.”

He scanned the group before fixing his gaze on Demon Emperor Ming Ye. “I’ll start with him.”

Demon Emperor Lie Yun’s eyes surged with murderous intent. “So, even the mighty Li Fuyou has times when he shrinks back in the face of battle?”

Su Yi blatantly ignored him.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun was furious, but just as he was about to say something, Demon Emperor Chi Nie pulled him back.

In the end, Demon Emperor Lie Yun had no choice but to step back. Those were the rules! And Demon Emperor Chi Nie had agreed to them!

Meanwhile, Demon Emperor Ming Ye had already stepped forth.

He was dressed in golden robes, calm and composed. He said with a laugh, “I see you’re quite confident. Or, perhaps, you’re out to avenge Ol’ Lu Dongxing.”

After all, he was the one who’d dealt a heavy blow to Lu Dongxing’s Dao Heart earlier that very day!

It was Su Yi’s arrival in Dao-Seeking City that had saved Lu Dongxing from disaster.

Su Yi stepped into the air, then arrived outside of the city walls. He said flatly, “I didn’t choose you because of your strength, but because in my eyes, you’re the weakest one here. Got it?”

Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s smile faded, and the depths of his gaze churned with imposing silver light. “Is that so? Then I’ll be interested to see for myself just how strong a mere Fortune Realm cultivator’s Dao Heart can be!”

Boom!

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, he attacked. His hands formed seals, and a wheel of silver light manifested, like a radiant moon. It tore through the sky and descended upon Su Yi.

Everyone watched with bated breath. All eyes were on the battlefield.

Countless years had passed, but back then, every Outsider Celestial Demon felt chills course down their spine at the thought of Li Fuyou. Now, he’d returned through the cycle of reincarnation, and his cultivation was limited to the Fortune Realm. Just what kind of strength could he display with a cultivation base like that?

No one really knew, because neither his allies, nor the Outsider Celestial Demons had ever seen his strength for themselves!

But now, a grand battle was about to begin.

Everyone knew how strong Demon Emperor Ming Ye was. He was a Formless Heart Demon powerful enough to break the Dao Heart of a Nine-Tribulation Master God like Lu Dongxing.

But Su Yi was just a Greater God. How… was he supposed to fight someone like that?

When Demon Emperor Ming Ye attacked, Su Yi took action, too.

He stepped through the air and waved his sleeves.

Bang!

That resplendent wheel of light exploded into pieces.

Practically simultaneously, Su Yi’s Dao Heart suffered a terrifying blow. That wheel of light cleaved into it with seemingly endless force.

Demon Emperor Ming Ye had used his strange ability to attack the heart in his duel with Lu Dongxing, too. Lu Dongxing hadn’t been able to fight back, and in the end, his Dao Heart was badly damaged.

But in the face of this attack, Su Yi’s heart was like an endless void, vast beyond measure.

That radiant moon was like the light of a firefly; it silently vanished silently into the endlessness of Su Yi’s heart. The light couldn’t so much as stir up ripples, let alone shake him.

As an Emperor-Level expert of the Formless Heart Demons, Demon Emperor Ming Ye was extremely sensitive to the states of others’ hearts. He instantly realized that his attacks were as useless as an ant’s attempts to shake a tree. He couldn’t so much as scratch Su Yi’s Dao Heart!

He’s just a Lesser God. How could he have tempered such a terrifyingly powerful Dao Heart. It’s even…

But before Demon Emperor Ming Ye could give the matter any further thought, Su Yi attacked suddenly once more.

Clang!

The humming of the sword swept forth like the tides, clanging throughout the nine heavens and the ten earths.

A streak of sword qi shot out of Su Yi’s palm and flew towards Demon Emperor Ming Ye.

Demon Emperor Ming Ye snorted coldly. His whole body erupted with silver flames, and he swung his palm with all his might.

Bang!!

Firelight burst forth, collapsing the skies.

But Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s palm strike was like a thin layer of silver ice on the surface of a lake; it could in no way block Su Yi’s strike, which passed right through it and slammed into the world beyond.

Demon Emperor Ming Ye, meanwhile, was cleaved in two.

This scene left the entire audience stunned. Is such power really possible for a Greater God?

Demon Emperor Chi Nie’s eyes flashed. Unlike the others, he’d heard of Su Yi’s accomplishments. He knew that Su Yi was “just” a Greater God, but that he was nonetheless strong enough to suppress and kill Eight-Tribulation Master Gods!

Still, he wouldn’t have guessed that Demon Emperor Ming Ye would be cut in two in their first head-on clash!

But Demon Emperor Ming Ye wasn’t dead. His bissected corpse exploded, only for quickly reform somewhere else. It was just that his face was noticeably paler, and his eyes were full of bewilderment.

He was an Emperor-Level Formless Heart Demon. Only heart power could really hurt him. Daoist magics and treasures were all useless against him!

His body had been destroyed countless times over in his earlier battle with Lu Dongxing, but he managed to recover instantly each and every time. None of Lu Dongxing’s attacks had really damaged him.

This was what made Formless Heart Demons so terrifying. If you wanted to defeat them, you had to rely on the power of your heart!

This was why the experts of the God Domain saw them as the most dangerous and terrifying of their enemies.

But this attack wasn’t just different. It was more than just wondrously powerful; it was imbued with a mysterious power. In just one attack, he’d injured Demon Emperor Ming Ye!

His wounds weren’t heavy, but even so, Demon Emperor Ming Ye realized the severity of the situation!

As his thoughts raced, Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s figure suddenly split into countless strands of silver light and spread throughout heaven and earth.

The dense silver strands flashed, wandering the sky, their movements erratic.

Su Yi had only just shot over when the countless silver strands wove together into a net, then condensed, trapping Su Yi inside.

Strangely, the moment they made contact with him, they formlessly shot into his heart.

The Silver Flame Heart Net entrapped the heart. This was Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s killer weapon. The slightest contact was enough to entrap the Dao Heart of even a Nine-Tribulation Master God. It was terrifying beyond measure.

Su Yi instantly froze in midair.

Demon Emperor Chi Nie and the others’ spirits soared. Did it work?

They naturally understood how terrifying the Silver Flame Heart Net was.

Over in Dao-Seeking City, Luo Yao and the others’ hearts clenched. Their expressions shifted; they’d fought the Formless Heart Demons for countless years, and athey too understood how terrifying the Silver Flame Heart Net was.

The moment Su Yi froze in midair, Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s figure silently appeared behind him.

But Su Yi didn’t even seem to notice. He didn’t react in the slightest!

Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s eyes flashed with imposing light, and he suddenly charged. He was trying to force his way into Su Yi’s body!

He planned to make himself a heart demon and invade Su Yi’s Dao Heart, essentially taking him over, like a bird invading another’s nest!

Luo Yao and the others’ hearts were on tenterhooks. They were more nervous than ever before!

But then, mere moments later, a desperate cry boomed throughout heaven and earth.

The silver firelight around Su Yi collapsed and fell like rain.

“No——! No——!” Demon Emperor Ming Ye’s roars emanated from the silver firelight collapsing around Su Yi.

His voice was full of the utmost despair, terror, and helplessness, and within moments, it came to an abrupt halt.

Su Yi, meanwhile, returned to normal as the silver firelight scattered without a trace.

“I’ve never lost in the battlefield of the heart in any lifetime, past or present…” Su Yi shook his head, his gaze calm and deep.

Heaven and earth were silent. Everyone was astonished.

Who could have failed to realize that Demon Emperor Ming Ye was dead?