First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2421 – Repeated Victories

To the outsiders, Su Yi’s battle with Demon Emperor Huan Ting seemed utterly strange. The two of them just stood in the air, staring each other down from afar.

But the air between them was swathed in inscrutable, murky gray mists of the Grand Dao.

Demon Emperor Huan Ting controlled the mists, repeatedly surrounding Su Yi, only for Su Yi to take a step forward and crush them each and every time.

It didn’t look like a particularly shocking confrontation. There were no astonishing visions of destruction. It all just seemed quiet and unassuming.

But Luo Yao, her allies, and all of the Outsider Celestial Demons watched with bated breath, afraid to even blink in case they missed something. All of them looked utterly solemn.

This was a clash of the soul!

Demon Emperor Huan Ting’s control over his soul was so wondrous that it practically seized fortune from the heavens. He could use his unparalleled methods to contort an opponent’s memories and perception; it was nothing like ordinary secret soul arts.

Simply put, even a Nine-Tribulation Master God would find their memories and perception affected, and they’d lose themselves in realistic illusions forever!

This type of soul power was the most terrifying of all.

Now, as Su Yi broke through three layers of illusions in a row, the mists of the Grand Dao filling the sky suddenly exploded.

Demon Emperor Huan Ting let out a muffled grunt, and his expression shifted.

His three-layered worlds of illusions had been seamlessly linked, and all of them had seemed real. This was his strongest killer move.

Yet now, Su Yi had broken it with ease! In doing so, he’d made Demon Emperor Huan Ting suffer the resulting backlash!

The other Thousand Transformation Soul Demon Emperors looked stunned. “He broke the Three Spirit Illusion Transformations!?”

The Three Spirit Illusion Transformations were Demon Emperor Huan Ting’s strongest ability. Over the years, he’d used them to trap and kill countless experts of the God Domain.

Yet today, Su Yi had broken them!

The Celestial Demon Emperors were shocked and angry, no exceptions. “Don’t tell me that guy’s soul is even more terrifying than that of a Nine-Tribulation Master God?”

This completely overturned their perception of reality.

Meanwhile, Luo Yao and the others were excited.

Earlier, they’d been overcome with incomparable nervousness. After all, a clash of the soul was different than a battle of the heart. Soul warfare was far more mysterious and unpredictable.

But now, it seemed that Su Yi’s soul was more than strong enough to contend with Emperor-Level Thousand Transformation Soul Demons!!

“You can test the strength of my soul too,” said Su Yi, suddenly walking toward his opponent.

To outsiders, it seemed as if he were out for a casual stroll. He didn’t seem threatening in the slightest.

But with every step he took, Demon Emperor Huan Ting’s soul felt as if an avalanche were slamming into it. Heaven and earth seemed to transform, and he suddenly felt as if he were standing amidst an endless ruin.

A soul avatar stood amidst the ruins, surrounded by interweaving Laws of the Grand Dao and erupting with endless radiance, mysterious and grand.

“This… this is his soul avatar!?” Demon Emperor Huan Ting was flabbergasted. This was far too terrifying. A soul avatar, that’s all, yet it could preside over this endless ruin, support the nine heavens, and suppress everything on all sides! An endless rain of the light of the Grand Dao poured down, like the boundless river of stars. It fell onto the soul avatar, giving rise to endless wondrous manifestations.

The illusory World of Samsara floated into view. The gate to the Netherworld opened, and the Path of the Far Shore extended into the endless darkness. Turbid waves rose and fell on the boundless Sea of Bitterness, and dusky visions of the End unfolded….

A sun formed of the Flame of Supreme Emergence took to the skies, and arcs of the power of its Laws fell and struck all words.

An endless, self-sustaining river of the Laws of the Grand Dao manifested mysterious chaos sword qi…

In the face of all this, Demon Emperor Huan Ting felt paltry and insignificant, suffocated, and overwhelmed with helplessness and despair.

“No! This is an illusion! This isn’t real!” Demon Emperor Huan Ting took a deep breath, then fought back with all his might.

Boom!!

Mysterious soul power surged around him, transforming into ethereal, illusory mists. They spread out, blanketing the sky and blotting out the sun. They seemed intent on obscuring that soul avatar amidst the endless ruin completely.

“Hah!” Suddenly, that soul avatar bellowed.

It was just a bellow, but the mists filling the sky shattered.

And when the soul avatar raised its hand, an endless sword rain came crashing down, sweeping through the ruins. Its full force was directed at Demon Emperor Huan Ting.

Demon Emperor Huan Ting instantly felt his hair stand on end. A single thought rose unbidden to his mind. This isn’t an illusion. All of this is real! That seemingly impossibly terrifying soul avatar really is condensed from the power of Su Yi’s soul!

But by the time he understood, he was one step too late.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A rapid-fire series of explosions rang out as the endless downpour of sword right instantly enveloped Demon Emperor Huan Ting.

To the distant onlookers, it just looked like Su Yi had taken nine unhurried steps through the air.

He was still a thousand feet away from Demon Emperor Huan Ting, but when he took his ninth step, Su Yi stopped in place, took out a jug of wine, and drank.

Demon Emperor Huan Ting, meanwhile, silently split into countless pieces, which crumbled into ash and scattered to the wind. All that remained of him was a bundle of light, his soul origin!

Su Yi grabbed it, and immediately refined it into his own soul.

Everyone watched in shock and horror. All Su Yi had done was take nine steps through the air, yet that had been enough to execute Demon Emperor Huan Ting!

This unbelievable scene left countless onlookers stricken. They almost dared not believe their eyes.

A deathly silence descended over the area. You could have heard a pin drop.

Earlier, when Demon Emperor Ming Ye lost their clash of the heart, he’d died without ever getting the chance to flee.

Now, Demon Emperor Huan Ting was dead too. He’d died in a clash of the soul, his area of expertise, yet he hadn’t even gotten the chance to cry out before he died!

This was far too terrifying.

Barely any time had passed at all, yet two Demon Emperors had died. Who’d have believed such an outcome were possible?

Moreover, by winning two battles, Su Yi had rescued Ol’ Mo and Crazy Yun!

And he wasn’t even injured!

This result was completely beyond Luo Yao and the others’ imaginations. Earlier, they’d even thought that the demons were bullying Su Yi by suggesting this challenge. After all, the gap in strength seemed far too great. More than ten Demon Emperors were set to fight a Greater God like Su Yi in a series of one-on-one duels. How could that possibly be fair?

Yet now, they suddenly realized that the situation… wasn’t anywhere near as bad as they imagined!

“That guy’s got to be using some sort of external item. He broke the rules of our bet!” a Demon Emperor roared in fury. “Otherwise, how could a mere Greater God, even a heaven-defying one, have defeated someone like Demon Emperor Huan Ting?”

The other Demon Emperors glowered, their expressions full of bewilderment.

“I used external treasures? Hah!” Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh dryly, his eyes full of disdain. “If you’re sore losers, just keep your mouths shut.”

Demon Emperor Chi Nie said expressionlessly, “Release a captive and continue the challenge!”

The crowd was stunned. All of them exchanged glances.

“Chi Nie, can’t you tell that there’s something suspicious about the way Huan Ting died?” roared a Demon Emperor.

Demon Emperor Chi Nie disregarded the question and said coldly, “Release a captive!”

The other Demon Emperors instantly fell silent.

Soon, another captive was freed, a disheveled young man. His whole body was badly battered. His name was Wen Linyuan, but Luo Yao and the others called him Third Brother Wen.

Once Su Yi had entrusted Third Brother Wen to his friends, Su Yi turned to select his next opponent.

This time, both the Emperor-Level Formless Heart Demons and the Emperor-Level Thousand Transformation Soul Demons’ expressions shifted. They were nervous!

Demon Emperor Ming Ye and Demon Emperor Huan Ting’s deaths told them that, at least in terms of the heart and soul, not even Emperor-Level experts like them had any advantage over Su Yi!

“Su Yi! Dare you fight me this time?” Demon Emperor Lie Yun called out once more. This was already his third time challenging Su Yi.

But Su Yi ignored him yet again, instead selecting Demon Emperor Shui Ning of the Formless Heart Demons as his next opponent.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun launched into a series of curses. He thought Su Yi was too chicken to fight him.

Unfortunately for him, Su Yi disregarded him completely.

The third battle soon began.

Even though Demon Emperor Shui Ning was a Formless Heart Demon just like Demon Emperor Ming Ye, he was far more cautious. He was trying to drag things out and gradually wear his opponent down.

Alas, he was nonetheless defeated in the end. Su Yi’s Dao Heart didn’t just seem indestructible; it seemed entirely unshakeable!

Demon Emperor Shui Ning sensed that this didn’t bode well and tried to flee, only for Su Yi to suppress him with the power of his Dao Heart. In the end, Su Yi killed him, and the Secret Heart Power he left behind became nourishment for Su Yi’s heart.

Demon Emperor Shui Ning had died, too. The atmosphere in the demons’ ranks was incomparably heavy.

After three battles, three Demon Emperors were dead. This was an unquestionably incomparably heavy blow to the Outsider Celestial Demons.

In stark contrast, Luo Yao and the others’ worries had vanished without a trace!

“Release a captive!” Demon Emperor Chi Nie wasted no time on chatter. He simply issued orders.

Soon, the fourth battle began. Su Yi chose a Demon Emperor of the Thousand Transformation Soul Demons.

Moments later, Su Yi suppressed and slew him, too.

Su Yi went on to fight a fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth battle. He chose his opponents from the Formless Heart Demons and Thousand Transformation Soul Demons respectively, two from each race!

By now, every last Formless Heart Demon Emperor present had been slain, while only one Thousand Transformation Soul Demon Emperor still stood.

Only the Deathless Body Demons had yet to suffer a single loss. Five of them remained.

Su Yi had saved four more experts of the God Domain in a row.

Heaven and earth were overcast. The atmosphere was incomparably stifled.

The Outsider Celestial Demon Army was silent, their expressions unsightly.

They’d just lost eight battles in a row, and eight of their Demon Emperors had died in battle. None of them could ever have imagined this, and their will to fight was wavering!

“Su Yi, I can tell that your soul and Dao Heart are incomparably terrifying, but your fleshly body won’t cut it! Otherwise, why haven’t you dared to face a Deathless Body Demon even after all this time?” roared Demon Emperor Lie Yun.

Everyone had long since picked up on this detail.

Su Yi had fought eight battles, but he hadn’t chosen a single opponent from the Deathless Body Demons. Even a blind man would have noticed this unusual behavior.

At first, everyone assumed that Su Yi would ignore him, just as he had before.

But against all expectations, Su Yi seemed to have changed his mind!

“Is that so? In that case, I’ll send you on your way. It’ll be a lot quieter without you,” Su Yi said casually.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun was stunned. It seemed he dared not believe that Su Yi, who’d refused to fight him this entire time, would agree out of nowhere.

A moment later, he broke into a hideous grin. “You asked for this!”

He shifted on his feet, then charged into the battleground. He couldn’t have been any more eager.