Destiny is ashes

Chapter 878: The Heart of the Devil (next chapter to be completed)
You are indeed extraordinary

The Holy Demon Shadow looked gloomily at An Jing and the giant centipede dragon flying towards him at the same time, and then suddenly laughed out loud: [That's why it's worth getting it]

As the laughter sounded, the surrounding space and time shook violently and sank inward like a whirlpool. It seemed as if the space had life, and the constantly rising and falling turbulences of space and time were like fish swimming in this huge whirlpool.

Different layers of time and space are like swimming fish threads, intertwined with each other in varying lengths, speeds, and extremely complex changes, forming an extremely complex field. All things that intend to approach, whether it is light or wind, mist or evil spirits, all reverse their directions and cannot get close.

[The four poles are upside down, the eight directions are in disorder]

The giant centipede dragon was thrown into the air, and the moment it came into contact with this field, it flew obliquely towards the molten sea at an angle because of the reversal of its 'direction'. Even Lingxu Yunque was hidden by this disordered time and space, and completely disappeared.

But even the Holy Demon Shadow could not stop An Jing now.

The four poles of inversion constructed by time and space itself are like a huge maze. If you rush in with brute force, even if you have the power to move mountains and seas, you will be easily trapped, or even attacked by your own power.

But the Taibai battle armor was now condensing a Taixu spacetime that belonged only to him. This was not simply the way of the immortals, but the externalization of the "Martial Arts Array Realm". This should have been something that only the peak of the Divine Hidden Manifestation of Divine Powers or even the Great Heavenly Manifestation of Divine Powers could accomplish, but now, with the blessing of the Taiyin Wuji power, it could actually be done.

The two pieces of time and space suddenly collided with each other. The disordered time and space intertwined and crushed each other, and black cracks burst out. As if caught off guard, or perhaps not wanting to fight against An Jing who was now in great momentum, the Holy Demon Phantom took the initiative to withdraw its power and prepared to move.

An Jing seized this opportunity, accelerated again, swung his arms rapidly, and threw out 1,472 punches in an instant.

Every punch contained a different kind of fist power, either condensed, or splashed, or lifted, or went straight through. In this instant, what An Jing threw out was not just a simple punch, but martial arts itself, countless skills used to kill, to destroy, shatter and erase the will!
In the face of these thousands of punches, even the shield condensed by Taixu was beaten and kneaded like dough, becoming soft, and then being pierced by a punch!
——The mind is concentrated in the void, and the fist intention is substantial!

[How can a sword cultivator know how to fight? 】

Just like An Jing's past enemies, the Holy Demon Shadow had never thought that in addition to An Jing's sword skills, his boxing skills would also reach such a high level. He was caught off guard and was hit in the face by An Jing's punch again. This punch was heavier and more condensed than the previous surprise attack!
Bones were broken, teeth fell out, blood splattered, and even the bridge of the nose was crooked. Everything happened in a short moment. The Holy Demon Phantom could only feel his head shaking violently, and then twisting wildly from right to left, and flew out diagonally with his body.

The blood and body fragments of the Holy Demon Phantom splashed like broken glass, but these fragments immediately turned into spikes and flew towards An Jing who was chasing them. Even though most of them were knocked away by An Jing's punch, some of them still hit the surface of the Taibai Battle Armor.

An Jing did not hesitate, nor did he let down his guard because of the tiny spikes. He immediately scattered all the armor plates on the surface of the Taibai battle armor, and the entire armor shrank a circle. As expected, round after round of pitch-black magic circle seals burst out from the tips of these spikes, and blasphemous Taoist patterns rotated, instantly turning all the armor plates into bone-corrosive metal poison, chasing towards An Jing like a poisonous snake.

Thousands of mercury flow, corroding the world into ashes.

Kuruo swung out his explosive fist, and Xuesha burned all the poison. An Jing knew very well that the attack and defense just now seemed simple, but it only looked that way because he had completely penetrated all the death traps.

If he was a pure immortal, he would have been infected by the evil spirit hidden in the Holy Demon when he tried to use the power of Taixu to fight against the 'Four Pole Reversal'. And if the Holy Demon had not been disrupted by the essence of his fist, the moment he broke into the core area of ​​the Four Pole Reversal, the entire space-time maze would have collapsed and shrunk, and he would have been compressed into a small dot the moment the Holy Demon's phantom escaped.

As for the final poison of the Calamity Ash, An Jing had already anticipated it. He discovered from the previous close combat with the Holy Demon Shadow that this shadow seemed to be just a projection, but was actually condensed based on the essence of the Kun monster. In other words, it was actually a Heavenly Demon Puppet constructed entirely by Thousand Machines and Flowing Mercury. Naturally, it could use the combat methods that Thousand Machines and Flowing Mercury could use, as well as the 'Erosion Calamity Ash' that the Taoist court used to destroy the surface of the uninhabitable world and reshape all things and the world.

The power held by the Holy Demon is greater than his, and he may even have more cards up his sleeve. If he uses any of the techniques he can use once, the opponent will become alert. An Jing knows very well that offense and defense are not important at all now. What is important is who will reveal the biggest flaw first.

A flaw that could kill with one strike.

While An Jing was avoiding the ashes, the Holy Demon Shadow broke away from the Four Pole Reversal Array. Just as An Jing had expected, it grasped the void in the air, and the entire space-time maze began to collapse, shrinking with An Jing as the center. The dense space-time crushed past, and even the light dimmed, turning into a pitch-black sphere.

Under such heavy pressure, even the most solid Gengjin essence would become crooked and deformed, let alone a flesh and blood body?
But, how can mere divine steel and immortal gold compare to a warrior's fist that has been tempered through thousands of trials and tribulations?
The so-called ultimate martial arts is to anticipate the enemy's attack in advance. In the maze of time and space, An Jing, who had anticipated this, clenched his fists.

Thus, when the collapsed space-time sphere shrunk to half its size, it stopped shrinking and instead expanded outwards. Cracks appeared inside it, and light shot out from the cracks, followed by a series of suddenly raised fist marks.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Just like a bronze bell being struck repeatedly from the inside and then shattered into pieces, the collapsed space-time maze suddenly exploded, and a dazzling divine light like a supernova burst out and shot out, followed by the Taibai battle armor that attacked along with the light -

And the sword of killing!
The scattered magical powers recovered, and the pitch-black sword was the only darkness in the dazzling light. It swung forward, shattering the light, shattering time and space, shattering everything, and went straight to the chest of the Holy Demon's phantom.

There, is the soul core of 'Tianmo Yankui'. Just like the relationship between the chief priest Lian and the Kun demon, as long as it is destroyed, the shadow of the holy demon that descended here with the blood sacrifice of the demon country will no longer have a body to carry it. At that time, it is not impossible to kill it with the Fuxie Sword or try to refine it with the power of the cave sky!

【flaw! 】

But this time, a gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the Holy Demon. How could he not know his own weakness? An Jing's original skills were like flowing clouds and water, unpredictable. He seemed ferocious, but he flowed smoothly. He seemed insignificant, but he could burst out with earth-shattering fist intent. In an instant, he changed in a thousand ways. It was impossible to predict which move or style to guard against. This was the highest realm of no thought and no self, the Tao incarnate.

But at that moment just now, in order to win, An Jing seized the erratic moment and prepared to strike directly at his vital point - this was his only vital point, conversely, it was also An Jing's only possibility of victory. The ever-changing and unpredictable realm of heaven and man fell as a result, and it became a sword that was extremely brave and could cut through everything, but there was no other change!
If you want to win, you will lose! The Holy Demon clenched his fist in the air, and the Daoist brush appeared, splashing ink straight at An Jing. Taibai Battle Armor slightly turned sideways. Although he could completely dodge, in order to hit the Holy Demon, he still risked being hit in the right arm and continued to accelerate!
It was at this moment that the Sword of Killing pierced through the chest of the Holy Demon and pierced through the core of his soul!

But Fu Xie warned: "An Jing, retreat!"

If the Holy Demon moved or defended against his soul core, An Jing would definitely be able to see it, and he could even change his tactics on the spot to force the Holy Demon to retreat and reveal more flaws. However, the Holy Demon did nothing and just attacked An Jing, so that An Jing lost the opportunity to sense the Holy Demon's soul core in an instant.

That is to say, the soul core of Tianyuan Holy Demon is actually different from the holy demons in other worlds. It is not a "demon" at all, but the condensation of the authority of Heaven!
The Killing Sword pierced through the hazy star-like soul core, and its unparalleled murderous intent spread, but it could not find the enemy. Although the soul core that was dispersed by the sword intent was shattered, it quickly escaped and moved to another place to reunite!
It was at this moment that the black ink that the Holy Demon splashed on An Jing began to spread rapidly, and the demonic energy condensed to the extreme spread to An Jing's entire right arm in an instant. The warrior's expression remained unchanged, and he cut off his armor and right arm at the shoulder without hesitation.

The right arm that was infected with pitch-black quickly disintegrated into gray-black Thousand Machines Flowing Mercury, and then gathered towards the Saint Demon with a hole in its chest, repairing the wound on its chest. Although the Saint Demon's phantom had its soul core shattered once, it was not fatally injured. At this moment, it showed An Jing a smile: [I never thought that the result of not completely swallowing up the Tianyuan Heavenly Dao and being suppressed by the Four Saints of Tianyuan could actually play a role here] [You can force me to this point, An Jing, you really are the cultivator with the most powerful fighting skills I have ever seen in history]

It splashed ink and leisurely constructed layers of formations and defense lines around it. The Holy Demon Shadow looked relaxed at the moment, but his tone was solemn: [Next, I will not be careless at all. I will not think about taking it quickly. I will never underestimate you just because you are missing an arm. I will use a completely defensive posture to gradually suppress all your movement space until I seal you or kill you.]

[The hundreds of millions of cultivators who make up my heart were originally arrogant, mean, careless, and incapable of self-reflection. They fell because of this. But even such cultivators who were devoured by the devil's heart, even if they were arrogant and self-righteous fools, were awakened by you and forced to be alert, because no matter how stupid a person is, he would never dare to despise you.]

[If a 'heart' like yours becomes a part of us, even if there are endless jackals, despicable insects and scum, they will become brave and unstoppable because of you.]

At this moment, An Jing silently tried to regenerate his arm. Blood and spiritual energy flowed, forming the shape of his arm, but it could not condense into a shape. He could feel that the "essence" of his arm had been taken away by the Holy Demon. Before the Holy Demon's phantom disappeared, his body could not be restored, and he could only make do with the condensed spiritual energy.

The words of the Holy Demon are the 'nature' and 'reason' of the Heavenly Demon's intention to lead people to fall. When the Heavenly Demon first descended, the people who fell were the most despicable, the weakest, and the least steadfast in their Taoism. The monsters they transformed into would be killed quickly, and they might not even be considered monsters, but rather like possessed by evil thoughts.

The thinking of the devil will also be affected by the stupidity and meanness of these people, so the early stage of the devil's disaster is the easiest to deal with.

However, if there is a cultivator whose faith in Taoism is firm enough and whose mind is strong enough, but who becomes possessed by the devil due to an accident or due to various causes and conditions, then the situation will be completely different.

A commander will emerge among the countless despicable demons, and their thinking will undergo a qualitative change. The originally scattered demonic disasters will begin to become orderly and planned, and they may even build organizations such as the 'Demon Army' or even the 'Demon Kingdom'.

Then, everything will accelerate and degenerate endlessly as if the earth has opened up into an abyss.

In order to fight against the more powerful demons, human organizations will be forced to become more cohesive. Among them, strong people, geniuses, and excellent seeds that could not be discovered in the past will emerge in an endless stream. Humans are like steel, constantly being forged and impurities removed. People who originally seemed ordinary will quickly transform into talented and beautiful jade.

In order to fight against the devil's calamity, all the practitioners in the entire cultivation world will be reborn from the ashes and transformed into strong people with firm beliefs and no doubts.

and so……

The demons will also become more powerful.

As long as there are cultivators dying, being devoured, robbed, and corrupted, the human race will transform and be reborn from the ashes like a Vajra. Then the demons will also rise with the tide and will transform in the same way with the addition of such outstanding cultivators' hearts.

Mastering the stick, but aiming for the yard.

This is the reason why the demonic calamity is getting more and more intense and powerful - it is not because the devil has exerted more power, but the strength of the human race, which reflects a larger and darker shadow.

The demons were eager for a strong enough heart and soul, so when faced with a being like An Jing, they were indeed full of malice, but they would never be hostile or hateful, because if An Jing became the 'Heart of the Demon'...

Then perhaps, there will be nothing in this world that can stop them.

But at the same time, the Heavenly Demon is not an ever-victorious, undefeated being - on the contrary, the Heavenly Demon is losing most of the time.

Precisely because the demons will always have a heart that is transformed by others, and sufficiently resolute practitioners will never choose to fall, the demons cannot obtain the 'heart' they desire.

After switching the Killing Sword to his left hand, An Jing, who had lost an arm, narrowed his eyes. Without any discouragement, he calmly observed the Holy Demon and the entire world.

The Holy Demon did seize that slight flaw because of his desire to win, but at the same time, the Holy Demon was forced to endure his sword attack, which temporarily shattered the core of his soul, so he also revealed a flaw.

And this flaw lies in the Divine Weapon Realm, or rather, in the existence that controls the Divine Weapon Realm.

Above the main offering lotus.

In the distance, on the other side of the molten sea, the giant centipede dragon that was moved away by the Holy Demon once again entangled on Lingxu Yunque. The Holy Demon was indeed very cautious. Even if it had to fight An Jing head-on, it did not forget to avoid the core of the Divine Weapon Realm from being affected. However, as it itself suffered heavy damage, the existence that was eroded by it also began to waver.

A faint breath began to emanate from the top of the cyan-gold main lotus.

That breath was too faint, spanning the ages. Even if it was not dissipated, it would be obscured, and no one could distinguish it.

Except for peace.

Get rid of hidden evil.

Fu Xie and his sword master both grasped this most insignificant trace of energy.

Because, that was the one who shattered the Tianyuan Realm's great world-destroying formation in the past, and cut off a trace of intelligence from the Kun monster controlled by the Heavenly Demon, so that it could "rebel" before...

Fu Xie sword energy.

(End of this chapter)