This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Lure the enemy deep into your territory?

You brainless monster, take this sword!
Jiang Liu soared into the sky, his gaze locked on the Black Fiend Old Demon hidden deep within the layers of demonic clouds, and his realm, which had been suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage, suddenly erupted!
A sword strike that transforms one's spirit!
"The Tenth Heaven of the Soaring Clouds!"

Although the realm was suppressed, the attributes remained, and the power was not diminished!
next second.

A thousand-foot sword beam appeared out of nowhere, like a golden celestial river hanging upside down, and fiercely slashed down towards the Black Fiend Old Demon shrouded in demonic energy!

Before the sword light even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already torn apart the demonic energy filling the sky!

"Little tricks!"

A hint of disdain flashed in the eyes of the Black Fiend Old Demon. As a demonic giant in the Tribulation Transcending stage, even within the Myriad Demons Locking Spirit Array, he had no reason to fear a cultivator who had been suppressed to the late Nascent Soul stage.

He suddenly slapped his chest and spat out a mouthful of pitch-black demonic blood. The demonic blood instantly transformed into a huge demonic shield in the air, with countless ferocious demonic faces carved on its surface, exuding a terrifying and malevolent aura.

"Ghost Face Shield!"

boom!
The golden sword light collided with the pitch-black magic shield with a deafening roar that echoed throughout the core area of ​​Black Nether Island.

Visible energy shockwaves spread outwards, leveling the surrounding mountains and carving a deep trench hundreds of feet deep into the earth.

The demonic face on the magic shield shattered instantly, and countless demonic runes broke off inch by inch. The Black Fiend Demon felt an overwhelming force coming from the magic shield, which made his blood surge and his body involuntarily take three steps back.

"How is this possible?! How can your strength be so formidable?!"

The Black Demon King's expression finally changed. He could clearly sense that Jiang Liu's realm was indeed at the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage, but that power was several times more terrifying than that of an ordinary Integration stage cultivator!
"Realm? Can you eat that stuff?"

Jiang Liu's voice carried a hint of mockery. The flying sword beneath his feet shone brightly, and his figure appeared instantly above the Black Fiend Demon's head like a ghost.

He raised the Righteous Qi Sword in his hand once more, and the golden light on the sword became even more intense.

Swish swish!

"The Tenth Heaven of the Soaring Clouds!"

"Black Demon Palm!"

The Black Demon Lord dared not be negligent. He unleashed both palms simultaneously, and the pitch-black demonic energy condensed in his palms, transforming into two enormous demonic hands. With an aura capable of shattering heaven and earth, they slammed towards the golden sword light!

One sword breaks all laws!

The Black Demon Palm exploded!

With its remaining power, the Tenth Heaven of Lingxiao continued to slash towards the Black Fiend Demon!

puff!
Wounded by a sword strike, the Black Demon spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with disbelief.

how can that be!

"Director Jiang is awesome!"

When Elder Yunhe, who was lying on the ground, saw this scene, his eyes widened instantly, and his face, which had been filled with despair, suddenly burst into wild joy. He couldn't help but cheer loudly.

Jiang Liu: “.”

Dude, you just said you'd self-destruct to cover my retreat, isn't it a bit too fast to be bragging now?
Jiang Liu ignored Elder Yunhe and kept his gaze fixed on the Black Demon.

"Boy, you've successfully enraged this old devil!"

The Black Demon's voice became hoarse and terrifying. With a sudden wave of his hand, he summoned a black demon banner from his storage bag.

The demon banner was covered with twisted demonic patterns, and countless demonic souls struggled and roared in agony on its surface.

"Ten thousand demon flags, come out!"

The Black Demon Lord pulled out a classic demonic artifact!
A jet-black light burst forth from the Myriad Demon Banner, and countless demonic souls flew out from the banner, transforming into enormous demonic monsters that madly pounced on Jiang Liu.

Each of these monsters possessed the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage, and their numbers numbered in the hundreds. The overwhelming number of monsters instantly enveloped Jiang Liu.

"That's it?"

Jiang Liu glanced at the surrounding monsters, a disdainful smile playing on his lips. He gently spun the Righteous Qi Sword in his hand, and a golden sword circle instantly swept outwards from him.

Wherever the sword circle passed, the monsters were torn to shreds as if they were made of paper, turning into wisps of demonic energy that dissipated into the air.

These mere demons and monsters, they don't even need skills, a simple sweep is enough to wipe them all out.

"Ten Heavens of Lingxiao"

With another sword strike, he cleaved through the Ten Thousand Demon Banner!
Flags fall!

"My Banner of Ten Thousand Demons!"

The Black Demon Lord was heartbroken. The Myriad Demon Banner was a top-grade demonic artifact that he had spent hundreds of years collecting tens of thousands of living souls to refine. It was destroyed by Jiang Liu's sword!
In all his years of life, he had never seen such an amazing Nascent Soul cultivator!

Are the combined-stage cultivators in Zhongzhou already this terrifying in terms of combat power?
That's impossible. Yunhe is trash.

"The Tenth Heaven of the Soaring Clouds!"

"Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword!"

"Ten Directions Suppressing Fist!"

Jiang Liu unleashed several powerful moves in succession, his spiritual energy dwindling as he unleashed an invincible aura, determined to annihilate the Black Fiend Demon!

If the Black Demon Lord is a Mahayana stage boss, then killing him might take some effort.

But during the tribulation period.

Ha ha.

"Demonic Soul Burning!"

Black Fiend Old Demon already knew he was no match for him. A resolute glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly burned his demonic soul, causing his aura to surge several times over!

"Black Fiendish Light!"

The Black Demon roared, and a jet-black demonic light shot out from his palm, containing the power to destroy everything, and crashed fiercely into Jiang Liu's sword light.

The sword light and the demonic light collided violently in mid-air, the golden sword light and the pitch-black demonic light entangled wildly and devoured each other.

Although the Lingxiao Ten Heavens technique was neutralized by the Black Fiend Demon Light, there were still the Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword and the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist!
One punch, one sword!
A devastating blow to the Black Demon!

"what!"

The Black Demon Lord let out a shrill scream, his face filled with despair. He never imagined that he would be killed in his hometown!
Do not!
I still have a chance!
As long as you survive, there is a future!

This Black Nether Island is better off without!
"Blood Soul Escape!"

Black Demon gritted his teeth, transformed into a cloud of blood mist, and was about to disappear into the sky full of demonic clouds, fleeing thousands of miles away.

"You want to run now? It's too late!"

"The Sacred Escape Manual!"

Jiang Liu used his spatial ability to step forward and cross the void, arriving directly in front of the Black Fiend Demon.

Then, ten swords fell!
"The Tenth Heaven of the Soaring Clouds!"

The golden sword light, like a shooting star chasing the moon, instantly caught up with the blood-red shadow. A shrill scream rang out, and the blood-red shadow was instantly cleaved in two, completely dissipating into the air.

"No!"

"I won't give in!"

"This is unreasonable! How can a mere Fusion Realm cultivator kill my Tribulation Transcending Technique?!"

"Wait... what's this?!"

"Could this be divine power?!"

As if sensing something, the Black Demon's scream, as if he had suddenly realized something, rang out and then stopped, after which everything returned to calm.

You have earned 50000 merit points for defeating the Black Fiend Demon.

[You have slain the Black Fiend Demon, completing the main quest—Conquering the Three Black Islands, and gained 100000 merit points.] [The Myriad Demons Locking Spirit Array has been dispelled; the righteous cultivators' momentum is unstoppable, all attributes +200% for 24 hours.]

[Your merit points have reached 500000, unlocking the Taiyi Immortal Alliance Council-level Merit Shop]

A series of system notifications rang in Jiang Liu's mind.

A shop for directors with distinguished service!
Haha, I haven't even opened the Merit Shop yet, and I've already unlocked an even more advanced shop.

Jiang Liu's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at the task interface in the upper right corner, where the newly unlocked Director-level Merit Shop was flashing below.

Upon opening it, the Merit Shop interface is very simple, divided into three areas: Spirit Rank, Dao Rank, and Immortal Rank. Each area is filled with a wide variety of items, with the required merit points indicated next to them.

He skipped over the Spirit Rank and Dao Rank areas and looked at the Immortal Rank area first.

At a glance, he spotted the celestial artifact at the very top of the celestial tier.

【Haoran Demon-Suppressing Armor】

[Rank: Mid-grade Immortal]

[Attribute 1: +1000% Defense, +1000% Max Health, +20% Final Damage Reduction. When wearing this armor, all magic units reduce the damage dealt to you by 20%.]

[Entry 2: Active Domain - Vast and Powerful Demon-Suppressing Domain, consumes 30% of maximum spiritual energy to deploy a vast and powerful domain. Within the domain, the cultivation level of demonic units is reduced by one minor cultivation level, their defense is reduced by 500%, and all attributes of friendly units are increased by 300%. Lasts for 1 hour, cooldown is 1 day]

[Entry 3: Passive Effect - Demon Suppression Guardian: When attacked by demonic units, there is a 50% chance to ignore damage from Nascent Soul stage and below, a 20% chance to ignore damage from Fusion stage, a 10% chance to ignore damage from Tribulation stage, and a 3% chance to ignore damage from Mahayana stage.]

【Required Merit Points: 1000000】

What the hell!

Mid-grade immortal artifacts are really being given away for free!

The plan is going to cost a fortune this time!
Jiang Liu's face lit up with surprise when he saw the mid-grade immortal-level clothing.

1000% defense!
1000% of maximum health!
This perfectly fills the gap in his knowledge!
His weaknesses are defense and health, but with this immortal armor, his weaknesses won't be so bad!
It's a pity that it requires 100 million merit points, while he only has over 50 merit points.

But it doesn't matter. In less than two days, he will be able to exchange for this mid-grade immortal armor.

For the moment, Jiang Liu withdrew his lingering gaze and continued looking down.

He was quickly drawn to the blueprints for a set of low-grade immortal artifact jewelry.

Wow, there are even blueprints for a set of immortal artifacts!?
[Legend of Sword and Fairy: Breaking the Sky Jewelry Set Blueprint]

[Rank: Low-grade Immortal Weapon]

[Type: Jewelry Set (Bracelet, Ring, Necklace, Accessories)]

[Set Bonus (Collect all four pieces): All attributes +700%, Sword damage +500%, Final damage +50%, Ignore defense +50%]

[Includes blueprints: 2x Legend of Sword and Fairy Bracelet Blueprints, 2x Legend of Sword and Fairy Ring Blueprints, 2x Legend of Sword and Fairy Necklace Blueprints, 2x Legend of Sword and Fairy Accessory Blueprints]

【Required Merit Points: 1000000】

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

A set of six low-grade immortal artifacts!

Another million merit points!
"100 million merit points to buy six immortal artifact blueprints, that's not a bad deal, is it?"

Jiang Liu's eyes gleamed; this merit point shop was extremely satisfying to him.

One mid-grade immortal-level garment and six low-grade immortal-level pieces of jewelry!

If he replaces everything, his equipment will be a major upgrade!
He can wear these clothes for a year!
It's also a bit of a shame that these six jewelry sets are just blueprints. After you get them, you still have to gather the materials and craft them yourself, which will cost you a lot of Immortal-grade materials.

"The blueprints were given away for free, so the materials needed to craft it should also be provided, right?"

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, examined the blueprints, and glanced at the various immortal-grade materials needed to craft the Immortal Sword Breaking Heaven jewelry.

The Celestial Sword Sky-Breaking Bracelet contains: 10 Crimson Gold Immortal Jade, 10 Sword Light Spirit Orbs, 10 Divine Sword Rune Immortal Fragments, and 10 Demon-Slaying Immortal Crystals.
To craft one piece of the Immortal Sword Breaking Heaven jewelry, you need 40 Immortal-grade materials!
A set of six pieces requires 240 Immortal-grade materials.

Holy crap, that's expensive!
Please, developers, let me get this for free just once!

Jiang Liu muttered to himself as he continued searching through the Merit Shop.

Sure enough, I saw the Immortal-grade materials needed for the Immortal Sword Breaking the Heavens jewelry set.

【Crimson Gold Immortal Jade: 20000 Merit Points】

[Sword Light Spirit Orb: 20000 Merit Points]

[Divine Sword Rune Rubbing: 20000 Merit Points]

[Demon-Slaying Crystal: 20000 Merit Points]

Jiang Liu: “.”

Good news! You can get a free six-piece set of immortal artifacts.

The bad news is, I'll have to work for a long time.

"One Immortal-grade material costs 2 merit points, and 240 Immortal-grade materials are needed, which is 480 million merit points."

Jiang Liu did the math, and couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly.

He only gained 50 merit points after conquering two demon islands. How long would it take to kill for 480 million merit points?
No, not 480 million, it's 680 million!
A mid-grade immortal armor and its blueprints cost 200 million!

With a total of 680 million merit points, he was starting to doubt that even the overseas demonic sects might not be enough for him to kill alone.

"Sigh, as expected, it's still very difficult to empty the quest shop."

Jiang Liu sighed. This long-term mission was just like the version events in other games, but whose event shop was so hard to clear out?
Isn't this just making things difficult for the players?
Work hard, work really hard!

Get it for free! Get it for free!

Just as Jiang Liu made up his mind to empty the Merit Shop, a series of chaotic footsteps approached.

He subconsciously looked up and saw Elder Yunhe and a group of NPCs who had fled earlier running towards him, their faces full of fawning smiles.

"Director Jiang! You are truly amazing! You actually killed the Black Demon Lord with your own hands!"

"Director Jiang is truly a pillar of our righteous path! With you here, our righteous path will surely flourish!"

"Director Jiang's swordsmanship is superb, truly unparalleled in history!"

"Director Jiang, we had no choice but to run away before, please forgive us!"

Jiang Liu: “.”

Here they come again!

Listening to the NPCs' praise, Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, feeling nothing at all, and even a little amused.

You weren't like this when you ran away before!
Now that they see I've killed the Black Demon, they're all running back to flatter me like crazy?

Why did you go early?
Jiang Liu was too lazy to waste words with these NPCs. He put away the Righteous Qi Sword, and the flying sword beneath his feet shone brightly as he prepared to leave Black Nether Island.

He was too lazy to walk with the NPCs; there was no need, and he'd rather solo it.

"Director Jiang, are you leaving?"

Seeing that Jiang Liu was about to leave, Elder Yunhe hurriedly stepped forward, his face beaming with smiles, and said, "We have already prepared a celebration banquet on the nearby Demon Island. We would be honored if Director Jiang would grace us with his presence!"

"Not interested in."

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes. "I killed the Black Demon, so if there's going to be a celebration banquet, it's my business. What's it to you?"

Besides, this place is far overseas, far from Zhongzhou. Aren't you afraid that if we hold a victory celebration banquet, the overseas demonic sects will wipe us out in one fell swoop?

Besides, isn't eating and drinking a waste of time?
Instead of wasting this time, it would be more worthwhile to kill a couple more overseas demonic cultivators!

Ha, the cultivators of Zhongzhou, utterly depraved! (End of Chapter)