Unlimited employment

Chapter 184, Section 183: [Covering the Sky with One Hand, Suppressing the Five Elements]

Inside Xianyang City, Ying Zheng frowned as he sensed the battlefield a hundred miles away.

He silently assessed Chen Sheng's fighting prowess and then looked down at the Yanfu Fruit pit that was being suppressed in his chest.

"You have quite the skill to create a fifth-level cultivator who cultivates both body and spirit in such a short time!"

Yes.

Ying Zheng believed that Chen Sheng's ability to quickly achieve the fifth level of the Dao of Life after only half a day, shortly after breaking through to the Yang Shen level in the Dao of Sexuality, was due to the power of the Yanfu Fruit core.

This is normal thinking logic for normal people.

After all, even if Chen Sheng were in Ying Zheng's shoes, he simply couldn't imagine that someone in this world could achieve the fifth level in such a short time through their own strength.

Advancing from the fourth to the fifth rank on the path of cultivation is a process of going from a half-immortal to an immortal, and the difficulty of breaking through is even greater than that of cultivating from the first rank to the fourth rank.

Chen Sheng's breakthrough right under his nose seemed like a myth.

The scene before him clearly made Ying Zheng overestimate the power of the Yanfu Fruit core. He surged with demonic energy and fiercely suppressed the golden core.

Then, he floated into the air from inside the Qin Palace, looked towards the east, and sneered.

"It's just a straw that a fruit pit has chosen as a lifeline in its death throes."

Regardless of whether the right person was chosen, cultivators who are forced to grow too quickly will not have a stable foundation.

"Let me, a true demon, show you the terrifying power of a fifth-tier cultivator."

After speaking, Ying Zheng's entire body burst into black demonic flames, burning the surrounding void.

At the same time, Yang Shen also transformed into a demonic true form with eight arms, a black face and fangs, a vertical blood-red demonic eye embedded between his eyebrows, and a pair of exaggerated curved horns on his head.

bass!
The demonic eye opened, and a blazing crimson demonic light shot towards Chen Sheng, who had already flown to the vicinity of Tongguan, at the speed of light.

Hundreds of miles can be covered in the blink of an eye.

boom!
The void expanded, the wind surged, and the demonic light exploded after hitting Chen Sheng's body. The void in the leaden clouds that had already been dispersed was now filled with dense blood light.

The violent shockwave sent Chen Sheng flying more than ten miles away.

Once his figure came to a stop, it became clear that a Five Virtues Canopy was floating above his head, with wisps of five-colored light hanging around it.

Within the light, the five elements flowed, like a pile of stacked millstones, grinding away the attacks received.

The magical light that struck Chen Sheng just now caught him off guard only caused ripples on the canopy's halos, without harming his body at all.

But just as he came to a stop, the bursting, expanding blood-red light suddenly contracted and transformed into the figure of Ying Zheng.

It turns out that the magic light is not only a means of attack, but also a clever technique for surprise attacks and escape.

The sneak attack failed, and what followed was a relentless barrage of attacks.

"Outsider, take this!"

Ying Zheng laughed wildly, leaped close to Chen Sheng, and with his palm like a knife, shot out a black blade of light, slashing towards him.

Like a demonic blade unsheathed, the blade's light, concealing profound demonic intent, absorbed all the surrounding light the moment it appeared, unconsciously attracting Chen Sheng's attention.

At that moment, he seemed to see the ultimate pursuit in life, the overwhelming opportunity that would allow him to achieve great cultivation, become a Buddha and an ancestor, and bring all living beings of the Jambudvipa under his rule, rushing towards him.

Overjoyed, he couldn't even muster the thought of dodging, and watched helplessly as the blade descended, ignoring the Five Virtues Canopy's defense, and struck him directly.

In the instant he was stabbed, the dark, weak, despicable, painful, and self-destructive thoughts in Chen Sheng's mind were directly transformed into colorful worms under the catalysis of the demonic blade, which began to devour his Yang spirit.

Chen Sheng, who was being devoured, felt no pain whatsoever; instead, he felt a sense of euphoria.

[Heavenly Demon Blade]: A vicious method used to spread the Way of the Heavenly Demon. Anyone slashed by the blade will be cut with an incurable Heavenly Demon wound, which will transform the negative thoughts in their mind into Heavenly Demon larvae. After the larvae have devoured the host's soul, they will burst out of the body and transform into a bunch of Heavenly Demons of various colors with their cultivation level reduced by one rank.

The Five Virtues Canopy's defense focuses more on physical and magical attacks, making it less effective against mental attacks, which is why it was able to be ambushed.

After injuring his enemy with one move, Ying Zheng pressed his advantage, expanding his demonic body to over ten zhang in size, and swallowed the tiny Chen Sheng, who was still covered by a canopy, whole.

"Hahaha, outsider, become food for me."

"You're getting a little too cocky."

Faced with Ying Zheng's colossal maw, Chen Sheng, lost in his illusion, raised his head.

His eyes were filled with a kaleidoscope of colors, as if countless insects were wriggling within them, making him look terrifying and disgusting.

Click!

Suddenly, a golden bolt of lightning struck his eyes, shattering all the worms reflected in his mind into ashes and causing the worms that were diligently gnawing in his Yang God to be suddenly cleared away.

[Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder]: This is a demonic tribulation that a Heavenly Demon must undergo when advancing from the fourth to the fifth rank. It has little effect when dealing with fifth-rank Heavenly Demons, but when facing Heavenly Demons of the fourth rank or below, it will have a demon-annihilating effect that is close to instant kill.

Once Chen Sheng regained his senses, he immediately summoned a five-colored divine light from behind him and swept it across Ying Zheng's head, which was right in front of him.

Wow!
A flash of five-colored light appeared, and a large patch of Ying Zheng's face collapsed, startling the injured man so much that he retreated and transformed into a streak of black light, disappearing dozens of miles away.

He spoke with an uncertain expression.

"You actually broke my Heavenly Demon Blade."

Chen Shengyang's divine light radiated a clear, water-like lightning, which moved around repairing the wounds caused by the worms' bites, and he spoke calmly.

"You think you can take me down with just these little tricks? That's far from enough."

Oh!

The gap in Ying Zheng's face was filled by surging demonic energy, restoring his previous majestic demonic appearance. His eyes flickered, and he suddenly changed the subject.

"I admit that I underestimated you before. You do have the potential to kill me and become the savior."

But it's only a possibility.

If this fight continues, maybe you'll be the one who dies, or maybe I will be the one who dies.

I admire heroes like you and cannot bear to see you risk your life to fight me. So... let's call it quits and make peace.

Having destroyed the fruit to its current state, I have already received the reward of the Path of Destruction and intend to withdraw from this fruit while I am ahead.

"I can give you the pit of the Jambudvipa fruit, making you the savior of this fruit, a hero favored by its destiny. In return, you spare my life, and I will spare yours. Wouldn't this be a wonderful deal?"

"What utterly nonsensical deal!"

Admittedly, Chen Sheng was momentarily tempted after hearing these words, but he quickly realized there was a trap involved.

First of all, Ying Zheng, who unified the six kingdoms, was by no means a weak person.

Ying Zheng was a hostage in the State of Zhao from a young age, living a life of constant fear. After returning to the country and ascending the throne, he became a puppet king of Qin under the oppression of his mother, Lü Buwei, and others. He finally reached the fourth level of cultivation, killed powerful ministers, imprisoned his mother, seized power, formed alliances, and began a long and bloody war of unification.

He achieved the fifth rank with the Black Dragon bloodline after conquering several countries, crushing the six countries with his absolute cultivation advantage and completing the unification.

How could such a brilliant and ambitious emperor be someone who would immediately bow down and submit after suffering a setback?

Chen Sheng's mind raced, and he quickly found a record in his mental database.

The nature of most demons in the world is like this: they are arrogant and unrestrained when they are successful, and resentful of others when they are unsuccessful. They are treacherous and cunning at heart, and their nature is unpredictable. When facing a powerful enemy, they have no demeanor of a strong person. They are always trying to find ways to obtain the greatest benefit at the lowest cost...

"The most deadly traps are often hidden in the most tempting temptations."

Just now, Ying Zheng actually offered to give me the Yanfu Fruit pit. It seems there's probably something wrong with the pit he'd only partially refined.

Based on this speculation about the other party's methods, Chen Sheng immediately said with a cold smile.

"I have come here today only to slay the Heavenly Demon and eliminate evil to protect the righteous path."

"You outsider, you really don't know what's good for you."

Amidst thunderous roars, Ying Zheng's rage caused the demonic flames on his body to burn even more fiercely.

As if a violent explosion had occurred, a tidal wave of demonic flames surged in all directions, filling every spatial fold within a thousand-mile radius.

Under the burning demonic flames, the spiritual energy in this area was transformed into demonic energy, coalescing into twisted demonic shadows.

This is a power of the Heavenly Demon to corrupt the external environment. At first glance, it seems somewhat similar to the ability of the Body God to distort the world, but the two are completely different.

The power of the body god leans towards the creation of natural attributes, while demonization is more adept at causing things to deviate from their normal course.

The transformed demonic shadows, filled with a strong sense of aggression, stared intently at Chen Sheng, wanting him to absorb them into his body, first becoming a part of him, and then assimilating his life essence into a celestial demon.

The demonic flames have already transformed all the surrounding spiritual energy into demonic shadows. Once Chen Sheng's magical power is exhausted and he begins to absorb external power, he will be forced to draw the demonic shadows into his body.

"Is this all the First Emperor, the mighty emperor, is capable of?"

Looking at the surrounding arrangements, Chen Sheng smiled.

He opened his left hand, grabbed at Ying Zheng, and released a torrent of magical power from his body.

High-quality mana with fifth-order properties intertwined with the demonic flames, completely unaffected by them, evolving on its own in the world, changing the color of the crimson world filled with magma and leaden clouds within a hundred miles.

Then, countless Daoist nodes lit up in the air, filling the gaps with more magical power, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into a giant hand that stretched for hundreds of miles, obscuring the entire sky.

At the fingertips of his palm, most of the magical power gathered and condensed into five enormous stars, each more than ten miles in diameter.

The stars are divided into five colors, representing the condensation of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They also draw upon the power of stars in the external void, radiating brilliant light.

Between the five stars, there are hundreds of different types of lightning, interwoven into a dense net of lightning, evolving into a lightning realm that constantly erodes the surrounding demonic shadows.

The giant hand was like a god who could cover the sky, casting a palm strike from outside the world, using its palm and five miniature planets to firmly protect Chen Sheng.

Ying Zheng, who was not far away, could clearly feel that the power contained in this palm was enough to suppress him, a mid-stage fifth-order cultivator.

Above their heads, the evolution of the giant hand continues.

Ying Zheng knew he couldn't sit idly by and wait for his death; otherwise, this palm strike could drastically change the course of the battle. He had to eliminate Chen Sheng as soon as possible.

"What an exquisite move! The power of the five elements, stars, and thunder cultivated by this outsider has been perfectly integrated."

"What a pity, you, the savior, don't know how great the true demon is."

As soon as the thought arose, Ying Zheng's demonic shadow, several dozen feet tall, raised its hands and began to sway its body slightly.

His appearance was ferocious and imposing, his body was thick and tall, his movements were clumsy and awkward, and his dance should have been ugly.

But at this moment, Ying Zheng's movements exuded a strange charm that caused countless demonic figures within a thousand miles to become restless and start dancing the same dance.

Chen Sheng noticed his unusual behavior, and the five-colored divine light behind him immediately swept down, but it only destroyed part of his Yang spirit on the surface of his body.

Then, Ying Zheng's entire Yang spirit split into numerous individuals, singing and laughing as they ran towards the surrounding world.

The billions of demonic figures within a radius of thousands of miles also began to move, holding hands and standing shoulder to shoulder, starting a joyful and magnificent singing and dancing.

The sounds that reached his ears and the images that fell into his eyes made Chen Sheng feel inexplicably drowsy.

He forced himself to pull himself together and seized the opportunity to use various attack methods, killing many of Ying Zheng's split bodies, only to find that the enemy was simply impossible to kill completely.

If one body dies, a random demonic shadow within a thousand miles will wriggle and transform into its likeness, coming back to life.

Meanwhile, the eerie power contained within the dance and song grew stronger and stronger. As Chen Sheng watched and listened for a long time, a thought couldn't help but arise in his mind.

"What a joyful scene! It would be nice to join in."

The moment this thought arose, his consciousness was instantly immersed in ultimate bliss. His eyes glazed over, his body swayed, and he opened his mouth to sing, overwhelmed by the immense joy that rose within him.

As Chen Sheng fell, the colossal hand covering the sky and the five stars in the high sky seemed to come alive as well, wriggling their bodies and dancing, and growing huge mouths to sing.

Even the Five Virtues Canopy protecting Chen Sheng's body opened its mouth wide like a doorway, grinning from ear to ear.

In such a lively atmosphere, many figures of Ying Zheng gathered together, laughing as they passed through the flawed defenses of the Five Elements, Stars, and Thunder, which were made by anthropomorphism, as if they were walking on a broad road, and flew to Chen Sheng, smiling as they spoke to him.

"Hahaha, I've come in."

[Heavenly Demon Bliss]: The innate magic of the Heavenly Demon race, which can plunge sentient beings into ultimate bliss, making them forget everything in the world. Even the heartless beings in the world can be temporarily granted the bliss unique to living beings.

"Yes, you walked into the demon-slaying formation I set up on your own initiative."

As Chen Sheng's calm voice rang out, the five planets orbiting his body began to spin rapidly...

(End of this chapter)