Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 164 Flying Sword
"who!?"

The Black Mountain Demon Lord's eyes sharpened, and two beams of demonic light shot out, burning with demonic fire that distorted the void.

Although Taiyuan is an ancient cultivation world, its status has fallen after the primordial spirits have fallen into silence, and the strength of its boundaries has also decreased. The Nascent Soul stage can break through the boundaries of heaven and earth, and the nascent soul stage can also distort the void.

This mysterious realm is no exception. Although it is a blessed land left by a Mahayana True Monarch, the passage of millions of years has caused its status to plummet. Now that it has returned to the world, its spatial boundaries have assimilated with the outside world, so even a Nascent Soul cultivator can shake it.

Such magical light shot towards the approaching person.

But before they could even get close, they were shattered by invisible sword energy.

As everyone stared intently, a figure gradually came into focus amidst the wind and clouds.

He was dressed simply, with graying temples. Although he had the face of a young man, he looked prematurely aged. At the same time, he exuded a chilling sword aura, revealing his sharp edge and captivating people's hearts.

There are some contradictions.

But it's not hard to understand.

It's nothing more than a depletion of vital energy and a shortened lifespan, leading to premature aging.

But why is life essence depleted, and why is lifespan shortened?

The chilling sword aura already spoke volumes.

It's caused by practicing qigong and cultivating magic!
Such people and such things are not uncommon in the cultivation world, and in recent years they have become countless.

The point is...

"Master!"

"Brother Li?"

Two gasps of surprise rang out in quick succession, drawing everyone's attention once again.

Nan Hai Di Ni's eyes sharpened, and he glanced behind him. He saw Zhong Yuxiu looking horrified, even with a hint of unspeakable fear. She unleashed the Xuanpo Sword Light and charged towards the man.

"Don't act rashly!"

Nan Haidi quickly intervened and stopped her.

Meanwhile, Linghu Xing and the other Xuanmen cultivators also turned their gazes to Xuanji Zi, who was exclaiming in surprise.

"Xuanjizi?"

"Do you know this person?"

The cultivators of the Xuanmen Sect asked anxiously, and Xuanjizi also woke up with a start: "This person is Brother Li Qingming, who killed Xin Chenzi Ding Weiyin and saved my life in the Poison Dragon Pool."

"Li Qingming?"

"Xin Chenzi, Ding Wei Yin?"

The cultivators of the Xuanmen sect looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and doubt. The cultivators from Xuanling Island, who came from the same background as Xuanjizi, also frowned.

They had heard Xuanjizi mention this matter.

However, according to Xuanjizi's account, this person's cultivation level should be at the Core Formation stage, and he is an inland cultivator. Although his strength is strong, it is also limited, as evidenced by the fact that he did not challenge the Netherworld Demon Lord who was at the Nascent Soul stage.

Although that happened more than twenty years ago, twenty years is nothing to a Core Formation cultivator. Yet this person has undergone such a tremendous change and just now easily broke through the Black Mountain Demon Lord's test.

Is it...

"He's practicing demonic arts?!"

An idea arose in everyone's minds.

All of this may seem like a long process, but for a cultivator with a single-minded focus, it is actually only a matter of moments.

Nan Haidi pressed down on Zhong Yuxiu, his mind in turmoil, filled with shock and doubt.

"This person is actually Master Erxiu?"

"The two most outstanding talents should be located in the inland areas, so it's not surprising that they have a master, but this person..."

"Demonic arts shorten life, premature aging, and little time left to live!"

"How could the two most outstanding talents in the world have such a master?"

"Was it a scheme, or a coincidence?"

"If such a cause and effect are intertwined..."

Thoughts raced, and everyone was filled with surprise and doubt.

Meanwhile, the Black Mountain Demon Lord shared the same idea, but the demonic path was very decisive, directly questioning Shen He: "Who are you, daring to plot against me?"

"Kill your man!"

Shen He pointed with one hand at the Black Mountain Demon Lord, as well as the other three demons and even the two righteous infants: "Who will come first, or will they all come at once?"

"Insanity!"

Seeing that the enemy's forces were pointing directly at him, the Black Mountain Demon Lord said no more and directly activated the Six Flames Demon Fire.

Seeing this, Miao Shaotian, Situ Lie, and Pan Wangpo also stood guard to guard against the South Sea Nun and the Turtle-Fishing Old Man.

"boom!!!"

The Black Mountain Demon Lord hastily channeled his magical power, and the Six Flames of Demonic Fire rose up, transforming into a black lotus bud that enveloped him within its heart.

"Six Flames of Demonic Fire, Black Lotus Blooms!"

The cultivators' eyes sharpened, and they all looked horrified.

"This is the first divine power of the Black Demon Sect. It requires the collection of six Flame Seeds to cultivate. The fourth to sixth levels are the Flame Seed Realm, the seventh to ninth levels are the Flower Blooming Realm, and the tenth to twelfth levels are the Lotus Platform Realm."

"The Black Mountain Demon Lord's Nascent Soul body only produced a sixth-order demonic fire, which was still at the Fire Seed stage. However, he used it as his innate divine power and refined it day and night, painstakingly creating sixty-three layers of Earthly Fiend Restriction."

"Sixty-three layers, the number seven and nine. With the power of this restriction, he can make the demonic fire spiritual and the black lotus bloom, temporarily ascending to the realm of blooming flowers. It can even damage the physical body of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Without corresponding protective measures, a Nascent Soul cultivator simply cannot withstand it."

"After the war between good and evil, the evil path was in decline, but it still had an ancient heritage. In particular, the three evils of the West Sea Demon Cave, Black Demon Sect, Blood Demon Path and Heavenly Demon Path stood side by side and could barely stand up to the East Sea Taihua, North Sea Xuantian and South Sea Golden Turtle. These demons are a testament to this."

How can this person be resisted?

Everyone was shocked and watched the battle unfold closely.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the Black Mountain Demon Lord also forged demonic fire, and the black lotus bud bloomed, with raging demonic flames inside, like a black sun rising.

However… “Even a grain of rice can shine!”

With a soft shout, Shen He flicked his sleeve and turned around. A sharp light suddenly appeared, shooting out from between his eyebrows and from his Niwan point. In an instant, it became a three-zhang-long beam of light, shooting towards the black lotus demon fire like lightning.

Fast, incredibly fast.

"puff!!!"

With a muffled thud, a burst of light pierced through, and the Black Lotus Demonic Flame offered no resistance whatsoever.

"what!!!"

Then a shrill sound was heard, and the Black Lotus Demon Flame dissipated, revealing the body of the Black Mountain Demon Lord.

But the demonic body did not hold on and instantly turned into demonic fire and burned away, revealing an infant about a foot long, pitch black all over, with prominent horns and demonic fire burning all over its body.

It is a demonic cultivator's Nascent Soul!

The three elements converge at the top to build the foundation of the Dao; the five elements converge at the origin to form the golden elixir.

After the Golden Core is formed, the next step is the Nascent Soul Formation. All the Three Flowers and Five Qi are condensed into the Golden Core, and finally, the Golden Core is broken to form the Nascent Soul, thus creating an absolute primordial spirit body. This is the Nascent Soul Realm.

After the Nascent Soul stage comes the Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit, which leaves the body to return to emptiness and comprehend the principles of heaven and earth. It then combines the Daoist essence of heaven and earth with its physical body, undergoing a gradual transformation until it transcends the mortal realm and becomes an immortal.

Black Mountain Demon Lord was only a Nascent Soul cultivator, not a Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit, and had no power to return to the void and merge with the Dao. However, in the Taiyuan Cultivation World, where the status had fallen and the primordial spirit was dormant, he could still be considered a great demonic cultivator.

But this demonic being had his physical body destroyed, leaving only a nascent soul that let out a shrill howl.

His physical body was destroyed not by his opponent, but by his own actions. He recklessly unleashed the Six Flames of Demonic Fire, even incinerating his own body.

The reason for such an extreme situation lies in the hands of that demonic infant.

The demonic infant let out a shrill howl, and six flames of demonic fire burned within it, using the most refined nascent soul power to maintain this demonic fire divine power in order to resist the sword light in its hand.

The sword light was a vast expanse, without any visible form, only a sharp gleam, which the demonic infant held tightly in its hand.

"This……"

"An invisible sword?"

"How is that possible?"

This sight horrified everyone, and Miao Shaotian and the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the demonic path rushed towards Shen He.

Invisible sword!
It is one of the flying swords of the Taihua Immortals. It is made by using the Formless Sword Technique, gathering the essence of the five metals, collecting three thousand six hundred kinds of spiritual herbs, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, refining pure yang and pure yin, and finally refining it. It is both a supernatural power and a magical flying sword.

This sword is invisible and formless. Not only is its speed extremely fast, but it is also silent, invisible, and formless. It can ignore the physical body and specifically target the cultivator's primordial spirit. It can destroy the nascent soul and golden core before the primordial spirit is formed. It is extremely powerful and extremely vicious.

But this sword is extremely difficult to forge, and there is only one known to exist in Mount Taihua. How could it be in the hands of this person?

"wrong!"

"Isn't this the invisible sword?"

Nan Hai Di Ni's eyes narrowed as he watched the Black Mountain Demon Lord desperately resisting the sword light.

"The Invisible Sword has already been taken by the Ascetic Venerable to Hundred Barbarian Mountain to intimidate the Green-Robed Old Demon. How could this person obtain it?"

"Moreover, the Invisible Sword is invisible and silent, penetrating the body and destroying the primordial spirit. If the Invisible Sword were truly here, the Black Mountain Demon Lord would not be able to react at all."

"This flying sword..."

In Nan Hai Di Ni's mind, the three demonic cultivators had already made their move to help, but they did not target the sword light that was entangled with the Black Mountain Demon Lord. Instead, they attacked the master of the sword light by diverting forces from Wei to Zhao.

However, just as the three made their move, Shen He intensified his magic power, and the radiant light of his Dao Sword surged, instantly piercing through the six flames of demonic fire burning within the Black Mountain Demon Lord's life essence and penetrating into the demonic nascent soul.

"what!!!"

A scream rang out as the demonic nascent soul shattered and the six flames of demonic fire vanished instantly, leaving only a ray of brilliant light returning. The three demonic cultivators, who were all-out attack with no defense, were now facing a deadly situation.

"not good!"

Miao Shaotian's expression changed, and he summoned a dark green pearl, which collided with the surging sword light. A loud clang resounded, and the pearl slid back.

"This is not an invisible sword!"

Seeing this, Miao Shaotian understood.

The Invisible Sword of Mount Taihua, though forged from the essence of five metals, has long been refined into a sword energy due to the unique nature of the Invisible Sword Technique. Although it is invisible, silent, and extremely fast, capable of penetrating physical defenses, its special nature makes it unsuitable for direct confrontation with other flying swords and magical treasures.

And now this flying sword...

It is extremely fierce and powerful, extremely fast and extremely fierce. It can sever both the physical body and the primordial spirit. It follows the path of "one sword breaks all laws". It relies entirely on its foundation and the refinement of the law. The sword technique is just to amplify the power of the foundation. It does not have the tricky function of the formless sword.

In other words, the Black Mountain Demon Lord was killed by him head-on?
What kind of sword is this?

Sacrificial Sword to Slay Demons!
Shen He's sword slayed the Black Mountain Demon Lord and then collided with Miao Shaotian Xuanzhu. The fierce edge of the sword forced the Nascent Soul cultivator to retreat step by step.

Sacrifice the Tao to slay the demon!

The former refers to cultivation methods.

The latter is the attack method.

To put it bluntly, this thing is the body cultivation among flying swords. It cultivates only a physical value and has no mechanism. It relies on the power that the sword master has cultivated through "sacrifice" to kill enemies. When necessary, even the sword master's golden core, nascent soul, and primordial spirit can be sacrificed into the sword to maximize the power of the sword technique. It is called the Primordial Spirit Sacrifice Demon Slaying Sword!
Although Shen He only has the cultivation level of Golden Core, his Great Dao Golden Core is unparalleled throughout history. In terms of foundation, he is no less than these few demonic Nascent Soul cultivators who have been famous for hundreds of years. In addition, the professional power enhances the Battle Dao Sword, and he also has forty-five Earthly Fiend Restrictions that he personally refined and made immediately after its creation. Its power is so great that even the Black Mountain Demon Lord burning his Nascent Soul life fire could not withstand it.

The only drawback of this sword is that it consumes too much energy. Ordinary cultivators can only use it a few times before their mana is exhausted. Therefore, it can mostly be used as a killing move, a last-ditch effort.

But Shen He is no ordinary person. His foundation as a Great Dao Golden Core is beyond imagination, and the quantity and quality of his True Essence and Mana are extraordinary, which is enough to support this sword in battle.

However, others were unaware of the key to this, and taking advantage of the opportunity when he was facing Miao Shaotian Xuanzhu, Situ Lie quietly made his move. A sword light that was hidden in the air shot out silently, and only when it was close to him did it burst into blood light and fiercely pierce towards his dantian.

It is... the Blood Infant Sword!

The Blood Demon Path's signature flying sword, like the Taihua Invisible Sword, is a flying sword with special effects. However, this sword is specifically designed to target the physical body and nascent soul. Not only does it require the demonic cultivator to refine it, but it also requires the cultivator's nascent soul to be collected and devoured. It can only be forged through the blood sacrifice of the Nine Infants. The sword is filled with all kinds of filth, vicious curses, and once it injures the physical body, it can turn both the person and the nascent soul into pus and blood.

Situ Lie was full of confidence when he unleashed this sword strike, after all, he had already killed many Nascent Soul cultivators with this flying sword, including two old monsters from the orthodox Xuanmen sect, who were notorious among the demonic cultivators of the Western Sea.

Therefore, even if the Black Mountain Demon Lord dies, we cannot scare him away; instead, we must take the opportunity to kill him.

But don't want to...

Faced with the Blood Infant Sword that was closing in on him in an instant and heading straight for his dantian, Shen He did not recall his Dao Sword, nor did he dodge. Instead, he threw a punch that struck the Blood Infant Sword's edge.

(End of this chapter)