Chapter 1339
Star Sword Grass
The sword light flowed and condensed, transforming in an instant into three thick, mountain-like, crystal-clear cyan sword pillars.
On the sword pillar, the blue lotus pattern is clearly visible, and the sword intent is extremely sharp!
"No!"
The three powerful demons were terrified, their faces ashen.
They desperately channeled the remaining demonic energy within their bodies, condensing layers of thick demonic shields, bone armor, and blood curtains in front of them, attempting to withstand this fatal blow.
However, it could withstand the absolute suppression of the Azure Lotus Sword Realm and the dual suppression of the Xuanwu World-Suppressing Law.
Their strength was greatly reduced, and their defenses were as fragile as paper, making them unable to withstand the terrifying bombardment of the sword pillars!
puff!puff!puff!
Three muffled yet crisp sounds rang out in succession.
The three cyan sword pillars pierced through the three men's defenses as easily as piercing thin paper, and slammed into their demonic bodies.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a moment of silence.
The three powerful demons didn't even have time to scream before their demonic bodies exploded on the spot, turning into a cloud of blood mist. Even their souls were shredded by the sword light and completely annihilated.
"Third brother! Fifth brother! Seventh brother!"
The Blood Demon Lord's eyes were bloodshot and filled with grief and rage.
Those were his trusted subordinates who had followed him for many years, each one an outstanding member of the demon race, and not easy to cultivate.
But at this moment, in the blink of an eye, three people had fallen. Such losses almost drove him to madness with heartache.
In the blink of an eye, half of the six powerful demons were killed.
But Ye Yang gave him no time to catch his breath.
To cut the weeds, one must pull them out by the roots; this is the way to survive in chaotic times.
His eyes turned cold, and he suddenly flashed away.
The Star Armor shimmered, easily tearing through the spatial forces, and he appeared before the other two powerful demons as if by teleportation.
It was so fast that even afterimages couldn't be left behind.
"die!"
A cold shout, like the pronouncement of death.
The Dragon Abyss Sword and the Evil King Blade were swung out simultaneously, one to the left and one to the right, one severing the head and the other severing the waist, sealing off all their escape routes, defenses, and escapes.
The two powerful demons were terrified and their souls nearly left their bodies. They could only subconsciously and desperately activate their demonic powers to defend themselves, frantically parrying with their demonic weapons.
However, Ye Yang's swords not only possessed the power of stars, but also the surging and incomparably heavy Xuanwu Dao power, with extremely fierce power and strength far exceeding that of cultivators of the same level.
Clang! Clang!
Two piercing clangs of metal clashing echoed across the battlefield.
The demonic weapons in the hands of the two powerful demons were instantly severed, the cuts as smooth as mirrors.
Before they could react, Ye Yang's sword had already fallen.
Both of them had a horrifying, deep wound on their chests, exposing the bone, and black demonic blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly staining the earth red.
"Demon Lord, save me!"
The two screamed in terror, their voices shrill, and retreated frantically, desperate to escape the attack range of Ye Yang, the god of death.
Blood Demon Lord's face was ashen and twisted with rage. He knew that if these two died, he would truly be all alone.
He suddenly struck out with his palm, and the surging demonic energy transformed into an incredibly thick, blood-red barrier, blocking the two in front of them, attempting to save them.
Ye Yang knew that the other party had fallen into a trap.
Seeing the crimson barrier appear out of nowhere, Ye Yang's eyes darkened, and his aura suddenly receded.
The originally surging Xuanwu Dao power seemed to be forcibly suppressed back into the dantian, and the light on the sword and saber dimmed a bit.
"Ok?"
A cold glint flashed in the Blood Demon Lord's eyes.
Ye Yang was already at his last gasp!
"Kid, you've finally run out of strength!"
The Blood Demon Lord laughed wildly, assuming that Ye Yang had overexerted himself earlier and was now lacking in power, so he no longer had any fear of him.
"Die!"
His body surged with blood-red light, and he no longer guarded the barrier. Instead, he lunged forward, his palm carrying a monstrous blood demon force, striking Ye Yang's crown chakra!
He wanted to take advantage of the moment when Ye Yang's old strength had just dissipated and his new strength had not yet been generated to kill him in one blow!
Ye Yang had been waiting for this moment.
Instead of retreating, he advanced, seemingly hastily parrying, but in reality, he took several steps, each one precisely landing on a spatial node of the Azure Lotus Sword Realm.
"You're not qualified to kill me!"
Ye Yang let out a low shout, his Dragon Abyss Sword slashing diagonally, and his Evil King Blade blocking horizontally. It seemed like a direct confrontation, but in reality, he was using the force of the blows to pull the opponent away.
Bang!
The moment their energies collided, Ye Yang deliberately allowed himself to be thrown backward, shooting towards the core area of the Azure Lotus Sword Realm!
"Where do you think you're going!"
The Blood Demon Lord assumed Ye Yang was fleeing in panic, and his killing intent surged. He was unwilling to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"I swear I will not rest until I have torn you to pieces!"
He slightly activated his Blood Escape power, transforming it into a crimson rainbow that relentlessly pursued Ye Yang's retreating figure, chasing him straight into the depths of the Sword Realm.
He was completely unaware.
They had now stepped into the deadly trap set by Ye Yang and the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
The center of the sword realm.
Between heaven and earth, only endless blue sword light remained.
Beneath his feet were blue lotus patterns, above his head was the sword domain sky, and in all directions, there was solidified, sharp sword intent.
This is the absolute domain of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
"Now!"
Ye Yang roared.
The previously somewhat scattered energy suddenly erupted at this moment!
The Star Armor shone brightly, and the Xuanwu Dao Power swept over his entire body like a tsunami. There was no sign of exhaustion whatsoever.
He suddenly stopped and swung his sword and knife in a backhand motion!
"Sword Seals the Void!"
Two beams of light, one blue and one black, intertwined across the sky, directly sealing off all escape routes for the Blood Demon Lord, trapping him firmly in the core of the Sword Realm!
"not good!"
The Blood Demon Lord's expression changed drastically, realizing he had fallen into a trap.
"You're deliberately trying to provoke me."
Before he could finish speaking...
hum! ! !
The entire Azure Lotus Sword Realm suddenly shrank!
Countless illusory images of blue lotuses bloomed in the void, and billions of sword lights locked onto the Blood Demon Lord from all directions at the same time. The sword intent was so strong that it almost cut his demonic body into dust.
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal slowly stepped out from the void, his robes spotless, his eyes cold as ice.
"Entering my sword realm means certain death."
He formed a sword seal with both hands, his tone indifferent yet carrying the majesty of the laws of heaven and earth.
"Azure Lotus Sword Realm!"
boom!!!
Countless cyan sword lights, like a torrential downpour or ten thousand dragons emerging from the sea, simultaneously bombarded the Blood Demon Lord from all directions!
At the core of the sword realm, sword intent is compressed to its extreme, and every sword light possesses the power to severely injure a Demon Lord-level expert!
"No!"
The Blood Demon Lord's soul flew to the heavens, frantically activating all his demonic energy.
"Blood Demon Undying Body!"
His body was enveloped in a thick, blood-red armor formed from crimson light, with howling vengeful spirits and flashing demonic runes, as he fought with all his might to defend himself.
However, in the core of the Sword Realm, space is locked, laws are suppressed, and demonic energy is weakened.
With Ye Yang watching closely from the sidelines, all escape routes were blocked.
puff!puff!puff!
Countless sword lights pierced through the blood-red defense and plunged fiercely into the Blood Demon Lord's body.
"Ugh!"
The Blood Demon Lord let out an extremely shrill scream. His left shoulder was pierced by a sword, his right chest was slammed by a sword spine, and his back was simultaneously cut by dozens of sword lights, the cuts so deep that the bone was visible.
Black demonic blood mixed with red essence blood sprayed out, staining the entire sword realm space red.
The demonic light on his body dimmed at a visible speed, and his aura plummeted instantly, falling from his peak state to critically injured!
"You...you dare to plot against me!"
The Blood Demon Lord was disheveled, his face contorted with shock, rage, hatred, and fear.
Ye Yang didn't take his threat seriously, seeing that the Blood Demon Lord had already been injured by the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
He turned his gaze to the remaining two demons.
Ye Yang gently trembled the Dragon Abyss Sword in his right hand, and the lurking blue dragon shadow on the sword suddenly soared into the sky and roared!
"Roar!"
The azure dragon phantom was tens of feet long, with scales and claws flying, and its imposing aura, carrying the power to tear everything apart and destroy everything, crashed fiercely into the blood-red barrier.
Click!
A crisp sound, like glass shattering.
The crimson barrier that the Blood Demon Lord had gathered with all his might, with the Azure Dragon's momentum undiminished and its ferocious advance completely engulfed the two heavily injured, dying, and terrified demon warriors!
"what!"
The piercing screams lasted only a moment before abruptly ceasing.
As the illusory image of the Azure Dragon slowly dissipated and the light faded, the two powerful demons had already perished, leaving not even a trace behind.
At this point, the six powerful demons brought by the Blood Demon Lord were all killed in the blink of an eye, leaving only the Blood Demon Lord!
The entire battle, from Ye Yang donning his armor and entering the fray to the combined use of swords and blades, and then to the suppression by Xuanwu and the slaying by Qinglian, took only the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
It was so fast it was suffocating, so powerful it was despair-inducing.
Ye Yang watched the great battle between the Blood Demon Lord and the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
Both were incredibly powerful, especially the Blood Demon Lord. Although he wasn't a Mahayana realm expert, he was close to it and was roughly equal to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal. Their battle was fierce.
Ye Yang was also watching the battle between the two, carefully learning from their actions.
The Sword Realm is formed from the void, based on its own sword intent;
How do countless sword energies circulate, accumulate power, and erupt within the sword realm?
How space is forcibly suppressed, distorted, and solidified by sword intent;
How the laws of heaven and earth are manipulated and used by the sword realm...
Every tiny change, every mysterious trajectory, gave Ye Yang many insights.
Countless images flashed through his mind, constantly being deduced, analyzed, and integrated.
From initial obscurity to gradual clarity, and finally to complete understanding, his comprehension of the sword world is deepening at an alarming rate.
"What a magnificent Azure Lotus Sword Immortal!"
The Blood Demon Lord stood amidst the chaos and scattered demonic energy of the battlefield, looking around to find himself all alone.
His men were all wiped out, and he had used all his trump cards, yet he still suffered a crushing defeat. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was disheveled, and he was almost driven to madness, his hatred and resentment growing wildly like poisonous vines.
"I will remember this humiliation! I will repay you a hundredfold in the future, tearing you to pieces and eternally sacrificing your souls to the Blood Demon Pool!"
He knew that if he didn't leave now, he would never be able to leave again.
Before he could finish speaking, the Blood Demon Lord suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of his heart's essence blood.
His blood essence was bright red and dazzling, transforming into a mysterious and ferocious blood-red rune in the air. The rune flashed and instantly disappeared into his body.
"Blood Escape!"
boom!
The demonic energy around the Blood Demon Lord exploded, turning into a sky full of blood mist.
He transformed into an extremely fast streak of blood-red light, his speed increasing several times in an instant. Like an arrow released from a bow, he fled madly into the distance, wanting only to escape this nightmarish battlefield as quickly as possible.
"Want to escape?"
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal snorted coldly, raising her jade hand to unleash her sword light to intercept. With her sword cultivation, capturing the Blood Demon Lord who was using Blood Escape would require some effort, but it wasn't impossible.
Ye Yang gently raised his hand to stop him.
"Please wait, senior."
"Fellow Daoist, what brings you here?"
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal turned his head in confusion, his eyes filled with bewilderment. In his view, this was the perfect opportunity to nip the problem in the bud; letting the tiger return to the mountain would lead to endless troubles.
Ye Yang's gaze remained calm as he stared in the direction where the Blood Demon Lord had departed, a deep, unfathomable glint of cold light flashing in his eyes.
"He is using the Blood Escape Technique, burning his life essence to escape at an extremely fast speed. Even if we give chase, we may not be able to stop him in a short time. Instead, we might be dragged into an ambush, which would be a greater loss than gain."
"It would be better to let him go and let him vent his anger and humiliation. He is narrow-minded and vindictive, and he will definitely seek revenge at all costs. That will be the best time for us to completely kill him and wipe out all the invading enemies in one fell swoop."
Upon hearing this, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and instantly understood Ye Yang's deeper meaning.
This is not releasing a tiger back into the mountains, but rather luring a snake out of its hole, using oneself as bait to lure out an even greater force behind the demon race.
He nodded slightly, a hint of approval in his eyes.
"What you say is reasonable, fellow Daoist. Your thoughts are profound and far surpass those of us."
The two did not pursue further, but turned to look at the ravaged battlefield.
Among the corpses scattered on the ground, the body of a powerful demon was the most intact because Ye Yang had deliberately protected it with his Dao power. Although his soul was destroyed, his body and demon blood were still abundant.
Ye Yang raised his hand and sent the Evil King Blade flying back through the air, gently slicing several wounds on the corpse of the demon expert.
The thick, black, and pungent demon blood gushed out like a spring.
Ye Yang remained calm as he used his own Dao power to form an invisible force, drawing all the gushing demonic blood into a pre-prepared milky-white jade bottle.
The jade bottle is also engraved with star runes, which can lock in the essence of demonic blood and prevent it from leaking out.
A full quarter of an hour passed before the demon blood in the demon's body was completely drained. His once robust and powerful demon body instantly withered, becoming like a dead tree, utterly worthless.
"Let's go into the tower."
Ye Yang casually picked up the withered demon corpse, and together with the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, they turned and walked towards the mysterious Nine Revolutions Star Tower.
The tower soared into the clouds, its entire body forged from an unknown celestial gold, with nine layers and nine folds, each layer flowing with different starlight.
At the base of the tower, a simple, ancient altar, about ten feet in size, floats silently.
Ye Yang casually tossed the shriveled demon corpse onto the altar.
boom!
The next moment, all the runes on the altar suddenly lit up, and golden and blue divine light rose from the altar, burning like flames and instantly enveloping the demonic corpse.
As the demonic corpse was sacrificed, the ancient runes on the altar shone even brighter.
The light flowed, as if absorbing the pure malevolent energy and life essence from the demonic corpse.
"The first level is complete. Let's go and enter the second level."
Ye Yang and the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal exchanged a glance, their minds in sync, and simultaneously stepped into the slowly lighting teleportation array in the center of the altar.
With a flash of light, the two figures vanished from their original spot.
When I opened my eyes again, the scene before me had changed drastically.
This is a dark, silent, and vast underground space.
There was no sunlight, no wind, yet it wasn't oppressive.
The rough rock walls all around were inlaid with countless blue crystals that emitted a faint, soft light, illuminating the entire space in a dreamlike, ethereal blue hue.
As soon as they landed, they felt a surge of spiritual energy so dense it was almost liquid.
Taking a breath, I felt my pores open up, my energy surge, and even my soul felt refreshed.
"Such rich spiritual energy!"
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
He had cultivated the way of the sword for many years and had seen countless blessed lands, but he had never seen a place with such rich spiritual energy.
Ye Yang was also startled, his eyes flashing as he quickly scanned his surroundings.
The purity of the spiritual energy here far surpasses that of any other spiritual vein in the outside world.
It was even better than the ancient immortal abodes he had entered before, clearly a place of true creation.
Soon, his gaze was drawn to a huge, jet-black rock not far away.
The rock stood silently, its surface rough and covered with the marks of time. But at the very top of the rock grew a spiritual herb that was no more than half a foot tall, yet crystal clear and radiating a seven-colored brilliance!
The spiritual herb has seven small leaves, each corresponding to a different color: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. They shimmer with light and exude auspicious energy. Even when it is just growing quietly, it attracts the surrounding spiritual energy to gather wildly.
"This is……"
The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal was taken aback at first, then cried out in shock, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
"Star Sword Grass!"
"One of the legendary rare and precious materials indispensable for refining immortal artifacts! It only existed in ancient records and has long been extinct. I never expected to find it here!"
Ye Yang's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart skipped a beat.
Celestial artifact!
That is a supreme treasure that countless cultivators could never reach in their entire lives!
The Seven-Colored Star Grass is an indispensable ingredient in forging ancient swords of immortal-grade quality, and its value is immeasurable. (End of Chapter)