Chapter 496
Killing the Demon Lord's Remnant Soul!
The golden arrows from the eighth-tier arrow tower pierced the gloom at the entrance to the Demon Cave, like two small suns falling into the demon array.
The moment the demon general wielding the giant hammer deployed his innate magic shield, it was struck head-on by the arrow. The shield, forged from black iron, was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks before shattering with a deafening roar. The arrow, still possessing great momentum, pierced through the demon general's chest, spraying out a cloud of black blood.
The demon's massive body froze in mid-air, the ferocious light in its eyes quickly dimmed, and finally it crashed heavily to the ground, turning into a pool of black smoke and gore.
"Late Mahayana stage? That's about it."
Jiang Liu sneered and immediately gave the order: "Activate the full power of the Eighth-Order Myriad Immortals Formation! Amplify the power of the arrow towers! All Demon-Slaying Arrow Towers, freely wipe out the demon soldiers, leave no one alive!"
The pale golden light curtain of the Eighth-Order Myriad Immortals Array instantly spread out, enveloping the entire entrance to the God and Demon Cave.
Countless beams of spiritual light poured into the five eighth-tier arrow towers, making the already dazzling golden arrow beams even more intense, and tripling their speed.
The five demon-slaying arrow towers unleashed a frenzied barrage of arrows, forming three golden torrents that the demon soldiers had no time to dodge. They fell in droves, their black blood pooling on the ground like rivers, and their corpses piling up like mountains.
The remaining three late-stage Mahayana peak demon generals turned ashen-faced upon seeing this, yet dared not retreat.
The Demon Lord's remnant soul is hidden inside the Cave of Gods and Demons. If any human cultivators were to enter, they would all perish without a trace.
"Form the Demonic Array! Burn your source energy and stop him!"
The Purple Lightning Demon General on the left roared and unleashed his natal demonic weapon, the Purple Lightning Hammer. His demonic energy and lightning intertwined, transforming into a thousand-foot-long Purple Lightning Demon Whip.
The Bone-Eating Demon General on the right spat out a mouthful of his life-bound blood, and the blood mist condensed into countless bone-eating poisonous insects, rushing towards the rain of arrows.
"A trivial skill!"
Jiang Liu's eyes remained unwavering, showing no sign of panic. He casually stated, "Consume 300 million spirit stones to construct an eighth-order demon-sealing array!"
[System Notification: The eighth-tier Demon-Sealing Array has been completed. The special effect "Demonic Imprisonment" has been activated, reducing the flow rate of demonic energy within the area by 90%.]
As the pale golden Demon-Sealing Array descended, the demonic energy on the Purple Lightning Demon Whip instantly became stagnant, its power plummeted, and it was directly torn apart when it collided with the Demon-Slaying Arrow Rain.
The moment the bone-corroding poisonous insects came into contact with the light barrier, they were burned as if by a raging fire, turning into black smoke.
The Purple Lightning Demon General and the Bone-Eating Demon General were completely driven to despair. They frantically burned their primordial demonic energy, trying to make a final stand.
"Heavenly Demon Purple Gold Hammer!"
The Purple Lightning Demon General's Purple Lightning Hammer swelled to ten thousand feet in size, crashing down on the eighth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower with earth-shattering thunderous power.
"Blood Disintegration Technique!"
The Bone-Eating Demon General transformed into a blood mist and lunged at Jiang Liu, intending to self-destruct and perish together with him.
"Die!"
Jiang Liu pointed his finger, and the two eighth-tier demon-slaying arrow towers simultaneously changed direction, forming two golden arrow beams thicker than mountains. With a sharp whistle, they shot towards the Purple Lightning Demon General and the Bone-Eating Demon General respectively!
The moment the arrow collided with the Purple Lightning Hammer, the power of lightning was instantly purified. The Purple Lightning Hammer shattered into countless fragments, and the arrow pierced through the demon general's head. The Purple Lightning Demon General didn't even have time to scream before turning into ashes.
As soon as the blood mist that the Bone-Eating Demon General transformed into approached the Demon-Sealing Array, it was imprisoned by the light barrier. The golden arrow pierced through the blood mist, completely shattering his soul, and the blood mist dissipated.
The eight demon generals who had reached the Great Perfection of Tribulation were terrified when they saw that the three main generals had all perished. They turned around and tried to escape, but were caught up by the rain of arrows from the Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower and shot dead one by one.
[System Notification: Cleared the entrance to the Demon Cave. Gained 15 Guardian Merit Points]
[System Notification: Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Medium Grade. 999 → Medium Grade. 9995)]
"Another 0.0005 increase? Fine, do whatever you want."
Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, stopped worrying about the reward, and walked straight into the God and Demon Cave.
The interior of the Demon Cave was even more sinister and terrifying than the entrance. Countless eerie green magic crystals were embedded in the rock walls on both sides of the passage, emitting a strange light.
At the end of the passage was a massive stone gate, carved with countless twisted demonic runes, from which flowed dark red malevolent blood, emanating a chilling aura.
[System notification: This is the Soul Devouring Gate of Ten Thousand Demons, forged from the souls of millions of cultivators. Forcibly breaking through it will trigger a backlash of souls.]
Jiang Liu learned about Shimen's background through the system's investigation and thought to himself, "Can a gate really stop me?"
"Unlock the level nine arrow tower!"
"Level 9 formation, unlock it for me!"
"Consume 500 million spirit stones to build a ninth-tier boundary-breaking arrow tower! Consume 300 million spirit stones to build a ninth-tier purification array!"
[System Notification: Unlocked Tier 9 Construction Permissions. Consume 500 million spirit stones to construct a Tier 9 Boundary-Breaking Arrow Tower (Special Effect: Space Shattering, Ignores Divine Soul)]
[System Notification: Consuming 3 million spirit stones to construct a ninth-tier purification array (Special Effect: Purification of the entire domain's soul, dissolving demonic energy)]
Golden light shot into the sky, and the ninth-tier boundary-breaking arrow tower rose from the ground!
The light screen of the ninth-order purification array instantly spread out, covering the entire passage. The eerie green magic crystals shattered under the light screen, the evil blood in the magic patterns was quickly purified, and the strange aura on the stone door instantly dissipated.
"Boundary-Breaking Arrow Tower, fire!"
At Jiang Liu's command, the seven-colored arrow light of the ninth-tier Breaking Realm Arrow Tower burst forth, carrying a sharp whistling sound that tore through the heavens and earth, and shot fiercely toward the Myriad Demon Soul Devouring Gate!
The moment the arrow touched the stone gate, space distorted violently. The demonic patterns on the stone gate vanished rapidly as if they had encountered their nemesis. The illusory souls of a million cultivators rushed out of the stone gate, letting out mournful roars, but were instantly purified by the light screen of the purification array, turning into countless points of light.
boom!
The Ten Thousand Demons Soul Devouring Gate collapsed with a roar, turning into countless fragments of rock, which were completely dissolved by the purification array.
At the end of the passage, a wider corridor appeared, with countless black golems standing on both sides. Each golem was hundreds of feet tall and exuded a dense demonic aura, as if it could come to life at any moment.
[System Notification: Successfully breached the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons' Soul Devouring, gained 20 Guardian Merit Points]
[System Notification: Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Medium Grade. 9995 → Medium Grade. 9998)]
"It's still 0.0002 short, let's forget about it."
Jiang Liu took a deep breath: "Once I kill the Demon Lord, let's see how you'll hold me back!"
He didn't linger and continued deeper into the passageway. He hadn't gone far when the golems on both sides of the passageway suddenly opened their eyes, their eerie green light flashing. Countless black demonic flames spewed from the golems' mouths and shot towards Jiang Liu.
At the same time, the golem swung its arm, and the huge stone fist smashed into the river with overwhelming force.
"It's the same old trick again."
Jiang Liu tapped his finger: "Consume 400 million spirit stones to build four ninth-tier demon-slaying arrow towers in a square formation to wipe out the demon statues!"
[System Notification: 4 Tier 9 Demon-Slaying Arrow Towers Completed]
Four ninth-tier demon-slaying arrow towers instantly appeared on both sides of the passageway, their golden arrows condensing at the top, carrying a destructive effect, and accurately shooting towards the golem's eyes!
The arrow pierced the golem's eye, causing the demonic energy within the golem to instantly spiral out of control. The stone fist stopped in mid-air before collapsing with a deafening roar, turning into countless fragments of rock.
In just a quarter of an hour, dozens of golems were destroyed, and the passageway was cleared again.
The river continued deeper, passing through a tunnel, and suddenly a vast underground space appeared before us.
In the center of the space stood a towering demonic tower, its entire body crafted from black demonic crystal. Four enormous malevolent blood veins coiled around its body, within which flowed dark red blood. At the top of the tower emanated a suffocating pressure, the very aura of the remnant soul of the Demon Lord.
The square was teeming with countless demonic soldiers, numbering at least a million.
Leading the group were two Great Vehicle Perfection Demon Generals, along with twenty Tribulation Transcending Great Perfection Demon Generals, forming an impregnable defensive line.
Jiang Liu: "."
Damn, they've hidden it well; they've even built an underground world.
"Human cultivator, how dare you trespass into the core area of my Divine Demon Cave! Today, I will annihilate your soul and spirit!"
The Great Perfection stage cultivator, Blood Shadow, transformed into a streak of blood-red light, wielding the Blood Shadow Demon Blade, and slashed towards Jiang Liu. The blade's light carried a sharp whistling sound that tore through the soul, and wherever it passed, subtle cracks appeared in the space.
Another Great Perfection Bone Soul Demon General unleashed his natal Bone Soul Banner. As the banner waved, countless pale bone souls surged forth, rushing towards Jiang Liu. Wherever the bone souls passed, the air froze. "A million demon soldiers? Great Perfection cultivators?"
Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow, remaining expressionless.
"If you're going to spend money on in-game purchases, then spend it to the extreme!"
"Build a ninth-order demon-slaying formation!"
"Build three ninth-tier Soul-Slaying Arrow Towers!"
"Consume 500 million spirit stones to build two ninth-order protective formations!"
[System Notification: The Ninth-Order Demon-Slaying Array has been completed, covering an area with millions of demon soldiers.]
[System Notification: 3 Tier 9 Soul-Slaying Arrow Towers Completed]
[System Notification: Nine-Tier Protective Array x2 Completed]
This time, the golden light was no longer dazzling, but transformed into a majestic heavenly might, enveloping the entire underground space!
The light screen of the ninth-order demon-slaying formation instantly spread out, and golden flames surged like a tide. The million demon soldiers were instantly ignited upon contact with the flames, letting out shrill screams. Their demonic bodies rapidly melted in the flames, and even their souls could not escape.
Three ninth-tier Soul-Slaying Arrow Towers locked onto the Blood Shadow Demon General and the Bone Soul Demon General, their seven-colored arrow beams condensing and bursting forth with a remnant soul-slaying effect!
The Blood Shadow Demon General swung his sword to block, but the Blood Shadow Demon Blade shattered instantly upon colliding with the arrow's edge. The arrow pierced through his chest, shattering the Blood Shadow Demon General's soul completely, and his demonic body vanished into nothingness in an instant!
The Bone Soul Demon General's Bone Soul Banner was struck by the arrow, and the banner instantly burst into flames. Countless bone souls were purified, and the Bone Soul Demon General let out a desperate roar. His demonic body crashed to the ground, turning into a pile of white bones.
The twenty demon generals who had reached the Great Perfection of Tribulation were stunned when they saw the two main generals fall and a million demon soldiers burned to ashes. The entire demon capital was dumbfounded.
"This is the Dao Tower and Dao Formation from back then!"
Someone screamed, their voice filled with terror.
Then it was gone in the next second.
[System Notification: 120 million demon soldiers have been eliminated in the core area of the Demon Cave, 2 Great Ascension Perfection Demon Generals and 20 Tribulation Transcending Perfection Demon Generals have been killed, and 50 Guardian Merit Points have been obtained.]
[System Notification: Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Medium Grade. 9998 → Medium Grade. 9999)]
"I'm just 0.0001 short, can someone help me cut it down a bit?"
Jiang Liu rolled his eyes and turned his gaze to the magic tower in the center of the square.
At this moment, the pressure from the top of the Demon Tower grew stronger and stronger, the black demonic mist surged, and a huge phantom slowly rose from the Demon Tower.
The remnant soul of the Demon Lord has finally been revived!
The Demon Lord's remnant soul was ten thousand feet tall, formed from pure demonic energy and remnant souls. It was as black as ink, and its body was wrapped with billions of tiny soul threads, which were the souls of the cultivators it had devoured.
His face was blurred, except for a pair of scarlet eyes, like two blood-red stars, radiating an aura of destruction.
"Insignificant humans, how dare you destroy my lair and kill my men! Today, I will let you taste the bitterness of annihilation!"
The voice of the Demon Lord's remnant soul did not come from his throat, but reverberated directly in the depths of Jiang Liu's soul, like the simultaneous roar of thousands of vengeful ghosts.
Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it, sending countless soul threads shooting towards Jiang Liu like venomous snakes. Wherever the soul threads passed, the space was corroded with black traces.
At the same time, the four evil blood spiritual veins entwined by the Demon Tower instantly surged, and the dark red blood transformed into four blood dragons, crashing towards Jiang Liu with a world-destroying aura!
"The remnant soul of the Demon Lord? It's nothing more than a lonely ghost without a physical body."
Jiang Liu sneered and activated the ninth-order protective array to its maximum defensive level, instantly making the pale golden light screen incredibly thick.
The soul threads and the blood dragon collided with the light barrier, producing a deafening roar. The light barrier trembled slightly but remained steadfast. The soul threads were instantly dissolved by the purifying power of the light barrier, and the blood dragon's momentum was also weakened by more than half.
"It's actually a ninth-order Dao formation!"
A look of disbelief flashed in the eyes of the Demon Lord's remnant soul. He had died under the Taiyi Dao Formation back then, but he never expected to see a ninth-order Dao Formation again today!
He immediately activated the power of his original remnant soul, causing his demonic aura to surge. His ten-thousand-foot-tall body became even more solid, and a pitch-black demonic sword materialized in his hand. Countless twisted demonic patterns were carved on the sword, which exuded a terrifying aura that could devour divine souls.
"After sleeping for ten thousand years, I have comprehended the God-Slaying Sword Technique. Today, I will use you to test my sword!"
The Demon Lord roared, and his remnant soul, wielding the God-Slaying Demon Sword, slashed towards Jiang Liu!
The sword's power was so great that even the heavens and earth changed color. The ground of the underground plaza began to tremble violently, and countless cracks spread out. Black demonic energy surged towards Jiang Liu like a tide, trying to devour him.
"The God-Slaying Sword Technique? It's nothing but paper in front of a ninth-tier fortification!"
Jiang Liu's eyes sharpened, and he pointed a finger.
"Ninth-Order Demon-Slaying Array, at maximum power to incinerate all demons!"
"Three ninth-tier Soul-Slaying Arrow Towers, focusing fire on the Demon Lord's remnant soul! Ninth-tier Boundary-Breaking Arrow Towers, locking onto the core of the Demon Soul!"
The golden flames of the ninth-order Demon-Slaying Array surged instantly, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-long fire dragon that rushed towards the remnant soul of the Demon Lord.
The seven-colored arrows from the three ninth-tier Soul-Slaying Arrow Towers converged to their fullest extent, carrying the special effect of slaying remnant souls, and simultaneously shot towards the scarlet eyes of the Demon Lord's remnant soul.
The ninth-tier barrier-breaking arrow tower in the distance also changed direction, its seven-colored arrow light tearing through space and precisely locking onto the demon soul.
"Block them for me!"
The remnant soul of the Demon Lord roared, wielding the God-Slaying Demon Sword, unleashing a black sword beam ten thousand feet long that collided violently with the fire dragon and the arrow beam.
The golden and black forces intertwined and collided in the air, forming a huge energy vortex. The surrounding space shattered inch by inch, and then instantly reformed.
The black sword beam was struck simultaneously by the fire dragon and the arrow beam, instantly shattering. The fire dragon and the arrow beam, with undiminished momentum, slammed heavily into the body of the Demon Lord's remnant soul.
The remnant soul of the Demon Lord let out a shrill scream, and countless cracks appeared on its ten-thousand-foot-tall body. Black demonic energy surged out from the cracks, and its scarlet eyes dimmed slightly.
"You insignificant human, you have utterly enraged me!"
The Demon Lord's remnant soul frantically burned its original remnant soul, its demonic aura surging tenfold, and its ten-thousand-foot-tall body transformed into a massive black vortex, attempting to devour Jiang Liu and all the fortifications together.
Wherever the vortex passed, cracks began to appear in the light barrier of the ninth-order protective array, and the light of the arrow towers dimmed.
"Burning your very essence is not as effective as self-destruction!"
Jiang Liu smiled slightly and said calmly, "Ninth-tier Breaking-Boundary Arrow Tower, charge at him!"
The seven-colored arrow light of the ninth-tier Breaking Realm Arrow Tower instantly surged, transforming into a pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth, carrying the terrifying power of slaying souls and breaking through illusions, tearing through the black vortex, and accurately hitting the remnant soul of the Demon Lord!
"No! I refuse to accept this!"
"In another 153,682 years, I will be able to be resurrected! I am unwilling!"
The remnant soul of the Demon Lord let out a desperate roar. His scarlet eyes were shattered by the arrow's light, and his ten-thousand-foot-tall body began to disintegrate inch by inch. Countless cultivators' souls that he had devoured rushed out from the demonic aura and were instantly purified by the light screen of the ninth-order purification array, turning into countless points of light.
The black vortex collapsed with a deafening roar, and the remnant soul of the Demon Lord transformed into countless black fiends, which were completely incinerated by the flames of the ninth-order Demon-Slaying Array, leaving not even a trace. The four fiendish bloodlines, deprived of the Demon Lord's remnant soul's blessing, withered instantly, turning to ashes.
[System notification: The remnant soul of the Demon Lord has been slain, and the Demon Cave has been successfully wiped out]
[System Notification: The ultimate mission "Destroy the Demon's Lair" is 100% complete]
[System Notification: Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Medium Grade. 9999 → High Grade)]
[System Notification: Bonus Reward: 1 million Spirit Stones, Minor Realm +1]
If it takes another 150,000 years to resurrect, what kind of game is that? (End of Chapter)