Xuan Yang Sect Leader

Chapter 392 Xuan Yang Sect Leader

Gu Fan leaped up the mountain in a few bounds, and when he arrived at the palace gate, he suddenly stopped.

The stones used to build the palace were of unknown spiritual quality, as they were able to shield one from divine sense.

He had been unable to know what was happening inside the hall before, but now he suddenly discovered that there was a figure kneeling on the ground inside.

The figure was dressed in a white robe, with black hair flowing down his shoulders. His head was bowed deeply, as if he were in a deep sleep, but sword energy flowed down from his body like clouds and mist.

"A sword cultivator?" Gu Fan frowned as he thought.

Only sword cultivators can possess such pure sword energy!

Judging from the other party's strange state, he doesn't seem like a normal cultivator at all.

Cultivators who linger in the Xuan Yang Secret Realm for too long, influenced by their inner demons, lose their minds, their hearts filled only with killing intent, and become puppets of their inner demons.

The troublesome thing is that the inner demon puppet can use the supernatural powers of the cultivator in his previous life.

Judging from the fluctuations in magical power emanating from him, he was actually in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

A cold glint flashed in Gu Fan's eyes, and he immediately decided to strike first.

He pointed forward, and a bolt of crimson lightning as thick as a thigh shot out—it was the divine power, Azure Netherworld Guidance.

Over the past century, his greatest gain from refining weapons for the Yan family has not been earning cultivation resources.

Instead, it is through this understanding of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements that one can comprehend the evolution of flowers, thereby enhancing the Myriad Flowers Furnace!

Qingming transformed into a thunder dragon, roaring as it charged straight at the sword cultivator's back.

The swordsman kneeling in the hall sensed the killing intent, suddenly stood up, and then turned his head back, revealing his crimson eyes and chilling killing intent.

At the critical moment, the sword cultivator roared.

Suddenly, endless golden sword energy surged from his body, forming a wave that blocked his path.

"Boom!"

Lightning struck the waves, unleashing a deafening roar. The sword energy exploded instantly, engulfing the palace and obscuring the view inside.

Gu Fan's ears immediately began to ring incessantly, as if ten thousand swords were striking simultaneously.

Just as he was about to make another move, he saw the sword cultivator leap out of the hall, a fist-sized hole appearing in his chest, his moon-white robe charred black, emitting dim gray smoke.

"They're still alive?" Gu Fan raised an eyebrow.

"Kill...kill..."

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The inner demon puppet, filled with only murderous intent, raised its fingers high like a sword, accompanied by a low call.

As if a will was guiding the laws of heaven and earth, the golden spiritual energy from all directions rapidly converged towards the sword finger of the inner demon puppet, condensing into dazzling golden light.

"Something's wrong with this sword intent!"

Gu Fan's pupils dilated instantly, and his skin felt a sharp, needle-like pain.

Comprehending the essence of swordsmanship is an essential path for sword cultivators.

From cultivating sword qi at the Qi Refining stage to developing sword intent at the Foundation Establishment stage, only a small number of geniuses can achieve sword mind clarity at the Golden Core stage, and only then can they comprehend sword intent when severing their inner demons.

However, sword intent could never mobilize the power of heaven and earth; that was the exclusive power of a Nascent Soul cultivator!

The sword intent of that inner demon puppet did not use supernatural powers and techniques to mobilize spiritual energy, but rather mobilized the metal element law of this world!

"There's no escaping it!" This thought popped into Gu Fan's mind.

The power of heaven and earth is absolutely beyond the reach of magic or spiritual light; as long as one is in this world, it is impossible to escape.

With the sharpness of the sword intent, even the Cloud-Covering Umbrella could hardly withstand it.

The gourd seemed to sense the extraordinary sword intent as well, and immediately tried to step down from Gu Fan's shoulder to stand in front of him.

"Step back!"

Gu Fan reacted quickly, grabbing the gourd and tossing it behind him.

Even with its robust physique as a spirit beast, the gourd could not withstand the power of this sword intent!

However... although he didn't know why the other party could manipulate the laws of heaven and earth, it wasn't impossible for him to do it as well.

He took a step forward, and flames rose around him, condensing into a crimson-gold Dharma image. He wore a bright red immortal robe, a lotus crown on his head, stood on fiery red auspicious clouds, and held a five-foot-long magic sword.

At the same time, the "Great Luo Inner Landscape Heaven-Reaching Profound Chapter" was activated, and starlight shone brightly in the sea of ​​consciousness, reflecting an array.

Its name is the Ground-Leaving Flame Array.

The essence of a formation is to influence the laws of heaven and earth through the circulation of spiritual energy.

As an advanced formation of the Fire-Burning-Heaven Formation, the Lidi Flame Array, once it appeared in the world, emitted a crimson glow that enveloped the surrounding area. The fire-attribute spiritual energy of this place condensed into golden-red flames, and the scorching aura caused all the surrounding spiritual energy to stagnate.

Fire inherently overcomes metal.

When fire energy rises, the metal element's spiritual energy declines.

The sword light at the fingertips of the inner demon puppet immediately paused, but at that very moment, the sword intent condensed to its peak.

"Kill!" the inner demon puppet roared.

As the sword finger fell, the sword light ripped through the sky, and a sword light appeared in Gu Fan's sea of ​​consciousness, as if he was about to be cut in two by the sword and his soul would be scattered.

This sword not only cuts the body, but its sword intent also damages the soul!

Gu Fan's eyes widened, his gaze reflecting the sword light. The long sword in his Dharma Image's hand was instantly surrounded by three-colored flames, it was none other than Nightless City!

"Slash!" Gu Fan raised his sword from bottom to top, unleashing a move called "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun".

Flames and sword light collided, the impact spreading outwards like waves.

Strands of sword energy swept across Gu Fan's body, leaving countless narrow wounds, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, not retreating even a step.

The inner demon puppet was set ablaze, transforming into a human torch, with only the light from the sword at its fingertips flowing continuously.

The two were locked in a stalemate.

Just then, the gourd stepped forward, opened its mouth and spat out a series of fireballs, which struck the demon puppet.

The balance was instantly shattered.

The demon puppet shook violently, its sword energy trembling as if it were about to dissipate.

"Well done!"

Gu Fan was overjoyed. He gritted his teeth and poured in his magic power. The flames instantly surged, shattering the sword light and cutting the demon puppet in two.

Before the two severed corpses even hit the ground, they were burned to ashes by the flames.

There was only one black storage bag, which Gu Fan casually picked up and quickly extinguished the flames. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was undamaged.

The gourd opened its mouth wide, and like a whirlwind sweeping away the remaining sword energy and flames, it absorbed them into its belly.

"It's so spicy, so spicy!" he exclaimed, sticking out his tongue.

Gu Fan dispelled his divine form and tapped him on the head with a hint of annoyance: "Don't be so reckless next time."

He was referring, of course, to the gourd blocking his way.

Hulu chuckled twice, not caring at all.

Gu Fan rubbed his soft head and then looked up at the palace on the mountaintop.

He had a premonition that the secret of the inner demon puppet manipulating the laws of heaven and earth with sword intent might lie within the palace.

Half of the palace collapsed during the previous battle.

After expending considerable effort to clear away the rubble, Gu Fan finally saw a portrait carved on the wall at the end of the palace.

The portrait depicts a handsome young man in a black robe, with one hand behind his back and the other hand held in front of him with fingers pointing like a sword. His head is slightly raised and his gaze is looking down.

There was a clear sword mark between his two fingers.

Judging from the position, the inner demon puppet was kneeling in front of the portrait.

Gu Fan squinted at the portrait, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

The portrait appears ordinary, without any spiritual power, yet it left no trace during such a fierce battle, which is abnormal in itself.

With that thought in mind, Gu Fan cautiously extended a wisp of his divine sense.

"I am Lu Jiangu, the eighteenth generation sect leader of the Xuan Yang Sect. I leave behind a sword intent here for future disciples to comprehend."

A cold voice rang out in his mind, and the scene before Gu Fan's eyes suddenly changed.

The surrounding area was completely empty. Lu Jiangu stood in mid-air and pointed a finger at him fiercely.

A sword intent ten thousand times stronger than that of the inner demon puppet suddenly erupted.

Infinite golden light instantly converged, transforming into a sword beam that slashed down, leaving nothing else in the world except for this sword beam.

In an instant, Gu Fan's hair stood on end, and his whole body stiffened, unable to move.

There is no way to avoid it, and no way to stop it.

"what!"

The sword light pierced through him, and Gu Fan suddenly woke up, sweat quickly beading on his forehead.

"Master, what's wrong?" the gourd asked with concern.

Gu Fan, still somewhat bewildered, touched his body and turned to ask, "How long have I been standing here?"

"It was just... a blink of an eye," the gourd replied, turning its head slightly.

"So that's how the sword intent of the Heart Demon Puppet came about," Gu Fan murmured.

This portrait is clearly a legacy of the Xuan Yang Sect, used by younger disciples to comprehend sword intent.

The inner demon puppet stayed here in order to comprehend this sword intent, until it lost its mind.

Over time, he actually grasped a sliver of its essence!

With such powerful sword intent, Lu Jiangu was no ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. Combined with his identity as the leader of the Xuan Yang Sect, his cultivation level was obvious.

A cultivator at the Void Refinement stage!

Unfortunately, the sword intent was useless to me, but at least it wasn't a complete waste of time.

Gu Fan shook his head regretfully, then took out the black storage bag.