Chapter 614: Chapter 472: Using Himself as Bait to Gamble Against the Dao! (Part 2)
Moreover, with its defense, it could easily withstand the attacks of Integration Late Stage cultivators; in the entire Demon Realm, there were hardly any Saint Demons with better defense.
Although its injuries could still recover, it knew all of this was futile.
What is despair? It’s knowing everything, still having the power to resist, but unable to change the final outcome, only able to helplessly watch oneself step into death....
This was a feeling it had never experienced before, because in the past....it was the object of others’ despair!
A terrifying defense, extreme attack, how many could survive in its hands?
But now the roles are reversed!
And the terrifying attacks from Baili Yun that followed also proved that the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile’s guess was correct. Baili Yun reborn from extinction became even more mad and reckless, every move reflecting True Demon Status...each strike would cause the world to spawn demons...
In this state, an incredibly fierce battle unfolded!
The heavens and earth collapsed, mountains and rivers turned into nothingness, their battle destroyed countless places, fighting until the sky turned dark, and everywhere in sight was void!
The wounds on the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile’s body recovered and then were destroyed, destroyed and then recovered, until it was covered in its own flesh and blood, its entire body becoming deformed, like a collection of irregular fragments.
The entire snakelike head was twisted and distorted in the killing...
In contrast, Baili Yun grew stronger with each kill...the destructiveness of each blade surpassed the last...the only price was Baili Yun’s autonomy decreasing further.
When Baili Yun’s autonomy dropped to the freezing point, that would be the day he completely disappears...utterly becoming nourishment for Dao Laws.
Even the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile could feel Baili Yun’s fluctuating autonomy, clearly Baili Yun was doing his final struggle...
"It seems maintaining one’s demon nature in such an Ancient Battlefield is difficult, will you not be able to persist? It seems Integration Stage is ultimately still a bit weak..."
Upon perceiving Baili Yun’s state, a thread of schadenfreude flashed through the heart of the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile...
"Why do this? As a Demon Cultivator of the True Demon Realm....as long as you’re willing, not many can kill you, why not just live well? You could choose to join other Immortal Cultivation Worlds..."
But soon a trace of sorrow arose in its heart, because Baili Yun’s autonomy continued to weaken, yet seemingly he was still able to kill it...
And Baili Yun also quickly responded to the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile...an unprecedented slash from the Celestial-Slaying Demon Saber descended, a Demon Blade fragment bypassed the strongest point of the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile’s defense, converging upon its weak points....
With the outbreak of the Celestial-Slaying Demon Saber’s power, the grotesque, colossal body of the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile was instantly decomposed....
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Who knows how much time passed, how many mountains and lands were destroyed, the battle finally ended....from that endless destructive storm zone, emerged a figure carrying a shattered Demon Blade...and that endless destruction zone was left with only shriveled fragments.
Yet this figure, upon stepping out, suddenly paused, as if unsure where to go, the body becoming more ethereal...one after another, invisible Dao shackles laid upon him, suppressing Baili Yun’s autonomous consciousness.
Pulled by this force, Baili Yun’s body began to slowly disintegrate...
If this continues, Baili Yun would soon become one with the Dao and disappear....
"No!"
Seeing Baili Yun about to dissolve into the Dao, a gruesomely yet firmly resolute face emerged from a fragment in the Demon Blade on his back....!
As one face emerged, one fragment after another followed, soon revealing Baili Yun’s face!
Soon, a dense array of faces appeared upon the entire Demon Blade....
On those dense faces, there were memories of Baili Yun’s life, his insights into Daoist techniques, and his lifelong obsession with cultivating demons and refining blades.
This was his last struggle within himself, and a gamble against the Dao.
He wished to use himself as bait, to fuse with the power of the Dao Laws, borrowing the force of a realm to arm himself.
If he lost, naturally his entire Dao Fruit would be devoured by the Dao Laws, losing the chance at reincarnation, never able to transcend in eternity!
If he won....that meant slaughtering countless Saint Demons of the Demon Race, securing a most crucial victory for the Star Sea World! ...then disappearing into the Dao...
And a slim chance of verifying the Dao, consuming and mastering the rules in play, thereby rapidly advancing in cultivation and insight, becoming a True Demon Realm cultivator capable of annihilating the heavens and earth....given his current conditions, this was evidently a luxury, as he had barely slain a few Saint Demons, yet was already struggling.
Especially fighting the Black Tortoise Demon Crocodile, destroying his flesh too many times, each destruction causing his autonomy to dissipate further...
After the battle, he had to use his contingency embedded within the Demon Blade.
This Demon Blade, having accompanied him since he began his journey of vengeance on the Immortal Cultivation path, witnessing his battles of blood and fire, and bitter sweet memories, documented his entire memories, had his most crucial True Spirit and Demon Nature imbued within it, just so it could sever the Dao shackles upon being consumed into the Dao.
But even he was unsure of how many times he could persist with this action....
When the dense faces upon the Demon Blade emerged, invisible Demon Nature suddenly exploded, the entire Demon Blade instantly disassembled then transformed into countless sharp edges slicing towards those Dao shackles...
Under those countless Demon Blade fragments, the Dao shackles binding Baili Yun’s flesh instantly shattered, his nearly dissipated body solidified again!
After completing all this, Baili Yun’s face instantly fell silent and disappeared...
And without the binding of the Dao shackles, Baili Yun seemed to return to his prior state, wandering the battlefield again...the price being the drastic reduction in the Demon Blade’s spirituality....
...
One battle ended, another quickly began...
Moreover, as the Saint Demons he encountered grew stronger, he encountered not just one at a time, the difficulty of Baili Yun’s battles increased significantly, amidst constant ruin and death, autonomy became greater, the Dao shackles on him grew increasingly numerous.
Each of his blades grew stronger, his actions faster, yet they gradually became mechanical....gradually losing the agility and uniqueness of Baili Yun.
However, the effect was exceptionally horrifying, one Integration Stage Saint Demon after another fell under Baili Yun’s hands, devoured clean by the Dao Laws...
In the end, almost half of the world’s Integration Stage Saint Demons had perished!
This terrifying mortality rate had utterly frightened the Demon Race Saint Demons, causing them to gather together.
Except that they remained unaware, by now Baili Yun finally couldn’t hold on, his last blade failed to sever the Dao shackles.....
After completing everything, Baili Yun’s face instantly fell silent and disappeared...
And without the binding of the Dao shackles, Baili Yun seemed to return to his prior state, wandering the battlefield again...the price being the drastic reduction in the Demon Blade’s spirituality....
...
One battle ended, another quickly began...
Moreover, as the Saint Demons he encountered grew stronger, he encountered not just one at a time, the difficulty of Baili Yun’s battles increased significantly, amidst constant ruin and death, autonomy became greater, the Dao shackles on him grew increasingly numerous.
Each of his blades grew stronger, his actions faster, yet they gradually became mechanical....gradually losing the agility and uniqueness of Baili Yun.
However, the effect was exceptionally horrifying, one Integration Stage Saint Demon after another fell under Baili Yun’s hands, devoured clean by the Dao Laws...
In the end, almost half of the world’s Integration Stage Saint Demons had perished!
This terrifying mortality rate had utterly frightened the Demon Race Saint Demons, causing them to gather together.
Except that they remained unaware, by now Baili Yun finally couldn’t hold on, his last blade failed to sever the Dao shackles.....
