Chapter 518: Chapter 518: Massacring the Holy Land (1)
Afterwards, Ye Tianling fed the Blood-Transforming Three Slaughters Saber to the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword.
Soon, the damage to the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword gradually healed, and it even underwent a slight but noticeable evolution.
After doing this, the strain on his Demon Heart Sword Body worsened.
Ye Tianling reined in his Demon Heart Sword Body, forcibly deactivating it.
PFFT—
The moment he returned to his physical body, Ye Tianling began to tremble violently and coughed up mouthfuls of blood.
Inside his body, some of the lingering Saint Origin Energy he had retained immediately surged forth.
Ye Tianling continuously absorbed it, and his entire body began to transform violently, as if on the verge of going berserk.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Uncontrollably, Ye Tianling’s Realm began a frenzied breakthrough, starting from the Middle Stage of Sword Void Five Transformations.
Late Stage, then Perfection.
Early Stage of Sword Void Six Transformations, Middle Stage, Late Stage, then Perfection.
At this point, the Saint’s Origin Energy could no longer push his Realm any further.
It was as if he had hit a bottleneck in his cultivation, unable to progress further.
Ye Tianling wasn’t worried. He fed the last of the Saint’s Essence, Qi, and Soul Origin directly to the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword.
After absorbing it, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword recovered and evolved even further, growing a fair bit stronger.
And from start to finish, only a hundred or so breaths had passed.
The Saint’s death didn’t cause much of a commotion, as the area was quite remote.
But Ye Tianling knew that if someone had sent her after him, the news of him killing a Saint would soon shake the world.
Ye Tianling exhaled a turbid breath, then activated his Soul Talent.
His Battle Power still hadn’t improved.
For his Realm to advance while his Battle Power stagnated was, in effect, a regression.
As for his Life Force, even after devouring the Saint’s Essence, Qi, and Soul Origin, it had still been greatly depleted. Of his original two years of life, only half a year remained.
And that was just from using the Demon Heart Sword Body once!
Ye Tianling’s feelings were complicated. For him, killing a single Saint was far from enough.
Ye Tianling took out Yu Lanhui’s Qiankun Ring. After a careful search, he found an evil Cultivation Technique from the Ancient Era inside: the very same Great Soul Searching Technique she had mentioned before their battle.
His interest piqued, Ye Tianling immediately began to carefully study the Great Soul Searching Technique.
After a while, a peculiar look appeared in Ye Tianling’s eyes.
’So it can perform a Soul Search... and even... Possession?’
Ye Tianling fell into a thoughtful silence. He then began to circulate his Particle Origin technique, combining it with the methods of the Nirvana Nine Transformations and the transformation abilities of the Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique. With this, he started rearranging the cellular composition of his physical body.
Soon, a brand-new ’Yu Lanhui’ stood in his place.
’Celestial Overpass Holy Land? This time, I, Ye Tianling, will see you erased from the ranks of the world’s Holy Lands! My Demon Heart Sword Body requires a massive amount of Origin. Since you dared to provoke me, don’t blame me for slaughtering your entire sect to extend my own life!’
An intense killing intent flared in Ye Tianling’s eyes.
Then, Ye Tianling reined in his killing intent and projected his consciousness into the Blood Secret Realm to contact Ancient Fairy.
"Fairy, the Saint has been killed. I’m going to the Celestial Overpass Holy Land now. The place you’re in is one of my legacy grounds, a Blood Moon Secret Realm, where you can focus on your cultivation. As it happens, the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao that I passed on to you is perfectly suited for practice there."
Ye Tianling sent via voice transmission.
He suppressed the intense killing intent in his heart, speaking in the gentlest tone he could manage.
Even so, Ancient Fairy could still sense a powerful aura of slaughter from him.
Ancient Fairy grew worried.
At that moment, Ye Tianling relaxed the restrictions on the Blood Moon Secret Realm, allowing Ancient Fairy to perceive the outside world through it.
When Ancient Fairy extended her senses, she was shocked to find that Ye Tianling had transformed into the woman from before, ’Yu Lanhui’.
But then she remembered Ye Tianling’s message and calmed down considerably.
"Master, are you really going to the Celestial Overpass Holy Land? The resources of a Holy Land are unimaginable. What if there are even more powerful experts there? Master, your condition is unstable. If you use the Demon Heart Sword Body again, won’t you..."
Ancient Fairy’s heart was filled with worry. Moreover, she had the vague feeling that her Master was no longer his normal self.
"Don’t worry. That Saint, Yu Lanhui, knew some crucial secrets. I also obtained a very special Cultivation Technique from her Qiankun Ring. With this technique, I might be able to discover the real reason those Saints suddenly came after me."
"That’s the most important thing!"
"Besides, while the toll of the Demon Heart Sword Body is indeed immense and will drain my life even further, my Emperor’s Qi Dragon Swallowing Heaven Divine Technique is enhanced by the Devouring Law. It can restore a certain amount of depleted Life Origin. So, in reality, I might be able to use this battle to stabilize my deteriorating life force to some extent."
Ye Tianling took another deep breath, suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind and compressing his rampaging killing intent and other negative emotions even further.
He told her part of the truth so she wouldn’t worry.
"Master, then you must be extra careful. If anything seems wrong, we’ll escape immediately. After all, Master Que De always said, ’Where there’s life, there’s hope.’"
Ancient Fairy, feeling a little more at ease, said softly.
"I will. Alright, from now on, just watch and listen. Don’t say a word. I’m about to use the Array Disc she left behind to go straight to the Celestial Overpass Holy Land and have a good slaughter!"
Ye Tianling’s eyes had turned red. Even without activating his Demon Heart Sword Body, he seemed to be Entering Demon once more.
He was aware of his state but made sure Ancient Fairy couldn’t sense it.
To slaughter an entire Holy Land was an absolutely insane undertaking.
But this time, Ye Tianling’s killing intent would not be swayed. If he didn’t make a world-shaking statement now, if he didn’t slaughter those with ulterior motives until the pain was seared into their very bones and souls, he feared they would never leave him be.
Furthermore, the question of who had leaked his secrets—and how they learned he possessed the Mechanical Heart, among other things—filled Ye Tianling with rage.
He was desperate to find out who the traitor was!
WHOOSH—
Ye Tianling slipped on Yu Lanhui’s Qiankun Ring, took out the void-traversing Array Disc from within, and activated it with a stream of Holy Dao Energy Aura.
After all, since he had devoured all of Yu Lanhui’s power, simply simulating her energy signature wasn’t difficult.
