Chapter 344: Chapter 205: The Chase
The Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect stood nearly a hundred feet tall, wearing a Treasure Crown and clad in Demon Armor. Its face was utterly ferocious, with a prominent brow, double-pupiled eyes, and a cavernous mouth packed with fine, sharp teeth.
Billowing True Fire clung to the Demonic Qi and burned, and one could faintly see a Fire Dragon boring through its body.
"HAH!"
The Celestial Demon Sovereign let out a furious roar. On the massive Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect, a Demon Saber materialized.
The Dharma Aspect plunged its other hand into its own body, grabbed the Fire Dragon Magical Sword rampaging within, and wrenched it free. With its other hand, it gripped the Demon Saber and slashed downward.
In an instant, the whistling Fire Dragon was cleaved in two.
Yang Jing felt a sharp, needle-like pain pierce his Divine Soul, and he suddenly lost his connection to the Fire Dragon Magical Sword.
His eyes flew open, and he immediately spurred his Magical Power.
A sharp sword cry rang out from within the Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect. The Celestial Waterfall Sword erupted with Sword Gang, transforming into a cascade of Sword Light that tore through the Dharma Aspect and flew out.
The Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect was still ablaze with the raging Five Elements True Fire, but new Demonic Qi constantly rose to replenish the parts that were ignited.
It brandished the enormous Demon Saber with both hands and slashed at Yang Jing.
Yang Jing had already brought his hands together. The sound of surging water arose as he formed a whistling Water Dragon Magical Sword.
The Water Dragon Magical Sword let out a long cry. Its heavy body leaped like a dragon, intercepting the descending Demon Saber with its back.
’This Demon Saber is strange. I won’t meet it head-on.’
The Water Dragon Magical Sword, condensed from One-Element Heavy Water, was incredibly heavy. As it slammed into the Demon Saber, the immense force sent the Dharma Aspect stumbling backward.
Yang Jing formed a Sword Mantra with his hands. The Water Dragon Magical Sword immediately coiled around the Dharma Aspect like a serpent.
The sharp body of the sword sliced into the Dharma Aspect, while its crushing weight pinned the massive figure to the ground.
Yang Jing flew into the sky, his eyes flashing with a Cyan Gold Light as he searched for the Celestial Demon’s position within the Dharma Aspect.
The next moment, purple Taixiao True Thunder flared on the Celestial Waterfall Sword. It plunged downward with the speed of a lightning strike.
"BOOM!"
Below, the Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect suddenly dissipated. The Celestial Demon pointed his saber to the sky with both hands.
A bolt of pitch-black Blade Gang shot skyward, clashing with the descending Flying Sword.
"BOOM!"
The violent collision between the True Thunder and the Demonic Qi Blade Gang triggered a world-shaking explosion. The aftershock swept over Yinjiao, the Demon-Catching Tripod, and the many Celestial Demons tangled in their own battle.
The chaos only dissipated after several breaths.
"Just who are you?!"
The Celestial Demon Sovereign was furious and exasperated. He had never expected a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to be his equal, let alone have a slight advantage.
He was a Golden Core Great Celestial Demon!
"Your Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect is a technique from the Dharma Image Sect. You can seize another’s Cultivation Technique and use it as your own—and not by relying on a consumed Divine Soul, like a Nine Illusion Mirage Demon would. You’re an Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon!"
Yang Jing’s eyes were fixed on the Celestial Demon Sovereign. He hadn’t expected an Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon to risk entering the Demon Realm.
Among the Outer Celestial Demons, this type of demon held a status equivalent to a Daoist from a Central Continent Major Sect, shouldering the future of an entire Sect. Normally, they would never put themselves in such peril.
’The Outer Celestial Demons must be planning something big in the Demon Realm.’
’Without the fearless players, the Six Sects are completely ignorant of the situation inside the Demon Realm.’
Yang Jing made up his mind.
The next moment, the Water Dragon Magical Sword surged forward. Its massive body coiled and twisted like a dragon, its power terrifying. The Celestial Waterfall Sword was hidden within the dragon’s form.
The Celestial Demon Sovereign brandished his Demon Saber, unleashing several bolts of Blade Gang.
The sharp Blade Gang sliced into the Water Dragon Magical Sword, immediately kicking up colossal waves.
Although the Blade Gang cut through the Water Dragon, it was battered and riddled with holes by the heavy One-Element Heavy Water Pearls.
Amidst a cloud of mist, the Celestial Waterfall Sword shot out silently. But the Flying Sword wasn’t aimed at the Celestial Demon Sovereign—it was aimed in front of Yang Jing himself.
A pitch-black Demon Saber suddenly appeared, blocking the Celestial Waterfall Sword.
A piercing shriek of metal on metal rang out. The Celestial Demon Sovereign had swung the Demon Saber behind his back to block the attack, while his other hand transformed into a Demon Claw and lunged for Yang Jing’s head.
Yang Jing was fearless. Blazing Taixiao True Thunder ignited in his hand as he engaged the Celestial Demon Sovereign in close combat. The Taixiao True Thunder continuously erupted, blasting the Celestial Demon Sovereign’s body.
"Who in the world are you? How can a remote place like the Western Continent produce a master as powerful as you?"
The Celestial Demon Sovereign grew more alarmed the longer they fought. As an Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon, his Demonic Qi was rarely suppressed by anything. On the contrary, he could usually turn the tables and inflict Demon Contamination on Cultivators from the Nine Heavens World who practiced Thunder Techniques or Pure Yang Techniques.
But this Yang Jing completely defied that logic. The True Thunder he unleashed carried not only the power of a Thunder Technique but also an additional Abnormal Power.
Even when his Demonic Qi should have had the upper hand, it was always dissolved by this Abnormal Power.
What was even more absurd was that this person was clearly a Qi Cultivator, yet both his Power of the Flesh and the toughness of his physical body surpassed his own.
After clashing head-on for several moves, the Celestial Demon Sovereign’s arms ached from the impacts, and the blazing Taixiao True Thunder had left scorching marks all over him.
Next, the Celestial Demon Sovereign tried to use various other abilities, but Yang Jing broke through them all. The man and the demon unleashed their full arsenals in a dazzling display.
Meanwhile, Yinjiao, who had come with Yang Jing, was relying on the Demon-Catching Tripod to fight the High Tier Celestial Demons.
He condensed a Five Elements Magical Sword from his Magical Power and drove it with his Sword Intent, focusing solely on offense. The Demon-Catching Tripod used its mountain-sturdy body and Spiritual Light Chains to block the High Tier Celestial Demons’ attacks.
Whether it was the blazing Great Sun Demon Light, the freezing Taiyin Moonlight, or the Nine Nether Demon Thunder, the tripod’s body easily blocked them all.
Forced back by the five Magic Swords, a Moon Demon was caught and bound by the Spiritual Light Chains.
"Save me!"
The Moon Demon shrieked in alarm as it realized it was losing control of its Demonic Qi.
But it was too late to cry for help. A dazzling beam of Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Divine Light shot out. The powerful Moon Demon was struck by the Divine Light and vanished completely in an instant, leaving no trace behind.
Iron Head and Yinjiao had been together for years and had developed a powerful rapport. Although Iron Head recognized his master and Yinjiao, he didn’t leave the Array to help. Instead, he chose to control the Array and assist his master and junior brother in destroying their enemies from a distance.
After obliterating the Moon Demon, the Demon-Slaying Divine Light held its power, hanging over the heads of the High Tier Celestial Demons like a sharpened sword.
The Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array was a genuine Tier Three Array, and the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Divine Light it fired was no weaker than Magic cast by a Golden Core Cultivator. Even the Celestial Demon Sovereign would be badly hurt by a single blast, let alone a mere Moon Demon, which wasn’t known for its physical resilience.
The remaining High Tier Celestial Demons all wanted to retreat.
Under the Celestial Demon Sovereign’s orders, they had forcefully attacked the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array, severely depleting their Demonic Qi. Now, they could barely continue.
Moreover, they discovered that after the Demon-Catching Tripod had finished Refining a Celestial Demon, it gained a powerful suppressive effect against that specific type of demon.
With the exception of the Nine Illusion Mirage Demon, all the other types of Celestial Demons present had already been Refined. The various abilities they relied on were like tickles against the Demon-Catching Tripod’s body.
And the sole exception, the Nine Illusion Mirage Demon, was not skilled in direct Magical Combat to begin with.
"BOOM!"
With a crack of thunder, Yinjiao suddenly unleashed a Five Elements True Thunder, blasting a Nine Illusion Mirage Demon.
Immediately after, the Wanhua Child shot out several Spiritual Light Chains, dragging the stunned Nine Illusion Mirage Demon directly into the Pot World.
This completely shattered the will of the remaining High Tier Celestial Demons to fight.
A dense, cold wave of Taiyin Demon Qi rapidly spread out like a dark cloud, enveloping all the Celestial Demons.
"Let’s go!"
Seeing the situation was now completely unfavorable, the Celestial Demon Sovereign reluctantly decided to retreat.
Fighting a Cultivator like Yang Jing within the Nine Heavens World was too disadvantageous for him.
The dense Taiyin Demon Qi could not only resist Sword Light but also block the probes of Divine Sense and Dharma Eyes. It shrouded all the Celestial Demons as they fled back toward the Demon Realm.
"You’re not getting away!"
Yang Jing shouted. It was rare for an Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon to leave the Demon Realm. After this defeat, it would surely be extremely cautious about leaving again, or perhaps it would never leave at all.
He soared into the air and clasped his hands together. Blazing Five Elements True Fire surged from the Celestial Waterfall Sword, flaring up and transforming into a roaring Fire Dragon.
The unbearably hot Fire Dragon plunged straight into the Taiyin Demon Qi.
The intensely cold Taiyin Demon Qi should have been the perfect counter to this kind of Fire Element Sword Qi. But the moment the Fire Dragon touched it, it instantly tore an opening through the dense, heavy Demonic Qi.
The Five Elements True Fire even ignited the normally incombustible Demonic Qi as it drove straight through.
A Sun Demon blocked the Fire Dragon Magical Sword’s path. Seeing the approaching Magic Sword, it could only desperately channel the pale, scorching Demonic Qi around its body, forming a Sun God Slaying Saber Qi to clash with the Fire Dragon.
In just a moment, the Sun God Slaying Saber Qi disintegrated. The Fire Dragon Magical Sword lunged and swallowed the Sun Demon whole.
With a turn of the Five Elements Reincarnation, the Sun Demon’s Great Sun Demon Qi instantly became fuel for the Fire Dragon Magical Sword, causing its power to surge dramatically.
The remaining High Tier Celestial Demons were scared out of their wits.
They knew that anyone who could fight their Sovereign to a standstill had to be incredibly powerful, but they never imagined he would be *this* powerful.
The Sun Demon had the highest resistance to the Fire Element among all the Celestial Demons present, yet it couldn’t even block a single strike.
"BOOM!"
The blazing Fire Dragon Magical Sword nearly set all of the Taiyin Demon Qi ablaze.
Left with no choice, the Celestial Demon Sovereign had to turn back and slash with his saber.
Frigid Demonic Qi condensed into a Blade Gang. Just a wisp of its leaking chill was enough to freeze the water vapor within a several-hundred-zhang radius into frost.
"BOOM!"
The snarling Fire Dragon Magical Sword collided with the frigid Blade Gang.
Frigid Demonic Qi clashed violently with the Five Elements True Fire.
Before the first sword’s attack had ended, another blazing Fire Dragon Magical Sword came roaring.
The Celestial Demon Sovereign’s eyes widened, and he slashed again.
The man and the demon exchanged seven or eight blows in quick succession.
The dispersing Demonic Qi and Five Elements True Fire scattered like stars.
