Chapter 72: Chapter 70: 8 Desolations Gathering Demon Technique
A young man at the Ninth Level Mortal Realm, facing a group of experts all above the Mid-stage Innate Fourth Layer, was so calm and fearless he even dared to threaten them directly.
The crowd couldn’t help but gasp, their scalps tingling. They felt Jiang Jichen was audacious beyond belief, utterly fearless to his core.
From her seat on the Dragon King’s Throne, Jiang Ling’Er watched in a daze, her eyes filled with disbelief.
’Is this still the Chen’Er I know, the one who always held back and endured everything?’
The young man across the Blood Pool was a brilliant, flashing blade—confident, flamboyant, passionate, and bold. His very posture radiated an arrogant disdain for the world, and every move exuded dominance. It was as if... before him, thousands of powerful enemies were nothing more than insects, ready to be turned to ash with a mere flick of his finger!
’From the highest clouds to the deepest abyss, Chen’Er has truly grown up!’
Jiang Ling’Er’s eyes suddenly welled with tears. In that moment, her heart was filled with joy.
Even the endless pursuits and attacks she had endured recently hadn’t truly bothered her. There was only one person in this world who could ever occupy her thoughts.
Now, Jiang Jichen was safe, and his Cultivation was even stronger. He could crush any expert below the Mid-stage Innate Third Layer, his might momentarily unrivaled.
’My Chen’Er is the center of everyone’s attention right now...’
Jiang Ling’Er thought happily, her heart swelling with delight.
If Jiang Jichen knew what Jiang Ling’Er was thinking right now, he’d probably want to die of embarrassment.
One could only wonder how oblivious a woman had to be to ignore the menacing glares from the powerful figures surrounding them.
Then again, considering that Jiang Ling’Er, the Daughter of the Demon, had spent her childhood flicking young Jiang Jichen’s "little thing" countless times, her current attitude wasn’t so strange after all.
...
Jiang Jichen was indeed the focus of all eyes, for the Ice Dragon Flower was now in his hands.
Stared down by the murderous eyes of so many experts, Jiang Jichen was under immense pressure. Anyone with a weaker will would have had their Divine Sense collapse long ago.
But Jiang Jichen’s Divine Soul was mutated. Even under the tidal wave of the experts’ combined Divine Sense, his Soul Sea remained perfectly still, its surface without a single ripple.
The experts were finally shaken. Even though he was only in the Mortal Realm, his ability to fearlessly withstand their Divine Sense suppression was a testament to how extraordinary he was.
Huang Chuang’s face was filled with killing intent. In a single step, he appeared ten meters from Jiang Jichen, his voice cold. "Exceptional Divine Sense and golden spiritual power... No wonder you’re so arrogant. You certainly have the right to be, but only against Cultivators below the Innate Third Layer. Before you now stands an expert of the Innate Fourth Realm—an existence you can only look up to. Killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant. So, hand over the Ice Dragon Flower, and I might spare your life today!"
Jiang Jichen met Huang Chuang’s gaze calmly, without a hint of retreat in his eyes. "My fate is my own to command, not for the heavens—or you—to decide! Why would I need you to spare me?" he shouted coldly. "Besides, you’re only offering to spare me for *today*. Who the hell do you think you are? If I were at the Innate Second Realm, killing you would be as easy as slaughtering a dog!"
Huang Chuang was the top genius of his generation in the Huang Family. He was always high and mighty; who would ever dare to defy him?
Yet now, a mere boy from the Mortal Realm was defying and insulting him. Rage burned in Huang Chuang’s heart, and murderous intent surged in his eyes.
"Excellent! Since you’re so unafraid of death, I’ll grant your wish, even if it means sacrificing the Ice Dragon Flower! Now, you can die!"
Huang Chuang roared in pure fury, his baleful aura churning. Within a ten-meter radius, a terrifying Anomaly formed as countless Demon Shadows shrieked. It seemed as though anyone who got too close would be torn to shreds.
"The Eight Desolates Demon Gathering Technique!"
A Cultivator at the Mid-Stage Fourth Realm cried out, his voice tinged with dread. He quickly backed away, not daring to get too close to Huang Chuang.
"Across the six harmonies and eight desolates, Demonic Thoughts arise. As Demonic Thoughts are born, Demon Shadows gather to tear the Ten Thousand Spirits to shreds!"
"Wherever the Demon Shadows pass, the Ten thousand Spirits are annihilated. Jiang Jichen is doomed this time!"
"Who does he think he is? A mere Mortal Warrior daring to provoke a powerhouse at the Innate Fourth Realm Perfect Realm. He’s really just courting death."
...
Many people whispered among themselves, their hearts a mix of delight and terror—delight that Jiang Jichen was finally about to be killed, and terror at the horrifying Demon Technique Huang Chuang had unleashed.
Facing the chaotic swarm of demons before Huang Chuang, Jiang Jichen remained unfazed. "Can you speak for everyone here and say they don’t want this Ice Dragon Flower?" he asked calmly. "You talk as if it belongs to you alone. You practice a Demon Technique—did your brain succumb to Demon Possession, too? What an idiot!"
Who would have thought that, in a life-or-death situation, Jiang Jichen could still so viciously insult Huang Chuang? The crowd was completely stunned.
But what Jiang Jichen said was true. Destroying the Ice Dragon Flower to kill him was Huang Chuang’s personal agenda.
The others, like Murong Hai and the talented Elder from the Five Spirits Sect, didn’t care whether Jiang Jichen lived or died. They only cared about the Ice Dragon Flower!
Seeing Huang Chuang make his move, their expressions changed, and they all prepared to intervene!
"Don’t!"
"Stop!"
"..."
Murong Hai, Elder Liu, the talented Elder of the Five Spirits Sect, and the others all shouted, but they were too far from Huang Chuang, and Huang Chuang was too close to Jiang Jichen. It was obviously too late for them to intervene.
The inevitable result would be Jiang Jichen’s death and the destruction of the Ice Dragon Flower!
Just as that thought crossed their minds, Huang Chuang, having heard Jiang Jichen’s tirade, completely snapped.
He took another step, and the Demon Shadows before him swirled thickly, about to instantly engulf Jiang Jichen.
"Jiang Jichen, today your soul will be devoured by ten thousand demons!"
"Horde of demons, devour!"
Huang Chuang let out a cold shout as Demonic Qi billowed from his body. The full power of the Innate Fourth Realm Perfect Realm erupted, its might blanketing the area.
Facing such a terrifying attack, Jiang Jichen’s eyes turned cold. He was about to break the Seven-Colored Spiritual Power Seal and unleash his strongest fighting power to counter Huang Chuang.
Otherwise, with his current strength, even if he used every trick up his sleeve, his only fate would be to die on the spot.
Watching from the Dragon King’s Throne, Jiang Ling’Er’s expression changed drastically, her eyes filled with an icy killing intent.
"Huang Chuang, you old bastard! If my Chen’Er is harmed in the slightest, I’ll make the entire younger generation of your Huang Family pay with their lives!"
Jiang Ling’Er’s full power erupted. She forcibly activated the Highest Virtue Like Water, the Innate Divine Technique of her Water Spirit Body. In an instant, she transformed into a stream of water, streaking through the air toward Jiang Jichen a hundred meters away. She wanted to face Huang Chuang’s terrifying blow alongside him, but she was a fraction of a second too late. She could only watch helplessly as Jiang Jichen was engulfed by the demonic shadows.
"You’re all going to die today! What use are threats from dead people to me?"
Huang Chuang let out a cold, arrogant laugh as he prepared to command the Demon Shadows to snatch the Ice Dragon Flower.
Though he had been acting furious, even creating the illusion that he would kill Jiang Jichen and destroy the Ice Dragon Flower, it was all a ruse. His true goal was to use a Secret Skill to snatch the flower at the last second.
’Haha... This bunch of morons. I’m playing them all for fools, and they don’t even know it.’
A Demon Shadow he had condensed was just about to snatch the Ice Dragon Flower from Jiang Jichen’s hand, and he gloated inwardly at his success.
However, at that very moment, a simple, ancient greatsaber flew in from the distance, slashing into the swarm of Demon Shadows without any warning.
