Chapter 195: The Might of the Nanming Li Fire

Ah...

On the battlefield, not long after, another Five Realms demon was pierced by Lu Xun's flying sword.

What kind of flying sword is this!

That Five Realms demon couldn't believe it.

His demon armor had astonishing defensive power; even an ordinary flying sword that hit it couldn't pierce through.

But in the face of Lu Xun's flying sword, it was as fragile as tofu.

And after being pierced by the flying sword, the wound transmitted a tearing, heart-rending burning sensation.

Phoenix True Flame raged along the wound.

This forced him to use his power to suppress the Phoenix True Flame.

Otherwise, if left to burn, his body would be burned through.

Ding ding ding~

The flying sword kept coming; seeing that he could barely block it, the Five Realms demon gritted his teeth and gulped down a mouthful of demon blood.

This was one of his trump cards.

Don't underestimate this demon blood; it is the essence blood of stronger demons, and after swallowing it, it can greatly boost combat power for a short time, though it easily contaminates one's own power.

If used too many times or for too long, it's easy to become a servant of other powerful demons.

Demons are just as ruthless and cruel toward their own kind.

After using his trump card, he finally managed to suppress the Phoenix True Flame with the demon blood, buying himself some time.

This move miserably affected the other Five Realms demons.

Because Lu Xun changed the direction of his main attack.

Hold on, they can't hold out much longer!

A late-stage Five Realms demon said in a deep voice.

His strength was extremely strong, but he was held back by Fan Jing, who had used her trump card.

Fan Jing likely used some secret art that boosts combat power for a short time, making her combat power extraordinarily strong, allowing one person to hold off two Five Realms.

But she was reaching her limit.

Old Chen was also nearing his limit.

Once they both reach their limit, they will surely be unable to block so many Five Realms.

By then, Lu Xun would be like trying to fight four hands with two fists.

Although his combat power exceeded the norm, in martial and cultivation paths, his realm ultimately lagged a bit.

Although his magical cultivation had reached the Five Realms, his magical combat power, on the contrary, was not as exceedingly high as that of immortals or martial artists.

Kid, thinking of a sneak attack?

Lu Xun changed his strategy, suddenly attacking the tall half-step Six Realms demon.

But the opponent's half-step Six Realms strength was indeed not to be underestimated.

Lu Xun's flying sword posed no threat to him at all.

As for sword qi, it's not much of a threat to Five Realms, and completely useless against half-step Six Realms.

Probably even Thunder God's Wrath wouldn't work.

Half-step Six Realms has already stepped beyond the Five Realms realm; it's not something an ordinary Five Realms can handle.

Fortunately, the Golden Toad was strong enough to hold him back.

If you want to kill him, you probably can only use the Sword Heart Stone.

Lu Xun decided to use the Sword Heart Stone.

He had not used Barbara's Binding Spell all along, saving it for the Sword Heart Stone.

Lu Xun didn't rush to use it, but kept attacking, looking anxious.

The strength gap is too great; relying on external trump cards, one must seize the right moment.

After all, the Sword Heart Stone can be used only once; if it misses or is blocked by the opponent's trump card that can deal with Six Realms, it would be wasted.

A half-step Six Realms likely has such a trump card.

Kid, you're going to lose!

The tall demon sneered.

Old Chen and Fan Jing could barely hold on, showing signs of defeat.

Leave them to me!

The late-stage Five Realms demon licked his lips, his eyes filled with killing intent.

As a late-stage Five Realms, his combat power far surpassed that of ordinary Five Realms.

He had enough confidence to deal with Lu Xun and two Five Realms.

Boom!

The Water Bucket Pillar's thunder fell from the sky.

Lu Xun unleashed Thunder God's Wrath.

As the thunder fell, the space around the tall demon was completely distorted, forming a sealed area.

The Golden Toad also kept pace with Lu Xun, its tongue striking in sync.

Roar!

The tall demon did not dodge or evade; blocking the Golden Toad's tongue with his demon blade, he opened his mouth and roared, actually scattering the thunder outright.

Half-step Six Realms is indeed extremely strong.

Now is the time!

The true killer's mace is behind.

Just as the thunder was dispersed by the roar, a dazzling sword light that cut across heaven and earth suddenly flared.

This sword light condensed like substance, containing the terrifying power to destroy heaven and earth; wherever it passed, space twisted and trembled!

「This... no...! 」

Before the desperate howl could leave his throat, that devastating sword light came crashing down.

The blinding light instantly engulfed his figure, and the violent sword qi plowed a trench several kilometers long into the ground behind him!

The sword intent contained in the sword qi instantly filled the trench with solid ice.

The surrounding temperature plummeted as well, and snowflakes began to drift in the originally scorching sky.

Huh?

Lu Xun's expression changed.

Because he sensed that, despite being struck by Fu Xue's sword light, the tall demon's aura remained, and he had not been killed.

The worst-case scenario occurred,

This half-step Six Realms cultivator possesses a trump card capable of dealing with the Six Realms.

Even if he isn't a noble among demons like the Blood Demon, as a half-step Six Realms, how could he lack a life-saving trump card?

Back then, in the cellar secret realm, Lu Xun could kill Blood Nether, which was indeed a great advantage.

If they encountered Blood Nether in the ancient road junction, this guy, being a Blood Demon, would have far more trump cards than this half-step Six Realms, making killing him over ten times harder.

Although he didn't die, this sword strike also froze the tall demon into solid ice.

Numerous scarlet demonic markings flared across the tall demon's body.

This guy actually etched demonic markings onto his own flesh; he's ruthless.

It's equivalent to using his body as a weapon, forging his physique into an indestructible weapon.

No wonder he could block a strike of the Sword Heart Stone.

Demons are far inferior to humans in side paths such as alchemy, formations, artifacts, and talismans, so their trump cards and methods differ greatly from those of humans.

They absorb human demonic cultivators, to some extent, to strengthen these side methods.

Some demonic cultivators who join the demon sect produce many demonic talismans for the demons, though their grade is not high.

Crack~

As the tall demon's markings lit up, dense cracks appeared on the ice, and the tall demon was about to break free.

「Southern Ming Separation Fire, burn for me! 」

At the critical moment,

Lu Xun's prepared Southern Ming Separation Fire launched.

This is his second preparation.

The Sword Heart Stone is the first strike; if it's blocked, try using the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

Of course, not only the Southern Ming Separation Fire, Lu Xun also prepared a large mass of Phoenix True Flame to launch together with it.

As the Southern Ming Separation Fire was deployed, Lu Xun moved his hands, fully exerting his spatial ability to trap the tall demon inside.

Boom~

The Southern Ming Separation Fire and Phoenix True Flame erupted simultaneously, turning into a mass of intensely burning flames.

Crack~

The tall demon completely broke free, only to be engulfed by the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

「Ah... what kind of fire is this... get out, hurry out... 」

Just as Lu Xun was about to shout for Murong Wan to use the second Sword Heart Stone, the tall demon's panicked scream rang out.

Huh?

Lu Xun looked over and saw that the Southern Ming Separation Fire had actually ignited the tall demon's true form.

The tall demon originally had a demonic armor, other trump cards, and the demonic markings engraved on his body, which allowed him to block a strike of the Sword Heart Stone.

Yet all his defenses were shattered by that single strike of the Sword Heart Stone.

After being shattered, he also suffered considerable injury.

Faced with the scorching of the Southern Ming Separation Fire, the tall demon could choose to condense demonic qi into a demonic qi armor for defense.

Ordinary natal spirit fire truly isn't that easy to wound him.

Even the Phoenix True Flame, the tall demon can block with demonic qi alone.

But upon encountering demonic qi, the Southern Ming Separation Fire directly burns it away.

Not even the demonic markings on his body could withstand it.

It seems the Southern Ming Separation Fire is the bane of demonic qi.

No matter how strong the demonic qi, once burned by the Southern Ming Separation Fire, it vanishes outright.

Thus the Southern Ming Separation Fire burned onto the tall demon's true form and then raged wildly inward along his body.

As if to burn away all the demonic qi within his body completely.

Ah...

The tall demon screamed repeatedly.

This formidable half-step Six Realms cultivator actually let out a pig-slaughtering scream.

Get out!

He swung his demon blade, blocking the Golden Toad's tongue and Lu Xun's flying sword, then violently shattered Lu Xun's spatial seal and rushed toward the distance.

He wanted to escape.

He wanted to charge out and shake off the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

However, Southern Ming Separation Fire clung to him like a bone-attached maggot, sticking like taffy, and the tall demon tribe could not shake it off.

Don't let him escape!

Lu Xun exerted all his strength, trying to block him.

The space before the tall demon tribe was constantly twisted by Lu Xun, yet constantly broken through by the tall demon tribe.

Ribbit.

The golden toad leapt fiercely, landing in front of the tall demon tribe in a single bound, and its tongue struck again.

The tall demon tribe was blocked.

Ahhh...

He was going mad, Southern Ming Separation Fire had already burned into his body.

There was simply no good solution.

His demonic qi could not resist Southern Ming Separation Fire at all.

On the contrary, his demonic qi became fuel for Southern Ming Separation Fire; when the fire met demonic qi, it was like fire meeting natural gas, burning along smoothly.

Within the tall demon tribe's body, Southern Ming Separation Fire was spreading rapidly.

If it kept burning like this, Southern Ming Separation Fire would reach his demon core, which would be his doom.

Now he only wanted to flee quickly, then find a way to resolve it.

That's right, Southern Ming Separation Fire is said to have the power to purify demons and evil, to incinerate all impurity and wickedness; these demon fellows are probably within its purification range, right?

Lu Xun reacted.

This Southern Ming Separation Fire is actually not much different in level from Lu Xun's Phoenix True Flame.

But against the demon race, this evil species, it is practically a natural nemesis.

Demonic qi has no effect whatsoever before Southern Ming Separation Fire; it directly burns you clean.

After realizing this, Lu Xun exerted all his strength, using spatial means to create obstacles for the tall demon tribe's escape.

The golden toad also took action.

Because it was injured, its combat power dropped below the Six Realms.

However, its legs were uninjured; a single leap could block the tall demon tribe.

Without Southern Ming Separation Fire, the golden toad could still do nothing to the tall demon tribe.

But under the continuous burning of Southern Ming Separation Fire, the tall demon tribe suffered.

He lunged left and right, trying to break out, but could not escape at all.

Southern Ming Separation Fire prevented him from using any demonic qi, and some of his escape trump cards could not be used.

Ahhh...

The tall demon tribe went completely mad.

Lord Ji!!!

This sight left the other five-realm demons stunned.

They never expected that Old Chen and Fan Jing would be unable to hold them off, resulting in a reversal of the battle.

Lu Xun first used his trump card to wound the tall demon tribe, then the fire he released was extremely terrifying.

It burned the tall demon tribe, eliciting continual wails.

That flame, not only affecting the tall demon tribe, made even those who saw it feel a shudder of fear.

As if,

it was their nemesis.

Once contaminated, they would be doomed.

Kill them first, then go reinforce!

The late Five-Realm demons had not yet lost their composure.

He and several Five-Realm demons erupted, aiming to kill Old Chen and Fan Jing, then deal with Lu Xun to relieve pressure on the tall demon tribe.

Demon brats, I'll fight you to the death!

Old Chen likewise erupted, using his last trump card.

A Blood-Burning Talisman.

His essence blood burned wildly, causing his combat power to surge sharply.

In a short time, Old Chen's strength rose to a level comparable to the peak of the Five Realms.

Kill!

Old Chen's combat power thus became extraordinarily formidable.

One against five, yet he did not fall behind.

Quick!

Lu Xun exerted all his strength.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Just a flying sword... ah...

The tall demon tribe was pierced through by Lu Xun's flying sword.

If he were at his peak, Lu Xun's flying sword would indeed pose no threat.

But now, burned by Southern Ming Separation Fire and attacked by the golden toad, Lu Xun's flying sword becomes deadly.

Even a single straw, if placed at the critical point, could crush a camel.

Lu Xun's flying sword is the final straw that breaks the camel's back.

No, it's far more than a straw; it's the final stone.

The tall demon's body was pierced, and the Southern Ming Separation Fire followed the wound and burned inside.

"Ah..."

His body collapsed completely.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Lu Xun's flying sword came again.

The tall demon couldn't block it, and his body was pierced again.

This time, he was completely done for.

"Let's die together!"

The tall demon's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks, his eyes filled with madness, and the corners of his mouth twisted into a manic arc.

His demonic energy surged violently all over, and a blood-red spiderweb pattern appeared on his skin.

Lu Xun sensed the danger, without hesitation used a fifth-grade Vajra talisman, and simultaneously shot backward.

"Boom~~~!!!"

The heavens and earth changed color.

In an instant, the tall demon's body turned into a blinding ball of blood light, and violent energy exploded outward from him.

He actually self-destructed!

The self-destruction of a half-step Six Realm powerhouse was comparable to a meteor falling to earth, shaking the space within several miles violently.

"Crack! Crack!"

Lu Xun's fifth-grade spirit talismans shattered one after another, until he finally blocked them with his Crimson Armor Shield.

If Lu Xun didn't have spatial abilities, even with fifth-grade spirit talismans he could have been dragged down by the tall demon this time, either dying or suffering heavy injuries.

"Lord Ji..."

"Retreat!"

The other demons stared dumbfounded.

They never expected that a mighty half-step Six Realm would be forced to self-destruct.

The late Fifth Realm demon was the most decisive.

He wanted to flee while Lu Xun hadn't returned yet.

"Want to run? Have you asked my sword!!!"

Old Chen clung to him tightly, preventing the late Fifth Realm demon from escaping even though he tried to run.

"Ribbit!"

The Golden Toad arrived, a strike of its tongue completely sealing off the late Fifth Realm demon's retreat.

Even though he had just used a trump card to escape, the Golden Toad still stopped him dead in his tracks.

"It's over."

The late Fifth Realm demon's face changed drastically.

Although he was a late Fifth Realm demon, his trump cards were far fewer than the tall demon's.

"Ah..."

In the distance, a miserable cry rang out.

Lu Xun didn't deal with him right away, but instead attacked the other demons of the Fifth Realm.

"Kill!"

Numerous cultivators surged forward with mighty vigor, launching a pursuit against the demons.