[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi":3,"chapter-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-276":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Douluo: The Exiled Immortal Descends, Sword and Wine Slay the Gods",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1550541,2014,"Chapter 276 - 276 – The Eighth Rakshasa Trial, The Terrifying Scythe-Wielding Demon Shadow, Li Zhexian Seeks a Way Out","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-276",276,"\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scythe-bearing demon shadow crashed to the ground, its corpse sprawling across the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark purple blood snaked outward like venomous serpents, soaking into the cracks between the cobblestones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian, Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen gathered together, standing back to back, their auras tightly condensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the three Titled Douluo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi, standing at the mouth of the alley, were staring at the cold-faced young man in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, though Li Zhexian had slain Tang Lie, they hadn't been present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still couldn't be sure just how strong he truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now, after fighting side by side, did they finally see the full extent of his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young friend Zhexian's sword has become even sharper.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Bailong stroked his beard with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You overpraise me, seniors,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian replied modestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian merely lent support from the side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he and the others turned their eyes toward the severed corpse of the demon shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strand of razor-edged sword qi split the air, striking the wide hood that covered the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hat tumbled away—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing a woman's face beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her skin was ghostly pale, her features strikingly beautiful—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet covered in web-like cracks as dark as night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a porcelain doll shattered and reassembled, beautiful enough to terrify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others' pupils constricted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bibi Dong?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That face—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was identical to Pope Bibi Dong's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image projected upon the light screen had never clearly shown the demon's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the voices of Chen Xin and the others now turned muffled, distorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd outside stirred uneasily, breaking into anxious murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, seated upon the Ten-Headed Serpent Emperor, Dugu Bo's eyes gleamed cold as they fixed upon Bibi Dong on her throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over Spirit Hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the green-red mists thickened, heavy and oppressive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>slowly blotting out even the daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the secret realm, Li Zhexian's gaze darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already half expected that the scythe-bearing demon shadow would wear Bibi Dong's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The current Bibi Dong should have reached the level of a Limit Douluo,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But because of the suppression from the Rakshasa God Trials, she can only display Spirit Power of level ninety-eight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by the timing…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She must have already completed the Seventh Rakshasa Trial—and perhaps even reached the Eighth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the Eighth Rakshasa Trial?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought flashed through his mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The corpse is moving!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fall back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furious shouts of Chen Xin and the others exploded beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's instincts flared—his body dissolved into a flash of sword light, streaking a hundred meters away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he steadied himself and turned back—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman's severed head lying in the street…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had opened its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes glowed with a twisted, purple light—eyes steeped in ultimate evil, with a glass-like sheen webbed by cracks—now fixed on him without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman's lips curled upward, revealing a chilling smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next heartbeat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark purple blood that had flooded the street began to surge backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the severed neck wriggled countless blood filaments, like living serpents, dragging the head back toward the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense purple fog rose up, devouring the fallen shadow whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before their grim faces—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two scythe-bearing demon shadows stepped forth from within the mists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, from the southeast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>came the harsh screech of metal scraping stone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of a third giant scythe being dragged along the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before the figure itself arrived,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two beams of purple light swept through the darkness, cutting across several streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's roar cut through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he and the others fell back at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they understood all too well—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These scythe demons were the immortal enforcers of this dead city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if one could destroy them by sheer might—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the next instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would return again, stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssshhh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssshhh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of three massive scythes scraping the ground\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tore through the silence of the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark purple sparks burst through the pitch-black alleys,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>becoming the only light in this dead city—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but also, the light of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only Li Zhexian's group—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the sect powerhouses scattered across the city were fleeing in panic, their souls nearly flying from their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These things can't be killed?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A deathtrap! This is a deathtrap with no way out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not leaving! Someone just found a spirit herb from a street stall! The treasures here are real—the opportunity is right before our eyes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If even Li Zhexian and Chen Xin are being hunted, who else could stop those monsters?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of the scythe-bearing demons chased after Li Zhexian's group,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while the third roamed the streets, dragging its scythe as it hunted the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of its movement was like a whisper of doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon shadows moved like ghosts—so fast they blurred into streaks of darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever they passed, the shriek of tearing air and the wet crack of rupturing flesh followed close behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian and the others fought as they retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Rong stayed close to guard Ning Fengzhi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen's Spirit Rings blazed to life beneath their feet, radiating with dazzling brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword winds howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their attacks clashed violently against the scythes that tore through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwaves of Spirit Power ripped through the streets, pulverizing market stalls into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tightly shut doors of those houses lining the streets—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did not budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even under such terrifying force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's gaze flicked toward those doors, his brows furrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scythe swept past his cheek, shearing away a strand of his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and slashed in return, his Qinglian Sword colliding with the scythe in a brilliant arc of sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the rebound to hurl himself backward—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered, blood spilling from the corner of his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still only at the Spirit Emperor level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his swordsmanship and Spirit Abilities could contend with a Titled Douluo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his raw Spirit Power was still far inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Chen Xin and Gu Rong, both veteran Titled Douluo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were barely managing to hold their ground against two unkillable foes at level ninety-seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rounded a corner just as the crossing scythes swept down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unleashing a cataclysmic storm of Spirit Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets shattered. Stones blasted skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doors of those houses stood unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold and unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's jaw clenched tight, a flash of resolve igniting in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's gamble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished in a flicker of motion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>appearing before one of those sealed doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Power surged into his palm as he struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door flew open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gust of frigid wind burst forth, howling around him, whipping his white robes into a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seniors—inside, now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Li Zhexian darted into the darkness beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trusting him implicitly, Chen Xin and the others followed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transforming into streaks of light that vanished into the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the door lay a small, overgrown courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two mud-walled, tile-roofed huts stood within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gathered close, forming a defensive circle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes wary, scanning the eerie silence of the yard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And watching the two scythe-bearing shadows that now loomed outside the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon shadows halted before the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their massive, slab-like feet blocked all escape,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and their four pairs of glowing eyes locked coldly onto the people within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Rong murmured in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the moon vanished, the scythe demons appeared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does hiding within the houses shield us from their hunt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before his words had even faded—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both demon shadows extended their arms from beneath their cloaks—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skin corpse-white and tinged with blue—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five clawlike fingers curling forward, trailing an icy chill, reaching straight for the people inside the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's face blanched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guessed wrong?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the houses aren't safe?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drop some POWERSTONES to push the story forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Read Advance Chapters at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fc\u002FReadJin\u003C\u002Fp>",1357,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.446Z",1,"novelbin.me","1b6a6c7345407493835274dbcaafd65fca08f27c5192c10d808af3714bbf5d54","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-277","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-275",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]