Chapter 972

Su Ming looked at Li Xuan, his voice calm.

"Actually, Senior Xiang Wuhui has never blamed you," Su Ming said with a thoughtful expression.

"The events of back then were too complex; none of you were willing to take a step back, eventually causing this tragedy."

"So, just have a clear conscience."

Hearing this, a sense of determination emerged in Li Xuan's eyes.

He looked up at the top of the tower.

He gazed at an ancient long sword hanging upside down under the beam.

This sword was two feet nine inches long, made entirely of black iron, and was already somewhat rusted and dull.

Within it, a steady and profound sword intent was hidden.

Su Ming checked the information on this sword.

【Spiritless Demon-Suppressing Sword (No Quality)】

【A sword left by the first ancestor of the Shushan Sword Sect, always hanging upside down at the top of the tower to suppress the demons within】

【Hundreds of years ago, the Demon-Suppressing Tower once faced a catastrophe. At that time, due to the passage of time, the suppressing power in the Demon-Suppressing Sword dissipated, and the Demon-Suppressing Tower was about to collapse】

【Thus, the Sword Saint, the 46th Sect Master of the Shushan Sword Sect at the time, took action and transformed his own soul into a weapon spirit, merging it into this Demon-Suppressing Sword to reinforce the seal】

【But until now, the power in the Demon-Suppressing Sword has dissipated again, turning it into a mortal weapon】

【Unless a new weapon spirit merges into it】

Seeing the information on this sword, Su Ming immediately understood what Li Xuan was going to do.

He was going to transform his body into a weapon spirit and merge into the Demon-Suppressing Sword!

Liu Die'er looked up at the ancient human sword that hung upside down and kept countless demons awake at night, feeling as if her soul was about to be shredded.

"Xuan-lang, are you going to merge into this sword?" she said with tears, feeling reluctant.

Li Xuan nodded.

A Nascent Soul still had the possibility of resurrection.

Transforming into a weapon spirit meant never being reborn, and even being unable to return to the cycle of reincarnation.

"There is no path to the Immortal World, and no door to the Underworld."

"This is my only destination."

After saying this, Li Xuan looked deeply at Liu Die'er.

His lips parted slightly, wanting to say something more.

"Die'er..."

But he didn't say it in the end.

The next instant, he transformed into a stream of pure white sword Qi light and merged into the ancient sword.

Too decisive...

With a bang, the most pure and ancient sword intent, like a river and sea, swept over and filled the surrounding world!

That peerless power instantly collapsed the entire Demon-Suppressing Tower!

Su Ming was quick-eyed and fast-handed; he grabbed the ancient sword and, while holding Liu Die'er, transformed into sword light and rushed out of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

Li Xuan had sacrificed his soul to help him slaughter the Demon Monarch, so Su Ming naturally had to protect his widow well.

What she had done in the past was not important to Su Ming.

Those who receive grace must protect what their benefactor loves.

The moment he grasped the Demon-Suppressing Sword, Su Ming felt a powerful and peerless force surge into his limbs and bones!

Su Ming felt... Li Xuan's intentions.

He was a congenital sword body, a peerless sword Dao genius, but in the end, he met the fate of becoming a sword spirit.

Between sword and love, he chose love, letting go of power and sword Dao, so he ultimately failed to become a Sword Saint.

But precisely because of this, he was who he was.

The towering Demon-Suppressing Tower fell as ruins and debris; the endless refining power within no longer had the power sealed inside, but overflowed.

Su Ming was in the midst of it and felt as if his skin and flesh were about to melt!

Inside the Demon-Suppressing Tower was stored endless refining power, refining both humans and demons alike; it was fundamentally an indiscriminate erasing force.

Fortunately, Su Ming had the S-grade bloodline 【Holy Bone】.

This refining power could only hurt his skin and flesh, but could not hurt his bones.

However, every stone of the collapsed Demon-Suppressing Tower weighed over a thousand pounds, because this treasure tower was cast from various heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

To protect Liu Die'er, Su Ming had to swing his sword with all his might to hack apart the rubble.

For a time, sword light flickered!

The Demon-Suppressing Sword was too powerful; it was an ancient-quality ancient sword.

Su Ming felt majestic power surge into his heart, and he obtained a portion of Li Xuan's sword Dao insights.

This sword was the hidden secret treasure of this world!

With this sword, he now had the confidence to suppress and kill the Demon Monarch!

Su Ming ran toward the outside while hacking apart the ruins falling from the sky.

After escaping, whenever Su Ming had a gap, he would immediately sublimate, making this sword even more powerful!

Outside, the sky was filled with thick smoke and dust, making it impossible to see what had happened.

Ji Yao only saw the Demon-Suppressing Tower collapse instantly and become a ruin.

The people outside saw this scene and were somewhat horrified.

Ji Yao mistakenly thought something had happened to Su Ming.

"Su Ming!!" she shouted hoarsely.

Just from this moment of distraction, a Demon Ancestor at the Venerable realm rushed over in an instant, its palm piercing her shoulder, heavily injuring her and sending her flying, blood splashing.

Ni Shuang transformed into a blue light and arrived, condensing an ice robe to shroud Ji Yao and protect her.

Ni Shuang guarded in front of Ji Yao, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Her state was also not good; she had seventeen wounds on her body, all of which she had frozen and sealed with cold ice.

With so many Demon Ancestors, plus a Half-Saint BOSS Demon Monarch, the group was fighting too difficult a battle!

Usually, a BOSS of this level would require at least dozens of Sixth-Turn Venerables to fight.

But now, there were only a few people present.

Xiang Wuhui held his sword with one arm and fought the Demon Monarch.

He no longer had a free hand to hold the wine pot, but he could actually condense spiritual Qi to make the wine pot float and drink continuously.

The top-grade Daughter Red that Su Ming gave him was truly delicious.

Before dying, he had to drink a few more mouthfuls so as not to lose out!

The old Sword Venerable was disheveled, laughing proudly at the firmament; even with one arm broken, he remained wild and uninhibited!

He spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and looked at the Demon Monarch Zi Tuo.

"Hahaha, you and I are both at the Half-Saint realm!"

"Demon Monarch, the Demon-Suppressing Tower is destroyed; presumably that kid has already slaughtered everything inside!"

As he spoke, a hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

"Now that you have no supply of demonic Qi, this old man might not be unable to kill you alone!"

With that, Xiang Wuhui held his wooden sword upside down and slashed down with a bang, stabbing at the Demon Monarch's back!

He wanted to deepen its old wound by another point!

However, the Demon Monarch just gave a cold snort and gripped the air.

Boom!!

A sound of an air explosion burst out from within Xiang Wuhui's body.

Half of Xiang Wuhui's body exploded, much of his blood and internal organs had been dyed deep purple, and he flew backward.

His sword move was directly interrupted!

"This sovereign has already planted demonic Qi erosion in your body; you are on a dead-end path."

The Demon Monarch smiled indifferently, standing in the air with his hands behind his back, as if invincible.

"Both at the Half-Saint realm?"

"Pathetic." He said with a ruthless and cold gaze. ===== CHAPTER 974 =====