Chapter 213: Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword Art for Slaying Immortals!

Inside the fragment of the blessed land.

Ye Guyue's beautiful eyes were cold and fierce as she surveyed the Black Mountain and Blood Sea directly ahead, finally making her decision: "Zhiqiu, come with me to break the formation."

Although the Many Treasures Boy had chosen to surrender, revealing little through probing, Lu Yang had at least displayed several layers of changes within his formation; Ye Guyue had observed them all, confident she possessed the means to break it, so her expression quickly returned to calm as she directly rode a beam of escaping light into the formation!

"Well done!"

Seeing this, Lu Yang smiled immediately, waving his banner flag to summon the Blood Sea to suppress downward, only to see Ye Guyue directly pluck a precious pearl from her roaming robes.

"Go!"

Ye Guyue casually tossed it, and the pearl fell into the Blood Sea, instantly blooming with brilliant light, swallowing like a whale drinking from the ocean, actually engulfing all the blood waves!

As the Blood Sea continued to pour in, the originally clear and white pearl gradually took on a blood-red hue, while its qi mechanism became increasingly ferocious.

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised an eyebrow and immediately halted the Blood Sea's descent, having already understood Ye Guyue's method; this pearl could absorb external qi, and she was waiting for it to ingest enough of the Blood Sea before casting a spell to detonate it, using their own method against them to shatter the formation in one stroke!

As for the 【Soul-Stealing Smoke】 within the Blood Sea, it was not even worth mentioning.

Ye Guyue only needed to hold her Sword Heart steady; no matter what soul-shaking methods he employed, she could easily slice through them with her sword intent, rendering them utterly ineffective against her.

"Good method."

Lu Yang's expression remained calm as he next removed the centipede-bee bag from his waist, releasing over a hundred million Qi-Devouring Worms to merge with the Blood Sea and surge toward Ye Guyue.

Seeing this, Ye Guyue still met them with her pearl.

However, this time, after absorbing the Blood Sea, the pearl began to reveal crack after crack; upon closer inspection, one could clearly see countless insects densely covering it!

"Qi-Devouring Worms."

Ye Guyue's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she calculated the origin of the insects; Lu Yang had mixed these demonic worms into the Blood Sea, greatly reducing the upper limit of blood the pearl could absorb.

For every blood wave absorbed, the pearl had to endure another round of biting from the Qi-Devouring Worms; the result was that before the pearl could accumulate its power to the limit, it would be damaged by the worms, yet if detonated early, its power would be insufficient to blast open the formation, resulting in nothing more than a futile drop in the bucket.

And what was even more troublesome was...

"Swish—!"

The next second, a soundless, colorless, and formless sword light quietly landed on the back of Ye Guyue's heart, an unstoppable blade about to slay her!

【Formless Sword】!

This dharma sword, specialized for sneak attacks, was extremely handy in Lu Yang's hands; naturally, he would not save it now, having long hidden it within the Blood Sea waiting for the perfect moment to strike!

In an instant, there was a sharp crash of metal colliding with metal, and brilliant divine abilities bloomed; it was a dharma sword that had intercepted it at the critical moment.

Lu Yang looked over and saw that the sword light of that dharma sword was extremely bizarre, lacking any aura of the righteous path, instead reflecting the image of a seductive, naked beauty who laughed like silver bells; her laughter fell upon the 【Formless Sword】, causing even Lu Yang to feel his spiritual sense vaguely tremble.

"This thing... a demonic corpse? A banner spirit?"

Lu Yang's expression turned strange as he recalled the 【Formless Sword】, then smiled: "I didn't expect the illustrious Sword Pavilion, leader of the righteous path, to also use methods from my Holy Sect?"

"Demonic fiend from Jiangbei, how do you know the wonderful arts of my Sword Pavilion?"

Ye Guyue said coldly: "This sword art of mine was formed by drawing qi from the 【Divine Weapon Realm】, ranked Second Grade; although it reeks of demonic qi, it is the righteous path of controlling demons!"

Almost simultaneously, a great sense of alarm surged in Lu Yang's heart.

The next second, the 【Hundred Refined Subduing-Peril Mystical Cloak】 erupted with brilliant light, yet seven sword tips simultaneously pierced out from the void, aiming straight for his vital points!

"Crack!"

The protective brilliant light did not last long before shattering with a boom, yet Lu Yang had already vanished from his original spot, appearing in the distance to observe with interest.

He saw that behind each of the seven sword tips that had just assassinated him stood a naked beauty, corners of her mouth curled in a smile, yet her form was illusory and elusive; in the blink of an eye, she vanished again, treating the formation Lu Yang had set up as if it did not exist, moving and weaving through it without the slightest obstruction!

"【Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword Art for Slaying Immortals】!"

Ye Guyue formed a sword seal with her fingers, and immediately eight dharma swords appeared around her, vanishing in an eye's blink to once again shuttle and slash toward Lu Yang.

"Not a bad sword art, pity... it is not yet perfect?"

Lu Yang laughed loudly; the Instrument of Ultimate Heaven in his brow rotated, and under the illumination of his Dharma Eye, he quickly saw through the nature of the dharma swords: all eight demonic swords were split child swords.

There was still a slight flaw in their movement.

"Nine is the ultimate number; you should have nine swords. When the nine child swords combine to form the mother sword, only then will your single dharma sword be truly formidable."

"Why was it not refined to completion? Oh, right, I destroyed one earlier."

Lu Yang recalled the bizarre method of escape Ye Guyue had used when facing the combined attack from himself and Chongying, and suddenly realized the truth.

On the other side, Ye Guyue's expression turned grave; she had long done her utmost to conceal her karma to prevent Lu Yang from calculating her secrets, yet the origins of her 【Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword for Slaying Immortals】 had still been deduced by him; such bizarre divination power clearly defied logic—did this person possess a supreme heavenly mechanism treasure?

'The situation is somewhat unfavorable...'

A trace of gloom rose in Ye Guyue's heart; just as Lu Yang said, her 【Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword for Slaying Immortals】 was indeed missing one sword-wielding heavenly demon.

With one heavenly demon missing, she could not form the sword formation.

If things continued like this...

'... ill I lose?'

Thinking this, Ye Guyue immediately pressed her lips together, unwilling to admit it in her heart, yet Lu Yang's strength had indeed exceeded her expectations.

'Unless I can recover the final heavenly demon.'

Thinking of this, Ye Guyue glanced again in the direction of the Many Treasures Boy; her original plan had been to use this person as a sacrifice for her sword to make up for the flaw in her sword art.

That was why she had previously intended to send the Many Treasures Boy to his death, but he had surrendered too quickly, leaving her no opportunity; moreover, now that she was engaged in a dharma battle with Lu Yang, she could not spare the energy to kill the Many Treasures Boy either; thus, after much thought, the only one currently available to use was likely...

Ye Guyue shifted her gaze, looking at Yun Zhiqiu beside her.

The indifference in her beautiful eyes sent a shiver through Yun Zhiqiu, who whispered: "... enior Aunt?"

"Zhiqiu, this is also your karmic fate."

"Huh?"

Before Yun Zhiqiu could react, a sword light directly pierced through his body, beheading him, while his flesh, blood, and magic power were all devoured cleanly.

In his place, a soul rose, its face filled with shock.

"Zhiqiu, you have performed a great merit this time; after reincarnating, come find me, and I will repay you with an opportunity," Ye Guyue said in a calm tone, appearing very composed.

For the Sword Pavilion, death was not the end.

Reincarnation was already the norm.

However, the next second, Yun Zhiqiu's face filled with terror; if it were ordinary reincarnation, it would be one thing... but he was currently in a state where both his fortune and merit were severely depleted!

Reincarnating in such a state meant he would have to be born as a pig or dog for at least three to five lifetimes before being able to reincarnate as a human again; by then, the five lifespans of his Foundation Establishment would be utterly worn away; furthermore, he was only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, so even if he luckily survived, he would struggle to break the mystery of the womb, rendering his cultivation base no different from being destroyed!

Alas, he could no longer speak.

In merely the blink of an eye, Yun Zhiqiu's soul, filled with unwillingness, fell into the cycle of reincarnation; immediately after, the ninth heavenly demon was transformed and manifested by Ye Guyue.

"Demonic fiend, you harmed my junior brother's life; today you shall be executed!"

Ye Guyue's gaze burned like torches; the nine heavenly demons each held a sword, merging into one in an instant, while two innate divine abilities were added onto it, further increasing its power.

【Lord of Arms and Armor】!

【Radiance of Saving Gold】!

"What a sharp sword..." Lu Yang exclaimed in admiration.

In an instant, a sword light brilliant as flames appeared; wherever it passed, the Blood Sea was evaporated, and its sharp sword intent even caused a stabbing pain in Lu Yang's brow.

However, the next second, he smiled.

"But my sword is no less sharp!"

As his words fell, Lu Yang had already sacrificed the Anubi Sword from his sleeve; it was filled with blood light, having clearly been charging up for a long time, and at this moment, a roaring sword cry erupted!

Within the fragment of the blessed land, a blood-colored rainbow shot up from the ground.

The 【Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword for Slaying Immortals】 followed closely behind, slash after slash meeting it head-on!

For a moment, a series of explosions rang out across the dome of heaven; massive mushroom clouds intertwined with flying fire and flowing lightning, nearly tearing the entire fragment of the blessed land apart!

"Boom!"

This collision completely blasted open the 【Blood Sea Filling-the-Heavens Great Formation】; Ye Guyue looked in shock as her 【Nine Mother-and-Child Heavenly Demon Sword for Slaying Immortals】 let out a mournful cry, then, disregarding her commands as its master, directly transformed into light and flew back into her sleeve, becoming unusable!

(End of Chapter)