Chapter 394: Are You Not Afraid I Will Kill You? (Fifth Update!)

The True Person of Demonic Purification, clad in blood-stained robes, descended the mountain.

Lu Yang, meanwhile, controlled his Sword Dao avatar to follow closely behind, like a Duobao Tongzi holding a sword, both hands cradling the 【Non-Killing Sword】, which had also turned a scarlet red.

In an instant, countless hearts felt a resonance.

How many years had passed?

Except for a few very senior Foundation Establishment True Persons who had lived long, many could not even recall when the True Person of Demonic Purification last left Jiangnan.

Of course, Southern Border did not count.

After all, in the previous view of the Yushu Jiange, the lands of the Southern Border had no True Person stationed there, and lay just south of Jiangnan, so they were equivalent to their own backyard. As for other places—Jiangbei, Jiangxi, Jiangdong, and even overseas—True Persons were stationed there; the True Person of Demonic Purification could not go to those places.

It was not out of fear that the True Person of Demonic Purification would die.

Rather, it was fear that he would attain the Dao outside; after all, if the 【Sword Dao Fruit Seat】 was not formed within the Yushu Jiange, True Persons would watch, and countless people in the world would harbor evil thoughts.

Especially the Holy Sect opposite.

What Yushu Jiange Ancestor, what True Person—the True Persons of the Holy Sect would not care about such things; seize it first and deal with the rest later. You have a backer, but do I not have one?

Therefore, the True Person of Demonic Purification had not left Jiangnan for a very long time.

However, this time, he walked out of the Yushu Jiange's mountain gate openly, putting on an appearance of leaving Jiangnan; how could people accept this?

'Stop him!'

The True Person of Quelling Evil immediately stood up, teeth clenched: "A treacherous and ungrateful wretch! The sect gave him life and raised him, yet when it came time to use him, he made all sorts of excuses, and in the end, he disregarded gratitude and righteousness so completely, wanting to force his way out and cause trouble for the sect! He just cannot—he just cannot—"

—cannot he simply die obediently?

The True Person of Quelling Evil had even found someone to take the blame, and had stuffed evidence of Mo Shi Yuan's collusion with the Jiangbei Demonic Path into the treasury of 【Jimo City】.

Once the True Person of Demonic Purification died, using his life to prove the 【Sword Dao Fruit Seat】.

He would immediately appear, set things right, mourn this greatest Foundation Establishment True Person in the history of the Yushu Jiange, and declare eternal enmity against the Demonic Path that killed him.

What a perfect script?

The Yushu Jiange would benefit, he would benefit, including the Ye family, who had contributed greatly this time; he also intended to reward them well. After all, the True Person of Demonic Purification had no offspring, so rewarding his family was equivalent to rewarding him; no one would lose out. Yet such a good script was ruined by the True Person of Demonic Purification.

He simply would not die!

Worse, now he wanted to leave Jiangnan and go to other regions; if this led to the 【Sword Dao Fruit Seat】 falling into the hands of other factions in the end...

Ten lives would not be enough to compensate!

Thinking of this, the True Person of Quelling Evil could no longer hold back; he stood up directly, rode a beam of escape light, and flew swiftly toward the outside of the Yushu Jiange's mountain gate.

At the same time.

"Amitabha!"

Accompanied by a Buddhist chant, on the path where the True Person of Demonic Purification and Lu Yang were advancing, a beam of Buddha light suddenly flew over and landed before them.

Pure Land, Vimalakirti Venerable.

This Great Arhat in the late Foundation Establishment stage wore a bitter expression; the moment he appeared, he bowed his head and said, "Little monk Vimalakirti, sent by the Buddha Son, greets the True Person of Demonic Purification..."

"Zing! Zing!"

The response was a sword cry.

The next second, Vimalakirti Venerable was severed from head to body; he had not even reacted to being struck by a sword, his mouth still trying to utter polite words.

Only when the world before his eyes spun did he belatedly realize: "Ah?"

"Boom!"

After the dull thud, the Buddha light shone brilliantly, the Golden Body disintegrated. Vimalakirti Venerable did not survive like those previously beheaded by the True Person of Demonic Purification; instead, he died instantly. A soul drifted out dimly, guided by a beam of Buddha light from the Pure Land, seemingly about to return to the Buddha Land for reincarnation and cultivation anew...

However, just then.

"Crack!"

A crisp explosion sound appeared on Vimalakirti's bewildered soul. The Pure Land's Buddha light descended, yet it seemed like water flowing through a bamboo basket full of holes.

Whatever fell through was lost.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The next second, with a gust of wind, Vimalakirti's soul scattered with the wind, leaving only the Pure Land's guiding Buddha light lingering in place, plunged into a certain dead silence.

On the other side, Lu Yang watched with a trembling heart.

Although he could do the same, he relied on the divine mystery of 【Li Jie Bo】 severing cause and effect, making the Pure Land's guiding light unable to find a target.

Essentially, this was a clever trick, but the True Person of Demonic Purification was different; his method was extremely ruthless. The instant Vimalakirti was struck by his sword, both form and spirit were annihilated; only his consciousness had not yet reacted. Thus, the Pure Land's Buddha light's guidance was utterly useless!

'【Non-Killing】 to 【Killing】... what an extreme transformation!'

'But why? Why, even though the 【Non-Killing Sword Intent】 shattered, could it evolve into such a terrifying Sword Intent, with power even greater than before?' Lu Yang pondered in his heart.

Just then, within that beam of Buddha light from the Pure Land, a towering Dharma image vaguely appeared, hands clasped in prayer, sighing softly:

"Amitabha... Benefactor, why must it be so?"

It was Guangming Buddha Son.

"Friend, please do not wander about," the True Person of Demonic Purification said calmly upon hearing this, speaking lightly: "I intend to go to the Pure Land this time; please listen to my sword cry, friend."

"..."

The Buddha light suddenly extinguished.

However, before the True Person of Demonic Purification could take another step, another beam of escape light appeared, rushing forward swiftly. It was none other than the True Person of Quelling Evil, his expression filled with shock and anger.

"Stop!"

The True Person of Quelling Evil stood in mid-air, his gaze fixed directly on the True Person of Demonic Purification. His 【Sword Intent】 cultivation was higher than Lu Yang's, so he saw more; yet the more he saw, the more shocked he became: "A single Sword Intent, yet displaying the phenomenon of outer and inner transformation! How did you do it!?"

"This is the sword."

The True Person of Demonic Purification chuckled lightly: "The sword, whether hiding its edge in the sheath or showing it to others, inherently has an inside and an outside; 【Sword Intent】 should naturally be the same."

As his words fell, the True Person of Demonic Purification's new 【Sword Intent】 erupted with a thunderous boom.

If the sky had life, this sword could cut it!

If the earth has life, this sword can cut it!

If the Dao has life, this sword can cut it!

Cruel to the extreme, standing at the opposite pole from 【Non-Killing】, this 【Sword Intent】 signifies only extinction, seeking to turn everything into nothingness!

Under the observation of the Divine Sense, both Lu Yang and Que Xie True Person spontaneously realized its name:

"【All Cut】."

Concealing the sheath within is 【Non-Killing】.

Displaying the blade's edge outward is 【All Cut】!

"No, that's not right!"

If so, Que Xie True Person revealed an expression of horror: "This is not a single Sword Intent. The sword sheath and sword blade are merely the means by which you unify them."

"Essentially, these are two Sword Intents!"

Having said this, Que Xie True Person himself began to doubt his own judgment.

The so-called 【Sword Intent】 is the culmination of obsession, intertwined with a person's life; in a sense, it shares a similar nature with Golden Nature.

If that is the case, how can one person possess two Sword Intents?

"Which one is yours?"

Que Xie True Person questioned Dang Mo True Person with piercing eyes, while Dang Mo True Person, seeing this, merely shook his head, revealing an expression of perplexity that was hard to put into words.

"Que Xie Daoist friend, why have you come to seek me?"

"... Naturally, to take you back to the Sect."

Que Xie True Person frowned slightly and said with a natural air: "The True Lord previously issued a verbal decree; to prevent the 【Sword Dao】 from being lost, you are not to leave without authorization."

"The True Lord's verbal decree?"

Dang Mo True Person looked around: "Where is the True Lord?"

Upon hearing this, Que Xie True Person's face immediately darkened: "Ye Guangji, you have been willful enough this time; do not continue to act on your own stubborn will!"

"Acting on my own stubborn will?"

Dang Mo True Person looked at him, his gaze profound: "I am curious."

"You seduced Shi Yuan, causing his death, and secretly ruined my 【Sword Intent】; it was you, Daoist friend. Yet now you come to me, asking me to return and obediently await death?"

"And yet you still feel it is only natural; the logic of the Yushu Jiange has always been difficult for me to understand."

"Are you not afraid... that I will kill you?"

(End of this chapter)