Chapter 181

This was a Song sword with a black handle and a white blade, as slender as an old dragon and as beautiful as a crape myrtle.

The demons who rushed over couldn't help but laugh when they saw this; in the Sand Sea, only the princesses of the Shark Kingdom used this kind of sword.

A handsome, long-haired demon held a golden halberd and slashed horizontally at Cheng Xinzhan's neck, saying,

"Kid, considering you have some ability, if you are willing to abandon Canghai and come to my Sand Sea Shark Kingdom to be a prince consort, and then kowtow to Yu Sanniang to admit your mistake, I will put in a good word for you and ask Yu Sanniang to spare your life."

Cheng Xinzhan lowered his head to dodge, stepped on the electric light to move forward, and slashed upward with his autumn water sword, aiming at the demon's forearm.

At this time, another blue-faced demon approached from behind Cheng Xinzhan, holding a five-colored crystal fork, and silently stabbed at Cheng Xinzhan's back heart.

A golden fin suddenly grew on the long-haired shark demon's forearm, like a short blade. As the shark demon raised his elbow, the golden fin blocked Cheng Xinzhan's sword. Cheng Xinzhan twisted his wrist, and the sword cut horizontally toward the shark demon's belly. At the same time, he flipped his body in the air and twisted, lying horizontally to narrowly dodge the strike to his back heart.

At this time, a green whip lashed over from below, and Cheng Xinzhan had no time to dodge.

"Freeze!"

He pinched a spell with his left hand, pointed at the flying whip, and chanted a mantra.

The whip seemed to be frozen; before the tip of the whip could even extend, it stopped in the air just like that.

With the sounding of this mantra, inside the Thunder Appreciation Hall, the expressions of King Han and the Turtle King gradually lost their ease and relaxation, slowly becoming solemn. Conversely, the Red King's faction began to show a playful look on their faces.

"Turtle King, before this subordinate of yours fled from the Blood God Sect, did he not learn techniques in the Daoist Sect? His spell-pinching is quite professional."

The Red King said with a smile, looking at the Turtle King.

The Turtle King glanced sideways. "What does that have to do with you?"

The Red King smiled and did not argue. There was no need to say anything final now; in any case, with the Great Sage's formation, that person could not go anywhere. When dawn ended, they would catch him and ask, and everything would be known. When the time came to really ask something, they would see if this thick-skinned worm was still so stubborn.

At this time, Huang Laosan almost shrank under the table.

Rumbling—

Another burst of rapid lightning occurred, and the mirror-scenes conjured by the various demon kings also underwent a black-and-white change, with nothing to be seen.

And Cheng Xinzhan, who was attacked from both front and back, slashed at the shark demon's chest and abdomen, temporarily forcing him back and opening up a few body lengths. Then he turned his head and looked at the blue-faced demon behind him.

The blue-faced demon watched Cheng Xinzhan suddenly flip his body, turning his back into his front, his momentum undiminished, and the crystal fork in his hand pushed forward another inch. But at this very moment, he suddenly saw a cinnabar-red divine light shine in Cheng Xinzhan's left eye.

Just by looking at it, this demon was captured, as if his whole body were frozen, unable to move, and he couldn't even close his eyelids. His gaze could no longer move away, and he watched helplessly as a piece of red light permeated, becoming increasingly dazzling. Finally, he couldn't even see Cheng Xinzhan, and he couldn't see the sea and sky either; all he could see was the boundless red light.

In this dense red light, he saw a vermilion cinnabar sun suddenly appear, and then one after another, until nine appeared, as if nine suns had risen in the red sea of the morning glow.

Illuminated by the nine cinnabar suns, he felt a heat arise from his eyes and spread rapidly to his whole body, as if he were being burned by fire. He felt the water in his body flowing away rapidly, as if he were about to be dried up. He could almost no longer maintain his human form; blue scales grew on his face, and it seemed he would transform into his original form in the next moment.

But immediately after, he felt his eyes suddenly go black, and then he lost consciousness.

And in the eyes of the other demons, it was as if the blue-faced demon had suddenly lost his focus, and Cheng Xinzhan had seized the opportunity to behead him with one sword strike.

Because under the cover of the electric light, no one saw Cheng Xinzhan use any mantras or magic treasures. Being in the same second realm, it was impossible for him to cast primordial spirit secret techniques.

Cheng Xinzhan did not care about the corpse of the blue-faced demon falling into the sea, because his gu insects were there.

An empty spot appeared behind him, and someone immediately filled it. An ape-headed, blue-faced demon leaped high, raised an iron rod, and struck from top to bottom.

Because he had turned around, the shark demon was now behind him, and the golden halberd attacked again, wanting to break his waist.

"Submerge!"

Cheng Xinzhan pointed his finger at the sky, and a sky-piercing water column suddenly surged beneath him, like a water dragon, meeting the iron rod head-on.

While casting the mantra, he flipped backward and leaped up, dodging the waist-breaking halberd, and while above the shark demon's head, he pointed his sword at the shark demon's heavenly spirit.

The shark demon's head suddenly dispersed into a mass of mist, and the sword tip pointed at the mist, only pointing into empty space, emitting only a sharp whistle. After Cheng Xinzhan withdrew his sword, the mist re-condensed and transformed back into a head.

"I have already cultivated my life-bound divine ability; how can you do anything to me?"

The shark demon laughed.

At the same time, another long-bodied, thick-necked demon cast out a precious pearl. The pearl emitted a gray light, and subsequently, the water column rushing toward the ape-headed demon was neutralized. After neutralizing the water column, the pearl struck toward Cheng Xinzhan, emitting a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and the ape-headed demon's iron rod followed closely behind.

Cheng Xinzhan knew that the long-bodied, thick-necked demon was a subordinate of the Sand Sea Overlord. The Overlord himself was a descendant of the Dragon Son Baxia and the Sea Loach, possessing dragon blood in his body, thick skin and flesh, and was also very flexible. The Baxia bloodline could carry mountains and suppress waves; this demon being able to neutralize the water column meant he should be a close relative of the demon king, and it was thought he likewise had dragon blood in his body.

Cheng Xinzhan cast out a blood pearl, striking straight at the gray pearl, seemingly wanting to have a head-on collision.

The owner of the gray pearl was very confident and did not dodge, still choosing to strike over.

The two collided; the gray pearl was unscathed, but its speed slowed slightly. The blood pearl immediately shattered, exploding into a mass of blood miasma, covering Cheng Xinzhan, the shark demon, and the ape-faced demon all inside.

The next moment, Cheng Xinzhan broke out of the miasma, stepping on fire light and electric arcs, and instantly arrived in front of the thick-necked demon. The thick-necked demon saw Cheng Xinzhan attack him first and didn't care, instead smiling slightly, signaling Cheng Xinzhan to bring it on.

Cheng Xinzhan's sword was like thunder light, fleeting in an instant, slashing from left to right toward the demon's throat. The thick-necked demon then cast out a sharp-headed pestle to meet the enemy, using his right hand to hold the pestle to block the sword.

However, just as the two weapons intersected, Cheng Xinzhan twisted his wrist, changing from using the sword edge to using the sword body to face the enemy, the sword move changing from a slash to a sweep.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound.

The autumn water was blocked by the iron pestle, but the sword tip still moved forward, the sword body bending into a huge arc, the sword tip wrapping around to the back of the demon's head, pointing at the demon's thick back neck, instantly creating a hole, with blood gushing out like a spring.

The demon felt pain, pressed his wound with his left hand, and screamed,

"There are others!"

At this time, the shark demon and the ape demon had already rushed out of the blood miasma, one on the left and one on the right, halberd horizontal and rod vertical, striking together.

Cheng Xinzhan did not look back, only pointing his left hand back,

"Trap!"

The void where the shark demon and the ape demon were seemed to have turned into a quagmire. The two demons walking on the air seemed to have their feet suddenly pulled, not only unable to continue forward but also sinking.

"Autumn Water" was danced by Cheng Xinzhan until it was airtight, striking the thick-necked demon's body. The sword weapon was sometimes soft and sometimes hard, sometimes like a whip and sometimes like a mace. It looked like a straight-forward strike to split Mount Hua, but it contained hidden changes and mysteries, which made the demon unable to collect his strength or release it. He felt like he was facing the endless giant waves of the sea, unable to parry, and with just one moment of carelessness, he would be swept away.

The sword momentum was already formed.

Another burst of thunder flickered and vanished. Cheng Xinzhan's offensive became more fierce, the sword light flickering like thunder. Under the cover of the sky-filling thunder, no one noticed that a bolt of thunder was generated from Cheng Xinzhan's body, transmitted to the sword weapon, and then fell onto the demon's body. At the same time, Cheng Xinzhan suddenly opened his mouth, his tongue blooming with thunder sound,

"Remove Blood!"

However, these two words fell into the ears of the other demons present, but it was only a thunder sound like a dragon's chant, no different from the thunder sound that never stopped in the Thunderstorm Sea. The various demon kings in the Thunder Appreciation Hall didn't even hear what Cheng Xinzhan had shouted, as it was directly covered up by the thunder sound on the sea. But falling into the ears of the thick-necked demon facing Cheng Xinzhan, it was a high-pitched dragon chant, the roar of a heavenly dragon from above the nine heavens, and that bolt of thunder that entered his body was like the claw of a heavenly dragon, wanting to take away the meager but simultaneously infinite-power-granting dragon blood in his body.

Dragon Thunder.

These two words popped into his mind. He couldn't understand why this person in front of him could cast Dragon Thunder. He couldn't stop trembling, squeezing one word out of his throat,

"No!"

The long-accumulated wild wave sword momentum instantly seized the opportunity, beheading him with one sword strike, blood gushing several feet high.

The shark demon and the ape demon had just struggled out of the muddy void, and seeing such a scene, their originally fierce momentum suddenly stalled, as if they had been cast with the "Trap" character mantra again.

Qiu Laoqi, this was the one with the thickest dragon blood among the Overlord's nephews, the most thick-skinned and copper-skinned and iron-boned; how could he be beheaded by that soft sword?

"Hahahaha!"

Cheng Xinzhan saw the two demons hesitating and laughed out loud, not caring, instead going to kill other demon heads, because the breath in the hearts of these two had already leaked, and they had already developed a fear of the enemy. To him, they no longer posed any threat.

He looked toward the sea, at the demon head who was lashing the whip.

The demon head lashing the whip had just freed himself from the "Freeze" character mantra and had also witnessed the blue-faced demon and the thick-necked demon being beheaded. At this moment, being looked at by Cheng Xinzhan, his heart panicked, and he turned and ran.

!

The shark demon and the ape demon saw this and cursed "idiot" in unison.

Turning one's back to someone skilled in using a flying sword—how could one have a brain?

Cheng Xinzhan saw this and also laughed, pinching the sword formula with his hand, and said,

"Go!"

Thus, "Youdu," which was still entangled with Yu Peiyang, suddenly turned its sword head, transformed into a long rainbow, and chased after it. Almost in the blink of an eye, it pierced into the demon's back and came out from his front heart.

The demon couldn't even let out a painful cry, transformed into his original form, and fell into the sea.

It had to be said that the one with the strongest fighting spirit here was Yu Peiyang. At this moment, without the entanglement of the flying sword, she actually took the initiative to attack with her spear.

Cheng Xinzhan met her with his sword. "Youdu" had killed one demon, sword humming incessantly, and went off to find other demons on its own.

"Youdu" was different from "Taodu." "Taodu" had a fierce temperament, was the most competitive, and would rather break itself than fail to cut down the enemy; no matter how strong the opponent was, it would become braver as it fought. But "Youdu," from the day it was cast by Cheng Xinzhan, carried a feminine nature, grew up in a demon nest, and was fed by cold blood and poisonous evil. Its sword nature was the exact opposite of "Taodu," preferring to bully the weak and hide its shadow.

So without Cheng Xinzhan's instruction, it melted into the dark night to find the demons that looked easiest to bully.

Cheng Xinzhan fought with Yu Peiyang and found that she had many protective treasures, which always appeared when his sword tip was about to land on her, preserving her life. Under these circumstances, Cheng Xinzhan dared not casually cast the Core Eye and Dragon Thunder, worrying that if he couldn't kill her in one strike, being leaked by this woman would be unfavorable for the subsequent battle.

As for other means, Cheng Xinzhan didn't want to use them for the time being. Currently, for him, this was a very important and rare fighting experience, which could improve his ability to fight one against many and his physical sword technique. Most importantly, it could allow him to figure out the bloodline and fighting characteristics of the various branches of the overseas Demon Dao, so the longer this fighting time dragged on, the better.

The means currently displayed could only make the demon kings in the Thunder Appreciation Hall suspicious of his background, but not certain that he was from the righteous path. He still had to consider the face of King Han and the Turtle King, so they could still have the leisure to watch this fight. If he were completely exposed, he was afraid that the Turtle King, in a rage, would directly enter the barrier to capture him.

Cheng Xinzhan had his concerns, but this Yu Peiyang seemed to be a natural fighting fierce demon. Under these circumstances, she could let go of her hands and feet more than Cheng Xinzhan. Her physical techniques were actually growing visibly; a long spear was like a dragon stirring the sea, the spear light was like thunder, and the sharpness was fully revealed. Coupled with her own fire blood divine ability, she had endless stamina, could split mountains, and was tireless, which made Cheng Xinzhan somewhat strained.

Observing that Yu Peiyang's spear thrusts were open and close, sweeping in all directions, Cheng Xinzhan didn't want to fight her one-on-one anymore, intending to get closer to other demons and involve them.

Cheng Xinzhan used physical techniques, footwork, and mantras to fight, feeling like a fish in water in the chaotic battle. Yu Peiyang's long spear was like a dragon; when there were many people, it was not easy to exert her strength.

After a round of fighting, Cheng Xinzhan tested out a few who had no ability, seized the opportunity to kill them with the Core Eye and Dragon Thunder, and beheaded four more levels, while Yu Peiyang became more and more frustrated as she fought.

"Get out of the way, all of you!"

The female demon head shouted.

Thus, everyone moved far away, only sealing Cheng Xinzhan's retreat from all directions. At the same time, several demons used treasures to search and block the flying sword, worrying that the flying sword would sneak attack and hurt Yu Peiyang.

The two fought one-on-one for about twenty rounds. Cheng Xinzhan's spiritual power was still full, but his strength was gradually insufficient. He was seized by Yu Peiyang, who swept him away with a powerful spear strike, vomited blood, flew dozens of feet away, and then fell toward the sea surface, landing on the reef island where he had first sat to meditate and regulate his breathing.

At this time, the shark demon took the opportunity to strike again.

Seeing this demon head cast out a pink handkerchief, the handkerchief grew in the wind, transforming into a huge silk cloth suspended above Cheng Xinzhan's head, with countless skulls embroidered on it with white thread.

As the demon head cast the spell, the handkerchief shook, and the skulls detached from the handkerchief and fell down. But as soon as the skulls left the handkerchief, they transformed into beauties, twisting their waists, without an inch of clothing, rushing toward Cheng Xinzhan like white worms.

Disgust appeared in Cheng Xinzhan's eyes, but at the same time, Yu Peiyang's face also didn't look good, and her speed in flying to chase slowed down a bit.

Hundreds and thousands of pink-white worms submerged Cheng Xinzhan. Yu Peiyang stood outside the pile of white worms holding her spear. She looked at the shark demon and said,

"Bo Wuqing, if I see you use this thing in front of me again, I will refine you into it too."

The shark demon nodded repeatedly, smiling and saying, "I will follow Sanniang, just this once."

"What is the use of this thing of yours? Can it trap him? You should have seen this person's strength."

Yu Peiyang asked with a frown.

Bo Wuqing laughed when he heard this. "Sanniang, have you not heard that the gentle village is the hero's tomb? This magic treasure of mine is refined from three thousand living souls and three thousand skulls. No matter how powerful he is, once he falls into my pink skulls, I will definitely make his will sink into the sea of desire, and his essence, blood, and primordial yang will all be empty."

"Leave him alive and bring him to the hall for questioning."

As soon as Bo Wuqing's voice fell, a voice sounded above the Thunderstorm Sea.

Bo Wuqing recognized that this was the voice of his own Great King, who was also his own grand-uncle, and hurriedly bowed and said yes.

"Burn!"

Just when Bo Wuqing was full of self-satisfaction, a mantra sounded from the pile of pink-white worms. Immediately, countless golden rays erupted from the gaps in the pink-white worms.

"Boom!"

As if pouring oil on fire, only a sound of fire whistling was heard. Dazzling golden flames burned from inside the pile of pink-white worms, as if a golden sun had been born on the sea. Those white worms instantly turned into nothingness in the golden fire.

This was not the end. The golden fire continued to burn and spread in the void, as if boiling the sea and burning the sky, and even the storm and giant waves could not stop it, as if it wanted to roll all the watching demons in, as if it wanted to wash away all the filth on this sea.

The demons screamed and fled in all directions.

"Yang Fire?"

A voice sounded on the Thunderstorm Sea. It was unknown which demon king it was. Subsequently, a giant hand appeared on the sea, completely ignoring the sea of fire and grabbing toward the center of the sea of fire.

"Eh?"

The giant hand grabbed into empty space. When the fire light dissipated, there was nothing on the reef.

(End of this chapter)