Chapter 634

Everyone saw Tang Xuanzang smiling, revealing white teeth.

A strange chill rose from behind them, rushing straight to their crowns, just like an ordinary person in the depths of the ocean suddenly seeing a great white shark opening its mouth at them.

The upper and lower rows of knife-like teeth still bore traces of blood.

Just like the opponent shaking the fresh blood off his fist.

All around, roaring continuously, demonic beasts in a state like madness drew near.

Yet the sense of threat they brought, at this moment, did not even amount to one ten-thousandth of the white-haired man before them.

The beast tide that had already drawn near suddenly stagnated at the moment of approach; the foremost demonic beasts were even knocked into and trampled by those behind, yet refused to take a single step forward.

It seemed an invisible wall blocked their path.

A natural moat lay before them, impossible to cross.

Like a stubborn rock amid the waves, the beast tide parted of its own accord.

A "blank" zone appeared where Tang Luo and the others stood.

Even in the sky it was the same; flying demonic beasts avoided the area on their own.

Though they did not have to face the beast tide's attack, the group of sword cultivators could not feel the slightest joy.

Qian Sha Venerable of the Kunlun Sword Pool held his right hand in a virtual grasp, and dark green qi condensed into a long sword in his palm.

He stabbed separately at two Void Refinement cultivators; the dark green sword blades pierced through their bodies, and when withdrawn, left no wounds or bloodstains.

The faces of the two Void Refinement cultivators swiftly took on a layer of dark green.

Their bodies twitched twice, and they collapsed on the ground.

"Watch them well," Qian Sha Venerable said.

Poison Sword Intent — right now, the bodies of those two Void Refinement cultivators were filled with his deadly poison sword qi; life and death rested in a single thought of his.

Right now they were just two cripples unable to move.

The other Void Refinement of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, Hui Tian Venerable, activated his Sword Intent; the surrounding trees, grasses, and plants suddenly grew wildly, and in just a few breaths formed a wooden cage that shut out the sky.

While enveloping everyone within, it also separated those Void Refinement sword cultivators from Tang Luo.

Tian Yi Venerable, lying unconscious on the ground, had already proven to them just how formidable the white-haired man before them was.

If it were an ordinary Void Refinement, Void Refinement sword cultivators joining forces could still play a role.

But the one before them was different; the Void Refinement sword cultivators, even Li Yangzi holding the Divine Eagle Sword, would likely only become burdens.

Of course, the Void Refinement sword cultivators were not entirely useless.

They could accumulate power to assist Li Yangzi in using the Divine Eagle Sword to slash out a heaven-shaking strike!

This required some time.

"Who exactly are you?" Hui Tian Venerable looked at Tang Luo and asked.

Hui Tian Venerable's Wood Sword Intent, Di Kun Venerable's Earth Sword Intent, Feng Venerable's Wind Sword Intent, Ling Xiao Venerable's Celestial Phenomenon Sword Intent, plus Tian Yi Venerable — these several sword cultivators joined forces.

They formed a perfect surveillance covering the entire area.

Every move of all the Void Refinement sword cultivators could not escape their monitoring.

So they not only learned that those two Void Refinement cultivators were actually cultivators of the Shattered Sword Alliance, but also detected the information left by Soul Elder.

At that time only Tang Xuanzang walked behind Soul Elder, and deliberately destroyed the information.

The two are spies, beyond doubt.

But the two's specific identities, the many Void Refinement sword cultivators were not very clear on; whether the "Alliance Lord" under Soul Elder's feet was the Shattered Sword Alliance Lord or the Extinction Sword Alliance Lord, they did not know.

This information could be slowly interrogated after capturing the two.

They did not expect, however, that Tang Xuanzang's strength would far exceed their predictions.

Void Refinement level! The strongest Three Swords tier of Void Refinement!

If not for Soul Elder's "words," at this moment Hui Tian Venerable and Qian Sha Venerable might both have taken this Tang Xuanzang for the Alliance Lord — if they ignored his alibi.

A layer of gloom shrouded their hearts.

A Demon King, two Void Refinements, and still Three Swords tier Void Refinements.

The enemy's strength was far greater than they had imagined.

"Amitabha."

The sect master robes originally belonging to the Soaring Heaven Sword Gate on Tang Luo's body stirred slightly, replaced by a brocade kasaya with blood-colored gold patterns: "This poor monk's surname is Tang, dharma name Xuanzang, from the Great Thunder Sound Temple of Spirit Mountain."

The moment the brocade kasaya appeared, Hui Tian Venerable and Qian Sha Venerable instantly felt a strange sense of suffocation.

Fortunately this feeling came fast and went fast, but it also raised their wariness to the utmost.

Spirit Mountain, Great Thunder Sound Temple — both were places they had never heard of.

The only identity they could confirm about the other party was that he was a monk?

But what use was that?

"At the same time, this poor monk is also the Acting Sect Master of the Soaring Heaven Sword Gate, one of the Protectors of the Extinction Sword Alliance." In the next sentence, Tang Luo threw out his "undercover identity": "That's right, I am the undercover agent!"

No one has ever announced their undercover identity so happily — and under circumstances of involuntary exposure.

Getting Tang Luo's Extinction Sword Alliance identity, happiness came too suddenly.

Yet Qian Sha and Hui Tian could not feel the slightest joy; the other party simply stated his identity like that.

Meaning, he possessed absolute confidence.

The two of them were no match for him!

They could only pin their hopes on the other Void Refinement sword cultivators resolving the Demon King and returning as fast as possible.

Only by gathering everyone's strength could they take down this villain!

"Master, that Demon King's aura is a bit strange."

Amid the gray mist, Ao Yulie said.

"Hmm?" Tang Luo asked, "What strangeness?"

Those two Void Refinement cultivators did not move, seemingly wanting to stall for time; Tang Luo was not anxious either.

"Definitely not some Demon King. Let me think... hmm, it should be the flesh or bones of some kind of demon that had their vitality stimulated..." Ao Yulie said. "Ah, that's right, just like the Tang Sanzang flesh Master promoted back then, these demons and demon beasts have all gone mad. Even Doggy is drooling."

"Then what about you and Bajie?"

"Master, Little White Dragon and I are civilized people." Zhu Bajie said.

"Could it be a True Dragon?" Tang Luo asked.

"No, no." Ao Yulie said, "I think it might be a Taotie."

The Taotie, its form like a sheep's body with a human face, eyes beneath its armpits, tiger teeth and human hands; its greatest trait is gluttony, liking to eat, able to eat.

"The eater forever eats it."

The remnants of a dead Taotie, if a trace of vitality were stimulated, the aura emitted would be an irresistible thing to all kinds of demon creatures, even demons who have awakened spiritual intelligence.

It seems this is the arrangement of the Mie Jian Alliance Leader; unknown where he got the Taotie's remains.

"If those Void Refinement cultivators are contaminated by that aura, for at least a month afterward they will face relentless, endless harassment from all kinds of demon creatures." Ao Yulie said, "Tsk tsk, that Mie Jian Alliance Leader is quite ruthless."

If this operation were not an "undercover" plan, Elder Hun could probably have let everyone be contaminated by the Taotie's aura.

At that time, the demon creatures of the Myriad Demon Domain would be the ones actively attacking them.

Even with numerous Void Refinement sword cultivators present, they would not die but would shed a layer of skin.

As they spoke, Venerable Qian Sha moved.

He crossed the mere few dozen meters between him and Tang Luo, instantly appearing at Tang Luo's side; the ink-green poison sword in his hand stabbed silently toward his lower back.

After achieving Void Refinement, he had rarely used this combat method.

And this combat method, like that of a mortal swordsman, could bring out his strength to the greatest degree.

He did not need to strike a vital point; he only needed to tear open a small wound, and his Poison Sword Intent could take effect.

Of course, against a powerhouse like Tang Xuanzang, a little poison was not enough.

He would need to leave at least a dozen or so sufficient wounds on him.

He needed Venerable Hui Tian to assist him from the side.

In Venerable Qian Sha's other hand, he held another sword — this sword was Venerable Hui Tian's natal sword.

Wood Sword Intent; Venerable Hui Tian counted as an anomaly in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.

Most Shu Mountain sword cultivators favored combat and slaughter; Venerable Hui Tian comprehended Wood Sword Intent, yet it was brimming with vitality.

Venerable Qian Sha holding Venerable Hui Tian's natal sword gained an extremely powerful restorative force, allowing him to trade injuries with the Tang Xuanzang before him.

Entangling like this, one waning, the other waxing.

Not speaking of battle victory, at least he could inflict a certain degree of wear on the opponent.

All were Void Refinement sword cultivators; it was impossible they would truly be so cowardly as to lack even the courage to act, only waiting for other sword cultivators to return and together besiege Tang Xuanzang.

The script was already written.

But...

Xuan Bian formed the Xuan Bian Hammer; Tang Luo's body tilted, his right hand grasping Xuan Bian and smashing it diagonally upward.

The hammer and the ink-green poison sword collided.

Venerable Qian Sha's natal sword shattered with a boom, turning into countless ink-green droplets that fell on the Xuan Bian Hammer.

After smashing his natal sword, the Xuan Bian Hammer slammed into Venerable Qian Sha without obstruction.

Venerable Qian Sha's body twisted out of alignment, flew up, and crashed toward the wooden cage covering them.

However, before he could touch the wooden cage, Tang Luo reached out and grabbed; the Nirvana Glazed Great Hand Seal appeared, seizing Venerable Qian Sha.

Like throwing a tattered cloth doll, he threw him beside the unconscious Venerable Tian Yi.

Venerable Qian Sha's condition looked even more miserable than Venerable Tian Yi's; his body was bent at a right angle.

His natal sword, because it could turn into poison mist, barely managed to preserve half of itself by immediately changing form upon impact with the Xuan Bian Hammer; now it was a severely damaged sword.

It fell beside Venerable Qian Sha.

If not for Venerable Hui Tian's natal sword currently helping Venerable Qian Sha, he might already be at death's door.

Stowing the Xuan Bian Hammer, the poison sword fragments fell, turning into a pile of dust.

Tang Luo looked at Venerable Hui Tian.

Venerable Hui Tian clenched both fists, his body unavoidably trembling slightly; the gap was too great!

On the other side, Venerable Lie Yang's body also trembled slightly, but not from fear — from anger.

Two — their Erqing Sword Gate had produced two traitors at once!

And both were pillars of the sect; Elder Hun need not be mentioned, having been in the sect for so many years.

If not for this operation, Venerable Lie Yang would never have suspected he was an undercover agent.

By comparison, Elder Mo was rather more suspicious.

As for Tang Xuanzang, he is currently the Acting Sect Master; this was the candidate designated by Yue Wushuang and them after discussion before secluded cultivation.

He actually deceived the eyes and ears of all Void Refinement sword cultivators, including Yue Wushuang!

Once this matter is settled, he must inform Yue Wushuang and the others, even if it means interrupting their healing.

Actually, Venerable Lie Yang knew about this operation; the other Void Refinement cultivators of Erqing Sword Gate did not.

It wasn't that Venerable Lie Yang deliberately concealed it.

Because Yue Wushuang's healing was extremely important, the three Void Refinement cultivators plus Lei Zhengyang had best not have any distractions; Venerable Lie Yang had withdrawn early on after suffering considerable depletion.

Simply acting as a Dharma Protector.

Even if told, Yue Wushuang and the others could not spare the hands; on the contrary it would affect "healing progress," so it was better to focus on healing.

But now, he must inform Yue Wushuang.

The acting sect master and a Spirit Severing elder are both moles — Sky-Piercing Sword Gate has lost face big time.

The reason Venerable Blazing Sun is furious isn't just that; more than that, it's because they've been schemed against!

While they schemed against non-sword cultivators, the other side was scheming against them too.