Chapter 240

When the final thought settled, even Li Yu himself had to admit it was somewhat shameless.

Using an extraordinary treasure formed from the corpse and dead soul of a juvenile from that very race, then using it to disguise himself and seek help from the deceased's family.

This behavior could be called the textbook definition of "eating and taking at the same time."

But then, Li Yu had a second thought!

"The so-called karmic retribution—if that juvenile Void Demon hadn't tried to possess me the moment it appeared, it wouldn't have ended up in such a state."

"Its death is merely paying back a portion; as for the rest, why not let the entire 【Void Demon Race】 pay it back?"

"Besides, it's not certain I can even make contact successfully."

In Li Yu's mind, thoughts flickered.

This shameless plan of his indeed remained only in his imagination and was not immediately put into action.

Could it succeed?

Li Yu himself had no certainty.

It would be normal if it couldn't succeed; after all, talking to the "future," or even tricking the future Void Demon race into providing help, sounded too fantastical.

But if Li Yu truly managed it, the benefits would be unimaginable.

The death crisis would be resolved!

The promotion ceremony would be inexplicably completed!

Turning a disaster into a blessing and reaping huge benefits!

Normally, Li Yu should leave this graveyard full of corpses now; he had to remember there was still a reward outside waiting for him to claim.

Who knew if the "Toad God" might get impatient and just not give it.

The method of departure was very secret, but he had already glimpsed and learned it a step ahead.

But just as Li Yu's figure was about to move, he thought of something and stopped.

"Thanks to the Buddha and the Toad God, I have completed the mission and avoided being watched by the 【Lord of All Changes】."

"All parties have benefited, except for the Lord of All Changes."

"This evil god doesn't have a good temper; their heart is both big and small."

"They like being schemed against, and they like getting caught in conspiracies themselves... but they will definitely respond."

"In their view, they temporarily lost to the Buddha."

"Then, even if the 【Demon Star Descent】 has ended and the gods have retreated, they definitely won't leave the Wanfu City area immediately."

"They will at least stay for a while and stir up trouble."

In the blink of an eye, Li Yu seemed to glimpse the Lord of All Changes' next movements and directly formed a firm judgment.

Therefore, he also had a new plan.

"Although I can leave this graveyard and go hide elsewhere in the borderland, at this point, it's better not to create extra complications."

"This place is very good."

"At least hide for a few more days before going out."

"It's a good time to dissect all these corpses and see if I can fill in the last tiny bit of the twenty-first truth bubble in my soul."

As the thought settled, Li Yu immediately began to act.

He held the old map oddity and began to stroll around, exploring the graveyard.

The prompt text changed constantly:

"This explorer has named this area 【Void Graveyard】; there are currently no strange objects inside, no danger, and the level is safe."

"If accidentally trapped in this area, the method of departure is..."

Because it involved the benefits he had already obtained, as well as his divine abilities and treasures.

When Li Yu named it, he unceremoniously added his own private agenda, leaving not a single bit of useful information behind.

Afterwards, he originally wanted to peek into secrets by dissecting the corpses possessed by the juvenile Void Demon, in order to fill the next truth bubble that was only a sliver away from completion.

But the result was failure.

All the corpses turned into dust and scattered the moment he touched them.

Only the shell of the Lust Demon, which still had two days of life left, had some value.

After dissection, he glimpsed a decent secret: "The powerful evil god 【Sin God】, worshipped by a large number of forces and sects including the Lust Sect, is actually a hermaphroditic dual-sex god."

However, it still failed to fill the twenty-first bubble.

Li Yu was helpless!

For the next few days, he had to be forced to stay with the Lust Demon corpse.

Fortunately, he could still cultivate.

Or rather, add points.

The chips were his own lifespan, as well as the Buddha's reward, a full ten top-tier Immortal Medicine Golden Cicada Molts.

"Previously, I spent more than one Golden Cicada Molt to successfully upgrade the 【Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword】 to the limit realm my current sequence can possess; even if someone as strong as Chosen Liu Tu were to cultivate the Law-Extinguishing Sword for decades, they would only be on par with me."

"This was already quite outrageous, and I was quite satisfied, but who would have thought that upon entering the borderland, the Law-Extinguishing Sword didn't get a chance to show its power before encountering its nemesis, the 'juvenile Void Demon'."

"Next, should I upgrade other divine abilities or continue adding points to the Law-Extinguishing Sword?"

"The former can add a new limit divine ability... the latter is unknown... continuous point-adding after the existing limit is like 【Smelting Point-Adding】 in some online games from my past life; there will be two results: one is continued transformation, the other is collapse and backlash; it's a gamble on luck."

In the Void Graveyard, Li Yu sat cross-legged beside the Lust Demon corpse and pondered.

Very quickly, he had an answer.

"Continue!"

Uttering these two words made Li Yu look like a gambler with red eyes from losing.

After all, normally, since the reserves were sufficient and one divine ability had already been upgraded to the current limit, he should turn to others to avoid waste.

But because of the feeling of powerlessness when facing the "juvenile Void Demon" before, Li Yu had a new idea:

"I am not lacking in any other means."

"The only thing I lack is killing power."

"Instead of wasting 'points' and only being able to upgrade myself to an over-limit version of a 'Longevity Daoist', it's better to temporarily bet everything on the 【Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword】."

"Strive to break free from my current sequence and upgrade a truly great divine ability."

"The result of the upgrade is uncontrollable, but the direction of transformation will differ because of the uniqueness of every 'Longevity Daoist'."

"Compared to those predecessors in the past, I, who possess the 【Truth Soul Body】, have a huge advantage." Once the thought was set, Li Yu immediately took action.

Without hesitation, he took out a new Golden Cicada Molt, threw it into his mouth, and then shouted in his heart:

"Spirit Venerable!"

"Add points!"

Several hours later, the lifespan obtained from consumption was exhausted, the point-adding ended, and a result that was not surprising was born:

"Transformation failed!"

"The Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword maintains its original attributes, but the coverage area and the power of the sword light have improved."

"Continue!"

Another few hours later, the second Golden Cicada Molt was exhausted, and a somewhat joyful result was born:

"Transformation successful!"

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"The Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword has evolved again; among its law-extinguishing targets, some special races have been added, such as Void Demons, or other races with similar characteristics."

Another few hours later, the third Golden Cicada Molt was exhausted, and a result that made Li Yu even happier appeared:

"Transformation successful!"

"The Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword has evolved; among its annihilation targets, multiple types of divinity have been added; after casting, it can annihilate or counter divine power that exceeds the caster by two sequence realms."

"The name can be changed to Demon-Slaying God-Extinguishing Sword."

"Continue."

"Transformation failed!"

"The Demon-Slaying God-Extinguishing Sword shows signs of collapse and is being broken down and re-condensed..."

"Continue."

Several days passed in a flash.

Inside the Void Graveyard, beside the filthy and lewd Lust Demon corpse.

Because he had consumed too many top-tier Immortal Medicines, Li Yu, whose whole body was radiating glazed Buddha light, suddenly opened his eyes.

Silently and without any warning.

A sea of sword Qi that filled the entire graveyard spread out.

No, it could no longer be called a sea.

But a world of sword Qi.

In this "small world," Li Yu could almost be called invincible.

There were no gaps or loopholes.

All attacks could not land on Li Yu, including divine abilities at the heart-soul level.

And the targets covered by this small world of his would have their life and death fall into Li Yu's hands.

This no longer looked like a sword technique at all, and it had no great connection to the Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword.

It was more like a special and domineering domain.

And Li Yu was the master within it.

"All-Dharma Calamity-Extinguishing Longevity Sword Array."

"Through the limit point-adding of a full eight Golden Cicada Molts, on the basis of the original 'Demon-Slaying Law-Extinguishing Sword', it successfully transformed five more times and has completely broken free from the original limit."

"The attack intensity and coverage area of this sword array will be more than five times that of the original version, and it has added lethality against special races, heart-souls, divinity, etc., while simultaneously compensating for all blind spots, forming a domain."

"This domain possesses partial 【Time-Space】 characteristics; the caster can strip away a portion of the lifespan of targets trapped within the domain and cause them to fall into chaotic space."

When these pieces of information surfaced in Li Yu's heart.

He could not hide the joy on his face.

Success!

After extremely "wastefully" using up eight top-tier Immortal Medicines, he finally upgraded a sword technique into a terrifying divine ability unique to him.

Li Yu roughly estimated in his heart and knew to what extent his current combat power had skyrocketed.

"In head-on combat, I can be called invincible among my peers."

"Those as powerful as 【Chosen Liu Tu】, 【Lady Ba】, and 【Gongsun Qi】—if I have malice and strike directly, as long as they haven't invited an evil god to possess them in the first instance, they will all die at my hands in an instant."

"Of course, if they already have an evil god's hidden hand within them beforehand, that's another matter."

"For existences at the Sequence Four level, like the Xi King, even if it's the complete form, I have the confidence to fight; at the very least, I can save my life and escape calmly."

"If it were half of the Xi King within the Immortal Qin Mystic Realm, then they would definitely die at my hands."

"In addition, there are special existences like the 'juvenile Void Demon'... if I had mastered this divine ability earlier, it wouldn't have had any chance to possess me."

"My shortcomings have been completely filled."

When Li Yu realized these things, the heartache of losing eight Golden Cicada Molts at once was immediately alleviated.

Li Yu knew that with his current incense and human relationship with the Buddha and the Toad God.

As long as he was a little thicker-skinned, willing to pay the price, and willing to help do some dirty work.

Top-tier Immortal Medicines like "Golden Cicada Molt" and "Eternal Toad Ganoderma" would not be lacking.

Compensating for shortcomings was the most urgent matter now.

Especially since he was still in the 【Wanfu Borderland】; it was said to be a safe realm before entering, but he encountered an existence as heaven-defying and unsolvable as the juvenile Void Demon the moment he arrived.

If he hadn't been special himself, he would have died countless times already.

Now, he felt much more at ease.

Of course, even so, he didn't intend to go deep into the borderland to explore, because of the juvenile Void Demon, he had already deeply understood the horror of this damn place.

"It's about time to return to Wanfu City."

"If the Lord of All Changes wants to stir up trouble, the past few days should have been enough for them to finish."

"After all, the Spirit Realm is so big, they can't favor Wanfu City alone."

(End of chapter)