Chapter 347: Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus

Chen Yuan was slightly taken aback. Even he hadn’t noticed when Long Yao had left a mark on Han Chang.

Taking the Poisonous Insect, Chen Yuan said gravely, “Thank you, Miss Long. However, I must ask you to keep the matter of me using the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword and killing Han Chang under wraps.”

As long as no one saw you kill someone inside the Heaven-Reaching Tower, it was usually just a muddled affair. Dead was dead.

Chen Yuan had killed Zhang Xuanzhong to take the Shenxiao Evil-slaying Sword and Shenxiao Decree, and he had also taken Han Chang’s Original Demon Pill. Once he used the power of these two items, his identity was bound to be discovered sooner or later.

Still, it was better to be discovered later rather than sooner.

“Rest assured, Master Chen. I’m not one to gossip. Besides, I don’t have much of a connection with the other Martial Artists from the Central Plains. After I return to Miaojiang and find my master, I’ll send you a message through the Celestial Wind Listening Rain Tower. We have a branch in Miaojiang as well.”

Chen Yuan nodded, immediately taking the Mayfly and giving chase in the direction Han Chang had fled.

The Mayfly began to emit a faint glow. This glow transmitted a signal, allowing Chen Yuan to naturally sense Han Chang’s location.

Han Chang fled, passing through the spatial passage he had used to arrive and re-entering the shattered space from before.

Most of the space here had already collapsed, forming a maze-like environment. He had previously wandered here for nearly a day before finding his way out.

‘But this is perfect. I’m familiar with the terrain now. I can use it to shake off that Chen Jiutian, recover some strength, and then wait for an opportunity to get my revenge!’

However, to his surprise, Chen Jiutian’s presence stuck to him like a shadow. No matter how he changed direction, he couldn’t shake him.

After fleeing continuously for an hour, Han Chang abruptly stopped. ‘I can’t run anymore!’

‘I’m already internally injured. If I don’t do something to recover, the damage will only get worse.’

‘If I keep this up until I’m exhausted, it’ll be child’s play for him to kill me.’

Chen Yuan’s figure appeared before Han Chang. Ahead of them was only a single, intact floating landmass, surrounded on all sides by turbulent spatial currents.

“Run. Why aren’t you running anymore?”

Chen Yuan looked at Han Chang mockingly.

“Chen Jiutian! You really want to take us both down?”

Han Chang said, his face dark.

Chen Yuan said lightly, “Of course not. There’s still room for de-escalation. There is something you have that I happen to want.”

Hearing this, Han Chang breathed a sigh of relief. ‘As long as there’s room for negotiation, it’s fine.’

‘I’ll endure today’s humiliation. I’ll get my revenge in the future!’

“What do you want? A Cultivation Technique or a Secret Treasure? You can’t possibly want my Extreme Shadow Demon Sword, can you? You already have two Celestial Soldiers.”

As the son of the Original Demon Palace’s Palace Master, he naturally had many good things on him.

As long as Chen Yuan wasn’t asking for the Original Demon Palace’s secret legacy, the Celestial Demon Nine Transformations, Han Chang was willing to give away anything else.

“I want the Original Demon Pill you carry!”

Han Chang froze. Then it hit him. ‘This Chen Jiutian is just messing with me!’

‘The Original Demon Pill is my life! How could I possibly give it away?’

“Chen Jiutian! You’re courting death!”

After his brief stupor, Han Chang suddenly whipped out a Black Lotus.

The Divine Artifact Incarnation of the Original Demon Palace, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus!

Without a shred of hesitation, Han Chang prepared to use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus to overwhelm and kill Chen Yuan, acting with far more decisiveness than Zhang Xuanzhong.

In Han Chang’s eyes, Chen Jiutian’s strength was immense and unfathomable, already comparable to the monsters in the top six of the Hidden Dragon Rankings.

‘If he was willing to negotiate today, it would mean he still had at least a shred of fear for the Original Demon Palace.’

‘But since he’s chosen to fight me to the death, it’s a battle to the end. In that case, why should I be stingy with a Divine Artifact Incarnation?’

‘Anyway, if I kill this Chen Jiutian, I’ll lose a Divine Artifact Incarnation, but I’ll gain two Celestial Soldiers and a Divine Artifact Fragment in return. Not a bad deal!’

Han Chang’s calculations were much clearer than Zhang Xuanzhong’s had been.

The very instant Han Chang took out the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus, Chen Yuan suddenly formed a Seal Technique with his hands, and a surging, golden Buddha Light burst forth.

Amid the dazzling Buddha Light, Dorje Guanyin appeared, forming the Wish Seal. Instantly, ten thousand lotuses bloomed, and a deafening, soul-shaking Brahma Sound resounded between heaven and earth.

The Doroduma Barrier-Breaking Curse!

For a split second, Han Chang’s mind went blank, his vision completely filled by a golden radiance.

But just as Chen Yuan was about to strike, an incredibly pure surge of Origin Demon Qi suddenly erupted from Han Chang’s body.

In an instant, the Origin Demon Qi shattered the influence of the Doroduma Barrier-Breaking Curse.

Han Chang’s heart leaped in alarm, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

‘I really didn’t expect this Chen Jiutian to have a trick like that up his sleeve.’

‘With a surprise attack like that, if I hadn’t been protected by the power of my Original Demon Pill, I might have really fallen into his trap, maybe even before I had time to use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus!’

Chen Yuan wasn’t particularly disappointed.

A Dharma Gate like the Doroduma Barrier-Breaking Curse, which could affect an opponent’s Spiritual Power, was mystical and treacherous, often able to catch an enemy off guard.

But if the opponent had a way to counter it, the attack was essentially useless, merely a waste of Spiritual Power.

Moreover, the more prominent a Martial Artist’s background, the stronger their foundation, and the more likely they were to have some Secret Technique to defend against the Doroduma Barrier-Breaking Curse.

Chen Yuan had long been prepared for this attack to fail and be blocked.

Han Chang, however, reacted extremely quickly. Fearing that Chen Yuan had other tricks up his sleeve, he instantly poured the vast Qi Blood and Demonic Qi from his body into the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus.

In an instant, an incredibly pure and immense Demonic Qi shot into the sky. The Demon Lotus bloomed, its terrifying Demonic Qi seeming to blot out the sun and sky as it devoured all power with absolute, tyrannical force!

The Original Demon Sect’s Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus was an exceptionally special Divine Artifact.

In the beginning, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus was not a Divine Artifact, but a true Demon Lotus born from heaven and earth. It contained Origin Demon Qi within it and should have been considered a type of Divine Medicine.

Anyone who refined it would immediately gain the blessing of Origin Demon Qi.

But for some unknown reason, the powerful expert who first obtained the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus did not refine it into their body. Instead, they transformed it into a Divine Artifact Demon Soldier.

Now that the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus had appeared, its terrifying Devouring Power was so great that it even began to consume parts of the surrounding spatial rifts.

“Die!”

A grim killing intent flashed in Han Chang’s eyes as he channeled all the Demonic Qi in his body into the Demon Lotus.

‘No matter how many powerful Secret Techniques you have, they are all meaningless before the supreme might of a Divine Artifact Incarnation!’

‘This is the gap in foundation between Sects—an insurmountable chasm!’

But just then, a small, jet-black Jade Sword, radiating a dense Demonic Qi, suddenly appeared in Chen Yuan’s hand.

As Chen Yuan poured immense Demonic Qi into it, a profound and deep Demonic Qi also shot into the sky!

“The Nine Nether Demon Sword!?”

Han Chang’s expression changed instantly.

As someone also from the Demon Dao, how could he not recognize the Nine Nether Sect’s Nine Nether Demon Sword?

In that instant, Han Chang cursed Shen Wugui in his mind, wishing he could tear the man to pieces!

‘He’s supposed to be a prodigy on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, but he let someone steal his Divine Artifact Incarnation. What a useless piece of trash!’

‘It’s one thing for Shen Wugui to be useless, but his failure has dragged me into this mess!’

The power of the Nine Nether Demon Sword was actually inferior to that of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus.

But for the current Chen Yuan, it was enough.

The Nine Nether Sword Qi slashed towards the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus as if to tear the heavens and earth asunder. Although it failed to completely rip the Demon Lotus apart, it managed to carve a small opening in the deep and tyrannical, black-hole-like Devouring Power.

With a flicker of his body, Chen Yuan shot through the opening, dodging the tyrannical Devouring Power of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus.

In the next moment, the jet-black Jade Sword in his hand shattered.

Chen Yuan drew his bow, infusing the immense aura of death from the Nether Blood Fiend into the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow, forming a black arrow that pulsed with astonishing power.

With his Qi Blood boiling and his flesh tearing, Chen Yuan fired the arrow. It pierced through the Nine Prisons, a forward march into death itself!

Han Chang had witnessed the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow in its Nine Prisons State before. Its immense power was even capable of blasting the eye of a Candle Dragon monster to pieces!

But he had just used up ninety percent of his strength to activate the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus. His True Essence was now on the verge of depletion.

Han Chang took out a jet-black, damaged shield. With a furious roar, he frantically poured the Qi Blood from his entire body into it.

This was a shield left behind by a supreme expert of the ancient Demon Dao. Although it was damaged, its power remained.

A hazy Chaos Power, almost tangible, materialized on the shield’s surface.

But under the might of Chen Yuan’s arrow, the Chaos Power shattered in an instant, and the impact sent both Han Chang and his shield flying!

The shield flew from Han Chang’s grasp. His ribs broke, the fractured bones piercing his heart and Inner Viscera. He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of his organs.

Before he could even react, a flash of crimson blade light appeared, slashing directly at Han Chang’s neck!

The next moment, Han Chang’s head rolled to the ground, and his headless corpse gushed torrents of blood.

This future Palace Master of the Original Demon Palace, destined to reach the pinnacle of the Demon Dao, had now fallen at Chen Yuan’s hands before even stepping into the Primordial Pill Realm.

Using a Divine Artifact Incarnation and then the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow in its Nine Prisons State had taken a massive toll on Chen Yuan as well.

He pulled out a handful of Elixirs and shoved them into his mouth, then immediately walked to Han Chang’s corpse. He took out Blood Sea Listening Tide, stabbed it straight into Han Chang’s abdomen, and dug out an Original Demon Pill. The pill was pitch-black but had natural golden demonic patterns on its surface and radiated an astonishing Demonic Qi.

Seeing the Original Demon Pill, Chen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

‘The ingredients for refining the Mixed Element Divine Pill are finally complete. With this, I can start Solidifying my Pill right away, step into the Primordial Pill Realm, and become a Martial Arts Grandmaster.’

‘And I won’t just be an ordinary Grandmaster. Once I form the Mixed Element Divine Pill, my foundation will be so strong that I’ll have virtually no rivals in the Primordial Pill Realm.’

Of course, even if Chen Yuan could start Solidifying his Pill now, he couldn’t actually do it.

The Primordial Pill Realm exceeded the power limit that the Heaven-Reaching Tower could withstand. The moment he began Solidifying his Pill, the Tower Guardian Elder would immediately appear and throw him out of the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Others before had tried to use the Pocket World Blessed Lands within the Heaven-Reaching Tower to begin Solidifying their Pill, and the result was always expulsion from the tower.