Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1434 - Demon Spirit
Chapter 1434 – Demon Spirit
Ages ago, countless powerful evil spirits and fiends had plunged the mortal world into chaos. To subdue them, formidable cultivators forged artifacts specifically to seal those beings, and people called such weapons Demon-Suppressing Artifacts.
Even Liu Wuxie had personally sealed a powerful evil spirit in the past, imprisoning it within a longsword. Over the years, the sword’s internal sword aura had already wiped out the evil spirits within.
However, ordinary means couldn’t kill some evil spirits, so cultivators could only suppress them.
The crimson blade in Mu Ye’s hand was one such Demon-Suppressing Artifact, and it imprisoned the vilest existence of all—a demon spirit.
A demon spirit was born from the union between the demon clan and evil spirits. Even if enemies destroyed their physical bodies, their souls could still condense into a wisp of gaseous light and drift around the world without form.
Demon spirits delighted in devouring human brain marrow and human souls. Since they had no physical form, killing them was extremely difficult. To stop them from throwing the world into chaos, cultivators could only forge Demon-Suppression Artifacts and seal the demon spirits within.
“You actually know Demon-Suppression Artifacts? Looks like I can’t let you live now,” Mu Ye said, narrowing his eyes. Many people knew how terrifying the crimson blade was, but very few could recognize it as a Demon-Suppressing Artifact at a glance.
Over the years, many cultivators at the high levels of the Earth Immortal Realm had come to seize his position as planet lord, but Mu Ye had killed them all. No one knew how he did it; they only knew that his blade was terrifying.
That power was completely different from the Universal Gourd. The gourd was a treasure born and nurtured by heaven and earth; not only could it refine pills, but it could also store everything in the world.
By contrast, the Demon-Suppression Artifact imprisoned countless demon spirits, and anyone who refined the artifact could wield the power of those demon spirits in battle.
“Senior Luo, you and A’Lei retreat far away,” Liu Wuxie said. He did not want them to fall under the Demon-Suppressing Artifact’s control.
“Understood,” Luo Hai replied. It was the first time he had seen Liu Wuxie wear such a solemn expression, and he couldn’t help wondering if that crimson blade was truly that terrifying.
A’Lei took a single long stride and crossed over the City Lord Manor’s wall, landing out on the street. By now, people had already packed the area outside the manor.
Tens of thousands of cultivators had gathered, all trying to see what was happening inside.
“So, it’s really Liu Wuxie,” someone murmured as divine senses hovered above the City Lord Manor, capturing every detail of the clash within.
“Liu Wuxie is really bold. Last year, a cultivator at the seventh-level Earth Immortal Realm tried to seize the City Lord Manor by force, but the planet lord killed him,” whispered several cultivators at the high levels of the Void Realm.
“Liu Wuxie is the most dazzling genius this year, and perhaps he might just pull off another miracle,” another said.
The Heretic Blade condensed into a blade ray; its form could freely shift now that it had reached the level of an Earth Immortal Artifact. The blade ray then transformed into a golden divine dragon that swept once through the air before locking onto Mu Ye’s figure.
“Liu Wuxie, die!” Mu Ye roared. He had to end the battle quickly. Anyone who could kill Shen Tian was anything but simple, and the safest strategy was to finish the fight in a single decisive strike.
He lifted the crimson blade toward the sky and poured his true essence into it. Restrictions inside the blade activated as pale, ghastly hands poured out, followed by a rolling fog that rumbled forth and swallowed the entire City Lord Manor.
“Fall back!” someone shouted. The experts of the City Lord Manor tried to retreat, but they moved too slowly. They had vastly underestimated the crimson blade’s power.
“ARGH!” Screams erupted from those experts one after another. The demon spirits were not martial souls, and they loved to feast on human brain marrow.
Martial souls could enter a person’s soul sea, seize it, and undergo rebirth through possession. Once a demon spirit consumed one’s brain, however, one would become a walking corpse with no emotions. They would also be unable to feel pain, even if someone hacked them to pieces.
In an instant, over thirty experts had their brains consumed by the demon spirit. They all remained standing upright, eyes hollow and lifeless.
“Go,” Mu Ye said, waving his hand as the walking corpses lunged toward Liu Wuxie.
Their pale, empty eyes chilled the onlookers, and the black in their irises had entirely vanished after some unseen horror devoured their brains.
“Die!” The Heretic Blade transformed into a divine dragon that plunged from the sky, tearing through all the walking corpses in a single sweep.
Mu Ye exploited that brief opening and attacked again. As an expert at the third-level Earth Immortal Realm, he flitted across space and appeared before Liu Wuxie in an instant.
In terms of combat strength, he was slightly stronger than Shen Tian. After all, Shen Tian had relied on the Universal Gourd time and time again to defeat his foes.
“Dragon Ascent!” The Heretic Blade flew from Liu Wuxie’s hand, assisting him in battle as a dragon fist manifested in the air and crashed down toward Mu Ye.
Both Mu Ye and Liu Wuxie were peerless experts, and in the span of one-thousandth of a second, the two had already exchanged several blows.
“Split!” Mu Ye slashed down with the crimson blade, cleaving apart the dragon fist that Liu Wuxie had manifested.
As the distance between them shrank, Mu Ye kept searching for an opening to close in on Liu Wuxie. Only at close range could he fully draw on the power of the demon spirits.
“Soaring Dragon!” Liu Wuxie shot into the sky and executed the Dragon-Grasping Hand, which manifested as a massive dragon claw and forced Mu Ye to continue fighting at range instead of in close quarters. With the Heavenly Dao Book in his possession, he did not fear demon spirits at all.
As his true essence surged, golden strands of true essence flowed into the Dragon-Grasping Hand, further amplifying its strength.
“Blood Cleave!” Mu Ye roared, unleashing a crimson blade ray that ripped through half of the City Lord Manor. Many innocent bystanders on the streets outside were caught in the attack and turned into drifting mists of blood.
“Everyone, fall back!” someone roared. Chaos erupted, and the bystanders around the City Lord Manor scrambled to flee even farther away.
Liu Wuxie didn’t bother dodging Blood Cleave. He struck out with the Dragon-Grasping Hand instead, smashing the crimson blade ray with a crisp crack and dispersing it into countless strands of Earth Immortal Realm laws.
Within a radius of a thousand meters, no one remained. With a single thought, the Heretic Blade flew out of Liu Wuxie’s hand, transforming into a silver needle that shuttled silently through heaven and earth.
“Blood Screen!” Mu Ye raised the crimson blade to the sky and unleashed a crimson screen that resembled a domain’s power, blocking any force from piercing the barrier.
Had it not been for the Demon-Suppressing Artifact, Liu Wuxie would have already killed Mu Ye long ago.
“Great Darkness Mythical Art! Great Death Mythical Art! Great Curse Mythical Art! Great Five Elemental Mythical Art!” Liu Wuxie unleashed four mythical arts in succession, with the Great Darkness Mythical Art plunging a radius of ten thousand meters into pitch-black darkness.
“What the hell is this? Why can’t I see anything?” The bystanders who had retreated to a thousand meters away lost all sense at once, feeling as though they had fallen into endless night.
“My lifespan! My lifespan is being drained away!” The effects of the Great Death Mythical Art began to manifest as ordinary cultivators clearly felt their lifespans ebbing away.
“Cursed energy! I have been cursed!” Facing the influx of cursed energy, Mu Ye had no choice but to divert even more strength to resist the barrage of mythical arts, leaving him with little power to deal with Liu Wuxie himself.
“Time to end this game,” Liu Wuxie said as the Divine Purgatory Palace descended from the sky.
“How is this possible? You’re only at the second-level of the Void Realm!” Mu Ye roared, unable to accept that Liu Wuxie could wield so many mythical arts. The instant the Divine Purgatory Palace appeared, his dao heart began to crack, and he raised the crimson blade above his head.
“A mere firefly wants to compete with the full moon?” Liu Wuxie sneered. Mu Ye had relied solely on the Demon-Suppressing Artifact to fight opponents stronger than himself, but it was his misfortune to run into Liu Wuxie.
Cracks rang out as the City Lord Manor caved in, unable to endure the Divine Purgatory Palace’s suppression. The fighting had already reduced the surrounding buildings to nothing.
“Liu Wuxie, I’ll fight you to the death!” Mu Ye screamed, driven to utter desperation as the Divine Purgatory Palace descended to just above his head, making it hard for him even to breathe. He knew that if the palace came down any farther, it would tear him to shreds, and so he decided to perish together with Liu Wuxie.
The crimson blade in his hand began to disintegrate as countless demon spirits poured out at once, surging toward Liu Wuxie.
Mu Ye deliberately destroyed the crimson blade to kill Liu Wuxie. At this point, he had already lost his mind. If the demon spirits escaped, they would become the Sky Cloud Star’s nightmare, and countless experts would die beneath their claws.
Even cultivators at the high levels of the Earth Immortal Realm couldn’t withstand the demon spirits’ power, let alone ordinary cultivators.
Liu Wuxie’s gaze turned icy; Mu Ye’s actions had enraged him entirely. This wasn’t an attempt to drag only him down. This was an attempt to bury the entire Sky Cloud Star.
No one knew how many demon spirits the Demon-Suppressing Artifact had been suppressing all this time. Their numbers had probably already reached tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and they were all released at once.
Liu Wuxie opened Ghost Eye and saw demon spirits swarming through the sky, covering half of Planet Lord City.
“ARGH!” In the blink of an eye, thousands of cultivators died at the hands of the demon spirits.
“Damn it! Damn it!” someone cursed. The demon spirits were formless beings with no physical state, and no one could tell where they were. Cultivators fell in droves, each one hating Mu Ye to their dying breath.
“Great Spatial Mythical Art!” Liu Wuxie unleashed the Great Spatial Mythical Art, locking the surrounding space in place. He still had plans for the Sky Cloud Star, and if this planet turned into a dead star, all his efforts would go to waste.
Killing Mu Ye was only part of his objective; claiming the two planets was even more critical.
He had trapped all the demon spirits, but killing them would not be easy.
“Hahaha!” Mu Ye threw his head back and laughed, completely deranged.
Just then, a stabbing pain pierced Liu Wuxie’s soul sea as demon spirits tried to force their way inside.
“Liu Wuxie, how does it feel to have your brain marrow consumed? I’ll refine you into a puppet and display you for the world to see,” Mu Ye said through gritted teeth, intent on turning Liu Wuxie into a walking corpse.
Even with the brain marrow consumed, the body would continue to exist as a walking corpse.
The Heavenly Dao Book unfolded, and all the demon spirits trying to pour in dissolved into mist, flowing into Liu Wuxie’s soul sea as nourishment.
“Did you really think these demon spirits could kill me? What a joke!” Liu Wuxie sneered and summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron with a wave of his hand.
There were too many demon spirits, and relying on the Heavenly Dao Book alone to devour them all would be difficult. One after another, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron sucked the demon spirits inside.
With the seal on the crimson blade broken, Mu Ye no longer had any way to control the situation.
“T-the demon spirits can’t affect you?!” Mu Ye stammered, stunned that Liu Wuxie had ignored their assault entirely. If it had been anyone else, they would have already died under the demon spirits’ attacks.
“It ends here now,” Liu Wuxie said as the Divine Purgatory Palace descended from the sky. Cracks spread rapidly across Mu Ye’s body.
Under the weight of the Divine Purgatory Palace, Mu Ye’s face twisted like that of a wild beast, and he let out an anguished roar.
Staring at Mu Ye’s distorted face, Liu Wuxie suddenly halted his attack. No one knew what he intended to do, and even Luo Hai, observing from afar, looked utterly baffled at the sight.
