Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1629 - Bloodbath Mountain River
Chapter 1629 – Bloodbath Mountain River
After Heavenbound Immortal Finger advanced to a true immortal art, its might leaped far beyond any pseudo-immortal technique. The Divine Bliss Fist hung in midair like a colossal boulder, only to be torn apart by an invisible force and shattered into fragments.
That was the Heavenbound Immortal Finger’s power, descending like a vast galaxy. Dust and sand exploded off the ground, and the shockwave uprooted countless trees and flung them into the air.
A mountain more than three thousand feet tall tore free and rose skyward, hurtling toward one of the Mad Demon Ancestors. At the same time, a suffocating pressure descended from above, as if it had fallen straight from the celestial realm.
The will behind that strike alone could crush another person’s resolve. One of the Mad Demon Ancestors’ expressions twisted as the Heavenbound Immortal Finger ground down on him. The Divine Bliss Fist crumbled under the crushing force until he could do nothing but endure.
Heavenbound Immortal Finger stood as an immortal art that transcended heaven and earth. Golden immortal energy surged through Liu Wuxie’s dantian like a roaring river, pouring into the technique without restraint.
Countless immortal runes shuttled between heaven and earth, framing Liu Wuxie as if an immortal had stepped down into the mortal world.
“What a terrifying immortal art!” Makurat and the Faceless Clan’s patriarch froze, their focus snapping toward Liu Wuxie.
To this day, neither of them had ever heard of a Heaven Gaze Realm cultivator capable of casting immortal arts. The other Mad Demon Ancestor sensed disaster instantly. If one twin fell, the other would follow.
Explosions rippled across the sky as Heavenbound Immortal Finger drove down, obliterating everything within thirty thousand miles. Vast numbers of the Faceless Clan members died on the spot. The immortal art’s shockwave in itself could slaughter ordinary Earth Immortal cultivators with ease.
“Quick, retreat!” the Faceless Clan’s patriarch roared, forcing his people to pull back even farther. A battle at this level had nothing to do with mortals anymore.
Heavenbound Immortal Finger had suppressed Liu Wuxie’s target and locked him in place. Cracking sounds ran through his body as if he were on the verge of exploding.
“Liu Wuxie, you think an immortal art can kill us?” One of the Mad Demon Ancestors suddenly let out a sinister laugh.
A grave look settled over Liu Wuxie’s face. He understood too well that quasi-immortals who had survived for ages always kept life-saving methods in reserve. As one of the twins roared, the one fighting Tian Can closed in, and the two formed seals in perfect unison.
A blood curtain unfurled across the sky, spreading like a spiderweb as it intercepted Heavenbound Immortal Finger.
“Bloodbath Mountain River!” the Mad Demon Ancestors roared, and blood surged toward them from every direction.
The Faceless Clan, who had barely retreated ten thousand meters, began to detonate one after another, and their blood poured straight into the crimson curtain. The technique fed on sacrifice and had already touched the level of a quasi-immortal art. Yet the more blood it absorbed, the closer it crawled toward the level of an immortal art.
Even Liu Wuxie hadn’t expected the Mad Demon Ancestors to possess such a vicious method.
Tian Can leapt forward, trying to accelerate and restrain the other twin, but failed. The Mad Demon Ancestors had already abandoned the idea of trading blows head-on with Tian Can and Liu Wuxie. They intended to use the Bloodbath Mountain River to clash directly with the Heavenbound Immortal Finger.
Rumbles rolled through the void, and the battle raging above the Faceless Clan spread far enough to shake neighboring worlds.
Cold chills crept up Holisse’s spine. By all logic, this fight should have ended already.
Experts from nearby planets arrived in waves, and their faces tightened with shock when they saw the clash in the sky.
“It’s Liu Wuxie!” Everyone recognized him at once, yet none of them understood how he had ended up locked in combat with the Mad Demon Ancestors.
Tens of thousands of cultivators gathered within three thousand miles, staring at the earth-shattering battle.
“The Mad Demon Ancestors have been infamous for hundreds of thousands of years, and they’ve never met their match. Seeing them forced into a corner like this is rare!”
Liu Wuxie sneered. “You think this petty trick can kill me? What a joke!” He formed seals and sent a string of imprints into Heavenbound Immortal Finger, pushing its power even higher as astral domain force reinforced it.
A thunderous explosion ripped through the air, and a massive tear opened in the crimson curtain. Heavenbound Immortal Finger continued to descend like a towering pillar, crushing everything in its path.
“Damn!”
The Mad Demon Ancestors hadn’t anticipated Liu Wuxie to have hidden another layer of strength.
Power streamed in from surrounding planets to feed Liu Wuxie, pouring into him like a tide.
The gathered cultivators gaped in confusion. “What is this power? Why have I never seen it before?” None of them had ever witnessed astral domain force, so they naturally couldn’t recognize it.
However, the Mad Demon Ancestors knew something was wrong the instant Liu Wuxie released that astral domain force.
The tear in the crimson curtain widened rapidly, and the Mad Demon Ancestors began to tremble. Under Heavenbound Immortal Finger’s crushing pressure, their dao hearts started to splinter.
“Spirit Yin Sword!”
“Blood Butcher Sword!”
The Mad Demon Ancestors summoned their weapons at the same time. Both swords stood at the level of quasi-immortal artifacts, and the moment they appeared, the surrounding space collapsed as the two blades shot toward Liu Wuxie.
Liu Wuxie snorted, and the Heretic Blade flashed into his hand, leaving an afterimage as it moved. He intercepted both swords, and a crisp clang rang out through the air.
In sheer quality, the Heretic Blade surpassed other weapons at its level, as it had already birthed an immortal rune. It would only be a matter of time before it evolved into an immortal artifact.
With astral domain force empowering Heavenbound Immortal Finger, the pressure on the Mad Demon Ancestors only grew heavier.
The Faceless Clan’s patriarch had no facial features, so no one could read his expression, but the agony in his heart had to be unbearable.
Bloodbath Mountain River began to collapse, trembling on the edge of ruin as Heavenbound Immortal Finger’s power kept rising.
“Perish!” Liu Wuxie murmured and injected a wisp of magical force into Heavenbound Immortal Finger.
In the next instant, a suffocating aura swept outward. The Mad Demon Ancestors spat blood as their faces turned pale. Heavenbound Immortal Finger hadn’t even fully descended yet, and once it did, they would shatter into pieces.
“Second Brother, let’s go!” The Mad Demon Ancestors finally recognized Liu Wuxie’s terror and prepared to flee for their lives.
“Do you think you can leave now?” Liu Wuxie and Tian Can struck together, raising a curtain that sealed the surroundings.
At the same time, the Faceless Clan’s patriarch and Makurat clashed again. Five quasi-immortals fought on the same battlefield, and with Liu Wuxie added, it became the equivalent of six quasi-immortals colliding.
Faceless Star began to rupture, and the planet’s environment could no longer support the Faceless Clan’s survival. It wouldn’t take long before the entire world collapsed into ruin.
If the planet’s core proved strong enough, it might endure. If it lacked that strength, the planet would wither and die.
The Mad Demon Ancestors thrashed and tore at everything around them, but they still couldn’t break through the curtain Liu Wuxie and Tian Can had raised.
In the end, they turned their gaze toward the Elven Race.
“Soaring Blood Aura!” The Mad Demon Ancestors suddenly condensed all their power into a single torrent that tore open a crack in the curtain. Boundless blood aura rushed through the opening and swept toward the Elven Race.
The Elven Race had already suffered heavy losses under the previous quasi-immortal strike and had lost the ability to fight back. When they saw that blood aura surging toward them, every elf’s expression turned grave drastically.
Liu Wuxie had poured most of his power into suppressing the Mad Demon Ancestors. He hadn’t expected them to stoop so low after failing to break through the curtain. They planned to force him into saving the elves and steal the opening they needed to escape.
Liu Wuxie was left with only two choices. He could either keep the Mad Demon Ancestors imprisoned or allow the blood aura to slaughter the elves.
In the end, Liu Wuxie chose the Elven Race because the blood aura had already reached them.
“Great Five Elemental Immortal Art!” Liu Wuxie struck with his palm and shattered the blood aura, but the backlash still flung countless elves into the air. They coughed blood as they tumbled. The elves survived, but every one of them suffered heavy injuries and would need a long time to recover.
Vanya had only just stabilized her injuries, yet the shockwave injured her again.
“I want you all dead!” Liu Wuxie roared. His aura surged until he looked like a deity.
Terrifying flames wrapped around him as the power of the five elements spread in every direction and enveloped his body.
“We have to leave now!” The Mad Demon Ancestors finally understood how terrifying Liu Wuxie truly was. They tore open a slit in the curtain and fled without hesitation.
To them, Liu Wuxie no longer looked like a mortal but more like a demonic god.
“Don’t even think about running without leaving anything behind!” Heavenbound Immortal Finger crashed down from the sky. Bloodbath Mountain River had already collapsed, and from millions of miles away, everyone could see the finger crushing toward the Mad Demon Ancestors.
The twins immediately summoned every artifact they owned, stacking layer after layer of defense to block the strike. Even so, the blow wrecked their internal organs, and their cultivation would suffer even if they escaped alive.
Liu Wuxie didn’t give chase. The Elven Race lay heavily injured, and they needed someone to steady the situation. He could only clench his fists as he watched the Mad Demon Ancestors flee, his gaze burning with fury.
“You can’t run forever. I’ll see where you two can hide,” Liu Wuxie muttered. Once he finished dealing with the Faceless Clan, he planned to hunt down the Mad Demon Ancestors at their lair.
The Mad Demon Ancestors stood at the Quasi-Immortal Realm, and the fact that Liu Wuxie had inflicted such heavy injuries on them already defied common sense. In a true one-on-one, he would have killed them long ago. But these two weren’t ordinary quasi-immortals. Their strength was equivalent to five quasi-immortals when they fought together.
Even with Liu Wuxie and Tian Can fighting together, killing them wouldn’t be easy, and the price would be heavy even if they succeeded.
Liu Wuxie could only vent his rage on the Faceless Clan now that the Mad Demon Ancestors had fled.
“Kill every one of the Faceless Clan members!”
Tian Can immediately began his slaughter, wiping out the Faceless Clan in sweeping bursts.
“Liu Wuxie, you monster! Those people are innocent!” the Faceless Clan’s patriarch roared.
Tian Can struck indiscriminately, killing any Faceless Clan member he saw.
“Innocent?” Liu Wuxie held Vanya in his arms as he treated her injuries.
“Then why are they injured?” Liu Wuxie asked, pointing toward the elves.
No one stayed innocent in the cultivation world. Only the strength decided everything.
Vanya’s face had gone pale, and she would need a long time to recover. The Elven Race’s physique couldn’t compare to a human’s.
After Tian Can slaughtered the Faceless Clan to the last one, he regrouped with Makurat, and the two formed a pincer against the Faceless Clan’s patriarch.
When he watched every last clansman die, he lost all will to continue and detonated himself, exploding into a storm of blood.
Makurat and Tian Can retreated from the blast radius in time, but the detonation still destroyed Faceless Star. Half the planet shattered as magma erupted from deep underground, dyeing the world crimson.
“Tian Can, escort the elves back while I go after the Mad Demon Ancestors,” Liu Wuxie said, then vanished. He meant to kill them.
