Chapter 940: Sacrificial Sword, Demon Lord Slain

Chapter 940: Chapter 940: Sacrificial Sword, Demon Lord Slain

The fleshy true body of the Longevity Demon Lord trembled incessantly under the ominous aura of the blood-stained robe.

Shen Mo was just about to deliver a lethal strike when the true body of the Demon Lord underwent a new transformation. The fleshy mass stopped quivering, and then countless faces of the Demon Lord emerged from it, densely covering the entire body... reminding Shen Mo of the Longevity Flesh Evil Spirit in the relic site of the Jade Flower Sect!

At that time.

He, along with Lady Scarlet and other powerful beings of the Heaven Patrolling Zone, assisted the Clear Heart Sect in excavating the relic site of the Jade Flower Sect within the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons, and encountered a fleshy mass covered with human faces; originally a result of Jade Flower cultivators consuming Longevity Pills, their prolonged lifespan eventually exhausted and transformed into Longevity Flesh, and for unknown reasons, attracted the "Residual Resentment of the Withering Realm," transforming into Evil Spirit that claimed the lives of millions of Jade Flower Sect disciples.

Nonetheless, although the Longevity Demon Lord now resembles the Longevity Flesh Evil Spirit, he does not belong to the category of evil spirits. These faces are the outward manifestation of his spiritual gnosis, split into tens of thousands of fragments to resist the influence of the blood-stained robe.

On some faces of his body, a mad expression emerged, beginning to frantically tear each other apart, biting off other faces and swallowing them directly. In the blink of an eye, his fleshy true body was riddled with bloody holes, with the origin power continually leaking out; some faces appeared lifeless, completely plunged into a dazed state, indifferent to everything external; others were immersed in despair and fear, constantly emitting desperate roars...

Only a few faces remained clear-headed, watching Shen Mo coldly with a hint of hatred!

Seeing this, how could Shen Mo miss the opportunity? Immediately donning the blood-stained robe, and wielding the Taiyi Sword and various treasures, he charged towards the fleshy true body of the Demon Lord.

To resist the ominous aura of the tainted blood, the Longevity Demon Lord split his mind into tens of thousands of fragments, with only seven faces remaining lucid. Strong cultivators at such a realm have their essence, Qi, and spirit united, so the mana he could utilize was only a mere fraction.

Seeing Shen Mo advancing again, the remaining lucid gnosis of the Demon Lord, with the mana that could be mobilized, summoned his treasures and performed magic against Shen Mo, then regardless of the outcome, wrapped his true body with demonic flame and fled towards the "Immortal Zone" where Jiuli Dark Lord and True Dragon Ao Hao were located!

By this point in the battle, the Longevity Demon Lord no longer fancied capturing or defeating Shen Mo and others, using them as sustenance for overcoming the enlightenment tribulation.

Now, he only wished to preserve his life and cultivation.

In the current circumstance, only Jiuli Dark Lord could save him from Shen Mo’s sword!

"Boom!"

Shen Mo shattered a shield-like treasure and a magic city transformed by demonic flame, seeing the Longevity Demon Lord rushing to the sky, his thoughts churned swiftly, soon discerning the Demon Lord’s plans.

Previously, the Longevity Demon Lord had paid an unknown price to earn the protection of Jiuli Dark Lord, an Earth Immortal.

Even though Jiuli Dark Lord was restrained by the Seventh-order True Dragon Ao Hao and hadn’t intervened, if the Demon Lord fled into the Immortal Zone, who could tell whether Jiuli Dark Lord would perform magic to isolate the ominous aura affecting the Demon Lord, or even directly send him elsewhere...

A glint of coldness flashed through Shen Mo’s eyes, his mind quietly moved, swapping the [Chanjue] Destiny for [Uncommon Victory] in the Destiny Disc slot.

Simultaneously, two additional heads and four arms of his Three-headed Six-armed form rapidly aged and withered as if his blood and Qi were drained; he sacrificed part of his primal Essence and Qi using a Self-sacrificing method!

"Universal Demon Slaying!"

Clang!

A sword light dazzling to the extreme emerged from the sword edge.

The piercing brilliance cut through wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, severed nature’s spiritual energy, tore through spatial barriers, swept across tens of thousands of miles majestically.

In the sword light, dimly appeared incredible light and shadow scenes like celestial Buddhas, sun, moon, stars, and tribulations of heaven and earth, filled with an aura of destruction, extermination, and demon-slaying that terrified ghosts and deities alike.

Pfft—

The sword Qi struck the true body of the Demon Lord; even though he exerted every effort to lay heavy barriers, they were as flimsy as paper, instantly shattered into light feathers and dust.

Another thing sliced open was the Demon Lord’s fleshy body!

The demonic flame and escaping light utterly disintegrated, revealing his true body, whereupon a slender sword scar stretching through the entire body appeared on the fleshy mass, and endless origin power gushed out as if a flood.

A sharp, ghost-like wail resounded through the heavens and earth, then the true body of the Demon Lord split into a large and a small piece in the air.

The large fleshy mass, as if losing all vitality, fell from the sky like lifeless meat.

Whereas the small fleshy mass blossomed like fireworks, transforming into crystal splendor across the sky, with an almost imperceptible flicker of spirit light quickly dimming away, disappearing completely.

Shen Mo retracted the Taiyi Sword, swallowed several Elixirs into his belly, revealing a trace of regret on his face... at the last moment, the lucid gnosis of the Demon Lord abandoned a significant part of the Daoist body and mind, allowing those fragments plunged into madness, despair, and dullness to be slain by the Demon Slaying Sword Qi, while the remaining small portion escaped as remnants.

The abandoned part contained ninety-nine percent of his cultivation level, equally suffused with the enlightenment tribulation, hidden wounds, and the negative effects caused by the blood-stained robe.

The part that fled, though it temporarily lost the opportunity for immortality, managed to bypass this tribulation and rid the ominous aura’s influence, avoiding a tragic end of "dying from the enlightenment tribulation, descending into madness, or having the Path Heart destroyed!"

"So the dense tribulation Qi shrouding him contained a thread of life, in this place, then?"

"Enough, it’s your fate to not perish!"

Shen Mo had exhausted various means, yet still let a trace of the Demon Lord’s remnants escape, naturally having some regret, but moreover, he felt relieved and joyful.

Among the Ten Thousand Races of the Immortal Realm, including various demons and monsters, seldom did they possess high cultivation levels like human cultivators in such a short period. Although their lifespan surpassed humans, demanding longer cultivation to step into higher realms.

Now, the Longevity Demon Lord only escaped with a trace of remnants, having to start anew.

Even retaining most of his prior memories and experience; without thousands of years of arduous cultivation, dreaming of restoring his previous cultivation and strength.

By that time, Shen Mo might have already fallen in a tribulation, or reached higher realms, with no concern over the Demon Lord seeking revenge!

Immediately.

Shen Mo performed the method of the "Nine Fiend Seizing Hand," conjuring a towering, grayish gigantic hand that directly seized the remnants of the Demon Lord’s true body.

With his five senses conducting a meticulous exploration, he uncovered a storage treasure resembling a cloth bag from within the fleshy mass, promptly mobilizing mana and, carrying invincible divine sense, erased the soul imprint left by the Demon Lord in the treasure’s core.

"Wow!"

Multicolored spirit light surged out, exposing a vast amount of top-tier spiritual materials, treasures, jade slips, and other items before Shen Mo.