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Chapter 652: Ashes and Smoke, Demon Lord's Breath

As that star re-condensed, it shimmered and emitted sword light along with the other six enormous stars.

Cang Jue's previously arrogant smile froze completely.

He stared in disbelief at the seven stars that were emitting sword light, feeling the terrifying sword intent contained within them, and a huge fear suddenly arose in his heart.

"Impossible! That move just now should have been your strongest attack. You couldn't possibly use an even stronger move!"

Cang Jue stared intently at the seven bright stars and shouted frantically.

"I've already told you, don't use your shallow perspective to measure this world, you little devil. Go and experience what true despair is."

Lu Qingxu stood in the sky, like a god high above, looking down calmly at Cang Jue, who was being pressed down to the point of almost kneeling.

Even though the mask obscured his expression, Cang Jue could still sense the deep contempt in Lu Qing's eyes.

He recognized that look very well.

This is the look he usually gives to the human slaves he keeps.

But he never expected that one day, he, the son of a dignified demon lord, would be looked at with such eyes by a lowly human.

An overwhelming sense of humiliation filled Cang Jue's heart.

However, compared to the humiliation, the terrifying aura emanating from those seven bright stars made him tremble even more.

Previously, a sword light formed from a single star had severely injured him; if it weren't for the Black Heaven Demon Claw, he would probably have perished.

Now that all seven stars have fallen, even though he was extremely confident in the Black Heaven Claw, he was still filled with fear.

Because he knew that Lu Qing was right; with his current strength, the power of the Black Heaven Demon Claw that he could unleash was actually quite limited.

When he refined this top-grade magical artifact back then, it was only with his father's help that he was able to do so.

In order for him to successfully master the Black Heaven Demon Claw, his father even sealed the demonic spirit within it, leaving only a trace of its spiritual energy to operate.

Otherwise, most demonic spirits are unruly and only accept masters stronger than themselves. How could he, merely at the Demon Core Realm, possibly refine this high-grade demonic artifact?

However, the banning of demons is not without its drawbacks.

Without the help of the demon spirit, he could only rely on his own cultivation to activate the Black Heaven Demon Claw, and its true power could not be fully unleashed.

The bigger downside is that, as it is now, even if he wanted this high-grade magical artifact to fight on its own, he couldn't do it and could only endure it on his own.

This is also the reason for Cang Jue's fear, because he doesn't know if he can withstand the power of Lu Qing's seven swords being unleashed simultaneously.

These changes all happened in the blink of an eye.

Despite the fear on Cang Jue's face, Lu Qing's eyes remained unmoved.

He gently pressed down with his palm, and in the next moment, the seven stars suddenly transformed into seven sword lights, their auras connected, forming a sword array that crashed down towards Cang Jue.

Seven starlight sword lights descended, forming a sword array. Their power increased more than tenfold compared to the previous single sword light.

Sensing the power that felt like a real star falling from the sky, Cang Jue's expression changed instantly.

Boundless fear filled his face. Enveloped in the aura of death, he couldn't help but open his mouth and cry out, "Spare me..."

However, before he could finish speaking, a towering sword light suddenly shone forth.

Everyone's vision was instantly filled with sword light, and even the figures in the mysterious space could not see the situation inside for a moment.

Cang Jue was completely engulfed by the sword light that descended from the sky.

In an instant, his physical body began to vaporize and disintegrate.

The black scales on his body were completely useless.

"what!!"

The boundless pain caused Cang Jue to scream in agony.

But his screams only lasted for a few breaths before subsiding.

Finally, after more than ten breaths, the dazzling sword light slowly disappeared, revealing the situation inside the domain.

Everyone, including the demons, immediately looked toward where Cang Jue was.

Even the dozen or so figures in the mysterious space were no exception.

Then, when they saw the scene clearly, everyone's mouths gaped open.

The spot where Cang Jue had been standing was now empty.

Only a black bone claw, emanating a faint demonic aura, hovered there.

However, it was completely annihilated and disappeared under Lu Qing's terrifying attack.

Even the trial jade talisman on his body was completely obliterated under Lu Qing's sword light.

"What a pity, I should have saved some energy."

Lu Qing saw that nothing was left behind by his Seven Star Sword Formation except for the high-grade demonic artifact, and felt a little regretful.

Cang Jue had quite a few trial jade talismans on him, and their destruction made all his efforts in vain.

However, Lu Qing only felt a little sorry for him and then stopped caring about it.

So what if the trial jade talisman is destroyed? He can just go find other powerful experts to snatch it from later.

Shaking his head, Lu Qing's gaze fell on the high-grade magical artifact.

However, instead of immediately trying to collect it, he first activated his special ability to examine it.

Just as Lu Qing was investigating the information about the black bone claw, all the living beings watching this scene finally understood what had happened and immediately erupted in uproar.

"How...how is this possible? Lord Cang Jue was actually defeated by a human?"

"Not even a corpse was left behind, how could this human race be so powerful!"

"This is it! Lord Cang Jue is the most beloved son of the Demon Lord of Annihilation. If he dies here, the Demon Lord of Annihilation will be furious, and none of us will survive!"

"Run away!"

First, the group of demons, after realizing what had happened, all showed fear and tried to escape by using their movement techniques.

But as soon as they moved, sword energy flashed by, like a fleeting shadow.

Dozens of demons were instantly frozen in place, as if they had been suppressed.

The next moment, blood of various colors splattered everywhere, and the bodies of the dozens of demons broke apart and fell to the ground below.

Life had long since been completely extinguished; it was utterly dead.

Lu Qing, who had killed dozens of Golden Core Realm demons with a single sword strike, didn't even lift his eyelids; his gaze remained fixed on the black bone claw.

Upon seeing this, the elephant-trunked man, who had also wanted to escape, froze, hesitated for a moment, and finally stayed put without moving.

At this moment, he no longer had any thought of competing with Lu Qing.

He even began to doubt whether the mysterious person wearing the ghost mask in front of him was really a Golden Core cultivator.

Could it be some ancient monster with a primordial spirit who has hidden their cultivation level and sneaked in?

Otherwise, he simply couldn't imagine how someone with only the Golden Core Realm cultivation could unleash such terrifying sword techniques. On the ground, Daoist Master Daoxu was completely stunned.

That incredibly powerful demon, who also possessed a top-grade demonic artifact, was actually killed by this mysterious person.

This should have been a great thing for him, something he should have been grateful for, since he had escaped with his life.

But at this moment, Daozi of Daoxu Temple felt only bewilderment.

Because the strength Lu Qing displayed had completely exceeded his expectations. He never knew that the Golden Core Realm could be this strong.

Suddenly, another figure appeared in his mind.

That was Chen Qing, who more than ten years ago, killed many primordial spirits in the battle at Tian Shu Divine Mountain, and whose physical body was so powerful that he was like a demon god.

That person, back then, also possessed the Golden Core Realm and reversed the primordial spirit; his heaven-defying strength surpassed even that of this mysterious person.

"Perhaps only that one person could be a match for this mysterious man before us."

A thought suddenly arose in the mind of Daozi of Daoxu Temple.

As for whether the mysterious person in front of him might be Chen Qing, he hadn't even entertained that thought.

Chen Qing used his immense physical strength, powerful enough to shake space, to sever the primordial spirit.

The mysterious person in front of them was clearly an extremely powerful sword cultivator.

Furthermore, their spiritual auras are completely different, making it impossible for them to be the same person.

On the contrary, the appearance of two such monstrous Golden Core Realm cultivators in succession made Daozi of Daoxu Temple wonder if there was something wrong with his own cultivation.

Otherwise, if they were both at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage, why would he be so much weaker than others?

"Cang Jue is really dead?"

Inside the mysterious space, the dozen or so figures watching the scene on the light screen were equally shocked.

None of them expected that Cang Jue, protected by a top-grade magical artifact, would actually perish under the attack of the masked boy.

"Even the physical body has turned to ashes; it is as dead as can be."

"Even a high-grade magical artifact couldn't protect him. How could that masked kid be this strong?"

"Sword Dao Domain, what kind of Dao technique is this? Does the Tianyuan Great World have such a sword Dao inheritance?"

"No, I have never heard of such a powerful swordsmanship lineage in the Tianyuan Great World!"

Immediately, the group of mysterious figures began to discuss what kind of Taoist technique Lu Qing had just used.

Because they all sensed that the sword move Lu Qing had just unleashed had completely surpassed the limits of the Golden Core Realm and reached the level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The ability to unleash power comparable to a primordial spirit within a Golden Core cultivator is a rare and precious secret technique, even within their Netherworld Palace.

The task points required for redemption are an enormous number.

At least none of them have the savings to exchange for it.

Therefore, everyone was extremely shocked that Lu Qing was able to use such Taoist techniques.

"The sword move that this kid just used at the end seems to have the shadow of the core inheritance of Tian Shu City, the [Seven Star Sword Formation]."

At this moment, the array master spoke again in a deep voice.

"It's just a similar sword formation, but the underlying structure is the sword intent of the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect. However, the two are fused together very cleverly and perfectly, which is truly puzzling."

"The Seven Star Sword Formation and the sword intent of the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect are integrated. How could he, a mere Golden Core cultivator, accomplish such a thing?"

The other mysterious figures were somewhat incredulous upon hearing this.

Whether it's the Seven Star Sword Formation or the Heaven-Breaking Sword Intent, they are both legacies left behind by top-tier primordial spirits.

This masked boy is merely a minor Golden Core cultivator; what merit or ability does he possess to perfectly fuse these two great inheritances?

"Given his cultivation level, it's impossible for him to do such a thing. Even an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be able to do it."

Therefore, I suspect that this so-called swordsmanship domain is a supreme Dao technique created by a supreme primordial spirit master who is equally powerful and integrates the strengths of several schools.

In other words, this masked kid isn't a self-taught individual as we previously suspected; he likely has someone backing him up.

The array master analyzed in a deep voice.

Upon hearing his analysis, the others nodded in agreement.

Indeed, there must be someone behind this masked boy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how he cultivated his strength, which surpassed the limits of the Golden Core Realm.

"It seems that the reason this masked kid came to participate in this trial was because he was instructed by the person behind him. I just don't know what that person's purpose is."

A mysterious figure said with some concern.

The person behind the masked boy, who can fuse the Seven Star Sword Formation with the sword intent of the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect, must be someone they can hardly imagine.

The fact that such a being was also interested in their Netherworld Palace's trial is truly intriguing.

"Whatever his purpose is, such scheming is a problem for the higher-ups to worry about. All we need to do is ensure that this trial goes smoothly. Other matters are none of our concern."

"That's right. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. We just need to do our jobs."

The other figures then spoke up.

They had no way of knowing what the supreme primordial spirits were thinking, nor did they dare to guess.

So the only thing we can do now is to do our job well.

Therefore, they all turned their attention back to the light screen in front of them.

Seeing that Lu Qing was still staring at the black bone claw in the light screen, a strange feeling arose in everyone's hearts.

"This masked brat, could he be trying to get his hands on this high-grade demonic artifact? He's human, what would he do with a demonic artifact? He can't refine it anyway!"

"It's hard to say. After all, this is a high-grade magical artifact, which is equivalent to a high-grade spiritual artifact. Anyone would be tempted by it."

"The Demon Lord of Annihilation must have placed another restriction on this demonic artifact; there's no way he could refine it."

"Speaking of which, if the Demon Lord of Annihilation finds out that Cang Jue is dead, he'll probably go insane."

"So what if he goes mad? Does he dare to storm into our Netherworld Palace to demand an explanation?"

"It's hard to say. That Demon Lord of Annihilation was a madman. Have you forgotten what he did two thousand years ago?"

"Even if someone is crazy, they still have to be strong. Before our Netherworld Palace, even if he was a Seventh Tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator, he wouldn't dare to run wild!"

"Look, what is that masked kid doing?"

"He wants to destroy the Black Bone Claw? How is that possible!"

"Oh no, that black bone claw has mutated!"

"It's the aura of the Demon Lord of Annihilation!"

(End of this chapter)