I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 773 Refining and Killing!

"A False Immortal! He is a False Immortal!" The Nine-Headed Demon Owl let out a shrill scream, its body trembling violently as if from extreme fear.

"Humans are truly cunning and treacherous. Even with a Void Immortal in charge, they still resort to such schemes! They clearly intend to wipe us out in one fell swoop!"

Looking back now, all the previous evenly matched and difficult struggles were just illusions, clearly a trap set by this "illusory immortal"!

The purpose was to separate them from the Heavenly Demon Army and cut off their retreat.

At that moment, their only thought was to escape!
Even if it means burning one's own essence, one must escape this deathly wasteland shrouded by the Immortal Sword Domain!

In an instant, the four demons unleashed their most powerful life-saving abilities to the extreme, their demonic light flashing as they scrambled for that one in ten thousand chance of survival.

The nine-headed demonic owl burned its demonic energy to gain speed beyond its limits, transforming into a shadow that pierced and smashed through layers of sword nets. Even when facing the Demon-Slaying Sword, which was powerful enough to damage its very essence, it paid no heed and only wanted to escape immediately.

In the blink of an eye, they had traversed more than ten thousand miles and were about to break through the boundary of the Four Phases Sword Domain of the Calamity Suppression!
However, just when it thought it was about to escape, the world around it turned upside down and space became chaotic!

It felt as if it was desperately fleeing outwards, but the scene before its eyes suddenly changed to: the figure of that "illusory immortal" became clearer and clearer!
It actually charged headlong into the source of death!

At this moment, he was even more convinced that Gu Yuanqing was a Void Immortal. His control over the Dao of Space was something that someone at the Undying Chaos level could not achieve. All the wishful thinking in his heart disappeared.

It hurriedly turned around, its heart filled with even more panic.

The Shadow Demon was in a similar situation; its signature technique of concealing itself in the void seemed to have completely lost its effectiveness.

The omnipresent Demon-Slaying Sword Qi seemed to have eyes, and every strike was precisely aimed at its ever-changing, hidden primordial demonic thoughts!

With each strike, its demonic shadow dimmed and dissipated, its power rapidly dissipating.

The Blood Sea Demon Lord fared rather poorly.

The shrieking sound seemed to be filled with a desperate wail.

Its boundless sea of ​​blood was completely enveloped by the Chaotic Primordial Flame, and everything around it turned into a furnace.

The gray flames, formed by the interplay of black and white, appeared even more domineering. Under the scorching heat, the vast sea of ​​blood evaporated and purified rapidly, like boiling water, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

These seas of blood are actually fused with its demonic thoughts, just like its physical body. The evaporation of each wisp of blood sea is like the human body being scorched and vaporized by flames.

The Blood Sea Demon Lord kept trying to break out of the sword formation by controlling the blood sea, but under the suppression of the Four Phases Sword Formation of Calamity, its already slow speed became even slower. The Nine-Headed Demon Owl rushed out for tens of thousands of miles, while it had not even reached a thousand miles. In front of Gu Yuanqing, this speed was not much different from that of a snail.

Similar to the Blood Sea Demon Lord is the Myriad Bones Demon.

Its enormous body, which it was so proud of, had now become the most conspicuous live target.

Sword energies continuously bombarded its skeletal body, causing a shower of bone fragments and wailing vengeful spirits to erupt.

Its power is formidable, clearly surpassing that of the other three Heavenly Demons.

When he first arrived, he struck with a palm, but Xuanji Tianjun, Han Jingshan, and Lu Jiuming all intervened in succession to deflect the attack.

Its arrival completely overwhelmed the defensive formation.

But today, it was as if the world had turned upside down. Its surging, overwhelming demonic energy seemed insignificant in front of Gu Yuanqing, and its body was constantly crumbling and disintegrating under the violent bombardment.

The distance of 30,000 li, which would normally be covered in an instant, now seemed to have become an endless chasm.

The four demons scattered and fled in all directions, attempting to distract Gu Yuanqing and thus create an opportunity for him to escape.

But it was all in vain.

With the blessing of the true deity, the four avatars are all one, and the area within a radius of 30,000 miles is only a thought away from him.

This sword formation was not merely a sword formation; it had become his domain.

With a slight thought, his sword domain shifted accordingly.

Using the power of swordsmanship, they forcibly squeezed and drove the slowest of the Ten Thousand Bones Demons and the Blood Sea Demon Lord who was being refined, forcing them to move in the same direction.

At the same time, spatial techniques, layer upon layer of traps, were applied to the fastest Nine-Headed Demon Owl and the Formless Shadow Demon, making each of their attempts to break through feel like falling into an invisible quagmire. Every time they were about to succeed, the spatial techniques would forcefully reverse their movements, returning them to the center of the sword formation!

After several times, each of the Heavenly Demons was filled with terror.

Driven to the brink, their ferocity and demonic nature erupted completely!
Instead of fleeing, they launched a coordinated attack on Gu Yuanqing. To this end, they were willing to burn their most core primordial demonic thoughts and unleash forbidden techniques that would lead to their demise. Only by injuring Gu Yuanqing and breaking this sword domain could they have a chance to escape.

In an instant, a terrifying storm of demonic thoughts swept through the sword domain, carrying with it a destructive power that eroded all things and caused all spirits to perish, frantically assaulting Gu Yuanqing's mind.

With a slight touch, Gu Yuanqing's divine sense seemed to perceive the depletion of all things, the decay of the Great Dao, and the end of the world. It was as if the scene of the entire world coming to an end was fully displayed before his eyes. All of this was incredibly real. In a daze, Gu Yuanqing felt as if he had seen the end of everything!

This sudden scene even made Gu Yuanqing's heart tremble.

But the next second, he reacted.

The four clones merged into one in an instant, and the illusory image of Beiquan Divine Mountain flew out and stood at the core of the sword formation.

The Taixu Ruyi Dharma Robe shone brightly, protecting his spirit and will from all harm.

That power, which was even enough to shake the mental state of a great cultivator at the Chaotic Heaven Realm, impacted the mountain shadow and the clear light, just like a gentle breeze brushing across the water, leaving only faint ripples!

Utter despair enveloped the four celestial demons.

Even such a strike couldn't harm the opponent in the slightest; this is undoubtedly a "virtual immortal"!
Their hearts sank, and the only option left was to make the desperate choice of cutting off their tails to survive!

The four celestial demons—the Bone Demon, the Blood Sea, the Nine-Headed Demon Owl, and the Shadow Demon—exploded almost simultaneously, like ignited powder kegs.

An incredibly violent force swept in all directions, attempting to forcefully create a crack in Gu Yuanqing's sword domain. Even the Chaotic Primordial Flame was submerged by the power of the exploded sea of ​​blood.

This scene was essentially equivalent to the self-destruction of four Chaotic Undying beings; such power was enough to threaten even a Void Immortal.

The void within a radius of tens of thousands of miles was stirred up by the force of the explosion, and spatial rifts were created one after another.

Even with Gu Yuanqing's strength, it would be difficult to calm it down immediately.

To be honest, this scene was something Gu Yuanqing hadn't expected.

The common perception is that demons are greedy, cunning, and cowardly. Even cultivators might not be able to be so decisive, let alone these demons.

They first used their spiritual power to shake Gu Yuanqing's will, then ignited all the demonic bodies, shaking the sword formation.

All of this was for one purpose: to allow his original demonic thoughts to escape.

Gu Yuanqing snorted coldly, his Void Eyes widening to discern their purpose.

The North Spring Cave Heaven resounded, blessing Gu Yuanqing's true form, and then used the Heavenly Fishing Technique to completely descend upon his clone.

The power, which was already almost at the level of a Void Immortal, was enhanced once again. The Four Phases of the Calamity-Suppressing Sword Dao were reorganized, and with a thought, the Heart Sword Technique of the Heavenly Demon Sword Dao acted like an invisible net, interfering with and delaying the escape of their demonic thoughts.

With the support of his vast world power, the power of the sword formation and the Chaotic Primordial Fire was unleashed to an unprecedented extreme!
The power unleashed by the four celestial demons was completely suppressed.

The spatial Dao imprint descended directly onto the clone, and under the activation of the main body's will, it quickly smoothed out the fluctuations in space.

With the support of its immense power, everything within a radius of 30,000 li was rapidly crushed and obliterated.

"Do not--!"

Amidst a series of mental screams filled with resentment and fear, the Myriad Bones Demon, perhaps accustomed to the slowness brought by its massive body, was unable to escape before Gu Yuanqing found it. Enveloped by the sword intent and the Chaotic Yuan Fire, it lost its chance to escape.

It seems that a wisp of the Blood Sea Demon Lord's original demonic thought escaped into the void and disappeared, while the vast majority of his original demonic thought was suppressed by a great mountain.

The Shadow Demon and the Nine-Headed Demon Owl both had some knowledge of the Dao of Space and reacted extremely quickly. When the power of the Heavenly Demon burst forth and tore through the sword formation and space, they immediately fled into the spatial rift. However, about half of them were still intercepted by Gu Yuanqing.

Without the support of the power of the Heavenly Demon, the demonic thought is merely the pure consciousness of the Heavenly Demon. Although it can still influence the will of a cultivator in the Chaotic Heaven Realm, if it falls into a cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness, it can even still contend with the Chaotic Heaven Undying.

But they were helpless against Gu Yuanqing, who was wearing the Taixu Ruyi Dharma Robe.

With the arrival of the true power, combined with the Four Symbols Sword of Calamity Suppression which already restrains the Heavenly Demons, and the Seal of Northern Spring Suppressing the World, the original demonic thoughts of the Heavenly Demons who could not escape became lambs to the slaughter.

Gu Yuanqing activated the sword formation and the Chaotic Yuan Fire with all his might, completely transforming this outer void into a furnace for refining the Heavenly Demon.

The remaining demonic essence was naturally unwilling to accept defeat, and could only try to influence Gu Yuanqing's consciousness by constantly launching mental attacks, but in the end it was all in vain.

Refining in this void is much slower than within the Northern Spring Cave.

Half a month has passed, and Gu Yuanqing has not yet completely eradicated these primordial demonic thoughts.

At this moment, a large group of low-level demons approached, and Gu Yuanqing suddenly felt that a wisp of primordial demonic thought seemed to have disappeared out of thin air within the sword formation.

"Want to go?"

The clone of Gu Yuanqing, who was sitting cross-legged in the void, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his finger and drew a sword aura that crossed tens of thousands of miles, killing all the Heavenly Demons. The Chaotic Yuan Fire was then ignited.

The original demonic thoughts of this group of low-level demons were completely refined in an instant, but one wisp of demonic soul was quite resilient and was able to move through the sea of ​​fire, attempting to escape the Chaotic Primordial Fire. It could be vaguely seen that this demonic thought transformed into the appearance of a nine-headed demonic owl.

Gu Yuanqing's clone activated the Void Heavenly Eye and scanned all directions. He then saw a nine-headed owl with only three heads left, fleeing in panic ten thousand miles away.

"You've got some nerve, actually trying to rescue the part of the demonic thought I left behind!" Gu Yuanqing smiled indifferently, but didn't give chase. Refining the demonic energy he had just acquired was more important right now.

Moreover, in this outer realm, the Heavenly Demon, who is only focused on escaping, will not be so easy to find.

……

Just as Gu Yuanqing was refining the Heavenly Demon.

Xuanji Tianjun, Lu Jiuming, Ji Shan and others rode in a flying shuttle, concealing their tracks as they flew along, and finally found the location of the spatial rift.

The demons here have long since vanished completely.

On the other side of the spatial rift, the cultivators of the Yujie Alliance waited anxiously, their expressions solemn.

So many days have passed, and no one knows what exactly happened in the outer void, but all the demons around the rift in Taiyi City have disappeared.

The only possibility for this situation is that they were summoned by a higher-level demon.

If that were all, the Sky Patrol Department, which had been trying to monitor the movements of the Heavenly Demons, suddenly discovered that the areas around the cracks where the aura of the Undying Heavenly Demons had previously appeared had suddenly become quiet, and it seemed that even the ordinary Heavenly Demons had decreased by more than half.

If it were just one place, it would be one thing, but if several places experience similar changes, it inevitably raises suspicions.

Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem, but right now, as the Alliance of Exorcism is hunting down demons in the outer void, it immediately makes the members of the alliance feel uneasy.

There are three possible interpretations of the current situation.

First, the Undying Chaotic Demon retreated;
Secondly, the Heavenly Demons are besieging and killing cultivators who have entered the outer void.

The three are extraterrestrial demons gathering, attempting to launch a general offensive.

Of the three guesses, the first one was immediately ruled out. If the Heavenly Demon were willing to retreat so easily, there would be no Heavenly Demon scourge since ancient times.

Neither of the latter two is a good thing.

The five Undying Chaos beings who went on this expedition are extremely important to the Alliance of Tribulation Control. Even though everyone knows that they are going as clones, the loss of clones will still greatly affect the strength of the main body.

If they are even more unfortunate, their souls will be devoured by the Heavenly Demon, greatly increasing the Heavenly Demon's power.

With this shift in power, the situation will become even more severe.

The original plan was to hunt down one Chaotic Undying Demon. Even encountering two wouldn't be a big deal. But if all the extraterrestrial Undying Demons ganged up on them, the outcome would likely be...

The third possibility is equally unsettling. With so many Chaotic Undying Heavenly Demons launching a full-scale attack, even if the Realm City were to activate its full power, it might not be able to withstand it without a Chaotic Grand Master in charge.

With so many spatial rifts, who knows where these demons will come from?

Therefore, even if they guessed the second possibility, the Yujie Alliance did not dare to send anyone to provide support.

Not to mention that in the vast outer void, finding it would be like finding a needle in a haystack. Even if it were found, who knows if it might be a trap set by the Heavenly Demon to lure the tiger away from the mountain and take the opportunity to attack the Boundary City?

Or to put it another way, for the Yujie Alliance, the immortal cultivators of the Chaotic Heaven may perish, but the Boundary City must not be lost!

This is the key to the entire spirit world defense system.

The entire Yujie Alliance was put into a state of war preparedness as a result of this news, with experts from various realm cities and major sects moving into the realm cities.

In Taiyi City.

Lingbao Tianzun even manifested an avatar to come.

Cultivators from Taiyin Palace, Xuantian Pavilion, Yuanchu Palace, and Tiandao Palace were also waiting here, and even an elder from Lingxu Sect who had reached the Yin-Yang Breaking Void Realm had arrived.

The purpose was to receive the news as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a figure appeared from the spatial rift, shouting with delight, "The senior demon hunters from beyond the realm have returned!"

As soon as the voice was uttered, several figures in the Boundary City soared into the air and arrived around the spatial rift. All of them were great cultivators at the Yin-Yang level or above.

The figure of the Spirit Lord then appeared...

(End of this chapter)