Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 317 The Demon God's Tribulation
"Lu Cheng, you can't kill me!"

“Lu Cheng, you can’t kill me! Ahhhh…”

Cheng Lixue wielded the sword in his hand frantically, and regardless of the consequences, he used his magic power to transform his life span into magic power, shooting out streaks of sword energy.

Clang, clang, dang, dang.

Large swarms of poisonous golden silkworm poisonous insects pounced on them. Cheng Lixue was indeed powerful. She could take Lu Cheng's full-strength punch without dying. She could even use her Nascent Soul Qi to force Lu Cheng back. This was an extraordinary magical power that Nascent Soul cultivators from other worlds, except for the Tongxuan Realm, could never possess.

But this was his limit. If he had been willing to use his magic power to transform his lifespan into magic power without any scruples from the beginning, Lu Cheng would never have been able to kill him. But at this moment, his body was severely damaged. The more he used his magic power and urged his sword, the greater the damage he suffered.

The poisonous golden silkworm Gu were aggressive and bloodthirsty by nature. Stimulated by blood and death, they pounced on Cheng Lixue's body layer by layer like golden paint until they completely covered and devoured her.

If the Tongxuan Realm was connected to the outside world, with Cheng Lixue's character and cultivation, he would never be without even a sixth-rank protective magic weapon in addition to his natal flying sword.

These early Nascent Soul cultivators in the Tongxuan Realm, apart from having more powerful magic powers, are actually inferior to the usual level of Nascent Soul cultivators in other realms due to the gap in spells, sword techniques, and magic weapons.

On the other side, on the top of a distant mountain, a ray of sword light suddenly shot up into the sky, and then slashed straight towards the Xiao sisters.

Sheng Boqian was unwilling to give up the Wanzai Wood Spirit after all. Since Lu Cheng refused to give it up, he had to snatch it for himself.

Sheng Boqian was just annoyed at this moment, wondering why he didn't take action earlier. If he had joined forces with the evil swordsman just now, his chances of success would have been much higher.

Sisters Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue, who were originally under the Demon Refining Pagoda, killing the fleeing Beichen Sword Sect monks one by one, responded in time to the surprise attack.

Xiao Yuhong frowned slightly and raised his hand. A dark blue sword light like a dragon came towards the Taoist who had suddenly attacked. At the same time, Xiao Yuxue was also trying her best to turn the Demon Refining Pagoda to cover the man with the Demon Refining divine light.

The Demon Refining Divine Light is not only able to refine demons, it is also mixed with Buddhist and Taoist methods that can dispel hostility and subdue murderous intent. Unless one has cultivated the sixth-level sword intent and Dharma intent, he will be restrained by it.

Sheng Boqian, who came flying on a sword, frowned slightly when he saw this. Then he opened his mouth and spit out a lotus that looked like jade and wood. The treasure flew in the air, spreading fresh air. It turned out to be a Taoist treasure that could protect one from disasters.

With this treasure protecting him, Sheng Boqian activated his flying sword to fight against Xiao Yuhong's Jade Dragon Sword Technique. Within ten strikes, he had already destroyed the light of the Evil Cloud Flying Sword, causing it to suffer heavy damage.

Not only is Xiao Yuhong's magic power and swordsmanship inferior to Lu Cheng's, but she has also been refining the ghost baby for too short a time and her magic power is also insufficient. Naturally, she is no match for Sheng Boqian.

Fortunately, the Xieyun Flying Sword was also a sixth-level mid-grade sword, otherwise the sword body would have been cut off at this moment, causing Xiao Yuhong's sword energy to backfire and damage her body.

"Sister, be careful!"

The Xiao sisters are in perfect harmony with each other. Seeing her elder sister suffer a loss, Xiao Yuxue on the side shook her sleeves and summoned two ferocious puppets.

A sixth-rank low-grade Destruction Heavenly Lord and a sixth-rank middle-grade Nether Demon Puppet. The wealth of these two Xiao sisters made Sheng Boqian's scalp tingle.

Although the Demon Refining Pagoda was upgraded from a fifth-rank innate magic weapon, a large number of spiritual objects must have been invested in its refinement to enhance its power.

With the addition of a sixth-order flying sword and two sixth-order puppets for protection, his wealth has far exceeded that of an ordinary Nascent Soul early stage cultivator.

In a short period of time, Sheng Boqian had regretted twice. The first time was that he regretted not joining forces with Cheng Lixue of Beichen Sword Gate because of Gu Qinghong. The second time was that he regretted that it seemed a little too late for him to take action at this time. In his spiritual sense, the aura of the evil swordsman in the distance was rapidly fading, and it seemed that he had already died.

"This piece of trash!" He cursed in his heart.

However, the Xiao sisters, relying on the protection of their magic weapons, blocked Sheng Boqian's surprise attack and launched a counterattack.

Immediately afterwards, Sheng Boqian felt the scorching heat all around him, which continued to rise.

The Fire Escape Technique can travel a hundred miles in one go.

Like a dragon breaking through the air, the huge shadow of the fire dragon brought Lu Cheng to the top of the sky, burning everything in its path as it rushed straight towards Sheng Boqian.

"Ugh."

Sheng Boqian sighed, held the sword in one hand in front of his forehead, and the flying sword he was controlling instantly turned into a sword circle, colliding violently with the dragon shadow.

Clang, boom.

Sword energy and flames spread and danced in all directions, the sword circle shattered, and the blue-robed monk was knocked down to the ground by the huge impact force, but the shadow of the flaming dragon also dissipated at the same time.

"where it goes?"

Sheng Boqian looked around intently, but suddenly he lost sight of Lu Cheng.

The Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method combined with the Five Elements Escape Technique is unrivaled in the world. Lu Cheng is one of the few cultivators in the world whose Taoism is even better than his magic power and who can create his own techniques and deduce Taoism on his own.

A golden giant ape arm suddenly stretched out from the ground under Sheng Boqian's feet. The arm stretched greatly, then grasped it in the palm of its hand and pulled it into the ground.

The second transformation is the Sun-Swallowing Divine Ape Transformation.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

The land began to roll and surge like a sea tide, followed by one violent explosion after another.

The figures of the two men kept changing under the ground. Sheng Boqian felt as if a huge weight was pressing on him. There was chaos and darkness all around him.

"Use fire to create earth, earth escape technique! Borrow the power of the earth to make it difficult for me to fight back!?"

After realizing this, Sheng Boqian calmed down, closed his eyes, and poured all his spiritual power into the lotus flower floating beside him that looked like jade and wood.

The lotus flower was flying in the air, continuously spreading streams of pure air, replenishing Sheng Boqian's body. Every time the golden giant ape that Lu Cheng transformed into broke through a layer of pure air, another layer of pure air would immediately pour out almost continuously.

This item is Sheng Boqian's life magic weapon, the Pure Heart Lotus, which can help cultivators concentrate and calm their spirits, and avoid demonic calamities. It can also emit a pure and calamity-avoiding precious light, which is endless, the precious light will not be broken, and the body will not be damaged.

Sheng Boqian is a cultivator who has returned from a tribulation and cultivated himself anew. He has refined this natal magic weapon to the sixth-level mid-grade.

Therefore, no matter how Lu Cheng practiced both his magic and his body, transformed the five elements, or unleashed power, it was difficult to penetrate the protection of this magic weapon.

Boom, the earth exploded and yellow soil flew everywhere.

A golden giant ape and a Taoist priest with a pure aura burst out from the ground. At this moment, Sheng Boqian, who had been closing his eyes and injecting spiritual power into the Pure Heart Lotus, suddenly raised his hand and cast a spell:
This talisman was shining with spiritual light, and a red meteor was painted in the center. When it was injected with spiritual power on the first day of the first month, a strong spiritual light suddenly surged and echoed with the stars in the sky.

Sixth-level Star Escape Talisman.

At this moment, Sheng Boqian has already realized that the leader of the Western Demon Cult and his two wives are wealthy and have great magical powers, and are not comparable to the ordinary natives of the Tongxuan Realm.

It has been not long since I recovered from my tribulation and my magic power has not yet returned to its peak. If I continue to fight, I will be in real danger.

Then, it is better to withdraw in time to reduce losses.

The Star Escape Technique is one of the most advanced escape techniques. Once successfully activated, the body will merge into the starlight and it will be easy to travel a thousand miles in an instant.

With the protection of his life-saving magic weapon, the Pure Heart Lotus, Sheng Boqian successfully activated the sixth-order Star Escape Talisman, and his body merged into the starlight, flying up in an instant.

And below it, in a golden light, Lu Cheng's figure changed from a golden giant ape back to a normal Taoist image. He held the spell in front of him and performed the magic.

The fourth transformation: the Phantom Ice Butterfly transformation.

Behind the Taoist, a pair of huge water-blue illusory butterfly wings slowly stretched out and swayed gently, like a dream.

In an instant, the starlight that Sheng Boqian merged into began to spin rapidly in the sky, but in his perception, he was still flying rapidly towards the southeast.

The Phantom Ice Butterfly is best at illusion. It can transform itself into a shape-shifting figure and use the false to cultivate the true. It is a perfect match with the Wheel of Reincarnation Banner and the Phantom Sun Technique.

At this moment, Xiao Yuhong and Xiao Yuxue had already controlled the huge golden tower to fall from the sky. The two sisters abandoned the cultivation of the Tongxuan Realm and cultivated the ghost infant magic power. They had already transformed the powerful and domineering magic power of the golden elixir and the primordial infant in their bodies, but they were after all primordial infant cultivators. The two sisters worked together to cast spells and combined with their life magic weapons. At this time, the power of the magic weapon they controlled was even more powerful than Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng's absolute magic power is not actually strong, he is just good at seizing opportunities and fighting for the first line of defense. He condenses his own magic power in the late Jindan period and hits the place where the magic power of the Yuanying cultivator cannot be mobilized. In fact, in the seven major worlds of Dingzhang, Tongtian, Liehuo, Xuankong, Jumang, Yuqing, and Yinyang, there are already Yuanshen sects that have developed large-scale illusion arrays similar to the virtual domain of the previous life, for disciples to practice and increase their experience in fighting magic and swordsmanship, but after all, no one can reach the level of Lu Cheng in swordsmanship, it just increases some foundation.

The Demon Refining Pagoda slowly covered Sheng Boqian, who was under the control of the illusion.

The huge pagoda slowly shrank and finally flew back to the Xiao sisters. Sheng Boqian, who had shrunk a hundred times inside the pagoda, was still casting spells and resisting, but he was surrounded by one demon-refining divine light after another, and his spiritual power was eventually exhausted.

"Gu Qinghong, the disciple of the Eighth Observation, greets the Demon Lord and the two Madams Xiao."

Gu Qinghong, dressed in a white Taoist robe and flying on a sword, arrived and spoke politely.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Gu is here to rescue this person?"

Lu Chengfei returned to his two wives and turned around to say this.

"Qing Hong knows that she doesn't have the face to do so, but this Daoist Fellow Sheng was born in the Mi Lian Sect of the Xuan Kong Realm. It is only right that he was captured by the three Daoists today because of what he did to rob the cultivators. But please don't kill him. I think the Mi Lian Sect is willing to give enough compensation to a Yuan Ying Zhen Jun."

Sheng Boqian intended to kill people and steal treasures, but was captured. The Mi Lian Sect paid a price to redeem him. Although this matter was ugly, there was still room for improvement.

But if Sheng Boqian died, no matter what the reason was, the Mi Lian Sect would have a life-and-death feud with the Western Demon Cult of the Tong Xuan Realm.

Although Gu Qinghong was acting as a go-between to mediate the conflict, what she said and did made people willing to give her some face.

"Qinghong is such a talented person, but she was used by that old bull nose Qingxuan for marriage. It's really hateful. If sister Qinghong is unwilling, my Heaven and Earth Holy Church will open its doors to her at any time."

Xiao Yuxue said so.

Back then, she and her sister Xiao Yuhong both called Gu Qinghong "senior sister", but in the world of immortal cultivation, there is no direct inheritance lineage, so the one who has achieved greater success is the master. The Xiao sisters are now at the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, so being willing to call Gu Qinghong "sister" is already a compliment.

"The great catastrophe of heaven and earth is approaching, and my master is just doing his best to prepare for and overcome the catastrophe for all living beings in this world."

Gu Qinghong smiled bitterly and said the same thing again.

"The great catastrophe of heaven and earth is approaching..."

After the three of them returned to the Demon Palace at Zhiguan Mountain, Lu Cheng stood in the palace on the top of the mountain, watching the changing clouds and air outside, and slowly uttered these words.

Four years later, about 1,269 years after the last great catastrophe, an alien demon god appeared outside the world.

The harvest that comes once every thousand years has finally arrived again.

The evening sun shines on the vast fields. The golden wheat waves rise and fall with the wind, exuding the pure scent of rice.

A father and son are working in the fields, one in front and one behind, cooperating tacitly. The father carries the heavy plowshare on his broad shoulders, and every step is firm and powerful; the son follows closely behind, turning up the soil with the hoe in his hand, complementing the trajectory of the plowshare.

The soil is renovated and exudes the fragrance of the earth. The farmer's sweat is mixed with the soil, and there will definitely be a good harvest next year.

Although it is hard work, with the protection of Chijun, the southern border has expanded by one million territory. There is a lot of land and a small population, so as long as we work hard, our lives will get better day by day.

But on this day, the sky in southern Xinjiang suddenly turned blood red at dusk.

"Dad, what's going on in the south?"

When the honest and strong son asked this question, his father looked towards the south. A moment later, he found that it was not a red cloud, but a large group of blood-red bats as big as calves flying towards them quickly.

"Run, son! Run!"

My father's face suddenly turned pale and he shouted loudly.

This scene not only appeared here, the land of southern Xinjiang was dyed blood red by the sudden appearance of groups of violent monsters.

They came in like a tide from an unknown source, flattening the villages, crushing the city walls, and tearing flesh and bones with their sharp claws.

The group of poisonous golden silkworms that Lu Cheng left in southern Xinjiang was like a bottle of oil poured into the sea, and could only float with the waves in the face of such a severe tide of monsters.

The poisonous golden silkworm Gu, the Black Armor Army of the Tang Dynasty, and the monks from Southern Xinjiang were all unable to stop the seemingly endless tide of beasts.

At the same time, great disasters broke out in the Western Region, the East Sea, and the North of Tongxuan Realm:
In the Western Regions, the storm was like a roaring dragon, sweeping up dust all over the sky, and the world was dim. In the strong wind, there seemed to be the wailing of countless resentful souls, the creatures lost in the storm were calling for bloodlust and redemption.

A dark shadow was mixed in it, like the ink color spreading continuously in the wind.

The storm continued, as if it would completely devour this ancient land and turn it into a deserted wasteland.

On the coast of the East China Sea, the sea eye is like a bottomless black abyss, where the sea water swirls to form a huge whirlpool.

Fish and shrimps were occasionally sucked into the whirlpool and swallowed up without a trace in an instant.

Around the eye of the sea, the waves were surging, as if there was a giant god waving his weapon angrily, destroying all life that dared to approach.

Boom, accompanied by violent shaking of water waves, a huge beast claw stretched out from the sea eye, and then the body of the giant monster slowly crawled out.

The sky in the north was as dark as a heavy curtain, completely blocking out the sunlight. There was no light, no life, only endless coldness and despair.

Under the dark sky, everything is silent, as if time has stopped, extinguishing all life.

In the deepest darkness, a ball of fire was burning, and in it there was a one-legged bird of golden flame, like an innate god.

Inside the four-sided demon formation, the demon gods from outside the world controlled everything. There was no emotion on their faces, only indifference and cruelty. They enjoyed the fear and wailing of all living beings in this world, and wanted to turn this world into a deadly place.

"Eat, eat, children. You have been hungry for a thousand years. This time you must eat your fill. No one can stop you."

Even if a sixth-rank demon king or seventh-rank demon saint has been practicing for thousands or tens of thousands of years, he or she cannot swallow all the human beings that have been free for thousands of years. They are also often not interested in devouring those mortals.

A huge old turtle as big as a mountain emerged from the eye of the East China Sea and came to this world. Following its will, the endless water of the East China Sea rushed onto the land. In the sea water, there were countless shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and sea monsters. They rushed into the city along the water flow, killing mortals and devouring their flesh and blood.

And that huge old turtle, as big as a mountain, moved along with the waves, seemingly slowly but actually quickly. In the sky around it, gradually, many human figures standing on flying swords appeared.

From time to time, various kinds of light rainbows were cast and hit it, but it was meaningless.

The old turtle simply opened its mouth slightly, and terrifying strong winds gathered into its mouth from all directions. All the cultivators within the range of hundreds of miles covered by the strong winds were swallowed into its mouth, chewed, and devoured.

"Why are you yelling and cursing? Why are you so angry? Over the past thousand years, you humans have eaten countless pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks. Now it's just karma and retribution. Why are you so angry and hateful?"

This old turtle doesn't eat mortals at all. It controls the water of the East China Sea and the sea monsters, and destroys sects one after another.

Just as the demon beast's demon elixir, blood and flesh are of great use to cultivators, the cultivator's essence, blood, bones, flesh, golden elixir and primordial infant are also of great benefit to demon beasts.

Especially for the cultivators in this world, who have condensed the Earthly Evils and Heavenly Gangs and possess the innate energy of Taiyi, they can trace back their blood to restore the power of their ancestors in the ancient times.

There are monster beasts from level one to level seven. Level five can be called a great monster, level six can be called a monster king, level seven can be called a monster saint. The monster saint of level seven is the pinnacle of this world. Only those who can restore the bloodline of the original ancestor and reproduce the style of the great monsters of the ancient times can be called monster gods.

"That's very well said. I will kill you, use your tortoise shell as a pot, mix your tortoise blood with wine, and fill my stomach with tortoise meat. Finally, I will use your burnt tortoise shell to tell fortunes. I hope you will still be so broad-minded."

Hearing the sound, the giant turtle looked over and saw a Taoist priest standing in the air. With a wave of his hand, golden clouds descended, quickly devouring the monsters that rushed into the city and saving the people. The Taoist priest himself was staring at the turtle with eyes like swords, which made the giant turtle feel a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)