Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 423: Not knowing the destiny, wasting your life (Please subscribe!)
The battle of returning to the void is earth-shattering!
The eight-armed fire demon roared towards the sky, demonic fire surged around his body, and as he waved his eight demon weapons, the sky was burned and the sea was boiled, and flaming fire dragons soared.

The merman warrior was not willing to be outdone, and the halberd in his hand stirred up the vast waves. Every strike caused huge waves and tsunamis.

"Fire burns the world. There is nothing in this world that cannot be burned!"

The Flame Demon swung his eight arms together, and the eight magic weapons merged into one in the air, turning into a giant flaming axe a thousand feet long that fell down.

Before the axe blade arrived, the scorching demonic fire had already evaporated the sea area in the shallows, revealing the cracked seabed.

The merman warrior swung his tail and moved through space to avoid the attack, but he moved back the next moment and swung his halberd across the sky:
The tide rises in the blue sea, and ripples in space spread out like water waves.

This is to use the way of water to comprehend the way of emptiness. When all things are comprehended to a certain depth, the laws and principles therein are often related.

At the same time, the evaporated sea water vapor turned into ice crystals all over the sky, and under the guidance of the halberd light, condensed into millions of sharp blades, shooting towards the fire demon from all directions like a rainstorm.

Disrupt and kill in one move.

“So many little tricks!”

The fire demon sneered and mocked, and the flames around it surged again. The ice blades were vaporized and burned before they got close to it.

But in the blink of an eye, the merman warrior had already approached him and aimed his halberd straight at his throat.

The power of the void is attached to it. Once it is pierced, no matter how strong the defense is, it will inevitably be torn apart without the same legal support.

"clang--"

The sound of metal clashing resounded through the sky. The Fire Demon hastily blocked with his giant flaming axe, but was knocked back by the power of the halberd, and his body fell backwards, smashing the mountain.

Lu Cheng, who was watching the battle from a distance with his fiery golden eyes, saw his pupils dilate suddenly.

The layman watches the excitement while the expert watches the details. From the perspective of ordinary people, these two giants are merely fighting each other, and even their martial arts techniques are not sophisticated enough.

But in Lu Cheng's eyes:
'First, it is impossible for such mythical creatures to exist in the mortal world. The growth rate of biological volume (related to mass) is much faster than that of surface area (related to support and heat dissipation capacity). If a human is 100 meters tall and weighs tens of thousands of tons, his bones and muscles will not be able to bear his own weight. The cross-sectional area of ​​the bones only increases by about 100 times, but his weight increases by about 1,000 times. The bones of carbon-based organisms will break directly due to excessive pressure.

Second, a human being who is 100 meters tall and weighs tens of thousands of tons needs to consume the same amount of food as hundreds of blue whales every day. With the productivity of the ecosystem in the ordinary mortal world, it is impossible to sustain such a huge energy consumption for a long time.

3. Being too big will result in insufficient speed for nerve signal transmission to coordinate the whole body's movements. For example, it takes about 0.1 second for a mortal to transmit nerve signals from his feet to his brain, but the nerve signal transmission delay of a 100-meter giant may be several seconds, causing him to move slowly...'

So from the perspective of mortals, it is just two giants fighting, but in fact the legal principles contained therein require terrifying reserves of Taoism to support its implementation.

Each move of these two great Return to the Void contains the profound laws of heaven and earth. The Flame Demon's Fire Law has reached the state of antimatter fusion and self-circulation, and the mermaid's Water Law has reached a level that Lu Cheng cannot understand - it comprehended the Law of the Void through the way of water, no wonder it can penetrate the Flame Demon's protective true fire.

Lu Cheng studied the true meaning of Samadhi in depth before he could understand some of the methods of the Flame Demon in the Return to Void Realm. So even though the Taoism of the merman warrior was more profound, he did not read too much of it, thinking that the more you learn, the better.

"happy!"

The Flame Demon laughed wildly, and suddenly formed seals with his eight arms. A ten-thousand-foot-tall phantom of a flaming demon god appeared behind him. The phantom's six eyes widened angrily, and nine red-gold beams of light spurted out of its mouth. Wherever it passed, the space was distorted, and it actually burned all the water spirit energy within a thousand miles!

"Burning heart to sacrifice to the heaven, blood sacrifice? Are you crazy!" The mermaid warrior was shocked and angry, and hurriedly changed his tactics. But it was too late. The deep red blood-colored flame lotus with the Flame Demon as the center had exploded - "Boom!"

The world became silent.

What followed was a devastating shock wave that instantly vaporized a thousand-mile sea area, and countless monks who were watching the battle nearby were reduced to ashes before they could even utter a scream.

Although Lu Cheng was thousands of miles away, he was still blown away by the aftermath, and his protective magic power was instantly burned, so he retreated.

Taoism is Taoism, fighting is fighting. It does not mean that if you have a high understanding of Taoism, you will definitely win in the fight.

Sometimes, being more courageous and ruthless, and daring to take action, can often allow the weak to defeat the strong. However, if you blindly pursue overwhelming advantage, you may miss good opportunities.

When the dust settled, a deep-sea whirlpool with a diameter of 100 miles had formed in the center of the battlefield. The Flame Demon and the Merman faced each other from a distance, both of them were covered in wounds.

"Today's revenge will be avenged tomorrow!"

The merman warrior looked inward and saw the damage done to himself. He then discarded the remaining heavy halberd in his hand and threw himself into the sea. He was an expert in the art of the void and although it seemed that he had thrown himself into the sea, he had actually escaped tens of thousands of miles away.

The Flame Demon sneered and tried to stop him, but due to his severe injuries, he could only watch the other party escape.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
A crack suddenly appeared in the sky, and a giant claw covered with fine green scales stretched out and grabbed the body of the fire demon.

"Old Monster Qinglin?!"

The screams of the Return to Void Flame Demon resounded through the sky, and his body suddenly exploded into sparks and fled in panic.

The giant claw did not pursue at this time, but slowly retracted the crack, leaving behind only a meaningful sneer.

Now that it has already taken action, it will never let the Flame Demon in the Return to Void Realm escape. If it kills the other party, the spiritual objects it will obtain will probably be much more than what it can obtain by collecting spiritual objects here.

"As expected, if you like gambling too much, you will definitely lose. If you don't have the ability to become a banker, don't go to the gambling table. If you lose big once, your life will be gone."

Watching the end of the Return to Void War from afar, Lu Cheng could understand the mindset and thoughts of the Fire Demon: severely injuring or even killing the merman Return to Void warrior would be a huge fortune.

It can also deter potential opponents and take the opportunity to collect a large number of spiritual objects from heaven and earth.

This is undoubtedly a gamble, but the underground volcano erupted, and many earth and fire spiritual creatures were extremely suitable for the Flame Demon clan.

The reason why the Mermaid Warrior took action before was probably more to suppress the development of the Flame Demon Clan. The two clans were probably enemies from previous lives.

“…As for the one who took action last, who was it from the Dragon Clan? The old Return to Void Dragon? He let his vassal take action first, and after determining the situation, he went out to reap the fruits of the battle, but he himself did not take any risks. From this perspective, the Fire Demon in the Return to Void Realm is most likely going to keep his life.”

For most spectators, this battle of water and fire that took place in the Wuyin Waters of the South China Sea was just a show they watched at great risk.

But for monks who have accumulated profound knowledge of Taoism, it can almost be used to point out the direction for their future progress.

This is what is meant by a high-level perspective, a broad vision, and profound theory.

A few days passed, and during this time Lu Cheng had been hiding at the edge of the Mist Hidden Sea, thinking about the magic power system displayed by the Flame Demon in the Return to Void Realm:
'With such a huge body like a mountain, he can control his body as he wishes and even display exquisite martial arts...'

boom.

Just as Lu Cheng was thinking, a huge spiritual energy fluctuation suddenly came from hundreds of miles away.

The cultivators in the Mist Hidden Sea should have gotten used to this kind of noise during this period of time.

After all, there are countless spiritual creatures in the world at this time and place. There is a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days. Although there has not been any fight above the Return to Void Realm for the time being, there are many sword fights and magic battles between the God Transformation cultivators and the Nascent Soul cultivators.

Some cultivators have now formed small groups to compete for spiritual resources, and some small sects have fought for this rare opportunity and were tragically wiped out.

It is true that being small in number makes it easier to be bullied, but having a large number of people does not necessarily mean being useful. For example, a Nascent Soul sect with more than a hundred people found a seventh-rank spiritual object. The next moment, a Divine Transformation cultivator launched a surprise attack and the entire sect was wiped out.

If they are of the same race, they will not do so and will show some mercy. However, if the human clan encounters the Blood Spirit Clan, Shadow Clan, Sirens, Fire Demons, or vice versa, killing will be a common occurrence.

"No, this fluctuation of spiritual energy is the Divine Transformation Tribulation?"

Lu Cheng sensed it briefly, then counted with his fingers and found the difference.

In the mortal world, cultivators who practice from the Purple Mansion to the Golden Core realm must endure thunder tribulations and refine their cultivation.

In the world of earthly immortals, there are no heavenly tribulations from the Qi training stage to the Nascent Soul stage. The solidity of the heaven and earth in the world of earthly immortals is far superior to that of the mortal world, the spiritual energy is more abundant, and the degree of tolerance is much higher.

But after being promoted to the Spirit Transformation Realm, there will be a heavenly tribulation in each small realm. After cultivating to the Mahayana Realm, one must go through nine heavenly tribulations. After going through them, one can ascend to become an immortal.

Therefore, although there are many Mahayana cultivators in the earthly immortal world, they rarely show up because they are all busy overcoming their own calamities.

Six hundred and forty thousand years ago, it was said that if a Mahayana cultivator could not survive the catastrophe, he could turn to the path of a wandering immortal. However, the path of a wandering immortal only prolonged one's life, and in the end it would still lead to death. Therefore, over the past hundreds of thousands of years, the Taoist tradition has gradually disappeared, at least it no longer exists in this earthly immortal world.

Although the Mahayana monks are still divided into early, middle and late realms, they pay more attention to the first to ninth tribulations. If they reach the ninth tribulation, they will ascend to immortality immediately.

In the world of earthly immortals, cultivators who have reached the state of transformation into a god have infinite lifespans and can enjoy immortality, but they have to go through a catastrophe for immortality every one or two thousand years.

The calamity of longevity is not very difficult. As long as you don’t commit too many killings and don’t be contaminated by too much karma, it will not be difficult to get through it and the possibility of death is very low.

Therefore, there are a large number of groups of incarnation monks in the world of earthly immortals. They huddle together for warmth, live in seclusion, and enjoy their longevity comfortably. As long as they do not encounter a major disaster, they can indeed live for a long time.

It would be fine for cultivators who are able to cultivate to this level to enjoy themselves for a few thousand years, but letting them not practice and increase their magic power is no different from killing them.

Therefore, many people live in this kind of immortal city, and many people leave on their own initiative every year.

"Has another Taoist friend achieved immortality? Should we go and see it?"

"Go together, go together."

Some monks around whispered this, and then flew away together.

Practicing to achieve immortality is the deepest wish of countless cultivators. At the same time, the process of a Divine Transformation cultivator overcoming tribulations is also of reference value to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, after many cultivators sensed the fluctuations of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they flew towards it.

After a slight hesitation, Lu Cheng also flew away.

In the minds of human cultivators, this is a auspicious thing. Going to watch it would also bring them good fortune. Moreover, their own bodies have not yet passed the spiritual tribulation, so watching it from the sidelines can also increase their accumulation.

"It's actually him!"

After flying over, Lu Cheng saw the monk who was undergoing tribulation in the center of the formation, surrounded by several big men with horns on their heads. He had a body of a bull and a head full of red hair, with thick sharp horns on both sides of his head:
One of the top 100 races in the spiritual world, the Sky-patrolling Demon Bull Clan.

This race has a strong body and can control the gravity of the earth, but the relationship with the human race is not harmonious. Legend has it that they had a fight with Dongji Creation Palace, one of the nine sects of the human race. It seems that Creation Palace enslaved the Patrolling Bulls, and in the end they escaped.

It's just that this kind of thing is hard to explain, and it's still popular among the dragons to keep human pets. After all, humans have high magical powers and they are spiritual pets, while dragons have high magical powers and they are human pets.

"He must be like me. He benefited from the battle between the two Fanxu Xuanjuns before, and he had an idea and broke through the barrier. He was originally at the peak of the sixth level of magic power. I saw that after that battle, he also gained a lot of benefits in cultivation.

But the Patrolling Demon Bulls are not on good terms with our human race, so it is better for them to leave as soon as possible."

Just as Lu Cheng was thinking about this, a huge disaster had already fallen from the sky.

The power of the heavenly tribulation has no direct correlation with the strength of the cultivator. There are cultivators who roam the mortal world and can survive the easiest thunder tribulation and ascend to the earthly immortal realm with ease.

There are also cultivators with mediocre strength who have cultivated to the God Transformation stage purely by chance, but who encounter the most difficult God Transformation tribulation on the ascension platform and die without a complete corpse.

This is related to the monk's accumulation of external merits and personal luck, and has little to do with other things.

At this moment, calamity clouds were rolling, and what was falling from the sky was a demonic fire called the Extreme Yin Evil Fire, which was able to break the qi and burn the foundation of the cultivator.

However, the male cultivator who was patrolling the sky with the Demon Bull flew out of the formation directly to high altitude, using his physical body to endure the tempering of the extremely Yin evil fire, displaying astonishing physical magical powers.

"He is so conceited because he senses that the power of this Divine Transformation Tribulation is not strong. He is really lucky."

The second level of change of the heavenly tribulation is purple lightning like a dragon, which is specifically designed to break the protective qi and destroy people’s magic weapons.

This was the type of heavenly tribulation that human cultivators feared the most. Instead, the Sky-patrolling Demon Bull roared toward the sky, and the earth-based evil energy around its body surged like a raging tide, actually drawing all the calamity thunder from the surrounding sky towards itself.

The purple-black lightning as thick as a bucket struck the body, but only left a series of scorch marks. Instead, it was transformed into pure vital energy by the secret method running in the body to temper the flesh.

"Hahaha, so happy!"

The bull demon laughed wildly and opened his mouth to suck, swallowing the last few thunders in the sky into his stomach.

His magical aura continued to rise, and in the blink of an eye he broke through the shackles of the Nascent Soul stage and officially entered the realm of Divine Transformation!
There are only two levels of the divine tribulation. This Bull Demon is considered to be quite lucky.

Lu Cheng was attracted by the divine transformation tribulation, so he waited for a moment, but he did not expect that the divine transformation tribulation would be over so quickly.

"not good!"

Lu Cheng's mind was clear, and his expression suddenly changed when he saw this, and he quickly retreated. However, the Bull Demon's scarlet eyes had already locked onto this side, and its giant palm grabbed him from the air.

"boom!"

The space within a radius of several miles instantly solidified like iron, and the three human monks who had no time to escape were crushed into pulp by the invisible gravity on the spot. The Bull Demon waved his hand again, and the flesh and blood turned into blood rainbows and sank into his mouth and nose.

"The Nascent Soul of human cultivators is the best for replenishing mana..." The bull demon licked the blood on his lips and glanced at Lu Cheng:

"When we were going through the tribulation just now, you were the one who watched it most seriously!"

Before he finished speaking, his strong bull hoof had crushed the void. Although his body was huge, his speed was amazing. In the blink of an eye, he smashed the phantom body left by Lu Cheng and chased him a hundred miles behind him.

The 124,600 talismans behind Taoist Lu Cheng transformed into wings of light that flapped and turned into rainbows, and in the blink of an eye they quickly flew away into the distant sky.

"My friend, you have great luck. Why don't you go back now to consolidate your magical power? Why do you have to make things difficult for me?"

"Swallowing your Nascent Soul would save me ten years of hard work to consolidate my magical power. If it were you, what would you choose?"

At this moment, Niu Mo waved forward.

Lu Cheng felt that his whole body suddenly became a thousand times heavier, and his flying speed dropped sharply.

At this time, there was an island below, and Lu Cheng was falling rapidly downward, using the complex terrain to maneuver.

"Gravity field!"

To reach the state of spiritual transformation, one must have a deep understanding of the principles of the Taoism that he or she is practicing.

Therefore, the power of the Taoist magic used by the Divine Transformation cultivators is often incredible.

Lu Cheng suddenly turned around and made a hand gesture. The two chapters of the Tianyuan Talisman "Wind and Thunder" lit up at the same time. The blue and purple runes intertwined into a net, temporarily resisting the erosion of the field.

"Huh? A mere Nascent Soul cultivator can actually withstand my gravity ability?" The Bull Demon was surprised for a moment, then grinned grimly: "I'll use you as a test!"

The two black horns on its head suddenly emitted an ochre-colored halo, and the rocks under Lu Cheng's feet suddenly shattered and collapsed.

Countless rock spikes burst out of the ground like giant pythons, forming a hundred-mile stone forest in the blink of an eye, trapping Lu City in the center.

"It's so easy to die?"

When the man with horns saw that Lu City was blocked by the rock forest, there was no movement for a long time. He suddenly waved his hand and dispersed the rock forest in that area.

Then, he saw Taoist Lu Cheng standing in the middle of the situation, with some wounds and bloodstains on his body. He actually relied on the power of his body to avoid vital points and endure the attack.

"What I meant just now was: 'After thousands of years of hard practice, you finally achieved immortality, why do you have to seek death?'"

As soon as he finished speaking, four talismans shot out from Lu Cheng's sleeves and were placed in four directions around the Taoist priest.

The dazzling gold, the emerald wood, the dark blue water and the scarlet fire, the four spiritual lights, bloom here.

When he was in the foundation-building stage, he cultivated the Dan Gu Yao Sui Fa Ti and practiced the body-refining and self-cultivation skills. Lu Cheng was confident that in close combat, no Purple Mansion cultivator would be able to escape from his two swords.

Although the Heavenly Demon Killing Sword cultivated by the Purple Mansion Realm can be maintained for a very short time, a cultivator at the Golden Core True Person Realm will almost certainly die under this sword.

At the Jindan realm, using the Great Lightning Talisman Dan to cast the sixth-level thunder talisman, even at the Yuanying realm, it was difficult to resist. Now at the Yuanying realm, with Lu Cheng's temperament, he also prepared a fierce killing move.

All around the man with horns, the shadows of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise suddenly appeared and transformed into four-colored light pillars that shot up into the sky. The spiritual light of the four symbols nailed the huge body of the Sky-patrolling Demon Bull to the spot, and for a moment, it was unable to move!

"The Four Symbols Soul-Sealing Talisman Array?! How could it be enough with your magic power? Have you cultivated your talisman master level to the Divine Transformation level?" The man with ox horns was truly shocked and angry at this moment, and the earth-yellow evil light around him was surging wildly.

However, the four-colored light pillars around his body were like pillars of heaven, and no matter how he struggled and pulled, he did not move at all.

Even the restriction of the Four Symbols Sealing the Spirit was still constantly assimilating and dispersing the magic power in his body.

At this moment, Lu Cheng's condition was also extremely bad. He used his Nascent Soul magic power to activate four seventh-level talismans, but his spiritual power was almost drained.

If it weren't for the deep accumulation of magic power from the dual cultivation of the Dharma body and the body, if it weren't for the effects of the Bright Talisman Pill, the Ten Thousand Talismans Dharma Body, and even the Tianyuan Talisman Seal in the body, Lu Cheng would have died on the spot at this moment.

However, the magic spells in his hands were not disordered at all. Instead, he bit his tongue fiercely and sprayed a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue onto the Samadhi True Fire that emerged from his palm. A cultivator who practiced both magic and body was undoubtedly more suitable to use blood and energy to assist in fighting, with less self-damage and faster recovery.

"Hey!"

When the Samadhi True Fire met the blood-red flame, it exploded and the void around the flame distorted.

Quickly withdraw the left palm from the center of the eyebrows to the waist. Step back with the feet, hold the left fist in the air, and put the middle and index fingers of the right hand together like a knife.

"cut!"

Lu Cheng slashed out with a sword weapon technique, and the wisp of Samadhi True Fire turned into a red fire knife over ten feet long, which flew out of the air. The blade circulated the three fire spells of heaven, earth, and man, and the space at the edge of the blade was torn, and fine cracks were burned!

The pupils of the red-haired man with horns suddenly shrank. He tried hard to break free from the restraints of the Four Symbols, but the knife light was already above his head. He raised his arms and crossed his horns to block, and the magic power he could use spread out and was as bright as the scorching sun.

“Dang—Crack!”

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the Bull Demon's left horn broke. The remaining force of the fire knife was still there, and it slashed diagonally along the neck, and three-colored flames gushed out from the wound!

"what!!!"

The shrill roar of the bull shattered the clouds within a radius of ten miles. Under the life-and-death situation, the man with the horns finally broke free from the control of the Four Symbols Soul Sealing Talisman Formation, and the Four Symbols Light Pillars dissipated one after another.

“Young man from the human race… I’m going to chew you alive!” The eyes of the man with horns were red, and the next moment he came close to the Taoist priest almost as if he had teleported. His right palm suddenly rose up and slapped towards Lu Cheng’s forehead. Before the palm wind arrived, the Taoist robe on Lu Cheng’s body had been torn slightly.

But at this moment, the fire knife that was slashing at the Bull Demon's neck suddenly shattered.

The fire from heaven burns the soul, the fire from the earth corrodes the bones, the fire from man burns the essence, and the fire of Samadhi explodes from the inside out within a certain period of burning!

The body of the red-haired man with ox horns instantly turned into a torch, and his flesh melted like wax as he screamed.

"No... Impossible! How can a mere fifth-level fire magic... kill me?" The bull demon stumbled to his knees in extreme embarrassment, desperately slapping the flames on his body. However, the Samadhi True Fire would ignite as soon as it came into contact with anything, and the more he slapped it, the more it burned.

"I'll give you a ride." Lu Cheng put his fingers together and summoned another magic weapon.

A beam of blood flew out from his sleeve. The magic weapon of the devil used the strong to bully the weak and the strong to prey on the weak, which was exactly suitable for this moment.

"Oh!"

The huge bull's head exploded like a watermelon, and the headless body was then engulfed by flames and burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

A yellowish-brown demon pill flew out, and it seemed to have the essence of the red-haired man on it, but it was intercepted by the well-prepared Wanling Blood Pearl. Nine human faces on the surface of the blood pearl opened their mouths at the same time, tearing the demon pill apart and eating it.

"call…"

Lu Cheng stumbled and fell to his knees, and hurriedly took out several pills and swallowed them. He used the three killing moves of spells, Samadhi True Fire, and the All-Spirit Blood Pearl, and his own spiritual power was exhausted.

If he were to encounter a hostile cultivator again like the Flame Demon did before, he would probably be dead.

(End of this chapter)