Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 431: Sword breaks through all things, heart cuts through cages, wanders through the void and gains great freedom (Please subscribe!)
The sky above Guikuayuan was covered with dark clouds.

Lu Cheng and his wives, concubines and disciples, a total of nine people, plus the seven victims of the old demon Tiansha, a total of sixteen True Lord-level cultivators.

In addition, each True Lord is accompanied by some disciples, and Lu Cheng also has some subordinates from the Chamber of Commerce.

Although these people are not at the level of True Lord, most of them are Jindan Grandmasters, and the worst are at the Purple Mansion realm. Otherwise, in this level of demon-slaying, they would not even be able to play a supporting role.

After the third disciple Youming led people to set up the five elements formation plate and formation.

Shi Sheng stepped forward and said politely, "Master, it's too quiet. I'm afraid this old demon has already noticed our arrival."

Taoist Lu Cheng raised his lips slightly: "If he is unaware of this, he will only bring disgrace upon the name of a great cultivator of the magic path."

After saying that, Lu Cheng flew up on a cloud and stood with his hands behind his back, his robe fluttering in the cold wind.

His eyes were as sharp as lightning, piercing through the layers of gray fog, staring directly at the entrance to the abyss that looked like a ghost face, and he spoke loudly:

"Fellow Daoist Tiansha, why don't you come out and accept your death!"

The sound was not loud, but it was like a thunderous explosion, causing the gray fog around to roll and retreat.

It was so straightforward and so open that Zhou Bingyong and others were all stunned and looked at each other. They had thought that they should find an opportunity to make a move and join forces to attack the Ghost Crying Abyss and catch the old demon Tiansha off guard.

In less than a moment, a strange laugh came from the abyss.

"I was wondering who dared to come to my Ghost Crying Abyss and make trouble. It turned out to be Master Lu from the Baoguang Chamber of Commerce. Why did you mobilize so many troops just because of the loss of a few caravans?"

Before he finished his words, a cloud of black gas rose into the sky from the abyss.

The leader was a skinny old man with a sinister face, red eyes, and a thick black aura surrounding him. He was the old demon Tiansha.

Behind him followed six black-robed monks, all of them had a cold aura, and they were obviously masters of the magic way with profound magical powers.

"I don't care about a few ships of cargo, but you, Tiansha, killed my disciples of Baoguang Chamber of Commerce in order to silence them. I can't let this matter go. Besides..."

"Old devil Tiansha! Today is the day you will be executed!" Before Lu Cheng finished his words, Zhou Bingyong's eyes were already bloodshot, and the flying sword at his waist was already three inches out of its sheath.

The skinny, red-eyed old man opposite smiled sinisterly: "I thought it was someone else, it turned out to be the old turtle of the Zhou family. How dare you come to cause trouble for the ancestor now that you have found a backer?"

"Lu Cheng, you are just a merchant who buys low and sells high. The ancestor is willing to give you some money and goods to give you face, so I will not take your life.

How dare you come and find trouble with me? Today I will let you know what it means to be more powerful than the devil! "The old devil Tiansha laughed sinisterly.

After saying that, he waved his hand violently, and the six black-robed monks behind him simultaneously made hand gestures and chanted spells.

In an instant, six black gas pillars rose up from all around the Ghost Crying Abyss and rushed straight into the sky. For a moment, thousands of ghosts howled.

Generally speaking, demon cultivators are not proficient in the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, let alone the art of formations, which is one of the most difficult arts of cultivating immortals.

However, the Ghost Crying Abyss found by the old demon Tiansha is a place where the natural Yin energy of the earth veins gathers. With the addition of a sixth-level formation plate, although it cannot achieve the effect of a sixth-level mountain protection formation, it is similar.

A sixth-order mountain protection formation connected to the earth veins can allow the Nascent Soul cultivators within it to rival the Soul Formation cultivators and not be at a disadvantage.

If the power of the formation could be fully unleashed, it would be possible to cause the latter to die on the spot, which is not unprecedented.

The old demon Tiansha took advantage of the geographical location and the sixth-order magic array to stay in the Ghost Crying Abyss. He subdued and protected many demons in the Nascent Soul stage. He relied on this geographical location and array.

There are only a few sixth-level mountain protection formations in the entire human world.

At this moment, six black gas columns rushed straight into the sky. As they gathered together, they formed a huge skull with sharp horns and fangs, roaring and screaming, as if it wanted to devour someone.

"Ten Thousand Ghosts Howling Sky Formation!" Zhou Bingyong's face changed drastically when he saw this: "Master Lu, be careful, this formation is dangerous!"

However, Lu Cheng, who was at the front of the high ground, did not change his expression. He just raised his hand and said, "Form a formation."

"Formation!"

Following the master's order, Lu Cheng's third disciple, Taoist Youming, immediately stepped into the air and seventy-two black flags flew out of his sleeves.

These flags grew longer in the wind, and in a blink of an eye they became about three meters high. The five elements talismans embroidered with five-colored silk on the flags lit up one by one.

Many members of the Baoguang Chamber of Commerce rushed over from all directions, and they all injected their own magic power into these black flags.

These people are either independent cultivators or cultivators from a sect, but they work for the Baoguang Chamber of Commerce, where they are treated very well and earn a lot of money to support their cultivation, so they are willing to risk their lives when encountering problems.

"Reverse the five elements, rise!"

The Netherworld Taoist bit his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood onto the seventh-level formation plate in his hand.

The bronze array plate suddenly burst into five-colored rays of light, instantly draining out the twelve top-grade spirit stones that had filled the grooves.

The vast spiritual power transformed into five dragon-like spiritual lights, entwining and immersing in the surrounding formation flags.

"boom--"

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly became disordered, and the six black air columns that were originally rushing straight into the sky began to twist and deform as if being manipulated by an invisible giant hand.

The ferocious ghost head in the air let out a painful roar, and its fangs and sharp horns broke into pieces, gradually becoming illusory and disappearing.

"Breaking the formation with a formation? How could this be possible? How could there be a formation of this level in the human world?" The old demon Tiansha opened his eyes wide and red. He slammed his skinny palm on the bone formation plate at his waist and injected magic power into it.

"All ghosts obey my orders, devour souls and seize spirits!"

Countless wronged souls suddenly emerged from the abyss behind him, but these ghosts had only rushed out a hundred feet before they were disturbed by the inverted five elements formation and their souls were dispersed.

Some evil spirits even suddenly changed direction and attacked the evil cultivators.

In the distance, Lu Cheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the chaos in the distance with a calm expression, as if he had everything planned out.

This seventh-level formation plate requires the joint efforts of a seventh-level formation master and a seventh-level weapon refiner. It has almost never appeared in the human world, but it is certainly not a problem for Lu Cheng.

What is a cross-border strike? This is a true cross-border strike!
All the moats you originally relied on are meaningless in the face of such suppression.

When the old demon Tiansha saw that the ghosts were out of control and the formation was about to be broken irreversibly, he suddenly let out a fierce roar and transformed into seven black rainbows with six demon cultivators, shooting into the abyss.

In the cave within the Ghost Crying Abyss, there is a teleportation formation and secret passages. Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone Tiansha?

"Want to go?"

Lu Cheng pointed his sword and a yellowish-brown talisman flew out from his sleeve. The talisman ignited in the wind and turned into a yellow light that sank into the earth.

"Seventh-level Earth-shaking Talisman, quick!"

"Rumble--"

The entire Ghost Crying Abyss seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand. The rocks collapsed, the earth veins surged, and countless pieces of rubble rolled down the cliff.

The teleportation array hidden in the underground rock crevice collapsed before it was activated, and several secret tunnels collapsed with a loud bang.

"Ancestor, the earth veins have been sealed!" A black-robed demon cultivator shouted in horror upon seeing this.

All the escape routes they had originally planned were now blocked.

"Why are you panicking? Split up and flee. We will have a good fight with this Jie Fa Great True Lord later!" After a series of defeats, all the formations and escape methods he relied on were sealed and broken. The old demon Tiansha was also in despair. But although he wanted to retreat, he was still able to calm down and let his disciples break up into small groups and break out separately.

In this case, most of the demon sons and grandsons will of course die, but the high-level demon cultivators hiding among these disciples have a good chance of taking advantage of the chaos and escaping.

Anyway, for the demon cultivators, this is how their disciples are used.

The mountain protection formation and the life-saving retreat route were all broken cleanly and neatly by the Great True Lord Jie Fa with his immense power and amazing magical powers.

The fighting spirit in the hearts of these demonic monks was gone, and in an instant they turned into dozens or hundreds of gray or blood-red rainbow lights, and fled in all directions.

But Lu Cheng's third disciple, Youming, had already received orders to not let any of the demon cubs escape.

He immediately ordered his men to use all their strength to activate the Inverted Five Elements Formation, which turned the world upside down and moved the void.

Although with their formation skills and magic power, they cannot unleash the full power of this seventh-level formation, but the power and mystery of the formation itself after activating it is terrifying enough.

The disciples and servants of the old demon Tiansha felt that the five sounds and five colors were distracting their minds and making them confused and disoriented, making it impossible for them to escape.

Although those high-level demon cultivators hiding in it may not be confused by the five sounds and five colors for a while, it is still difficult for them to see through the changes in the formation and escape from this calamity.

Seeing that this group of demon cultivators had already fled, Zhou Bingyong, Shi Sheng and others had no choice but to disperse and intercept and kill each group of demon cultivators.

Judging from the escape lights of the fleeing demon cultivators, there was only one Jindan-level demon cultivator and more than ten Zifu-level demon cultivators among this group of demon cultivators. The rest were almost all at the Foundation Establishment stage. Those at a lower level would find it difficult to survive in this demon cave.

However, the demon cultivators are cunning, and no one knows whether there are any Nascent Soul demons hidden among these foundation-building demon cultivators.

"Demon, where are you going?" Shi Sheng's Dharma Eye slashed down with his sword without any error, instantly stopping an old Nascent Soul demon who was hiding as a foundation-building demon cultivator.

The old demon was caught and became angry and humiliated. He sent out a stream of white energy to block Shi Sheng's flying sword.

Even in the Ghost Crying Abyss filled with yin energy, where vision was obstructed, the old demon looked up and still found that the young man fighting with him looked only in his twenties, with a fair complexion and an honest look.

He was suddenly overjoyed, and his body shape changed to reveal his true form, which turned out to be a fairy with a pure and elegant appearance and extraordinary temperament. She was wearing a snow-white robe, with straight breasts and round hips.

"My dear brother, I was originally a female cultivator who came to the mountains to collect herbs. I was unexpectedly abducted by the old demon Tiansha and was asked to become his nineteenth concubine. I was devoted to Taoism and refused to obey until death. But today, I was unexpectedly involved in this disaster. I beg you to escort me out of the battle. I am willing to swear an oath to repay you."

This female cultivator already had a pure and beautiful appearance, but what was even more amazing was her pitiful eyes that looked like she needed to be cared for and protected, and her expression as if she was ready to be plucked by anyone. She was definitely a beauty that no man could resist!
Shi Sheng seemed to be bewitched as well, and the sword light he was flying slowed down a little.

Of course he knew what was going on. He wanted to pretend to be nice to her and then plot against her to let her know:

"In this world, it's not just beautiful women that can't be trusted, even honest-looking men can't be trusted!"

However, at this moment, Shi Sheng suddenly felt a gaze from behind, like the edge of an icy sword against his back. He knew it was his Taoist partner Yun Huang'er without turning around.

Suddenly, he didn't dare to think about anything else. His expression remained unchanged. He raised his right hand and released a sixth-level talisman, determined not to stop until he killed the man.

The sixth-grade top-quality talisman cast by Shi Sheng is called the Liujia Qinglong Talisman.

In an ordinary Nascent Soul sect, it is the sect's heritage, a treasure that may not be used even after thousands of years of inheritance. It can be activated five times, and each time it can become an important factor in the battle between Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, in Shi Sheng's hands, it was used so easily.

Shi Sheng has been practicing for a long time and his magical powers have reached a considerable level. His swordsmanship is also very advanced, and he also has this Liujia Qinglong Talisman to help him.

Six green lights shot up into the sky and transformed into six jade green dragons that fiercely attacked the female demon cultivator from all directions. Although this female demon was powerful and had several powerful magic weapons and strange supernatural powers, she was soon unable to withstand the attack.

Seeing that his disciple had gained the upper hand, Taoist Lu Cheng, who was hanging high in the air, looked down at him but never made a move.

Zhou Bingyong and others thought that this Great True Lord Jie Fa was still recovering from the mana he had just consumed from activating the seventh-level talisman. After all, although Nascent Soul cultivators could activate the seventh-level talisman, their spiritual power was severely consumed.

But in fact, Lu Cheng practiced the art of refining the soul and the Fifteen Transformations of Xuantian, and his foundation in Taoism was solid, and he was gradually transitioning to the Yuanshen realm.

Coupled with the help of his cultivation of the Great Light Talisman Sutra, the energy consumption of activating the seventh-level Earth-shaking Talisman was far less than other cultivators imagined.

The reason why Lu Cheng had not made a move was that he was just waiting for his opponent - not the old demon Tiansha, but a yet-unknown demon cultivator.

On a whim, cultivators with high levels of Taoism, sword cultivators who have experienced long-term life and death trials, physical cultivators, and cultivators with great merits and blessings are all more likely to sense it when they encounter a catastrophe. Even ordinary cultivators are more likely to sense it as they reach a higher level.

Lu Cheng meets the three characteristics of being highly accomplished in Taoism, having experienced many life and death trials, and having profound merits and virtues. In particular, he has practiced the Taiqing Sect's supreme true teaching "Xuanmen Danding Lianxing Secret Book".

When physical cultivation reaches a high level, the soul and the flesh become one, and one's perception of malicious intent that threatens one's life becomes more acute than that of other lineages.

The Yuanshen demon cultivator who secretly plotted against Lu Cheng had never thought that there would be a cultivator like Lu Cheng in this world.

Although he was at the Nascent Soul stage, he was not inferior to him in terms of Taoism. In addition, with his keen sense of physical cultivation and the unity of body and soul, Lu Cheng had sensed it the moment he started to plot against Lu Cheng.

Less than two years later, a merchant ship belonging to the Baoguang Chamber of Commerce was hijacked.

Later, the second disciple Miao Chuyun and the third disciple Youming found out the origin of the old demon Tiansha in Guikuyuan. Lu Cheng realized at the first moment that this old demon Tiansha was most likely a bait.

Physical cultivators are very sensitive to murderous intent and malice, so they will not react to cultivators who are far weaker than themselves. Although the old demon Tiansha is also a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, he is far from being a threat to his life in Lu City.

'In other words, it is probably the master of the old demon Tiansha, the Demon Lord Wuyou. Most of the demon cultivators, even if they have cultivated to a high level, are just playthings in the hands of their master, controlled by the Yin Demon and unable to be free.

I am afraid that my trade between the two worlds, the trade of high-level spiritual objects, will attract the attention of this demon, and it will use its power to bully the weak and try to seize the opportunity.'

Lu Cheng has been preparing for the great catastrophe of the millennium and for dealing with Sheng Yang and Kong Ji for hundreds of years. He has raised billions of demon soldiers in the Jiuli Cauldron, and a considerable portion of the income from the Baoguang Chamber of Commerce's years of business has been used to purchase spiritual creatures to feed them.

Although Demon Lord Wuyou is powerful, he is not comparable to Shengyang and Kongji...at all. If ten Demon Lords Wuyou attack together, they may be able to fight with Shengyang and Kongji for a while, but they will still be defeated.

Since Lu Cheng wanted to deal with the two demon gods, he had to test the depth of his own skills with the Worry-Free Demon Lord, otherwise, he should give up this idea as soon as possible.

Although he wanted to test the sword, Lu Cheng had naturally made arrangements for his wives, concubines and disciples. The Xiao sisters, Xue Yuzhen and Yun Ling'er were all wearing insect armor and each had a seventh-level Four Symbols Spirit Talisman. Once in danger, the four of them could work together to activate the Four Symbols Spirit Sealing Talisman Formation, which would be enough to break the calamity and escape.

There was only insect armor on the disciple's body.

"The Worry-Free Demon Lord is one realm higher than you, after all. Maybe his magic skills are so strange that he can kill you directly! I don't understand, you hold such a treasure, why don't you just practice Taoism and ascend to heaven? Why do you have to go through danger in person?"

In Lu Cheng's ears, he heard the whisper of Taoist Jin Ling.

Taoist Jin Ling was bound in the Jiuli Cauldron. The higher his magic power was, the more he could feel the power and unfathomable depth of this treasure.

'Because the Jiuli Ding is the treasure of the saint Nuwa in mythology, I don't know why the treasure of the ancestors suddenly appeared in front of me, and I don't know why it brought me from that world to this world.

But I think there is a reason for this. I am a biochemical person from the Martian era (selected by the national gene bank, bred and matured in the cultivation chamber, and raised uniformly). I grew up in a growth academy since I was a child, and I have few relatives. I think this is one of the reasons. I am good at swordsmanship and can travel all over the world. I dare not say that I am the best in the world in my era, but I have never met anyone who can beat me before I traveled through time. This should be the second reason.

Taoist roots have always been regarded as the key to becoming an immortal:
Courage, perseverance, intelligence, prudence, diligence, and virtue; compared to these, magical powers, spiritual consciousness, physical body, and merits can even be regarded as external studies.

I thought, if what the Mother Goddess needed was my sword and my strength, I should not have trained myself to be a monk who could only suppress others with resources.

Of course, this may just be my fantasy. Why would the legendary saint need me to do anything? I just refused to let go of the sword I was holding.

I hope I'm just overthinking it.'

These thoughts just flashed through Lu Cheng's mind, but he did not tell Taoist Jin Ling.

This world does not have the legend of Sanqing, Fuxi and Nuwa. The history is too long. Among the seven worlds of Dingzhang, Tongtian, Liehuo, Xuankong, Jumang, Yuqing, and Yinyang, the oldest Yuqing Realm can trace its history back to more than a million years ago. The founder of Taoism is respectfully called Taoism Ancestor and is regarded as a pioneer on the road of the Tao.

(End of this chapter)