Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 492 The Gu God Devours the Heavens Amidst Blazing Flames, the Xuanhuang Prison Guardian Lord (Seeking Rewards and Subscriptions!)

The mystical realm was shattered, the universe reversed, and blood and malevolent energy soared into the sky.

Lu Cheng Daoist resided on the altar within the formation. His body radiated a transparent light containing five different colors of the Hundred Poisons and Heavenly Filth Divine Light, which was a terrifying existence that had been hidden deep within the forty-nine layers of the illusory world. He responded to the incantation and emerged!

"Buzzing—, hissing—!"

It wasn't the clashing of swords or the piercing of magical artifacts, but rather the hissing and flapping of wings from countless strange Gu worms, each the size of a fingernail and shimmering with golden, cyan, blue, red, and yellow light.

The sound was initially as fine as the tide, but in an instant it merged into a sharp, fierce howl that shook the universe and tore at the heart and soul.

Some of them have carapaces as hard as magical artifacts and mouthparts as sharp as flying swords, while those as beautiful as butterflies either possess deadly poison or bewitching, eerie power.

Each swarm of Gu worms was like a miniature vortex of the Five Elements, greedily absorbing and devouring the tribulation energy, demonic power, spiritual energy, and even the essence and spirit of all living things that permeated the array space.

The Five Elements Gu worms raised inside the Nine Li Cauldron were a killing move that Lu Cheng had been preparing for nearly a thousand years to deal with the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns. No one knew exactly how many Five Elements Gu worms he had raised. In any case, Lu Cheng estimated that if he suffered a great defeat in this battle, he would release all the Five Elements Gu worms inside the Nine Li Cauldron without restraint and let them reproduce freely. Before long, they would be able to occupy one or two worlds.

"Hiss! What...what the hell are these things?"

A massive fire lizard was the first to be attacked. Its protective aura, blazing with flames, was like thin ice under the scorching sun when it encountered the densely packed tide of crimson Gu worms. It sizzled and hissed, and was instantly devoured with countless holes.

The crimson tide slipped through the gaps, and its tough, iron-like scales were as fragile as paper under the mouthparts of these worms. The demon let out an extremely shrill scream, and its massive, mountain-like body could be seen convulsing, shriveling, and collapsing violently in the swarm of worms... In just a few breaths, only half of its empty white skeleton remained before crashing down.

Why is there only half a body left? Because these worms even gnawed on the bones.

Grinding teeth and sucking blood, a wicked curse spreads across the land!
This terrifying scene, like a small boat capsizing in a raging storm, instantly ignited boundless fear.

What's even more terrifying is that these Gu worms don't fight individually.

Sometimes they scatter like sand, sometimes they transform into a five-colored river that stretches across the void, washing over a region of the world and engulfing the demon soldiers and low-level demon kings in their wake, instantly devouring them into bones and ashes.
At other times, they resembled a storm of death, composed of millions of tiny flying swords, specifically targeting powerful and powerful demon saints and demon gods, advancing wave after wave, fearless of death.

The Qiongqi Demon Saint, with bone spurs on its back and a ferocious aura, roared repeatedly. Its giant claws unleashed a gale that tore through space, crushing a large number of Gu worms. However, even more Gu worms had already crawled all over its body. The excruciating pain and the feeling of its magic power rapidly draining away drove it into madness!

"what--!"

"Help! Venerable One, save me!"

"My demonic power... is draining away!"

"These worms can devour magical artifacts, rendering them useless for defense!"

The mournful and desperate cries rose and fell, instantly drowning out the battle cries and the roar of magical weapons on the battlefield.

The demon army, which had just been charging into the formation with great momentum, ready to slaughter the human race, especially the vanguard elites, now felt as if they were in a cauldron of boiling oil in purgatory.

He watched helplessly as his comrades turned to dust beside him, and felt his own demonic body being devoured by countless tiny mouthparts, his magic power draining away.

The Five Elements Space within the formation was shrouded in layers of despairing death energy, with an even thicker, more pungent stench of blood rising up, mixed with the five-colored foul odor emanating from the Gu worms after devouring the demon's body, forming a nauseating and eerie mist.

"Human demon, how dare you do this!"

High in the sky, the Yinglong Demon God's eyes were bloodshot with rage!
He brought with him the elite forces of the demon race, a force meant to trample on the human race, but now, under the strange killing moves of that human Taoist's formation, large numbers of them have turned into withered bones.

"Scatter, scatter quickly! Use your supernatural powers to bombard from afar, burn with fire! Kill with poison! Don't try to withstand it head-on." The Nine-Tailed Demon God ran around, transmitting her thoughts with her divine sense. For the first time, her beautiful eyes lost their languidness and allure, replaced by deep fear and solemnity.

With a swift wave of her jade hand, a large swath of pinkish-red dust mist, carrying a bewitching and mind-altering power, swept towards a swarm of blue wood-type Gu worms, attempting to disrupt their spirituality.

However, some of the wood-element Gu worms were affected by the mortal world's energy, but before long, the remaining part not only remained unaffected but also began to devour the energy, making their color even deeper and more eerie, and increasing their devouring speed by another three percent.

Nine-Tailed Fox's face turned deathly pale: "Damn it! These Gu worms can absorb all kinds of magic to strengthen themselves? How could he possibly afford to raise such a large number of seventh-tier Gu worms?"
Or did they find some hidden paradise and accidentally discover these demonic insects?

Enraged, the demon god Bifang brandished its wings and unleashed a devastating inferno that could scorch the heavens and boil the seas, sweeping out a raging inferno that sought to reduce the insect swarm to ashes!
The Golden Gu Insects were the first to be affected, emitting a piercing sizzle in the pure Yang True Fire. Their golden armor was burned red-hot, but the next moment, an unbelievable scene appeared.

They opened their tiny mouths and, like whales sucking in water, frantically devoured the flames that could melt gold and iron.

The fire wave quickly subsided, but the swarm of golden Gu worms that had devoured a large amount of the Burning Void True Flame were not only not killed, but instead turned into a reddish-gold color. The scorching aura they emitted distorted the surrounding void, making them even more ferocious.

Upon seeing this, Bifang's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed, "The five elements generate and transform each other, and their energy flows between each other. Doesn't that mean they are invincible and immune to all magic?!"

"No, that's not the case. These Gu worms must have been influenced by some secret technique, forcibly connecting their energy to each other, which is why they have this almost unbelievable adaptability. But their lifespan must be very short, especially after this secret technique was used on them."

Such a secret method is incredible, truly incredible, beyond imagination!

A demon saint from the Heavenly Army of Ten Thousand Demons, skilled in the art of Gu insects, examined the thick layer of dead insect corpses on the ground and exclaimed in amazement.

He would certainly be amazed that Lu Cheng's Gu worm refining method came from the Immortal Realm and was far superior to the methods used in the mortal world.

By merging his own magical energy with that of the Five Elements Gu worms, he activated a secret technique that burned the life force of these Gu worms as a price, causing their Five Elements energy to merge and circulate within a short period of time.

At the same time, because it can adjust the world environment of the Five Elements Reincarnation Array, making the world actively adapt to it, it can greatly extend the duration of this secret state.

The core of the array, a place shrouded in mysterious light.

Lu Cheng Daoist's face was cold and stern, and his eyes were bright and clear, but upon closer inspection, there was a trace of fatigue and exhaustion that was not easily detected.

The five elements in his chest transformed into divine light, slowly rotating above his head, and countless rays of light, like divine dawn, descended. At this moment, these rays of light acted like invisible conduits, precisely projecting and permeating his profound divine power and divine will into the depths of the minds of countless Five Elements Gu worms.

It can be said that every Gu worm here is an embodiment of his painstaking efforts and driven by his will!

"Control the array, stabilize the array base, and cycle through the forty-nine layers of the Five Elements' virtual and real worlds to enhance the killing power of the myriad poisons."

His voice wasn't loud, but it resonated clearly in the hearts of every supporter. At the same time, his gaze swept sharply towards a corner of the formation—the location of the Heavenly Array's foundation pillar.

There, the array master Lin Xuance was deathly pale. He spun the compass in his hand rapidly, and the array flags around him fluttered in the wind.

At this moment, the great formation was enduring the aftershocks of the violent attacks and counterattacks of dozens of demon gods. In particular, the advance and counterattack of the three demon gods caused the foundational spiritual veins, which were already severely damaged due to continuous bloody battles, to tremble violently.

Fine cracks were spreading upwards along the ancient and mysterious runes, the pillar of light dimmed, and unstable ripples began to appear in the surrounding space.

"My Lord! Several extremely powerful magical forces are rapidly approaching us," Lin Xuance said hoarsely, his voice filled with despair.

Once the foundation of this great formation is broken, the entire system of the formation will inevitably collapse in a chain reaction. At that time, not only will the demons not be trapped and killed, but everyone will die under the overwhelming demonic power.

Both sides in this battle have reached a point of near collapse. At least, that's how Lin Xuance sees it.

Within the formation, a colorful death storm composed of the five elements' Gu worms swept through forty-nine layers of the five elements' illusory and real worlds, causing demonic energy to collapse and flesh to crumble like sand towers wherever it passed.

The Demon Saint's scales were as fragile as paper under the mouthparts of the Gu worms, and the Demon God's vast demonic energy was greedily devoured by the five-colored vortex, transforming into a source of power to strengthen the swarm of insects.

Between the sky and the earth, only the buzzing roar of the gu tide swallowing the heavens and the final echoes before life was annihilated remained.

Upon seeing this, the Yinglong Demon God's eyes widened in fury. His ancient majesty and pride were being devoured and shattered by the boundless swarm of insects.

He knew that even if he managed to win a Pyrrhic victory in this battle, it would still be a crushing defeat.

After leaving, aside from ascending to the upper realm, there is no possibility of advancing to the status of Saint Yang and Kong Ji.

Beside him stood the Nine-Tailed Demon God, whose nine snow-white fox tails danced wildly like serpents, spreading the mortal mist with all its might, attempting to bewitch the insect swarm.

However, the secret power that gathered the seven emotions and six desires was immediately scattered by the chaotic yet orderly aura the moment it touched the light flowing through the five elements Gu worms. Instead, it was like adding fuel to the fire, making the Gu worms even more ferocious.

“Without the fundamental divine power of the Five Elements, it is difficult to harm its spirit!” Yinglong Demon God had already seen the situation clearly and said this. At the same time, his gaze pierced through the chaotic sea of ​​Gu and locked onto the unmoving figure at the center of the formation, on the altar—Daoist Lu Cheng.

It was this person who, with astonishing methods, stole the essence of the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth, combined it with ancient witchcraft and poisonous secret techniques, and connected his supreme magical power with the entire Five Elements Reincarnation Grand Array, creating an endless cycle of life, thus cultivating this forbidden trillion-level demonic weapon.

"Break the formation! Slay this fiend, or today will be our death day!" Yinglong, Jiuwei, and Bifang exchanged glances, no longer harboring any illusions or hesitation.

At this moment, it was a matter of life and death.

"Roar!" Yinglong roared angrily, suddenly transforming into its original form. Its massive dragon body contracted sharply, and the pale silver dragon patterns wrapped around it, containing fragmented laws of time, suddenly lit up, transforming into layers of distorted spacetime ripples—the Divine Power of Cosmic Light!
He did not use this to attack the enemy, but rather to apply it to himself, the Nine-Tailed Fox, and the Bifang.

Time seemed to be compressed and folded at this moment. The three powerful mid-level demon gods ignored the obstacles of space, leaving a shadow in place, while their true forms seemed to cross the river of time and go against the current.

They had swiftly passed through the seemingly insurmountable sea of ​​five-colored insects and forcefully arrived before the altar.

However, the power of the cosmic light is extremely profound, and even with the cultivation of the Yinglong Demon God, it cannot be maintained for long. Therefore, the three demon gods would occasionally leave that divine state and return to this world.

As a result, the cost of this battle was extremely high!

The silver dragon patterns faded and died down, leaving deep, bone-revealing gnaw marks on the golden scales of the Yinglong. The flowing dragon blood exuded a scorching, magma-like aura, dripping down, precious and heavy. Two of the nine-tailed fox's snow-white tails were also severed, the cut surfaces entangled with filth and divine light, twisting her exquisite face in pain. A crimson line of blood meandered down from the corner of her lips, adding a touch of tragic allure to her appearance.

But the two of them eventually crossed the raging horde of deadly insects from all directions and faced Lu Cheng Daoist on the altar.

Bifang, the demon god, was left behind midway and is now surrounded by a large number of five-element insects, but he also relieves a great deal of pressure for Yinglong and Yaowei.

"Devil, take your life!"

"You evil cultivator, prepare to die!"

The dragon claw cleaved the universe, carrying the immense and unparalleled demonic essence of Yinglong, its tip gleaming with the cold light of the laws of destruction.

The nine-tailed celestial fox's seven tails swayed together, no longer a bewitching mist, but seven condensed, tangible, blood-red arrows of mortal dust. The arrowheads swayed with the most filthy curses of resentment, obsession, and despair, aiming directly at Lu Cheng's vital points.

These were two destructive forces, powerful enough to overturn stars and shatter the world, surging towards the Taoist priest seated at the core of the altar!

Normally, if two mid-level demon gods join forces, there are almost no human cultivators in the mortal realm who can defeat them.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, be careful!" Lin Xuance, whose mental energy had been greatly depleted in maintaining the formation, was now struggling with his injuries, his eyes wide with fury, trying to form a hand seal to help.

He knew all too well how terrifying this attack from the two mid-level demon gods, who were enraged and joined forces, was. In the mortal realm, unless a true immortal descended to earth, who could withstand it?

However, just as he stood up, a violent dragon's might struck from afar, a wisp of residual energy that had been sent off when Yinglong attacked Lucheng.

Lin Xuance was struck as if by a heavy hammer. His protective aura shattered instantly, blood gushed out, and his body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the violently shaking array barrier. He lay there silently, his fate unknown.

This Taoist priest was not skilled in combat to begin with, and now his mental and magical power were severely depleted. In front of the Yinglong Demon God, he couldn't even withstand a single move.

Boom! ...

Two earth-shattering demonic forces slammed violently outside the altar!
At the critical moment, an ancient and weathered pagoda, exuding an aura of profound weight, appeared out of thin air and hung steadily above Lu Cheng.

A seventh-grade superior item, the Xuanhuang Prison Suppressing Tower.

The exquisite jade pagoda, about three inches tall, is entirely dark yellow. It has nine stories, and each story's eaves are adorned with pale gold tassels that resemble smoke and mist. The pagoda exudes a dark yellow aura, like the marrow of the earth, which is profound, vast, and all-encompassing. Within it, there is also a faint, intense, and pure crimson aura that flows through it.

Strands of dark yellow energy condensed like necklaces, hanging down in layers, enveloping the core area of ​​Lu City and the altar.

Yinglong's dragon claws, which tore through space, crashed into the Xuanhuang aura, emitting a piercing, metallic screeching sound that made one's teeth ache.

The force, powerful enough to shatter half a star, struck it, only causing the Xuanhuang Qi to surge and roar violently like waves. Invisible ripples spread out, like stones thrown into a deep pool, ultimately dissolved and eliminated by the unfathomable Xuanhuang essence.

The seven blood arrows of the Nine-Tailed Fox, containing the most vile and venomous curses in the world, were powerful enough to defile spiritual treasures and dissolve the souls of immortals and gods. However, as soon as the blood arrows touched the Xuanhuang Piercing Network, the venomous curses on the arrows melted away like spring snow meeting the scorching sun in the face of this aura. The blood arrows cried out and disintegrated inch by inch.

'How is this possible?'

'This is impossible! A mere seventh-tier magic weapon?!'

Yinglong's golden eyes shrank abruptly upon seeing this, and Jiuwei's pretty face turned deathly pale, both showing expressions of disbelief.

Just as the two great demon gods were about to try their magic again.

"Hehe...hahahaha..." The Taoist's low laughter suddenly rang out on the altar during the brief silence after the rampage of violent magical power.

He remained seated without rising, but his right hand fingers were joined together like a sword, and a purple sword light, somewhere between reality and illusion, slowly condensed.

"Still don't understand?"

Lu Cheng raised his sword and gently pointed forward, a tiny yet dazzling purple lightning bolt swirling around his fingertip!

"The will of Heaven and the hearts of the people are with me. The Heavenly Dao of the Crimson Sun and Azure Netherworlds has already grown tired of your insatiable greed of the past 100,000 years. I will not be defeated under this tower."

As he spoke, the Xuanhuang Prison Tower rotated slightly, and the crimson aura flowing on it became clearer than ever before, like blood and dragons, scorching and powerful.

This is a power that combines the faith of the Crimson Heart God of the Profound Dharma Realm with the residual Heavenly Dao power of the Crimson Sun Realm, all combined to bless the pagoda.

At the same instant, the condensed purple lightning that Lu Cheng had accumulated to its limit at his fingertips suddenly exploded.

Clang!
The sword's cry, like a dragon's roar echoing through the heavens, reverberated throughout the universe.

A thunderous sword light, whose magnificence, majesty, and destructive aura were indescribable, suddenly appeared!
The purplish-purple sword energy was like the primordial thunder of the Nine Heavens, dazzling and unparalleled, yet containing a terrifying sharpness capable of tearing apart all laws!
A fierce wind swirled around it, and electric arcs leaped, its core swirling with the mysterious and malevolent energy that had shattered the world at its very beginning!

The moment this sword was drawn, the world lost its color.

The surging sea of ​​Five Elements Gu worms instinctively paused for a moment, emitting a reverent buzz.

All the primordial energy and spatial fragments floating in the surrounding void seemed to be drained away by an invisible force, all converging on the descending sword blade.

With the Xuan Tian Divine Skill and the Thunder Sword closing in, Ying Long's pupils contracted violently to their limit. He could feel the sword light locking onto his very essence.

He instinctively wanted to unleash the still-recovering cosmic dragon patterns, reverse time, and escape. However, the space-time around him was completely frozen by the destructive intent contained in that sword strike, like amber trapped in ten-thousand-year-old ice.

Beside her, the Nine-Tailed Fox let out an extremely sharp howl, waving its seven remaining tails and burning its life essence blood wildly, transforming them into layers of red dust shields filled with boundless illusion and defense, trying to resist this incomprehensible sword strike. This was a desperate move made under the depletion of her essence!

however--

scoff!

The purplish-red sword light swept past.

The ninefold barrier of mortal life, formed by the burning essence of the nine tails, was ripped apart like the most fragile silk brocade.

The sword light encountered almost no resistance and instantly pierced through the enchanting body of the Nine-Tailed Demon God. The unparalleled thunderous energy and destructive malice contained within it erupted within her body, extinguishing all life.

Without screams or struggles, in that dazzling yet destructive burst of purplish light, the Nine-Tailed Fox's body, along with her incomparably powerful primordial spirit and demonic soul, and all her worldly desires, were completely reduced to ashes.

The purple sword light, still unabated, traced a dramatic turn in the air the instant it slew the nine tails, like a gazelle hanging its horns, leaving no trace and seemingly containing some profound truth of the universe.

As if it had foreseen all of Yinglong's struggles and evasions, with the ruthless sharpness of punishing on behalf of Heaven, it ignored the thin barrier of cosmic light and the indestructible dragon scale defense, and precisely pierced into Yinglong's furious brow with its golden eyes wide open.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of condensed purple lightning, even more violent and pure than when the Nine-Tailed Fox was annihilated, containing the ancient true dragon's essence, suddenly erupted from the tiny, almost invisible sword mark between Yinglong's eyebrows.

boom! ! !
A dazzling, intense light, like a star collapsing, overwhelmed everyone's vision!
Countless tiny, purplish-red lightning bolts, like a raging thicket of thorns, instantly covered Yinglong's magnificent body, which was tens of thousands of feet long.

Each bolt of lightning carried the profound and destructive intent of ending the world!
Dragon horns snapped, dragon bones melted, and dragon blood evaporated! Even his cosmic dragon pattern, which symbolized a portion of the authority over time and space, was forcibly torn apart and shredded by this tyrannical thunderous force amidst a mournful wail.

Yinglong, the demon god, a mid-level demon god who roamed the Heavenly Dao of all demons and held a revered position, an ancient dragon god who once seized countless flesh and blood and remnants during the cataclysm that destroyed Chiyang and Qingming, his formidable vitality and his indestructible demon soul essence were completely, cleanly, and swiftly annihilated from matter to soul by this strike that condensed the will of Tongxuan, the resentment of the remnant world, and Lu Cheng's supreme sword technique!

The dragon's body shattered, transforming into countless dazzling specks of light that danced in the sky, like a meteor shower mixed with thunder and blood.

The pure dragon essence and fragments of spacetime contained within the light spots became a grand feast for the five elements Gu worms below, nourishing the swarm and causing them to hiss and grow even more ferocious.

On the altar, Lu Cheng slowly withdrew his sword finger, and the swirling purple lightning around him quietly subsided.

Beside him, two chaotic voids rose up, precisely locking onto the two blood-red crystals that appeared in the void after the Nine-Tailed Fox and Yinglong perished.

This is not something like a demon core or a blood infant, but rather the essence of the source blood of two mid-level demon gods who have cultivated for ten thousand years.

Compared to this, other treasures like Qiankun Rings and Qiankun Bags are nothing in Lu Cheng's eyes.

The world was deathly silent. The only sounds were the gnawing and devouring of the Five Elements Gu worms, and the scattered aftershocks of battle from the distant battlefield, where the soldiers were utterly stunned and speechless by the devastation of the battle.

Two mid-level demon gods, powerful enough to unleash a bloodbath across the myriad realms, joined forces to break through the sea of ​​death insects, only to be beheaded in an instant by a single sword strike, their bodies and souls annihilated.

Although the demons trapped in the formation could not directly observe this, the dissipation of the heaven and earth's energy and spiritual energy at the time of the two demon gods' deaths would inevitably cause changes.

Around the battlefield, all the remaining primordial spirit giants, demonic tyrants, and even the distant demon gods looked at the figure in white robes on the altar with not just apprehension, but also indescribable horror and...fear.

"That is not entirely my power, but the will of Heaven and the hearts of the people are with me. The Red Heart God of the Tongxuan Realm, the number one guardian deity of Taoism, will naturally be prayed to by mortals when they encounter calamities."

There are also the fragmented Heavenly Dao wills of the Crimson Sun and Azure Nether realms, and the two demons, Holy Sun and Kong Ji, who devour the universe to seek their own path. Now their calamity is imminent, and it just so happens to befall me.”

Lu Cheng Daoist sat upright on the altar with his eyes closed. Because he was performing divine duties in the name of a god, the operation of the Divine Refining Technique was gradually approaching perfection.

(End of this chapter)