Hundreds of blood-red lightning bolts descended from the sky, carrying the immense power of the heavens, domineering and violent, like an ancient beast of destruction, eager to annihilate all living beings in this world.
The indiscriminate attacks, driven by the Soul Execution Disk, covered almost every area of the secret realm.
Tens of thousands of creatures trembled in fear under the threat of this cataclysm, the overwhelming power suffocating them, leaving no room for resistance.
The blood lightning, controlled by the artifact Soul Execution Disk, came at a great cost, requiring the user’s essence blood cultivation or part of their soul as a sacrifice.
But its power was immense, almost the fiercest and most domineering lightning tribulation under divine punishment, each descent resulting in the destruction of an area, unstoppable except by another artifact.
An unprecedented fear surged rapidly.
Tang Muxi saw Jiang Yin still not dodging, staring directly at the incoming blood lightning.
In an instant, her expression changed again.
She didn’t even notice that her jet-black hair turned snow-white, and her dark eyes were gradually replaced by a dazzling blue with ice crystals flying, her power rising rapidly…
Bai Ling was extremely shocked, and in her despair, she was suddenly enveloped by a gentle force.
Turning her head, she saw that Tang Muxi’s hair had turned white again.
Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, a ripple of tranquil power flashed in the darkness, quickly expanding to cover the gentle force, protecting the entire Tianji Secret Realm.
Like a tyrannical emperor ruling the world, it resisted the incoming attack with absolute killing intent.
Hundreds of blood lightning bolts poured down, the violent murderous aura soaring into the sky.
The collision erupted with a destructive power that shook the heavens and the earth!
The entire Tianji Secret Realm trembled, the terrifying waves of shock wreaking havoc.
Many low-level demon creatures couldn’t withstand the pressure, their hearts shattered, and they died vomiting blood.
“Not good!”
Chen Qing thought of the hundreds of Tianji Sect disciples who came for the trial and quickly cast a spell to move them out of the secret realm.
Most of these disciples were exceptionally talented, the future pillars of the sect, and could not all perish here!
However, saving people under the artifact’s power was extremely difficult.
Despite Chen Qing’s best efforts, many disciples near the desert died instantly, only those deep in the center and on the edges of the secret realm could be saved.
Out of hundreds of disciples, only half survived.
The heavenly power rolled, and the Demon Emperor’s phantom glared angrily, “Demon Imprisoning Blade!”
No one expected that the long-lost artifact, the Demon Imprisoning Blade, would appear here, blocking the Soul Execution Disk’s destructive strike.
However, such a long-distance strike was already the limit.
If it were to be launched again, it would only deplete cultivation and essence blood in vain.
The Demon Emperor reluctantly waved his hand, retrieving the Soul Execution Disk, but before his figure completely disappeared, he left a mark on Jiang Yin.
“The Demon Realm will pursue you to the ends of the earth to seek justice for my son!”
With a roar of anger, the Demon Emperor’s phantom completely dissipated, and the forcibly torn space in the sky slowly healed, leaving only a scorched wasteland affected by the artifact.
The Demon Imprisoning Blade slowly descended from the sky, clearly resonating with Jiang Yin’s mind, yet it shamelessly moved towards Tang Muxi.
At this moment, Tang Muxi’s hair color had completely faded, leaving only a faint aura on her body.
The Demon Imprisoning Blade, with its black murderous aura, was extremely fierce but unusually obedient, circling around Tang Muxi, affectionately rubbing against her, and even subtly trying to place its hilt into her hand.
Demon Imprisoning Blade: Testing the waters on the edge of betrayal.
Jiang Yin and Bai Ling watched from the side as this majestic artifact shamelessly flirted with Tang Muxi, feeling a bit complicated.
Especially Jiang Yin, who was still resonating with the blade, could feel its fawning and flattering mood, coldly watching it cozy up to her junior sister, flirting with each other.
Tang Muxi noticed Jiang Yin’s gaze and felt extremely awkward, completely unable to understand what the blade was doing.
With a strong survival instinct, she pushed it away, “Go away, go away, don’t come to me, senior sister is over there!”
However, the blade shamelessly continued to rub against her hand.
Tang Muxi: “…”
“The Demon Imprisoning Blade likes you so much, you might as well take it,” Jiang Yin said expressionlessly.
If it weren’t for the fierce light in her eyes, she might have been fooled.
Tang Muxi didn’t dare to actually take it.
Seeing the blade chasing her hand, she picked up a wooden board and hit it in extreme disgust, shouting in her heart: Get away from me!
However, after hitting it for a long time, the wooden board cracked, but the blade remained unscathed.
Well, after all, it’s an artifact.
If it could be smashed by a mere wooden board, that would be strange.
A cold laugh sounded in her ear, and Tang Muxi shivered, pointing at the Demon Imprisoning Blade and glaring, “Don’t come near me!”
At this moment, the remaining aura on her body finally dissipated.
The Demon Imprisoning Blade paused in the air, then regained its composure, pretending nothing had happened, and floated solemnly in front of Jiang Yin, emitting a kingly aura.
Tang Muxi: “…”
Jiang Yin: “…”
Bai Ling, who had been watching for a long time: “???”
After a while, the Demon Imprisoning Blade saw that Jiang Yin was ignoring it, hesitated for a moment, then released more of its domineering aura, floating forward an inch.
Majestic and imposing, the emperor’s residual power was fully displayed.
Jiang Yin: “Heh.”
Jiang Yin completely ignored it.
She had been excited about having an artifact of her own, even though she was a demon lord in her past life, she had never made an artifact recognize her as its master, which was a matter of great pride.
However, witnessing its fickleness and flirtatious behavior, she suddenly felt cold.
This broken blade, it’s not worth keeping.
With that thought, she turned and walked away.
“Bai Ling, take me to the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower.”
When the tower was damaged earlier, she sensed a strange power that might be beneficial for her cultivation.
Bai Ling hesitated, glancing at the now blackened Tang Muxi, then at the visibly displeased Tang Muxi senior sister.
After a brief moment of indecision, she dashed to Jiang Yin’s side.
A flash of magical light later, both her and the fox disappeared from the spot.
You could say she was quite the fence-sitter.
Tang Muxi and the Demon Suppression Blade were both stunned, not expecting Jiang Yin to just leave like that.
Feeling a wave of fear, the timid Tang Muxi didn’t care if her senior sister could hear her or not.
She quickly shouted, “Senior sister, wait for me!”
and hurriedly flew after her on her sword.
Her sword had been used to attract lightning, so now she could only make do with a broken wooden plank.
As she passed by the Demon Suppression Blade, she couldn’t help but stop and scold it, “Hurry up and apologize to senior sister!”
Then she really left, leaving the Demon Suppression Blade alone in the wind.
Suddenly, a trembling hand reached out, hesitating to grab the Demon Suppression Blade.
It was none other than the head of the Tianji Sect, Chen Qing.
He had been watching from the side for a long time, witnessing two ignorant disciples waste a precious artifact.
The artifact was practically begging to be taken, yet these two clueless kids kept pushing it away.
Unbelievable!
There are so many people in the world who would be envious of such an artifact, and they were just squandering it!
And asking the Demon Suppression Blade to apologize?
Ha!
What a joke!
Such arrogance!
These fools don’t know what’s good for them!
But… if they don’t want it, then don’t blame me for taking it… ahem, I mean, accepting it openly.
Chen Qing rubbed his hands eagerly, drooling at the thought of the artifact recognizing him as its master.
He fantasized about how he would dominate the cultivation world and become the next leader of the spiritual sects.
The long-declined Tianji Sect would rise to the top tier.
At this moment, he had completely forgotten that he had just been criticizing the artifact for recognizing a master.
It turns out, people are inherently selfish.
They claim artifacts are public property, but in reality, they’re just jealous that the artifact didn’t choose them.
Just as he was about to touch the hilt of the Demon Suppression Blade, a powerful pressure spread out.
Even a strong cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage was nothing in the face of the artifact’s power.
In an instant, Chen Qing was pushed back over ten feet, his true energy in disarray, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood.
Already severely injured, he was now further wounded by the Demon Suppression Blade, nearly fainting.
Clinging to his last bit of consciousness, he saw the blade rush off after pushing him away, his eyes widening in disbelief.
He miscalculated; the artifact really had no bottom line!
*
Jiang Yin and Bai Ling arrived at the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower.
The surroundings were dark, with only a few ghostly blue flames flickering, trembling with the faint breeze, creating an eerie atmosphere.
The place was filled with ghostly energy and chilling winds.
Bai Ling, being the most timid, clung tightly to Jiang Yin’s collar, shivering all over.
Jiang Yin glanced at it expressionlessly but said nothing.
She silently cast a spell to illuminate the area.
The ghostly flames, cold and eerie, were drawn to the warm light but were unstable.
Exposed to the warmth, they quickly dissipated.
One by one, the ghostly flames approached and then extinguished, resembling moths to a flame.
Soon, all the ghostly flames in the dungeon were gone, except for one insignificant flame floating in the distance, seemingly unaware of what had happened.
Bai Ling asked suspiciously, “Why didn’t that one come over?”
Jiang Yin looked at the frost-like characters appearing before her, not answering but smiling with interest.
She cautiously approached, not wanting to startle the ghostly flame.
She guessed that this insignificant ghostly flame was likely the source of the strange power she had sensed earlier.
Just as she was slowly approaching and about to silently catch the ghost fire, a sudden exclamation was heard.
“Ah!!!”
Tang Muxi, who was flying on the wooden board, arrived at this place.
Suddenly, her spiritual power faltered, and without any warning, she fell off the board.
The terrified scream echoed endlessly in the dungeon, quickly alarming the ghost fire.
Jiang Yin’s expression darkened.
She no longer cared about maintaining her disguise and rushed at full speed to catch the ghost fire.
However, the slippery thing spun away from her grasp, darting straight towards the dungeon exit at an almost lightning speed.
“Stop it!”
Jiang Yin shouted urgently, but it was already too late.
Tang Muxi had fallen to the ground and was still in a daze, bewildered and motionless.
Seeing the ghost fire about to escape, Jiang Yin’s eyes widened in anger.
Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the ghost fire suddenly stopped and turned back as if fleeing.
However, it couldn’t escape, as a menacing blade had already pinned it down from behind.
The Demon Imprisoning Blade seemed to remember Tang Muxi’s words.
It proudly pressed the ghost fire down and brought it before Jiang Yin, resonating with her again and subtly hinting for praise.
Its entire aura of killing intent made it appear quite formidable and imposing.
If not for witnessing the previous scene, one might truly be awed by its majesty.
