Chapter 325: Chapter 189: 1 Slash to Fell the Demon

The Human Demon scoffed at Yang Jing’s words, believing he was all talk.

The power Yang Jing had just displayed during their magical combat was already on par with the few True Disciples of the Eastern Demon Sect. And unlike the dilapidated and fractured Western Demon Sect, the Eastern Demon Sect’s True Disciples were not a dime a dozen.

To even be selected as a True Disciple, one had to have at least a fifty percent chance of reaching the Core Formation Realm.

Yang Jing gripped the hilt of his Celestial Waterfall Sword, adjusting his hold.

"From the looks of it, you intend to fight me in close quarters?"

The eyes on the phoenix head revealed a look of disbelief. After the destruction of the Nine Yang Sect, most cultivators—aside from oddities like the Dong Family who practiced the Great Cave Spirit Scripture—were not particularly strong in close combat.

They were far inferior to Demon Cultivators.

The next instant, Yang Jing used Thunder Escape to appear before the Human Demon, executing the Awakening technique from his Twenty-Four Solar Terms Swordsmanship.

The Celestial Waterfall Sword was wreathed in Taixiao True Thunder, evoking the image of the first spring thunder startling the insects from their slumber. Before the blade even struck, the Human Demon felt the Demonic Qi around him recoil in fear at the stimulus of the Taixiao True Thunder.

He immediately stirred his Demonic Qi and unleashed the Nightman Blade Scripture.

The Nightman Blade Scripture was an extremely profound saber technique of the Eastern Demon Sect. Its methods were treacherous, possessing the power to even lure others into the Demon Dao.

Although he was merely condensing a blade from Demonic Qi to execute the saber technique, he was still confident he could take Yang Jing’s head in three or four moves.

The moment the sword and saber clashed, the Human Demon realized something was wrong.

The power behind the sword was astonishing. It was as if he were wrestling with a Demon King.

BOOM!

The unparalleled power drove the Celestial Waterfall Sword forward, shattering the Demon Saber. The force that traveled up the Demon Saber even fractured the bones in his arm.

The Human Demon, possessing the combat experience of a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator, instantly used Fire Escape to fly back, preventing the sword from landing a solid blow.

However, the crackling Taixiao True Thunder on the sword struck him squarely, making it impossible to sustain his Fire Escape. He only managed to fly about thirty zhang before crashing wretchedly to the ground.

With a clap of thunder, Yang Jing appeared before the Human Demon, hovering in midair with one palm aimed at him.

"No!"

The Human Demon could already sense the True Thunder about to blast toward him.

BOOM!

A blast of brilliant Taixiao True Thunder, far more powerful than before, erupted from Yang Jing’s palm.

With a sharp phoenix cry, the Human Demon let out a long scream. A wing composed of countless black feathers extended from his armpit, shielding his body.

A peal of thunder exploded, forming a Thunder Dragon that roared as it slammed into the Human Demon, dragging him across the ground for several dozen zhang.

The searing True Thunder burned the ground red-hot. Even after several breaths, arcs of electricity continued to flicker across the Human Demon, striking his body.

The phoenix wing that the Human Demon had used as a shield was now nothing but a skeletal frame. The original mermaid head had vanished completely, and the phoenix head was so severely damaged that the stark white bone beneath was visible.

His body was covered in multiple charred wounds deep enough to expose bone. Arcs of electricity still danced over the injuries, preventing his Demonic Qi from healing them.

The power of this True Thunder was nearly double what it had been before.

The Human Demon raised his head in terror. ’Something is wrong with this cultivator,’ he thought. ’How can he wield such astonishing Taixiao True Thunder while only in the Foundation Establishment Realm?’

Suddenly, he felt a tightness around his wrist. A pitch-black strand of Great Cave True Thunder had formed into a chain and clamped down on it.

"This...?"

Although Great Cave True Thunder was known for its versatility, shaping the volatile True Thunder directly into a chain was still beyond the Human Demon’s expectations.

"Die!"

Yang Jing yanked hard. An overwhelming power, like a collapsing mountain or a tsunami, surged through the True Thunder Chain, pulling the Human Demon through the air toward him.

The Human Demon’s expression turned vicious. With a sickening, grinding sound, he ripped his own head and spine clean out of his body. It was now a makeshift Demon Saber, with the phoenix head as its hilt and the spine as its blade.

Each vertebra was exposed to the air, still entangled with blood vessels and nerves.

The headless mermaid body gripped the spine-saber and slashed at Yang Jing.

Yang Jing activated the Celestial True Gang within his body and unleashed the Great Heat Technique. His True Yang flared violently, like the Great Sun scorching the earth.

CLANG!

The True Gang instantly overwhelmed the Demonic Qi on the spine-saber. The disintegrating Sword Gang rained down on the Human Demon’s body, clashing violently with its Demonic Qi and sending up clouds of billowing steam.

The phoenix head on the spine-saber shrieked in pain.

But the Nightman Blade Scripture was capable of more. A long, narrow Mixed Cave suddenly tore open along the blade of the spine, revealing the deep, dark Outer Realm on the other side.

"Demons, come to me!"

The Human Demon roared hysterically.

This was the final move of the Nightman Blade Scripture: One Blade to Summon the Horde. It sundered the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane, opened a Mixed Cave, and channeled Outer Celestial Demons into the attack’s momentum, infinitely boosting the blade’s power.

An ordinary Demon Saber could never cut through the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane. The Demon’s remnant soul had to use its own Divine Soul as the Saber Spirit and its long-nurtured spine as the blade’s body to unleash this technique.

Beyond the Mixed Cave, countless Low-level Celestial Demons howled and struggled, desperate to avoid falling in, but how could they possibly resist its inexorable pull?

As a boundless number of Celestial Demons fell into the spine-saber, they transformed into a searing Blade Gang, causing the one Yang Jing had just extinguished to flare back to life, growing stronger and stronger.

Yang Jing’s pupils contracted, and he immediately retreated.

The next instant, the pitch-black Blade Gang let out a long cry, spread its wings, and charged straight for Yang Jing, roaring like a Celestial Phoenix.

With a flash of lightning, Yang Jing used Thunder Escape to instantly teleport several dozen zhang away, dodging the terrifyingly powerful attack.

But the terrifying Blade Gang instantly locked onto his new position, carving an arc through the air as it slashed toward him with the force of a thunderbolt.

Yang Jing raised an eyebrow. ’The flight speed of this Blade Gang is even faster than Sword Qi Thunder Sound. If I hadn’t mastered Thunder Escape, there would’ve been no way to dodge it.’

"I don’t know who you are, but for forcing me to use this saber technique, you can die without regrets!"

The phoenix head on the spine-saber stared fixedly at Yang Jing. He had ripped out his own head and spine; even with the support of his Demonic Qi, this physical body wouldn’t last much longer.

Without the protection of a physical body, the pressure of the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane would instantly expel him back to the Outer Realm. And in the Outer Realm, he had several powerful arch-enemies.

If his mere wisp of a remnant soul fell into their hands, he would face a fate worse than death.

But Yang Jing had been too relentless. If he hadn’t used One Blade to Summon the Horde, he would have had no chance of victory.

The next moment, with a flash of lightning, Yang Jing suddenly appeared in front of the Demon and then vanished just as quickly.

The Demon’s original realm was Nascent Soul, and he was a battle-hardened veteran. He naturally understood Yang Jing’s intentions and guided his blade. The Blade Gang that had been about to strike Yang Jing shot skyward.

"Go on, hide! The longer you hide, the more Celestial Demons will be drawn into this Blade Gang, and the stronger it will become."

The phoenix head on the hilt cackled shrilly, convinced that victory was in its grasp.

Yang Jing used Thunder Escape to land back on the ground.

’Continuously using Thunder Escape is a huge drain on my Magical Power. Since there’s no escaping this Blade Gang, I’ll have to face it head-on.’

He activated the Spiritual Qi Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror, and rays of Sun Divine Light immediately shot toward the Blade Gang.

The flying Blade Gang sliced through the air, annihilating every last one of the concentrated Sun God’s Rays.

Of course, Yang Jing never expected the Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror to destroy the Blade Gang. He only wanted to use it to weaken some of the attack’s momentum.

The next moment, purple Taixiao True Thunder ignited on one of his hands, and black Great Cave True Thunder on the other.

The two types of True Thunder formed into gauntlets, encasing his hands.

He pushed his Celestial True Yang to its absolute limit. A blue-gold flame enveloped his entire body, and the faint roar of a tiger could be heard.

The eyes of the phoenix head on the spine-saber widened in shock. It never imagined that Yang Jing would be so arrogant as to try to catch the attack with his bare hands.

The Blade Gang was incredibly fast, arriving before Yang Jing in the blink of an eye.

Yang Jing activated the Great Capturing Technique within his True Yang Body and reached out to grab the Blade Gang.

BOOM!

With an almost deafening crash, the terrifying, Phoenix-shaped Blade Gang slowed abruptly, pushing Yang Jing backward and plowing a deep trench in the earth.

The searing Blade Gang engulfed Yang Jing, pushing him back for nearly a hundred zhang before its Demonic Qi was finally depleted, leaving nothing but a sky full of smoke and dust.

The Human Demon felt a surge of unease. Logically, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator should have been killed instantly by such a blow. Even a Demon with overflowing Life Force would not have survived.

But this Yang Jing was simply too bizarre. His arsenal of techniques was unbelievable, even surpassing his own, a Nascent Soul Realm Human Demon.

He didn’t dare wait to see the aftermath of Yang Jing taking the full force of One Blade to Summon the Horde. He hastily shoved the spine and phoenix head back into his neck and desperately circulated his Demonic Qi to heal his wounds.

The moment his head was reattached, the Human Demon prepared to use Fire Escape and flee. He was in a hurry to find "blood food" to replenish his Demonic Qi. Perhaps then he could stabilize this body’s injuries and remain in the Nine Heavens World, avoiding a return to the Outer Realm and a direct confrontation with his troublesome old foes.

Just then, a hand shot out from the ground and grabbed his mermaid tail, dragging his entire body into the earth in an instant.

"Yang Jing!"

The Human Demon let out a scream of shock and terror.

He had never imagined that Yang Jing was also proficient in Earth Escape. If he had used it earlier, he could have easily used the solid earth to dodge the Blade Gang.

"If I had, how would you have let your guard down and revealed an opening?"

Yang Jing’s sword rose and fell, severing the Human Demon’s head. Countless Spiritual Light Chains shot out from the Demon-Catching Tripod, binding the Human Demon’s head and body.

A moment later, a three-headed Ghost Vehicle Celestial Demon was ripped from the mermaid’s body by the Demon-Catching Tripod.

"Yang Jing! Spare me! I’m proficient in many Demon Skills and know countless secret arts of the Eastern Demon Sect! I can teach them all to you!" the Ghost Vehicle shrieked hysterically at Yang Jing.

The Demon-Catching Tripod, terrified its master would be swayed by the Demon’s words and deny it a taste of the Ghost Vehicle, hastily activated more Spiritual Light Chains to drag the struggling creature into its depths.

Yang Jing, of course, had no idea what the Demon-Catching Tripod was thinking. He quickly sat cross-legged on the ground to recover from his injuries.