Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1336 - 78: Summoned Heavenly Demon

It was beyond Zhou Yan’s imagination that Gongcheng Qingyang could become a Summoned and even enter this place, but unfortunately, before this, Gongcheng Qingyang had truly perished.

And Zhou Yan knew that in places unknown to him, there might be many such familiar friends who had truly fallen.

"Saint Master, we are not weary. Considering the current situation, it is the Saint Master who has truly endured too much hardship, yet unfortunately, our abilities still fall short."

Zhou Gucheng’s words were as resolute as ever.

Zhou Yan could feel the enormous effort this remarkably tenacious person had been putting forth, or else Zhou Gucheng would not have been able to tread this path as he has now.

And Zhou Gucheng’s combat power is definitely not low now. Although battling the Giant Bone Sky Demon seems very perilous, with both parties equally matched, Zhou Yan himself, after unraveling the True Void Heavenly Prohibition in the Elf Secret Realm, had comprehended the Immortal Principle of Returning Light and Cutting Space, enhancing his combat power dozens of times over.

In other words, Zhou Gucheng is not much weaker than Zhou Yan was before entering the Elf Secret Realm.

Although every Summoned at this moment has glimpsed the Tao, has seen through to the myriad Secrets Techniques of Eternal Life in the cycle of life and death, Zhou Gucheng’s strength is indeed undeniable.

"Moreover, we couldn’t even save uncle; yet another family member has left us."

Zhou Zheng’s expression was rather pained, especially with Qing Wan’s sadness making him feel very distressed.

His combat power was about the same as Qing Wan’s, ranking ninth thousand among the Summoned, not high, but not low either.

Zhou Yan took a deep breath and said, "Qingyang left without regrets. In a world like this, worse than death, leaving is somewhat a release, so think openly about it. If Qingyang were here, he wouldn’t want us to be sad because of this incident, leading to more dangers afterward."

Zhou Yan comforted them, but just as he finished speaking and before he could continue to comfort the trio, Zhou Yan’s eyes suddenly narrowed sharply.

From the front came a familiar roar, and Zhou Yan could not mistake this roar.

"It’s Xiong Ba, Xiong Ba has gone berserk, transforming in battle, this has encountered a disaster of destruction."

Zhou Yan immediately deduced almost in an instant.

And Zhou Gucheng’s reaction was only slightly slower by half a beat.

"Go!"

Without a word, Zhou Yan immediately mustered a surge of Space Power, rushing into the distance.

Zhou Gucheng and the other three, like a flash of Thunder Light, followed Zhou Yan at an extremely fast pace.

Just as the void shook, another terrifying Giant Bone Sky Demon suddenly appeared.

This Giant Bone Sky Demon seemed utterly crazed, not caring about any danger, launching an attack without defense.

And the combat power of this Giant Bone Sky Demon even surpassed the ninety-fourth layer of the Sea of Suffering Realm, comparable to the Great Success of the ninety-fifth layer of this realm.

This is a terrifying killing intent; this killing intent enveloped Zhou Yan and the four people, instantly unleashing the Immortal Destruction Power of the Netherworld.

Zhou Yan felt an extreme sense of crisis, but he could not waste time. Xiong Ba encountered a disaster of destruction, any delay, and Xiong Ba would truly die!

Though sometimes death is a release, Zhou Yan did not want Xiong Ba to vanish just like that. As long as there was a sliver of hope, Zhou Yan would grasp it firmly!

"Begone!"

Zhou Yan shouted in anger, his entire Soul Sea erupted violently, the Immortal Will of Xuanyuan Sword was propelled by Zhou Yan, and the Sky Cutting Immortal Principle was pushed to its extreme by Zhou Yan.

"Whizz——"

That one sword stroke, like an Immortal Ascension Technique, carved a trajectory of Heavenly Dao Rules through one stroke, slicing through a space!

The sword cleaved through the head of the Giant Bone Sky Demon with extreme speed, and the powerful Purple Flame contained within the sword brought on the impact of a disaster of destruction to the Giant Bone Sky Demon.

As Zhou Yan’s sword stroke struck, the Giant Bone Sky Demon was severely wounded, its entire body showing signs of crumbling.

But the Giant Bone Sky Demon’s massive skeletal hands then horizontally slashed out with a Destructive Aurora!

"Saint Master, be careful!"

Zhou Gucheng caught sight of this scene and immediately shouted, his expression changing slightly.

But Zhou Yan seemed to have sensed, and suddenly burst out with a terrifying Backlight Immortal Principle Power, which somewhat froze the destructive strike as though using the Power of Time, and then, the reflected sword formation of Xuanyuan Sword suddenly activated, and a recoiling force exploded abruptly.

The mirror-like ability caused the Destructive Aurora to be instantly sent back with lethal effect.

The body of the Giant Bone Sky Demon shuddered under this rebound of aurora, rupturing instantaneously and ultimately shattering completely into dust.

The dust danced, reforming into pitch-black particles, and reassembled once more into a figure that Zhou Yan found somewhat familiar.

"This is... this is the former ’Cheng Sheng,’ the father of that ’Guardian Qing,’ who was a very tragic figure back in the day."

Zhou Yan and Zhou Gucheng almost simultaneously recognized the identity of this deceased young man.

It’s just that neither of the two expected that this Giant Bone Sky Demon would still have the identity of a Heavenly Heart or a Demon Heart, or, more accurately, these Giant Bone Sky Demons were, for some reason, suddenly transformed into Giant Bone Sky Demons. They originally were ’Summoned’!

As Zhou Yan thought of this point, Zhou Gucheng clearly thought of it as well, his sharp eyes showing a strong sense of unease and dread, instinctively, he looked toward Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan also looked at Zhou Gucheng, the two instantly understood everything, understanding each other’s thoughts.

"Go, first save Xiong Ba!"

Zhou Yan said in a deep voice, his expression extremely grave.

The unknown dangers could make a Summoned suddenly become a Giant Bone Sky Demon, then go mad and attack Summoned.

If a Summoned were to transform into a Giant Bone Sky Demon, their combat power would increase tenfold or even a hundredfold. Previously ranked seventy or eighty thousand Gongcheng Qingyang, after transforming into a Giant Bone Sky Demon, could engage in countless rounds of battle with Zhou Gucheng, who was ranked in the top one hundred for combat power, and if a top one hundred Summoned became a Giant Bone Sky Demon, this would be a terrible disaster.

Moreover, among the top one hundred Summoned, Zhou Yan didn’t need to say because he already knew that there were people like Yanyan, Hou Chen, Sisi, Hou Ling’er, etc., who were definitely among this group.

If they encountered danger, the result would undoubtedly be extremely tragic.

Zhou Yan’s speed burst again, even more swiftly charging forward, his heart always thinking of that past, very shameless yet extremely loyal Stinky Dog Bear, Xiong Ba.

Of course, just as Zhou Gucheng thought, Zhou Yan was also aware of the terrible calamity within this unknown transformation. But there was one aspect that Zhou Yan thought of much deeper than Zhou Gucheng——the attacking style of the Giant Bone Sky Demon was strikingly similar to the Mantis’ ultimate killer move.

Especially when the Giant Bone Sky Demon’s skeletal hands suddenly produced a Destructive Aurora, resembling a simplified version of the Mantis’ dual-blade strike of Destruction.

Zhou Yan was not worried about the Summoned turning into Giant Bone Sky Demons; rather—he was concerned that the Giant Bone Sky Demons were the battle forms of the Summoned after their transformation!

If it were truly so, then all Summoned might be infected with the Mantis’ genes, turning the Giant Bone Sky Demon into their second battle form, which could mean that the perfect evolution of the Mantis had been ninety percent successfully achieved.

Thinking through this series of circumstances, Zhou Yan’s heart sank to the bottom.