Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1337 - 79: Xiong Ba

The world was devoid of light, shrouded in darkness.

The aura of the Netherworld was chaotic and fierce.

Xiong Ba, drenched in blood, watched in disbelief as his companion Liu Fusheng suddenly transformed into the Giant Bone Sky Demon and delivered a devastating strike against him.

With one hit, Liu Fusheng, who normally would be much weaker than Xiong Ba, sliced him in half at the waist, puncturing through half of his Soul Sea, nearly causing fatal injury.

Yet, Xiong Ba did not blame Liu Fusheng, his life-and-death friend, because Liu Fusheng had saved Xiong Ba from death many times. If Liu Fusheng intended to kill Xiong Ba, Xiong Ba would have been dead countless times over.

It was for this reason that Xiong Ba, several times more powerful than Liu Fusheng, did not have time to defend himself when Liu Fusheng unexpectedly launched a Destructive Strike.

The transformation was lightning-fast, quick enough to make one’s heart pound in horror, leaving no time to react.

Earlier, they had just been communicating harmoniously, cautiously facing the unknown dangers together, shoulder to shoulder, back to back.

But suddenly, Liu Fusheng shuddered, immediately transforming into the Giant Bone Sky Demon. Almost instantaneously upon completion of the transformation, he delivered a Destructive Strike to Xiong Ba.

If not for Xiong Ba’s terrifying instinctive sense of danger honed by cultivating the Yuan Magnetic Light Column and Netherworld Power, he would not have escaped direct death by the strike, without a shred of luck.

Xiong Ba attempted to use the Undying Rebirth Technique, but it restored only a sliver of his physical injuries. The severe wounds left him howling in pain, and what hurt him more was seeing his once life-and-death friend now fully transformed into the uncontrollable Giant Bone Sky Demon, completely losing his self-will.

Nobody understood better than Xiong Ba how strong and resilient the will of Liu Fusheng was, the man without talent or aptitude who still became a Summoned prodigy, yet even such a person turned into the Giant Bone Sky Demon.

The harshness of reality, in this case, was stifling, with no time to catch one’s breath.

"Liu Fusheng, wake up! Liu Fusheng, have you forgotten the life-and-death trials we’ve shared, and your promise to follow me in joining the Saint Master?"

Xiong Ba roared, his eyes reddening.

His body exuded a violent Blood Qi, swirling like a tornado around him. In this frenzied aura, Xiong Ba transformed into the Blast Bear form, a body as large as the Giant Bone Sky Demon, engulfed in fierce and savage flames.

"Liu Fusheng, wake up!"

Xiong Ba shouted angrily, but he dealt his blows with restraint, only managing to fend off the attacks from the Giant Bone Sky Demon each time.

However, the Giant Bone Sky Demon had no consciousness, only endless murderous intent.

Thus, Xiong Ba was once again severely wounded, sent flying away, in a dire situation.

And Xiong Ba’s eyes grew even redder, with blood flowing from his seven orifices.

"Xiong Ba, once transformed into the Giant Bone Sky Demon, Liu Fusheng has lost all willpower, becoming nothing but a machine of slaughter, a true slaughter puppet!"

Suddenly, a clear voice rang out, and a dashing young man in white appeared, launching a terrifying strike that temporarily repelled the ferocious Giant Bone Sky Demon.

Then, this young man inhaled deeply, and from his breath emerged a Jade Gourd, which expanded as it flew towards the Giant Bone Sky Demon, unleashing a unique Immortal Power.

"Psh—"

The Giant Bone Sky Demon suddenly executed an Immortal’s Destructive Strike, the Destructive Aurora released from its hand was earth-shattering, overwhelming the attack from the Jade Gourd.

"Huh? How can it be so strong? This is more than a thousand-fold increase in combat power!"

At this moment, the young man in white was also startled, his face bearing an extremely serious expression.

"Xiong Ba, your brother is already done for. If you don’t act, we’ll both surely die! Moreover, think about it, if he were to awaken and realize he killed you, how painful that would be! We’ve killed many Giant Bone Sky Demons, you know once someone becomes one, they’re beyond saving? More importantly, if we are infected by the Soul Power of the Giant Bone Sky Demon and our combat power increases a thousand-fold, then all Summoned will be done for!"

The young man wielding the Jade Gourd coldly reprimanded.

Xiong Ba’s heart trembled, realizing the truth in the words, and immediately his eyes steeled, unleashing an even stronger murderous intent as he charged at the Giant Bone Sky Demon.

Meanwhile, the young man with the Jade Gourd took several steps back, simultaneously taking out the Jade Gourd, spewing a mouthful of Essence Blood, and directed it at both Xiong Ba and the Giant Bone Sky Demon.

The Jade Gourd suddenly cracked open, revealing a terrifying black hole energy inside. This pitch-black Destruction Energy, filled with a dreadful Power of Devouring, instantly targeted the Giant Bone Sky Demon and Xiong Ba.

"Jiang Wannian, what are you doing?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

At this moment, Xiong Ba’s blood hair stood on end as a horrible Power of Death enveloped him, startling him greatly, and he shouted angrily.

"You’ve been severely wounded and possibly infected by the bizarre Soul Power of the Giant Bone Sky Demon. There’s no chance of survival. It’s better to hold the Giant Bone Sky Demon down and die by my hands to avoid harming others!"

Jiang Wannian replied indifferently.

"Shameless to the extreme!"

Xiong Ba roared in anger, but could only stare with wide eyes at the Destructive Devouring Black Hole without resistance.

It wasn’t just Xiong Ba; even the Giant Bone Sky Demon was suppressed by this terrifying Power of Devouring, losing the power to resist.

Yet, at this moment, a streak of black light carrying the Immortal Power of Purple Flame Sky Cutting suddenly shot towards the back of the young man in white’s head.

This terrifying decisive blow caused the attack from the Jade Gourd to tremble momentarily, naturally collapsing.

At the same time, the young man in white immediately turned back, using the Jade Gourd to spray out a black light to block that deadly strike.

However, the black light encountered the Immortal Strike of Sky Cutting, and instantly shattered. The young man in white shuddered violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The Sky Cutting Strike suddenly attacked in front of the young man in white, his eyes narrowed, his figure repeatedly dodging. But the Immortal Strike did not continue attacking; instead, it reversed direction, and instantly bombarded the Giant Bone Sky Demon.

Meanwhile, the swirling Purple Flame emitted intense heat, directly enveloping the body of the Giant Bone Sky Demon, causing its form to twist suddenly, burning fiercely all over.

"Hiss hiss hiss——"

As the Purple Flame burned, the flames grew even stronger. Eventually, within the flames, the Giant Bone Sky Demon was gradually refined and the crystalline white bones were shattered bit by bit.

When the Giant Bone Sky Demon was destroyed by Purple Flame Burning, an endless stream of crystal particles reformed into the figure of a handsome young man.

This young man was stark naked, his skin crystalline as jade, almost transparent, shimmering brightly.

However, his presence seemed like a phantom, appearing and disappearing at times.

"Liu Fusheng!"

Xiong Ba’s eyes turned blood-red, and he cried out mournfully.

"Xiong Ba, this person, is the Saint Master, isn’t he... Unfortunately, I... Liu Fusheng ultimately lacked some fortuitous encounters. This... this is fate."

Liu Fusheng said, his gaze holding a hint of relief as he looked at the black-robed youth who had saved him.

And this youth was none other than Zhou Yan, who had rushed over swiftly.

In terms of speed, Zhou Yan was very fast, with Zhou Gucheng and the others trailing several breaths behind.

Now, as Liu Fusheng gradually dissipated, Zhou Gucheng and the other two finally reached Zhou Yan’s side.

"Do not give up; I will use the Nirvana Profound Meaning to save——"

"Saint Master, there is no need. Although I can be revived from this death, I will inevitably die afterward as well. I, Liu Fusheng, have already understood the rules of Nine Origin Reincarnation, so there is no need for the Saint Master to waste Lifebound Soul Energy. This Nine Origin Reincarnation is a dead end, but both Xiong Ba and I believe that the Saint Master will undoubtedly bring hope and a future for the Human Clan by breaking this doomed destiny for those summoned who have hope in their hearts."

Liu Fusheng spoke, utterly indifferent to himself starting to shatter bit by bit.

Zhou Yan wished to deploy energy, but he knew there wasn’t much hope, which Zhou Yan understood in his heart. But he couldn’t just stand by and watch—not especially because this person was Xiong Ba’s brother, bonded by life.

But could he save him back? Zhou Yan also understood, even true immortality would likely be powerless.

Because after transforming into the Giant Bone Sky Demon, all Life Potential, everything, had been unleashed.

This was akin to all Emperor Patterns sealed within the Bloodline in the Soul Sea being fully activated. Without this sealing, during the frenzied slaughter of the Giant Bone Sky Demon, all of the potential would be squandered entirely.

And in this state, if the Giant Bone Sky Demon cannot kill a summoned one to devour energy, it will wither away on its own. Otherwise, it begins slaughtering the summoned ones, devouring them to become stronger. Ultimately, the body and Soul Sea will form the Giant Bone Sky Demon, becoming a truly immortal and invincible body, whose hardness even surpasses that of an Immortal Weapon!

Once it reaches this state, all summoned, will become nourishing elements in its mouth.

By the time Zhou Yan acted, Liu Fusheng had already given up on himself, disappearing through Transformation.

This was the powerful will of the summoned, who, after the destruction of the Giant Bone Sky Demon, can briefly awaken solely based on will, but that was the last bit of will, pure obsession.

This portion of obsession vanishes, and it will no longer exist completely.

Save? From where could this be saved?

"Brother Fusheng!"

Xiong Ba roared, tears of blood unknowingly streaming from his eyes.

Zhou Yan, Zhou Gucheng, and even Zhou Zheng and Gongcheng Qingwan stood silently at a distance.

On the other side, the heavily injured young man in white looked complicatedly at Zhou Yan, neither leaving nor attacking further.

After a moment of Xiong Ba’s agony, he gathered his emotions, with his wounds gradually recovering and his bloody marks receding.

Then, he directed a cold gaze at Jiang Wannian, yet said nothing.

After another moment, Xiong Ba shifted his gaze to Zhou Yan and the others.

"Saint Master."

Xiong Ba suppressed all emotions, respectfully calling out.

Zhou Yan nodded, saying, "These years, it’s remarkable you’ve come this far, it’s truly been tough."

"Compared to the hardship of the Saint Master, what hardship is this for me, Xiong Ba?"

Xiong Ba chuckled bitterly, yet stood honestly beside Zhou Yan.