Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 444 - 395: Reversal! Restart!

Learning how Qi Xiu had broken the Blood Fiend Curse Killing Skill, the Celestial Demon’s face turned even darker and uglier.

Reverse oneself! Trace back and restart!

This was an extremely advanced application of the Power of Chrono Light, something that only a tiny minority of Primordial Spirit Bosses could master. How could this Blood-Stained junior cultivator use it so skillfully? Damn it, this guy couldn’t be a reincarnated Primordial Spirit Boss, could he?

Shocked by the means Qi Xiu used to decipher the Blood Fiend Curse Killing Skill, the Celestial Demon had already acknowledged that this young Daoist before him was definitely not a cultivator of the Blood-Stained Realm.

"Boss, how about we make a deal? Let’s stop fighting here. If we continue, I’m afraid we both might end up badly injured."

Deeply suspecting that Qi Xiu might be a reincarnated Primordial Spirit Boss, the Celestial Demon had no more thoughts of fighting. Addressing him as ’Boss,’ he started to soften.

Now all he wanted was to bolt as fast and far as he could, getting far away from this god of death. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Both end up badly injured? I don’t feel that way."

Qi Xiu had used the Hunyuan Palace to trace back and restart, completely erasing the influence of the Blood Fiend Curse Killing Skill. He then stepped out from the Hunyuan Palace, the Haotian Mirror in his hand shining brilliantly.

Under the illumination of the Haotian Mirror’s Light, the Celestial Demon’s demise was just a matter of time.

Both end up badly injured? On what grounds?

Seeing that Qi Xiu refused to stop, the Celestial Demon clenched his teeth in hatred. Although he wished to flay this Daoist alive and feast on his flesh and marrow, at this moment, he could only speak softly, "Then what do you want for you to stop? Killing me won’t bring you much benefit."

"Hmm, how about this? You hand over the method of that evolved Avatar to me, and I’ll let you live. How does that sound?"

After a moment’s thought, Qi Xiu made his offer.

He was indeed interested in the Avatar technique that the Celestial Demon had just used.

This technique was quite similar to his Divine Marvel of turning fiction into reality.

But to create an Avatar of himself using the Divine Marvel, he’d probably need to be at least at the Tenth Realm level to do it.

Whereas the technique the Celestial Demon had just used clearly didn’t have such major restrictions.

Damn, this kid really knows his stuff!

Cursing inwardly, the Celestial Demon was very unwilling to hand over this Secret Technique of the Celestial Demon tribe to Qi Xiu, but given the current situation, he didn’t have much choice.

"Fine! But you have to swear on your Dao Heart first. After I give you the method, you must not attack me again. Of course, this king will also stay far away from you."

After some hesitation, the Celestial Demon agreed.

Secret Techniques were precious, but compared to his own life, survival was more important.

Still, just to be on the safe side, he suggested that Qi Xiu swear on his Dao Heart. This was to prevent Qi Xiu from betraying him after obtaining the Secret Technique—a classic case of ’killing the donkey once the grinding is done’ or ’burning the bridge once crossed.’

"Of course."

Nodding lightly, Qi Xiu’s mouth curled into a small smile as he agreed.

The Celestial Demon watched Qi Xiu swear on his Dao Heart. Qi Xiu vowed not to pursue him after obtaining the Secret Technique, on pain of Dao Heart fragmentation if he broke his word. The Celestial Demon then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At least, my life seems to have been spared.

With a face full of unwillingness, the Celestial Demon tore open his abdomen and took out five yellowed scrolls of skin paper used to evolve the Avatar earlier.

"This is the skin paper needed to perform the Heaven Demon Skinning Great Skill. To use this technique, one must first paint their own likeness on this skin paper with their own essence blood. Then, by activating it with a Spell, the Avatar can be manifested. The power of the Avatar is half of the original, and it lasts for twelve Hours."

As he spoke, the Celestial Demon tossed the yellowed skin paper to Qi Xiu.

Taking the cold, slippery paper that radiated a faintly eerie aura, Qi Xiu raised an eyebrow. "So, to use the Heaven Demon Skinning Skill, you have to use this skin paper as a medium. Once the skin paper is used up, the technique can’t be used anymore?"

"Hehe, exactly." A sly grin appeared on the Celestial Demon’s face, his eyes gleaming with cunning.

Only my Celestial Demon tribe knows how to make this special paper. You only asked me to pass on the method of the Heaven Demon Skinning Great Skill to you, but you didn’t ask about how to make the skin paper.

"You’re quite the sly one."

Looking at the Celestial Demon’s triumphant expression, Qi Xiu wasn’t angry, simply saying, "What about the key instructions for the technique?"

Having tricked Qi Xiu with the skin paper medium, the Celestial Demon was feeling victorious. In a good mood, he readily passed on the Spells and key instructions for the Heaven Demon Skinning Great Skill to Qi Xiu.

Quietly memorizing the key instructions of this Secret Technique, and watching the method take shape on the proficiency panel, Qi Xiu slowly nodded his head and looked up at the Celestial Demon.

"You Celestial Demon, you’re somewhat clever, but your memory seems to be lacking."

At Qi Xiu’s comment about his poor memory, the Celestial Demon felt baffled, and a sudden bad premonition rose within him.

Could it be...

Seemingly realizing something, the Celestial Demon’s face changed drastically, and he roared at Qi Xiu, "You damn cheat!"

"You’re allowed to cheat, but I’m not? Now we’re even."

The Hunyuan Palace descended once again. Qi Xiu, hovering in midair with his robes billowing, manifested [Breath of Creation].

The flow of Chrono Light reversed! Trace back and restart!

Your opponent has retracted an oath.

"FUCK! That’s so fucking shameless!"

With a wrenching scream, the Celestial Demon watched in fury as Qi Xiu simply retracted the oath he had made using the power to trace back. He was about to explode with rage.

Who the hell even knew you could do that!

Withdrawing the oath he had made, Qi Xiu’s smile gradually faded. Casting his eyes downward, he looked down upon the hysterical Celestial Demon, who was ready to make his desperate move.

Haotian Mirror!

A terrifying Cultivation, vast and boundless, flowed instantly into the Magical Treasure in his hand. In an instant, the Haotian Mirror hummed lightly, its boundless white light spreading over a hundred miles.

"I’ll fight you to the end!"

At this life-and-death moment, the killing intent within the Celestial Demon completely erupted.

Blood burst from the corners of his eyes. He burned his origin to the fullest in an all-out attempt to vanquish the extremely vile Daoist before him.

An endless tide of blood surged upward, carrying with it dark and ominous demonic powers. The Celestial Demon swam against the current. The surging, tainted blood, along with the Daoist Spirit tearing through the endless void, resembled a Blood Sea rolling toward Qi Xiu.

"Like an egg striking a rock."

Qi Xiu’s indifferent voice reached the Celestial Demon’s ears, driving the creature from Outside the Domain completely insane.

You motherfucker, a Blood-Stained Realm cultivator dares to say that I, a Dao Body Realm entity, am like an egg striking a rock! Is there no justice left in this world!

Yet all the methods the Celestial Demon had employed previously had failed to affect Qi Xiu, to the point he was even willing to offer his clan’s Secret Techniques in exchange for a chance to escape.

Now, even as he revived all his strength, his struggles were but futile before his inevitable defeat.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—

The vast and boundless Blood Sea crashed madly against the pure and flawless, brilliantly shining Haotian Mirror.

Yet, this seemingly fragile mirror stood like a heavenly chasm, blocking all the powers mustered by the Celestial Demon.

"I can’t accept this! I just cannot!"

With a long, sorrowful howl, the Celestial Demon’s face was streaked with tears of blood. Had he fallen at the hands of an equal, he would not have harbored such resentment.

But his opponent was merely of the Blood-Stained Realm.

"You must be masquerading! You must be!"

With half his body already disintegrated by the Haotian Mirror’s Light, the one-eyed Celestial Demon, as if possessed, kept demanding answers from Qi Xiu, hoping for the answer he sought.

Facing the now deranged Celestial Demon, Qi Xiu’s eyes shifted slightly as he delivered the final blow, "I, Qi, swear upon my Dao Heart: I am indeed a cultivator of the Blood-Stained Realm."

"You!"

This final psychological blow, a strike to the spirit after the body, drove the Celestial Demon to complete madness. Hearing Qi Xiu’s oath upon his Dao Heart, the Celestial Demon yelled incoherently until he completely dissolved under the illumination of the Haotian Mirror’s Light, reducing to a puddle of dirty blood and disappearing without a trace.

As he watched the Celestial Demon perish, Qi Xiu swept the Haotian Mirror into his sleeve and let out a long breath.

"Even just half a Dao Body Realm takes quite the effort to kill."

Musing over the battle that had just taken place with the Celestial Demon, Qi Xiu gently fondled the Golden Cry Jade Beads on his wrist.

Although the Celestial Demon was of the Dao Body Realm, due to the limitations of the Heavenly Dao, he had the power of the Dao Body Realm but not the corresponding Realm.

He could only be considered half a Dao Body Realm.

This was evident from the fact that he could only barely motivate the Daoist Spirit to attack. Furthermore, he was incapable of performing the signature techniques of the Dao Body Realm: Law of Heaven and Earth and the equivalent manifestation technique.

Otherwise, either of those techniques would have presented a considerable challenge to him.

"The path of cultivation is far from complete; the struggle continues."

Whispering encouragement to himself, Qi Xiu turned slightly. His eyes flashed purple, and his figure instantly disappeared, following the residual aura of the Bone Staff Elder through the void.

「In the desolate and dilapidated Valley of Deceased Gods, amidst a field of strangely growing grass.」

"The Celestial Demon is dead?!"

Clutching a Compass crafted from an odd Bone Armor, the Bone Staff Elder, who had been incessantly fiddling with it using slender, gaunt fingers, suddenly stiffened.

Amidst the shock to his consciousness, he collapsed to the ground, the Compass tumbling from his grasp.

"That Daoist was really of the Primordial Spirit Realm!"

As the spellcaster, the Bone Staff Elder naturally sensed the Celestial Demon’s death. He also clearly felt that the Celestial Demon had fallen at the hands of that young Daoist.

Who else could slay a Celestial Demon of the Dao Body Realm in such a short time?

No need to ask; aside from a Primordial Spirit Boss, no one else could achieve it.

It’s over. All is lost.

His hopes were in ruination, his spirit like dead ashes. Recalling the young Daoist’s words, "You’re next," from his previous escape, the Elder shook. His eyes rolled back, and the thought of ending his own life swiftly crossed his mind.

No way! Committing suicide would trigger the constraints Mr. Li had set, resulting in a fate worse than soul dispersion.

Coming back to his senses in time, the Bone Staff Elder quickly discarded the thought of suicide. He began rapidly considering ways to resolve the current situation.

Listening to the pounding of his heart, the palms gripping the bone staff were already drenched with sweat.

The only course of action now is to complete the tasks given by Mr. Li as quickly as possible. Perhaps the restriction Mr. Li had placed within me, seeing that I completed the assignment, might spare a wisp of my soul and prevent complete soul dispersion, leaving not even dregs behind.

After much thought, this seemed to be the only way to preserve a final glimmer of hope for himself. The Bone Staff Elder stooped to pick up the Bone Armor Compass that had fallen just before. He wiped his sweaty palms on his clothes, then resumed his calculations and divinations.

As the Bone Staff Elder continued manipulating the Bone Armor Compass, something happened. In the center of this eerie field of grass, a stone door slowly rose through the soil, towering before him. It was laden with the ravages of time and countless sword marks, both deep and shallow.

Found it!

Upon seeing the stone door appear, the Bone Staff Elder’s face erupted with elation.

But the next moment, a calm and indifferent voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.

"What’s got you so happy?"