123: Chapter 123 All the Trump Cards Revealed! The Demon King's Sacrifice and the Retrospective of Death!

Han Ji's icy radiance surged, forming layers of ice walls in an attempt to block your Sword Intent.

But your Universe Sword Intent was specialized in breaking defenses; the ice walls shattered upon contact, proving useless.

"Lingge—!"

A shrill cry pierced the clouds.

Lie Yan's eyes suddenly became bloodshot.

The fifth round of combined demonic energy he had been brewing to its peak was crushed by his own hand.

The violent backlash of demonic energy burned through his protective aura.

Ignoring the backlash, he whirled around.

A sonic boom tore through the air.

Monstrous demonic flames rolled outward.

The hundred-foot fire phoenix behind him let out a piercing shriek. With a beat of its wings, the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius was forcibly drained, transforming the area into a vacuum of fire.

He abandoned the heavily injured Immortal Chiyang, ignored the flying swords whistling towards his back, and completely gave up on the front line.

Bearing the supreme pressure of a runaway Nascent Soul Great Perfection, Lie Yan lunged straight at you!

It was too fast.

So fast that the interception attempts by Immortal Chiyang, Immortal Elder Lingxu, Ling Qingmeng, and the others were overturned by this brute force the moment they began.

You gripped your sword hilt tightly, facing the incoming scorching fire phoenix.

The extreme killing intent of a Nascent Soul Great Perfection locked down the space within ten feet of you.

Your protective aura began to vaporize the instant it made contact.

Your skin cracked inch by inch, and the seeping blood droplets were evaporated before they could even fall.

You did not retreat.

Behind you was the heavily injured Han Ji; there was nowhere left to retreat.

Your consciousness raced; that last combo had drained your explosive power.

Your main attack skill, Thirteen Gale Strikes, had entered cooldown.

To take it head-on meant certain death, your burst damage was gone, and your escape route was blocked.

Your thoughts sank into your sea of consciousness; thirty breaths had passed.

"Demonic Fire Burning Spirit Seal!"

Lie Yan pressed his palms together, forcibly extracting half of the origin demonic energy from his body.

The crimson demonic fire was crazily compressed into a fist-sized fire seal. The demonic patterns on its surface were chaotic, and the high temperature burned the very light, creating a distortion.

The fire seal left his hand, curling with deathly energy as it struck straight at your heart.

Shift Image!

In this inescapable dead end, your body dissipated on the spot.

An afterimage, with spiritual energy fluctuations and breathing frequency identical to yours, condensed out of thin air, nailed firmly in place to take this finishing move for you!

A heavy blow pierced the air.

The Demonic Fire Burning Spirit Seal hit true.

The afterimage, along with the surrounding space, instantly evaporated. Airwaves surged wildly, and shattered rocks melted into magma, spraying in all directions.

The very instant the afterimage was destroyed, your true body moved.

Phantom Raid!

Using the cover of the firelight and the collapsing space, you timed the split second when Lie Yan's vision was obstructed and slipped into the void.

You only had one breath of invisibility.

Relying entirely on your physical explosion, you swept silently across the ground, escaping to behind a massive shattered rock thirty feet away.

Lie Yan's attack missed, and his scarlet pupils constricted sharply.

At the center of the explosion, there was no blood mist.

It was a substitute.

He forcibly reversed his massive, charging body, spread his divine sense, and changed direction to search for your aura.

It was this forced pause and turn that left his back wide open.

In the distance, Immortal Chiyang's eyes erupted with fanaticism.

His broken limbs trembled crazily, and he swallowed the agony of his severed meridians.

Nascent Soul Great Perfection against Nascent Soul Great Perfection, and his back was completely undefended.

This was the opportunity you had bought for him with your life.

"Crimson Flame True Fire Seal! Die, you bastard!!!"

Immortal Chiyang let out a wild roar, recklessly igniting his life essence blood.

The remaining spiritual energy mixed with essence blood flooded into his arms. A blinding crimson-gold Dharma seal, carrying the final trump card of his life's cultivation, slammed fiercely into Lie Yan's back!

A thunderous sound pierced the ears—!!

The grade-five demonic armor on Lie Yan shone with a shrill light, absorbing eighty percent of the killing force before shattering.

The remaining twenty percent smashed firmly through his internal organs.

His protective demonic fire collapsed.

The demonic core within Lie Yan's chest vibrated violently, and he spat out a mouthful of black-red demonic blood.

He was knocked back over ten feet, stumbling.

He did not use the momentum to escape; instead, following the force of the impact, he lunged straight at Han Ji.

He wrapped a single arm around the female demon whose back had been pierced by your thirteen swords, forcibly formed a seal, protected both of them with demonic fire, and turned to flee into the demonic clouds.

"Trying to leave?"

Ling Qingmeng's face was as thin as paper.

She forcibly drained all of her lightning origin, pushing her hands forward ferociously.

"Thunder-Binding Lock!"

Two thick, silver-white chains wrapped in violent lightning coiled around Lie Yan's legs and Han Ji's waist.

Demonic fire and lightning clashed and pulled, emitting a sizzling explosion.

It could only hold them for half a breath.

That was enough.

You pushed off the ground from behind the shattered rock and erupted forward.

Thirteen Gale Strikes was on cooldown; Phantom Raid was on cooldown.

You stepped out with the Seven Star Gang Steps, and forty-eight top-grade silk array patterns flew out from your sleeves.

Spider Web Array, rise.

Layers upon layers of spiritual silk completely locked down the space within three feet.

The array formation emitted cracking sounds under the frantic struggle of the Demon King Lie Yan.

It would hold for at most one breath.

Immortal Chiyang dragged his broken body and threw himself forward.

He compressed the broken physical strength of his Nascent Soul Great Perfection to the limit and slammed a fist fiercely into Han Ji's sunken chest.

"Crack—!"

Han Ji's cracked demonic core shattered completely.

"Lingxi Finger!"

You seized the half-breath gap while Lie Yan was distracted protecting his wife, and the spiritual energy in your right index finger compressed crazily.

A highly condensed beam of spiritual light pierced through the air, crossed the gap in the shattered grade-five demonic armor, and stabbed into Lie Yan's dantian.

The demonic core vibrated again.

Lie Yan's knees went weak, and black blood gushed out.

Immortal Elder Lingxu's Nascent Soul flying sword arrived, pinning his qi.

Ling Qingmeng's lightning silk coiled tighter and tighter, regardless of the cost.

Qin Yao, sitting on the ground, threw her flying sword with her only remaining right hand, sealing Lie Yan's last half-step of retreat.

The net of heaven and earth closed in.

Lie Yan gave up on struggling.

He did not counterattack; he simply lowered his head, looking at Han Ji, whose life force had been severed in his arms.

Han Ji lifted her blood-stained hand with difficulty, her fingertips trembling as she touched his cheek.

"Lingge... it hurts..."

Lie Yan closed his eyes and held that hand.

"Don't be afraid."

When he opened his eyes, only gray despair remained.

A warning sign blared.

Greased Soles—retreat!!

It was too late.

"Self-destruct! Retreat—!!!" Immortal Chiyang's facial muscles twitched as he roared.

Lie Yan exerted force in his palm, crushing his own demonic core.

The full energy of a Nascent Soul Great Perfection, along with the remaining Nascent Soul demonic energy of Han Ji, created a terrifying resonance within their bodies.

Then, both detonated.

Life-bound companions, living together, dying together.

A blinding, pure white light immediately engulfed the world.

You frantically mobilized all array formations and spiritual energy to guard your heart meridian.

It was futile.

Before the power of absolute destruction, all defenses were pierced through.

Your consciousness was erased by the endless high temperature.

—

This simulation has ended.

Cause of death: Self-destruction of a Nascent Soul Great Perfection Demon King, total annihilation.

Age at death: Sixty-two.

The light screen extinguished suddenly.

Shen Ji stared at the darkened panel, motionless.

Outside the window, the moonlight shone on his twenty-nine-year-old face.

The tea by his hand had gone cold.

A long time passed.

"Life-bound companions, living together, dying together... a good strategy."

He had previously deduced thousands of endings.

He forced Han Ji into a dead end, and Lie Yan finally returned to defend.

That action had nothing to do with defense.

He was being martyred.

Shen Ji closed his eyes, rapidly rewinding every detail of the entire battle in his mind.

This death had exchanged for the most crucial intelligence.

He hadn't seen the real Demon Emperor Lietian.

But the trump cards of the four Nascent Soul great demons had been thoroughly uncovered.

Next round.

I will prepare a dead end for you all.

The light screen lit up again.

The settlement page appeared line by line.

Settling this simulation...

Cultivation inherited: Mid Golden Core Stage. Locked.

Inheriting traits...

Settling...