Demon Saint with Red Eyes, died
This person was named "Chi Tong," one of the three Body Integration Stage Demon Saints stationed within the Sect, responsible for mopping up the remaining Disciples!
The news of Ling Juexiao and the Mahayana Yao God's departure was merely a lure he had deliberately spread!
The purpose was to draw out those like Xu Nuo who harbored wishful thinking and attempted to rescue other fellow Disciples!
Those injured Disciples were nothing more than bait he had meticulously arranged to attract prey!
"The Personal Disciple of the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion... the taste must be quite good."
Chi Tong Demon Saint licked his lips, his vertical pupils flickering with cruel and greedy light, and the pressure of the Body Integration Stage crushed toward Xu Nuo like a mountain!
Xu Nuo's face turned pale instantly. Under this terrifying pressure, she felt as if her internal organs were about to shatter. Her knees felt like they weighed a thousand jin, threatening to make her kneel, so she hurriedly brought out her Magic Treasure to barely support herself.
The Nascent Soul Perfection Stage and the Early Integration Stage were worlds apart!
Even with a Magic Treasure in hand, it could only resist the pressure for a moment; surviving was almost impossible.
She had almost no chance to even struggle!
A sense of despair welled up in her heart.
She was not afraid of death, but she hated that she had failed to rescue her fellow Disciples and had instead fallen into a treacherous trap.
Just then, a figure appeared beside her without any warning.
Following that, a warm and powerful hand quietly grasped her hand, which was somewhat cold from gripping the sword hilt tightly.
Xu Nuo's delicate body trembled violently. She turned her head, and what met her eyes was that familiar face—Chen Yuan!
"How... could it be you?"
Xu Nuo's cold voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling, and her beautiful eyes were filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.
"The Four Great Sects... aren't they arriving in three days..."
Wasn't it said that it would take at least seven days for the Four Great Sects to consolidate their armies and set out?
How could he appear here?
And in this core dangerous area of the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion!
Chen Yuan looked at her pale yet still stubborn face, feeling a pang in his heart. He tightened his grip on her hand, giving her a reassuring look, his voice steady and firm:
"Don't ask so much. With me here, it's fine."
His appearance also caused the pupils of the Chi Tong Demon Saint above to constrict.
"Hmm? A Human Race Cultivator? Void Returning Early Stage?"
Chi Tong Demon Saint scanned Chen Yuan with his Divine Sense, first surprised, then revealing a disdainful, sinister grin.
"A mere Void Returning Early Stage, and you dare to come here to die? Perfect, today I shall have a feast and taste the heart and liver of a brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!"
Facing the sinister grin and monstrous Yao power of the Chi Tong Demon Saint, Chen Yuan's eyes were indifferent. He did not say much, instead leaping ten thousand meters into the sky, feigning an attempt to flee.
Chi Tong Demon Saint, thinking Chen Yuan was trying to escape, hurriedly gave chase.
The reason Chen Yuan did this was for fear that the coming battle would implicate Xu Nuo.
Seeing the Chi Tong Demon Saint was less than three chi away, he turned around, his expression as calm as an ancient well.
This gaze fell into the eyes of the Chi Tong Demon Saint, and for some reason, it made his skin crawl.
With a thought from Chen Yuan, a brilliant, dazzling golden sun radiating magnificent Divine Might rose abruptly behind him!
That was the manifestation of his Primordial Spirit. Wherever the light reached, even the pressure of the Chi Tong Demon Saint's Body Integration Stage was forcibly diluted!
The Primordial Spirit instantly transformed into a crimson sword beam, slashing directly toward the center of the Chi Tong Demon Saint's brow.
"What?!"
The sinister grin on the Chi Tong Demon Saint's face froze instantly, and for the first time, a look of shock and suspicion appeared in his vertical pupils.
This Primordial Spirit strength... is absolutely not something a Void Returning Early Stage Cultivator could possess!
This strike contained Chen Yuan's Half-Step Sword Saint Dao intent; its power had already surpassed the scope of the Void Returning realm, reaching directly toward the Middle Stage of the Body Integration Stage!
The scales all over the Chi Tong Demon Saint's body stood on end, and a feeling of fatal crisis instantly enveloped his entire body!
He could no longer bother maintaining that composed posture; he let out a roar, his Yao Qi exploded wildly, his body expanded in an instant, revealing a part of his Yao Beast true form.
He looked like a giant lizard-like Yao Beast covered in dark red scales with a single horn on its head!
He raised his sharp claws covered in thick scales, carrying monstrous Yao fire, and fiercely grabbed at that Primordial Spirit sword beam!
"Boom—!!!"
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering loud noise echoed in the valley!
The collision at the level of the Primordial Spirit was silent, yet it caused the reality of space to vibrate violently!
Below, Xu Nuo hurriedly flashed in front of the group of injured Disciples, bringing out her Magic Treasure to resist the terrifying aftermath.
Above, the Chi Tong Demon Saint's massive Yao body shook violently, the scales on his claws shattering inch by inch, dripping with blood!
He was sent flying hundreds of zhang backward by the terrifying power contained within the sword beam, smashing fiercely into the ten-thousand-zhang mountain wall behind him!
He struggled to crawl out of the human-shaped crater, a trickle of dark red blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his vertical pupils filled with unbelievable horror and rage!
"Impossible! You are only at the Void Returning Early Stage! How could you possess such powerful Primordial Spirit strength?!"
He roared, his voice carrying a trace of trembling he himself did not notice.
Had he not reacted in time just now, revealing part of his true form and blocking with his strongest Yao Qi, his Primordial Spirit and Physical Body would likely have been damaged!
Below, Xu Nuo had long been stunned, her beautiful eyes shimmering with brilliance.
She knew Chen Yuan's talent was peerless, but she never imagined that in such a short time, his strength had become this terrifying!
A cultivation of the Void Returning Early Stage could actually force back and even injure a Body Integration Stage Demon Saint in one strike?!
The injured Disciples who were originally waiting for death in despair now struggled to lift their heads, the light of hope reigniting in their eyes.
Chen Yuan, however, turned a deaf ear to the Chi Tong Demon Saint's shock.
The fusion of Primordial Spirit and Dao of the sword—how could a mere Yao Race understand it?
Having succeeded in one strike, he did not stop. His hands quickly formed seals, and the vast spiritual power within his body, comparable to the Body Integration Stage, surged out like a breached flood!
"Taixu Divine Derivation Technique!"
A gorgeous, dazzling golden divine rainbow burst from his fingertips, traversing the long sky!
Wherever the divine rainbow passed, space twisted, crashing toward the Chi Tong Demon Saint who had just steadied himself.
The Chi Tong Demon Saint had just suffered the Primordial Spirit impact, his blood energy still turbulent. Seeing this golden divine rainbow, which was even more powerful than before, approach, his soul nearly left his body in terror!
He roared madly, his single horn and claws simultaneously lighting up with blinding blood-colored light, condensing into a thick blood-colored light shield to block in front of him!
"Block it for this Saint!"
The Taixu Divine Rainbow smashed fiercely onto the blood-colored light shield!
"Crack... Boom!"
The blood-colored light shield only held for an instant before shattering inch by inch like fragile glass!
The Chi Tong Demon Saint let out a miserable howl. His protective Yao Qi was instantly torn apart, his massive Yao body was sent flying again, his scales were broken, and blood gushed like a fountain from wounds all over!
He was already severely injured!
Chen Yuan's eyes were cold; his intent to kill was decided.
He took a step, his figure appearing like a ghost above the Chi Tong Demon Saint who was still flying backward. He clenched his right fist, and a terrifying Fist Intent that would destroy the Nine Heavens and cause all things to return to nothingness condensed upon it!
"Nine Heavens Destruction Fist!"
With one punch thrown, it felt as if even heaven and earth would return to Chaos under this strike!
"No—!!!"
The Chi Tong Demon Saint let out a roar of despair and unwillingness, desperately driving his remaining Yao Qi to try and resist.
However, in front of the Saint-tier Cultivation Technique Nine Heavens Destruction Fist, all his resistance was futile!
The fist force reached his body, and the Demon Saint's body exploded instantly, perishing along with his Divine Sense.
A Body Integration Stage Demon Saint was thus destroyed in body and soul!
Inside the valley, there was dead silence.
Only a light breeze stirred the dust on the ground, and the heavy breathing of the few injured Disciples could be heard.
Xu Nuo watched Chen Yuan, who was slowly descending from the sky, his robes fluttering, unstained by dust. In her cold eyes, there was shock, gratitude, and a hint of indescribable palpitation.