126: Chapter 85 Slaying the Dying Golden Core Demon

"The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle is up there," the Nine-Tailed Fox said. "Its nest is in a cave at the cliff top."

"It is heavily injured. Its left wing was severed by Master Chonghe's Divine Ability, so it cannot fly. That Divine Ability contains a Dharma restriction, and no limb-regeneration technique can be effective against it."

"But its beak and claws are still intact. If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator gets close, it will be a dead end."

"Hahaha, go then."

Foxes are cunning, and Chen Xuan was secretly guarding against this fellow.

Chen Xuan then looked up at the cliff top.

Amidst the clouds and mist, a huge dark shadow could be vaguely seen.

That was the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle.

In his second life, it killed him.

In this life, he would kill it with his own hands.

Chen Xuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"You aren't going to attack?"

The Nine-Tailed Fox shook its head.

"Whether I attack or not, you are going to kill it anyway."

"If you die, I will just pretend I never saw you."

"If you kill it, the North will be mine."

"I don't need to take the risk."

Chen Xuan sneered.

"You are honest, at least."

The Nine-Tailed Fox grinned.

"The Fox Race never lies, we just don't tell the whole truth."

After saying this, it turned into white light and disappeared into the forest.

Liu Lili looked in the direction where it disappeared and frowned.

"Junior Brother, do you trust it?"

"No," Chen Xuan shook his head. "But what it said is a fact."

"The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle is up there; that is a fact."

"It is heavily injured; that is also a fact."

"As for what schemes the Nine-Tailed Fox has, that is a matter for later."

"Right now, I only want to kill the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle."

After Chen Xuan finished speaking, he leaped up and flew toward the cliff top.

Liu Lili gritted her teeth and followed behind him.

The wind at the cliff top was strong; the gale winds were like knives, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

Chen Xuan circulated his Dharma power, forming a protective shield on his body to block the gale winds.

His Divine Sense extended forward, locking onto the aura in the cave at the cliff top.

It was a colossal creature, over ten zhang in size, covered in gray-black feathers. Its left wing was half-severed, and blood was still seeping from the wound.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle.

Its Golden Core Middle Stage aura, though weakened by its injuries, was still as thick as a mountain.

Chen Xuan landed on the cliff top and drew his sword.

The Bright Moon Sword hummed clearly in the gale winds.

Liu Lili stood behind him, Bright Moon Sword Qi ready to strike.

In the cave, the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle opened its eyes.

They were a pair of blood-colored slit pupils, cold as frost, staring at Chen Xuan.

"Human Race."

Its voice was low and hoarse, like stones grinding together.

"Court death."

Chen Xuan did not waste words.

Sword Dao Thunder Sound.

A true Golden Core method!

Nine sword lights differentiated and transformed into nine thunderbolts, sealing off the changes in heaven and earth, slashing toward the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle.

Each sword light contained the thick Dharma power of Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, with power comparable to the Peak of Foundation Establishment.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle did not dodge.

Its right wing suddenly spread out, the feathers at the wingtips sharp as steel knives, sweeping toward the sword lights.

The sword lights collided with the feathered wings, exploding into clusters of spiritual light.

Three sword lights were shattered by the feathered wings, and the remaining six slashed onto the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle, leaving six shallow bloodstains.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle let out a hiss.

Its body suddenly expanded, and Demonic Qi surged out like a tide, enveloping the entire cliff top.

Its blood-colored slit pupils stared at Chen Xuan, exclaiming:

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator, how can you possibly hurt me?"

"Go to hell!"

A Golden Core cannot be humiliated!

It opened its beak, and a cyan wind blade flew out from the depths of its throat, heading straight for Chen Xuan.

The wind blade was extremely fast, reaching him in the blink of an eye.

Chen Xuan dodged to the side, the wind blade grazing his cheek and slashing into the rock behind him.

The rock was cut in two, the cross-section as smooth as a mirror.

Liu Lili's Bright Moon Sword Qi slashed toward the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's severed wing.

The Sword Qi landed on the wound, and the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle let out a painful hiss.

Its left wing was its fatal weakness.

Chen Xuan saw it.

He changed his sword technique, and the nine sword lights merged into one.

Nine Heavens Unity.

The Sword Qi was like a rainbow, heading straight for the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's severed wing.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's right wing swept over, trying to block this strike.

But Chen Xuan's sword was faster.

The Sword Qi slashed onto the wound of the severed wing, and blood splashed everywhere.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle let out a shrill hiss, its body stumbling backward and crashing into the cliff wall.

Debris flew everywhere.

Its eyes turned red.

The ferocity of the Golden Core Yao Beast was completely ignited.

Demonic Qi condensed on its body, turning into a layer of cyan scales that covered its entire body.

At the wound of the severed wing, flesh and blood squirmed, actually healing slowly.

Although heavily injured, that aura pressed down with terrifying intensity.

Chen Xuan's pupils shrank slightly.

The recovery ability of the Yao Beast was stronger than he had anticipated.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's beak opened again.

This time, it was not one wind blade.

Three cyan wind blades flew in a character-shaped formation, blocking all of Chen Xuan's retreat paths.

Chen Xuan did not retreat.

His sword light differentiated into nine, and the nine sword lights slashed out simultaneously, shredding the three wind blades.

Then he leaped up, his sword tip pointing directly at the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's eye.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's right wing swept across.

Chen Xuan forcibly turned in mid-air, stepped on the wingtip, and used the force to leap up.

His sword tip pierced into the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's right eye.

Blood gushed out.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle let out an earth-shattering hiss, its body twisting wildly, throwing Chen Xuan away.

Chen Xuan turned in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground.

His sword was still dripping with blood.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's right eye was already blinded.

It went berserk.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle went berserk.

Terrifying pressure instantly swept across the world.

Its right eye was bleeding profusely, the blood color in its left eye became even more intense, and Demonic Qi surged out from its body like a volcanic eruption, causing the entire cliff top to tremble.

Chen Xuan retreated immediately after landing.

But while his speed was fast, the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's speed was even faster.

Its right wing swept over, the feathers at the wingtips like steel knives, bringing with them a piercing sound of breaking air.

Chen Xuan had no time to dodge and could only block horizontally with his sword.

The wingtip collided with the sword body, and the immense force sent him flying.

He tumbled in the air several times, crashing into the cliff wall and smashing a deep crater.

Debris fell from above, hitting his shoulder.

Chen Xuan gritted his teeth and struggled out of the cliff wall.

The web between his thumb and index finger had already split, and blood was dripping down the sword hilt.

The old injury on his left arm was throbbing with pain.

Liu Lili's Bright Moon Sword Qi slashed from the side toward the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's neck.

The Sword Qi landed on the feathers, leaving only shallow white marks.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle did not even look at her.

With a wave of its right wing, the gale winds were like knives, blowing Liu Lili away along with her sword.

She fell to the ground, rolled several times before stopping, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Senior Sister," Chen Xuan called out.

"I'm fine," Liu Lili stood up, leaning on her sword, her face pale.

The Cloud-Swallowing Eagle did not give them a chance to catch their breath.

Its beak opened, and a wind blade thicker than the previous ones condensed into shape, with cyan electric arcs flickering on its surface.

This strike contained all the Demonic power of its Golden Core Middle Stage.

Chen Xuan felt the aura of death.

His Dharma Eye was operating frantically, trying to find the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle's weakness.

But a Golden Core Yao Beast is a Golden Core Yao Beast.

Even with a severed wing, even with one eye blinded, even with heavy injuries, its Demonic power was still not something a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could contend with.

This was the gap in Realm.

What did it matter if he had Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?

What did it matter if he had Nine-Turn Steaming Sea Foundation?

Foundation Establishment is, after all, Foundation Establishment.

Golden Core is, after all, Golden Core.