Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 284: The Fourfold Change, Demonic Trace of Heaven and Earth

If it was an ordinary cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage of the Dingzhang World, if he took the full-strength attack of the old demon Ren Qianqiu head-on without any magic weapon, he would definitely die and would be burned to ashes on the spot without leaving any bones.

This old devil used his seven disciples to refine three demon bodies: Blood Shadow, Yin Body, and Bone Demon. Each of them can be regarded as a magic treasure close to the sixth-rank top grade. They are also connected with his own aura and the magic formulas are in line with his own. Except for being easier to backfire, they are almost infinitely powerful and miraculous.

But the white-clothed tree demon is a sixth-rank demon. Her body is equivalent to an extremely powerful magic weapon. A sixth-rank demon king can refine multiple magic weapons for himself to protect himself like immortal cultivators, but he can also focus on cultivating his own body. Those with strong innate bloodlines can easily dominate the world with it.

This is why Nascent Soul cultivators dare not easily provoke sixth-order demon kings. The wisdom and comprehension of these demon kings are no less than that of humans. In addition, after thousands of years of cultivation, their accumulation of experience is even greater than that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. Very few of them are easy to deal with.

In addition, there is the issue of the Taoist system. An ordinary Yuanying early stage cultivator from the Dingzhang World cannot resist it. But if it were a Yuanying early stage cultivator from the Tongxuan World, he might be able to resist it, or even be on equal terms with him in a short period of time.

This is because the Nascent Soul cultivators who inherited the Taoist tradition of the Tongxuan Great World absorbed the Earthly Evils and Heavenly Gangs between heaven and earth during the process of cultivation to make up for their own innate abilities and cultivate a ray of the most refined and pure magical power, the Golden Elixir Qi. This magical power will not dissipate after being promoted to the Nascent Soul realm, and its power will be greatly enhanced, which is equivalent to having one more natal magic weapon than the cultivators of the same realm in the Dingzhang Great World, which is extremely powerful in resisting disasters and protecting the Dao.

Of course, at present, there seems to be only one Nascent Soul cultivator, Taoist Huang Longzi, in the entire Tongxuan World. In the future, there will probably not be many people who can successfully practice this lineage. Gains and losses are all determined by fate.

The white-clothed tree demon risked being seriously injured and beaten back to his original form, and he managed to knock down the old demon Ren Qianqiu. Although the old demon did not suffer any internal injuries when he fell down, his magic power was temporarily disrupted due to the hard fight, and it was difficult for him to continue flying forward.

Lu Cheng has always had the talent to seize opportunities and fight for the first line of defense. As soon as he thought about it, the ghost baby incarnation and the sixth-level puppet demon all flew up and attacked regardless of life and death.

Holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, he shook his arm and the spear shadows flew all over the sky, breaking through the air with a sharp scream that shook the sky, and transformed into nine constantly changing offensive forces that rushed towards the Taoist in mid-air like a tsunami.

This dark demon was engraved with some of the killing methods of physical cultivators. Although it only had the form but not the spirit, and the changes were stiff and rigid, combined with the puppet's own fearlessness and bravery, it was enough in most cases.

Puppetry is difficult to practice, but in most cases, puppets of the same level are more useful than magic weapons of the same level.

Because there are many monks practicing the art of refining weapons, there are relatively many mediocre and mundane works among them.

The Skeleton Demon Puppet attacked from the front, while the Ghost Infant transformed into a flying sword and controlled the Fantasy Demon Banner that had just been sent over, flying around in the air and attacking Ren Qianqiu from the side and rear.

The extremely sinister flying sword technique, combined with the endless dark and unpredictable aura on the Magic Banner, the flying sword technique of the ghost baby incarnation can be described as superb, with a strong murderous intent and extremely frightening.

But the old demon Ren Qianqiu has been through hundreds of battles. In this life, he has fought with his fellow Taoists, his fellow disciples, his disciples, and his concubines. His demon eyes are extremely sharp.

In an instant, he saw that behind the two rounds of attacks, the young and handsome Taoist priest made a sword gesture with his right hand, first in front of his dantian, and then slowly moved it upwards. Although his method had not yet been revealed, his momentum was already evident.

The threat to itself is actually more serious than the previous and subsequent rounds of attacks.

“I can’t really let him hold me back, otherwise I’ll die in this formation. But I can’t waste too much energy, otherwise Wei Shuyi and the other three old ghosts will hear my name and won’t let me leave this place easily.”

Ren Qianqiu not only had to consider escaping from Kun Island where the formation had already been fully activated, but he also had to consider how to survive the three great cultivators on the main island after escaping. Therefore, he had to think and worry a little more about the battle.

After thinking about it, the old demon gave up using a sixth-order talisman and instead sacrificed a sixth-order defensive magic weapon. It would take all the strength for an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator to control three sixth-order top-grade magic weapons at the same time, but this old demon was proficient in cultivating the Taoism of the soul, and his spiritual awareness was also stronger than that of cultivators at the same level.

He first sent his Yin body to resist the ghost baby incarnation that attacked from behind, using his soul to calm the soul and illusion to control illusion. He then used the Bone Demon to confront the Skeleton Demon head-on, fighting hard without caring about the damage.

The blood shadow clone was guarding beside him. Originally, this was the filthy blood magic that was most restrained by the Samadhi True Fire.

But Ren Qianqiu summoned a dragon bone whip, and when it whipped the air, the water energy between heaven and earth gathered together, forming nine water balls that continued to gather and expand. They were dense and continuous, like a deep-sea whirlpool, and also nine water walls, which actually blocked all attack angles.

This was the first time that Lu Cheng had encountered such a situation in his life of fighting. His golden elixir's innate magical power, the Samadhi True Fire, and the sixth-level killing method were also the essence of his two hundred years of practice. He had refined it to solve countless problems on the road of cultivation and killed countless enemies.

But this time he couldn't even spit it out, because Ren Qianqiu had already seen from the fire nature of Lu Cheng's body that this was an extremely powerful fire-based Taoist method, and immediately used a sixth-level water-based defensive magic weapon.

The Samadhi True Fire would certainly not be able to break through this layer of defense. After using it, Lu Cheng's own vitality would be damaged, and it would be difficult to restore his original true fire without nurturing for more than ten years.

"Cough cough..."

Lu Cheng formed a sword gesture with his right hand and pressed down again. Suddenly, sparks came out from his mouth and nose, and his meridians were also damaged.

Ren Qianqiu was also certain that this Taoist would never fight him to the death when his side had the upper hand.

It was at this moment that a dark red blood shadow appeared faintly among the white clouds beside Lu Cheng.

At the same time, within the nine tornadoes of the dragon bone whip, the blood shadow that was originally beside the old demon Ren Qianqiu had disappeared without a trace.

"Kill you, cut off one wing of Kun Island, take away your essence, blood and soul, increase the power of my magic, and then rush out will be easy."

With experience, adaptability, profound magical powers, and mysterious supernatural powers, the performance of the old demon Ren Qianqiu can be described as terrifying.

If he had not been blinded by the pursuit of profit and wanted to break through Kun Island from within to achieve extraordinary feats and gain the opportunity to regain his soul, he would not have fallen into the killing situation in front of him.

From another perspective, if Lu Cheng had not discovered in time that there was something wrong with the Ji'an Zhenjun disguised as Ren Qianqiu, both of them would have died at the hands of this old demon, and the entire Kun Island would have fallen into his hands.

The entire Nanli Sea defense line laid down by millions of monks will be at a great disadvantage and even on the verge of collapse.

It's just a matter of one move.

"Blood Shadow Clone!"

At this moment, Lu Cheng finally discovered that the blood shadow had approached very close to him at some point, and after being discovered by him, it pounced on him.

Nine out of ten ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would die in this situation, let alone Golden Core True Ones. However, Lu Cheng suddenly pointed his right sword downward and struck his own Tanzhong acupoint.

The backfire spread, and Lu Cheng's entire body was suddenly wrapped in flames. The fundamental skill was the Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method.

The body changes, lotus is planted in the fire, and life is sought in death.

Ouch!

A long, winding red dragon soared above the island and among the clouds, quickly growing larger, roaring like thunder and shaking the sky.

The blood shadow clone pounced on the body of the ancient blue dragon, and was immediately burned with black smoke and hissing sounds all over. Fortunately, Lu Cheng was far from cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage, and this ancient fire dragon could barely be considered a young dragon. The blood shadow was also extremely corrosive. When it pounced on his body, it flew and changed, wandered in the air, wailing continuously. The blood shadow invaded his scales and almost invaded his bone marrow in an instant.

"Well, what kind of mysterious skill is this?"

The three demon clones were closely connected to Ren Qianqiu's own mind. The blood shadow clone was quickly burned and he also felt uncomfortable, but fortunately it was still within his tolerance range.

But Ren Qianqiu never expected that Lu Cheng's profound skills would be much more than this. The Taoist tradition of the Dingzhang World did not have as much magical power as the Taoist tradition of the Tongxuan World. In the Dingzhang World, the limit of a real person's physical body transformation was only this step. After all, with each additional change, the mana consumed would increase by dozens of times.

boom.

The ancient flame dragon's Dharma body, with that ball of blood light, crashed into the rocks of Kun Island below, forming a huge pit and a deep depression.

Golden and red flames rose up in the sky, like a volcano erupting, but when the flames finally dissipated gradually, Ren Qianqiu found that his blood shadow clone was caught in the hand of a huge golden ape, who was smashing and throwing it, roaring angrily.

The blood shadow seemed to have been burned dry and hardened, and its corrosiveness had been greatly reduced. In other words, the physical defense ability of this giant ape was even better than that of the ancient fire dragon.

The second level of the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method, using fire to create earth, transforms into the Sun-Swallowing Divine Monkey.

Lu Cheng turned into a monkey, picked up the blood shadow and smashed it to the ground. It was not because the animal instinct took over his mind and he lost his composure and vented his madness, but because although the Sun-Swallowing Fire Ape was called a Fire Ape, it was actually an earth monster. It could make full use of the power of the earth and use the earth as a weapon to attack its enemies.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..."

Along with the terrifying roar, the blood shadow that seemed to have been baked dry and originally somewhat stagnant suddenly spread out an even more miserable blood light. Even if the powerful and deep magic power like the earth rushed from all directions to suppress it, it was still difficult to subdue it for a while.

This was the old demon Ren Qianqiu in the sky. He frowned slightly and began to secretly transmit magic power to increase the power of Blood Shadow.

However, among the three demon bodies, the Blood Shadow consumes more mana, while the Yin Body and the Bone Demon naturally consume less mana.

The Blood Shadow is now showing signs of counterattacking, but the Yin Body and Bone Demon, which originally had the advantage, are beginning to retreat.

"Where on earth did this young man come from? He is only at the Jindan realm, but he is so powerful. His magical powers are so strong. If he is allowed to condense his Nascent Soul, what will happen? Could he be a direct disciple of some Yuanshen ancestor? Otherwise, how could he have such magical powers?
Gui Dongmei's formation is almost complete. If he continues to entangle us, we will be in danger!"

Thinking of this, Ren Qianqiu no longer cared about the Yin body and the bone demon. He let them lose some vitality while he gathered his own magic power and suddenly shot out a sharp blood rainbow downwards.

The light was straight and fast, piercing through the sky. Lu Cheng was entangled by the blood shadow that suddenly counterattacked, and it was difficult to respond. Although he barely avoided the vital points, the blood rainbow still pierced his chest suddenly.

However, this terrifying magic technique could have annihilated everything and spread destruction, but when it came to Lu Cheng, this did not show up at all.

Because, the moment Blood Shadow counterattacked, Lu Cheng knew that the old demon Ren Qianqiu must have seen through his true identity, so he became extremely vigilant. When Ren Qianqiu cast his spell and the energy of heaven and earth changed abnormally, he suddenly created gold from earth and transformed into a sword demon.

The sword is swift, fierce and fierce, and there is no one like it.

Therefore, the blood rainbow actually did not hit Lu Cheng at all, but the change of earth into gold was too rapid, causing a visual misjudgment.

A divine sword suddenly soared into the sky.

Between heaven and earth, the wind was rising and the clouds were surging. At this moment, all the cultivators in Kunzi Island, as long as they had a flying sword, felt their flying swords vibrating and leaping, as if sensing, calling, ecstatic, and fearful...

The unique kendo skills, the sword light turns into a rainbow, spans a hundred miles, and the momentum is unparalleled.

A skilled swordsman can channel the chaotic energy between heaven and earth into the power of his own flying sword, thereby increasing the speed and strength of the sword infinitely, until it can split mountains and seas and cut through all things.

Lu Cheng himself suddenly turned into a golden translucent giant sword, and used the unique skill of turning sword light into rainbow to guide the essence of heaven and earth into the sword, and slashed it down with one move.

"No wonder the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect cultivators regard the Heavenly Demon Sword Scripture as their guiding principle. After transforming into sword demons, they naturally acquire the unique sword skill of integrating man and sword, and can also inspire sword wisdom, greatly benefiting sword cultivation. After cultivating to the highest level, they can transform into humans with the bodies of sword demons, which is in line with the essence of sword cultivation's courage and diligence."

He transformed into a sword monster, and all his magic power was converted into sword energy, which was sharp and fierce, unattainable, but also difficult to control and sustain.

The golden giant sword that Lu Cheng transformed into slashed down obliquely, and the sword energy was so powerful that it killed the blood shadow and made it fly in the sky. It did not dare to take it head-on.

Boom, boom, boom, boom…

The continuous explosions caused by the spreading sword energy alone almost razed a small hill on the island to the ground.

When Lu Cheng transformed into a sword demon and all the powerful sword energy he had transformed was exhausted, the badly damaged blood shadow soared into the sky, but it could no longer find or capture any trace of Lu Cheng's breath.

The fourth level of the Five Elements Transformation, the Five Elements Escape Technique, Water Escape!

The Fire Release is the best in burst, and the Water Release is unparalleled in its changes.

This escape technique can create an illusion while performing it, interfering with the instantaneous judgment ability of the recipient. Lu Cheng's four-fold transformation was cultivated with the pure Yin water physique of his Taoist companion Lin Qinghan, and it has not yet integrated the blood of the true spirit. Of course, Lu Cheng would not use this technique to fight the enemy, but after the sword energy was exhausted, he immediately hid in the surrounding sea of ​​clouds and fog, hiding his form and recovering his vitality.

When Ren Qianqiu was still anxiously looking for Lu Cheng's trace, he suddenly sensed a huge crisis approaching, so he suddenly raised his head:
In the high sky, Gui Dongmei, the Yuanying True Lord of Bihai Pavilion, was standing in the air holding a magic formula, like a god. She was the center, and around her were five Jindan True Lords, whose faces were pale and sweating profusely.

In a very short period of time, the mental and spiritual power of the five Jindan Zhenren were depleted to this extent. It can be seen that the power of this Taoist method is very great.

The world changed suddenly. The sky suddenly darkened, dark clouds gathered in a very short time, and thunder roared.

Suddenly, a dazzling and blinding light broke through the clouds, and the Tiangang Five Fire Divine Thunder was like a sword of divine punishment from heaven, carrying the power of destruction, covering the evil demon below.

This force is so great and powerful, like a volcanic eruption, with lava and flames interweaving and ruthlessly devouring everything.

"The Five Heavenly Thunderbolts!? Okay, okay, Gui Dongmei, you are really willing to give it up. I underestimated you!"

Ren Qianqiu stood in the center of the void. Facing the overwhelming punishment before him, a hint of determination and madness flashed in his eyes.

The old demon suddenly retracted the dragon bone whip. Facing the Five Heavenly Fire Thunders, this magic weapon was useless. He put on a magic robe, opened his hands, and used all his magic power. He suddenly retracted his three clones and tried to unite to fight against the punishment.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, suddenly, the sky seemed to be cut apart by an invisible giant sword, and five dazzling fire thunders fell from the high clouds like angry dragons and snakes, their trajectories cutting through the sky and whistling towards the old demon Ren Qianqiu in the high clouds.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

In this huge formation, there is no way to hide or evade, and you can only gather your strength to take it head-on. Running around in all directions will only lead to a faster and more miserable death.

"Ah!" Following a shrill scream, the Five Fire Divine Thunders of Tiangang suddenly descended and exploded, covering Ren Qianqiu and the space around him.

The flames burned, the lightning spread, the evil spirit was burned out and purified, and for a moment it seemed that the only thing left in the world was the carnival of destruction.

Even Lu Cheng showed up in the clouds, because he could tell that under such a calamity, even an old demon in the Nascent Soul stage who had roamed the world for thousands of years would find it difficult to resist.

Ren Qianqiu struggled and roared in the lightning and raging flames, but his magic power was gradually suppressed by the power of the Fire God Thunder. In the end, his body turned to ashes and dissipated in the wind.

The surrounding scene became like doomsday due to the arrival of the Tiangang Five Fire Divine Thunder. Below, there was charred earth, ruined buildings, and the air was filled with the breath of heat and death.

It's not just Gui Dongmei and her five disciples. The Five Fire Divine Thunders of Tiangang are actually a Taoist magic that was jointly created by the magic power of the entire Kun Island and a large number of cultivators on the island.

Even a great demon cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage would probably be reduced to ashes under this divine thunder.

"It's a pity that Ren Qianqiu has been practicing for thousands of years. If we can seize his Qiankun bag, I don't know how many treasures we can get."

After the evil cultivator was killed, Lu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and completely relaxed.

“Don’t covet the magic weapons of these demon cultivators. These old demons’ magic weapons often have sinister restrictions and traps. It is said that Ren Qianqiu is a genius. He cultivated to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul in just a thousand years. He has never experienced a calamity. If you covet his treasures, you may be secretly controlled by the demon cultivator and become the cauldron for him to take over another body.”

Gui Dongmei flew to Lu Cheng's side and said this.

"Besides, if we kill this beast, the main island will definitely reward us with merits. That's the benefit of having no worries at all."

"Yeah, well, I wonder how Fellow Daoist Ji'an is doing." Lu Cheng nodded, agreeing with Gui Dongmei's statement.

"No matter what, you and I have tried our best. If it weren't for your alertness and caution, you, me and all the monks on the island would have died at the hands of this old demon Ren today. I owe you my life, Brother Tie." As she spoke, Gui Dongmei bowed to Lu Cheng to express her gratitude.

Seeing Master like this, the disciples behind Gui Dongmei also performed the Taoist rituals and thanked him:

"Thank you, Uncle Tie, for saving my life."

"Thank you, Master Tie, for saving my life!"

The monks above thanked him, as did the disciples on the island below. However, Lu Cheng waved his hands repeatedly and said with a wry smile:
"In the face of a great catastrophe, everyone is just supporting each other to get through it together. There is no need to do this. Get up quickly."

At the same time, tens of thousands of miles away, in Zheng State, the Song family, a family of immortal cultivators in Huang Yunpo, is a weak family of immortal cultivators. The head of the family, Song Chengye, had just inherited the family business after his father passed away not long ago and had not shown any talent.

But no one knew that this person secretly worshipped the demon cultivator as his master and practiced magic skills in secret, hoping to dominate the local area and destroy several families that had feuds with the Song family.

However, his ambition was not fulfilled. One day, when Song Chengye was copying Taoist books in his study at home, suddenly a pure black color covered his eyes and surged up, which he could not suppress.

"A demon took over my body? How is that possible? How is that possible? With Master's magical power and lifespan, he shouldn't have any use for me in his entire life. Master, please spare my life..."

Song Chengye's soul only had time to let out a mournful cry before it vanished into thin air, completely devoured by Ren Qianqiu, who had taken over his body.

Back then, when Song Chengye became Ren Qianqiu's disciple, he already knew that he was practicing as a cauldron to be used as a backup for his master to possess.

This kind of thing is common in the magic world. When a high-level magic cultivator sees a young man with good talent in cultivation, he will accept him as his disciple and give him the best cultivation techniques, magic weapons and elixirs. But he will also make it clear in advance that if the master has no external calamity, then it will be fine. If an external calamity is about to happen, then you will be the master's body that has been taken over.

It's okay for those in the Purple Mansion Golden Core Realm, but an old demon in the Nascent Soul Realm may be in seclusion for hundreds of years at a time, and there are few people in the world who can control him. So after careful consideration, Song Chengye did not think that he would be in too much danger. On the contrary, the world of cultivating immortals is full of dangers. After getting the protection of this ancestor, he and his family can usher in great development.

What's more, once one cultivates to the Golden Core realm, it will be difficult for one to be possessed by another. In this way, one will truly become a true disciple of a high-level demon cultivator.

"Wow, this is really amazing. Where did that Taoist Tiexiao come from? It turns out that a Jindan Zhenren can be so difficult to deal with. I have pity on my body that has accumulated magic power for two thousand years, and my collections over the years."

On the contrary, Old Demon Ren did not feel bad about his remaining lifespan, as he didn't have much time left. It was just a pity that he would lose the magic power he had accumulated over two thousand years, which could have been used to cultivate some extremely powerful magical powers.

Song Chengye, no, it was Ren Qianqiu who turned around and sat on the bed in the room, practicing his profound skills silently. Even with his two lifetimes of practice, it would take years of hard work to cultivate back to the Nascent Soul stage. He would not be able to join in the great catastrophe of heaven and earth this time.

(End of this chapter)