Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 327 Slaying Demons with a Sword
Deep within the secret realm, an eerie atmosphere permeates the air.

Standing in mid-air, Jiang Chen's gaze immediately fell on Chen Jingshu.

"Chen Jingshu is not in a good state right now. An external consciousness is taking control of her body. This may be what is known as possession."

With his divine sense spread out, Jiang Chen discerned some changes in Chen Jingshu. Although he had never encountered a body-snatching incident, he could still roughly guess some of the changes by observing the changes in the soul.

"Possession is not a skill that ordinary minor cultivators can possess. The one who attacked Chen Jingshu at this moment is probably a Purple Mansion cultivator. As for something higher, it is unlikely."

"The destruction of the Xuan Yue Sect must have been due to an enemy invasion, and judging from its aura, the true form of this Purple Mansion should not be human, but a demon beast."

Having caught a glimpse of that profound demonic aura, Jiang Chen had a guess in his mind.

"The remnant soul of a Purple Mansion cultivator is powerful, but still within an acceptable range. Perhaps I can glimpse some of the mysteries of a third-order divine soul through it."

"It is currently attempting to possess another body, which is its weakest moment. This opportunity is too good to miss."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated and flew swiftly towards the orchard.

At this moment, the monkey demons that were originally guarding the surrounding area seemed to have received a command and actually formed a simple military formation, resonating with each other and jointly emitting demonic sounds.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen remained calm, touched his brow, and a third-grade green lotus appeared.

With a hum, the blue lotus hung high above, cascading down rays of spiritual light, and all the demonic sounds could not shake Jiang Chen's mind.

"Now that the second-tier flying sword has been forged, it's time to see some blood."

Knowing that he would have difficulty getting close to Chen Jingshu without dealing with these monkey demons, Jiang Chen's killing intent grew.

In the next instant, with a flick of his sleeve, a golden light appeared beside Jiang Chen. It was about the length of a finger, and the sword was engraved with golden patterns, like golden scales, full of spirituality. As it moved, it was like a swimming fish.

This is the spiritual weapon that Jiang Chen forged by melting Geng metal, using the Frost Moon Blade, a top-grade magic weapon, as a base. He specially brought this spiritual weapon out for this trip to the secret realm.

Sensing the aura of the second-tier flying sword, Chen Jingshu cast a glance at Jiang Chen, her gaze filled with chilling intent.

“Young man, submit to me, and I will give you a chance to build your foundation.”

The spirit stone transmitted its voice, and the demonic ape spared a portion of its attention. Chen Jingshu had a strong will and possessed the profound power of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body, so it would take the demonic ape some time to seize her body.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen ignored it and, sword in hand, prepared to storm into the orchard.

Upon seeing this, the demon ape was enraged.

"This junior is courting death."

The secret technique was activated, and the demonic ape further stimulated the bloodlines of those monkey demons.

Roar! Their bloodlines burned, and the monkey demons roared. At this moment, their aura began to rise continuously, and as they resonated with each other, they caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to surge wildly, forming a tall phantom of a demonic ape.

Although the phantom of the demonic ape was blurry, its aura was heavy and imposing, faintly displaying the style of a Dao Foundation cultivator.

"die!"

The deep voice was like a spell, captivating the mind. The phantom of the demonic ape threw a punch, intending to completely annihilate Jiang Chen.

Although it only glanced at him briefly, the demonic ape sensed the extraordinary nature of Jiang Chen's soul. Knowing that it would be difficult to defeat Jiang Chen with mental power alone, it prepared to kill him with overwhelming force. A Qi Refining cultivator is a Qi Refining cultivator; even with a spirit-grade flying sword, they are no match for this demonic ape's phantom. The only pity is that after burning their bloodlines, these monkey demons will die soon. However, as long as the possession is successful, it's all worthwhile.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen formed a sword finger and activated his sword technique.

"point!"

With his inner energy surging and his divine soul power amplified, the sword light split in an instant, and a golden sun appeared in the void, radiating dazzling golden light that illuminated all directions.

"cut!"

With a chilling killing intent, Jiang Chen pushed the sword light splitting to its limit.

In the next instant, the sword transformed into a stream of light, and hundreds of streams of light turned into a torrent, rushing towards the phantom of the demonic ape.

With a whoosh, the sword light pierced through, and in an instant, the arm of the demonic ape phantom was severed. But this was not the end. Under Jiang Chen's control, the sword light crisscrossed and shuttled back and forth, as if it wanted to cut the demonic ape phantom into a thousand pieces.

Having suffered such severe injuries, the phantom of the demonic ape vanished in just a few breaths.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen remained calm and was not surprised.

With a second-tier flying sword in hand, his powerful spiritual energy finally had a place to be displayed. Not to mention that when this second-tier flying sword was reforged, it mainly referenced the Golden Scale Sword in the Hundred Refinements Spiritual Gold Manual, which is most adept at transformation and is particularly compatible with the differentiation of sword light.

In contrast to Jiang Chen's calmness, the demonic ape's consciousness was shaken. This was not what he expected. Although the demonic ape phantom he created was not a true Dao Foundation, it did have some power of a Dao Foundation. Even when facing a true Dao Foundation, it should not have been defeated so quickly.

As for Qi Refining and striking at the Foundation Establishment stage, this was the first time he had ever seen such a thing, even after living for so long. Although such things did happen in the cultivation world, those who could do it undoubtedly had great opportunities.

"This is bad. These monkey demons alone probably can't do anything to this junior. I must not let him interfere with my possession."

Realizing something was wrong, the demonic ape immediately tried to control the monkey demon and switch from offense to defense, but at that moment, Jiang Chen made his move again.

With a wave of his hand, the flying sword returned. Jiang Chen flicked his finger, and a clear, resonant sword sound echoed through the sky.

"Gathering beasts".

With his divine soul power spreading out and combined with his flying sword, Jiang Chen activated his divine soul secret technique.

In that instant, the monkey demons, whose formation had been weakened by the backlash from the slashing of the demonic ape phantom, were momentarily disoriented and unconsciously moved closer to Jiang Chen. As they moved, the once tight formation instantly collapsed into a pile of loose sand.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen rushed into the orchard without hesitation.

He walked with his sword, surrounded by sword light. With each step he took, monkey demons fell. Under the influence of the Beast Gathering Secret Technique, these monkey demons rushed forward one after another, completely forgetting to cooperate, as if they were actively rushing up to their deaths.

Taking in all these changes, the demon ape's anger reached its peak.

Jiang Chen's methods were indeed strange and could affect the monkey demon's mind, but it wasn't that he had no way to counter them. However, at this moment, most of his power was being used for possession, so many of his methods were simply unusable.

"Excellent technique, truly excellent technique. First, you used your sword to break the formation, creating an opening for these monkey demons, and then you took advantage of the opening to make it difficult for me to counter. You truly have the aura of a chosen one. However, I wonder if your spiritual techniques can compare to mine."

With a fierce determination, the demonic ape activated its secret technique, accelerating its erosion of Chen Jingshu's body, even at the cost of leaving itself with some hidden dangers.

(End of this chapter)