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Chapter 237, page 252: The Sword Formation Displays its Divine Power!

The sword light was like a rain of stars, densely packed and shooting down.

The pressure is like a mountain, pressing in from all directions.

The dragon-crocodile demon roared, its muscles bulging, its demonic aura erupting like a torrent, and its azure-scaled spear bursting with intense lightning.

It gripped the Azure Scale Spear in one hand, as if it were holding a spear-shaped bolt of lightning. With a whirlwind in mid-air, amidst the thunderous explosion, it annihilated a large swath of sword energy.

But this is just the beginning.

The sword energy descending from the sky grew denser and denser.

Those sword energies, which at first were just like drizzling rain, light and graceful, gradually became heavier and heavier. Each sword energy was like a tiny meteorite, not only possessing the sharpness to cut black iron into fragments, but also containing the powerful impact of a ten-thousand-pound boulder falling from the sky.

The dragon-type crocodile demon possessed superb martial arts skills, and its azure-scaled spear was also extraordinary. It gripped the spear with both hands, thrusting the spearhead wildly, unleashing a barrage of fierce spear light that was as blazing as lightning. This light clashed head-on with the meteor shower of swords, creating a deafening, continuous explosion that completely blocked the meteor shower falling from above.

However, each of the Fallen Star Sword Qi carried the heavy impact of a boulder weighing ten thousand pounds. Although the Dragon Crocodile Demon's martial arts were exquisite and his physique was strong, he gradually could not withstand the continuous blocking. His arm holding the gun began to go numb, and his body trembled slightly under the endless impact of the enormous force.

The crocodile demon knew that trapped in the formation and isolated from the outside world, it would eventually be exhausted and worn down to death if it continued to passively defend itself.

How could it be content with that?
Roar--

The crocodile demon opened its mouth and let out a deafening roar.

A thunderous shockwave, accompanied by a roar, surged into the air, temporarily halting the relentless rain of meteor swords.

At the same time, it bit its tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which landed on the green-scaled spear.

The twelve-foot-long spear swelled and grew longer after being sprayed with this essence blood. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a ten-foot-long azure dragon, its entire body crackling with lightning. It was like a ten-foot-long thunder spear, rushing upwards toward the sky, trying to leap out of the sword formation, find the formation's core, kill people, and break the formation!
however.

The azure dragon, carrying the crocodile demon's hope of breaking the formation, disappeared into the darkness above in the blink of an eye.

Next, lightning blazed brightly beneath the crocodile demon's feet, and the azure dragon that had clearly soared into the sky suddenly leaped out from beneath its feet again!
"..."

The dragon-crocodile demon, filled with shock and rage, roared again, its voice brimming with astonishment:
"What kind of formation is this?"

With a roar, it grabbed the dragon's tail, wielded the ten-zhang-long azure dragon, which was covered in lightning, and swept it away with all its might, deflecting the rain of meteor swords falling from above. Then, it threw the azure dragon to the left.

The azure dragon flew to the left and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

The next instant, lightning blazed brightly on the right side of the crocodile demon, and the azure dragon flew out from the right side again!

The crocodile demon felt a chill in his heart.

It knew that it was trapped in the most troublesome void formation. The space it was in had undergone some kind of change that it could not understand, becoming without beginning or end. No matter which direction it went, it would eventually return to the starting point.

"No, there's still a chance! This terrifying formation must consume a lot of energy. I just need to hold on..."

The crocodile demon grabbed the dragon's tail with one hand and swung the ten-zhang-long azure dragon like a soft whip, forming rings of lightning and light that rose and fell above its head, blocking the meteor shower.

Although it guarded the area perfectly, controlling the Thunderous Azure Dragon was clearly not an easy task.

Its already much larger and thicker body than Lu Chen's, which became even more horizontally developed after the explosion of demonic energy, quickly became thinner. Clearly, controlling the Azure Dragon consumed not only its true essence, but also its vital energy and blood essence!

But the crocodile demon had no choice but to persist in this way; otherwise, if it used the Azure Dragon Spear in its normal form, the meteor shower would quickly kill it.

Just as they were locked in a stalemate, waiting for the four female human cultivators who had set up the formation to exhaust their true energy first.

An unexpected change occurred, making matters worse.

Suddenly, wisps of crystalline light appeared from all directions, rapidly approaching the crocodile demon.

Upon closer inspection, it's clear that it's not a crystal light at all.
They were clearly thin, spiderweb-like threads of sword light.

The seemingly delicate threads of sword light, carrying an extreme sharpness capable of cutting through anything, fly in from all directions, densely packed, weaving into a net, giving people a terrifying feeling that there is nowhere to escape and no way to resist.

at the same time.

Beneath the crocodile demon's feet, a violent tremor erupted, unleashing powerful shockwaves capable of shattering even the black iron into fragments. These shockwaves bombarded its feet relentlessly, attempting to disrupt its balance and even shatter its legs.

Then, streaks of sword light, radiating an eerie, freezing aura, erupted from beneath its feet like fountains, frantically thrusting upwards.

The meteor sword light falling from the sky was already difficult for the dragon-crocodile demon to resist. Now, with unstoppable sword threads attacking from all directions and shockwaves and ice swords under its feet, the dragon-crocodile demon could no longer withstand the attack with its ten-zhang-long azure dragon alone.

In its anger and panic, the demon let out another thunderous roar, its body suddenly swelled and elongated, instantly revealing its true form: a bizarre giant crocodile with a single, jet-black horn on its head, a body length of seven zhang (approximately 33 meters), its body covered in black scales, and a tail resembling a dragon's tail.

Then, a flash of lightning appeared on the giant crocodile's horn, unleashing a ring of lightning that swept outwards in all directions, completely wiping out the sword threads swarming in from all sides, as well as the icy sword energy rising from the ground.

But that didn't work.

The sword threads were like a meteor shower, endless and ceaseless. The icy sword energy was the same, one wave subsiding only for another to rise, endless and relentless!
The space where the dragon-crocodile demon was located transformed into a circle without head or tail, without beginning or end. With nowhere to escape, it could only roar and struggle madly, urging the Azure Dragon Thunder Spear while continuously releasing a halo of lightning from the single horn on its head, futilely resisting the meteor rain, sharp sword threads, icy sword energy, and earthquake shockwaves.

What the crocodile demon didn't know was...

What it faced was merely the sword formation activated by the four sword spirits, including Dugu Feng.

Although Lu Chen was already in the center of the sword formation and had taken the position of sword master, he did not participate in the attack. He only slightly coordinated the energy of the four sword spirits to make the sword formation operate more smoothly.

Even so, it was enough to leave this powerful dragon-type crocodile demon with only the ability to parry and no power to fight back.

The main problem is that spatial effects are simply unsolvable.

Even Lu Chen, trapped in the formation, couldn't escape by his own strength and could only cheat by relying on his rank. This dragon-type crocodile demon knew nothing about the sword formation, so naturally he had nowhere to escape.

I watched for a while.

Having gained a clearer understanding of the sword formation's power, Lu Chen finally stopped standing idly by.

With a flick of his sleeve, the "White Rainbow Sword" shot out.

When the sword comes out.

The crocodile demon trapped in the formation seemed to see a bolt of lightning that stretched across the night sky and cleaved the heavens, or a white rainbow that shot straight up into the Milky Way and pierced through the sun.

Sword One: White Rainbow Piercing the Sun!

Only now has Lu Chen's "Sword One" technique begun to show a slight resemblance to the "white rainbow piercing the sun" he saw in the illusion.

Before the sword light arrived, an invisible pressure penetrated the crocodile demon's mind, making it feel as if its primordial spirit was "frozen" by the sword light. All its thoughts seemed to be swept away by the sword light, and its mind became blank in an instant, confused, without thoughts, without knowledge or feeling.

When consciousness finally returned.

The sword light had already pierced through its skull from top to bottom and emerged from its chin.

Before its consciousness faded, filled with despair and resentment, it repeated its question with a last wisp of lingering resentment:

"What exactly is that... this damned formation..."

Before it could receive an answer, its newly regained consciousness was plunged into utter darkness. The sword formation dissipated.

The crocodile demon's enormous corpse, seven zhang long and as tall as a palace, crashed onto the top of the ice mountain.

The Azure Dragon Thunder Spear also reverted to its original form as a long spear with azure scales, spinning as it fell down and plunged upside down into the top of the ice mountain.

Dugu Feng and the other three were only slightly tired, but far from reaching their limit.

Even if Lu Chen doesn't intervene to end this demon, the powerful regenerative abilities granted by the Four Spirits Sword Formation are enough to sustain them for another whole day, until they eventually grind this crocodile demon to death.

now.

Looking at the enormous corpse of the crocodile demon, even after death, its aura remained powerful and its ferocious power intimidating.

Recalling the Crocodile Demon's astonishing spear technique, the roar that could shatter a Grandmaster into dust, the might of the ten-zhang-long Azure Dragon Thunder Spear, and the ferocity of the thunder halo, Dugu Feng and the others were filled with disbelief.

Just now, they were fighting against such a ferocious demon?
And it maintained the upper hand throughout, suppressing it completely?

Just how powerful is our sword formation?

Li Xiuning muttered to herself, her eyes filled with disbelief, yet also with an irrepressible excitement.

"This is just the beginning."

Looking at the four sword spirits, even the usually calm and composed Shi Feixuan had a slight blush on her face, and her eyes were sparkling with excitement. Lu Chen smiled and said:
"The power of the sword formation is only beginning to emerge. In the future, it will become even stronger..."

Right now, it's just a dragon-type crocodile demon that has usurped the title of "River God of Heaven".

In the future, even the most powerful celestial beings and deities will have their clothes stained with blood if they fall into the formation.

"Time to pack up the spoils!"

After a moment of excited reminiscence, Lu Chen clapped his hands to bring them back to their senses:
"This time, we've really struck it rich!"

Lu Chen harvested tens of thousands of lesser demonic tribulation energies. Although the quantity was less than the more than 70,000 killing tribulation energies of the Turkic cavalry, the quality was superior. The overall improvement effect would far exceed that of the more than 70,000 killing tribulation energies before.

There were also hundreds of humanoid water demons, each of whose tribulation energy was thicker and purer than Bi Xuan's.

Add to that the calamity energy of the dragon-type crocodile demon, which is comparable to that of hundreds of humanoid water demons.

With this wave of calamity energy harvested, Lu Chen might be able to cultivate "Refining Internal Organs" to perfection in one go, and even have some left over.

Besides.

Even if you only take the most essential parts from the dismantled corpses of so many demons, you can still obtain a large amount of materials for alchemy, talisman making, weapon crafting, and puppet making.

The rest can be sacrificed to gain a huge amount of merit, which can be used to exchange for a large number of cultivation pills for Rong'er and the others.

There are also weapons and magical artifacts left behind by demons, such as the Azure Scale Spear that can transform into a thunderous azure dragon, which is a rather good weapon.

"Ready to work!"

Looking at the crocodile demon's enormous corpse, then at the hundreds of humanoid demons that had manifested their equally massive original forms after death, and the tens of thousands of smaller demons frozen in the iceberg, Lu Chen suddenly felt a headache coming on.

How much effort will it take to deal with so many demons?

If Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue were here, that would be great.

The Divine Beast Mountain where the two reside is the most skilled at processing all kinds of demon beast materials.

Unfortunately, although Divine Beast Mountain has a total of five Heavenly Soldier Talismans, the one held by the sect leader is a Grade A Heavenly Soldier Talisman, but Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue do not have one, so Lu Chen cannot use the Heavenly Soldier Talisman to contact them.

The communication talismans that the two left for Lu Chen could only transmit sound within a thousand miles.

This place is tens of thousands of miles away from Divine Beast Mountain, so there's no way to ask Li Xinzhu and Hong Yue for help.

"Alright. We'll only take the most essential materials from the strongest demons, and leave the rest of the lesser demons alone. We'll just get some ingredients to try before offering them as sacrifices! But then again, offering so many at once, I wonder if it will alarm the Heavenly Court..."

Lu Chen pondered for a while and felt that it was unlikely.

After all, the vast majority of them were demon beasts that had not even cultivated human form. The strongest dragon-type crocodile demon was not a powerful demon king. With such achievements, it was certainly astonishing in the mortal world, but it was far from enough to alarm the Heavenly Court.

"At the very least, one needs the strength to cause trouble in the Dragon Palace and storm the Underworld to be even slightly regarded by the Heavenly Court..."

Lu Chen shook his head, beckoned Dugu Feng and the others, and began to harvest the spoils of war.

……

After spending most of the day harvesting the spoils and holding a grand sacrifice, Lu Chen was satisfied with the result, but not entirely satisfied.

Tens of thousands of humanoid monsters, whose bloodlines were not rare, were sacrificed in one go, only to gain a little over four hundred merit points in return.

Lu Chen had somewhat anticipated this.

After all, even a powerful demon like Crocodile Vanguard, who can serve as a "vanguard," is only worth three merit points. Ordinary demons that haven't even been able to cultivate into human form are only worth one merit point for twenty or thirty of them combined, which is acceptable.

However, the hundreds of demons that had cultivated human form only earned a little over a hundred merit points, and even the dragon-seed crocodile demon only received five merit points, which made Lu Chen slightly dissatisfied.

Although he and Dugu Feng had collected the most essential materials from those humanoid demons, including the black horn of the dragon-crocodile demon, its toughest crocodile skin, and even its most spiritually potent heart's blood, but...

Well, the heavens are magnanimous. This time we've had a great harvest, and Lu Chen is happy, so he won't complain about the Heavenly Court being stingy.

At the same time, I also understood why upgrading the Heavenly Soldier Talisman was so difficult.

It's not just that various exchange programs induce consumption, making it difficult for cultivators to accumulate merit points for upgrading talismans, but also because the merit points gained from sacrificing low-level demons are too few.

You finally manage to kill a powerful enough demon, but you're reluctant to part with the materials it carries. However, once you collect them, the merit points you can exchange for drop drastically...

It's really hard to have both.

That said, Lu Chen's total merit points have now exceeded 500, which is enough to upgrade the Heavenly Soldier Talisman to Grade A, Level A.

Those who are first-class auxiliary soldiers can participate in the Heavenly Court's regular soldier assessment. Once they pass, they can become a glorious heavenly soldier and be qualified to cheer for the great gods and immortals.

Even if you don't want to join the Heavenly Army, there are still many benefits to upgrading the Heavenly Soldier Talisman.

The higher the level, the larger the storage space, and the more abundant the elixirs, magical artifacts, and spells available for exchange.

After pondering for a while, Lu Chen finally decided to upgrade the talisman to Grade A, Level D, and see the upgrade effect.

The remaining merits were used to exchange for cultivation pills to help Rong'er and the others level up.

Especially the four sword spirits, including Dugu Feng, the stronger they are, the greater the power of the sword formation, and the more and stronger the demons they can kill.

With this in mind, why worry about the Heavenly Soldier Talisman not being able to upgrade?
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