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Chapter 171 Sixth-Order Demon
"No! No!"

"This person was unaffected; his primordial spirit was not corrupted. He possesses a secret treasure to protect his primordial spirit!"

"Go, go, hurry! Go and wake the adults!"

After realizing something was wrong, the remaining four demons finally let out strange cries.

They erupted all at once, no longer besieging Wu Ming, but instead trying to break through the blockade of the sea of ​​lightning and escape from here.

"You're only thinking of escaping now? Don't you think it's too late?"

Wu Ming's cold voice, accompanied by bursts of thunder, echoed through the cave.

Seven peak fourth-tier demons are quite troublesome for him now. If these seven demons cooperate well, he will find it difficult to defeat them with ordinary means. He must use his trump card and risk being corroded by the evil energy to activate a killing weapon from the depths of the Demon Subduing Realm in order to sweep away this group of demons.

Unfortunately, these demons, believing they had the upper hand, did not cooperate with each other at all. Each one was greedy and cunning, only wanting their companions to deplete his soul power so they could reap the benefits. After he killed one of them with his flying sword, another even came to his death, only to be directly suppressed and killed by the Demon-Subduing Diagram in his primordial spirit.

With three of them killed in succession, Wu Ming naturally no longer took the remaining four seriously.

These demons before him would be difficult for an ordinary Daoist cultivator, even one with top-tier fourth-level cultivation, to defeat even one of them, let alone fight seven. However, his methods are all highly effective against demons, and his core secret technique, the "Lin" word technique, makes him impervious to all evils, almost ignoring the demons' methods of influencing people's minds.

Influencing others' will and stirring up evil thoughts is the most powerful method of evil, but it is almost ineffective against him. Under such circumstances, even if the seven demons gather, how can they do anything to him?
"kill!"

A cold glint flashed in Wu Ming's eyes.

Sword light flashed wildly, crisscrossing and intertwining, blood and lightning intertwined, filling the entire cave.

For a moment, screams, curses, and roars filled the air, but gradually they all subsided into the lightning, and finally only the crackling sound of thunder remained in the entire cave.

zizi.

The lightning gradually subsided.

All the lightning disappeared, revealing the form of the Thunder Element Dharma Image in the center. Then, the Thunder Element Dharma Image also disappeared, revealing Wu Ming's true primordial spirit. At the same time, two flying swords quietly arrived, entered his primordial spirit, and disappeared.

The seven demons inside the cave had all disappeared, leaving only some unconscious demonic energy. At this moment, Wu Ming waved his sleeve, and a surge of soul power swept over them, gathering all the demonic energy. He reached out and touched it, then used the Demon Subduing Diagram to swallow it all up.

"call."

Having dealt with the seven evil spirits, Wu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Since he began his fourth refinement of his primordial spirit, he had not gone all out for a long time. Although he displayed great power and slew the seven demons this time, the consumption was also considerable, with his primordial spirit and soul power being almost 60-70% depleted.

Using the Fighting Word Technique to control the Thunder Element Dharma Form, and fully unleashing the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique, while also diverting his soul thoughts to control the killing weapon, he exhausted all his strength. The consumption of his soul power was almost like flowing water. Even though he used the Lin Word Technique as the core to cultivate an indestructible primordial spirit, and his soul power was far more abundant than that of Dao cultivators at the same level, it was still very difficult to maintain this level of consumption.

"Although I now possess numerous methods and boundless magical power, using them at full strength consumes too much energy. While the Lin Word Technique can restore some of the energy lost, it is ultimately a method for refining the mind, not a method for restoring health. I wonder if there is a secret technique within this Demon Subduing Diagram that can significantly improve the efficiency of recovery."

At this moment, Wu Ming looked inward and examined the Demon-Subduing Diagram deep within his soul, a thoughtful thought forming in his mind.

The "Lin" technique focuses on cultivating the mind, subduing inner demons, and preventing all evil from invading.

The art of warfare: mastering divine weapons and utilizing all things.

The "Fighting Technique" encompasses all forms and supernatural powers.

……

Judging from this sequence, the next stage of the Demon Subduing Diagram's secret technique might be the 'Zhe' character technique. According to Wu Ming's current understanding of Daoist techniques, the Zhe character technique means "the original self," representing the primordial spirit, the spirit of all things, capable of harnessing the power of heaven and earth. It is most likely a restorative secret technique or supernatural power, but he has not yet obtained this technique.

As Wu Ming was pondering, his gaze suddenly shifted, and he noticed that the Demon-Subduing Diagram, which had been integrated into the depths of his soul, seemed to have undergone some subtle changes after devouring the seven evil demons.

"Huh? This feeling is..."

With a thought, Wu Ming activated the "Soldier" technique, carefully sensing the changes in the Demon Subduing Diagram. He quickly discovered that after the seven demons were devoured, the diagram seemed to have been further awakened.

So much so that when he activated the "Soldier" technique, he had a vague feeling that he could actively unleash a trace of the divine image's power, allowing it to spread outwards rather than being confined to the depths of his primordial spirit!
This discovery pleased Wu Ming somewhat.

Although he has benefited greatly from the Demon Subduing Diagram so far, he has never been able to truly activate it. For example, when he uses the "Soldier" technique to control the killing weapons in the Demon Subduing Realm, they are merely magical artifacts forged in the diagram, not the power of the diagram itself.

The only way he could awaken the painting was to allow the demons to erode his primordial spirit. In that case, the Demon-Subduing Painting would awaken and instantly suppress the demons with unparalleled power.

But there's a problem with that.

First, being corrupted by demons is an extremely dangerous act. When his cultivation was low, he had no choice but to be corrupted by demons. But now that he has reached the Nascent Soul realm, he naturally doesn't want to use such a dangerous method to deal with demons. Second, the methods of demons are not limited to corrupting the Nascent Soul. They can also release various spells, using demonic energy to condense demonic weapons, causing damage at the soul level. Once hit by these methods, the Nascent Soul will inevitably be injured, and the Demon-Subduing Diagram may not even be awakened.

Even if the Demon-Subduing Diagram truly awakens and slays the evil spirits that damaged his primordial spirit, the damage to his primordial spirit cannot be reversed.

To deal with evil spirits at the cost of one's own injury would be a case of hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of one's own, which is naturally not a method that Wu Ming would prioritize.

But now,
After devouring seven powerful demons, the divine image seemed to have been 'permanently' revived, allowing him to draw upon a wisp of demon-subduing power without having his primordial spirit corrupted by demons!
Wu Ming didn't know what kind of power he could unleash with his current level of cultivation if he fully activated a wisp of demon-subduing power, but without a doubt, he could instantly annihilate those seven evil demons like the ones just now!

While Wu Ming was pondering and judging the strength of this wisp of demon-subduing power,

suddenly.

An indescribable sense of oppression suddenly permeated the entire cavern.

Wu Ming was in his primordial spirit form, and his vision was based on his soul sense. Logically, he should not have any concept of light or darkness and should be able to see clearly even in the darkest of times. However, at this moment, he felt as if his vision was being blocked, and the entire cave became dark, as if dark clouds were pressing down on the city. At the same time, an extremely terrifying aura surged up, giving people a feeling of suffocation.

"Who dares to trespass here!"

A voice filled with evil, violence, and chaos rang out.

This voice was not a material transmission, but a spiritual one. As soon as it entered Wu Ming's consciousness, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, and for a moment, all the negative emotions in his heart felt out of control.

He almost instinctively activated the "Lin" character technique, using almost all his strength to barely suppress this feeling of losing control.

"what?"

It was at this moment that the evil and violent voice rang out again, tinged with surprise.

"A mere fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivator was able to withstand my chaotic demonic sounds. You do have some skill. No wonder my subordinates were killed by you. What is the core secret technique you cultivate? It's probably not an ordinary one."

Accompanied by this sound.

A buzzing sound came from a cave not far away.

Wu Ming exerted almost all his strength to resist the feeling of losing control. With some difficulty, he looked up and saw a complete demonic figure stepping out from the depths of the cave. It had three faces: one young, one middle-aged, and one old. Each face had a different expression. Just one glance made Wu Ming feel dizzy.

If it were an ordinary fourth-level cultivator or a fourth-level martial artist, they would probably lose control completely in an instant and be lost under the terrifying power of this demonic shadow. This power has completely surpassed the fourth level and has reached at least the fifth level!

even,

Wu Ming had a feeling that even a fifth-order demon might not be this terrifying.

The demon that appeared before him was probably at least at the peak of the fifth rank, and might even have reached the sixth rank. Otherwise, it wouldn't have required him to exert all his strength just to barely stay conscious from a single chaotic demonic sound.

"The world has undergone tremendous changes. Affected by these changes, I have finally broken through my bottleneck and entered the sixth level. Your primordial spirit is well cultivated, so I will spare your life and keep you by my side as a demon servant."

The demonic figure's next words confirmed Wu Ming's guess, and at the same time, they stirred something within him.

A sixth-order demon!

A sixth-order demon!
Many years ago, a fifth-tier demon appeared in Jingye City, causing great destruction. It was only through the joint efforts of the Black Fiend Sect, the Xuanyu Sect, and several major forces such as the Demon Suppressor and the Cautious Punishment Sect that the fifth-tier demon was finally killed.

Even though the demon was killed, it did not die completely. After it disintegrated, many of its scattered demonic thoughts disappeared underground. One of them flowed into Wu Village, causing the death of his childhood playmate and even nearly bringing him to his death.

Many more infiltrated Jingye City, emerging on Yin Sha days to cause trouble and resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.

If a fifth-order demon is so difficult to deal with, what about a sixth-order one? I'm afraid even Yan Yuntian, Liu Muyuan, and the others would find it hard to withstand. Once it emerges, it will be a devastating blow to the entire Jingye City!

Only the top experts from the two departments of the Yong Kingdom can suppress this level of evil spirits.

Just as Wu Ming was filled with fear, he saw the demonic figure move. With a flick of its sleeve, a black arc of light containing strange patterns burst through the air, about to imprint itself onto his primordial spirit.

With just a rough sense, Wu Ming knew that this method was something he could not resist. If he were to be hit, the consequences would be unimaginable. At this moment, all his methods were ineffective against a sixth-order Abyss Demon. The only thing he could use to fight against it was one move.

"Subdue the demon!"

Wu Ming exhausted his last bit of strength, activated the "Soldier" technique, and struck the Black Emperor Subduing Demon Diagram deep within his soul.

(End of this chapter)