Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1113: Chapter 1109: Joining Forces

As he soared through the air, he skimmed over treetops, leaping over mountain peaks.

Holding the Jade Heaven Sword, his aura surged.

He vaguely sensed the presence of a Great Demon but didn’t notice any experts from the Sword Sect secretly following to protect him.

This let him breathe a sigh of relief.

Even after using Super Sensing Illumination, he still couldn’t detect the presence of the Great Demon.

A mile away on another mountain peak, a Light Gate appeared, from which Chu Liezhao stepped out.

Wearing a blue robe, his posture was upright, akin to a jade tree standing against the wind, majestic yet gentle.

As soon as Chu Liezhao appeared, a Sky Dragon immediately descended from the Void above him.

A Golden Dragon twisted and moved through the sky, rapidly absorbing Void Spiritual Energy.

Massive torrents of Primordial Energy poured down, as if flowing from a giant funnel into his Bai Hui acupoint.

He stood on the peak’s green stone with his hands behind his back, facing the fierce wind, his gaze scanning sharply around.

Then he struck with his palm.

A golden dragon shadow formed in the air, roaring away, exploding in mid-air soon after.

”Bang!”

It was as if thunder suddenly boomed.

A ripple appeared in the Void.

At the center of the ripple, a Leopard Demon with a leopard’s head and human body emerged.

It seemed to rise slowly from the water like something emerging from a lake.

Its figure was lean, its back slightly arched, yet it did not appear hunched, but rather relaxed and languid, with a carefree demeanor unconcerned by all.

Chu Liezhao narrowed his eyes, letting out a slight snort: ”Great Demon!”

Through Chu Zhiyuan’s memories, he knew this was the Great Demon lurking nearby.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a Leopard Demon.

This Leopard Demon’s presence was so well-contained, it blended seamlessly with the surroundings, making it nearly undetectable.

If not for the Sky Dragon’s sensing in the Void, indeed its presence could not be felt.

No wonder the chief, Chu Zhiyuan, couldn’t detect it; it truly had profound cultivation and possessed a miracle technique to conceal its aura.

He pushed his right palm once more.

A Golden Dragon, about the size of an arm, materialized in the Void, shooting toward the Leopard Demon.

In mid-air, the Golden Dragon split, one into two, two into four, four into eight.

Splitting into eight dragons, each still the size of an arm, the golden light dazzling.

The eight dragons scattered in the air, yet vaguely took a strategic position.

The Leopard Demon flickered, leaving a trail of afterimages, trying to evade the encirclement of the eight dragons.

But the eight dragons suddenly accelerated, dragging out eight golden lights, still forming a siege.

The Leopard Demon flickered again but only moved within the encirclement of the eight dragons.

The encirclement of the eight dragons shrank ever smaller.

The Leopard Demon sneered, turning both palms into claws, gently tearing at the air.

The Void was ripped open into six one-meter-long gashes.

The gashes revealed pitch blackness, as dark as an endless abyss.

Two Golden Dragons were clawed through, their golden light dimming instantly, the dragon forms about to scatter.

Even with a leopard’s head, one could still clearly see its smirk and disdain.

Its figure flickered, charging toward these two Golden Dragons, ready to break through the encirclement.

But just as it was about to collide, the two dragon forms on the verge of collapse brightened again.

The Sky Dragon in the Void directly descended with mighty power, reinfusing them with energy to resist the devouring darkness.

They gained the mighty power of the Void Sky Dragon, suddenly accelerating, charging toward the Leopard Demon.

The Leopard Demon instantly flickered several shadows, trying to evade at the most critical moment.

At this moment, another Light Gate shone in the Void, and Leng Tieya stepped out, close to the Leopard Demon.

He, in mid-air, flicked his fingers.

”Ssss!” Finger force shot out like a rainbow, crisscrossing in the air, forming a web of finger force barring its path.

The remaining six Golden Dragons had silently pounced, striking its back.

It was drawn to the mystifying changes of the two Golden Dragons, then startled by the abrupt appearance of Leng Tieya, failing to consider the other six speeding Golden Dragons.

”Bang!” The Leopard Demon spat out a blood arrow in mid-air.

Each Golden Dragon contained vast and mighty power, the eight Golden Dragons crashing into its body, reacting with its physical force, making the impact even stronger.

This strike severely injured it.

Another eight Golden Dragons reappeared, colliding with the airborne Leopard Demon, making it spit another blood arrow.

A flying knife approached silently, flashing like a bright shadow.

”Ah—!”

The airborne Leopard Demon let out a heartrending shriek, earth-shattering.

The scream, far louder than those of other demons, startled the birds and beasts within five miles, sending them scattering.

Golden light flickered, followed by a burst of golden flame rising.

Even the Great Demon, struck by the flying knife suffused with the aura of the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree, was incinerated into golden flame and vanished.

A Yellow Pill fell from mid-air, resembling a pill made of yellow earth.

Dragon Eye-sized, perfectly round and flawless.

It subtly contained radiance inside, elusive, displaying a difference from a genuine Yellow Earth Pill.

Leng Tieya took a step forward, catching it in mid-air, examined it, then tossed it to Chu Liezhao.

Following that, he sliced open a Light Gate, stepped through, and vanished without a trace.

Chu Liezhao held the Yellow Pill, looked at it, then threw it to Chu Zhiyuan.

He also sliced open a Light Gate, stepped through, and disappeared.

Chu Zhiyuan caught the Yellow Pill.

Touching it felt scorching, as if holding a blazing flame.

Within the flame was a vast power, seemingly ready to explode at any moment.

Chu Zhiyuan carefully sensed its heat and power while using Super Sensing Illumination.

Under Super Sensing Illumination, it was a mass of seven-colored light, continuously transforming, like a living creature.

Chu Zhiyuan found this seven-colored light very similar to the Demon Pearl of the Demon Clan, within the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror and the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree’s Demon Soul.

To what level does the Great Demon belong?

Through this successful kill, he could ascertain that the Great Demon was definitely not a Spirit Venerable.

Though he himself couldn’t discover it, and even his Super Sense couldn’t illuminate it.

But based on its combat power, it was definitely not a Spirit Venerable.

A Spirit Venerable wasn’t this weak.

Based on its combat power, initially judged to be around the Seventh Transition of an Outer Heaven Venerable, possibly even stronger, maybe reaching Nine Transitions.

But definitely not a Spirit Venerable.

Biyuan Heaven’s Venerables and Outer Heaven’s Venerables are clearly different, with Outer Heaven’s Venerables being obviously stronger.

Is this due to the difference in Spiritual Energy?

Through Chu Liezhao and Leng Tieya’s experiences, indeed the Spiritual Energy in this world is inferior to that in Outer Heaven.

Outer Heaven has Demon Beasts, Evil Demons, the Demon Clan, and the Demon Clan, yet no Demonkind.

The Demon Clan is the Demon Clan; the Demon Clan is the Demon Clan, and Demon Beasts are just Demon Beasts, unlike the transformations here.

Is this also due to the different Spiritual Energy, or are there other reasons?

The wonder of this world is truly inexhaustibly profound, worth persistent exploration.

He pondered while executing the Wind Riding Cloud Technique, sweeping through the air, like a wisp of smoke drifting over treetops and crossing mountains.

He continuously held onto that Yellow Pill, not in a hurry to use the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror to absorb it, nor hastily sending it into the Demon Suppression Divine Palace to absorb it through the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree.

This Great Demon is different from the Heavenly Demon Pearl; if it contains other impurities, it may disrupt his cultivation of the Heavenly Yuan Technique.

Inside the Demon Suppression Divine Palace, a bright golden light hovered in the air, like a small sun.

The merit from the Great Demon was indeed astounding.

Slaying one Great Demon, truly it’s hard to say how many other demons that equals.

He restrained his eagerness, not hastily absorbing it, intending to accumulate enough merit to break through the ancestral acupoint and complete the Heavenly Yuan Technique in one go.

On his way, he encountered another two groups of demons.

Each group had nearly a hundred.

He was somewhat disappointed.

They no longer had the ferocity they displayed right after leaving Heavenly Sword Peak, with only two groups appearing.

According to his initial thoughts, there should have been at least a thousand demons coming to lay in ambush for him.

After all, holding the Demon Suppressing Saber, if they didn’t seize the opportunity to kill him before he grew stronger, allowing him to rise, it would become a great threat.

Yet the death of that Big Leopard Demon seemed to have frightened those Great Demons.

These two times, they sent over a hundred demons, attempting to exhaust him with Demon Sea Tactics, but no more Great Demons appeared.

He hoped for Great Demons to appear, so he, Chu Liezhao, and Leng Tieya could join forces to eliminate another two or three Great Demons, which might allow him to complete the Heavenly Yuan Technique in one go.

By the second day’s evening, he finally appeared before the mountain where Guanghan Palace was located.