The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 208: Chapter 208 Heavenly Demon Wan Wu_1

Shen Mo was confident he could fight Class II peak demonic beasts and Soul Ghosts!

However, the mutated Heavenly Demon that had Demon-corrupted Wan Wu of the Heaven Sword Sect was far more powerful than ordinary Class II peak entities. Victory would not come easily! Besides, surrounded by swarms of demons, Shen Mo could not go all out.

Sensing the brutal and greedy gaze from Heavenly Demon Wan Wu, Shen Mo had a realization: it, too, had likely set its sights on Zhao Lingyin. The Heavenly Demon that had previously wanted to Demon-corrupt Zhao Lingyin had coveted her Talent and natural gifts, intending to take her place! Heavenly Demon Wan Wu, however, regarded Zhao Lingyin as a human-shaped treasure, planning to devour her to enhance its own strength.

Shen Mo swept his gaze around. As he expected, disciples with Spiritual Bodies, like Lu Ming, Meng Sanchi, and Li Chen, were all surrounded by minor Heavenly Demons, eager to either Demon-corrupt or devour them!

”Senior Sister Yao, everyone, let’s split up!” Shen Mo shouted lowly, then stepped onto his magic sword and flew to the side.

He was helpless in the current situation and couldn’t look after everyone else. If he could return safely to Tianshan City with Zhao Lingyin, he would have the ancestors of the Riverside Sect to thank! Besides, it might not be safer for Senior Sister Yao and the others to be with them.

WHIZ!

WHIZ! WHIZ!

Including Yao Ting, more than ten disciples from the immortal sect transformed into streaks of light and scattered. Some Heavenly Demons, trailing Demonic Qi, pursued them. But many more, along with Heavenly Demon Wan Wu, roared and charged towards Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin!

Zhao Lingyin seemed to sense something. She struggled to break free from Shen Mo’s embrace, intending to fly her own sword separately. But Shen Mo held her tightly, preventing her escape.

”Senior Sister Lingyin, calm down!”

”With my sword-riding speed, I can still evade these demon heads for a while.”

”If I let go of you now, within a few breaths, you’d be overtaken and devoured by them!”

He had advanced to the middle-stage of Qi Gathering and was well-versed in the Sword Control Spirit Technique. His escape speed was quite fast! If it weren’t for these demons shadowing the skies, it wouldn’t take long for him to fly back to Tianshan City with Zhao Lingyin.

”Heh, trying to escape! Where can you possibly escape to?” Heavenly Demon Wan Wu sneered. It was still the voice of Wan Wu, the disciple of the immortal sect, but now tinged with a demonic nature, an added brutality!

CLANG!

CLANG!

An overwhelming Sword Qi suddenly erupted from its body, as if its entire form had transformed into a razor-sharp Flying Sword.

WHIZ!

With a flash, like a Flying Sword tearing through the air, Heavenly Demon Wan Wu’s speed surged dramatically. The next moment, it appeared above Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin.

”Giant Sword Like a Mountain, Suppress!”

The Flying Sword in its hand instantly bloomed with radiant light. Its blade swelled rapidly, forming a mountain of swords in the blink of an eye, pressing down on Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin. Any Heavenly Demons caught in its path, unable to dodge in time, were crushed by the sword mountain. Even the pervasive Demonic Qi and the natural Spiritual Qi of the world were forced out by the sword’s momentum, forming fierce gales that howled and swept in all directions.

Shen Mo felt his breath catch, as if a real, colossal mountain was crashing down on him.

The swordplay of the Heaven Sword Sect is truly extraordinary!

While exclaiming inwardly, he flicked his sleeve, and seven inch-long small swords flew out. ”The Big Dipper Array. Conversion!”

Amidst ringing sword cries, the Sword Array quickly took form. A vast and mighty Sword Light shot skyward, resisting the descending sword mountain.

But Shen Mo hadn’t placed all his hopes on The Big Dipper Array. Since it could break the Sword Array before, it could naturally do so now. He only intended to use the Sword Array to momentarily hinder the mountainous sword’s power!

Just as he predicted, the Sword Array soon emitted creaking sounds, as if unable to bear the load.

BANG!

The Big Dipper Array shattered. The seven Dao swords were sent flying backward again, tumbling several times in the air before returning to Shen Mo’s sleeve with a mournful wail. At that moment, the Sky-lifting Sword Shen Mo had been preparing for a long time was finally unleashed!

CLANG!

The Demon Slaying Sword trembled ceaselessly under the massive infusion of Mana. Then, a dazzling Sword Qi of astonishing power surged from the blade, carrying the faint intent of ”seeking immortality through carefree wandering” and ”slaying Heavenly Demons with a single strike,” as it slashed towards the imposing sword mountain.

BOOM!

The collision of the two sword momentums created an explosion like Heavenly Thunder. A blinding light flared in mid-air, as if a blazing sun had been born. The commotion even startled many disciples of the immortal sect embroiled in fierce battles, as well as numerous demon heads, large and small, whose minds were entirely consumed by thoughts of Demon-corruption and devouring.

The blinding radiance lasted only for a brief instant! The formidable sword mountain had vanished from mid-air, leaving only tiny fragments of the Flying Sword behind.

The next moment, Heavenly Demon Wan Wu appeared above Shen Mo, merely a body’s length away! And in its hand, another high-grade, profound level Flying Sword had appeared.

As an Elite Disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect’s Inner Door, with status and position second only to Spirit Sea Realm experts, Wan Wu naturally possessed more than just one or two high-class Flying Swords! The one that had just transformed into a sword mountain and shattered was merely one of them.

This was the trouble with cultivators being Demon-corrupted! If it were an ordinary cultivator, it wouldn’t be such a problem. But this was one of the powerhouses among the Elite Disciples of the Five Great Sects. Its body, soul, cultivation, Talent, memories, cultivation methods, magic, magic artifacts, talismans—everything had been acquired by the mutated Heavenly Demon. This made it extremely troublesome!

”Hand her over to me, and I will spare your life!” Heavenly Demon Wan Wu suppressed its ferocious expression and, surprisingly, proposed terms to Shen Mo.

Unlike Native Heaven Demons, which were incapable of communication, after Demon-corrupting a cultivator, a mutated Heavenly Demon acquired their memories and ”sentience.” Perhaps realizing Shen Mo would not be easy to deal with, and to satisfy its burning desire to devour and grow stronger, it had learned to make concessions. Simultaneously, the Flying Sword in its hand pulsed with energy. If Shen Mo refused, it would strike!

Shen Mo felt Zhao Lingyin, in his arms, tremble slightly. He then looked up at Heavenly Demon Wan Wu.

”Just because you’re wearing human skin, you think you’re human?”

”For demons like you, there is only... death!”

Heavenly Demons. They devoured all living beings to strengthen themselves! Let alone Human Cultivators; even demonic beasts, Soul Ghosts, Artifact Spirits, and Spiritual Monsters could only fight them to the death.

As he spoke, Shen Mo’s Demon Slaying Sword was already raised.

BOOM!

Sword Qi surged. Shen Mo, along with Zhao Lingyin, was struck down by the heavy sword in Heavenly Demon Wan Wu’s hand. The two of them plummeted into a collapsed crevice in the earth!

”Heh, overestimating your own abilities...” A sneer touched Heavenly Demon Wan Wu’s face. Then, it dived into the crevice.

At the same time, a large number of early-stage, middle-stage, and even late-stage Class II Heavenly Demons frantically surged into the crevice. This place was not the main front of the spatial passage. So, although Heavenly Demons hovered around, their numbers were far fewer than those beneath Tianshan Mountain.

As Heavenly Demon Wan Wu plunged into the crevice, followed by a large influx of Heavenly Demons, the area instantly teemed with overlapping demonic shadows, creating a scene of chaotic intensity.

Soon, it discovered many of its kind already at the bottom of the crevice, crowded together. They seemed to be fighting over the Flesh and Blood of the cultivators who had fallen.

”Get the hell out of my way!” A hint of ferocity flashed across Heavenly Demon Wan Wu’s face as waves of Sword Qi washed over its kin.

But the next moment, it realized something was amiss. These ”fellow Heavenly Demons” showed no fear of its aura. Like moths to a flame, they swarmed forward, engulfing it in an instant.