The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 523: Chapter 523 Thousand-eyed Demon_1

BUZZ!

A flash of Sword Light, and several Class III Evil Demons were caught within the ”Universe in the Sword,” their forms vanishing instantly.

In just a brief moment, they reappeared in the Outer Realm, all transformed into peculiar pools of tattered Flesh and Blood!

”Thank you, fellow daoist, for saving my life!”

Before Shen Mo stood a Gold Man, thirty feet tall and appearing as if crafted from pure gold. He gestured towards Shen Mo with his hands in a pose resembling a seal.

Although he spoke in an alien language, it was imbued with Divine Sense, allowing Shen Mo to understand his words. The meaning of the gesture, however, was not quite clear.

”Moro Shen, when the Gold Man make this gesture, it’s equivalent to a Daoist salute from Human Cultivators,” explained the Flower Fairy Ami, who was fluttering nearby.

After a massive slaughter, the Evil Demons that had come to besiege Shen Mo were either dead or had fled. Powerful Evil Demons nearby, knowing he was fierce and unstoppable, also avoided him to prevent a pointless death.

However, if they weren’t bothering Shen Mo, he was definitely causing trouble for them. He roamed the battlefield, decapitating evil cultivators upon encounter and slaying Outer Zone Demons he bumped into. Heads rolled and Blood Qi surged towards the sky!

Saving this Gold Man before him was merely a casual act amidst Shen Mo’s killing spree.

This Gold Man, a powerful late-stage Class III cultivator, possessed extraordinary combat prowess. He had survived the siege of several same-level Evil Demons.

However, his Dao Body looked like a dough figurine chewed on by a dog: his left hand was missing, his right thigh was severed, and his torso was riddled with pockmarks. No blood flowed from his wounds; like the rest of his body, they gleamed with a golden luster, as if his entire form was forged from gold.

After thanking Shen Mo, the Gold Man exuded a strange fluctuation. Then, his body below the neck seemed to melt like molten gold, gradually extending towards his injuries.

Within a few breaths, his missing limbs had regrown, the wounds where flesh had been torn away healed completely, and his aura was restored to its peak state!

At the same time, Shen Mo noticed that this Gold Man’s Dao Body had clearly shrunk by a size.

It had shrunk from thirty feet to about twenty-four feet. It seemed this was a magical ability of his people, using flesh from elsewhere on his body to mend the damaged limbs and wounds!

The myriad creatures and their astonishing methods truly broaden one’s horizons, Shen Mo sighed inwardly.

Vastly different life forms, yet due to various circumstances, they had become ”fellow daoists.”

Ironically, the evil cultivators, who originated from worldly mortals, were colluding with the Outer Zone Demons—truly birds of a feather.

Seeing the Gold Man restored to his peak condition, Shen Mo bid him, ”Take care.” Then, he manifested a rainbow of light and once again charged towards the distant Evil Demons.

The battles of extraordinary creatures were unlike those of mortal armies. Class III powerhouses, including Spirit Sea Realm Cultivators, could traverse several li in a single breath. Class II beings were slightly weaker but could still cover dozens of li in about a hundred breaths.

During their fierce struggles, they naturally wouldn’t remain stationary!

Not long after the fighting began, the battlefield had expanded, spreading from Golden Light Ridge to an area of a thousand li, covering the sky, mountains, ground, and even deep underground.

The not-so-distant Yan Tianjing was also enveloped by the conflict. Under the protection of the Formation, tens of millions of immortals and mortals within the city watched with trepidation the bloody battle between their protectors and the demonic forces. Demons and righteous path creatures alike were being gravely wounded, raining down blood of different colors!

Inside the city, Qi Gathering Realm Cultivators and stronger individuals who could fight had mostly boarded the magic ships to join the battlefield. Those who remained were either maintaining the operation of the Formations or were mortals without a single trace of Mana.

They were unaware of the deeper machinations of the Protectors from the forbidden lands, who belonged to the demon-aligned factions.

They only knew that if the righteous path forces were defeated in this battle, their fate would be horrific!

Thus, the vast majority fervently hoped that the ”Immortal Masters” and the Outer Zone creatures of the moderate faction would achieve a resounding victory.

An old woman with white hair knelt, praying to the heavens for protection.

Passionate youths waved their fists and swords, cheering encouragement for their faction’s champions.

Body Tempering Realm cultivators desperately squeezed out the little Mana in their bodies, infusing it into the City Protection Array to make it last longer.

Such were the myriad reactions in the face of crisis.

Alas, the tide of war was determined by the strength of both sides. The righteous path forces, whether their Class IV powerhouses or their Class II and III creatures, couldn’t match the numbers of the Evil Demons. From the moment the battle began, they were at a disadvantage.

The tide only began to turn when over a hundred fearsome Demon Soul Generals, looking even more demonic than the Evil Demons themselves, joined the battlefield. They roamed about, annihilating and devouring one evil cultivator and Outer Zone Demon after another. This continued until Shen Mo, Three-headed Six-armed and resembling a Demon God, stirred up waves of bloody storms among the Evil Demons.

Consequently, the battlefield situation for those below Class IV slowly began to change, bit by bit, tipping in favor of the righteous path forces!

Both the allied cultivators and the Evil Demons noticed this change. The Class IV Outer Zone Demons, in particular, quickly locked their terrifying, cold gazes onto the source of these shifts.

Immediately, a Class IV early-stage Thousand-eyed Demon was ordered to leave the bloody battle, charging towards Shen Mo with imposing momentum.

At this moment, Shen Mo had just used the ”Pure Yang Pupil” Skill to burn a large batch of Evil Demons to death. He was about to look for other targets when his heart suddenly trembled. His [Chanjue] Destiny began to sound a frantic alarm, presenting the danger that would occur within the next ten breaths in his mind!

In an instant, Shen Mo grabbed Flower Fairy Ami, stuffed her back into his large sleeve, and simultaneously activated a Feather Transformation Charm.

FZZT!

A wisp of blue smoke rose, and Shen Mo’s figure vanished without a trace. When he reappeared, he was already sixty li away.

The position he had just occupied was now enveloped in a cloud of yellow sand. It obscured the sky and eroded the soul. Several unfortunate Evil Demons caught in the sandstorm had their flesh instantly peeled from their skeletons, their souls dispersed like smoke—utterly obliterated!

A Class IV early-stage Thousand-eyed Demon!

A cold sternness flashed in Shen Mo’s eyes as he offered ten middle-grade Spirit Stones to ”Insight into All Beings” to probe its background.

[Thousand-eyed: Turi Ke]

[Realm: Class IV early-stage]

[Brief description: This Evil Demon is an Outer Zone creature. When the world underwent drastic changes, it descended into the Red Flame Zone along with the forbidden land of the Thousand-eyed clan. It has mastered over 1,200 Spells.

Among these, over two hundred Spells pose a lethal threat to cultivators at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, fifty Spells pose a threat to those in the early-stage Golden Core Realm, and nine Spells pose a threat to those in the middle-stage Golden Core Realm.

Every Dharma Eye on its body contains a Spell.

It can plunder the eyeballs of other creatures, absorbing their essence to enhance the effects of its own Dharma Eyes.]

[Weakness: All the abilities of this Evil Demon are tied to the Dharma Eyes on its body. Each time a Dharma Eye is destroyed, it will weaken proportionally.]

The information on its weakness wasn’t much different from what he had previously discovered from other Class III Thousand-eyed Demons.

The only difference was that the number of powerful Spells it mastered was too great, and they were too potent.

With Shen Mo’s current cultivation strength, a staggering fifty-nine of those Spells posed a lethal threat to him!