Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 527 - 521 Demon Sect Four

Chapter 527: Chapter 521 Demon Sect Four

Guan Mingyue’s brows slightly furrowed.

"These are people from the Fangzheng Sect."

"It doesn’t matter."

Lin Xin’s eyes were tinged with redness, and his long hair had already begun to turn red, yet he still seemed somewhat calm.

"Their goal is clear, to escalate the situation, provoking enemies."

He paused.

"Unfortunately, Hong Gui must die, no one can stop the karma between him and me."

"I’m afraid that the Heavenly Cloud Taoist has long been prepared," said Guan Mingyue, worried.

Lin Xin narrowed his eyes.

"They don’t understand. Strategies only work against those who have flaws."

"And I, have no flaws."

Guan Mingyue shuddered slightly.

Then he saw Lin Xin draw his sword with a backhand, a flash of red light shining.

Boom!!

In an instant, the entire formation exploded once again, all living things’ breath instantly vaporized, and the canyon completely turned into slowly flowing lava.

Lin Xin casually drew a pitch-black space crack in front of him and stepped into it.

Guan Mingyue hurriedly followed suit.

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Jade Tablet Mountain, a reclusive sect.

At the pinnacle of the mountain, which was white as jade, a woman in white led over a thousand elite cultivators of the sect in a synchronized routine atop an altar.

Ha!!

The enormous surrounding formation began to shimmer, countless spots of silver light converging above it, forming an immense silver bow.

The bowstring shone, and astonishingly, a silver flood dragon writhed and roared.

In the air outside the large formation, the three figures of Hong Gui suddenly appeared, each of them drenched in sweat.

Hong Gui was the first to clasp his fists towards the people below.

"I ask Daoist Yu Xuan to stop the demon for a moment or two!"

"Rest assured, Daoist, our sect’s Dragon Horn Bow Formation, even if it cannot annihilate the demon, can at least grievously wound him," the woman in white said indifferently.

Hong Gui nodded quickly, then flung out a black jade talisman with a wave of his hand, and the three of them disappeared, teleporting away again.

Almost within a breath or two, a dark shadow flashed in mid-air, and Lin Xin and Guan Mingyue appeared.

Without even glancing at the formation below, Lin Xin reached out and grasped, the overwhelming black Demonic Qi transforming into a giant hand, pressing down.

The huge bow above the formation trembled, its bowstring suddenly pulled taut, firing streams of silver dragons roaring towards the black hand.

Bang!

The two collided, the silver dragons actually shattering layer by layer.

The black hand fell ruthlessly in front of the woman’s stunned gaze.

Countless screams and blood splattered, then were immediately vaporized by the intense heat that followed.

In the blink of an eye, the world was left only with the terrifying roars of the Qilin beast.

Lin Xin reached out to tear the space open, hot on the trail of Hong Gui.

Leaving Guan Mingyue sweeping a glance at the area below, he sighed softly and then quickly followed.

The entire Jade Tablet Mountain along with its mass also burst open with a bang, the black and red Demonic Flame incinerating every living creature on the mountain, leaving none behind.

In just a moment, the entire Jade Tablet Mountain was wiped out.

Within the Illusory Sea.

Lin Xin followed the trail, continuously gaining on the ones up front.

But his speed was not as fast as one might imagine. Instead, it was more like he was neither fast nor slow, seemingly just a bit slower than Hong Gui and the other two ahead.

Guan Mingyue didn’t understand.

"Sect Master obviously has the excess power to catch up; why not quickly exterminate the three, and why let them escalate the situation?"

Lin Xin smiled.

"Hong Gui has opposed me time and again; I want to let him run to his heart’s content, seek help far and wide. However many he finds, that’s how many I will kill."

"I will keep killing until no one dares to help him."

Guan Mingyue felt a chill in his heart.

"But the Heavenly Cloud Taoist won’t sit by and do nothing."

"I am waiting for them to make a move," Lin Xin said with a smile.

Guan Mingyue vaguely felt that Lin Xin was planning something, but again it was just a hazy feeling.

At this moment, Lin Xin did not say much to him. The gift from True Monarch Huang Yuan had granted him his entire cultivation and three hearts, aside from bringing him a thousand Free Attribute Points, the greatest help was the three hearts at this moment, which were even stronger than those recorded in the cultivation technique.

And with such a state, the greatest help it brought to Lin Xin was not other things, but the transformation of his own attributes.

Slaughter, converted into Lord’s Power, then transformed into Free Attribute Points.

Just by killing the few waves ahead, Lin Xin had already reaped over five hundred Free Attribute Points. After all, those who could exchange blows with him now had to be at least at the Yuan Jing Level of Golden Core to be possible.

And those opponents were all deeply cultivated over many years, with profound essence, so even converting over five hundred points was considered little.

Compared to before he obtained the Evil Soul Orb, the efficiency of his slaughter to convert attribute points was at least ten times lower.

With the assistance of the three hearts, both his conversion speed and adaptation speed had risen to an extremely rapid pace.

The Evil Soul Orb was closely linked to him, so it was normal that it could be affected by Demonic Arts cultivation.

Once again, he allocated the newly converted attribute points to his attributes.

Lin Xin added them all to his offensive and defensive capabilities. Right now, he needed to maximize his combat prowess. Enhancing his ability was the optimal choice, and because of the Demonic Arts, he could also enhance his Demonic Arts cultivation while improving his attributes.

With his flesh now halfway to becoming a Sacred Body, along with a super strong recovery ability that Huang Yuan lacked, Lin Xin’s actual combat power was far more than just a notch above Huang Yuan’s— not to mention the additional Attributes gained from the slaughter.

"Let’s go."

Seeing the space ahead starting to fluctuate violently, it was clear that it was the aftermath of Hong Gui and the other two having just left the Illusory Sea and teleported away.

Lin Xin reached out and tore open space, stepping through in one stride.

Guan Mingyue exhaled softly and closely followed behind.

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Three days’ time.

Merely three days.

Heavenly Cloud Taoist Hong Gui, the fourth maiden of True Monarch from Jade Purity Sect, and the Palace Master of the Jade Case Palace from the Northern Prefecture—two True Monarchs and one Integration.

They were actually pursued and hunted down by the Southern Prefecture’s tyrant, the Red Flower Sword Devil, across thousands of miles.

Along the way, the three of them turned east and west, annihilating dozens of large and small Sects.

No matter whether they were from the Righteous Path, Demon Path, or Sects with many Yuan Jing ancestors stationing, and even with large Formations activated to protect their mountains, none could escape the disaster of sect extermination.

The news had hardly come out before it caused a huge uproar in the Central and connected Eastern Prefectures and other closely tied regions.

The Heavenly Cloud Sect immediately dispatched ancestors to lead them, followed by the Jade Purity Sect sending out Yuan Jing experts to guide as well.

The Shape-shifting Cave also intervened, sending their own powerhouses to question the Yuan Dou Demon Sect.

Consequently, the news of Lin Xin defeating Huang Yuan, a True Monarch, stepping into the ninth rank of the Heavenly List, and assuming the position of Sect Master of Yuan Dou also spread far and wide.

In just three days, Lin Xin had annihilated over a thousand cultivators, all at Golden Core or higher levels. There were more than ten ancestors at the Yuan Jing Level!

Absolutely horrifying to hear.

This was the most significant blow the Central Prefecture had received since the Sandstone Divine Palace incident.

The Jade Purity Sect, as the leader of the Righteous Path, was the first to declare that they would go all out to hunt down Lin Xin, the Sect Master of the Yuan Dou Demon Sect.

The Heavenly Cloud Sect followed suit and also issued a statement.

This set off a chain reaction as numerous mid-sized Sects and dependent forces all joined in condemning the Yuan Dou Demon Sect.

For a while, the entire Central Prefecture boiled over with emotion, even worse than the notorious reputation of the Red Spine Sect.

But as their infamy spread, the reputation of the Yuan Dou Demon Sect might have taken a hit, yet its power only grew stronger.

Some people who were up to no good quietly compared the Yuan Dou Sect Master with the lords of the first seven on the Heavenly List.

They were shocked to find that the eighth-ranked Startling Morning Demoness had also been repelled by Lin Xin, the seventh-ranked True Monarch of Huangquan was an ally of the Yuan Dou Demon Sect, and the sixth-ranked Red Flag King, Zhou Huaisha of the Red Spine Sect, being a pinnacle fighter of the Demon Path, would rather see the Alliances of Immortals suffer from internal conflict.

The entire Red Spine Sect simply stood by, watching the Alliances of Immortals fight among themselves, waiting for them to both sustain heavy losses before deciding their next move.

And so, the only ones who could pose a threat to Lin Xin were the top five, led by True Monarch Yinji, the actual strongest five.

However, these five would not easily leave their Sects or make a move, each bound by their own ties and fears.

For a while, it seemed there was no one in the entire world who could oppose Lin Xin.

Once this analysis became public, everyone suddenly fell into a deep silence.

There was no shortage of intelligent people in the world, so on the fifth day that Lin Xin was hunting Hong Gui, after destroying the forty-eighth Sect, he could no longer find any power willing and able to stand against him.

Ultimately, Hong Gui and the others finally reached the area under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Cloud Sect.

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Absolute Bull Peak.

The most magnificent and sturdiest among the vast mountain ranges within the Heavenly Cloud Sect’s domain, one of the main peaks.

It stood over nine thousand meters tall, stretching across half of the Heavenly Cloud Sect’s territory and extending continuously to the Jade Purity Sect’s domain.

Consider that it would take a horse racing at full speed for five days and nights to span the distance between these two large domains.

The entire Absolute Bull Peak resembled a huge triangular pyramid, except the top was split into three openings, one side was a cliff, and the other side was an irregular pile of rocks.

At this moment, above Absolute Bull Peak, a cluster of pristine white clouds floated slowly in the air, densely packed with over a hundred cultivators all wearing white robes and bearing the insignia of the Heavenly Cloud Sect.

Most of these cultivators had solemn expressions, mouthing incantations, with all their gazes fixed on a large cauldron placed in the center of the clouds.

Lin Shan sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron.

Right in front of her, symbols and Formation Patterns on the cauldron flickered with white light, releasing small person-sized white Void Shadows that continuously rushed into her forehead.

As a Taoist of the Heavenly Cloud Sect and the inevitable future Taoist Master, Lin Shan’s talent and perceptiveness were terrifying to an extreme extent, especially since she had followed the True Monarchs to encircle Huang Yuerong and survived. Her cultivation had progressed by leaps and bounds. By now, no one knew how far she had advanced or what Realm she had reached.

Since Hong Gui was her uncle, upon receiving the news, she mobilized all her strength to inform him in advance and advised him to lead people over here.

This was to lie in wait for Lin Xin, preparing everything in readiness.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a large white folding fan appeared out of nowhere in the airspace to the side of the Heavenly Cloud Sect.

The fan was enormous, spanning more than ten meters across.

The fan slowly unfolded, revealing a vast expanse of a white gate. Stepping out from within the gate were two Daoist Nuns holding horsetail whisks, followed by a group of cultivators in yellow robes stepping out in stride, each and every one in the Dao Seeking Realm.

Most of these cultivators in yellow were advanced in years, their eyes filled with a heavy twilight.

"Jade Purity Sect’s Heavenly Glory and Heavenly Qin Daoists? And even the Elder Sheng Wu from the Shape-shifting Cave has arrived?" Lin Shan glanced over, her gaze narrowing as she recognized the newcomers.

The two Daoist Nuns had aloof and frigid expressions, seemingly twin sisters.

"Heavenly Cloud Taoist, we two have come solely to assist your Sect in subduing demons and eliminating evil influences."

"Naturally," Lin Shan nodded in agreement.

The group from the Shape-shifting Cave appeared somewhat peculiar; all were Dao Seeking cultivators, with not a single one at the Yuan Jing Level.

Even stranger, when they spoke, all of their voices and movements were synchronized as if they were controlled by a single entity.

"This humble Daoist is Qian Yunzi, certainly not that fellow Sheng Wu."

Over ten people spoke at once, their rhythm and actions identical, as if they were all being controlled by the same person.

Lin Shan suppressed the disgust in her heart but knew that these were one of the infamous parasitic Insect Demon brothers from the Shape-shifting Cave.

All these more than ten people were hosts of the parasitic Insect Demon, Qian Yunzi.