Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 534 - 528 Demon Sect 11

Chapter 534: Chapter 528 Demon Sect 11

Shape-shifting Cave, White Stone Cliff.

A hand slowly traced something on the white stone wall.

Lines of traces quickly surfaced.

Lin Xin stood in front of the stone wall, his expression serene, as if deep in thought.

"If the Human World is said to be above the Illusory Sea, then are we not at the bottom of the Illusory Sea?"

Yin Pengzi stood behind him and spoke softly.

"You could say that," Lin Xin nodded, "According to the gathered intelligence, our Underworld, referred to as the Underworld, is quite a large territory beneath the Illusory Sea. Beneath us, there is the Abyss."

"I once heard in the primordial myths that below the Abyss, there is the endless polar day Abyss, where countless worlds cycle through birth and destruction, but it’s unknown if this is true." Yin Pengzi, the one who knew most about the primordial secrets that Lin Xin had met, also felt deeply about this.

"The Abyss... Since Sagura Evil God was able to unearth the scriptures of the Moon God, it is very likely that the Sagura God back then had more relevant records."

By now, Lin Xin had reached the ultimate peak of all the human territories, and what he pursued, naturally, was to find out about the great causality he had once promised Red Leaf.

Unearth the mysteries of the Abyss, save Red Leaf and others.

"But we have searched for relics of Sagura for so many years, and apart from that one time, we have never seen any larger ones."

"If this plan succeeds, perhaps we could get useful information from their materials."

After a pause, he raised his head and looked up at the White Stone Cliff above, where black specks were rapidly descending, clearly the Demon Race of this Shape-shifting Cave coming to investigate.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, merely waiting quietly for the others to arrive.

Bang Bang!

Two soft sounds later, two groups clad in Black Armor with pig heads firmly landed in front of Lin Xin and his companion.

"Who dares to trespass in our main mountain of Shape-shifting Cave!"

The leading pig demon shouted loudly, his countenance and demeanor imposing.

"Go in and give a message, say that the Sect Master of Yuan Dou Demon Sect, True Monarch Yuan Dou, has come to visit."

A flash of green light shone in Yin Pengzi’s eyes, instantly rendering the freshly landed pig demons stupefied, all losing their spirits.

"Understood...."

Both groups turned around woodenly, rising into the air, and flew towards the upper area of White Stone Cliff.

Lin Xin smiled and waved, spreading a patch of black demon clouds, and ascended into the air to follow.

Along the White Stone Cliff, numerous beehive-like holes could be seen on the cliff walls, all vaguely inhabited by figures, clearly all occupied by people.

The higher they went, the more yellowed and increasingly hard the material of the stone wall became.

The two strolled casually, floating lightly up to the cliff top, following the pig demons toward a large teleportation formation at the summit.

Some deer demons wearing antlers guarded the teleportation formation, each emitting a strong presence, their eyes seemingly just waking from sleep.

Seeing the pig demons go out on patrol and actually bring back two people, the deer demons immediately stood up.

"Old Zhu, what are you playing at? Didn’t they say no humans in Shape-shifting Cave? Breaking the manager’s rules, you’re not afraid of death, but I am!"

Yin Pengzi laughed lightly, a quick greenish flash in his eyes, immediately causing all the deer demons to freeze in place, unable to move, maintaining their initial poses.

The two directly stepped onto the teleportation formation.

A flash of white light, and they instantly disappeared without a trace.

Poof, poof, poof!

The remaining deer demons and pig demons, at the moment the teleportation formation lit up, spontaneously exploded, like bags of blood, their entire bodies dissolving into blood and water.

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Shape-shifting Cave — Lifeless Cave Realm.

Above the white land, sprawled a massive serpent stretching thousands of miles.

The serpent was scaleless, without Armor, hundreds of miles wide and incredibly vast.

From above, the body of the serpent undulated slightly as if breathing slowly and deeply. On most of its body, variously sized towns had been built.

All these towns were inhabited by different races of demons.

Each demon town retained the most primitive stone architecture scattered uniformly across the serpent’s body.

Sensing the entrance of Lin Xin and his companion,

the entire serpent slowly raised its head, its eyes directly looking their way.

"Who is it!?"

"Shape-shifting Cave’s serpent Venerable Hua Qingzi?" Yin Pengzi asked loudly.

"Yuan Dou Demon Sect’s Yin Pengzi, accompanying the Sect Master, hurry and notify your master."

The serpent shuddered throughout its body, and then it was seen looking directly their way.

"Is it the current number one of the Demon Path, the Red Flower Sword Devil, Lin Xin?"

It transmitted its voice from afar, its eyes clearly filled with apprehension.

"True Monarch is in person, please forgive any discourtesy."

The serpent was outwardly courteous but clearly gathered strength quickly around its body, ready to act on need, possibly to lash out violently.

Yuan Dou Demon Sect and Shape-shifting Cave had been killing each other for years, at the point where it was a life-and-death situation.

This visit by True Monarch was feared to bode no good.

"The Grand Demon Venerable should be in this main mountain, right?" Lin Xin inquired.

The serpent stammered slightly then chuckled dryly.

"I apologize, True Monarch. Our Grand Demon Venerable has been in retreat for many years and no longer concerns himself with worldly matters...."

Before he finished speaking, a horrifying sword scar several miles long silently struck, smashing into the middle of his head.

Boom!!!

The serpent was smashed to the ground, its head gushing blood like a spring, quickly saturating the land on its side.

The stone towns on its body slid off one by one, collapsing as they went.

Immediately, tens of thousands of demons cried out, dying tragically.

Lin Xin and his companion floated above, looking down at the dire scene below, both expressionless, quietly waiting for the Shape-shifting Cave’s reaction.

After the serpent was knocked unconscious, within a short while, two female cultivators clad in fiery red Armor appeared in the sky.

Both wore face Armor, their faces unseen, their auras deep and shadowy, far surpassing ordinary Yuan Jing.

"Why must the respected Yuan Dou lose his temper? Our Demon Venerable has long been waiting for this moment."

Both women suddenly produced two golden long halberds in their hands.

Then with a clang, the two halberds immediately crossed each other.

Crack, a flash of lightning appeared, and a giant black-bronze door, tens of meters high, materialized in front of the two women.

The door lacked any patterns—it was smooth, flat, and flawless.

Crack.

The door slowly opened.

"Our Demon Venerable is waiting inside at this very moment. If the True Monarch wishes to seek him out, please proceed on your own," the women explained loudly.

Lin Xin and his companion had anticipated this.

Upon arriving at the Shape-shifting Cave’s main mountain, from start to finish, they had only seen these experts; where were the others hiding? Needless to say, definitely in a more secretive, enclosed space.

Moreover, seeing their composed demeanor, they had already evacuated most of the mountain’s experts well in advance, obviously preparing early.

"You stay here; I’ll be right back," Lin Xin said, his figure turning into a black light, and in the blink of an eye, he entered the crevice of the black-bronze door.

Yin Pengzi floated in mid-air, silently waiting.

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The moment he entered the door, Lin Xin saw a rotating cylinder passage filled with colorful halos before him.

Inside, a man was sitting cross-legged.

A long-haired man with three eyes.

The man wore a white upper garment and blood-red, magnificent armor on his lower body, with a black long halberd next to him.

"Daoist friend, I hope all is well. Today you visit my Shape-shifting Cave personally, may I know what brings you here?" the man said, his voice clearly that of the great Demon Venerable of the Shape-shifting Cave.

Lin Xin also felt a slight tension in his mind.

The opponent was also one of the Underworld’s Undying True Monarch experts, his strength equal to Lin’s, and he was an old extreme of the yin polarity.

Up to now, the only one he had truly fought a bit was the Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor.

And this mysterious great Demon Venerable before him, this was their first meeting.

"It looks like the Daoist friend has prepared early and probably also knows the purpose of my visit, right?" Lin Xin didn’t beat around the bush and squinted his eyes.

He knew that the Shape-shifting Cave’s Heavenly Destiny Extension Technique was unparalleled worldwide, perhaps using it to foresee some traces of his arrival.

The Demon Venerable’s aura was as deep as an abyss, causing the entire corridor to tremble slowly.

He smiled faintly.

"Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor, since the Daoist friend is here, why not show yourself?"

Swoosh!

In an instant, another white figure materialized behind Lin Xin.

With a white robe and jade-like helmet concealing his face, it was none other than the Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor; how long he had been waiting there was anyone’s guess.

The two, one in the front and one at the back, perfectly sandwiched him.

"As fellow beings who have stepped into the Polar Region, if the Daoist friend is willing, why not sit down and listen to us discuss the situation?" The great Demon Venerable said in a calm voice, speaking softly.

Lin Xin’s expression remained unchanged, but his eyes revealed a mocking look.

"Do you really think, with just the two of you, you can hold Lin here?"

Ssssss....

Slowly, his right arm began to emit crackling red lightning, the electric light wrapping around his hand like a glove.

Crack!

Without any superfluous talk, the entire cylinder abruptly halted, everything was completely immobilized, without the slightest movement.

Only the three of them radiated faint light, immune to this stasis.

This was the Polar Region.

All laws stopped, the realm of extreme speed.

Lin Xin swiftly raised his hand, blocking in front of himself.

Boom!

A loud sound explosively erupted in front of him.

The great Demon Venerable appeared in front of him at an unknown time, chopping down fiercely on his arm with his long halberd.

The extraordinarily sharp edge of the divine weapon hit Lin Xin’s hand but surprisingly left only a shallow, tiny cut.

The red lightning and clear vibrations collided and entangled. The two forcefully separated with a bang.

Lin Xin swiftly retreated, slightly tilting his body backward, and just then, the fan-shaped sword frame on his back perfectly blocked a white palm from behind.

Clang!!

The entire cylinder shook violently, clearly unable to bear the forceful exchange between the three.

The great Demon Venerable, Yuan Dou True Monarch, and Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor.

The three strongest individuals in the world were formally fighting in this unknown, narrow space, without any spectators.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!!

Lin Xin stood still, blocking left and dodging right, his arms like swords, moving like lightning, precisely blocking simultaneous attacks from the front and back.

In the realm of the Polar Region, any divine ability magical treasure is less useful than personal martial techniques. Most divine ability magical treasures would be directly frozen unless they reached the realm of Polar Region.

And the divine ability magical treasures that could be used in the Polar Region were extremely rare, which is also the reason Lin Xin didn’t even draw his sword.

Among the five swords he carried on his back, only the Silkworm Moon White Sword, being inherently fifth-grade and having its attributes enhanced by his cultivation to be usable in the Polar Region, was suitable. The others were not.

The great Demon Venerable and Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor, attacking from front and back, their movements seemed ordinary, but each one possessed the destructive power to demolish mountains.

"Sacrifice the Heavenly Eye!"

The great Demon Venerable roared, the third eye on his forehead suddenly brightening, releasing purple light shooting straight at Lin Xin.

Heavenly Cloud Taoist Honor clasped his hands, and suddenly a moon-white scythe appeared in his hands, slashing fiercely at Lin Xin.