Lanke Chess Edge
Chapter 116: The Sword Has a Spirit, and Aids Spiritual Beings

High in the sky, the Green Vine Sword swept through an entire province of land. As soon as it had determined its targeted Qi, it immediately unsheathed, and executed the demon in one blow.

When the thousand-zhang ray of sword light flashed, Madam Hong didn’t even have time to before she was completely destroyed.

At this moment, the scabbard hung suspended beside the Green Vine Sword, and the Green Vine Immortal Sword was still floating high up, pointing at the three demons below. No, it was four demons, to be exact; somewhere in the demon cave, a half-human-faced demon was hiding in fear.

Although the most powerful sword strike had already been swung, the invisible sword intent of the Green Vine Sword still filled half of the sky, overwhelming the sunlight, and making the four demons below look like little spirits facing thunder from the heavens. They dared not move at all.

It felt like if they so much as thought of moving, even a little, that murderous intent would be directed towards them. The lesson learned by Madam Hong was still fresh in their minds.

The Green Vine Sword in the sky was also a little puzzled now.

The master only asked it to kill the demon who had been burned by the True Fire of Samadhi, but it did not inform it that, after it had split the mountain with one swing and killed the demon, several more demons would appear.

Of course, at this moment, the Green Vine Sword had already struck with its most powerful slash, and it clearly remembered the words of its master that it should not linger in the battle. However, the demons below didn’t dare move when they saw it, so there was no need for it to rush away; it was not afraid of its own aura!

However, although the demons below were scared, they still calmed down somewhat from their frightened state. At least, this Immortal Sword did not seem to have any intention of killing them all at the same time, and its master did not seem to be nearby.

“None of us should move… That’s an immortal sword, and it was definitely aimed at Madam Hong. Apart from executing Madam Hong, its owner should not have given it any other orders, so the immortal sword is now suspended in the air…”

After all, even demons would sometimes miss their companions, or would be afraid that their companions would do something stupid and implicate themselves.

“Then, what should we do? How long will we wait?”

Another female demon asked in a low voice.

“Just wait! Wait until the Immortal Sword loses its patience and flies away by itself… or, Serpent-Woman,¹ you can try to escape. I’m sure Hunhe² and I will be grateful!”

Serpent-Woman didn’t even dare to get angry, for fear that her anger would trigger her demonic Qi and cause some misunderstanding with the immortal sword above her head. The man on the other side also said with a bit of hatred:

“What the hell kind of existence did this Madam Hong provoke? No wonder she called us out just now. She must have been too uneasy to be alone!”

“Oh, no! This immortal sword is so powerful, I’m afraid it has already been noticed by the City God!”

“I would rather fight with the City God and his ghosts than die under this sword for no reason…”

Perhaps because the three demons had spoken, the blade of the Green Ivy Sword high in the sky turned and pointed towards demon who had last spoken.

All three demons immediately seemed to have been hit by an immobilization spell, and stood frozen and mute. Their hair stood on end, and they dared not even breathe. The one named “Hunhe,” at whom the sword was pointing, had a stiff face and an expression even uglier than if he were crying.

. . .

Inside the capital city of Chunhui Prefecture, the golden body of the City God was still hanging high in the sky above the City God Temple. As he looked into the distance in the direction of Duming Prefecture, there was a flash of sharp sword light, and an unmistakable demonic aura in the air.

Although that distant place where it came from was on the very edge of Chunhui Prefecture, as the City God of the prefecture, he was not prohibited from entering that location, even though it was under the jurisdiction of a county’s City God. Although the two parties were not in a hierarchical relationship, the City God of a prefecture still had some prestige and authority.

The soul-calling bell in the City God Temple had been ringing for a while. Sixteen head officials of the twenty-four divisions had already gathered, as well as the daytime patrols, and the soul-catching messengers holding umbrellas over their heads to avoid the sunlight.

“Onwards!”

The City God of Chunhui Prefecture waved his sleeves, and with his incense power and the supernatural powers of the earthly gods, he led his subordinates onwards.

The City God of Duming Prefecutre had also made the same choice as the City God of Chunhui Prefecture. In addition, the City Gods of several large counties at the junction of the two prefectures sent their Dharma bodies over and ordered their subordinates from various departments to appear at the border of their jurisdictions. If necessary, they would even risk leaving their counties to fight together.

Wafeng Mountain itself was located on the border of two prefectures, and intersected many different counties. Divine light flashed to either side of the border in the two prefectures, and the City Gods of Duming Prefecture and Chunhui Prefecture revealed their Dharma bodies. After gazing at each other from a distance, they looked up at the sky.

An immortal sword with unparalleled sword intent hung suspended in the air, its sight turned toward the Dark Wind Ravine in Wafeng Mountain. The tip of its sword pointed at the four transformed monsters down below who dared not move at all.

Swish… Swish…

Three more divine lights flashed, and the City Gods of the three large counties in each of the two prefectures also led their subordinates here. Even the City Gods of those three nearby counties actually left their jurisdiction and their subordinates behind, and flew directly there, alone in their Dharma forms.

Now the situation suddenly became delicate.

Ghosts and gods gathered on Wafeng Mountain, and the four demons in Dark Wind Ravine were frozen stiff. These demons had considered countless bad situations in their lives, but this strange situation was beyond their wildest imaginations.

The Green Vine Sword did not move, nor did it sheathe itself. It hung in the sky together with the scabbard, ready to strike.

It seemed as if all the ghosts, gods, and monsters were waiting for the Green Vine Sword to move, some hoping it would leave while others hoped it would strike.

The City God of Chunhui Prefecture looked at the Dark Wind Ravine and the terrifying crack in the mountain above, and realized that this must have been the power of an immortal sword that he had felt before.

‘Could it be that the Immortal Sword came on the orders of its Lord and had already killed its target? And now it saw that there were still demons but did not have orders, so it deliberately suppressed the demons here? ’

Chunhui Prefecture’s City God thought so in his heart; no matter what, these demons must not be allowed to escape. As a City God, he could see the resentment and violence in the Dark Wind Ravine at a glance. These were definitely true evil demons.

As the City God of a prefecture, the City God of Chunhui Prefecture was the most powerful of the assembled City Gods. Now, he first bowed to the Immortal Sword in the air, then spoke without hesitation.

“My thanks to the Immortal Sword who has lent us the power to suppress the evil spirits here and aided us in subduing them today… Everyone, as City Gods of prefectures and county governments, we must capture these villains and destroy the evil spirits!”

As he spoke, his golden body glowed with divine light, and the power of incense and fire mixed with spiritual energy, rising in intensity. His subordinate, a head officer of the underworld, had already recorded and registered the description of the demons, giving them nowhere to hide under his jurisdiction.

“As it should be! Let us work together to eliminate these demons!”

“Soul-catching messengers of both prefectures and counties, cast a formation to lock down the soul!”

One by one, black umbrellas were raised to block the sunlight. Judge’s brushes, soul-striking whips, evil-binding books, Ruyi crowns…³ The instruments of the underworld were all put into action.

The power of the assembled ghosts and gods rose. They all used their incense power and spiritual energy to form a united force, shining with divine light.

The rocks and trees at the base of the Dark Wind Ravine shook. The four demons below could no longer bear it. Demonic energy rose from their bodies, and their monstrous roars sounded.

“Everybody flee!”

After shouting, he raised his demonic aura to resist the powerful light of the assembled ghosts and gods. Some demons even called up a demonic wind and fought against the light in an attempt to fly out of Wafeng Mountain.

However, the moment he left the mountain, the immortal sword above his head burst into sword light, as if it were about to strike, scaring the evil spirit so much that it stopped in its tracks.

“Hahahaha…Stay here!”

A pale golden chain flew out from the sleeve of Chunhui Prefecture’s City God and shot toward the evil spirit like a living snake, instantly entangling the opponent and throwing him fiercely into the mountain.

“Boom!”

Rocks exploded and trees fell on the the mountainside.

“Four-way Soul Locking Formation!”

Soul-binding chains shot up from all sides of Wafeng Mountain as the soul-catching messengers under the various City Gods worked in tandem. For a moment, a murderous, chilling wind picked up in Wafeng Mountain.

“I haven’t seen transformed monsters for a long time. I didn’t expect to see three and a half of them all at once. Today, I will refine your souls and transform them back into spirits!”

The Chunhui Prefecture City God seemed to want to vent all the negative emotions that he had suffered yesterday. He used his spiritual energy and the divine light from his incense power as if it were inexhaustible. Every time he struck with his divine light, the blow was extremely powerful.

A large number of soul-binding chains traveled through the mountains, and often a demon would be captured by at least a dozen chains if it wasn’t paying attention, causing its spirit to be come turbulent and easily struck by the divine light of the other ghosts and gods.

But the most deadly thing was not the attack of the ghosts and gods, but the fact that, in this kind of battle between demons and gods, the immortal sword that continued hanging in the sky had still not struck. Everyone knew that no one could withstand the might of this sword.

They had to fight with this distraction…

The first of the four demons below to give in was the half-human-faced demon, whose soul was pulled out of his body by dozens of soul-binding chains.

The Serpent-Woman had transformed into her original form and drilled into the mountain towards the depths of the demon cave, hoping to escape with the help of underground water veins.

“Where are you going!”

The arms and sleeves of the City God of Duming Prefecture kept extending, and his palms and fingers continued to grow larger. He almost followed the Serpent-Woman into the depths of the demon cave and grabbed the snake’s head.

“Hiss… ROAR… Red Skull, you slut, I hope you died a horrible death…!”

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The giant snake writhed wildly in the cave, causing the peak of Wafeng Mountain to shake.

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People living in the the three counties near Wafeng Mountain could see dark clouds covering the peak, and constantly rumbling thunder.

1. 蛇 (shé): snake/serpent, 姬 (jī): woman/concubine/female entertainer (archaic)
2. There are 3 “leader” demons, this is the name of 1 of the three. The others are Serpent-Woman and the snark guy
3. Ok so the word 如意冠 (rúyìtào) as a whole actually translates to “condom” but that is NOT what they’re using here… 如意 (rúyì) means “as one wishes,” and Ruyi is decorative object, either a scepter or a talisman, symbolizing power and good fortune