The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 985 - 983: Seventy-two Demon Caves! Gu Hao! (5th Update)

Chapter 985: Chapter 983: Seventy-two Demon Caves! Gu Hao! (5th Update)

Lin Bai, holding a sharp sword, watched the blood drip drop by drop from the tip of the blade.

"After watching for so long, don’t you plan to come out and say hello?"

Lin Bai stood amidst the mountains and spoke coldly.

After he finished speaking, there was still no movement from the surroundings for a long time.

"What, do I need to invite you out myself?" Lin Bai’s expression turned fierce, and the sword aura stepped into reverse, striking toward a cliff above the mountain. The sword aura crashed down, sending a pile of rocks flying chaotically.

At the same time, a shadow flew out from within.

This dark shadow landed in front of Lin Bai, revealing a dwarf man with an ugly face, covered in blotches and with small, beady eyes, staring at Lin Bai with an unending cold sneer: "Interesting, I thought you just wanted to check if someone else was around?"

"Unexpectedly, you actually discovered my position!"

"Heh heh, with your strength, you’d rank within the top hundred in the Human Clan or even on the Hunter Ranking, wouldn’t you?"

After landing, the man spoke coldly while smiling at Lin Bai.

"Are you a demon?" Lin Bai looked at the man with suspicion.

The man sneered: "Demon Clan of the Primordial World, master of one of the Seventy-two Demon Caves, Gu Hao!"

"Seventy-two Demon Caves!" Lin Bai fixed his gaze on the man, knowing from the name alone that he was not someone to be trifled with.

"Gu Hao?"

Lin Bai felt that this name sounded familiar.

He immediately took out the Bounty Rankings from his storage bag to have a look.

"Gu Hao, Bounty Rank 56, 70,000 bounty points!"

"So you’re the demon beast from the Bounty Rankings!"

Lin Bai eyed Gu Hao, a trace of a smile appearing in his eyes.

Gu Hao gave a cold smile: "It’s rare for me to come out, and to encounter a Human Clan expert like you, I suppose your flesh and blood must taste much more delicious than that of other warriors. Would you let me have a bite?"

As he spoke, Gu Hao moved, and a demon wind immediately swept out.

A brownish-yellow demon fog instantly enveloped the mountains.

From within the demon fog, a sharp and piercing howl could be heard.

Lin Bai shivered all over, feeling as if the gaze of death itself was fixed upon him!

Whoosh—

Suddenly, a black light shot out from within the demon fog, the fierce chill of it as if it could pierce through the heavens, aimed straight at Lin Bai’s chest!

"Not good!"

"Nine Rotations Sword Steps!"

Lin Bai cried out inwardly, immediately performing the Nine Rotations Sword Steps to retreat!

"Perish for me!"

Immediately, an angry roar sounded from within the demon fog.

"Sword Heart Clarity!" Lin Bai, with an iron-green face, found it nearly impossible to track the demon beast within the fog. He leaped into the air at once and a blade light furiously slashed down.

Firmament shattering, gods trembling in fear!

A sword coming down from the sky, its sword aura incisively split the brownish-yellow demon fog right down the middle.

Revealing Gu Hao, who was hidden within the fog.

"This sword, quite powerful indeed!" Seeing his demon fog split open by Lin Bai, Gu Hao let out a cold laugh.

All of a sudden, Gu Hao twisted his body, and his form shrank down into the ground?

"Can dig tunnels?"

"A rat?"

Lin Bai stared wide-eyed at the fist-sized hole left on the ground.

Whoosh—

Just as Lin Bai was shocked, a burst of coldness came from behind him.

Lin Bai quickly turned his head to look, only to see Gu Hao leaping up from behind him, his fingers sharp like the blades of knives, slashing down toward the top of Lin Bai’s head.

On the corners of his mouth, there was also a cruel smile.

"Not good!"

Lin Bai moved swiftly, flashing out of the way.

But even Lin Bai’s lightning-fast reaction was a step too late, and although he avoided Gu Hao’s fatal strike, the claw left five bloody gashes on Lin Bai’s back.

"Heh-heh!" After his strike missed, Gu Hao landed and immediately burrowed into the ground!

"What’s there to fight with someone who’s always underground?"

"No good, the power from the Great Desolation Skill is about to fade away."

"I need to hurry up and take care of this Gu Hao."

Lin Bai’s face darkened as he felt the power of the Great Desolation Skill slowly diminishing within him.

Thereupon, Lin Bai silently stood in place, his mind beginning to quiet down.

Suddenly, at this moment.

Gu Hao once again emerged from underground, his claw unexpectedly attacking towards Lin Bai’s head, his face revealing a triumphant smile, "Hahaha, you won’t be able to dodge this claw."

Bang—

Gu Hao’s fierce claw struck down, directly hitting the top of Lin Bai’s head.

Splat!

Gu Hao’s claw fell, smashing Lin Bai’s body to pieces.

But not a single drop of blood flowed out.

"No blood? Not good, it’s a waning shadow!" Gu Hao saw Lin Bai’s body turn into nothingness and immediately realized.

This was not Lin Bai’s true body at all; it was just that Lin Bai’s speed had surpassed the speed of light, leaving behind a waning shadow in his place.

And the Lin Bai he had smashed was precisely this waning shadow!

"Go!"

Gu Hao was startled, feeling a killing intent enveloping him.

Without a word, Gu Hao was about to land and reenter the ground!

"Where do you think you’re going!"

"After killing you and refining the Demon Blood, I can basically reach the Human Elixir Realm Eighth Layer!"

"At that time, in the periphery of the Primordial World, no one will be my match!"

Lin Bai’s figure suddenly appeared behind Gu Hao.

Nine Rotations Sword Steps, the fifth step was unleashed, and Lin Bai’s speed was now difficult to capture with the naked eye.

Lin Bai, who appeared behind Gu Hao, swung his sword furiously.

"Sweeping Thousands of Soldiers!"

A furious slash descended, the powerful sword aura tearing the heavens apart, slashing down on Gu Hao’s back with the force of shattering all things.

"Not good!"

Gu Hao’s face turned pale with panic, feeling a strong shadow of death on his back.

Splat—

Gu Hao had wanted to transform back into his true form and slip away, but before he could, Lin Bai’s sword cut him in half at the waist!

Gu Hao’s corpse fell to the ground, and with a shake, it turned into a golden mouse.

"As expected, it’s a mouse demon!"

Lin Bai landed, rotated his Devouring Sword Spirit, and directly refined Gu Hao’s Demon Blood.

The Demon Blood was refined into spiritual power and entered his body.

Lin Bai’s cultivation then reached the Human Elixir Realm Eighth Layer!

"Finally made the breakthrough."

"This Gu Hao really sent charcoal in snowy weather!"

Lin Bai let out a cold laugh, collected Gu Hao’s corpse, and at the same time picked up the storage bags of people like Hua Jingcheng and Ning Yunlong, before moving to a secluded place within the mountains and sitting down cross-legged.

The duration of the Great Desolation Skill ended, its power fading from Lin Bai’s body, and a sense of weakness spread over him!

"I wonder how long this feeling of weakness will last."

"If other experts arrived at this place during this time, then I would be in trouble."

Lin Bai sat down cross-legged and silently circulated his cultivation technique, attempting to quickly dispel the feeling of weakness.

But Lin Bai also felt that even if he sped up the dispelling of this weakness, it would still take at least three hours!

One hour later.

Lin Bai raised his gaze and looked towards two figures approaching through the mountains.

He showed a bitter smile.

Lin Bai asked, "If you’re here to kill me, you can take action now."

"Because I have no strength to fight back at this moment!"

"But two hours from now, you won’t be able to kill me anymore!"

Lin Bai said indifferently.

"What’s wrong with you? You seem very weak. Are you injured?" the two people asked Lin Bai.

These two people were none other than Ye Suxin and Hong Su!