Chapter 269: Chapter 268 Beast Tide Ends (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Boom boom boom!
The two clashed again, and the Qilin Saintess was repeatedly forced to retreat.
In the fierce battle, the Qilin Saintess repeatedly used techniques to dissolve the force of impact, going from calmness to becoming disheveled, yet she was continuously forced to retreat.
"Damn it, why has this brat’s strength become so immense, is he of the Metal Dragon lineage, or the Giant Dragon lineage, or the Human Race’s Barbaric Tyrant Body? Such strength is too overpowering... No, even those known for tremendous strength don’t possess such power!"
"I am a pure-blooded Qilin, although not famous for strength, I’m not weak either!"
The Qilin Saintess drove her fists, striking out violently, her moves still fierce and ruthless, yet they lost their edge.
Using secret techniques, constantly dispelling the impacts of force, the more she fought, the more stifled and powerless she felt.
This human slave’s strength grew larger and larger, even though his combat techniques were still clumsy, his battle experience insufficient, and his moves were filled with flaws, yet they resolved through sheer power.
The muffled force, domineering aura, tearing everything apart, destroying everything.
As long as the strength is large enough, fierce enough, even with flaws in technique, it doesn’t matter.
"Qilin Celestial Sacrifice Technique!"
The Qilin Saintess gritted her teeth, invoking a secret technique, and instantly a part of her destiny vanished, offered to the Heavenly Dao, her cultivation of the Half-step Demon Pill realm instantly boosted threefold.
"I’ve been waiting for this moment!"
Lu Xuanji laughed, instantly activating his physique, exploding with tenfold attack power, transforming into a destructive saber light, tearing forth.
"You!"
The Qilin Saintess threw a punch, it was a peak punch, gaining supreme power after offering her destiny.
But in the face of tenfold attack power, it was completely useless.
It was like a long saber slicing towards the Qilin Saintess, slashing upon her body.
The Qilin Saintess’s body was instantly torn into two, her vitality dimming, her eyes filled with astonishment.
"Capture, refine!"
Lu Xuanji took out the Great Cauldron, putting the Qilin Saintess into it, intending to refine her directly.
At that moment, a shattering force erupted from the Qilin Saintess, the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron suddenly breaking open, a beam of light enveloping her fragmented body, disappearing into the distance.
"Damn it, is this the effect of a backing?"
Lu Xuanji sighed.
Looking at the broken Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron shattered into pieces, he felt heartache.
The Great Cauldron was broken, the key was not killing the person.
With a backing, with a backing to save you, a defeat doesn’t mean death, and there’s a chance to return; but without a backing, a defeat means death, without a chance to return.
"Who else dares to fight!"
Lu Xuanji collected the broken Great Cauldron, shouted loudly.
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"Ye Fan, could he really be the reincarnation of the Celestial Emperor?"
About a thousand miles away, a handsome man looked at a mirror.
In the mirror, the scene was the Qilin Saintess battling Ye Fan, both sides continuously engaged in fierce combat.
The battle scene was extremely bloody and brutal.
At the beginning, the Qilin Saintess repeatedly gained the upper hand, but gradually Ye Fan gained an overwhelming advantage, particularly at the end when he used a certain secret technique, suddenly bursting with tenfold attack power, instantly tearing apart the Qilin Saintess’s body, just about to completely refine her when the Golden Crow Demon Emperor intervened to save the Qilin Saintess.
"Legend has it, the Qilin Saintess was a Supreme Great Cultivator at the Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul level in her past life, with astonishing cultivation, and many Demon Emperors owe her favors, the Golden Crow Demon Emperor is her Guardian!"
"If I were to clash with him... not wise, not wise..."
Stone Emperor calculated, yet shook his head.
He was originally an ordinary rock from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, later absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, giving birth to a trace of spirituality.
After maturing for a million years, he was born with Golden Core cultivation.
Under the guidance of a Demon Emperor, he cut off his source, sealed it within his physique, and began cultivating from Qi Refining. To solidify his foundation, he cultivated at an especially slow pace, spending a thousand years to reach Half-step Demon Pill.
"I’m not his match, it’s better to leave!"
Stone Emperor’s figure flickered, directly departing.
...
On a mountain peak, gazing at the distant scene, the Black Dragon Demon Monarch shook his head.
Disappearing into the distance.
Choosing to avoid battle!
Being unable to defeat the enemy is nothing shameful.
Being unable to defeat the enemy, but not admitting one’s own ineffectiveness and rushing to die, would be foolish.
...
Lu Xuanji shouted arrogantly, but no one appeared first, and no one appeared second.
The demon race that originally surrounded them all scattered and fled.
As if not caring about his bluster.
"Where is the honor of the demon race!"
"Is there truly no strong demon in the race?"
"Is the Demon Monarch List just a list of rubbish?"
Lu Xuanji shouted, appearing like a big villain, but the more he taunted, the faster they fled.
The more he shouted, the less effective it seemed.
"Stop provoking them!"
At this moment, True Monarch Qing Lian stepped forward and said: "Just now, I sensed Stone Emperor, Black Dragon Demon Monarch, and some other demon prodigies all retreating. Your provocations fall on deaf ears, they won’t care!"
Lu Xuanji shouted: "I’ve insulted them enough, why aren’t they angry, why aren’t they coming to fight me!"
"If it were youngsters in their twenties or thirties, they might act rashly in anger, coming with knives to attack! But these are hundreds of years, thousands of years-old demon elders, long since mature in mind, skilled at strategy and combat, but will not act out of impulse!"
True Monarch Qing Lian said: "The top three on the Demon Monarch List have similar combat power. After you almost killed the Qilin Saintess, other cultivators are also fearful, naturally choosing to retreat. As for your harsh words, they are indifferent!"
Lu Xuanji said speechlessly: "So they just hide like cowards?"
True Monarch Qing Lian said: "And what if they weren’t cowards? Would they challenge you and die? They aren’t that foolish. Demon cultivators who’ve reached the Purple Mansion Realm are considered upper-middle tier in the order of the demons, with bright futures and limitless possibilities."
"Why die over a battle of pride! They aren’t foolish!"
"A ruler should not wage war in anger, nor should generals battle for frustration! If a cultivator reaches the Purple Mansion Realm and can’t even control their simple emotions, they would have long been killed!"
With that, True Monarch Qing Lian led Lu Xuanji back to Purple Sun Mountain.
This duel ended anticlimactically just like that.
Originally intending to slaughter the list, to utterly purge everything and let the young wilt; but in actual combat, he merely defeated the Qilin Saintess, causing other demon races to flee in fear.
No spine at all, no determination to fight for the glory of the demon race.
This was certainly unsatisfying, but it also showed him the cowardly side of those high-level cultivators who feared death.
Qi Refining Demon Beasts, Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts, each one fearlessly aggressive and courageous to the extreme, but once they reached the Purple Mansion, Purple Mansion Demon Beasts, Golden Core Demon Beasts, Nascent Soul Demon Beasts each one feared death immensely.
It’s not just the demon race; human race cultivators are the same. Once they reach the Purple Mansion, most cultivators fear death immensely.
...
Ten days later, the demon beasts began to retreat.
The beast tide ended.
Soon after, True Monarch Xi Yue returned to Purple Sun Mountain, yet saw Lu Xuanji in a dejected state.
With a rather displeased expression.
Jin Xi approached and asked: "Xuanji, what happened?"
Lu Xuanji laughed and said: "Nothing, I just thought of how the demon race is so afraid of death, no resolution at all."
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