Chapter 261: Chapter 260: Demon Emperor Wanted (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Inside the cave mansion, there were only simple furnishings.
On the bed, Lu Xuanji sensed his own energy flow, with a large part of the Tribulation Qi dissipated, and his destiny significantly enhanced.
Reflecting on the beast tide, he vaguely understood its essence.
The heavens and earth have tribulations, and Tribulation Qi evolves, transforming into Celestial Tribulation, Human Tribulation, and Life Tribulation.
Fate and tribulation are intertwined, like the two sides of a coin. Without Tribulation Qi, there naturally isn’t any luck either.
Cultivators’ cultivation seems to be a struggle for resources, but in reality, it’s a struggle for luck.
As long as luck arrives, resources will follow.
The Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Human Race and the Nascent Soul Demon Emperors of the Demon Race, though their cultivation is strong and their fortune great, the karma upon them is immense, and so is their Tribulation Qi.
This Tribulation Qi gathered on them constantly wears down their luck, and at some point in the future, the Tribulation Qi may cloud their minds, evolving into a death tribulation.
These Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Nascent Soul Demon Emperors constantly think of ways to reduce their Tribulation Qi to enhance their luck.
To lessen the Tribulation Qi, a Nascent Soul True Monarch may recruit some talented individuals with great destiny to borrow their luck to wear down their own Tribulation Qi;
at the same time, they will proactively start some wars to dissipate their Tribulation Qi.
Every hundred years, a beast tide erupts. The Human Race and Demon Race clash with various schemes and reasons, but the main reason is that those Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Nascent Soul Demon Emperors use the beast tide to eliminate some of their Tribulation Qi, turning danger into safety.
"Back then, Xi’Er wanted to take me as a disciple. Later, as our relationship grew close, didn’t she also want to use my fortune to eliminate some of her Tribulation Qi; when the Ye Family valued me and arranged a marriage for their daughter, didn’t they also value my fortune to reduce some of the Ye Family’s tribulations."
Lu Xuanji thought and suddenly realized the problem.
Being entangled with Tribulation Qi isn’t terrifying.
At that time, a cultivator can sense the changes in their own tribulation.
What’s feared is Tribulation Qi clouding the mind, falling into a death tribulation unknowingly.
Those Nascent Soul cultivators and Divinity Transformation cultivators undergo numerous tribulations, becoming top-tier intelligent and exceptionally wise.
But after Tribulation Qi clouds the mind, negative emotions are constantly magnified, becoming impulsive and irritable, extreme and easily angered, their intelligence continuously dropping to gutter level, unspeakably foolish, even less than a ten-year-old child’s intellect.
Just like in novels, when Tribulation Qi clouds the mind, the villain loses intelligence.
"Formation, Decay, Depart, Empty, the rise and fall of destiny!"
"Fate, destiny, tribulation, fate energy, cause and effect, opportunities, these are too complex!"
After pondering for a moment, Lu Xuanji stopped thinking about it.
If I cannot understand, then I don’t need to understand.
Swallowing a Nirvana Pill, refining its medicinal power, healing wounds.
...
After resting for a day, Lu Xuanji once again embarked on his journey, walking the path of slaughter.
As the beast tide arrived, both the Human Race and Demon Race faced a collapse of order, allowing for unrestrained slaughter and the theft of treasures from others, killing demons and taking treasures, without regard for so-called rules or concerns about backgrounds, just drawing a saber upon sight of an enemy.
In the midst of the beast tide, cause and effect were thrown into chaos.
During the beast tide, it was extremely difficult for a Nascent Soul Demon Monarch to calculate someone’s fate.
This gave many gifted individuals the chance to take advantage of the chaos, to kill and plunder without fear.
In such chaos, killing does not concern cause and effect, slaughter does not care about karmic force, as long as the enemy can be killed, slaughter is unrestrained.
Whether they are Human Race cultivators or Demon Race cultivators, they all like to carry treasures, elixirs, rare items, and the like with them.
As long as they can kill the enemy, they can obtain a great treasure, a grand opportunity.
Deep in the mountains, by the cliffside, within canyons, desperately seeking the cave mansions of their predecessors, quickly acquiring the storage bags of slain demonic enemies, gaining opportunities and treasures.
At the beginning, Lu Xuanji was still cautious, keeping his range of battle within approximately five thousand miles around Purple Sun Mountain, but soon left the outskirts of Purple Sun Mountain, starting to slaughter in various areas of the Human Race while activating the [Void Celestial Armor].
The Battle Armor enveloped his entire body, with no dead angles, as even his face was hidden by Face Armor.
The feast of slaughter began.
...
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
A battle erupted, as a peacock activated a five-colored radiance, transforming Golden Swords, Wooden Swords, Water Swords, Fire Swords, and Earth Swords into ten-zhang heights, slashing down from the sky.
The Divine Sword was like a mountain, cutting through all directions.
The Divine Sword traversed, tearing through the void.
This was precisely the Lifebound Divine Techniques of the peacock line [Five-Colored Divine Sword]
Lu Xuanji swung his fist, unleashing an attack with no technique, only displaying dominance and arrogance, as if an overlord had descended.
Boom! Boom!
The brilliance of punches shone, five swords traversed the sky.
Both sides clashed, continuously tearing at each other.
Drip, drip!
Drip, drip!
Drop by drop of fresh blood fell to the ground, Lu Xuanji’s fists were injured, but his fighting spirit was boiling, "What a Five-Colored Divine Sword!"
"Catch the saber!"
Lu Xuanji let out a long roar, runes flowed on his palm, approximately a million Elemental Magnetic Runes gathered together, forming a ten-meter-long saber.
The saber emitted a blue-gray hue, simple yet grand, engraved with Dragon and Phoenix Runes, featuring flying birds and walking beasts, shimmering with sharpness and killing intent, resembling a Celestial Saber born for destruction.
Holding the long saber with both hands, he lifted the [Elemental Magnetic Celestial Saber] and slashed downward from the sky.
With this saberslash, Lu Xuanji felt the True Qi within him draining away, ten layers of True Essence vanished in an instant; yet it seemed insufficient, as the energy within the [Void Celestial Armor] was also drawn upon, infusing great power into the Celestial Saber.
Buzz, buzz!
The Elemental Magnetic energy rampaged, even causing a ten-mile radius of Spiritual Qi to riot.
With the rampaging Elemental Magnetic energy, the saberslash followed, its power lying somewhere between Great Success and Perfection.
"Five Elements Shield!"
The peacock activated the Power of the Five Elements, which combined into a Five-Colored Shield to block in front.
However, it was of no use.
With the saberslash, the peacock of the Ninth-Layer of the Purple Mansion was instantly killed, its body shattered.
Releasing Profound Ice Power to freeze the peacock’s corpse, sealed it in Profound Ice, then stored in the storage bag safely.
His figure flickered as he sought the next target.
The beast tide had only been underway for seven days, yet the harvest it brought was equivalent to seventy years of loot, validating the old saying of murder and arson rewarding wealth.
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Inside the Demon Emperor Hall.
On the terrain map, countless black and white pieces engaged in battle, slaughtering and merging, engulfing one another, yet new pieces kept appearing.
The Golden Crow Demon Emperor sat upon the throne, watching the chess pieces clash on the map, his expression suddenly wrinkled slightly, his brow furrowed.
His spirit trembled, feeling that a descendant had been slain.
Calculating the cause and effect, suddenly, an image appeared.
In the image, he saw a boy in black armor wielding a long saber, the saber gleaming as it cleaved through the Chaos Bell, slaying a Golden Crow.
This Golden Crow was just a mixed-blood Golden Crow, an insignificant one among his descendants.
Yet at this moment, a trace of killing intent flashed in the eyes of the Golden Crow Demon Emperor, sensing an aura of distaste, "This boy bears the aura of Xi Yue Sword Monarch... Is he her disciple, or her descendant? This boy carries her Life-Blood Seal... Killing this boy would certainly humiliate her!"
"Issue the order! To the Demon Race geniuses, whoever slays that boy can enter the Blood Pool for three days, experiencing a second bloodline awakening. Award one Creation Pill, one Golden Core Pill, and an Infinite Pill!"