Chapter 423 Yellow Spring Demon Sword 2.0
They were both shocked by Wang Yu's displayed strength and alarmed by the scheming and plotting in his heart. He had been meticulously planning and waiting for this final step to bring about the complete demise of these two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Sword Sect.
The most perfect effect of feigning weakness to the enemy is the information gap at the first meeting.
Even the two of them, who were on their own side, were fooled.
They even left behind a spatial sealing technique in the void beforehand, showing that they were inherently murderous, unlike the others who did not initially intend to kill.
After all, the life of a Nascent Soul cultivator is precious, whether it is one's own or that of an enemy.
Unless absolutely necessary, there's no need to desperately try to stay.
The perfect opportunity to kill that Wang Yu had created immediately aroused desire and greed in the hearts of the Netherworld Demon Lord and the Dark Tiger Demon Lord, as it represented the life savings of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Even if they didn't carry everything with them, it was still a very substantial sum, especially the two Nascent Souls, which the Refining Heaven Demon Sect had been spending a great deal of money to collect over the years.
That Blood Pill Master, known as the master of alchemy in this world and the number one alchemist of the Crimson Kite Sect, was also the one for whom the Heavenly Demon Sect was collecting Nascent Souls.
There are also magical treasures, resources... accumulated over a lifetime.
With a thousand thoughts swirling in their minds, the two old demons acted without hesitation in reality; even the slightest hesitation would be disrespectful to Wang Yu.
The Lock of Heaven sealed off space, and two beams of demonic light arrived simultaneously.
The demon broke off one of its own fingers, turning it into a dark, blood-red nail, which was then driven directly into the celestial spiritual root of the Eight Trigrams Master's nascent soul, spreading out dense black runes.
The nascent soul's aura rapidly faded, yet it retained a faint trace of vitality.
The Demon Lord of the Underworld's tactics were similar.
However, he did not know the flesh and blood secret techniques of the Barbarian Ghost Peak. Instead, he used the Yin Beast Path method, spitting a mouthful of "old phlegm" onto the face of the Hemp Clothes Ancestor's Nascent Soul, which instantly condensed into a thick Yin shell.
Taking advantage of the momentary lapse in concentration after the teleportation attempt failed and the binding effect of the Heavenly Locks, neither of them missed this excellent opportunity.
They exchanged a glance and tacitly accepted the nascent soul into their possession.
Seeing this, Wang Yu took the two storage rings and the two broken bodies, without any intention of sharing them.
This tacit understanding needs no further explanation; those who understand, understand.
The interception mission was successfully completed.
What's next?
They watched the demonic cultivators slaughter the Sword Sect disciples with cold eyes. In half an hour at most, nothing would be left here except for a few traces of blood.
"The Demon King thought for a moment and said..."
"Logically, once the mission is complete, we can simply circle back to Black Mountain Pass. But before that, I'd like to hear Fellow Daoist Xuandan's thoughts. What do you think, Brother Minghu?"
Having just made a fortune, the Demon Lord of the Underworld was in high spirits.
He nodded in agreement.
"Brother Youmo is right. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Xuandan?"
When you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity.
In Chiyuan, strength is everything. As a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, Wang Yu's ability to demonstrate such terrifying strength means that he has exceptional talent and will surely become a great cultivator in the future.
The balance of power naturally shifted, and when Wang Yu could bring them benefits, this shift became incredibly smooth.
Nascent Soul cultivators still have the right to make their own decisions when leading missions outside.
The decision-making power was handed over to Wang Yu.
While pondering, he scanned the two Nascent Soul storage rings with his divine sense. Several items caught his eye, and he then considered the current situation and spoke.
"At the Black Mountain Pass, the sect is determined to take it. I still maintain the same idea: contact the Holy Sect to send reinforcements, and we will conquer the Withered Leaf City."
"If we are fast enough, we can coordinate with Qifeng Pass to wipe out the Taihu Army stationed at Tiezhulin. Then we can attack from the rear and besiege Heishan Pass, and this pass will surely be destroyed."
The tactics are sound; they follow the blitzkrieg strategy.
How many victories they can achieve depends on how fast they can go, but there are also problems.
So what about profits?
The prerequisite for serving the sect is that this vast complex of interests can provide sufficient resources for all Nascent Soul cultivators and support them in continuing their journey on the path to immortality.
This is the core demand!
Contributing to the war between good and evil is essentially about vying for territory; more blessed lands and grotto-heavens will naturally bring more cultivation resources.
However, such rewards are delayed and are affected by the final outcome; a temporary victory or defeat is not a reason for them to fight so desperately for it.
This is actually a problem that the demonic path must face.
—Short-sighted!
Compared to long-term benefits, they value immediate gains more, and are willing to do anything to achieve them, whether it's forcing growth or killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Don't they know the benefits of long-term development?
They know!
However, given the environment in Chiyuan, if you don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, other demonic cultivators will. Gradually, a peculiar "involution" mentality has formed: if you don't do it, others will.
It's better to do it yourself to avoid any unforeseen circumstances and ending up with nothing to show for it.
This is the change that the environment in Chiyuan brings to people.
The environment forced the cultivators to act in this way. Over the years, only the Red Kite in this world has followed the strategy of Taihu Lake and begun to intentionally raise mortals.
Establishing temples dedicated to granting children to increase population.
Otherwise, the population of Chiyuan would be at its peak if it reached one or two hundred million. The population of Taihu Lake, with its tens of billions, has too much war potential to be unleashed.
There was a reason why Chi Yuan suffered repeated defeats but kept fighting. If the Nascent Soul Venerable of the Refining Heaven Demon Sect hadn't been strong enough, it would be hard to say what the situation would be like in the Ice Prison Realm.
The Hehuan Demonic Sect experienced a period of discontinuity, partly because the war between the righteous and the demonic paths always ended in defeat for the demonic path.
To keep those two old devils in check, we must offer them sufficient benefits.
Then Wang Yu made a sad discovery.
Although he understood this point, why should he worry about it? Why should he try to satisfy the interests of the two old demons? Why should he attack the City of Withered Leaves?
Besides the benefits to the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, what about him?
Given the resource needs of a Nascent Soul cultivator, ordinary spiritual vein cities cannot satisfy his appetite, unless he can conquer a prefecture-level city or a major city.
Suddenly I just lost all motivation.
His sadness stemmed not from self-interest, but from a complex and unspoken feeling about how his environment had altered him.
Seeing that Wang Yu remained silent, Youmo and Minghu exchanged a glance.
I roughly understand what Wang Yu is thinking.
Those who can advance to the Nascent Soul stage are all outstanding individuals, one in ten thousand. They are not from clans of the same caliber as Yu, Zhuo, or Zuoqiu.
I have also gone through this kind of thinking.
The Demon Lord sighed and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuan Dan, you don't need to worry about it. We are all about cultivation. Back then, the Wei clan rose from humble beginnings, and we came up through the same path."
"When the price is not right and the benefits are unclear, prioritizing our own needs is the top priority. Who cares about the war between good and evil?"
Although the Demon Lord of the Underworld Tiger didn't say anything, he meant the same thing: what's a few bucks? Why would I risk my life for him?
Let the Black Mountain Pass remain blocked; he'll just live his carefree life as he pleases.
Regarding the term "demonic path".
At this juncture, Wang Yu gained a completely new understanding.
It's easy to say whatever you want, but hard to do. This is actually an act of breaking tradition and rules, a disruption of the order of all beings, so it's no wonder that it's seen as evil.
"Then let's leave it at that. Send a message to the Holy Sect and Black Mountain Pass and let them decide. We'll leave the matter of securing resources and benefits to Fellow Daoist Youmo."
"Don't worry, I'm an expert at this."
"Then let's return to the Fallen Leaf Swamp and lie low for now, awaiting the second order. If there's no news after a month, then we'll retreat to Blood Abyss State."
"good."
Having made up his mind, he led the demonic cultivators on another journey.
With the gates of hell closed, only a desolate land remained, with a strong residual aura of demonic energy, making it clear at a glance that it was the work of the demonic forces.
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Deep in the Dead Leaf Swamp.
In a secluded valley, after setting up a concealment array using array flags, the group temporarily stayed there, waiting for a reply from the Holy Sect and the Evil Soul Ancestor.
Wang Yu, the newly minted "slacker," is adapting to his role as a slacker in the battle between good and evil, and doing his own thing.
He originally attached great importance to this major battle.
After achieving enlightenment, his focus completely shifted.
The storage rings of Bagua and Ma Yi are of a higher grade than the Sea Heart Ring, and after the divine consciousness imprint was erased, they contained several very special and exquisite pieces of equipment.
Fourth-order space equipment: Blackline meteorite.
It's like a crack on a piece of pure white paper, bringing the two-dimensional plane into the three-dimensional world, like a three-foot-long black line, straight and sharp.
Legend has it that this treasure fell from the sky, like a sword tearing apart the canvas of the world. Although its name is unremarkable, it is an extremely rare spatial device.
This one spiritual object alone is priceless!
This item came from the storage ring of the Old Ancestor in Hemp Clothes. It was probably specially prepared to be placed into the iron sword that was bound to him by life and death. However, it was destined to be unlucky and encountered Wang Yu and his gang of villains.
In addition, a well-preserved tattered animal hide also possesses rare spatial attributes.
I stayed in the Dead Leaf Swamp for a while.
Wang Yu then prepared to use the Yellow Springs Demon Sword as a base, adding these two new materials and three fourth-tier demon corpses, and using the Demon Refining Technique to forge a new Flesh and Blood Demon Sword.
Relying on this treasure, unleashing the power of the Blood Slaughter Heart Sword will become one of his frequently used trump cards, and the Asura Dharma Intent is perfectly compatible with this divine power.
The combined power of these three elements is no less than that of the Twelve Phases of the Moon Palace, and is even more inclined towards a single-target kill.
at the same time.
The numerous storage rings accumulated over many years can be melted down and reforged into a batch of spatial equipment, allowing the Sea Heart Ring to be reforged once again.
After all, as time goes on, the space contained within the superior-grade Sea Heart Ring, which was sufficient back then, gradually becomes insufficient, as the corpses of transformed demon kings are often over a thousand meters long.
Those with special bloodlines will be even larger, and their needs in all aspects will gradually increase.
While they were recovering from a major battle and entering a period of preparation and rest, thousands of miles away at Heishan Pass suffered another major defeat.
Even after the Evil Soul Ancestor used his natal magic weapon, the Myriad Soul Banner, the army of evil spirits he released still failed to capture Black Mountain Pass, and the evil spirits within the banner suffered heavy casualties.
Two of the nine fourth-tier ghost kings were also lost.
When the Righteous Sword was slain by the Righteous Sword, the price he paid was merely the draining of his life essence from one arm, leaving him weak and powerless for a few days, after which he could recover with a spiritual pill.
A Ghost King comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator is not easy to cultivate. Each one requires the Evil Soul Ancestor's painstaking efforts and involves the advancement path he designed for the Myriad Soul Banner.
My heart aches so much I can't breathe.
The results were not bad. Almost all the disciples stationed at Black Mountain Pass were killed. All the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators were killed, leaving only more than twenty Core Formation cultivators and two Great Perfection cultivators to guard the pass.
As for the Demon Lord of the Nether Blade, they were completely incompetent.
Despite consuming most of his magic energy, not a single strand of his hair was disheveled. Compared to his rogue-like image of breaking down and cursing under Granny Silver Moon, he now stood as cold as an iceberg in the main hall of the flying boat.
So classy!
The Evil Soul Ancestor glanced at him with a sinister look in his eyes, and the thought that this guy was rigging the match resurfaced in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud.
"It's even installed..."
I muttered a complaint to myself.
The evil spirit made hand seals and chanted incantations, and two dark crows emerged from the void. This was a secret communication method used only during wartime, mainly handled by the disciples of Xiongming Peak.
They can summon ravenous crows from the underworld, record information using their bodies, send it back to the underworld, and then summon them from the other end, thus achieving ultra-long-distance communication.
This secret technique is extremely taxing on the disciples of Xiongming Peak, easily draining their spiritual energy and causing their death. Therefore, it is only used during wartime.
After reviewing the messages inside, the Evil Soul Ancestor's confidence soared.
Two pieces of good news.
Soon, the sect will dispatch 5,000 disciples of the Holy Sect and 30,000 troops from affiliated clans, sects, and independent cultivators to support the battle at Black Mountain Pass.
The wars waged by cultivators cannot be equated with those waged by mortals; there are significant differences, especially in the area of siege warfare.
As the attacking side, you often have to pay a higher price.
The casualty rate was far more severe than that of ordinary siege warfare. In addition, Black Mountain Pass was a tough nut to crack, and the first wave of troops that came with the evil spirits and the ghostly blades were attacked several times.
They almost missed.
This is another difference between cultivators and mortals. Under the threat of death, regardless of whether morale collapses or not, as a commander who is a Great Perfection cultivator, there is absolutely no possibility of retreating before death.
Attacking the city offered a sliver of hope, while those who fled were left with nothing but bones.
Or they might be bewitched and forced to seek death, their bodies transformed into zombies and their souls into evil spirits, using one life as three.
This is what cultivators are like; this is what cannon fodder in the cultivation world are like.
The second piece of good news came from Wang Yu's side: the Sword Sect's support team was completely wiped out, which meant that the arrival of a new batch of reinforcements would definitely be sooner than at Taihu.
Seize this time difference to hold back the two Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivators. Once we control the array hub of Black Mountain Pass, we can drive those two out.
Even the Evil Soul Ancestor never intended to spare their lives. Nascent Soul cultivators are difficult enough to kill, let alone the methods possessed by Great Perfection cultivators.
Life and death are uncertain, victory or defeat is undecided.
However, this can make them back down, which is a high-level game. Those who die are all low- to mid-level cultivators. This is the same approach for both Chi Yuan and Tai Hu.
In the main hall of the Warship, the evil spirit shared this good news with Youdao, then silently meditated to recover his strength, waiting for the next opportunity to make a move.
Meanwhile, the garrison at Taihu Lake in Heishan Pass was shrouded in gloom.
The near-total casualties on paper were enough to demonstrate the determination of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, which made both the Sword Master Haoran and Granny Silver Moon somewhat worried.
Two flowers bloom, each representing a different branch.
In just half a month, with the powerful effects of the Demon Refining Technique, coupled with his perfected skill and the perfect foundation of the Demon Sword, he achieved this feat.
The new version 2.0 of the Yellow Springs Demon Sword is here!
The Taihe Blood Cauldron can be used for both alchemy and weapon forging, making it a versatile tool. The new version of the Demon Sword seems to be made of flesh and blood.
The black line in the middle resembles an abyss that devours everything.
It exudes an extreme sense of sharpness.
That's the power of space!
"A fourth-grade superior product, its toughness and hardness are slightly inferior to others of the same grade, but its killing advantage brought by spatial cutting is enough to make it the best among its peers!"
Calling it the Demon Sword of the Underworld would be somewhat of a misnomer.
Naming has never been Wang Yu's forte, so he'll leave that for later.
As an accessory, the Hai Xin Ring also saw its internal space greatly increased with the integration of more spatial equipment, judging by its grade.
It's roughly at the mid-grade level of the fourth rank.
He has only used one-third of the storage rings he has collected. These treasures, which can be smelted into spatial equipment, will be of great use in the future, so he will not use them all up immediately.
Having secured the new weapon, the next step was to deal with Changxi. He had a bold idea, and it all depended on whether Xueyu would cooperate.
I'm exhausted after only one update today, please forgive me.
I'll update again after the Lunar New Year!
(End of this chapter)
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