The realm of the six immortals is like a mystical paradise, enveloped in misty qi and radiant beams of light. It shines with a brilliance that resembles stars in the night sky, covering the void.
The demon king, with a normal human figure, was surrounded by six enormous "beasts," gazing menacingly at him. He showed no sign of fear at all; instead, the dark qi swirling around him was continuously expanding and spreading.
Initially, the thick black qi that resembled ink merely spread over an area of over one hundred li around the demon king.
When he saw Chen Yun, Chang Tian Long, and several other immortals rushing to lend support, the demon king seemed to be riled up. The black qi around him surged and was almost everywhere in the sky, like a raging tide that swept fiercely, filling the entire void space, enveloping everyone in a dense darkness.
The black mist churns, and the temperature is rising continuously. It is unclear what tactics the demon king is concocting.
Subsequently, the demon king's voice, exquisite enough to make one's skin tingle, rang out: "With your worthless existence, you think you can stop me from descending into the mortal realm? If it were not for the limited power this origin pearl can bear, even a single strand of my consciousness projection would possess power equivalent to a heavenly immortal. With just one exhalation and inhale, I could pulverize all of you these worthless beings into pieces!"
As he spoke, the black mist in the middle gradually coagulated, forming a black cloud of more than a mu in size. The cloud was alight with flames and thunder, creating a massive black lotus pedestal.
The demon king, dressed in black clothes, had his hair down to his waist, with both hands clasped behind his back. He stood on the lotus pedestal as calm and still as a true immortal.
She furrowed her brow, and the black mist surged outwards like a mighty wave in the sea, raging towards all four directions.
Fist-sized flames and thunder clashed together, intertwined with the black mist, striking fiercely.
The surroundings turned pitch black and thick with mist, with no trace of light. Steam rose, and there was a continuous barrage of crackling electrical discharges and thunderous booms.
The demon king's figure trembled, and two identical copies of himself emerged on either side.
A figure was entirely ablaze.
The other figure was surrounded by crackling lightning.
Only the essence of his consciousness projection, the true self, sat slowly and calmly on the lotus pedestal.
Feeling the intense heat and thunderstorm, Chen Yun hurriedly channeled the qi and essence within his body to solidify it into a Bagua mirror outside his body.
Even so, the Bagua mirror was still shattered by the powerful blow!
Fortunately, Chen Yun's physical body was sturdy enough to withstand the fierce impact.
On the contrary, the ten dozen or so demigods in Jianjing were at their wit's end. Under the bombardment of the black mist intertwined with flames and thunder, they screamed one by one and shattered into pieces, plummeting down.
These demigod immortals arrived quickly and were also swiftly annihilated.
Chen Yun never expected that the demon king was so terrifying, and he didn't even have to display his true strength to annihilate the ten or so demigods in an instant.
The six teachings masters didn't dare to slack off, respectively emitting the divine essence gathered from their spiritual beings above as qingyun clouds, radiating boundless auspicious light, warding off the might of the black mist.
Even the six teachings masters had to release their qingyun clouds to withstand it, but Chen Yun held up against it solely with his physical body.
This sight immediately caught the attention of the six teachings masters and the demon king.
"Ah?" The demon king, with great interest, took a glance at Chen Yun and praised, "Though your cultivation realm is not high, your physical body is extremely strong. You are far stronger than these six worthless beings. The demon king appreciates talent. Once I dispose of these worthless beings in a while, if you're willing to submit to me, I can consider sparing your life."
Chen Yun stared at the demon king with cold eyes and replied with a powerful thought, "You wretch! I would rather die than submit to you!"
"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!" The demon king called out three "excellent" words, "I like to subdue people with backbone!"
As soon as the three "excellent" words were spoken, an even more powerful thought emerged from the void, not only dispersing Chen Yun's thoughts but also pressing down layer by layer.
Chen Yun felt as if his head had been struck by a sledgehammer suddenly.
Suddenly, stars appeared in front of his eyes, and he felt dizzy and headache. If not for the support from the others, he might have fallen straight down.
He knew that this was an attack on his spirit essence by the demon king.
His physical body was indeed strong, but his spirit essence had not been cultivated yet, so he couldn't withstand the power of the attack.
At the same time, Chen Yun also knew very well that the demon king was expressing that if she wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as taking off her sleeves.
Chen Yun's heart was filled with terror, finally feeling the terrifying power of the demon king.
The six teachings masters were no match for the demon king even when they fought together, so where would they have the time to worry about Chen Yun and others?
The giant yellow weasel, represented by Huang Erlao, snorted coldly, "Even if your demonic body is extremely powerful, it is suppressed in the Nine Yin. How dare a single strand of your consciousness projection act up?"
Old Man Grey, with his fiery temper, said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't waste words with her. Let's join forces and kill her!"
As he spoke, Old Man Grey, transformed into a mouse hundreds of thousands of feet tall, charged towards the demon king ferociously.
Old Man Grey's wife followed quickly, her two claws glinting with frost as she lunged towards the demon king.
Upon their action, a vast amount of gray immortal essence burst forth from their bodies.
Puchi!
The essence is so concentrated that it almost solidifies into a liquid state, flowing like water.
To everyone's surprise, the demon king didn't even move, and the flame-ridden clone's figure erupted with flames, evaporating all the gray immortal essence.
The thunderous punch of the demon king struck the nose of the clone, causing an instant gush of thousands of lightning bolts from the mouth and nose, aimed towards Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife.
Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife seemed a bit wary and did not dare to directly meet the attacks.
The couple of them, Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife, each released a milky stream of breath, condensing into their physical bodies. As their bodies clicked and crackled, they withered away but transformed into their spiritual essence, floating above their heads.
These two forms of essence looked like three-year-old children, plump and round.
Don't be deceived by their cute appearance; in fact, these two forms of essence are incredibly formidable.
Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife's spiritual essence had their hands move rapidly, as if they were manipulating something.
Suddenly, the surrounding area was filled with cold fury, and one hundred and eight frosty qi streams shone brightly, piercing through the air like silver threads. These qi streams sliced through the black mist around them.
The ultimate technique that Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife performed with their spiritual essence, although it looks like silver threads, is actually called "Cold Fury Swords to Sweep Away Demons."
It is an ultimate technique developed by the two immortals over a thousand years, with great suppressive effect on demons and devils.
Now that it has been unleashed, the one hundred and eight silver threads surged fiercely, instantly covering the entire void and spreading out a cold aura.
Only by seeing Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife's spiritual essence fiercely grab their hands, did those numerous silver threads covering countless light years shrink up all at once, making a sound like glass shattering, slicing through the black qi.
The two immortals noticed that these black mists were transformed by the demon king's original body, and they wanted to control their spiritual essence to indirectly attack the demon king and injure him.
The demon king still sat motionless.
The demon king's flame clone lifted one hand, causing the black mist to violently shake.
One hundred and eight fiery lights glowed from within the black mist.
Upon contact with the firelight, the silver threads melted away instantly.
The two old immortals' spiritual essence demonstrated such a powerful technique, yet it was annihilated without a trace.
Chen Yun squinted his eyes and pondered that if Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife had used this technique against him earlier, even the strongest physical body would have been shattered into pieces. The demon king could easily defend against it with just one clone. It's indeed terrifying.
"You two little mice still dodge out of your spiritual essence, but you are still worthless!" The demon king was arrogant to the extreme, looking towards the other four teaching masters, "If you don't come up with a move, I will kill these two little mice right here!"
Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife were seething with anger at the demon king's mocking.
The couple of immortals changed their spiritual essence, allowing the immortal essence to intermingle with each other.
The two immortal qi streams, transformed into an unclouded white light, a three-foot-long sword, under the influence of the spiritual essence, rushed towards the demon king's original body on the lotus pedestal and chopped towards it.
This is an art of spiritual essence practice by Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife, called "Green Flame Slaying Sword," whose power is far greater than that of "Cold Fury Swords to Sweep Away Demons."
Because Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife are true deities, they inherently possess the divine power to slay demons and evil spirits.
And this "Green Flame Slaying Sword" is the means that the two old immortals have cultivated through combining their divine power and spiritual energy, specifically for the purpose of slaying demons.
As expected, this "Green Flame Slaying Sword" was incredibly magical. As soon as it flew out, it instantly appeared in front of the demon king's forehead as if it had teleported, and then fiercely struck forward.
When the demon king saw the green light coming, he laughed heartily and didn't even stand up. With a grab of his left hand, a ball of black qi erupted and caught the "Green Flame Slaying Sword" in his palm.
Immediately, the demon king's left hand closed, and "Green Flame Slaying Sword" was instantly turned into countless glints of light, scattered on the surface of the lotus pedestal and disappeared without a trace.
Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife's spiritual essence seemed to have been struck by something, causing them to shake their bodies simultaneously and become significantly thinner.
Chen Yun's eyes changed as he realized that Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife had almost put everything into their effort at the moment, with the exception of the blue droplet.
Even with their full power, two immortals at the middle level of the earth realm couldn't match a single strike from the demon king. It is truly heart-stopping.
The other four teaching masters took advantage of the time when Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife attacked, allowing the demon king to recover some of his injuries.
Seeing the injury caused by the demon king's powerful strike to Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife, they can no longer remain indifferent.
"Fine demon king!"
"Watch us subdue and suppress you!"
Old Man Huang, Old Man Liu, White Old Lady, and the four teaching masters all had milky streams of breath shooting out from their heads.
Once these milky white streams appeared, they all transformed into spiritual essences similar to Old Man Grey and Old Man Gray's wife, shaped like children.
When the spiritual essence of the four teaching masters appeared, their lifeless bodies wilted, and they were immediately enveloped by the spiritual essence.
These immortals are not practicing Daoist essence.
Each time the spiritual essence leaves the body, it takes away all the strength of the physical form.
Therefore, the physical bodies become withered when the spiritual essence leaves.
If it were a legitimate Daoist essence technique, the situation would not be as such.
After Old Man Liu's spiritual essence left, he immediately opened his mouth and spat out a wooden qi, which transformed into a gigantic demon god made of vine-like forms.
Old Man Huang's spiritual essence shone with yellow light, forming a white light that resembled a flying knife.
Mrs. White and Old Man Huang's techniques are somewhat similar, except that the spiritual essence they condensed is not a flying knife, but a needle about one foot and a half long.
Naihe's methods were greatly different from the other three teaching masters.
As soon as Naihe's spiritual essence appeared, a fierce golden flame burned around it.
Those golden flames were like golden lotus flowers, spreading throughout the entire void instantly, entangling and exploding with the black mist released by the demon king.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of continuous explosions resounded from all directions without end.
The terrifying shockwaves and blast waves swept across the entire void.
Even Chen Yun's incredibly strong body was bombarded by these terrifying shockwaves and blast waves, causing sparks to burst out from his body constantly, resembling a scene of iron smelting.
The six teaching masters all dived out of their spiritual essences and stared at the demon king ferociously.
The demon king showed no sign of concern or disturbance from start to finish.
She merely raised an eyebrow, and her two clones on either side immediately blocked the three teaching masters and engaged them in combat.
This is a top-level battle, with the weakest being earth realm mid-level cultivators. The struggle is truly not something ordinary people can imagine.
Even Chen Yun was moved to tears, let alone ordinary people.
Upon seeing this scene, he realized that after reaching the earth realm, the most powerful means were not combat techniques.
The most powerful technique is to manifest the spiritual essence.
In general, even normal earth realm immortals would not lightly manifest their spiritual essence.
Because if the spiritual essence is destroyed, it is equivalent to the dispersal of soul and spirit, with no chance for reincarnation and reparation.
Regrettably, the demon king in front of him is clearly not a common high-level cultivator.
Unfortunately, the demon king before them is clearly not an ordinary expert. She is among the elite of the countless demons who have been subdued in the nine nether realms.
If it were not for the restriction of its true power by the Essence Origin Pearl, it would have already slaughtered Old Man Liu, Old Man Huang, and Chen Yun, and so on. How could it wait until now?
It can be said that even among the powerful deities in the celestial court, there wouldn't be many who could win a move or two against the demon king's true body.
This demon king's magic has already reached the pinnacle, being a terrifying existence that rules over the countless worlds.
If a deity from the celestial court came, they would surely recognize it. This demon king was the one that was banished to the nine nether realms by Taishou Heavenly Emperor of Confucianism back when he still existed.
Unfortunately, Taishou Heavenly Emperor of Confucianism has already been reincarnated and cannot come to subdue this demon himself.
Although Chen Yun doesn't know the details of the demon king, he can judge from the demon king's displayed strength that he himself cannot rely on his physical strength to participate in combat. Otherwise, he would certainly be smashed into pieces by the residual shock waves generated during the battle among the several teaching masters.
The power generated by the battle between immortals at the middle stage of the earth realm and those who have manifested their spiritual essence is far beyond what that earlier demon general at the early stage of the earth realm could compare to.
Chen Yun quickly shifted his position to a distance of over a hundred light-years, staring intently at the battlefield in front, and mentally pondered whether to take this opportunity to manifest the golden demon god's celestial body and use the power of the "Killing Law" to attempt a stealth attack, seeing if he could kill the demon king.
Although he doesn't know if the "Killing Law" power can actually kill the demon king, this is his last resort.
If the situation really reaches a point where there's no time to spare, he will undoubtedly try without hesitation.
"But it's not yet the time."
Chen Yun understands that if he manifests his golden demon god body now, it will definitely be sensed by the demon king.
At that time, even using the power of the "Killing Law" to attempt a stealth attack is out of the question.
It's likely that the demon king would instantly annihilate him at the slightest sense of danger.
He didn't rush into action, but instead floated in the distance, calmly observing the fierce battle between the six teaching masters and the demon king.
Chen Yun wanted to find the perfect opportunity to use the power of the "Killing Law" and strive for a single decisive blow!
(End of Chapter)
