Chapter 255: 161. A Demon Cultivator Stance
Vital energy shook for eighty thousand miles, a vast wave coming from the east across nineteen states.
With immeasurable force in his palm, the whole world was shocked!
The descent of myriad auroras was a scene reminiscent of an Immortal's advent, already astonishing enough, yet someone dared to strike at such a divine being at such a time.
Every cultivator in the Jiawu Realm who witnessed this moment couldn't help but picture a figure in their minds.
Demon Lord!
Although that answer seemed absurd, who else but this figure in the Jiawu Realm could unleash such mighty power with a single palm strike?
"Thief!"
"How audacious, little thief!"
Whether it was the Ancestors of Sword Disciple Mountain or the sages of the Supreme Clear sect on Western Tuo Mountain, they were all filled with shock and rage at this moment.
Their shock was due to the unexpected assault they encountered upon their arrival.
And the rage stemmed from the audacity of this creature from the Lower Realm to strike at them, a tremendous insult to their very being.
Immediately, these Ancestors struck back.
Some manifested Sixteen Feet Golden Body Dharma Forms; these were the sages of Western Tuo Mountain whose Heavenly Power Treasured Tome boasted the "Sixteen Feet Golden Body Dharma Form," with boundless bodily divine skills.
Above the colossal golden body, they held various magical treasures.
These were spirit-echoing treasures.
It was extremely difficult to refine such treasures in the Jiawu Realm. However, in the Land of the Four Pillars, while the difficulty of crafting spirit-echoing treasures did not decrease, there were ample clever methods to do it.
Some unleashed cascading thunder; these were the sages of the Supreme Clear sect, their most adept attack being the Lotus Supreme Clear Thunder.
Myriad thunders exploded endlessly, dense and continuous, as if forming a vast sea of thunderbolts.
And figures rose from this sea of thunderbolts, seated on Lotus Platforms, overlooking all beings—these were the manifestations of the Thunder God Law Honored One.
Only those who had achieved success in "Supreme Clear Lotus Sutra" could gather the essence of thunder and condense it. Once the Thunder God Law Honored One appeared, it was as if a thunder-based spirit-echoing treasure burst forth with its power!
Then, with the piercing of sword light through the void, a single strike brought forth the might of ten thousand accompanying swords.
And such a sublime simplicity of attack naturally came from the Ancestor of Sword Disciple Mountain, a direct disciple of the Ancestor of the Dao. A single sword light slashed down, seemingly simple, but beneath its simplicity lay ingenuity, silence told of great sound, and formlessness bespoke great shape; the might of myriad transformations was all encompassed within.
The three vital energy palms, though as large as mountains and seemingly capable of covering the heavens, naturally turned to ash in an instant under such terrifying counterattacks.
However, at this moment, an obscure aura of cyan and yellow emerged.
Star Fate Heaven and Earth!
Shenxu Heavenly Officer echoed from afar, casting down the last few remnants of starlight.
In an instant, the space between heaven and earth was filled with the sounds of exploding thunder; vital energy stars thundered into existence a mere feet away, six successive explosions—terrifying might immediately tore through the Ancestors' defenses.
Then, columns of thunderbolts descended from heaven and earth, locking the forbidden airspace in an instant. Three weakened versions of vital energy star thunders, each capable of exploding three times, appeared once again.
The world trembled!
It was merely an encounter at the first level of realm, yet the might unleashed at this moment seemed as though cultivators on their third certificate were fighting desperately for survival.
Such a shocking scene left the cultivators of the Jiawu Realm dumbfounded, speechless for a long time, and even the Secluded Spring Blood Demon, who had been concealing his presence, was astonished.
Wasn't this reincarnation of the world supposed to be a Mortal Realm where it was rare to even see the first level of realm attainment?
How could there be such astounding, heaven-reaching powers present?
This time, the Secluded Spring Blood Demon didn't suspect that these were the acts of True Immortals like the Purple-Gold Immortal.
Because if they were, these cultivators wouldn't have engaged in such fierce combat but instead would have concealed themselves, searched for his trail, and then launched a siege against him.
But the fresh blood of these first-level cultivators, for a creature born from the Blood Spring like him, was the best nourishment.
Thus, the newly astounded Secluded Spring Blood Demon began to rejoice wildly.
He might even take advantage of this unexpected opportunity to soar into the sky directly, regaining one-tenth of his strength from his heyday! While one-tenth of his peak strength wasn't enough to give him the confidence to return to the Land of the Four Pillars and confront the likes of the Purple-Gold Immortal, one-tenth of his might at his strongest was indeed enough to rule over the Jiawu Realm!
"Tan Shuchang, when the time comes, I will thoroughly torment you before refining your True Immortal bloodline!" said the Secluded Spring Blood Demon in a cold voice. After all, if it weren't for Tan Shuchang, he wouldn't have had to hide and survive like a thief for so long, even afraid to slaughter a city for its blood to cultivate.
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At this moment, near Sword Disciple Mountain, Supreme Clear sect, and Western Tuo Mountain, the terrifying thunder light had begun to fade, and the sages from the three schools, originally akin to descending Immortals, were now mostly heavily injured.
"Star Fate Divine Skills?"
The monks from Western Tuo Mountain had recognized it, and so could these sages. Upon realizing what the obscure cyan and yellow aura actually was, a look of horror crossed each of the sages' faces.
They had not expected that there would be someone who had cultivated the rarely seen Star Fate Divine Skills in the Land of the Four Pillars, here in the Jiawu Realm!
"My fellow daoists have achieved a great feat! That there are so many among you with such strength to not die after striking at me is indeed cause for my joy!" said a voice, calm in tone, spreading from the void at that moment.
The voice wasn't loud, but in that instant, it spread across all twenty-five states of the Jiawu Realm. From the deep snows of the Vast Cold State to places like Old State and Fuzhou, where pathways to the Land of Yin and Darkness were found, this unhurried voice echoed.
And then, all creatures in the Jiawu Realm who looked up due to the voice saw a figure emerge slowly from amidst the five-colored clouds.