The Modern Martial Immortal

With the Two-Realm Ruler in his possession and having mastered the Void Flicker Dao Technique, Yaoguang’s movement speed had already been pushed to the limit.

As soon as a squad from the Heavenly Wound battle hall relayed new coordinates, Yaoguang appeared at that location.

Under the somewhat stunned gazes of the squad members, he accelerated again and charged behind the ninth-tier great demon they had locked onto.

Before the ninth-tier great demon could react, sword light originating from the Wandering Dragon Sword had already followed the elusive void ripples, as though piercing out from the void itself, and silently sliced at the great demon’s body, shattering its head on the spot.

After doing this, Yaoguang nodded at the squad members. ”Dismantle the corpse.”

The next instant, his figure had already vanished from the squad’s sight. The entire process had taken only one or two breaths. Only at this moment did the other members of the squad finally react.

Looking at the great demon’s corpse that had yet to fall toward the sea, two members hurriedly stepped forward and collected it.

The materials on a ninth-tier great demon were extremely valuable. Even for ninth-realm Golden Core experts, they were a considerable fortune, let alone for seventh- and eighth-realm Golden Core cultivators like them.

”So fast! So strong!”

”Void-Piercing Realm. So this is the power of void distortion mastered by a Void-Piercing Realm expert.”

”This young sect master acts so decisively! He is actually personally hunting these ninth-tier great demons!”

The squad members’ eyes were filled with astonishment.

Some of them found it inconceivable that Yaoguang would personally make a move.

After all, to those in higher positions, it was only normal for the people below to do the work while they seized the benefits.

Yaoguang... As a dignified young sect master, he’s actually personally hunting these ninth-tier great demons? Does that not mean that the treasures he previously mentioned, which can be exchanged with contribution points, will really be distributed to us?

At this thought, the members of the battle hall immediately became full of fighting spirit.

***

Yaoguang did not pause for a single moment; after killing a ninth-tier great demon, he’d immediately flicker toward the coordinates provided by another squad.

Very soon, all the ninth-tier great demons scattered within this region had been slaughtered.

Even after doing this, he did not stop. Using the power of the Two-Realm Ruler once again, he appeared at Qi Sha’s coordinates.

In the distance ahead of him, a small island could be vaguely seen, as well as several dozen battle hall disciples.

The island was only a few kilometers in circumference and looked completely ordinary. However, the part hidden beneath the sea had long since been hollowed out by the demons, and layer upon layer of arrays had been laid down, forming a powerful demon lair.

”Hall Master,” Qi Sha said. ”We don’t know what dangers are hidden inside the demon lair. For safety’s sake, let me lead some people down first—”

”No need. I already told you before: If I, as the hall master of the battle hall, want to convince the masses, I must lead from the front.” Yaoguang waved his hand.

As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward the demon lair. The power of his grotto-heaven, which could seep through the void, mixed with the power of his true spirit and silently infiltrated the island.

Relying on Void’s Child, along with his own attainments as a level 10 array caster, he soon got a rough understanding of the structure of this demon lair hidden beneath the sea.

After a brief moment of thought, he already had a plan. ”We don’t need to enter this lair at all. Flooding it with seawater will force the demons out.”

On the North Sea Star, countless substances had been eroded by spiritual qi and affected by mysterious powers, causing all of them to undergo mutations. A single rock or a single blade of grass, if placed in the outside world, would be considered a material that could be used for refining spirit artifacts. Naturally, the seawater was no exception.

Most of the currents in this sea region were composed of True Heavenly Unity Water and Dark Heavy Water. If submerged by layers upon layers of these waters, even ninth-tier great demons would find the situation difficult to withstand, let alone ordinary demons.[1]

After deciding on the plan, Yaoguang made a sweeping motion with his hand. The Wandering Dragon Sword rose into the air, easily stirring up void ripples.

However, unlike the void tsunami stirred up during his past Space-Splitting Strike, this time, all the void ripples were compressed and refined one on top of the other. In the end, they formed a thin, slender Void Sword capable of cutting through all things.

”Is this... an offensive void Dao Technique?!” Qi Sha recognized it immediately.

The might of this Void Sword was probably no weaker than the Extinction Sword Light he practiced.

The Great Dao of destruction he grasped excelled at directly destroying targets. But if used to break through defenses and arrays, it could not compare to this Void Sword, which could cut through the void.

The instant the Void Sword formed, it did not pause at all. Before many Golden Core cultivators of the Heavenly Ruin Hall could even see it clearly, the long and slender blade had already descended with a sweeping motion that seemed capable of cutting the void in half, slashing fiercely down toward the island below.

When the blade of void cut into the island, the island didn’t even shake. Although some dust was stirred up and some water splashed outside the island, compared with the grand, crushing force of the Space-Splitting Strike, this attack seemed almost silent.

Yet not long after this silent strike landed, the seabed began to tremble.

The violent rumbling stirred up some kind of drastic change, causing the entire sea surface to seem as though it was boiling, with roaring sounds continuing without pause.

Demonic qi started leaking out of the island’s underground lair from time to time. It seemed like all the arrays had been cut open and destroyed, to the point that even the auras of these demons could no longer be concealed.

However, these demons had clearly perceived the Heavenly Ruin Hall’s battle-ready formation above the sea. They didn’t dare emerge, instead doing everything they could to repair the arrays within the demon lair, attempting to rely on them to hold their ground.

Yet after only a short while, the tremors coming from the depths of the seabed grew stronger and stronger. Faintly, it seemed as if a terrifying power was brewing within, about to erupt.

Qi Sha, who practiced the Great Dao of destruction, immediately perceived what was happening. ”The Dao Technique the young sect master used just now did not only cut open the sea surface. It also cut open the seabed’s foundation. The magma hidden beneath is about to erupt...”

As he spoke, the temperature of the entire seabed began to quickly rise. The surrounding water seemed to boil, steam rose into the air, and deep within, a blazing red glow appeared and rapidly expanded...

”Get back!” Seeing this scene, Qi Sha hurriedly shouted and led the cultivators of the Heavenly Wound battle hall away.

At the same time, those demons seemed to realize the true purpose of that attack. It was actually meant to trigger an undersea volcanic eruption and destroy the lair they had painstakingly built.

Now that the volcanic eruption was imminent, if they did not want to be wiped out together by the eruption, their only choice was to break out.

Under these circumstances, streaks of green light, wrapped in dense demonic qi, shot out from the seabed, attempting to flee in every direction.

However, Yaoguang, standing on the sea surface, was like a patient hunter. He controlled the Wandering Dragon Sword, slaughtering the demons that rushed out from the seabed one after another.

He killed every single one that came out.

At the late stage, his Wandering Dragon Sword was no longer satisfied with merely guarding the sea surface and waiting for demons to throw themselves into the net. Instead, it rushed into the depths, forced apart the currents, and slaughtered demon after demon.

Although there were many ninth-tier great demons, and some of those great demons probably had combat power above one million, compared to Yaoguang, they were far too weak.

As a result, this battle had practically been a one-sided massacre from the very beginning.

”Combat power, 15,410,000.” Qi Sha tested it with an instrument.

This value was not too far from his own 18,110,000. But he knew that this was not Yaoguang’s full power at all.

After all, his opponents were only a group of ordinary demonic creatures. The strongest among them were merely a few ninth-tier great demons. They were completely incapable of forcing him to display his full strength.

Yet even under such circumstances, Yaoguang’s combat power had still reached this astonishing number...Then how powerful would he be if he went all-out?

Especially when it had only been six short years since he reached the Void-Piercing Realm!

Six years... He is probably already no weaker than I am. This is the perfect example of building one’s strength before making a move. No wonder those peak masters and lineage leaders, including the sect master and supreme elders, all believe that at the fastest, he will achieve the Void-Refining Realm within a hundred years, and at the slowest, within several hundred years. Qi Sha thought to himself.

It’s said that Young Sect Master Yaoguang has been cultivating for less than a hundred years so far! In less than a hundred years, he has caught up to the achievements I have only attained after cultivating for a thousand years... Some people can’t be compared to others at all.

One had to know that back then, Qi Sha himself had also been known as one of the most outstanding true disciples of his generation. It was precisely because of this that he had been proud and arrogant, unwilling to accept any olive branch extended by any peak master or lineage leader.

Aristocratic family? Powerful family? He, Qi Sha, was his own world, his own powerful family.

It was precisely this pride that later led him to enter the battle hall, where he wasted several hundred years.

In fact, even after wasting those several hundred years, he still firmly believed that with his talent, he would one day reach the Void-Refining Realm. And he would reach the Void-Refining Realm through the Great Dao of destruction. The moment he entered the Void-Refining Realm, he would have few equals when it came to combat and slaughter.

But now, looking at Yaoguang, his confidence and his pride were beginning to waver.

In less than half an hour, the Wandering Dragon Sword flew back to Yaoguang’s hand.

Within this demon lair, there was no longer any demonic qi left.

”Gather the spoils,” Yaoguang gave the order.

Immediately, the cultivators of the Heavenly Ruin Hall entered the sea one after another and braved the high temperature to bring out the demon corpses.

These corpses were not only valuable in themselves, but also proof for claiming contribution points from the Demon-Slaying Hall of the Penglai Immortal Sect.

Of course, the Demon-Slaying Hall did not necessarily require corpses to claim contribution points. Images left behind by Recording Stones would also suffice.

However, after destroying an entire demon lair, it was impossible to accurately distinguish how many great demons had been killed with Recording Stone footage alone. Bringing in these demon corpses would make the calculation easier.

The cultivators from the Heavenly Ruin Hall quickly brought out corpse after corpse.

Seventh-tier, eighth-tier, and ninth-tier great demons were all present. There were so many of them that if they had searched for them one by one during ordinary times, it would probably have taken a year or more.

Before long, a Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal brought over a great demon resembling a shark-man, but with a ring of crimson scales on its body.

”Hall Master, please take a look. This is one of the special races among the demons, a Crimson-Scale Demon!” This Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal’s expression was rather solemn. ”To a certain extent, Crimson-Scale Demons are equivalent to those with special physiques among us humans. And they have void-type special physiques. Their perception of the void is extremely sharp, and they have always been experts among the demons in constructing teleportation array arts. In addition, Crimson-Scale Demons always appear in pairs, making it easier to cross-check the specific coordinates of two teleportation array arts.”

”You mean that since there is one Crimson-Scale Demon here, there must be another demon lair where the other one from the pair is?” Yaoguang asked.

”Yes. A young fellow from our battle hall has mastered a secret art that can allow him to use this Crimson-Scale Demon to perceive the location of the other. Finding the other demon lair will be easy that way.”

”Then what are we waiting for?! Find it,” Yaoguang said without hesitation. ”Wiping out demon lairs is much more efficient than searching for great demons one by one.”

”Wait,” Qi Sha said. ”This demon lair was close to the inner sea and seems to have been established recently. It did not have a Void-Piercing Realm demon king stationed here, but that may not be the case for the other lair.”

”A Void-Piercing Realm demon king...” Yaoguang glanced at him. ”Are you afraid?”

Qi Sha was slightly stunned, then said, ”It is only a demon king. It is not as though I have never killed one.”

”Then that’s fine,” Yaoguang said.

Yaoguang sensed the growth progress of the Immortal Dao(Void-Refining Realm) branch...

If they wiped out one more demon lair, even if it was a demon lair without a Void-Piercing Realm demon king, he should be able to gather just enough experience.

1. True Heavenly Unity Water and Dark Heavy Water are both legendary types of water described in Chinese mythology. Daoists believe that water is the origin of everything, and True Heavenly Unity Water represents exactly that. The Dark Heavy Water is also known as Xuanming Heavy Water. Xuanming is the ancient god of the north, water, and winter. Xuanming also means dark, using to describe the water in the north is dark and cold. ☜