Legend of Swordsman

Slaying a divine demon of the same level was simply effortless.

The difference wasn’t so obvious during the Infant Formation stage, but once one reached the Divine Aspect realm, it was a leap forward.

This was because the secret techniques recorded in his mind were all at least at the Myriad Phenomena level, and with his powerful soul, he could only begin cultivating them at the Divine Aspect realm.

The small techniques he used before weren’t even considered secret techniques in his eyes.

However, burning Thought power didn’t count, as it didn’t depend on the realm or strength, but rather on soul power.

”Chen Yuan, don’t move around here. I’ll be back soon!” Jian Wushuang instructed before he soared into the sky.

He flew directly toward the center of the city.

At this moment, he didn’t bother to hide his aura anymore and openly appeared above the two Divine Aspect realm experts.

Zhen Xian and Fu Qing sensed Jian Wushuang’s aura and only slightly frowned, thinking that Jian Wushuang was being a bit presumptuous for daring to come into their territory to seize ghost cultivators.

They originally intended to teach him a lesson, but in the next moment, a terrifying wave of Thought power descended upon the entire city.

”Burning Thought power!” Jian Wushuang shouted softly.

All his Thought power erupted simultaneously, burning multiple times over, and the terrifying pressure instantly caused all the ghost cultivators in the city to stand dazed and motionless.

”Destroy!”

With one hand, Jian Wushuang struck down, and the giant palm print formed from Thought power descended like a divine weapon from the heavens.

In just one move, he crushed ninety percent of the ghost cultivators.

Among them was even a Ghost Commander who possessed Divine Aspect realm soul power. Yet, even so, Jian Wushuang easily crushed him to death.

If it were a true Divine Aspect realm expert, it might not have been possible to crush the opponent, but since it was just a spiritual body, he had no difficulty dealing with it.

This move shocked all the cultivators, causing cold sweat to break out on their backs.

At the same time, all eyes turned towards Jian Wushuang in the sky.

Zhen Xian and Fu Qing were no exception, their eyes filled with disbelief.

The suppression from the Thought power just now had shaken them both, extinguishing any thoughts of resistance. It took them several breaths to react.

Such powerful Thought power pressure absolutely surpassed the Divine Aspect realm.

Zhen Xian stared at Jian Wushuang’s figure and exclaimed, ”Could he have already reached the Myriad Phenomena realm?”

”Impossible! The heavenly laws of the mortal world absolutely do not allow the existence of the Myriad Phenomena realm. Once someone reaches that level, they would be annihilated unless they became a Transcendent!” Fu Qing retorted.

But the reality was right in front of them, and they had no choice but to believe it.

”Could he already be a Transcendent being?”

However, that aura couldn’t deceive them.

Jian Wushuang’s aura was very weak, only at the Infant Formation stage.

If it weren’t for the lack of time, he could have gone outside to absorb those scattered spatial crystals. But gathering them was too troublesome, unlike the ones he had obtained from Immortal Jiu Chen, which were already refined.

Those large chunks couldn’t be found even if he scoured the entire Mangshan County. Even if he were lucky enough to find spatial crystals similar to the ones before, after absorbing them, he would at most advance to the early Divine Aspect stage, which still wouldn’t be enough to fight against divine demons.

He had to obtain the power within the altar.

But even with such powerful Thought power, he still couldn’t locate the altar, making him more anxious than anyone.

Ignoring the shocked expressions of the others, his Thought power continued to probe the city of Mangshan County.

The remaining ghost cultivators were quickly exterminated by the cultivators. After all, anything that could enhance the soul was something everyone desired.

The vast city, now empty of ghost cultivators, had become much quieter.

The remaining cultivators began searching for the altar.

Some even started destroying houses to search for it.

Zhen Xian and Fu Qing, however, lost interest and prepared to leave.

But before they could, they wanted to probe Jian Wushuang a little.

Yet, before they could make a move, Jian Wushuang unleashed a terrifying burst of Thought power that pushed them back.

”Fools! That divine demon is still watching from outside. If you don’t find the altar quickly, when that demon arrives, you’ll all be doomed!” Jian Wushuang was growing irritated.

He wouldn’t die, nor would Jiang Shang or Xiang Yang.

Because he had the Nine Prison Pagoda, at worst, he could have the soul avatar within the

pagoda create an opening and let them take refuge inside the treasure.

With the defensive power of this treasure, not to mention that divine demon outside, even if a Dayan Immortal came, they wouldn’t be able to break it.

But doing so would make shattering the void much more difficult.

He feared they would be trapped for a very, very long time.

He didn’t want to be trapped, especially at this mortal stage.

Because at this stage, he couldn’t enhance his original body’s strength.

If his original body were trapped, he could still cultivate and increase his power to break free, but now that his original body was gone, getting trapped would just waste time, and the strength gained wouldn’t help his original body at all.

Moreover, he wanted to explore this world, not be imprisoned within it.

After being scolded, Zhen Xian and Fu Qing were momentarily stunned, then sneered, ”Hmph, it’s just a small altar. Even if it’s found, what can it do? We thought with your strong Thought power, you’d be more knowledgeable. Turns out, you’re just a frog in a well. Do you not recognize an ancient demon? That’s an innate being born from the Ancient Domain. Even if you reach the peak of the Divine Aspect Realm, you won’t be a match. Let me tell you something else don’t even think about shattering the void. The space on the ground now is even more solid than the Nine Heavens back then. Even if you reach the peak of the Divine Aspect Realm, you still won’t be able to break through the space to leave!”

”A frog in a well!” Jian Wushuang chuckled at himself.

He could tell that the souls and realms of the two before him were suppressed.

They were undoubtedly strong beings from the Upper World. He once thought the Upper World was vast, and even considered it a low-level chaotic world.

But now, it seemed either that world was too weak, or the cultivators there were too foolish,

lacking any insight.

The so-called ancient demon was just an innate divine demon, which was the common term

in the outside world.

Also, this altar here was far from simple.

If it were merely the power sealed at the peak of the Divine Aspect Realm, how could he not

have found it?

The key issue was that this place’s array was special-it allowed ghost cultivators to devour one another and grow.

Such a unique array, nurturing so many ghost cultivators, had not just appeared today.

From the time Yang Xiao noticed something odd about this place, at least ten days had

passed.

Judging by Jian Wushuang’s calculations, the ghost commanders who appeared tonight had just advanced.

This meant that the ghost cultivators who had previously advanced had already been taken

away.

And the purpose of nurturing so many ghost cultivators was to resurrect the imperial

concubine.

So, what was the deal with the altar’s power?

The two didn’t seem to be connected!

But upon deeper consideration, one could deduce that the imperial concubine was just a

pawn, and her resurrection was to benefit that Tang Emperor.

The altar’s power had likely already fallen into Tang Emperor’s hands.

That was why he had yet to make an appearance.

Besides all this, Jian Wushuang also sensed a peculiar aura from those ghost cultivators, one

that was very similar to that of divine demons.