System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

94: The first signs of the demon appearYe Chen transformed into a Chaos sword light, tearing through the sky at a speed that far surpassed ordinary Earth Fiend Realm Cultivators. He did not charge directly toward the three now-dimmed altars. Instead, he followed a faint guidance captured from the residual demonic thoughts while swallowing and refining those three demonic shadows, heading toward a sinister mountain range a hundred miles southeast of Liuyun City—Heiyan Mountain.

According to those fragmented memory shards, this place was an important stronghold set up by the Dark Hall near Liuyun City. Not only did it stockpile a large amount of resources, but it also harbored many experts, serving as one of the rear supports for the current siege on Tianfeng Academy.

”Since I’m here, I’ll uproot it all together!” Ye Chen’s eyes were cold, filled with a chilling intent to kill. Passive defense was never his style. Taking the initiative to strike and destroy the enemy’s nest was the only way to seize the upper hand and buy more breathing room for the academy.

Heiyan Mountain was steep and rugged, shrouded year-round in grayish-black miasma, where ordinary birds and beasts were nowhere to be found. Before even getting close, a foul breath mixed with blood, rot, and cold Devilish Qi rushed toward him.

Ye Chen restrained his aura, like a leopard merging into the shadows, and silently slipped into the mountains. His Earth Fiend Realm Second Layer Peak Divine Sense spread out like an invisible net, carefully scanning every corner of the mountain forest.

Soon, he discovered multiple hidden sentries and concealed warning Formations. These arrangements might have been effective against ordinary Cultivators, but before Ye Chen’s powerful Divine Sense, which was fused with the Guixu Concept, they were as good as non-existent. He moved like a ghost, slightly invoking his Guixu Sword Intent. Before those sentries could even sound an alarm, they were instantly annihilated by the invisible power of extinction, turning into fly ash.

As he went deeper, he began to encounter some patrolling Dark Hall Cultists and Blood Blade Assassins. Most of these people’s cultivations were between the Origin Opening Realm and the Spiritual Gang Realm, which in Ye Chen’s eyes today, were no different from ants. He did not alert the enemy, but instead used the Grand Void Roaming Dragon Steps combined with the interference of his Guixu Sword Intent. Like an invisible god of death, he silently harvested lives, leaving behind only corpses that rapidly weathered and dissipated wherever he passed.

His target was the main Peak located deep within the mountain range, where the Devilish Qi was the most concentrated.

According to the demonic shadows’ memories, that place was not only the core of the stronghold but also housed a small teleportation Formation that could briefly connect with other important Dark Hall strongholds or even their headquarters.

Just as he was about to approach the main Peak, energy fluctuations coming from the valley ahead caught his attention. He hid his figure and quietly drew closer.

Inside the valley, a dark red altar stood tall, even larger and with more complex runes than the previous three! Around the altar, dozens of Black-Robed Figures with cold auras sat cross-legged, their hands forming seals as they continuously injected their own Devilish Qi into a massive dark red crystal at the center of the altar. The crystal pulsed incessantly, emitting heart-palpitating evil fluctuations, and the space above it distorted slightly, as if an unstable passage was being constructed.

Directly in front of the altar, three Elders dressed in black robes with blood-colored borders stood solemnly, their auras all reaching above the Earthly Fiend Realm Fifth Level. The leader held a flickering bone talisman, seemingly receiving some information.

”An order has come from Lord Moon-Erosion!” The leading Elder suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of blood-light appearing in them as his voice sounded hoarse and fanatical. ”The Formation at Tianfeng Academy has been broken, the Three Talents Demon Fiend Formation failed, and Elder Shadow Sword and the other two... have fallen!”

”What?!” The other two Elders’ expressions changed drastically, showing looks of disbelief. ”The Three Talents Demon Fiend Formation was personally bestowed by Lord Moon-Erosion. With three Earth Fiend Peak Elders coordinating, how could it fail?! Since when did Tianfeng Academy have such strength?”

”It wasn’t Tianfeng Academy itself.” The leading Elder’s face was grim, his gaze carrying a trace of alarm. ”It’s that kid named Ye Chen! He somehow obtained some Opportunity, causing his strength to skyrocket. He has even mastered an extremely bizarre Sword Intent that can actually swallow and refine Lord Moon-Erosion’s World-Destroying Demonic Light! The three Elders were killed by him!”

”Ye Chen?!” one of the Elders exclaimed. ”That little beast who ruined our Liuyun City plan and took the ’key’?! He has actually grown to this extent?!”

”Lord Moon-Erosion is furious!” The leading Elder gripped the bone talisman, his voice trembling slightly. ”He has ordered us to start the ’Blood Nightmare Grand Formation’ at all costs to summon the ’Eye of the Moon-Erosion’ to descend, lock onto Ye Chen, and... completely obliterate him!”

”Start the Blood Nightmare Grand Formation?!” The other two gasped. ”Although the Blood Nightmare Soul Power accumulated here is enough, forcibly summoning the ’Eye of the Moon-Erosion’ will definitely cause us to suffer a backlash, and our cultivation will be greatly damaged!”

”This is Lord Moon-Erosion’s command!” the leading Elder said sharply. ”As long as we can eliminate Ye Chen and reclaim the ’key’, any price is worth it! Prepare immediately!”

The three Elders no longer hesitated. They simultaneously bit their tongues and spat out three mouthfuls of essence blood, which merged into the dark red crystal at the center of the altar! At the same time, their hands formed even more bizarre and complex seals, and the Devilish Qi around them rose into the sky like wolf smoke, connecting with the altar!

”With my blood, I call your name... Eye of the Moon-Erosion, pierce through the delusions, lock onto... Ye Chen!”

Following the chanting of the incantation, the dark red crystal suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, blinding blood-light! The entire valley shook violently, and the space above the altar distorted to the extreme as a blurry, massive phantom composed of countless blood-colored pupils slowly emerged! A cold, heartless, terrifying will that seemed able to peer into the Soul Origin of all things spread out from that phantom!

”Found him!”

The leading Elder’s face twisted into a sinister smile as he suddenly pointed toward the direction where Ye Chen was hiding!

”He is there! Blood Nightmare Grand Formation, kill!”

The massive phantom of the blood-colored eye suddenly turned. Countless blood-colored light beams, condensed to the extreme and containing the power to corrode the Divine Soul and annihilate vitality, instantly covered the area where Ye Chen was! Wherever the beams passed, rocks silently turned to dust, and the space was even eroded with fine black cracks!

The attack of this ”Eye of the Moon-Erosion” was not a pure energy impact, but carried a lock and curse on the level of Law, making it unavoidable!

”I’ve been discovered...” Ye Chen’s eyes narrowed. The power of the enemy’s Blood Nightmare Grand Formation far exceeded his estimates, especially the lock from the ”Eye of the Moon-Erosion”, which gave him a sense that there was nowhere to hide.

But he did not panic.

”Just as well, I’ll use you to test my newly realized Move.”

He no longer hid himself, and his figure appeared. Facing the overwhelming blood-colored light beams, he slowly raised the guixu sword. On the blade, the dark red patterns newly born from refining the Demon Venerable’s power glowed slightly, intertwining with the Chaos light.

He did not use the highly taxing ”Three Origins Ruin Return”. Instead, he sank his mind into the chaos primordial fetus within his Sea of Consciousness, drawing out a trace of its Origin aura and merging it into his Guixu Sword Intent.

”Guixu... can swallow all Laws, and it can... evolve all Laws.”

With a light flick of his wrist, the guixu sword drew a perfect arc in front of him. Where the sword tip passed, it was not a vortex that swallowed everything, but a hazy Chaos Nebula composed of countless minute Sword Qi!

”Sword Domain — Chaos Nebula!”

This Chaos Nebula rapidly expanded, enveloping the area within a hundred feet of Ye Chen. Within the nebula, Sword Qi flowed and Chaos rose and fell, as if it were a world of its own!

As those countless blood-colored light beams shot into the nebula’s range, the corrosive and annihilating power upon them was actually being continuously weakened, decomposed, and assimilated by the flowing Chaos Sword Qi! Although it could not directly swallow and refine them like the ”Three Origins Ruin Return”, it was still difficult for them to penetrate the nebula’s defense and harm Ye Chen’s body!

”What?! He can actually block the attack of the Eye of the Moon-Erosion?!” The three Elders in front of the altar were horrified once again.

”This boy’s Sword Intent... has actually touched the embryonic form of ’evolving Chaos and forming a domain’?!” The leading Elder’s eyes were filled with shock and greed. ”He must be killed! We must seize his sword Dao Legacy!”

He frantically urged the altar, and the phantom of the blood-colored eye glowed even brighter. More blood-colored light beams poured down like a violent storm. At the same time, an even more obscure curse power, specifically targeting the Divine Soul, silently struck toward Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness like an invisible venomous snake!

Ye Chen frowned slightly. This ”Eye of the Moon-Erosion” was indeed troublesome. Although the Chaos Nebula could defend against energy attacks, its effect on this kind of curse directly targeting the Divine Soul was slightly weaker.

With a thought, the chaos primordial fetus in his Sea of Consciousness vibrated gently, and a pure Chaos Origin aura spread out. Like warm sunlight, it instantly washed away that invisible curse power!

At the same time, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

”Defense is not my Dao.”

He took a step forward, actually charging out from the protection of the Chaos Nebula. Holding the guixu sword, he transformed into a shimmering arc that tore through the blood-light, heading straight for the altar!

”Stop him!” The three Elders were both shocked and furious, and they struck out simultaneously! Three Demonic Path Divine Abilities containing thick deathly stillness and bloodiness transformed into a hideous ghost head, a blood python, and a bone mountain, blocking Ye Chen’s path!

”Shatter!”

Ye Chen spat out a single word and slashed the guixu sword forward simply and directly!

A condensed Chaos Sword Aura was like the first ray of light to split the heavens and earth. Wherever it passed, the ghost head wailed and shattered, the blood python hissed as its head was severed, and the bone mountain roared and collapsed! The joint strike of three Earthly Fiend Realm Fifth Level Elders was actually broken by his single sword!

The sword qi’s momentum did not decrease, and it slammed heavily onto that massive altar!

”BOOM—!!!”

The altar shook violently, and large patches of the runes on its surface dimmed and crumbled! The dark red crystal serving as the core even let out an overburdened wail, and cracks appeared on its surface!

The phantom of the ”Eye of the Moon-Erosion” above twisted and became blurred!

”Pfft!”

The three Elders presiding over the Formation simultaneously spat out blood, their auras instantly withering as they suffered heavy injuries!

Ye Chen’s figure was like lightning, appearing on the altar in an instant, and he thrust the guixu sword toward the cracked dark red crystal without hesitation!

However, at the very moment the sword tip was about to touch the crystal—

From within the nearly shattered crystal, a point of extreme, dark light that seemed able to freeze time and space suddenly lit up!

A cold, indifferent woman’s voice, sounding as if it were condensed from eternal black ice, abruptly echoed in Ye Chen’s mind, carrying an absolute majesty that looked down upon him like an ant:

”Defiler of the Divine Eye... die.”

In the next instant, an icy power of deathly stillness, far exceeding the Earth Fiend Realm and even more condensed and terrifying than the previous Moon-Erosion Demon Venerable’s will, erupted from the crystal, completely freezing Ye Chen along with the entire altar!