The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1554: Chapter 1554: Life Force Draining Away

The Sky Demon Clan is known for their formidable physical defenses, and the Demon King’s defenses are even more terrifying.

Ku Jixie is determined to leave, and Ren Jiang Venerable is indeed helpless against this alone.

After Ku Jixie left, Ren Jiang Venerable thoroughly searched this area again, but found no trace of Jing Yan.

”Damn Sky Demon Clan!” Ren Jiang Venerable cursed angrily.

He knew that there was a ninety percent chance that Jing Yan was already dead. Although Jing Yan was exceptionally powerful, considered second to none among the God Emperor level God Lords, he faced Ku Jixie, a Demon King, which was undoubtedly insurmountable.

”Brother Ren Jiang!”

At this time, Wuyou Venerable also quickly approached from another direction.

He glanced around, frowning deeply.

”Brother Ren Jiang, there seems to have been a fierce battle nearby just now.” Wuyou Venerable detected the residual power fluctuations in the space.

”Yes, Demon King Ku Jixie just left from here.” Ren Jiang Venerable nodded in acknowledgment.

”Ku Jixie?” Wuyou Venerable’s pupils slightly contracted.

The high echelon of the Sky Demon Clan is quite familiar with human Heavenly Venerate level experts. Similarly, the Human Clan’s high echelon has detailed intelligence on the Demon King’s level experts of the Sky Demon Clan.

This Ku Jixie is considered a powerful presence among the Demon Kings.

”Indeed! It was Ku Jixie, utilizing the Demon Artifact Death Hand. When I arrived, I only saw Demon King Ku Jixie, but not a trace of Jing Yan. I suspect Jing Yan may have been killed by Ku Jixie.” Ren Jiang Venerable sighed lightly.

”This...” Wuyou Venerable instinctively took a breath upon hearing this.

”Brother Wuyou, let’s return to the Iron Wall Castle first. This news also needs to be immediately informed to the other Heavenly Venerates.” Ren Jiang Venerable said, turning his gaze.

”That’s all we can do. Alas, if young friend Jing Yan was really killed, our Human Clan would suffer a huge loss this time.” Wuyou Venerable shook his head.

When Ren Jiang Venerable and Wuyou Venerable returned to the Iron Wall Castle, two more Heavenly Venerates arrived there one after another. Ren Jiang and Wuyou then recounted the events once more.

”Unexpectedly, the Sky Demon Clan used the Demon Artifact Death Hand to kill Jing Yan. Moreover, they used the Death Hand’s spatial transport function. This use of the Death Hand likely consumed energy accumulated over hundreds of millions of years!” A Heavenly Venerate said in shock.

The Demon Artifacts of the Sky Demon Clan need to absorb sufficient energy from Chaos before they can be used.

This time, the Sky Demon Clan used the Death Hand, and although the duration was not long, the energy consumed must have been accumulated over hundreds of millions of years.

Because absorbing energy is not easy and has to be accumulated slowly, the Sky Demon Clan is very cautious in using their Demon Artifacts. They wouldn’t use them unless absolutely necessary. Once a Demon Artifact is used, it will take a very long time to continue absorbing energy from chaos to replenish it.

”The use of a Demon Artifact by the Sky Demon Clan comes at a cost, but if young friend Jing Yan was indeed killed, our Human Clan’s loss is evidently greater.” Ren Jiang Venerable said.

”Yes! Young friend Jing Yan’s potential is much greater than that of us old fellows. He is also the hope of our Human Clan!” A Heavenly Venerate sighed.

”This matter cannot be let go like this. Several other Heavenly Venerates have already projected to the Heavenly Venerate Hall, we should also go over. Let’s discuss and see how we can respond to this action by the Sky Demon Clan.” Ren Jiang Venerable said through gritted teeth.

”Okay!” The several Heavenly Venerates at the Iron Wall Castle all nodded in agreement.

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Jing Yan lay with his eyes closed on a blue stone platform.

After some unknown time, he slowly opened his eyes, looking around in bewilderment.

”Where is this?” Jing Yan attempted to sit up, but his body did not move as he willed.

”What’s going on?” Jing Yan was startled.

He found that at the moment, he couldn’t even move a finger, let alone sit up.

”What kind of place is this? I remember, the Demon King of the Sky Demon Clan tried to kill me, then the chaos space suddenly cracked open, a surge of red energy emerged, and then I lost consciousness and fainted directly.” Jing Yan recalled the previous events.

For cultivators, losing consciousness is very rare. The stronger the martial artist, the stronger the Divine Soul Body usually is. The stronger the Divine Soul Body, the harder it is to lose consciousness. When a martial artist faints, it’s usually because the Divine Soul Body has suffered heavy damage.

Jing Yan inspected his Divine Soul Body and found no injuries. So, this time his fainting seemed very strange. It is known that Jing Yan’s Divine Soul Body strength is enough to rival Heavenly Venerate level experts. How could such a powerful Divine Soul Body lose consciousness?

What kind of place is this?

”Calm down! I must calm down!” Jing Yan took a deep breath to soothe his somewhat agitated mind.

No matter the current environment, at least he was still alive.

The emergence of that mysterious chaos crack, for now, seems to be a good thing. Because if the chaos crack had not suddenly appeared, it is likely that Jing Yan would have been killed by the Demon King.

”This is...”

Once he calmed down, Jing Yan quickly discovered some unusual aspects. He could sense that he was lying on something. What Jing Yan discovered now was that whatever he was lying on seemed to be releasing a peculiar energy that seeped into his body.

The reason he couldn’t move seemed to be connected to this peculiar energy.

This energy felt like chains that firmly restrained his body.

Jing Yan hurriedly and carefully inspected his body and soon found that the strange energy flowing into his body from below connected to every part of his body. Whether it was the Martial Arts Meridians or the Divine Sea in his abdomen, there were traces of the peculiar energy everywhere.

”This is not good!”

”My life force is depleting...” Jing Yan felt his life force quietly dwindling, and his complexion changed dramatically.

The strange energy flowing from below into his body was silently devouring Jing Yan’s life force. This process was very slow, and if Jing Yan hadn’t meticulously checked his body, he might not have even noticed it.

What alarmed Jing Yan was that his Divine Power did not have any resistance to the strange energy.

”Damn! Get out of me!” Jing Yan tried to mobilize his Divine Power to expel the invading energy.

But soon after, Jing Yan’s heart sank. He tried hard to activate his Divine Power, but it did not respond at all. The mental method of Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill was running, but the Divine Power within the Divine Sea did not move, let alone expel those invading energies.

It seemed like Jing Yan could only watch helplessly as his life force was slowly consumed.