The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 335: Chapter 335: Annihilation! _1

Just after slaying the Fish Heavenly Demon, Shen Mo turned and left, showing no desire to prolong the fight.

A hint of hesitation flashed across the Guidao Heavenly Demon’s face. After some thought, it still conjured demon light and gave chase.

The strange fish, which had carried the other three Demon-corrupted members of the Marine Race, was dead. Now, only the Guidao Heavenly Demon could catch Shen Mo, but it also knew that it was no match for this powerful human cultivator alone.

Therefore, the Guidao Heavenly Demon only wanted to stall him, waiting for the other Heavenly Demons to arrive and collectively besiege him.

Shen Mo, flying ahead as a streak of light, felt a sharp killing intent flash in his eyes as the Guidao Heavenly Demon audaciously pursued him.

「Above the vast ocean.」

A streak of pale golden spirit light and a chaotic trail of demon light whizzed past, one chasing the other.

The terrifying torrent of energy they unleashed tore through the clouds in the sky, carving two long wave marks dozens of meters deep into the sea’s surface.

Countless seabirds, spirit fowl, and underwater creatures like fish, shrimp, snakes, and crabs fled in terror. Many of the more timid ones were directly scared to death by their auras.

The three demon heads, no longer carried by the strange fish, had been left over a thousand li behind by Shen Mo and the Guidao Heavenly Demon.

Even with a sense as powerful as Shen Mo’s, he could no longer detect their presence.

But he knew, he thought, with the Guidao Heavenly Demon on his tail, the remaining demon heads would eventually track his position and catch up.

BOOM!

The pale golden light abruptly halted. The momentum it carried exploded outward, stirring massive waves on the sea.

”Kill!”

The Guidao Heavenly Demon wasted no words, swinging its ghost-headed saber directly at Shen Mo.

In contrast to its pursuer’s impatience, Shen Mo, the one being chased, appeared composed. ”This place has a beautiful landscape. It’s a fitting burial ground for you!”

As he spoke, his two auxiliary heads on either side began chanting, forming seals.

Several Palms shot towards the Guidao Heavenly Demon.

The top-grade profound level Demon Slaying Sword in his hand also flared with spirit light.

「By the time the other three Heavenly Demons arrived,」 they witnessed Shen Mo cleaving the Guidao Heavenly Demon in two with a single sword strike!

From the top of its skull straight down to its crotch!

This demon head had been Demon-corrupted for twenty to thirty years; its soul and body had both completely transformed into those of a Heavenly Demon.

What flowed within it was not bright red blood, but an incredibly viscous, oil-like fluid that shimmered with an unnatural hue.

Its various internal organs were already beyond recognition, all having mutated into the unique organs of a demonic body.

Even so, the sight of it being vertically split in half was still quite gory, evoking an indescribable sense of revulsion.

The dazzling sword light gradually faded, revealing Shen Mo.

He now bore several new slash wounds and traces of evil ghost bites on his body, along with a black palm print seared onto his chest.

The slash wounds and bites were from the Guidao Heavenly Demon’s blade energy and its controlled ghosts. After its promotion to the middle-stage of Class III, its strength had increased considerably, and the aura of Nirvana and desolation within its blade energy had grown even more potent.

However, to Shen Mo, these slash wounds and bite marks were negligible, he assessed. The real trouble is this black palm print on my chest.

The Guidao Heavenly Demon had never been his match. If Shen Mo had been willing to conserve some energy at the final moment, he could have escaped unscathed.

But Shen Mo was determined to eliminate this demon head, and so he had struck with absolute ruthlessness.

By the time the demon realized it had once again underestimated Shen Mo’s strength and attempted to flee the battlefield, it was too late.

In its despair, the Guidao Heavenly Demon had unleashed its ultimate trump card: the Soul-chasing Extinction Palm.

This martial arts technique was similar to the Heaven Sword Sect’s Sacrificial One Sword — a final, mutually destructive gambit.

Even for a mutated Heavenly Demon, using such a move would consume eighty to ninety percent of its demonic primality.

Naturally, its effect was also immense.

The might of the Soul-chasing Extinction Palm was comparable to a full-powered strike from a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

The palm shadow, coalescing like black smoke, had shattered the Wall Palm Shen Mo hastily erected and then pierced through his Auspicious Snow inner armor.

Ultimately, it left a wound on his chest that continuously eroded his life force and vital energy.

If not for Shen Mo’s abundant qi and blood and his astonishing physical constitution, any ordinary Spirit Sea Realm cultivator, even one at Layer VI, would have been crippled by this attack.

The various cultivation methods within his body roared to life simultaneously, suppressing the lingering soul-chasing Demonic Qi in his chest.

Then, Shen Mo waved his sleeve. Seven short Dao swords whistled out, converging upon the three approaching Demon-corrupted members of the Marine Race.

After pacifying the demonic calamity at Wolf Howling Ridge, Shen Mo had earned a large amount of merit of slaying demons.

Consequently, he had gathered enough treasures containing extreme elements, such as the Thunder Killing Pearl. During his seclusion in the Jade Pool Dungeon, he had upgraded each of his Dao swords to the top-grade profound level.

His mastery over Sword Arrays had also reached the Great Perfection Realm of Epic (MAX).

Furthermore, his By the Stars Skill amplified any cultivation methods or magic related to the stars.

The full power of The Big Dipper Array, when unleashed, was so formidable that even Shen Mo was left astounded.

It’s a pity, Shen Mo mused. The Guidao Heavenly Demon was well aware of the Sword Array’s power and possessed incredible escape speed. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t trap it. That’s why I ended up being hit by its Soul-chasing Extinction Palm.

Now, with only three Demon-corrupted Marine Race members remaining, whose escape speeds were far inferior to his, The Big Dipper Array could finally unleash its true might!

An hour later, the mangled corpses of the three Demon-corrupted Marine Race members floated silently on the sea’s surface.

Truthfully, the strength of these Demon-corrupted Marine Race members was only slightly less than that of the Guidao Heavenly Demon. However, their slow escape speed was their greatest vulnerability.

Once ensnared by Shen Mo’s Sword Array, with no one to rescue them, they could only be gradually worn down and annihilated, even if their cultivation Realm was higher than Shen Mo’s.

Slaying them was considerably less effort than killing the Guidao Heavenly Demon.

This was one of the reasons Shen Mo had resolved to eliminate the Fish Heavenly Demon and the Guidao Heavenly Demon first.

After collecting the Guidao Heavenly Demon’s top-grade profound level ghost-headed saber, its Universe Bag, and the various spiritual materials from the bodies of the three Demon-corrupted Marine Race members, Shen Mo released the Nether Fire, incinerating their corpses completely.

Then, he flew another thousand li before randomly selecting an island to land on.

Using the Demon Slaying Sword, he carved out a stone cave. Shen Mo entered, blocked the entrance with a huge stone, and placed several prohibition talismans around the exterior.

Although these spiritual materials are contaminated with Demonic Qi, they can still be purified through refining. They are high-grade forging materials, Shen Mo mused, sitting cross-legged inside the stone chamber.

In front of him lay more than ten sturdy fish scales, two blood-red shells, and an Ink Sac.

For Demon-corrupted sea beasts, their Demon Cores and flesh and blood were useless. However, these extraordinary organs, which they had used as natural magic artifacts in combat, were all high-class forging materials.

All that was required was to burn away the turbid Demonic Qi within them using a spirit flame during the forging process.

However, Shen Mo did not immediately process these spiritual materials.

Instead, he gathered them into a Jade Box, affixed a talisman to seal it, and then stored it in his Universe Bag.

Next, he took out the Realm Breaking Talisman and used it to open the Universe Bag he had obtained from the Guidao Heavenly Demon, probing its contents with his sense.

A moment later, a smile touched his lips.

This demon head’s original self came from the Dark Soul Sect, which was wiped out during the Demon Calamity! he realized.

No wonder all its abilities involved malevolent spirits and evil ghosts. That Soul-chasing Extinction Palm it used at the end... even my physique nearly couldn’t withstand it.

I never imagined it would be a Soul Magic technique. Its inherent power of extinction directly damages the soul.

As he pondered, a jade slip containing a cultivation method appeared in Shen Mo’s hand.