Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

158: Chapter 158: The Sword of Despair Slays Evil and the Journey Home Takes an Unexpected TurnStanding in the air within the writhing cavity, Nangong Xuan held the platinum star key, his aura rapidly merging and resonating with this newly acquired star key. The vast and majestic Sharp Metal Law Profound Truth was like a bursting flood, constantly washing over and nourishing his Sword Heart and nirvana golden core.

That was an extreme ”sharpness,” capable of breaking anything! That was an absolute ”fortitude,” unyielding through ten thousand tribulations! That was a pure ”solemn killing,” severing Karma!

Platinum radiance and dark gold Dao patterns shone together around him. Within the original flavor of the Nirvana Sword Intent that ended all things, an extreme sharpness that pierced through delusions and penetrated all Laws quietly merged! At this moment, his Sword Intent completed another crucial tempering and sublimation, becoming more condensed and more terrifying!

Below, the heavily damaged Gold-Devouring King Bug let out a desperate and frenzied screech. Its massive body twitched and shriveled violently due to internal destruction and its energy being crazily devoured by the gui xu base point. The flowing dark gold carapace on its surface became dull and lusterless, and the countless reliefs of painful faces twisted even more hideously. Its aura had already fallen to the Nascent Soul Early Stage and was still irreversibly sliding toward the abyss.

But it was, after all, a vanguard of the dark side, exceptionally fierce. In its dying moments, it actually burned its final Origin, and that throbbing energy sarcoma suddenly erupted with a blinding dark gold light!

”Screech—!! Let us perish together!!!”

A destructive and highly unstable energy fluctuation crazily gathered from the Core of the sarcoma! It intended to self-detonate its Core, annihilating this cavity formed by its body along with the entire depths of the Jijian Valley!

”Father! It’s going to self-detonate!” Lin Mo said in horror. The self-detonation of a Nascent Soul-level demon’s Core possessed enough power to destroy heaven and earth!

”It won’t have the chance.”

Nangong Xuan’s voice was cold and calm, as if stating an established fact.

He slowly raised the platinum star key in his hand. At this moment, this star key was no longer just a dead object in his hand; it was more like an extension of his sword Dao, an extension of his arm, and a manifestation of his will!

The dark gold Nirvana Nirvana Sword Intent and the power of the platinum Sharp Metal Law perfectly fused and were injected into the star key. The form of the star key changed slightly, extending a platinum Sword Gang about three feet long, condensed as if solid, its light restrained yet making the surrounding space twist and tremble!

Above the Sword Gang, dark gold Nirvana Dao patterns coiled like a Dragon!

Nangong Xuan’s gaze locked onto the energy sarcoma below that was about to explode, as well as the last remaining trace of the King Bug’s evil consciousness deep within the sarcoma.

He didn’t use any fancy Moves; he simply slashed down with a single sword strike!

”Nirvana—Sharp Spirit Slash.”

A tiny platinum thread, its edges flowing with a dark gold luster, detached from the tip of the Sword Gang and silently slid through space.

The speed of this thin thread wasn’t fast, yet it gave off a terrifying feeling of being unavoidable, unstoppable, and certain to hit! Wherever it passed, the space seemed to be sliced open with a smooth, black crack that couldn’t heal for a long time! The dense space barriers in the cavity, solidified by the power of the Demon Nest, were like paper before this sword strike!

The Gold-Devouring King Bug’s burning, frenzied consciousness seemed to sense a fatal threat and let out a final desperate shriek, desperately urging its Core in an attempt to detonate early!

But it was too late.

The platinum thread ignored the distance of space, as if it had already hit the target from the very beginning, gently and softly cutting through that violently throbbing energy sarcoma that had reached the peak of its radiance.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

In the next moment, the sarcoma that had gathered the King Bug’s final power and was about to explode, along with the trace of brutal consciousness inside, was like snow thrown into a raging fire; starting from the thin line where it was slashed, it silently annihilated and dissipated!

There was no explosion, no roar, only the most thorough Nirvana that returned to nothingness!

Behind the sarcoma, the King Bug’s massive body also slowly split into two along that thin line, the cut as smooth as a mirror. Then, like a weathered sand sculpture, it disintegrated inch by inch, turning into the most primitive fly ash and scattering away.

The suffocating devouring force field and the filthy mental impact instantly vanished.

The dreaded vanguard of the dark side, the Gold-Devouring King Bug, was thus completely annihilated!

With the death of the King Bug, this huge cavity began to vibrate violently. The ceiling and fleshy walls began to accelerate in decay and collapse. The throbbing blood vessels snapped one after another, and thick liquid fell like a rainstorm. The entire Demon Nest lost its Core and began its end.

”Go!”

Nangong Xuan did not hesitate, pointing the Sword Gang transformed from the platinum star key upward!

Whoosh! A brilliant sword beam fusing the powers of Nirvana and Sharp Metal soared into the sky, easily tearing through the decaying ceiling of the cavity and breaking through the thick rock layers, forcibly opening a passage leading directly to the surface!

Nangong Xuan’s figure flashed as he flew out rapidly along the passage.

A moment later, he burst out of the ground and returned to the sky above Jijian Valley. Although Evil Qi still permeated the air, the nauseatingly filthy and greedy will originating from the Demon Nest had completely disappeared. The Evil Qi in the valley seemed to have become much ”purer”; although still dangerous, it no longer carried that kind of active malice.

He looked back and saw a huge pit appearing in the ground behind him, with muffled sounds of collapse constantly coming from within the pit—the aftershocks of the complete destruction of the Demon Nest’s Core.

Just then, the platinum star key in his hand buzzed softly, the Sword Gang retracted, and it returned to its token form. At the same time, it resonated with the other six star keys (including the newly obtained Life star key). The star Core automatically flew out, and the phantoms of the seven star keys revolved around it, their auras merging. They seemed to form a more complete whole, and their sensing ability increased once again.

More importantly, Nangong Xuan felt that the approximate location of the seventh star key had vaguely appeared in his mind! Although it was still distant and ethereal, the direction was now clear!

Finally, the goal of gathering all seven star keys saw the dawn of completion!

”Nangong!”

A blue streak of light carrying urgency and worry galloped from a distant stone peak; it was Su Muxue. She had been waiting anxiously outside the valley. Just now, she had felt the terrifying energy fluctuations and that final sword of Nirvana within the valley, and her heart had leaped into her throat. Seeing Nangong Xuan safe and sound now, with his aura even stronger than before, she flew over in great joy.

”Are you alright? That commotion just now...” Su Muxue landed beside him, looking him up and down with concern. Sensing the majestic Sharp Metal Qi emanating from the platinum star key in his hand, her beautiful eyes flashed with amazement. ”Is this... the new star key?”

”Yes.” Nangong Xuan nodded and handed the star key to her to perceive. ”The Gold-Devouring King Bug has been eliminated; the matter here is settled.”

Su Muxue took the star key, feeling the sharp Concept within it that could cut through everything. It was completely different from her own Dao of Taiyin, yet equally shocking to her. She carefully put away the star key, placing it together with the key of living beings.

”We need to leave this place as soon as possible.” Nangong Xuan looked toward the exit of the canyon. Although the Demon Nest was destroyed, the Evil Qi in Jijian Valley was still heavy, making it no place to linger.

The two of them turned into streaks of light and flew toward the exit of the valley. With the experience from their arrival and the reduced activity of the Evil Qi after the Demon Nest’s destruction, the return journey was much smoother.

However, just as they were about to fly out of the range of Jijian Valley—

A sudden change occurred!

On the mirror-smooth rock wall at the valley entrance, in the area where Nangong Xuan’s Sword Qi had previously slashed and where the Death Qi of five Cultivators had been devoured, the space suddenly and violently twisted without any warning!

A pitch-black, constantly rotating spatial vortex appeared out of thin air!

Immediately after, a cold, evil, yet strangely solemn and powerful aura suddenly spread out from the vortex!

This aura... was different from the filthy greed of the Gold-Devouring King Bug; it was purer and more high-and-mighty, as if representing the dark side of some kind of extreme ”order”! Its intensity had shockingly reached the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, or even higher!

”Hehehe... Finally... found you...”

A low voice with a texture like metal rubbing together came from the depths of the vortex.

”To be able to kill that trash ’Gold-Devourer’ and destroy the Mother Nest Node... it has saved This Seat some trouble...”

”Then... the ’Source Keys’ on your person... and those interesting treasures containing the ’gui xu’ aura... shall be taken over by This Seat...”

Before the voice could fade, a hand covered in dark gold metal armguards, with five fingers as sharp as knives, suddenly reached out from the spatial vortex and made a gentle grasping motion toward the direction of Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue!

Boom!

The surrounding space instantly solidified! It was as if it had turned into a steel cage!

An irresistible and terrifying devouring force field, far exceeding the previous one, suddenly descended. This time, it wasn’t aimed at energy, but at their bodies, their Golden Cores, and their Divine Souls! It wanted to completely pull them in and devour them!

The strength of the newcomer was far beyond imagination! It was truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Nangong Xuan’s expression changed drastically. He instantly shielded Su Muxue behind him, and the power of the Nirvana Sword Domain and the platinum star key erupted to the limit simultaneously, desperately resisting that terrifying devouring force!

Dark gold and platinum light flashed crazily around him, yet they were still being pulled by that invisible force field, sliding bit by bit toward that pitch-black spatial vortex!