Archean Eon Art

Chapter 121: Mountain Demon

“Death wish? Do you have what it takes?” Meng Chuan suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot toward the mountain demon.

Meng Chuan’s transformation and his sudden charge startled the mountain demon! It had fought human Godfiends many times, but it had never encountered a Godfiend with such speed.

It didn’t even have time to react.

Suddenly dozens of lightning bolts shot out from Meng Chuan.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The lightning bolts struck the towering mountain demon’s body, sending rocks flying!

Oh? Meng Chuan frowned. Although the lightning bolts had shattered some of the rocks on the demon, it was akin to losing a few strands of hair for the mountain demon.

Its body doesn’t even tremble. Clearly, lightning isn’t able to cause it any numbness. Lightning was very effective against flesh and blood. Even if the lightning didn’t cause death, it could numb his opponent’s body and cause them to tremble uncontrollably. In close combat, such negative effects would affect the battle outcome. However, the mountain demon wasn’t afraid of lightning with such meager strength.

The moment he landed, black baneful aura immediately spread out in all directions. His surroundings began to freeze. Mud and rocks were covered in a layer of ice. The distant mountain demon also turned into a massive iceberg.

“Are human Godfiends only capable of such means?” After the mountain demon was frozen, it continued walking. It thought nothing of the ice that covered its body.

Suddenly—without any warning—the ice-covered soil around it flew up and swarmed at Meng Chuan crazily.

The mountain demon constantly formed mud cages, trying to trap Meng Chuan.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The mountain demon saw blurry figures appear everywhere. Although he formed mud cages repetitively, it just couldn’t touch Meng Chuan. The mud and rocks’ speed were far inferior to Meng Chuan’s.

The baneful aura doesn’t affect it. Meng Chuan frowned.

When the mountain demon saw that it couldn’t trap Meng Chuan, it couldn’t help but feel a little angry. The mountain demon suddenly moved like a phantom and tried to step on Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan saw the sky turn dark as the giant mountain demon’s foot landed.

Swoosh.

Lightning flashed.

The mountain demon’s foot missed, and the ground trembled.

Swish!

Meng Chuan instantly jumped up, and lightning flashed.

In the blink of an eye, eight Meng Chuans appeared. Each of them executed the same move. As the sabers stabbed out, they produced sharp saber beams—an ear-piercing sound resembling a dragon’s roar were made by the saber beams.

Amongst the common moves for a narrow saber—cleaving, slicing, swiping, and stabbing—stabbing had the greatest penetrating power. After all, the saber’s might would gather at one tiny point! Meng Chuan used the Heart Intent Saber’s Dragon Roar Stance. This technique’s penetrative power was extremely terrifying, and it was one of the few moves Meng Chuan had mastered.

Due to its large size, the mountain demon could only withstand Meng Chuan’s attacks with its body.

Every strike carved a deep cave into the mountain demon’s body. The caves were 30 to 40 feet deep and about ten feet wide. However, the rock on the mountain demon’s body moved about, filling up the eight caves swiftly.

“Die.” The mountain demon’s gigantic palm swung towards Meng Chuan—who was midair, and unable to leverage strength from anything else.

Yet, Meng Chuan dodged the palm as a bolt of lightning. He circled the mountain demon’s body agilely, reaching its back.

He had used Heart Intent Saber’s only movement technique—Swallow Stance. It made him extremely agile.

Tiger Roar Stance! When Meng Chuan was behind the mountain demon, he instantly slashed out.

The saber beam cleaved down with a furious roar. In the blink of an eye, he attacked the mountain demon 15 times. Every strike shook the mountain demon’s body.

Countless rocks on its body exploded.

The Tiger Roar Stance was the strongest move Meng Chuan had mastered. It was quite strange. Heart Intent Saber’s 18 stances were all named after animals. It was the same for the Swallow Stance, Dragon Roar Stance, and Tiger Roar Stance.

A huge crater appeared on the mountain demon’s back. It was 50 to 60 feet wide, and because the fifteen strikes struck the same spot, it was over 80 feet deep. He could even see the dark red rock inside the mountain demon’s body. There were even fractures in the dark red rock.

That’s the true body. Meng Chuan understood when he saw the dark red rock. A mountain demon covered its body with external rock and continuously cultivated, making the rocks around them extremely hard. However, their true bodies were even stronger. It just so happened that their true bodies were much smaller.

“You actually injured me!” The mountain demon let out an angry roar. Countless rocks moved, and the huge hole on its back rapidly filled up. It was so angry that it produced new stone arms—eight of them. They crazily smashed at Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan transformed into a bolt of lightning and darted about agilely.

He stepped on an arm to borrow strength. With a flash, he retreated 1000 feet before approaching the mountain demon again. He struck out once more.

This time with the Heart Saber Stance! He had cultivated this move the longest.

The saber repeatedly struck the boulders on the mountain demon. The boulders trembled slightly but didn’t suffer any damage. However, an invisible vibrating force reached the mountain demon’s core and exploded! It was the Yin-Yang Blast! The mountain demon’s massive body reduced the Yin-Yang Blast’s power by 30% by the time it reached the core. Meng Chuan failed to see any obvious damage after striking seven times.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” It flailed its eight arms without managing to touch Meng Chuan. The agile human Godfiend enraged it.

Following the roar, its body exploded.

Instantly, countless rocks shot out in every direction at terrifying speeds. Every rock traveled faster than the speed of sound. This was a devastating attack. If it were used in a human city, this attack would reduce the surrounding five kilometers to ruins! If the mountain demon had appeared in Eastcalm Prefecture, it would have been an apocalyptic disaster.

When the rocks burst out in all directions, a dark red mountain demon—about 100 feet tall—charged at Meng Chuan. It ran with large strides—now faster and more agile.

“Don’t even think about escaping!” The mountain demon was completely enraged.

All it saw was a large number of rocks flying about as a bolt of lightning darted past the rocks. Not a single rock was able to touch that bolt of lightning! It had to be known that these rocks were flying in all directions. Their trajectories were different, and their speed exceeded the speed of sound. This speed was something even Godfiends couldn’t react to. It was almost impossible to avoid all the rocks.

However, the human Godfiend had managed to dodge everything at extremely fast speeds as a bolt of lightning. He quickly dodged all the supersonic-speed rocks—a testimony of his terrifying speed—and left the Nine Mystical Caves.

That’s it? The hundred-foot-tall dark red mountain demon stood dazedly. The human Godfiend was no longer in the dark red world.

“Ahhhh!” Helpless, it let out an indignant roar, and countless rocks flew over from all directions and covered its body. However, the explosion just now had shattered the rocks thoroughly. The massive mountain demon—back to being hundreds of feet tall—had countless cracks over its body. The rocks had turned to rubble. It needed time to recuperate slowly.

Unfortunately—despite unleashing its full might and revealing its true body—it had failed to catch up to the human Godfiend.

…

A bolt of lightning appeared outside of the Nine Mystical Caves.

That mountain demon sure is terrifying. Meng Chuan felt horrified when he recalled the mountain demon’s attack. Those boulders were extremely fast. If I had been struck by one boulder, I would’ve been struck by even more boulders. I’d probably be severely injured.

He had an Essence Soul, and his reaction speed was astonishingly quick. With the Swallow Stance, he desperately escaped the mountain demon and the violent bombardment.

I’ve already tried. I can barely injure him now. As long as I make a mistake, the mountain demon will kill me.

Of course, he wouldn’t really die. Before he was killed, Archean Mountain would save Meng Chuan.

However, Meng Chuan believed that as a cultivator—with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body—even if he couldn’t defeat the other party, he had to be able to escape. If he couldn’t escape, he would be a disgrace.

The mountain demon hadn’t even unleashed its full strength, and I was already afraid of fighting its true body. Its true body will only be stronger. It hadn’t even used a forbidden spell. Meng Chuan understood the gaping difference between him and the mountain demon. He had used his speed to make the other party a fool, but he wasn’t able to injure it, despite it standing motionless at times. It looks like I have to become a Great Solar Godfiend! Only then will I have a chance of killing it.

As a Lightning Devastator Fiend Body cultivator, he had to attain Greater Mastery over his Saber Soul to become a Great Solar Godfiend.

A high-grade Godfiend could become a Great Solar Godfiend once they reached the Realm of Soul. A low and middle-grade Godfiend just required them to be at the Realm of Intent’s peak.

One naturally had to suffer more if they wanted to possess strength that far exceeded their peers. He had several more difficult thresholds to reach in the future.

I just attained the Saber Soul, so attaining Greater Mastery of the Saber Soul would take me at least eight years normally. I need to accept the Heart Intent Saber’s legacy. Meng Chuan immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew into the distance. After a few flashes, he reached another mountain.

Moments later, he arrived at Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.

“Lord Meng Chuan, please.” Grotto-Heaven Pavilion’s old steward led him warmly. He had already received the Supremacy’s instructions and had him fetch Meng Chuan.

Inside the garden’s pavilion, the Supremacy’s long hair draped over his shoulders as he wrote on his fan.

“Master.” Meng Chuan bowed respectfully.

“Do you blame me for forcing you to achieve Saber Soul before coming to accept the legacy?” asked the Supremacy.

“I understand the reason behind your actions. What suits me is naturally the best. The Saber Soul I’ve cultivated independently is the most suitable. With my Saber Soul as my foundation, I can then inherit a Black Metal Sutra legacy via intent. In the future, I won’t be completely influenced by the Black Metal Sutra legacy when I cultivate. Once I’m no longer restricted by the legacy, I can forge my own path and become a truly powerful Godfiend,” said Meng Chuan.

The Supremacy glanced at him and smiled. “You explained it well. From the looks of it, you have been in the library.”

Meng Chuan lowered his head. “I can’t hide anything from you, Master.”

The Supremacy waved his hand, causing space to distort. Two black metal plates appeared on the corner of the stone table. There were no inscriptions on them.

The Black Metal Sutra was forged from Meteorite Metal. This allowed it to withstand terrifying experts injecting their Essence Souls into the metal. Black Metal Sutras were also known as Wordless Heavenly Books. They didn’t have any text or drawings on them; instead, the legacy was contained within. Typically, only Godfiends who had condensed their Essence Souls could receive the legacy. Now, Meng Chuan was slightly stronger than ordinary Great Solar Godfiends, so his Essence Soul could withstand inheriting a Black Metal Sutra legacy.

“Two Black Metal Sutras?” Meng Chuan was shocked.

“One of them is the Heart Intent Saber, and the other is the World Roving Dragon Saber. These two are the strongest swift saber ultimate techniques in Archean Mountain,” said the Supremacy. “Learn them both! Focus on the Heart Intent Saber Art, and take a look at the World Roving Dragon Saber Art. Since you have a Saber Soul, your cultivation won’t go astray.”

“Yes,” said Meng Chuan respectfully as he took the Black Metal Sutras.