Ling Tian Sword God

PSCHT!

The Elder of Myriad Beasts’ supposedly indestructible defense was forcibly torn apart. In desperation, he could only try to block Ling Chen’s Sword Light with his bare hands, but the Sword Light passed straight through his palms, ruthlessly piercing his chest.

”How is this possible?” The Elder of Myriad Beasts stared in disbelief at the Red Sky Sword embedded in his chest. He couldn’t comprehend how his defenses had been breached, how he could be dying at the hands of a mere Ling Chen.

He still had plans to annihilate the other Sects and dominate the Martial World; how could he die just like this?

”Nothing is impossible. Your weaknesses are too obvious; not even an Exotic Demon Beast could save you. Elder of Myriad Beasts, cultivating such evil Exotic Beasts that bring harm to the world is a sign of your utter depravity. Death is too good for you.”

Ling Chen pulled out the Red Sky Sword. THUD! The Elder of Myriad Beasts’ eyes bulged as his body crashed heavily to the ground.

The light swiftly faded from his eyes. The Elder of Myriad Beasts, an infamous figure of the Demon Way, had completely fallen.

ROAR!

Witnessing the death of the Elder of Myriad Beasts, the Exotic Demon Beast let out an earth-shattering, sorrowful howl. Its eyes regained clarity; apparently, with the Elder of Myriad Beasts’ death, it was freed from its frenzied state.

However, this Exotic Demon Beast was clearly very intelligent. Its first instinct wasn’t to fight Ling Chen to the death but to quickly flee into the distance. It seemed to understand that without the Elder of Myriad Beasts, it was no match for Ling Chen.

Trying to escape? A sharp glint flashed in Ling Chen’s eyes. He had already let this Exotic Demon Beast escape twice; he couldn’t allow it a third time. The instant the beast showed any sign of fleeing, Ling Chen shot forward, leaping into the air and unleashing a scorching sword qi that blasted towards the Exotic Demon Beast’s central head.

BOOM!

The sword qi detonated, tearing through the Exotic Demon Beast’s flesh and embedding itself deep within its body. This triggered a chain of explosions, blasting a large part of the Exotic Demon Beast’s head into a pulpy mess.

Yet, even as it fled, the Exotic Demon Beast counterattacked relentlessly. Tentacles, enveloped in a dense, corrosive black qi, lashed out from its body, striking at Ling Chen.

Slowing his pursuit, Ling Chen swept his sword, and a wave of scorching sword qi spread out, incinerating the approaching tentacles.

One Sword Burns the Sky!

Arriving above the Exotic Demon Beast’s left head, the Sword Light from Ling Chen’s hand flared. Instantly, the Red Sky Sword in his grasp extended to twenty zhang in length and slashed down viciously.

CRACK!

The Exotic Demon Beast’s left head was severed, and viscous black blood gushed out like a fountain.

With a ghastly shriek, the Exotic Demon Beast turned its two remaining heads towards Ling Chen, its eyes filled with venomous hatred. Ling Chen had nearly taken its life multiple times before, and now, once again, it was Ling Chen who had driven it into such a humiliating and desperate plight.

Ling Chen was simply its nemesis.

If I survive this, I will definitely kill Ling Chen and devour his entire body!

Simultaneously, the Exotic Demon Beast’s body rapidly condensed. Its massive form, originally tens of zhang tall, shrank visibly to just over two meters in height before it darted into the dense forest ahead.

Ling Chen hadn’t expected the creature to be able to shrink its body. He immediately plunged into the dense forest in pursuit, but after tracking it for several dozen breaths, he quickly lost its trail.

Hm? Ling Chen frowned, extending his Mental Power to cover a five-hundred-meter radius. To his surprise, he could no longer sense the Exotic Demon Beast’s aura.

How could it have vanished so suddenly? His heart sank. Ling Chen hadn’t anticipated failing at the critical moment, allowing the ferocious beast to escape.

Oh well. Without the Elder of Myriad Beasts controlling it, this Exotic Demon Beast’s strength is greatly diminished. Now that I’ve severed one of its heads, its power is significantly reduced. As long as we dispatch Top Sky Apex Strongs to track it specifically, we should be able to eradicate this fiend.

Having lost the Exotic Demon Beast’s trail, Ling Chen naturally didn’t intend to continue pursuing it blindly.

After scanning the surroundings, Ling Chen turned and departed. The dense forest remained eerily quiet.

However, within a minute, Ling Chen returned, landing in his previous spot.

Seeing the surroundings still empty, Ling Chen shook his head. It seems this Exotic Demon Beast has indeed fled far away.

With a soft whistle, Ling Chen leaped onto the Qingfeng Jue’s back and departed from the dense forest.

A few minutes after Ling Chen had flown off, THUMP! A patch of earth suddenly bulged upwards. Then, from beneath the soil, a pitch-black figure crawled out—it was none other than the Exotic Demon Beast that had vanished earlier.

Ling Chen likely never imagined that this Exotic Demon Beast actually possessed the ability to burrow underground to evade his pursuit.

After confirming Ling Chen’s departure, the Exotic Demon Beast bolted towards the depths of the dense forest and quickly vanished from sight.

「Outside the City of Flames.」

After the injured Exotic Demon Beast fled, the Beast Tide gradually subsided. Many Exotic Beasts returned to their senses and began retreating to the deep mountains. The remaining ones no longer posed a significant threat.

With the crisis resolved, the numerous warriors of the City of Flames breathed a collective sigh of relief. The devastating calamity had finally been averted.

Of course, they would not forget who had slain the Elder of Myriad Beasts and saved the entire city’s population.

However, when they tried to find Ling Chen, he had already vanished without a trace, much to their disappointment. They had hoped to use this opportunity to become acquainted with Ling Chen, but he had already departed quietly.

But Ling Chen hadn’t actually left. At this moment, within the Cyan Robe Association Branch in the Fire Capital, Ling Chen was seated cross-legged on a wooden bed. Opposite him sat another figure, also cross-legged: a pale-faced old man with closed eyes and blackened corners of his mouth—clearly a corpse.

This deceased old man was none other than the corpse of the Elder of Myriad Beasts.

After his unsuccessful pursuit of the Exotic Demon Beast, Ling Chen had returned to retrieve the Elder of Myriad Beasts’ corpse. The Elder of Myriad Beasts had been a powerhouse at the Fifth Level of Sky Apex Realm, his Cultivation not inferior to Black Chonghou’s. If Ling Chen could absorb his power, it would undoubtedly be a significant boon to his own Cultivation.

Pressing his palm onto the Elder of Myriad Beasts’ head, Ling Chen activated the Absorption Technique and began to draw out the True Qi from the Elder’s Dantian and meridians.

When warriors die, the True Qi within their bodies rapidly dissipates, decaying and vanishing along with the physical form. However, the Elder of Myriad Beasts was a Top Sky Apex Strong. His power was exceptionally profound and wouldn’t dissipate so easily; only a portion would have scattered compared to when he was alive.

As Ling Chen vigorously absorbed the True Qi from the Elder of Myriad Beasts, within his own Dantian, his Lingtian True Qi, guided by the Absorption Technique, began to coalesce into a True Qi furnace.

The Elder of Myriad Beasts’ Devil Dao True Qi was exceedingly violent, even containing bestial elements capable of driving people into a frenzy. However, upon entering the furnace and undergoing transformation, it became streams of pure, unaligned True Qi, which Ling Chen then absorbed and refined.

Through this refinement process, Ling Chen’s Cultivation steadily rose, surging directly towards the Sky Apex Realm!