Ling Tian Sword God

Chapter 1149: Chapter 1148: Female Demon

When one’s cultivation reaches the level of the Sky Apex Realm, casually swearing an oath to the heavens is no longer possible. This is because warriors cultivate by absorbing the Heavenly Earth Energy, enhancing themselves, and the stronger one’s cultivation, the stronger their connection with the Heavenly Dao.

If a heavy oath is sworn to the heavens and not fulfilled, it could lead to divine retribution and backlash.

Ling Chen made such a heavy oath, leaving little room for retreat.

Hence, once Ling Chen swore, the woman in white hesitated.

”Forget it, if you’re unwilling, I won’t force it.”

Ling Chen said calmly, ”I will inform the Yang family of your situation and let them send someone to rescue you as soon as possible. Miss, you may have to endure a little longer.”

With that, he seemed about to turn and leave.

”Fine, I’ll give you the Dragon Soul Pearl.”

The woman in white gritted her silver teeth, then loosened her palm and tossed the Dragon Soul Pearl to Ling Chen.

Receiving the Dragon Soul Pearl in hand, Ling Chen injected True Qi into it, and a vast power of the Dragon Soul was suddenly released, emitting a deafening dragon roar.

”It truly is the Dragon Soul Pearl.”

Ling Chen’s eyes lit up; this pure Dragon’s Majesty was unmistakable, it was indeed a Dragon Soul Pearl.

”So, young master, can you fulfill your promise now?”

The tone of the woman in white lost its previous softness; it was clear she was extremely reluctant to hand over the Dragon Soul Pearl. However, she still seemed eager.

”Naturally. I am a man who keeps his word.”

Ling Chen nodded as he should, but the next moment, he stowed the Dragon Soul Pearl away and swaggered toward the hall’s exit.

”Stop!”

Watching Ling Chen walk a considerable distance, the woman in white finally reacted and shouted at Ling Chen’s back, ”Didn’t you say once you got the Dragon Soul Pearl, you’d break the sculpture and rescue me?”

”Yes, I did say that.”

Ling Chen turned aside and nodded seriously, ”I swore an oath to the heavens; if I don’t comply, I should face divine retribution, right?”

”Then how dare you break your oath?!”

The woman in white was both angry and furious.

”I never said I wouldn’t save you.”

Ling Chen’s lips curved into a smile, ”Miss, there’s no need to rush. You only need to wait a little longer, and once I bring back my mentors from the sect, with their vast powers, they can easily break the seal for you.”

”How dare you trick me?”

The woman in white’s face immediately turned cold.

”I’m not tricking you. I’ve sworn an oath, how could I trick you,”

Ling Chen shook his head, ”Besides, I, Ling Chen, am a man who keeps his word and never speaks falsely. And you, Miss, are a weak woman; I, Ling Chen, would never bully a weak woman... Damn!”

At this point, Ling Chen witnessed a horrifying scene. The originally charming woman, with a face that could ruin nations, suddenly opened her small mouth. In the next instant, her mouth ripped open to a size of ten inches or more, expanding three times. From that massive mouth, she spat out a scarlet tongue, a terrifyingly long tongue of dozens of meters, shooting out and suddenly sweeping towards his position!

Ling Chen reacted too late; just as he was about to retreat violently, his waist was caught by the tongue, which then fiercely pulled him, sending his body hurtling like a cannonball towards the woman in white.

The woman in white’s hands suddenly extended ten exceptionally sharp nails, ready to tear Ling Chen into pieces as soon as he was dragged over!

”You foolish boy, I gave you a chance to live, but you chose to seek death. How dare you toy with me? I’ll fulfill your wish and send you to hell!”

The woman in white’s words were muffled, her eyes brimmed with a ferocious glow as if she wanted to devour someone. Evidently, Ling Chen’s earlier actions had utterly enraged her.

At the moment when Ling Chen was about to be dragged over by the woman in white, a light suddenly refracted from the ring on Ling Chen’s hand, and the image of the Human Emperor appeared abruptly in the void ahead.

Roar!

The moment the Human Emperor’s image appeared, it let out a fierce roar at the woman in white. This roar, infused with the supreme majesty of a king, was the roar of an ancient king; any evil spirits would have their souls scattered, retreating under such a roar.

The woman in white’s body trembled violently under the roar of the Human Emperor, and the tongue that had entwined Ling Chen withdrew back, followed by a spurt of blood, as a look of shock appeared in her eyes.

”What the hell is this?!”

Having escaped the tongue’s bind, Ling Chen, narrowly dodging death, also showed a look of shock in his eyes. He even doubted whether the woman in white was human or ghost, for how could a normal person spew out such a long tongue?

If not for the Human Emperor’s appearance, he would have been torn into pieces by now.

”This woman’s power is highly demonic; she is a formidable demon. Conservatively, her cultivation could be at least in the Saint Dao Sixfold Realm!”

The Human Emperor said with a grave expression.

”Saint Dao... Sixfold Realm?”

Ling Chen’s expression changed drastically, showing disbelief. Even someone as powerful as Shen Bingxin was only in the Five-fold Saint Realm. This woman in white’s cultivation reached the Saint Dao Sixfold Realm?

”If she were a master of the Saint Dao Sixfold Realm, a single move could easily kill me. But why do I feel she isn’t that powerful?” Ling Chen calmed the tremor in his heart and asked, somewhat puzzled.

”That’s because most of her power is suppressed by the surrounding Array Formation, and the power she can currently wield is probably less than one-twentieth of her peak period.” The Human Emperor said calmly.

”Array Formation?”

Ling Chen’s gaze fell on the two sculptures, his pupils shrinking, ”Could it be that these two sculptures are the key elements of the Array Formation suppressing this demon?”

”Most likely.”

The Human Emperor nodded, ”When this female demon made her move, two surges of power were released from the sculptures, suppressing the demon’s aura. If it weren’t for these sculptures, I’m afraid this demon would have broken free by now.”

”I see!”

Only then did Ling Chen show a look of lingering fear, watching the woman in white. Fortunately, he hadn’t believed her trickery earlier and had remained vigilant, not rashly destroying the sculptures, or his fate would have been miserable!

The bones outside were likely the work of this woman in white.

”Why is this female demon trapped at the bottom of Mingyue Cliff?”

Ling Chen frowned, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly brightened, his expression shaking, ”Is it possible, this woman in white is the rumored Mingyue Heavenly Demon?!”

Three hundred years ago, the Mingyue Heavenly Demon was jointly annihilated by the Mysterious Heavenly Sword Saint of the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao and the Void Buddhist Saint of Cloud Mud Temple and was buried beneath Mingyue Cliff. Corresponding to the two sculptures on the walls, one Taoist and one Buddha sculpture, it is highly likely that they were left by the Mysterious Heavenly Sword Saint and Void Buddhist Saint.

Could it be that three hundred years ago, these two great figures were unable to kill the Mingyue Heavenly Demon and merely sealed her beneath Mingyue Cliff?

The thought made Ling Chen shudder with fear.

This woman in white, who had been feigning pity earlier, was actually the notorious Mingyue Heavenly Demon who once ravaged the Southern Land!

Encountering such a demon was truly the misfortune of ages, but narrowly escaping her schemes was a small fortune amid misfortune.