Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 539: Chapter 534: The Past of the Eternal Stele

BAM.

The Eternal Stele, immense and heavy, crashed down hard upon the Demon Heart. The Demon Heart screamed in agony as fresh blood gushed from it.

’It’s surprisingly effective,’ Ning Jiang thought.

In truth, the Demon Heart’s Power was so great that not even a King could handle it. Otherwise, Wang Yunfei would never have been demonized and turned into the half-man, half-demon he was now.

Under normal circumstances, Ning Jiang would have been powerless against the Demon Heart.

But now, he held the Eternal Stele. While he couldn’t activate its power with his current Cultivation, the Stele’s power was now awakening on its own, completely suppressing the Demon Heart.

”Brat, you’re courting death,” the Demon Heart raged.

He had been dismembered and sealed here, yet he hadn’t died. This alone was proof of his terrifying, world-shaking power. To be thrashed by a junior like Ning Jiang now—how could he not be filled with hatred?

RUMBLE.

An utterly terrifying wave of power erupted from the heart, crashing down like a vast ocean. Even a King would be insignificant before such power.

With his current Cultivation, Ning Jiang was utterly incapable of resisting.

However, the Eternal Stele in his hand vibrated lightly.

”Immortal...”

A single, faint word resounded from the Eternal Stele. Immediately, countless runes erupted, coalescing into a palm. This palm was as white as jade, utterly flawless, and radiated a sacred, noble aura.

The palm then swatted down toward the Demon Heart!

”AHH!”

The Demon Heart let out a heart-rending howl. ”Damn you, Eternal Stele! My companions and I shattered you back then. To think you’d still remember my aura and hold such a grudge!”

This was, without a doubt, a shocking revelation.

This Demon Heart and the Eternal Stele shared a mysterious past.

’Shattered? It seems the Eternal Stele really does have other parts.’

Ning Jiang recalled how he and Bai Yuyun had been ambushed by the Other Shore. Golden Cicada had activated the Eternal Stele, causing an arm to materialize from within it. Even back then, he had guessed the Stele was incomplete and that other parts must exist.

Listening to the Demon Heart now, he knew his guess had been correct!

Judging by the current situation, however, this mighty being who had once teamed up with others to shatter the Eternal Stele had also met a miserable end—dismembered and sealed in this place!

The Demon Heart gradually suppressed its aura and stopped struggling. It knew that the more it fought back, the more it would activate the Eternal Stele’s power, provoking a fatal strike.

Sure enough, once the Demon Heart suppressed its aura, the power radiating from the Eternal Stele also began to subside.

”Are you going to talk or not?” Ning Jiang said coldly, hoisting the Eternal Stele and preparing to slam it down again.

”Junior, you can’t kill me. Such threats are useless against me.”

The Demon Heart retorted coldly. Although it was only a heart, the fact that it hadn’t been destroyed but merely sealed was proof enough of its immense power.

”Can’t be killed?” Ning Jiang’s eyes narrowed.

”That’s right. You can’t kill me. No one in this world can. I am immortal and indestructible! Junior, you have no idea what a great being you’re facing!” the Demon Heart sneered, its tone dripping with absolute arrogance.

”You call yourself a great being? You were dismembered and sealed here. You’re nothing but a pathetic creature!” Ning Jiang scoffed.

”Brat, what did you say?! The day I break free, I will reclaim everything I’ve lost! You dare insult me? Do you want to experience the most terrible pain in this world?” Having struck a nerve, the Demon Heart roared.

Ning Jiang’s expression remained calm. He stated flatly, ”Wait for you to break free? Don’t be ridiculous. This Seal will wear you down to nothing sooner or later.”

”No! I am immortal! I won’t perish even after ten thousand years. I will break free eventually!” the Demon Heart said coldly. ”Junior, you’ve angered me. Did you really think I was helpless against you? I’ll just concentrate the full power of this Ghostly Array into a single point. And as it happens, there’s an excellent candidate right here to become my Demon Servant!”

The moment it finished speaking, all the Demonic Qi in the Ghostly Array began to roil and surge toward a single location.

”This is bad!”

A realization dawned on Ning Jiang, and his expression instantly changed.

「Several hundred yards away.」

BAM.

A figure staggered backward, his clothes in tatters and covered in bloody claw marks.

This person was none other than Liu Yama.

Opposite him was an incredibly ferocious three-headed hound, its three terrifying heads enough to make one’s skin crawl.

Anyone could see that Liu Yama was at a disadvantage.

”Good. Very good. You’re worthy of making me draw my blade!”

Liu Yama was a tall, powerfully built man. Despite being at a disadvantage, his face showed no fear. After all, he had yet to even draw his blade.

His left hand gripped the scabbard and his right hand the hilt. Then, with a sharp tug, he drew.

SHING!

The massive blade left its sheath, appearing in a flash like a sliver of a waterfall.

It was a massive silver blade. Its surface rippled like clear spring water, completely unadorned and deceptively simple. The blade was broad, about a palm’s width, with a thick, heavy spine.

This was a heavy blade.

The blade perfectly matched Liu Yama’s bearing. He was a burly, bearded man, the perfect wielder for such a rugged, massive weapon.

”This blade is named the Yama Blade! It has been with me for thirty years. In that time, I have drawn it 1,376 times, and 1,375 people have died. The only one to survive was an expert of the Heaven-Reaching Realm!”

Liu Yama slowly stroked the flat of the blade, his touch as gentle as if caressing a lover.

His proclaimed record was, without a doubt, staggering.

Aside from that Heaven-Reaching Realm expert, everyone else had fallen to his blade.

This was how he had earned the name Yama One-Slash.

When he drew his blade, a single slash meant certain death for his opponent!

With the Yama Blade in hand, Liu Yama’s entire demeanor changed drastically. He radiated a sharp, intimidating aura, standing there like Yama, the judge of the underworld, come to claim a soul.

”ROAR.”

The Three-headed Dog Demon seemed to sense the danger. With a roar, it lunged at Liu Yama.

Liu Yama’s expression was serene. He took a single step forward, gripped the blade with both hands, and brought it down in one simple slash!

SLICE!

An arc of light fell from the blade, crashing down like a toppling Ancient Divine Mountain. The immense Sword Qi seemed powerful enough to cleave heaven and earth.

The Three-headed Dog Demon was instantly sliced in two. The arc of light from the blade continued downward, carving a bottomless fissure hundreds of yards long into the earth!

”Taken care of.”

Liu Yama let out a breath and was just about to sheathe his massive blade.

Suddenly, the endless Demonic Qi in the area swirled and closed in on him!