The hideousness of ten thousand monstrous heads and their fangs—that is the hell of humanity!
The moment Lu Yu was slammed into the monstrous horde by the Blood Demon Bear, he was instantly swallowed up by the surging tide of creatures!
Lou Xiaoyu covered her mouth and let out a startled gasp from behind.
She opened her big eyes, knowing that if it weren’t for her, Lu Yu wouldn’t have been overwhelmed by the monster like this.
She wanted to do something!
Zhang Qing chuckled and said, “Miss, this isn’t the time for you to scream. If you have the ability, try to think of a way to save your life first.”
Zhang Qing was not worried about Lu Yu getting involved.
So far, Lu Yu hasn’t even displayed half of his combat power against Ling Baitian. If he were to die like this, he wouldn’t deserve to stand here at all.
However, from an outside perspective, the densely packed crowd of strange creatures overlapping one another did look terrifying, and being submerged within such a swarm was indeed frightening.
However, several people could clearly sense that Lu Yu’s presence had not vanished.
At this moment—
Lu Yu had just risen in the monster crowd when a black magic wolf tore off his arm, its bloodied maw chewing away.
However, when a drop of blood from the severed arm splashed into the mouth of the Black Demon Wolf, with a “zi” sound, the blood melted through the wolf’s mouth. The wound turned black, and the blood that flowed out was also black. Wherever the black blood flowed, more areas turned black, emitting a “zi zi” sound as if they were burned, and black smoke began to rise.
“Au!”
The black magic wolf spat out the severed limb in its mouth and rolled on the ground, howling in agony.
It emitted even more black smoke from its mouth, and black blood flowed out, staining the stone floor.
Each time it rolled, its body lost more flesh, until vast areas of flesh turned into white bones, which were then dissolved in the black blood.
Within less than two seconds, a tall black magic wolf was reduced to just a small section of withered bones.
As the black demonic wolf was being corrupted, Lu Yu was almost torn to pieces.
No monster cared about the life or death of their companions; their eyes were fixed only on flesh, as if they had been starving for a million years without eating, possessing no thoughts at all!
Pieces of flesh became food for those powerful monsters.
“Howl…”
One by one, monsters spat out the flesh and blood from their mouths, writhing on the ground, transforming into blackened, withered bones amidst wails and roars!
Lu Yu’s body reorganization.
The monstrous creatures around them seemed to know no fear; even as they watched their companions die beside them, they still charged forward like a frenzied swarm.
Lu Yu’s face was expressionless as he raised his hand and punched a monster right between the eyebrows.
With both sides exerting power at the peak of the fourth level, this clash sent a crisp “crackling” sound echoing through Lu Yu’s arm.
A gash had also split open on the monster’s head, and thick, crimson blood dripped down its forehead.
“Howl…” Hundreds of monsters once again overwhelmed Lu Yu, tearing away chunks of flesh from his body.
Once again, dozens of monsters turned into piles of dry bones!
Lu Yu’s body began to restructure.
He remained expressionless, as if the monster’s bites were not tearing into his own body.
Beyond the Monster Group—
The Blood Eye spoke loudly, “Zhang Qing, you promised that if anyone dies, you’ll reveal the way to retreat. It seems like the time has come.”
“It’s not over yet!” Zhang Qing laughed. “Right now, there are only the monsters’ screams. Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid of dying?”
“Afraid of death!” Bloodshot eyes, provoked by Zhang Qing’s words, seemed to be bleeding as he fiercely grabbed a monster with both hands, tore it in half, and hurled the corpse into the pack of creatures behind him. Roaring furiously, he continued, “Afraid of death? Then why would I come here? I knew there would be danger, coming here knowing it was related to a ninth-level star corpse. I’ve never been scared!”
Bang!
From the distant demonic horde, the Demon-Slaying Sword cut open a path, and Lu Yu, drenched in blood, charged out.
“Roar!”
Behind him, the pack of monsters, drawn by the scent of blood, closed in again without giving an inch.
Lu Yu took a step back into the Yellow Spring realm, his voice cold as he spoke, “These creatures have no minds of their own. Zhang Qing, how many things have you truly hidden from me!”
He is now filled with poison; with just a single thought, one drop of his blood becomes an extremely potent toxin capable of devouring anything. Earlier, over a hundred monsters that had torn apart his flesh were already corroded.
The gruesome sight of hundreds of monsters dying and the lingering effects of the poison did not cause the remaining monsters to hesitate in the slightest.
If they were monsters from within or outside the city, possessing intelligence nearly comparable to humans, they should have already noticed all of this and retreated.
These monsters not only did not retreat, but instead attacked even more fiercely.
Lu Yu was certain that these creatures were the true beasts—pure, primal monsters stripped of all but their raw savagery.
“That’s right,” Zhang Qing nodded. “That’s exactly why this one is the hardest to kill. It’s going to be quite a challenge to get past it! As for the others, I really haven’t hidden anything else from you.”
Lu Yu coldly snorted, “Since they’re going to kill me anyway, what’s there to fear!”
The barrier formed by the Yellow Spring Blade and the Demon-Slaying Sword shrank again, now less than twenty meters in diameter!
The surrounding monsters pressed in even tighter. Just minutes after the battle began, the horde had already piled up into a wall of creatures over ten meters high around the group.
Suddenly—
The bizarre wall, stacked too high, suddenly collapsed, instantly engulfing the five people beneath hundreds, perhaps thousands, of monsters.
No one can escape it.
Originally, the defensive circle formed by the four of them was destroyed, and each person was now surrounded by a sea of monsters.
Lu Yu slashed open a passage with his demon-slaying sword and pulled Lou Xiaoyu to his side. His expression grew even colder, yet he could not suppress the shock surging within his heart.
This enormous number is just from a single star burial ground!
If the Star Burial Ground were to be breached, what consequences would follow!
Except for Lao Xiaoyu, Lu Yu and the other three were all under tremendous pressure.
Lou Xiaoyu stood behind Lu Yu and asked, “Lu Yu, should I activate the defense shield?”
“It’s not the right time yet!” Lu Yu said coldly. “Watch them carefully. They shout loudly, seemingly excited, but they all know your strength and yet no one comes to ask for your help. They are also enjoying this battle. For us, such pressure is an opportunity to improve our strength through combat.”
“Roar!”
As he spoke, several level-five monsters rushed up to Lu Yu.
Even though it was just the basic strength of a level-five monster, a combat power exceeding one million was still more than ten times greater than Lu Yu’s!
Lu Yu sharply raised his hand, and twenty thousand demon-slaying swords were drawn out from the barriers in all directions. Then, they suddenly split into four groups and simultaneously slashed toward the four monsters.
“Au!”
The four-headed monster sensed an enormous danger and dodged sideways.
“Do you really think you can avoid it?”
Lu Yu let out a cold shout, and the Demon-Slaying Sword once again dispersed, transforming into a sky filled with green sword rain that poured down toward the earth.
Every Demon-Slaying Sword ignited with green and red flames!
Four monsters wailed beneath the swords, each blade piercing their skin, igniting their flesh, and allowing greenish vapor to seep into their bodies.
The level-five monster’s toughness had far exceeded Lu Yu’s attack power, resulting in only ten points of base damage being inflicted.
The flames erupted, causing minimal damage.
However, what Lu Yu wants is every bit of damage, and in rounds of attacks, these damages will accumulate from small to significant!
The green gas seeped into the monster’s body, beginning to corrode various parts of it.
In some areas, the surface began to melt through, forming individual black, bloody holes that oozed black blood.
The regenerative abilities of fifth-level monsters have begun to resist the corrosion of the poison gas, allowing the blood-soaked wounds to heal slowly.
Just as this round of Demon-Slaying Swords was about to strike the ground, suddenly all the swords transformed into cyan beams of light vanishing into the void, and then once again condensed from the air and pierced downward.
The explosion of flames caused the four monsters to scream in agony, their wounds growing larger instead of healing!
One round just passed, and another begins—
In the midst of more than ten waves of sword rain, first one monster fell to the ground, followed shortly by the remaining three!
Inside Lu Yu’s body, countless azure sword shadows trembled wildly, beginning to move as if they were splitting apart.
Vroom!
A resounding hum of swords surged within his veins. Once again, ripples of sword shadows began to tremble and stir.
“Okay!”
Lu Yu roared fiercely, his hand sweeping through the air. Not merely two thousand, but a sky full of Demon-Slaying Swords descended like a sudden, torrential rainstorm.
In the sky, the Green Sword rang out with a “哗啦啦” sound, vibrating like a swarm of bees, causing the very void to tremble along with it.
Quantity, you can’t even count them all!
A hundreds-of-zhang-long azure giant blade condensed in the air, suddenly slashing toward the distance. Wherever it passed, numerous weak creatures were split into two halves.
The powerful monster, relying on its terrifying physical strength, endured the force of the giant blade, yet was still slashed into countless injuries across its body.
…
Congratulations! Your Demon-Slaying Sword has been upgraded to level 5!
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Demon Slayer:
Rank: Five!
Attribute: None!
Effect: Demon Slayer, also known as Soul-Control Demon Severing, is a star soul ability specifically targeted against demons. The Demon Slayer integrates the power of the star soul into their skills, ignoring armor to inflict a laceration effect on demons upon hitting them. The damage is calculated based on the attacker’s attack power.
Ability: The Soul-Controlling Demon-Slaying Slash has a total of nine levels. At level five, the Demon-Slaying Slash can control up to ten thousand Demon-Slaying Swords.
Limitation: The number of Demon-Slaying Sword techniques that can be cultivated at each level depends on the abilities possessed!
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Lu Yu looked at the flickering text before him, and a faint smile appeared on his otherwise cold face.
Isn’t this exactly what he wanted?
Just as the Yellow Spring trembled, he had long surpassed the limits of mere numbers!
The Five-Level Demon Slaying is not ten thousand swords, but two hundred thousand swords!
Because during the month-long journey to Nanjing City, he had already refined 20,000 Level-4 Demon-Slaying Swords. If enhanced tenfold, this was already the effect of two Level-6 Demon-Slaying Swords!
Boom. Boom.
The ground was split apart, a chasm over a hundred zhang wide, resembling an abyss that swallowed more than a hundred monsters.
Old Five Lao and the others were taken aback, each with a look of surprise in their eyes, followed by smiles.
Millions of monsters pressing down, if that’s not enough to push one’s strength to improve, then only a fool would remain stagnant!
“Crack!” The white bone armor on Xueyan shattered, and hundreds of five-foot-long bone spines began to protrude from his back. These spines densely covered his back, emitting a grayish-white glow.
Blood Eye burst into a maniacal laugh and said, “You actually think I don’t have area attack capabilities? Well, now you’ll see!”
With bloodshot eyes, he let out a fierce scream, and the bone spines on his back rapidly detached and shot into the sky.
Bang!
Hundreds of bone spines exploded, transforming into tens of thousands of tiny bone fragments that rained down in all directions.
Any monster struck by the bone spines would have the spines immediately pierce into its body, and then emerge from its eyes.
Thousands of monsters screamed, their eyes turned into bloody hollow sockets.
The radius of the corrupted land beneath Lu Yu’s feet suddenly expanded from two hundred and fifty meters to over one thousand meters!
“Congratulations, your Yellow Spring Quaking level has advanced to stage four!”
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