Chapter 4944

His aura continued to surge, growing stronger and more overwhelming.

Kai, who had earlier struggled to handle a single demon corpse, was now becoming more fearless with every strike.

Flames danced wildly around him, burning and purifying the surrounding evil energy, forming a blazing field centered on him.

Under the searing flames, the demon corpses’ movements grew sluggish, and painful howls echoed through the air.

Kai moved swiftly and freely among the horde of demon corpses.

Sometimes he leapt into the air, severing a demon corpse’s head with a clean sword strike; other times he ducked low, sweeping across to slice off their legs.

As the demon corpses continued to fall, Kai’s aura rose to a terrifying height. He now resembled a flaming god of war, and wherever he passed, demon corpses turned to ashes.

Meanwhile, at the City Lord’s Mansion, Gadfly stared at the image in the bronze mirror, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

He had ruled Rhino City for many years and witnessed countless talented cultivators, but he had never seen anyone cultivate with such terrifying speed.

Facing thousands of demon corpses, not only did Kai not retreat—he grew stronger with every battle. It was a sight Gadfly had never even heard of before.

“How is this possible…” Gadfly muttered, his fingers unconsciously clenching the armrests of his chair.

Staring at Kai’s figure battling amid the flames in the bronze mirror, Gadfly’s heart was filled with doubt.

Who exactly was this young man?

How could he absorb and transform the purgatory’s evil energy into his own power in such a short time?

Moreover, the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand was clearly no ordinary weapon, as it so effortlessly slaughtered demon corpses.

What made Gadfly even more uneasy was that the strength Kai displayed far exceeded what he had expected from any trial-taker.

Just as Gadfly was lost in his thoughts, the scene in the bronze mirror grew even more intense.

Kai let out a thunderous shout, and the flames surrounding the Dragon-Slaying Sword suddenly surged, forming a massive flaming blade.

He swung his sword fiercely, and the flaming blade swept across the group of demon corpses. Wherever it passed, the corpses fell in clusters and turned to ashes.

Kai had already fought his way to the center of the horde. His figure was as elusive as a ghost, and each flash of his sword brought down another demon corpse with a heavy thud.

The flames around the Dragon-Slaying Sword grew even stronger, gradually forming a blurred shadow of a fire dragon coiling around the blade.

Even more astonishing, a black vortex visible to the naked eye slowly formed in the air with Kai at its center, madly drawing in all the evil energy released by the fallen demon corpses.

As the last demon corpse was slain, Kai slowly sheathed his sword and stood upright.

Although his body was covered in blood and dust, his eyes were brighter and more determined than ever.

The once eerie and terrifying purgatory now felt less oppressive, its evil aura weakened by the death of so many demon corpses.

Kai took a deep breath, feeling the surge of new power coursing through him, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

The ashes of the demon corpses still drifted through the gloomy wind, and the scorched earth beneath his feet continued to emit green smoke.

Kai had just placed the Dragon-Slaying Sword back into its scabbard when suddenly, a deep, resonant hum came from the depths of the void, as if some ancient beast were awakening from a long slumber.

Startled, he looked up and saw a twisted black crack tearing open in the air. From it, a rusty bronze chain slithered out like a living thing, dragging down a figure clad in heavy black iron armor.

“Boom!”

The ground split into spider-web-like fractures, rubble flying everywhere, as the armored figure slowly straightened up.

Through the cracks in the corroded helmet, eerie green ghost flames flickered within the hollow sockets of a decayed skull. Beneath the shattered black iron armor, maggots wriggled in and out of holes in its exposed ribs. The stench it emitted was even more nauseating than that of a thousand demon corpses.

In its hand, it gripped a massive mountain-splitting axe more than ten feet long. Black slime constantly dripped from the axe blade, hissing and corroding deep pits into the ground wherever it landed.

This monster was actually a demon corpse of the Sanxian Realm.