Chapter 5825 5826
“No—!!!”
An unprecedented shadow of death loomed over his heart, and the Ghost Bone Elder let out a shrill, distorted scream!
He could no longer care about the demeanor of a senior, the dignity of a demonic giant, and unleashed his life’s cultivation without reservation!
The white bone staff in his hand suddenly exploded, transforming into a pale bone shield formed from countless wailing skulls, blocking his path!
At the same time, a torrent of ghostly flames erupted from his body, forming layers upon layers of protective barriers, and twisted, gray-black chains imbued with curses and the rules of death reached out from the void, wrapping around the sword aura, attempting to block and weaken it!
However, all was in vain.
That chaotic sword aura seemed to be divine punishment, destiny, an unstoppable end.
The skull shield, upon contact, silently turned to dust.
The ghostly flames, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, evaporated instantly.
The death chains, before even getting close, were shattered inch by inch by the aura emanating from the sword aura.
The sword energy, with a constant, merciless, yet incredibly fast speed, pierced through layer after layer of defense, gently touching the Ghost Bone Elder’s brow in the reflection of his infinitely magnified pupils, filled with extreme fear and despair.
“Pfft.”
A soft sound.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
All of the Ghost Bone Elder’s movements, all his aura, all his struggles, were solidified.
He stood there blankly, maintaining his final defensive posture, his eerie green fire eyes rapidly dimming and extinguishing.
A tiny hole appeared between his brows, but no blood flowed.
The next moment, centered on that hole, fine, chaotic cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb across his entire body.
“Crack… Crash…”
Like delicate porcelain shattering.
The Ghost Bone Elder’s hunched body, along with his black robe and the fragments of his broken white bone staff, transformed into countless tiny specks of chaotic light, falling softly and scattering in the wind.
Body and soul utterly destroyed, not even a trace remained.
The last bastion of the Myriad Souls Demon Sect, the Supreme Elder at the peak of the ninth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, was slain by Kai with a single sword strike!
Deathly silence.
A silence more complete and longer than any before.
The wind stopped, the clouds condensed, even breathing seemed to cease.
Everyone stared blankly at the spot where the Ghost Bone Elder had vanished, at the slowly dissipating chaotic dust, like statues of clay or wood.
Soul Fiend’s expression froze completely, his eyes vacant, as if he had lost all soul and the ability to think.
His greatest reliance, the sect’s last pillar… just like that… gone? Killed… with a single sword strike?
“Thump.”
Someone’s legs buckled, and they collapsed to their knees.
Immediately following, like a chain reaction, more and more Demon Sect disciples and Fusion Beast warriors collapsed, their faces ashen, kneeling in disarray, trembling before the godlike figure in the sky, lacking even the courage to beg for mercy.
The Xuan Tian Sword Sect members, after experiencing extreme shock and numbness, erupted in uncontrollable jubilation and cheers, overwhelmed by the relief of surviving a catastrophe!
“Senior Chen! Senior Chen’s divine might!!”
“Saved! The sect is saved!!”
“One sword slays the Demon Lord! One sword settles the universe! Senior is invincible!!”
The cheers, like a tsunami, resounded throughout the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain Range.
Kai slowly sheathed his sword, the Dragon-Slaying Sword returning to stillness, the chaotic Daoist aura and fiery lotus phantom around him gradually fading.
He looked down at the Demon Sect and Fusion Beast allied forces kneeling below like lambs to the slaughter, then at the imprisoned Zheng Gu in the distance, and finally, his gaze settled on the soulless, zombie-like Hun Sha.
He did not attack again.
He simply said,
“Get out.”
“Take your people and get out of the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain Range, back to your Crimson Blood Plains.”
“Tell the Soul Devourer to wash his neck and wait; I, Kai, will be there to find him soon.”
“As for you…”
Kai’s gaze swept over the Soul Fiends, as if looking at a pile of worthless trash.
“If you dare to set foot here again, or cause any harm to the Xuan Tian Sword Sect or the remnants of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect…”
“The fate of that old ghost just now is your example.”
With that, Kai ignored the ant-like masses below, turned, and with a single step, his figure appeared inside the Xuan Tian Sword Sect’s mountain gate, before Ling Yunzi.
Behind him lay a scene of utter devastation for the enemy army, and the resounding cheers of the Sword Sect’s holy land, where survivors had triumphed.
The Soul Fiends, long after Kai’s figure disappeared, suddenly shuddered, as if waking from a nightmare.
He glanced at the Xuan Tian Sword Sect’s mountain gate with venomous and fearful eyes, then at the bloodstains left by the monstrous bones on the ground and the dust settling on the departing Ghost Bone Elder in the distance. Finally, he squeezed out two words through clenched teeth:
“…Retreat!”
His voice was hoarse, filled with endless humiliation, fear, and resentment. The
allied forces of the Myriad Souls Demon Sect and the Fusion Beast Saint Sect retreated in disarray like a tidal wave, abandoning their armor and weapons, fleeing the Myriad Swords Mountain Range in utter disarray. They
had come with overwhelming force, but left like stray dogs. The
reason Kai hadn’t killed Hun Sha was so that he could tell the Soul Devouring Lord that he would personally behead the Soul Devouring Lord.
At this moment, Kai’s confidence was extremely inflated.
He felt he was capable again!