The Five Elements Sword Qi came in waves, wood generating fire, fire generating metal, metal generating water, and water generating wood. The power of the Five Elements transformed into one another, providing an endless stream of Sword Qi attacks that effectively stalled the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord.
However, when those Five Elements Sword Qi attacked the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's Demonic Armor, they were all swallowed by black flames, making it difficult to achieve a fatal attack. His Demonic Flame Battle Armor seemed to possess a demonic nature that countered everything.
Seeing this, Li Mu's heart sank.
Perhaps, as the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord said, if he couldn't use more powerful means, he would be in trouble once his magic power was exhausted!
What kind of material was that battle armor made of? It was so formidable!
Within the Five Elements Sword Formation, Li Mu's eyes appeared in a Yin and Yang state, activating the Divine Ability - Yin and Yang Eye. Through the black demonic flames, he saw the form of the battle armor on the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's body: a Demonic Armor refined from some kind of black leather, constantly releasing demonic flames.
Under the character virtual frame, the attribute information of the Demonic Armor was displayed.
【Undying Demon Lice Armor】
【Grade: Sixth-tier Demonic Artifact】
【Characteristics: Eternal Demonic Flame, Devour All Spirits, Possess Soul Spirit, Maniacal Killing Intent.】
【Status: Eternal Demonic Flame activated, requires a large amount of essence blood and soul spirit to devour.】
【The Undying Demon Lice Battle Armor, forged from an entire sixth-tier Undying Devil Lice King, a million living beings, and refined with blood over forty-nine years, possesses the effects of Devouring All Spirits and Eternal Defense. The Eternal Demonic Flame it releases can resist various spiritual essence attacks.】
After seeing the attributes of the Demonic Armor on the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, Li Mu felt a silent ache in his heart, and information about the special demonic insect, 'Undying Devil Lice,' immediately surfaced in his mind.
Li Mu's decades of seclusion on Yue Qiong Peak were not in vain. When he had nothing to do, he would look for various ancient books and read them in his rocking chair to pass the time.
Although the Undying Devil Lice were rare, Li Mu generally knew something about their origins.
As the name implies, Undying Devil Lice are a type of louse that parasitizes high-tier Eternal Evil Demons, surviving by absorbing nutrients from the Eternal Evil Demon's body. They possess some of the characteristics of the Eternal Evil Demon and are extremely rare in the Cultivation World.
High-tier Eternal Evil Demons generally only appear in the Evil Demon Realm and the Abyssal Realm. Once they appear in the Cultivation World, it will inevitably trigger a war between the two realms. Therefore, it is impossible for living Eternal Evil Demons to exist in the Cultivation World under any circumstances. However, Undying Devil Lice need to parasitize Eternal Evil Demons to grow and develop.
Where did the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord get 'Undying Devil Lice' to refine this Demonic Armor?
This question was somewhat heavy!
Li Mu frowned, not putting all his attention on this question. For now, he still needed to find a way to break through the Undying Demon Armor's defense and inflict fatal damage on the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, resolving this battle first.
“Elder Li, please hold on for a moment. Once I deal with the remaining Demonic Lords, I will come to assist you!”
Just then, Venerable Qingfeng's voice transmission sounded beside Li Mu, signaling him.
Hearing this, Li Mu's heart slightly relaxed; the situation was leaning towards their side.
Li Mu immediately applied Five Elements spiritual essence to the Five Elements Sword Formation, continuing to besiege the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord. He would wait for Venerable Qingfeng and the others to finish their battles before conspiring to eliminate the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord; he alone was still somewhat strained.
Within the Five Elements Sword Formation, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's face turned unusually grim as he sensed the changes in the Formation. He fully wielded the Heavenly Demon Blade, relying on the Undying Demon Armor's defense, ignoring the Sword Qi attacks, and exerting all his strength to break through the Formation's encirclement.
However, Li Mu gave the opponent no chance. Wherever the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord went, the Five Elements Sword Formation followed, firmly holding him back. Large amounts of Five Elements Sword Qi specifically targeted the weak points of the Undying Demon Armor's defense, such as the top of the head, the lower body, and the back, striking at the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's vital points, penetrating everywhere.
“Cowardly rat, come out and fight!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord was enraged. He swung his Demonic Blade repeatedly, unleashing streaks of black flame blade light, but he simply couldn't break the Five Elements Sword Formation or find the opponent hidden within the Formation.
The Five Elements Formation is the Foundation of all Formations under heaven, the most stable, with the strongest defense and duration. The Five Elements Sword Formation, born from it, also possesses these characteristics, and at the same time, it has an aggressiveness that the Five Elements Formation does not.
Under the Five Elements Sword Formation, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord was struggling to cope. If he hadn't been wearing an Undying Demon Armor, he would have been injured long ago.
“You're going too far, die for me!”
Annoyed by the endless Five Elements Sword Qi, a fierce glint flashed in the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's eyes. He unleashed a secret art of explosive power, going into a full rampage. With a horizontal swing of his Demonic Blade, a terrifying blade light, black as substance, slashed out.
Li Mu immediately felt a fatal Aura that could destroy everything. He instantly cast the Five Elements Escape Technique to flee, and at the same time, released several defensive Spiritual Artifacts from his storage grid to resist the full-power strike of a Transformation God cultivator.
A green square seal appeared out of thin air, growing against the wind, instantly transforming into a square metal mountain that met the black blade light filled with destructive Aura.
A thunder book released two thunder talismans, instantly turning into a giant thunder net, guiding myriad thunders, to envelop the black blade light, encompassing the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's location as well.
A golden giant shield appeared out of thin air, instantly magnifying hundreds or thousands of times, turning into a golden city wall, steadfastly defending and awaiting the arrival of the black blade light.
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As if a hornet's nest had been stirred, one high-tier Spiritual Artifact after another, full of spirituality, directly manifested their Artifact Spirits, regardless of cost, meeting that fatal black light.
With a loud “boom.”
The black blade light first struck the metal seal mountain, instantly splitting it in two, unable to delay it for long.
The black blade light arrived in an instant, colliding with the newly formed thunder net. With a “sizzle,” the thunder net, composed of tens of millions of lightning bolts, was cut in half and vanished in a blink of an eye.
The next moment, the black blade light plunged into the golden shield wall, splitting it in half. Flying Swords that caught up head-on were sent flying, their sword bodies shattered…
Under the obstruction and defense of countless Spiritual Artifacts, the black blade light finally stopped before a fire shield and dissipated within the wall of fire formed by the Void Spirit Fire.
Li Mu put away the Celestial Void Cauldron, his expression grave as he looked at the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord who had broken out of the Five Elements Sword Formation. A pair of demonic eyes were staring intently at him.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's full-power strike had damaged many of his defensive Spiritual Artifacts, including the Golden Spiritual Shield, the Artifact Seal, and dozens of transformed fourth-tier Flying Swords, leaving a pile of broken artifacts scattered on the ground.
“One strike ruined so much of your scrap metal, it must hurt, right! Take another strike from me!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord smiled cruelly at Li Mu.
Before his words finished, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord locked onto Li Mu and unleashed another sharp strike.
Li Mu had already anticipated this. He recalled the Five Elements Spirit Sword, pointed it from afar, and then swung his own sword to strike.
The five Five Elements Spirit Swords rapidly merged into one in the air, transforming into a Five Elements Giant Sword several tens of feet long, and then unleashed a sharp Sword Qi.
The Five Elements Sword Qi and the black blade light suddenly collided in the air, causing the very colors of heaven and earth to change.
“Boom!” With a deafening roar, a thousand-foot-tall mushroom cloud erupted violently.
The collision of the Five Elements Sword Qi and the black blade light instantly unleashed terrifying power. The enormous shockwave destroyed an area dozens of miles in radius, blasting out a deep pit several hundred feet deep. The earth cracked, and an astonishing might erupted.
The Five Elements Spirit Sword was blasted apart and disintegrated; the black Demonic Blade was sent flying.
In the central area of the explosion's shockwave, Li Mu and the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord appeared in the air, each having regained control of their weapons.
“How exhilarating! Again!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord laughed heartily, wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, grabbed the Heavenly Demon Blade, and struck again.
Li Mu glanced at the damaged Five Elements Spirit Sword, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes. However, now was not the time to pity the Spiritual Artifact. He formed a sword incantation with his hand and once again swung his sword to strike.
“Boom!” With a deafening roar, heaven and earth shattered. A Spiritual Mountain was flattened under the impact of the Sword Qi and blade light.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord was fighting like a madman, and Li Mu had no choice but to accompany him, engaging in a fierce, head-on battle of sword against blade, and fist against fist.
“Senior Brother, quick, go stop them! If they keep fighting like this, our Qingxuan Sect's Spiritual Mountains and Spiritual Veins will all be destroyed!” True Monarch Qingwen looked at Venerable Qingfeng and gestured.
Venerable Qingfeng's expression was grim, and he deeply agreed. With a “whoosh,” his figure shot out, quickly joining the battle.
“Elder Li, let's combine our strength and first drive him out of the Qingxuan Sect's core territory.” Venerable Qingfeng signaled to Li Mu.
“Elder Feng, be careful. That fellow is wearing a set of Undying Demon Lice Armor. Ordinary magical arts can't harm him in the slightest.” Li Mu nodded and reminded Venerable Qingfeng.
Hearing this, Venerable Qingfeng's expression hardened. Staring at the Demonic Armor on the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, he furiously rebuked, “What a Heavenly Doom! It's a disgrace that you, a living being of the Southern Spirit World, would collude with the Demon Race. Today, you must be eliminated.”
“Boastful words, bring forth whatever means you have!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord chuckled, unafraid of Venerable Qingfeng's threat, and swung his Heavenly Demon Blade.
Venerable Qingfeng flicked his sleeve, releasing a trigram mirror Magic Treasure. He shone it at the black blade light, and that sharp blade light seemed to be pulled by an unknown force, reversing its flight direction in mid-air and slashing back towards the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord was startled and hastily swung another blade, barely offsetting the blade light, causing a violent explosion.
The close-range explosion of the two blade lights caught the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord off guard. He suffered severe repercussions and was blasted away.
“The Inverted Profound Trigram Mirror, a treasure of the Qingxuan Sect, truly lives up to its reputation! Very good!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, with blood at the corner of his mouth, praised fiercely.
The Undying Demon Armor had blocked a large amount of damage for him. This time, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord did not suffer too much harm.
Venerable Qingfeng stared intently at the Undying Demon Armor on the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, a hint of solemnity flashing across his face. With this Demonic Armor, ordinary magical arts were ineffective against him. Taking him down would be incredibly difficult.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord held the Heavenly Demon Blade, accumulating power, and gazed at Li Mu. Even with Venerable Qingfeng added, fighting one against two, he felt no fear.
Li Mu frowned tightly, facing such a troublesome enemy, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
“Elder Li, do you have any means to severely injure him?” Venerable Qingfeng secretly transmitted a message to Li Mu, asking.
“No, I can't break that turtle shell of his, unless…” Li Mu responded without thinking.
“Unless what?!” Venerable Qingfeng asked with concern.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord realized they were discussing something via voice transmission and immediately swung his blade to attack, not giving them time to strategize.
Li Mu and Venerable Qingfeng cast spells to dodge, counterattacking with their swords. The two of them combined forces to deal with the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, gaining the upper hand in terms of Aura.
“Unless he can be trapped in place for twelve breaths or more.” Li Mu dodged the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's blade light and, seizing the opportunity, transmitted his response to Venerable Qingfeng.
“If that's all it takes, then we can try. I have a method that can trap him in place for twelve breaths. Elder Li, bring out whatever means you have.” Venerable Qingfeng's heart stirred, and he transmitted his response to Li Mu.
“Good!” Li Mu nodded with delight, cast the Five Elements Escape Technique to dodge the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's blade light, and with a wave of his hand, unleashed the Profound Heaven Sword Formation.
His Divine Sense entered the nine storage spiritual pearl, and fourth-tier Spiritual Swords, like a school of fish, streamed out one after another.
In a blink of an eye, dozens, hundreds, thousands of fourth-tier Spiritual Swords formed a Sword Dragon, circling in the sky, its might incredibly vast.
The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's pupils contracted. He didn't know what move the other party was casting, and his face was full of vigilance. He swung his blade to slash at Li Mu, intending to interrupt his casting.
However, at this moment, Venerable Qingfeng made his move. He used the Inverted Profound Trigram Mirror to shine on the black blade light, sending it attacking towards the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord.
Having already fallen for the trick once, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord naturally wouldn't fall for it a second time. His figure transformed into a black shadow, flashing far away to dodge.
Just then, a faint smile flickered across Venerable Qingfeng's face. A prepared green high-tier spiritual talisman was launched from his hand, turning into a green light that enveloped the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord.
“Fifth-tier Green Light Body-Fixing Talisman, you, you all!” The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's expression changed. His body struggled violently, but he couldn't move an inch.
Seeing this, Li Mu formed a sword incantation with his hand. The Sword Dragon, circling in the sky, carrying a destructive and sharp Aura, charged down from above towards the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord.
Looking at the Sword Dragon composed of thousands of Spiritual Swords, each one carried an extremely sharp Sword Intent.
A hint of fear flashed in the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's eyes. With so many Spiritual Swords gathered together, and such terrifying Sword Intent, even if the Undying Demon Armor was powerful, it couldn't withstand the attacks of so many Spiritual Swords.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
The Sword Dragon swooped down, and Spiritual Swords whistled in, piercing through the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's body, one after another, without stopping.
The tenacious Eternal Demonic Flame, under countless sharp swords, was pierced thousands of times like a torn black cloth. Before it could even recover, another sharp Flying Sword followed closely behind, relentlessly.
One Flying Sword after another pierced through the Eternal Demonic Flame, passing through the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's body.
After more than ten breaths, where the Sword Dragon passed, the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's figure was no more.
Resolved?
Did a Demonic Lord just die like that?
No, he didn't. A black shadow flew out clinging to a Spiritual Sword, and then transformed into a faint light, vanishing in a blink of an eye. The Heavenly Doom Demon Lord had used a secret art to escape.
Li Mu, who was controlling the Profound Heaven Sword Formation, couldn't pursue. Venerable Qingfeng saw it, wanted to pursue, but couldn't catch up anymore.
“Elder Li, your efforts were wasted in the end; that Heavenly Doom still got away.” Venerable Qingfeng apologized to Li Mu with a look of regret.
“There's nothing we could do, we've already done our best. I didn't expect that old demon to be so decisive!” Li Mu gave a wry smile. He also hadn't expected the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord to have such courage, abandoning his body to escape at the last moment, without any hesitation.
“Indeed!” Venerable Qingfeng nodded in agreement, also impressed by the Heavenly Doom Demon Lord's resolve.