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The Sword Qi cut through forty-nine layers of wooden barriers, but was halted abruptly.
“My magical treasures and cultivation level are still insufficient to contend with it.”
Shangguan Zhao’er’s face turned pale.
With her Golden Immortal first-layer cultivation, defeating the Golden Feather King at the third layer of Golden Immortal was difficult beyond measure.
The Golden Feather King swung his wooden staff, and innumerable vines swept towards Shangguan Zhao’er.
“Senior sister, use this magical treasure.”
Lu Changsheng tossed a Spirit Brush, which landed in Shangguan Zhao’er’s hands.
This Spirit Brush emitted a terrifying pressure, with the faint shadow of a phoenix visible within it.
“An inferior Holy Artifact?”
Shangguan Zhao’er hadn’t expected Lu Changsheng to possess a Spirit Brush of such a holy artifact level.
With this magical treasure, Shangguan Zhao’er’s magical power was greatly enhanced.
“The phoenix soars for nine thousand miles, breaking through the clouds, carrying the vault of heaven, scattering the drifting clouds, soaring above the vast obscurity.”
Using the Holy Artifact Spirit Brush she received, Shangguan Zhao’er wrote down a line of poetry.
An image of an ancient phoenix emerged, its fiery wings soaring, as large as mountains, its blaze reaching for the sky, incinerating the demon clouds, and burning to ashes all the vines summoned by the Golden Feather King.
“Damn it.”
The Golden Feather King clumsily avoided the ancient fire phoenix.
The poetic mood invoked by Shangguan Zhao’er materialized from fiction to reality, and the Golden Feather King risked being slain by her poetic mood if he was the slightest bit careless.
“Underlings, attack!”
“Kill them!”
The King of Chaos roared, and the great demons and lesser demons of Accumulated Thunder Mountain brought forth magical treasures of all colors, shaking their banners and shouting war cries!
The demon hordes of Accumulated Thunder Mountain ranged from Heavenly Immortal and Earth Immortal at the highest, with the lowest being at the Qi Transformation Realm and Golden Core Realm.
These lesser demons, numbering in the thousands, formed formations, pressing down like dark clouds.
“Engage!”
Lu Qinglian, Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, Dugu Aotian, and others, not yet capable of intervening in the grand battle against the seven Demon Kings, could still deal with these lesser demons.
“Phoenix Fury Lotus!”
Lu Qinglian unleashed her Phoenix Fire Lotus Qi; a burst of flames exploded amidst the demon horde, obliterating hundreds of lesser demons.
“Heavenly Dragon’s Nine Forms!”
Ning Qianqian fought with punches and kicks, and the demons she brushed against were either dead or injured.
“Great Wilderness Skybreak!”
Xiao Fan wielded a divine spear, making seven entries and seven exits within the demon horde, with countless lesser demons falling beneath his weapon.
Dugu Aotian activated his Demonic Cultivation Skills, his demonic palm strike directly shattered a thousand-foot mountain peak, and all the lesser demons on that mountain perished instantly.
Fairy Qingxia grasped an Immortal Sword in her delicate hands, joining Grandmaster Taixu in the fight.
Already a Golden Immortal and with the Spirit Sword Physique, Fairy Qingxia cultivated for one hundred and fifty thousand years, reaching an extremely high level of Sword Dao Comprehension. With just one sword strike, she shattered the Formation held by six Earth Immortal great demons, claiming the lives of all six.
Although Grandmaster Taixu was still at the Heavenly Immortal level, after a hard fight, he managed to slay a Heavenly Immortal Realm great demon.
Zhao Wuyan had not yet stepped into the Heavenly Immortal Realm, only being a peak Earth Immortal, but he hid behind the disciples of Lu Changsheng, sneak attacking lesser demons with lower realms than himself.
With a single sword thrust by Zhao Wuyan, several Void Refinement Realm lesser demons were instantly split into two.
The demons of Accumulated Thunder Mountain danced chaotically, but their numbers fell with countless dead and wounded.
The entirety of Accumulated Thunder Mountain turned into a battlefield, with mountains collapsing, palaces ruined, and the earth fissured.
Tens of Golden Immortals, hundreds of Loose Immortals, and countless lesser demons clashed in a muddled battle, with tens of thousands of lesser demons perishing.
“I am determined to kill you!”
The King of Chaos was still battling with Lu Changsheng’s towering divine body; seeing his place of cultivation being continuously destroyed, he felt as though his heart was being cut by knives, brandishing the Heaven Demon Axe with a force so mighty it tore space apart!
Lu Changsheng, with his True Dragon divine body, held the Zixiao Immortal Sword and blocked the King of Chaos.
The Heaven Demon Axe came striking down, and Lu Changsheng was pushed back thousands of yards, collapsing two mountains in the process.
Lu Changsheng frowned.
The King of Chaos’ White Bull True Body might be second only to the Demon God Physique and the Dragon Emperor Bloodline among the demons, not only incredibly durable but also possessing immense strength, far more formidable than the Green Ox King of Unparalleled City by countless degrees.
Lu Changsheng had battled with the King of Chaos for the better part of a day, yet they were still at a deadlock.
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Two Golden Immortal puppets, the one at the fourth layer of Golden Immortal had already been wrecked by the King of Chaos, and another one at the second layer of Golden Immortal was collected by Qin Kai.
The King of Chaos, in his true Demon Race form, was exceedingly terrifying; the second-layer Golden Immortal puppet posed no threat to him whatsoever.
Fortunately, Lu Changsheng had numerous Immortal Pills, consuming Nine Yang Holy Transformation Pills like they were mere beans, sparing no expense.
With the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Heavenly Dragon Vibrant Gold Armor to protect his body, even the King of Chaos in his White Bull True Body had difficulty killing him. Lu Changsheng decided to engage in an endless battle of attrition with the King of Chaos.
“Take this blow from me!”
The Divine Ape King transformed into a giant ape as tall as a mountain, his treasure, the Mystical Gold Iron Staff, swung like a column reaching the heavens. With a single strike, Daoist Yuxuan was sent crashing a thousand zhang into the earth by the Divine Ape King!
“Daoist Yuxuan, are you alright?”
Daoist Luo Yu didn’t expect the Divine Ape King to strike so brutally.
Among the nine peak masters of Zhengsheng Sect, Daoist Yuxuan’s strength could be ranked in the top three, but the Divine Ape King was even more terrifying, having reached the eighth layer of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, only surpassed by the King of Chaos.
The treasure of the Divine Ape King was also a Holy Artifact; his Mystical Gold Iron Staff could wield enough power to destroy an entire mountain range.
“Cough cough cough, not dead yet…”
Daoist Yuxuan burst out from underground, holding his sword in one hand, and continued to confront the Divine Ape King.
“Your swordsmanship has been seen through by me, so take another hit from me!”
The Divine Ape King lifted his Mystical Gold Iron Staff, smashing down once more.
The Divine Ape King moved at incredible speed, and Daoist Yuxuan’s expression shifted as the Mystical Gold Iron Staff was already bearing down upon him!
Bang!
Daoist Yuxuan was sent flying once again!
“The true body of this Divine Ape from the Demon Race is truly terrifying.”
Daoist Luo Yu, locked in combat with the Golden Feather King, couldn’t help Daoist Yuxuan and was shocked by the Divine Ape King’s fearsome power.
The Divine Ape King had rarely made a move, and his strength was not well-known within the Zhengsheng Sect.
With fiery eyes that could see through an opponent’s moves, Daoist Yuxuan’s swordsmanship was completely exposed.
Just as Daoist Yuxuan was about to succumb, possibly having his Great Luo Golden Body shattered by the Divine Ape King, an old crone stepped in between Daoist Yuxuan and the Divine Ape King, using her walking stick to fend off the pursuing blow.
The Divine Ape King took a closer look and recognized her to be the leader of Liuyun Pavilion.
“Do you wish to make enemies with us, the seven Great Demon Kings?”
“I had no such intention initially, but it’s a bit too much for you to want to afflict my disciple with the Heart-binding Worm,” the Sect Leader of Liuyun Pavilion said sternly.
After contemplating, she decided to stand with Zhengsheng Sect and Jing Long Immortal Temple.
The seven Great Demon Kings were too overbearing, and she no longer trusted them.
Daoist Yuxuan, together with the Sect Leader of Liuyun Pavilion, could hold off the Divine Ape King. Now, all eyes were on whether Lu Changsheng or the King of Chaos would triumph.
The King Demon Dragon, King Mu Lang, King Jiaolu, and other Demon Kings also revealed their true forms, causing chaos among the monstrous inhabitants of Accumulated Thunder Mountain, leading to more mountain peaks collapsing into disarray.
Lu Changsheng and the King of Chaos battled for a full day and night, both bearing countless scars, yet still evenly matched.
“This White Bull is way too formidable; indeed, the top-tier figures of the Demon Race are a real nuisance.”
Lu Changsheng had lost count of how many Nine Yang Holy Transformation Pills he had swallowed.
Were it not for his almost inexhaustible supply of Immortal Pills, Lu Changsheng might very well have been worn to death by the King of Chaos.
After all, the King of Chaos was three realms higher than Lu Changsheng and also possessed the extraordinarily mighty White Bull True Body.
Pushed to his limits, the King of Chaos did not understand why Lu Changsheng had so many Immortal Pills and treasures. Lu Changsheng absorbed the pills extremely efficiently at a rapid restoration rate, unbelievably sustaining a day and night battle against him.
Little did he know, Lu Changsheng was also at his limit.
The Innate Taoist Body continuously refined Nine Yang Holy Transformation Pills, but the rate of refining could no longer keep up with the consumption rate.
Maintaining the true form of the Heavenly Dragon required a vast amount of True Qi.
“It’s still somewhat strenuous…”
Lu Changsheng underestimated the strength of the White Bull True Body. The King of Chaos was a standout figure among the Demon Kings in the Golden Immortal Realm, having defeated many human Golden Immortals.
Suddenly, Lu Changsheng experienced a significant return of cultivation level and Sword Dao Comprehension from the Dual Cultivation System.
Xia Ningxue’s timely breakthrough inadvertently assisted Lu Changsheng.
At that moment, Lu Changsheng’s Dantian Qi Sea was like a dried-up reservoir that received a downpour.
Not only that, but with the returned Sword Dao Comprehension, Lu Changsheng suddenly attained enlightenment in the seventh level of Sword Intent from the Sword Scripture of the Divine King!