Chapter 579
Chapter 579 – The Demon Suppression Tower
The Evil Eye sword completely merged into Lietu’s chest, all the way until the hilt . However, despite being three meters long, the tip of the blade did not emerge from his back as if the sword had combined with his body .
Thrum! Clang! With a series of metallic sounds, several dozen swords burst out of his body, stabbing out of his back, arms, neck, and even mouth .
Lietu’s demon qi erupted . His body was covered with swords like a strange, twisted hedgehog of metal . He crouched on the ground, staring at Xiao An in resentment, having merged with the sword completely .
This was extremely similar to complete demonification . It was very difficult to turn back from . The Evil Eye would gradually devour him until he became a part of the sword . Basically every master of the Evil Eye had met their end like this, while the Evil Eye grew stronger and stronger .
However, before he was completely devoured, he would obtain great strength, enough to kill them .
“Even if I die, I’ll drag you all down with me!”
The eyeball became completely embedded in Lietu’s chest . It swiveled around, and a speck of green light suddenly appeared in the centre, turning into a green iris . It stared at Xiao An .
The iris was Lietu’s demon heart . His arms and legs had all become long, sharp swords . Pushing off from the ground, he vanished .
Xiao An swung down with her sword, and with a clang, two swords collided . She had struck the arm that Lietu swung towards her .
“Die!” Lietu howled fiercely .
Cling! Clang! With a string of metallic sounds, several dozen swords burst out of his body, stabbing towards Xiao An’s golden avatar .
His long arm that was as sharp as a sword wrapped around the golden avatar conveniently, wanting to bisect Xiao An along the waist like a huge guillotine .
No matter how powerful Xiao An’s swordsmanship was, she could only forcefully endure a strike like that with her golden avatar .
These swords were as sharp as the Evil Eye itself . After obtaining Lietu’s demon heart, they even became much sharper . The golden avatar gave way, and the swords dug in by several inches . Any further and they would reach Xiao An’s body . There was a sword only inches away from her forehead .
Xiao An dispersed the golden avatar swiftly, using the opportunity to break free from Lietu’s restraint with her petite figure .
Isn’t this merely a temporary relief that’ll lead her to her demise? Without the protection of the golden avatar, a single strike will be enough to threaten her life, the Dauntless monk thought, only to see Xiao An recondense her golden avatar . All the damage from before had vanished .
When Xiao An struck again, she was much more careful, just in case Lietu caught her again . However, losing the upper hand now became unavoidable .
Their figures turned into two blurs, one running and one chasing on the square . They constantly clashed and moved about as ear-splitting thrums of metal rang out endlessly .
Even if Xiao An managed to land a blow on Lietu with her vajra sword, his swords would block it, so she achieved nothing . On the other hand, as the fusion between Lietu and the Evil Eye deepened, their attacks grew more and more swift . A sudden thrust left behind a deep mark in the golden avatar .
Lietu turned into a rotating storm of metal, filling the air with golden power every time he collided with the golden avatar . And, he moved faster and faster too, giving Xiao An no time to condense her golden avatar again .
A while later, the magnificent and detailed golden avatar was reduced to a horrible shape .
Xiao An was already pushing the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual to the limit, but Lietu’s strength completely surpassed Demon General after merging with the sword . A regular cultivator would have become riddled with holes from a single clash with him .
“A little help here!” Xiao An said .
“Alrighty!”
Li Qingshan looked back with a smile . He waved his hand, and the pitch-black Chains of Demon Suppression criss-crossed over, extending towards Lietu .
“Useless!”
Lietu barked . Several dozen swords emerged from his body, cutting and tearing apart the Chains of Demon Suppression . Suddenly, a black shadow loomed over him; he looked up, only to see a nine-layered tower, pitch-black like ink . It had appeared out of nowhere, imposing and dignified, utterly unstoppable .
The second move of the Demon Suppression Statuary, the Demon Suppression Tower!
Boom!
The entire square shook violently . The Demon Suppression Tower fell from above, trapping Lietu inside .
“Sure enough, this move is plenty devastating,” Li Qingshan smiled .
“Release me!”
Lietu’s bellows rang out from the Demon Suppression Tower . After merging with the Evil Eye, it constantly devoured him . If he could not kill the two of them quickly, then he would be completely devoured in the end, becoming a part of the sword . In the end, he would only benefit Li Qingshan at his own expense .
He struggled desperately . Swords plunged out of his body, but the black tower was not as fragile as the Chains of Demon Suppression . The swords rapidly weakened before they had even approached the tower, and the demon qi in his body was rapidly suppressed .
Lietu was very tough . He threw himself against the tower madly, shaking and swaying the Demon Suppression Tower; it was like it could tip over at any time .
Li Qingshan waved his hand again, and nine Chains of Demon Suppression flew over with a clank . They wrapped around the Demon Suppression Tower before pinning it to the ground and pulling themselves taut . The Demon Suppression Tower immediately stopped shaking . Sounds of collision continued to ring out, but the Demon Suppression Tower did not even budge anymore .
“Done . So this is the true usage of the Chains of Demon Suppression . They work with the Demon Suppression Tower for suppression . Just how many people can escape this?”
Having learnt a new, powerful trick, Li Qingshan was overjoyed . The only issue he had with it was the moves in the Demon Suppression Statuary focused on suppression and not killing in a single strike .
The Chains of Demon Suppression can still trap the opponent before I kill them, but the Demon Suppression Tower completely isolates the opponent from me . If this Lietu doesn’t die by himself, I have to move the Demon Suppression Tower before coming up with a way to finish him off . How troublesome!
Li Qingshan studied the black Demon Suppression Tower and suddenly thought of something . It also has nine floors . Don’t tell me this is how the Demon Suppression hall looks like? If the Demon Suppression hall is actually a Demon Suppression tower, how large will this tower be? It’ll probably be even larger than Great Buddha mountain .
Suddenly, a fierce and brutal aura burst through a set of gilded doors and entered the square . The colossal figure had basically squeezed through the doorway, and its protruding teeth were even sharper than spears, producing foul gusts of air .
“Another one! Hmm? Are you Duoge?”
Li Qingshan noticed the deep-violet pupils of the monster and remembered how Duoge looked like when he held his breath to demonify .
Roar! Duoge unleashed a threatening howl, like a vicious beast about to launch an attack .
“I didn’t think he’d actually turn out like this . Is it because he ate too many demon hearts?”
Li Qingshan could sense that the demon qi on Duoge was extremely violent and powerful . He had to maintain the Demon Suppression Tower and Chains of Demon Suppression, so he was unable to spare any effort to suppress Duoge as well .
Duoge glanced at Li Qingshan and Xiao An too before looking over them and staring at the Demon Suppression statue . The Demon Suppression statue gazed right back at him . In the end, Duoge lowered his head; his gaze landed on those scattered demon hearts, eyeing them greedily .
Li Qingshan came up with an idea . Using the Divine Talisman of Great Creation, he conjured a monster exactly the same as Duoge, just even larger and more vicious . He created it in front of Duoge, and it let out a roar .
“Hmm? What’s this? He even knows illusion techniques?”
The Dauntless monk was mildly surprised . He was highly knowledgeable, but he did not possess much understanding of the school of Novels that had fallen into decline .
Duoge shrank back slightly, becoming angered immediately . He lunged over viciously, but he hit nothing . The monster twisted and vanished as soon as he touched it . With his current level of intelligence, he had no idea what this was all about, so the situation left him in a small daze .
Li Qingshan instead used this opportunity to wave his hand . With a gust of wind, all of the demon hearts swept into his hand; he said to Duoge, “You want them?”
Duoge lunged over with a growl . He was extremely large, but he was highly nimble with the lunge .
The more demon hearts he devoured, the more violent and demonified he became, but he was unable to control this urge . He was like a person lost at sea, unable to help themselves as they drank seawater . The thirst could not be described with words .
Li Qingshan turned around and threw as hard as he could, tossing all the demon hearts behind him .
Duoge did not hesitate, immediately giving up on Li Qingshan and sweeping over Li Qingshan’s head in pursuit of the demon hearts . The demon hearts all flew towards the Demon Suppression Tower .
“Rise!”
Li Qingshan sniggered . The Chains of Demon Suppression slackened, and the Demon Suppression Tower flew high into the air .
Having been suppressed in the Demon Suppression Tower, Lietu finally gave up on the pointless struggle . However, when he crossed his legs and sat down, he discovered that the rate at which the Evil Eye devoured him was not as fast as he imagined it to be . Under the tower, his mind recovered some clarity, and he came to an understanding .
This tower can suppress demonic natures and demon qi . However, it is not just mine, but the Evil Eye’s too . This is a good opportunity for me to gain complete control over the Evil Eye! I refuse to believe he can keep me suppressed here forever . As soon as he stops the technique, I’ll rush out and kill them—no, I’ll have them taste the Demon race’s torture of slow death .
Right as he thought about that, his surroundings suddenly brightened . He responded extremely quickly, immediately standing up and brandishing his swords, only to see almost a hundred demon hearts flying over with a huge, vicious demonic beast following behind . The killing intent on his face turned into shock .
In the middle of the air, Duoge swept out with his long, red tongue and swallowed the demon hearts from almost a hundred powerful Demon Generals . His colossal body followed along his original trajectory and dove towards Lietu . His large, deep-violet eyes suddenly noticed the eye on Lietu’s chest, as well as the demon heart in the eye . He immediately became like a dog that had spotted a bone, and his pounce became even more determined .
He immediately pushed Lietu down onto the ground .
Boom!
In the air, the Demon Suppression Tower became even larger and more dignified, falling down once more and suppressing Duoge and Lietu at the same time .
This was the benefit of the Demon Suppression Statuary . The greater the demonic nature and demon qi, the more powerful the moves would become .
After suppressing both of them, the tower instead became even more stable, as they were not working together to break free, instead becoming locked in an intense battle .
Li Qingshan sat on the sharp tip of the tower as furious bellows and bestial roars rang out from beneath his bottom .
Having merged with the sword, Lietu was extremely powerful, but Duoge had become extremely crazy after completely demonifying . He had just devoured almost another hundred demon hearts, so he definitely was not weak either .
Lietu was unable to settle down and slowly control the Evil Eye anymore either, or the only fate awaiting him was being devoured . He could only plead to the Evil Eye for more power while it gradually devoured him . The sliver of clarity in his heart vanished, and he gradually went crazy too .
In the narrow space, a man and a beast engaged in an unavoidable close combat, tearing and stabbing away at one another madly .
“When they’ve fought enough, I’ll open the tower . When that happens, finish off the sword person first and steal the sword . ” Li Qingshan told Xiao An from atop the tower .
Xiao An asked, “Then what about Duoge?”
“If we can help him recover his sanity, then that would obviously be for the best . If we can’t-” Li Qingshan paused . “Then we kill him!”
A while later, the sounds of battle from within the Demon Suppression Tower did not die down at all . Instead, it became louder and shriller . They waited for another ten minutes before it gradually died down .
Li Qingshan and Xiao An exchanged glances . He called out, “Rise!”