novelapdf Chapter 277 Young man, no!
Chapter 277 Young man, no!
He Shan'er is an eighth-realm cultivator.
After experiencing Zhou Yuanzhi, who was also at the eighth realm, Jiang Mu once thought that it would be difficult to find anyone in the world more troublesome and terrifying than that "old witch" at the same realm.
But clearly, he underestimated the strength of the Divine Sword Sect's matriarch.
Although this woman is not as well-versed in the fundamental principles of swordsmanship or as ruthless as Zhou Yuanzhi, she is, after all, from a renowned sword sect. Her swordsmanship is so exquisite that it has reached a state of divine perfection.
Moreover, standing beside him was Prince Sheng, whose true nature was difficult to fathom.
From the moment he swallowed the Ghost King's Seal until now, this old monster has maintained a calm and collected demeanor, like a cat playing with a mouse.
Jiang Mu couldn't even figure out what level he was at.
This put him under immense pressure.
"I was too hasty. I should have waited for Sister Ling to come back and investigated with her."
Jiang Mu gritted her teeth secretly.
With at least one bodyguard at the eighth level protecting them, they wouldn't have fallen into such a passive situation.
However, given the current situation, it's too late for regrets; all we can do is give it our all.
If you can win, great; if you can't, then run away immediately. There's no need to stay here and risk your life.
Jiang Mu took a deep breath, and a blood-red glint flashed in his eyes.
He swung his long sword again.
The [Tai Su Tian Gang Blood River True Knowledge] within his body surged into the blade.
He pushed the power of the Fire God's Dharma Image to its limit, directly activating the [Whirlwind Slash].
In an instant, the man began to spin wildly like a top.
The violent blade energy drew out hundreds and thousands of dazzling dark red arcs, forming a blood-red storm eye around him that seemed capable of shredding the void! "Clang, clang, clang!"
The howling rain of swords crashed down on the crimson blade energy like dense hailstones.
Sparks flew everywhere.
When those longswords came into contact with the rotational force, they were all deflected or broken.
"what?"
Prince Sheng looked surprised and raised an eyebrow in admiration, "What amazing swordsmanship!"
In the arena, Jiang Mu maintained his rapidly spinning blade storm while, like a raging bull, braving the rain of swords, forcefully approaching He Shan'er's position.
"Shannu, step back."
Prince Sheng spoke calmly, offering his guidance.
"Use the method of flying a kite to keep him away."
His powerful and vigorous technique consumes a great deal of his star power and blood energy, making it absolutely unsustainable.
"Just keep your distance and wear him down. Once his star power is exhausted, he'll become an easy target to defeat."
"Yes, Master!"
He Shan'er lightly touched the ground with her toes, her figure swaying back like a willow catkin, always maintaining a safe distance from the storm of sword energy.
At the same time, the fingertip sword technique continued, and flying swords poured out wave after wave like rain.
The two sides were locked in a protracted war of attrition.
However, as time went on, it was He Shan'er who couldn't hold on any longer.
After all, continuously activating the Myriad Swords Technique also consumes a huge amount of star power.
Sweat poured down the woman's forehead, her face gradually turned pale, and even the density of her flying swords unconsciously thinned out a bit.
In contrast, Jiang Mu...
This thing was still spinning like a tireless perpetual motion machine, spinning wildly.
It felt like they could spin around for three days and three nights without even breaking a sweat.
"Is this kid... a monster?"
Prince Sheng's previously calm expression finally changed, revealing his shock. "He's only at the seventh realm, so why is his star power so abundant and vast? It seems inexhaustible."
It was clear that Jiang Mu was beginning to corner He Shan'er.
Prince Sheng's face darkened, and he coldly shouted:
"Shannu, use your secret technique! Don't waste any more time!"
Upon hearing the words "secret technique," He Shan'er's swordplay paused noticeably, a hint of hesitation and struggle flashing in her eyes.
"hurry up!"
Prince Sheng's childish voice suddenly rose in pitch.
"Shannu obeys!"
He Shan'er gritted her teeth and raised her right hand.
In his palm, a small, blood-red sword, only an inch long, slowly rotated.
He Shan'er gripped the scarlet dagger, aimed it at her brow, and plunged it in fiercely.
"what!"
As the small sword pierced her brain, He Shan'er let out a mournful roar as she looked up at the sky.
The next instant, a powerful surge of sword energy erupted from her acupoints and shot straight into the sky.
Her aura withered rapidly as the sword energy erupted.
It was like a night-blooming cereus that had been forced to open.
The thick clouds were torn apart, creating ripples of gold.
Immediately afterwards, a huge golden light sword, hundreds of feet long, slowly emerged from the ripples of the clouds!
"cut!"
He Shan'er wept blood from her eyes and bit her tongue.
She spat a mouthful of blood mist containing her life essence onto her joined sword fingers and pointed it at Jiang Mu from afar.
"Boom!"
The enormous golden sword suspended in the sky emitted a deafening sword cry.
It instantly locked onto Jiang Mu's aura.
Carrying an overwhelming force, it charged straight down.
Wherever it passed, even the sword cage that He Shan'er herself had set up was shattered and turned into countless afterglows.
Jiang Mu's eyelids twitched wildly.
"This crazy woman, she's going all out with her ultimate move, huh!"
Upon discovering that the surrounding sword cages were broken, he immediately activated teleportation, his figure flashing repeatedly.
No matter where he appeared, the golden giant sword was always locked onto him from afar.
Jiang Mu then tried to teleport directly to He Shan'er's side to deal with the spellcaster first.
But the woman had already erected a new sword cage around herself, which Jiang Mu's teleportation could not penetrate.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, a thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Mu's mind.
He secretly released the Shadow Demon, shifted the star position on his body to it, and infused it with a wisp of his own aura.
Just before the giant sword fell, he teleported again.
This time, he made the right bet!
"Boom!"
The golden greatsword misjudged the situation and struck the shadow demon directly.
The blinding golden light immediately engulfed most of the courtyard.
A jagged gash, tens of meters long, was torn open in the backyard, billowing dust that blotted out the sky.
The violent shockwave created a small hurricane.
He Shan'er collapsed to her knees, panting heavily.
The sword cage surrounding him slowly dissipated due to exhaustion.
She raised her pale face, gazing at the dust-shrouded ruins, and murmured:
"I didn't expect killing a seventh-realm guy to be so difficult. Fortunately, I still managed to kill him, so as not to ruin my master's important plans..." However, she had barely finished speaking.
A familiar voice rang out from behind her without warning:
"Madam He, do you have any other special skills?"
He Shan'er's body stiffened.
He Shan'er froze, a bone-chilling cold rising up her spine from her tailbone, making her scalp tingle.
"impossible!!"
Driven by instinct, a short sword slid from her sleeve and swung behind her!
However, what awaited her was a powerful and terrifying blade strike.
Having exhausted her star power, He Shan'er now seemed somewhat powerless even to lift her sword.
"Crack!"
The short sword broke in two.
The blade's momentum didn't diminish, striking the woman's chest hard.
"puff!"
He Shan'er coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The fierce blade energy directly shattered the remaining protective star power around her body.
Under the raging force of the energy, her clothes were torn to shreds by the sword energy, revealing her fair and smooth body.
The woman crashed heavily to the ground, creating a deep crater, and then fell silent.
"what?"
A look of surprise flashed across Prince Sheng's eyes.
He looked at Jiang Mu emerging from the dust and clicked his tongue in amazement:
"This still can't kill you, kid? Jiang Mu, you're really giving me more and more surprises."
After Jiang Mu dealt with He Shan'er, he kicked off the ground and ran away.
What a load of crap!
He had already realized that this old monster's cultivation was definitely above his own; he was at least a ninth-tier demon.
If you can't beat someone, call for help; that's common sense for survival.
Seeing Jiang Mu turn and run away, Prince Sheng smiled and shook his head regretfully:
"What a pity, what a pity, why can't you be used by me?"
But since you cannot be of use to me, someone like you will sooner or later become the biggest stumbling block on my path to great achievements.
So, you'd better stay here obediently.
After Prince Sheng finished speaking, he opened his mouth.
A cloud of black smoke billowed from his mouth, transforming into a vast black net in mid-air, enveloping Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu swung his sword backhand.
The blade's energy struck the black net, as if it had pierced a wad of cotton, and was swallowed up.
Jiang Mu felt a chill run down her spine and continued to activate [Teleport].
No matter which direction he escaped from, the black net always followed him like a shadow, and there was always a shadow looming over his head.
He then took out a round fan and fanned it with all his might.
The black web's movement suddenly slowed down.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Mu teleported again, barely managing to dodge the edge of the black net and finally creating some distance between them.
Prince Sheng frowned, then laughed again:
"I suddenly remembered. The fan-shaped magical artifact you're holding originally belonged to Yang Qintian."
He gave it to his son Yang Tianci, and you took it away from him.
However, you probably don't know that this fan was actually a gift from me to Yang Qintian back then.
At this point, Prince Sheng raised his short, thick right hand and squeezed his fingertips together forcefully.
A drop of black blood seeped from the fingertip.
"go."
Prince Sheng flicked his finger.
The drop of black blood transformed into a black three-eyed raven in mid-air.
The crow let out a sharp cry and swooped down on Jiang Mu. It moved with the speed of a streak of light, covering less than ten feet in an instant.
Jiang Mu waved the fan in her hand again.
But this time, the crow suddenly shot out a black line that wrapped around the fan.
Jiang Mu felt a burning pain in her palm and instinctively let go.
The fan was torn to pieces by the strangulation of the black lines.
"Hiss, this old monster's methods are too wicked."
Jiang Mu was secretly alarmed; it was the first time she had ever encountered such an imposing enemy.
Seeing that the all-encompassing black net, under Prince Sheng's control, changed direction again and enveloped him once more.
Jiang Mu knew that running away was no longer an option.
He simply gripped the sword with both hands and charged towards King Sheng.
Seeing that Jiang Mu dared to take the initiative to attack, a glint of light flashed in Prince Sheng's eyes: "Good lad, you have guts."
Jiang Mu was getting closer and closer.
When he was only about ten feet away from Prince Sheng, he suddenly swung his arm and flung out a self-destructing phantom:
"Take this, Tsar Bomba!"
The moment Jiang Mu threw out the Shadow Demon, he immediately teleported away.
"Huh? What's he doing?"
Prince Sheng was somewhat stunned.
"BOOM!!"
The power of the exploding demonic shadow was equivalent to the full-force self-destruction of a seventh-realm cultivator.
A violent and terrifying energy exploded in mid-air, and the shockwave blew away all the surrounding buildings.
Prince Sheng was caught off guard by Jiang Mu's unexpected move, and his expression changed drastically.
He retreated quickly.
The black net was blown to pieces.
Taking advantage of the explosion as cover, Jiang Mu teleported repeatedly, and in a few leaps, he flew out of the Divine Sword Sect's mountain gate.
"Finally out."
Before Jiang Mu could even catch her breath, a gust of wind blew over from who-knows-where.
The wind wasn't strong, but it carried a chill that went deep into your bones.
Immediately afterwards, the sky and earth suddenly darkened.
At this moment, all the sunlight seemed to be covered by a black cloth.
Jiang Mu raised her head, her pupils contracting.
To his astonishment, he saw an enormous figure slowly rising up on the horizon ahead.
He's being promoted to Prince Sheng!
But at this moment, Prince Sheng is no longer that ugly child who was only three feet tall.
His body seemed to reach the heavens and earth, half of it hidden in the clouds. His eyes, looking down upon all living beings, were like two burning golden crows, radiating a terrifying pressure that made one's soul tremble.
What horrified Jiang Mu even more was...
At this moment, the aura emanating from this demon-like Prince Sheng was no longer the cold and evil demonic energy it had before.
It is pure and vast star power!
In Jiang Mu's perception, the level of this stellar power was steadily increasing.
He broke through the shackles of the ninth realm directly from the eighth realm!
Then came the tenth realm, the eleventh realm, the twelfth realm... and finally it settled at the thirteenth realm!!
Jiang Mu was dumbfounded.
Standing on the mountain path, he was like an ant looking up at a god.
"The thirteenth realm?!"
A profound sense of despair enveloped me.
Faced with a supreme powerhouse at the thirteenth realm, let alone him, even if Shangguan Luoxue herself were here, she would have to kneel!
Above the sky, the towering "Prince Sheng" bowed his head.
A thunderous roar rolled down from the heavens, shaking the earth and making the mountains hum.
"Jiang Mu!"
"In this vast world, whatever I wish to take, even the heavens cannot stop me."
He slowly raised a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky.
The stars spun and the sun and moon rose and fell in his palm, pressing down on Jiang Mu inch by inch:
"Today, I, the King, will show you what it means to have absolute power and to reign supreme!"
Faced with the overwhelming pressure that seemed to collapse the heavens, Jiang Mu felt difficulty breathing, and his bones cracked under the strain.
At this moment, he was like a flying insect trapped in amber, unable to even move his little finger.
He gritted his teeth and growled, forcing out all the remaining Dharma power in his dantian.
The image of the God of Fire stretches out to the sky with both arms.
It forcefully held up the enormous, all-encompassing hand that was pressing down inch by inch.
The moment the giant palm collided with the Dharma image, Jiang Mu bent both knees, and his right knee slammed heavily into the ground, sending shards of stone flying everywhere.
He felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a large mouthful of scarlet blood spurted out.
The Dharma form lasted for only a few breaths.
The giant hand paused only slightly before continuing to press down.
The illusory image of the Dharma began to shatter inch by inch from the fingertips, and finally collapsed into a burst of light, dissipating into the air.
After the Dharma form collapsed, dozens of black liquid columns suddenly emerged from the palm of the giant hand in the sky.
The liquid column wrapped around Jiang Mu's limbs like a living thing, firmly imprisoning him.
Immediately afterwards, another ball of black liquid surged from his palm, slowly condensing into the short and ugly appearance of Prince Sheng.
"Jiang Mu, I want your body."
Prince Sheng reached out his black hand and pressed it hard against Jiang Mu's chest.
The moment they touched, the black liquid, originating from his palm, slowly spread along Jiang Mu's skin.
It resembles countless fine, black parasitic blood vessels.
It attempted to engulf and devour Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu tried to resist, but found that she couldn't muster even a trace of star power within her body.
Prince Sheng's voice was cold and eerie:
"From this day forward, I am you!!"
With your one-in-a-million genius body, I no longer need to search for that divine artifact.
Your rank, everything you have, I will take over for you!
As the black liquid eroded his body, Jiang Mu felt his head becoming increasingly dizzy.
A sense of weakness washed over me from the depths of my soul.
Consciousness is being peeled away layer by layer, like falling into a nightmare from which you can't wake up.
Faced with a terrifying expert at the thirteenth realm, he couldn't muster the slightest confidence to resist.
All the victories against enemies of higher ranks, all the trump cards, seemed to have become laughable struggles, leaving only the waiting for death to arrive.
"After all that fun, it finally crashed and burned..."
Jiang Mu's vision gradually blurred.
It was as if he could see Prince Sheng in front of him slowly twisting and turning into the outline of himself, Jiang Mu.
A bitter smile crept onto Jiang Mu's lips:
"It seems my time-travel journey is coming to an end today."
"If I had known, I should have just forced myself on the young cook the night before I left... What a waste!"
Just as his mind was about to completely collapse.
A sudden flash of inspiration pierced his dazed mind.
wrong!
Jiang Mu suddenly shuddered.
This old monster could never be at the thirteenth realm!
It's even less likely that they'll have a star position!
The pure demonic energy emanating from him, both in the secret chamber of the Sword Tomb and during our fight just now, was undeniable.
The laws of Heaven are strict and rigorous.
How could a demonic cultivator instantly be redeemed and become a powerful star-level expert?
Damn it, I've been scammed!
It's all a complete lie!
This is a top-tier illusion that can deceive the five senses and even perfectly obscure the divine consciousness!
When did you first get infected?
Jiang Mu bit the tip of her tongue, forcing herself to regain some clarity.
Yes...
It must have been during the fight with He Shan'er just now.
That old monster kept putting on airs and never made a move; he wasn't acting like a master at all. Instead, he was secretly setting up this grand illusionary formation.
In other words, his actual strength is not that great.
Otherwise, how could they sit idly by and watch He Shan'er exhaust her star power without helping her?
"Damn it, I almost got fooled by that old bastard."
Having seen through the truth, Jiang Mu's despair vanished.
But the problem right now is...
Even though they saw through the illusion, they were already deeply trapped in it.
If you can't break through it, you will be trapped inside and die, or even have your soul stripped away in the illusion.
How to break this?
Looking at Prince Sheng, who was greedily devouring his body, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Mu's eyes.
Since conventional methods can't break through, let's fight to the death!
At worst, we can use the [Sacrifice] to perish together once.
If once doesn't work, try twice. Anyway, I have plenty of Shadow Demons and Star Positions. Let's see who can outlast whom!
Jiang Mu closed her eyes, her thoughts sinking into her sea of consciousness.
Overlay a [Shadow of Demons] onto your own body and change star positions.
As the cultivation technique circulates...
Soon, several major acupoints on his body lit up with a red glow.
These red lights danced and intertwined on his chest, instantly outlining a hideous skull phantom.
The skull's upper and lower jaws slowly opened.
He uttered the word "祭" (sacrifice).
In an instant, a crack appeared between Jiang Mu's brows.
A cluster of scarlet blood-red sword light peeked out, emitting a wave of annihilation.
Prince Sheng, who was immersed in the joy of his impending possession, keenly sensed the strange aura that suddenly appeared on Jiang Mu's body.
He first frowned, then his expression changed drastically:
"Oh no! This kid's going to self-destruct!"
You should know that he has already begun to penetrate Jiang Mu's body. Once this guy self-destructs, his soul will inevitably be damaged.
Prince Sheng panicked and hurriedly shouted:
"Young man, don't be impulsive, I won't kill you!"
Jiang Mu grinned maliciously: "Old man, you like to play around, huh? I'll make you have your fill today!"
Jiang Mu gritted his teeth and activated his star power.
[Offering sacrifices!]
"kill!!!"
[Author's Note: I'll post one chapter tonight and make up the rest tomorrow. I don't know why, but I've been feeling really weak these past few days, my legs are weak and my vision is blurry.]