Chapter 355

Chapter 355: Demonic Bone, Blocking

“Damn it!”

The disheveled figure erupted in rage when he saw the blood mist surrounding the black bone sword dissipate by a third.

This black bone sword was the treasure he had fought so hard to obtain, even at the cost of destroying the Qingyun Sword Pavilion.

That day, using the aura signature he had left behind, he spent some time tracking down the fleeing Sword Pavilion disciples.

Sure enough, he found the treasure on one of them.

To his surprise, he had initially assumed the ancestral treasure was merely a sword artifact imbued with murderous intent, bordering on demonic possession.

Instead, he discovered the black bone sword was forged from the bones of an ancient demon, untold millions of years old.

However, over the course of countless years, the demon’s original demonic nature had been largely extinguished.

This was why the founder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion possessed it and remained untouched by demonic influence.

Even if he hadn’t fallen into demonic ways, the founder of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion was no easy man to deal with.

With a deep murderous instinct, he ultimately swept through the world with his bone sword and his powerful swordsmanship,

ultimately establishing the powerful Qingyun Sword Pavilion.

However, because the bone sword was so demonic, without a strong will, he was unable to suppress the invading demonic energy within, easily damaging his mind and leading to his descent into demonic influence.

Therefore, after the sect’s founder passed away, the Qingyun Sword Pavilion saw successive wielders of the bone sword suffer mental damage and go insane.

Ultimately, the decision was made to seal it away completely, and its whereabouts were unknown to all but the sect leader.

A figure with disheveled hair had heard of the treasure from his master back in the days before his original will had awakened, but he had never seen the bone sword in its true form.

Upon obtaining it, he realized that what he had thought was a mere magical artifact was actually of far greater significance, crafted from the bones of an ancient demon.

Upon discovering this, the figure with disheveled hair was overjoyed.

What is the Ancient Heavenly Demon? It’s a demonic god that emerged from the primordial energy of the demonic path during the evolution of a world.

Its demonic path and origins are even purer than those of this reincarnated Great Demon.

Therefore, upon obtaining the black bone sword, the disheveled figure immediately resolved to devour it.

Not only would he be able to cultivate the foundation of his long-cherished demonic body, but he would also be able to reach a higher level.

More importantly, by devouring the bone sword and gaining the demonic essence within,

he would no longer be subject to the scrutiny of this world’s will.

Because of the yin and yang of the Dao, the Ancient Heavenly Demon, having been bred from the very essence of this world, would naturally not be rejected.

However, the Ancient Heavenly Demon had perished so long ago that only a trace of the demonic essence within the bone sword remained.

It needed to be nurtured and strengthened before it was worth devouring.

Therefore, upon obtaining the bone sword, the disheveled figure immediately decided to cultivate and strengthen the demonic essence within the bone sword through blood refining.

While pursuing the Sword Pavilion disciples, he arrived in Cangzhou, not far from the provincial capital.

So, rather than kill them, he used his magic to confuse and transform their minds, using them for his own purposes. He

spent months laying out the nodes of the formation in the provincial capital and activating the grand formation.

He intended to use the blood, flesh, and souls of the entire city’s inhabitants to cultivate and strengthen the demonic essence within the bone sword, which he would then devour.

Everything had been going smoothly, but now, unexpectedly, a glitch had occurred.

Someone had somehow discerned the profound depths of his formation and easily destroyed several of its nodes.

“This Cangzhou is just a remote, small state. Logically, a dozen or so Xiantian realm masters would be enough.

How could someone be so capable of breaking my formation? Could it be the will of Heaven playing tricks on us again?”

The disheveled figure’s face sank.

He had deliberately chosen Cangzhou for the blood sacrifice, knowing that this remote state lacked many experts.

The strongest among them were only at the minor Xiantian stage, and were no match for him.

Moreover, due to the remote location, even if they called for help, it would take a long time to arrive.

Unexpectedly, not long after the formation was activated, someone came to disrupt it, and in a short period of time, several of its nodes were destroyed.

This made the disheveled figure wonder if the abominable will of the Heavenly Dao was playing tricks on him again.

“You damn Heavenly Dao! Wait for me! Once I have devoured this Heavenly Demon Bone, condensed it into a demonic body, and achieved the foundation,

I will one day devour you too!”

The destruction of the formation’s nodes slowed the blood mist’s condensation by a full third, infuriating the disheveled figure.

He could have sacrificed the entire city in a blood sacrifice in a day at most, but now it would be three times slower, with so many more variables involved. How could he not be furious?

If he weren’t currently maintaining the formation, preventing him from leaving, he would have rushed out of the city to see who dared to disrupt his plans!

Fortunately, after sensing that his servants had left the city, the formation nodes were no longer destroyed, which made the disheveled figure breathe a sigh of relief.

But he also knew that since someone had already taken action, there might be more changes next.

He immediately gave up his reservations, his heart surging, and his originally pale face suddenly turned red.

The next moment, the black formation light curtain covering the provincial capital suddenly started to move.

It condensed into many black snakes and pounced downwards.

“Oh no, those strange snakes are coming again!”

The people in the city who had been paying attention to the black formation light curtain in the sky were shocked when they saw this scene.

It was just like this before. The black light curtain that appeared out of nowhere above their heads condensed into many black snakes.

Anyone who was touched by them, whether it was a warrior with strong blood and energy or a woman, child or the elderly with a weak body, would be killed by them.

Without exception, they were all plundered of their essence, blood, and soul, reduced to mummified corpses.

Seeing them descend again, how could they not be horrified?

Suddenly, the entire provincial capital was plunged into panic.

Countless people were panicking, wailing in fear.

“Can anyone tell me what the hell that thing is?”

In the City Lord’s Mansion, several Innate Realm auras gathered, staring in shock at the black serpent descending from the sky.

The Lord City Lord swung his sword to slash away a strand of black energy that fell into the Mansion, then painstakingly extinguished it with his Innate Qi. He then asked in shock and anger.

“City Lord, I have never seen anything like this before. I truly don’t know what this is all about,”

an elegant old man with white hair and beard said with a wry smile.

Had Lu Qing been here, he would have recognized this figure as the Lin family patriarch he had fought before.

The other Innate Realm cultivators were equally bewildered, completely unable to identify the origin of the black energy.

“Everyone, I know what’s going on!”

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared before them, startling the City Lord and the others.

Because the person was approaching so quickly, they hadn’t noticed any signs beforehand.

“Who is it?”

The guards immediately rushed forward to capture the person.

However, the mere aura of the person sent several guards retreating, their faces filled with horror.

Innate Realm!

The person was a powerhouse of the same level as their Lord City Lord.

“Who are you?”

The City Lord and the others, after their surprise, realized that Wei Xinghe’s realm was no higher than theirs, and felt slightly relieved. They then asked.

“I am Wei Xinghe, Patriarch of the Wei Family in Cang County. Greetings to the Lord City Lord and everyone else.”

Wei Xinghe bowed.

“So it’s Patriarch Wei! I didn’t expect Patriarch Wei to have reached the Innate Realm. Congratulations!”

The City Lord was surprised, and the other Innate Realm members were equally astonished.

They were naturally aware of the Wei family.

After all, while the Wei family was merely an aristocratic family rooted in Cang County, their ancestor, Wei Shanhai, was a long-established Xiantian realm cultivator.

Therefore, the Wei family was considered well-known throughout Cangzhou.

However, no one expected that even the head of the Wei family had reached the Xiantian realm.

With two members of the same family achieving Xiantian status, the Wei family’s status in Cangzhou would likely be greatly enhanced.

However, everyone also knew that now was not the time to dwell on this.

The city lord asked, “The head of the Wei family just said he knew the origin of the black light curtain in the sky. Is that true?”

“Indeed,” Wei Xinghe nodded. “The black light curtain above our heads is the result of a sinister formation secretly set up by a powerful evil cultivator.

This evil cultivator intended to sacrifice the entire population of the provincial capital to cultivate his demonic power.”

“Sacrifice the entire population of the provincial capital to cultivate his demonic power?!”

Everyone gasped at Wei Xinghe’s words.

Although they could sense the danger posed by the black light curtain overhead, they hadn’t anticipated its terrifying nature.

“Master Wei, is there any way to break this formation?”

the provincial governor asked hurriedly.

The others, likewise, stared intently at Wei Xinghe.

They had previously attempted to break through the black light curtain,

but it was located quite high, making it impossible for them to reach.

Even their sword and knife auras were ineffective against it.

The light curtain showed no reaction at all, instead swallowing all their attacks without even a tremor.

“Lord City Lord, you overestimate me. My humble skills are incapable of breaking this massive formation.”

Wei Xinghe shook his head, offering a disappointing answer.

But his next words quickly perked everyone up.

“However, there’s a master currently outside the city, working on a solution.

With him, I believe this evil formation will be broken in no time.

So, Lord City Lord and everyone else, there’s no need to worry too much.”

“You said a master is breaking the formation outside the city?”

Everyone perked up, looking at Wei Xinghe in surprise.

“Yes, I’m sure you all heard those loud noises just now. It was that master breaking the formation.”

Everyone realized that they had indeed heard a few noises, but their attention was focused on the black light curtain above them, so they didn’t pay much attention.

“Master Wei, is that master truly confident in breaking the formation?”

a Xiantian Realm cultivator couldn’t help but ask.

“I can’t guarantee it 100%, but I can say that if even he can’t break the formation, then there’s no one else in this world who can save us. Let

‘s just accept our fate and stop struggling.”

Although Wei Xinghe’s tone was loud, it actually reassured everyone.

“In that case, Master Wei, how can we help?” the mayor of the provincial capital asked.

“Leave the task of breaking the formation to that expert. But, Lord City Lord, that expert has always been kindhearted and cannot bear to see the suffering of the people.

He’s risking his life to break the formation for the sake of the people of this city.

The black snake is wreaking havoc, devouring the lives of many within.

I’m afraid we need to intervene.

Otherwise, when he breaks through the formation and sees us disregarding the lives of the city’s inhabitants, he’ll be displeased.”

“Of course. As the lord of this city, it’s my duty to protect the people,” the Lord of the Prefecture City said immediately.

The other Xiantian Realm cultivators exchanged glances and finally nodded.

“This is a morally just act, so naturally we must take action.”

“Then there’s no time to lose. Let’s leave,”

Wei Xinghe said immediately, his face beaming with joy.

Originally, following Lu Qing’s suggestion, he had intended to find a place to hide and wait for Lu Qing to successfully break the formation.

When he arrived, he saw the shrunken corpses of the people along the way, and the black snake wreaking havoc once again.

Wei Xinghe, however, didn’t want to hide like this any longer.

If even those of them, at the Xiantian realm, only cared about their own safety and hid away,

then the people of this city would have no chance of survival.

Even if Lu Qing finally succeeded in breaking the formation, with the rampage of the black energy snake outside,

he was afraid that countless casualties would occur. That was why, upon sensing the presence of the city lord and the others, he immediately rushed over.

His goal was to persuade them to join him in stopping the rampage of the black energy snake.

Just as Wei Xinghe and the prefectural city lord and the others were trying to stop the rampage of the black energy snake,

Lu Qing was also attacked outside the city.

Just as he drew three more magic arrows from his Qiankun Yiqi bag, preparing to continue destroying the formation nodes,

he suddenly saw several figures emerging from the city and quickly heading towards him.

“Four Xiantian realm people? No, they don’t have the Xiantian essence.”

Seeing those figures, Lu Qing showed a hint of surprise.

The speed of the approaching figures was no less than that of a Xiantian Realm expert, but he did not sense the unique Xiantian aura of a Xiantian Realm expert from them.

Instead, he sensed an aura from them that he found quite disgusting.

The four figures moved with extreme speed, arriving in front of Lu Qing in just a few breaths.

When they saw the bow and arrow in his hand, murderous intent immediately appeared on their faces.

“That’s the man! Kill him!”

After saying that, they didn’t give Lu Qing any chance to speak. Black runes surged on their bodies, and they each used their weapons to charge towards Lu Qing.

“Puppet? No.”

Lu Qing was shocked when he saw the runes appearing on the faces and arms of several people

. But he didn’t have time to think about it, because the attacks of several people had already reached him.

“Interesting.”

A smile appeared on Lu Qing’s face.

When the weapons of several people were about to attack him, suddenly, his eyes fixed, and a yellow light flashed on his body.

The next moment, the four figures instantly went from extremely active to extremely quiet, and were forcibly fixed less than three feet away from Lu Qing, unable to move.

The powerful impact was completely borne by themselves, and each of them spat out a mouthful of blood. They had already suffered serious internal injuries.

All the figures suddenly showed horror.

But before they could figure out what was going on, they saw Lu Qing had already clenched his fist and punched out.

(End of this chapter)