Chapter 396: Threading the Needle
Hiding within the shelter of the Sun Well while being besieged by enemies was absolutely not Qin Mu's style. His way was to seize any opportunity and deliver a fatal blow with thunderous force.
The Butcher had once told him that seeing an opportunity wasn't difficult; those who saw an opportunity and seized it were heroes, while those who saw an opportunity but stayed rooted in place were cowards.
Many who were stronger than the Butcher often ended up defeated by him precisely because the Butcher charged forward boldly, never hesitating or looking back, and seized every opportunity he saw!
The opportunity Qin Mu had seized this time was while that demon god was using his sharp beak to transport the Heavy Body demons into the Sun Well, unable to extricate himself. Qin Mu then drove the Sun Ship to break through the world formed by the Sun Well, swung the sun, and smashed his opponent to pieces!
Hunkering down in the Sun Well to withstand the enemy's attacks was not his style. That would mean following the enemy's rhythm, allowing them to attack however they pleased.
He needed to fight with his own rhythm—charge out and attack, directly destroy the enemy's command, and kill their leader.
You fight your way, I fight mine. If I win, you die.
It was that simple.
This was the essence of the Butcher's blade technique.
The body of the Mu Ri tribe chief was still limp as he watched Qin Mu clatteringly pull back the chains, dragging back the sun that had crushed that Heavy Body demon god to death. The sun scorched everything around it, turning the ground into bubbling magma with large popping bubbles.
Suddenly, Qin Mu's eyelid twitched, and the old chief's eyelid also twitched. They both heard a series of cracking, snapping sounds coming from within that sun.
Qin Mu blinked, gently shaking the chains to lift the sun into the air, but he didn't use full force, as if afraid of cracking it.
The old chief stood up shakily, but suddenly the sun, which had just floated into the air, emitted another cracking sound. The old chief looked up and saw a shocking crack appear on the sun, and he collapsed limply again.
"It's fine, it's fine."
Qin Mu's voice boomed as he comforted, "It hasn't shattered! Everyone, rest easy!"
The Heavy Body demon god had been shattered by his blow, but countless Heavy Body demons on the Sun Ship were still attacking wildly, continuing to slaughter and assimilate the Mu Ri tribe warriors.
At the same time, countless demons were devouring each other, the large eating the small, making their bodies grow larger and their cultivation and strength stronger, like a snowball rolling. Gradually, three increasingly massive Heavy Body demons appeared on the Sun Ship, and more Heavy Body demons kept rushing into their mouths, actively feeding themselves.
"The one I killed wasn't the Heavy Body demon god's true body?"
Qin Mu was startled and let out a furious roar. Instantly, the sun in the sky erupted with extremely intense true fire, surging down from above, and in an instant, it swept across the entire Sun Ship!
The sun's true fire blazed fiercely, turning the entire Sun Ship into a ship of flames. Countless Heavy Body demons sizzled as they burned, turning into black smoke that dissolved into the flames.
He was controlling the complete Sun Ship. Although this ship was a treasure used to pull the sun east and west, it also possessed extremely powerful offensive capabilities. Previously, when Yan Jingjing controlled the Sun Ship, because the sun was extinguished, she couldn't fully unleash the ship's power. But now that Qin Mu had ignited the sun, the ship's ferocious might was finally unleashed!
Although the sun's true fire was terrifying, it had little effect on the Mu Ri people. They had lived on this ship since childhood, breathing the pure yang energy here, and had extremely high resistance to true fire.
Meanwhile, Hu Ling'er, Ling Yuxiu, and Si Yunxiang were fighting in the air alongside the group of flood dragons and the Dragon Qilin. The sun's true fire hadn't reached there. The little fox stood on the head of the Ink Flood Dragon, very excited, shouting loudly, but she couldn't contribute much.
Compared to the dragon group, her strength was negligible.
Qin Mu burned countless Heavy Body demons to death, but the three exceptionally massive Heavy Body demons on the ship weren't burned. Instead, they crawled rapidly through the flames, suddenly leaped up, their bone wings vibrating, and charged swiftly toward Qin Mu in the center of the Sun Ship!
One of the Heavy Body demons swooped down, reached out, and pulled out the demon god weapon—a broken halberd—that was stuck in a great hall. Instantly, demonic might erupted!
"Don't use the sun to smash!"
When the old chief saw Qin Mu about to swing the sun again, he quickly shouted, "If you smash it again, it will really break! Let us old bones hold them off!"
"Troublesome!"
Qin Mu stopped and looked around, searching for the true body of the Heavy Body demon god.
The old chief let out a loud shout and called several elders to engage the three massive Heavy Body demons. These three demons had enormous physiques and formidable strength, and even against the old chief and the elders, they didn't fall behind.
The old chief grabbed a bronze bell. The bell rang with booming sounds, and it didn't seem like an ordinary treasure. Layers of rune imprints appeared on the bell's surface. With each ring, the bell spun continuously, and sun-like fireballs flew out from the bell's walls to strike the enemy.
But that broken halberd was a demon god weapon, capable of easily cutting through all the techniques unleashed by the bronze bell. It was extremely powerful.
Qin Mu's gaze swept around. The darkness of the Great Ruins was deep and heavy, and he couldn't tell where the true body of the Heavy Body demon god was hiding.
Suddenly, heavy footsteps came from the darkness, thudding loudly, shaking the ground continuously. The footsteps came from all directions, growing faster and faster. Then, the footsteps suddenly stopped, replaced by the sound of wind breaking.
The sound of wind breaking was extremely sharp. Qin Mu's heart sank as he saw massive Heavy Body demons flying out of the darkness, heading straight for the Sun Ship!
"Definitely not the true body!"
Qin Mu's mind stirred. The Carefree Sword suddenly unsheathed, floating quietly in the air, motionless.
On the Sun Ship, the great sun hung high. The Mu Ri tribe warriors gripped their weapons tightly, extremely tense, looking up at the sky. They saw giant demonic creatures blocking the light of the great sun, arriving above the ship. The shadows they cast were so vast and wide that it made one's heart tremble.
At that moment, sword light suddenly burst forth. In the center of the Sun Ship, it was as if a silver sun had appeared, and terrifying sword intent and sword energy shot out in all directions like sunlight!
In that instant, the divine might of the Carefree Sword swept across the sky. A black rain began to fall from the sky—countless severed limbs and broken arms plummeted down with a pattering sound, almost burying the Sun Ship!
But one demon in the air dodged all the sword light, flew straight to the four divine pillars, passed between two of them, and charged directly at Qin Mu!
Buzz—
The large eye in the center of the Heavy Body demon's face flashed with black light, shining directly into Qin Mu's eyes!
Its four claws grabbed Qin Mu's chest, deeply piercing into his flesh. The black light in its demon eye grew even darker. This light seemed capable of devouring everything, causing anyone's soul that fell into it to sink deeper and deeper.
The people on the ship cried out in alarm. The old chief and the elders' faces changed drastically. They quickly abandoned the three Heavy Body demons and rushed toward Qin Mu, but the three demons immediately flew after them, holding them back and preventing them from rescuing Qin Mu.
"You were able to come here because I allowed you to."
Qin Mu's eyes stared directly into the demon eye of the Heavy Body demon, his gaze flickering. "I want to use your assimilation to find out where your true body is hiding!"
The demon eye's gaze shone into his eyes. Countless voices suddenly flooded Qin Mu's mind. In an instant, it was as if he saw countless figures appearing in a dark forest—each figure was a Heavy Body demon.
Everything in his vision disappeared, leaving only a forest composed of the figures of Heavy Body demons. The forest grew wider and wider, its coverage expanding. Tens of thousands, millions of demon figures emerged, spreading outward!
The thoughts and consciousness of these demons converged into a rolling torrent, surging into his mind, trying to assimilate him.
Qin Mu activated the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique. His spirit embryo merged with his soul, and a great sun appeared in his mind, surrounding the spirit embryo, guarding his spiritual platform, and burning all the incoming thoughts and consciousness to ashes.
The figures in the darkness grew more and more numerous, making even him feel a chill in his heart. So many Heavy Body demons, their thoughts converging, were about to drown his spiritual platform.
Once the spiritual platform was conquered, the spirit embryo wouldn't last long before being assimilated by the Heavy Body demons. He had to find the true location of that demon god before the spiritual platform was breached!
At that moment, his gaze seemed to cross layer upon layer of mountains and rivers, and he saw a demon god crouching among the mountains and rivers.
It was a Heavy Body demon god, positioned between two great mountains. Its limbs gripped the mountain slopes on either side. Between the mountains was a river, flowing swiftly, and behind it was a gate.
From that massive gate, Heavy Body demons surged out like a tide, rushing toward this direction!
Countless Heavy Body demons ran on the river's surface and flew through the air, constantly devouring each other, turning into massive demons.
The moment Qin Mu "saw" this demon god, the demon god also "saw" him. The demon god raised its head, its huge eyes showing a look of confusion, as if somewhat puzzled.
Then, the demon god, spanning between the two mountains, saw light coming from the darkness, growing brighter and brighter. A ball of light was speeding toward this direction. The light grew larger and larger, faster and faster, turning into a giant sun that slanted down from above, appearing above the river!
Wherever the giant sun passed, the river water instantly evaporated, and all the Heavy Body demons along the way were burned to ashes, vaporized!
The giant sun distorted the surrounding space, causing the mountains to shake violently, as if they had turned into giants performing strange dances.
The long mouth of this Heavy Body demon god uttered demonic words, transmitted through fluctuating thoughts into Qin Mu's mind: "Child, you just like to smash things recklessly..."
Its body shook violently. The bone wings behind it clattered as one by one, the bone wings detached from its body. Each bone wing was a demon god weapon, shaped like the broken halberd on the Sun Ship. They shot toward the great sun!
Swish, swish, swish.
One halberd after another shot into the great sun. The sun's speed immediately slowed, slower and slower, until finally, the great sun crashed down into the river valley, sliding forward for a thousand zhang before stopping.
Crack.
The sun of the Sun Ship split in two. The demon god's long face showed a smile, but at that moment, a sun jade eye rolled out from the cracked sun. The jade eye was several zhang tall. It rolled once, and suddenly its pupil stood upright. A dazzling beam of light shot out, cutting across the demon god's large eyeball.
The demon god screamed, its voice shaking heaven and earth. It quickly turned its head to dodge the attack, but the beam of light sliced across its eye, cutting through its cheek, deep enough to reveal bone.
The moment it dodged, from behind the cracked sun, the Carefree Sword turned into a beam of light, entering through its mouth and exiting through the back of its head. Then it turned, entering through the back of its head and exiting through the front of its head.
The Carefree Sword moved like threading a needle, weaving densely. In an instant, it pierced through its head thousands of times, then circled its neck like a cold light spinning rapidly!
The sword light suddenly withdrew. The demon god's head was riddled with holes. Then its neck wobbled, and its mountain-sized head slid off its neck, falling into the gate behind it. The sound of it rolling echoed through the mountains and rivers.