Chapter 535: Black as Iron (First Update!)
That seductive woman had a waist as soft as a willow branch swaying in the wind, twisting left and right as she approached him. She chuckled, “How hard are you? Just now, I saw that your speed was the slowest. Although it wasn’t much slower, it shows that your physical cultivation is slightly inferior to the others. A slight difference in one aspect means a world of difference in strength.”
Her steps stopped precisely beside the flying swords A Mu had hidden underground, not stepping into the encirclement of swords.
The flying swords A Mu had arranged underground were precisely the first form of the Sword Diagram, Sword Traversing Mountains and Rivers. If this woman stepped into it, the Sword Traversing Mountains and Rivers would erupt, instantly tearing her apart and turning her into a waterfall of blood within the mountains-and-rivers diagram!
However, her steps had coincidentally stopped at the periphery, likely having seen through the trick.
A Mu’s brow twitched. He praised, “Truly clever. Good little sister, what is your name?”
“My name is Tanpo Xiangyun, a disciple of the True Demon Gandharva.”
The woman was surprised and laughed, “People from the Grand Imperial Heaven, upon encountering demons, always want to kill and destroy; they never show a smile. They are nothing like you, calling someone ‘little sister’ and ‘good little sister’ upon first meeting. If everyone from the Grand Imperial Heaven were like you, I wouldn’t have had to kill so many cultivators. I am somewhat curious—what exactly is your origin?”
A Mu opened his mouth, about to speak, when suddenly Tanpo Xiangyun stomped her foot. The ground trembled, and the flying swords burst forth from the earth!
A Mu’s expression shifted slightly. He raised his hand and grabbed, and all the flying swords converged in his palm, clinking and clattering as they formed a sword orb, about to fall into his hand.
Just as he was retrieving his flying swords, Tanpo Xiangyun charged forward at lightning speed, her pace no slower than the flying swords themselves. Before A Mu’s sword orb had fully formed, spider legs sprouted from behind her. Eight spider legs stabbed wildly forward, clinking as they scattered the sword orb!
This woman was incredibly clever. Her eight spider legs attacked like a raging storm, breaking the sword orb and giving A Mu no chance!
“You truly are the weakest one—let me claim the first merit!”
Tanpo Xiangyun chuckled lightly. Two razor-sharp bone spikes appeared in her hands and stabbed into A Mu’s chest!
“Hmm?”
The moment she pierced into A Mu’s body, she sensed something was wrong. She saw the smile on the A Mu before her freeze, and then he slowly dissolved into a pool of ink, sliding down.
Not only had A Mu turned into ink, but even the wall of fire made of Li Fire and Demon Fire behind him had also turned into ink!
Tanpo Xiangyun quickly turned her head and saw that she had entered a painting frame. Outside the frame, another A Mu was walking toward her unhurriedly.
Only now did she realize that her attack on A Mu had plunged her into a painting!
“A painting? How can a painting move and speak, making me unable to see through the deception?”
Tanpo Xiangyun was terrified. She leaped up, trying to jump out of the painting, but no matter how hard she jumped, she remained inside it. All around her was blank, with only the ink on the ground still wet.
Tanpo Xiangyun let out a sharp cry. The eight claws behind her swung and stabbed fiercely outward.
With a series of tearing sounds, the spider legs pierced through the painting. Tanpo Xiangyun rejoiced inwardly and was about to rip the painting open and leap out.
But at that moment, A Mu blew a breath of air. The painting fluttered and drifted into the wall of fire behind it.
Amid the intense Li Fire and Demon Fire, a bloodcurdling scream rang out. The painting burned to ashes, and the ashes formed the shape of a spider woman, still struggling before collapsing into the flames, motionless.
“Fragrant Cloud Sister, I would have liked to fight you fairly, but there are too many experts. I need to conserve my strength for stronger opponents.”
A Mu said apologetically, “You are indeed very strong and very clever, but you are still no match for me…”
Suddenly, the ground beneath A Mu’s feet bulged violently, sending him flying high into the air.
The surging earth formed the shape of a giant footprint. The moment it kicked A Mu up, sharp stone spikes burst forth from the footprint, shooting toward A Mu in the air!
Midair, A Mu’s sword orb whistled over. Countless flying swords whirred and sliced, shredding all the stone spikes. Just as he was about to locate his enemy, the ground exploded again. A massive hand formed of rock reached out to grab him.
A Mu punched downward. His primal energy seemed to explode, and with a thunderous roar, a great volcano manifested behind him, erupting. The power of his fist surged dramatically.
His fist collided with that giant hand. Rocks shattered, and countless stones flew wildly, then gathered together again to reform the hand.
The hand clenched tightly. Demon Fire surged within the rocks, flowing between them.
“A Lava Giant among the Demon Host?”
A Mu was sent flying high, his arm nearly broken. Hurriedly looking down, he saw the earth tremble as a Demon Host member transformed into a lava form, bursting out of the ground.
The moment this person landed, he let out a furious roar. A Mu, still in midair, was struck by the solid, tangible soundwaves and tumbled backward into the wall of fire.
“Trash…”
The Lava Giant sneered and turned to leave. Suddenly, he showed a puzzled expression and looked back. He saw A Mu floating within the wall of fire, but now A Mu had transformed into a bull-headed monster with a thick tail.
“This friend, can you finish that word before you leave?”
A Mu stepped out of the wall of fire. Demon Fire and Li Fire followed him, flowing out of the wall and turning into two fire dragons that he stepped on. His face was dark. “Not trash—trash and rubble!”
“Fire Star, the Blazing Star Lord?”
The Lava Giant turned around, looking confused, and sneered, “The Blazing Star Lord can control fire, but what he controls is divine fire. How did you master Demon Fire? Do humans have such exquisite techniques? No, this is demonic cultivation! Are you also one of my demon race?”
He grew even more bewildered. A Mu had now transformed into a bull-headed, humanoid monster—the Blazing Star Lord form—clearly a divine body, yet overflowing with demonic energy and wielding Demon Fire.
Moreover, A Mu’s body was covered with flame patterns, as if fire were burning on him. One of the two fire dragons beneath his feet was a demon dragon!
Only the demon race could control such exquisite divine abilities!
Outside the heavens, the Woodcutter Sage and the Black Tiger God watched this scene. The Black Tiger God looked puzzled and whispered, “Master, did you feel that?”
The Woodcutter Sage nodded slightly. “I felt it. The form follows the mind. He has given birth to a demon in his heart, and a demonic form on his face.”
The Black Tiger God was confused and said, “But I clearly sensed something strange inside him, like a demon, not purely human… Master, you lied again, didn’t you?”
The Woodcutter Sage frowned slightly and barked, “When have I ever lied?”
The Black Tiger God opened his mouth to speak but, seeing the Grand Imperial Heaven deities behind them, quickly shut it, thinking to himself, “I have to give this old swindler some face…”
The Woodcutter Sage’s gaze flickered, fixed on A Mu, his thoughts unknown.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at the opposing Futiruo, who was also watching A Mu with an amused expression.
“Half a demon? His magical power is so formidable that he can actually match Shi Quansong, Su Mo’s disciple, using his power to compensate for his lack of strength and physicality.”
Futiruo suddenly laughed, “Heavenly Master, your disciple is an interesting little fellow—half a demon…”
The Woodcutter Sage’s heart tightened. He said calmly, “What demon? He is human, merely practicing demonic techniques. Who understands demonic techniques better than I do?”
Futiruo chuckled lightly and said no more.
The Lava Giant took a deep breath, his body swelling section by section as he charged at A Mu. “But you are still trash! Your physical body has never reached the level of a young true god. Even if you cultivate the Star Lord form, you are still vulnerable!”
A Mu’s primal energy was nearly berserk. The two dragons beneath him charged forward, and behind him, starlight emerged bit by bit. Countless stars gathered into a river, each star connected by starlight.
If one looked closely enough, they could see a deity standing on each of those stars.
The strands of starlight were the light emitted by these deities.
Countless beams of light crisscrossed, forming a strange force field.
This was the divine ability created by Li Tianxing after comprehending the unified technique of the Great Nurturing Demon Scripture—the Great Luo Heavenly Star Palm Force!
In terms of divine abilities, aside from deities, A Mu had never seen any cultivator’s divine ability so exquisite!
The Lava Giant sneered, his massive fist meeting A Mu’s. With a thunderous crash, rocks shattered. A Mu was knocked backward, but he immediately spun around and charged again.
The Lava Giant roared, his demonic flames blazing even brighter. He suddenly strode toward A Mu, and they collided again. The two dragons beneath A Mu’s feet were crushed by the immense recoil, and he tumbled backward.
The Lava Giant’s body was jolted, sending rocks flying in all directions, but they were quickly pulled back to his body by the Demon Fire. The Demon Fire that ran through his limbs and bones was like his blood or his sinews—very peculiar.
Just then, the sword orb shot over, mingling with the rocks and merging into his lava body.
Whoosh—
Eight thousand swords erupted, slicing along the gaps between the rocks and Demon Fire. In an instant, they flowed like water through the Lava Giant’s limbs and bones, severing all his joints.
The Lava Giant froze for a moment, then crashed to the ground.
A Mu slammed heavily to the ground, then flipped up, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He charged forward wildly again as the eight thousand swords flew everywhere. While sprinting, he frantically pointed with his sword fingers.
On the ground, countless rocks and Demon Fire rolled and tumbled, forming two thick stone legs. Rocks mixed with Demon Fire flowed upward, stacking rapidly to form a waist. The Lava Giant was about to reassemble his body.
His life form was very peculiar—one of the few demon races capable of body reconstruction.
“Sword Traversing Mountains and Rivers!”
The eight thousand swords instantly formed a landscape of sword light. The Lava Giant had only just reformed up to his neck when he was swallowed by the landscape, reduced to countless fragments of stone.
A Mu charged furiously. His left hand formed the Yin seal, his right hand the Yang seal. He crossed his hands into a cross and slammed them heavily onto the sword diagram formed by Sword Traversing Mountains and Rivers.
Yin-Yang Overturning Hand, Stacked Hand!
The stacked palm force exploded. Pure Yin and Pure Yang energies within the sword diagram mixed, and Yin thunder and Yang thunder detonated with a roar. Countless stone fragments flew everywhere, clattering to the ground as the last wisp of Demon Fire extinguished.
A Mu propped his hands on his knees, panting heavily a few times. He spat out a bloody phlegm, turned his head, and glared at a demon expert emerging from a nearby mountain hollow. He growled, “Again? I’ve already fought two rounds! Can’t you go find someone else?”
That demon expert strolled over leisurely, smiling, “Who told you to go around forging iron for no reason?”
A Mu’s face was as black as iron.
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