Chapter 557: A Little Wild, A Little Poison (First Update!)
A blindingly bright sword light burst forth, like a small sun rapidly expanding, the radiance of the sun's explosion being the sword light itself!
The mass of light swelled to over a hundred feet in diameter, then suddenly shrank rapidly. When it contracted to its limit, it became the sword pellet in front of Qin Mu's brow, emitting an intensely concentrated radiance, and then exploded once more!
Whoosh—
In that instant, the erupted sword light surpassed a thousand feet. Over a hundred demonic experts shouted in fury, each employing their own methods to desperately resist the terrifying sword light. A continuous clatter of violent impacts rang out.
"Don't be afraid of him!"
That demonic expert who had interrupted Qin Mu's enlightenment called out loudly: "I've experienced this state of enlightenment myself. When one is united with the Dao, every move aligns with the Dao's subtlety, making him hard to hit. Now that he's withdrawn from the Dao realm, he's just an ordinary mortal again. We can take him down easily!"
The flying swords erupted fully. Around each person, seventy or eighty flying swords manifested, executing various basic sword forms—thrusting, lifting, cloud-cutting, chopping, pointing, hanging, and collapsing. Though the techniques were simple, the attacks were endlessly varied. Different flying swords with different sword forms combined, making each person's encounter unique.
At that moment, Qin Mu's figure moved like a ghost among the eight thousand flying swords. Time seemed to slow down. In his eyes, those flying swords drifted like slowly floating petals. The postures of each demonic expert, their attacks, their divine abilities—all became exceptionally slow.
Indeed, as the expert who had interrupted his enlightenment said, after withdrawing from the state of enlightenment, one could not maintain the unity of body and Dao from that state. However, what that expert hadn't anticipated was that what Qin Mu had been comprehending was not Dao techniques or divine abilities.
He had been comprehending his own cultivation method.
He had entered the Dao through his cultivation method.
The Overlord Body Three Dan Art had originally been exquisitely profound, granting Qin Mu an exceptionally deep and vast foundation of magical power, making his primordial spirit far surpass his peers. Otherwise, Qin Mu could not have slain four young demon prodigies in succession despite his physical body being inferior to demonic experts.
Now, by comprehending his cultivation method and entering the Dao through it, he had filled that gap.
His physical body reached a perfect state. Every limb and joint was both an independent entity and unified within his body, allowing him to coordinate the energy and strength of his entire frame.
His speed reached its peak, far surpassing before. To the demonic experts struggling against the flying swords, all they saw was a series of Qin Mu's figures overlapping as he moved, as if dozens of him were advancing simultaneously.
Sss—
Qin Mu grabbed a flying sword and thrust it out. Blood suddenly burst from the throat of the demonic expert who had been resisting the sword onslaught.
The next moment, Qin Mu had released that flying sword, arrived behind a second person, seized another sword, and drove it through the man's back, emerging from his chest.
Boom!
He clashed head-on with an expert who had broken free of the flying sword encirclement. Their fists collided with a thunderous impact. The power of the divine ability Nine Dragons Riding Wind and Thunder erupted an instant before their fists met, but after the collision, all the bones in that demonic expert's arm were shattered, shooting out from behind his shoulder through the skin. Even then, the divine ability Nine Dragons Riding Wind and Thunder continued to expand outward.
By the time Qin Mu moved on and thrust a sword through another's brow, the divine ability finally struck that person. His chest shattered, the back of his robe exploded, and forty-five divine dragons flew out from his back, carrying away all the blood and energy from his body!
Qin Mu felt as if he had entered a world where time flowed slowly. His improvement touched nearly every aspect.
Strings of beautiful blood sprays erupted from his enemies' vital points before their divine abilities could activate, turning into slowly blooming blood blossoms in the air. By the time the divine abilities exploded, Qin Mu was no longer there.
Even his enemies' divine abilities appeared exceptionally slow in his eyes. When each ability manifested, the demonic energy transformed from qi into runes, then from runes into Dao techniques, and the power of the Dao techniques erupted, appearing extraordinarily beautiful.
These demonic cultivators were no weaklings; they were disciples trained by demon gods, the elite of the demon race. While their divine abilities retained immense power, they were also exquisitely crafted. Every moment of their transformation was dazzling and beautiful.
Qin Mu appreciated this beauty. Under the gaze of his Nine Heavens Divine Eye, the slow unfolding of these divine abilities was a feast for the eyes.
Especially the blood flowing out, splashing into the air to form blood blossoms, adorning the divine abilities of over a hundred demonic experts, making everything even more colorful and resplendent.
This time, he had taken a different path, structuring the operational pathways of his cultivation method in a unique way, deconstructing and perfecting his own technique. The improvement brought by the Overlord Body Three Dan Art was not just in his physical body, but also in the speed of his energy circulation and the power of his divine abilities!
He moved among the hundred-plus demonic experts, wielding simple basic sword forms with no excessive embellishments. But with his drastically increased attack speed and strength, simple moves became exceptionally effective.
In his divine eye, everyone had slowed down—whether it was their divine abilities, their techniques, the spirit weapons they activated, or their body movements. All became slow, allowing him to clearly capture anyone's weaknesses.
Qin Mu halted. The flying swords whistled back, colliding with the Wuyou Sword in his hand one after another, disappearing until all eight thousand swords were reunited.
Behind him, countless divine abilities erupted, spirit weapons flew about, destroying vast stretches of forest and mountain. Rumbling explosions echoed without end.
After a moment, all fell silent.
Then came the thudding sounds as one demonic expert after another collapsed to the ground, their corpses lying in disarray.
Qin Mu gently rubbed the Wuyou Sword in his hand, and it transformed back into a sword pellet. He turned around, looking at the only demonic expert still standing on the field.
This demonic expert was the one who had warned the others to break his enlightenment.
The man's legs trembled, sweat beading on his forehead like beans, his face etched with terror.
Qin Mu put away the sword pellet, letting out strands of energy to reconstruct the operational trajectory of his divine eye, but he could no longer re-enter that state of enlightenment.
The demonic expert stared blankly, not daring to move.
The more Qin Mu tried to enter enlightenment, the more impossible it became. Growing agitated, he punched the divine eye formed from his energy, shattering it.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Frustrated, he punched wildly forward, a rapid series of thunderclaps erupting densely. His fists turned the air ahead into a wall, which grew thicker and thicker, visible to the naked eye. Pushed forward by his fist wind, it smashed through trees and rocks, kicking up sand and debris, carving a trench over ten miles long!
After venting his anger, Qin Mu suddenly turned his head, the corner of his eye landing on that demonic expert. "It was you who told them to break my enlightenment, wasn't it? Quite clever!"
The demonic expert stared at him blankly. Suddenly, his survival instinct overcame his fear. With a shriek, he leaped into the air, transforming into a streak of demonic energy and fleeing wildly.
Qin Mu looked up. Layers of array patterns spun wildly in his eyes, and the starry rivers in his pupils rotated frantically.
Hum—
Two beams of light shot from his eyes into the sky, cutting off that demonic energy. A head, two legs, and half a torso fell from midair.
"Should have kept your mouth shut!" Qin Mu grumbled as he left, kicking and shattering a boulder taller than a man along the way.
A short while later, figures descended from the sky, landing around the battlefield. At their head was a demon god, his demonic might spreading everywhere.
"Master! The disciples of Xi Jue Zun Demon are dead!"
"The disciples of Yan Zun Wang are also dead!"
"And those of You Mo Wang!"
"Here are the disciples of Xiu Qi too!"
"Liu Ye Mo Wang's disciples!"
"Master, the sixth junior brother has also fallen!"
...
That demon god roared in fury. The wind howled through the mountains and forests, and the clouds in the sky were shattered, vanishing into nothing.
"Killing so many of our demon race's elite, nearly severing our Seven Stars and Six Harmonies realm! Surnamed Qin, you dare to run wild in our demon territory? Don't think you can leave our lands alive! Issue the order: release the Youdu Divine Hounds to track him down. Spare no expense—leave this beast here!"
A demonic Heavenly Man realm expert hesitated, then said, "Master, Fu Ri Luo Zun Wang's intention is that if possible, capture him alive. If not, leave his corpse intact. The Zun Wang says this man harbors great secrets..."
The demon god's cold gaze swept over, and that expert immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say more, and quickly relayed the order.
Qin Mu heard the roar from afar and was startled. He muttered to himself. The demon race was fierce and warlike, all battle maniacs who loved to show off their strength. The best way to show off was to kill strong opponents. So during this pursuit and interception of Qin Mu, the most excited were those at the Seven Stars realm.
And after this battle, almost all the Seven Stars realm disciples of the demon gods had died by his hands.
So after this fight, what level of experts would come to hunt him down?
He was no longer too far from the front lines. The demon race's garrison towns were gradually increasing. Soon, Qin Mu witnessed the demon race's formidable methods.
Giant black dogs leaped through the mountains and rivers behind him, each carrying five or six demonic experts, sniffing around to track his trail. From afar, Qin Mu saw these demon hounds were like small hills, each with two heads, eyes like big red lanterns, and bodies covered in lumpy muscles.
Each head had not just two eyes but three. The third eye on their foreheads occasionally shot out red beams, scanning the surroundings.
Qin Mu's expression grew serious. Many demon hounds had already caught his scent and trail, gathering and charging in his direction.
"I have to poison them—poison these hounds to death to escape!"
He rummaged through his Taotie pouch, pulling out some medicinal herbs. This time, he didn't use his energy to form a furnace to refine pills directly. Instead, he took out a sealed furnace to brew poison.
Qin Mu held his breath, sealing all his pores. After thinking for a moment, he took off his shoes, opened the sealed furnace, carefully extracted some liquid, and sprinkled it on both shoes. "Though I don't have time to brew poison strong enough to kill a demon god, poisoning these hounds should be no problem."
He tossed aside his shoes and walked away barefoot.
A moment later, sudden tiger roars rang out. Qin Mu quickly looked back. Divine might spread as a Black Tiger God went on a killing spree, smashing those two-headed demon hounds and the demonic experts on their backs into pulp.
"Brother Tiger! I smell the Sect Leader's scent!"
Long Qilin's voice came from afar, delighted. "Follow me quickly... Here are the Sect Leader's shoes—such stinky shoes... Oh no, I've been poisoned..."
—First update arrives!