# 720
Chapter 720: Calamity
You're here?
Just three simple words. Only Jialan knew how much hardship and anticipation lay behind them.
In these past few years, she had imagined countless scenarios of meeting Lin Qiye again. Perhaps she had dreamed of this exact moment on some distant night, but she had dreamed such dreams so many times that she could no longer remember them all.
She only knew that right now, her heart felt like it would burst from her chest, her lips were uncontrollably turning upward, and tears were welling in her eyes...
She was so overjoyed.
"Yeah, I'm here." Lin Qiye's voice was gentle. "Now, leave it to me."
ROOOOAR—!!
Beneath the black temple, as countless demons and monsters saw Lin Qiye suddenly appear directly above the "origin point," they immediately let out furious roars at him. Some even abandoned Jialan and the other two, darting toward Lin Qiye at high speed.
Lin Qiye sheathed Rainfall Collapse, his right hand gently pressing down to grip Dodge Evil.
CLANG—!!
Dodge Evil unsheathed!
The moment the pale purple blade sliced through the air, an ominous aura spread outward from Lin Qiye at incredible speed.
Rain poured onto the ground, forming puddles everywhere. As the demons roared toward the black temple, suddenly some of them slipped beneath their feet, tumbling to the ground like balls, rolling for a distance before crashing heavily into the wall surface of the black temple.
Coincidentally, that thick wall, already weathered and unmaintained, snapped at the impact point. Massive stone blocks came crashing down, making the earth tremble slightly.
Billowing dust rolled through the rain curtain.
This level of damage, while not enough to kill the demons, inflicted irreparable psychological trauma upon them.
They茫然地 stood up from the rubble, seemingly unable to comprehend how they—堂堂 Japanese native demons—could possibly slip?!
It wasn't just them. The other charging demons also froze for a good long while.
Standing atop the black temple, Lin Qiye's brow quirked. Gripping Dodge Evil, he leaped from the temple's peak, descending toward the fallen demon horde like a black butterfly in the rainy night.
CREAK—!
Right as Lin Qiye was about to land, his foot suddenly slipped on a puddle!
Losing his center of balance, Lin Qiye's body stumbled. A flash of night swept across his form, and the next instant his body appeared on the ground dozens of meters away.
Lin Qiye's lips twitched slightly. Cold sweat had already broken out on his back.
That was close!
He'd almost slipped and fallen right in front of everyone! If it weren't for Night Blink being used in time, he probably would have landed on his rear just like those demons. Then he'd have been so embarrassed he'd have fled this universe at the speed of light.
He glanced down at the Dodge Evil in his hand, finally understanding what Amemiya Haruki had meant by "be very careful"...
So it was truly indiscriminate attack!
Lin Qiye adjusted his mindset. His figure shot forward like an arrow toward the demon horde. His wrist flicked, driving the Dodge Evil blade into the ground. A flash of purple light swept across, and the earth began to tremble violently!
This was one of the calamities brought by Dodge Evil—crustal collapse.
The pale purple blade swept across the ground. Beneath the violent tremors, the earth beneath everyone's feet began to fracture apart. Deep, bottomless chasms tore through the ruins' surface. Countless demons, unable to dodge in time, plummeted into the depths of the earth's crust.
Lin Qiye advanced while drawing his blade, carefully observing the ground beneath his feet with spiritual sense, afraid that a chasm might open under his own feet and swallow him whole.
Among the demons, some spread their wings and flew directly toward Lin Qiye, unleashing a torrent of attacks—flames, poison, death energy, ice... Attack after attack flooded out like a tide, sweeping everything before it.
Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed. His figure vanished directly into the rain curtain. Countless attacks crashed onto the fractured, chasm-filled ground, but none could touch Lin Qiye himself.
Just as the demons were frantically searching for his location, a raindrop naturally fell from the sky into the demon ranks. The curved surface of the water droplet reflected Lin Qiye's silhouette. He gripped the hilt of Black Rope with his left hand and slashed out in an instant!
BOOM—!!
A massive, razor-sharp black blade projection swept out from the raindrop, directly slicing through the heads of numerous demons. Some escaped this fate only to be swallowed by the suddenly opening chasms in the ground, plunging into the abyss below.
Blood mixed with the dense flowing rainwater, spreading across the chasm-filled earth.
That raindrop struck the ground and transformed into a black-clad figure wearing a Sun Wukong mask. His left hand gripping Black Rope, his right hand holding Dodge Evil, he slowly sheathed both blades among the scattered demon remains.
This consecutive barrage of killing techniques directly eliminated nearly one-third of the demons.
Throughout this entire process, Lin Qiye had not used his own Forbidden Ruins, because his actual realm of power wasn't particularly high. Relying purely on Forbidden Ruins to fight might not have allowed him to dominate these demons so thoroughly. But wielding these three Magatsu Blades was a different story.
Magatsu Blades inherently possessed tremendous power. Even with insufficient cultivation, they could unleash astonishing battle strength. Back then, Yuzuri Kurotetsu had carried three blades to assault Pure Land. Now, Lin Qiye carried three blades and could equally slaughter a swath of demons!
Forbidden Ruins and Magatsu Blades each had their own emphasis—it was simply a matter of timing and method.
The knight and Wu Xiangnan each held back the remaining demons. Lin Qiye turned around, his gaze falling on the Snow Woman suspended in midair. His eyes narrowed, a savage killing intent flickering in his gaze.
If he had arrived just a moment later, Jialan would have been completely frozen by the Snow Woman. Although Jialan possessed Immortality and wouldn't die even if frozen for centuries, that kind of imprisoned, desperate loneliness would have been absolutely unbearable.
Lin Qiye took a deep breath. His right foot stamped firmly on the ground, and verdant green grass spread outward at an astonishing speed, covering all the demon corpses.
Elegant, enchanting flowers bloomed atop the corpses, thirstily absorbing the energy and life force from within them. Through the transformation of Eternal Secret Garden, some of this was converted into pure spiritual energy, flowing into Lin Qiye's mind.
Ten seconds later, the verdant grass faded. All the demon corpses had vanished, leaving only ghastly skeletons submerged in the rainwater.
CLANG—!
A clear ring sounded as Rainfall Collapse and Black Rope were simultaneously gripped in Lin Qiye's hands.
At the same time, an extreme darkness extended outward from him as its center. His black wind coat merged with the darkness, as if draped across him was a漆黑的 night sky.