Although Meng Chuan was still stuck at the Indestructible realm, his perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body and Quintessential Essence could suppress an average Great Solar Godfiend.
“Come on.” Meng Chuan carefully stared at the wolf demon. He had fought the wolf demon seven times and knew its strength very well.
It was a third Firmament demon monarch that had cultivated for many years! The four demon monarchs that had invaded Eastcalm Prefecture several years ago might not be able to defeat this wolf demon even if they attacked collectively.
Roar! The wolf demon’s eyes were filled with killing intent. It had only used the black wind to affect the human’s speed. After all, Meng Chuan had successfully escaped from him seven times.
Swoosh.
In a flash, the wolf demon charged 1000 thousand feet within the black wind. Its claw swiped towards Meng Chuan, trying to tear him apart. It had struck out with terrifying speed.
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Meng Chuan’s Quintessential Essence barrier could block second Firmament demon monarchs’ relentless attacks, but he didn’t dare risk taking the wolf demon’s claw head-on.
Clang!
Meng Chuan remained rooted to the ground. Without any warning, he drew his saber and blocked the claw.
The sharp claw was fast, but Meng Chuan’s saber was even faster! Meng Chuan moved so fast that the saber-drawing process couldn’t even be seen. All the wolf demon could see was that the saber had blocked its attack.
How can he be so fast? The wolf demon couldn’t believe it. It was a third Firmament demon monarch that was extremely fast. Its exquisite claw arts had reached the Realm of Soul. Due to its high realm, its claws’ speed was even faster than Meng Chuan’s saber. Its strength had always suppressed Meng Chuan completely! But, Meng Chuan’s most recent saber-drawing left it alarmed.
Impossible. The killing intent in the wolf demon’s heart intensified. It did not hesitate to attack dozens of times. Instantly, dozens of claw shadows appeared.
The wolf demon couldn’t see Meng Chuan moving his saber. All it saw was the saber appearing to block its claws wherever it was needed.
Clang! Clang! Clang! A series of collisions between Meng Chuan’s saber and the wolf demon’s claws could be heard. Every single attack was blocked, and yet, Meng Chuan didn’t take a single step.
After reaching the Saber Soul realm, Meng Chuan’s explosive speed was elevated to new heights. He cultivated the Heart Intent Saber Art, and his exquisite saber art suppressed his opponent. His speed completely overwhelmed his opponent.
“Do you still have any other moves?” asked Meng Chuan as he calmly stood still.
“How arrogant. You didn’t even use your lightning and baneful aura? You are allowing me to attack you?” The wolf demon went crazy. “You will regret your arrogance.” Its eyes turned blood-red immediately. Clearly, it had gone berserk after casting a forbidden Godfiend spell.
Meng Chuan remained very calm.
If it were a true life-and-death battle, he wouldn’t have let the other party unleash their full power. Instead, he would think of a way to make the other party incapable of using their strength before quickly killing his opponent.
However, this was the Nine Mystical Caves test! Even if the wolf demon had the chance to tear out his throat, an invisible force would stop it before it succeeded.
The wolf demon was a puppet controlled by Archean Mountain, but it didn’t know that. Instead, Meng Chuan cherished the opportunity to fight with the demon monarch. If he made a mistake during a fight after leaving the mountain, he would pay a huge price for his mistake.
Roar!
The wolf demon’s body began to redden. As it controlled the black wind to trap Meng Chuan, it attacked Meng Chuan frenziedly. Its figure blurred as it instantly appeared in multiple directions.
Meng Chuan shook his head gently as a saber beam easily blocked an attack.
When his saber art realm was lower, the third Firmament demon monarch—that was extremely fast—prevented him from demonstrating his speed advantage. However, after he achieved Saber Soul, their roles had reversed! The wolf demon was unable to fight back when it encountered an expert that was faster than them.
This third Firmament demon monarch no longer poses any threat. Meng Chuan’s body blurred as he easily dodged the wolf demon monarch’s attack.
Attack!
A saber beam flashed, pierced through the wolf demon’s glabella and its head.
The wolf demon monarch immediately stopped moving. Without its control, the black wind dissipated as well. The wolf demon monarch stood rooted to the ground as it looked at the dark red world dazedly. “I remember. I remember.”
At the moment of its death, it was finally liberated from Archean Mountain’s control and regained its consciousness.
The wolf demon monarch remembered. It and the other demon monarchs had attacked a human city pass together. It had successfully torn apart a human Godfiend. It had been thrilled and excited. The demons greatly rewarded them for killing off a human Godfiend! It howled as it charged towards another human Godfiend and their companions. However, when a gray-robed female human walked by, the twelve battling demon monarchs stopped. They all tried to resist, but they were ultimately subdued.
From then on, it was completely controlled by humans.
It didn’t wake up until today.
The wolf demon collapsed weakly, its eyes filled with reminiscence. It thought of its homeworld. There, it was a demon monarch of a territory. It was surrounded by countless lesser demons, and he had a great time feasting.
I really can’t take it lying down. It let out a low growl before its lifeforce was cut off.
The ground silently sank and devoured the wolf demon monarch’s corpse.
Meng Chuan watched the wolf demon’s corpse getting swallowed by the soil and coldly said, “You deserve this outcome.”
He did not have any sympathy for demons, only intense killing intent.
Meng Chuan continued advancing.
The Nine Mystical Caves’ test was to kill all demon monarchs they saw! Once they were all killed, they would pass the test and be qualified to leave the mountain. As long as one of them wasn’t killed, it was considered a failure. They would encounter the same demon monarch the next time they attempted the test.
Archean Mountain had captured many demon monarchs! They were for the disciples to kill.
Meng Chuan had already killed two demon monarchs in Nine Mystical Caves. The first was a second Firmament demon monarch—much stronger than Demon Monarch Poison Pool. The second was the third Firmament demon monarch, Demon Monarch Wolf. He had just been killed.
Oh? After walking for a while in the lonely dark red world, Meng Chuan saw a distant mountain tremble.
The mountain—that towered hundreds of feet—suddenly stood up, transforming into a mountain monster!
A mountain demon? Meng Chuan was alarmed.
There were many kinds of demons. Some were uniquely talented. A demon’s talent was mostly derived from what bloodlines they had. Mountain demons were extremely mighty demons; their strength far exceeded their peers.
Archean Mountain’s seniors treat me really well. They made a rare mountain demon monarch into my grindstone. Meng Chuan became even more cautious.
“Oh, I feel like I’ve slept for a long time.” The mountain demon shook its stony head, but there was a strange mountain mark near his forehead.
Archean Mountain Seal? This is the last demon monarch I have to kill for the Nine Mystical Caves test? Meng Chuan immediately understood. When a mountain mark appeared on the demon’s glabella, it meant that it was the last demon monarch they had to kill during the Nine Mystical Caves test. He could leave the mountain after killing it.
From its aura, it should be a third Firmament demon monarch. However, it can kill the wolf demon monarch with a single slap since it’s a mountain demon.
Just like how those with Phoenix and
Dragon bloodlines were peerless geniuses among humans, mountain demons were peerless geniuses among the demons. They were famous for their powerful bodies.
When the mountain demon saw Meng Chuan, a fierce glint flashed in its eyes. Its voice boomed like rumbling thunder. “An Indestructible Godfiend dares to come before me? You have a death wish!”
Chapter 121 - Mountain Demon
“Death wish? Do you have what it takes?” Meng Chuan suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot toward the mountain demon.
Meng Chuan’s transformation and his sudden charge startled the mountain demon! It had fought human Godfiends many times, but it had never encountered a Godfiend with such speed.
It didn’t even have time to react.
Suddenly dozens of lightning bolts shot out from Meng Chuan.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The lightning bolts struck the towering mountain demon’s body, sending rocks flying!
Oh? Meng Chuan frowned. Although the lightning bolts had shattered some of the rocks on the demon, it was akin to losing a few strands of hair for the mountain demon.
Its body doesn’t even tremble. Clearly, lightning isn’t able to cause it any numbness. Lightning was very effective against flesh and blood. Even if the lightning didn’t cause death, it could numb his opponent’s body and cause them to tremble uncontrollably. In close combat, such negative effects would affect the battle outcome. However, the mountain demon wasn’t afraid of lightning with such meager strength.
The moment he landed, black baneful aura immediately spread out in all directions. His surroundings began to freeze. Mud and rocks were covered in a layer of ice. The distant mountain demon also turned into a massive iceberg.
“Are human Godfiends only capable of such means?” After the mountain demon was frozen, it continued walking. It thought nothing of the ice that covered its body.
Suddenly—without any warning—the ice-covered soil around it flew up and swarmed at Meng Chuan crazily.
The mountain demon constantly formed mud cages, trying to trap Meng Chuan.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The mountain demon saw blurry figures appear everywhere. Although he formed mud cages repetitively, it just couldn’t touch Meng Chuan. The mud and rocks’ speed were far inferior to Meng Chuan’s.
The baneful aura doesn’t affect it. Meng Chuan frowned.
When the mountain demon saw that it couldn’t trap Meng Chuan, it couldn’t help but feel a little angry. The mountain demon suddenly moved like a phantom and tried to step on Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan saw the sky turn dark as the giant mountain demon’s foot landed.
Swoosh.
Lightning flashed.
The mountain demon’s foot missed, and the ground trembled.
Swish!
Meng Chuan instantly jumped up, and lightning flashed.
In the blink of an eye, eight Meng Chuans appeared. Each of them executed the same move. As the sabers stabbed out, they produced sharp saber beams—an ear-piercing sound resembling a dragon’s roar were made by the saber beams.
Amongst the common moves for a narrow saber—cleaving, slicing, swiping, and stabbing—stabbing had the greatest penetrating power. After all, the saber’s might would gather at one tiny point! Meng Chuan used the Heart Intent Saber’s Dragon Roar Stance. This technique’s penetrative power was extremely terrifying, and it was one of the few moves Meng Chuan had mastered.
Due to its large size, the mountain demon could only withstand Meng Chuan’s attacks with its body.
Every strike carved a deep cave into the mountain demon’s body. The caves were 30 to 40 feet deep and about ten feet wide. However, the rock on the mountain demon’s body moved about, filling up the eight caves swiftly.
“Die.” The mountain demon’s gigantic palm swung towards Meng Chuan—who was midair, and unable to leverage strength from anything else.
Yet, Meng Chuan dodged the palm as a bolt of lightning. He circled the mountain demon’s body agilely, reaching its back.
He had used Heart Intent Saber’s only movement technique—Swallow Stance. It made him extremely agile.
Tiger Roar Stance! When Meng Chuan was behind the mountain demon, he instantly slashed out.
The saber beam cleaved down with a furious roar. In the blink of an eye, he attacked the mountain demon 15 times. Every strike shook the mountain demon’s body.
Countless rocks on its body exploded.
The Tiger Roar Stance was the strongest move Meng Chuan had mastered. It was quite strange. Heart Intent Saber’s 18 stances were all named after animals. It was the same for the Swallow Stance, Dragon Roar Stance, and Tiger Roar Stance.
A huge crater appeared on the mountain demon’s back. It was 50 to 60 feet wide, and because the fifteen strikes struck the same spot, it was over 80 feet deep. He could even see the dark red rock inside the mountain demon’s body. There were even fractures in the dark red rock.
That’s the true body. Meng Chuan understood when he saw the dark red rock. A mountain demon covered its body with external rock and continuously cultivated, making the rocks around them extremely hard. However, their true bodies were even stronger. It just so happened that their true bodies were much smaller.
“You actually injured me!” The mountain demon let out an angry roar. Countless rocks moved, and the huge hole on its back rapidly filled up. It was so angry that it produced new stone arms—eight of them. They crazily smashed at Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan transformed into a bolt of lightning and darted about agilely.
He stepped on an arm to borrow strength. With a flash, he retreated 1000 feet before approaching the mountain demon again. He struck out once more.
This time with the Heart Saber Stance! He had cultivated this move the longest.
The saber repeatedly struck the boulders on the mountain demon. The boulders trembled slightly but didn’t suffer any damage. However, an invisible vibrating force reached the mountain demon’s core and exploded! It was the Yin-Yang Blast! The mountain demon’s massive body reduced the Yin-Yang Blast’s power by 30% by the time it reached the core. Meng Chuan failed to see any obvious damage after striking seven times.
“Ah! Ah! Ah!” It flailed its eight arms without managing to touch Meng Chuan. The agile human Godfiend enraged it.
Following the roar, its body exploded.
Instantly, countless rocks shot out in every direction at terrifying speeds. Every rock traveled faster than the speed of sound. This was a devastating attack. If it were used in a human city, this attack would reduce the surrounding five kilometers to ruins! If the mountain demon had appeared in Eastcalm Prefecture, it would have been an apocalyptic disaster.
When the rocks burst out in all directions, a dark red mountain demon—about 100 feet tall—charged at Meng Chuan. It ran with large strides—now faster and more agile.
“Don’t even think about escaping!” The mountain demon was completely enraged.
All it saw was a large number of rocks flying about as a bolt of lightning darted past the rocks. Not a single rock was able to touch that bolt of lightning! It had to be known that these rocks were flying in all directions. Their trajectories were different, and their speed exceeded the speed of sound. This speed was something even Godfiends couldn’t react to. It was almost impossible to avoid all the rocks.
However, the human Godfiend had managed to dodge everything at extremely fast speeds as a bolt of lightning. He quickly dodged all the supersonic-speed rocks—a testimony of his terrifying speed—and left the Nine Mystical Caves.
That’s it? The hundred-foot-tall dark red mountain demon stood dazedly. The human Godfiend was no longer in the dark red world.
“Ahhhh!” Helpless, it let out an indignant roar, and countless rocks flew over from all directions and covered its body. However, the explosion just now had shattered the rocks thoroughly. The massive mountain demon—back to being hundreds of feet tall—had countless cracks over
its body. The rocks had turned to rubble. It needed time to recuperate slowly.
Unfortunately—despite unleashing its full might and revealing its true body—it had failed to catch up to the human Godfiend.
…
A bolt of lightning appeared outside of the Nine Mystical Caves.
That mountain demon sure is terrifying. Meng Chuan felt horrified when he recalled the mountain demon’s attack. Those boulders were extremely fast. If I had been struck by one boulder, I would’ve been struck by even more boulders. I’d probably be severely injured.
He had an Essence Soul, and his reaction speed was astonishingly quick. With the Swallow Stance, he desperately escaped the mountain demon and the violent bombardment.
I’ve already tried. I can barely injure him now. As long as I make a mistake, the mountain demon will kill me.
Of course, he wouldn’t really die. Before he was killed, Archean Mountain would save Meng Chuan.
However, Meng Chuan believed that as a cultivator—with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body—even if he couldn’t defeat the other party, he had to be able to escape. If he couldn’t escape, he would be a disgrace.
The mountain demon hadn’t even unleashed its full strength, and I was already afraid of fighting its true body. Its true body will only be stronger. It hadn’t even used a forbidden spell. Meng Chuan understood the gaping difference between him and the mountain demon. He had used his speed to make the other party a fool, but he wasn’t able to injure it, despite it standing motionless at times. It looks like I have to become a Great Solar Godfiend! Only then will I have a chance of killing it.
As a Lightning Devastator Fiend Body cultivator, he had to attain Greater Mastery over his Saber Soul to become a Great Solar Godfiend.
A high-grade Godfiend could become a Great Solar Godfiend once they reached the Realm of Soul. A low and middle-grade Godfiend just required them to be at the Realm of Intent’s peak.
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