The Transmigrator’s Cultivation

Arc 24: Nine Void Battlefield | Chapter 439: High Level Demons

A tremendous pressure…

An individual at the Gathering Origin stage—roughly equivalent to the Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation level—could not possibly contend with the high-level demons, which now revealed their ferocious visage.

Yet Yun Lie was merely a practitioner at the late Nascent Soul stage.

Although he was a sword practitioner and had created his own sword techniques, even with his unparalleled swordsmanship talent, the high-level demons were still formidable opponents for him. In fact, they were enemies he might not be able to truly slay!

Yun Lie felt no fear; the killing intent surrounding him surged to an insurmountable height.

The ruthless Ruthless Killing Sword he practiced fused sword intent with killing intent, giving rise to a boundless, absolute domain of slaughter!

Amidst the storm-like killing aura, his arm vibrated, sending a sharp beam of light straight toward the high-level demon!

Yes, he struck first!

The high-level demon was exceptionally large; in comparison, Yun Lie was even shorter than its palm.

Yet despite this massive physique, it moved with lightning speed—it seemed to transform into a shadow in an instant, exhibiting no motion at all, and the light beam vanished behind it!

As if passing right through its body, in reality, it hadn’t touched it at all!

Then, Yun Lie’s vision shifted, and the demon suddenly lunged at him! He immediately countered, unleashing eight streams of black-gold light that shot out in eight directions—however, with a twist of its massive form, the high-level demon evaded all the sword light again.

Next came sixteen, then thirty-two, then sixty-four!

Yun Lie appeared like a wisp of smoke, floating freely in the night, and compared to the enormous high-level demon before him, he was like an ant, yet he could unleash boundless sword intent.

These sword intents continued to strike out and miss, but their momentum did not diminish, gradually forming a virtual web that densely pressured the high-level demon to constantly dodge.

At first, it merely swayed slightly and was able to evade everything. However, if someone were watching, they would notice that this demon went from being unnoticeable to gradually revealing its evasions, from moving just a little to ultimately becoming trapped within this small space—all within just a few breaths!

From a distance, it looked as if Yun Lie was using countless streams of sword light as a cage, forcing the high-level demon to only evade and fight within this domain, unable to shift to another location! It wasn’t imprisonment, yet it felt just like imprisonment.

In this countless swinging of swords, Yun Lie didn’t employ the variations of the Kill to Stop Killing Sword; he simply struck out at the fastest speed, continuously unleashing equally sharp sword intent along different trajectories. However, as his sword intent increased in number and urgency, he vaguely sensed a new realization!

This realization boiled down to a single word: Fast! Fast! Fast!

Faster and sharper, increasingly intricate, the sword intent seemed to split apart—just like the sword threads formed in previous instances. However, this wasn’t a direct splitting; instead, it involved condensing all the sword intent into a single thread before accumulating even more sword intent to create additional sword threads.

Had it not been for the earlier slaughter, he wouldn’t have made such progress.

Had it not been for the oppressive aura of the high-level demons, he wouldn’t have suddenly gained enlightenment to unleash these “sword threads”!

It was as if the surging killing intent flowed like water, with each sword carrying the essence of his swordsmanship!

Within these sword threads, everything was to be sliced, everything was to be slaughtered!

Yun Lie seemed to glimpse his second sword technique—the Kill to Stop Killing Sword!

It wasn’t about actively annihilating everything; it was enough to unleash it, and everything would naturally face destruction.

Any entity entering this domain of absolute killing, any being surrounded by endless sword threads, would be utterly obliterated!

Immersed in this state of mind, every strike from Yun Lie could now unleash hundreds of beams of light.

These beams flickered like stars at times, while at other times, they were dense like threads, resembling a fine drizzle or soft strands of silk, swiftly enclosing the high-level demon within.

It was like countless tiny blades continuously slicing at that massive body!

The demon’s body was incredibly tough; even the lowest tier low-level demons required at least a treasured weapon to inflict damage, while mid-level demons needed middle-grade or upper-grade treasured weapons to contend with. As for this high-level demon… even an ordinary upper-grade treasured weapon would likely struggle to cause harm.

Yun Lie wielded the sword intent, birthed through the sword soul, and affixed it to his life-bound treasured sword. His treasured sword was of such strength that it exceeded that of upper-grade treasured weapons. Moreover, it was refined from the essence of Geng Metal, allowing it to continuously improve as Yun Lie’s cultivation rose! By now, that life-bound treasured sword had even surpassed upper-grade and was infinitely close to a higher tier—an immortal weapon! Yet, naturally, this thin line represented a chasm. Nonetheless, such a life-bound treasured sword could indeed injure a high-level demon. Thus, after the nascent form of the Ruthless Killing Sword, countless tiny wounds immediately appeared on that massive body.

Each wound was small, delicate as thin threads, but when countless wounds accumulated, they appeared somewhat terrifying.

However, the high-level demon was certainly not so easily slain.

It let out an enraged screech, and in the blink of an eye, the flesh and blood on its body writhed, visibly tightening and disappearing!

All those wounds instantly healed!

Such an incredible self-healing ability!

Yun Lie understood at a glance.

For such a high-level demon, he would need to launch continuous attacks, maintaining the offensive without allowing it a moment to catch its breath, in order to kill it.

Otherwise, relying on such a robust physique, it would undoubtedly be able to heal effortlessly, making it difficult to deal with.

Having gone through countless battles, he quickly discerned how to respond.

Yet the high-level demon, unaware of his thoughts, became even more enraged! Although low-level demons acted solely on instinct, mid-level demons began to develop a degree of intelligence, and high-level demons were not much inferior to practitioners. Their emotions were quite evident.

Possessing formidable strength, it could command mid-level and low-level demons, acting as a small tyrant in the void, looking down upon others. It was truly formidable. Having seen many of its subordinates eliminated, it was displeased and intended to intervene. Initially, it thought this mere little bug could be crushed with a gesture, yet unexpectedly, this bug not only dared to challenge it but also inflicted injuries! At that moment, its rage surged, leaving no room for the previous playful attitude!

Thus, within Yun Lie’s line of sight, the high-level demon slowly… straightened its body. Suddenly, it grew even larger, almost like a giant! With a swift movement of its hind legs, it transformed into an afterimage!

So fast! It was several times quicker than before!

Yun Lie felt a strong sense of danger approaching. He reflexively raised his hand, positioning his sword horizontally just in time to block that enormous claw in front of him.

“Clang clang—”

The ear-piercing sound of scraping was as if it were scratching at the heart, sending chills down one’s spine!

Immediately after, another giant claw lunged at him!

Yun Lie spun around, his body seemingly transforming into three heads and six arms, creating multiple phantoms to engage the high-level demon in battle!

He unleashed the first form of the Kill to Stop Killing Sword Moves, the Thirteen Formations, and the nascent form of the second technique, all in one go!

At that moment, the sword energy roared, slicing through the air, almost producing explosive sounds!

Compared to the high-level demon, Yun Lie’s figure was exceedingly small, seemingly unable to withstand a blow under the demon’s oppressive might.

In contrast, the demon moved with great force; every strike whistled through the air, exerting immense pressure, akin to mercury closing in from all directions, making it hard to breathe!

—Yet, paradoxically, while Yun Lie’s life-bound treasured sword seemed unable to contend with the demon’s long claws, it consistently clashed with those sharp claws, allowing him to evade!

This one sword cultivator and a high-level demon fought fiercely, with boundless sword intent intertwining, entangling, and colliding with the demon’s power, forming a torrential flow that scattered in all directions. As a result, no other lower-tier demons dared to intrude into this domain!

On the battlefield, the lines were clearly drawn, with humans facing the demons from beyond, fighting fiercely.

Deep within the narrow fissure of the sky, several extraordinarily powerful auras remained still, while the active ones outside were mostly low-level and mid-level demons. However, as the battle progressed to a certain point, over ten high-level demons joined the fray.

In the sky, different domains and various shen cultivators and practitioners were engaged in bloody battles against demons of varying ranks.

At this moment, there were no formations or teams; everyone was caught up in the excitement of battle, driven by a surge of bloodlust, recklessly charging forward, unafraid of life or death!

The shen cultivators confronting the high-level demons welcomed each other, fighting for their lives.

Each of these shen cultivators bore an even more radiant and intense aura of tomorrow behind them!

Their expressions differed from the cold demeanor typical of ordinary Gathering Origin Realm cultivators; instead, they exhibited another kind of madness—veins bulging on their foreheads, and their faces were covered in intricate, twisted veins, with a bloodthirsty aura gathering at their brow, resembling demons or monsters. Even the sun god avatars they manifested radiated an overwhelming malice, resembling fierce gods! This was the Entering Tribulation Realm.

Once entering the Tribulation, life and death were determined by fate. Shen cultivators in the Entering Tribulation Realm were often overtaken by demonic nature, bound by heart knots, and plagued by grudges, making it difficult to extricate themselves.

They acted at will, their temperaments dramatically altered; their thoughts and obsessions consumed them, like a waking madness or a mad clarity, with every thought and action driven by deep-seated desires… At this point, they often became malevolent gods. If they could not transcend the tribulation, they would gradually be abandoned by nature; the path of divinity would not tolerate them. Ultimately, their Yang Spirit forms would dissipate into heaven and earth, while their yin spirits would sink into the sea of calamity, vanishing without a trace. Or perhaps they would coexist with the sea of calamity, achieving another form of the natural path.

Now, the shen cultivators in the battlefield’s Entering Tribulation Realm focused their obsessions on exterminating demons, often contemplating tribulations in their tents, unleashing their fury during battles to eradicate the demons! Deep within the battalion, several powerful auras exchanged divine thoughts.

“There’s an unfamiliar face.”

“Who is this person opposing a high-level demon?”

“A sword cultivator from the lower realms.”

“Looks like he has quite the courage.”

As these thoughts dispersed, other divine thoughts followed.

“Today’s events are exceedingly strange.”

“Such a great demon unexpectedly launched a night raid on us; it’s truly outrageous!”

“Kill them all!”

“Watch for the right moment; strike at any time.”

“Understood!”

At the same time, high above, the nascent form of Yun Lie’s Kill to Stop Killing Sword gradually perfected. Suddenly, he leaped into the air, swinging his long sword!

In the blink of an eye, his figure flickered as he executed three hundred sword strikes in rapid succession!

All of them struck the demon’s right claw!

In the next moment, blood erupted from the sword marks, and that right claw was severed!

Translator: Lynn

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