Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 1895: Demon Extermination Sword Upgrade IV

*Crack... Crack...*

Zhang Fei [5], Hua Qianmei, and Gongsun Zhilan were shocked as the ground beneath them cracked open. Within seconds, tens of thousands of demonic skulls with huge bodies crawled out from the ground.

Jian Hei’an’s black eyes turned even blacker, including her white cornea and sclera. A black, baleful aura also enveloped her entire body. She looked at those demonic skulls, her lips curled into an evil smile. "My minions, attack those mindless demons and kill them for my master."

*Clack... Clack...*

After getting orders from Jian Hei’an, the demonic skulls immediately moved and attacked the mindless demons.

Zhang Fei [5], Hua Qianmei, and Gongsun Zhilan took a deep breath, watching those demonic skulls devour those mindless demons.

Zhang Fei [5] looked at Jiang Guang’an, but she could only shake her head helplessly.

*Swoosh*

Huo Ling suddenly emerged from Zhang Fei [5]’s body, put on a serious expression, and stared at those demonic skulls.

"Do you know anything about these demonic skulls, Ling’er?"

Huo Ling shook her head at Zhang Fei [5]. "I don’t know where these demonic skulls came from, but I sense a familiar aura from them."

"Familiar aura?"

"The aura of the Lotus Limbo World." Huo Ling looked at Jian Hei’an. "I don’t know how this female sword spirit was able to summon creatures with the same aura from that place, but I’m certain that their aura is the same as the one I sensed there in the past."

Zhang Fei [5] raised an eyebrow. "If Hei’an can summon a creature with the same aura from that place, maybe she can open a portal to that place?"

"She might be able to do that." Huo Ling’s gaze never left Jian Hei’an’s figure. "However, it’s dangerous if she can open a portal to that place, and all the angry souls will come out to this place. Worst of all, this domain will become hell if that damned woman gets out of there."

"What is Lotus Limbo World? Who is the woman you are referring to?" Gongsun Zhilan asked.

"The Lotus Limbo World is a stagnant pocket dimension, and it serves as a prison for the souls of cultivators who tried to defy the Wheel of Reincarnation." Gongsun Zhilan and Hua Qianmei had never heard of that place. "There is no land inside, and a boundless black lake stretches without boundaries. Countless souls wander above it, and they will devour the soul power of any living creature that enters it. Once we enter that place, we can’t leave again, and you will eventually join them."

"Who are the people imprisoned in that place?"

"Why would anyone think of entering such a place?"

"One of the portals is in the Floral Mirage Domain, and it is guarded by the Ancient Treant Spirit, Shu Yuangu." Huo Ling looked at the two female demon gods. "They are people who tried to defy the Wheel of Reincarnation to achieve immortality, and their souls will be sent to that place."

Hua Qianmei and Gongsun Zhilan fell into deep thought after hearing that. They themselves were no different from those people, and they always thought that immortality could be achieved by reaching the peak of cultivation. Since birth, they were taught that the principle of cultivation is to defy everything, including death.

Seeing their expressions, Huo Ling couldn’t help shaking her head. "True immortality does not exist, and all living beings can live extremely long lives by cultivating and reaching the highest possible level, which grants them an extremely long lifespan. Even so, their lifespans will still be exhausted, and they will die in the end."

"Does true immortality really not exist?"

"No," Huo Ling shook his head again. "As you both already know, I am the Primordial Flame, and my master is one of the primordials. We have lived through several eras, and we have never seen any living being who has succeeded in becoming immortal. In fact, the two primordial beasts, Xu Yuanzhi and Huang Yuanzhi, are not immortals either. They can live so long because their cultivation is already so high, precisely at the Exalt Supreme Realm."

"How long is their lifespan?"

"All cultivators who have reached the Celestial God Realm can live more than five hundred million years, right?" Hua Qianmei and Gongsun Zhilan nodded to Huo Ling. "When their cultivation breaks through to the God King Realm, they can live for one billion years, and their lifespan will increase ten times every time their cultivation breaks through to the next stage."

Hua Qianmei and Gongsun Zhilan gasped in shock; their eyes went wide and trembled.

Huo Ling chuckled, seeing their shocked expressions. "Therefore, you two should be able to imagine Xu Yuanzhi and Huang Yuanzhi’s lifespan, right?"

"So, cultivators who have reached the God Supreme Realm can live for a hundred billion years, huh?"

"That’s right." Huo Ling nodded to Zhang Fei [5]. "Xu Yuanzhi and Huang Yuanzhi should have a lifespan of trillions of years."

Zhang Fei [5] nodded slightly. "Besides them, there are still some other primordial beings, and they have long been in a deep slumber. Is it possible that they will wake up one day?"

"I can’t say for sure, Husband." Huo Ling looked at Jian Hei’an again. "This universe is already fragile, and it can’t contain their power. If they hadn’t entered the deep slumber and sealed their power, this universe would have long since been destroyed. Even Xu Yuanzhi and Huang Yuanzhi didn’t dare to awaken their bodies, and they always used their avatars."

"Even their avatars have such terrifying strength, let alone their real bodies." Gongsun Zhilan and Hua Qianmei muttered to themselves.

"Haha," Huo Ling laughed. "The strength of the primordials is far more terrifying than you can imagine, and they can destroy the current universe with a snap of their fingers."

Gongsun Zhilan and Hua Qianmei sighed softly, feeling that they had been too naive and arrogant. With their current strength, they were simply no match for those primordials.

While they were conversing, those demonic skulls had already killed all the mindless demons on the floor and disappeared into the ground.

Jian Hei’an turned to her master. "I will use my second technique now, Master."

"Alright, show me."

Jian Hei’an positioned the Demon Extermination Sword in front of his face with the blade pointing upwards. She closed her eyes and muttered something.

Zhang Fei [5], Huo Ling, Hua Qianmei, and Gongsun Zhilan looked up at the ceiling, where black clouds were beginning to appear and gather.

"What kind of technique is this again?" Hua Qianmei asked.

Gongsun Zhilan squinted her eyes. "This aura is much more terrifying than the first one."

"Hmm?" Zhang Fei [5] stared at it with a frown, but then he looked at Huo Ling. "Is this second technique still related to the Lotus Limbo World?"

"Yes." Huo Ling returned his gaze to Jian Hei’an. "Her second technique seems almost similar to the first, but I don’t know what will come out of those black clouds."

"Let’s wait then." Zhang Fei [5] stretched out his hand and sucked in all the demon materials that had appeared after Jian Hei’an killed all the previous mindless demons. "Sigh! We obtained a lot of demon materials, but those four materials are truly rare. We’ve been hunting in this dungeon for over two months, but we’ve only obtained two sets of materials."

Huo Ling laughed. "If those four materials were so easy to obtain, this universe would have countless demon gods, Husband."

"Yeah." Zhang Fei [5] raised an eyebrow when he felt the familiar aura from those black clouds. "Heavenly lightning tribulations?"

"Huh?" Gongsun Zhilan and Hua Qianmei turned to him. "Is that really heavenly lightning tribulations?"

Zhang Fei [5] shook his head. "I’ve faced heavenly lightning tribulations too many times in the past, so I’m familiar with their aura. However, I also sense something different from those black clouds, so I’m not sure if my guess is correct."

"You’re not wrong about that, Husband. That aura is indeed the aura of heavenly lightning tribulations, but it’s different from the ones you’ve encountered in the past." Huo Ling paused and squinted her eyes. "This aura belongs to those heavenly lightning tribulations in the Lotus Limbo World, and it is much stronger than normal."

Gongsun Zhilan and Hua Qianmei were increasingly confused by everything; they looked at Jian Hei’an thoughtfully, as they couldn’t understand how all her techniques could have a connection to such a place.

Within a few minutes, black clouds had covered the entire area of ​​the fifth underground floor, with countless black lightning flashes there.

Huo Ling acted quickly by protecting Zhang Fei [5], Hua Qianmei, and Gongsun Zhilan with her aura. As a spirit, she could sense that those black heavenly lightnings were far more powerful than she had anticipated, and they could kill them.

Zhang Fei [5] himself had faced countless lightning tribulations since his cultivation broke through to the Earth Realm, but his body trembled when he saw those black heavenly lightnings. Even though Huo Ling was protecting them, he activated his lightning domain and several of his other domains to reduce the risk.

However, their worries were overblown, and the black lightning bolts did not hit them as they descended from those black clouds. They only hit those mindless demons and wiped them all out at once.

Hua Qianmei and Gongsun Zhilan were truly shocked to witness the power of those black lightning bolts; they felt that Jian Hei’an was much more overpowered than Jian Guang’an.

"Phew." Jian Hei’an exhaled softly and withdrew his technique after those mindless demons disappeared. "What do you think of my technique, Master?"

"Overpowered!" Zhang Fei [5] asked her. "How many times can you use that technique?"

"Three times," Jian Hei’an replied with a bitter smile. "After I use it three times, I can’t use it for a month, or my soul will weaken significantly."

"Try using your third technique."