Chapter 222: Suppressing The Demon Lord
The young Daoist stood above the void, his Daoist robe fluttering loudly, exuding an otherworldly demeanor. At this moment, with his sharpness fully revealed, even many Martial Saints dared not look directly at him.
But what shocked the Martial Saints the most was still the words that came from Ning Qi’s mouth.
To make a supreme expert at the Half-step Divine Ability Realm roll up here?
What tremendous arrogance!
Even other supreme experts probably wouldn’t dare to say such words.
One by one, the Martial Saints looked shocked, drawing in a long breath of cold air in their hearts.
“Black Blood Fellow Daoist…” Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s words of dissuasion had not yet left his mouth.
Black Blood Demon Lord had already soared into the sky. Demonic Qi steamed above his black robe, and the anger in his eyes was almost tangible:
“Good! Truly very good! It seems that I, Black Blood Demon Lord, haven’t made a move for a long time, and now any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to shout at me!”
“None of you are allowed to interfere, or else you’ll be making an enemy of me, Black Blood Demon Lord!”
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s expression changed, and in the end, he swallowed the words that had reached his mouth.
Great Yan Martial Saint stared intently at the two, not knowing what he was thinking.
Old Black Tortoise looked at Black Blood Demon Lord with somewhat cold eyes, but in the end, he let out a long breath and did nothing extra. Without orders from the Hall Master, he didn’t want to stir up trouble. If the Hall Master really suffered a loss, he absolutely wouldn’t stand by.
As for South Sea Divine Nun, her eyes seemed to hold some regret, but in the end, she just sighed faintly.
The several supreme experts didn’t speak, and the others were even less likely to say anything—or rather, they had no qualification to say anything.
Everyone knew.
This battle between the two today was probably destined to be unavoidable. It was a battle of dignity.
Ning Qi and Black Blood Demon Lord stood facing each other in the void.
The former was calm and indifferent, while the latter was seething with rage.
“Junior brat, today this Demon Lord won’t bully the weak with strength. I’ll let you have three moves.” Black Blood Demon Lord snorted coldly. He placed one hand behind his back, his aura overwhelming. “Remember this: this Demon Lord isn’t targeting you today. Everything has rules, and no one can casually break them.”
As he spoke, his posture gradually became more relaxed.
Golden light flickered in Ning Qi’s eyes as he sized up Black Blood Demon Lord before him.
This was the first time he had seen this person, but vaguely, he had always been targeting him. It couldn’t be ruled out that it was due to Wang Quan and the Demonic Sect Leader, but he felt it might not be that simple.
“Let me have three moves?” A faint smile curled at the corner of Ning Qi’s mouth.
If he went all out, this Black Blood Demon Lord probably wouldn’t last even one move. But now, Ning Qi didn’t plan to go all out. Old Black Tortoise had reminded him before that there might already be someone in the Martial World with ulterior motives. If he showed too much strength now, that traitor might not dare to show his face.
Rather than letting this traitor keep hiding, it was better to draw him out proactively, lest he become a hidden danger.
With this thought.
Ning Qi already had an idea in his heart. He would win, suppress Black Blood Demon Lord’s arrogance, but he couldn’t win too quickly or too crushingly, or he might scare off that traitor in the shadows.
His aura surged.
A peerless Sword Intent shot into the sky. After stepping into the Martial Saint Realm, the Sword Intent had fused with Spiritual Power, undergoing another qualitative transformation and sublimation. Now displayed before the world, it immediately drew gasps of admiration from the Martial Saints.
But Black Blood Demon Lord still kept one hand behind his back, his posture casual.
Ning Qi wasn’t polite either.
Since you want to act arrogant and let me have three moves, I’ll oblige you.
His expression calm, he pointed with one finger.
In an instant.
A brilliant golden light rose from his fingertip. Almost in the blink of an eye, the golden light spread to the horizon. An ultimate sharpness shot into the sky. Under everyone’s shocked gazes, an extremely terrifying golden Sword Qi tore through the void, slashing toward Black Blood Demon Lord.
“Geng Metal Divine Sword Qi!”
Ning Qi struck with one of his killing moves right away, holding back a bit of power. Even so, its might was still stronger than when he had fought Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint before.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s eyes narrowed, his heart shaken.
He had exchanged one move with Ning Qi before. At that time, Ning Qi had used Jia Wood Divine Sword Qi. He could tell that these two Sword Qi supreme arts were of the same origin. He hadn’t expected the Sword Qi’s power to have increased again in such a short time.
“Had he progressed again, or had he held back before?” Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint was somewhat uncertain.
The several supreme experts all had grave looks.
And the Martial Saints were even more shocked in their eyes.
With just this one sword, Ning Qi had proven his strength. Even a Five Elements Perfection expert like the Savage Emperor felt a chill in his heart. He felt that sword could easily pierce through his body.
But the most shocked was still Black Blood Demon Lord.
He was the first to bear it.
Almost the instant the Sword Qi broke through the air, he felt a terrifying sense of threat. That peerless sharpness made his entire body feel pierced with pain. His pupils contracted sharply, and instinctively he wanted to counterattack. But he had just said he would let Ning Qi have three moves. If he went back on his word now, wouldn’t that be slapping his own face?
“Boom!”
Black Blood Demon Lord gritted his teeth. Black demonic Qi surged around him, layer upon layer of black clouds swirling, with shrill ghosts wailing inside. Vaguely, pale hands stretched out—said to be condensed from the countless lives slaughtered by Black Blood Demon Lord.
The moment the black demonic clouds formed, the golden Sword Qi had already pierced through.
“Sizzle sizzle sizzle!”
Like a hot knife through tofu, almost without any hindrance.
The golden Sword Light pierced the demonic clouds. One by one, the pale hands were severed. The demonic clouds were shredded to pieces by the Sword Qi’s sharpness. Terrifying spatial rifts tore open, turning the sky into a horrifying spider web. This level of power had already surpassed the Martial Saint Realm, leaving the Martial Saints in awe.
They finally knew what it meant to be a heaven-defying genius.
Clearly only at the Fifth Realm Martial Saint cultivation, yet this combat power was simply heaven-defying.
The Sword Qi’s golden light finally dissipated.
The black demonic clouds were already riddled with holes.
The crowd looked on in shock.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s figure retreated explosively, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. He was clearly injured, having paid the price for his arrogance.
Ning Qi’s faint voice rang out:
“First move.”
These words made Black Blood Demon Lord’s already ugly expression turn ashen as pig liver. This was simply rubbing his face into the dirt. He had only wanted to casually teach this junior a lesson and make the effect more shocking, but instead, he had lifted a rock only to smash his own foot.
The crowd’s expressions were strange, and they felt like laughing in their hearts.
This Heavenly Sword Martial Saint was also quite the character. Clearly possessing strength no less than Black Blood Demon Lord, or even stronger, yet he seized hold of Black Blood Demon Lord’s words and wouldn’t let him off lightly.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s eyes were sinister:
“Two more moves. This Demon Lord wants to see what you’re capable of!”
He felt that with preparation this time, it should be easier. As long as he blocked three moves, he could unleash all his means afterward. This guy wouldn’t get any benefits!
Ning Qi didn’t speak.
He placed his left hand behind his back, then pointed with his right.
“Bing Fire Divine Sword Qi!”
In an instant.
Another terrifying Sword Qi broke through the air. This crimson Sword Qi differed from the previous golden one. Though its sharpness was slightly inferior, it was even more explosive. Terrifying flames shot into the sky. Black Blood Demon Lord had only just managed to prop up his black demonic clouds when the flame Sword Qi had already burned away most of them.
After one move, Ning Qi had already spotted the flaw in these demonic clouds.
Slashing them with Bing Fire Divine Sword Qi had remarkable effect.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s expression changed drastically. He felt an ultimate sense of crisis envelop his heart. At this moment, he could no longer care about the three-move agreement. Instinctively, he let out a strange cry, and a blood-colored small banner appeared in his hand.
The next moment.
The blood-colored small banner grew against the wind, becoming mountain-like, sweeping toward the Bing Fire Divine Sword Qi to envelop it. Then it rolled up a vast expanse of black blood rain, brushing toward Ning Qi. The blood rain contained ultimate corrosive power. The void along its path couldn’t withstand it, forming dense pits, making one’s scalp tingle.
“Heh.”
A faint chuckle rang out, making Black Blood Demon Lord’s face flush even redder as he glared viciously at Ning Qi.
He was the one who said to let three moves, and now he was the one breaking the agreement.
He had lost both face and honor.
But immediately after.
His eyes hardened, thinking to himself that as long as he defeated Ning Qi, no one would say anything.
But with a slight distraction, he felt powerful pressure coming from the Black Blood Demon Banner. The Sword Qi was ferocious, as if to tear the blood banner apart. He immediately focused his mind, preparing to crush it completely.
But in the flash of electric light and flint.
Ning Qi had already made his move again.
He pointed once more, and a verdant Sword Qi shot into the sky. This Sword Qi had slightly inferior sharpness but was endless and continuous—it was Ren Water Divine Sword Qi. Some had already noticed clues from the differences in these three successive Sword Qis, their eyes filled with even more shock.
At this moment.
The verdant Sword Qi’s aura was overwhelming, sweeping over like the ocean overturning. Vast swathes of the black blood rain brushing over were shattered to powder.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s expression changed drastically.
He sensed.
Almost at the same moment, the crimson Sword Qi originally wrapped in the Black Blood Demon Banner also erupted in light, resonating with the external crimson Sword Qi. Water and fire were originally of the same source, mutually generating and restraining. Now exploding together, the power was even more terrifying.
Crimson light and verdant light illuminated the sky. The sharpness coordinated from inside and out, forcibly tearing a gash in the Black Blood Demon Banner.
Black Blood Demon Lord spat out a mouthful of blood.
But there was no time for further thought.
The lingering sharpness of the water and fire Sword Qis shuttled through the void. This was something Ning Qi had comprehended during his battle with one of the Nine Great Dao Sons of True Martial Immortal Sect, allowing the Sword Qi to become even more elusive.
Black Blood Demon Lord only managed to slap out a black blood palm print before being forcibly slashed from the sky by the Sword Qi, crashing into Heavenly Peak Mountain.
“Boom!”
A terrifying roar shook the heavens. One by one, the Martial Saints felt their scalps go numb.
Black Blood Demon Lord had actually been blasted into the mountain body. The crowd’s Spiritual Senses probed out, and that pit nearly pierced through Heavenly Peak Mountain.
“What a ferocious Heavenly Sword Martial Saint!”
Everyone sighed in their hearts.
Looking again at that figure standing in the sky, reverence involuntarily crept into their eyes.
This was solid proof before all the world’s Martial Saints that Ning Qi had already joined the ranks of the world’s supreme experts.
Ning Qi stood with hands behind his back, his elegance peerless.
Several female Martial Saints watched in a daze.
White Mountain Old Daoist’s mouth hadn’t stopped grinning. If not for consideration of Black Blood Demon Lord’s face, he probably would have already started clapping and laughing. In his heart, he praised his own discerning eye for spotting Ning Qi’s extraordinary nature among the many disciples of True Martial Mountain at a glance.
The several supreme experts each had their own thoughts.
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint’s gaze flickered slightly. If before, when Ning Qi had come up the mountain that time, he still had absolute confidence in suppressing him, now he was somewhat uncertain.
Great Yan Martial Saint stared at Ning Qi, his gaze somewhat peculiar.
South Sea Divine Nun also had a grave expression, but in the end, she smiled faintly.
Old Black Tortoise’s expression was calm. Among the crowd, only he knew how strong Ning Qi truly was, because he had been Ning Qi’s sparring partner several times. He knew well that this Sword Qi power had still held back some. If going all out, they old guys would have to bring out their Divine Ability Embryos.
As everyone’s thoughts varied.
A furious roar rang out:
“You! Are! Seeking! Death!”
Black Blood Demon Lord burst out with disheveled hair. He was covered in blood, utterly wretched, no longer bearing his previous casual charm. Powerful aura surged around him, layer upon layer of black Qi condensing into evil demons.
For the first time, Ning Qi’s eyes became slightly serious.
If he wasn’t mistaken.
This should be the strongest trump card of a Half-step Divine Ability Realm expert.
Divine Ability Embryo.
So-called Divine Ability Realm experts were Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, but without the method to open the Purple Mansion, they couldn’t further refine their Natal Divine Ability. Half-step Divine Ability Realm, on the other hand, borrowed the power of the World Will to barely condense a Divine Ability Embryo.
Even so, the power was extremely strong.
Now it seemed Black Blood Demon Lord was completely broken through and would go all out regardless.
But the others naturally wouldn’t allow it.
“Enough, Demon Lord.”
Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint was the first to step forward. He positioned himself between Ning Qi and Black Blood Demon Lord, cutting off their clashing sharpness while suppressing Black Blood Demon Lord’s aura.
Black Blood Demon Lord’s eyes blazed:
“Heaven-Slaying, you want to stop me?”
Old Black Tortoise chuckled and stepped forward as well:
“Black Blood, if not for you provoking this yourself, how would it come to this? Stop your hand. Heavenly Sword Fellow Daoist has already proven his strength. He has the qualification to join us in receiving the blessing baptism in the core land.”
His aura also pressed toward Black Blood Demon Lord.
Three against one.
Black Blood Demon Lord immediately faltered. No matter how arrogant he was, he wouldn’t claim he could handle three at once. Even just Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint alone was someone he had no certainty against.
He itched with hatred.
Ning Qi had essentially stepped on his head to build his fame. How could he not be angry? Instinctively, he looked toward South Sea Divine Nun, but a voice interjected first—it was Great Yan Martial Saint.
Great Yan Martial Saint said faintly:
“Black Blood, stop your hand. With foreign enemies descending now, we shouldn’t have internal strife. I agree with Heavenly Sword Fellow Daoist receiving the baptism in the core land.”
Black Blood Demon Lord’s heart sank.
Even the originally neutral Great Yan Martial Saint now agreed.
His anger had been in vain.
He couldn’t really go against the pressure of several supreme experts and act willfully. The consequences would be severe.
South Sea Divine Nun came to Black Blood Demon Lord’s side and gently persuaded:
“Demon Lord, why get angry? In a certain sense, this is a good thing. With one more Heavenly Sword Fellow Daoist, we have more hope in resisting the Mountain Sea Realm invasion. One more person in the core land shouldn’t be a problem.”
Black Blood Demon Lord’s face darkened further.
Fine, fine, everyone was so righteous, making him the only unreasonable one.
Even South Sea Divine Nun agreed. Now he was completely out of moves.
He snorted heavily, suppressing his anger.
Everything was settled.
No matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do.
Ning Qi smiled faintly.
“Thank you, everyone.”
He didn’t care much about the position in this core land, but being closer was always better. If something happened, he could react faster.
Moreover.
From that battle just now, he wasn’t without gains.
He had discovered some clues.
Meeting South Sea Divine Nun’s gentle gaze, he smiled. The traitor was probably more than one.
