Chapter 189

Chapter 189: The Emergence of the Demon

The Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain around Yuanwu Mountain is a sealed realm.

Every sixty years, with the appearance of the nine Martial World Stele, this sealed realm will resurface.

Once the Grand Competition concludes, the nine stele will vanish again, and the Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain will slip back into the void.

Thus, during this Grand Competition, all martial practitioners from the Northern Region can enter the Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain and try their luck.

But of course, demon cultivators are excluded.

Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain, demons not allowed.

This is no joke.

However, deep within the underground secret realm of the Danji Sect, there lies a town of demon suppression.

In ancient times, demons wreaked havoc, causing human suffering, but all human cultivators on the Yuanwu continent united to drive the demons back into the Demon Abyss.

The Demon Abyss was sealed by the collective power of the immortals.

Thereafter, peace reigned in the human world.

But who would have thought there were still demons lurking here?

Xiao Yang was truly shocked.

But he wasn’t intimidated.

So what if there were demons?

He couldn’t just stand by and watch Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er fall victim to these demons.

Moreover, he sensed that this demon was already reaching its limits.

It had been suppressed here for endless ages; how much power could it possibly retain?

That the demon could endure this long was already a miracle.

Xiao Yang wasted no time and charged straight into the Demon Palace.

There, a figure shrouded in demon qi obscured his true form.

However, after just a dozen exchanges, Xiao Yang was sent flying out of the Demon Palace by a single punch from the demon.

The ancient demon race was indeed formidable; even after being sealed for countless ages, it still possessed such strength despite its cultivation being nearly diminished.

Xiao Yang quickly grabbed Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er and leapt a dozen meters away, landing on the ground.

Beneath him lay a layer of dry bones.

He stepped on them, and the sound of crunching bones echoed underneath.

Xiao Yang steadied himself, feeling a surge of blood and energy inside him.

But that was nothing.

The real problem was the invasion of demon qi into his body.

Xiao Yang leaped up with Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er, landing on the platform at the end of the passage, and set them down gently.

Both Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er were unharmed, just unconscious.

Li Xingyao flipped her right hand, and a divine sword materialized instantly, releasing a burning sword aura that heated the surrounding air rapidly.

The sword in Li Xingyao’s hand shimmered with a faint firelight, and within the flames, the shadow of a phoenix could be vaguely seen spreading its wings.

“The Fuyiao Sword?”

Xiao Yang was somewhat surprised; he hadn’t expected Li Xingyao to bring the Fuyiao Sword.

The Fuyiao Sword is one of the four divine swords of the Northern Region, the treasure of the Fuyiao Sword Sect.

The reason the top ten forces in the Northern Region performed so well in the Grand Competition was quite simple.

These ten forces had weapons, talents, resources, and techniques, backed by incredibly deep foundations.

If their disciples didn’t make the top ten, who would?

The Northern Region is filled with various sects, small and large.

However, they were merely supporting characters.

At this moment, Xiao Yang felt the demon qi invading his body travel up his meridians toward his head.

Now he finally understood how all those walking corpses around the Demon Palace came to be.

With demon qi in his brain, he would become a walking corpse himself.

Li Xingyao glanced at Xiao Yang, saying nothing.

“Roar!”

A demon roar echoed from within the Demon Palace, and the moment after, the previously still walking corpses suddenly lifted their heads, their dark eyes revealing traces of demon qi, looking utterly ferocious.

The corpses lunged straight at Xiao Yang and Li Xingyao.

“Hmph!”

Xiao Yang activated the Futian Sword Technique; the Futian Sword Qi raged through him, dispersing the demon qi in an instant.

At that moment, the yin-yang energy in his dantian swirled, creating a vortex that released a powerful devouring force, completely engulfing the dissipated demon qi.

By the time he turned back, the walking corpses were already upon them.

Figures entwined in demon qi burst forth like demons escaping from hell.

Though the mysterious demon inside the palace was trapped, he could control these walking corpses.

“Buzz!”

Li Xingyao made her move.

She flicked her hand holding the divine sword.

The sharp sword light sliced through the void, and the released sword qi instantly cut the foremost walking corpse in half at the waist.

“Divine Phoenix Spreads Its Wings!”

A phantom of a divine phoenix emerged from Li Xingyao, and a terrifying heat wave radiated from its form.

The divine phoenix spread its wings.

The feathers transformed into razor-sharp sword lights that penetrated through the attacking walking corpses.

The sword light was invincible, piercing through the corpses fleetingly.

Countless burning holes instantly appeared on the bodies of the walking corpses.

Soon after, the explosive sword qi of the divine phoenix reduced these corpses to ashes.

“True Phoenix Undying Sword Technique?”

Xiao Yang was also somewhat astonished by the power of Li Xingyao’s technique.

Li Xingyao’s True Phoenix Undying Sword Technique had probably reached the fifth level.

Good grief.

Half-step Sacred Martial Realm, coupled with the Fuyiao Sword, and among the younger generation in the Northern Region, Li Xingyao was practically invincible.

This was the extraordinary talent cultivated with all might by the Fuyiao Sword Sect over these sixty years.

What a shame she ran into him.

Without him, Li Xingyao would still have been defeating the Northern Region’s talents, and the Fuyiao Sword Sect would still hold the throne of the Northern Region.

But in this world, there are no “ifs.”

In this era, he was determined to claim the title of the Grand Competition champion.

Because he wanted to leave the Qingyang Sword Sect; he wanted to sever ties with the Xiao clan.

At this moment, the mysterious demon within the Demon Palace was infuriated.

“Roar!”

A blurry demonic figure appeared at the main entrance of the Demon Palace.

The demonic figure charged outward.

“Crash!”

The figure slammed into what felt like an invisible wall, sent hurtling back.

“Kill!”

Li Xingyao leaped into the air, striking down at the Demon Palace.

“Buzz!”

The Fuyiao Sword sang, and the sword light surged to incredible heights.

The indestructible sword light descended upon the Demon Palace.

“Oh no!”

Seeing this, Xiao Yang suddenly felt a jolt of anxiety wash over him.

He wanted to stop her, but it was too late.

“Swish!”

Li Xingyao’s unyielding sword cleaved the Demon Palace in two.

“Hahaha…”

A loud laugh rang out, and the next moment, a mass of demonic energy shot up into the sky, blasting into the stone wall above.

“Rumble…”

The entire town of demon suppression shook violently, and countless stones and dirt tumbled down from above.

“Things just got serious…”

Xiao Yang gasped in shock.

What kind of terrifying being could endure endless years sealed in this place without dying?

The demon, having escaped using Li Xingyao’s power, was now free.

This was bad.

Li Xingyao also realized what had happened.

“How outrageous!”

Li Xingyao was enraged that this demon dared to use her!

She wanted to merge with her sword to chase after it, but found she couldn’t fly.

In the Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain, flight was prohibited.

With a stomp, Li Xingyao turned and dashed into the passage.

Xiao Yang quickly grabbed the still unconscious Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er, following her into the passage.

Meanwhile, chaos erupted outside.

A mass of demonic energy suddenly burst forth from the ground, shaking the entire Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain.

Countless strong practitioners were startled awake.

“How is this possible…”

At the peak of Yuanwu Mountain, the Supreme Dao Master, sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

In the distant sky, demon qi swirled.

A demonic figure emerged into the realm.

Everyone was stunned by the sight.