Earth Fiend Star's Puppet Avatar

[You began cultivating the Great Vajra Palm, studying diligently day and night. Ten years later, the Great Vajra Palm reached major mastery.]

[In the twentieth year, you still studied diligently day and night, yet you made no progress at all. Instead, you regressed considerably, leaving you deeply puzzled. You resolved to stubbornly persist, only to wander into a mistaken path and remain unable to find your way out.]

[In the fortieth year, you finally comprehended the essence of the Great Vajra Palm. It did not lie in the strength of the palm force, but in the transformations of its momentum. This time, everything went exceptionally smoothly, and the Great Vajra Palm reached perfection.]

[In the seventieth year, you had memorized every stance and variation of the Great Vajra Palm backward and forward. You had raised its might to the limit; further improvement seemed impossible.]

[In the seventy-seventh year, you attempted to merge the Great Vajra Palm with the world's vital energy. Progress was slow.]

Chu Jiang did not stop. He was flush with wealth now; unless this pseudo-Vajra Martial Art reached the state of transcendence, he would not stop today.

[In the eighty-fifth year, you chose to observe heaven and earth. This world gradually became clearer in your eyes.]

[In the ninety-second year, with immense perseverance and wisdom, you forcibly merged the Great Vajra Palm with heaven and earth. A marvelous reaction arose during the fusion, greatly increasing the martial art's power. The Great Vajra Palm entered the state of transcendence.]

[The Great Vajra Palm underwent a mutation, gaining a purification attribute. Its power increased dramatically, and it restrained demons.]

[Demon Lifespan: 436 years]

Chu Jiang abruptly opened his eyes.

A vortex formed within three feet of him, as the energy of heaven and earth surged wildly into his body.

His aura rose in steady stages.

"What is he doing?!"

Blood Demon Hand looked at Chu Jiang and sensed the energy of heaven and earth rapidly gathering.

"He's breaking through!"

"Cover him!"

Bai Ruoxue's gaze was razor-sharp. The stronger Chu Jiang became, the greater their chances of defeating Blood Saber King Qi. Gritting her teeth, she directly swallowed the blood-red pill she had been holding against her chest.

The Hundred Spirits Blood Heaven Pill.

It was a precious pill capable of greatly increasing one's strength, refined from over a hundred rare spirit herbs and more than a dozen varieties of vital blood. It contained violent power.

The entire Hundred Flowers Sect possessed only three such pills. They were exceedingly rare.

Bai Ruoxue's aura rose without pause, climbing from Mid Xiantian to late Xiantian, yet it still did not stop—Xiantian Peak...

Her longsword was like frost, its cold gleam flashing forth.

This state would not last long. Once the medicine's effects faded, she would enter a period of weakness; even someone in the Houtian Realm could kill her. She had to end this quickly.

"Heh, interesting!"

Blood Saber King Qi clashed with Bai Ruoxue. After merely a few exchanges, Bai Ruoxue had already fallen into a disadvantage.

Their blades and swords slammed fiercely together throughout the underground palace.

Bai Ruoxue's aura showed signs of declining, while Blood Saber King Qi remained as fierce as ever.

"Hundred Flowers Sword Art, Fifth Form—Sword Extinguishing Form!"

Bai Ruoxue frantically drove her sword art, forcibly unleashing the Sword Extinguishing Form, the fifth form she had yet to master.

Throughout the entire space, there seemed to be only that single streak of sword light—dazzling beyond compare, swift as a shooting star, as though it could destroy all things.

Blood Saber King Qi was struck head-on. A mass of black blood sprayed from his chest as he was sent flying several meters away.

"Not a bad sword art. Your strength is just lacking a little!" Blood Saber King Qi licked his lips, then stuffed the black blood from his chest back inside with his hand. His aura remained vast and surging.

Blood Saber King Qi's injuries rapidly healed. The flames burning in his eyes turned scarlet as he let out a low roar. "Kill, kill, kill..."

He said "kill" seven times in a row.

Every one of those words made hearts tremble and souls reel.

Clang!

The blood-colored saber tore through the air once more.

Bai Ruoxue was instantly blasted seven or eight meters away, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Suddenly.

With a boom.

Without any warning, the ground exploded. Chu Jiang charged forward amid a terrifying torrent of air, the air itself compressing and exploding without end.

He struck out with one palm.

"Great Vajra Palm!"

"Kill!"

Chu Jiang's sudden attack did not make Blood Saber King Qi lose his composure. He unleashed the demonic sound of the word "kill" again, intending to disrupt Chu Jiang's soul.

At the same time, his long saber danced through the air, slashing for Chu Jiang's head at the first opportunity.

Yet the Great Vajra Palm, having entered the state of transcendence, came infinitely close to the Vajra Realm. It was tyrannical to the extreme, crushing through everything in its path; nothing could block it in the slightest.

The instant the long saber collided with the Great Vajra Palm, it was sent flying to the other side of the altar.

Carrying incomparable heavy momentum, it made the air quake and emit a piercing sonic blast.

As the Great Vajra Palm closed in, Blood Saber King Qi's pupils contracted. This palm strike actually made him feel the threat of death.

Fierce and overbearing, crushing everything in its path—and most crucially, it contained a special force of purification that made the black blood refined within his body tremble.

It slowed the speed at which he could mobilize demonic power by forty to fifty percent.

Yet when experts fought, life and death were decided in but an instant.

Pff! Pff!

Blood Saber King Qi's body flew dozens of meters before smashing heavily into the wall.

His upper body had nearly been blasted away, his skull shattered into four pieces, black blood splattering everywhere.

This strike was Chu Jiang's most powerful strike at present. He had brought the Great Vajra Palm to its utmost limit.

Yet strangely, though his upper body had been blown away and his skull shattered, Blood Saber King Qi's eyes remained wide with fury.

He let out a hoarse ghostly shriek, and a phantom black shadow actually emerged above his head.

Chu Jiang looked at the shadow and coldly asked, "Who are you?"

It seemed Blood Saber King Qi had died long ago. The reason he could revive and wreak havoc was because of this ghostly thing.

Yet it could revive the dead and still wield such formidable strength.

Its methods surpassed ordinary understanding.

A voice that only Chu Jiang could hear suddenly sounded by his ear.

"Originally, you were not qualified to know my name. But since you defeated my puppet avatar, you barely qualify."

"Remember it. I am Earth Fiend Star!"

"Cherish the time you have left!"

Earth Fiend Star's tone was extraordinarily calm. There was no rage, no roaring, no foul curses. After speaking, he vanished without a trace.

But the more he acted like this, the more terrifying he became.

Some people spoke the harshest words while doing the most cowardly things.

Others remained silent, yet committed acts of utmost brutality. Their actions were their finest answer.

The Earth Fiend Star before him was undoubtedly the latter sort.

If he could still be called human. But Chu Jiang guessed that this person was most likely a demon.

And no ordinary demon at that.

"Eh..."

After Earth Fiend Star completely vanished, the panel suddenly displayed a message.

Chu Jiang was stunned.

[Earth Fiend Star's Puppet Avatar, master of Black Tiger Mountain, cultivated for three months, remaining lifespan: 250 years]

[Demon Lifespan: 686 years]

This truly was an unexpected delight.

He had assumed that killing Blood Saber King Qi's body would not grant any Demon Lifespan.

Strictly speaking, Earth Fiend Star's avatar was not a true demonic body.

Two hundred and fifty years of lifespan had entered his account in one go, and his balance soared.

Still, this puppet avatar of Earth Fiend Star was indeed a little heaven-defying.

After cultivating for only three months, it had nearly rivaled the Vajra Realm. It was even more outrageous than that sheep demon.

Its lifespan reached as high as two hundred and fifty years.

Was this a genius puppet?

It was probably because Earth Fiend Star's true body was too powerful.

"Now, it is time to reap the harvest!"

Chu Jiang walked to the altar and took the three treasure boxes into his hands.

This should indeed have been the site of the Blood Saber Legacy. It was only later that a demon possessed it, using the Blood Saber Legacy as bait to lure people here.

Using vast amounts of qi and blood power, it caused Blood Saber King Qi's body to undergo a complete evolution.

Everyone stared fixedly at the three treasure boxes, greed written across their faces.

This was the Blood Saber Legacy.

Now that the demon had died, and Blood Saber King Qi—the terrifying monster neither human nor demon—had also been killed.

The external enemy was dead, yet not a single person who should have continued fighting for the legacy dared step forward.

They could only watch foolishly as the Blood Saber Legacy fell into Chu Jiang's hands, swallowing mouthful after mouthful of saliva.

Blood Demon Hand's body trembled. His overwhelming desire made him want to seize it by force. If he obtained the Blood Saber Legacy, his strength would certainly rise greatly.

He might even advance into the Vajra Realm within ten years.

The Vajra Realm—in all of Annan Commandery, no matter where one went, such a person would be a dominant force.

Everyone would show them some respect.

But reason kept suppressing his desire. If he acted now, Chu Jiang would certainly smash him to pieces with one palm, leaving neither corpse nor bones behind.

The gap between them was simply too great.

Damn it, ah...