Heavy Saber Without Edge, Great Skill Unadorned

Lu Yang even hoped in his heart that Lord Black Mountain would be a little more despicable.

The Demon Race's despicableness would, in the end, all become weapons for Lu Yang to kill them with.

"Jie jie, you came after all." An enormous Black Tiger leaped out from the dense forest.

All around it, Demon Race figures surged out in packed masses, surrounding Lu Yang in layer after layer.

Seeing this, Lu Yang sneered. "If I hadn't come, wouldn't you have been unable to eat or sleep in peace?"

"But you came in the end." Lord Black Mountain laughed coldly. "That is the foolish part of the human race. You always abandon your own lives for the safety of others. This Mountain Lord admits your talent made me somewhat wary, but you, at this moment, will no longer have any chance to turn that potential into reality!"

"Heh. The Demon Race is the Demon Race. You lot with fur draped over you and horns on your heads learned a few scraps from us humans, then put caps on monkeys and think you understand the human race so very well?"

Lu Yang scoffed, then pointed around them and said coldly, "I might as well tell you. While you were leading Black Stone Mountain's elites here to ambush me, our people should already have reached Black Stone Mountain. Guess how many of those demon sons and demon grandsons of yours will still be alive?"

"In this battle, we'll sweep your Black Stone Mountain Demon Race flat!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Hearing this, Lord Black Mountain immediately roared in fury. Violent demonic qi swept in every direction, almost shrouding the whole of Shatter Stone Peak, as he bellowed, "You blood food have such nerve! You actually dared use a lure-the-tiger-from-the-mountain scheme on this Mountain Lord!"

"Once this Mountain Lord devours you, I will make the human race pay a price in blood!"

Under ordinary circumstances, if human martial artists launched a forceful attack on Black Stone Mountain, they would certainly return with broken wings and dulled blades.

In Black Mountain County's several hundred years of history, there had also been several times when experts whose cultivation had reached Xiantian Peak led many martial artists in forceful attacks on Black Stone Mountain.

But in the end, the Black Stone Mountain Demon Race had relied on their tyrannical strength, as well as their geographical advantage, to drive them back.

This time, however, was different.

To ensure Lu Yang's death, Black Stone Mountain's elites had practically poured out of the nest this time.

Not only had Lord Black Mountain personally appeared, he had even brought all four Third Realm Demon Race members out with him.

As for Black Stone Mountain, it could now be said to be at its emptiest point in a hundred years.

At this moment, all it would take was one Xiantian Realm martial artist leading the team, and they could easily kill their way in and turn the place upside down!

This was the countermeasure Lu Yang had thought up for Du Guinian before leaving, turning the enemy's scheme back on itself.

In this battle, whether he, Lu Yang, lived or died, won or lost, Lord Black Mountain's old nest on Black Stone Mountain was certain to be washed clean in blood!

Those demon whelps hiding there—every last one counted—could forget about living!

This move of drawing firewood from beneath the cauldron was equivalent to severing Black Stone Mountain's future.

With their population destroyed and the foundation upon which they multiplied and thrived slaughtered clean, the remaining Demon Race members, no matter how powerful, would be duckweed without roots.

From now on, with every one that died, the strength of the Black Stone Mountain Demon Race would weaken by another measure.

In this arrangement, Du Guinian held down the county seat, ensuring the overall situation remained secure.

Niu Hanshan, newly advanced to Xiantian, together with part of the City Guard soldiers led by Wang Liao and the yamen constables, would attack Black Stone Mountain.

As for Lu Yang's side, he only needed to do everything possible to stall the opponents here, and the future of the Black Stone Mountain Demon Race would be severed completely.

Most importantly, there were nearly a hundred li between Shatter Stone Peak and Black Stone Mountain.

Niu Hanshan, Wang Liao, and the others had already set out in advance before Lu Yang departed.

At this moment, even if Lord Black Mountain wanted to turn his forces back to rescue them, it was already too late.

By the time they returned to Black Stone Mountain, the daylilies would be cold.

With such a ruthless scheme, how could Lord Black Mountain not be enraged?

"Lu Yang!" The Black Tiger's massive body trembled violently under his fury as he roared, "This lord will tear your flesh off piece by piece and offer it in sacrifice to my demon sons and grandsons!"

"Hahaha!" Lu Yang laughed loudly. "Don't worry, there's no need for you to offer sacrifices. I'll send you to meet them myself!"

Following Lord Black Mountain's furious roar, Demonic Clouds instantly filled Shatter Stone Peak.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

Hundreds of First Rank and Second Rank Demon Race members crawled out from within that foul black mist, roaring as they charged at Lu Yang.

With a thought from Lu Yang, the spatial Storage Bag at his waist flashed, and the three-thousand-jin black giant saber appeared in his hand.

The moment Blackwatch appeared, the demonic qi spreading around Lu Yang's body faintly began to retreat.

Against those lesser demons and Demon Spirits, Lu Yang did not bother with any particular method. Endless Primordial True Qi poured into the giant saber, and he swung it in a full arc, charging straight into the formation of demons.

Puff, puff, puff!

Facts proved that the Blackwatch Heavy Saber could not only suppress a martial artist's true qi; it also had a certain suppressive effect on the Demon Race's demonic qi!

Those Demon Race members had only cast their demonic arts halfway when, as the Heavy Saber drew near, they were suddenly interrupted by immense pressure. They did not even have time to resist before the Heavy Saber smashed them until bones snapped and tendons broke, flesh and blood flying.

Thinking back to the past, when facing even the weakest demon among them had nearly cost him his life, Lu Yang now felt only incomparable exhilaration in his heart.

So the Demon Subduing Saber Art has to be used with a Heavy Saber in order to unleash one hundred percent of its power! Lu Yang thought.

Previously, when he used this saber art, it had also had no small restraining effect against the Demon Race, but he had always felt that certain crucial joints had not been opened. Even after comprehending the saber art to the perfected realm, that feeling had never faded.

Only now, with Blackwatch in hand, did he understand—the crux had been the saber, not the man!

Only with a heavy saber like Blackwatch could the power of the Demon Subduing Saber Art be brought out to its fullest!

"Demon whelps, come on! Let me see just how hard your bones really are!" Lu Yang laughed aloud and struck again and again. Wherever he went, the gathered Demon Race fell in swathes, as if he were chopping melons and slicing vegetables.

Under the dual suppression of the Demon Subduing Saber Art and [Blackwatch], those Demon Race members could not bring out even sixty percent of the demonic power in their bodies!

"Roar!"

"Ah!"

"Damn it!"

Amid all kinds of snarls and howls, Lu Yang wielded the [Blackwatch] heavy saber with increasing ease. Only at this moment did he deeply understand what it meant that "a heavy saber has no edge, and great skill does not seek refinement"!

Just the Saber Qi that inadvertently projected from the saber's body was enough to send those First and Second Rank Demon Race members sprawling in utter misery.

In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, more than half of the several hundred Demon Race members were dead or wounded.

Not only had Lu Yang's strength not been greatly depleted, he had instead used this chance to accumulate the battle intent and killing intent around him to an extremely high threshold.

The system's notification chimes rang out without end.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying one First Rank Ninth Layer Crane Demon. Gained 9 Experience Points."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host..."

"Ding!..."

Grains of sand piled into a tower; little by little became much.

After killing First and Second Rank Demon Race members, the Experience Points gained were better than nothing, but when blood flowed like a river across Shatter Stone Peak and demon corpses littered the ground, Lu Yang's Experience Points still rose by a full 3,000-plus points!

Adding in his original Experience Points, Lu Yang's Experience Points had already exceeded 7,000!

If he wished, he could comprehend the third form of the Mighty Bull Shakes Mountain Diagram at any time.

Lord Black Mountain's original intent had been to exhaust Lu Yang's true qi. If he had known that sending out minor demons to wear Lu Yang down would instead give him another trump card, he likely would have acted personally the very first moment Lu Yang appeared atop Shatter Stone Peak.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs.

As for the secret of the system, aside from himself, Lu Yang would never let anyone know.

Seeing that more and more minor demons were being lost, while the battle intent on Lu Yang's body accumulated ever stronger, Lord Black Mountain finally could not bear to watch any longer.

"Roar!"

He let out a low roar, and the minor demons who feared no death immediately withdrew one after another. Four massive bodies emerged from within the black fog, surrounding Lu Yang from four different directions.