Divine Sword Embryo! Ever-Changing Demon Lord, Four Heroes of Demonic Rock

"Dao Master of Emotion?"

"Mountain Weeps Earth Laments Red Dust Thread Slash?"

This was the second Demonic Cult Dao Master Zhang Chu had heard of.

It inevitably made him think of Yuan Hui.

"Lord Li, when I was at Jinguang Temple, I encountered someone who could use the Flesh Dao Master's ultimate art, the [Six Storehouse Scripture]. May I ask which of these two martial arts is stronger?"

At Zhang Chu's question, Li Gang's expression changed drastically. Before he could ask what Zhang Chu had encountered, he had never expected such a small place as Jinguang Temple to harbor such an expert!

"Daoist Priest Zhang, you may not know this."

"The so-called Six Storehouse Scripture is merely a simplified martial art created by the Flesh Dao Master to enhance his subordinates' strength."

"The Flesh Dao Master's ultimate art's true full name is the [Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Devouring Sea of Blood Six Storehouse Scripture]!"

"As for which is stronger, this old man does not know. After all, both are ultimate arts of the Eight Dao Masters, and their power is comparable."

Li Gang recounted some old Jianghu tales from decades ago. After hearing them, Zhang Chu felt as though his eyes had been opened.

He had never imagined the Demonic Cult possessed so many wicked martial arts. So this time, it was the Dao Master of Emotion's lineage that had come?

Just then.

Hurried footsteps suddenly rang out from beyond the hall.

Bang! The doors were smashed open.

Tian Sihai, the steward of Sword Forging Manor, rushed in covered in blood. "Everyone, this is bad! The Manor... the Manor Lord was ambushed by the Demonic Cult and severely wounded! The Demonic Cult has already killed its way in!"

Everyone in the hall stood at once.

"What? Ambushed?!"

Li Gang's expression changed sharply. "Brother Deng is a grandmaster ranked fortieth on the Earth Ranking. How could he have been ambushed?"

Elder Longtu also spoke. "Manor Lord Deng's strength is no less than Fist Martial Mountain's Mountain Master. How could he have been gravely injured?"

Tian Sihai coughed up a mouthful of blood. "It... it was the Ever-Changing Demon Lord! He disguised himself as the Young Manor Lord and suddenly attacked while the Old Manor Lord was off guard, severely wounding him with a single palm strike!"

At those words, everyone revealed shocked expressions.

"This is bad! It was actually him!"

Li Gang sucked in a cold breath, his face becoming exceptionally grim. "The Ever-Changing Demon Lord's strength is no weaker than someone in the top thirty of the Earth Ranking. Why would he come to Sword Forging Manor?!"

Tian Sihai panted, "After wounding the Old Manor Lord, he declared that the manor's scheme could not deceive him. He said today was the day the Divine Sword Embryo would emerge, not tomorrow. He has already led men to surround Sky Fire Cave!"

"The sword embryo? Today?" Everyone frowned, while Bai Feiyu and the others looked utterly confused.

"Wasn't it supposed to be the Divine Sword emerging? Where did this sword embryo come from? And what do you mean, one day early?" Bai Feiyu looked toward Li Gang.

The others all turned to look at Li Gang as well.

Li Gang fell silent for a moment.

Then he let out a long sigh. "Since matters have come to this, I will no longer conceal it from you. Old Manor Lord Deng once admitted that Sword Forging Manor no longer possessed the ability to forge a true Divine Sword. The one about to emerge is merely a Divine Sword Embryo."

"Moreover, the Demonic Cult has been watching for a long time. Thus, the Sky Patrol Guard and Manor Lord Deng devised a plan, deliberately announcing the day of the sword's completion as one day later to prevent the Demonic Cult from succeeding!"

"But it is too late to say anything now. I ask you all to follow me and purge these demons. We must protect the Divine Sword Embryo!"

Li Gang spoke urgently.

Everyone roughly understood.

They had originally been suspicious. What kind of treasure was a Divine Sword? If a true Divine Sword were really emerging, why was there not even a single Jade Liquid Grandmaster in Sword Forging Manor?

Even Jade Liquid Grandmasters found it difficult to resist the temptation of a Divine Sword.

Other than those in the Upper Three Realms, who could remain unmoved?

So that was how things stood.

Though everyone still harbored doubts, now was indeed not the time to get to the bottom of things. They immediately set out!

At this moment, the manor's front courtyard had already become a slaughterhouse.

Corpses lay everywhere, and blood flowed into rivers.

Righteous martial artists and Demonic Cult followers were locked in chaotic battle. The clash of weapons and screams rose and fell without end.

All those who had come from the Demonic Cult this time were experts.

Aside from the Ever-Changing Demon Lord, there were four men dressed in fitted black garments, their faces almost identical.

They were the famed Four Heroes of Demonic Rock!

The four stood back-to-back. As their fists and palms interwove, they formed an impenetrable barrier. Wherever they passed, righteous experts either died or were wounded.

Even more chilling were the ten Gold Corpses!

The Gold Corpses were expressionless, their eyes hollow. When blades struck their bodies, they produced only the clang of metal against metal; they could not even break the skin.

No one knew how many lives they had already taken.

"That is..." Li Gang suddenly looked into the distance.

The Ever-Changing Demon Lord was fiercely battling a burly old man dressed in the official robes of a Circuit Commander.

Their figures crossed and shifted, palm winds whistling. The ground exploded wherever they passed, and the two were evenly matched.

"It is Lingnan Circuit Commander, Lord Tu Xiong. His Lordship has actually come as well! Excellent!"

With Old Manor Lord Deng badly wounded, Li Gang had feared that no one could stop the Ever-Changing Demon Lord of the True Gang Realm.

But now that Lord Tu Xiong had arrived.

He immediately felt much more at ease.

"Brother Tu, be careful! The Ever-Changing Demon Lord's cultivation has grown steadily and long surpassed what it was in years past. You must not let your guard down!"

The old manor lord of Sword Forging Manor, Deng Wuzong, was being supported by servants as he treated his injuries and shouted a warning.

His legitimate son had been studying martial arts at Heavenly Sword Academy in Zhongzhou and had hurried back today. Deng Wuzong had thought his son had specifically returned to offer congratulations. Caught off guard, he had been injured by a single palm strike from the Ever-Changing Demon Lord, who had disguised himself as his son. Only twenty percent of his cultivation remained.

"I'll test the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock!" Sword light flashed in Bai Feiyu's eyes, and Green Edge instantly flew from his waist.

That move alone made Long Tu, Sun Jingyi, Lei Potian, and the others reveal looks of amazement.

"Young Hero Bai, do not! The Four Heroes of Demonic Rock are quadruplets born of the same womb, their minds linked since childhood. Each possesses peak Hidden Force cultivation. When they join forces, they are unstoppable."

"A year ago, the four joined hands and killed Zen Master Baoyi, a True Gang Grandmaster ranked ninety-seventh on the Earth Ranking!"

"Their strength has long surpassed the Dark Strength Realm. Even ordinary True Gang Grandmasters are no match for them!"

Li Gang stopped him from the side.

Lei Potian also said, "That's right, brat Bai. When those four demons join hands, only veteran True Gang Grandmasters can oppose them. We can only wait for Manor Lord Deng to recover his cultivation. Our most urgent task is to eliminate those ten Gold Corpses first!"

The others also stepped forward to dissuade him.

Any one of the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock alone was no weaker than them, much less the four as one.

Yet Bai Feiyu turned a deaf ear.

"Only grandmasters can defeat them? That is merely Jianghu rumor. Bai wants to see just how much they weigh!"

Before his words had faded, his body shot forward like lightning. The Green Edge Sword transformed into a long rainbow and stabbed straight at the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock.

"Young Hero Bai!" Li Gang cried out.

But it was already too late.

The sword light had reached the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock.

The four turned their heads at the same time. Identical strange smiles rose upon their identical faces.

"Fool. Since we dared come here, how could we not know who Sword Forging Manor had? You are exactly the one we were waiting for!"

The next instant, the four stepped forward simultaneously.

"Four Symbols Unite, Suppress and Kill!"

The four shouted as one, and even the air let out a ripping shriek. People nearby spat blood and flew backward.

At the same time, Gang Qi gathered in the air. It was as though four sacred beasts had descended into the world, roaring madly.

This strike contained the life's cultivation of all four men. With their minds linked as one, it far surpassed a strike from an ordinary True Gang Grandmaster!

Bai Feiyu's face changed drastically. A powerful sense of danger surged in his heart, and he hurriedly mobilized all the Gang Qi in his body.

Bang!!...

With a thunderous crash, the longsword shattered instantly.

Bai Feiyu felt an immense force crash into him. Blood sprayed wildly from his mouth, pain tore through his entire body, and he could no longer move.

"How... how is this possible?"

Bai Feiyu's eyes were filled with despair. He had thought his talent extraordinary enough to contend against the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock, yet he had been utterly defeated in a single move.

He flew backward like a torn sack, smashed through a brick wall three feet thick, and was buried beneath Broken Rocks!...

Dragon Diagram Fist Saint's hand was trembling.

He had experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, in his life, but he had never felt as powerless as he did now. He knew he could not withstand the power of that four-colored torrent—not even one move!

Sun Jingyi's face was as white as paper.

The Hundred Flowers Sword Sect's swordsmanship was ever-changing, but before such absolute power, every technique was a joke.

Lei Potian gripped his saber hilt tightly, staring hard at the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock. These four men were actually so terrifying.

Just then—

Rumble!!!

A tremendous explosion came from the grandmaster battlefield.

Everyone abruptly turned their heads.

They saw Tu Xiong plummet from the sky like a meteor, blasting a crater more than ten feet deep into the ground.

Dust filled the air. The Lingnan Circuit Commander struggled to rise, only to cough up three mouthfuls of blood.

The official robe over his chest had been torn apart, revealing a pitch-black palm print beneath. The surrounding skin was scorched black, the injury reaching deep into flesh and bone. It was clearly inflicted by an extremely yin and freezing palm force.

"Defeated."

"Even Lord Tu Xiong has been defeated!..."

Li Gang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, yet no sound emerged. The last thread of hope in his heart shattered.

The Ever-Changing Demon Lord stood in the air, his Black Robe snapping in the fierce wind as he looked down below.

"Tu Xiong, after all these years, you have still made no progress. Yet this lord's Thousand Illusions Demonic Art has already reached great completion!"

"Today, everyone in Sword Forging Manor will die! This lord is determined to obtain the Divine Sword Embryo!"

The Ever-Changing Demon Lord's voice, impossible to tell as male or female, descended from above and entered everyone's ears with crystal clarity.

Despair flooded over everyone like a rising tide.

"Is that so? You think you have the ability? I don't believe it."

Just then, someone stepped forward.