Sacrificing Himself to the Sword

Meanwhile, several key battles in the distance were already turning dire.

Apart from Jiang Linglong, both Vast-Heaven Mirror and Zhang True Person are at a disadvantage. Under these unfavorable circumstances, Vast-Heaven Mirror will likely be suppressed once its power is exhausted.

Although Zhang True Person possessed great Law Power, the Demon Cave Master opposite him was also quite strong. Most importantly, the Demon Cave Master's combat power within the Demon Cave was comparable to that of Golden Core Grand Completion.

In this situation, Zhang True Person has fallen into a completely disadvantageous position, and he may be in danger of perishing if he is not careful.

Zhang True Person looked around and, seeing that the situation was dire, felt a sense of impending doom.

He let out a bitter laugh, then suddenly shouted, "Even if I die today, I will make your Demon Cave pay a heavy price!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he forcibly disintegrated his physical body, Golden Core realm, wrapped in flesh and blood, rushed towards the Firmament Immortal Sword, which was locked by Sha Qi.

"Not good."

The Demon Cave Master tried to intervene, but it was too late.

Zhang True Person used his own flesh and blood, along with his Golden Core realm core, to consecrate the sword, causing the power of the Firmament Immortal Sword to surge and forcefully break free from the binding force of the Demon Spring's Sha Qi.

It turns out that Zhang True Person is a descendant of the owner of the Firmament Immortal Sword. Although thousands of years have passed, he has managed to bring the power of the Firmament Immortal Sword to its peak by relying on his late Golden Core stage cultivation and the blood sacrifice of his bloodline.

This was completely unexpected, because no one could have imagined that Zhang True Person would have such a connection with the Firmament Immortal Sword, nor could they have imagined that this person would be so domineering and resolute.

At this moment, the Firmament Immortal Sword was fully revived, as if a Nascent Soul True Lord was personally wielding the sword to strike. The first strike actually cleaved the Demon Cave Master in two.

Even with all its tricks up its sleeve, the Demon Cave Master managed to get only one Golden Core realm to escape.

The second sword strike was aimed at the Old Devil of Taicang. This demon was not seriously injured; his strength here had even reached the Golden Core Grand Completion.

However, he dared not take such a sword strike head-on, and escaped at the cost of destroying three Demon Treasure and suffering serious injuries.

The first sword strike consumed Zhang True Person's bloodline, and the second exhausted his cultivation.

After the two sword strikes, Zhang True Person's bloodline and cultivation were exhausted, and he perished on the spot, causing the power of the Firmament Immortal Sword to decrease considerably.

It stopped attacking the Golden Core realm Devil Cultivator and instead rushed forward to join Vast-Heaven Mirror in attacking the Seven-Fiend Demon Skulls.

Even though the two Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure were not at their peak, their combined efforts still suppressed the arrogance of the Seven-Fiend Demon Skulls.

Seeing that three of the four Golden Core realm Old Devil had escaped, the Blood-Robed Old Devil still wanted to flee, but it was too late.

Jiang Linglong, filled with resentment, unleashed the Grand Void Five Calamities Divine Light, instantly slaying the fiend between heaven and earth.

Although they killed a Golden Core realm Old Devil and destroyed the Demon Cave Master's physical body, the cost of this battle was too high.

Jiang Linglong sighed, realizing that they couldn't continue fighting. The battle had already lasted for almost two hours, and if they continued, the combat power of the Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion Demon Beast Purple Mansion cultivators would gradually decrease.

With the constant replenishment of Sha Qi, the Devil Cultivator will eventually recover their peak combat power. If this drags on, the Old Devil from Taicang will most likely have to return to participate in the battle.

The two Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure suffered too much damage in the previous Abyssal Demon Calamity and have not yet recovered to their full strength. If the battle continues, it will probably be difficult to suppress the Seven-Fiend Demon Skulls.

She glanced up at the sky, then looked helplessly at the crowd and said, "Let's retreat for now. We'll come back for revenge later."

"These Devil Cultivator."

Chen Nianzhi cleaved a Purple Mansion Devil Cultivator to death with a single sword strike, his gaze turning somewhat cold.

The army began an orderly retreat, while Chen Nianzhi and several other False Core realm warriors provided cover from the rear.

It took them half an hour to emerge from the Demon Cave. Hundreds of Foundation Establishment and numerous Purple Mansion Ancestors disregarded their usual composure and collapsed to the ground to expel the Sha Qi.

"Well."

After exiting the Demon Cave, Chen Nianzhi looked around at the many cultivators and felt a pang of sadness.

Before the battle began, five Golden Core realm cultivators had entered the fray, but Taicang True Person betrayed them, Taiqing True Person was assassinated by their own sect leader, and Sect Leader Zhang died a particularly heroic death.

Only Jiang Linglong and Lingji Fairy escaped, while the Devil Cultivator only managed to kill one Golden Core realm, the Blood-Robed Ancestor. It was a devastating defeat.

Fortunately, the Demon Cave Master's physical body was destroyed. Even if he used the power of the Demon Spring to rebuild his body, it would still take sixty years.

The Taicang True Person was injured and his condition was unclear, while Yan Old Devil's Golden Core realm was destroyed, temporarily falling to the False Core realm realm.

For both sides, this was an incredibly brutal war.

"Boom--"

Just as Chen Nianzhi's thoughts were flashing, two beams of light shot out from the Demon Cave, namely the Firmament Immortal Sword and the Vast-Heaven Mirror.

"Let's retreat."

Looking at the Demon Cave in front of her, Jiang Linglong shook her head and said.

Under these circumstances, continuing the fight would be futile, even if they used the Heavenly Fire Demon-Refining Array and the Azuregreen Formation Plate to surround the Demon Cave.

Next comes the Beast Turmoil, and they don't yet have the strength to surround the Demon Cave.

As the army withdrew, several messages were sent out one after another.

"..."

Seven days later.

Inside the main hall of the Firmament Sword Sect Sect's training grounds.

The figures all had solemn expressions and sat cross-legged in the hall.

Apart from Chen Nianzhi, all those present were cultivators at the Golden Core realm stage, namely Jiang Linglong, Lingji Fairy, Great Elder Qian True Person Zhenren of the Firmament Sword Sect, Elder Lin, and the last person was Taiwu True Person of the Azuregreen Immortal Sect.

At this moment, Great Elder Qian True Person Zhenren of the Firmament Sword Sect looked at Taiwu True Person with a hint of killing intent in his eyes.

"Taiwu True Person, your Azuregreen Immortal Sect caused the death of my sect leader. You must give an explanation for this."

"This matter..."

Taiwu True Person's face was full of sorrow. Overnight, his senior brother, the sect leader, had betrayed him and even killed his junior sister, which was completely unexpected.

Upon receiving this message, Taiwu True Person asked several times before he realized what was happening.

Even now, Taiwu True Person feels dizzy and somewhat confused.

After a long silence, he swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "This matter is indeed the fault of our Azuregreen Immortal Sect."

"My sect possesses a Tier 4 Mid-Grade Earth Elemental Vein, which will give birth to the next Earth Origin Pearl in sixty years. We will use it as compensation for you then."

One Earth Origin Pearl was clearly not enough, but seeing Taiwu True Person's trembling appearance, Qian True Person couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his heart.

The Taiwu True Person is already 750 years old. If more than two are offered as compensation, the Azuregreen Immortal Sect might have to end its lineage.

Jiang Linglong, who was standing to the side, also said, "The reason for this great defeat was due to the joint scheme of the Devil Lord Emperor. We cannot blame the Azuregreen Immortal Sect entirely."

Hearing her say that, Qian True Person stopped asking for further compensation.

He looked at Jiang Linglong and couldn't help but ask, "Fairy Jiang, now that there are two late Golden Core stage in the Demon Cave, they've become a major threat. What should we do?"

"Since the Devil Lord and the Demon Emperor are plotting together, this is no longer just a matter for us."

Jiang Linglong spoke calmly, her gaze fixed on the distant void. "Send a message to the Ji Kingdom and inquire about the Ji Clan."