Rampaging III

Especially Eternal Extinction Thousand Eyes—once it found an opening to strike, there was truly no turning the tide.

"How is the situation in the war zone now?" As the group headed toward the central planet of the Auspicious Star System, they communicated through divine sense.

"Victories and defeats on both sides. Thankfully, Nine Colors Divine Lord of the Northern Star Region is holding the line and has shouldered much of the pressure."

At the mention of Nine Colors Divine Lord, Scar Stone Celestial Venerable also revealed admiration. The two previous attacks by Eternal Extinction Thousand Eyes had both been forcibly blocked by Nine Colors Divine Lord. Unable to break through the Northern Star Region's defenses, the demon spirits and Spirit Asura Kings could only remain entangled in slaughter across this war zone.

"And we Celestial Venerables of the Heavenly Alliance have each set up ancient formations. Unless they defeat us, they cannot escape the entire war zone. With one move, we dragged them in as well."

"However..." He paused. "If Fellow Daoist Lie Shan intends to roam and fight, you must watch out for their demon venerables. These demon venerables also wander the battlefield and may launch sneak attacks at any time. Every one of them possesses extraordinary strength and is extremely troublesome.

"If you encounter any existence on the Blood List, you must withdraw as quickly as possible, or notify us to come support you."

"The Blood List?" Lin Xin found it strange.

"It is a formidable ranking formed after the bloody battles in the Central War Zone. Those who make the list are terrifying demon spirits of incomparable strength and powerful life-preserving methods. Some are even immune to soul attacks, their souls capable of endlessly regenerating without perishing! They are extreme existences for which there is no method but siege and grinding them down. Many of us suspect that these extreme existences are Evil God Kings who escaped captivity in disguise, though we have no evidence to prove it."

Lin Xin did not actually plan to remain in the Central War Zone for long. He had come merely to farm attribute points, then wait for the final encirclement and assault on Shadow City.

Still, the Blood List represented, to a certain extent, the strongest group among all forces in the war zone.

Though he cared greatly about it, he still asked Scar Stone Celestial Venerable for the list and examined it carefully. He also memorized the strongest three among them.

There were only ten existences on the entire list. The top three were terrifying beings from whom one should immediately retreat upon discovering even a trace of them, no matter what.

First—Blood Parrot. This Spirit Asura King possessed a strange and miraculous divine ability that could excavate the person one feared and revered most deeply within one's heart, condense that person into physical form, and control it. Apart from Dao Ancestors, he could condense and simulate the image of the person everyone else feared and revered most in their hearts, with strength nearly reaching eighty percent of the original!

He was incomparably ferocious, and his ability ignored numbers. In other words, no matter how many enemies there were, once he unleashed his divine ability, every enemy would have to face the person they feared most in their hearts, unable to pull themselves free.

However, because his body remained in the Third Heaven Realm, he only occasionally emerged to show himself. As the current supreme commander of all Void Demon Spirits, he generally did not attack ordinary Celestial Venerables.

Second—Stars Blacksmith. His divine ability turned weapons and magical artifacts into demon spirits. He was practically the nemesis of all cultivators who relied on magical treasures. Most of the divine weapons in his army had been demon-spiritized from magical artifacts and weapons.

Third—Time Lighthouse.

This one was the most mysterious: a colossal being with an enormous yellow lighthouse above his head, illuminating the surrounding void at all times.

He almost never participated in great battles, merely defending the region where he was stationed and never taking the initiative to attack.

Yet no one had been able to breach his defenses. It was said that he had originally not intended to join the Void Demon Spirit war, but for some unknown reason, he had suddenly entered the conflict later.

These three were the strongest three Spirit Asura Kings on the Blood List. Should one encounter them, even a Celestial Venerable incarnation basically need not consider escape.

Lin Xin firmly committed them to memory.

Scar Stone Celestial Venerable settled Lin Xin's fleet within the region under his jurisdiction and had the Spirit Flow Race under his command receive them.

He himself hurried away again to deploy military forces.

Lin Xin required no concern from him. Upon reaching the war zone, one could accept sect missions through the jade talisman, or freely enter and leave the battlefield to hunt demon spirits. The jade talisman would automatically record the approximate number and convert it into merits.

Likewise, remaining within the war zone for too long without fighting would also be recorded by the jade talisman.

Thus, no urging was needed at all. Every cultivator would contribute to the battle to some extent.

There was even less need to speak of Lin Xin. Once the fleet, Protectorate Army, and the others had been settled, he vanished from Scar Stone Celestial Venerable's star region in the blink of an eye and shot directly toward the mixed battle zone of the Void Demon Spirits.

Central front line of the Scar Stone Star Region.

Two enormous tides, one black and one white, collided and crashed against each other with savage force.

Countless Dao soldiers and demon spirits fought in blood-soaked slaughter. There were no roars, no fear—only the ceaseless clash of countless weapons and claws.

Great quantities of corpses were continuously shaken away by the shockwaves of both battling sides, drifting through the void. Soon, they were devoured by large numbers of battlefield scavengers from both sides and turned into resources for producing fresh Dao soldiers and demon spirits.

Lin Xin floated silently in place, gazing into this war that seemed as though it would never cease. Several cultivators responsible for this battlefield floated beside him.

One of them narrowed his eyes toward the demon spirit camp.

"Inspector Lin, the current situation is that both sides are temporarily deadlocked. High-level combatants, such as Earth Immortals and those above them, do not move lightly. Once they do, casualties almost always occur on both sides.

"Therefore, both we and the demon spirits on the other side have a tacit understanding. We merely send Dao soldiers and demon spirits to clash and slaughter."

"When will high-level combatants be deployed?" Lin Xin asked blandly.

"Only when there is a serious shift in the battlefield, or when the other side deploys high-level combatants first, will we send corresponding forces to counter them."

The cultivator in charge answered in a low voice.

"However, if any regional star domain defeats the opposing side, they will swiftly gather stronger forces to strike back. Therefore, before we have absolute power to gain a firm foothold, the Celestial Venerables' intention is that we should not act rashly."

Lin Xin narrowed his eyes.

"I understand Scar Stone Celestial Venerable's intentions."

"Then we shall take our leave first." The two accompanying cultivators apologized together and withdrew.

"Go."

Lin Xin nodded.

Very soon, only several personal guards and maidservants remained beside him.

"Once I make a move, I must annihilate the greatest number of Void Demon Spirits at the fastest speed, then relocate immediately to prevent the demon spirits from gathering stronger forces to intercept me.

"After that, I can keep relocating and harvesting them. At maximum speed, I will harvest demon spirit attributes while accumulating the Sword of Joy's power."

He made a rough arrangement in his mind.

"With my speed, I should be able to execute this fighting style quite perfectly. Then... let's begin."

As the thought flashed through his mind, Lin Xin slowly reached behind him and drew the Sword of Joy.

Two black holes had already appeared on his back, both slowly emitting white smoke. One held the Sword of Joy, while the other held the Sword of Wrath.

"My lord... you..." A female cultivator maidservant's heart sank at the sight. She was about to step forward and ask when her vision suddenly blurred. Lin Xin, who had just been standing before her, had vanished in an instant.

"Quickly report to headquarters! My lord has set out!"

She hurriedly instructed those beside her.

Only then did the others snap back to their senses. They hastily took out communication devices and sent word back.

Could this lord be planning to charge into the battle formation alone??

BOOM!!!

Lin Xin crashed headfirst into the battle formation occupied by countless demon spirits.

Like a crimson meteor, he smashed viciously into the black void at the center of the battlefield.

A gigantic Elephant-Nosed Person hundreds of meters long took the blow head-on. Its body exploded with a thunderous blast, breaking apart and scattering in every direction, dead beyond death.

As the Elephant-Nosed Person's body exploded, countless chunks of flying flesh shot outward in all directions like bullets.

Lin Xin stomped forward fiercely. The Sword of Joy let out a shrill laugh, abruptly blooming with a circle of cherry-red ripples.

The red ripples scattered outward from him in every direction, blasting out alongside the flesh from before.

Puff puff puff puff puff...

Great swathes of Void Demon Spirits wailed as their bodies were struck and exploded. Their exploded bodies then sprayed out immense quantities of flesh again, detonating and scattering farther outward.

Wave after wave.

Within a few blinks, a small black region had abruptly been cleared at the center of the vast battlefield.

Several hundred thousand Void Demon Spirits were wiped out by the consecutive explosions, their destruction expanding in geometric progression until they had all fallen in only a few moments.

AOOO!!!

Two blood-red Dragon Head Men appeared like lightning not far in front of Lin Xin.

"Kill!!"

Two powerful waves of divine sense exploded toward Lin Xin.

Yet it was as though they had struck an iron wall. The divine-sense waves rebounded and collapsed on their own, unable even to shake Lin Xin's consciousness.

The two Dragon Head Men shuddered all over, blood immediately flowing from their seven orifices as their divine sense backfired upon them.

"Notify... the demon venerables..."

As battlefield overseers, they were unexpectedly unable to contend with the enemy. Their only option was to call for aid.

"Kill kill kill kill!!!"

Lin Xin's body moved like lightning, like light itself. In a single blink, he nearly pierced straight through the entire battle formation. Every demon spirit blocking his path was directly dismembered; many were even vaporized, leaving not the slightest trace of a corpse behind.

After piercing through the battle formation, he suddenly turned back, drawing out a crimson line.

The Sword of Joy crazily slammed into and tore apart the densely packed demon-spirit bodies. The power of their instinctive momentary resistance was stored within the sword.

This endless accumulation of mixed power made Lin Xin's offensive even more unstoppable.

As his attributes rose, the Sword of Joy's sharpness increased savagely as well. By now, there was almost nothing the Sword of Joy could not cut through.

Attribute transformation had also strengthened the Sword of Joy to an inconceivable extent.

Though Lin Xin had only reached the second level of the Supreme September Divine Wind Sword, his true strength was already comparable to Divine Wind Sword Masters of the third or fourth level.

There was no other reason—attribute enhancement alone was simply too monstrous.

The original Divine Wind Sword Masters had been powerful at lower levels, but they still had their limits.

After all, the Sword of Joy's capacity had a limit.

But Lin Xin's attribute enhancement had raised the Sword of Joy's capacity to an indescribable level. This allowed it to accumulate and stack power almost without limit.

Such a Sword of Joy had practically surpassed the scope of the Divine Wind Sword Art, reaching another level of qualitative transformation.

Shhk!!

Another streak of red light flashed across the entire black battle formation in an instant. Across the battlefield of the Scar Stone Star Region, it was as though he had directly sliced another bloody wound into the black formation.

Lin Xin was too fast, and the Sword of Joy was too sharp.

So much so that after merely weaving through the formation a few times, the Void Demon Spirit battle formation of several hundred million troops had begun to show faint signs of collapsing.