Blood Demon Sect Evil Cultivator

Vengeful spirits darted among the ruins of the walls, their shrill cries echoing as gloomy energy, misty as fog, spread to envelop the surroundings.

"Found you!"

The man in the suit leered at a pile of wall rubble not far to his left.

Roar!

He shook the bone token in his hand. Illusory blood-red chains stabbed into the vengeful spirits, and amid their pained howls, they all madly charged toward that wall.

Boom...

The wall shattered, and flying stones and dust billowed everywhere.

A dazzling Sword Light, reflecting the moon's icy glow, shot out from the swirling dust.

The Sword Light pierced through the vengeful spirits, and the Sword Beam burst forth, instantly grinding them to fragments before hurtling straight toward the man in the suit.

"Qi Refining, Fourth Layer, a sword cultivator?"

"The Immortal Alliance's people actually think they can walk the path of a Sword Immortal? How laughable!"

The Sword Light was chilling, but the man in the suit only sneered. The bone token floated into the air as gusts of sinister wind surged.

Crimson Spiritual Power, thick as blood, coiled around the bone token.

As threads of blood spread from the bones, black-red sinister energy expanded, forming a howling skeleton that charged toward the Sword Light.

Keke...

The skeleton bit at the Sword Light. Under the corrosive miasma, it gradually turned murky and dim.

The man in the suit gave a cold laugh. The skeleton exhaled another breath of sinister energy, scattering the Sword Light while blowing away the drifting sand and stones to reveal Bai Yi behind them.

"Extracting souls and refining spirits, offering blood to nourish yin. Those are the methods of the Blood Demon Sect Evil Cultivator described in the textbooks."

Bai Yi's expression was calm. With just one glance, he recognized the identity of the man in the suit before him.

The Blood Demon Sect was a demonic sect organization that extracted and refined other people's Essence Blood, then seized their souls to improve its members' cultivation.

With Spiritual Power resources scarce in the Immortal Alliance, Blood Demon Sect Evil Cultivators used the Essence Blood of ordinary people as fuel. They slaughtered villages and refined souls to rapidly increase their strength in place of Spiritual Power.

The sect had been at its height more than a thousand years ago. Blood River True Person, a Golden Core Perfection cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect, sacrificed the hundreds of thousands of people in a Third-Level City, refining a Blood River from them and using millions of souls to become a Nascent Soul True Lord.

When the Blood River was formed, the Immortal Alliance issued an execution order and sent five Nascent Soul True Lords. After three years, they finally annihilated the Blood River and killed Blood River True Person.

Afterward, the entire Immortal Alliance hunted down the Blood Demon Sect Evil Cultivators, reducing the once-mighty sect that had grown in the darkness to dust.

"The Hundred-Ghost Banner..."

Remembering the man in the suit's shout just now, a glint flashed in Bai Yi's eyes.

Spiritual Power surged. As the Little Breeze Sword Art shifted, the Azure Edge Sword, originally corrupted by sinister energy, let out a long ringing cry.

The Azure Edge Sword wheeled back, its Sword Light flaring into streaks of Sword Beam that cut apart every vengeful spirit attacking from the surroundings.

A gentle breeze brushed past. Facing the skeleton charging toward him, Bai Yi's gaze sharpened. He pointed forward with two fingers held together like a sword, and the Azure Edge Sword swept through the air like the Milky Way turned upside down. Dao Resonance coiled around it as it became an illusory Azure Gang Long Sword and thrust straight at the skeleton.

The sword's edge tore through the air and struck the skeleton.

As sharp Sword Beams and sinister energy clashed, cracks spread from the point of impact across the skeleton. Then it exploded with a boom.

A glint flashed in Bai Yi's eyes. He changed the Sword Seal in his hand and pressed down.

The illusory Sword Gang that had shattered the skeleton instantly split apart. The Azure Edge Sword's Sword Light drew in, and it rode the wind upward, abruptly appearing before the man in the suit. Its Sword Light shot straight for his throat.

"A Sword Art at Dao Resonance Major Accomplishment?!"

"How is that possible?!"

Feeling the bone-piercing sharpness, the man in the suit cried out in shock and hurriedly raised the bone token in his hand.

The blood-red Spiritual Power of the Qi Refining Fifth Layer erupted without restraint. As bloodlight surged, piercing shrieks of vengeful spirits rang out from the token, forming waves of sound that slowed the Sword Light.

Then he bit his finger and let his blood flow into the bone token.

Gulp~

A sound like swallowing rang out.

A dense, bloody stench suddenly spread from the token, forming a blood-red shield that blocked the Sword Light.

Bloodstreaks surfaced across the man in the suit's face. His reddened eyes greedily fixed on Bai Yi, not far away.

"Who would have thought you'd already cultivated your Sword Art to Dao Resonance Major Accomplishment?"

"If you and I were both at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, I might have feared you a little..."

"But with your Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation, how could you possibly break my Blood Demon Soul-Seizing Art!"

Blood-like Spiritual Power gushed forth. The man in the suit gave a low growl, and the endless blood energy stained the bone token black and red. The token trembled, spewing blood mist that formed a Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow.

Hehehe!

The ghost shadow's bloodshot eyes turned toward Bai Yi as it let out shrill cries. One swipe of its blood-solidified ghost claw shattered the Azure Edge Sword's Sword Light, then reached for Bai Yi.

Bai Yi tapped his toes repeatedly. The Azure Edge Sword, flung away, swept across the sky and returned to his side.

Sword Light flew in every direction, forming a ring of Sword Beams around him that continuously blocked the ghost shadow's blood claws.

Clang, clang, clang...

The sword blade clashed rapidly with the bloody hands.

With every clash, the spreading blood energy dimmed the sword's sharp radiance a little more.

Feeling the Azure Peak Sword gradually tainted by the filthy blood energy, Bai Yi's brows drew together slightly.

"I have to end this quickly."

Though he could use Spiritual Power to form Sword Light, the man in the suit's Qi Refining Fifth Layer Spiritual Power only needed to briefly break through it.

Given the Azure Peak Sword's relatively cheap material, it would be hard for it to withstand the corrosive blood energy for long.

"Cultivation realm is the foundation..."

Bai Yi stared at the Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow drawing closer. With this level of mastery in the Blood Demon Sect Evil Cultivator's Magic Art before him,

if he weren't relying on his Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivation and the Blood Demon Sect's techniques to corrupt and erode his opponent, Bai Yi would only need two sword strikes to kill him.

The thought flashed through Bai Yi's mind and was gone. His gaze turned icy, and a sharp edge surged from within him.

Long winds swept through. Threads of Dao Resonance gathered along the Azure Peak Sword's blade, and its Sword Light surged as dazzling azure radiance appeared.

A flash of cold light streaked past. The Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow's bloodied claw, wrapped in blood energy, was sliced clean off and scattered into the world.

Bai Yi faced it with cold, swordlike brows. The breeze never ceased, and neither did his Sword Light.

The Azure Peak Sword swept through like a raging gale. Sharp winds coiled around it, stirring the sand and stones all around. It became a streak of speeding azure light, severed the Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow's other blocking claw, and pierced through its body.

Little Breeze Sword Art, Tenth Form-Like Bathed in a Gentle Breeze!

Crack...

A cracking sound rang out. Cracks spread like a spiderweb across the bloodstained bone token.

"Dao Resonance Perfection?!"

The man in the suit's face darkened. He quickly retreated, looking at the Sword Light that had pierced through the ghost shadow with terror.

He plunged his right hand into his chest. Blood splattered, yet hung strangely suspended in midair.

"Offer my Essence Blood to forge Soul-Melting Chains!"

The man in the suit roared madly. The blood remaining in his body burned, turning into blood-red Spiritual Power interwoven with blood.

Dozens of illusory blood-red chains surged from the void behind him like tentacles.

The blood-red chains twisted as cries of agony and sorrow echoed around them, intercepting the oncoming Sword Light.

Bai Yi's Divine Sense spread out. The Azure Peak Sword was like willow catkins in the wind, weaving through the dense blood-red chains.

As his Spiritual Power compressed, the azure Sword Light grew ever deeper. After countless twists and turns, it burst through the blood-red chains. The Sword Light flashed, and in a single strike that sealed the throat, it pierced the man in the suit's neck.

The Sword Light pierced through, and a flower of blood mist blossomed in the air.

"Ugh..."

The man in the suit clutched his bleeding throat with both hands. He looked at Bai Yi with shock and fear. His body swayed twice before collapsing heavily to the ground.

Thud!

Watching the man in the suit fall, Bai Yi exhaled the stale air from his lungs. His Spiritual Power returned to his meridians and circulated through the Lesser Five Elements Circulation, replenishing his exhausted channels with a little Spiritual Power.

After circulating his energy for a few breaths where he stood, Bai Yi drew all the sharpness around him back inside. The light of the Azure Peak Sword faded as it slipped into its scabbard.