Cao Ping?!
How could he have arrived so quickly!
He Yuan's finger, which was pointing at Su Yu's brow, suddenly froze less than half an inch from his skin.
The venomous contortion on her face was replaced by astonishment and a chilling sense of dread.
She wanted to withdraw.
But that terrifying aura that seemed to be crushing down from the horizon had already locked her and this Blood Prison Domain in place!
That wasn't intimidation.
That was a Saber Intent that was pure to the extreme and domineering to the extreme!
Before the Saber Intent even arrived, the barrier of her meticulously constructed Blood Prison Domain began to crack under the strain, with fine cracks spreading outwards.
There's no escaping it.
In that instant, He Yuan's last shred of reason was consumed by madness.
Since we can't escape it, let's try something else!
I'd trade my own grievous injuries for this monster's life!
"Die!"
With a sharp shriek, He Yuan no longer hesitated. Her frozen finger ignited with scarlet flames, containing the primal power of her Earth Realm Third Layer, and resolutely stabbed towards Su Yu's brow!
In that very instant.
"Court death!"
A furious roar, brimming with boundless rage, exploded in my ears.
Sizzle--
A dazzling blade of light tore through space, ignoring distance, and arrived before it could reach its destination.
As the blade flashed, the seemingly impregnable Blood Prison Domain, as fragile as paper, was cleaved in two.
He Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and a chill ran through her body.
She tried to pull back to block, but was horrified to find that her movements were ridiculously slow in the face of that flash of light.
puff!
Blood splattered.
An arm, wreathed in blood-red flames, severed at the shoulder, shot skyward!
After severing her arm, the domineering blade of light continued its momentum, grazing her neck as it slashed towards the distant mountains.
Boom!
Several miles away, a mountain peak hundreds of feet high Soundless broke in half, with the upper half slowly sliding down, raising clouds of dust.
With a single strike, an arm is severed, a mountain is cleaved!
"Ah--!"
The belated, excruciating pain caused He Yuan to let out a piercing scream.
She clutched at the gushing blood from her severed arm, staggering backward, her alluring face contorted with pain and fear.
A burly figure had appeared in front of Su Yu without him noticing.
The newcomer was dressed in the black armor of the Demon Suppression Bureau, wielding an ancient longsword, and still covered in undried demon blood; it was Cao Ping.
He stood there quietly, his imposing presence completely crushing any thoughts of retaliation He Yuan might have had.
"You scum of the Demon God Cult, how dare you!"
Cao Ping's voice was calm, yet it contained an impending outburst of anger.
He Yuan stared intently at Cao Ping, then glanced at Su Yu behind him, who was unharmed. Her resentment was almost tangible.
So close!
It was so close!
" Cao Ping! Demon Suppression Bureau! You just wait!"
"This brat's life is mine, the Demon God Cult is determined to take!"
After uttering those harsh words, He Yuan bit her tongue hard and spat out a mouthful of her vital essence.
Her essence and blood exploded in the air, turning into a thick blood mist that completely enveloped her figure.
Buzz!
The blood mist distorted, ripples spread through the space, and her aura vanished instantly.
Blood Escape Technique.
"Hmph, trying to play this game with me?"
Cao Ping scoffed dismissively.
He turned around, glanced at the pale-faced Su Yu, and said in a deep voice, "This place is not safe to stay. The madmen of the Demon God Cult will not let this go. You find somewhere to heal your wounds first, I'll be right back."
Before he finished speaking, he took a step forward, his figure blurring as he transformed into a streak of light, following the spatial fluctuations left behind by He Yuan as she fled, and gave chase.
All that remained were the remains of the crimson domain, cleaved in two by a single stroke, and the mountain peak, now half-shaved off.
Su Yu stared in the direction Cao Ping had disappeared, remaining silent for a long time.
This is the Earth Realm Fifth Level.
With a mere gesture, he could easily crush He Yuan Earth Realm Third Layer.
He took out a healing pill from his storage ring and swallowed it. The pill melted instantly in his mouth, and a warm current flowed through his limbs and bones, repairing the meridians damaged by the destruction of his demonic form.
The injury is healing rapidly.
But the terrifying slash from just now kept replaying in his mind.
That is neither power nor true meaning.
That's a kind of will.
A domineering force that wields a sword and uses it as a vessel to impose its will upon the world.
Beyond the Saber Force lies the Saber Intent!
Su Yu instantly understood.
His prized Asura One Slash looked laughably naive in the face of Cao Ping's casual slash.
His swordsmanship is a skill.
Cao Ping's blade had already touched the Dao.
This is the chasm Earth Realm Middle Stage and the Peak Mystic Realm.
A thought surfaced in Su Yu's mind.
With a flick of his wrist, an ancient jade slip appeared in his palm.
The jade slip was entirely black, exuding a heavy sense of suppressing all things.
Earth Realm Blade Technique - " Demon Suppression "!
This was the reward he received on the tenth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower.
At that time, his level of understanding was too low to learn.
But now, things are different.
With his divine sense now at the Mystic Realm Ninth Level Perfection, his spiritual power is far greater than before.
Su Yu carefully probed a wisp of divine thought into the jade slip.
boom!
A vast understanding of the Dao of the Sword, imbued with the intent of killing and suppression, surged into his sea of consciousness!
Countless figures practiced one seemingly simple yet profound sword technique after another in their sea of consciousness.
Each strike seemed capable of cleaving mountains and rivers, and suppressing demons!
Even with just a preliminary understanding, Su Yu's mind was stirred and his blood surged.
This swordsmanship is incredibly powerful!
But that's too difficult!
With his current level of understanding, it would take him at least three to five years of hard work to master the basics.
He didn't last three to five years.
Su Yu's thoughts sank into the system panel that was temporarily frozen due to the upgrade.
[ Slaughter Points: 57000]
This is all the remaining resources after killing Elder Deadwood.
Not enough, far from enough.
The required Slaughter Points a martial art of the Earth Realm to be refined to the Subtlety would probably be astronomical.
However, even just getting started is enough to bring about a qualitative change in combat power!
"System."
Su Yu's divine sense did not hesitate in the slightest.
"Use all Slaughter Points to deduce the ' Demon Suppression ' sword technique!"
[Ding! The Earth Realm Supreme Martial Art " Demon Suppression " has been detected. Do you wish to consume Slaughter Points to perform a deduction?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! 57,000 Slaughter Points consumed. The low-grade Earth Realm martial art " Demon Suppression" is being deduced...]
[Ding! You have reached the beginner level in " Demon Suppression"!]
boom!
Within his sea of consciousness, the vast insights into the Dao of the Sword were forcibly analyzed, transforming into the purest muscle memory, imprinted deep within his soul.
Su Yu slowly opened his eyes.
He stretched out his right hand, his fingers like a knife, and casually drew a line across the empty space in front of him.
laugh.
There was no flash of blades, no burst of energy.
But on the ground ahead, a three-foot-long, bottomless black crack appeared Soundless.
The crack's edges were smooth; the sand, stones, and grass roots were completely annihilated by an invisible force the moment they were severed.
This power...
Su Yu could clearly feel that the "quality" of this hand chop had completely surpassed his strongest trump card, " Asura One Slash "!
This is just the beginning.
Su Yu slowly withdrew his hand, the pent-up frustration in his chest He Yuan vanishing completely.
Waiting for Cao Ping to return?
No.
He needs to take the initiative.
Su Yu didn't linger. He turned around, took a step forward, and his figure transformed into a black line, disappearing into the darkness deeper into the Desolate Ridge.