"Such a ferocious object, yet it exudes an aura of immortality. Your Central Plains cultivation world has indeed produced extraordinary figures. It's just a pity that there's no successor. If the person who passed down this sword were here, I'm afraid I would have to return empty-handed today. Unfortunately, you are not that person."
As he spoke, the Immortal Execution Sword in the Beast God's hand began to shimmer with a faint light. However, unlike the sword in Dao Xuan's hand, the Immortal Execution Sword, in the Beast God's hands, shimmered with a blue light. Moreover, at first glance, it no longer possessed the imposing sword aura of before, but rather a fierce and malevolent energy.
As the Immortal Execution Sword flashed, a strange expression crossed the Beast God's face. Then, he looked up at the seven peaks of the Azure Cloud Sect before him, a peculiar smile on his face.
"Hahaha, very good, very good, impressive, impressive, I see. I underestimated your Qingyun Sect's ancestors. To be able to come up with such a wonderful method is truly remarkable."
As he spoke, he gently swung the Zhuxian Sword, and the seven peaks of Qingyun Mountain trembled in response to his movement.
This scene caused a drastic change in expression not only among the onlookers but also among the members of the Qingyun Sect. Unfortunately, they were unaware of the true secret of the Zhuxian Sword. At this moment, Dao Xuan, who had been unconscious, was barely revived by the spiritual energy channeled into him by several of the sect leaders.
He had barely regained consciousness when he felt a tremor beneath him. Overwhelmed with anxiety, he nearly fainted again. With all his might, he looked at Hongyu beside him. He knew that at this moment, his only hope might lie with the Hidden Immortal Sect Master, who had remained silent until now.
“Fellow Daoist Hongyu, there have been some misunderstandings between our two sects. Again, on behalf of the ancestors of Qingyun, I, Daoxuan, apologize to the Hidden Immortal Sect. If Sect Master Lu accepts, I beg him to save the people of this world.”
Others might not know, but Dao Xuan did. What he had used before wasn't the true Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. The previous formation was merely a simulation of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation using Daoist magic. The true Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation was to be executed in accordance with the true nature of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, using the malevolent energy of heaven and earth.
The Qingyun Sect actually possessed this condition. Beneath the seven mountain peaks lay a secret known only to the sect leader, known only to the Heavenly Secret Seal. The Heavenly Secret Seal sealed the true Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
However, the ancestral masters of the Qingyun Sect have passed down an ancestral precept: unless there is a cataclysmic calamity that threatens the lives of the Qingyun Sect and all the people of the world, the Heavenly Secret Seal must never be opened.
Activating the Heavenly Seal is not simply a matter of unleashing the true Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Its true consequence is the return of the boundless malevolent energy sealed within Qingyun Mountain to the world. This will inevitably lead to rampant demons and monsters, causing endless calamity for millennia—virtually another catastrophe for all living beings. Furthermore, the caster will inevitably be consumed by the backlash, becoming a demon himself, bringing ruin upon the world.
Dao Xuan originally intended to forcibly activate the Heavenly Secret Seal to end everything and bear the consequences himself. However, he didn't expect that a miscalculation would lead to the loss of the Immortal Execution Sword. Moreover, the Beast God clearly sensed the Heavenly Secret Seal of the Azure Cloud Sect. If the Heavenly Secret Seal were activated by an existence like the Beast God, it wouldn't just be a matter of his injuries healing; he would likely instantly enter a higher level, and at that point, there would be no need for the calamity to linger for a thousand years. The mortal realm would end on this day.
The surrounding crowd was stunned upon hearing Dao Xuan's voice. Hundreds of eyes turned to Hong Yu. Just as Hong Yu was about to speak, her face suddenly lit up with joy, and she looked up at the sky.
At the same time, a clear sound came from the sky.
"Disciples of the Hidden Immortal Sect, listen to my command and follow me to form the formation."
"Master has arrived!" Zhang Xiaofan and the others shouted in unison. They had been so overwhelmed by the Beast God's power that they could barely breathe. But upon hearing Lu Xuan's voice, their fear vanished, replaced by a profound sense of dread. In their hearts, the Beast God might be a demon, but Lu Xuan was a god.
Hundreds of identical magical artifacts rose into the air, forming a strange array around the beast god's massive body.
A faint flash of lightning streaked across the sky. Lu Xuan's voice echoed from within the clouds.
"Ten Thousand Thunder Demon-Slaying Prison!"
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Chapter 459 Showdown
Lu Xuan had almost never used his full power in his lightning techniques. Especially after mastering nine different lightning techniques and developing the advanced divine ability, Thunder Prison. Under normal circumstances, he could completely annihilate his opponent in the blink of an eye. But this time, Lu Xuan not only used his full power, but also had the entire sect cooperate with him, forming an unprecedented formation.
The surrounding magical artifacts had only one effect: to restrain Lu Xuan's Thunder Prison Force Field. There was no other way; Lu Xuan had used the power of heaven and earth to unleash the Thunder Prison with all his might this time, inevitably reducing his control. To prevent the Thunder Prison from erupting uncontrollably and annihilating the entire Qingyun Mountain, he still relied on the assistance of an array.
Lightning usually appears as wisps or lines. Even a lightning technique of the level of Divine Sword Lightning Control Technique is nothing more than a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm falling from the sky.
But this time, the Thunder Prison was different; it had overturned the surrounding cultivators' understanding of lightning. Because what descended from the sky was a beam of light—a beam of light hundreds of meters in diameter. It was light formed from lightning compressed to its extreme.
The blue and purple light enveloped the entire mountain-like demon god.
The attributes of Thunder Prison quickly took effect. The malevolent energy within the demon god was rapidly assimilated by Thunder Prison. A blue lightning began to appear on the demon god's massive body. This was because the energy within him was being assimilated and ignited by the lightning.
After a few breaths, the demon god could no longer be seen in the blue-purple light. The endless light illuminated almost the entire area thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.
After an unknown amount of time, when everyone regained their senses, the giant demon god had vanished. The demon god that stood before Qingyun Mountain had completely disappeared.
"Dead?"
"No, they must be dead..."
"Look down... that's been burned to ashes!"
At this moment, there was no trace of any demonic beast left at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. Only blood, flesh, and ashes littered the ground.
"...We won, we won..."
Although they were all highly skilled cultivators, they were still overjoyed by the victory before them. Hundreds of surviving cultivators roared to the sky, cheering wildly. However, at that moment, the ashes on the ground stirred.
The cheers around them immediately fell silent. Everyone stared motionless at the center of the ashes.
The beast god, covered in wounds, was struggling to crawl out of the mire. This scene drove everyone on Tongtian Peak nearly mad.
"Damn demon, die!!"
The sect leader of a cultivation sect whose entire clan had perished in battle charged down like a madman. Holding a cone-shaped magical artifact, he desperately charged towards the Beast God.
The Beast God seemed completely unresponsive, letting the magical artifact pierce his body. Finally, he reacted, looking up at the cultivator before him, and then reached out, grabbing the man's throat.
The next second, a scream was heard from the cultivator. Then, he fell completely silent. In just a few breaths, he was reduced to a skeleton. It seemed that all his cultivation and flesh had been drained away.
Meanwhile, the Beast God on the other side had returned to his unharmed state.
"Impressive, impressive. You must be the one who was secretly watching me on the day I was resurrected. Did you not choose to make a move back then because you were not confident enough or prepared enough in my territory? Now it seems that you are the number one cultivator in this Central Plains. Even the old man before, wielding the Immortal Execution Sword, was inferior to you."
The Beast God looked up at Lu Xuan in the sky. Lu Xuan slowly descended, finally meeting the Beast God's gaze. His face was slightly pale, as the previous all-out attack had taken a heavy toll. Fortunately, he had a deep foundation and would recover quickly. Before revealing himself, he had already consumed a pill to restore his spiritual energy.
"Isn't it good to stay in the southern border region? You can find what you want there, so why can't you just stay there quietly?"
"Stay there?"
The Beast God's tone suddenly became hot and irritable.