With the first strike from the Empress, three Nascent Souls were severed, and four were severely injured.
The spectators watching this battle couldn’t help but rub their eyes subconsciously.
Was this the true power of their current Empress?
Since it was the first time they witnessed the Empress personally engaging in battle, the people of the royal city didn’t have a clear understanding of her strength. They only knew that the Empress possessed talents approaching the current chief of the Taoist Sect and had achieved Nascent Soul cultivation at a young age.
However, if they were to compare their combat abilities, they still held the chief of the Taoist Sect in higher regard.
After all, the ancient sects had far greater heritage than the Immortal Nation.
But now, seeing this…
Could the current chief of the Taoist Sect achieve what they were witnessing?
With this in mind, they subconsciously shifted their gaze to a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who was no longer emitting starlight.
Even though they were merely spectators, they could tell that a significant portion of the power behind the Empress’ previous strike came from this young man.
After all, the changes in the Nascent Souls demons were too apparent.
When the starlight streams from the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect flowed into the Human Emperor Sword, the Nascent Souls demons couldn’t wait to launch their attacks to prevent the sword from descending… This was obviously a response driven by a sudden surge of crisis.
(Truly worthy of the Lord of the Demon Artifact Pavilion who has caused a stir in the royal city recently. Even with a mere cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, he can still influence the battle among Nascent Souls…)
Such thoughts emerged in the minds of the onlookers.
As for Luo Wusheng, who didn’t know how he appeared in the eyes of the public, he raised his head and looked at the Empress, who was preparing to strike again.
He wasn’t surprised by the impressive results of the Empress’ first strike.
Without such strength, why would the young Empress risk her life and enter the sealing array?
Since she had taken action personally, under the gaze of the royal city’s residents, she naturally had to display the majesty befitting an emperor.
(It’s fortunate that the recent influence caused by the eyeball wasn’t significant… If the Empress hadn’t gathered enough power from all living beings just now, I’m afraid this strike wouldn’t have had such a good effect…)
Luo Wusheng let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
At this moment, many of the surrounding gazes were still focused on him, making it inconvenient for him to use the power of his left eye to observe the battlefield.
Well, although exposing the ability of his eyeball wasn’t a big deal, it was primarily used for gathering information. If others were to discover it, they would likely become wary of shadows and it would hinder the effectiveness of using this ability in the future.
(…It’s fine. After the Empress swings her next strike, no one should pay attention to me anymore. I can activate my concealment and find another vantage point to observe.)
However, he had a feeling that he had overlooked some detail…
Hmm, the Empress was about to borrow the power of the mountains and rivers for her next strike… mountains and rivers…
Luo Wusheng suddenly paused and reached for the storage pouch at his waist.
(It couldn’t be…)
While he was lost in thought, the engraved patterns on the Human Emperor Sword in the Empress’ hand began to glow.
In the next instant, a certain dazed Holy Saint of the Demon Sect once again turned into light…
As if predetermined, all the gazes in the area converged once again on Luo Wusheng.
The Empress, who held the sword, slightly turned her head with a stiff expression.
When the image of the handsome youth bathed in radiance appeared before her eyes again, even she found it difficult to maintain her indifference.
What’s going on? Wasn’t she supposed to draw upon the power of the mountains and rivers? Why was there such a strong presence of the mountains and rivers emanating from this Holy Saint of the Demon Sect?
Could he actually be the embodiment of the mountains and rivers?
Faced with so many eyes on him, Luo Wusheng, who turned into light once again, raised his head and looked at the sky.
His guess had come true.
Touching the storage pouch at his waist, his expression became extremely complex.
As a Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, he had many miscellaneous items in his storage pouch.
But among them, the majority consisted of numerous jade stones he had collected when he was unaware of his awakened memories.
And among these jade stones, the ones he possessed the most were the ones imbued with the essence of mountains and rivers.
Because it was easy for him to obtain these types of stones, and each province had its unique features, they held great value for collection.
However, it was limited to their collection value. Under normal circumstances, there was no cultivator who could harness the latent power of these stones.
Under normal circumstances…
(This Human Emperor Sword is far beyond normal circumstances!)
Thus, at the moment when the Empress drew upon the power of the mountains and rivers within the range of the Human Emperor Sword, the jade stones carried by Luo Wusheng instantly responded.
It made his presence as an outsider overwhelmingly prominent.
…
This time, the Empress quickly realized the reason why Luo Wusheng had turned into light after a momentary daze.
She was well aware that the Human Emperor Sword could draw upon the power contained within the jade stones.
At this moment, there were jade stones prepared by her in the royal city, releasing the power of the mountains and rivers.
After all, with her cultivation, the range covered by the Human Emperor Sword was limited, and the amount of power she could obtain from the mountains and rivers was too little to unleash the same effect as the first strike.
The power of all living beings couldn’t be used continuously, so she had to find a way to enhance the strength of the power from the mountains and rivers.
However, what the Empress didn’t expect was that the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who was rumored to have a fondness for collecting rare stones from all over the world, possessed such a large quantity and high-quality jade stones imbued with the essence of mountains and rivers!
As a result, the effect of this strike might even exceed her original expectations!
…However, she felt that something was off.
Wasn’t tonight’s battle supposed to display the majesty of her position as the Empress of the Immortal Nation?
Why did it feel like the presence of a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect was overshadowing her, isn’t she the protagonist of this extermination operation?
Across from the Empress, the surviving Nascent Soul demons from the demon race had gathered together.
Feeling the terrifying power emanating from the Human Emperor Sword, even the previously arrogant Bull demon leaped up and took refuge behind the pig demon, resembling a startled bird.
“Quickly, use the Curse of Shared Fate on me too! Hurry!”
The Bull demon urgently roared at the Goat demon, who was also hiding behind the Pig demon.
Facing the sword light that seemed capable of overcoming all obstacles, merely taking cover in the rear had limited effectiveness.
According to reason, the Goat demon, even if not as injured as himself, shouldn’t have only suffered minor injuries when it had the same defensive capabilities as the Pig demon.
In terms of toughness, it was clear from their body sizes that the Goat demon was no match for the Pig and Bull demons.
But the injuries the Goat demon had suffered earlier were similar to the Pig demon, who had exerted full defense.
This is because the Goat demon possesses an innate talent and skill called “Curse of Shared Fate.”
When the Empress unleashed her first strike, the emaciated Goat demon used his innate skill to connect his own aura with that of the Pig demon, thereby sharing the injuries. This prevented him from being heavily wounded by the strike.
Upon hearing the Bull demon’s voice, both the Goat demon and the Pig demon furrowed their brows simultaneously.
The Pig demon, which had completely transformed into a dark silver meat mountain, snorted, “I also have no confidence in blocking this strike. If you two don’t want to die, use your own life-saving methods. The Curse of Shared Fate will only hasten our demise!”
His voice was deep and carried a hint of impatience.
The Goat demon retracted his hateful gaze from the source of the starlight and rubbed the goat beard on his chin, nodding in agreement.
The strike was too terrifying, and even at their peak, it would be difficult for them to withstand it, let alone now when their strength was greatly diminished.
If they didn’t use their life-saving methods at this moment, the three Nascent Soul demons who had died from the first strike would serve as a cautionary example.
The Goat demon’s gaze fell upon the four Nascent Soul demons who had miraculously survived the first strike.
These four heavily injured demons wore expressions of despair.
In their nearly lifeless states, they couldn’t summon the will to resist the next strike.
(Useless… Anyway, since you four are going to die anyway, might as well have your life force used to increase our chance of survival!)
Evil intentions surged, and the Goat demon suddenly opened the eye that had been closed.
Disgusting black blood sprayed out from it and landed on the four Nascent Soul demons.
The four demons looked at their leader in disbelief, but they couldn’t utter a word and could only emit agonizing screams.
In an instant, their flesh evaporated, and they turned into four palm-sized, blood-filled dark meatballs amidst the distortion.
The Pig demon and the Bull demon watched indifferently.
They knew what the Goat demon intended to do.
The four Nascent Soul demons had become sacrifices for the Goat demon’s curse.
The Goat demon swung one of the meatballs towards the direction of the Empress, pointing fiercely.
The meatball instantly evaporated and dissipated.
An invisible force seemed to press down from above, causing the starlight gathered on the Human Emperor Sword to dim slightly.
(It truly deserves to be a curse activated by using Nascent Soul demons as sacrifices. It has weakened the power of her strike by so much!)
The Pig demon and the Bull demon brightened up.
It seemed that after the four curses, this strike wouldn’t be able to harm them anymore.
But before they could relax, they suddenly realized that the light that had weakened for a brief moment was rapidly replenished…
Their expressions stiffened as they looked at the source of the replenishing starlight.
Sure enough, it was from the familiar direction!
Why did the starlight from elsewhere stop, while the starlight from that direction showed no signs of stopping, and instead seemed to be growing more intense?!
Looking at the visibly widened stream of starlight, the three demons wore unpleasant expressions.
The Goat demon, not willing to accept it, swung the sacrifice once again to perform the curse twice, but the result was exactly the same as the first time.
As they stared at the only remaining sacrifice in his hand, the Goat demon’s face revealed confusion.
In that instant, the Empress swung down her sword.
There was no other reason… If this continued, the power of the mountains and rivers gathered on the Human Emperor Sword would become so immense that even she couldn’t control it…
The sword fell.
At that moment, it felt as if only the radiance of this strike remained in the world.
The Bull demon revealed its enormous demonic form, its bull eyes turning bloodshot. The Pig demon’s dark silver flesh seemed to consciously move in front, forming a barrier.
Only the Goat demon, holding the meatball sacrifice, seemed somewhat at a loss.
Boom!
Unlike the first strike, as the second strike infused with the power of the mountains and rivers was unleashed, the three demons collapsed as if struck heavily. Their bodies plummeted from mid-air and crashed into the ground.
The shockwave shattered the bodies of countless demon soldiers.
Fortunately, the civilians within the Demon-Sealing Formation had already been evacuated by the Immortal Nation, or else even with the protection of the Human Emperor Sword, they would have been traumatized.
As for the condition of the three demons who created a pit upon crashing into the ground…
The Pig demon and the Bull demon remained motionless.
The Pig demon had tough skin and thick flesh, so it might still be in a state of severe injury and unconsciousness.
However, the Bull demon, which had already been wounded before and had inferior defensive measures compared to the Pig demon, was basically a mess of flesh and blood and had essentially perished.
Surprisingly, it was the Goat demon, whose physical body wasn’t particularly strong, who remained conscious. His heavily injured body struggled in the pit, and one of his goat horns had been partially severed at some point.
This wasn’t due to any protective skill of the Goat demon, but because the Empress intentionally held back, not inflicting a fatal blow.
In the blink of an eye, a dark golden sword, still emanating starlight, pressed against the Goat demon’s spiritual core.
Looking along the blade, the girl in imperial robes had an indifferent expression.
“Tell me, what exactly do the demon’s plan to do in the royal city?”
…
As they witnessed the conclusion of the demon extermination battle after the Empress unleashed her two strikes, the onlooking civilians in the royal city fell into silence.
Even many cultivators who had rushed from other parts of the city to take advantage of the situation were perplexed by the scene.
Is it over just like that?
Don’t the demons seem to be too weak?
However, they quickly realized that it wasn’t the demons that were too weak, but rather, it’s that the Immortal Nation had an incredibly strong foundation, especially with the Empress wielding the Human Emperor Sword, whose power exceeded all expectations.
And…
They shifted their gaze to the same place.
The Holy Saint of the Demon Sect had unknowingly stepped into the air ahead, leaving only his back view for the onlookers below.
(Truly worthy of the name the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who has caused storms in the royal city recently. Despite only having a Golden Core cultivation, he can control the battle between Nascent Soul demons tonight… Standing proudly in the sky, he displays the true demeanor of a prodigy…)
Such age, such cultivation, such strength!
This is what it means to be a prodigy!
The people present couldn’t help but think as they looked at Luo Wusheng’s back, facing away from the crowd.
If this Holy Saint of the Demon Sect could become part of their Immortal Nation…
Hmm, it seems that the Empress has yet to decide on a consort…
With the first strike from the Empress, three Nascent Souls were severed, and four were severely injured.
The spectators watching this battle couldn’t help but rub their eyes subconsciously.
Was this the true power of their current Empress?
Since it was the first time they witnessed the Empress personally engaging in battle, the people of the royal city didn’t have a clear understanding of her strength. They only knew that the Empress possessed talents approaching the current chief of the Taoist Sect and had achieved Nascent Soul cultivation at a young age.
However, if they were to compare their combat abilities, they still held the chief of the Taoist Sect in higher regard.
After all, the ancient sects had far greater heritage than the Immortal Nation.
But now, seeing this…
Could the current chief of the Taoist Sect achieve what they were witnessing?
With this in mind, they subconsciously shifted their gaze to a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who was no longer emitting starlight.
Even though they were merely spectators, they could tell that a significant portion of the power behind the Empress’ previous strike came from this young man.
After all, the changes in the Nascent Souls demons were too apparent.
When the starlight streams from the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect flowed into the Human Emperor Sword, the Nascent Souls demons couldn’t wait to launch their attacks to prevent the sword from descending… This was obviously a response driven by a sudden surge of crisis.
(Truly worthy of the Lord of the Demon Artifact Pavilion who has caused a stir in the royal city recently. Even with a mere cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, he can still influence the battle among Nascent Souls…)
Such thoughts emerged in the minds of the onlookers.
As for Luo Wusheng, who didn’t know how he appeared in the eyes of the public, he raised his head and looked at the Empress, who was preparing to strike again.
He wasn’t surprised by the impressive results of the Empress’ first strike.
Without such strength, why would the young Empress risk her life and enter the sealing array?
Since she had taken action personally, under the gaze of the royal city’s residents, she naturally had to display the majesty befitting an emperor.
(It’s fortunate that the recent influence caused by the eyeball wasn’t significant… If the Empress hadn’t gathered enough power from all living beings just now, I’m afraid this strike wouldn’t have had such a good effect…)
Luo Wusheng let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
At this moment, many of the surrounding gazes were still focused on him, making it inconvenient for him to use the power of his left eye to observe the battlefield.
Well, although exposing the ability of his eyeball wasn’t a big deal, it was primarily used for gathering information. If others were to discover it, they would likely become wary of shadows and it would hinder the effectiveness of using this ability in the future.
(…It’s fine. After the Empress swings her next strike, no one should pay attention to me anymore. I can activate my concealment and find another vantage point to observe.)
However, he had a feeling that he had overlooked some detail…
Hmm, the Empress was about to borrow the power of the mountains and rivers for her next strike… mountains and rivers…
Luo Wusheng suddenly paused and reached for the storage pouch at his waist.
(It couldn’t be…)
While he was lost in thought, the engraved patterns on the Human Emperor Sword in the Empress’ hand began to glow.
In the next instant, a certain dazed Holy Saint of the Demon Sect once again turned into light…
As if predetermined, all the gazes in the area converged once again on Luo Wusheng.
The Empress, who held the sword, slightly turned her head with a stiff expression.
When the image of the handsome youth bathed in radiance appeared before her eyes again, even she found it difficult to maintain her indifference.
What’s going on? Wasn’t she supposed to draw upon the power of the mountains and rivers? Why was there such a strong presence of the mountains and rivers emanating from this Holy Saint of the Demon Sect?
Could he actually be the embodiment of the mountains and rivers?
Faced with so many eyes on him, Luo Wusheng, who turned into light once again, raised his head and looked at the sky.
His guess had come true.
Touching the storage pouch at his waist, his expression became extremely complex.
As a Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, he had many miscellaneous items in his storage pouch.
But among them, the majority consisted of numerous jade stones he had collected when he was unaware of his awakened memories.
And among these jade stones, the ones he possessed the most were the ones imbued with the essence of mountains and rivers.
Because it was easy for him to obtain these types of stones, and each province had its unique features, they held great value for collection.
However, it was limited to their collection value. Under normal circumstances, there was no cultivator who could harness the latent power of these stones.
Under normal circumstances…
(This Human Emperor Sword is far beyond normal circumstances!)
Thus, at the moment when the Empress drew upon the power of the mountains and rivers within the range of the Human Emperor Sword, the jade stones carried by Luo Wusheng instantly responded.
It made his presence as an outsider overwhelmingly prominent.
…
This time, the Empress quickly realized the reason why Luo Wusheng had turned into light after a momentary daze.
She was well aware that the Human Emperor Sword could draw upon the power contained within the jade stones.
At this moment, there were jade stones prepared by her in the royal city, releasing the power of the mountains and rivers.
After all, with her cultivation, the range covered by the Human Emperor Sword was limited, and the amount of power she could obtain from the mountains and rivers was too little to unleash the same effect as the first strike.
The power of all living beings couldn’t be used continuously, so she had to find a way to enhance the strength of the power from the mountains and rivers.
However, what the Empress didn’t expect was that the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who was rumored to have a fondness for collecting rare stones from all over the world, possessed such a large quantity and high-quality jade stones imbued with the essence of mountains and rivers!
As a result, the effect of this strike might even exceed her original expectations!
…However, she felt that something was off.
Wasn’t tonight’s battle supposed to display the majesty of her position as the Empress of the Immortal Nation?
Why did it feel like the presence of a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect was overshadowing her, isn’t she the protagonist of this extermination operation?
Across from the Empress, the surviving Nascent Soul demons from the demon race had gathered together.
Feeling the terrifying power emanating from the Human Emperor Sword, even the previously arrogant Bull demon leaped up and took refuge behind the pig demon, resembling a startled bird.
“Quickly, use the Curse of Shared Fate on me too! Hurry!”
The Bull demon urgently roared at the Goat demon, who was also hiding behind the Pig demon.
Facing the sword light that seemed capable of overcoming all obstacles, merely taking cover in the rear had limited effectiveness.
According to reason, the Goat demon, even if not as injured as himself, shouldn’t have only suffered minor injuries when it had the same defensive capabilities as the Pig demon.
In terms of toughness, it was clear from their body sizes that the Goat demon was no match for the Pig and Bull demons.
But the injuries the Goat demon had suffered earlier were similar to the Pig demon, who had exerted full defense.
This is because the Goat demon possesses an innate talent and skill called “Curse of Shared Fate.”
When the Empress unleashed her first strike, the emaciated Goat demon used his innate skill to connect his own aura with that of the Pig demon, thereby sharing the injuries. This prevented him from being heavily wounded by the strike.
Upon hearing the Bull demon’s voice, both the Goat demon and the Pig demon furrowed their brows simultaneously.
The Pig demon, which had completely transformed into a dark silver meat mountain, snorted, “I also have no confidence in blocking this strike. If you two don’t want to die, use your own life-saving methods. The Curse of Shared Fate will only hasten our demise!”
His voice was deep and carried a hint of impatience.
The Goat demon retracted his hateful gaze from the source of the starlight and rubbed the goat beard on his chin, nodding in agreement.
The strike was too terrifying, and even at their peak, it would be difficult for them to withstand it, let alone now when their strength was greatly diminished.
If they didn’t use their life-saving methods at this moment, the three Nascent Soul demons who had died from the first strike would serve as a cautionary example.
The Goat demon’s gaze fell upon the four Nascent Soul demons who had miraculously survived the first strike.
These four heavily injured demons wore expressions of despair.
In their nearly lifeless states, they couldn’t summon the will to resist the next strike.
(Useless… Anyway, since you four are going to die anyway, might as well have your life force used to increase our chance of survival!)
Evil intentions surged, and the Goat demon suddenly opened the eye that had been closed.
Disgusting black blood sprayed out from it and landed on the four Nascent Soul demons.
The four demons looked at their leader in disbelief, but they couldn’t utter a word and could only emit agonizing screams.
In an instant, their flesh evaporated, and they turned into four palm-sized, blood-filled dark meatballs amidst the distortion.
The Pig demon and the Bull demon watched indifferently.
They knew what the Goat demon intended to do.
The four Nascent Soul demons had become sacrifices for the Goat demon’s curse.
The Goat demon swung one of the meatballs towards the direction of the Empress, pointing fiercely.
The meatball instantly evaporated and dissipated.
An invisible force seemed to press down from above, causing the starlight gathered on the Human Emperor Sword to dim slightly.
(It truly deserves to be a curse activated by using Nascent Soul demons as sacrifices. It has weakened the power of her strike by so much!)
The Pig demon and the Bull demon brightened up.
It seemed that after the four curses, this strike wouldn’t be able to harm them anymore.
But before they could relax, they suddenly realized that the light that had weakened for a brief moment was rapidly replenished…
Their expressions stiffened as they looked at the source of the replenishing starlight.
Sure enough, it was from the familiar direction!
Why did the starlight from elsewhere stop, while the starlight from that direction showed no signs of stopping, and instead seemed to be growing more intense?!
Looking at the visibly widened stream of starlight, the three demons wore unpleasant expressions.
The Goat demon, not willing to accept it, swung the sacrifice once again to perform the curse twice, but the result was exactly the same as the first time.
As they stared at the only remaining sacrifice in his hand, the Goat demon’s face revealed confusion.
In that instant, the Empress swung down her sword.
There was no other reason… If this continued, the power of the mountains and rivers gathered on the Human Emperor Sword would become so immense that even she couldn’t control it…
The sword fell.
At that moment, it felt as if only the radiance of this strike remained in the world.
The Bull demon revealed its enormous demonic form, its bull eyes turning bloodshot. The Pig demon’s dark silver flesh seemed to consciously move in front, forming a barrier.
Only the Goat demon, holding the meatball sacrifice, seemed somewhat at a loss.
Boom!
Unlike the first strike, as the second strike infused with the power of the mountains and rivers was unleashed, the three demons collapsed as if struck heavily. Their bodies plummeted from mid-air and crashed into the ground.
The shockwave shattered the bodies of countless demon soldiers.
Fortunately, the civilians within the Demon-Sealing Formation had already been evacuated by the Immortal Nation, or else even with the protection of the Human Emperor Sword, they would have been traumatized.
As for the condition of the three demons who created a pit upon crashing into the ground…
The Pig demon and the Bull demon remained motionless.
The Pig demon had tough skin and thick flesh, so it might still be in a state of severe injury and unconsciousness.
However, the Bull demon, which had already been wounded before and had inferior defensive measures compared to the Pig demon, was basically a mess of flesh and blood and had essentially perished.
Surprisingly, it was the Goat demon, whose physical body wasn’t particularly strong, who remained conscious. His heavily injured body struggled in the pit, and one of his goat horns had been partially severed at some point.
This wasn’t due to any protective skill of the Goat demon, but because the Empress intentionally held back, not inflicting a fatal blow.
In the blink of an eye, a dark golden sword, still emanating starlight, pressed against the Goat demon’s spiritual core.
Looking along the blade, the girl in imperial robes had an indifferent expression.
“Tell me, what exactly do the demon’s plan to do in the royal city?”
…
As they witnessed the conclusion of the demon extermination battle after the Empress unleashed her two strikes, the onlooking civilians in the royal city fell into silence.
Even many cultivators who had rushed from other parts of the city to take advantage of the situation were perplexed by the scene.
Is it over just like that?
Don’t the demons seem to be too weak?
However, they quickly realized that it wasn’t the demons that were too weak, but rather, it’s that the Immortal Nation had an incredibly strong foundation, especially with the Empress wielding the Human Emperor Sword, whose power exceeded all expectations.
And…
They shifted their gaze to the same place.
The Holy Saint of the Demon Sect had unknowingly stepped into the air ahead, leaving only his back view for the onlookers below.
(Truly worthy of the name the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, who has caused storms in the royal city recently. Despite only having a Golden Core cultivation, he can control the battle between Nascent Soul demons tonight… Standing proudly in the sky, he displays the true demeanor of a prodigy…)
Such age, such cultivation, such strength!
This is what it means to be a prodigy!
The people present couldn’t help but think as they looked at Luo Wusheng’s back, facing away from the crowd.
If this Holy Saint of the Demon Sect could become part of their Immortal Nation…
Hmm, it seems that the Empress has yet to decide on a consort…
