Chapter 1416: Killing the Demon Lord

"Brother Ye, I'm late."As Chen Mobai spoke, a five-colored mist flew out from his sleeve, transforming into a cloud solid enough to stand on, and he gently placed Ye Qing upon it.

"Cough, cough, Brother Chen... I'm troubling you again..."Ye Qing coughed violently, blood continually spilling from the corner of his mouth. Although he had achieved a breakthrough in battle, his sword intent had sublimated, shattering the confines of the Taihe Dao Fruit, he was still unable to defeat the formidable six-tiered enemies, the Demon Venerable and Su Wen, even after fighting with all his might.

"Between us brothers, there's no need for such politeness."Chen Mobai extended his hand, making a grasping motion, and Ye Qing's severed arm and the Floating Cloud Sword, which had also fallen nearby, were drawn to him.

Amidst a flash of silver light, a bottle of True Three-Light Divine Water flew out from his mystical realm and appeared before Ye Qing.Ye Qing nodded, no longer standing on ceremony. He used his remaining hand to open and consume it, then reattached his severed arm to the wound.

Under the medicinal effects of the Three-Light Divine Water, Ye Qing's severely injured body began to recover rapidly.However, a yellow mist and demonic energy lingered around the wound, hindering its healing.

Seeing this, Chen Mobai swept his hand across the area. Under the purifying light of holy virtue, all demonic and evil energies vanished like smoke.With his flesh trembling, Ye Qing felt his arm again.

"One is the Demon Venerable, and the other is the Lord of the Central Demonic Path. Both are at the peak of the God Transformation stage. I suspect they might have broken through their bottlenecks. With the help of the Heaven-Reaching Dao Refining Pagoda, I can hold off one of them."Ye Qing, flexing his arm to stretch his muscles, informed Chen Mobai of the opponents' origins and true strength, intending to re-engage in battle.

However, at this moment, the Floating Cloud Sword suddenly let out a mournful cry, then snapped into two with a cracking sound.This sword had been personally refined by Chen Mobai, but at that time, his artifact refining skills hadn't fully matured, and he could only elevate it to the fifth tier.

Even after Ye Qing reached the God Transformation stage, he continuously nurtured it with his true qi and sword intent, and refined it with primordial spiritual energy, yet it only reached the upper rank of the fifth tier.The current opponents were simply too powerful, far surpassing Ye Qing.Had it not been for the Tai Chi immortal light from the Heaven-Reaching Dao Refining Pagoda attached to the blade, the Floating Cloud Sword would likely have been completely shattered in the brutal battle just now.Now, seeing Ye Qing saved, the spirit of the Floating Cloud Sword also let out a sigh of relief, unable to hold on any longer, and broke.

Witnessing this, Ye Qing's expression grew dim, and his face suddenly turned pale.Floating Cloud was his life-bound flying sword; its breakage severely wounded his spirit and weakened his aura.

Even so, Ye Qing put away Floating Cloud and simultaneously retrieved another lower-tier fifth-grade flying sword from his storage bag."Brother Ye, these two have a connection to me. Why don't you do me a favor and let me handle them both?" Chen Mobai stopped Ye Qing's intention to fight again, then flicked his finger, and a wisp of Dusita Fire flew out. "This is my immortal flame for artifact refining. Place the Floating Cloud Sword inside it. After I've dealt with these two, I'll help you re-refine your sword."

Ye Qing knew that Chen Mobai said this to save his face.But he also understood that without his life-bound flying sword, fighting alongside Chen Mobai would only cause trouble and hold him back.

"Brother Chen, I'm truly ashamed to always need your help!"Ye Qing gave a bitter smile, held the Dusita Fire in his palm, and placed the two broken pieces of the Floating Cloud Sword into it. He then sat down directly on the Taiyi Five-Smoke Veil, suppressing his primordial spirit which was on the verge of collapsing due to the breakage of his life-bound flying sword.

"Brother Ye, you overstate it. When my Grand Dao was not yet complete, didn't I also rely on the protection of your Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect?"Chen Mobai smiled slightly, holding the Primal Chaos Bell, and flew out of the Taiyi Five-Smoke Veil, heading towards the Demon Venerable and Su Wen in the sky not far away.

"Huh, didn't the Primal Chaos Bell ascend with Brother Chen?"At this moment, Ye Qing also noticed the Primal Chaos Bell, his eyes filled with surprise.

He had thought that the Chen Mobai before him was merely a second primordial spirit, which was why he had intended to fight alongside him. After all, Chen Mobai needed to control his cultivation to stay at the peak of the God Transformation stage, and his most powerful Purple Lightning Sword and Primal Chaos Bell had already ascended to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm.Relying solely on the Yuan Yang Sword, even though it was hailed as the fiercest sword in the Heavenly River Realm, Ye Qing was concerned that Chen Mobai wouldn't be able to match them.However, upon seeing the Primal Chaos Bell, Ye Qing felt a slight sense of relief.

Chen Mobai, with a bell in one hand and a sword in the other, had never lost!

"Excellent, excellent! Today is a joyful day; all grievances can finally be resolved."The Demon Venerable burst into laughter upon seeing Chen Mobai flying towards him.

Although there was no direct animosity between Chen Mobai and him, the millions of demonic beasts from the Barren Sea who died in Dongwu were fundamentally his disciples and grand-disciples from Myriad Immortal Island.Even his direct disciples, like the Little Demon Venerable and the Azure Sea King, had been personally slain by Chen Mobai.The Demon Venerable had originally planned to gather all the demonic beasts from the Barren Sea after annihilating the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect and seek revenge on the Five Elements Sect.

"That True Earth Locust in the Boundless Sand Sea, you released it, didn't you?"As Chen Mobai flew closer, seeing the Demon Venerable's grotesque true form, he remembered the True Earth Locust of the same bloodline that had caused his ascension, and couldn't help but ask.

"That's right. You're much smarter than Yuan Qingque; you saw through it immediately."The Demon Venerable didn't deny it; in fact, he seemed a little pleased.

After all, Chen Mobai's true body had suppressed the Five Continents and Four Seas, forcing Su Wen, the Lord of the Central Demonic Path, to not dare set foot on Eastern Continent. Yet, through his small scheme, Chen Mobai had been forced to ascend. This achievement, previously only known to his disciples, had been somewhat stifling for the Demon Venerable.Now, in front of Chen Mobai and with Su Wen right beside him, his admission brought a satisfying sense of vindication.

"Who would have thought! The Ascension of the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Wilds was actually due to your scheme, fellow Daoist! Impressive, impressive!"As expected, Su Wen listened, his face full of surprise and admiration.

This reaction made the Demon Venerable's lips curl slightly in a smirk.

"Very good. In my eyes, you now have a path to death."After verifying the suspicion in his heart, Chen Mobai nodded and uttered these words.

Because the Demonic Saint Fetus that the Demon Venerable had taken over contained the bloodline of Fu Zongjue, Chen Mobai had originally considered leaving a complete corpse to take back. Now, however, there was no need; he would simply reduce him to ashes.

"If your true body were here, I might fear you a little, but a mere avatar!"The Demon Venerable sneered upon hearing this. Then, his entire body erupted with the spiritual light of the Earth Dao. With a flap of his wings, he instantly flew before Chen Mobai, his sharp claws, which had just severed Ye Qing's arm, now poised before Chen Mobai's forehead.

Facing such an attack, Chen Mobai remained still, his hand unraised. With only a slight narrowing of his pupils, five-colored ripples emanated outwards, forming an invisible barrier that enveloped his entire body.The Demon Venerable's sharp claws, from his six-tiered physical body, struck the ripples, producing a clear, ringing sound like a bell.

Accompanied by the bell's chime, the five-colored ripples continuously expanded, bringing all the scattered and chaotic Five Elements spiritual energy within a radius of several thousand li, disturbed by the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's tribulation, under complete control.Standing upon the Taiyi Five-Smoke Veil, Ye Qing saw endless five-colored spiritual light illuminate the heavens and earth. In an instant, it condensed into countless colored threads, centered around the Demon Venerable and Su Wen, weaving into layers upon layers of dense, overlapping nets.

It was like layered mountains, yet also like a vast galaxy.Great Five Elements Extermination Divine Light Threads!In Ye Qing's mind, this great divine ability of the One-Yuan Dao Palace appeared.In the past, True Monarch One-Yuan had swept across Eastern Continent, unbeatable, using only this single technique.

However, the opponents this time were not to be underestimated.Facing the Great Five Elements Extermination Divine Light Threads, which had transformed and evolved from all the Five Elements spiritual energy within a radius of several thousand li, the Demon Venerable's eyes flashed with malevolence. He directly met the attack with his six-tiered physical body, unleashing a more terrifying momentum than when he clashed with Ye Qing's sword intent earlier.

Su Wen was no less formidable. In his state of demonic possession, his current physique was no weaker than a six-tiered true spirit, and far more bizarre and unpredictable. In an instant, he dispersed into a sky full of yellow smoke, becoming formless and intangible, and seeping out through the gaps between the divine light threads. He then flew into the air, reconstituting his Demonic Heavenly Form against the cascading waters of the Yellow Springs River of Death.

Chen Mobai, seeing this scene, remained unconcerned.As the foremost figure in the demonic path, Su Wen possessed countless bizarre and unparalleled secret techniques. For True Monarch One-Yuan's divine ability to be effective against him, the Grand Dao of Five Elements would need to be controlled to the most subtle and precise degree to annihilate him from the most fundamental level.

Of course, if Chen Mobai were willing to use the Primordial Demonic Talisman, Su Wen wouldn't even be able to resist. However, True King Taixu had warned him against treading the Primordial Demonic Path, so Chen Mobai intended to deal with the Demon Venerable first, then purify Su Wen's Demonic Heavenly Form with the purifying light of holy virtue.

"I'll kill you first!"Chen Mobai muttered to himself, looking at the Demon Venerable who had already broken free from the Great Five Elements Extermination Divine Light Threads. The latter's body was covered in dense wounds, from which strange yellowish-green blood oozed. Five-colored light circulated around the wounds, tearing them wider and even deeper.

However, no matter how severe the injuries, the Demon Venerable's aura showed no signs of weakening. As time passed, his wounds healed rapidly."My physical body has reached the sixth-tier realm of regeneration from a drop of blood! You can only suppress me, but you cannot kill me!"As the Demon Venerable spoke, his wings and limbs were severed by the Great Five Elements Extermination Divine Light Threads, but they healed instantly.

Relying on his immortal body, the Demon Venerable ignored the five-colored light threads continuously surging towards him. He roared and unleashed a great divine ability from the True Earth Locust bloodline inheritance.Rumble!The earth began to quake, and massive stone pillars shot up from the cracked fissures in the earth's crust. Like thousand-meter stone spears, they continuously pierced upwards, centered on Chen Mobai.

In response, Chen Mobai merely rang the Primal Chaos Bell.With a clang, all the stone pillars couldn't even get close to him, collapsing into a sky full of dust in mid-air.

However, at this moment, the Demon Venerable had already approached Chen Mobai again. Seizing the brief interval after the Primal Chaos Bell had just emitted a wave, he broke through the invisible barrier, aiming to sever Chen Mobai's head.The Demon Venerable's sharp claws touched Chen Mobai's skin, but as he attempted to strike, he found his entire body paralyzed.

The space around Chen Mobai seemed to freeze at that instant."Void Lock!?"The great divine ability of the Grand Void Misty Palace came to mind. The Demon Venerable tried to unleash his six-tiered qi and blood to forcibly break free from the void's confinement, but he discovered that what was restraining him was not just the void, but also his own Grand Dao.

He saw that the Earth Dao, which had originally protected his flesh and blood, now shimmered with five-colored light, in turn binding his entire body."You've underestimated True Monarch One-Yuan's methods."As Chen Mobai spoke, the Primal Chaos Bell rang again. The five-colored light threads that had previously cut into the Demon Venerable's body and penetrated it now condensed into countless fine needles, like ox hair, pricking out from the Demon Venerable's body.

Like needles carrying threads, they instantly sliced and diced the Demon Venerable's six-tiered physical body into countless pieces.This was the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light Needles.It was also the strongest method left by True Monarch One-Yuan.

Unable to use his Void Refinement power, Chen Mobai could only rely on divine abilities.However, a six-tiered true spirit, even if shattered to pieces, still retains a trace of life.The Demon Venerable's chunks of flesh wriggled continuously in the void before Chen Mobai, reassembling into the outline of a True Earth Locust, attempting to reform.

But Chen Mobai rang the Primal Chaos Bell again. All the power of the Earth Dao within the Demon Venerable's flesh was suppressed, then began to uncontrollably fly towards the Primal Chaos Bell.And without the power of the Grand Dao, the Demon Venerable's flesh had no resistance whatsoever before Chen Mobai.

With an open mouth, he exhaled, and under the purple-green immortal flame, this mass of flesh began to turn into nourishment for the earth, burning fiercely.

"No..."The Demon Venerable's spiritual consciousness began to dissipate as his flesh burned. He manifested his form, wishing to beg for mercy.However, Chen Mobai no longer looked at him, but instead raised his head to gaze at Su Wen in the sky.

Amidst his screams, the fiercely imposing Demon Venerable was burned to crumbling stone dust, scattering towards the earth.

"Who would have thought! You still had this trick up your sleeve! You publicly ascended, but secretly sent the Primal Chaos Bell back midway."Su Wen looked warily at the jade bell in Chen Mobai's hand, showing no intention of saving the Demon Venerable.

After all, to him, the Demon Venerable was also a rival in his pursuit of the Life-Death Dial.Moreover, with the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect destroyed, the Demon Venerable's usefulness had vanished.

Chen Mobai offered no explanation, letting them assume that he, like True Monarch One-Yuan, had dropped the Primal Chaos Bell midway through his ascension to avoid revealing his true body's descent to the lower realm.

"How do you wish to die?"After turning the Demon Venerable's last chunk of flesh into dust, Chen Mobai asked Su Wen.

"Kill me? I'm not that beast. My Heart Demon Grand Method is not within the Five Elements. Your strongest Primal Chaos Bell cannot restrain me."Su Wen, upon hearing this, burst into laughter, completely unfazed.

"You seem to misunderstand something. The reason I used the Primal Chaos Bell and Five Elements divine abilities against the Demon Venerable is because they counter it. It doesn't mean these are all I know.""Compared to these, they are actually my weaker points.""What I am truly best at is demon-subduing cultivation techniques."As Chen Mobai spoke, the gleaming golden Yuan Yang Sword flew out from his mystical realm. With the Pure Yang Scroll cultivation technique circulating, a purifying light of holy virtue spread out, causing Su Wen's expression to change dramatically.