Dashing Student
Chapter 1396: Slay the Demon and Seize the Core
The golden thunder pillar shook heaven and earth, its terrifying might enough to make hearts tremble. Even Chen Nan actually couldn't shatter this thunder pillar, and could only watch helplessly as it fell.
Condensing the thunder pillar had already exhausted all the Mana in Jin Ming's body; at this moment he could only see several suffocating attacks striking him at the same time, leaving him without even the strength to resist.
But the thunder pillar was already crashing down; even if Jin Ming died right now, the pillar would not disappear.
Chen Nan gritted his teeth, charged up and raised the pillar with both hands. In an instant, dense thunder submerged him, but within that blinding lightning, a streak of white light shot out like a bolt.
It was the Hongmeng Origin Thunder!
The Origin Thunder, though launched later, arrived first, landing on Jin Ming's body ahead of everything else. He merely sneered, "Thunder? Our Golden-eyed Thunder Falcon clan are the ancestors of those who command thunder. You want to deal with me using thunder?"
"Besides, I've never heard of white thunder…"
Before he could finish, he suddenly felt an astonishing Power. Looking down, he saw that unremarkable white Origin Thunder erupting.
Boom!
The island could no longer withstand such might; it was completely torn into four and eight pieces, with even some parts directly annihilated.
The white thunder engulfed Jin Ming; the massive Sword Qi overhead also stabbed into the sea of lightning. Even the Immortal Dynasty Jade Seal arrived almost simultaneously.
Immortal Dynasty Jade Seal, Star Sword Qi, Hongmeng Origin Thunder—any one of these used alone would be shocking to the world, yet now they all crashed down onto Jin Ming at once.
No one knew whether this was Jin Ming's fortune or misfortune.
The Hongmeng Origin Thunder exploded, blinding white light covering everything, but it came quickly and faded just as fast. When it finally dispersed, everyone saw Jin Ming.
At this moment Jin Ming still stood where he was, but his body had already turned to charcoal; one arm had been severed by the Sword Qi, and half his body smashed to pulp by the Jade Seal.
Yet even so, he still had not died. The pair of eyeballs exposed to the air were still fixed viciously on Chen Nan.
"I… am not willing!"
As a Demon Clan prodigy, he ought to have had a glorious future. This time, their Demon Clan had even devised a plan against the Demon Sect and the Righteous Alliance; they had come to rule the Endless Sea!
Unfortunately, he would never see any of that. His nearly charred body crashed heavily to the ground, and that raging thunder pillar, like a source without roots, dispersed not long after.
Even with Jin Ming fallen, Chen Nan did not relax his vigilance. Instead, he controlled the Void Breaking Sword and Soul Destruction Nail to repeatedly pierce through Jin Ming's body, back and forth, turning him into a honeycomb in the blink of an eye.
"Mm, now he should be dead for good."
Chen Nan exhaled in relief and only then belatedly felt the pain, for many thunder-torn wounds had appeared on his body, fresh blood gushing out.
In the eyes of Jin Sheng and the other two, this scene was a humiliation to their Demon Clan—already dead and still being desecrated; it was simply too brutal.
"Human, I'll fight you to the death!"
Jin Tai roared, madness all over his face as golden thunder burst from his body, vast and mighty, as if stirring the great trend of heaven and earth, causing huge swathes of thunderclouds to appear in the sky.
No one noticed that deep in his eyes a trace of greed was also hidden, his gaze fixed straight on the blood flowing from Chen Nan.
Behind them, Jin Sheng seemed to have entangled the Divine Calculator, but he had never used his full strength, because he had discovered that the fat man in front of him was also putting on an act with him.
"Such fragrant blood? What is this?"
The smell of Chen Nan's blood reached him, sending him instantly into a daze, an uncontrollable greed rising in his Heart.
Although he did not know why Chen Nan's blood smelled so especially sweet, his body's instincts told him that this blood could help him break through his bottleneck and soar in a single step!
"Hmph, overestimating yourself!"
Though gravely wounded, Chen Nan still did not take Jin Sheng, Jin Tai, and Jin Ning seriously.
He was invincible in his Realm; whether Demon Clan or Human Clan, at the same level, no one was a match for Chen Nan.
Facing the pouncing Jin Tai, Chen Nan struck out with a palm. Golden Buddha Light enveloped him, condensing into a giant Buddha hand that swatted him into the ground like a fly.
Buddhist Techniques naturally had immense restraining power over the Demon Clan; this palm almost slapped Jin Tai to death. Even if he wasn't dead yet, most of the bones in his body were shattered.
Chen Nan walked over step by step. Sword Chenyuan appeared in his hand, the Blade Tip dragging along the ground, sparking, and with a single stroke he finished Jin Tai.
Seeing this from afar, Jin Sheng, though burning with desire for Chen Nan's blood, still turned and fled.
The reason he had let Jin Tai go first was to test whether Chen Nan still had the strength to fight. Now it seemed Chen Nan not only could still fight, he even seemed to be holding back.
So Jin Sheng didn't hesitate in the slightest. He abandoned the heavily injured Jin Ning. All that crap about kinship wasn't worth as much as his own life, and he fled without looking back.
After all, that was the vicious man who had slain big boss Jin Ming!
"Run! I'm not dying here!"
"Big boss Jin Ming, don't you dare blame me!"
Unfortunately, Jin Sheng hadn't been decisive enough. He should have run the moment Chen Nan killed Jin Ming; now it was already too late to flee.
Jin Sheng focused all his attention on Chen Nan, praying that he wouldn't give chase, completely unaware that countless strands of Sword Qi had already appeared before him.
He plunged straight into the Sword Qi, countless blades piercing through his body.
As for Jin Ning, his strength had been lacking to begin with, and now he was heavily injured besides, so he quickly followed in Jin Sheng's footsteps.
Once all four Demon Clan members were slain, Chen Nan shot the Divine Calculator a look. "Senior Brother, you're slacking off a bit too blatantly."
The Divine Calculator chuckled awkwardly. "Then this Daoist will try to act more convincingly next time."
He then ran over to Jin Sheng's side, tore open that tough flesh with his hand, thrust it into the chest, and soon withdrew it, pinching a bead in his fingers.
That bead was the Demon Clan's Demon Core, the condensation of all their Cultivation, its importance on par with the Golden Core of a Golden Core Realm Cultivator.
Back when the Human Clan and Demon Clan were at war, some Cultivators whose lifespan had reached its limit would hunt the Demon Clan, seize their Demon Cores, and attempt to absorb the Power within to break through to an entirely new Realm.
But this method had huge drawbacks. Though the Demon Core contained the Demon Clan's Cultivation, it also held the obsessions they left at the moment of death.
After a Human Cultivator absorbed the Cultivation within the Demon Core, those dying obsessions would only grow more and more numerous, eventually turning the person into a madman.
Yet between becoming stronger and going mad, many chose the former.
Now that the Demon Clan had hidden themselves away, Demon Cores were extremely difficult to obtain, so the price of a single Demon Core had become exorbitant.
The Divine Calculator skillfully took out four Demon Cores, standing there in high spirits, and even reminded Chen Nan, "Junior Brother, the rest of the Demon Corpses are all yours."
A powerful fluctuation of Power surged out from Chen Nan's right eye.
"Do you want to test my trump card?"