Gateway of Immortality-Chapter 916: Cultivating Both Body and Spells

The old man and the others lost their souls out of fright, their will to fight completely gone.

Even while wielding the command tokens, those forbidden artifacts, they failed to unleash much power. The external incarnation and the Two-Headed Hou easily broke through their defenses. The incarnation seized them for interrogation, while the Two-Headed Hou leapt off Poison Island to guard the perimeter for Qin Sang.

By then, Qin Sang and the Devil-Worshipping Cave's master were already locked in fierce combat, the battlefield thrown into utter chaos.

Bang! A figure was knocked back, staggering several steps.

The cave master’s astonished voice rang out. "You are a body cultivator? This is the first time I have faced one of your kind at such a high realm. Yet you think such strength can stop me? Utter foolishness."

Qin Sang sighed lightly. "Indeed, relying on my body alone, I cannot be your match."

Before his words had even faded, Qin Sang’s aura shifted. Azure light surged behind him, and splendid phoenix wings unfurled. With just one gentle flap, he transformed into a rainbow streak that cut off the cave master’s path. He wanted to test the results of his hard cultivation over the years by fighting the old devil alone.

His Heavenly Demon Body Refinement had not yet broken through the middle of the third stage. A moment ago, fighting with flesh alone, he had found it unbearably strenuous, showing signs of defeat with just one exchange.

Now, activating the Heavenly Demon Transformation, Qin Sang’s aura surged sky-high. But even this was not enough to defeat the cave master. He needed to bring out the true power of cultivating both body and spells together.

"Demonic qi?" The cave master was momentarily stunned.

Among Core Formation cultivators in Canglang Sea, carrying a trace of demonic qi was not unusual. But never had he seen it so dense in a human. He was certain this man was a human cultivator, not a demonic beast.

What shocked him even more was Qin Sang’s evasion speed. With the wings revealed, his movement grew sharper still, surpassing even peak Core Formation experts the cave master had encountered. The cave master realized that unless he killed this man, he could never shake him off.

And Qin Sang, calmly leaving the spirit beast to secure the surroundings, further unsettled him. His cultivation was clearly a stage higher, yet for some reason a sense of foreboding pressed upon him. Unconsciously, he cast a glance into the distance. His companion had yet to arrive.

"Are you searching for these?" Qin Sang stretched his hand, and a beautiful butterfly appeared out of thin air, wings fluttering as it landed on the back of his hand. Before it hovered a crackling sphere of lightning. Inside the sphere, several mosquito-like spiritual insects flitted aimlessly, like headless flies.

Cunning as ever, the cave master had secretly released not just one but several messenger insects. All had been captured by the Sky-Eyed Butterfly. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Sky-Eyed Butterfly!" The cave master exclaimed in horror. "A life-bound insect gu? No, you are not of the witch race, how dare you..."

Qin Sang’s eyes glimmered. "So you are also well-versed in the way of insect taming. To recognize at a glance that the Sky-Eyed Butterfly is my life-bound insect gu... Then I cannot allow you to live."

The lightning sphere easily annihilated the spiritual insects. The Sky-Eyed Butterfly fluttered back into Qin Sang’s robes. Qin Sang tapped the ground and vanished, only to reappear above the cave master’s head the next instant. A storm of countless fist shadows descended.

Boom! An astonishing aura crashed down from the heavens.

"You want to keep me here? Let's see if you truly have the capability!" The cave master’s face twisted in ferocity. Since he could not escape, he cast away hesitation. His devilish mouth gaped open, spewing a mass of pitch-black devilish light.

The devilish light soared upward and exploded the moment it struck the storm of fists, sweeping across all directions like a raging tide.

Countless fist shadows were wiped away under the devilish light, but the devilish light also swiftly dissipated. The clash canceled out. It was evenly matched.

As the glow faded, a beam of azure light was revealed. It quivered, then slowly split apart to both sides, showing Qin Sang cocooned within his phoenix wings. Unscathed beneath the devilish light’s onslaught, he stood firm.

Bang! The next moment, Qin Sang’s figure flashed in front of the cave master. Twisting his body, he hammered a fist straight into the cave master's chest.

But when the devilish light had clashed with Qin Sang, the cave master had already summoned his astra. A small bronze bell whirled up, radiating yellow light, manifesting a massive yellow bell phantom that enclosed him within.

At the same time, from his dantian, a blood saber shot forth. The reek of blood filled the air, nauseating and oppressive.

Dong! Qin Sang’s punch smashed into the bell shadow. The ringing of clashing metal exploded as the bronze bell shuddered violently.

The cave master’s body shot backward with the force, but even as he retreated, he secretly formed a seal. The blood saber sliced through the air rapidly, and shot straight toward Qin Sang’s brow.

His timing was perfect, striking the very moment Qin Sang’s previous strength had waned and new power had yet to rise.

Qin Sang watched the blood saber shoot toward him, yet his face showed not a trace of fear. A flash of light gleamed between his brows, and the ebony sword burst forth, instantly colliding with the blood saber.

Clang! A crisp sound rang out as the ebony sword and blood saber flew backward in opposite directions.

The ebony sword was slightly weaker. After all, it was only a low-grade astra, while the blood saber had long been refined by the Devil-Worshipping Cave Master into a middle-grade astra. But what followed was the cave master’s furious roar.

Snatching the blood saber back, he wore an expression of extreme rage and shock. This life-bound astra of his now flickered with dimmed radiance, its spiritual essence gravely damaged.

"What did you do?!" the cave master bellowed.

Qin Sang sneered. Since the man dared to put his life-bound astra against the ebony sword, he showed no courtesy, instantly channeling the Blood Defilement Divine Light to strike the blood saber. Without a word, his wings flared once more, and he formed a hand seal.

In that instant, a storm of fist shadows and the ebony sword surged together, intent on drowning the cave master. Before he could react, the ebony sword quivered, splitting into countless dazzling beams of sword light, mingling within the storm of fists, impossible to distinguish from the real thing.

"Sword Light Division!" The cave master’s heart went numb. His premonition had come true.

This man not only cultivated both body and spells, and possessed a life-bound insect gu, but he also mastered a supernatural ability that countless sword cultivators dreamed of attaining.

With such strength, joining any major power would have earned him the seat of an honored guest. Yet he had hidden away on this forsaken island, only to cross paths with the cave master.

Dong, dong... The ringing boomed incessantly as the bell shadow shielding the cave master trembled violently. Before his horrified eyes, it shattered into countless fragments.

Qin Sang had never ceased his contemplation of Sword Light Division, though he had not devoted his main efforts to it. Compared to ten years ago, however, his sword techniques had clearly advanced another stage.

The cave master’s strength was only slightly greater than that of the black-robed man from Dongming Island.

With powerful swordsmanship and the supernatural ability of Sword Light Division, Qin Sang was already capable of holding his ground against him.

And with Heavenly Demon Transformation activated, even without relying on the star turban or other means, he might still struggle against Abbot Lu or the youth surnamed Fang, but defeating this one was entirely within reach.

Now that Qin Sang had even employed the Blood Defilement Divine Light, the outcome was beyond doubt.

After the bell shadow was broken, the cave master frantically unleashed more astras, talismans, and even attempted supernatural abilities to flee, all of which Qin Sang suppressed with ease.

He could not win, and he could not escape. The cave master fell into utter despair.

Chaotic true essence raged into a storm, dazzling lights flared, obscuring all forms. Then came a shrill scream.

As the storm gradually dispersed, the scene revealed Qin Sang’s right arm thrust through the cave master’s chest, his bloodstained hand clutching a shattered heart.