I Can Traverse Multiple Worlds-Chapter 57: The Terror of the Madman

In the distance.

Severed heads floated in mid-air, like sky lanterns.

The sky for miles around was dyed a deep red, casting a pall over more than half of Wan’an City.

Sinister, chilling, terrifying!

At the sight of this, the hair of everyone celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wan’an City stood on end.

Red light emanated from the heads’ eyes as a grim, hoarse voice echoed through Wan’an City.

"Wu Chen! Xu Muying! Get out here and face me!"

As the voice washed over the city, the overwhelming stench of blood permeated all of Wan’an City.

Some with weaker constitutions fell to their knees, dry-heaving uncontrollably.

The terrifying atmosphere sent a chill down their spines, as if they had been plunged into the depths of Hell.

"What’s that guy, the Demon Lord, up to?" Xu Muying frowned.

Only the Demon Lord possessed the profound Power required to suspend three thousand heads in mid-air!

Wang Xiao said, "In the past five years, we’ve killed so many of his Demon Cultivators at the Refining Acupoints Human Immortal and Half-Step Celestial Human Realm. Perhaps he’s come for revenge?"

Come to think of it,

over the past five years, he and Xu Muying had actually crossed paths with the Demon Lord two or three times.

On one occasion, the Demon Lord had even chased them for over a thousand miles.

However,

while the two of them together still couldn’t defeat the Demon Lord, they were at least able to protect themselves.

The Demon Lord seemed to realize he couldn’t defeat the pair, as he had rarely shown his face since.

Wang Xiao hadn’t expected the Demon Lord to force him and Xu Muying out into the open at a time like this.

Was the Demon Lord actually confident he could take them both down?!

’Then again, maybe not. The Demon Lord is a complete lunatic, a madman. He might have just pulled a stunt like this because he was in a bad mood.’

Wang Xiao’s brow furrowed.

He had spoken with the Demon Lord face-to-face before; he knew the man was an absolute madman, with not a shred of humanity left in him.

All he saw in the man’s eyes was a lust for slaughter and devouring human flesh.

When he was in a foul mood, he would even devour the Demon Cultivators who served him!

It was impossible to predict such a person’s actions using conventional logic.

Looking at the panicked commoners around them, Xu Muying said:

"Should we go check it out? If we don’t, that lunatic will actually start killing people."

Wang Xiao sighed.

"I didn’t expect to run into this sort of mess before leaving the Wilderness. Ah, well. Let’s go see what he’s planning."

After five years of Cultivation,

both his and Xu Muying’s strength were on a completely different level.

Although he was still in the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm, his Spirit had become exceptionally refined. He had already touched the threshold of the Celestial Human Realm and could cross the Heaven-Breaking Pass at any moment to become a Celestial Being!

In those five years, Xu Muying had also practiced Wang Xiao’s new Martial Arts System. She had constructed an Inner Qi Network within her body, causing the Inner Qi circulating around her to skyrocket.

Combined with five years of constant battle, her understanding of the Heartless Sword had deepened significantly.

In her hands, the might of the techniques from Sword Nineteen to the Twenty-Second Sword had multiplied!

Working together, they could even pose a threat to someone in the Celestial Human Realm. They had no reason to fear this Demon Lord.

"Mm, let’s go."

Xu Muying nodded. Her form flickered, and in a blur, she leaped onto a tall building.

In just a few leaps, she was thousands of feet away, speeding toward the floating heads.

Wang Xiao followed right behind her.

「A few moments later.」

Wang Xiao and Xu Muying left Wan’an City, arriving at a patch of wasteland dozens of miles outside its walls.

At this moment,

a number of Righteous People had already gathered there, their expressions grave as they stared ahead.

Before them, countless severed heads floated densely packed in mid-air.

From the wide, staring eyes of the grotesque heads, a cold, crimson light shone.

Beneath the heads,

a figure shrouded in an aura of blood stood proudly.

He had an androgynous face and flowing red hair, and he was completely naked.

Or perhaps, it was more accurate to say the aura of blood itself was his clothing.

The aura of blood wrapped around his body like a shroud, extending behind him to form a veritable Blood River that vanished into the endless void!

Countless faces twisted in grotesque roars within the Blood River, their cries chilling to the bone.

The boundless stench of blood that rolled off him was nauseating.

Even a Refining Acupoints Human Immortal would feel their power falter before such overwhelming pressure!

Wang Xiao and Xu Muying moved through the crowd and stood side by side, gazing at the distant figure enveloped in a thick aura of blood.

Xu Muying spoke first:

"Linghu Yu, we’re here. What do you want?"

Linghu Yu was the Demon Lord’s true name.

Legend said that the Demon Lord was once a disciple of the prestigious Huashan Sect of the Central State. He had broken the sect’s rules over a woman and, with nowhere left to turn, became a Demon Cultivator.

It was as if he were born for demonic cultivation; in the three years that followed, he broke through from the Bone Marrow Refining Realm to become a Refining Acupoints Human Immortal.

「Five years later.」

He usurped the previous Demon Lord’s position, becoming the new one.

Three hundred years had passed since that day!

Linghu Yu snapped his fingers.

POP! POP! POP! POP! POP!

The heads in the sky exploded one after another.

A rain of blood showered down, dyeing the entire landscape crimson.

The thick stench of blood washed over them.

Bathing in the downpour of blood, Linghu Yu’s face twisted into an expression of pure ecstasy.

"This is the taste of the blood of all those loving couples. See? Isn’t it just wonderful?"

"To think that you two lovebirds could kill so many of my Demon Cultivators over the years and still get to be all lovey-dovey on a beautiful night like this... it pisses me off! And when I’m pissed off, I kill people! The best thing would be to kill you two as well! I’ll eat your flesh and drink your blood! Only then will the rage in my heart be quenched!"

Wang Xiao’s brow twitched slightly as he listened to Linghu Yu’s rant.

This lunatic, this raving madman, truly defied all logic.

The rumors said he had been betrayed by the woman he loved most. After falling to the demonic path, his favorite meal had become the flesh and blood of couples in love.

However,

Wang Xiao hadn’t expected Linghu Yu to slaughter thousands of people in one go just because of a momentary fit of rage.

The man was even more unhinged than he had been years ago!

Looking at Linghu Yu’s deranged state,

Wang Xiao’s expression remained calm as he said, "Linghu Yu, why didn’t you bring more of your men? You should know you can’t handle us on your own."

Linghu Yu’s eyes were blood-red. He let out a grating laugh. "Heh heh heh... why would I bring those wastes here? Just to feed them to you? No, today, I either beat you to death, or you beat me to death!"

"We’ll attack together. We can’t let him get into Wan’an City, or who knows how many more people will die," Wang Xiao said, looking at Xu Muying.

Xu Muying’s gaze was calm. "Don’t interfere. Let me fight him alone. I feel like I’m about to break through a bottleneck with my Heartless Sword. He’ll be the perfect practice partner!"

"You?" Wang Xiao considered it for a moment, then nodded. "Alright. Be careful. I’ll watch your back."

Given Linghu Yu’s personality, it was unlikely he’d bring other Demon Cultivators for an ambush, but it was always better to be cautious.

Watching from the sidelines would allow him to guard against any surprise attacks from other Demon Cultivators!

While Wang Xiao and Xu Muying were speaking,

the aura of blood around Linghu Yu erupted, filling the entire sky.

His presence surged, and an invisible spiritual pressure bore down on them.

"You dare to be lovey-dovey right in front of me?! I’ll kill you!"

The words had barely left his mouth when

he stirred up a cloud of blood-mist and vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already beside the pair, his crimson fist descending from the heavens like a meteor!

The sheer force of the blow caused the very ground where Wang Xiao and Xu Muying stood to collapse!

’This guy... he’s even stronger than he was a few years ago. Do Demon Cultivators get stronger the crazier they become?’

Wang Xiao’s heart tightened as he sensed the terrifying power radiating from the madman.

Just then,

without a hint of hesitation, however, Xu Muying shot forward to meet the attack, her body erupting in a blaze of brilliant sword light!