Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 357 - 343 Argument

"Boom!"

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor, already having lost half of its body, had another part of its Heavenly Demon True Body frozen and shattered.

"Heaven-Devouring, meet your death!"

Accompanied by a burst of cold shouting, the piercing Sword Qi of frost that impaled the body of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor didn’t falter for a moment. With a swift spin, this time it directly aimed for the demon emperor’s head and whooshed towards it.

Wherever the sword light passed, a thousand miles would freeze over, and even the Void itself seemed to solidify from the chilling aura contained within the sword, forming a tangible staircase of ice and snow.

"Leng Qingqiu!"

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor roared in unwillingness.

To die at the hands of Alkaid signified a simple disparity in skill, but to be killed by Leng Qingqiu—a "weakling" who not long ago could be strung along like a dog...

It couldn’t accept it!

"Swoosh!"

Just as the sword was about to deliver the final Fatal Kill to the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor, a streak of golden light, as if completing a Void leap, arrived in an instant, striking with uncanny precision against the frost-filled Sword Qi.

As the two swords collided, countless shards of ice and frost burst forth, as if a storm of ice and snow had unfolded within the Void.

But before the storm could spread and freeze a thousand miles around, rippling waves in the Void already annihilated all the ice and snow.

"You!?"

The cold Divine Sense carried a hint of anger.

Yet, the golden sword light didn’t slow for even a moment; after shattering the pervasive frost Sword Qi in the Void, its edge turned to target the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor.

Before she could react further, the Void Force contained within the sword had already struck down the cornered and formidable demon emperor.

This time, the demon emperor didn’t struggle in defiance.

On the one hand, it understood that death was inevitable today.

On the other hand...

Dying at the hands of another powerful being was preferable to being killed by an adversary it didn’t even regard as worthy.

But...

"With blood as the medium, with the divine as fuel, with the path as kindling..."

"Boom!"

The Sword of the You Long Sword rampaged through the Heaven-Devouring Demon King’s head, completely destroying the Dao seed within.

"How dare you!"

The icy Sword Qi, wrapped in biting cold, suddenly flourished amidst her shout, forming a hexagonal snowflake of ice crystals spanning thousands of kilometers. It seemed poised not only to freeze space but also to bind the waves of Divine Sense around it.

However, as the snowflake started to demonstrate its prowess, the agile You Long Sword carved a crevice through the icy world with the edge of the Sword of the Void, then maneuvered adroitly, taking the Heavenly Demon True Body of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor and instantly Traversing the Void, reappearing thousands of miles away, straight into the awaiting hands of Alkaid.

"Heavenly Dao Sect, Alkaid!"

Leng Qingqiu’s emotions fluctuated as she looked at Alkaid.

Surprise, annoyance, disbelief, and...

A trace of fear.

From their brief encounter just now, she had discerned that his mastery of Void Force and Cave Heaven power was seamless without any delay.

What did this mean!?

It meant...

He had achieved Void Refinement!

Especially since his expertise in Dao Techniques was not inferior, and like her, he also possessed a Dao Artifact. In the brief confrontation, she had not gained the upper hand.

With anger, shock, and even fear, she had no choice but to stop and challenge him, "Alkaid, what is the meaning of this? Didn’t you see that I was about to deal the final strike to this demon king? Yet you interfered and prevented it. What are your intentions!?"

The True Spirit’s Light of Alkaid shone, clearly sensing the animosity from the Vice Sect Leader of the Penglai Immortal Sect towards him.

Was it because he had refused her proposal to use him as bait to lure out the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor a few years ago?

"Who suddenly interfered out of nowhere, you know full well! Making outrageous accusations and inverting right and wrong, is this how a Vice Sect Leader of the Penglai Immortal Sect behaves?"

Having said that, Alkaid turned to leave.

"Stop right there!"

Leng Qingqiu held her sword across her path.

But just then, six streaks of light at the edge of the sky approached rapidly.

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"Deputy Sect Master Leng."

"What happened? Where is the Heaven-Devouring Demon King? There’s been a fierce battle in this region; the disturbance was so strong, I could sense it from tens of thousands of miles away with a secret technique. Has the Sect Master caught up with this demon king and killed it?"

The two Void Refinement practitioners spoke one after the other.

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"Palace Masters Zhengyang and Xuan Yin, your timing is perfect. I was about to kill the Heaven-Devouring Demon King, when unexpectedly, Alkaid, the Junior Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect, suddenly intervened. He blocked my Nine Profound Condensing Ice Sword and delivered the lethal blow to the demon king. When I questioned him, he instead accused me of stirring trouble without cause and speaking falsehoods. Today, I ask the two of you to join me in capturing him. When the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect arrives, let him pass judgment," Leng Qingqiu declared directly.

The two Refining Void cultivators, having heard this, naturally harbored no doubts towards their own Vice Sect Leader’s words and immediately moved to intercept Alkaid.

"You keep saying that you want to slay the Heaven-Devouring Demon King. The Heaven-Devouring Demon King always moves as a team. So where are the other Demon Kings that usually accompany it? Or is it that I shattered the Heaven-Devouring Demon King’s team, forcing the Heaven-Devouring Demon King to flee in panic, and just when it was at the end of its rope, you swooped in to steal the kill?"

Alkaid produced a crystal stone in his hand, "I have here images of the battle with the Heaven-Devouring Demon King’s team, originally for claiming the Contribution Value bounty. Do you want to take a look?"

His words caused the two Palace Masters to halt in their tracks.

"Nonsense! It’s clearly you who could do nothing against the Heaven-Devouring Demon King, allowing it to escape. Had I not intercepted it, by now the Heaven-Devouring Demon King would have vanished without a trace. And now, you’re claiming all the credit for yourself!"

Leng Qingqiu also produced a crystal stone in her hand, "My recording was rushed, and the images in the crystal stone are not quite perfect, but they happen to capture evidence of how I almost killed the Heaven-Devouring Demon King, only for you to interfere and stop me."

Upon hearing this, the two Palace Masters naturally took the side of their kin over justice.

Immediately they blocked Alkaid from both sides, "Junior Sect Leader Alkaid, please come with us to make an explanation to the Penglai Immortal Sect. Rest assured, when the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect comes to redeem you, we will naturally let you go."

"Do not resist, otherwise if we are too heavy-handed and injure a prodigiously talented individual like Junior Sect Leader Alkaid, it would be inappropriate."

"Injure me? You do not have the capability."

Alkaid’s gaze turned to Leng Qingqiu, "Now I understand why, although the Penglai Immortal Sect clearly has a Dao Lord in charge, aside from the Penglai Dao Lord, there seems to be no other commendable expert. With someone like you holding the position of Vice Sect Leader, how can the Penglai Immortal Sect have any future to speak of? I think, once the Penglai Dao Lord ascends to the Immortal Realm, the Penglai Immortal Sect will crumble within a century!"

Leng Qingqiu heard Alkaid’s critique, which offended the entire Penglai Immortal Sect, yet she did not feel any anger in her heart, but rather a secret delight.

If these words were to spread…

Alkaid would be completely cutting ties with the Penglai Immortal Sect.

However, although she secretly rejoiced in her heart, as the Vice Sect Leader of the Penglai Immortal Sect, she had to righteously defend the dignity of her sect.

"How dare you!"

She rebuked with a fierce voice, "Alkaid, you dare to insult my Penglai Immortal Sect. Today, if we do not teach you a lesson to last a lifetime, what face will the Penglai Immortal Sect have to stand upon in the Northern Sea Star? Zhengyang, Xuan Yin, you two Palace Masters, lay out the Yin Yang Two Yi Formation and don’t let him escape!"

Upon hearing Alkaid’s derogatory comments about their sect, the two Palace Masters did not hesitate at all. Both of them acted simultaneously, invoking the Yin Yang Dao Technique, seemingly turning the entire area into Chaos, making it difficult for the Great Dao to manifest.

However, before they could make their move, a ripple of the Void flashed around Alkaid’s body.

"Trying to leave!?"

Leng Qingqiu’s Nine Profound Condensing Ice Sword flared, instantly shooting towards the Void where Alkaid was, the absolute zero within seemingly freezing all matter movement, and even the space itself appeared to freeze over.

But with the stimulation of the Two Realms Ruler’s Dao rhythm, the frozen Void was reactivated.

The next moment, Alkaid took a step into the Void and had already appeared a thousand miles away.

The Yin Yang and Chaos power performed by the other two Palace Masters followed swiftly after Alkaid, but his Void Blink had already been activated again. Before this force of Chaos could envelop him, he had already reached the edge of their attack range.

"Other than the Dao Lord taking action, who can contend with me from the Penglai Immortal Sect?"

Alkaid let out a light laugh.

The fluctuations of the Void flickered once more, completely disappearing from the Perception of the several Refining Void cultivators.

The speed at which this Dao Technique was activated, so fast that even the Refining Void cultivators could barely react, led the two Palace Masters to realize something and their faces immediately changed color.

"Not using the power of Cave Heaven to activate the Void Force but directly using the power of Cave Heaven as Void Force!? Refining Void! This is the power of the Void Refinement Realm!"

"How is that possible!? Wasn’t Alkaid only recognized as Hollow Void ten years ago when he swept through all the True Transmissions of the Heavenly Dao Sect? It’s only been ten years, how could he have stepped into the Void Refinement Realm!?"

Going against a Junior Sect Leader of Hollow Void from another major sect and going against a Vice Sect Leader of Void Refinement are two entirely different concepts.

The former…

As long as they didn’t actually kill him, it would not provoke a major conflict among the sects.

But the latter…

Merely taking action implies a serious provocation and even declaration of war!

If things go poorly, it might directly spark a war between these two top-tier forces.

Of course, the key point was that the three Refining Void cultivators from the Penglai Immortal Sect had attacked simultaneously but still failed to manage Alkaid. Instead, he had calmly withdrawn under the assault of their combined forces…

If this news were to spread, it would also be a severe blow to the face of the Penglai Immortal Sect.

"Deputy Sect Master Leng, what exactly happened? Who are telling the truth in your two accounts?"

"With regard to the exact process of slaying the Heaven-Devouring Demon King, Deputy Sect Master Leng will have to explain to the Acting Sect Master."

Zhengyang and Xuan Yin, the two Palace Masters, looked at Leng Qingqiu with a hint of displeasure.

They had even begun to guess who was telling the truth.

Before, Alkaid was just a Hollow Void. They supported their relative rather than the facts, but now…

Alkaid had advanced to Refining Void in just a short ten years, a level of talent so terrifying that even they, feeling deceived, were also somewhat angered and upset with Leng Qingqiu for making them needlessly offend such a formidable person.

"Humph! What do you mean by that, you two Palace Masters?"

Leng Qingqiu snorted coldly, "I cannot deny that there were indeed some omissions in my words, but... aside from the facts, is Alkaid completely free from fault? As Palace Masters of the Penglai Immortal Sect, are you even criticizing me now?"

Zhengyang and Xuan Yin, the two Palace Masters, had their faces darken.

They were very clear about what kind of character this disciple of the Dao Lord was.

Instantly irritated, they stated, "Anyway, we will report this matter to the Acting Sect Master and let her deal with it personally."

After saying this, the two of them did not bother with Leng Qingqiu any longer and left directly.