The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 781 - 324: A Battle of Life and Death

"The Old Taoist has always had doubts, how exactly did you manage to elevate your cultivation to the realm of the Heavenly Dao in one fell swoop?" With an overwhelming aura surging throughout his body, with every gesture exuding endless might, Li Qingming was being observed by Wu Ming Taoist whose aged voice began to resonate: "Now it seems, it is but a matter of the main soul splitting into fragments! Very well, let’s resolve this quickly and finish you off!"

"Big talk is easy to come by, you let me slip away not once but twice, aren’t these words slapping your own face?" Li Qingming’s face showed solemnity; the archaic Qiankun Tripod twinkled with a bright greenish light, as it emerged into existence.

The Old Taoist seemed to be pained by Li Qingming’s pointed words, and without uttering another word, he lightly beckoned with his hand.

"Whoosh"

With a soft sound, the black long knife—a Heavenly Dao Treasure that Li Qingming had obtained from Scorpion City—flew out from his body and under the vast sky, it transformed into a nine-colored giant dragon. It flew to the Old Taoist’s side, affectionately rubbing against the Old Taoist’s large hand, which glowed with a lustrous sheen.

"Ah, Black Gold, long time no see!" The Old Taoist gently stroked the giant dragon’s large horns, then suddenly pointed at Li Qingming and commanded: "Go, kill him!"

A bone-piercing killing intent burst forth from the Old Taoist’s body, making the entire space seem to freeze, so icy that it sent shivers down the spine and stifled the breath in one’s chest. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Roar!"

Upon hearing the command, the giant dragon Black Gold’s eyes shimmered, it raised a long cry which resounded through the void, and astonishingly in midair, it transformed into twelve fierce and aggressive Twelve Ancestor Witch Demon Gods, each clad in scale armor under the light of the Fusang Divine Wood, their cold light gleaming menacingly. Their thick arms bulged with muscles, indicating boundless surging Blood Qi.

Li Qingming was stunned for a moment but then burst into hearty laughter, his voice cold as he said: "Well played, Old Tao, you actually want to compel my surrender with Twelve Ancestor Witches? Do you think you are the Pan Gu God? Fine, since you wish to combat me with the incarnations of the Twelve Ancestor Witches, I shall indulge your desire! Twelve Ancestor Witches, transform!"

His voice had barely faded when Li Qingming scattered twelve drops of Three Light Divine Water and a thick slab of Nine Heavens Breath Soil with a sweep of his hand.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Void trembled, from within the Tao Rules long river swirling around the Old Taoist, burst forth twelve dazzling strands of Dao Rules—Space Rules, Time Rule, Fire Element... exactly twelve corresponding to the Twelve Ancestor Witches’ rule powers, flew out from that long river and landed on the Nine Heavens Breath Soil before Li Qingming.

"Witch! Witch~~~"

Twelve towering and fierce silhouettes slowly ascended from the patch of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, each of the twelve Tao Rules returned to the bodies to which they originally belonged.

Gazing at the Twelve Ancestor Witches surrounding him, which belonged to him, Li Qingming’s eyes glinted with a cold light, and with a fierce wave of his hand, he squeezed out his command through his gritted teeth: "Kill!"

As soon as Li Qingming’s voice fell, the whole space trembled, the space that Old Taoist had frozen shattered like glass, and the suffocating space moved without wind, emitting a dull roar!

The Old Taoist in the distance had a slight change in complexion; he hadn’t expected that a mere "ant" in the Heavenly Dao Realm could contend with him, a mighty Half-step Dao Realm. However, recalling that this illusionary embodiment only had one-tenth the combat strength of the true body, he felt somewhat relieved.

"You do have some abilities, no wonder you are so arrogant!" The Old Taoist laughed heartily, his expression then darkening as he uttered coldly: "Perfect, let’s see whether my Twelve Demon Gods are mightier, or your Twelve Ancestor Witches are stronger!"

"Ha-ha!" At this moment, Li Qingming had swept away the previous feeling of suffocation and laughed heartily, his scornful cold laughter ensued: "Is that so? I’d like to see as well! Less nonsense, kill!"

"Hmph, since you seek death, you can’t blame me! Twelve Demon Gods, attack!" The Old Taoist’s illusory face burst into two streams of scarlet killing intent, his white robe billowed without wind, and the long river of Tao Rules roared tumultuously.

"Roar!"

The Twelve Demon Gods belonging to the Old Taoist roared to the sky, each encased in the force of their own rules, lightning-fast rushing towards Li Qingming’s Twelve Ancestor Witches.

They were each incredibly fierce, their bodies tightly bound by the dense power of rules, surpassing the Twelve Ancestor Witches by more than a little bit.

As the saying goes, general versus general, soldier against soldier, they each found their opponents, cackling wildly as they forcefully suppressed the Twelve Ancestor Witches.

Although the Twelve Ancestor Witches struggled valiantly, they ultimately weren’t as strong as the twelve Demon Gods and could only passively take a beating.

"Junior, today you shall fall, just accept death obediently, and you might be spared some pain!" Seeing that a one-sided situation had already formed, the Old Taoist’s voice relaxed.

"Dream on if you think I’d sit and wait for death!" Li Qingming, while controlling his split attention to battle with the Twelve Demon Gods, sweat poured down like a waterfall, converging into a river.

"Very well, since that’s the case, then go die! Black Gold, do it!" The Old Taoist, clearly losing his patience, directly ordered the long knife Black Gold to deal a deadly blow.

"Roar!"

The Twelve Demon Gods, enraged and led by the Demon God Di Jiang, began to spout the force of their fundamental rules constantly:

Space storms, time countercurrent, fiery heat of fire, icy coldness of water... twelve different forces of rules, swirling the Void, with the destructive might that seemed to shatter Heaven and Earth, surging towards the Twelve Ancestor Witches.

Li Qingming’s face drastically changed, he fiercely bit down and bellowed: "Twelve Ancestor Witches transform, the Dutian Godly Evil Formation is set!"

"Rumble!"

The Twelve Duterrestrial God Evil Array instantly formed, boundless blood light surged to the skies, turning the golden Cangqiong into a blood-red hue.

The Old Taoist only felt a blood-red patch before his eyes, an endless mountain of heads, rivers of blood in a tragic scene, all around him and in his mind were the sounds of slaughter, the clangor of metal.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, rolling clouds of Evil Qi surged from above the Nine Heavens, filling the Heavenly Vault, an aura from the ancient barbaric era burst forth from the bodies of the Twelve Ancestor Witches, reaching up to the endless killing clouds of the Heavenly Vault. It spread like a mushroom cloud all around, quickly enveloping the Twelve Ancestor Witches.

"Crack!"

Within the silent cloud of Evil Qi, a thunderous blast sounded, the Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth suddenly became violent, an endless breath circulated, and in the center of the Spiritual Energy, an illusory shadow appeared.

As time passed, this shadow gradually solidified, its muscled flesh, towering over a million feet tall, radiated an ancient and vast aura!

"Oh, it is the Dutian Godly Evil Formation, isn’t it? Not bad, you’ve even summoned Pangu’s True Body!" The Old Taoist squinted at the colossal figure, not showing a hint of fear.

"Old thief, you’ve brought disaster upon the Central Heaven World; today I shall execute you in the name of the Great Dao!" Li Qing, standing in the Void, spoke with a severe voice. He lifted his right hand in a fist, as if holding something substantial.

Following Li Qingming’s movements, Pangu’s True Body did the same, lifting its right hand to see a beam of yellow light shoot down from the Heavenly Vault above, forming a giant axe imbued with the ancient Tao in its palm, its yellow light circulating, simple yet majestic!(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)