CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 37 DEMON SUPPRESSION IRON

Xiao Liu jumped outside the Demon Suppression Tower, gathered qi, and shouted, his voice echoing across the mountain ridge.

The Qilin lying atop the Nine-layered Demon Suppression Tower slightly glanced sideways, casting a lazy look at Xiao Liu, too lazy to even get up, merely blew a dragon’s whisker, and sneered softly.

"Hmph!"

Then, a bright light arose, purple, white, gold, green, and red; five-colored great banners sprang from the ground, forming layers of five-colored banner walls, surrounding the Demon Suppression Platform in an array.

Xiao Liu, "..."

He couldn’t even see the princely heir’s face; only the security team captain, the Eastern Palace Commander Tribute Mage, appeared from the fifth floor tower,

wearing a golden crown and jade belt, a Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, holding a command flag in his left hand and a jade mirror in his right, shouted aloud,

"The princely heir asks, where is Concubine Zhao?"

"Killed by me!"

Xiao Liu angrily cursed, flinging a handful of eyeballs in disdain.

"Hmph! Demon!"

The old mage snorted coldly, two streams of yellow qi spewing from his nose, waved the command flag in his left hand three times, and pointed at Xiao Liu,

"Seize him!"

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" "Bang!" "Boom!"

Amidst the deafening metallic clangs, three black shadows leaped down from the Demon Suppression Tower, jumping out of the array, and landed with a thunderous crash, surrounding Xiao Liu in a triangular formation.

These were the three Demon Suppression Iron Beasts—walking dragon, flying phoenix, and walking lion—from the third tower.

Indeed, the Iron Beasts, clearly neither flesh and blood demons, rather they seemed more like magic treasures, even though they had developed artifact spirits, these were beast-shaped creations rather than humanoid ones. Thus, they seemed controllable by the Beast Taming Technique.

Sweat the size of beans began to seep from Xiao Liu’s forehead.

You can stop right there, these three Iron Beasts are really rather restraining for the Sword Sect. These things aren’t flesh and blood, truly impervious to swords and spears. Even if they can’t cast spells like real dragons and phoenixes, just a big lump of iron coming at you could smash you to death.

Tie Dan, can you do it or not...

"Swoosh——!"

While hesitating, the Iron Beasts began their attack!

The flying phoenix took the lead! Iron wings sweeping across! Hooked claws aiming straight for the scapula!

"Hah!"

Xiao Liu roared, kicked off the ground, and rolled away holding his head.

The flying phoenix missed with its attack, whistling past, its iron claws plowing the ground as it tore it apart.

"Bang!"

"Ah ah!"

Yet with Xiao Liu’s current state, avoiding one beast was already difficult; surrounded by three, there was no chance.

He didn’t roll far before being tackled by the Iron Lion, which bit his shoulder, lashing its head and dragging him, shaking him violently, tearing Xiao Liu’s flesh and blood, nearly ripping his arm off.

The old mage stood on the tower, hidden behind array flags, coldly observing the scene below,

"Still not going to intervene? Don’t mind if your junior brother is torn to pieces?"

Yet there was still no one appearing, only Xiao Liu in the lion’s mouth couldn’t help but cry out in pain,

"Too afraid to come out, huh... Hmph, mere rats dare to rebel against the Immortal Palace! Courting death! Then die like the mice you are!"

The old mage waved the command flag, the walking dragon and flying phoenix! Charging left and right, attacked the hiding Tie Dan!

Seeing his disguise discovered so easily, a dignified Golden Core Master and a Divine Beast, giving no chance to fight against two Foundation Establishments, Tie Dan had no choice, swiftly darted out, running in a zigzag pattern, dodging and sliding, quickly evading the Iron Beasts’ attacks!

His movements were far more agile than Xiao Liu’s, sped up significantly with the Dog Fist’s enhancement; several times he was almost cornered, yet he explosively sped up, darting out. The two Iron Beasts couldn’t even touch a hair on him; sometimes they charged too hard and accidentally collided with each other, going duang! which was quite loud.

And through this entanglement, Tie Dan realized that these Iron Beasts had design flaws, despite combining magic treasure and Divine Beast, their spiritual wisdom and mana were a far cry from either aspect, acting according to simple predetermined patterns, requiring command for every move. As long as he remained out of the commander’s sight, the Iron Beasts, deprived of targets, just stood still like gate-keeping stone lions.

The old mage, from above, watching Tie Dan and the Iron Beasts play cat and mouse, frowned, unable to understand why it was taking so long to catch him. He simply waved the command flag again.

"Boom! Boom!"

Then came the flying Heavenly Horse and sea horse! Jumping down from the tower top, joining the fray!

Now the four beasts joined forces, pursuing and blocking Tie Dan’s every path. Even space for dodging was almost squeezed out! The Iron Lion continued holding Xiao Liu in its mouth, guarding the entrance, not giving a single chance!

And it wasn’t over yet, the old mage casually threw the jade mirror in his hand, summoning a magic artifact. The jade mirror, activated by mana, floated in the air, projecting dazzling light like a searchlight, scanning around the eight corners of the Demon Suppression Platform.

Yes, searching for the flying sword!

As the mage cautiously sought, even the Qilin became interested, lightly leaping down from the tower to observe the scene beside the mage,

"The Eastern Palace Commander has great methods, a mere demon seized at once, but... why hasn’t he drawn his sword?"

The mage sneered,

"Though in the Foundation Establishment Stage he can forge a sword embryo and sword seed, the sword is still fragile, good for cutting human heads, but facing solid gold, iron beasts, it ensures the sword blade vibrates, the fragments shattering, harming him instead.

So these two kids clearly aim for one to draw attention, the other to assassinate with a dark sword. However, with an array shield erected, what can sword boys do to me?

King’s assistant need not worry; as long as I find his hidden Secret Sword, they can cause no waves."

The Qilin curiously eyed the mirror reflecting bright above,

"So you are searching for the flying sword? This technique can break the flying sword method?"

The old mage nodded in response,

"As the King’s assistant sees, whether it’s the Demon Sect’s inner core Dao or the Sword Sect’s sword casting technique, they’re merely variants of the Immortal Palace’s Alchemy Dao.

Simply throwing a magic artifact to establish a foundation, lacking only furnace and medicine, hence relying on flesh as an oven, building a foundation through treasures, finding another way.

The Sword Sect Secret Skill also follows this path, using foundation treasures as a core, refining with elixir blood to cast an inner core into a flying sword for use.

This kind of hidden elixir sword, while secret and swift in assassinating, lacks the sharpness and resilience of those crafted from gold essence and iron seed, forged over a hundred years through multiple heats and cold tempers.

Therefore, these people originally were secretly raised within the palace as death assassins, palace death soldiers for dispatching political enemies with.

The Hidden Sword Assassination Technique is impressive, but the clan had long prepared defenses against it. Exposing his roots and tracking their sword movements, their full capabilities can’t be unleashed."

"Oh, I see..."

Watching from below, the Qilin saw Tie Dan desperately dodging between the claws and fangs of the Iron Beasts and suddenly asked,

"In that case, why could his flying sword break my Five-colored Divine Light?"

"..."

The old mage silently turned his head to stare at the Qilin, forgetting all formalities.

"Y-you say what? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Before the Qilin could respond, suddenly a great tremor shook beneath them!

The Nine-layered Dao Tower tilted at a speed visible to the eye, collapsing towards the ground!

No, the iron tower didn’t fall!

The mountain!

The mountain stood up!

"Wha-what!"

"Could it be!"

The Qilin and the mage jolted to alertness, simultaneously turning their heads!

Only to see atop the Demon Suppression Platform tower, originally directly sealed by the King’s assistant, on the ninth-floor tower’s spire.

A silver light, flickering momentarily.

On closer inspection, the Sealing Demon Iron Talisman at the tower’s peak had been sliced in two, the break as smooth as a mirror.

As if cut open by a sharp sword.

"Roar————!!!」

Then a thunderous roar echoed through Cangling! Resounding across the ridge!

Shaking the heavens! Weeping the ghosts and gods!

The Demon God Huahuai!

Broke the seal and emerged!