CHAPTER 324: CHAPTER 319 HOPE

The eyes of the Jiao Peng Demon locked onto Yuwen Jing’s sword, its expression still calm and confident. Before him, endless black streams flickered, each beam containing a powerful aura of destruction.

"Boom..." A streak of black lightning burst forth, and before him, a black spear appeared. Black lightning coiled around the spear, and the Jiao Peng Demon reached out to grasp it in its palm, a murderous aura swept out.

"Such strong energy."

The surrounding cultivators trembled at heart, realizing that the Jiao Peng Demon’s combat strength might not have been fully unleashed, as it hadn’t used the black spear before.

"Bang."

A flash of lightning darted by, and the Jiao Peng Demon vanished from sight. Between it and Yuwen Jing, many blurred afterimages appeared, accompanied by the black lightning, too fast to be caught by the naked eye.

Yuwen Jing raised his hand to point, and immediately, countless flying swords filled the sky, transforming into a terrifying golden storm that swept out, blocking all paths, leaving no room to evade. Even with incredible speed, it was hard to escape the sweeping attack of the golden brilliance swords.

However, the Jiao Peng did not flee. Amidst the flying swords, a beam of light appeared; that dark figure penetrated through the very center of the sword attack. Countless black lightning bolts simultaneously struck towards Yuwen Jing, containing a destructive spear intent.

"Buzz..."

Yuwen Jing, the moment the opponent penetrated the sword attack, also drew his sword. Holding the Golden Brilliance Sword, he spun forward, infusing the overwhelming sword intent into the blade, surrounding his body, with ten thousand swords flying together.

Fierce spear and sharp sword clashed instantly. The crowd only saw the violent air currents around the two bodies, and then saw Yuwen Jing’s body being shaken and retreating once more.

The Jiao Peng Great Demon at the peak of the Fifth Realm was extremely terrifying in both speed and power, having also cultivated destructive spear intent and practiced spear techniques.

"That Jiao Peng is strong."

From another direction on the battlefield, a sword cultivator from West Flame Island noticed, their expression slightly changing. All cultivators paying attention to this battle realized there were formidable genius demon cultivators among the Demon Race as well.

"Watch out..." A cultivator exclaimed as they saw, the moment Yuwen Jing was struck back, the Jiao Peng Demon disappear once more, reappearing with the pitch-black gray spear stabbing straight at Yuwen Jing’s throat.

The Jiao Peng was too fast, possessing the speed of a Peng Bird and the terrifying strength of a Jiao Dragon, perfectly integrated into its combat style.

Yuwen Jing retreated rapidly, yet the black spear closed in with increasing speed, too quick. In terms of speed, it was clear Yuwen Jing couldn’t match the Jiao Peng.

"Boom."

A magnificent golden sword aura radiated from Yuwen Jing’s forehead, pushing Radiant Sword Qi to its extreme limit, intending for a lethal strike, causing many cultivators to hold their breath. Could he reverse the situation at such a close distance?

But the opponent’s spear shook, forming a spear wall, the sword seed crashed into the spear wall, furiously drilling forward.

"Go."

Yuwen Jing shouted, and the sword seed rapidly enlarged, transforming into a giant golden sword, while simultaneously countless golden flying swords struck at the opponent, releasing an exceptionally terrifying attack in a single thought.

"Bang..." A flash of black lightning struck through, and the opponent’s spear, having dissipated its force, disappeared again, reappearing at Yuwen Jing’s side.

Yuwen Jing’s entire focus was on the attack ahead, seeing the spear coming for him, he hurriedly swung his sword out. A terrifying force vibrated on the sword, causing Yuwen Jing to be shaken again.

The spear followed closely, giving Yuwen Jing no reaction time.

This made the cultivators watching the battle feel a sense of despair; what kind of combat strength was this?

Yuwen Jing’s thought moved, surrounding him with the golden brilliance sword intent, merging with the sword without dodging. Transforming into a sword, a golden great sword shot out, clashing with the spear.

Boom... A sword aura storm engulfed the Jiao Peng Demon’s body, the Golden Brilliance Sword Intent transformed seemingly into a Sword Domain, crazily slicing and dicing.

But the Kunpeng Demon’s body was surrounded by demon energy soaring to the sky, black lightning winding around, giving its entire form an indestructible aura and strongest destructive energy.

A loud whistle, a gigantic demon shadow charged out from within its body, resembling both Jiao Dragon and Peng Bird. The surrounding golden brilliance sword qi was shattered, and the shadow merged into the spear, allowing the black spear to continue advancing. The great demon wrapped around the spear, unstoppable and unbreakable.

A streak of black lightning slashed through the void, and the crowd saw Yuwen Jing’s body being struck flying, retreating into the distance, letting out a muffled grunt and spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The opponent’s figure flickered, wanting to continue attacking, but the sword seed behind Yuwen Jing shot explosively back. The Jiao Peng Demon turned and thrust out a spear, the sword seed sliced past it and returned to Yuwen Jing, pointing at the Jiao Peng to guard against further attack.

"Defeated."

Many human cultivators observing the battle felt waves of intense emotions seeing Yuwen Jing wounded and returning.

Before the battle, Yuwen Jing had demonstrated an unstoppable momentum, flying swords killing demons over a distance, unimpeded.

Yet now, faced with defeat, the battlefield revealed an almost invincible Condensed Core Realm demon.

"Combat strength is fair, but he still needs to die." The Jiao Peng glanced towards Yuwen Jing, black lightning reappearing, moving forward. But just then, behind Yuwen Jing, endless flying swords surged in, with several figures charging towards this side to support Yuwen Jing.

The Jiao Peng Demon frowned, the black lightning transformed into a storm, enveloping its body. Those flying swords vanished in the storm but halted its advance, staring at the sword cultivators coming to Yuwen Jing.

"Humph."

The Jiao Peng Demon sensed the presence of multiple sword cultivators, not moving forward but instead flickering its form to the side.

"Careful." Yuwen Jing warned as he saw the opponent heading that way, but it was too late; a Condensed Core Realm cultivator still engaged in battle was pierced through by a spear. The opponent’s spear stirred, causing the body to explode, the inner core flying out and being swallowed whole.

Seeing this scene, guilt surfaced in Yuwen Jing’s eyes.

His defeat led to this situation, making it difficult for anyone to stop the Jiao Peng Demon.

Great cultivators of the Sixth Realm were confronting demon monsters of the Sixth Realm, this was their battlefield, the resolution rested upon them.

Thud, thud, thud...

Where the black spear passed, human cultivators were successively killed, none able to resist, causing the demon monsters’ arrogance to skyrocket, their roars shaking the sky.

"No one can stop him?" The crowd despaired, watching the demon monster’s rampant slaughter.

"Hmm?"

The Jiao Peng Demon, while slaughtering human cultivators, glanced in a direction, noticing two human cultivators in the front battlefield. They were also in furious combat, leading to the fall of many comrades at their swords.

Moreover, those two figures were heading towards him.

"It’s him." The Jiao Peng Demon glanced at them; it was one of the two human sword cultivators who first initiated the attack, one already injured by him, this was the other.

It flickered towards that direction, while Li Fan seemed to sense something, also looking up to see the Jiao Peng Demon coming his way.

"I’ll go, you be careful." Li Fan softly said to Lu Yuan beside him.

"Alright." Lu Yuan understood Li Fan’s intent, he didn’t need help, wanting to single-handedly kill that demon.

She had seen the demon’s terror, yet still trusted Li Fan completely and unconditionally.

With a flicker of her form, Lu Yuan charged to the side.

The Jiao Peng Demon disdainfully gazed at Li Fan, sweeping out with his spear as he moved, yet a human cultivator was killed instantly under the spear. But Li Fan, on the opposite side, also slashed out with his sword, a demon monster’s body severed.

In front of both, demon monsters and humans retreated to the sides. Soon, an eerie scene unfolded on the battlefield: an empty space appeared between them, as if purposely created to leave them a battlefield.

The human cultivators felt anxious, watching Li Fan’s figure.

With Yuwen Jing already defeated, now, Li Fan was their hope.