CHAPTER 344: CHAPTER 339 APPEARS

The deserted island, where time seems forgotten.

Li Fan sat cross-legged, with sword light flowing over his body, centered around him, the area was enveloped by a Sword Domain. This Sword Domain exuded an oppressive aura, sharp and dim, like an apocalypse.

Within the Sword Domain, countless flying swords flowed like dark lightning, emitting sharp, cutting sounds.

"Destruction."

Li Fan thought to himself, then with a thought, the surrounding world transformed. The Sword Intent in the vast space changed suddenly, a gigantic sword suspended in the sky, countless large swords descended, ancient and heavy, seemingly suppressing this world, making it hard to breathe.

"Star."

Li Fan seemed to murmur softly, his eyes opened, observing the Sword Domain before him.

Retreating on the deserted island for long, he finally comprehended and perfected the Destruction and Star Sword Intents, using them as a foundation to form the Sword Domain.

The Destruction Sword Intent evolved from the Wind and Thunder Sword Intent, and the attack power of the Star Sword Intent far surpassed the previous one.

The Sword Domain, comprehended by Sword Cultivators, is the evolution of Sword Intent. Many in the Condensed Core Realm couldn’t even step into the threshold of the Sword Domain. Only some genius Sword Cultivators could comprehend the Sword Domain in the Ning Dan Realm.

Li Fan stood up, a thought triggered, and dazzling sword glows erupted from within him, his body like a sword, transforming into a Sword Body.

"The Heavenly Essence Sword Body and the Master’s Heavenly Nine Declines seem similar, except the Heavenly Essence Sword Body burns Sword Intent, while the Heavenly Nine Declines is more domineering, the ultimate self." Li Fan thought to himself.

With a thought, Li Fan stood there, seemingly melded with the world, with the Sword Dao, as the flowing Sword Intent around him grew stronger, his aura continuously rising.

The sword in hand, Li Fan seemed to transform, with everything between heaven and earth becoming swords.

"This should be the Heavenly Sword Form referred to in the Heavenly Essence Sword Scripture." Li Fan thought, his body becoming a shadow, disappearing from his original spot, reappearing in another position, silently slashing a sword.

Not far behind Li Fan, several people opened their eyes to look at Li Fan, only to see him disappear before their eyes again.

"There." Liu Ji looked up at the sky, seeing Li Fan’s figure appearing high up.

"So fast..." In the next moment, Li Fan shifted forms again, with sword shadows everywhere ahead, omnipresent and filled with terrifying Sword Intent.

"Such Swordsmanship, those in the Condensed Core Realm simply cannot contend with." Liu Ji thought, a moment later, Li Fan’s body returned to its original place, blending with the countless shadows in the heavens and earth, like there were hundreds of Li Fans.

"What kind of Swordsmanship is this?" Yue Qingqiu asked softly, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity, wondering how she could resist such a Swordsmanship if it attacked her.

"This Swordsmanship comes from the Heavenly Essence Sword Scripture, with elements of the Thousand Soul Sword Canon, so I’ll name it Thousand Shadows Sword." Li Fan said. Now having comprehended the Sword Domain and stepped into the Mid Stage of Condensed Core, it’s time to leave.

"How goes your cultivation?" Li Fan asked the others.

"After transforming, the serpent entered mid-Fifth Realms." Liu Ji replied.

"I’m about to break through too, shouldn’t be long until I reach mid-Golden Body realm." Huang Xiong stepped forward, "This place is perfect for cultivation."

Li Fan: "..."

He gave Huang Xiong a look, this guy was really held back before. Ever since breaking through at the academy, his cultivation progressed rapidly, advancing swiftly in this inhospitable land.

"It’s time to go." Li Fan said, with Liu Ji and Huang Xiong nodding, Yue Qingqiu’s eyes seemed hesitant but she rose anyway.

Li Fan waved his hand, the Flying Boat appeared, and they embarked on it, heading in the distant direction.

A moment later, they arrived at the edge of an island, seeing Meng Hong and the others cultivating below, calling out once.

"Is it finally over?" Meng Hong and the rest rose and flew to the Flying Boat.

Luo Qingyan’s gaze kept observing Li Fan, noticing the significant change in his demeanor since their first meeting, appearing more mature.

After all, even the current Li Fan is only in his early twenties.

"Reluctant to leave?" Luo Qingyan smiled.

"Why, don’t want to go?" Li Fan replied.

"How could I not, it’s so boring here, we can finally return to where humans live. This time planning to go inland?" Luo Qingyan’s eyes brightened, having lived in the West Sea, never having seen the prosperity of Da Li inland.

"Yeah." Li Fan nodded, the journey to the West Sea ends here.

The Flying Boat continued forward, Yue Qingqiu looked back towards Nine Infant Island, murmuring, "I feel there is something beneath Nine Infant Island."

Li Fan was stunned, stopping the Flying Boat, he looked at Yue Qingqiu, seeing her clear eyes looking at him.

"Something?" Li Fan asked.

Yue Qingqiu gently nodded, "But since you couldn’t even detect it, it might be extraordinary, so I didn’t tell you while on the island."

Li Fan’s eyes turned serious. Back when the two senior brothers were present, they searched Nine Infant Island, even explored surrounding waters, but found nothing.

Yet, according to Lu Yuan, it’s beneath Nine Infant Island?

He gazed into the distance, his eyes turned golden, seeing demon energy suffusing Nine Infant Island, no demon shadow visible, he had tried to find it before but couldn’t.

"I’ll go back and take a look," Li Fan said.

"No," Yue Qingqiu’s gaze fixed on him, she shook her head.

"Danger."

"There’s still senior’s Sword Intent in me, it’s fine," Li Fan said with a smile. Yue Qingqiu was not good at expressing herself, presumably worried about his safety and thus hadn’t mentioned this while on the island.

"Wait for me here, and don’t come near if anything happens." With these words, Li Fan flew with his sword, returning to Nine Infant Island.

Yue Qingqiu watched his back, a bit worried.

Above Nine Infant Island, below there was a wasteland and black land.

Li Fan’s body suspended in the air, with a thought, numerous flying swords appeared in front of him, diving down across the sky, piercing the ground.

"Ssss..."

A sharp sound emanated as the flying swords drilled into the ground, Li Fan frowned. The ground of Nine Infant Island was surprisingly hard, the flying swords met strong resistance as they pierced.

Could it be that this island has been tempered by heavenly thunder for countless years?

In different directions, the flying swords constantly drilled down deep into the ground until they met even greater resistance, making a piercing sound and unable to penetrate further.

"What’s there?" Li Fan, with a thought, sent Sword Aura whistling towards a direction, its sharp tip stabbed into the earth, debris flew, Li Fan’s gaze sharp — was that...?

His eyes fixed below, the sword continued to pierce, but at that moment, the ground beneath trembled, and Li Fan clearly sensed the entire island lightly shaking.

Suddenly, a wave of Demon Energy spread from underground, Li Fan’s expression changed.

Is there a demon underground?

A crack suddenly appeared on the ground, his flying sword was violently shaken away. In an instant, a black lightning bolt came at Li Fan, and he immediately dodged, leaving a shadow in the air.

Where he had been, appeared a sharp black object, like a tentacle.

"Branch?"

Li Fan’s heart trembled — a Tree Demon?

Could the flying swords not penetrate its bark because...

This was Nine Infant Great Demon’s lair.

He and his elder brother had always wanted to find it — could it be beneath his feet?

"Buzz..." The tentacle-like branches sliced towards him like sharp blades at great speeds, Li Fan’s body blurred leaving a shadow, slashing a sword at the tentacle, yet was unable to sever it as it curled towards his body.

Lightning flashed, Li Fan’s body vanished from place, holding a broken sword.

He and the tentacle moved almost simultaneously, colliding instantly. With a splat sound, the broken sword sliced it off, and Li Fan appeared in another position, staring at the severed branch, only to see it quickly regrow.

Not only that, Nine Infant Island shook more violently, and with sharp eyes, Li Fan saw numerous tentacles growing from holes pierced by the swords, like a monster.

"It’s a Tree Demon!" Li Fan was somewhat excited.

Resurrection Tree?

This was the hope for Old Blind Man to repair his Divine Soul.

But then his eyes grew extremely grave; this Tree Demon seemed difficult to deal with.

The sharp sound of countless branches rushing towards his body, Li Fan instantly entered Heavenly Sword Form, transforming into Sword Body, with Destruction Sword Domain appearing around.

But those rushing branches pierced through the Sword Domain space, targeting him, the Sword Intent slashing at them, unable to sever.

Li Fan blurred with a shadow, the broken sword sliced through a tentacle, but as soon as it was cut, the tentacle regrew instantly, and the surrounding tentacles covered the Sword Domain, sealing him inside.

Li Fan glanced upwards, even above was sealed by tentacles, leaving him nowhere to escape.

His face turned grim, the scene before him resembled a prison.

"Boom..." Countless tentacles came at him, the Sword Aura around Li Fan roared furiously, continually shredding the approaching tentacles, yet he was still buried by them, instantly bound.

The tentacles pulled him underground, his body wrapped and dragged below. As he extended his Divine Sense outward, he discovered that these tentacles pulling him were just the tip of the iceberg.

His Divine Sense followed the tentacles probing deeper, discovering that under the whole Nine Infant Island, were covered by these tentacles. And in the deep earth, there was a massive ancient tree, surrounded by terrifying Thunder Power, the heavenly thunder from the sky seemed to be drawn by this ancient tree.

Suddenly, when a pair of eyes opened, staring at his Divine Sense, Li Fan’s heart shuddered.

Outside, from the distant direction of Nine Infant Island, on a Flying Boat, Yue Qingqiu and others looked towards Nine Infant Island. At this moment, the Demon Energy on Nine Infant Island was overwhelming, blocking the sun, countless tentacles stretching towards the sky, as if trying to connect with the heavens, terrifying to the extreme.

Even Liu Ji and Huang Xiong, who had always trusted Li Fan greatly, had their faces changed now. What level of Great Demon was this?