First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1931: No Survivors Within Nine Strikes

His voice echoed throughout heaven and earth.

The Demon Sovereigns of the Nine Great Demon Races looked at Su Yi playfully.

But Su Yi just sighed. “I’m not afraid of threats, but sometimes, resolving them requires resorting to things I otherwise wouldn’t.”

With that, he turned over his palm. The Divine Replenishment Furnace floated into the air and erupted with misty light.

Tens of thousands of figures fell to the ground, like dumplings falling in a pan. All of them were unconscious.

This scene instantly drew the demon experts’ attention.

“Dammit! Those are my clansmen!”

“It’s the Grand Elder and the others!”

Infuriated, startled cries rang out.

When the other demon experts saw this, they exchanged glances. Their expressions were dark.

“Taking hostages is easy. Anyone can do it. I simply disdain to do so,” Su Yi said flatly. “But if you want to play that game, I can play it too. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

He pointed at the captive experts of the Immortal Realm. “Exchange them for my hostages, or I’ll kill all of these people, and then I'll also kill all of you. You have until I count to three!”

His voice boomed throughout the surrounding area, domineering and contemptuous.

The experts of the Nine Great Demon Races felt stifled. Their gazes were terrifyingly cold.

“Su Yi, if you dare touch them, I’ll slaughter these immortal experts!” roared an old man.

Su Yi said calmly, “If they die, I’ll avenge them. One.”

He’d begun the countdown. The atmosphere was instantly oppressive.

The demon higher-ups exchanged glances. It was obvious they were conferring amongst themselves.

Su Yi disregarded this. “Two.”

It was just one word, but it put enormous pressure on them.

“Try it, then! Don’t forget that a million demon experts have invaded the Immortal Realm. Kill my clansmen, and I’ll ensure the citizens of the Immortal Realm accompany them in death!” bellowed a purple-robed Goldenflame Demon.

Su Yi paid this no heed either. He just continued his countdown. “Three!”

He’d only just said this when he raised his right hand, and sword qi surged beneath the dome of heaven.

But just as he was about to swing it…

“Wait!” The purple-robed man roared, “We’ll trade! We’ll exchange hostages!”

The other demon experts instantly felt humiliated. Even the purple-robed man was ashamed and indignant, his face ashen. He gnashed his teeth so hard that they almost broke.

Meanwhile, Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh dryly. “This is what they call seeking one’s own humiliation! Alright, then. Any funny business during the exchange, and I promise that every last one of the hostages will die.”

With that, he tossed the Divine Replenishment Furnace into the air. It lit up, and a swath of misty purple light swept over the immortal experts and gathered them up. From beginning to end, none dared to interfere.

At the same time, the purple-robed man took out a treasure and collected the Goldenflame Demons Su Yi had captured.

Everyone instantly relaxed.

Su Yi took a look inside the Divine Replenishment Furnace and confirmed that the demons hadn’t done anything to the hostages. Only then did he sigh in relief and put the furnace away.

Next, he gazed up into the skies over Nightslayer Ridge and the enormous scroll painting obscuring the power of divine misfortune.

There was no doubt about it. This was an Epoch Treasure!

But Su Yi quickly looked away and turned his attention to the Demon Sovereigns gathered on the slopes. He whispered, “If you’re the only ones standing in my way, I guarantee that everyone defending Nightslayer Ridge will be dead within nine swings of my sword.”

Many of the demons were so angry that they laughed. It was as if they'd heard the biggest joke in the world.

Su Yi smiled too and said no more on the matter. He leisurely stepped through the air, space contracting beneath his feet as he drew closer and closer to Nightslayer Ridge.

“Get him!” someone bellowed, his voice booming throughout the nine heavens like divine thunder.

“Die!”

Over a hundred experts of the Nine Great Demon Races each took out a formation flag and poured their power into it.

Boom!

Searing, blood-red formation light shot forth, staining the sky red, as if heaven and earth had been plunged into an endless, bloody vision of purgatory.

Countless devils and fiends arose within it, roaring like mad and charging at Su Yi from all sides.

The Endless Devils Heaven-Executing Formation!

This was the greatest killing formation in the Spirit Domain. It required a Profound Demon Sovereign of the Nine Great Demon Races to operate, with the support of one hundred other Demon Sovereigns. Only then could it display its full power.

Rumor had it that this formation could execute everyone beneath the god level!

This was the first great killer weapon that the demons had prepared to destroy Su Yi.

Boom!!!

Heaven broke, and the earth caved it. The sun and moon lost their light. A terrifying rain of blood-red light enveloped everything on all sides, and charging devils and fiends covered the landscape. The sight was enough to make one give in to despair.

But Su Yi’s gaze was as calm as ever, as unmoving as the waters of an ancient well. He didn’t retreat; on the contrary, he charged straight ahead. Everyone knew about the heaven-defying power he’d displayed at the Immortal Peach Assembly, but they didn’t know that to him, that was already ancient history. He’d grown much stronger since!

In the Cave of Divine Tears, he fought and killed several divine wraiths. After overcoming countless brutal, bloody battles, he didn’t just break through. He achieved fighting strength far beyond the Great Realm! In his eyes, even those unparalleled divine sons were no more than clay chickens and porcelain dogs. How could such an encirclement scare him?

Clang——!

A clear, impassioned hum rang out, and the Sword of the Human Realm shot forth like the river of stars descending into the world below.

Boundless sword qi extended one hundred thousand feet, manifesting the endless Sea of Bitterness.

Kaboom!!

The illusory thousands of devils and fiends were instantly under terrifying suppression, and they quickly vanished within the Sea of Bitterness.

When that terrifying sword force burst forth, the entire formation shook violently. Cracks and tears appeared all over the place, and it almost collapsed.

The hundred-plus Demon Sovereigns looked stricken. All of them gasped. One slash, that’s all. How could it be so terrifying!?

“Quick! Put all your power into the formation! Use the power the gods granted us!” someone bellowed.

Boom!

The entire formation seemed to boil over, and its power surged. The Demon Sovereigns poured their whole strength into the formation, and its power soared, terrifying beyond limit.

That aside, the eighteen Profound Demon Sovereigns each took out and shattered a secret talisman.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Starkly different calamitous divine powers burst from each shattered talisman: purple radiance, a deep abyss, blazing flames, dazzling red light, translucent snow, silver beams…

When the eighteen divine powers appeared, they interwove and used into a divine mountain that hovered over the Endless Devils Sky-Executing Formation.

This was the second killer weapon the Nine Great Demon Races had prepared——The Big Dipper World-Suppressing Divine Formation!

Since this formation was comprised of interwoven divine power, they could only sustain it for around ten minutes. This was why they didn’t use it earlier. But they could no longer concern themselves with that!

Su Yi’s attack displayed power far beyond their initial estimate. It was far more terrifying than they could have imagined. Thus, they dared not be the slightest bit negligent.

“A divine formation?” When Su Yi saw this, his eyes glinted with mockery.

Without the slightest hesitation, he swung his sword three times in rapid succession.

The Six Paths Sword Wheel!

Flowers Bloom on the Far Shore!

The Transience of Naihe!

Every strike was concentrated and terrifying to the extreme. When the third strike landed, it was as if the cycle of reincarnation had descended over the landscape.

That sword force made the Endless Devils Heaven-Executing Formation wail. Countless formation markings dispersed with a bang.

In the end, the formation collapsed!

The hundred-plus Demon Sovereigns instantly suffered a terrifying backlash. Their formation flags exploded, and their blood and qi churned. It hurt so badly that they almost coughed up blood.

Their faces practically turned green with a mix of alarm and fury. The Tyrant is even more terrifying than he was in his past life!

At a critical juncture, the Big Dipper World-Suppressing Divine Formation blocked the full extent of Su Yi’s third strike and prevented Su Yi from advancing any further. It was as if he’d sunk into a swamp.

The divine formation’s calamitous power seemed to lock down the entire stretch of heaven and earth, and to an extent, even time and space. Nothing could shake it! When the Demon Sovereigns saw this, they sighed in relief.

But a moment later, they were completely dumbstruck.

They watched as Su Yi rose through the air, swinging his sword with both hands. He struck the Big Dipper World-Suppressing Divine Formation with all his might.

It was as if the Infernal Palace of the Netherworld had appeared in the Spirit Domain. It descended, crushing the skies beneath it as if intent on plunging the entire stretch of heaven and earth into the cycle of reincarnation. The inscrutable, profound power of reincarnation was fully fused into this strike, giving it power beyond imagination.

The divine mountain formed of the Big Dipper World-Suppressing Divine Formation split on impact, and even the divine powers comprising it were frittered away to nothingness.

The strike continued, its power undiminished, and cleaved into Nightslayer Ridge as the Demon Sovereigns watched in horror. All of them dodged, practically on instinct.

Kaboom!

The ridge was grand and imposing, like a natural barrier, but when Su Yi’s strike fell, it created a new, massive valley.

And when the sword qi spread, the surrounding slopes were reduced to powder. He was like a god cleaving through a divine mountain, crushing heaven and earth beneath his sword!

Some of the Demon Sovereigns couldn’t dodge in time. The aftershock alone was enough to make them stagger on their feet and cough up blood.

It was just too terrifying.

This strike completely overturned their imaginations. It effortlessly broke through the divine formation and cleaved Nightslayer Ridge asunder!

The demons were completely overcome with astonishment. Chills coursed through their hearts as they realized that this didn’t bode well. They didn’t even need to think to know that to Su Yi, the traps and weapons they’d prepared amounted to nothing at all.

This was Su Yi’s fifth attack. He hadn’t just crushed his enemies’ “inescapable net.” He even broke through their encirclement!!

“Got anything else?” Su Yi said calmly as he looked over the Demon Sovereigns.