As the Undying Gathering Demon Formation was shattered, the Devilish Qi gathered within the Formation rapidly dispersed.
The Nine Demon Sect's four Transformation God Demon Lords, leading a group of Nascent Soul Demon Lords clad in black demonic armor, stood with solemn expressions and full vigilance, gazing at the Yu Ling Sect Cultivators opposite them.
The Yu Ling Sect's Seventh-Order True Spirit - Azure Thunder Beast of Purple Firmament was covered in wounds, purple blood everywhere, its injuries tainted with Devilish Qi, and occasionally, streaks of purple lightning snakes would emerge from its purple mane, making it appear somewhat listless.
The two Soul Transformation Cultivators, Venerable Lei Hong and Revered Qing Wei, were also wounded, and more than half of the other Nascent Soul True Lords were dead or injured, with severed arms, broken legs, pale faces, and no strength left to fight… their overall appearance was truly miserable!
Their eyes were bloodshot as they glared with hatred at the Nine Demon Sect Demonic Cultivators opposite them, wishing they could devour their flesh and gnaw on their bones.
Trapped in the Demonic Formation, they had suffered greatly, and after escaping, only thoughts of revenge remained!
However, if not for the Seventh-Order True Spirit - Azure Thunder Beast of Purple Firmament holding the line, the disparity in strength between the two sides would be too great, and the outcome of continued combat would be uncertain.
Venerable Lei Hong and Revered Qing Wei exchanged glances, not daring to rashly order an attack, hesitating whether to preserve their strength and retreat while they still could.
The four Soul Transformation Demon Lords of the Nine Demon Sect clearly didn't put the Yu Ling Sect's remnants in their eyes; their four pairs of eyes were fixed on Li Mu, who had destroyed the Formation from outside!
If not for his destruction, all the Yu Ling Sect Cultivators would have long since perished in Yellow Springs; how could they be forced into a desperate fight now?
"The four of us will join forces to break this Formation and capture that person! I want to use his skull and Primordial Spirit to refine a soul gathering lamp!" Nine Nether Demon Lord looked at Blood Yuan, Black Bone, and Green Ghost, his voice filled with hatred.
The three Demon Lords all nodded, clearly, they too utterly detested the Nascent Soul cultivator outside the Formation; if he hadn't destroyed the Demonic Formation, the Yu Ling Sect would have been wiped out by them already.
Under the command of Nine Nether Demon Lord, the four Demon Lords simultaneously attacked the Formation; Blood Yuan Demon Lord waved his hand, unleashing a sea of blood that swallowed a Flood Dragon, while Green Ghost Demon Lord released ten Ghost Kings to trap another Flood Dragon.
The two Flood Dragons were successively trapped, their Dragon Qi dissipating, and the Formation of the Dual Dragon Binding Immortal Array paused; a new Flood Dragon would require the Formation's Dragon Qi to brew, which would still take some time.
At this moment, Nine Nether Demon Lord cast a spell to launch the main attack; he conjured a long spear Magic Treasure, and as the demonic spear trembled, in an instant, myriad ghosts wailed, countless demonic shadows appeared behind him, demonic flames surged to the sky, and he fiercely charged out of the Dual Dragon Binding Immortal Array.
"Die for me!"
A spear imbued with endless hatred, unstoppable, Nine Nether Demon Lord, man and spear as one, instantly broke through the Dual Dragon Binding Immortal Array, transforming into a black arrow that shot directly towards Li Mu outside the Formation.
The moment the four Demon Lords attacked simultaneously, Venerable Lei Hong, Revered Qing Wei, and the Seventh-Order True Spirit - Azure Thunder Beast of Purple Firmament all moved to stop him.
"Get back!"
Black Bone Demon Lord, Blood Yuan Demon Lord, and Green Ghost Demon Lord followed suit to block him.
A great battle was on the verge of breaking out, and the Yu Ling Sect Disciples and Nine Demon Sect Disciples clashed fiercely.
Nine Nether Demon Lord gained half a step, then continued to lead, and after breaking through the Dual Dragon Binding Immortal Array in one fell swoop, his figure instantly appeared before Li Mu.
With a crisp "Pa!" sound.
The black demonic spear pierced through Li Mu's body.
The next moment, with a "Boom," the fleshy body revealed its true form, exploding into a wooden Puppet substitute!
Nine Nether Demon Lord's face was exceptionally ugly; his Divine Thought swept out, and he immediately discovered the Nascent Soul cultivator's figure splitting from an ancient tree, watching him warily with an alert gaze.
"Major Achievement Five Elements Escape Technique, damn it!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord's face was as black as the bottom of a pot; he cursed angrily, his figure leaving a series of afterimages in the air as the Evil Qi-laden long spear stabbed out.
Li Mu had long been on guard against his dense, unresolvable killing intent!
Operating the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture Cultivation Technique to its extreme, Li Mu unfolded a pair of Thunder Wings behind him, his Divine Thought extended, and his figure flashed, disappearing with Earth Escape.
"Boom, boom…" Explosions, continuous and unending.
Nine Nether Demon Lord pursued Li Mu; wherever his demonic spear passed, the earth cracked and spiritual mountains collapsed.
"You mongrel, have the guts not to run!" Nine Nether Demon Lord cursed furiously, exasperated.
In the blink of an eye, Nine Nether Demon Lord had pursued him for hundreds of breaths, covering a distance of over a thousand miles; however, every time a killing blow seemed certain, his Major Achievement Perfection Five Elements Escape Technique allowed him to narrowly evade it every single time!
"Who are you calling a mongrel!"
Li Mu stopped his escape technique, staring intently at Nine Nether Demon Lord, asking in a low, ethereal voice.
As his voice fell, Li Mu's Divine Thought entered his storage compartment; five Five Elements Spirit Swords were summoned from thin air, a small cauldron floated before him, and a fifth-order Talisman Book appeared to his right.
With Magic Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts all out, Li Mu was no longer prepared to flee; he was ready to fight him.
"Hmph!"
Seeing this, Nine Nether Demon Lord's pupils flashed with a dark green light; his body and spear became one, arriving in an instant.
Li Mu slashed with his right hand, and the Five Elements Spirit Swords instantly flew, a skilled Five Elements Sword Formation instantly taking shape; in a blink, the five Spirit Swords merged into one, transforming into a Five Elements Giant Sword, its Sword Qi vast, cleaving towards the demonic spear.
With a "Boom," a heaven-shaking roar.
With the violent collision, the Five Elements Giant Sword was instantly blasted away, its sword body damaged, the sword Formation dissolved, and the five Spirit Swords flew back around Li Mu, as if complaining to their master.
Nine Nether Demon Lord was also very uncomfortable; the power of the Five Elements Sword Formation was no less than a full-strength attack from a Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivator.
A solid head-on collision, the explosion's shockwave, instantly destroyed dozens of miles of mountains and large ancient forests; hundreds of thousands of low-level Yao Beasts nearby were all Shocked to death, and… the heavens and earth changed color for it.
Nine Nether Demon Lord's spear momentum paused, and he stumbled to the side, his ethereal eyes fixed on Li Mu, a grave expression on his face.
Li Mu's expression darkened; he put the damaged five Spirit Swords into his storage compartment, condensed a surge of spiritual power in his right palm, and fiercely struck it into the Celestial Void Cauldron, summoning a mass of sixth-order Celestial Void Spirit Fire from the cauldron, which transformed into a large fiery hand that grabbed towards Nine Nether Demon Lord.
"Five Elements Sword Formation, you are the Nascent Soul cultivator who gravely wounded Absolute Heaven Demon Lord!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord clearly recognized Li Mu, and the killing intent in his heart grew even stronger.
This Nascent Soul cultivator was truly a Prodigy; he cultivated all Five Elements, had achieved Great Perfection in Five Elements Escape Technique, was skilled in sword Formations, and also in Puppets, and was even a Formation Great Master… there was almost nothing he couldn't do!
If this child was not eliminated today, he would surely become a major threat to the Nine Demon Sect!
Nine Nether Demon Lord discovered Li Mu's immense potential threat; his eyes flashed with an ethereal light, and holding his demonic spear, he charged forward once more.
Nine Nether Demon Lord charged forward, with layers of demonic shadows making it difficult to discern reality from illusion.
Li Mu's Divine Thought extended, controlling the large hand formed by the Celestial Void Fire, grabbing and missing repeatedly.
The spear shadow arrived in an instant.
However, Li Mu's Five Elements Escape Technique was not to be underestimated; his speed was even faster, his figure constantly flickering, appearing and disappearing.
Nine Nether Demon Lord, who was not skilled in escape techniques, tried his best but could not touch even half a hair.
"You mongrel, can you only run!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord cursed exasperatedly, even resorting to provocation, but the opponent was too slippery, unable to be touched even by his clothes.
How could a mere Nascent Soul cultivator's Five Elements Escape Technique be so profound? How was this battle to be fought?
After chasing for a long time without success, Nine Nether Demon Lord's mentality gradually began to collapse!
Li Mu emerged from Earth Escape, looking at Nine Nether Demon Lord with an expressionless face, killing intent erupting in his eyes.
He was, after all, a Soul Transformation Demon Lord, hearing him curse him as a mongrel left and right, Li Mu was enraged.
Seeing this, Nine Nether Demon Lord was overjoyed; his Devilish Qi suddenly surged, his speed increasing several times, and his demonic spear became a long rainbow, arriving in a blink.
"Success!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord's face lit up with joy, and the long spear pierced through the body.
With a "Bang!" the Nascent Soul cultivator's body once again transformed into a wooden Puppet substitute; Nine Nether Demon Lord's angry curse had not yet escaped his lips when, the next second, a powerful suction force suddenly appeared, and his figure dissipated on the spot.
Li Mu appeared, took out the Dragon Trapping Array artifact and activated it, setting up a Formation around him, and then, his figure disappeared into the Painting World Treasure Mansion.
Treasure Mansion Space.
Nine Nether Demon Lord looked around cautiously, sensing a spiritual energy environment different from the outside world.
"This, this is a Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure?" Seeing the Nascent Soul cultivator appear out of thin air, Nine Nether Demon Lord immediately felt a great sense of unease!
"You have some insight. Now, you can die!"
Li Mu had long been enraged by the opponent's foul mouth and decided to personally send him to his death using the Seventh-Order Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure.
The next moment,
Li Mu summoned the Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure's Spirit - Little Treasure; under the command of the azure little snake, the Five Elements power of the Painting World Treasure Mansion moved accordingly.
More than a dozen hundred-zhang-tall stone giants materialized, rising from the ground; they wielded giant axes, moving extremely fast, chopping towards Nine Nether Demon Lord.
Fire Dragons and Phoenixes were summoned from the sky, their heads and tails echoing each other, blocking every direction Nine Nether Demon Lord tried to evade.
From the mountains and earth, countless vines grew rapidly, coiling towards Nine Nether Demon Lord from all directions, forcing him unable to use his demonic shadow movement technique to dodge.
A gigantic water dragon soared from the spiritual lake, opening its bloody maw, and swallowed towards Nine Nether Demon Lord….
…
Immense gravity, spiritual power deprivation, and various elemental attacks from all directions surrounded Nine Nether Demon Lord.
Nine Nether Demon Lord's face was panicked; his demonic spear blocked left and right, his Soul Transformation Realm Demon Lord cultivation fully erupted, using both fists and feet, frequently unleashing Nine Nether Demonic Shadows, and summoning various Demonic Spirits and tamed beasts.
However, being in the Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure space, without the home advantage, he was restricted everywhere and unable to exert his full strength.
Li Mu summoned nearly a thousand fourth-order Spiritual Swords from his storage compartment and slowly began to set up the Profound Heaven Sword Formation; the nearly thousand fourth-order Spiritual Swords soared excitedly in the air, focusing on Nine Nether Demon Lord, unleashing a large amount of Sword Qi.
Seeing the swarm of fourth-order Spiritual Swords patrolling like a school of fish in the sky, Nine Nether Demon Lord's face changed.
Tianjue's Physical Body was destroyed under this Sword Formation!
However, just as Nine Nether Demon Lord was distracted, countless vines suddenly shot out from the mud, and in an instant, his limbs were bound.
"Bastard, break for me!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord began to burn his Divine Soul power without hesitation, but the very next second, a starlight-like Divine Soul shockwave hit him; Nine Nether Demon Lord's Divine Soul trembled, losing control of the demonic essence within his body, and then, a vast sword dragon swooped down, carrying an aura of destruction.
"No!"
Nine Nether Demon Lord, bound by countless giant wooden vines, screamed in despair; he immediately followed Absolute Heaven Demon Lord's previous escape strategy, quickly separating his Primordial Spirit from his body.
After Nine Nether Demon Lord's Primordial Spirit successfully escaped, his eyes were filled with grief, watching his own body being pierced like a sieve by the fourth-order sword dragon.
The next moment, a large hand swept over, and Nine Nether Demon Lord's Primordial Spirit tightened, being caught in Li Mu's hand.
"Mercy, my lord, mercy! I am willing to be your servant, please don't kill me, I am willing to offer everything I have." Nine Nether Demon Lord's Primordial Spirit, held in Li Mu's hand, was terrified, begging for mercy in a low, servile voice.
"You are not worthy to be my servant!"
Li Mu was expressionless, giving the opponent no chance; he placed several forbidden seals within his body, sealing his Divine Soul, and casually put him into the soul gathering bottle.
"After Little White wakes up, the soul food will be enough for it to eat for a very long time!"
Li Mu laughed heartily as he put the soul gathering bottle into the nine storage spiritual pearl.
The Painting World Treasure Mansion truly lives up to its name as a Seventh-Order Spirit Treasure; using it against enemies, even Soul Transformation Cultivators can be easily dealt with. However, it will have some impact on the high-grade Spiritual Plants cultivated in the Treasure Mansion. So, if not necessary in the future, it's better to use it as little as possible!
Li Mu swept his Divine Thought over the situation in the Treasure Mansion Space, finding that many wild spiritual medicines, spiritual objects, and spiritual mountains within the Treasure Mansion Space had suffered considerable damage during the two battles with Soul Transformation Demon Lords.
Fortunately, the few Spiritual Plants he had planted received special attention from the Treasure Mansion Spirit and were not seriously harmed. Li Mu felt a slight pang of pain and decided to try and use this Seventh-Order Spirit Treasure as little as possible in combat with others in the future.
Using a Seventh-Order Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure to fight against a Soul Transformation Cultivator was simply a waste of natural resources; it was more suitable for cultivating high-grade spiritual Materials.
"Master!"
The Azure-Eyed White Ape, covered in wounds, ran forward grimacing, presenting the storage spiritual ring from Nine Nether Demon Lord's body.
When Li Mu appeared in the Treasure Mansion Space, the Azure-Eyed White Ape immediately rushed over; it was ready to go into battle to assist, but it didn't expect its master to easily deal with a Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivator in just a few moves.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape was immensely shocked and its attitude towards Li Mu became even more respectful.
Xiao Jin and Xiao Wa also rushed over; they had just fought a Demon Lord earlier and didn't expect another battle, but this time they didn't even need to participate, as their master easily handled it!
"You all performed well in the previous battle; take these Medicinal Pills and consume them!"
Li Mu generously took out more than a dozen bottles of Spirit Pills from the nine storage spiritual pearl, divided them into three portions, and distributed them to Xiao Jin and the others.
Receiving the Spirit Pills, the three Spirit Beasts were all delighted; they opened their Medicinal Pill bottles, swallowed the Medicinal Pills, and then either lay down or sat, entering a state of refinement.
Li Mu smiled slightly, and his Divine Thought entered the Demon Lord's storage spiritual ring.
Immediately, a storage space no less inferior to the nine storage spiritual pearl appeared before his eyes.
Dense, categorized spiritual objects, high-grade Spiritual Plants, Spirit Medicine, high-grade Artifact Refining Materials, rare treasures, it was like opening a diluted Treasure Trove; thousands upon thousands of precious spiritual Materials suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Li Mu's eyes gleamed, his eyes weren't enough to take it all in!
His Divine Thought roughly swept over it: tens of thousands of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, over five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, millions of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, a large amount of high-grade Artifact Refining Materials, thousands of fifth-order Spiritual Plants and spiritual Materials, dozens of sixth-order ones… and a massive amount of filthy items for Cultivating Demonic Techniques.
Truly worthy of an old-school Soul Transformation Cultivator; his family fortune was too abundant!
Li Mu was extremely satisfied with the spoils of war this time.
With this income, Li Mu wouldn't have to worry about a lack of Cultivation resources for a while!
After quickly tallying the valuable spiritual objects, Li Mu emerged from the Painting World Treasure Mansion, put away the Dragon Trapping Array artifact, and with a flash of his figure, disappeared from the spot.
