Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 86 - 85: The Battle to Exterminate Demons (Part 2)

The Broken Cloud Mountain Range towered into the clouds, severing the communication between the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm and the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm. Only a few high-tier cultivators dared to risk crossing the mountains to visit the other cultivation realm.

The Blood Slaughter Demon Sect wanted to invade the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm. Only those of the Purple Mansion Stage and above could come over; Foundation Establishment Cultivators who came were merely delivering themselves as food to the demon beasts in the Broken Cloud Mountain Range.

The demon beasts didn’t care if you were a demonic cultivator or an immortal cultivator; as long as you were human, in their eyes, you were food to be eaten.

And after being besieged by various immortal forces in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, the high-tier cultivators of the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect suffered heavy losses, so not many were able to come to the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm.

Therefore, after Blood Mo Luo crossed the Broken Cloud Mountain Range and arrived at the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, if he wanted manpower, he could only recruit from the local loose cultivators.

But loose cultivators weren’t fools; demonic cultivators were universally condemned and had a terrible reputation.

They were already struggling as loose cultivators, so if they got entangled with demonic cultivators, wouldn’t that be courting death?

As a result, Blood Mo Luo’s initial recruitment efforts were very unsuccessful; many loose cultivators, knowing his identity as a demonic cultivator, would rather die than join the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect and practice demonic techniques. freēwēbnovel.com

Moreover, even if some were forced to convert to demonic techniques due to his demonic prowess, they might not succeed immediately.

After all, changing from immortal to demonic was not something everyone could do. Many cultivators would fail and die from the conflict between demonic magical power and the inherent immortal daoist power.

After directly failing to recruit people, Blood Mo Luo had to hide his identity as a demonic cultivator, disguise himself as a Purple Mansion Stage loose cultivator, and blend into the sand bandits. He slowly gathered these desperadoes who dared to do anything for spirit stones, and secretly selected suitable candidates to train as demon sect disciples.

Although sand bandits were also loose cultivators, they were clearly more organized and aggressive than ordinary loose cultivators, and their mindset was closer to that of demonic cultivators.

Faced with the demonic secret techniques offered by Blood Mo Luo, many of them, despite knowing they were demonic secret techniques, still chose to cultivate them.

When they practiced demonic secret techniques, they held the belief that as long as they did not switch to demonic techniques, and erased traces after using the demonic secret techniques to kill, they were not demonic cultivators and didn’t fear being targeted by high-tier cultivators for demon extermination.

Therefore, before Zhouyang and his team eliminated the Blood Evil Demon Corpses, those sand bandits following Blood Mo Luo still harbored a fluke mindset, thinking that as long as they didn’t use demonic secret techniques publicly, and changed their appearances later, the Yellow Sand Sect might not bother looking for them, who were just small fry.

But now, seeing that after Zhouyang and others eliminated the Blood Evil Demon Corpses, they still wanted to wipe them out, how could those sand bandits stay calm?

They practiced demonic secret techniques to better preserve their lives and enhance their combat power. Now that their lives were threatened, of course, they couldn’t care less and prioritized survival above all.

Therefore, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators sparring with the sand bandits soon saw that their opponents, who initially employed normal cultivator techniques against them, suddenly emanated a blood-colored demonic light unique to the Blood Demon Cultivation Technique Secret Technique.

Those sand bandits emitting blood-colored demonic light either suddenly had a surge in magical power, temporarily unleashing power several times stronger than before, instantly smashing their opponent’s magical artifacts.

Or they transformed into blood light, morphing into a demon saber, a blood sword, or even a mass of blood light, directly delivering a heavy blow or even killing the unprepared opponent.

In just an instant, three Foundation Establishment Cultivators suddenly fell to their opponents’ demonic secret techniques, with five to six others sustaining severe injuries.

Only three or four who were better prepared or had strong defensive measures managed to withdraw during their opponent’s surge, unharmed.

Those who were better prepared, of course, were those who heeded Zhouyang’s transmitted warning and took it to heart.

He warned five or six people, but only Chen Ping’an, Liu Qingsong, Yang Xingyan, and that Yellow Sand Sect cultivator with the surname Ma truly took his warning to heart.

Among these four, except Liu Qingsong, who was severely injured when his opponent, strong in power, conjured a "Bloodthirsty Demon Saber," the rest timely employed appropriate measures to block their opponents’ secret techniques.

The situation faced by Chen Ping’an was particularly perilous.

At the time, his opponent, the ninth-layer Foundation Establishment sand bandit leader, suddenly released blood flames from a demonic gourd artifact to conceal his actions and hurled a fist-sized "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl" at him.

The "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl" was a demonic secret treasure of the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect, developed by their Purple Mansion cultivators based on the "Secret Thunder Pearl" in the Immortal Dao. Its resultant Blood Evil Yin Thunder might be less destructive than the original immortal dao secret treasure.

However, once it touched a cultivator’s body, it would immediately penetrate their body, merge into their blood, slowly corroding their flesh and making the cultivator witness their own death in excruciating pain—a truly malicious item.

Cultivators can’t abandon their flesh and live long-term unless they reach the Tribulation Crossing True Immortal realm.

Even those great powers at the Nascent Soul Stage would see a significant decrease in strength if their bodies were destroyed. Only by "possessing" another cultivator and obtaining a new body could they potentially restore their strength and continue cultivating.

And though "possession" isn’t exclusive to Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, it at least requires Golden Core Stage cultivation to be successfully executed. Hence, Below Golden Core Stage Cultivators would almost certainly perish if they lost their bodies.

When the "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl," hidden among the sky-full of blood flames, flew towards Chen Ping’an, he didn’t notice it immediately. By the time he detected the trace of this demonic secret treasure, it was already less than three hundred meters away from him.

Originally, when he reached this distance, he discovered the "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl," but for a moment, he couldn’t react in time.

However, due to a prior warning from Zhouyang, he had already prepared a Tier Three Middle Grade Thunder Talisman in his hand for any unforeseen events. Upon spotting the "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl," he immediately activated the talisman.

The speed of the Thunder Skill was lightning-fast; as soon as Chen Ping’an activated the talisman, a thick silver lightning struck the "Blood Evil Thunder Pearl," exploding it on the spot.

Under the illumination of the silver lightning and dark red blood light, Chen Ping’an’s face was frozen into an icy expression. His eyes were cold as he stared at the sand bandit leader across, who was full of despair due to the failed ambush. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and sprayed a silver-white True Essence onto his "White Rainbow Sword."

Yin——

The silver-white True Essence sprayed by Chen Ping’an, whose origins were unknown, caused the Tier Four Flying Sword "White Rainbow Sword" to emit a clear sword hum as if it had come to life upon infusion.

Chen Ping’an then gestured with a sword finger toward the sand bandit leader whose expression drastically changed, and the "White Rainbow Sword" turned into a white rainbow, traversing thousands of meters to appear before the leader.

Under the piercing of this white rainbow, the sand bandit leader’s Tier Three High-grade Defense Spiritual Artifact used for protection, the Defense Divine Techniques inherent in his cultivation techniques, and even his chest were all pierced by this one sword!

"This is impossible!"

In mid-air, the sand bandit leader, spitting blood, looked at the bloody hole in his chest with utter disbelief.

He had a Tier Three High-grade Artifact for protection and Defense Divine Techniques comparable to Tier Three High-grade Technique; this kind of dual protection shouldn’t be broken by a single sword, even for ordinary Purple Mansion Stage cultivators.

But the feat, even unlikely for Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, was achieved by Chen Ping’an—how?

He couldn’t comprehend it, not even at death!

He certainly didn’t know that the silver-white True Essence sprayed by Chen Ping’an seemed ordinary but was actually meticulously condensed by him over more than ten years from gathering Geng Metal Qi into a life-bound Sword Essence.

Once this life-bound Sword Essence was injected into the flying sword, it could instantly unleash several times the original attack power.

The "White Rainbow Sword" was originally a Tier Four Lower Grade Artifact, and Chen Ping’an’s Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation could only wield seventy to eighty percent of its power.

Yet, when he infused his painstakingly condensed life-bound Sword Essence into the flying sword, the full power of the Tier Four Lower Grade Artifact "White Rainbow Sword" was not only unleashed but exceeded, nearing Tier Four Middle Grade power.

Faced with such an overwhelming strike, if the sand bandit leader didn’t die, who would?

And the death of the sand bandit leader was a thunderous blow to the other resisting sand bandits, leaving them stunned.

Originally, after they’d unleashed Demonic Secret Techniques to heavily injure their opponents, they felt uncertain about the battle’s outcome if it continued.

But now, in the blink of an eye, their strongest Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment leader was slain with a sword through the chest, a tremendous shock to them.

The sand bandit leader’s death didn’t concern the others; sand bandits were a selfish and ruthless lot, none truly caring for others’ lives, and felt no pity.

However, with the leader’s death, Chen Ping’an, who killed him, faced no opponents, and without the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment leader blocking him, what could the other sand bandits use to fend off a Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator wielding a Tier Four Flying Sword?

At the thought of this, the sand bandits’ hearts chilled; they lost morale instantly and only wished to flee from here quickly.

Immediately, Zhouyang saw several sand bandits, just like him on that day, spraying their essence blood to use the "Blood Escape Technique" to flee the battle.

However, not everyone knew this Secret Technique, so those unable to use it could only desperately use their trump cards to break out, hoping for survival.

These sand bandits who escaped by Sword Flight instantly became the target of the Yellow Sand Sect cultivators’ chase, and the three cultivators of the Zhou Family, following Zhou Minghan’s lead, pursued a Sixth-Layer Foundation Establishment bandit who hadn’t managed to escape.

This bandit was the same who chased Chen Pingzhi previously.

This person killed Chen Pingzhi and gained all his spoils from the "Thousand Machines Grotto Heaven," making him the most worthwhile target among the sand bandits for pursuing.

In the sky, Chen Ping’an saw the Zhou Family trio pursuing a Sixth-Layer Foundation Establishment sand bandit, his eyes flashed coldly, and instantly recognized the bandit’s identity.

He moved to pursue, intending to personally avenge his brother Chen Pingzhi.

But hardly had he flown some distance before he halted again, seriously gazing at the battlefield of the three Purple Mansion Stage cultivators.

Only to see that after some probing exchanges between the three Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, they now revealed their cards, entering a final showdown state.

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