Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect-Chapter 275: Slash the Sea
Let’s make it a proper slaughter!
The moment Lü Yang spoke, Suo Huan looked over, astonished. "As far as I know, Daoist, you aren’t the type to be aggressive or a master of combat."
Lü Yang shook his head. "I simply choose not to. It’s not that I can’t."
With that, he held the [Tribulation Wave] in a reverse grip behind his back. "Besides," he said calmly, "the path of the Dao lies ahead, and with no way to retreat, we might as well fight!"
"Alright... then a fight it is!"
Suo Huan’s expression relaxed and he straightened his spine. "I’ll leave anyone below a Great Trueman’s level to you, Daoist. As for the Great Trueman, you can leave him to me."
At these words, Lü Yang glanced at Suo Huan. As a Saint Sect Zhenren, he was naturally suspicious of everyone. If they weren’t in the same boat, the atmosphere would never have been this harmonious. Now, however, he broke into a surprisingly genuine smile.
"Then you have my thanks, Daoist."
"Hahaha!" Suo Huan burst out laughing.
But there was one thing Lü Yang didn’t know. Suo Huan, as an Outer Heaven Cultivator, had spent six hundred years in bitter cultivation overseas. He called everyone he met "Daoist," yet he had never been truly accepted.
He had called many people "Daoist," but no one had ever called him "Daoist" in return.
Those with a lower cultivation called him "Senior." Those at his level called him "Outer Heaven Wanderer." Those with a higher cultivation simply called him a practitioner of the Heterodox Dao.
Some went even further, calling him a "parasite" outright.
So, this was the first time.
The first time someone had addressed him as "Daoist," and for this former prodigy, who had been adrift for over six hundred years, it brought a rare feeling of elation.
More importantly, because they were now in the same boat, there was no need for scheming or secret distrust. Instead, they could cooperate with sincere confidence. For both Suo Huan and Lü Yang, this was truly a first.
RUMBLE...
Suo Huan took the initiative to vanish, leaving Lü Yang alone. He held the [Tribulation Wave] in a reverse grip as the sea below him churned, instantly raising colossal waves.
CLANG! CLANG!
The [Tribulation Wave] in his hand trembled violently. Within its Sword Light, the faint figure of a young woman appeared. She resembled the previous Sword Spirit of the Abi Sword, but seemed far more mature.
The Abi Sword had always possessed the most Spiritual Wisdom among Lü Yang’s many Spiritual Treasures, making it almost like a Perfected Person. Thus, when the treasures were reforged into the [Tribulation Wave], its spirit naturally became the dominant one. Having absorbed the Spiritual Wisdom of the other treasures, her appearance had changed dramatically, becoming much more mature.
Now, as she manifested her form, she immediately gave Lü Yang a slight bow.
Lü Yang met her gesture with a calm smile and asked softly, "Are you willing to accompany me?"
"I shall break your enemies for you, Master."
As soon as she spoke, the Sword Spirit vanished back into the [Tribulation Wave]. Lü Yang immediately channeled his mana, drawing the surrounding Spirit Tides to pour frenziedly into the blade!
「At that same moment, on the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain.」
...Hm?
The Dragon King’s Spirit, who had been meditating, immediately sensed the shift in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Her draconic eyes snapped open, and she stared in Lü Yang’s direction.
She saw Lü Yang unleashing his Qi trace without any attempt at concealment. A plume of vapor rose above his head, through which his Dao Foundation manifested, propping up a golden, auspicious cloud. It was a majestic sight. Wherever he passed, the sea and mountains seemed to turn upside down and pure qi roiled through the air. His boundless mana unfurled like crackling bolts of thunder across the heavens!
Such a display of power was simply unheard-of!
This was the first time Lü Yang had ever unleashed his full power. He felt as if he’d cast off some invisible shackles. It was an exhilarating, unrestrained release—truly liberating.
"...It’s you!"
At that same moment, the Evil Spirit recognized Lü Yang. She sensed the thick aura of Blood Qi on him—the Blood Qi of her brother, Sui Ying!
"You’re the one who killed Sui Ying?"
"Yuan Tu of the Demon Sect?"
The Evil Spirit let out a long, piercing cry. In an instant, 490,000 Demon Soldiers moved as one. The roiling demonic clouds coalesced into a lifelike Demon Dragon, its eyes fixed on Lü Yang.
Her answer, however, was a flash of Sword Light.
[Xuanwei]!
The next moment, Lü Yang cast the [Tribulation Wave] into the air. All the mana he had just poured into the sword erupted into a magnificent Sword Light.
Among the Demon Soldier ranks, Hui Ku and the other monks from the Pure Land had seen Lü Yang appear so brazenly and were rubbing their hands in anticipation, eager to engage him. But the moment they saw the Sword Light that erupted from him, they immediately shrank back, even concealing their Buddha Light.
The Evil Spirit, of course, saw this as well.
However, she was a True Dragon Noble. Even if she had heard of [Yuan Tu]’s infamous reputation, it was mostly related to sordid affairs. She simply thought of him as a Silver Thief.
’What’s so impressive about that?’
’I’m in the middle of an army of 490,000 Demon Soldiers, arrayed against him. It’s 490,000 to one. He’s not a Great Trueman—does he really think he can turn the world upside down?’
ROAR—!
With this thought, the Evil Spirit’s body shimmered, and she revealed her true form: a long, elegant True Dragon, coiled amidst the swirling demonic clouds.
The 490,000 Demon Soldiers formed an array with seven cores. The main cultivator anchoring each core was a Mixed-blood Dragon Descendant at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment—species such as Dragon Carp, Dragon Turtles, and Longma. At this moment, they all unleashed their Qi traces, surrounding the Evil Spirit and activating the Grand Ward beneath them with a deafening roar.
[Celestial Demon Sea Array]!
In an instant, the vast waters of the entire [Overturning Sea] were lifted by an invisible force, forming a water curtain that blotted out the sky! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
The Celestial River crossed the sky; the four seas hung inverted!
The sheer weight of that much seawater collapsing would be enough to shatter an entire continent. Empowered with a Position, it could even crush a Foundation Establishment cultivator to death.
Clearly, despite her inner defiance, the Evil Spirit was not being careless. She attacked with her full strength. This was the Overseas, the home territory of a True Dragon like her, the perfect place to push her control over water to its absolute limit. The immeasurable seawater condensed into a single torrent of aqueous light that came crashing down like a toppling mountain of gold and a collapsing pillar of jade.
To this, Lü Yang answered with a single sword strike.
This one slash was like the parting of the great void, a blur of flying sparks and flowing lightning. It met the Splendid Light condensed from the entire sea, slashing upward against the torrent and trailing a brilliant Sword Light.
BOOM!
With a world-shattering crash, the landscape that the Evil Spirit had turned into a uniform blend of sea and sky was split into two distinct halves by Lü Yang’s slash!
On one side of the Sword Light, Heaven and Earth were in serene harmony.
On the other, a mountain of corpses in a Sea of Blood!
The [Celestial Demon Sea Array], on which the Evil Spirit had pinned all her hopes, had only just been unleashed when Lü Yang’s single slash tore sea and sky asunder, shattering the array into innumerable pieces!
Of the 490,000 Demon Soldiers, half were instantly obliterated into dust by the Thunder Sound of the Sword Light’s impact. Half of the remainder were scythed down when the Sword Light tore through the array, leaving the ground littered with severed limbs. Another half of those still standing were struck by the aftershocks, leaving them vomiting blood, grievously wounded, and on the brink of death.
As for the seven Early Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators anchoring the array?
Four were killed instantly by the shockwave. Two of the remaining three were beheaded by the Sword Light. Only one managed to crawl and scramble away, blood-soaked but alive.
"Your Highness! Run..."
But as the demon spoke, the air seemed to leave his body. A crack suddenly appeared on his forehead. He subconsciously wiped at it, only to see his hand come away scarlet with blood.
"...Huh?"
Before he could finish, the demon exploded into a mist of blood.
Only then did the Evil Spirit finally process what had happened. The pungent stench of blood filled her nostrils, and the heart of this True Dragon Noble plunged into an icy abyss.
’Impossible!’
’She could never have imagined it. An army of 490,000 Demon Soldiers, an array that commanded the entire [Overturning Sea], empowered by a Position... and this was the result.’
’Just one slash... How could this happen?’
’From the moment she’d arrayed her troops and commanded the sea, Lü Yang had only made a single move. And yet, that one slash was something that the entire power of the [Overturning Sea] could not stop.’
One slash to cleave the sea!
As her gaze swept across the carnage, the Evil Spirit took an involuntary step back.
There, under the fading sun, Lü Yang held his sword, strolling toward her. His dark eyes reflected the mountain of corpses and Sea of Blood at his feet, and from their depths gleamed faint specks of red light.
