Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 389 - 277: Tao Qian Overcomes the Second Tribulation, the Heavenly Demon General Transforms into a Secret Demon

"Tao Qian counters the Immortal Slaying Halberd with the Nine Toad Bead, resolving the death trap of the Tianjiang Immortal.

With his current repulsive and majestic dragon face, sporting a big belly and double pupils, no one can tell who he is; yet, the deliberate display of a Secret Demon Cultivator's aura has indeed led the Taishang Demon Manifestation Saint True Monarch to mistake him for the contemporary Secret Demon Child.

Lingwa's mockery, which came after her annoyance, reminded Kongchan Arhat.

Previously, the Arhat did not exert his full strength, wary that Lingwa, in desperation, might lash out at him if her plot failed.

Even though their strength was evenly matched, if Lingwa truly fought with all her might, even if she couldn't kill Kongchan, exchanging wound for wound would not be difficult at all.

"Ling Daoist, after losing both the 'Ten Thousand Demon Prison' and the 'Great Strength Demon-Slaying Immortal Saber', you will not be able to do anything to me, even if you fight with all your might."

"Well, the time has come."

Kongchan Arhat had this calculation in the back of his mind.

Then, suddenly, he clapped his hands together, and dazzling Buddha Light burst forth.

In a moment, an extremely large Dharma Image of an Arhat, as if an actual Buddha had come to the world, manifested in a distant place.

Amidst the sound of cicadas, the region began to be transported away.

This time, it was Kongchan Arhat that acted to drag someone away, and with his move, it was certain that he intended to completely bring Lingwa out of this realm, possibly to a minor world or a secret realm for battle – the Buddhist Arhat Bodhisattvas were most adept at this type of method.

But before leaving, Kongchan did not forget to confirm his deal with Tao Qian.

Accompanied by the Buddha Light and the cicadas, the voice of the Arhat transmitted:

"My young friend from the Secret Demon Sect, I'll take care of Ling Daoist."

"You may proceed to act freely, just don't forget the share that awaits this poor monk."

As the voice faded, the two extremely noble and powerful figures, the Arhat and the True Monarch, were no longer heard.

...

The people of the Demon Buddha Temple are never fussy, discussing pacts and deals in public without feeling anything wrong with it.

The Beautiful Corpse was such in the past, and now Kongchan, who had become an Arhat, acted similarly.

But this revelation of his, apart from truly confirming Tao Qian as the Secret Demon Child, also caused a shock among tens of thousands of cultivators and demons in Demon City, changing the expressions of Ling Qi and Huang Chong, who were hidden.

Primordial Sect!

Secret Demon Sect!

Though both sects were disparaged by Lingwa as 'decrepit houses', a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

If these two major sects got involved,

Even with their early conspiracies and long-term planning, success might not come easily.

Almost instantly, all parties began to speed up their actions.

Tao Qian also thought of this and cursed Kongchan Arhat in his heart.

"This loudmouthed blabbermouth, no wonder he's called Kongchan."

Before the swearing had finished, Tao Qian dared not delay any longer.

He retrieved the Nine Toad Bead, which had dimmed and become useless after clashing with the Divine Axe, and put it away.

Then he instantly relocated with a flash of starlight to a camp within Demon City, where the disaster victims had all transformed and entered the Fish-Dragon Sky River, coordinating with the group of 'Demon Traitors' he had released.

Straightaway, he took out an Elixir Gourd, and with a wave, one after one, round elixirs appeared in the sky, looking quite splendid from a distance."

Tao Qian didn't need to cast any wind spells; the stench of the poison gas releasing from within was so putrid, smelling like feces and urine to the Human Clan Cultivators, that they felt like vomiting upon inhaling it.

But to the Outer Realm Demons, it was as if an Exotic Fragrance wafted to their noses, making their mouths water profusely.

Especially the next moment, when all the demons turned their heads to look.

That oddly-shaped Human Clan Cultivator with a strange face was smiling joyously and amiably. He patted his Big Belly and issued a sincere invitation to all the demons within the Demon City, especially to those Alien Demons currently attacking Tianjiang, chasing and devouring the refugees—the most arduously working among them.

"My Heavenly Demon Daoist friends, I know that you, too, have suffered at the hands of the Elder Lingwa. You came to the Mortal World without enjoying any blessings and have been squatting in a bitter prison for many years."

"Although we are enemies and not friends, I can't bear to watch this. Before proceeding with the slaughter, let me entertain you Daoists with these Demon Pills."

"Come, come, all of you, come here."

These words entered the ears of the demons, and not only were the over ten thousand Alien Demons dumbfounded.

Even the remaining Cultivators were also stunned.

It was obviously a trap.

But presenting it so brazenly? Without even a hint of subtlety?

Just as the cultivators were thinking this, suddenly within the ranks of the thousands of Alien Demons, directly a hundred demons took action first. As they rushed over, they bellowed loudly:

"So fragrant, so fragrant, I don't care, I'll eat the Secret Demon Child first, then the Demon Pills."

"Right, we kill the Secret Demon Child first, then we don't have to worry about the Elixir being poisoned."

"Great idea! Charge!"

"Hahaha, I'm also tired of eating humans. It's been many years since Secret Demon Cultivators vanished. I wonder what the taste of the new generation's Secret Demon Child's flesh and blood is like, if there's any chewiness." free𝑤ebnovel.com

"This Secret Demon Child doesn't look like a good person, but I imagine the taste of his heart and liver must be delicious."

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A group of Alien Demons, though still cunning, naturally reacted a beat slower than the group of Demon Traitors Tao Qian had subdued, after spending many years imprisoned and tormented in the bitter prison.

Being led by them and taking the lead, the Alien Demons surrounding Tianjiang hadn't moved yet.

The Alien Demons wandering the camp devouring refugees were, however, all attracted over. Here a group of several hundred, there a band of over a thousand, swarming in, shrieking and roaring their way over. This movement immediately stirred the desires of the Alien Demons around Tianjiang.

"These refugees are all skin and bones, utterly chewy-less. How could their flavor compare to a Secret Demon Child and tens of thousands of Heavenly Demon Pills?"

"Such a feast, if we're late, we might not even get to sip on bone marrow brain juice soup."

This Demon Thought was highly contagious.

The next moment, all at once, the thousands of Alien Demons around Tianjiang Immortal also moved in unison, surging toward Tao Qian.

This scene was extremely shocking to the onlooking Cultivators, but to Ling Qi, it spelled big trouble.

He hastily called out to stop them, insisting the Ten Thousand Demons continue besieging Tianjiang Immortal, absolutely not allowing Tianjiang Immortal to transport the two million refugees back to the Secret Realm.

Unfortunately, although he was the son, he was not the father.

The Ten Thousand Demons were only controlled by Lingwa; they paid no heed to Ling Qi.

Especially since Lingwa had been completely dragged away by Kongchan, unable to sense the changes here and thus unable to restrain the group of demons.

However, when the Ten Thousand Demons attacked, Tao Qian couldn't help but feel a surge of unease in his heart.

While maintaining a pretense of inviting his guests into the urn with a hypocritical smile, he couldn't help but swallow nervously, knowing this was a life-and-death test in his fate. Just like when he had faced Lian Yulou's Desire Sin Nine Tribulations Body before, if he couldn't pass this test, it was inevitable he would die and his Dao would be extinguished.

Thus Tao Qian prepared to start casting while secretly transmitting a message to Yuan Gong:

"Master Yuan, Master Yuan, can the Demon Cleansing Sword Intent work? If this attempt is successful, the Secret Demon Sect will surely make a name for itself."

"If we can't win, it'll be disastrous."

No sooner had the issue been raised than it was immediately rebutted.

"Do you really think that a single use of the Demon Cleansing Sword Intent could kill these Ten Thousand Demons? That's a fool's dream."

"You should know that you don't need to kill them; you simply need to disperse them to break the siege on the young Tianjiang."

"That shouldn't be hard, but..."

"But what?"

"Nothing much, it's just that you'll have to take on a huge debt."

As soon as Master Yuan's transmitted message ended, Tao Qian could no longer see any light before him.

Above and below, from all sides, he was surrounded by Ten Thousand Demons.

To those onlookers, the peculiar Secret Demon Child was probably already in the belly of the Ten Thousand Demons, with no chance of survival.

At that moment, however, Tao Qian moved to cast a spell in silence, shouting without a sound:

"I invoke Master Yuan to possess me!"

As the divine command was issued, a familiar scene unfolded.

Tao Qian's dragon-like countenance underwent another transformation—his sword-browed eyes turned a blood-red in an instant.

Already able to be called a strange man or a weirdo by his original appearance, his new form seemed even more ferocious and sinister.

When the blood-red sword light, as if intending to level everything and suppress everything, shot into the sky, every being associated with the "Demon Path" in the vast region of the Demon City—whether man, beast, devil, or any other kind of alien species—began to tremble uncontrollably and dared not look at the Secret Demon Child within the sword light.

Some of the weaker Demon Cultivators with less resolute minds even died on the spot.

Those more knowledgeable started shouting loudly.

"It's the Demon Cleansing Sword Intent of the Secret Demon Sect!"

"Legend has it that on the day the Secret Demon Sect collapsed, an Old Demon named Master Yuan used this sword to slay countless Demon Masters and Demon Cultivators in a moment."

"Look over there!"

There was no need for reminders; at that moment, everyone was watching that spot.

With their own eyes, they watched the swarm of Alien Demons, one after another, being blasted away.

The scene was like a drop of water in a pot of oil.

Boiling!

Exploding!

It was unclear how much mana Tao Qian had borrowed from his Heavenly Venerate, but a stroke of blood-red sword light was unleashed with extreme ferocity, sweeping in all directions from the empty refugee camp as its center.

The entire Demon City seemed to be grazed by the red light, truly presenting the spectacle of a single sword stroke clearing ten thousand miles.

Those thick-skinned Alien Demons weren't seriously injured, except for a few hundred in the core area that were directly obliterated.

The rest were swept away by Tao Qian for hundreds, even thousands of miles.

The most unlucky were the Demon Cultivators caught in the blast—how could they expect to face a life-and-death crisis just by watching? They didn't even have time to cry out before being swept away by the sword light, facing immediate death if their cultivation wasn't sufficient.

This spectacle stunned countless onlookers in an instant.

At the same time, no one doubted Tao Qian's identity as the Secret Demon Child any longer.

What's the ironclad proof?

This, this was it.

But an even more astonishing turn of events was yet to come.

One sword scattered Ten Thousand Demons!

Tao Qian's face showed anguish as he withdrew the Sword Intent and then teleported with a flash, now appearing at a refugee camp being invaded by Fungus Demons.

With a thunderous crash, flames erupted.

While burning the surrounding Fungus Demons to ashes, he also obtained a batch of Spirit Fungus Pills, which he crushed and mixed into the sweet rain, instantly neutralizing the fungal poison affecting all refugees in the camp.

Then, a surprising scene took place.

With a wave of Tao Qian's robe, he incredibly whisked away hundreds of thousands of refugees from the camp in one breath.

With another flash of starlight, he reappeared over the magnificent Tianjiang, dumping all those refugees into the great river.

The change of events was too fast and too abrupt!

Tens of thousands of Demon City cultivators and demons couldn't react in time or ponder the reasons behind it.

"Why would a Secret Demon Child save people?"

"Has the Secret Demon Sect made a pact with the Primordial Sect?"

"And what about that divine skill, it looks a lot like the Universe in the Sleeve of the Spirit Treasure Sect?"

While the onlookers were pondering these questions, Ling Qi was near madness.

He watched as Tao Qian, this queer Secret Demon Child, first clashed with his father's Immortal-slaying Treasure, then used the Demon Cleansing Sword Intent to relieve the siege on Tianjiang Immortal, and now was single-handedly transferring the remaining refugees into the Fish-Dragon Sky River.

At this rate, in a few breaths' time, all four million refugees would be relocated.

His painstakingly devised plan was thoroughly ruined.

Ling Qi's body started to shake uncontrollably, his handsome yet sinister face distorted whilst he screamed:

"Junior Brother Yin, hurry, kill everything before me."

"No, go into the Demon City Territory and slay, exterminate all those millions of civilians."

"If you're a moment too slow, once my father returns, I'll steam you alive."

Everyone heard this scream and saw the potential madness in Ling Qi, and they all understood why.

How could he tolerate his thoroughly thwarted plan?

However, it seemed like the Taishang Demon Son still had the power to turn the tide.

Exterminate the civilians within!

Kill enough, and it would still satisfy the refining conditions.

But immediately, a truly devastating blow came for Ling Qi.

A burst of maniacal laughter suddenly erupted from the mouth of the peculiar Secret Demon Child.

"Ha ha ha... Junior Brother Yin, since Daoist Ling Qi has called for you."

"You might as well stop pretending and take your place."