Sword Aura to the Heavens-Chapter 436 - 431: Chaos Unleashed

Nothing happened in West River City eventually, and the court also sent strong individuals for 'investigation'. Afterwards, news began spreading outward from West River City.

Though West River City is a small city, it is located in the heart of the Da Li Dynasty, and Li Fan is now extremely renowned, which increases the number of people discussing the matter.

Li Fan left his name here to ensure the affairs of West River City were known to the outside world. This is not an isolated case, but possibly the entire Da Li Dynasty may have been infiltrated by the Demon Race.

Demons are not entirely in the wilderness but are in cities, right beside humans.

Once this matter spread, an enormous uproar ensued, and every city in Da Li began demon eradication actions, demanding the court to disclose all registered demons.

Nowadays, no one dares to confidently affirm whether those registered demons are content to remain calm, or if the Demon Sect is behind them.

The term 'Demon Sect' is unfamiliar to most humans, instilling a subtle fear among human cultivators.

The Green Emperor Sect can easily dispatch a Six Realm Demon; how strong is their hidden power?

Within Da Li, how many Demon Sects like the Green Emperor Sect are there?

What causes more fear is.

Is the court trustworthy?

With events unfolding in Li Mountain, happenings in White Jade, and occurrences in West River City, suspicions about the court's motives are inevitable.

This storm intensifies and sweeps through various state cities in the heart of Da Li.

Meanwhile, in a major city within Da Li, there is a human residence.

Deep within the residence, in a courtyard, a middle-aged man is climbing westward with his eyes closed when a silhouette approaches, bows respectfully, and asks, "My lord."

"What is it?" The middle-aged man remains with his eyes closed and speaks lightly.

"In human cities, cultivators are joining forces to hunt demons, claiming they want to eradicate demons from all cities in Da Li." The visitor responds.

"Ignorant fools."

The middle-aged man's tone is icy, his eyes open, revealing a hint of malice.

"What is the name of that Li Mountain cultivator?" The middle-aged man asks again.

"Li Fan, disciple of Zuo Canglan, Middle Realm of Dao Body, also studies Martial Arts." The visitor replies.

"I've heard of it — asking the sword atop White Jade Peak." The middle-aged man lightly remarks: "Those impotent fools in the court, all these years, they couldn't even level the declining Li Mountain. Yet, they let several Li Mountain junior Sword Cultivators rampage in various places. Since that's the case, we'll lend them a hand."

"My lord, what should we do?" The visitor inquires.

"Pass my command, level a few cities, let humans themselves take care of Li Fan." The middle-aged man's gaze shifts toward the distant direction, a sinister cold gleam flickering: "Having been peaceful for too long, humans indeed think they're the masters of this world. Since humans have forgotten the past, let's assist them in recalling it well."

"Yes, my lord."

Days later, Yongzhou, the gateway to the heart of Da Li, is attacked by demons on a large scale, even the main city is breached, resulting in countless casualties.

Soon after, several cities in the heart of Da Li simultaneously suffer demon attacks, and the leading demons are Seven Realm Great Demons.

The Demon Race declares that if human cultivators don't execute Li Fan, such attacks will continue to happen.

Suddenly, the world trembles.

Countless people are shocked, angry, and afraid.

Decades ago, amidst bloodshed and adversity, human cultivators fought valiantly, countless cultivators fell, the Great Li World suffered immensely, yet it also slayed innumerable demons, allowing humans decades of tranquility.

Humans believed they had defeated the Demon Race. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Yet today, they realize nothing has changed.

Humans evolved for more than twenty years, and so did the Demon Race.

......

Outside Jingzhou City, a flying sword streaks across at terrifying speed.

Li Fan leads three others using Sword Control to enter the city, witnessing the ruins and debris everywhere, the ground stained red with dried blood marks.

Days ago, this place underwent a destructive demon attack, one of the devastated cities.

Afterwards, various cultivators arrived for support, but the demons had already retreated.

At this moment, there are continual silhouettes of cultivators in the city. They are cultivators who have rushed over from various places to support, deeply infuriated by the human hell before their eyes.

Aboard the flying sword, Li Fan lifts his gaze toward the distant direction, a terrifying aura emanates from him akin to a demon, his pupils morph into gold, scanning the expanse above the city.

"Buzz..."

The piercing sword whistling, the flying sword cuts through the void, shooting toward a direction. Moments later, he arrives at a site of ruins where several cultivators are present. Li Fan sweeps his gaze, instantly locking onto an elderly man.

The elder is frail and lean, concealing his aura. Noticing Li Fan's gaze, he looks up and asks, "What is your business, sir?"

"Boom!"

The explosion sound resounds, followed by a flying sword instantly severing the elder's arm, blood streaming.

The elder's expression sharply transforms as he stares at Li Fan, saying, "Why such a murderous strike, sir?"

Another sword shoots out, the elder's form swiftly withdrawing, Fifth Realm aura erupting, but how can it evade Li Fan's flying sword? His other arm is severed, blood flowing profusely.

Surrounding people watch in astonishment, wondering who this Sword Cultivator is, striking lethally without a word?

But as they witness flying swords simultaneously darting out, a myriad of flying swords shooting toward the elder, instantly enveloping his body, cutting across his skin, the elder screams in agony.

The scene before them, reminiscent of an execution, caused the crowd nearby to shudder in fear, many even glaring angrily at Li Fan.

But Li Fan, as if unaware, wielded his sword mercilessly, his voice cold as he spoke, "Where is your lair? I can give you a swift death."

This voice left everyone stunned.

What did he mean?

The old man lay on the ground, his body already a bloody mess. He looked up, staring hard at Li Fan, realizing that his identity had been discovered.

A wave of demon energy spread out, and his body began to swell, lunging fiercely at Li Fan. But the flying swords surrounding him pinned him directly to the ground, each sword piercing different parts of his body.

"Speak," Li Fan demanded.

"Those lords, we have no contact with them, just kill me," a hoarse voice replied, as the flying swords sliced through his body, tearing the demon form apart.

Li Fan looked up, sword aura whistling, and moved in another direction.

"Let's go."

The crowd below quickly followed, their hearts in turmoil.

Demons had been among them all along, and they hadn't even noticed.

This demon had practiced concealment techniques.

A Fifth Realm demon, after transforming, appeared no different from humans. If they cultivated some special techniques, it would be nearly impossible to detect they were demons.

Unless one possesses a special magical treasure to discover them.

Soon, a similar scene unfolded in another direction, a demon struggling wildly, being put to extreme execution.

Silhouettes in various directions in the surrounding area took to the air, attempting to flee.

Li Fan glanced around, the sky filled with flying swords ascending at once, then heading towards different directions. The crowd watched as the swords fell from the sky, with each sword's descent accompanied by the roars of demons.

"So many demons?"

"Senior, I saw some who hadn't transformed. Could they be human cultivators?" A figure in the distance speaking to Li Fan from the air said.

"In West River City, demons use human women to birth demon children, raising them to adulthood," Li Fan responded.

Hearing this, the crowd felt chills down their spines. They were, of course, aware of the matters concerning West River City.

This means that the extent to which Da Li has been infiltrated is already unknown.

"Senior, are you Li Fan of Li Mountain?" someone below asked.

"Yes," Li Fan nodded.

"No wonder..."

"Senior, the events in West River City have shaken Da Li. The demons threatened to massacre more if you are not executed," someone said.

"Li Fan."

At this moment, a figure approached from a distance, a middle-aged man, who looked at Li Fan and said, "I am Jin Wuyou from this area, and I dare to ask something of you today."

"What is it?" Li Fan seemed to know what the other intended to say, looking at him coldly.

"The matter of West River City was initiated by you. You should be the one to end it, not let it bring disaster to the people," Jin Wuyou said.

"How should it be ended, by dying to atone?" Li Fan looked at Jin Wuyou, strands of sword intent emanating.

Jin Wuyou felt the sword intent and said, "I saw with my own eyes the massacre of the city's citizens, horribly tragic. No matter what, this was all initiated because of you. If you intend to strike me down just for speaking the truth, I have nothing more to say."

Li Fan stared at him silently, and the strands of sword intent dissipated.

The cultivators below gazed at Li Fan with complex expressions.

Li Fan had fought against demons in West River City, bringing the actions of demons to light with good intentions, but it led to terrible consequences.

Beside him, Lu Yuan glanced at the crowd, then at Li Fan, a glint of coldness passing through her clear eyes.

With a flash, she appeared in front of Jin Wuyou at an incredibly fast speed, instantly freezing his body with icy intent.

"Taoist Body..." Jin Wuyou's expression changed abruptly.

"You claim to have witnessed the demons' massacre of the city, yet why are you still alive?" Lu Yuan asked coldly, her eyes fixed on him. "Was it cowardice, or are you allied with the demons?"

"How could I possibly be allied with demons," Jin Wuyou replied.

"If not, then it must be cowardice," Lu Yuan said. "Witnessing demon slaughter, afraid to act, yet you demand others to die. What a noble character."

Jin Wuyou's expression changed slightly, and Lu Yuan continued, "He fights demons, the city is massacred by demons. With demons before you, you dare not kill, yet dare call for his death? Because he is a Li Mountain Sword Cultivator, easier to bully than demons?"

Strands of sword intent emanated from Lu Yuan, and Jin Wuyou seemed to realize something, but was unable to move, his body frozen by the Power of Taiyin.

"He won't kill you, I will." Lu Yuan's figure swept past, a cold moonlit sword light sliced, and blood appeared at Jin Wuyou's throat, quickly frozen, his body descending downward.

After killing Jin Wuyou, Lu Yuan looked at the crowd below in anger, saying, "Demons use humans to breed offspring and infiltrate cities across Da Li. Is it for peaceful coexistence? If not exposed today, when demons are stronger, will they rampage across the world? Then, would fewer people die than now?"

With that, she turned back to Li Fan and said, "Let's go."

Li Fan looked at her in surprise, then nodded slightly, and they rode their swords away.

The sword streaking across the sky, Lu Yuan suddenly turned back to the crowd, saying, "The murderer is Lu Yuan of Li Mountain. If the world thinks like him, the sword of Li Mountain, at least, can protect itself. This world doesn't deserve the sword of Li Mountain."