Chapter 1044: Chapter 966: Lone Warrior Against the Heroes

Though the Sword Demon craved combat like a starving beast, unafraid of life or death, he wasn’t foolish.

If he were to confront over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts head-on alone, his chances of winning would be minuscule.

Instead, he decided to first slay the War Department Vanguard Army members at the Mountain Suppression Realm and Earth Unrestricted level.

Moreover, when he was in the same area as these Mountain Suppression Realm and Earth Unrestricted War Department Vanguard Army members, the twenty-plus Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts would certainly not dare to attack him recklessly.

As their attacks would fall around him, he’d come to no harm.

At worst, he’d just keep dodging until it was all over.

But those hundred thousand War Department Vanguard Army members were definitely doomed!

Seeing this, several Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts who had already unleashed their Vein Techniques immediately changed their attack targets, redirecting their Vein Techniques skyward, where they exploded in the clouds.

Boom——

With the rumbling sound, the other Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts also stopped their attacks.

Each wore a very grim expression.

"Damn it!"

"That guy keeps ’hiding’ among our own forces, a reckless move would definitely harm our own, be careful everyone!"

"His reaction speed is incredibly fast, far beyond our own. If he dodges our Vein Techniques, the consequences would be unimaginable. So, we can’t use Vein Techniques for now; everyone stop, we will seize him solely relying on Spiritual Power!"

"One punch per person, to smash him completely!"

While over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts discussed strategies, the Sword Demon had already darted back and forth through the War Department Vanguard Army.

Wherever the Sword Demon passed, blood flowed in all directions.

In a short span, over ten thousand Mountain Suppression Realm experts were wounded or killed.

The river of blood was endless!

Even once-dominant Earth Unrestricted experts lay decapitated among the blood paths.

The scene was tragic beyond words!

Thousands of War Department Vanguard Army soldiers instantly panicked, scrambling in disarray.

"Don’t panic, form the Vein Formation Array!"

"Don’t panic! Stop running! Many seniors are behind us, what are you afraid of, he’s just one man."

"Form the Vein Formation Array! Quickly form the Vein Formation Array! Running like this won’t escape the Sword Demon’s assault, if we don’t block him, we’ll just die under his blade! Quickly form the Vein Formation Array!"

The combat-seasoned War Department experts called out, resonating with all.

After being scattered by the Sword Demon, they quickly regrouped, and when the Sword Demon came charging, many War Department experts opened their Meridian Gates.

Formed into the Vein Array!

Bang——

The tremors of the Vein Array were incessant.

However, they imagined that tens of thousands simultaneously forming the Vein Formation Array could collectively withstand the Sword Demon’s assault.

But there is always a discrepancy between imagination and reality.

Because people have selfish motives!

The War Department lives for conquest; they seek benefit, so without seeing any, no one wants to die for nothing.

Thus, only a mere ten thousand responded at this time, forming the Vein Array.

This defense shield created by just ten thousand in the Vein Array was swiftly shattered by the Sword Demon’s powerful slash.

The Sword Qi pierced through the shield’s center, slicing through it like a blade cutting hay, sending those War Department experts beyond the shield to their deaths.

Seeing this scene, those who couldn’t promptly regroup or had no intention to form the Vein Array underwent a drastic change of expression.

They could not hold!

They couldn’t hold at all!

"Retreat quickly!"

"Retreat outwards!"

Tens of thousands scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions, turning chaotic as if in a pot of congee.

Witnessing this spectacle, the over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts were both infuriated and annoyed, transforming into glimmering streaks, converging upon the Sword Demon from all directions, encircling him. This temporarily halted the Sword Demon’s killing spree.

Once surrounded, the Sword Demon gripped his saber with one hand, the black saber pointing to the ground, with blood dripping from the blade’s tip.

With each drop that fell, the Sword Demon chuckled coldly.

After three consecutive cold laughs, the Sword Demon loudly shouted two words.

"How gratifying!"

This enraged shout from the Sword Demon provoked a chorus of cold, enraged rebukes from the over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts.

Having slain so many of their War Department men, the Sword Demon actually dared to utter the words "how gratifying" right before their faces.

Was this not slapping them in the face?

"Sword Demon, you’re courting death!"

"Die, you fool!"

With those words, over twenty people charged at the Sword Demon simultaneously.

Immediately after, the Sword Demon wielded his black saber like lightning, executing a hundred slashes in tandem, accompanied by a gentle tremor from the Meridian Gate. The black saber released over a hundred ten-meter-long black-and-white Cross Blade Intents. These blade intents swept across the sky, striking the bodies of these twenty-plus individuals.

Boom——

Boom——

Boom——

The black-and-white dual-colored blade intents collided with numerous Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts.

Some with weaker Spirit Bodies were repelled by the blade intents.

Others with formidable Spirit Bodies smashed the Cross Blade Intents with a single punch.

Some resorted to slipping into the spreading darkness, turning into eerie black shadows to evade the blade intents, then abruptly appearing behind the Sword Demon. Following that, a massive black Warhammer emerged from the darkness, like a mountain, appearing in the sky and crashing down on the Sword Demon.

Meanwhile, others merged into the night, reappearing beneath the Sword Demon. With a tremor of the Meridian Gate, a gigantic black net appeared under the Sword Demon’s feet.

Each node of this massive net featured a scarlet spike, like a venomous serpent’s fangs, aiming at the Sword Demon, completely sealing off any path below him.

At that moment, the Sword Demon had no escape.

No way out!

One option only: face everybody’s attack head-on.

Even though the Cross Blade Intents had repelled nearly ten of the Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts, the power unleashed by the remaining dozen or so was enough to make the Sword Demon stagger.

"Sword Demon, all your escape routes have been sealed by us! Now you’re trapped with nowhere to go in heaven or on earth, daring to storm Mitian City, you’re doomed!"

"For years now, the people of You Country haven’t dared attack Mitian City. Nor would they dare! And you, a single man, dare to come here. Should I call you foolish, or arrogantly reckless?"

"You really are a nonsensical fool, having just broken through to Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted, daring to intrude on our Sky-Covering Tower’s territory. Seems like those Hei Zhao traitors didn’t tell you the full extent of the War Department Vanguard Army’s power! Now seeing us, don’t you deeply regret trusting Hei Zhao and his ilk? But it’s too late for regrets!"

As they spoke, the dozen or so attacks simultaneously struck the blade intents continuously unleashed by the Sword Demon, shattering those that danced around defending him one by one.

In no more than ten breaths, the Sword Demon’s defenses were on the verge of complete collapse!

By then, those involved in the War Department’s Vanguard Army would also retreat to a safe spot, no longer shackling the hands and feet of the Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts.

The Sword Demon’s predicament appeared to be a desperate situation.

Yet, at that moment, the Sword Demon’s Meridian Gate suddenly vibrated again. The clouds in the sky were suddenly pierced by something.

It was a Holy Light! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The Holy Light broke through the clouds, illuminating the entire Mitian City and the vast sky, before it descended onto the Sword Demon, completely enveloping him.

"What is that?"

A Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted expert exclaimed in shock.