Chapter 1249: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Demon Sect Rift

Wang Lin swept his gaze over the six elders of the Wuji Sect below, then withdrew it. The red light of the Blood Sword in his right hand flashed, transforming into a drop of red blood. It landed on her forehead, was deeply branded within, and gradually vanished.

With a wave of his right hand, a storm spread out, wrapping around the white-haired old woman and vanishing from the sight of the Wuji Sect members.

"I do not know which star-level Ancient God refined this Magical Artifact with star points, but it truly possesses heaven-shaking power! As a six-star Ancient God, I can only unleash thirty percent of this sword's power, but even that thirty percent is enough to behead any Cultivator in this world with a Divine Ability of the first heavenly and mortal decay!" Wang Lin's speed was extremely fast, and amidst the roaring storm, he traveled rapidly through this starry sky.

The white-robed old woman beside him had already become numb to everything she had seen along the way; the strength Wang Lin had displayed was beyond her ability to believe.

"Before my battle with Daoist Shui, I had one foot in shattered nirvana and could fight against a Cultivator with a Divine Ability of the first heavenly and mortal decay, but it was a bitter battle. To win, I would have to pay a price, and it would be very difficult!"

"But right now, I have not yet opened the Seal that restricts my cultivation. Simply by using the first Daoist Magic I comprehended in the Dao Realm to empower my whole body, I am already enough to defeat a Cultivator with a Divine Ability of the first heavenly and mortal decay! As for those at the second heavenly and mortal decay, even if I am inferior, if I add this Ancient God Magical Artifact, I can still fight them!"

For those undergoing the Heaven-Man Five Decay, the gap between the first decay and the fifth decay is immense. After all, if one fails at any decay, they will die; if they succeed, they can obtain unimaginable power!

This is power exchanged for life, and it is very difficult to cross these thresholds.

"But, if I open the Seal, my cultivation will surge. Ten years have passed in the outside world, yet I have comprehended for a long time within the Dao Realm of the Heaven Defying. Thus, with the opening of the Seal, I have hope of reaching the Middle Stage of shattered nirvana in one go! If I can reach the Middle Stage of shattered nirvana, those at the second heavenly and mortal decay will likely not be my opponents, and I should be able to fight a Cultivator at the third heavenly and mortal decay!" Wang Lin's eyes flashed with a sharp light!

He rarely felt his own strength. This strength was such that clenching his fist felt like holding the entire world, and a sense of confidence filled his heart!

"My goal is to become a Third Step mighty figure, to kill Daoist Shui, and to kill that Old Ancestor of the ancient Luotian Family who deceived me of my life force with the Qixi Technique back then!"

The Third Step, these legendary, heaven-shaking mighty figures, were like true immortals and gods to Wang Lin before his battle with Daoist Shui. Every time he thought of them, he would feel as if a great mountain were pressing down, destroying everything, unable to resist.

But now, with the improvement of Wang Lin's cultivation, with the battle against Daoist Shui, and with his comprehension in the Dao Realm, all this great Opportunity caused the mysterious veil of Third Step Cultivators in Wang Lin's eyes to be torn away. The legend of them being powerful and invincible collapsed, and what remained was only Wang Lin's determination to kill!

What is meant by killing?

The weak killing the strong, an ant biting an elephant to death—this is the true meaning of the word 'kill'!

Carrying confidence and the determination to save Li Qianmei, Wang Lin broke through the eighth-rank Star Domain all the way, and for the first time, stepped into the Cloud Sea ninth-rank Star Domain!

The moment he stepped into this ninth-rank Star Domain, inside a secret room within the ninth-rank God Sect, a white-haired child sitting cross-legged, his face bulging with blue veins and his whole body emitting endless seven-colored light, let out a shrill scream.

His face aged rapidly, but the moment it reached the limit of aging, it reversed. With this cycle repeating, that pain of life force and Death Qi intertwining was definitely not something an ordinary person could endure!

Daoist Shui had already endured this pain for ten years!

"Little bastard, the pain I have suffered, sooner or later, I will make you pay back ten million times over!!!! And my master, even if he is not dead, he must be extremely weak; otherwise, I would never have been able to escape ten years ago!" Daoist Shui suddenly opened his eyes, his expression ferocious, but he soon began to scream again.

His eyes no longer had pupils, having been completely replaced by seven-colored light!

Setting aside Daoist Shui for now, after Wang Lin stepped into the ninth-rank Star Domain, the white-robed old woman immediately pointed the way. The two of them roared along the way, breaking through the fog and heading straight for the Demon Sect!

Within the fog of the ninth-rank Star Domain, there existed twelfth-rank Vicious Beasts, but right now Wang Lin had no time to kill these Vicious Beasts, nor did he wish to be delayed by them. Therefore, as soon as he stepped into the fog, his entire cultivation erupted, and a monstrous Evil Qi spread out, alarming the Vicious Beasts that had transformed into mist within the star fog. One could see the fog rolling back, and the Vicious Beasts hidden within scattered in avoidance!

"God Sect, Daoist Shui, I will kill you in this life!!" Within this ninth-rank Star Domain, Wang Lin's expression was gloomy, and his killing intent was even thicker.

Wang Lin's speed was relentless along the way. Amidst the rumbling sounds, he broke through all the fog ahead and, following the directions of the white-robed old woman, sped straight toward the Demon Sect battlefield Rift!

The Demon Sect, the most mysterious Sect in the ninth-rank of the Cloud Sea Star Domain. It is rumored that the Demon Sect does not have many members and Disciples, but every single one of them is a stunning talent!

Having been stationed at the Rift battlefield for countless tens of thousands of years, resisting the invasions of Vicious Beasts time and again, the people of the Demon Sect have heavy killing intent. Coupled with the fact that they almost never leave the Demon Sect, the Demon Sect is even faintly able to rival the God Sect in the hearts of the Cloud Sea Cultivators!

Especially according to rumors, the Demon Sect originally split from the God Sect but does not obey the God Sect's orders. This matter is strange, and whether true or false, it is enough to explain the strength of the Demon Sect!

Stationed on the battlefield for countless years, ensuring the peace of the Cloud Sea, the Demon Sect has unknowingly gained the awe and respect of the Cloud Sea Cultivators—respect for their virtue, and awe for their mystery!

In the eyes of the Cloud Sea Cultivators, the people of the Demon Sect can no longer be described as Cultivators; they are more like an army, like soldiers of an Imperial Dynasty in the mortal world!

They are iron-blooded and ruthless, but everything they have done has protected the entire Cloud Sea! It is precisely because of the existence of the Demon Sect that for countless tens of thousands of years, Cloud Sea Cultivators have been able to live in peace, fight among themselves, and obtain resources!

If one day the Demon Sect were gone, the Vicious Beasts rushing out from the Rift battlefield would have no first line of defense, which would bring unimaginable collapse to the Cloud Sea!

It is precisely because of the iron-blooded and ruthless nature of the Demon Sect members, and their special mission, that any Cloud Sea Cultivator who comes to this battlefield is extremely respectful toward the Demon Sect and must obey their orders!

If anyone violates their orders, the Demon Sect kills them immediately! Unless it is some exceptionally talented person who, after gaining the recognition of the Demon Sect, has the Opportunity to become a member, they will not be valued by the Demon Sect or inspire their appreciation of talent.

Li Qianmei was one of the three people who were recognized by the Demon Sect back then, so even though she violated orders and left, the Demon Sect still did not stop her with killing!

But Li Qianmei has been gone for ten years. As such, the Demon Sect must be furious. In the eyes of the Demon Sect, there is no reason that justifies leaving for ten years. If this matter is not punished, the Demon Sect would not be the Demon Sect!

At this moment, beside the six Cultivation Planets of the Demon Sect that form a ring, outside that area of ravines like a Rift, thousands of Geniuses from all over the Cloud Sea are fighting crazily, with various Divine Abilities filling the air and being unleashed.

Inside that Rift, various Vicious Beasts roared heaven-shakingly, struggling to rush out from the Rift, wanting to tear apart all living things! The fierce flames emanating from their bodies were vastly different from those of the Vicious Beasts in the Cloud Sea fog, far exceeding them!

These Vicious Beasts have all survived through endless slaughter and cannot be compared to the comfortable Vicious Beasts of the Cloud Sea!

The smell of blood filled the air. Under the impact of these Vicious Beasts, the thousands of Cultivators outside the Rift were fighting among themselves, the light of various Magic Treasures flashing and filling the starry sky, and the bursts of rumbling sounds were heaven-shaking!

Among this group of Cultivators, there were six who were extremely powerful. Where they were, the Vicious Beasts often died as soon as they appeared, and the blood Qi dissipated, actually leaving an empty space of several hundred zhang around each of them!

The surrounding Cultivators obviously also knew the strength of these six people, so they avoided them from afar and would not get close; they were full of confidence in these six people!

Among these six people, there were four men and two women!

Among the four men, three were middle-aged and one was an old man. Their cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of shattered nirvana, and especially that old man, who actually had faint signs of reaching the first heavenly and mortal decay.

These four were all decisive in killing and extremely ruthless in their attacks; often, a single strike of power could cause the Vicious Beasts rushing out of the Rift to die miserably!

As for the remaining two women, one was a beautiful middle-aged woman, and the other looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a cold expression and eyes devoid of any emotion. She held a thin golden sword in her hand, and as she attacked, countless golden threads appeared faintly all over her body. Any Vicious Beast touched by the golden threads would immediately be torn apart amidst shrill screams!

However, the number of Vicious Beasts in the Rift this time was simply too great. As these thousands of Cultivators fought, slowly, hundreds of them had their Physical Bodies torn apart by the Vicious Beasts, and some Primordial Spirits could not escape in time and collapsed amidst screams.

Behind these thousands of Cultivators, three people stood in the void of the starry sky. These three were filled with blue mist, making it impossible to see their appearance, but the aura of the three was strangely connected, condensing into a pressure of the first heavenly and mortal decay that spread out. The three of them obviously did not have the cultivation of the first heavenly and mortal decay, but in the connection of this blue mist, they could unleash the power of the first decay when attacking together.

The death of the Cultivators, the collapse of the Vicious Beasts, the smell of blood—these three seemed not to see it, just standing there, looking at the Rift, not knowing what they were thinking.

They were the true people of the Demon Sect! The thousands of fighting Cultivators would occasionally have someone retreat to swallow a Medicinal Pill and meditate, and their occasional glances toward the three were full of awe and respect.

Under this endless slaughter and rumbling sounds, the Vicious Beasts in the Rift suddenly retreated in unison, roaring and howling. At the same time, a powerful aura erupted suddenly from the Rift, causing the surrounding Vicious Beasts to spread their fierce flames accordingly.

"The number of Vicious Beasts today exceeds the past. I was puzzled, but it turns out a Beast King has appeared!"

"Beast Kings do not appear often, but every time they do, it causes a large number of deaths among us Cultivators. However, this Beast King also represents an Opportunity; if we can kill the Beast King…"

"Back then, those three, including Li Qianmei, killed a Beast King together and were recognized by the Demon Sect! Today there is another Beast King, which is our chance!"

As soon as the surrounding Cultivators sensed the aura coming from the Rift, they were immediately invigorated, retreating one after another, summoning all their energy, and staring at the Rift.

The six extremely powerful Cultivators also retreated, and the cold woman among them flashed her eyes, revealing Evil Qi.

"A Beast King? If Li Qianmei can kill one, I can too!"

The appearance of this aura made all the Cultivators nervous, except for the three people enveloped in blue mist, who remained completely unchanged.

And at this moment, with the white-robed old woman pointing the way, Wang Lin was getting closer and closer to this place…