"But..."
Old Monster Chengfu sneered, stating a fact well-known to everyone in this realm.
"In this world, there are only a few dozen True Immortals, and each one's experience is clear and known to all."
"Recently, there have been no reports of True Immortals falling."
"How did you suddenly appear?"
Clearly, Old Monster Chengfu did not believe that Fang Ming was an external soul possessing a body.
To possess the body of a half-immortal, one would at least need to be a True Immortal. Since no True Immortals had fallen, it could be concluded that Fang Ming was lying.
This was obviously a trick by a demon, trying to preserve its own life by fabricating a story.
Old Monster Chengfu, having participated in numerous demon-slaying operations, knew this well.
These demons were all extremely cunning and deceitful. Their words could not be trusted.
What do you mean, 'no malice towards heaven and earth'? That's a lie to trick ghosts!
He would never believe a demon's words!
Fang Ming's expression changed.
He had overlooked the fact that half-immortals in this world were difficult to possess.
His only option now was to continue pretending to be a True Immortal.
"I am from beyond the domain, a True Immortal from beyond the domain."
Fang Ming retorted, "Don't you know about outside the realm?"
What Fang Ming said was indeed true.
He was an external primordial spirit, and he had indeed come from beyond the domain. Moreover, this "beyond the domain" was likely much farther than what Old Monster Chengfu and the cultivators of this realm understood.
Speaking of beyond the domain, Old Monster Chengfu let out another cold laugh.
"A True Immortal from beyond the domain? You're really good at making things up. The original Nine Realms have already merged into one. Now that the Nine Realms are unified, where is this so-called 'beyond the domain'?"
Old Monster Chengfu knew the term "beyond the domain."
It usually referred to the outside of a world.
But he also knew that the so-called "beyond the domain" was a term from ancient times.
Now, the term no longer existed.
In the past, cultivators from any of the Nine Worlds could refer to the other worlds as "beyond the domain" or "outside the realm."
However, when the True Immortals of the Nine Worlds fought amongst themselves and finally merged the nine worlds into one, unifying them.
Now, there was no longer a "beyond the domain."
There was only one world.
The former nine worlds had converged to form a complete, great world, with no other worlds existing.
This demon before him was truly ignorant, using such an outdated concept!
He couldn't fool me with this!
Old Monster Chengfu no longer wished to converse with Fang Ming.
He unleashed a strike with his hand, and for millions, even tens of millions of miles, the area was completely transformed into a region of lightning.
Rumble!
Old Monster Chengfu, being a half-immortal, possessed astonishing magical power that could summon powerful lightning, the legendary Taiyin Divine Lightning!
At this moment, he was controlling the Taiyin Divine Lightning, transforming the sky from clear to a heavy, dark gray. The attack of the Taiyin Divine Lightning spread for millions of miles, shaking the entire region!
Within this area, people and ordinary cultivators alike looked up at the sky, noticing the abnormal phenomenon.
Many ordinary cultivators exclaimed.
"Old Immortal Chengfu has made his move!"
"He is summoning the Taiyin Divine Lightning to slay the demon!"
"Demons are the most evil creatures, and using the Taiyin Divine Lightning to eliminate them is a perfect attribute counter! It can effectively slay demons! Old Immortal Chengfu's move is truly ingenious to the extreme!"
"Do you think Old Immortal will win or lose in this battle with the demon? I heard that this demon seems to be the transformed form of Daoist Taixu? The Daoist Taixu who has passed through two tribulations?"
"Haha, you worry too much. Old Immortal will definitely win! This demon has merely occupied Daoist Taixu's body. In essence, he is not Daoist Taixu at all. This body, which has broken through the barriers of magical power and physical form, cannot be controlled to its full extent by him! At most, he can control forty to fifty percent, and with such limited control, he cannot do anything to Old Immortal Chengfu!"
"Old Immortal is bound to win!"
Below, numerous ordinary cultivators watched the Taiyin Divine Lightning in the sky and discussed amongst themselves.
They did not believe that the demon would win. In their view, the demon had merely occupied the body of a half-immortal, and was not a true half-immortal, so he was bound to lose.
Fang Ming paid no attention to what these ordinary cultivators were thinking.
He merely used a spell that Daoist Taixu would have used.
A flame emanated from Fang Ming's palm.
As soon as this flame was released, it incinerated an area of hundreds of millions of miles, burning almost everything to ashes.
Within the flames, divine patterns could be vaguely seen.
This raging inferno clashed with the rumbling lightning, and for a moment, it seemed as if the heavens and earth lost their color.
The immense energy waves collided, even causing space to collapse!
After a long while.
Old Monster Chengfu was forced back several steps by the impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
He spoke with a face full of astonishment, his voice trembling, "How is this possible? Demons are supposed to have insufficient control over their bodies! How can they possess such a degree of control?"
"This... this..."
When Old Monster Chengfu saw the raging flames and felt the demon's control over its energy, he had already been slightly surprised, but not overly so.
He had only felt that this demon, compared to the demons encountered in previous demon-slaying operations, seemed to have a higher degree of control over its physical body.
This was a strange matter – a demon's strength was generally classified by how long its soul had existed and how long it had controlled a body.
After all, demons and their bodies were of the same origin. Although their control over their bodies and energy was much weaker than that of ordinary people when they were first born, as they existed for longer periods, their control over their bodies naturally increased.
This manifested externally as an increase in strength.
Logically speaking, since Daoist Taixu had only recently perished, the demon's strength at this stage should have been at its weakest, even weaker than the demons encountered in his previous demon-slaying operations – because those demons had existed for longer than this one.
But the opposite was true. This recently born demon was actually much stronger than those that had existed for a longer time, possessing greater control over its physical body.
This made Old Monster Chengfu somewhat surprised.
However, this was only to the extent of being somewhat surprised. When this demon, using its flames, displayed a control level that was almost one hundred percent compared to Old Monster Chengfu, and even compared to the former Daoist Taixu, making it seem as if he were facing the original Daoist Taixu.
This caused Old Monster Chengfu to feel immeasurable surprise and shock!
Heavens!
How could this be possible!
How could this demon possess such immense strength?
How could its control over its physical body be so high, giving him the exact same feeling as facing the original Daoist Taixu?