In the howling wind and pouring rain, the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya stood unmoving, while the nineteen malevolent spirits roared in agony.
The gale was like the cries of demons from the abyss, extinguishing their life force.
Purple rain, carrying the aura of annihilating silence, fell upon them, sizzling and corroding everything it touched.
Despite being nineteen cultivators at the Primordial Spirit stage, facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, and with the latter not even having made a move himself, merely employing some suppression-type divine abilities, they had already fallen into a disadvantageous position.
“Hmph, feels great, like a turtle boiling in a pot.”
“Kill him! If he doesn't die, we’ll all be drained of our life force and perish!”
The captain roared. Fortunately, they were all Primordial Spirit stage powerhouses, capable of achieving unity of heaven and man, absorbing the surrounding life force from the world to replenish themselves. Otherwise, they would have long since turned into dried corpses.
“This isn’t enough! Blood Demon Art!”
“ROAR!!!”
A colossal blood demon emerged from Wan Lei’s body. This great demon had only a head, but it was terrifyingly hideous. It opened its gaping maw and began to吸 towards these enemies.
In an instant, vast amounts of energy were drawn from the malevolent spirits and flowed into Wan Lei’s body.
The Sword Immortal Dharmakaya, continuously replenished with this energy, grew even stronger. Wan Lei let out a hearty laugh and charged towards his enemies, sword in hand.
“Now it’s fair. Fight!”
Following Young Master Lei’s racing principles, the weakest would always be dealt with first.
Kill from weakest to strongest, one by one, to eliminate the enemy’s fighting strength as quickly as possible.
His target was a cultivator at the lower level of the Primordial Spirit stage. He immediately used his lightning evasion to appear behind that cultivator. The massive sword, crackling with lightning, cleaved down upon the cultivator’s malevolent spirit Dharmakaya.
Lightning, being the most powerful and yang energy, was the bane of such malevolent entities. With a single strike, it directly shattered the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya, causing the cultivator within to spurt blood and fly backward.
Wan Lei swiftly followed up, cleaving him in two with another sword strike.
Facing Wan Lei, enemies who had been weakened fivefold were utterly crushed.
“Boss, the intelligence was wrong! We’ve never seen any of these divine abilities he’s using before,” one of the Sky Scourges shouted in terror.
“Oh? Then, to keep my secrets, it seems I’ll have to kill you all,” Wan Lei said with a sinister grin, raising his sword and charging into the crowd.
“Wind Lightning Godslayer Style!”
His physical strength, combined with his cultivation amplified severalfold, erupted. The close-quarters Godslayer Style allowed Wan Lei to cut through the enemy ranks as if they were empty air.
In just a few rounds, Wan Lei had killed three more Primordial Spirit stage cultivators.
However, he himself was not faring well, being continuously attacked by over a dozen individuals, his Dharmakaya and physical body struggling to endure.
A Dharmakaya was not capable of withstanding all damage; a portion of it would still be transmitted to the physical body.
Wan Lei’s body was formidable, and he wore armor, so he naturally had no fear and didn't mind getting injured. But Qi Man Yao could not withstand it.
Fortunately, Wan Lei was constantly channeling lightning power into the protective barrier and observing it at all times, afraid that if the barrier shattered, Qi Man Yao would be unable to withstand the enemy’s attacks.
At his level of combat, Qi Man Yao had long since fallen too far behind.
Wan Lei summoned the Wood Lightning to descend from the heavens and strike his Sword Immortal Dharmakaya, both repairing the Dharmakaya and healing his own injuries.
As time passed, the five-fold suppression and devouring effects of the Samsara Extinguishing Life Array, the Yin-Yang Domain, the Wind Calling, Rain Summoning, and the Blood Demon Art caused the life force and cultivation of his opponents to drain away more and more. They had gone from being at a disadvantage to being completely overwhelmed.
Seeing his brothers falling one after another, the captain’s heart bled.
The Sky Scourges could not compare to the Nine Great Powers in terms of heritage or strength. Every Sky Scourge was carefully selected and trained. The number of Primordial Spirit stage powerhouses was limited; losing one meant one less. They could not afford to lose hundreds like the Nine Great Powers without batting an eye.
These people were his brothers, who had accompanied him all the way, who had carved out a fearsome reputation for him in the Central Region.
Yet now, they were all dying at Wan Lei’s hands.
“We can’t go on like this any longer. Brothers, give me your strength! Combine! Let us kill Wan Lei together!”
“Alright, if this continues, we’ll all die.”
“Boss, we’ll listen to you.”
The remaining twelve Sky Scourges rushed towards the captain and immediately merged together.
The captain’s malevolent spirit Dharmakaya also transformed into a colossal, ten-zhang-tall vengeful spirit, its aura surging, its resentment soaring.
The Sword Immortal Dharmakaya appeared like a child before it.
“Wan Lei, die!”
The vengeful spirit raised its massive axe and brought it down upon the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya.
Wan Lei spread his wings behind him and dodged instantly. Simultaneously, the sharp feathers on his wings shot towards the vengeful spirit.
Countless feathers rained down, piercing the vengeful spirit’s Dharmakaya. With a few muffled thuds, screams of agony echoed from within the Dharmakaya.
“Defend!”
The captain roared. The black energy surrounding the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya condensed further. When Wan Lei tried to pierce it with his feathers again, they only embedded themselves into its body without penetrating an inch.
Wan Lei retracted his feathers and swung his sword at the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya. The Dharmakaya was incredibly strong; it caught the sword blade with one hand, then used its right hand, holding the axe, to strike the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya.
BOOM!!!
With a deafening roar, the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya crashed against the formation’s barrier, its entire form shaking violently.
“Ridiculous. You think this is enough to stop me?”
Wan Lei grinned sinisterly. Suddenly, his body erupted in radiant light – his Path of Light.
Ever since his battle with Selena in the Golden Immortal Secret Realm, Wan Lei knew that the Divine Light Art was far more than just a mere light source; it possessed absolute suppression against energies of a dark nature.
The majestic and righteous radiance shone upon the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya, causing its resentment to dissolve rapidly, like ice cubes being doused in hot oil.
Empowered by the Path of Light, Wan Lei fiercely attacked the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya.
This time, the malevolent spirit Dharmakaya was once again completely suppressed.
“Wan Lei!!!”
The captain was going mad. Since the beginning of the battle, they had been suppressed by this junior Nascent Soul cultivator in his twenties. Even now, with the combined strength of over a dozen men, they were utterly defeated.
“Die for me!”
The malevolent spirit Dharmakaya, filled with boundless resentment, dropped its axe and rushed towards the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya. Its ten-zhang-tall colossal body seized the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya, immobilizing it.
Then…
BOOM!!!