Chapter 325 Demon King

"Damn, she's broken through to the Golden Core, Mid Stage (Cultivation Realm)!"

The man and the demon’s expressions shifted abruptly. They had initially believed that by joining forces, they could barely suppress Lyra (Person Name). Yet now, even working together, they found themselves at a disadvantage.

Elsewhere, the Golden Lion Mastiff and the Golden Core elder of the Deng Clan were locked in a fierce melee with Xavier (Person Name) and Elara (Person Name).

Elder Qian, with his profound and vigorous magic power, immediately sought to subdue the Golden Core, Mid Stage (Cultivation Realm) Bison Demon King.

Deng Tiankun’s eyes lit up with wild exhilaration the moment he spotted Eldrin (Person Name) on the battlefield. “You wretched cur! So you are here after all. Today, I shall cut you down to avenge my grandson!”

His face twisted into a savage expression as he raised his hand and summoned a Grade-4 magic treasure, soaring into the air to strike at Eldrin (Person Name).

This treasure, known as the Heaven’s Edge God-Slaying Blade, was Deng Tiankun’s life-bound magical artifact, ranked as a mid-tier fourth-grade treasure. In his view, dealing with Eldrin (Person Name), who was at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion, would be as easy as snapping a twig.

Yet against this strike, Eldrin raised his hand and summoned the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void.

Swish—

With a single sweep of the mirror's radiance, this magic treasure—which had reached the mid-fourth rank—was stripped of all its brilliance and drawn into the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void (Magic Treasure).

"Ah, my treasured blade."

Watching as his lifebound treasure blade was thoroughly suppressed, Deng Tiankun let out a cry of shock before summoning his divine ability, ‘Heavenheart Void-Severing Blade’.

Eldrin saw it was a metal-based divine ability. With a wave of his hand, he summoned the mirror light once more, its radiance swirling to grind this divine power into nothingness.

Then he raised his hand and summoned the Tianli Twin Swords, slashing toward Deng Tiankun across the vast void.

Deng Tiankun’s signature divine ability was suppressed, and his life-bound treasure had been sealed by his opponent. As 2 mid fourth-grade immortal swords came slashing toward him, he had no choice but to unleash his ultimate trump card—the ‘Amethyst Gold Glazed Armor.’

This Violet-Gold Glazed Armor was a treasured heirloom of the Deng Family, 1 of only 3 Grade 4, Superior-grade magic treasures in their possession, and a first-class defensive treasure of the highest order.

"Still of the metal attribute?"

Eldrin focused his gaze and couldn't help but chuckle.

A swirl of light erupted from the mirror in his hand. Though he failed to seize it this time, the strike dimmed the radiance of the Amethyst Gold Glazed Armor by half.

Almost simultaneously, the innate divine ability of this magic treasure—the Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Divine Light—struck forth.

Divine light-based supernatural powers are most effective at countering defensive magical treasures, and the Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetic Divine Light is particularly lethal to metal-attribute treasures. It actually managed to strike the Amethyst-Gold Glazed Armor down from the sky.

"Fuck me!"

Deng Tiankun nearly choked on his breath, his mind reeling with fury.

In his panic, he could only summon a few divine abilities and a low-grade, fourth-tier magic treasure to barely resist. But without his life-bound treasure and trump cards, how could he possibly contend with Eldrin (Person Name)?

After just a dozen or so exchanges, he was already forced into a perilous situation, relentlessly pushed back by the strikes of the Tianli Twin Swords.

Eldrin activated his Emerald Spirit Eyes, wielding the twin swords with effortless grace. He perceived nothing but flaws in his opponent's movements, effortlessly overwhelming them until they could mount no defense.

At this moment, he finally realized the ocular technique Eldrin had unleashed was none other than the hereditary art of his own Deng Clan, making his stomach churn with even greater fury.

"Now!"

Seeing his opponent full of openings, Eldrin seized the opportunity and unleashed his ultimate technique—the Dual Polarity Divine Thunder.

The Dual Polarity Divine Thunder (Cultivation Art) surged with overwhelming grandeur, its might churning the winds and clouds as it descended from the heavens. With a single strike, it shattered Deng Tiankun’s (Person Name) physical form, leaving only his Golden Core (Cultivation Base) to fly out.

Under normal circumstances, his Golden Core might have had a chance to escape. But now, trapped within the dual constraints of the Taiyi Heaven-Sealing Formation (Formation) and the Ji Earth Kunyuan Plate, he was utterly deprived of any opportunity to flee.

The River of Heaven Ren Water Sword swept forth with a resonant shriek, cleaving his inner core in 2.

Sky Kun!

The 2 Golden Core cultivators of the Deng Clan were locked in fierce combat when they abruptly sensed something amiss.

They never could have imagined that in just over a dozen moves, Deng Tiankun—a cultivator at the Golden Core, Mid Stage—had been slain by Eldrin.

He concealed his cultivation level.

"Damn it!"

The Deng Clan Leader’s face twisted with resentment. Compared to the others, Eldrin, who possessed the combat prowess of a Golden Core, Late Stage cultivator, was the greatest variable.

The situation on the battlefield was grim. Under normal circumstances, fleeing would be the wisest course of action. Yet, to their astonishment, they found themselves trapped by their own Taiyi Heaven-Sealing Formation (Formation) and the Ji Earth Kunyuan Plate (Magic Treasure).

As a Golden Core, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm) cultivator, given time they could naturally breach the formation. But now, facing the immense pressure from an opponent like Lyra (Person Name), they simply had no opportunity to break through 2 layers of defensive arrays consecutively.

Eldrin consumed several recovery pills to replenish his spiritual energy, then summoned the Celestial Li Swords to resume his assault.

This time his target was the Golden Lion Mastiff. Elara and Xavier had only recently broken through to the Golden Core, Early Stage, and were already at a disadvantage against the 2 Golden Core, Early Stage opponents.

Seeing him charge forth, the Golden Lion Mastiff felt its courage shatter, swiftly attempting to retreat while trembling uncontrollably.

Under normal circumstances, he might have been able to hold his own for a while, but trapped within this narrow space spanning merely a few 100 miles, there was simply no defying the heavens.

After just a dozen or so exchanges, it was already beaten into a bloody retreat, a massive gash torn open across its physical form.

"Damn it."

The Deng Clan Leader’s face shifted dramatically. He hastily raised his voice and declared, "Lion King, if we do not reveal our trump cards today, I fear both of us will perish here."

"Very well, unleash your full power."

The Earth Lion Demon King roared furiously and summoned his innate magical treasure, the 'Vajra Lion-Dragon Seal', intercepting the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss.

The Deng Clan Patriarch also summoned his life-bound magic treasure, the ‘Crimson-Gold Glazed Armor (Magic Treasure),’ blocking Lyra (Person Name)’s assault. Then, across the void, he unleashed a fourth-tier magic treasure straight toward Eldrin (Person Name).

That treasure was known as the Guanghan Qingxu Bottle (Magic Treasure), 1 of the foundational assets of the Deng Clan. Even a Golden Core cultivator, once sealed within it, would inevitably meet a gruesome end—their flesh and bones utterly dissolved.

"What a fine magic treasure."

Eldrin saw the treasure hurtling toward him and knew he could not face it head-on.

He summoned the Earthen Imperial Bell to stabilize the primordial energies of earth, fire, wind, and water, countering the artifact’s devouring force. Raising his hand, he drew upon his spiritual power once more and unleashed the Dual Polarity Divine Thunder (Cultivation Art) in a fierce strike.

Boom—

Although the Vast Cold Azure Void Vase was powerful, it dared not absorb the Dual Polarity Divine Thunder, immediately retracting its divine power to block the strike.

The result of this strike was that the treasure was struck by the Dual Polarity Divine Thunder (Cultivation Art), its radiance dimmed as it suffered severe damage and plummeted downward.

Treasure.

Seeing the treasure damaged, Patriarch Deng let out a pained cry, his heart aching.

"Successively unleashing such great divine powers—how could this person possess such vast reserves of spiritual energy?"

He hastily put away the Moonfrost Azure Void Vase, and couldn't resist glancing at Eldrin, a flicker of astonishment crossing his thoughts.

Alas, before he could ponder further, Eldrin, having toppled the Moonfrost Azure Void Vase, had already summoned the Sky-Parting Twin Swords and launched his assault.

The Golden Lion Mastiff was no match for Eldrin at all, and could only turn to flee for its life. Yet how could Xavier on the other side possibly let it escape?

Seizing the opening, Xavier summoned his life-bound treasure and sent the Golden Lion Mastiff flying backward with a single strike.

Seizing the opportunity, Eldrin summoned a dark sword gleam—it was none other than the 1000-Demon Slaying Sword descending through the air, cleanly severing the Golden Lion Mastiff’s head.

"Ah—"

The Golden Lion Mastiff let out a pained cry. Had its head been severed by an ordinary immortal sword, it might have survived. Unfortunately, it had encountered the 1000-Demon Slaying Sword (Magic Treasure).

With a resonant hum, the 1000-Demon Slaying Sword (Magic Treasure) unexpectedly drew its spiritual soul into the blade, where it was ultimately devoured by the Black Flood Dragon (Demon Beast) sword spirit.