Chapter 369 Wiping Out the Demon Cave

Everyone exchanged uneasy glances. To slay 1's own wife to prove 1's Dao—who could have imagined Taicang the Venerable Sage (Person Name) would be so ruthless and cruel?

At the final moment, the aged demon of Taicang remained utterly deranged, a sinister grin twisting his features. "If it means achieving the Nascent Soul stage, what does a mere Dao Companion matter?"

"If you must blame someone, blame her for standing in my way."

"This Old Fiend Yan has completely succumbed to demonic cultivation, having lost all traces of his humanity."

Sect Leader Qian declared with an icy expression as he summoned a supreme-grade immortal sword, its strike brimming with boundless killing intent from the very first move.

Facing 9 Golden Core Adepts, among them powerful figures like Lyra and Eldrin, even a False Infant cultivator would likely turn and flee. Yet the Ancient Taicang Demon was merely at the 8th layer of Golden Core cultivation.

In but a brief moment, that Old Fiend Yan was slain, his physical form and Golden Core refined into Tribulation Ashes.

After another dozen or so exchanges, the Eldrin of Taicang, besieged from all sides, found himself in steady retreat until he finally suffered a grievous wound.

Lyra unleashed her overwhelming might, summoning the Divine Light of the 5 Void Tribulations to crash down in a torrential surge, shattering his physical form into 5 segmented fragments.

After his physical body was destroyed, the Ancient Demon of Taicang still sought to flee. However, Elara seized the opportunity to cast the Frozen Jade Radiance Spell, immobilizing the old demon’s Golden Core in the void.

Seizing the opportunity, Eldrin unleashed his divine ability—Solar Truefire. The boundless true flames descended in an endless cascade, reducing the Golden Core of the Ancient Taicang Demon to calamitous ashes.

"Senior Brother Sect Leader, I have avenged you."

After slaying his foe, Elder Qian’s eyes welled with tears, his voice choked and trembling.

A century ago, that battle was far too brutal. Only by offering his own flesh and blood in a sacrificial rite did Patriarch Zhang of the Azure Sky Sword Sect enable everyone to escape.

All of this was because of Elder Taicang. It could be said that the hatred everyone felt for Elder Taicang far surpassed their animosity toward the master of the Demon Cave.

This was precisely why Eldrin (Person Name) would rather let the Cave Master of the Demon Lair escape than allow this traitor to live.

Now that they had slain this traitor and avenged the century-old grievance, Eldrin and the others were overwhelmed with complex emotions, feeling a sense of clarity and resolution in their hearts.

At that very moment, the battle in the heavens was drawing to a close.

3 Refining Demonic Treasures besieged the 7 Baleful Demon Skull. Deprived of its ceaseless stream of demonic energy, the demonic artifact could no longer hold its ground.

The radiance of the Mirror of the Vast Heaven (Magic Treasure) enveloped the 7 Baleful Demon Skull, while the Demon-Refining Bracer of the 9 Firmaments (Magic Treasure) suppressed all of its myriad supernatural abilities. At last, the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Sword—the most lethal of them all—could strike with unrestrained force.

1 after another, brilliant sword beams descended, riddling the 7 demonic skulls with cracks. Ultimately, this demonic treasure shattered under the overwhelming radiance of the Mirror of the Vast Heaven (Magic Treasure), disintegrating into countless fragments that scattered into the void.

Boom—

A fifth-tier demonic treasure shattered, its vast power dissipating into the void.

Under normal circumstances, this would have been enough to level everything within a 1000-mile radius. Fortunately, 3 supreme Demon-Suppressing Treasures were currently exerting their pressure, supplemented by the protective barriers conjured by numerous Golden Core cultivators with their magical instruments. In the end, not a single participating cultivator suffered casualties.

After the 7 Malevolent Skull crumbled, Eldrin quickly said, "The Cave Master of the Demon Grotto has escaped. He’s most likely blocked by the formation patterns right now. Let’s finish him off before discussing anything else."

"Very well."

Everyone nodded in succession and swiftly rushed out of the area.

And when they rushed out, they discovered the battle outside had already drawn to a close.

Lior, who was in charge of maintaining the grand formation outside, glanced at Eldrin and said, "The Cave Master of the Demon Abyss has escaped."

Eldrin furrowed his brow. The formation laid with the Cyan Array Disk, empowered by the mana of over 100,000 cultivators, should have been impossible to escape so quickly—even for a False Infant Realm expert.

As Lior recounted the events, Eldrin soon understood the reason why the Cave Master of the Demon Abyss had managed to escape.

It turned out that the Lord of the Demonic Abyss possessed a supreme-grade demonic needle treasure. In just 3 seconds after unleashing it, the needle had already pierced minute holes through the formation.

However, the hole pierced through the formation was too small to allow his escape. Thus, the Cave Lord of the Demon Cavern decisively abandoned his physical form, and his Golden Core alone fled through the opening.

Everyone exchanged glances upon hearing this, never expecting the Cave Lord of the Demon Abyss to have such a trick up his sleeve—truly an unforeseeable move.

"This Cave Master of the Abyss need not be a concern henceforth."

Elder Qian, the Devil, remarked from the side, "This fiend has less than a 100 years of lifespan remaining. Even if he were to obtain a Nirvana Pill, it would take him 60 years to reconstruct his physical form—let alone the fact that his current body is utterly destroyed. He is no longer a concern for the future."

Eldrin nodded, his gaze fixed upon the Demon Abyss Cavern. "Now that all the high-level demonic cultivators within have been slain, it is time to eradicate this place in 1 decisive battle."

"So it shall be."

The crowd broke into smiles before charging back into the Demonic Abyss Cavern, resolved to eradicate the very source of Chu Kingdom’s demonic scourge in 1 decisive battle.

With the Golden Core demonic cultivator gone, the remaining practitioners were no longer a concern.

Once more, the group split into 3 teams, and this time they could finally slaughter the demonic cultivators without restraint.

Eldrin and Lyra fought their way deeper into the Demonic Abyss Cave. Suddenly, his eyes flickered with subtle movement as he gazed toward a figure blending into the crowded corner in the distance and said,

"Turn around and let me have a look."

The man paused his steps for a brief moment, then pretended not to have heard and continued walking into the distance.

Just then, a sword light swept across, striking directly at that figure. Startled, he instantly transformed into a black streak of escaping light and fled into the distance.

Everyone was jolted to realize that hidden among them was actually a powerful demonic cultivator at the Purple Palace, Mid Stage (Cultivation Realm).

"Elder Fiend Hong, there is no escape for you."

Eldrin (Person Name) murmured calmly, then flicked his finger and sent him crashing to the ground.

The figure finally revealed itself, lying on the ground in a moribund state as it gazed at Eldrin (Person Name), its expression contorting with terror.

Seeing the expression on Old Fiend Hong’s face, Eldrin sighed inwardly. Ever since his rise to prominence after reaching Foundation Establishment—starting from his very first battle—he had forged a reputation of awe-inspiring might.

Back in the day, only this Elder Hong managed to escape alive among the 5 Foundation Establishment cultivators. Over the years, nearly all cultivators of their generation had perished, yet unexpectedly, not only had this old demon survived to this day, but he had also cultivated to the sixth level of the Purple Mansion.

Yet that was all there was to it. Though this demon had escaped death on several occasions, and this time had even employed an ingenious technique to conceal his aura, attempting to blend into the crowd to flee—alas, he could not evade Eldrin's (Person Name) discerning eyes.

"Perish as atonement for all the mortals you've sacrificed over these years."

Eldrin suppressed his stray thoughts and swung his sword. After roaming the world for over 3 100 years, the Crimson Demon was ultimately slain within the Demon's Lair Cave.

After slaying the ancient demon, nearly all cultivators above the Purple Mansion realm within the Demon Abyss Cave had been eradicated. Eldrin dispatched numerous Purple Mansion experts to lead teams, each guiding a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators to sweep through the caverns in pursuit of remaining demonic practitioners.

They intended to wage a war of annihilation, 1 that would eradicate the very soil for demonic cultivators to thrive in Chu Kingdom for the next 600 years.

As the cultivators began to disperse in pursuit of the demonic practitioners, Eldrin and several Golden Core experts arrived at the heart of the Demonic Abyss Cavern.

In the vast underground cavern, Eldrin saw Yan ZiJi (Person Name) unleashing her magical treasure, continuously suppressing the demonic spring.

Gazing at the demonic spring before her, Lyra immediately stated, "The Demonic Spring is the heart of the forbidden grounds for demonic cultivators. It is said to have been forged by an extraterrestrial demon god refining Star Fragments."

"To completely eradicate the Demonic Abyss Cave, we must retrieve the Star Fragment (Spiritual Object) from the corrupted spring."