97: Chapter 97 The Myriad Demon Furnace, Breaking Through the Void

Ghostly winds howled, and the demonic might was earth-shattering.

The million demons summoned by the netherworld sword were eerie and evil; they feared no immortal treasure's pressure. In the center of the demonic army, a hundred great demons stood guard, ensuring that large-scale, area-of-effect weapons would be blocked.

The million demons rushed toward the alliance like a torrential flood, sweeping away everything!

"Can the illusionary realm trap them?" someone asked Grandmaster Ji Jing of the Kun Kingdom.

"No." Ji Jing shook his head. Kuns Illusionary Realm only deceived the senses and could not resonate with real objects; its essence remained in the real world.

The number of demons was too vast, and they possessed no intelligence. Even if they were trapped by an illusionary realm, they would shove against each other and quickly squeeze their way out!

As a single Grandmaster, he could not activate an illusionary realm of such a large scale.

Unless it were in the Kun Kingdom itself, where the Forest of Three Thousand Kun Script Steles could awaken, trapping these million demons would be easy.

Crack, crack, crack! The branches of the demon tree blocked the million demons. The branches acted like whips, and with every lash, dozens or even hundreds of demons were whipped into annihilation!

However, the number of demons was simply too great, and soon the demon tree's branches were layered and wrapped by the demons.

In the rear, the mists remaining after the demons died were absorbed by the netherworld sword, which then resurrected these demons.

These demons were already dead; they were merely masses of evil energy gas. Unless these gases were completely obliterated, the netherworld sword would continue to resurrect them!

The demon tree also had to contend with the heavenly thunder sword, and with its branches wrapped by so many demons, its movements were hindered.

"Damn it!" Perfected Shouyin, atop the demon tree, cursed and grabbed his zither, smashing it against a great demon that was clinging to the demon tree's branches.

Bang! The zither was also an immortal treasure and very sturdy. One great demon was scattered, and the demon tree found slight relief, but the effect was negligible; countless demons soon filled the gap left by that great demon.

"Why isn't that pervert here yet?"

Perfected Shouyin swung the zither a few more times, but after seeing it had little effect, he gave up. Away from the Xuan Kingdom, he was just a slightly stronger Grandmaster and dared not charge into the demonic army.

Perfected Shouyin looked back. The Nine Great Lineages of the Xuan Kingdom had agreed on how to handle things when dealing with the Qian Kingdom; other lineage representatives were supposed to handle the netherworld sword, but they still hadn't arrived!

"Roar! I have arrived!" Beast roars echoed from the distance, and a massive figure came running over. It was a hundred meters tall and had nine heads—a bear, a wolf, a leopard... It was Daoist Jiuyao, one of the representatives of the Nine Great Lineages.

He was carrying a furnace dozens of meters high on his back, panting heavily.

"Why are you so slow?" Perfected Zhong Chu hurried over to meet him and help carry the furnace.

Among the representatives of the Nine Great Lineages, only his immortal treasure had the strongest defense, allowing him to stay outside for long periods.

The other lineage representatives were at the border of the Xuan Kingdom, ready to dash over immediately if needed.

What dissatisfied him was that Perfected Shouyin had arrived so promptly, whereas if Daoist Jiuyao had been any later, there would have been casualties.

"You think I wanted this?" Daoist Jiuyao's nine heads all had their tongues lolling out, panting. "I can't fly after leaving the Xuan Kingdom. Shouyin rode the Holy Tree to get here, but me? I had to run while carrying this heavy Myriad Monster Furnace!"

"I should have just come with Shouyin; I'm exhausted to death!"

"Uh..." Perfected Zhong Chu had nothing to say. The Myriad Monster Furnace was indeed very heavy. In the Xuan Kingdom, it could be controlled with immortal power, but outside the Xuan Kingdom, it really had to be transported by one's own physical strength.

"Let's hurry up and deal with the netherworld sword!"

"Indeed!" Daoist Jiuyao took two more deep breaths, then stood up, wrapping his arms around the Myriad Monster Furnace. Veins bulged all over his body, and the eyes on his nine heads looked ready to pop out.

"Roar!! Rise for me!" The Myriad Monster Furnace was lifted by Daoist Jiuyao and thrown directly into the demonic army!

Boom! Deep within the demonic army, the Myriad Monster Furnace sensed a threat and automatically awakened. The furnace lid opened, and dense demonic energy gushed out!

"Roar!" "Roar!" Beast roars identical to those of the demonic army echoed continuously, and withered-looking monsters ran out from the Myriad Monster Furnace.

Unlike the demonic army, these monsters possessed physical bodies, whereas the demonic army consisted of gas.

The Myriad Monster Furnace could refine bodies into puppets. Daoist Jiuyao was the representative of the Xuan Kingdom's Myriad Monster Alliance. The Xuan Kingdom had many spirit beast clans; except for a small number of spirit beast clans with immortal heritage, most did not have immortals among them. They formed the Myriad Monster Alliance to huddle together for warmth.

When a spirit beast died of old age, its body was usually sent to Daoist Jiuyao to be refined. The extracted essence blood was used to strengthen the descendants, while the bodies, now drained of their essence, remained in the Myriad Monster Furnace as puppets.

The Myriad Monster Furnace had existed for two thousand years, and the number of accumulated puppets was massive, including thirty-six immortal-level bodies.

Though the quantity could not compare to the hundred great demons of the netherworld sword, they possessed physical bodies. Even though most of their immortal essence had been extracted, their physical strength remained at the immortal level, and they were completely evenly matched against the hundred great demon spirits.

The Myriad Monster Furnace also contained a large number of spirit beast body puppets; after emerging, they scattered and attacked the demonic army.

Being mere shells refined into puppets, they did not care about their own damage at all. They would grab a demon and devour it. The demons' demonic energy could not affect them, for they had no intelligence!

As more and more puppets crawled out of the Myriad Monster Furnace, the arrogant momentum of the million-strong demonic army gradually subsided!

"So many puppets!" Perfected Zhong Chu clicked his tongue. He no longer felt that Daoist Jiuyao had been slow. Being able to carry it and arrive in time meant Daoist Jiuyao was truly capable!

"The remaining three swords should appear soon." Lu Hu walked over. Excluding the blood-drinking sword in his hand, the Qian Kingdom still had seven swords belonging to the Sword God.

The armor-breaking sword was trapped by Kuns Illusionary Realm. The endless sword was suppressed by the nine-gold immortal-slaying shield. The heavenly thunder sword was contending with the demon tree. The netherworld sword was also blocked by the Myriad Monster Furnace.

If the remaining three swords did not appear, they would attack the Qian Imperial City.

Upon hearing this, Perfected Zhong Chu and Daoist Jiuyao wore grave expressions. The next three swords were the most terrifying in terms of power: the army-breaking sword, the Tian Qiong Sword, and the demon-slaying sword.

"We can block the army-breaking sword and the Tian Qiong Sword if they ambush us, but if it's the demon-slaying sword, we will have to rely on Brother Hu!"

The demon-slaying sword was a rather special sword in the Sword God's hands. The other swords achieved effects beyond their own nature in the Sword God's hands, but the demon-slaying sword granted the Sword God an edge that did not belong to him.

This was equivalent to the other swords unleashing two hundred percent of their own power in the Sword God's hands. While the demon-slaying sword might only unleash fifty percent of its power in the Sword God's hands, that fifty percent was still stronger than the two hundred percent of the other swords.

In the ancient kun script records of the Kun Kingdom, the Sword God rarely used the demon-slaying sword. The information held by the Xuan Kingdom was that the demon-slaying sword was too sharp, and even the Sword God could not control it for long!

Regardless of how it was recorded, the power of the demon-slaying sword was absolute. If it launched a sneak attack, none of the representatives of the Nine Great Lineages were confident they could block it. This was one of the reasons they dared not fight the Qian Kingdom.

Even if they carried supreme treasures, outside the Xuan Kingdom, they might be ambushed and killed by the demon-slaying sword. If not for Lu Hu, they would not have dared to leave the Xuan Kingdom. The deterrence of that sword was simply too strong!

"The demon-slaying sword, huh." Lu Hu's face showed anticipation. He had been running around, going so far as to go to the Xuan Kingdom to recruit allies—wasn't it all for this sword?

"Have the Demon Lord and the others come and continue applying pressure to force the remaining immortal swords to appear!" Perfected Zhong Chu took out a conch, intending to send a message.

"Roar!" (Watch out!) Just then, Lu Hu's expression tightened, and he raised his palm, striking toward Perfected Zhong Chu's neck.

Clang! A powerful fluctuation erupted instantly. Perfected Zhong Chu and Daoist Jiuyao were sent flying by the shockwave. After landing, they didn't bother with their disheveled appearance and looked at their original position.

They saw a large sword slashing out waves of sword qi to attack Lu Hu. Each strike was incredibly terrifying, with powerful attacks sufficient to instantly kill an Earthly Immortal.

Lu Hu waved his tiger claws in the void, and bolts of lightning descended from thin air, shattering the sword qi and striking toward the sword.

"The demon-slaying sword?" Perfected Zhong Chu said, feeling lingering fear. If it hadn't been for Lu Hu just now, he would have truly died under the blade of this sword.

"No, this is not the demon-slaying sword." Daoist Jiuyao had many eyes and could see more clearly. "It looks like the army-breaking sword, but why is it red?"

"If it's not the demon-slaying sword, what other sword could sneak attack me?"

"Hmph!" The sword let out a cold snort of dissatisfaction. Seeing it could not contend with Lu Hu's lightning, it vanished instantly.

Lu Hu shifted his gaze and finally looked upward. With a flash of light, the sword appeared there. Lu Hu frowned; spatial power—the attack wasn't strong, but this ability was so troublesome!

"Remember, I am Void-piercing!" the sword said coldly. The intelligence it displayed was incredible.

"It actually has a complete weapon spirit!" Perfected Zhong Chu gasped. "How is that possible?"

"Hmph!" The void-breaking sword snorted again, only this time with a hint of haughtiness. Just as it was about to speak, it heard Perfected Zhong Chu say, "That shouldn't be right. This sword isn't as good as the immortal shield; how could it have a complete weapon spirit?"

"You're courting death!" The void-breaking sword was furious and instantly appeared before Perfected Zhong Chu.

Boom! Lightning appeared out of thin air and struck the void-breaking sword. The void-breaking sword stalled, its blade trembling, but it still forcefully endured the pain to strike at Perfected Zhong Chu.

The nine-gold immortal-slaying shield, which was contending with the endless sword, also shot out a ray of nine-colored immortal light that landed on Perfected Zhong Chu.

Clang! Perfected Zhong Chu was knocked away. The nine-colored immortal light on his body dimmed; although he was disheveled, he was completely unharmed.

"I understand now." Perfected Zhong Chu patted his clothes. "You are the army-breaking sword!"

"Hmph!" The void-breaking sword snorted coldly, worried about being struck by lightning again, and vanished instantly.