Chapter 2422 - The Demons’ True Intentions

Demon Emperor Lie Yun, a Deathless Body Demon expert.

His hair and beard were burnt yellow, and his skin was indigo. He was thirty feet tall and big-boned.

He’d provoked Su Yi repeatedly right from the start, trying to goad Su Yi into fighting him, but every time, Su Yi ignored him. Lie Yun was clearly visibly excited that Su Yi had finally accepted his challenge.

Boom!

He shifted through the air and arrived beneath the dome of heaven, his thirty-foot frame erupting with blood-red qi. He was ferocious and terrifying.

All eyes were instantly upon him. He was to be Su Yi’s first opponent from the Deathless Body Demon Race since the challenge began.

The prior eight battles had proved the strength of Su Yi’s soul and Dao Heart, but his refusal to fight Deathless Body Demons left the onlooker suspecting that his physique was lacking!

Still, everyone knew that even if Su Yi didn’t want to face them, he’d have no choice but to fight Deathless Body Demon Emperors sooner or later.

The reason was simple. By now, every last Formless Heart Demon Emperor here had perished, and only one Thousand Transformation Demon Emperor remained, but the Deathless Body Demons still had all five of their Demon Emperors!

According to the rules, if Su Yi was to fight to the very end, he’d have to get through the Deathless Body Demons, too.

“Now, I’ll show you the true meaning of the word ‘despair!’” Demon Emperor Lie Yun let out a hideous laugh, took a step forward, and attacked.

Boom!

The surrounding skies collapsed. Terrifying blood-red qi erupted from Demon Emperor Lie Yun’s body, manifesting a blood-red sea of stars.

Countless blood-red stars churned, obliterating the sky and shaking heaven and earth. This just made it all the more obvious how terrifying Demon Emperor Lie Yun’s majestic aura was.

When he leaped forward and threw a punch, the sea of stars expanded, and countless blood-red stars shot forth.

Su Yi was instantly under immense pressure!

There was no denying it. Competitions of the fleshly body were far more direct, and far more tyrannical, then clashes of the Dao Heart and soul.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun in particular had a fleshly body even more terrifying than those Nine-Tribulation Master Gods who’d proven their Daos through the power of their flesh.

Su Yi suspected that in a clash of the physical body, only Chan Buddhist cultivators like the Dipankara Buddha would have any hope of contending with Demon Emperor Lie Yun!

“Die!” Su Yi didn’t dodge, instead facing his opponent head-on. He clenched his fist, swinging it as if it were a sword, all the while circulating the full extent of his cultivation base and gathering his power in his hand.

To the naked eye, his punch seemed like a descending galaxy brimming with boundlessly overflowing sword intent. It dazzled the eyes, unsurpassed in heaven and earth.

Boom!

They clashed in midair. The entire stretch of heaven and earth exploded and collapsed.

The onlookers could see it clearly. When the blood-red stars descended, they shattered Su Yi’s galaxy-like punch with unstoppable force!

Bang!

Su Yi was thrown several hundred feet backward, and he suffered a terrifying impact. A burning sensation washed over him, as if his blood and qi were being incinerated and devoured.

This was what made Deathless Body Demons so terrifying. All of them had an innate, terrifying talent that accompanied the power of their flesh. Furthermore, all of their divine abilities and secret arts targeted their opponent’s fleshly bodies!

When the army saw that Su Yi had been forced back, they erupted into cheers. All of the Outsider Celestial Demons’ spirits soared, and their faces lit up with delight.

Their side had just lost eight battles in a row, losing eight Demon Emperors in the process. This had come as an immensely heavy blow, and their will to fight had wavered. Now that Demon Emperor Lie Yun was fighting, they saw hope of turning things around!

In stark contrast, Luo Yao and the others’ expressions were more solemn than ever before.

It was actually Su Yi, the one directly involved, who remained the calmest. No one could tell what he was thinking.

“Die!” Demon Emperor Lie Yun’s attack had worked, so he didn’t hesitate to attack again.

He shifted through the air, bringing with him a celestial sea of blood and qi, like a blood-red swath of outer space laden with stars.

Boom!

When he swung his fist, the countless blood-red stars revolved and danced, bearing down on the sky, crushing Yin and Yang, and throwing the invisible into chaos. It was terrifying beyond measure.

Su Yi didn’t retreat. On the contrary, he advanced and attacked.

It was then that his powers of the Grand Dao transformed. They now displayed the mysterious power of reincarnation, and combined with his imposing sword intent, the whole area seemed to manifest a vast and mysterious World of Samsara.

Shockingly, for a while, he fought on even ground with Demon Emperor Lie Yun!

“Reincarnation... A power lost for countless years... Now, we can finally witness this unsurpassed power of the natural order for ourselves...” sighed the distant Demon Emperor Chi Nie.

Reincarnation!

A power of the natural order feared by both gods and Buddhas, a Law that had once encompassed the past, present, and future!

This Grand Dao had been lost to the world countless years ago. Not even the Outsider Celestial Demon Progenitors had ever witnessed it before, let alone the Emperor-Levels!

This was an unsurpassed power of the natural order thought only to exist in legends, the unsurpassed power that had once traversed the epochs and maintained the order of everything beneath the heavens!

“It’s a pity, but... his cultivation base is too weak,” Demon Emperor Chi Nie said with a playful glint in his eyes.

It might have seemed as if Su Yi could hold his own against Demon Emperor Lie Yun, but Demon Emperor Chi Nie knew that... Su Yi was certain to lose this battle!

Kaboom!

Heaven and earth dimmed as the sky collapsed.

Unstoppable sword intent flew across the battlefield, manifesting the power of reincarnation. All of the onlookers were astonished.

But Demon Emperor Lie Yun was even more terrifying. The power of his blood and qi manifested a tangible ocean of stars, and with every punch, he was like a sovereign of the stars sending his countless subjects to attack his opponent.

Even though Su Yi circulated the full extent of his cultivation base, he could in no way shake his opponent.

On the contrary, as the battle dragged on, his attacks were suppressed, one step at a time. He was increasingly on the passive.

This was because Demon Emperor Lie Yun’s ferocious majesty was gradually rising!

When Luo Yao and the others saw this, they realized it didn’t bode well. They could tell that Demon Emperor Lie Yun had been hiding his strength!

Now, he was gradually bringing his hidden strength back into the open, making him even more endlessly terrifying.

“His attempts at provocation seemed reckless, but in truth, but that was actually on purpose!” Luo Yao furrowed her brow.

Before Demon Emperor Lie Yun entered the battlefield, his repeated attempts to provoke Su Yi had made him seem unable to stay calm, but now, it was obvious to all of them that he’d been faking it.

Luo Yao and the others fought Deathless Body Demons year-round. They could tell at a glance that Demon Emperor Lie Yun was a peak expert among them!

Bang!

A blood-red star broke through Su Yi’s defenses, then slammed into him and exploded, leaving his chest an indistinct bloody pulp.

Su Yi staggered several steps backward.

Demon Emperor Lie Yun seized the opportunity to push him even harder, his attacks like a pelting rain. He was obviously intent on striking while the iron was hot and taking Su Yi down.

Without exception, the Outsider Celestial Demons’ spirits soared. Many of them even roared and cheered Demon Emperor Lie Yun on.

Su Yi had just won eight victories in a row, and he’d been so domineering, yet now, it seemed clear that he wouldn’t last much longer. The Outsider Celestial Demons felt relieved; this was like an opportunity to get revenge.

Luo Yao and the others exchanged glances. All of them were visibly fraught with worry.

But against all expectations, although Su Yi’s injuries piled on, his opponent couldn’t suppress his momentum. On the contrary, he fought with ever greater valiance!

Demon Emperor Lie Yun repeatedly unleashed his killer attacks, but he still couldn’t take Su Yi down!

Countless Outsider Celestial Demons furrowed their brows.

By now, Su Yi’s hair was loose and disheveled, and his robes were stained with blood. His whole body was covered in wounds that spread all over his body like a spider web. It was a shocking sight.

But his sword force was concentrated into one place, and it had yet to break!

The onlookers couldn’t even imagine how a Greater God’s cultivation base could be so terrifying.

In truth, before tempering his cultivation base to the pinnacle of the Fortune Realm, Su Yi could have at most duked it out with a Nine-Tribulation Master God; he’d have had little hope of victory.

But things were different. Now, he could become a Master God whenever he pleased. Furthermore, his Dao Heart, soul, essence, qi, spirit, and even his powers of the Grand Dao had been tempered to unprecedented heights. That was what let him fight an opponent like Demon Emperor Lie Yun.

But... that was the full extent of it.

Without external objects or treasures, this was the limit of his strength!

“Lie Yun, keep him firmly under control. Whatever you do, don’t let him break through mid-battle!” Demon Emperor Chi Nie said gravely.

Su Yi’s eyebrows rose. He was surprised to discover that Chi Nie had seen right through him!

In truth, Su Yi had accepted this blatantly unfair bet for two simple reasons: first, he wanted to save the hostages. Second, he wanted to use this duel to devour Soul Source Power, refine Secret Heart Power, and temper his physique enough to achieve a perfect breakthrough mid-battle!

But Demon Emperor Chi Nie had obviously long since figured out his intentions! He’d even most likely long since prepared countermeasures!

Su Yi realized that something wasn’t right here. His opponents seemed to have seen through both his abilities and his intentions!

That suggested that they’d prepared countermeasures to prevent him from realizing a breakthrough.

“Rest assured. I won’t give him any opportunity!” Demon Emperor Lie Yun laughed hideously.

His thirty-foot-tall frame suddenly rumbled like thunder. Beneath countless astonished gazes, his ferocious majesty rose to new heights.

It turned out that he’d been hiding some of his strength earlier!

Luo Yao and the others’ hearts clenched as they suddenly realized that Demon Emperor Lie Yun had been a crucial figure in this bet. In other words, the Outsider Celestial Demons had placed all their hopes of victory on his shoulders!

And Su Yi... was surely in incomparable peril.

It was even entirely possible that the Outsider Celestial Demons would disregard their own rules in the name of killing Su Yi!

They’d only just thought this when Demon Emperor Chi Nie ordered out of nowhere, “Everyone, heed more orders and kill the hostages! I refuse to believe we cannot destroy Su Yi’s Dao Heart!”

He spoke slowly and clearly, every word booming throughout the nine heavens.

Dammit!

Luo Yao and the others looked stricken, their faces full of alarm and fury. They felt chills in their hands and feet.

They’re killing the hostages, all to destroy Su Yi’s Dao Heart! This must be what the Outsider Celestial Demons were really after!

Su Yi is locked in combat, and he’s at a disadvantage. How could this not affect him?