Chapter 587: Sword Devil, Kill Without Mercy!

"Lu Yao..." Liu Mumu's voice quivered as she called out the name, her eyes brimming with hot tears.

She knew it had to be the young man in white. Even now, as his hair and eyes bled red, his veins pulsated visibly through skin dark as charred wood... she could still recognize him. He was no devil; he was human.

The color of one's eyes might change, but the look in them stayed the same forever. It was a gaze filled with rage, a loathing for evil so intense it seemed to write itself across his features in words of greed, wrath, and foolishness.

"How did you become like this?" Liu Mumu whispered, her face a mask of bewilderment.

The voice that answered was eerie, like a chilling specter. "My sword became devilified, feeding on the malice of mankind."

The Sword Devil Bloodline! That profound Sword Intent gifted to Yun Xiao by the Cosmic Sword Immortal had morphed into a devil, merging with the Heaven Burial Sword Soul.

When Yun Xiao formed the Sword Prison, the Sword Devil Bloodline absorbed a portion of the power from the Thunder Immortal Formation, linking the two together.

Now, returning to find this scene, rage overwhelmed him. The killing intent of the Sword Devil Bloodline took hold, causing a monstrous transformation in Yun Xiao's bloodline, turning him into the fierce devil he now appeared to be.

With the activation of the Sword Devil Bloodline, the previously contained power of the Thunder Immortal Formation erupted, enhancing his sword's killing power in a brief surge akin to Heaven Burial devouring a Sword Heart.

Both the Sword Heart and the Sword Devil were fleeting explosions of power from the Heaven Burial Sword Soul, but they differed in one aspect.

Sword Hearts were consumed once used. But the Sword Devil Bloodline, born of evil's very root, thrived in combat, drawing in the malevolent thoughts of all beings like a greedy beast, growing ever more brutal and vicious as the battle raged.

The greater the malice from all beings, the crazier the Sword Devil became!

This madness, which fed and erupted in a spree of carnage, was bound to have side effects, perhaps even damaging the body... But upon seeing Liu Mumu amidst this chaos, what room was there for reason?

All of Sky Soaring City was now a vortex of evil thoughts. Under the darkened skies, every murderous intent, every suspicion, every sneer converged into a swirling mass of black smoke and blood mist, rushing towards the sword in Yun Xiao's hand.

Evil thoughts lay at the heart of it all. Fear, hatred, and cold-bloodedness… all were parts of this malignant essence.

Not everyone harbored malice, but the deceptive whispers of the Truth Gu only needed to sway a tenth of the populace. Their sinister intentions were more than enough!

In the eyes of the Immortals and Arbiters, Yun Xiao's visage, twisted and malevolent, epitomized sheer evil. His savage methods starkly contrasted with the supposed righteousness of his assailants.

The lines between justice and wickedness were so clearly drawn. How could people not harbor evil thoughts and thus strengthen his evil devouring sword?

Only a moment paused, and then, nearly simultaneously, thousands of Immortals and Arbiters launched a ferocious assault!

BOOM!

Magic treasures, Sword Souls, and Life Sigils shimmered brilliantly as they bombarded him, their blades and techniques conjuring the forces of wind, fire, clouds, and thunder—not just against Yun Xiao but Liu Mumu too!

In that instant, Yun Xiao was undeniably one man against the world.

Liu Mumu, who had been on the brink of despair, suddenly struggled to her feet!

She knew she had to at least try to protect herself with all her might, to honor Yun Xiao's long journey back to save her.

"How could he possibly withstand the attack of a city's worth of Immortals and Arbiters?" Liu Mumu’s heart pounded as she looked toward Yun Xiao.

The surrounding onslaught nearly sealed off all their paths to survival!

The youth, now a Sword Devil, was enveloped in black smoke and blood mist, his evil thoughts soaring wildly. The cries and howls from his dark red longsword, in harmony with the tempest of the Heaven Burial Sword Soul, were dreadfully sinister!

The best defense was offense!

Slaughter the owners, and the magic treasures, Sword Souls, and Life Sigils would fall apart!

In Yun Xiao's crimson eyes was that very resolve.

"You see me as a dead man, but I see you all the same!"

With those chilling words, Yun Xiao launched his devil sword through the mists, the dark crimson Flying Sword weaving through the air like a fish darting through the night, exploding in succession, creating countless ripples in space as if skipping stones across a pond.

Ten-Step Scale, Immortalize!

"Shall I use the skills of livestock to slay you Immortals, how about that?" Amidst the swirling black smoke and blood mist, Yun Xiao sneered coldly, his gaze filled with disdain and malevolent intent.

POP! POP! POP!

The Flying Sword in the air burst 1,000 times in an instant, sending out 10,000 ripples.

It was the Ten-Step Scale that Yun Xiao had learned back in the Azure Spirit Sword Sect. Except it resounded over 10,000 times, merging with the profound mysteries of the Immortal Sword Dao, turning the cosmos into a watery surface!

With one strike, the space around him twisted into spirals!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As the magic treasures collided in the distorted space, they failed to suppress Yun Xiao.

Flying Swords whistled past him, none managing to scratch Yun Xiao, not in the least. The Life Sigils that blotted out the sun never even came within ten steps of him or Liu Mumu!

With a single stroke, he startled everyone.

"What?" Lord Chen Mai, a Sword Immortal like his deceased son Chen Yu, was stunned by the heaven-defying power of this Flying Sword.

It wasn't just the power of the sword that was terrifying—it was the peak of craftsmanship!

This was no mere swordplay; it was a dance with the cosmos itself!

In that heart-stopping moment for Chen Mai, a deadly strike descended!

"Sever!" He roared, spinning around to slash furiously.

The dark crimson Flying Sword from Yun Xiao seemed slow enough to strike true in his eyes.

But like a darting fish, the Flying Sword suddenly spiraled around Chen Mai's Palm Sword, slipping into his underarm!

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Chen Mai's body shuddered, his complexion turned ghastly pale!

CRASH!

His body burst open with thousands of bloody holes, exploding into a mess of flesh, disintegrating on the spot.

A dignified Rank 6 Heavenly Officer of the Celestial Court was dead in an instant!

In his dying moments, his eyes displayed utter bewilderment, his voice trembling, "What is this..."

KLANG!

Yun Xiao executed a 10,000-Step Scale, blocking all attacks and seizing the chance to slay Chen Mai!

Onlookers and attackers alike quivered inwardly!

How had he become so formidable?

Yun Xiao could thank their malevolent thoughts and the Thunder Immortal Formation!

The earlier benefits had laid a foundation.

As the onlookers and would-be killers shuddered once more in fright, Yun Xiao fiercely grasped the blood-soaked crimson sword. Like a ghostly apparition, he surged forth wrapped in endless black smoke and blood mist, colliding violently with several Rank 6 Celestial Court officials!

SIZZLE!

Electric serpents exploded from his sword, morphing into tens of thousands of crimson electric birds that swooped down on Lord Zhao, the father of Zhao Danming.

Under the assault of the sky-blotting flock, Lord Zhao was devoured in an instant, leaving nothing but bare bones.

"The path of immortality is but to kill and devour!"

With each kill, each devouring, whether it was a Seed of Creation, Sword Soul, Life Sigil, or True Immortal Jades, the Creator Immortal grew stronger.

This time, Yun Xiao unleashed himself completely in a frenzied killing spree.

The brutal demise of two Rank 6 Heavenly Officers was enough to terrify the assailants, spawning more malicious thoughts that swirled around, pushing Yun Xiao into an even more savage frenzy.

"Bring it on!" His eyes blood-red, his face twisted grotesquely, the veins on his body glaringly visible.

After slaughtering Lord Zhao, Yun Xiao whirled around just in time to see Liu Mumu exposed once more to numerous blades!

BUZZ!

With a fierce command of his Sovereign Sword, he reached back, pulling Liu Mumu onto the sword with him.

"Lu Yao!" Liu Mumu clung to him frantically, nearly flung off in the chaos.

"Let's go, I'll take you on a killing spree!" Yun Xiao was like a crazed devil, his laugh ghastly and brutal. With Liu Mumu in tow, he steered the Sovereign Sword like a warhorse, charging towards Liu Zongyu's position!

"My father..." As his daughter, Liu Mumu's heart trembled, regardless of her hatred for him at that moment.

But Yun Xiao did not tremble! He was more resolute than anyone!

The six-foot Sovereign Sword moved unpredictably, evading thousands of strikes in an instant, under a cloak of black smoke and blood mist—a multitude of ghostly shadows!

Leisurely Wander!

This was one of Yun Xiao's earliest learned sword techniques, originally mundane, but under his peak craftsmanship, it was nothing less than a technique of Immortals!

He was not just flying over Sky Soaring City; he was darting between spaces, his black and crimson Sovereign Sword smashing through dozens of Arbiters like a battalion charging into battle, rushing up to Liu Zongyu!

Liu Zongyu harbored extreme malice, but seeing Lord Zhao and Lord Chen fall one after the other, he also grew anxious.

Now, this fierce devil came soaring on a Sovereign Sword, with his daughter by his side?

Who was he really?

When Liu Zongyu saw Liu Mumu’s hands clasping around the waist of the dark fiend, a thought surged into his mind.

“Lu An? Impossible, impossible!” He roared, leading a few direct descendants in a desperate defensive formation.

“Stop these two heavenly malefactors!” As Liu Zongyu uttered these words, his heart had already turned cold.

Because the few descendants before him were shattered by the brutal Sovereign Sword!

THUD! THUD! THUD!

The six-foot Sovereign Sword, like a mighty mountain, crushed everything in its path, leaving a trail of corpses, carrying his daughter right up to him!

In that instant, the eyes of Liu Zongyu and Liu Mumu met.

“My daughter…” His eyes welled up with tears as he remembered everything from her birth to the present.

In Liu Mumu’s eyes too, there was struggle and complexity.

Within that complexity, her guilt and regret towards Lu An morphed into an indelible hatred for her father.

“It’s over!” Liu Zongyu sighed.

BOOM!

The black and crimson six-foot Sovereign Sword shattered his protective armor, bursting through his chest, and flung him hundreds of meters, stringing him and other Arbiters together into a gruesome kabob!

Blood splattered everywhere!

“Ah…” Liu Zongyu coughed up blood in great gushes, his eyes dim and fearful, looking at Yun Xiao, and at his daughter.

“What merciless cruelty!” He pointed accusingly at Yun Xiao, then breathed his last, dying in a pool of blood.

Yun Xiao barely spared him a glance!

He had gone mad with killing; his world was filled with nothing but ferocity and brutality. To him, the entire world was blood-red, such was the sword intent left by the great Celestial Immortal!

Leaving Liu Mumu behind, he wielded his sword of slaughter, plunging into the crowd of Arbiters. Flying Sword, Palm Sword, Sovereign Sword—he switched between them in an instant, slaughtering all six Rank 6 Heavenly Officers in Sky Soaring City!

Wherever he went, the Arbiters daring to encircle him were already dead by the thousands.

The entrance of the Skyruler Immortal Manor had become a bloody hell...