Chapter 1656
Chapter 1656 (Raw 1638):
After the Immemorial Demon Soul Formation activated, the Yazi Demon Soul quickly appeared.
The Yazi Beast, a Great Desolate Eon ferocious beast, had a dragon head and a tiger's body and flames on its feet as it stood on the surface of the starry sea.
Compared to its first appearance, the Yazi Beast Demon Soul looked more solid. Now that the formation already had two pearls lit up, the Demon Soul was no longer just a skeleton. It now had a vague complete form of the Yazi Beast.
Once the Yazi Beast Demon Soul appeared, it gave off an ancient and ferocious aura. Scarlet flames leaped about in its eyes.
The Yazi Beast presented its ferocity and its unyielding and bold aura. With one sweep of its gaze, it locked on to the dark-gold-armored Venerate.
The Yazi Beast's huge body was as big as a small mountain. With the support of the Scarlet Blood War Banner, its aura shook the sky, causing the wind to blow, the clouds to churn, and the sky to change color.
Right now, the Yazi Beast Demon Soul possessed the strength of a peak Major Primal Core cultivator. In fact, to a certain degree, it was even stronger.
This was because it was not alive. It did not feel pain or cowardice, lacking weakness.
"Roar!"
When the Yazi Beast roared, towering waves surged up from the starry sea and tossed the eight gold-armored cultivators away.
"Protect Deputy General Liu!"
The situation instantly turned around. The Yazi Beast Demon Soul's aura completely suppressed the dark-gold-armored Venerate and the eight gold-armored cultivators.
"Deputy General Liu, we'll cover you. You should leave first."
At this moment, the eight gold-armored cultivators already saw through Xiao Chen's game.
Earlier, Xiao Chen clashed head-on with the dark-gold-armored Venerate without care for the cost in order to injure him first. That way, when he activated the Immemorial Demon Soul Formation and called out the Yazi Beast Demon Soul, the dark-gold-armored Venerate would not be its match.
In fact, he did not intend to give the dark-gold-armored Venerate a chance to flee.
Xiao Chen had planned it out from the very beginning, so that none of them would leave alive.
"Kill!"
The Black Cutlass remained at the chest of the Yazi Beast Demon Soul. Xiao Chen waved the banner from the crow's-nest and coldly directed the Yazi Beast Demon Soul to charge at the dark-gold-armored Venerate.
"Senior Tang, Xiao Suo, Luo Nan, and Fei`er, the four of you, go and separate those eight people," Xiao Chen instructed calmly.
After paying such a price, if he still could not take down this dark-gold-armored Venerate, his information would all be exposed. That would count as a great failure.
"We obey!"
In compliance with the order, Elder Tang and the others went out.
A gargantuan tortoise beast appeared on the sea surface. Elder Tang stood on it and charged at the eight gold-armored cultivators.
Two sharp bird cries rang out in the air. Luo Nan and Fei`er each rode on one Cold Steel Eagle, blocking off the other side's paths of retreat.
Xiao Suo, who had already advanced to the early-stage Major Primal Core Realm, laughed loudly as he held his saber upraised, directly running on the sea surface.
A small golden bird perched on his shoulder with its eyes closed. This was Little Yellow Feather, the Golden Crow Holy Beast.
The Black Cutlass pirate ship erupted with all of its combat prowess.
This formed an encirclement around the eight gold-armored cultivators and the peak Major Primal Core dark-gold-armored Venerate.
When these nine people relentlessly pursued the Black Cutlass, they definitely had not expected such a development.
Soon, the formation of the eight gold-armored cultivators broke apart. The four who had cleansed their bodies with the Life Juice Source were not weak at all.
Furthermore, there were the Cold Steel Eagles, the Golden Crow Little Yellow Feather, and the tortoise beast helping, making the group stronger.
The core of the battlefield was the Yazi Beast Demon Soul, which fought the dark-gold-armored Venerate.
Even after the dark-gold-armored Venerate used all his means, the ferocious and bloodthirsty Yazi Beast Demon Soul suppressed him from start to end. He had no chance to turn the situation around at all.
If the dark-gold-armored Venerate had still been in his peak state, he would have had no trouble leaving.
Unfortunately, Xiao Chen took this all into account. Now, the dark-gold-armored Venerate's soul, heart, and physical body had all suffered significant injuries. Not to mention leaving, he might not even survive.
After a while, two anguished shrieks came from the air. The Cold Steel Eagles tore apart two of the gold-armored cultivators, giving them a miserable death.
After another hour, the remaining gold-armored cultivators died one after another.
The gargantuan tortoise beast swallowed three of them, two died at Xiao Suo's hands, and the Cold Steel Eagles killed one more.
Elder Tang and the others did not stop there. They turned to participate in the battle between the Yazi Beast Demon Soul and the dark-gold-armored Venerate.
The Yazi Beast Demon Soul could not be maintained for too long. For every moment it was out, it drew Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Jades.
Clearly, no one wanted a protracted battle.
The greater concern was that more reinforcements from the Divine Shield Army might arrive if the battle dragged on.
However, this worry was clearly the result of overthinking. No matter what, the Sword General would never imagine that his capable deputy general and eight other Venerates could not capture a half-step Primal Core cultivator—a Veritable Personage.
What more getting killed by the other party, unable to bring back any news at all.
After another two hours, the dark-gold-armored Venerate could no longer continue to fight, losing all determination to resist.
The dark-gold-armored Venerate was fatigued and drained of Veritable Essence Energy. His complexion was pallid, and wounds riddled his entire body.
In the fight against the Yazi Beast Demon Soul, the dark-gold-armored Venerate had lost the upper hand entirely. Furthermore, Elder Tang and the others attacked him from the sides. He was now a tragic sight to behold and felt extremely sullen.
"General, your subordinate is incapable and cannot complete your orders!"
"Crack!"
With the last of his strength, the dark-gold-armored Venerate chose to commit suicide with his own sword, ending his life through such a bitter method.
When the dark-gold-armored Venerate showed no signs of life at all, everyone finally relaxed.
At the same time, a sense of surreality pervaded their hearts. They actually managed to kill a peak Major Primal Core expert.
They simply did not dare to imagine this. Even Elder Tang, the strongest among them, would not be able to last more than one hundred moves against such an expert. He would even find it hard to flee.
However, it was such a peak expert that still died at the Black Scimitar Pirate Group's hands after they unleashed all of their power.
"Xiao Suo, deal with the corpses, then set sail immediately," Xiao Chen ordered calmly.
Startled to his senses, Xiao Suo quickly worked with Luo Nan and Fei`er to deal with the corpses on the surface of the sea.
Elder Tang rode the gargantuan tortoise beast back to the ship first.
When he arrived by the fatigued Xiao Chen's side, he revealed a sincere expression of respect and awe.
If not for Xiao Chen stepping forward at the crucial moment, fighting to the death with that dark-gold-armored Venerate, even with the Yazi Beast Demon Soul, the result would be different. At the very least, it would have been easy for the dark-gold-armored Venerate to flee.
"The longer I interact with you, the more I find that I cannot figure you out. You even have the courage to fight a peak Primal Core expert. This old man truly admires you."
Xiao Chen said calmly, "This is nothing compared to my past experiences."
The Beast Governing Sect's Elder Tang really wanted to ask what exactly Xiao Chen had experienced. However, he held off in the end.
Asking about another person's secrets was taboo. If the other person was willing, he would naturally speak of them.
So, Elder Tang changed the topic. "What did you obtain to prompt the Divine Shield Army to send such a strong formation?"
"It is a painting, which I have not taken a look at yet. However, according to that dark-gold-armored Venerate, it is a Saber Technique manual." As Xiao Chen spoke, he took out the painting scroll and unfurled it.
The painting had many monks holding Buddhist monk's knives. They had stern expressions, showing their might without appearing angry. As the monks danced around with their knives, they demonstrated many profound postures.
The background of the painting was the image of a Buddha. He held one palm horizontally across his chest.
The Buddha had a cold expression, his face radiating a murderous intent.
Elder Tang's eyes lit up. He said, "Interesting, it is actually a rare massacre Buddha image."
This was not an evil Buddha. Buddhas had thousands of incarnations. Most were benevolent and kind, dignified and peaceful, or stern and solemn.
A Buddha already surpassed all karmic hindrances, cut off from greed and anger. They would not truly be angry.
Even for angry glares, it was just the bodhisattvas and arhats putting on a stern appearance and not true anger.
However, there were many evil demons in the world whose interests clashed with the Buddhist sects.
The Buddhist sects kept the furious incarnations of the Buddhas before their ascent to Buddhahood. These were used to banish demons, save people, help the injured, cause confusion, and purify mortals.
Buddha images carved from such incarnations were forbidden and rarely circulated among the public.
Elder Tang gave Xiao Chen a brief explanation. By then, the painting had unfurled completely, and the words "Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique" appeared at the bottom right corner.
"The Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique!"
After Elder Tang verified what he saw, his expression changed slightly as his body trembled.
Xiao Chen put away the painting and asked out of curiosity, "What's wrong?"
"No wonder the Savage Blood Pirate Group destroyed the Skeleton Dragon Hall at all costs. Even the Divine Shield Army moved at full force. It turned out that this Saber Technique appeared," Elder Tang sighed, appearing grave.