Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Slaying the Demon

Crash!

Crash!

With each resounding noise, the corpses on the ground stood up one by one, their bodies stiff like zombies. Their agility decreased significantly, but their strength and defense greatly increased.

“Damn it!”

A trace of evil intent flashed in Lu Xuanji’s eyes. With a transmission of Divine Thought, he said, “Xiaoxue, the Thousand Corpses Array belongs to the Pure Yin Array, which is most afraid of Celestial Fire and Celestial Thunder. Use the Celestial Fire Technique to attack! Let’s charge together and break out from the array!”

“Okay!” Ye Feixue nodded.

A fiery red Treasure Sword appeared in Lu Xuanji’s hand, with patterns resembling a phoenix as if a phoenix was about to soar out.

In his Dantian, twelve Talismans representing the Celestial Fire Technique were in motion. After circulating through the meridians, they entered the Li Fire Sword and transformed into Celestial Fire Power, burning on the Treasure Sword.

Swish!

At that moment, a zombie lunged at them, its movements clumsy yet swift.

Clumsy, meaning it turned slowly.

Swift, meaning it moved quickly.

The speed was as fast as 200 meters per second, not inferior to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The zombie’s movements were awkward, and its attack methods were simple, biting with teeth and grabbing with hands, but its speed was fast enough to compensate for any shortcomings.

Swish!

Lu Xuanji swung his sword, the Celestial Fire Power enhancing the Li Fire Sword.

Crash!

The zombie’s head shattered, but it continued to assault, without losing any combat power despite missing its head.

Meanwhile, zombies from other directions began to attack from all sides.

Swish!

In Lu Xuanji’s hand, the Flying Sword flickered, moving like a dragon-serpent and fluctuating like a dance, stabbing continuously in the void. The bodies of the zombies exploded one by one, collapsing lifeless to the ground.

However, while some zombies’ bodies broke apart, they still maintained strong combat power and continued to attack.

Kill, kill!

Lu Xuanji maneuvered the Flying Sword, flames flashing, and phoenixes dancing, slaying the zombies one by one.

Bang, bang!

Accompanied by violent sounds, zombies fell to the ground one after another, some burning to ashes from Celestial Fire, others largely burnt yet still resilient, continuing to attack.

Only after casting the second sword did he finally slay the zombies.

He kept killing zombies–one, two, three–soon, hundreds of zombies were slain.

But Lu Xuanji had consumed five layers of True Essence, and his body was slightly exhausted.

Zombies weren’t difficult to kill, but when hundreds or thousands surrounded and attacked, they could easily deplete the True Essence of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

At this moment, Ye Feixue formed a Seal Technique, channeling Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, suddenly causing a hundred-meter radius fire cloud to appear in the void, descending to burn the zombies.

Fire Cloud Technique, a large-scale lethal spell.

But by the time the Fire Cloud Technique dissipated, only less than fifty zombies were burned. The remaining zombies were severely burned but kept howling and attacking.

In terms of cost-effectiveness, such group-killing spells as the Fire Cloud Technique were not as powerful as single-target spells.

“What should we do?”

Ye Feixue, slightly struggling, said, “These zombies are hard to kill. Without destroying the Corpse Pill, zombies won’t die. But the position of the Corpse Pill moves freely within a zombie’s body, so unless the zombie is burned to ashes, it’s hard to eradicate them!”

“I was careless!”

Lu Xuanji’s breath slightly fluctuated as he swallowed a Primordial Qi Pill to replenish his losses.

He was calculating how to break the Thousand Corpses Array.

“Got it!”

Lu Xuanji’s eyes lit up, suddenly thinking of something, and summoned with his intent.

In his Dantian appeared the Heaven Mending Cauldron, quickly enlarging from palm-sized to ten meters tall, opening wide to absorb furiously. One zombie after another was forcibly sucked into the Great Cauldron.

Inside, the Celestial Fire burned, and the zombies entering were turned into calamity ashes.

Like moths drawn to a flame, zombies, without the slightest fear or sense of avoidance, entered one after another into the Great Cauldron.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Soon over a thousand zombies were confined within the Great Cauldron and refined directly.

Unfeeling of pain, fearless, these were the zombies’ greatest advantages, but now they became fatal weaknesses, rendering them worthless as they walked toward their deaths.

When the last zombie was burned to calamity ashes, Lu Xuanji breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Hmm!

At this time, he suddenly noticed that from the ashes of the charred zombies emerged gray gases, filled with vibrant vitality, carrying a supreme Creation.

These gray gases started to flow outward, but when they met the cauldron lid, they were forcibly blocked.

Lu Xuanji sensed his body slightly trembling, seemingly yearning powerfully for these gases.

Swish!

With a thought, Lu Xuanji drew the Heaven Mending Cauldron into his Dantian.

A strand of gray gas entered his body, nourishing him as if rain falling in arid fields, imparting an unspeakable comfort. The hidden ailments and tiny injuries on his body began to heal gradually.

Cultivators in battle often left hidden injuries, and though healing or consuming elixirs afterward would heal most injuries, some tiny wounds remained untreatable.

It was like a broken bowl, repaired to appear intact from the outside but with cracks still inside.

The existence of these hidden injuries also affected the cultivator’s lifespan.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators had a lifespan of 240 years, but due to internal hidden injuries, many lived only a bit over 200.

However, under the influence of these gray gases, those hidden injuries gradually healed.

No time to ponder why the gray mist began to dissipate.

With the slaughter of thousands of zombies, the array naturally broke open.

Swish!

At this moment, the black-robed Demon Cultivator appeared, his expression cold as if eyeing two prey. “Impressive, impressive, you broke my Thousand Corpses Array composed of five thousand mortal corpses, well done, but after the bitter fight, how much True Essence do you have left for combat?”

“Now, die!”

The black-robed Demon Cultivator sneered coldly, driving the White Bone Banner. Waves of White Bone Sword Qi launched to annihilate.

Swish, swish!

At this moment, a pair of blue wings appeared behind Lu Xuanji, resembling the ocean, resembling the sky, exuding a sense of freedom.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

The next moment, a sword slashed toward the black-robed Demon Cultivator’s neck.

Crash!

The White Bone Banner quivered, wrapping around the Li Fire Sword. A white Sword Qi clashed with crimson Sword Qi, colliding and neutralizing each other.

Bang, bang, bang!

At this moment, a Great Cauldron appeared in Lu Xuanji’s hand.

Clutching a cauldron foot with his left hand, he swung the Heaven Mending Cauldron down like a brick, smashing towards the head.

The black-robed Demon Cultivator was startled but not panicked, his right hand changing drastically, morphing from dry to golden like pure gold.

Bang!

The Golden Hand met the Great Cauldron, the collision producing a buzzing sound.

The black-robed Demon Cultivator endured the tremendous impact, stepping back three paces, deflecting the incoming force, which left a giant footprint on the ground.

Lu Xuanji lifted the cauldron and struck down again.

The black-robed Demon Cultivator, defending with the Golden Hand, clashed again.

Simple yet brutal.

Nothing couldn’t be solved by one cauldron, and if it didn’t work, hit again.

Crack!

A strike landed on the black-robed Demon Cultivator’s head, shattering it like a watermelon.

Feeling it wasn’t safe, he continued slamming, again and again, until finally, the body was reduced to a pulp, and he could finally let out a sigh of relief.