Chapter 121

Chapter 121: Mountain Demon

“Death wish? Do you have what it takes?” Meng Chuan suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot toward the mountain demon .

Meng Chuan’s transformation and his sudden charge startled the mountain demon! It had fought human Godfiends many times, but it had never encountered a Godfiend with such speed .

It didn’t even have time to react .

Suddenly dozens of lightning bolts shot out from Meng Chuan .

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The lightning bolts struck the towering mountain demon’s body, sending rocks flying!

Oh? Meng Chuan frowned . Although the lightning bolts had shattered some of the rocks on the demon, it was akin to losing a few strands of hair for the mountain demon .

Its body doesn’t even tremble . Clearly, lightning isn’t able to cause it any numbness . Lightning was very effective against flesh and blood . Even if the lightning didn’t cause death, it could numb his opponent’s body and cause them to tremble uncontrollably . In close combat, such negative effects would affect the battle outcome . However, the mountain demon wasn’t afraid of lightning with such meager strength .

The moment he landed, black baneful aura immediately spread out in all directions . His surroundings began to freeze . Mud and rocks were covered in a layer of ice . The distant mountain demon also turned into a massive iceberg .

“Are human Godfiends only capable of such means?” After the mountain demon was frozen, it continued walking . It thought nothing of the ice that covered its body .

Suddenly—without any warning—the ice-covered soil around it flew up and swarmed at Meng Chuan crazily .

The mountain demon constantly formed mud cages, trying to trap Meng Chuan .

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The mountain demon saw blurry figures appear everywhere . Although he formed mud cages repetitively, it just couldn’t touch Meng Chuan . The mud and rocks’ speed were far inferior to Meng Chuan’s .

The baneful aura doesn’t affect it . Meng Chuan frowned .

When the mountain demon saw that it couldn’t trap Meng Chuan, it couldn’t help but feel a little angry . The mountain demon suddenly moved like a phantom and tried to step on Meng Chuan .

Meng Chuan saw the sky turn dark as the giant mountain demon’s foot landed .

Swoosh .

Lightning flashed .

The mountain demon’s foot missed, and the ground trembled .

Swish!

Meng Chuan instantly jumped up, and lightning flashed .

In the blink of an eye, eight Meng Chuans appeared . Each of them executed the same move . As the sabers stabbed out, they produced sharp saber beams—an ear-piercing sound resembling a dragon’s roar were made by the saber beams .

Amongst the common moves for a narrow saber—cleaving, slicing, swiping, and stabbing—stabbing had the greatest penetrating power . After all, the saber’s might would gather at one tiny point! Meng Chuan used the Heart Intent Saber’s Dragon Roar Stance . This technique’s penetrative power was extremely terrifying, and it was one of the few moves Meng Chuan had mastered .

Due to its large size, the mountain demon could only withstand Meng Chuan’s attacks with its body .

Every strike carved a deep cave into the mountain demon’s body . The caves were 30 to 40 feet deep and about ten feet wide . However, the rock on the mountain demon’s body moved about, filling up the eight caves swiftly .

“Die . ” The mountain demon’s gigantic palm swung towards Meng Chuan—who was midair, and unable to leverage strength from anything else .

Yet, Meng Chuan dodged the palm as a bolt of lightning . He circled the mountain demon’s body agilely, reaching its back .

He had used Heart Intent Saber’s only movement technique—Swallow Stance . It made him extremely agile .

Tiger Roar Stance! When Meng Chuan was behind the mountain demon, he instantly slashed out .

The saber beam cleaved down with a furious roar . In the blink of an eye, he attacked the mountain demon 15 times . Every strike shook the mountain demon’s body .

Countless rocks on its body exploded .

The Tiger Roar Stance was the strongest move Meng Chuan had mastered . It was quite strange . Heart Intent Saber’s 18 stances were all named after animals . It was the same for the Swallow Stance, Dragon Roar Stance, and Tiger Roar Stance .

A huge crater appeared on the mountain demon’s back . It was 50 to 60 feet wide, and because the fifteen strikes struck the same spot, it was over 80 feet deep . He could even see the dark red rock inside the mountain demon’s body . There were even fractures in the dark red rock .

That’s the true body . Meng Chuan understood when he saw the dark red rock . A mountain demon covered its body with external rock and continuously cultivated, making the rocks around them extremely hard . However, their true bodies were even stronger . It just so happened that their true bodies were much smaller .

“You actually injured me!” The mountain demon let out an angry roar . Countless rocks moved, and the huge hole on its back rapidly filled up . It was so angry that it produced new stone arms—eight of them . They crazily smashed at Meng Chuan .

Meng Chuan transformed into a bolt of lightning and darted about agilely .

He stepped on an arm to borrow strength . With a flash, he retreated 1000 feet before approaching the mountain demon again . He struck out once more .

This time with the Heart Saber Stance! He had cultivated this move the longest .

The saber repeatedly struck the boulders on the mountain demon . The boulders trembled slightly but didn’t suffer any damage . However, an invisible vibrating force reached the mountain demon’s core and exploded! It was the Yin-Yang Blast! The mountain demon’s massive body reduced the Yin-Yang Blast’s power by 30% by the time it reached the core . Meng Chuan failed to see any obvious damage after striking seven times .

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” It flailed its eight arms without managing to touch Meng Chuan . The agile human Godfiend enraged it .

Following the roar, its body exploded .

Instantly, countless rocks shot out in every direction at terrifying speeds . Every rock traveled faster than the speed of sound . This was a devastating attack . If it were used in a human city, this attack would reduce the surrounding five kilometers to ruins! If the mountain demon had appeared in Eastcalm Prefecture, it would have been an apocalyptic disaster .

When the rocks burst out in all directions, a dark red mountain demon—about 100 feet tall—charged at Meng Chuan . It ran with large strides—now faster and more agile .

“Don’t even think about escaping!” The mountain demon was completely enraged .

All it saw was a large number of rocks flying about as a bolt of lightning darted past the rocks . Not a single rock was able to touch that bolt of lightning! It had to be known that these rocks were flying in all directions . Their trajectories were different, and their speed exceeded the speed of sound . This speed was something even Godfiends couldn’t react to . It was almost impossible to avoid all the rocks .

However, the human Godfiend had managed to dodge everything at extremely fast speeds as a bolt of lightning . He quickly dodged all the supersonic-speed rocks—a testimony of his terrifying speed—and left the Nine Mystical Caves .

That’s it? The hundred-foot-tall dark red mountain demon stood dazedly . The human Godfiend was no longer in the dark red world .

“Ahhhh!” Helpless, it let out an indignant roar, and countless rocks flew over from all directions and covered its body . However, the explosion just now had shattered the rocks thoroughly . The massive mountain demon—back to being hundreds of feet tall—had countless cracks over its body . The rocks had turned to rubble . It needed time to recuperate slowly .

Unfortunately—despite unleashing its full might and revealing its true body—it had failed to catch up to the human Godfiend .

…

A bolt of lightning appeared outside of the Nine Mystical Caves .

That mountain demon sure is terrifying . Meng Chuan felt horrified when he recalled the mountain demon’s attack . Those boulders were extremely fast . If I had been struck by one boulder, I would’ve been struck by even more boulders . I’d probably be severely injured .

He had an Essence Soul, and his reaction speed was astonishingly quick . With the Swallow Stance, he desperately escaped the mountain demon and the violent bombardment .

I’ve already tried . I can barely injure him now . As long as I make a mistake, the mountain demon will kill me .

Of course, he wouldn’t really die . Before he was killed, Archean Mountain would save Meng Chuan .

However, Meng Chuan believed that as a cultivator—with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body—even if he couldn’t defeat the other party, he had to be able to escape . If he couldn’t escape, he would be a disgrace .

The mountain demon hadn’t even unleashed its full strength, and I was already afraid of fighting its true body . Its true body will only be stronger . It hadn’t even used a forbidden spell . Meng Chuan understood the gaping difference between him and the mountain demon . He had used his speed to make the other party a fool, but he wasn’t able to injure it, despite it standing motionless at times . It looks like I have to become a Great Solar Godfiend! Only then will I have a chance of killing it .

As a Lightning Devastator Fiend Body cultivator, he had to attain Greater Mastery over his Saber Soul to become a Great Solar Godfiend .

A high-grade Godfiend could become a Great Solar Godfiend once they reached the Realm of Soul . A low and middle-grade Godfiend just required them to be at the Realm of Intent’s peak .

One naturally had to suffer more if they wanted to possess strength that far exceeded their peers . He had several more difficult thresholds to reach in the future .

I just attained the Saber Soul, so attaining Greater Mastery of the Saber Soul would take me at least eight years normally . I need to accept the Heart Intent Saber’s legacy . Meng Chuan immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew into the distance . After a few flashes, he reached another mountain .

Moments later, he arrived at Grotto-Heaven Pavilion .

“Lord Meng Chuan, please . ” Grotto-Heaven Pavilion’s old steward led him warmly . He had already received the Supremacy’s instructions and had him fetch Meng Chuan .

Inside the garden’s pavilion, the Supremacy’s long hair draped over his shoulders as he wrote on his fan .

“Master . ” Meng Chuan bowed respectfully .

“Do you blame me for forcing you to achieve Saber Soul before coming to accept the legacy?” asked the Supremacy .

“I understand the reason behind your actions . What suits me is naturally the best . The Saber Soul I’ve cultivated independently is the most suitable . With my Saber Soul as my foundation, I can then inherit a Black Metal Sutra legacy via intent . In the future, I won’t be completely influenced by the Black Metal Sutra legacy when I cultivate . Once I’m no longer restricted by the legacy, I can forge my own path and become a truly powerful Godfiend,” said Meng Chuan .

The Supremacy glanced at him and smiled . “You explained it well . From the looks of it, you have been in the library . ”

Meng Chuan lowered his head . “I can’t hide anything from you, Master . ”

The Supremacy waved his hand, causing space to distort . Two black metal plates appeared on the corner of the stone table . There were no inscriptions on them .

The Black Metal Sutra was forged from Meteorite Metal . This allowed it to withstand terrifying experts injecting their Essence Souls into the metal . Black Metal Sutras were also known as Wordless Heavenly Books . They didn’t have any text or drawings on them; instead, the legacy was contained within . Typically, only Godfiends who had condensed their Essence Souls could receive the legacy . Now, Meng Chuan was slightly stronger than ordinary Great Solar Godfiends, so his Essence Soul could withstand inheriting a Black Metal Sutra legacy .

“Two Black Metal Sutras?” Meng Chuan was shocked .

“One of them is the Heart Intent Saber, and the other is the World Roving Dragon Saber . These two are the strongest swift saber ultimate techniques in Archean Mountain,” said the Supremacy . “Learn them both! Focus on the Heart Intent Saber Art, and take a look at the World Roving Dragon Saber Art . Since you have a Saber Soul, your cultivation won’t go astray . ”

“Yes,” said Meng Chuan respectfully as he took the Black Metal Sutras .