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Chapter 565: 565

He was counting down towards the achievement of Myriad-Demise Sword . “Ten . . . Nine . . . Eight . . . “

Undoubtedly, this was the most difficult part of mastering Invincible Sword Body . The closer he was to reaching ten thousand strands of Invincible Sword Ki, the closer he was to a complete change and the tougher it would get for him . Now, his whole body, including his veins, tendons, eyes, and organs, were all filled with sword ki . The brain was still too tender, so he chose to avoid putting any there . Having no other choice, he sent the ten remaining strands into his nether regions .

“Aaaaaagh!” That shriek of pain had come from the depths of his manhood . Fortunately, it still worked well . In fact, it seemed to be far more perky and devastating than before .

“Darn it . . . If even it can shoot sword ki out . . . I wonder if Ling’er’s body will be able to take it . ” Tianming was blushing hard at the embarrassing display .

“Three!” His face was now completely flushed .

“Two!” He was now only one short of ten thousand strands .

“One!” Once this last strand assimilated, he would finally master it .

“It worked!” Tianming gritted his teeth and endured the pain . He could clearly feel that his body had undergone a complete change after the final roadblock .

“Myriad sword unity!” The sword ki from all over his body gathered in his palm, causing a flash of colors to form in his hand . That was the Myriad-Demise Sword!

“Its power is truly terrifying . ” While Tianming wasn’t harmed by it as he was the controller of the sword ki, he knew how dangerous it could be . It was a wild beast with the power to rend the skies . With myriad strands of sword ki, the power his body could unleash was greater than the sum of its parts . It wasn’t just marginally more powerful than nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine strands, but much more .

“Invincible Sword Body truly is an amazing battle art . Empyrean-ranked battle arts aren’t even comparable to it . It can be used in addition to all other battle arts . I can even continue to absorb more strands of Invincible Sword Ki . I wonder if I’ll become even stronger then . . . The Shenxiao Sword Art is a prototype empyrean-ranked battle art, but when used with Invincible Sword Body, it should far exceed the level of empyrean-ranked battle arts . . . If my saint ki is comparable to Autarch Qian’s, I’ll be able to kill him instantly with Myriad-Demise Sword . “

It was an instakill technique . Tianming had emerged from the bloody sword ki pool with so many holes in his body that he looked like a pincushion . However, his wounds quickly recovered when the Prime Tower worked its magic . Right then, he heard Li Wudi’s voice coming from outside .

“Tianming, my son, I’ve become an empyrean saint! Come, lick my boots!”

Tianming cracked a smile when he heard this . He could tell that Li Wudi was heading toward the underground compound .

“Duck!” Tianming stretched a finger and shot out a colorful beam using Myriad-Demise Sword towards him .

“Dang!” Sensing the danger, Li Wudi let out a shocked cry . With a loud rumble, Myriad-Demise Sword exploded and shook the underground compound .

“What happened?” someone from the outside exclaimed as they came to check on the Nature Arts Hall . All they could see was a large amount of earth being blasted out of the sword ki pool before a red figure haggardly came flying out and landed on the ground . It was the Bloodfiend-formed Li Wudi .

“Who caused you to use Bloodfiend Transformation?” someone asked . The others watched as a man and fowl jumped out of the underground compound .

“Hahahaha!” Seeing how desperate Li Wudi was, Tianming laughed .

“What did you shoot at me just now? I was almost impregnated by you!” Li Wudi cried .

“Phrasing, please! I’m not Ye Shaoqing, that boyfriend of yours . It was the Myriad-Demise Sword . “

“Hey, Tianming! Don’t insult my reputation!” Ye Shaoqing said from a distance .

“That’s right . Ahem . ” Li Wudi came closer and gave Tianming a good look . “What is this? Is this the power of Invincible Sword Body when cultivated fully? I should give it a try myself . “

“I worry you won’t be able to reach Hundred-Sword Demise . “

“Hoho? Looking down on me, punk?”

“Did you really become an empyrean saint?” Tianming could feel that Li Wudi was now a higher lifeform based on the primal fear that his aura instilled .

“Impressed?”

“Can you defeat Autarch Qian?” Tianming solemnly asked .

“I’ll give it a try . I was about to go after him once I checked on how you were doing . “

“I’ll go with you . “

“Did you have other breakthroughs?”

“Not yet, but I’m almost there . My saint ki is dense enough, so I only need my heavenly will to grow a little more . ” Thanks to the Omnisentient Will he received the last time, his Imperial Will grew substantially . With the heavenly patterns of the Prime Tower and Grand-Orient Sword guiding him, he grew infinitely closer to the next stage in the past ten days .

“You’re still not a match for an empyrean saint at your level,” Li Wudi said .

“It’s fine . I’ll sneak attack him with Myriad-Demise Sword from afar to make openings for you . “

“That is fine and all, but let’s wait and see first . If you see that I can’t hold my own against him, you shouldn’t show up either,” Li Wudi said after some thought .

Just as they were about to leave, Bai Mo and Ye Yi frantically came charging at them .

“What’s wrong?” Li Wudi asked . The relaxed atmosphere immediately tensed up .

“We just got word that Autarch Qian used his Cyclic Mirror to carry out a genocide on the citizens of Northblock City! Not a single living soul remains!” Ye Yi said with a hoarse voice .

The air immediately stilled . The autarch was further gone than they had expected . With his power, no normal person would be able to stop him if he chose to kill ordinary folk .

“He has completely turned into a demon,” Bai Mo said with a sigh . This was what they had been most worried about, and it had come to pass without them being able to do anything about it .

“Autarch Qian inscribed a name list at the gates of Northblock City . He left a message that if anyone on the list doesn’t show up, he’ll continue his genocide until not a single subject of the Theocracy remains . ” Ye Yi gripped his fists hard as killing intent leaked from his eyes .

“Who is on the list?” Li Wudi asked with a grim look .

“You, Tianming, Bai Mo, Feng, and I,” Ye Yi said . The autarch didn’t care one bit for the others . As long as these five were dead, the autarch would be able to single-handedly kill everyone in the dao palace even without any help from his descendants . The other sky saints of seventh-level and below wouldn’t be able to match up to him at all . Adding Feng to the list meant ending the dao palace for good .

“His second stop is Richwater City . Let’s head out immediately . This is the end of the road for the Nineshades Clan! We cannot let him sacrifice the innocent any longer,” Li Wudi said . He then called his Primordial Bloodbane Kunpeng over and mounted it . “I’ll go to Richwater City first . You don’t have to come with me . But if you do, you don’t have to show your face . “

To go there meant fighting to the death . Once he said that he disappeared beyond the horizon .

“There are three million people in Richwater City . We’ll need more men if we’re to stand a chance to save them,” Bai Mo said .

“That’s right . ” Ye Yi immediately rallied the troops . “Every fourth-level sky saint and above, assemble!”

The troops of the Dark Hall swiftly heeded the order .

“Prepare to depart for Richwater City! Get on Bai Mo and my lifebound beast!” Ye Yi said .

“Understood!” It would be a tight ride with all three hundred plus of them .

“Get a hundred of them to join me,” Tianming said . There was a river in the Divine Capital called Richwater River, which happened to pass through the dao palace’s entrance and led to Richwater City . Lan Huang’s body was far larger than the Astral Emperor Tiger, and it could travel in the water much faster .

“Depart!”

They didn’t say anything unnecessary owing to the urgency of the situation .

“Brother Tianming!” Ye Lingfeng cried just as Tianming was about to follow Bai Mo, Ye Yi, and the rest . The Evil Suppression Formation had suddenly stopped functioning . Ye Lingfeng came to him with the Evil Suppression Pillar in hand; he seemed to have familiarized himself with the weapon well .

“Since only the autarch remains, there’s no point in keeping the formation up . Let me come with you . The Soulfiend might be of some help . “

“I think it’s better for you to hold the fort . “

“Brother Tianming, I want revenge . ” He had missed the chance to kill members of the Nineshades Clan back then from having to maintain the formation . So, he wanted to fulfill his wish now .

“Alright . Let’s go!” Tianming respected his opinion . Not to mention, the Evil Suppression Pillar and Soulfiend might come in handy at a crucial juncture . He went to pick up Feiling before rushing to Richwater River . The beastmasters then got on Lan Huang’s back . Despite the sheer number of people, it was doing fine thanks to its impressive strength .

Once in the water, its nine kui seas spun quickly and accelerated it to frightening speeds . Perhaps they might arrive at the city much sooner than the other two .

. . . . . .

“Brother Tianming, the Soulfiend says that there’s something on your body,” Ye Lingfeng said .

“What is it?” He looked around and couldn’t see anything of note .

“It’s the soul from the Tomb of the Ancients . “

“The soul servant of the Primordial God Race?” Tianming recalled his breakthrough back then that caused it to appear before it vanished without a trace . Yet, the Soulfiend seemed to suggest it had been on his person this whole time .

“That’s right . But don’t worry . The Soulfiend says that you are the soul servant’s master . It should be protecting you . “

“Alright . ” He nodded and looked towards their destination . “It’s millions of people again!”

He could never forget the sight he saw in Dazzling City, and it was about to come to pass again .

“There can’t be a second time . This time, we must send them to hell, Big Brother,” Feiling said .

“I know! I know!” Tianming lowered his head like a ferocious beast . “Human lives aren’t statistics . He has committed an unforgivable, cardinal sin!”

Tianming didn’t think of himself as a saint, but he believed that all men should have a ruler to measure the laws of the world and the ways of men . If someone were a raving mad demon that didn’t have any lines they wouldn’t cross, they deserved to be cursed with an eternity of nightmares .