Free Web NovelChapter 342: Chapter 127: Slaying the Bear Demon, Defying Yin and Yang, and the Birth of New Meridians
Amidst the sinister laughter, the Bear Demon did not use sword control; instead, it gripped its sword with both hands.
Sword energy flowed, emanating a cold gleam, while the Bear Demon’s body exuded a terrifying aura, fire poison rising, perfectly embodying yin and yang.
"Whatever you are, today, you die here!"
Boom!
As the Bear Demon stomped the ground, it seemed like an earth dragon turned over, stretching hundreds of feet, exploding, and was carried off by the tornado above, causing dust and sand to swirl, creating chaos.
Underneath the giant shadow there was no sword, but it seemed to ride the wind, its furry giant hand maneuvering the huge sword, the air taut, instantly reaching Li Xuan.
The Bear Demon was fast, but Li Xuan was faster.
Li Xuan did not say a word, pushing forward with both hands.
The powerful blood energy, along with the transformation of the body, was completed in an instant, shooting forth like a high-pressure water gun enveloping the "Hundred Beasts Sword."
A hundred swords, like a hundred Middle Tier Soldier Masters empowered by Li Xuan, launched a fierce strike against the Bear Demon; the trailing golden incense long tail endowed the flying sword with both "ferocity" and "flexibility"—traits originally impossible to combine.
Additionally, the spirit was also secretly unleashed.
The spirit, powerful enough to drive someone like Feng Xiongyi insane, also rushed at the Bear Demon.
Yet, the Bear Demon’s blood qi was robust, unaffected by the spirit. It only hesitated, stabilizing itself as it watched the swords before it bloom like a hundred flowers, then like a beast tide, grinding its teeth as it swung its sword.
The sword rose, forming a blazing arc, confronting the flying swords head-on.
Boom!
The frontline flying swords shattered instantly upon contact, flung aside.
But the adjacent flying swords managed to pierce the Bear Demon’s body.
Clang!
The sound of some internal armor shattering was heard.
Immediately...
Swish!
A hole was poked through the Bear Demon’s body.
Swish swish swish!
The flying swords continued frenetically darting back and forth, creating residual trails in the void; in the blink of an eye, the Bear Demon had been pierced with over a dozen holes.
The Bear Demon’s eyes widened, somewhat in disbelief.
Li Xuan continuously manipulated the blood qi while using incense to control the flying swords.
Through this skirmish, he roughly gauged the situation.
The opponent’s strength was similar to his, both at the pinnacle of "life embodiment," yet still short of entering the "essence of life."
So it boiled down to tactics.
In a flash, Li Xuan stepped back.
In one step, he was a hundred miles away.
...
Yet, the flying swords remained by the Bear Demon’s side, like a hundred butterflies among flowers.
The Bear Demon glanced at its body, seeing its mighty physique torn apart by the sword’s violence, and the sword energy tugging at the wounds, hindering recovery.
It swung its sword furiously, yet blood continued to flow around it.
Swish!
Shortly after, another wound appeared on its neck, causing its head to tilt to the side; though its strength was unaffected, its movements were no longer coordinated.
It swung wildly, merging qi and flesh, as if yin and yang had fused, shattering all "life embodiment" power before it.
This was its reliance.
Unless one broke through "life embodiment," entering a new world, one would be annihilated by it.
Indeed, although many flying swords confronted it, they scattered once struck by its fully swung longsword.
But there were just too many swords.
Like a pack of wolves surrounding a bear.
The bear could swat away a wolf or two, yet the wolves behind would snap at its hindquarters and neck unexpectedly.
The Bear Demon, whose tilted head couldn’t heal, harbored the intent to instantly kill the Buddha, deciding not to employ a single sword into nine forms, which indeed proved wise.
If it deployed flying swords, it couldn’t wield both "flying sword" and "flesh" forces concurrently.
However, it couldn’t comprehend why over a hundred swords before it possessed similar power?
How was this possible?
How could one simultaneously control over a hundred swords, granting them dual power?
Frustration and confusion surged through its mind.
The Bear Demon swept a glance around suddenly, but could never find where the Buddha had gone.
Despite feeling stifled and unwilling, it recognized victory and defeat, now harboring thoughts of retreat.
Amidst sword swings, it tapped its waist with its right claw.
In a gust of sword sound, a faint crackling sound echoed.
Soon, the truth was revealed.
It was a gourd.
Three "soybeans" tumbled from the gourd with a "dili dil" sound.
These "soybeans," Li Xuan had seen and even held before; they were Feng Xiongyi’s inherited Spirit Treasure from Feiguang Peak.
As the Soybean Spirit Treasure hovered, the Bear Demon flicked a finger with its left hand.
A Soybean Spirit Treasure shot toward an area densely packed with Li Xuan’s flying swords.
The flying swords were instantly deprived of control, adhering to their original trajectory.
The Soybean Spirit Treasure suddenly "exploded," a peculiar kind of "explosion."
Li Xuan not only felt his flying swords lose control, but also sensed the area turning strange; yet externally, it merely transformed into a human-sized vortex with immense suction, drawing in over ten flying swords.
Subsequently, those swords rusted visibly, shattered, then scattered as ordinary iron, falling around.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two more Soybean Spirit Treasures "exploded," devouring more than thirty flying swords.
Instantly, less than half of the flying swords Li Xuan could manipulate remained, and the "qi" of Jin Tianchan stored within was rapidly depleting, unable to last much longer.
However, the Bear Demon was not faring well either, and after sacrificing three Spirit Treasures, it briefly caught its breath, right hand wielding the sword, left hand forming a mysterious seal.
