Chapter 1122: Chapter 1141: Slaying the Saint King
Silence! Utter silence!
The Tailing Saint King’s face was as dark as water. He wanted to retort, but when he saw Ye Xuan’s contemptuous eyes, the words choked back down his throat.
“What a deeply scheming junior, I underestimated you.” The Tailing Saint King remained silent for several breaths, then finally lifted his eyes to Ye Xuan. However, his face had turned completely sinister, no longer holding the demeanor of a superior elder.
Clearly, this was the true face of the Tailing Saint King. At this moment, he no longer needed to maintain a facade, nor did he want to continue pretending.
“Senior Tailing, you…?”
The steps of the Huntian Saint King retreated continuously, cold sweat streaming down his forehead, his face pale as paper.
“Indeed, I do have a problem; my Nine Heavens Saint King-level cultivation cannot be activated. But Young Friend Ye, you are merely a Great Saint. This Saint King can still use the Great Saint King’s cultivation; killing you would be effortless.” The Tailing Saint King said coldly.
“Continue fabricating. Do you think I’d believe you?”
Ye Xuan laughed, his laughter joyous as he looked at the Tailing Saint King with mockery in his eyes.
Bang!
Suddenly, a surge of blood light rose from the Huntian Saint King as he tried to flee, but before he could act, Ye Xuan struck a palm at him, sending the Huntian Saint King tumbling to the ground.
Ugh!
The Huntian Saint King, already heavily injured, vomited blood from Ye Xuan’s strike, lying on the ground like a dead dog.
Thud – thud – thud!
Ye Xuan walked forward leisurely. With each step he took, the entire hall trembled violently. The Tailing Saint King’s brow furrowed tightly, a cold murderous intent occasionally flickering in his gaze at Ye Xuan.
His five fingers formed a fist, then slowly relaxed, a trace of hesitation flashed across the Tailing Saint King’s face. He dared not strike at Ye Xuan, as he could not bear the cost of doing so. Even if he could kill Ye Xuan, he himself would suffer unimaginable calamity.
“No… no… you can’t kill me.”
The Huntian Saint King’s body was cracked, blood pouring from his mouth as he shouted resentfully at Ye Xuan.
“The Heavenly Dao is heartless, treating all things as straw dogs; the Earthly Dao is heartless, subjugating souls for eternity; the Human Dao is heartless, slaughtering in the world. In this vast Heaven and Earth, there is no one I, Ye Xuan, cannot kill. Who do you think you are?”
Ye Xuan stepped on the Huntian Saint King’s head, grinding it underfoot, a cruel and cold smile forming at the corner of his mouth.
“Ah!”
The Huntian Saint King screamed mournfully, his skull collapsing bit by bit, blood seeping from his head. Yet Ye Xuan, excited, looked down, unleashing fearsome force from his feet, grinding his head even more, making the Huntian Saint King wail in agony.
“You can’t kill him, he’s from the Spirits Heavenly Palace. If you kill him, you will invite great calamity upon yourself.”
The Tailing Saint King finally could not stand by any longer, loudly advising Ye Xuan to stop.
It wasn’t out of kindness from the Tailing Saint King; whether the Huntian Saint King lived or died had nothing to do with him. Rather, because the Huntian Saint King was from the Spirits Heavenly Palace, if Ye Xuan killed him, and if the Spirits Heavenly Palace knew, they would certainly take it out on him.
“Don’t mention that he is from the Spirits Heavenly Palace; even if he were from the Chaos Divine Palace, if I, Ye Xuan, want someone dead, they won’t live.”
Ye Xuan smiled cruelly at the Tailing Saint King, then lifted his foot abruptly, viciously stepping towards the Huntian Saint King.
“No!”
“Stop.”
The Huntian Saint King screamed mournfully, the Tailing Saint King roaring in anger, but in the next moment, the Huntian Saint King’s head was crushed beneath Ye Xuan’s foot, crushed alive.
Boom!
The head exploded, blood splattered, and the Huntian Saint King became a headless corpse, his body still twitching on the ground. It was evident that as a Saint King-level expert, even without a head, he could survive.
“Your vitality is indeed formidable, isn’t it?”
“Tribulation Immortal Skill!”
Ye Xuan pursed his lips, his eyes slightly rotating. Terrifying black mist covered him, rushing towards the Huntian Saint King. In the next moment, the Huntian Saint King’s flesh was dissolving, transforming into surging blood energy, integrating into Ye Xuan’s body.
“Wha-… what technique is this?”
The Tailing Saint King was terrified, retreating three steps, looking at Ye Xuan with horror as he devoured the Huntian Saint King, and he could feel that Ye Xuan’s aura was growing even stronger.
“Devouring others’ cultivation? You can actually devour others’ cultivation?” The Tailing Saint King shouted, trembling, his eyes wide as if he had come across something extremely terrifying.
One must know that in the Chaos Great World, there are countless secret techniques, not to mention extremely evil and demonic techniques, but techniques that devour others’ cultivation are very rare. Even among the few devouring secret techniques, the side effects are enormous, potentially leading to Qi deviation and death.
What made the Tailing Saint King aghast was that Ye Xuan’s devouring technique had no trace of evil or demonic aura; instead, it gave him a sense of mysterious unpredictability.
This feeling made him extremely stunned; it was evidently an extraordinary secret technique.
“Are you… are you from the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall?”
The Tailing Saint King’s face was pale, a look of fear crossing his gaze towards Ye Xuan.
Whew!
The Tribulation Immortal Skill slowly dissipated, the Huntian Saint King dead without a trace of bone left. Ye Xuan’s form revealed again, directly pocketing the Huntian Saint King’s Qiankun Bag. His face slightly flushed, he exhaled a long breath, and then looked towards the Tailing Saint King.
“Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall?”
Ye Xuan muttered softly, then looked at the Tailing Saint King with curiosity and said, “Are you talking about the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall that presides over the Seventh Epoch?”
“You’re not from the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall?”
Upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, the Tailing Saint King suddenly came to his senses, discerning from Ye Xuan’s tone that the latter clearly did not understand the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall.
“Of course, I’m not someone from the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall, nor am I interested in it at all.” Ye Xuan replied with a cold smile.
“If you are not from the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall, why do you possess such a terrifying devouring technique?” The Tailing Saint King said in a trembling voice.
What is the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall?
The Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall presides over the Seventh Epoch, created by the Swallowing Heaven Demon Lord, who is also the seventh Supreme of ancient times.
According to Chaos legend…
When the Seventh Epoch began, the Swallowing Heaven Demon Lord slaughtered across the Chaos Great World, devouring the cultivation of countless strong cultivators. It was an incredibly terrifying era, filled with rampant slaughter.
Blood Sea Corpse Mountain, White Bone World—these terms cannot describe that dark and terrible era. The Swallowing Heaven Demon Lord devoured the cultivation of countless strong cultivators, finally stepping into the ranks of the Supremes of ancient times, becoming the most feared being presiding over the Seventh Epoch.
And the Daoist lineage established by the Swallowing Heaven Demon Lord, the techniques cultivated were precisely the devouring technique, known by all in the Chaos Great World.
Therefore, the Tailing Saint King initially suspected Ye Xuan of being from the Swallowing Heaven Demon Hall.