Chapter 1053: Chapter 716: Dayan Jinshou (Part 2)
At this moment, the great gate was sunken inward, with an obvious gigantic handprint in the center, around a dozen meters wide, as if some great power had forcefully slammed the city gate to break through, smashing through the ten-meter-thick door.
Even after a hundred thousand years, when everyone saw this handprint, they remained terrified, because it looked as if the hand had just slammed down, and the frighteningly powerful force lingered visibly before their eyes.
This force exceeded everyone’s imagination, far beyond what masters of the Inquiry Dao Realm could withstand.
"This should be the Demon Heaven Seal left by the powerful demon of the Demon Race during the attack on Rushou City a hundred thousand years ago," the Diviner said.
"The Demon Heaven Seal?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"I also heard this by chance; a hundred thousand years ago, many races participated in that battle. If you didn’t want to be destroyed, you had to choose a side, and the Demon Race chose the Dao Palace. The most potent ability of the Demon Race is the Demon Heaven Seal. Unexpectedly, this handprint is still so terrifying, at least left by a powerful demon in the ascension realm," the Diviner exclaimed.
The momentum exuded by the handprint on the Wu Jin gate was so immense that they couldn’t approach it.
"Can an attack by a master of the ascension realm remain so intact?" Xiang Beifei was surprised.
"Not at all. It is said that back then, when Rushou sealed this city, a divine power called ’Dayan Jinshou’ was used. This power, stored within the ruins, records all invaders’ attacks to reproduce them when attacked again to fight off intruders!"
The Diviner paused, then sighed, "This is also why the ruins of Rushou are so challenging to enter. If you enter, you are equivalent to enduring all the divine powers used to attack this city a hundred thousand years ago! We now are just witnessing an attack with ascension realm power; who knows what terrifying forces from the Ancestral Dao Realm are lurking behind!"
Xiang Beifei was hearing about the ’Dayan Jinshou’ divine power for the first time. The ability of Rushou to absorb intruders’ attacks into the formation and keep them for use against other intruders was indeed formidable.
The Diviner, looking at Mo Bufan and others, continued, "That Wu Jin gate suffered the Demon Heaven Seal attack by a powerful demon of the Demon Race a hundred thousand years ago. If we enter through that Wu Jin gate now, Dayan Jinshou will use the Demon Heaven Seal against us."
"You know a lot," Xiang Beifei said.
"Not only do I know, but I think these Demons also know. They surely found out about ’Dayan Jinshou’ before entering, so they are deliberately looking for the place attacked by the Demon Heaven Seal to enter from there." The Diviner said.
His guess was correct; Mo Bufan and his people were already heading towards the Wu Jin gate that the Demon Heaven Seal had hit. As these people approached within two hundred meters of the gate, the surrounding black mist suddenly began to swirl.
A terrifying aura gradually gathered above the Wu Jin gate, making the air in that region become scorching, as if the sky were about to collapse. Green, eerie Demonic Qi gushed out from the handprint on the gate, converging in the sky to form a gigantic handprint.
This was the most terrifying aura Xiang Beifei had ever seen. Even standing a great distance away, he could feel immense pressure, under the dominance of that handprint, feeling as insignificant as a drop in the ocean, utterly incapable of resisting.
Mo Bufan and others felt no better. After all, they triggered the Dayan Jinshou, and the Demon Heaven Seal’s target was them!
This time, the Demon Heaven Seal was not cast by the old ancestor of the Demon Family but had become a part of the ruins, instantly bombarding Mo Bufan and others!
However, Mo Bufan was not that panicked; he was clearly prepared. A blue bone tooth appeared in his hand, and with a fierce wave, green Demonic Qi rolled out from his sleeves, covering this blue bone tooth.
In just a blink of an eye, the Demonic Qi gathered into a phantom demonic shadow.
Mo Bufan casually grabbed a nearby Yi Tribe person, tossing them towards the Demonic Qi. The Yi Tribe person screamed in terror, but before they could struggle, they were engulfed by the Demonic Qi from the blue bone tooth.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The Demonic Qi enveloped the Yi Tribe person, and with a bang, their body exploded into a mist of blood, their very soul devoured by the Demonic Qi.
At this moment, the illusory demonic figure seemed to gain a trace of a real form, as if it had come to life, and soon a vast malevolent pressure emanated from the demonic shadow.
Boom!
The demonic shadow also raised a hand, and a palm overturned, identical to the handprint on the Wu Jin gate, but different in that this handprint seemed to be channeling the power of the Demon Heaven Seal, dispersing that force.
Mo Bufan and his people had already surged into the demonic shadow, which immediately transformed into a green beam, rushing toward the Wu Jin gate, entering through the handprint struck by the Demon Heaven Seal, into Rushou City.
"They have a demonic shadow protecting them; how do we get in?" the Diviner asked.
Xiang Beifei turned his gaze to Xifeng, suddenly realizing that Xifeng might also be prepared!
Xifeng hadn’t spoken all along; he seemed to be searching for something as well. After Mo Bufan and his people disappeared, he ascended into the air, drawing the long sword in his hand. As the sword light howled, it transformed into a fierce Sword Intent, spreading out.
Buzz!
A terrifying Sword Intent suddenly rose a thousand meters away on the other side of Rushou City, slashing down fiercely towards the void!
This sword was extremely terrifying, carrying an air of annihilation, as if it would cleave the void in two.
"Here."
Xifeng gave a cold shout, sweeping Xiang Beifei and the Diviner over.
This side was a towering black wall, rising a thousand meters high, with no city gate, but a striking sword mark on the wall, only three feet wide, vertically splitting the wall open!
When Xiang Beifei saw this sword mark, he had a suspicion in his heart.
There was no need to think; the powerful beings from the Sword Race must have been here ten thousand years ago, attacking Rushou City. Xifeng was clearly aware of Dayan Jinshou’s existence!
"Do you go yourself, or do I have to act?" Xifeng said coldly to Xiang Beifei.
Xiang Beifei frowned.
"Rushou’s Dayan Jinshou was left to kill. To get past, we must sacrifice someone."
Xifeng stared coldly at Xiang Beifei.
The reason he had kept Xiang Beifei and the Diviner with him was for this purpose.
The same plan as Mo Bufan!
Hearing Xifeng’s words, the Diviner was shocked, "Are you planning to send Daoist Mu to his death?"
"It’s either you or him. If you don’t want to die, then he will." Xifeng said with no emotion.
He did not intend to kill the Diviner, as the Diviner could at least divinate escape routes, but Xiang Beifei was of no use to him.
No use, then dispose of him!
"Surely there’s another way."
The Diviner evidently did not wish for Xiang Beifei to be sacrificed, hurriedly speaking out.
But Xifeng remained unmoved. He had hidden his strength within the team just to sell his companions.
Xiang Beifei calmly looked at Xifeng, saying, "What if I disagree?"
"I didn’t give you a choice."
Swoosh!
Xifeng’s sword swung horizontally, and a Sword Qi immediately wrapped around Xiang Beifei!
The Sword Qi of the Inquiry Dao Realm was immensely powerful, subduing Xiang Beifei almost instantly, leaving him with no chance to resist. He felt as though every joint in his body was struck by the Sword Qi!
The next moment, Xifeng’s Sword Qi could utterly shred Xiang Beifei into pieces!
Meanwhile, the terrifying Sword Intent on the wall began to gather, forming a massive red sword in the air, spanning over a thousand meters long!
This was the Sword Dao divine power left behind by the ancestors of the Sword Race masters!
At this moment, Xifeng’s eyes were filled with cold murderous intent. Though he may not talk much, he was no better in character than Mo Bufan, having cultivated his Sword Dao to a cold, merciless state!
He was capable of killing his own kin if it meant advancing his Sword Dao, he would unsparingly strike to silence!
[You cultivated the Merciless Sword, killed your master, devoured your master’s Sword Intent, successfully inquiring about Dao, Dao cultivation +152487894]
This was how Xifeng, to enter the Inquiry Dao Realm, killed his master with the Merciless Sword, succeeded in his inquiry of Dao!
Capable of killing his master, much less an unrelated passerby like Xiang Beifei!
He intended to use Xiang Beifei’s life as a sacrifice for the Dayan Jinshou, to break into Rushou City!