"Broke through?"
Yu Wanling and Chu Yu looked up at the majestic martial fortune covering the sky, their faces filled with disbelief. Neither of them had expected Mu Gua to break through to the Rebirth Realm.
In fact, among the several top martial artists in Xueyu Tianchi, Mu Gua had the slimmest chance of entering the Rebirth Realm. Although Mu Gua was among the top martial talents of the Da Chen Dynasty descendants, he was only a king among them. When truly compared to the entire world, Mu Gua's martial cultivation might not even rank.
Previously, in Lin Zhao's estimation, Chen Ben's entry into the Rebirth Realm was a sure thing. After all, Chen Ben was naturally gifted and had received a War God's Gallbladder from him, so entering the Rebirth Realm was only a matter of time. Next would be Yu Wanling. With her high talent and excellent state of mind, she was the strongest martial artist in the Hundred Flowers Realm, and her chance of entering the Rebirth Realm was not small.
Then there was Chu Yu. Chu Yu's talent was only average, but her state of mind was good. Without such an excellent state of mind, she might not have been able to let go of her prejudices and led her subordinates to join Lin Zhao. Among the few, Mu Gua was the only one considered clumsy.
Yet, this clumsy martial artist was the first to step into the Rebirth Realm!
"Puff!"
Mu Gua suddenly pulled out the oil-paper umbrella from his abdomen and crushed it. Instantly, his abdominal wound was covered by a layer of golden martial fortune. The strength of the Rebirth Realm lay in its recovery. After the physical body was injured, it could even be reborn. Although it might not reach the level of bringing the dead back to life or regenerating flesh and bone, ordinary injuries could heal rapidly. Moreover, the true qi foundation of the Rebirth Realm was profound and inexhaustible, making their combat power extremely formidable!
The next moment, Mu Gua flashed forward, and with a single punch, he blasted the eleventh-realm umbrella-wielding heart demon into dust. He then spun around and used a whip kick to press an eleventh-realm great demon to the ground, causing the floor tiles to crack continuously. Mu Gua seized the opportunity and threw another punch, turning the great demon's head into a cloud of bloody mist.
"Who else?!"
Mu Gua's eyes flickered with a faint golden light. He now had a sense of invincibility. Although Mu Gua's Rebirth Realm was not very stable, being achieved through external forces, and essentially a Rebirth Realm made of paper, a Rebirth Realm was still a Rebirth Realm. The lower limit of the realm was inherently high, and killing eleventh-realm beings was like slaughtering chickens!
In the blink of an eye, with a Rebirth Realm martial artist guarding the gate, and under Mu Gua's whirlwind sweep, all the demon cultivators and umbrella-wielding heart demons who had broken into the city, except for those who had escaped, were annihilated!
...
"Hmph!"
In the clouds, the Demon Ancestor Qing Kui caressed his injured neck. The sword strike from Xing Zhi had been too painful, feeling like a brand on his Great Dao. For the time being, the Demon Ancestor could not make a move. If any accident occurred, he might truly fall to the thirteenth realm.
He looked down at the earth and said calmly, "Another Rebirth Realm? This Xueyu Tianchi is truly a place where monsters run rampant. What kind of great divine ability does that Lin Zhao possess to make the cultivators in Xueyu Tianchi so strong? It's one thing to have Chen Ben, but even such a clumsy Mu Gua has reached the Rebirth Realm."
"..."
Yu Zhi, a great demon with a graceful figure in a red dress, knitted her delicate brows. She looked back at Wuwang Mountain behind her. That half of the divine mountain had now merged with the lower realm, its roots stable. There was no trace of Lin Zhao's aura to be found, indicating a complete cessation of life. For a moment, Yu Zhi felt a pang of sadness in her heart. It was such a pity for someone like that to die.
But as a demon, Yu Zhi understood that Lin Zhao's death was the best for the demon race. If such a person lived, the demon race would inevitably face much trouble. She frowned and said, "Lin Baiyi's military discipline is naturally different. He has his own methods to make his subordinates loyal and willing to die for him."
"Hmph!"
The Demon Ancestor Qing Kui sneered, "If our demon race cultivators were all like this, we would have probably trampled the human realm thousands of years ago and made the Ancestral Mountain the master of the lower realm."
"Yes..."
Yu Zhi sighed with emotion, "However, what can a mere paper-thin Rebirth Realm do? Can't any of our peak cultivators from the Ancestral Mountain kill him?"
"Act quickly, do not delay any further."
The Demon Ancestor frowned, "Go and order Lu Daoist and Nan Qingfeng to act together and kill Mu Gua in the shortest possible time. We need to flatten Xueyu Tianchi as soon as possible. The Ni Chang Realm has already moved south from Gu Ya Pass. If they gain the upper hand, hmph, there will inevitably be trouble when dividing the human realm's territory."
Yu Zhi smiled faintly, her beautiful eyes looking at the Demon Ancestor. She thought to herself, "Does the Great Demon Ancestor truly intend to share the human realm with the Ni Chang Realm? We, the demon race, have contributed over ninety percent to the extermination of the human realm!"
"Hahaha~~~"
The Demon Ancestor laughed heartily, "We'll discuss that later. Let's flatten Xueyu Tianchi with the least cost. We cannot afford to lose any more cultivators above the twelfth realm."
"Yes, your subordinate will go and make arrangements."
...
Not long after, a figure in a grey daoist robe stepped into Bai City. It was an old daoist with horns on his forehead and a strong demonic aura.
Lu Daoist, a twelfth-realm cultivator from the Demon Ancestral Mountain. He was not among the elite of the twelfth realm, having been consistently suppressed by the twelfth-realm cultivators like Long Zheng and Lu Hai. However, with so many twelfth-realm cultivators lost from the Ancestral Mountain, Lu Daoist's ranking had steadily risen, even to the point where he was personally summoned by the Demon Ancestor to act.
Therefore, Lu Daoist felt a little smug.
What was there to fear from a human martial artist who had just entered the Rebirth Realm? Moreover, that person had always had a low profile, always being a minor figure doing menial work under Lin Baiyi. Furthermore, his realm was a paper-thin Rebirth Realm. Although a Rebirth Realm could defy the heavens, the twelfth realm of the demon race was equally capable of defying the heavens.
Killing him would be like slaughtering pigs and dogs!
Lu Daoist entered the city with his imposing demonic aura. With a wave of his horsetail whisk, a stream of blazing demonic energy swept out, turning dozens of Xueyu cavalrymen guarding the city gate into a pile of shredded meat. He stepped over their remains and took a deep breath, instantly refining streaks of blood essence for his own use.
Demons ate humans to strengthen themselves; this had been the ancient rule.
"Buzz!"
Space suddenly seemed to freeze. The man with the ugly face delivered a punch, his martial artist's aura directly suppressing a portion of the heavens. This caused Lu Daoist to pause slightly, and he hastily raised a small twelfth-realm world to counter the opponent's martial aura.
But it seemed to be too late. Lu Daoist had been careless, and the small world he had just raised was quickly ground away by the opponent's fist energy. He could only raise his horsetail whisk to block in front of him.
"Bang!"
In an instant, the horsetail whisk was blown away by a punch. Mu Gua's second punch was as fast as lightning and thunder, directly reaching Lu Daoist's nose.
"Infuriating!"
Lu Daoist let out a stern roar, leaning back. Instantly, lines of deer-horn-shaped demonic energy condensed on his chest, and he began to use his life-bound artifact to block Mu Gua's fist. However, under the impact of the punch, the deer-horn-shaped demonic energy shattered one by one. A chill ran down Lu Daoist's heart, and he felt a cold sensation on his back. Immediately, blazing fist intent erupted.
With a loud roar, after taking Mu Gua's fierce punch, Lu Daoist tumbled, falling into a pile of ruins.
"Careless."
In the swirling dust, Lu Daoist, his demonic aura and killing intent seething, slowly rose from the broken bricks. Behind him, a thousands-of-feet-tall deer demon manifestation appeared, and he sneered, "Mu Gua, you useless martial artist, do you really think your paper-thin Rebirth Realm can kill me?"
Mu Gua remained silent, flicking a Divine Speed Talisman in his hand.
"Military talisman?"
Lu Daoist couldn't help but laugh, "A dignified Rebirth Realm, and you still resort to petty tricks like talismans? For Mu Gua to enter the Rebirth Realm, the martial world must have been blind to bestow such an honor upon you."
Before he finished speaking, Mu Gua instantly appeared before Lu Daoist and delivered a punch, fiercely striking Lu Daoist's nose. Instantly, Lu Daoist's nose bled profusely, and his body involuntarily flew backward, his body spewing out fierce demonic energy attacks, indiscriminately striking everything around him.
Mu Gua's body was enveloped by the speed-enhancing spiritual energy of the Divine Speed Talisman, which Lin Zhao had left for him. For a moment, Mu Gua felt as if he were with Lin Zhao, as if divinely aided. He soared into the air, his fist breaking through Lu Daoist's demonic energy and landing on his chest, shattering several ribs.
However, Lu Daoist's twelfth realm was never made of paper. With a wave of his hand, green vine manifestations infused with demonic energy shot out, "Puff, puff, puff," piercing Mu Gua's arms and abdomen, engaging in a fight of exchanging injuries.
Although the Rebirth Realm had a solid physique, they were, after all, human. Lu Daoist, while a spirit cultivator and not a martial artist, had a physical body that was demonic and extremely tough. Moreover, having entered the twelfth realm for thousands of years, his foundation was profound. How could he be comparable to Mu Gua, who had just entered the Rebirth Realm?
...
In the wind, a figure hid within the gentle breeze, clad in white, holding a sword entwined with demonic energy. It was Nan Qingfeng, the foremost beauty of the demon realm. She knitted her brows, looking at the battlefield below, and couldn't help but sneer. Although Lu Daoist was foolish and ostentatious, his tactics were not flawed. As long as he could injure the Rebirth Realm martial artist to a certain extent, her attack would be a sure kill.
"Bang!"
To Nan Qingfeng's great surprise, Mu Gua's punches were incredibly powerful. With another punch, he almost blasted Lu Daoist's brains out. Lu Daoist tumbled on the ground, battered and miserable. With a fierce wave of his horsetail whisk, immense demonic energy flowed into the artifact. The silk threads of the whisk shot out, forming a net in the air that pierced through Mu Gua's body.
"Mu Gua!"
From a distance, Yu Wanling shouted, "Conserve your strength, cherish your life!"
However, Mu Gua's eyes were red with bloodlust, and at this moment, he had no thought of cherishing his life.
My life, Mu Gua's life, was long ago given to Xueyu Tianchi!
With a loud bang, he stomped his feet on Lu Daoist's chest, shattering his bones. Following that, Mu Gua simply straddled Lu Daoist's body and rained punches down on Lu Daoist's head.
The elder had once said when he was alive: when killing demons, aim for the head. If the head was gone, they were practically dead.
Therefore, Mu Gua's punches fell one after another, intending to blow off the head of this twelfth-realm deer demon.
...
"Nan Qingfeng!"
As Lu Daoist's skull continued to crack, knowing his death was imminent, he roared in his mind, "You haven't made a move yet, are you waiting for me to be killed?!"
In the air, a graceful figure appeared.
"Not good!"
Huang Tingyu hurriedly raised his sword, but it was too late.
...
"Ch"
A life-bound feather pierced through the void without a trace of flight trajectory. In the next moment, it directly penetrated Mu Gua's heart, creating a large bloody hole. With a single blow, Mu Gua's internal organs turned into a spray of blood. (The pace of this chapter may accelerate. Yezi's mental state is slightly unstable but inexpressible. I hope everyone understands.)