Ye Feng Draws His Sword, Battling the Twin Cultivators' Demon Puppet

The Taiqing Domain, the Abyss of Purgatory. Boom, boom, boom! Terrifying power completely obliterated the first three layers of the boundary seals over the Abyss of Purgatory! Boundless Abyss Demons crawled forth from the chasm, blotting out the sky and sun. Back then, the battle to besiege and slay Sha had caused an immense uproar, leading many calculating figures to speculate on his motives. Even after Sha and Youming perished, whispers had continued to circulate. Many believed that Sha must have sought to break through the Immortal Realm Barrier by succumbing to demonic corruption! Within a domain space spanning a hundred li, Ye Feng fought alone against two cultivators at the peak of the Mahayana Realm, yielding not an inch! Above the Abyss of Purgatory, clouds surged and winds howled as signs of an Ascension Tribulation began to manifest. This domain space shockingly enveloped the Abyss of Purgatory itself. Countless Abyss Demons rushed up from the chasm into the domain. By some unknown art, those two were actually able to absorb the power of the Abyss Demons for themselves! Boom! Ye Feng blasted the two back with a single sword strike. His hair was slightly disheveled, and his gaze was razor-sharp as he glared at them. "If you persist in this folly, do not blame me when I cut you down!" The two middle-aged men bore a slight resemblance to each other. Exchanging a glance, they sneered coldly. Both bore several sword wounds, but with the chance to ascend to immortality right within reach, how could they possibly abandon it? "Do you truly believe you alone can stop the two of us?" "Hmph, naive!" Hearing this, Ye Feng sneered back. "Harboring such wicked designs and slaughtering common lives—I will execute you both!" The moment the words left his mouth, Ye Feng's expression shifted drastically! A short distance away, the two men stood side by side, their hands clasping tightly together while their free hands formed seals! Beneath their feet, the endless Abyss Demons in the Abyss of Purgatory abruptly ran amok! Wisps of black origin power suddenly diffused from the pair's bodies. This power was not demonic qi; rather, it resembled an energy steeped in the stench of death. Like an explosive blast of air, this force knocked Ye Feng back hundreds of zhang! Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. Inside him, Geng Metal power surged and roared, and the Yinming Profound Flame flared to life! In an instant, winds and clouds churned across heaven and earth, flickers of lightning gleamed, and the world trembled ceaselessly as if quivering in terror before this power! The commotion at the Abyss of Purgatory was enormous. As the seals broke across the abyss spanning hundreds of li, endless Abyss Demons poured out. With chaos engulfing the Six Domains, many cultivators spontaneously stepped forward to slay the demons! The horrific toll of innocent deaths when the Abyss Demons had previously run wild across the Six Domains was still fresh in their minds. In times like this, no cultivator could remain detached! Many had even sensed the shifts in heaven and earth, as ascension forces emerged across the Six Domains one after another. Though they did not fully understand what this portended, the intelligence disseminated by Guanyun Pavilion compelled them to stay on high alert! The descent of a single Mystic Immortal had already resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of mortals! The Qingyun Continent of the Great Xia Domain had even been torn in two, into northern and southern halves... Such inhumane brutality stoked blazing fury in their hearts. Looking up at the hazy barrier, three figures could be seen faintly through the mist. "Who are those two demonic cultivators? Wasn't the Heavenly Demon Hall already shattered by the Yanluo Sword Venerable? Why are there still demonic cultivators around?!" "Whether they're demonic cultivators doesn't matter... Look! The Abyss Demons are running rampant because they broke the seals!" "Is that blond cultivator fighting two peak Mahayana demonic cultivators all on his own? Who is he?" One youth in the Void Refining Realm murmured, "A blood-rusted sword, blond hair... It's Mad Sword Ye Feng of the Great Xia Sword Sect!!" "Such strength... is truly terrifying!" A white-browed elder said coldly, "Those two scoundrels broke the seals of the Abyss of Purgatory and set the Abyss Demons wild," "all in a bid to harness the abyss's power to break through the Human-Immortal Realm Barrier!" "Hmph! If we hadn't stepped in to suppress and slay these Abyss Demons, the entire Taiqing Domain would have plunged into disaster, suffering untold devastation!" The surrounding cultivators battling to suppress the Abyss Demons were struck with terror at the sight. Yet inside the domain, Ye Feng showed not the slightest fear facing the two men and their towering demonic qi. Striding forward, his Geng Metal power intertwined with the Yinming Profound Flame, forging an indestructible barrier of origin power! The pair formed hand seals with blinding speed, madness gleaming in their eyes. Pressing both hands against the void, they roared, "Heavenly Demon Puppet!!" Boom! In an instant, the bodies of tens of thousands of Abyss Demons abruptly exploded, their terrifying demonic qi churning into colossal tidal waves crashing toward Ye Feng! Ye Feng's eyes shifted slightly. Tightening his grip on the Wrath Slayer Sword, he struck out again and again! His figure flickered as thousands of piercing sword lights slashed out in an instant, flashing like a torrential downpour amid deafening claps of thunder. Whoosh! Ye Feng broke out of the demonic qi, only for a fist to slam into him from the front! Crossing both arms to block, his bones instantly groaned and cracked under the crushing impact! A muffled grunt escaped his throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Ye Feng's feet carved two deep rifts in midair before he forcibly halted his momentum, then looked up ahead. There, a black puppet roughly the height of a man stood a short distance away! Over seven chi tall and pitch-black from head to toe, the puppet had a twisted visage, eyes glowing with bloody light, and chilling demonic qi swirling about its body! A terrifying screech echoed as though tens of thousands of aggrieved souls were shrieking in the ears of anyone nearby. The corners of the demon puppet's mouth split all the way to its earlobes, making for a truly chilling sight. Ye Feng held his sword in his right hand, while his left hung limp and battered, blood dripping from his fingertips into the void. "Hahahahaha! How do you like our Heavenly Demon Puppet?" "This is an ancient secret technique—a demon puppet on par with a half-step Tribulation Transcendence expert, indestructible as vajra, and as tough as a dharma artifact!!" Ye Feng's gaze grew exceptionally solemn, his expression heavy. Even the onlookers outside were struck with shock. The elder who had spoken earlier had his mouth slightly agape, eyes filled with dread! "Is... is this some sort of taboo art?!" "A mere puppet, yet it possesses the strength of half-step Tribulation Transcendence!" Yet right after, he noticed something amiss. Within the demon puppet resided the soul auras of both men simultaneously... Which meant... This demon puppet was an amalgamation of the Abyss Demons' power, but the ones controlling it were those two demonic cultivators! Even so, the power of this demon puppet was terrifyingly immense. "Heh heh, Ye Feng, is it?" "Today, our brotherly duo shall use your blood as a sacrifice to pave our path of ascension!" Ye Feng's gaze remained unyielding. His sword-like brows twitched slightly, and leveling his blade toward them, he said coldly, "To kill me, you are nowhere near worthy..." Geng Metal power swirled around him as black flames blazed with fury. His golden hair whipped madly in the wind, and paired with his peerless, domineering aura, he resembled an Asura from hell descending upon the mortal realm! Boom! Boundless golden sword qi erupted in an instant. The two men's expressions shifted, and they commanded the demon puppet to shoot forward like a bolt. With a mind as still as water, Ye Feng wove sword qi and flame together, slashing out a resplendent blade of light with a flick of his arm! The sword radiance pulsed wildly, and terrifying flashes burst forth! From the moment Ye Feng discarded the demonic spirit, he had become a pure, unadulterated swordsman! And now, his strikes were sharper and more ruthless than ever before!