Chapter 143: Sending You Away to Wander

The ten-zhang-tall demon floating in mid-air was struck with extreme shock and fury. It had not expected Leng Tian's power to surge to such a terrifying level in an instant. Feeling a jolt of alarm, as if recalling something, the demon let out an angry roar, "Which supreme human powerhouse is helping this brat? Why act with such stealth? Have the guts to come out and fight me fairly!"

"What are you barking for, you damn mutt? Open your dog eyes and look closely—I am the supreme divine being! Were you beaten stupid by my slap?" Leng Tian retorted with a look of utter disdain, as if looking at a total fool.

"Humble little dog, spare your sharp tongue. Let's see if I don't tear you to shreds!" Fiendish light burst from the demon's eyes. Its ten-zhang frame flickered in place, instantly appearing right before Leng Tian as it threw a punch.

"Old dog, you came at the right time!" Madness and fighting intent flared in Leng Tian's eyes as he met the blow with a punch of his own.

"Boom!"

Amid a deafening roar, the sky instantly darkened. Where their fists collided, the space shattered completely. The azure ocean stirred up rolling waves, and both Leng Tian and the demon were sent flying back hundreds of zhang.

Looking at his own fist which had actually repelled the demon, and gazing at the vast expanse of shattered space, Leng Tian felt a surge of awe and thought to himself, "What would happen if the mysterious man were to act personally? Without a doubt, the consequences would be far more terrifying than the power I just unleashed!"

"You... exactly which ancient powerhouse are you?" the demon blurted out in horror, unable to contain itself. It was now certain that the reason this human brat had suddenly become so formidable—even suppressing it by a fraction—was that there was undoubtedly a supreme powerhouse backing him, lending him power.

"Hahaha..." A deep, hearty laughter resonated across the heavens and earth. The steady and profound voice seemed to pierce through the endless firmament as the mysterious man laughed, "Who am I? I simply refuse to tell you, what can you do about it? If you have the guts, hit me! Come on..."

Leng Tian's face blossomed into a wide smile. His admiration for the mysterious man had reached absolute devotion, bowing deeply in his heart.

"Nonsense, playing the ghost! If you don't show yourself, I will beat you until you do!" The demon sneered repeatedly.

"Brat, go beat him up! You currently possess half of my power. Even though his physique is immensely tough and resilient, breaking through his defense with my power is no difficult task," the mysterious man's voice rang out in Leng Tian's mind.

With such formidable power available to borrow, how could Leng Tian not use it? He desperately wanted to subdue the demon and get to the bottom of the mystery: why the Abyss demons had invaded the Tianyuan Continent, and now the Chifeng Continent as well. This was a puzzle that had long troubled his heart.

"Humph, you asked for this! I want to see what kind of divine being you really are. I refuse to believe you can withstand my Demonic Retribution!" The demon shouted, standing tall in mid-air.

"Demonic Retribution?" Hearing the demon utter those words, Leng Tian couldn't help recalling when he had witnessed the Earth Demon fighting the evil prince possessed by a demon in the Lianyung Mountains. Back then, they had used Demonic Retribution as well—a bolt of substantial grey lightning!

A majestic aura emanated from the demon's body, instantly inflicting an unimaginably heavy pressure upon Leng Tian.

"Demon Swallows the Sky!"

Accompanied by a fierce roar, the demon's hideous head instantly swelled to a terrifying, mountain-like scale in a phantom-like blur. At the same time, a massive, irresistible suction force radiated from its gaping maw, sweeping across the entire nine-colored barrier region.

"Boom, boom!"

The vast azure seawater began to churn and boil like boiling water. Rich, dense azure sea true Qi filled the entire area like thick fog.

With a fierce inhalation from the giant maw, the entire nine-colored region froze momentarily. Then, as if the heavens were collapsing, the seawater across the entire area was forcibly elevated by several zhang!

"Should I stop it?" Leng Tian asked the mysterious man inside his mind. Seeing that the demon could swallow such a massive amount of azure sea true Qi in one gulp, he feared the demon's strength would skyrocket, making it difficult to handle later.

"Not yet. But shortly, we will send it off to wander; the Realm-Suppressing Stele can no longer remain here! Take this blade temporarily. I will instantly transmit all of my power to you, and send it beyond the realms with a single strike!"

As the mysterious man spoke, the azure broadsword floating above Leng Tian's head flashed and came to a halt right in front of him, hovering steadily. Leng Tian's heart pounded with excitement. To be honest, he had long wanted to test what kind of terrifying might this equally mysterious broadsword truly possessed.

"Ah..."

The demon let out an angry roar toward the heavens. The dense fog of azure sea true Qi on the sea's surface was swallowed into its body in an instant. Following that, its ten-zhang-tall physique shrank by another two zhang. Do not underestimate this condensation of two zhang; the demon's momentum surged in that single instant to a degree that caused the very space to fracture, sending spatial cracks several zhang wide spreading in all directions.

"What terrifying might! This power is too damn formidable!" Leng Tian felt his entire body's blood boiling, as streams of supreme, majestic energy poured endlessly into his body.

"Humble little dog, be obliterated!"

At this moment, a substantial grey lightning bolt, roughly three meters in size, hovered in front of the demon's body, radiating an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth. Even the various powerhouses outside the barrier clearly sensed the terrifying nature of this aura, as if a single movement could completely annihilate this azure sea and boundless sky.

"Senior Brother, could this be Demonic Retribution? It's too terrifying! With cultivation like ours, we'd probably be reduced to ashes if we just grazed it!" The Fire Elder wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, speaking with a hint of dread.

"I wonder how this young man will face this world-destroying strike. Let's hope the barrier set up by the Nine-Colored Divine Stele can withstand it, otherwise..." The red-faced elder stopped there, his expression changing drastically as he roared, "Everyone, retreat ten miles back!"

The two saints beside him understood their senior brother's intent and instantly teleported backward at high speed. Meanwhile, the dozens of powerhouses present saw the three saints retreating in such terror and naturally understood that something major was about to happen. Immediately, they all drove their escape lights and retreated backward.

At this moment, the surging power within Leng Tian's body had swollen to its absolute limit. Had his body not been reaching the threshold of what it could endure, his strength would have continued to grow.

The azure broadsword was now firmly grasped in Leng Tian's hand. The moment his fingers closed around the hilt, Leng Tian had a feeling that with a single swing of this blade, he could shatter ten thousand worlds, pierce the firmaments above, and shake the netherworld below!

Wielding the broadsword, a sense of lonely invincibility welled up in his heart, along with a supreme stance of looking down upon the world. Erupting from within his body, a vast ocean-like force slowly surged. The entire universe trembled in its wake. Space within hundreds of meters of his body shattered with a boom; giant waves roared, towering mountains trembled, the heavens seemed ready to fracture, and the earth seemed on the verge of splitting apart.

"Come on then, let me send you off to the netherworld. On this day next year, I'll come back and burn a few more paper notes for you!" Leng Tian was now brimming with confidence, feeling certain he could beat the demon so badly even its own mother wouldn't recognize it.

"Humble little dog, die beneath the Demonic Retribution!"

The demon no longer had the heart to converse with Leng Tian. It was now somewhat fearful of Leng Tian's sharp tongue; after being humiliated earlier, its sole desire at this moment was to annihilate this human who had insulted it, ensuring he would never transmigrate or be reborn!

The grey lightning bolt trembled in mid-air, then shot toward Leng Tian like a true flash of lightning. Once the retribution was unleashed, the colors of heaven and earth shifted. The entire nine-colored region instantly plunged into darkness, with turbulence streams of space resembling great rivers crisscrossing everywhere. The moment the grey lightning was released, it actually dissolved the entire space instantly rather than merely shattering it through sheer energy.

"Do as I say..." The mysterious man's voice echoed in Leng Tian's mind.

Gazing at the terrifying grey lightning hurtling toward him, Leng Tian listened closely to the mysterious man's instructions, followed by a long whistle that pierced the firmament.

The azure broadsword was instantly raised above Leng Tian's head. The immensely powerful energy within his body poured endlessly into the blade. A heaven-shaking blade hum echoed through the universe as a crystalline blue blade radiance, thousands of zhang tall, soared into the sky, its peerless and dominating momentum permeating the entire space.

Vast and boundless! Profound and eternal!

The invisible pressure forcibly pushed the destructive, river-like spatial turbulence back into the depths of the void!

The ten-thousand-zhang blade radiance stood tall in the void. Countless razor-sharp blade edges spewed forth from the radiance, forming dozens of blade storms resembling wild dragons in the blink of an eye, spinning frantically around the massive blade beam.

"Ah..."

A long whistle echoed through the empty space. Holding the thousands-zhang crystal blade radiance, Leng Tian slashed down heavily.

As the blade radiance descended, the sea surface below seemed oppressed by divine might, instantly dropping by hundreds of zhang. Right along the path of the blade, a terrifying water trench appeared, stretching into the distance like a grand canyon.

The thousands-zhang crystal blade radiance struck the grey lightning head-on.

"Pop!"

The sound of a bubble bursting echoed throughout the void, clearly heard even by the group of powerhouses outside.

The grey lightning lasted only a moment before dissolving into wisps of drifting grey smoke, while the crystal blade radiance forged ahead like bamboo, striking the stunned demon.

The thousand-zhang blade radiance swept right through the demon's body.

"Ah..."

A piercing, miserable scream escaped the demon's lips as dark green blood sprayed into the mid-air. The demon's body was cleaved in two by the blade, but before the two severed halves could fall, they automatically fused back together. Although blood was still flowing, they were reconnected, preventing complete separation.

"This power... could it be..." The energy capable of crushing its Demonic Retribution in a single blow made a name flash instantly in its mind.

"Your sister..." After delivering the strike, Leng Tian teleported right in front of the demon and kicked it squarely in the chest.

"You're Duan..."

"Duan your ancestors' grand tables..." Leng Tian followed up with another kick straight to the demon's large face, sending shattered teeth and green blood painting half the sky.

Having suffered two heavy blows from Leng Tian in succession, the demon finally coughed up a mouthful of blood. At this moment, it kept chanting a single name in its heart: "Duan Changfeng, it's Duan Changfeng..."

"Duan..."

"Alright, this young man will grant your wish. You want a broken leg, right?" Leng Tian was in high spirits now, and without a shred of mercy, he kicked the demon heavily in one of its thick legs. Amid a loud "Crack!", the powerful demon's leg was cleanly snapped in half by Leng Tian's kick.

Leng Tian's current strength came entirely from the mysterious man, and right now, his power had reached an unprecedented height.

"Send it beyond the realms!" the mysterious man's voice urged.

In the void, a ray of light from the Nine-Colored Realm-Suppressing Stele swept across, and space unfolded like the page of a book, pulling back the mysterious veil behind it.

A portal hundreds of zhang wide appeared in the void. Peering through the spatial gateway, Leng Tian could actually see countless stars emitting brilliant starlight. Filled with curiosity, he grabbed the single horn on the demon's forehead with one hand and flew toward the spatial portal.

Meanwhile, among the group of powerhouses outside the barrier, an exclamation rang out, "It's him! It's actually him—the Formless Shadow Demon!"

The demon's entire body was stained green by dark green blood. Grabbed by the head's single horn, it struggled desperately, its massive fists constantly pounding toward Leng Tian. Leng Tian, however, dodged the blows while occasionally landing another kick, frustrating the demon to the point of continuous roaring.

In the blink of an eye, Leng Tian dragged the demon to the mouth of the spatial portal, switching to hold the horn with both hands. "Old dog, this young man is going to send you off to wander!"

With a sharp roar, Leng Tian actually hoisted the demon up and began spinning rapidly in place, instantly forming a gale-force vortex.

"Old dog, go wander!"

Spinning away, Leng Tian released his grip, hurling the dizzy demon directly into the spatial portal.

The demon's body shot like a grey shooting star deep into another space filled with stars, flashing once before vanishing completely!

Leng Tian halted his momentum, stood at the edge of the spatial portal, and shouted, "Old dog, when you're feeling lonely, you can think of my three hundred kicks to the dog..."