Eternal Saber

Chapter 621 - 42: Counterattack

Late night.

A tall figure suddenly appeared on the walls of the City of Death.

Standing atop the wall, this person surveyed the surroundings like a hawk, quickly locking onto a room among the ruins, a smile appearing on his face.

At the same time, Chen Tang, who was sitting in meditation, seemed to sense something, abruptly opening his eyes.

"Junior disciple, I told you we would meet again..."

Tie Falei’s voice resounded once more.

The first word was spoken from afar, but by the time he reached the last word ’again’, he was already outside the room!

Chen Tang knew that this time, it wasn’t a dream.

Tie Falei had truly come after him!

Yet at this moment, Chen Tang’s eyes seemed devoid of panic and fear, his expression was calm.

He glanced down at his wrist.

The bruising that had been there on his five fingers had disappeared.

The Karmic Fire had burned away the karmic force within him completely.

The Demon Seed had been sliced by Sword Intent, turned to dust!

His combat strength still could not bridge the vast gap with Tie Falei.

But the seed demon by Tie Falei had failed!

At least in this duel, Tie Falei had lost.

More crucially, Tie Falei was unaware of this situation.

This might be his only chance to turn defeat into victory and escape alive!

"Ah!"

In the room, Chen Tang suddenly screamed, shaking his head forcefully, muttering to himself: "This is a dream, this is a dream!"

Outside, Tie Falei smiled slightly.

Chen Tang’s reaction was completely within his expectations.

Boom!

The room door shattered.

Tie Falei’s tall and imposing figure appeared in the doorway, eyes sharp as he looked down at Chen Tang curled up in the corner, grinning: "Junior disciple, this is not a dream, we meet again!"

"Ah?"

Chen Tang kept retreating, terror in his eyes, his face pale.

"Fake, it’s all fake!"

Chen Tang was drenched in sweat, his teeth chattering, clearly scared to the extreme.

"Hahahaha!"

Tie Falei laughed loudly, stepped forward, grabbing Chen Tang by the collar, lifting him up.

"Look at him, the heir of Emperor Wu, just like this!"

Tie Falei glanced aside, sneering.

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures emerged from the corner, Yin Demon and Death Demon.

Yin Demon quickly clasped his hands and smiled: "Congratulations, senior brother, on successfully planting the demon seed and acquiring a superior furnace."

He felt genuine fear from the bottom of his heart for this senior brother.

Years ago, in Huazizai Palace, if not for the intervention of his master, he would almost have become Tie Falei’s furnace!

Even though there was no demon seed planted on him later, the incident brought him great impact.

Whenever he thought of senior brother, he couldn’t help but feel fear.

Death Demon looked at Chen Tang, shivering as he was lifted by Tie Falei, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Junior disciple in this state, might be ruined in the future.

Death Demon frowned: "Too much."

"Back then, master lost to Emperor Wu, it was his life’s regret."

Tie Falei snorted coldly, saying: "Today, as disciples, we are justified in reclaiming this, it’s only right! It’s his own fault for having a weak mind, can’t blame me."

He said this, yet learning that Chen Tang was named Demon Monarch by Demon Venerable made Tie Falei feel a bit displeased.

After Demon Venerable’s death, only he had the qualification and strength to lead the Demon Sect.

Any potential competitor would either serve him, bowing down, or be eliminated early!

Death Demon said: "We are fellow disciples after all."

Yin Demon said: "Third disciple, you’re wrong. Master let him stay in the Demon Sect but didn’t say we couldn’t plant demons."

"Besides, Chen Tang harbors ulterior motives, always wanting to escape the Demon Sect. Previously, he schemed against us, causing a great disaster in Yumi Country, this is just senior brother’s little punishment for him!"

The affair in Yumi Country still irked Yin Demon.

"Rest assured, senior brother."

Yin Demon smiled: "When master returns, we’ll definitely stand by you."

Tie Falei nodded.

Yin Demon added: "Senior brother, your cultivation seems to have improved, reaching the peak grandmaster level?"

"You’ve got sharp eyes."

Tie Falei said proudly: "I cultivated the Five Poison Demonic Technique to great success last year, having formed the Five Poison Heart and reached perfection in the Divine Illumination Realm."

The five poisons in the Five Poison Demonic Technique do not refer to venomous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads, or geckos, but rather greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt.

Greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, doubt...

With the five poisons complete, thus volatile emotions, paranoia, capricious temperament.

Thus, he is the Great Celestial Demon of the Demon Sect—Tie Falei!

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Chen Tang, who was trembling in Tie Falei’s grasp, suddenly raised his hand and struck Tie Falei’s dantian with a palm!

The two were too close.

And Tie Falei was completely unprepared, hit firmly by Chen Tang’s palm!

Fortunately, he was a peak grandmaster, with sharp senses, as the dantian sent a pang, he erupted with inner power, reflecting back!

"Audacious!"

Simultaneously, Tie Falei roared in anger, backhand throwing Chen Tang heavily against the nearby wall!

Rumble!

The wall shattered, Chen Tang spat blood, sprang from the ruins, fleeing toward the city outskirts.

Despite the impact, the injury wasn’t severe.

Instead, the rebounding force from Tie Falei’s dantian inflicted some internal injury.

Fortunately, he had seized the opportunity.

His power was insufficient to harm a peak grandmaster.

But the real threat from his palm strike was the Karmic Fire concentrated in his palm!

The Five Poisons were the core of Tie Falei’s cultivation, the source of his power.

Yet it was also his biggest flaw and weakness!

Even a single greed, anger, or ignorance feared the burning of Karmic Fire!

Let alone all five poisons, as if adding fuel to the fire!

In fact, ever since their meeting, Tie Falei’s capricious behavior, brutal killings, all had subtly deepened Chen Tang’s inner fear.

The deeper the seed of the Heart Demon was planted, the harder it was to remove.

Letting Chen Tang go was also intentional by Tie Falei.

Capture and release, only then his tricks could be showcased.

Only then Chen Tang could realize that, no matter how he struggled, he could not escape his control.

Only then could Chen Tang’s fear of him reach its limit!

However, the only thing he didn’t expect was Chen Tang possessing Karmic Fire.

It was that release which gave Chen Tang time to remove the Demon Seed!

Precisely because of this false information, he was caught off guard, allowing Chen Tang to succeed.

Even if he stood there unmoving, letting Chen Tang strike with all his might.

Chen Tang’s palm power could not harm him.

But Tie Falei’s expression changed, looking down.

He felt as if there was a fiery blaze in his abdomen, burning his dantian!

He felt an unprecedented agony!

"Ah!"

Even with his pain tolerance, he couldn’t help but let out a shrill scream.

"You deserve to die!"

Tie Falei gritted his teeth against the pain, his gaze fixed fiercely on Chen Tang’s fleeing figure, shouted furiously, leapt after him to kill!

This time, he wasn’t planting a demon seed but had murderous intent, wanting to kill Chen Tang under his palm!

Not only because he was deceived by Chen Tang, not merely the reaction of anger after injury.

More importantly, the terrifying flame Chen Tang just released made him feel a threat!

He even felt a kind of fear towards this flame!