Chapter 569: Black Wind Old Demon

Author: I Eat Tomatoes

Black Wind Demonic Sovereign cautiously watched Meng Chuan. He never underestimated any opponent; even against a Fourth Tribulation realm cultivator, he would proceed with utmost care, let alone against a Fifth Tribulation realm cultivator like himself.

A very long time ago...

When he was still in the Fourth Tribulation realm, he considered himself invincible among his peers. Coupled with his ferocious temperament, he never took any opponents at the same level seriously. But later, he suffered a severe setback.

The cost of that incident was too great; he would never forget it.

Although he still called himself 'Black Wind Demonic Sovereign,' he now maintained good relations with all parties and avoided offending cultivators at his level. In his cultivation, he also became increasingly diligent.

"I believe my cultivation of over 30,000 years has given me a sufficiently deep foundation," Black Wind Demonic Sovereign thought, his mood complex. "Who would have thought that Xueyu is much younger than me, yet she has surpassed me, mastering two Fifth Tribulation realm rules."

"Compared to Xueyu and others, my talent is still lacking. I must cultivate even more diligently."

Black Wind Demonic Sovereign stared at Meng Chuan. "Now, I'll first go all out to defeat this Dongning."

Meng Chuan stood within the formation, a string of beads on his left wrist. These were the 'Thirteen Universe Beads,' a Seventh Tribulation realm secret treasure from Ancestral Master Cangyuan's treasury, perfectly suited for Meng Chuan.

A scroll unfolded behind Meng Chuan, completely enveloping the entire formation area in the blink of an eye. This scroll was a 'World Secret Treasure' itself, and when the Soul World used it as a medium, its power became even more terrifying.

In fact, the mere ten-thousand-li range of this cave was a disadvantage for Meng Chuan. As a Grandmaster of the Soul Tribulation realm, his Soul World could cover millions of li. Meanwhile, Grandmasters of the Physical Body Tribulation realm preferred to close the distance and confront Soul Tribulation realms at close range.

"Hmm?"

The suppression from the world was multi-faceted, and Black Wind Demonic Sovereign felt a powerful suppression.

"A Fifth Tribulation realm Soul cultivator," Black Wind Demonic Sovereign confirmed. He moved without hesitation.

He transformed into an afterimage and charged towards Meng Chuan.

A faint crackling sound accompanied Meng Chuan as subtle lightning flickered around him, attempting to transcend the temporal flow to achieve a state of 'temporal stillness.'

A fish swimming across the water leaves ripples.

The larger the fish, the greater the disturbance it creates in the water.

Tribulation Realm experts are like 'fish,' and space-time is the 'water.'

The more powerful a Tribulation Realm expert, the more terrifying their influence on space-time. Around such an expert, it would be hundreds or thousands of times harder for Meng Chuan to 'transcend' a temporal point.

Even 'temporal acceleration' became extremely difficult.

For instance, facing a Sixth Tribulation realm Grandmaster, if such a Grandmaster merely cast a glance, it would be quite good if Meng Chuan could gain an advantage of several times temporal acceleration.

What if it were a Seventh Tribulation realm Grandmaster? A single glance would cause the space-time where Meng Chuan stood to completely collapse, annihilating him.

"At close range, under the influence of a Fifth Tribulation realm Grandmaster, it's indeed impossible to transcend a temporal point," Meng Chuan realized. "I can only maintain an advantage of approximately fifty times the temporal flow."

Temporal flow is relative.

While Black Wind Demonic Sovereign experienced one breath of time, Meng Chuan experienced fifty breaths. Naturally, this gave him a huge advantage in combat.

"What?"

Black Wind Demonic Sovereign instantly lunged at Meng Chuan, only to find that Meng Chuan had already effortlessly dodged several thousand li away. This made Black Wind Demonic Sovereign immediately notice the enormous difference in temporal flow. "Fifty times temporal flow? I can't catch him at all!"

"So fast?"

"This temporal flow..."

Tagu and Palace Master Xueyu, observing from afar, were both slightly surprised.

In clashes between Fifth Tribulation realm cultivators of the same level, an advantage of several times temporal flow was already excellent. Yet, Meng Chuan had achieved a 'fifty times temporal flow' advantage, indicating extreme strength in this regard.

"It seems his cultivation method focuses on the path of time. But too much focus means that while gaining a huge advantage, other aspects are weaker." Black Wind Demonic Sovereign's body suddenly dispersed.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

The surging black wind, vast and mighty, swept towards every corner of the formation.

"My Black Wind Body can be large or small, at least easily filling the entire formation. Let's see where you can hide," he thought. The vast black wind rapidly surged and spread, covering a thousand li, then three thousand li... expanding rapidly.

Meng Chuan waved his hand, saying, "Go."

Streams of blood blades flew out.

Each blood blade rapidly accelerated to light speed, and combined with the temporal flow, they became even more terrifying.

Each one was incredibly dazzling and brilliant. At light speed, these blood blades possessed terrifying power.

Infinite Blade!

"Kill."

However, the surging black wind sprouted numerous arms.

Each black wind arm wielded a weapon: a spike, a saber, a sword, a spear, a whip... various weapons simultaneously assailed Meng Chuan. As for the onslaught of blood blades, Black Wind Demonic Sovereign offered no resistance at all.

Rip.

The blood blades tore through the black wind, striking at nothingness. The wind dispersed and reformed, and these blood blades simply couldn't harm Black Wind Demonic Sovereign.

Instead, Black Wind Demonic Sovereign's weapons continuously assailed Meng Chuan, while the streams of black wind themselves also attacked him.

"A mere extreme speed rule is still somewhat lacking in terms of destructive power. Against a Fifth Tribulation realm cultivator with strong life-saving abilities, it simply can't inflict harm," Meng Chuan assessed. "However, the fifty-times temporal flow advantage is already immense."

"Black Wind Demonic Sovereign is highly experienced, mastering one Fifth Tribulation realm rule and complementing it with several Fourth Tribulation realm rules." Meng Chuan was currently only relying on the suppression of his Soul World and his temporal flow advantage to repeatedly dodge the opponent's weapon onslaught.

"Escaping?"

Black Wind Demonic Sovereign was also skilled in speed, but facing the even more elusive Meng Chuan, he immediately roared.

Following his roar, invisible fluctuations spread throughout the entire formation, also assailing Meng Chuan.

"Let's end this," Meng Chuan thought. He realized that relying solely on the 'Infinite Blade' wasn't enough to defeat Black Wind Demonic Sovereign; he would only be confident if he used the Seventh Tribulation realm secret treasure, the 'Thirteen Universe Beads.' However, the Blood Blade Disc was actually a Sixth Tribulation realm secret treasure and Meng Chuan's life-bound secret treasure, which alone was sufficient to deal with enemies. He would only use the Thirteen Universe Beads in special circumstances.

After his first engagement with a Fifth Tribulation realm cultivator and testing the Infinite Blade, Meng Chuan revealed his true methods.

Boom.

The blood blades encircling Meng Chuan suddenly transformed.

While still maintaining a fifty-times temporal flow, the terrifying power of the blood blades instantly converged. Infinite power stacked and merged, forming a great destruction, which was further condensed into black light.

Streaks of black light!

"This is—" Palace Master Xueyu, who was observing from the side, had originally felt that everything was under control.

But when the blood blades transformed into streaks of black light...

Palace Master Xueyu instinctively felt a sense of dread.

This black light was terrifyingly destructive.

It was far more formidable than the blood blades that merely achieved light speed.

"This Grandmaster Dongning, a Soul Tribulation realm cultivator, has mastered two Fifth Tribulation realm rules?" Tagu was also greatly astonished. "Xueyu is stronger than me, and this Dongning is also stronger than me. However, simply reaching this cave means I will receive a boon, so my objective has been achieved."

"Hmm?" Black Wind Demonic Sovereign also sensed something was wrong and instinctively used his weapons to block the black light.

Bang.

A saber and a spear were thrown far away.

Black Wind Demonic Sovereign couldn't even grip his weapons during the confrontation, which demonstrated the terrifying power of this black light.

While the saber and spear could still offer some resistance, other weapons failed to block the black light. In truth, this 'black light' was quite ordinary in terms of speed and agility, but combined with the fifty-times temporal flow advantage, it became incredibly fast, making it difficult to block or evade.

Whoosh!!!

The black light, formed from blood blades, flew through the surging black wind that filled the entire formation.

Wherever the black light swept, it was as if it wiped the area clean, causing the black wind there to completely vanish.

"Not good."

The numerous black winds instantly converged, forming Black Wind Demonic Sovereign's original appearance. However, he now had eight arms, each wielding a different weapon. After shrinking his size, Black Wind Demonic Sovereign's defense became even more perfect.

At fifty times temporal flow, the streaks of black light were simply too fast.

Bang, bang, bang!!!

Weapons were successively flung away, and Black Wind Demonic Sovereign's face showed disbelief: "I can't defend against this?" Immediately after, streaks of black light pierced through his body.

"I surrender," Black Wind Demonic Sovereign shouted loudly.

There was nothing he could do.

The immensely powerful 'Blade of Annihilation,' combined with fifty times temporal flow, naturally underwent a qualitative change, completely overwhelming Black Wind Demonic Sovereign. He could only take the beating.

"Against Xueyu or Tagu, I would at least have a chance to save my life."

"But this Dongning... my strongest skill, movement speed, is suppressed by him. My Black Wind Body might be annihilated in mere moments. He is truly my greatest nemesis," Black Wind Demonic Sovereign realized. Logically, having cultivated for over 30,000 years, he possessed numerous techniques, but this mysterious white-haired Dongning was truly his biggest bane.

He won.

Only one opponent remained. Meng Chuan's gaze turned towards Palace Master Xueyu.