Demons

Rumble! Rumble!

The dark sky rumbled as figure after figure appeared, consisting of ten Paragons and a 1st Stage Great Paragon who was a middle-aged man with a muscular body, carrying a black greatsword.

Three of the ten Paragons had even reached the Transcendent level where each possessed one ability equivalent to that of a Great Paragon.

They all had dark eyes, which was terrifying. Even their auras were faintly mixed with darkness.

This was the effect of committing massacres too often, adding demonic characteristics to them.

However, since the core of their strength was comprehending the Dao with a strong will and soul, those demonic characteristics didn't have any effect on them.

They were still Dao Cultivators with normal rationality and their strength was just as strong as other Dao Cultivators.

In the Sacred Silk Realm, the number of cultivators who became demons was indeed quite large. Some had even reached the Emperor level making stopping them even more difficult.

They quite regularly carried out massacres, often targeting major cities led by Paragons.

Yi Mingxue City was chosen, it seemed that people were beginning to realize that his teacher whose identity was unknown was not a terrifying figure.

After all, something like this could be guessed by High Level Dao Cultivators by peeking into the secrets of the world.

Although it was unfortunate that she preferred a weak teacher, it happened quite often because a weaker teacher didn't mean it couldn't provide better help.

The drawback was that they didn't have strong supporters.

Shua!

Yi Mingxue's figure appeared in front of the demons.

Her eyes were extremely cold, filled with killing intent.

Normally, it was always her who attacked others, yet today her city was attacked by a group of demons, naturally she was furious.

"How dare you, Dark Forest Sect," she said.

She recognized them from the Dark Forest Sect, one of the strongest demon factions, led by a Great Paragon King.

This was a special title for 2nd Stage Great Paragons who possessed attack power, speed, or defense equivalent to 3rd Stage Great Paragons.

They usually relied on the 3rd Stage Weapon, a rare weapon that was extremely expensive under the Supreme Weapon.

Basically, few 2nd Stage Great Paragons relied on secret techniques because it was too difficult to train secret techniques to increase their strength from 2nd Stage to 3rd Stage.

Clearly, with a 3rd Stage Weapon, it was enough to make a Great Paragon King have a status above other 2nd Stage Great Paragons.

"Hahaha, girl... You haven't appeared for a long time, so we thought you died somehow. However, since you're still alive, you can join your people to hell..." The Great Paragon burst out laughing in response to Yi Mingxue's words.

Although the latter was very strong, as a true Great Paragon, even if he was unable to raise his strength to the level of a 2nd Stage Great Paragon, he was very confident of beating her to death.

He could gang up on her with the others so it was guaranteed that she would lose.

Plus, he was a domain expert, which could suppress Yi Mingxue's strength until it was reduced by almost half.

Escape? That was impossible since the entire city was sealed and only the power of a 2nd Stage Great Paragon could break the seal.

One might say this woman was domineering, but for him it was because she had yet to face opponents at the top level.

"Kill her first," said the Great Paragon.

"Hahaha, we'll kill her in the time it takes to brew a cup of tea," said one of the Transcendent Paragons behind him.

He and the other two Transcendent Paragons lunged towards Yi Mingxue.

"Hmph!" The woman let out a cold snort, electrifying the space around.

She took out her green and brown colored sword.

The true power of the sword was sealed because if it was discovered, all the Emperors would fight over it as it was more powerful than their Supreme Weapon.

Despite being sealed, it had a power that reached the limit for a Paragon.

Shua!

Yi Mingxue flew forward, not hiding her Dao of Life as she slashed the sword to produce a slash that was a combination of the Dao of Destruction and the Dao of Life.

The latter might be a Dao with weak attack power, but when it fused with the Dao of Destruction, it increased the power of the Dao enough that it became an attack that seemed to have boundless energy.

The three Transcendent Paragons were surprised to see Yi Mingxue's attack.

They also attacked, one sending lightning, one sending wind, and one sending a spear with the power of death.

They all reached the Great Paragon 1st Stage.

Meeting Yi Mingxue's attack, they should have been able to easily destroy her attack, yet it continued to persist due to the energy from the Dao of Life.

In the end, it was their attack that was destroyed first.

On the other hand, Yi Mingxue's attack remained persistent, moving towards them.

Of course, another reason her attacks became stronger was because of the sword she was using.

"Be careful..." They quickly dodged, not daring to take the attack since their defenses were too weak to take it.

"Damn it!" The Great Paragon finally came forward to help them.

He swung his greatsword, striking Yi Mingxue's slash with it that was coated in earth power.

BANG!

He finally managed to neutralize the attack, but he was pushed back quite a distance.

Shock filled his face as he stared at Yi Mingxue.

"You actually also mastered the Dao of Life and its power is comparable to your Dao of Destruction," he said.

"Why the shock? Die..." Yi Mingxue responded by lunging towards him.

Her speed was even much faster than the last time she fought. She was faster than the average 1st Stage Great Paragon.

"You're still just a Paragon, can you withstand this!" The Great Paragon became enraged.

He pointed his hand towards Yi Mingxue.

Suddenly, there was an enormous brown ball of light, enveloping the entire area with a focused force suppressing Yi Mingxue.

This was the domain of the Earth Dao.

Under the power of that domain, Yi Mingxue would be suppressed so that she became more difficult to move.

However, suddenly a green river in the form of a ball emanated from Yi Mingxue's body, fighting off that brown light until it was unable to push her at all.

The Dao of Life also had domains.

Surprisingly, Yi Mingxue's domain could actually fight against that Great Paragon's domain.

This meant that the strength of her domain had also reached that of a 1st Stage Great Paragon.

Since the fight produced great ripples, the top-level experts throughout the Sacred Silk Realm could sense it.

Yi Mingxue was among the geniuses observed by many because she was considered to be of great potential.

Hence, many Great Paragons watched her fight.

Seeing her strength now, they were extremely shocked, especially since over time, she could actually corner her opponent who was a Great Paragon.

Even the other Transcendent Paragons were powerless to help as she easily suppressed them.

"How is this possible. Just 50 billion years, her progress is too great. Even she has one additional Dao and that is the Dao of Life which is as difficult as the Dao of Destruction."

"If it's like this, the Dark Forest Sect probably won't manage to make a blood sacrifice... Unless, if their sect master comes."

"Hmph, if he also advances as a Great Paragon King, this is too embarrassing."

"I think he'll come without his 3rd Stage Weapon. That should be enough to render this girl defenseless."

"..."

After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, the Great Paragon began to suffer numerous injuries.

Being cornered so that his face turned red, feeling embarrassed.

With many experts watching, he would practically be laughed at by many people.

"Hmph, little girl, you are indeed talented, but enough of this!" Suddenly a terrifying voice resounded from the sky.

The snort was louder than thunder. The entire city even trembled from the sound.

"He has finally come, Dark Forest Sect Master. It seems that they are in dire need of many souls."

Right after that, the figure of a thin old man with large eyes descended from the sky.

He was rather short, his body even hunched over, and wore only a tattered black robe.

Comparing him to a beggar was not wrong at all.

However, this one exuded an aura that seemed like he possessed infinity. The entire world seemed to fear his strength.

This was a 2nd Stage Great Paragon, yet he came without his 3rd Stage Weapon. If he had brought his weapon, his aura would have only become more terrifying.

In fact, his grunts could explode thousands of small universes at once if he grunted around them.

Staring at him, Yi Mingxue seemed to be starting to feel the pressure.

She was strong, able to suppress a Stage-1 Great Paragon, yet her instincts instantly told her that fighting this old man was absolutely impossible.

"Little girl, I feel very unfortunate if you die. However, if I let you live, you will only become a powerful enemy to me in the future. Therefore, you must die now!"

The old man then pointed his hand at Yi Mingxue.

Rumble!

A thunderous sound echoed from his hand as an enormous dragon-shaped black lightning bolt appeared, crashing towards Yi Mingxue at high speed.

It was many times faster than her making it impossible for her to dodge.

All she could do was either counterattack or accept it.

Of course, she counterattacked first, slashing her sword upwards at full force.

One slash of her sword produced thousands of slashes with infinite destructive power.

However, when they met that dragon-shaped lightning bolt, they were instantly shattered without separating and the lightning bolt did not weaken in the slightest.

As it got closer to Yi Mingxue, the woman began to have trouble controlling herself.

"Old demon, to think you dare to bully my disciple with a cultivation two stages above her. If I don't teach you a lesson today, then it's best if I slap my own face." Suddenly there was an indifferent voice that echoed from within the city.

When that voice appeared, there was a fist that appeared underneath the lightning dragon.

The fist was quite large, yet much smaller than the lightning dragon.

Its energy also seemed weak, just the energy of a Paragon.

However, when the fist struck the lightning dragon, the lightning dragon and the fist shattered together, resulting in an explosion that shook everything.