Silver Moon's City Competition (4)

"Huff... huff... haaa..." Yan Shun breathed heavily.

The Fifth Ancient Sword spent all of his remaining Qi, and he didn't dare to use his Demon Qi in front of everyone. 

He looked forward and a massive cloud of smoke could be seen along with a huge hole that seemed to have destroyed a bit of the arena, something that was supposedly impossible to do at this cultivation level.

Slowly, the cloud of smoke dissipated, and in front of Yan Shun, the figure of Jiang Cheng standing with a faint smile on his face appeared.

Behind him, his Dharma Figure enveloped by a green flame appeared, but if one looked closer, they could see that it was already very weak.

"Ah, fuck... Of course." Yan Shun muttered to himself.

It was clear to everyone. Jiang Cheng used his Dharma Figure to defend against Yan Shun's whole attack.

"Woah... That was a really powerful attack. I didn't expect you to have a technique that could directly attack my origin." Jiang Cheng glanced at Yan Shun.

"Thankfully I acted fast and brought out my Dharma Figure. If I didn't do it, I would have died! I must say, you're the first person that I would consider as a rival."

"Unfortunately, your cultivation level is still too low. If we were at the same level, I would undoubtedly die." He shook his head with a faint sight.

"Sadly, you'll have to die. After all, beings like you that hold a technique that can even damage my origin, are too dangerous!" Jiang Cheng lifted his sword and then, in the sky, the figure of a giant sword enveloped by a green flame appeared.

Slowly, that same green flame turned into a golden flame causing the Sect Leaders to widen their eyes in surprise.

"T-that... the strongest heavenly flame, the "Emperor's Flame"!" One of them announced causing the audience to get shocked as well.

"Oh my god! So, the legendary "Emperor's Flame" is actually in the hands of a Great World King?"

"Right? I was shocked by the amount of flames the Divine Transformation guy had, but now... I'm even more shocked!"

"The Emperor's Flame is considered the strongest because it's much stronger than all the other heavenly flames combined!"

Instantly, the audience started chatting with each other, mostly praising Jiang Cheng for being able to get the Emperor's Flame with such a low-level cultivation.

Normally, to actually try and absorb the Emperor's Flame, one must be at least on the Late Empyrean level.

If he's weaker than that level, the chances to absorb them are very low!

Meanwhile, Yaochi wasn't even shocked by this single detail, he had already seen through the green flame.

However, that made her a bit interested in Jiang Cheng. A few millions of years ago, she was actually searching for this same flame but didn't find it, so seeing it in Jiang Cheng's hands made her interested in him.

"Is it the reincarnation of some primordial being?" She wondered her eyes precisely landing on Jiang Cheng's figure.

"Maybe... he can do it..." She whispered to herself, her eyes were full of anticipation at this moment.

Under her eyes, the giant sword slowly descended towards Yan Shun's body. Yan Shun simply stood quiet and looked at it.

[Host... I had a lot of fun.]

The system softly called out to Yan Shun.

Yan Shun smiled at her words and simply shook his head.

"Me too... I had a lot of fun." He replied with a faint smile.

The giant sword's shadow covered his body, and he could feel the intense strong, and hot Qi from it.

"But... I don't plan on dying so early. I still have some promises to fulfill." Yan Shun looked at the panel in front of him with a charming smile.

[You... don't tell me...]

"It's either... Go big or go home!" Yan Shun declared.

BOOM!

In that instant, the sword landed on Yan Shun's figure, however, the impact was a bit too small for such a strong sword.

It should have cracked the ground into pieces, but somehow it didn't. Even the crowd was shocked by this.

They all were expecting to create a giant hole in the arena.

"Don't tell me..." Yaochi suddenly stood up and looked at the sword.

And sure enough, just as she expected, a faint dark-red aura rose until it touched the light blue sky!

The snow-white clouds turned pitch-black, and the once light blue sky darkened like the abyss.

Lightning crackled into the arena as a massive dark cloud expanded. Suddenly, it split open, revealing a vast expanse of a dark sky with a gaping hole.

From that opening, a pitch-black sword emerged, causing wide-eyed reactions from the audience.

The sword trembled as if she had encountered her worst enemy.

Then, the enormous sword Jiang Cheng used to crush Yan Shun slowly dissipated into wisps, leaving behind a vast cloud of smoke.

The tension in the arena intensified as the smoke gradually cleared, revealing...

Yan Shun.

However... he was different, no, he was completely different.

His once rich, inky black long hair, complemented by snow-white eyes, was now replaced.

Instead of the dark hair, it became snow-white with a few navy blue strands, giving it a more charming elegance.

Even more surprising was the addition of a black blindfold covering his eyes and a deep, dark robe with a hint of blood red. It seemed like he had become a different person, yet everyone knew he was still Yan Shun.

Gradually, the pitch-black sword found its way into Yan Shun's hands, surrounded by crackling dark clouds.

Now, the sword's grade had evolved to an Early Empyrean stage, making it much stronger.

"Haaaaa..." Yan Shun took a deep breath.

His expression remained calm as he looked at Jiang Cheng through the blindfold.

"You're dead." Yan Shun uttered two words.

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng smiled mockingly.

"Hah, just because of that little transformation, you think you can defeat me?" He crossed his arms, provoking Yan Shun.

"Yes." Yan Shun replied.

"Because I'm not holding back my cultivation anymore." He added with an icy tone.

To these words, a dark and demonic blood aura seeped out of his body.

"A Demonic Cultivator!" One of the Sect Masters exclaimed, standing up.

The entire audience rose after hearing his words, including Yaochi herself.

They all stared at Yan Shun with horror in their eyes. After all, a Demonic Cultivator signifies two things.

Either the world is going to perish at his hands.

Or.

The universe is coming to an end, meaning that it will reset once again.

There's only one reason there can't be two Demonic Cultivators at the same time. If there were two Demonic Cultivaroes in the same Era, that Era would be destroyed by the heavens themselves.

After all, the so-called "Heavenly Dao" it's just a simple manifestation of the "Heavens" themselves.

And the Heavenly Dao will only be activated if there's a huge imbalance in the universe that even the gatekeeper, the one that preserves the balance within the universe can't solve.

Meaning that, if Jiang Cheng couldn't contain Yan Shun himself, the Heavenly Dao would act on his own.

But, seeing Yan Shun's transformation, Yaochi herself knew that it was going to be the start of a new Era.

The reason?

The blindfold on Yan Shun's eyes. All the previous Demonic Cultivators had that same blindfold, and all of them caused a new Era to happen.

So, Yaochi finally knew Yan Shun's real identity.

The True Demonic Cultivator, and the "Traitor", the one that goes against the power of the Heavens themselves.

Normally, cultivators cultivate to go against the Heavens, but it's simply impossible to do it.

Because, if the heavens think they are going to be threatened, they will put a chess piece to kill you heartlessly.

And only one person could even win against that chess pieces, and that is the Demonic Cultivators.

However, what Yaochi didn't expect was that all those Demonic Cultivators were the reincarnation of the same person.

Luo Yi, Lu Xuan, Zenith, Mateus, An Xuan, Su Yang, and finally, the first-ever Demonic Cultivator...

Qin Yun.

All of them were Yan Shun's reincarnation.

In all kinds of Eras, they were the most powerful beings ever. And all of them were considered as "Demons".

No matter what kind of energy they used, "Mana, Superpowers, Magic, or Qi", they were always the strongest of that same Era.

The Only Demonic Cultivator.