Chapter 352 - 343: Five Calamities, Divine Level, the Fifth Super Grade

Chapter 352: Chapter 343: Five Calamities, Divine Level, the Fifth Super Grade

It was a Demon Deer, standing over ten meters tall.

Its hill-sized body stood suspended in mid-air, like an ancient, forgotten species that had wandered into the mortal realm.

The antlers on its head accounted for at least a third of its entire size. Each of the two antlers had twelve symmetrical tines, spreading out from its head like two ancient trees growing upside down.

Numerous pale blue ice crystals hung from the antlers, and its entire body radiated a biting chill. A single glance was enough to feel as if winter had arrived.

Its body was pure white, without any markings, and its eyes resembled golden amber.

Fu Juemin had seen many Demons, some even larger than this Demon Deer—the Hundred-legged Fire Centipede, for example.

But no Demon had ever given Fu Juemin this sense of almost solemn beauty. This Demon Deer seemed to possess a kind of divinity.

However, this trace of divinity was diluted by the wisps of blood-red mist rising from beneath its hooves.

The two extremely contradictory qualities of sacredness and evil blended together, creating an indescribable feeling.

’This deer... it’s been worshipped for too long.’

This was the Demon Fiend worshipped by the Purple Banner Jiasu Clan. Senior Second Grade, ennobled as—Duke Zhen Guo Ruiying.

By the time Fu Juemin suppressed the shock in his heart and looked again with a calm expression, he could no longer see the so-called "divinity" on the Deer Demon. All that remained was an unspeakable sense of disgust.

’A man who grows old but doesn’t die is a thief. A demon who grows old but doesn’t die is an abomination!’

’Heaven knows how many people it ate to grow to this size...’

At this distance, his Perception told him that the Demon Deer before him was even stronger than the Hundred-legged Fire Centipede.

’And this is only a Second Grade...’

Fu Juemin took a deep breath.

He saw that the Demon Deer was trapped within dozens of Crystal Pillars engraved with talismans. Illusory chains seemed to pierce and wrap around its limbs and body, preventing it from leaving the Array.

The fact that it hadn’t emerged during his fierce battle with the other Demons outside only confirmed this.

Thinking this, Fu Juemin grew bolder and took a few more steps forward.

Then, the second Great Demon trapped in an Array came into view—

It was a massive, grayish-blue bull, a full size larger than the Demon Deer.

It stood on two legs, its body covered in majestic, ornate lightning-like patterns. Its belly was abnormally large and glowed with a fiery light.

Ashen clouds swirled around it, from which fine, silvery arcs of electricity shot out....

’A Kuiniu, an Alien Species.’

’But why does it have two legs instead of one?’

’This Kuiniu of the Red Banner Tuling Clan seems to control lightning. Doesn’t that mean it’s not afraid of the Flood Dragon Level Thunder Tribulation? Why is it still hiding in an Array?’

But Fu Juemin quickly figured it out. The backlash from Heaven and Earth Energy didn’t only come in the form of Thunder Strikes. It might not fear lightning, but perhaps there was something else it did.

Suddenly, he caught a flash of inspiration for the future development of his Muddy World Saber.

’When the most wicked and evil Demon Fiends bring disaster to the world, Heaven and Earth will naturally provide a most firm and ’yang’ suppression... As Martial Dao cultivation progresses, the goal is also to learn how to borrow the Momentum of Heaven and Earth.’

’Perhaps I don’t necessarily have to ’borrow’ it. I just need to find a way to draw the Power of Heaven and Earth over to me.’

’After Martial Dao Heart Intent, the principle is ’Heaven and Earth’s Resonance.’ A good impression is a resonance, but a bad one is a resonance too!’

’No matter the method, regardless if I’m drawing the pure qi or the turbid qi of nature...’

’As long as it works, it’s good.’

Fu Juemin habitually reached for the Exorcism Saber at his waist, only to touch empty air and remember he had left it on the carriage behind the stone chamber.

As he walked among the several Flood Dragon Level Great Demons, the train of thought in his mind became clearer and clearer.

’When the Five Aggregates Profound Slaughter Technique is cultivated to the ’Five Evils’ stage, the path ends.’

’The Five Evils Blade ultimately belongs to the realm of the ’human blade.’ The death and destruction it can cause are too small. It cannot trigger a ’Celestial Merit’...’

’It’s like with Demon Fiends. Tiger Level and even Elephant Level are not enough. Only by advancing to the Flood Dragon Level can they trigger celestial phenomena.’

’A Flood Dragon Level Great Demon’s power is enough to bring disaster to an entire region. When it rampages, it’s no less than a small-scale catastrophe.’

’So, above the Five Evils....’

Fu Juemin’s brow furrowed slightly, then quickly smoothed out.

’It can be the Five Calamities!’

If he used his Saber Technique to simulate a "demonic calamity," then regardless of whether he attracted Heaven and Earth’s favor or ire, it would be considered a successful instance of "Borrowing Momentum."

’If I integrate the power of the Demon Soul, Heart Scene, and even the Dharma Form, plus the Demon Talent, it might not be impossible...’

’Of course, I’ll have to experiment to know the actual result.’

Having figured this out, countless sparks of inspiration ignited in Fu Juemin’s mind.

His Demon Magic Dharma Form was about to be completed, and it was only a matter of time before his Demon Body stepped into the "Flood Dragon Level."

However, there were also high and low tiers within the Flood Dragon Level. With only the methods he currently possessed, it was still unrealistic to think he could contend with these top-tier Great Demons before him.

’Once my [Celestial Star. Wei Su] reaches Nine Stars Full and the Five Aggregates Muddy World Saber achieves Great Success... with these two methods, it should be enough.’

The path Fu Juemin walked was his self-created "Demon Martial Dao." In Demon Martial Arts, the Martial Dao was the foundation, and everything served the state of his "Demon Body."

Now that he had the Demon Magic Dharma Form, which corresponded to the Martial Dao Heart Intent Heart Scene, he indeed needed Skills that surpassed the Perfection Realm of mortal Martial Arts.

’If the ’Five Calamities’ of the Muddy World Saber can be achieved, I’ll name this tier....’

Fu Juemin thought for a moment and decided casually, "Divine Level."

Divine Level martial arts—the name implied martial arts attaining divinity.

The main reason was that even if he unleashed the three top-tier wondrous techniques—Pharmacist, Dragon Elephant, and Bright King—all at once, their combined might might not even match a single strike of [Celestial Star. Wei Su].

After all, mortal Martial Arts were created for killing people, not for killing Demons.

Fu Juemin had to find a way to take another step forward from the peak of the mortal Skills he had learned.

Different circumstances, different perspectives, different imagined opponents... naturally lead to different levels of satisfaction with one’s own abilities.

Having now seen the top-tier Great Demons worshipped by the Nine Banners Upper Three Banners, Fu Juemin’s desire to "update and iterate" his current power system grew more fervent.

Without realizing it, he had walked up to the third Crystal Pillar Array.

The number of Rune Crystal Pillars making up this Array far exceeded those for the Demon Deer and the Kuiniu. Worshipped within this Array was—the Ghost Flood King of the Profound Banner Helers!

In the center of the Array, a thick cloud of black miasma was coalescing.

Fu Juemin squinted, staring for a long time before he could barely make out the silhouette of the First Grade Ghost Flood Dragon within the churning, roiling mist.

It was completely different from what he had expected!

Judging by its silhouette alone, this Ghost Flood Dragon’s body was a size smaller than both the Demon Deer and the Kuiniu.

Its body was long and slender, but its head was extraordinarily large.

Countless dense, black tentacles extended from the miasma, twisting and dancing in mid-air like living creatures....

’This Ghost Flood Dragon... is it considered Flood Dragon Level, or is it above that...?’

Fu Juemin wondered to himself. His gaze then shifted to a dense, blood-red cloud not far away, opposite the Ghost Flood Dragon.

It was also trapped within an Array. Hidden inside the red cloud seemed to be a massive, bat-like figure. Countless scarlet specks dotted the bat’s silhouette, twinkling intermittently like red stars.

’Is this Blood Bat worshipped by the Profound Banner or the Golden Rice King Banner?’

Fu Juemin’s gaze shifted back and forth between the Blood Bat and the Ghost Flood Dragon. Within his Perception, the two had comparable auras; both were First Grade.

When he thought of the Thousand Blessings Tower, National Master Sang Luo’s iconic structure inside the Imperial Palace, the answer immediately came to him.

’So, the Royal Banner is worshipping two Great Demons.’

When Fu Juemin had patrolled the Imperial Palace at night on the Human-faced Gu Carving, he had indeed sensed the auras of five Great Demons.

Furthermore, it was widely acknowledged among the Nine Banners that the Royal Banner also worshipped a Super Grade Demon of Supreme Marquis rank!

’Then the fifth Super Grade... where is it?’

Fu Juemin looked all around, slowly circling the four Arrays.

He saw the entire Trapped Dragon Array, a river of blood formed by the convergence of countless Magic Channels. The "Demon Blood" offered up by the Low Grade Demon Officials outside was flowing rapidly along these channels in the ground, reaching the base of the many Crystal Pillars before him.

Then, it was emanated by the Crystal Pillars and slowly integrated into the bodies of the four Great Demons....

No, that’s not right!

Fu Juemin stared at the flowing blood mist for a while and discovered that it wasn’t just flowing in—it was also flowing out!

The Demon Deer, the Kuiniu, the Ghost Flood Dragon, and the Blood Bat—while these four Great Demons were absorbing the essence and blood qi offered by the numerous Demon Officials, humans, and livestock below, they were also releasing their own "essence blood" as a sacrifice in another direction!