Chapter 757: The Terrifying Death God Nail

Chapter 757: Chapter 742: The Terrifying Death God Nail

Jun Tianyu flew out, almost scraping the ground, and charged directly toward the half-dead Zuo Yun to finish him off!

Meanwhile, Zuo Feng stomped his right foot and slammed his palm onto the ground. He shot forward as if sliding on ice, instantly reaching the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele. With both palms flashing, he struck the stele more than ten times in an instant!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!…

While Jun Tianyu relentlessly bombarded Zuo Yun, Zuo Feng was hammering away at the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele, causing it to shake violently!

Duanmu Xie, watching from the outside, stared with his eyes wide open, not blinking for a long moment!

Just then, the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele began to shrink with a creaking sound. In two places, the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier opened up, creating gates no taller than two meters!

One appeared right in front of Duanmu Xie, and the other at the sword mark he had previously described as looking like a coffin lid!

Duanmu Xie had been gathering his strength for a while now. Seeing his chance, he didn’t even hesitate. His body abruptly shrank, and with a WHOOSH, he shot through the opening, appearing before the sword mark!

As Duanmu Xie rushed in, Zuo Feng, who had opened the Barrier, also charged toward the gap by the sword mark with lightning speed!

One was at his peak, having waited eagerly for this moment.

The other was already severely injured, with barely any power left in his body.

Although they were at different distances from the opening, Duanmu Xie had the overwhelming advantage in speed!

By the time Zuo Feng reached the sword mark, Duanmu Xie grinned, revealing two menacing fangs. His body suddenly expanded, completely blocking the less-than-two-meter-high exit!

“And where do you think you’re going?”

As Zuo Feng stared in utter terror, Duanmu Xie slammed his massive palm downward. “Netherworld Corpse Qi Wave, Furnace Burning Dao!”

A monstrous wave of Corpse Qi surged out, instantly engulfing Zuo Feng before he could escape.

This “Netherworld Corpse Qi Wave” was a technique Duanmu Xie had created himself, and its power was terrifying.

The “Furnace Burning Dao” variation used Corpse Qi as fire to corrode and burn the enemy. It could also directly attack the opponent’s soul, making it impossible to defend against!

Unless you were caught in the Corpse Qi yourself, it was impossible to imagine the horror of this attack!

Once enveloped, death was almost certain!

Caught off guard in his heavily injured state, Zuo Feng was struck by Duanmu Xie’s move. His entire body immediately burst into flames as he howled in agony!

Meanwhile, his soul felt as if it were locked in a Melting Furnace, enduring agonizing torment with no hope of escape!

At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, Jun Tianyu unleashed a sword strike that sent the more severely injured Zuo Yun plowing a long trench in the ground!

Just as Jun Tianyu was about to press his advantage, he suddenly sensed a terrifying aura from his left and instinctively pulled back his dual swords into a defensive posture!

SHIING!

A streak of black light flashed. A foot-long nail flickered through the air and instantly pinned Zuo Yun, who had just struggled to his feet to resist, to the ground. He was completely immobilized!

“Is that… the legendary Death God Nail?”

The corner of Jun Tianyu’s eye twitched, and he swallowed subconsciously.

The legendary Death God Nail was said to be formless, traceless, and utterly unpredictable. Once it pierced a person’s body, it would wear down their will and corrode their Divine Soul. Not only could it completely lock down both soul and body in a short time, but it would also swiftly obliterate them, leaving nothing but dust!

It was an artifact that struck terror into the hearts of powerhouses from the righteous, demonic, and evil paths alike!

‘A Death God Nail that can supposedly kill even Middle to Late Stage Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses… and it actually appeared here…’

‘Thank goodness it’s that senior’s Secret Artifact. If this belonged to Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun, I’d be a dead man, even with the Multi-Layered Shield I can create using the Fiery Fire and Arrogant Sun Qi and the Nine Netherworld Ice Qi!’

While Jun Tianyu was catching his breath and Zuo Yun was letting out hysterical screams, Shen Lang slowly walked over to Zuo Yun.

Zuo Yun was pinned to the ground by the Death God Nail, having lost all power to resist.

But his demonic eyes were still fixed on Shen Lang, as if he wanted to devour his flesh and drink his blood.

Unfortunately, the Death God Nail was profoundly mysterious and supremely powerful. That single strike had pinned even his Nascent Soul in place.

The mental imprints of countless resentful souls within the Death God Nail had already completely suppressed Zuo Yun’s Divine Soul.

It was a miracle he could even glare at Shen Lang like that.

With Shen Lang’s current ability, he had only managed to successfully refine this one Death God Nail in the short time he’d had.

He didn’t dare to touch the others just yet.

The artifact was so tyrannical and bizarre that even if Zuo Yun had been at his peak, let alone grievously injured, he wouldn’t have had the slightest chance to escape once pinned by it.

Shen Lang glanced silently at Zuo Yun, then beckoned to Jun Tianyu. “You, come give him two stabs. The Ice Sword in his temple, the Fire Sword in his Chest Acupoint.”

Jun Tianyu didn’t dare to disobey and immediately did as he was told.

With those two strikes, the once-arrogant Zuo Yun’s physical body finally lost all signs of life.

Under the powerful influence of the Death God Nail, it was absolutely impossible for him even to self-destruct his Nascent Soul!

At that moment, Shen Lang gripped the Death God Nail still embedded in Zuo Yun’s abdomen and yanked it out!

Then, his right hand, wreathed in a vortex, clawed viciously at the spot where the Death God Nail had been!

“AHHH!”

A bloodcurdling scream erupted from Zuo Yun’s abdomen as a streak of black energy was viciously sucked into the black hole that had formed in Shen Lang’s palm!

‘This senior is truly extraordinary! He captured the Nascent Soul of a powerhouse like Zuo Yun so casually… That’s the Nascent Soul of an Emperor Martial Realm Late Stage powerhouse! Even if it’s extremely fragile, its power is still terrifying. If I tried to capture it, it would probably take me considerable effort!’

‘That black-hole-like vortex… just looking at it makes my heart pound. My own Nascent Soul feels an irresistible pull, as if it’s about to become unstable… What kind of Cultivation Technique is that? How have I never heard of one so bizarre and terrifying?’

Jun Tianyu, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded, his eyes filled with shock.

Shen Lang paid no mind to Jun Tianyu’s shocked state. He walked over to the other side, used the Death God Nail to kill Zuo Feng outright, and absorbed his Nascent Soul into the Tai Chi Diagram as well.

Powerhouses at the Emperor Martial Realm Late Stage like them might not even be killed by the Immortal Celestial Saber.

But before the Death God Nail, it was one strike, one kill. Utterly effortless…

Two great powerhouses from the Demon God Hall, who had once dominated the Star Continent, were eliminated by Shen Lang just like that. Even their souls were taken.

Even at the moment of their deaths, Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun had no idea who this sacred personage was.

They didn’t even know his name!

Seeing Shen Lang put away the Death God Nail, Duanmu Xie rubbed his hands together eagerly. “My lord, you have dozens of those things, right? Could you give me a couple? I’m a Zombie, so I’m perfectly suited to using them. With something like this, my power would increase by a huge margin out of nowhere…”

“Dozens of them!” Jun Tianyu almost fell to his knees.

One was terrifying enough, but he had dozens!

‘If dozens of such tyrannical Death God Nails were unleashed at once, even Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses would flee at the mere sight of them!’

‘No, if this senior acted personally, would a Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm powerhouse even have a chance to escape, with or without the Death God Nails?’

Jun Tianyu had misunderstood Shen Lang, thinking he had already reached the same terrifying realm as his master…

Shen Lang glanced at Duanmu Xie with a faint, unreadable smile. “You want the Death God Nails?”

Duanmu Xie nodded timidly.

‘Once I get my hands on the Heaven-Slaying Trident, and then get a few Death God Nails on top of that…’ Just thinking about it made Duanmu Xie want to cheer out loud!

“Cultivate well. Follow me closely, and you’ll have your chance.”

With a thought, Shen Lang activated the Tai Chi Diagram and began the Refinement of Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun’s Nascent Souls.

The War Emperor definitely knew a lot about the Demon God Hall, but that guy had sealed this memory, and that memory… it was infuriating.

So, Shen Lang had to resort to this method to get information about the Demon God Hall…

Seeing that the dust had settled, Jun Tianyu, who was standing to the side, quickly bowed respectfully. “Thank you, Senior, for saving my life! And thank you for your guidance! I, Jun Tianyu, will never forget this!”

Shen Lang waved his left hand, gathering all the scattered fragments of the Magic Shields and Armor from the ground, along with the Netherworld Demon Claw and other items. He then walked toward the now-shrunken Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele.

“Guidance is one thing, but how much you gained depends on your own comprehension. To be able to learn the Ice and Fire Dual Swords on the fly in such a crisis and reach this level… the White Banner Master has taken on a fine disciple, hasn’t she?”

Hearing Shen Lang’s praise, Jun Tianyu, who was usually so composed, was overjoyed!

For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

In a way, a single word of praise from Shen Lang now meant more to him than praise from his master, Bai Luobing.

After all, absorbing all the different types of Dark Energy in this Hungry Ghost Dao in such a short time was something the Five-Color Banner Master couldn’t do.

Likewise, being able to see through an opponent’s Cultivation Technique and Physique with just a glance, and then offer a casual piece of advice that allowed him, Jun Tianyu, to achieve a breakthrough in his Cultivation and turn defeat into victory—this too was something a powerhouse like a Five-Color Banner Master could not do.

Jun Tianyu’s gaze toward Shen Lang grew even more respectful. Every other word out of his mouth was “Senior.”

Shen Lang didn’t correct him. In fact, if he revealed his identity as the War Emperor, he would indeed be Jun Tianyu’s senior.

Even the Five-Color Banner Masters wouldn’t dare to be presumptuous in his presence.

Shen Lang circled the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele, which had shrunk to less than a meter tall, a couple of times. He then reached out and tapped it casually.

The Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele immediately let out a humming sound and, with a WHOOSH, shrank down to about a foot tall, looking like a brick!

And the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier that had trapped Jun Tianyu was finally, completely dispelled, vanishing without a trace!

‘To dispel a Grand Array as complex and precise as the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier so easily… Senior truly is… truly…’ Jun Tianyu’s face flushed slightly. He wanted to say something to praise Shen Lang but couldn’t think of the right words for a long moment.

Seeing this, Shen Lang couldn’t help but laugh. “Alright, that’s enough of the ‘truly is.’ I’m not as terrifying as you imagine. Zuo Feng had already unraveled most of the Array on this Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele. I just delivered the final kick. However, there is one thing I need to warn you about…”