Chapter 482: Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect

"ROAR!"

"ROAR!"

"ROAR!"

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Bloodcurdling shrieks echoed one after another as a relentless wave of hideous, terrifying blood corpses surged forward. Baring fangs and brandishing claws, they pounced toward Shen Daoxing and Liu Ying, forming a veritable mountain of corpses in a sea of blood.

It seemed they were about to be buried alive within the tide of death.

"Venerable Invincible, Huangliang’s Moment!"

An impassive voice escaped Shen Daoxing’s lips.

The next instant.

Suddenly, Shen Daoxing split into two, then four, then eight... until dozens, even hundreds of him, appeared all at once.

This wasn’t because Shen Daoxing possessed a Clone Skill; it was simply because his speed was that astonishingly fast.

Then, the hundred-plus figures of Shen Daoxing simultaneously raised their Shattering Void Swords. They leaped into the air as one, and in a sudden flash, they had already appeared beyond the sea of corpses.

In that moment, the entire sea of corpses froze. There was no flash of sword light, only a profound silence, as if Shen Daoxing hadn’t moved at all. Then, the next instant, a faint "CRACK!" was heard.

Without any warning, the torsos of all the hideous blood corpses began to slide away from their legs. They had all been cleaved clean in half right through the middle.

RUMBLE!

With a tremendous crash, all the blood corpses collapsed in unison, disintegrating into a cloud of red, bloody mist.

The menacing tide of death from moments before had vanished like smoke in the blink of an eye.

This was a combination of Shen Daoxing’s Huangliang Divine Techniques and his Shattering Void Sword. To an outsider, it looked as if Shen Daoxing had shattered Blood Fiend’s ultimate Divine Technique with a single strike.

Blood Fiend’s eyes narrowed. "Not bad, kid!"

But the next instant, Shen Daoxing suddenly appeared behind him, his twin swords already crossed and raised high.

"Sword Dance Double Slash!"

An explosive, black-and-gold light flared from Shen Daoxing’s hands as his twin swords swung down fiercely, both striking Blood Fiend’s neck at once.

WHOOSH!

As a light breeze swept by, Blood Fiend’s figure suddenly twisted and distorted, dissolving into wisps of red, fiendish energy.

Shen Daoxing’s twin swords sliced through empty air.

But the dense, crimson fiendish energy around him began to roil and swell.

Suddenly, the fiendish energy surged, and a colossal red hand emerged from it, smashing down on Shen Daoxing like a falling mountain peak.

CLANG!

Shen Daoxing hastily blocked it with his sword, then did a backflip, using the momentum to launch himself high into the air.

However, just as he took to the sky, another colossal red hand emerged from the blood-red fiendish energy.

No!

Five colossal red hands shot out at once, all of them grabbing for Shen Daoxing in unison.

CLANG!

A sound like the striking of a great bronze bell rang out.

Shen Daoxing’s twin swords struck one of the red hands at the same time.

His momentum was halted, but the great red hand was left with only a long, white gash, otherwise completely unharmed.

Shen Daoxing froze for a second. He saw the five red hands closing in from all sides, threatening to crush him between them.

A brilliant white light suddenly flared as the Venerable Dharma Seal appeared. It swelled in an instant to the size of a small mountain, forcing the five colossal red hands apart.

Shen Daoxing seized the opportunity to leap up and break free.

But no sooner had he broken free than he felt the sky above him suddenly go dark.

The next instant,

A colossal, hideous red head opened its cavernous maw and snapped Shen Daoxing up in its jaws.

Just as the hideous, terrifying head was about to clamp its teeth shut,

"Great Ming Demon Sparrow!"

Shen Daoxing shouted.

An arc of black light shot out in an instant, lodging itself inside the cavernous mouth and, with a BANG, propping open the upper and lower rows of blood-red teeth.

Seizing the opportunity, Shen Daoxing leaped out of the terrifying maw, rapidly putting distance between himself and the creature.

When he turned to look back, he saw a colossal monster, so large its head touched the heavens, now standing before him.

It had six thick arms and a hideous red head. Two long tusks protruded from its lips, jutting down past its chin, and its eyes were filled with savage malevolence.

As the monster appeared, it took a single, light step on the Penglai Lake Surface, and a vast wave of crimson, fiendish energy billowed forth.

RUMBLE!

The entire Penglai Immortal Island seemed to tremble.

Shen Daoxing paused, tilting his head back to look up at the demonic behemoth. It seemed familiar.

Seeing this, Liu Ying froze, her mouth falling open in shock. "That’s... a Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect! The progression is Earth Immortal, True Immortal, Celestial Immortal, then Celestial Dao... this is a Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect, a state beyond the Heavenly Dao Dharma Aspect and on par with a Divine Monarch!"

Liu Ying was stunned. ’I never expected that Blood Fiend, a traitor of the Celestial Demon Sect, would become this terrifying. He’s even managed to condense a Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect.’

Her expression grew solemn. She moved in front of Shen Daoxing and said seriously, "Little Junior Brother, I think we should retreat for now. Blood Fiend’s strength is likely at the fourth or Fifth Layer of the Refining Dust Realm. He’s not someone you and I can handle right now!"

’A Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect!’

Shen Daoxing paused. ’No wonder it looks so familiar,’ he thought. ’This Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect is almost identical to the Celestial Demon I encountered back in the Red Land Demon Realm.’

"Oh? And a Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect is supposed to be a big deal?"

Shen Daoxing raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "You should know, even if a true Celestial Demon were to appear before me, it would still have to call me ’Master’!"

"???"

Liu Ying was speechless.

Before Liu Ying could even begin to process what Shen Daoxing meant, the Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect of Blood Fiend swatted at him with a terrifying palm.

Shen Daoxing simply smiled. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward.

A vast, resonant dragon’s cry suddenly echoed from deep within his body.

Immediately, a brilliant, glittering Five-Clawed Golden Dragon soared out from his body, ascending into the heavens accompanied by multicolored Wandering Dragons.

The next instant,

A great hole tore open in the sky.

Rainbow-hued light shot down from it, bathing Shen Daoxing in its glow.

The world’s colors seemed to shift, replaced by a bizarre and phantasmagorical light show as a terrifyingly dreadful pressure came into being.

Shen Daoxing was enveloped in a dazzling golden light that flared to an incredible intensity.

Heaven and Earth!

An immense, domineering, and majestic figure was revealed. It stood as tall as the heavens, like a Venerable Supreme from time immemorial, capable of annihilating all of existence with a single gesture.

After revealing his Golden Body Dharma Aspect, Shen Daoxing’s expression was one of absolute authority. He impassively uttered a single word: "Kneel!"

"Kneel?"

Blood Fiend, who stood before him, was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Hahahahaha! What are you talking about, kid? Who do you think you are?"

However, no sooner had the words left Blood Fiend’s mouth than, in the next instant and without any warning, the legs of his colossal Celestial Demon Dharma Aspect—the very one belonging to the still-laughing Blood Fiend—buckled against his will. With a heavy THUD, it fell to its knees directly in front of Shen Daoxing.

"???"

Blood Fiend was utterly baffled.

"???"

So was Liu Ying.