Chapter 981: Chapter 532: Demon Venerable Avatar—Nothing More Than This!

"Sword Array?"

The Demon Venerable Avatar sneered, not taking it seriously.

Jiang Shu was not proficient in swordsmanship, let alone a sword array. Even though several traces of the Great Dao aura emanated from those longswords, it still did not draw his attention.

"Break!"

Jiang Shu stepped into the Beidou position, and the sword wheel behind him was drawn upward, directing the force of space to pierce downward.

"Ridiculous."

The Demon Venerable Avatar swung his spear, tearing open a rift in the space before him, from which a skeletal Flood Dragon emerged, clashing with the thirty-six longswords with a thunderous roar, Dao Rhyme splashing everywhere.

Clang!

The Demon Venerable Avatar frowned, lifting his spear to block a flying sword. His expression shifted as he noticed Jiang Shu inexplicably appearing in front of him. He threw a punch to repel him, but Jiang Shu, well-prepared, struck down with a palm, hitting his chest directly.

If one were to closely examine these longswords, they would find they lacked physical form, instead composed primarily of the Five Elements Dao, supplemented by the Chaos Dao and Thunder Dao, also incorporating the will of the Power Dao and Cutting Dao. Though the sword array was not profound, under such a high-grade longsword, it carried a sense of returning to simplicity.

Yet this was not Jiang Shu’s true attack.

As a few Daos circulated, the aura on this longsword grew so complex that it could even deceive the Demon Venerable Avatar’s perception and implant a space anchor point, allowing Jiang Shu to appear before the avatar in an instant, delivering a heavy blow.

This was a strike Jiang Shu had long prepared, capable of shattering stars. The Demon Venerable Avatar, caught off guard, was struck on the chest, immediately feeling a suffocating sensation surge up, his blood energy churning, and the golden flames in his eyes flaring erratically.

"Boom!"

His bones shattered as he was sent flying backward, crashing into the void, coughing up large amounts of blood.

A golden opportunity!

Jiang Shu gave him no time to breathe, and at this moment, the thirty-six flying swords also unleashed their brilliance, slicing the skeletal Flood Dragon to pieces before crossing the space to encircle the Demon Venerable Avatar, locking down the surrounding space and entangling him.

Clang, clang, clang!

The thirty-six flying swords traversed the space, imbued with the will of the Power Dao, their every strike carrying an irresistible force. The Demon Venerable Avatar, regaining his senses, dared not meet them head-on, relying on his indestructible blood-colored spear to defend, creating a cacophony of clashing metal that echoed unendingly. Jiang Shu manifested in various positions around the Demon Venerable Avatar, wielding a Panwu Heaven Opening Axe that slashed down fiercely.

The void trembled, the space above the abyss shattered by their combat, creating web-like cracks.

Jiang Shu’s white garments fluttered, and behind him, twelve Great Dao Embryos intertwined like chains. The Chaos Thunder Pool roared above his head, the Swallowing Sky Mirror rose and fell, arcs of lightning danced, accentuating Jiang Shu’s sharp features. The Demon Venerable Avatar surged with dark energy, his spear stirring a fierce storm, the tip gleaming coldly enough to pierce the heavens.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

In those golden eyes, scarlet surged, forming layer upon layer of space barriers to isolate the flying swords.

The spear swept horizontally, space extending bony arms to block the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe, swiftly eroding its power and even shattering several flying swords. Cold radiance flickered, stabbing into the dazzling axe blade, breaking it apart.

Jiang Shu fought more and more valiantly, attacking once again.

Engulfed in blood, his right fist carried the force of the Power Dao, striking out. Even before the fist shadow arrived, the violent Dao Rhyme had already ground down the surrounding hundred-zhang space.

The Demon Venerable Avatar’s aura was somewhat chaotic, yet he let out a cold laugh. As his spear trembled lightly, space folded, rendering the vast fist force as if it had disappeared into an abyss.

In the next moment, the spear tip suddenly appeared behind Jiang Shu’s head.

At the critical juncture, the protective Dao behind Jiang Shu shone brightly, the Swallowing Sky Mirror’s dark light flared violently, deflecting the spear three inches aside with a clang, as a strand of black hair fell from the swept area.

"The Demon Venerable Avatar? I think not!"

Jiang Shu shouted, his left hand’s five fingers splayed, as the Chaos Thunder Pool above suddenly unleashed thousands of lightning snakes, arcs of electricity transforming into roaming dragons, winding towards the Demon Venerable Avatar.

The Demon Venerable Avatar’s pupils blazed with golden light, twirling his spear to form a blood-colored vortex, as the Blood Lotus condensed from the Slaughter Dao collided with the lightning, exploding into a rain of crimson blood. At this moment, a Blood Lotus covertly slipped into the void, petals split open attacking Jiang Shu’s lower body, but was instantly discovered upon contact with the lightning, swallowed into the Swallowing Sky Mirror without making a ripple.

"Insignificant tricks!"

The Demon Venerable Avatar dared not be careless, the spear techniques shifted suddenly, sweeping the spear like a giant serpent’s tail. Under the support of the Space Dao, this seemingly simple attack stirred waves of spatial folds like a hundred-fold typhoon.

Jiang Shu had nowhere to dodge, another Panwu Heaven Opening Axe met it head-on.

As the axe blade collided with the spear shaft, dazzling white light burst forth, leaving no intact space around them, revealing a pitch-black void, where even the space turbulence was shredded.

"Pfft!"

Jiang Shu only felt an irresistible force surging, the Swallowing Sky Mirror above his head worked at full capacity, dissipating eighty percent of the force. However, its glow grew slightly dimmer.

The Swallowing Sky Mirror, capable of withstanding one Chaos Hole Realm attack, could no longer function at that level and was even falling out of the Dao Artifact range.

It had repeatedly defended against too many attacks, and further forcing it might exhaust its Dao Origin, using it up one time less for each use.

Even after dissipating eighty percent of the force, Jiang Shu spat a mouthful of golden blood, flying backward, crashing into the rock wall.

The Demon Venerable Avatar fared no better, a large chunk of flesh struck off by the Cutting Dao within the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe, exposing ghastly white bones, fresh blood pouring out. The Dao Rhyme within his body and the remnant Cutting Dao eroded each other, failing to stop the bleeding.

It was unbelievable to him. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

He was a Demon Venerable Avatar, a Demon Lord in the late stage, even glimpsing the threshold of the Peak Realm, yet was wounded by a youngster shortly after breaking through to the Vientiane Middle Stage.

This boy had numerous tactics, though most hadn’t reached the Great Technique level. However, even at his realm, he had only four or five Great Techniques at most.

Jiang Shu stood up, wiping the blood at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, soaring into the sky, the Chaos Thunder Pool above his head, standing upon thousands of Dao Rhymes, actually imposing some pressure on the Demon Venerable Avatar.

The two stood in a standoff, neither speaking nor attacking.

Eventually, Jiang Shu sneered at the Demon Venerable Avatar, saying nothing, directly retreating.

Opportunity!

The Demon Venerable Avatar thought to himself that Jiang Shu was still young, somewhat impatient.

They both realized the other was hard to deal with, and whoever showed weakness first would fall into a disadvantage.

It made sense. Jiang Taixuan had unleashed multiple Great Techniques, likely exhausting his Dao Rhyme.

However, just as he moved, he was met by a pair of golden, radiant eyes and two beams seeming to scorch the heavens and earth.

This was a new Great Technique, born when Jiang Shu broke through to the Vientiane Middle Stage, merging multiple Daos with the Soul Great Dao, specialized in attacking souls, incredibly terrifying to the Demon Race known for strong bodies but less skilled in souls.

The Demon Venerable Avatar hadn’t expected Jiang Shu to hide this hand, twirling his spear to condense space, but the skeletal arms reaching out from space to tear those beams apart were shattered in an instant, eroding with the Slaughter Dao.

This attack carried the aura of the Space Dao, arriving furiously at his face, its aftermath hitting the Demon Venerable Avatar even after skeletal arms dissipated.

Dizziness swept over him, as if a massive hammer had struck hard on his head, a delusional buzzing sounded by his ear, the world turned upside down.

The Demon Venerable Avatar concentrated his mind, expelling the hallucination from his consciousness.

However, when he cleared his head, emptiness was all he saw before him.

Ripped space turbulence howled in the wind.

The figure of Jiang Shu was completely gone!