Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 168: Echoes, the Soul Sword Leaping from Memory

Yes, Li Yi's main body has never escaped.

While the main body remains still, the clones scatter and escape. This is because it is difficult to train good blood slave clones.

The competition within the Demon Sect is extremely fierce.

Being defeated by the Dao Sect is already a shame for the Demon Sect. If they were to lose many clones as well, Li Yi would not only face the suppression of the other candidate Saint Children, but also the disciples of the Demon Sect below him would not submit to him.

If he were to end up in this situation, not only would he not become a Saint Child, he would not even be able to maintain his current position. He would have no place to be buried.

Not wanting to die, he can only let the clones escape.

As for leaving his main body here, it is because he still holds a glimmer of hope for a comeback.

"Our army is defeated. I don't believe you won't pursue. As long as the formation disperses during the pursuit, my opportunity will come!"

He believes he can counterattack. As for his own safety, he had left a backup plan before coming here. Even if all the clones and the main body were to die, he believes he can still keep a ray of hope.

This kind of backup plan makes him feel that no matter what happens, he cannot die. That's why he dares to mock Zhong Cang so brazenly.

However, after the mockery, when he sees Zhong Cang's finger in a striking position, his heart trembles.

Feeling the threat of death, he regrets his mockery and arrogance.

"No!!!"

In the final moment, he wants to do something, to stop Zhong Cang.

Unfortunately, the distance is too far, and he can't do anything. He can only watch as Zhong Cang's finger bends and strikes towards the void.

"Chant!"

As the finger strikes, a sword hum resounds, spreading rapidly from Zhong Cang as the center.

This sound suppresses the chaos and noise of the battlefield.

Moreover, the sword hum is melodious and crisp, pleasing to the mind.

Some people, upon hearing this sound, involuntarily think of swords and feel that a sword capable of producing such a melodious sound must be a good sword.

Then, illusory sword shadows rise from their minds.

Feeling the gradually clear sword shadows in their minds, those who love swords become fascinated. Cultivators from the Cloud Firmament Sect feel a sense of peace, while disciples of the Demon Sect and the aristocratic families feel bone-chilling fear.

"Forget it, erase it, otherwise, we will die!"

An inexplicable realization appears in their minds. Then, the Demon Sect cultivators and the aristocratic family members, besides desperately fleeing, also need to desperately forget the illusory sword shadows.

Unfortunately, achieving this is not easy.

That crisp and melodious sound seems to have taken root in their minds. The more they try to forget, the clearer the sword shadows in their minds become.

The only thing they can be grateful for is that the current sword shadows are only illusory forms, giving them a sense of being locked onto, but they do not pose a substantial threat.

"After all, I am not a Soul Formation True Monarch who can easily turn a thought into ten thousand. Now, my Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower can make those who listen to the sword chant have sword shadows rise from their minds, which are difficult to forget. But the current sword shadows are only illusory forms and do not have the power to attack."

Fortunately, the sword shadows in the enemy's minds cannot attack, but Zhong Cang's Soul Sword can be transferred through the connection between souls.

Locking onto the target with his thoughts and shifting his consciousness, soon, Zhong Cang's Soul Sword in his sea of consciousness is transferred into the divine soul of the Demon Sect candidate Saint Child, Li Yi.

"Hmm?!!"

"Slash!"

As soon as it is transferred, the Soul Sword, radiating a sharp light, slashes towards Li Yi's divine soul.

"Hiss..."

"Ah!!!"

The unstoppable strike of the Heart Sword caused Li Yi to let out a painful scream as his soul was damaged.

However, after being struck by Zhong Cang's Heart Sword, Li Yi's soul was only damaged, but not annihilated.

It must be said that as a candidate for Saint Child, he still had some ability.

During this strike, Zhong Cang also discovered that Li Yi's soul had reached the Foundation Building Stage. Of course, its soul intensity was still inferior to Zhong Cang's, only at the early stage of Foundation Building.

At the same time, Zhong Cang also saw that Li Yi's soul, unlike his own, had the Heavenly Heart and the mountainous giant turtle as its core.

In Li Yi's sea of consciousness, his soul turned into a pool of blood.

At this moment, in this mirror-like blood pool, a crack appeared in the middle that could not be healed, which was caused by the strike of the Heart Sword.

"Slash!" "Slash!" "Slash!"

Without hesitation, Zhong Cang manipulated the Heart Sword and crazily struck downwards.

While slashing, Zhong Cang also continuously recited the language of the soul, hypnotizing his own spirit.

"I swear here that I will not allow anything in this world that I cannot sever. This sword can shatter gods, extinguish souls, and exterminate endlessly!"

The Sword Intent of the Heart Sword was originally capable of killing illusions such as evil spirits and ghosts.

By focusing on the mind rather than the physical, it was particularly effective in attacking the soul.

"Hiss..."

Under Zhong Cang's strikes, the blood pool in Li Yi's sea of consciousness continuously cracked at a visible speed.

"No, spare me..."

During Zhong Cang's attacks, Li Yi also resisted.

First, Blood Condensation transformed into soldiers. Various divine weapons were constantly reflected in the mirror-like blood pool and slashed towards the Heart Sword.

At the same time, the blood pool surged, and a large amount of blood rose up, intending to cover and suppress the Heart Sword, pressing it beneath the blood pool.

At the bottom of the blood pool, there were even wailing and terrifying souls crawling out, attacking Zhong Cang's Heart Sword.

However, everything was in vain.

By investing a large amount of soul into the Heart Sword, it became incredibly sharp.

The power of the mind over matter allowed it to cut through everything.

The blood-colored divine weapons, the surging blood waves, and even the souls, all could be severed by the Heart Sword.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

With swift strikes, Li Yi's soul and sea of consciousness were quickly thrown into chaos by Zhong Cang.

And when his soul was damaged to a certain extent, Zhong Cang no longer needed to continue attacking. Li Yi's soul accelerated its disintegration.

"No... you bastard, I will kill you, I will definitely kill you!"

In the midst of a miserable howl, Li Yi's soul was annihilated.

As his soul dissipated, the six blood slaves who were fleeing outside instantly fell to the ground and could no longer rise.

At the same time, Li Yi's physical body, hidden in a mass of filthy blood, transformed into human form.

He... is dead.

Such a death made the onlookers' hearts tremble, and it made the disciples of the Demon Sect, who already had the intention to escape, run even faster.

Ignoring the thoughts of others, while the disciples of the Demon Sect were fleeing, Zhong Cang simply closed his eyes and, through the connection of their minds, projected the Sword of the Soul into the consciousness of each disciple of the Demon Sect.

Once transferred, the incredibly sharp Sword of the Soul would strike.

"Chi La!"

Others did not possess the resolute spirit of Li Yi, so when the Sword of the Soul struck, one person would die.

"Strike!" "Strike!" "Strike!" "Strike!"...

Using the sword shadows on the lake of the mind as coordinates, Zhong Cang continuously sought out disciples of the Demon Sect and privileged children to project and kill. In a very short time, he killed over a hundred people.

This was manifested in the outside world as the fleeing disciples of the Demon Sect suddenly screaming in agony and falling to the ground.

Within a short period of time, hundreds of people died, falling suddenly without any warning, which terrified the remaining people.

In extreme fear, many disciples of the Demon Sect did not dare to flee anymore. Instead, they knelt down and begged for mercy in Zhong Cang's direction.

"Don't kill me, please don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender..."

"As long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to do anything!"

"I'm willing to help you deal with the Demon Sect..."

Most disciples of the Demon Sect were selfish and valued their own lives above all else. In order to survive, they even said such things as helping to deal with the Demon Sect.

Unfortunately, it was not only disciples of the Cloud Firmament Sect present, but also Foundation Building Perfected Beings from the Demon Sect.

When they discovered that some disciples were considering surrendering, they became furious and immediately used thunderous methods to forcefully kill several people.

This also drew Zhong Cang's gaze towards them.

Faced with Zhong Cang's murderous gaze, the Poisonous Jiao Perfected Being snorted coldly and left behind a harsh remark.

"Hmph, you little stray dog of the Cloud Firmament Sect, don't think you've won. This time, we were just careless. Just wait, we will strike back."

With that, he and several other Demon Sect Perfected Beings... fled directly.

Yes, they ran away.

They had to run because the spiritual energy in the Xuan Yuan Realm was thin, and the higher the cultivation level, the greater the impact.

Although, even if they couldn't fully unleash their strength, Foundation Building Perfected Beings were still stronger than Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

But in the Hong Xuan Realm, a Foundation Building Perfected Being could fight against twenty or thirty Qi Refining Stage cultivators, while in the Xuan Yuan Realm, their weakened strength was only equivalent to about ten.

Moreover, during the battle, because they couldn't replenish their spiritual energy sufficiently, they would become weaker and weaker, which gave Zhong Cang the opportunity to surround and kill them.

If he could have a Foundation Building cultivator to restrain them and let the Innate Martial Artists consume them, the losses for Zhong Cang's group in killing the Foundation Building cultivators would be minimal.

In this situation, even the Foundation Building Perfected Beings of the Cloud Firmament Sect would not fight to the death, let alone the greedy Demon Sect Perfected Beings.

...

Watching the pursuing army, Zhong Cang thought for a moment and did not provoke the Foundation Building cultivators of the Demon Sect. Instead, he cooperated with the team and continued to chase and advance forward.

This pursuit lasted until midnight, and in the end, most of the Demon Sect cultivators and privileged children died tragically, with only a few managing to escape.

As for the ordinary soldiers, they were captured by Zhong Cang and incorporated into his forces.

Afterwards, the army did not stop and headed straight for Yang City.

While Zhong Cang was on the move, in a dark cave in the Xuan Yuan Realm, a coffin suddenly made a "bang bang" sound.

Later, with a "crack" sound, the lid of the coffin was flipped open, and a pale figure sat up from the coffin.

If Zhong Cang were here, he would recognize this as the candidate of the Demon Sect, Saint Child Li Yi.

With a last-minute move, he managed to survive.

However, the resurrected him was not happy, only filled with hatred on his face.

"Bastard, my blood slave, my true self!"

"I want you dead, I definitely want you dead!"

With the fall of his true self and the death of all his blood slaves, even his soul was shattered by more than half. The current Li Yi can be said to be extremely weak.

With such heavy losses, he naturally hated Zhong Cang, and at the same time, he was extremely fearful.

The sword shadow emerging from his heart sea and the unmatched Sword of the Mind made it impossible for him to deal with...

"Hmm!??"

Thinking back to the Sword of the Mind, Li Yi felt a wave of fear, and then he was horrified to find that in his fear and memories, the Sword of the Mind that existed only in his memory was gradually becoming clear.

"How is this possible, I just recalled it slightly!"

He didn't understand why, just by recalling it slightly, the Sword of the Mind emerged from his mind.

Having been killed by the Sword of the Mind once, he remembered the feeling of being killed by it and was extremely afraid.

At this moment, the Sword of the Mind appearing from his memory absorbed his fear and the engraved memories, gradually becoming clear.

Sensing that the Sword of the Mind would become completely clear and he would encounter an accident, Li Yi slapped his head, constantly trying to forget these memories.

"Forget, forget it!"

Unfortunately, no matter what he did, it was all in vain.

The lingering echoes caused the Sword of the Mind to finally jump out of Li Yi's memory and appear in his consciousness.

"Chi!"

After appearing in the mortal world, the Sword of the Mind struck!

Because it was only the lingering echoes, the Sword of the Mind did not have the same intensity as when Zhong Cang personally wielded it.

But Li Yi was not at his peak either.

As a result, after one strike, the resurrected Li Yi died again.

"I'm not willing..."

...

On this side, the lingering echoes were eradicating the roots for Zhong Cang.

On the other side, watching the advancing army and feeling Zhong Cang's undisguised killing intent while marching, the Yang family in Yangcheng was also struggling to save themselves.

Their self-rescue was not about resisting the army. In the battle on the Great Plains, the Yang family had already felt the power of Zhong Cang and knew that there was no force nearby that could stop him.

In order to survive, they contacted the major clans and the royal family in the Xuan Yuan Realm, hoping that they could unite and threaten Zhong Cang to stop.

The first to respond to this plea for help was the royal family.

The emperor of the empire, no, now he should be called the middle-aged emperor.

As soon as the ruler of the empire learned of the plea for help, he summoned his courtiers and initiated a grand court meeting to discuss whether to rescue Yangcheng.

(End of this chapter)