Chapter 136: Nine Ring Demon Sword

The sword Essence was like a white gas that had incredibly sharpness. Even from afar, Lu Zheng felt like he was infinitely close to being cut.

The sword Essence formed into a large sword that obscured the sky and turned day into night.

The sword was extremely large and was crooked at the tip. Nine holes with rings lined the sharp edge of this sword.

"Here is my Nine Ring Demon Sword. You can die now" Nian Qing spoke weakly.

A cold chill ran down Lu Zheng's spine as the Nine Ring Demon Sword cut downwards towards his body.

Compared to it, he was like an ant beside a mountain.

As the Nine Ring Demon Sword bent, time and space seemed to be severed into nothingness.

Lu Zheng's Sun of the Vermillion True Flames vanished as sword path dao imprints filled the atmosphere. The aura of death bearing upon Lu Zheng was very real.

Lu Zheng felt his bloodline power explode only to be cut apart by the Nine Ring Demon Sword's aura. A feeling of weakness overpowered his body.

"Lu Zheng!" Houyan Meili screamed and flew towards him but only appeared several metres away. Space and time had already been severed.

The Lightning Deity and Fire Deity flew towards the Nine Ring Demon Sword but were instantly cut apart by the sword.

Its sharp edge dove mercilessly towards Lu Zheng.

Liu Teng's expression was morbid. By merely seeing the Nine Ring Demon Sword, he felt like his soul had hidden to the deepest parts of his Soul Lake.

"He is dead" Someone muttered.

Just as the Nine Ring Demon Sword was about to strike Lu Zheng, a shiny object appeared from his spatial ring and stood before him.

Everyone gasped in surprise as the shiny object absorbed the Nine Ring Demon Sword.

"What is this evil!?" Nian Qing was stunned. "What have you done?"

Lu Zheng had a tight smile as he stared at the Vermillion Sacred Prism that stood mid-air.

At the moment, Lu Zheng could feel the pain of being burnt by the Vermillion True Flame. It was agonizing.

Ever since he had reincarnated into this lifetime as Lu Zheng, he had never been truly burnt by flames. This was the constitution of the Vermillion Bird Race's physique.

Now, it felt like his own flames had turned against him.

Lu Zheng felt like his entire body was being dissolved in molten lava and every cell and bone that made up his body was smelting and combusting.

The pain was hundreds of thousands of times greater than the pain of being burnt by the Nirvana Flames.

"Aaargh!" Lu Zheng was unable to bear it has dense smoke billowed from his body.

Crimson Vermillion True Flames engulfed him as he crashed to the ground like a meteor.

"Lu Zheng!" Houyan Meili was stunned to the core. Her wings fluttered rapidly as she manoeuvred her way to Lu Zheng's body.

The spatial restrictions created by the Nine Ring Demon Sword had disappeared and everyone could move again.

Liu Teng and the others also moved towards Lu Zheng.

From the Vermillion Sacred Prism, a phantom of the Nine Ring Demon Sword appeared again and in an instant, it slashed Nian Qing into ribbons.

"Stupid owner! How dare you use me while you are still weak? Imagine this! Your bloodline is still impure and your cultivation base is merely at the second tier of Void Passage realm. I should kill you for this…"

The Vermillion Sacred Prism rambled on in Lu Zheng's mind as it flew towards his flaming body.

"The Sleid Imperial Family's Vermillion Sacred Prism…" Houyan Meili recognised the prism at once.

"What is the matter with him?" Ming Tong Xi was surprised as she moved her hand to touch Lu Zheng.

"Don't touch him!" Houyan Meili's voice was stern. "He is being burnt by the purest Vermillion True Flame. If you even make the smallest contact with him, your entire being, body and soul, would be burnt into nothingness"

Ming Tong Xi's face paled as she stared at Lu Zheng's flaming body. Slowly, she shifted away from him.

"What do we do now?" Liu Teng was worried.

"I don't know" Houyan Meili shook her head. "We can only hope that the flames subside"

A certain distance away, a dishevelled Yen Ku Feng stood by the corpse of the giant spider as Man Xiong walked towards him.

"Brother Yen Ku Feng" Man Xiong started to say.

"What is the matter?" Yen Ku Feng's voice was hoarse already.

"We should leave now whilst they are still distracted. Our battle strength has already fallen through the roof now" Man Xiong said.

Yen Ku Feng's gaze swept through the surroundings as a dejected feeling rose in his heart.

Out of the Four Abominations, three were dead and the living ape was huddled in a corner, tending to his injuries. His battle strength was nothing compared to the ten martial practitioners that had just attacked them.

Nian Qing was also dead and he had the highest battle strength among them.

On his own, Yen Ku Feng was useless as an enslavement path martial practitioner. His perk was in controlling beasts to attack his enemies.

Man Xiong had better battle strength but was still weaker than the average Acquisition realm expert. After all, he was a shadow path expert and was highly skilled in covert attacks.

Out in the open in broad daylight, Man Xiong was very weak.

"Hmm" Yen Ku Feng nodded in understanding.

The giant ape disappeared and a black bead appeared on a necklace on Yen Ku Feng's neck.

Shadow Qi burst as Man Xiong and Yen Ku Feng became shadows that escaped through the forest.

Houyan Meili saw them but did not move. Her concern was focused on Lu Zheng.

"Hmph! Very well, I will pity you since you were able to use Master's signature technique. Next time you will not be so lucky" The Vermillion Sacred Prism snorted before twinkling away into Lu Zheng's spatial ring.

The Vermillion True Flames that burnt Lu Zheng's body slowly weakened as he regained consciousness.

"Lu Zheng…" Houyan Meili smiled softly.

"You survived the Mystical Flames" Liu Teng said with a tinge of respect.

Lu Zheng looked around as ice formed into a cloth on his body. Shaking his head, he smiled: "That petty artifact. I merely brought it out to take a breather yet she almost killed me. Sigh, women"

Houyan Meili shook her head. Lu Zheng was almost killed by his own flames yet these were his first words after recovery.

Liu Teng smiled as his gaze swept over the barren forest of burnt trees and grass. The sight of the three beast corpses made his heart flutter with joy.

"Come on, let us reap the rewards of our work"