Chapter 1316: Sword Challenges the Human Demon

Jiang Wang, with sword in one hand and the monk's robe bundle in the other, flew directly towards the Valley of Scattered Stones.

In his heart, he was still savoring the blade technique that the lifeblood avatar had just performed, nearing the Way. The more he pondered, the more profound he found it, and he couldn't help but wish for another demonstration. The long Soul-Severing Gorge, with only him and the Blade Coin for company, didn't feel lonely.

He had long grown accustomed to walking alone.

While he was engrossed in thought, he suddenly saw the Blade Coin before him turn back. It fluttered up and down anxiously, as if reminding him of something, then flew to a nearby cliff, presumably to carve words...

But it was no longer necessary.

Jiang Wang had already seen that at the mouth of the gorge ahead, before the entrance to the Valley of Scattered Stones, stood a burly man over eight feet tall. His upper body was bare, and his muscles were like rock, giving off an exceptionally tough feeling.

He leaned on a conical heavy sword with both hands. Because its body was entirely round like an iron rod, with only a sharp point at the end, calling it an awl would not be entirely inaccurate.

But it clearly had a sword guard and a sword hilt.

In short, it was such a strange sword, and such a distinctly muscular person.

However, Jiang Wang's attention was more focused on the air.

More precisely, it was on a woman hanging against the left side of the cliff, wearing a faceless mask and with a graceful figure.

The Unmasking Demoness he had seen in the Qingyun Pavilion of the State of Yong!

Since she was here, then this muscular strongman was presumably also one of the Demon Cultists.

In this Soul-Severing Gorge, encountering two Demon Cultists blocking his path.

Truly a narrow path where adversaries meet!

"Cough!" The muscular strongman, who looked very rugged, spoke with surprising politeness: "I want to say, could you pay a little more attention to me? Because the main battle will be between you and me. If you just keep staring at Unmasking, it will make me lose a lot of face."

"Is that so?" Jiang Wang casually placed the monk's robe wrapped around the lifeblood into his storage box: "Are you sure it will be a one-on-one?"

"Uh." The muscular strongman scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed: "That depends on the situation. After all, two of us came, and since we're here, we might as well."

Jiang Wang still looked at the Unmasking Demoness, whose name was Yanzi, his body more relaxed, his gaze more composed.

"Naughty! Not serious at such a young age!" Yanzi in the air said in a coquettish voice: "Where are you looking!"

"Vital points," Jiang Wang replied simply.

Yanzi giggled, her voluptuous body shaking along with her laughter.

"Which vital points are you referring to?" she asked in a seductive voice.

Facing two Demon Cultists at once made Jiang Wang's just-calmed fighting spirit boil up again. But his voice was even calmer, and he simply said: "The vital points that will make you die."

"What a rough man. No understanding of romance." Yanzi didn't take offense, her voice sweet and enchanting: "Big sister will teach you well later."

Seeing them chatting, the muscular strongman felt completely overshadowed and quickly said: "Let's get acquainted. I am the Beheading Demon Lord, my surname is Huan and my given name is Tao."

Jiang Wang said casually: "Underneath, I behead. What about above?"

He had only intended a casual jibe.

Unexpectedly, Huan Tao replied very seriously: "Above, I also behead."

"So annoying," Yanzi pouted, "talking about underneath one moment and above the next, which head are you talking about?"

Jiang Wang didn't engage in her lewd talk, only saying to Huan Tao: "This sword of yours doesn't look very convenient for beheading."

Huan Tao seemed to have been tickled in the right spot, and he grinned, flipping the heavy sword over. He held it with both hands, twisting his hands – *crack, crack*, amidst the sound of mechanisms, the black iron rod-like blade, from both left and right sides, each extended a section of gleaming sharp edge.

In an instant, it transformed into a broadsword.

And the former cylindrical sword body now served as the sword spine.

This was a mechanical heavy sword!

The Beheading Demon Lord, ranked sixth among the top nine Demon Lords, was actually a Mechanist.

"Is it convenient now?" he asked with a smile.

"It's quite convenient!" Jiang Wang said casually, "By the way, I'm very curious, I've been in seclusion and concealment for so long, and in a godforsaken place like the Soul-Severing Gorge. How did you find me? Did a Diviner divine it?"

"Actually, it was a coincidence!" Yanzi said coquettishly: "The Diviner brought us here to find his good Martial Uncle. We didn't expect to run into you as well, it's truly killing many birds with one stone!"

Martial Uncle? The Divination Demon Lord and Yu Beidou?

Jiang Wang pondered in his heart.

He knew this matter was more than just this!

How could that shameless old man, who had the nerve to swindle people on the street, let him get away with it?

"Unmasking!" Huan Tao was very alert and quickly interjected: "He's trying to trick us!"

Yanzi said discontentedly: "He's so cute, what's wrong with letting him trick us a little?"

She looked at Jiang Wang, her smile soft and alluring: "Isn't big sister good to you?"

Jiang Wang only said: "Putting on airs!"

No matter how captivating her figure was, no matter how seductive her voice was. Looking at her, Jiang Wang felt only disgust.

Yanzi stopped smiling, flew down, and landed in front of Huan Tao, facing Jiang Wang directly.

The flirtation in her eyes was gone, replaced by cold killing intent.

"Hey!" Huan Tao said discontentedly: "I said I wanted to try first!"

Being among the ranks of the nine great Demon Lords, and seasoned Outer Palace cultivators with divine abilities, they all had confidence in facing Jiang Wang, who was in the Inner Palace realm.

But Jiang Wang was more resolute and more fierce than them!

The moment Yanzi landed, he had already drawn his sword.

"Why argue over who dies first or last? Let's go together!"

This sentence came out with the sound of the sword whistling. When his voice fell, he had already struck his sword into the space between the two, and behind him was the slowly dissipating Azure Cloud imprint!

He would face two alone, challenging the two great Demon Cultists with his sword!

One could see the dazzling sword light, exploding in a line.

This line was like pulling the narrow strip of sky in the dome down to the ground!

In the eyes of Huan Tao and Yanzi, the sword edge was coming directly towards their throats.

Yanzi's figure swayed and she retreated lightly, like a falling leaf carried by the wind.

Huan Tao simply thrust the mechanical heavy sword forward.

Crack, crack, crack.

The extended blades retracted, and then the iron rod-like sword body opened up like a flower, expanding into an iron umbrella, firmly protecting his front.

Clang!!

Changxiangsi scraped against the iron umbrella, only producing a shower of sparks. The sword qi dispersed, unable to penetrate in the slightest.

Crack, crack, crack.

The iron umbrella fully opened and curled back, the umbrella surface like a giant mouth pouncing out, attempting to bite Changxiangsi.

Jiang Wang retracted his sword and retreated, moving out of the giant mouth's range.

The curled-back umbrella surface folded back just like that, the tips converging, twisting together to form a spiral spearhead.

This heavy sword instantly transformed into an iron spear.

The original sword body had become the spear shaft.

Huan Tao pushed forward with his right hand, which held the sword hilt, and the entire sword guard flattened down, becoming a slightly raised "node" on the spear shaft.

Holding the spear with both hands, one before and one after the node, he thrust forward with the momentum.

In an instant, horses neighed, eagles cried, and war drums pounded, accompanied by the clanging of weapons.

This single spear thrust displayed the charge of a thousand troops and ten thousand horses. On the battlefield, whether you came from the east or went to the west, I would pierce through with a single spear!

Huan Tao was a Mechanist, but unlike most Mechanists who relied primarily on puppets for combat, his mechanisms were only his sword, and his most powerful weapon was himself.

Jiang Wang, who had retracted his sword and retreated, responded with even greater force.

Within the Five Palace Sea. The Five Inner Palaces manifested!

Five brilliant light sources illuminated his torso. The light of the Five Divine Abilities flowed around him. At this moment, he was like an immortal or a god, gathering power and intent, thrusting out a single sword. Changxiangsi roared forward, clashing head-on with a mountain-toppling sword strike.

Meeting offense with offense!

This sword of his was not only aimed at Huan Tao, but also at Yanzi, who had not yet made a move.

In the narrow Soul-Severing Gorge, there was simply not much space to evade.

This ancient peak-level sword strike exploded, directly filling the distance between him and the Demon Cultists.

Terrifying sword intent filled the heavens and the earth.

The heavens and the earth in this Soul-Severing Gorge were only one line wide.

And this one line was all given to one sword!