System's Super Sect Chapter 1044 - 966: Lone Warrior Against the Heroes

Despite the Sword Demon's intense craving for battle, akin to a famished predator, he possessed a strategic mind, unafraid of peril.

Yet, confronting more than twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts single-handedly presented a near-impossible challenge, with minimal prospects for victory.

Consequently, his plan shifted: he would first eliminate the members of the War Department Vanguard Army residing within the Mountain Suppression Realm and Earth Unrestricted levels.

Furthermore, by positioning himself amidst these lower-tier War Department vanguard soldiers, the twenty-plus Half-Step Celestial experts would hesitate to launch a reckless assault against him.

Any stray attacks would miss him entirely, leaving him unharmed.

In the worst-case scenario, he would simply evade until the conflict concluded.

However, the hundred thousand War Department Vanguard Army soldiers were undeniably facing annihilation!

Observing this, several Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts, who had already initiated their Vein Techniques, swiftly redirected their attacks toward the sky. Their techniques detonated amidst the clouds.

Boom—

Following the thunderous explosions, the remaining Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts ceased their assaults.

Each of them wore an exceedingly stern expression.

"Damn it!"

"He's deliberately 'hiding' amongst our own troops! A rash move would endanger our men, everyone be cautious!"

"His reaction speed is astonishingly swift, far surpassing our own. Should he evade our Vein Techniques, the repercussions would be dire. Therefore, we must refrain from using Vein Techniques for now; halt your attacks, everyone. We shall capture him using only our Spiritual Power!"

"One punch each, to utterly crush him!"

While the group of over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts deliberated their strategy, the Sword Demon had already moved with incredible speed, weaving through the War Department Vanguard Army.

Blood painted the ground wherever the Sword Demon traversed.

Within a brief interval, over ten thousand Mountain Suppression Realm experts lay either grievously wounded or dead.

A river of blood flowed endlessly!

Even once-formidable Earth Unrestricted experts were found with severed heads amidst the carnage.

The scene was one of unspeakable tragedy!

Thousands of War Department Vanguard Army soldiers succumbed to immediate panic, scattering in utter disarray.

"Do not panic, establish the Vein Formation Array!"

"Cease your running! Numerous seniors are positioned behind us; what is there to fear? He is but one man."

"Quickly, form the Vein Formation Array! Hasten to assemble the Vein Formation Array! Fleeing aimlessly will not save you from the Sword Demon's onslaught. If we fail to impede him, we will perish beneath his blade! Form the Vein Formation Array without delay!"

The seasoned veterans of the War Department bellowed, their voices echoing amongst the ranks.

After being dispersed by the Sword Demon's initial charge, they rapidly regrouped. As the Sword Demon advanced once more, a multitude of War Department experts opened their Meridian Gates.

They coalesced into the Vein Array!

Bang—

The Vein Array pulsed with continuous vibrations.

However, their expectation was that tens of thousands forming the Vein Formation Array simultaneously could collectively withstand the Sword Demon's ferocity.

Yet, reality often diverges from imagination.

This divergence stemmed from inherent selfishness!

The War Department thrives on conquest and pursues personal gain. Without the promise of reward, individuals were reluctant to sacrifice their lives in vain.

Consequently, only a meager ten thousand responded at this critical juncture, forming the array.

This defensive barrier, conjured by merely ten thousand soldiers through the Vein Array, was swiftly obliterated by a single, potent slash from the Sword Demon.

His Sword Qi sliced through the shield's core like a scythe through dry grass, sending the War Department experts beyond the barrier to their deaths.

Witnessing this devastation, those who could not promptly regroup or chose not to form the Vein Array displayed expressions of sheer terror.

They could not hold their ground!

They were utterly incapable of resisting!

"Retreat with all haste!"

"Flee towards the outside!"

Tens of thousands broke ranks, scattering like startled birds and beasts in every direction, descending into utter chaos.

Observing this pandemonium, the more than twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts, simultaneously enraged and vexed, transformed into streaks of light. They converged upon the Sword Demon from all sides, encircling him and temporarily halting his brutal spree.

Once ensnared, the Sword Demon gripped his saber with one hand, its tip pointing towards the ground, with crimson blood dripping from its edge.

A cold chuckle escaped his lips with each drop that fell.

After three consecutive, chilling laughs, the Sword Demon's voice boomed as he uttered two words.

"How gratifying!"

This defiant declaration from the Sword Demon ignited a chorus of cold, furious retorts from the over twenty Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts.

Having witnessed the slaughter of so many of their War Department soldiers, the Sword Demon dared to voice his "gratification" directly before them.

Was this not like a direct insult to them?

"Sword Demon, you are asking for death!"

"Drop dead, you idiot!"

With these declarations, more than twenty individuals surged towards the Sword Demon all at once.

Swiftly thereafter, the Sword Demon whipped out his ebony saber, moving with the speed of lightning. He unleashed a hundred consecutive slashes, accompanied by a subtle vibration originating from his Meridian Gate. His dark saber radiated more than a hundred ten-meter-long blade intents, depicted as black and white cross shapes. These blade intents carved through the air, intercepting the bodies of the more than twenty attackers.

Boom——

Boom——

Boom——

The dual-colored black and white blade intents clashed against numerous Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted realm experts.

Those possessing weaker Spirit Bodies were pushed back by the force of the blade intents.

Conversely, individuals with robust Spirit Bodies shattered the Cross Blade Intents with single, powerful punches.

A portion of them dissolved into the encroaching darkness, transforming into spectral black shadows. They skillfully evaded the blade intents, only to reappear abruptly behind the Sword Demon. From the depths of the darkness, an immense black Warhammer materialized, resembling a colossal mountain hanging in the sky before plummeting towards the Sword Demon.

Meanwhile, others vanished into the night, only to rematerialize directly beneath the Sword Demon. A tremor emanated from his Meridian Gate, and a colossal black net materialized beneath his feet.

Each junction of this expansive net was adorned with a crimson spike, resembling the venomous fangs of a serpent, aimed precisely at the Sword Demon and completely blocking any escape route from below.

In that precise moment, the Sword Demon found himself with no means of escape.

Utterly trapped!

Only one path remained: confront all incoming attacks directly.

Despite the Cross Blade Intents managing to repel nearly ten of the Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts, the combined power unleashed by the remaining dozen or so was still substantial enough to cause the Sword Demon to sway.

"Sword Demon, we have now sealed off all your avenues of escape! You are cornered, with no refuge in heaven or on earth. How dare you attempt to storm Mitian City? You are surely doomed!"

"For years, the inhabitants of You Country have been too afraid to even consider attacking Mitian City. They wouldn't dare! And you, a lone individual, have the audacity to appear here. Should I label you a fool, or perhaps arrogantly reckless?"

"You are truly a clueless simpleton! Having just recently achieved the Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted realm, you brazenly intrude upon the territory of our Sky-Covering Tower. It appears those traitorious Hei Zhao did not fully inform you about the might of our War Department's Vanguard Army! Now that you witness our forces, do you not deeply regret placing your trust in Hei Zhao and his confederates? But alas, it is far too late for regrets!"

As they delivered their taunts, the combined attacks from the dozen or so remaining experts struck the continuous blade intents unleashed by the Sword Demon, shattering those that formed a defensive perimeter around him, one by one.

In less than ten breaths of time, the Sword Demon's defenses were teetering on the brink of complete annihilation!

By this juncture, those individuals associated with the War Department's Vanguard Army would also have retreated to a secure location, thereby ceasing to constrain the hands and feet of the Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted experts.

The Sword Demon's predicament appeared utterly desperate.

However, at that critical juncture, the Sword Demon's Meridian Gate suddenly pulsed with energy once more. Something pierced through the clouds that blanketed the sky.

A resplendent Holy Light!

The Holy Light sliced through the celestial cover, bathing the entirety of Mitian City and the vast expanse of the sky in its radiance. It then descended directly upon the Sword Demon, completely enveloping him.

"What is that thing?"

A Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted expert stammered in utter astonishment.