System's Super Sect Chapter 878 - 832: The Sword Demon Strikes, Slaughtering Earth Unrestricted

Nobody wants to perish.

None of them believed it possible to withstand an expert from the Upper Realm.

They did not even dream of surviving the next assault.

"It is truly tedious," the Sword Demon remarked, his expression showing a hint of irritation as he watched them plummet. "Begin your escape. Of the thirty-four of you, I pledge to eliminate exactly seventeen. Your ability to survive depends entirely on your velocity. If fifteen minutes pass and you find I am not in pursuit, consider yourself the eighteenth survivor. You are quite fortunate indeed. Be warned, however: should you survive, harbor no thoughts of fleeing again. I am well-acquainted with your origins. You may escape, but your kin and your factions cannot. Within a quarter-hour, I expect to see the seventeen survivors at the base of the Immortal Sect’s mountain. Do not force me to hunt you down! Otherwise, even if the Sect Leader shows mercy to your pathetic lives, I most certainly will not!"

With that final declaration, the Sword Demon vanished into thin air.

The Earth Unrestricted Lower Realm experts who were falling suddenly paled and scattered in different directions. Yet, the moment they moved, a scream pierced the air. The lead expert had already been swallowed by a shroud of black Sword Qi.

The Sword Qi manifest as a circular cage that trapped him instantly. Beside this dark barrier, the Sword Demon stood, radiating an overwhelming bloodlust as he gripped his Black Saber.

As the blade descended, the Sword Qi began to tighten relentlessly.

The trapped expert attempted to resist; his Meridian Gates shuddered in unison as he activated his Vortex Map, desperate to deploy an Earth Level School Vein Skill for defense. Alas, his formidable Vein Skill was shredded into nothingness by the pervasive black Sword Qi the instant it manifest.

An Earth Level Lower Grade School Vein Skill proved utterly incapable of mounting even a meager counterattack.

A heartbeat later, the Sword Qi constricted violently.

Infinite strands of black Sword Qi pierced his flesh, carving his body into a multitude of small fragments as if he were nothing more than soft tofu.

Only five breaths of time had elapsed!

In the span of five breaths, an Earth Unrestricted Lower Realm expert had been extinguished.

His vaunted Spirit Body proved completely useless under the assault.

Those remaining Earth Unrestricted experts who dared to glance back turned ghostly pale, realizing their own mastery was restricted to Earth Level Lower Grade School Vein Skills. They possessed no greater strength than the one the Sword Demon had just dismantled; some were even weaker.

"Damn it!"

"No, I refuse to die!"

"I have to be the eighteenth person!"

The remaining thirty-three individuals scattered in every direction like a startled flock of birds.

Wielding his Black Saber, the Sword Demon immediately pursued one who was frantically racing toward Star Sword Mountain.

Ten breaths later, the victim was overtaken by a sky filled with Sword Qi above the mountain, his life snuffed out before he could even process his reaction.

Having claimed another life, the Sword Demon abruptly changed trajectory to continue his hunt.

The spectators watching from the sky were bathed in cold sweat.

They had arrived expecting to witness the collapse of the Immortal Sect.

Who could have predicted that the tide would turn so abruptly, with the Earth Unrestricted experts of the Five-star Influences now being harvested like crops by the Immortal Sect's own warriors?

The slowest among them would surely perish!

Observing the carnage, the members of the Heaven-Defying Sect reached a swift conclusion.

"We must form an alliance with the Immortal Sect!"

"An alliance is mandatory!"

At that moment, Wan Changqing felt a resolve stronger than anyone else’s.

Is the Red Leaf Sect powerful?

Indeed!

But the pinnacle of the Red Leaf Sect is merely an Earth Unrestricted Upper Realm expert.

Would the experts of the Red Leaf Sect dare to oppose the Immortal Sect?

He refused to believe they would be so reckless.

Just then, a Mountain Suppression Realm expert nearby doused his resolve with cold water.

"Is your Heaven-Defying Sect delusional? Your group doesn't even possess an Earth Unrestricted expert. Why would you believe the Immortal Sect would deem you worthy?"

Wan Changqing and his subordinates stood struck dumb. They wanted to argue, but found no retort.

It was true: countless Five-star Influences were undoubtedly clamoring to become vassals of the Immortal Sect; their own chances were slim to none.

"If only I had made this choice sooner," Wan Changqing muttered, filled with a sudden, stinging regret for his earlier hesitance.

Back when the Immortal Sect expert struck down the Nanhua Sect Leader, he should have bent the knee immediately!

While Wan Changqing wallowed in his regret, the Sword Demon continued his relentless pursuit. For him, closing the distance was trivial, as the two-realm gap rendered their flight speeds pitiful. Luo Shen and the others were acutely aware of this, fleeing with every ounce of power they possessed.

As time ticked by, Luo Shen kept his senses fixed on the space behind him.

For the first time in his life, fifteen minutes felt like an eternity, yet as the clock ran down, a sliver of hope began to take root in his heart. If he had not been intercepted yet, perhaps fortune was on his side! Survival today would surely pave the way for greatness later, as they say that great suffering leads to great prosperity.

However, his expression curdled in the next heartbeat.

A sky filled with black Sword Qi seemed to manifest from void itself, suddenly enveloping him entirely, locking him in from above, below, and all sides.

Despair flooded his soul in an instant.

"No!"

He was not ready to perish!

Bang—

All four of his Meridian Gates shook violently. Luo Shen screamed in his final moments of desperation, attempting a counterattack, but as his Vein Skill manifested, the surrounding black Sword Qi collapsed inward. The power he released was shredded like flimsy parchment.

"No!"

With a desperate, final cry, Luo Shen’s existence was blotted out.

...

Deep within the dense forest.

The Vice Sect Leader of the Nanhua Sect skimmed just above the earth, intentionally avoiding the high sky to remain inconspicuous.

More than half of the fifteen-minute duration had already passed, providing him with a slight sense of comfort.

Thanks to his tactical retreat, the Sword Demon had yet to catch him.