System's Super Sect Chapter 933 - 876: Have You Ever Seen Light

This time, it's truly done for.

Three additional chances!

Totally composed!

Lucifer naturally showed no mercy. Resembling a comet flashing through the heavens, he tore straight through the Nine Lives Nine Deaths Bird's full form.

As the holy light showered upon the Nine Lives Nine Deaths Bird's frame, panic and dread seized it abruptly, for both its flesh and spirit ignited. The resurrection chance that had seemed viable failed to activate; rather, beneath the holy light's glow, destruction commenced, culminating in complete incineration to dust!

This signified the Nine Lives Nine Deaths Bird's inability to revive any further!

Having accomplished this, Lucifer departed with utter poise.

To Lucifer, master of life and death across endless eras, such a minor resurrection ploy meant nothing. Resurrection methods boil down to an enduring soul reforming a new body. Yet his angelic holy light annihilates the soul outright, eliminating any chance of revival.

This explains his rule over a domain in the Undead Hell; absent this, why would the deathless undead there dread him? Lacking dread, none would bow to him as that realm's overlord.

Swish—

Enveloped in holy light, Lucifer chased after the Three Extremes and the Evil Moon Princess.

…

Right then, the Sword Demon's duel with Ye Wuping hit its climax, with exchanges growing fiercer by the moment.

As the proverb states, battles among gods bring woe to mere humans.

Vein Qi blasts from above hammered Jianshui City like a raging storm, hauling myriad homes and lives into utter ruin.

The auction house endured solely thanks to a sword and Ye Wuhuan's combined safeguard against the Qi blasts' devastation.

There were nine Vortex Maps yet to sell, after all!

From the flying ship, Chen Xie observed the far-off clash and marveled, "The Sword Demon elder is utterly mad. Even with the Five-Vortex Vortex Map's boost and top-tier gear from the Vortex Divine Artisan, Ye Wuping can't seize advantage. Tier Three Magic empowers the Sword Demon elder like feathers on a tiger!"

He figured Holy Light Shining fueled the Sword Demon's might, and while it persisted, the spirit body stayed intact.

Conversely, Ye Wuping's spirit body wore down steadily, rendering prolonged Earth Level Upper Grade School Vein Skill use an impossible dream.

Put simply, the Sword Demon possessed several lives, maybe more.

Ye Wuping had just the one!

In mortal combat, the Sword Demon feared nothing.

This realization flooded Chen Xie with elation, prompting instant cheers.

Beside him, Wen Ping remarked coolly, "Elder Chen, you're underestimating Ye Wuping."

"Sect Leader... Does Ye Wuping hide yet another trump? Hasn't he deployed the Sect’s Vein Skill already?" Chen Xie's face gradually stiffened.

Wen Ping eyed the fight's heart and stated, "The Red Leaf Sect boasts millennia of legacy, after all. As its lord, relying solely on such tactics would have doomed it long ago to Xuan Court Pavilion and Yin Yang Family. Recall, the Wood Dragon's last move was a thousand years back. Does that imply the Red Leaf Sect Leader advanced so vastly they require no Wood Dragon aid anymore?"

His words uttered, gales and clouds surged aloft.

Sky and land shifted hues instantly, while the Red Leaf Sea morphed amid it, raging wildly like the Sword Demon.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

The Red Leaf Sea's clamor overwhelmed all other noises between heaven and earth.

Chen Xie and all others fixed gazes on the battle's core, faces turning graver as Ye Wuping's presence steadily amplified.

It intensified relentlessly, edging past Earth Unrestricted Upper Realm bounds, on the verge of ascending further.

Bang—

The Red Sea burst apart.

Suddenly hurled from the Red Sea, the Sword Demon plummeted thousands of meters distant, smashing through peaks till halting.

Sword gripped right, umbrella left, hair wild, Ye Wuping emerged leisurely atop red leaves, his aura skyrocketing.

Bang—

The obstacle blocking Ye Wuping's Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted breakthrough crumbled, propelling him toward that realm.

"Battle truly is the ultimate path to growth. For countless years, I was merely a single step short. Today, pressed by you, I’ve at last shattered this obstacle." Ye Wuping gazed down upon the Sword Demon emerging from the debris, brimming with exhilaration.

Swiftly, the Sword Demon brandished his magic wand. Holy Light Shining mended a fifth of his wounds, fully repairing the damage inflicted by Ye Wuping. Yet, even restored to peak condition, confronting Ye Wuping who surged stronger toward Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted, the Sword Demon sensed a trace of dread.

Observers in Jianshui City, beholding this sight, couldn’t suppress their sighs.

"It’s finished—"

"In the heat of combat, Ye Wuping has achieved a breakthrough, claiming the ultimate stride into the Upper Realm. This clash won’t merely alter the result; it could reshape the power balance across the Red Domain."

"The Sword Demon once held a solid shot at victory—what a shame."

Sighs echoed endlessly among the crowd.

While they lamented, the Sword Demon ascended skyward and bellowed, "You’ve barely touched Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted, just cracked the barrier—why act so smug? Besides, you advanced thanks to my aid; aren’t I equally sharpening my edge through you?"

Ye Wuping laughed lightly and replied, "You possess great strength, yet while honing yourself on me, you failed to pierce your own blockage—while I triumphed. Thus, you can no longer match me!"

Finishing his words, Ye Wuping abruptly faced Wen Ping atop the flying ship and declared icily, "I grant your Immortal Sect a final opportunity: abandon Star Sword Mountain and surrender your lives in atonement, or when I return next, no soul in the Immortal Sect will escape my wrath!"

Wen Ping stared coldly at Ye Wuping, offering no reply.

Wen Ping then shifted his gaze to the Sword Demon and murmured softly, "Sword Demon, should this prove your utmost, I’ll pass the task to someone else."

Grinning broadly, the Sword Demon called back from afar, "Sect Leader, let me handle her; perfect chance to test my fresh sword."

"Should it exceed your power, Lucifer steps in."

Saying this, Wen Ping resumed watching from the sidelines.

Shui Yue and her companions caught this exchange, their pulses quickening wildly.

Despite Ye Wuping’s advance to Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted, the Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader from behind Jingzhi Tower remained utterly unperturbed.

Just how formidable was the true Immortal Sect?

Abruptly, a roar tore through the heavens.

The Sword Demon rocketed upward, his voice booming across the skies, "You’ve known darkness; but have you beheld true light?"

Boom!

Holy light poured down from above.

Suddenly, the Sword Demon’s blade gleamed white; forged anew in the holy radiance, it morphed alongside him, his eyes shifting—one pitch black, one pure white.

Left eye shrouded in black.

Right eye radiant white.

His sword mirrored this divide.

Half cloaked in white, half in black.

"For ten years, I secluded myself in magic study—not just mastering spells, but grasping the essence of light... have you witnessed light!"

At those words, the Sword Demon paused mid-air, Meridian Gate humming with power. Instantly, holy light from sky and earth surged forth, funneling to the blade’s tip. The sword blazed like a miniature sun, too dazzling for any gaze.

Moments later, the Sword Demon’s blade plunged downward!

Endless streams of searing white Sword Qi surged at Ye Wuping!

"I dub this strike: Holy Light Descends!"

(Thanks to Smile Hiding the Wound for the 100 reward... seeking monthly votes~ more tonight.)