"Hmph! You look impressive, but let's see if your strength matches your appearance!" sneered the Green-Faced Ghost King.
However, what the Green-Faced Ghost King hadn't expected was that Lin Li's target was not him at all!
Lin Li glared at the Demon Sect forces, who had already bypassed him to continue chasing the disciples of the three major sects, and roared, "Stop! Did I say you could leave?!"
In the Massacre state, Lin Li's consciousness became somewhat blurred. A deep desire to slaughter all living things filled his mind. Moreover, after entering this state, the nature of his spiritual energy had changed, and his voice now carried the weight of a tyrant, as if he were a god of slaughter, powerful and domineering.
The Demon Sect army, who was chasing the three major sects, turned their heads at the sound, only to see Lin Li's body surging with purple and red energy, resembling a demon from hell.
They watched in horror as Lin Li raised his sword and shouted, "Jing! Hong! Sword!!!"
At that moment, Lin Li's spiritual energy was no longer golden. Instead, it had turned into a dark purple hue with crimson veins snaking across the sword.
Unlike before, when he dispersed the sword aura to deal with the Green Mosquitoes and the Ultrasonic Bat Swarm, Lin Li's energy this time was entirely focused. All of his spiritual energy and sword aura were concentrated on the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword in his hand.
This time, Lin Li did not hold back at all.
Having just broken through, he was in his peak state. He poured every last drop of spiritual energy into this one blow. Although doing so was extremely risky—on a battlefield, exhausting one's spiritual energy meant becoming an easy target—Lin Li was confident that this single strike could wipe out the pursuing Demon Sect forces.
Shua—
Lin Li slashed horizontally with his sword. Unlike the usual golden arc of the Jinghong Sword, this sword aura was dark purple, with crimson veins snaking across it, resembling blood vessels.
At a glance, it sent shivers down one's spine.
The dark purple and crimson sword arc expanded rapidly, growing to over a dozen meters long, like a massive crescent moon.
The giant sword arc shot toward the pursuing Demon Sect army at an incredible speed.
None of the Demon Sect forces expected the sword cultivator, who was supposed to be fighting the Green-Faced Ghost King, to ignore him and instead attack them.
What shocked them even more was that this sword cultivator, from more than twenty meters away, could unleash an attack with such terrifying power!
None of them had prepared to defend against Lin Li.
And so...
The massive purple and crimson sword arc sliced through the rear ranks of the Demon Sect's forces like a scythe through wheat.
Many weaker disciples under the incense masters and hall masters were instantly cut in half by the sword's strike.
[Killed Refining Qi Level 9 Demon Sect Corpse-Control Stream Elite Disciple. Gained 900 evolution points.]
[Killed Refining Qi Level 8 Demon Sect Beast-Taming Stream Elite Disciple. Gained 751 evolution points.]
[Killed Refining Qi Level 7 Demon Sect Corpse-Control Stream Elite Disciple. Gained 655 evolution points.]
[Killed Refining Qi Level 9 Demon Sect Beast-Taming Stream Elite Disciple. Gained 999 evolution points.]
[Killed Refining Qi Level 6 Demon Sect Corpse-Control Stream Elite Disciple. Gained 456 evolution points.]
…
It wasn't just the Refining Qi stage disciples who were caught off guard.
Even a few of the Demon Sect incense masters, still wearing expressions of shock and disbelief, were cut in half by Lin Li's sword after their underlings had been slaughtered.
[Killed Foundation Establishment Level 1 Demon Sect Corpse-Control Stream Incense Master. Gained 1,233 evolution points.]
[Killed Foundation Establishment Level 2 Demon Sect Beast-Taming Stream Incense Master. Gained 1,486 evolution points.]
[Killed Foundation Establishment Level 2 Demon Sect Corpse-Control Stream Incense Master. Gained 2,100 evolution points.]
…
Seeing the flood of notifications, Ye Fan's system almost went into overdrive.
"My god!" Ye Fan exclaimed, "Just this one sword strike triggered dozens of system messages!"
"On average, each message brings about a thousand evolution points!"
"These dozens of messages mean… tens of thousands of evolution points!"
If Ye Fan had a physical body at that moment, he would surely be grinning from ear to ear.
In stark contrast, the surviving members of the Demon Sect were in complete shock.
The group of Demon Sect disciples who had previously called for the giant green toad to crush Lin Li were now watching in disbelief. Lin Li had just killed dozens of elite disciples with a single sword strike.
Even the incense masters—who they had always looked up to with reverence—were cut down like weeds.
Their mouths gaped so wide, they looked like they could swallow an egg. One of them stammered, "Th-th-this… how is this possible?!"
"One sword…?"
While the "spectators" were in shock, the remaining Demon Sect forces—those who had witnessed the massacre of dozens of their comrades and several incense masters—were now filled with terror.
They hurriedly began to defend themselves.
Fortunately...
The sword arc had weakened considerably after killing so many people.
Moreover, although this sword strike had consumed all of Lin Li's spiritual energy and was augmented by both the Jinghong Sword and the Massacre effect, Lin Li's cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment Stage 4. It didn't pose an overwhelming threat to the higher-ranking members of the Demon Sect's army.
The incense masters who had been killed by the sword strike were caught off guard and hadn't reacted in time.
In truth, if Lin Li had concentrated the sword aura, it could have posed a lethal threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators.
But now that it had expanded to over a dozen meters in size, the power had been spread thin, like a paper tiger—all appearance, no substance.
Thus, after wiping out the rear ranks of the Demon Sect forces, including dozens of disciples and four incense masters, the remaining hall masters, protectors, and even the altar master were not harmed by the weakened sword aura.
Still…
The effect of that sword was already terrifying enough!
The remaining incense masters, hall masters, protectors, and even the altar master were now seething with rage.