Chapter 636: A Stunning Sword!
Boom!
A sudden clap of thunder rang out.
The massive bolt of lightning was thousands of feet long, twisting like a giant electric snake and emitting terrifying light. In that instant, almost the entire Darkwood Forest was illuminated.
Whoosh! Splash!
In the next moment, torrential rain suddenly poured down.
Each raindrop was as large as a washbasin. Countless massive raindrops cascaded down, crashing onto the ground with continuous explosive sounds.
With thunder flashing, lightning twisting, and rain pouring down, the entire Darkwood Forest suddenly fell into chaos.
Swish!
A red light suddenly flared up.
It was extremely dazzling, like two massive lanterns. Looking closely, those lights were actually the eyes of a giant centipede.
The centipede was a thousand meters long and had exactly one thousand legs, each three meters long. As it crawled along the ground, it emitted an astonishing aura.
It was a top-level Rank Eight demonic beast.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a powerful wind blew, and gales howled as a giant black roc appeared. Its body was pitch black, strange patterns covered its feathers, and its wingspan stretched for several hundred meters. It suddenly dived down from mid-air, its sharp claws tearing fiercely into the centipede’s back.
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
The giant centipede hissed angrily and jerked its head around. A strange red light erupted from its lantern-like eyes, instantly striking the black roc.
A mournful cry rang out.
Enveloped by the red light, the black roc seemed to suffer a severe injury and fell straight down. Then, the giant centipede opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.
Crack!
Just then, an enormous armored rhinoceros appeared.
The giant centipede was already massive, but the armored rhinoceros was even more staggering. It was nearly three thousand meters long and hundreds of meters tall. With a sudden stomp, it crushed the giant centipede into mincemeat.
At the same time, an ape several hundred meters tall suddenly appeared.
Although its body was not that large compared with the other beasts, its speed was incredible. Like a bolt of lightning, it suddenly appeared on the armored rhinoceros’s head and gouged fiercely at its eyes.
"Heavens..."
Inside the hollow, Li Yun’s expression was grave, while Ye Qingxue could not help covering her mouth, her face full of horror.
Inside Darkwood Forest, massive demonic beasts emerged one after another. Each beast was incredibly large. The smaller ones spanned hundreds of meters, while the larger ones reached several thousand meters. Every one of them emitted an utterly terrifying aura.
Compared with demonic beasts of the same rank in the outside world, these beasts were not only more staggering in size, but also far more powerful and overbearing.
Countless giant demonic beasts were locked in a frenzied battle, slaughtering one another madly. Beasts were killed one after another, and the scent of blood only served to further provoke these crazed creatures.
"My god..."
Ye Qingxue covered her mouth, her face filled with shock and horror.
Before taking Li Yun as her master, she had been only an ordinary mortal and had never seen such a terrifying scene. This primitive and horrific slaughter made her realize the cruelty of cultivation for the first time.
Li Yun’s expression was equally solemn, but he was considering a different matter.
Darkwood Forest was capable of producing Rank Nine demonic beasts and nurturing so many terrifying beasts that far surpassed others of the same rank. Clearly, this place was not simple. It surely held a great secret.
Unfortunately, even if there were secrets here, with Li Yun’s current strength, he was completely unqualified to explore them. Any random demonic beast could easily destroy him.
Rumble!
Right then, the giant tree where Li Yun and Ye Qingxue were hiding suddenly shook with a loud rumble.
It turned out that the massive armored rhinoceros had been defeated, and its body had crashed into the tree, causing the entire hollow to vibrate.
"Master, we will not be discovered while staying here, right?"
Ye Qingxue’s face instantly turned pale.
No matter how resilient her will was, she was still only a young girl. Facing such a scene, she could not help losing her composure.
"It is fine."
Li Yun shook his head and took some spiritual materials from his storage ring. He quickly set up a concealment formation at the entrance of the tree hollow to hide both his and Ye Qingxue’s auras.
He stood at the entrance of the hollow, quietly watching the torrential rain, the flashing lightning, and the slaughter of the demonic beasts.
Gradually, he seemed to forget where he was.
He forgot the crashing downpour before his eyes, the flickering lightning, and the demonic beasts locked in mad slaughter.
He forgot everything.
His eyes became dazed as scenes of strange and wondrous worlds flashed before him. At times, he seemed to stand on a primordial continent. At times, he seemed to wander through an ancient land. At times, he seemed to be alone in a desolate wilderness.
"Master!"
Beside him, Ye Qingxue called out to him, but he gave no response.
At this moment, his entire being seemed to merge with the world, the pitch-black giant forest, the rain, the lightning, and the demonic beasts.
He was clearly standing right there, yet he gave off the illusion of being as distant as the horizon. He could be seen, but not touched.
Swish!
After an unknown amount of time, his body suddenly moved.
With a dazed look in his eyes, he flipped his palm, and his sword abruptly appeared in his hand. Then, he gently swung a sword strike.
Boom!
As he swung this strike, it was as if thunder flashed, a rainstorm poured down, and the roars of countless demonic beasts rang out together.
Crack!
Whether by coincidence or by some strange resonance, at the same moment that the strike was swung, the storm outside grew even more intense. Lightning boomed, and the endless demonic beasts roared in unison.
"This..."
This scene left Ye Qingxue completely stunned. Her eyes glazed over as she stared blankly at Li Yun.
This sword strike was too stunning and too terrifying.
Just by sensing the strike, she felt an incomparable pressure. It was as if this sword could split her soul apart.
If she did not possess an Innate Sword Body, she might have died on the spot.
"So a sword can be stunning to such a degree."
She looked at Li Yun.