The Demon with Holy Radiance

Xuan You was far more powerful than Yang An had expected.

Yang An had never expected to defeat Xuan You in a head-on clash, but even when holding nothing back, he found he couldn’t even injure the man.

This level of strength naturally brought to mind Hai Shu of the Great Virtue Temple and Zhuan Yu of the Golden Thread Pavilion. ’No,’ Yang An thought, ’based on his performance just now, even Zhuan Yu is much weaker than Xuan You.’

’This guy must be on the same level as someone like Hai Shu.’

’I can’t beat him as I am now,’ he concluded. ’Not unless my Cultivation Level increases, the Forbidden Artifact Fragment I possess becomes a complete Forbidden Artifact, or my Body Refining Technique improves.’

’Otherwise, in a direct confrontation, I’ll just be pushed back again and again.’

So, the very instant Xuan You knocked him back, Yang An had already figured out how to deal with him.

’I shouldn’t focus on Xuan You himself,’ he realized. ’I need to figure out how to get into the Earth Demon Cliff. That’s my only option.’

’First, I have to avoid his attacks as much as possible while constantly harassing him to create an opening for my escape.’

With extreme calm, Yang An’s mind raced.

Xuan You didn’t give him much time to think. After forcefully repelling Yang An in his Light Giant form, Xuan You closed in again, his body once more shifting into its previous, scale-covered appearance.

The Light Giant’s shattered arm reformed in an instant; being made of light, its recovery was incredibly fast.

But as the menacing Xuan You bore down on it, the Light Giant took a step back. The moment Xuan You’s next attack landed, the giant instantly dissolved into innumerable motes of light.

BOOM!

Xuan You’s attack pierced through a cluster of the motes, and in the blink of an eye, the golden light was stained a ghastly green.

This was the poisonous mist of Earth Disaster Qing Luo. Any living thing that came into contact with it would rapidly dissolve into blood and pus. Even as motes of light, the affected cluster seemed to corrode, dimming swiftly.

However, the Light Giant had split into countless motes in an instant, forming a dense, golden cloud. Though one cluster was lost, innumerable others remained.

By activating the Power of Rules, Yang An could command any and all light, having reached a state of perfect control.

In this state, creating a new Light Magic technique was not difficult.

He simply hadn’t needed to before, as he was still far from the next realm and had no spare time to experiment.

But now, he had to use this advantage to create the most favorable conditions for himself possible.

Xuan You watched the cluster he had struck dim, turning from a golden cloud into a dark, ominous one. But as he looked at the sky filled with motes of light, he found that every single one contained Yang An’s aura. For a moment, he couldn’t tell where Yang An was hiding.

"You think you can escape like this? In your dreams!"

A cold sneer spread across his face as a black mist rapidly swirled around him.

Sorrowful screams and wails began to emanate from the black mist as the surrounding space started to distort. Countless Soul Bodies emerged from within, desperately trying to flee yet surging in all directions toward the motes of light.

This was the Power of Rules granted by the Soul Mother. Under Xuan You’s control, each Soul Body would frantically attack any living thing in its path, like an army of Evil Spirits unleashed from Hell.

Although the Soul Bodies were seared away by the light upon contact with the motes, they charged forward wave after wave, fearless of their own destruction.

Surrounded by the innumerable Soul Bodies, all the scattered motes of light began to dim rapidly.

Xuan You wasn’t idle, either. His body became a black shadow, his fists flying left and right. With a single punch, he could forcibly disperse an entire cluster of light, giving Yang An no opportunity to escape.

In the span of two blinks, a vast number of the light motes had been scattered and extinguished.

But just then, the remaining motes broke down again in a flash, splitting into countless pinpoints of light.

Within the enclosure of dense, hole-pocked branches, the area suddenly transformed into a brilliant river of stars, thick with starlight.

The army of Evil Spirits, which had been attacking frantically, suddenly lost its target. The points of light were no larger than fireflies, and they rained down from the sky in a uniform sheet, kicking up a violent storm.

Wailing, a great number of Soul Bodies were pierced and scattered by the countless points of light. In an instant, their army was routed.

Xuan You raised his arms, using the scales on his body to block the dense barrage of light points. A stream of sparks flew from his body amidst a cacophony of pings and clangs.

But compared to the earlier Light Giant, the damage these points of light could inflict was clearly limited; their only real threat was their sheer number.

"Qing Luo!"

Xuan You instantly released an Earth Calamity from within his body.

A green dragon, a thousand feet long, soared into the sky. It spewed black mist from its maw, colliding head-on with the countless descending points of light.

Vast numbers of the light points dimmed and disintegrated before they even landed.

But at that very moment, a figure suffused with golden light appeared without warning behind Xuan You, throwing a punch straight toward Xuan You’s Heart.

"Finally decided to show yourself, you bastard!"

Xuan You seemed to have anticipated this. He reacted instantly, his body twisting at a bizarre angle as he lashed out first at the golden figure.

But to his utter surprise, just as his attack was about to land on the golden figure...