When 'God' Decides To Start Over

Chapter 618 - 257 Old Knife’s Road_2

Jiuxiao Yun was also wielding a slender sword, relentlessly slashing at the Evil Ghosts, while Jing Li occasionally struck towards Sha Chu’s side to help her fend off the Evil Ghosts.

Li Xiu frantically swung the Spiritual Mace, but these Evil Ghosts were endless, more and more of them surged in, and there was no time to kill them all.

Just as they were about to be overwhelmed, a flash of black light suddenly appeared before their eyes, and all the Evil Ghosts that had rushed into the gateway disappeared, as if absorbed by that black light.

"Lao Dao!" Li Xiu saw Lao Dao’s figure appear at the gate, with a broken blade in his hand emitting an eerie Demonic Light.

"Fall back, all of you." Lao Dao ignored Li Xiu and the others, stood straight at the gate and said flatly.

Previously fearless Evil Ghosts indeed retreated like a tide.

"Elder Dao, you’re amazing!" Jiuxiao Yun shouted excitedly.

Li Xiu was somewhat surprised that the Evil Ghosts were so afraid of Lao Dao, it was beyond his expectations.

Jing Li intensely stared at Lao Dao’s back. In Longevity City, where the Trial Takers for the Refining Blade resided, even if they weren’t fans of Lao Dao, they certainly aimed to defeat him in their training, and Jing Li was among the latter.

The city walls, once teeming with Evil Ghosts, were now completely cleared. Inside Weng City, not a single Evil Ghost could be seen.

Lao Dao stood atop the city wall but did not sheathe his blade; he merely coldly stared at the gate inside.

"Others nurture people with contracts, but you nurture a contract with people; you are indeed an oddity." A ghostly voice came from behind the inner city gate.

Lao Dao looked at that inner city gate and grinned, saying, "Would you like to test my blade?"

"How many more strikes does your body have left?" the ghostly voice asked once more.

"One strike is enough to cut you down," Lao Dao replied with a smile.

"And then? Hand your life over to that blade?" the ghostly voice continued, "Step aside from that path, and this king can revive your body so that you are no longer tormented by pain."

"I, the old man, enjoy carrying a few injuries on me; having lived so many years with them, if I suddenly felt nothing, I wouldn’t be used to it," Lao Dao said.

"Since you seek death, this king shall grant your wish," the voice said, and then there was silence.

BOOM!

The already heavily cracked gate of the inner city suddenly shattered, and swarms of Evil Ghosts came storming frantically towards Weng City’s gateway like a tidal wave.

Lao Dao narrowed his eyes slightly, his broken blade in hand shone with bright light, the Demonic Light on the broken blade coalesced into a tangible blade, and it regenerated, transforming into a complete demonic sword.

"Blade... rise..." Lao Dao raised the demonic sword in his hand.

At the moment the demonic sword rose, the wave of Evil Ghosts inside the city seemed to be cleaved by innumerable invisible blades, their bodies instantly split in two, the city of Weng turned into rivers of blood, and not a single one was left alive.

Countless Cyan Lights floated out from the remnants, transforming into a vast cloud of Cyan Light Evil Ghosts, sweeping towards Lao Dao standing atop the city gate as if repressing a mountain.

"Blade... fall..." Lao Dao lowered the demonic sword in his hand, and the vast Cyan Light Evil Ghosts were drawn by some kind of magical force, rushing frantically towards the demonic sword, and were actually absorbed into it.

The Demonic Light on the demonic sword grew increasingly eerie, as if a demon was twisting and roaring on the blade, seemingly ready to devour someone at any moment.

The frenzied tide of Evil Ghosts inside the inner city no longer dared to charge into Weng City.

"The blade has been demonized, seizing control from its master; you are lifeless, is it worth guarding the gate with your life?" that ghostly voice came again from the inner city.

"As long as I’m here, the blade is here; no ghost or spirit can open this gate. When I’m gone, the blade remains; even heaven itself must stand obediently before this gate," Lao Dao said flatly.

The inner city fell silent, and after a moment, the Evil Ghosts within slowly faded away, with not a trace left.

Puh!

Lao Dao spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and even as it lingered in the air, it was absorbed into the demonic sword in his hand, disappearing within.

"Lao Dao!" Li Xiu wanted to go support Lao Dao upon seeing this, but Lao Dao stopped him with an outstretched hand.

"I’m not dead yet." Lao Dao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The hand holding the demonic sword was trembling all along, though it was unclear whether it was his hand trembling or the sword.

After a long while, the demonic sword gradually ceased its tremors and was inserted back into his chest, disappearing from sight.

"Has the Fire Lotus Sword fusion succeeded?" Lao Dao turned and walked into the building, looking at the Demon Refining Furnace.

The three of Li Xiu also turned their gaze towards the Demon Refining Furnace, the golden flame within having extinguished at some unknown time.

Lao Dao approached the Demon Refining Furnace, lifted the lid, and a crimson-gold sword light flashed out, flying right in front of Li Xiu.

The Fire Lotus Sword’s appearance hadn’t changed much, but the Demonic Light on the sword now flickered like a fire lotus, gracefully swaying, blossoming and fading like lotus petals.

"Oh, it actually became a Super Spirit!" Lao Dao glanced at the Fire Lotus Sword, seemingly surprised.

The Radiant Demon Spirit refined in the Demon Refining Furnace was supposed to be just an S-level Spirit, capable of raising the contract to at most an S-level. But the Fire Lotus Sword clearly displayed Spirit Shadow, indicating it had reached a Super Spirit state.

Li Xiu extended his hand, grasping the hilt of the Fire Lotus Sword, sensing an infinite power circulating endlessly within it. As he casually swung it, the sword light bloomed like lotus flowers, though he had only swung once, countless sword lights appeared on their own.

Fire Lotus Sword: Parasitic Contract.