Chapter 669 - 433: Kill_2
The limbs formed from these black tendrils initially circled around the back, trying to completely envelop and remove the enigmatic white woman, but upon realizing it was impossible, they immediately transformed into indiscriminate attacks!
Every withered claw reached towards the position of the enigmatic white woman with maximum force, and every sharp bone blade slashed at the Demon Venerable’s head with full strength!
Wang Zhifan, being the closest, clearly saw why the Demon Venerable couldn’t shake off the woman clinging to his back.
The reason was the woman’s physical state was extraordinarily strange, existing between corporeal and non-corporeal, and the Demon Venerable’s attacks only had a subtle effect on her.
Many attacks seemed to hit her but were largely exempted; sometimes, this woman even seemed to enter a completely immune state, with the Demon Venerable’s attacks passing through her without leaving a trace.
However, the Demon Venerable was ultimately still the Demon Venerable. When he realized he couldn’t solve the current problem head-on, he ruthlessly resorted to self-action, using the multitude of claws and bone blades formed from his tendrils to directly perform brain surgery on himself!
Amazingly, while maintaining the attack on the woman at his back, he used one bone blade after another to cut off half his own head, then used a multitude of claws to throw the halved head along with the enigmatic woman sucking his brain matter to the ground, allowing his body with only the lower half of the head left to break free from the clingy parasite, instantly escaping the enigmatic woman.
"Ah!!! I will kill you all for sure!!!"
At this point, the old Demon Venerable, who had paid a great price to resolve the crisis, let out a roar of rage, looking as though he was about to begin a massacre.
His originally stooped body of only ten feet straightened up abruptly, and then his body kept growing taller and bigger, increasing in size until it surpassed the height of the surrounding barren mountains in the blink of an eye!
If it were only a matter of increased size, it would be insignificant, but crucially, his entire body began to extend endless "branches and leaves" like a lush giant tree. Every branch was a withered arm, and every leaf was an extremely sharp bone blade!
Even the remaining half of the Demon Venerable’s head extended strands of black flesh tendrils from its damaged top, like frenzied growing hair, spreading and entangling towards all directions on the ground.
All these conditions combined, it was as if a "giant with ten thousand limbs" suddenly emerged in Breaking Wilderness Mountain.
He intimidated everything around him with his enormous size and soaring terrifying aura.
Any cultivator who laid eyes on him would instinctively want to flee to avoid being captured by his endlessly sprawling limbs.
At the same time, the enigmatic white woman, upon whom Wang Zhifan pinned high hopes, was still lying on the ground, greedily extending numerous scarlet tongues to suck the half head abandoned by the Demon Venerable, as if the essence within wasn’t yet fully extracted, completely ignoring the giant shadow cast by the towering Demon Venerable.
"Brother! I’ll leave this to you!"
The young player from Xia Country, who wasn’t too far away, was also so frightened that he fled swiftly on his flying skateboard.
He had no desire to battle such a gigantic, terrifying monster, hoping Wang Zhifan might find a way to resolve the issue.
From a distance, Master Xuanzhen and other Taoist elders were also retreating at high speed.
They knew well that they were still alive only because there were two presences near the Demon Venerable that attracted most of his attention.
Otherwise, they would have undoubtedly been grabbed by the Demon Venerable’s all-encompassing claws and cut to pieces by the densely cloud-like bone blades.
In front of the countless limbs of the Demon Venerable descending from the sky, Wang Zhifan’s expression remained indifferent.
He showed no concern whatsoever for the danger approaching above his head, nor did he pay any attention to the "giant" that threatened to shake the world before him; instead, he turned his gaze to another location in the mountainous area.
That was where the Demon Venerable had landed not long ago, where a huge and evil pattern was etched on the ground, obscured now by the extended parts of the enlarged Demon Venerable’s body due to the close distance.
If someone happened to be nearby, they would see the indistinct bloodlight still lingering in the center of the pattern, its state unchanged from its original form, without much suspicious change.
But Wang Zhifan’s powerful perceptual ability told him this wasn’t the case.
His cold gaze fixed on that direction, enveloping the hazy bloodlight above the evil pattern with a hellish frosty power.
Then, his figure burst forth with terrifying speed, instantly breaking through all the Demon Venerable’s covering and obstructing limbs, like a human missile charging directly into the bloodlight!
"Ah!!!"
A piercing inhuman scream immediately followed.
The dazzling Dream Splendor Blade Light instantly split the blood color in two, continuing its extension outward, severing even the nearby barren mountain, leaving a profound crack on its body.
"You made such a big fuss just for a golden cicada shell? You really disappoint me..."
At this time, a hunched small figure had already been decapitated by Wang Zhifan. His half head separated from the neck, rolling on the ground, mouth agape, appearing greatly shocked in his last moments.
"Weren’t they saying that a Demon Venerable who can speak human language is more powerful? Why does it feel so mundane to me... Could it be that he was injured too severely by that woman biting him so hard?"
Currently, Wang Zhifan was quite sure he had killed the former old Demon Venerable, but then the question arose: why did this Demon Venerable seem very ordinary to him, even less competent than the previous two he had killed? Notably, those two hadn’t been able to speak human language.
"Moreover, he staged a grand scene just to secretly return here; he shouldn’t have done this simply to find a place to hide... Perhaps he intended to return to the Demon Realm? Has the Demon Realm’s invasion technique surpassed the one-way movement stage?"
This was another aspect Wang Zhifan was quite skeptical about. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why the Demon Venerable chose to flee into this massive evil Array instead of silently retreating to the depths of the Calamity Realm to find blood food and restore his state.
Perhaps he also realized that with his current condition, he couldn’t withstand the offensive of the human experts in the Calamity Realm, and it would be better to return to the Demon Realm to recuperate, and come back with the army after a while.
While Wang Zhifan pondered these questions, the scene behind him was rapidly changing as well.
In the previous second, the gigantic "Demon Venerable" form, towering and menacing, suddenly froze motionless, as if it had lost its power and control, like a super-sized toy.
The numerous arms, claws, and bone blades it had extended, enough to cover the sky, also powerlessly sagged down from high above, unable to threaten the surrounding people anymore.
The sound of bone fracturing echoed intermittently, as if this giant frame was beginning to disintegrate, turning into pieces and debris scattered on the ground.
Wang Zhifan paid no mind to these consequential reactions from the death of the Demon Venerable’s true body.
He turned his head and found the enigmatic white woman had drifted close, staring eagerly at the beheaded Demon Venerable’s corpse on the ground.
A glint of desire flashed in her eyes, and at the corners of her mouth appeared thin, scarlet tongues swaying up and down excitedly.
"You want to devour this corpse? Then feel free."
Having immediately discerned the woman’s intention, Wang Zhifan chose not to stop her but rather adopted a permissive attitude.
The reason was simple: he vaguely felt this enigmatic woman was a formidable combat power, valuable enough to recruit, and might be useful when the Demon Realm army arrived.
After all, the person engaged in a fierce battle with the Demon Venerable and emerged unscathed while severely wounding him proves her strength is extraordinary, likely more formidable than cultivators newly entering the Super Innate Realm.
As for her identity, although Wang Zhifan couldn’t fully confirm whether she was a traitor, after this battle, he felt that her stance seemed firm, showing no mercy to the demon people, indicating she was likely a player with a very special development path.