Chapter 533 - 489 Complete Three
Black winds with swirling Black Sand blew over a vast cliff, where ahead lay countless rolling black clouds, within which huge tornadoes twisted and moved.
Atop the cliff, groups of Faceless Sword Sect disciples mostly looked solemn, gazing at the distant black tornadoes.
"Has the reinforcement not arrived yet?" asked Lei Qingzhong, the leader of the external affairs deacons, as he clenched his sword fingers and stared intently at the distant sea of clouds.
There was a faint bloodstain on his left chest, from an injury he had sustained during a sneak attack by a Demon Beast.
"Soon, they are far away and probably encountered other packs of Demon Beasts along the way," said his deputy, another deacon named Yang Heng, in a deep voice.
"The Demon Beast army arrived too suddenly this time; it seems like the Demon Emperor might be showing signs of revival. Only the combined investigation of our Sect Master and the other three sects can clarify the truth," sighed Lei Qingzhong. He was exhausted, and with his other hand, he pressed against his Sword Nurturing Pouch, which had developed an unknown crack. This was not caused by external forces but was due to too frequent activation of the pouch in a brief period resulting in material wear.
At this moment, four Seals of light shimmered on the chests of both deacons, indicating they had achieved the complete state of the Faceless Sword Technique.
Within the Faceless Sword Sect, once the Faceless Sword Technique was mastered, one could touch upon the Thousand Face Sword Canon. However, the difference between a deacon and an elder lay here: after attempting the Thousand Face Sword Canon, if one couldn’t enter into its training due to insufficient aptitude, they had to switch to cultivating other sword techniques. While there were many other sword manuals in the sect, none of their powers came close to the Thousand Face Sword Canon.
This difference marked their status.
The Faceless Sword Sect had a total of ten major sword tomes, and Lei Qingzhong cultivated the Torrent Frost Sword Tome, which took a strong control route. This was only second to the Thousand Face Sword Canon in power; unfortunately, even he was now in a sorry state, having been attacked by the Demon Beast.
"If it were a common Demon Beast army, no matter how large, I would not fear... but..." Lei Qingzhong’s eyes fixedly stared into the black sea of clouds, where a tiger-headed humanoid figure stood tall—it was none other than the Demon King Chi Hu Hong Shen, who had sneak-attacked him.