Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 806: The Killing Intent Maniac

Right after Lin Fan's palm strike hurled Hua Jin the True One away, he had barely resumed his seated position.

From the spot where the remains of Chen Niu's avatar lay, waves of demonic energy started to rise slowly.

Lin Fan furrowed his brows, inwardly sighing that this ordeal showed no signs of ending.

Yet, he truly lacked any means to thwart the techniques of an immortal. Chen Niu resided in the Immortal Realm, whereas he remained on Earth Star. Whenever Chen Niu desired, he could keep dispatching fresh avatars from his primary form.

Naturally, each such effort carried a heavy cost. It all boiled down to endurance—who between Chen Niu and their side could hold out longer.

Boom!

A ferocious demonic soul plunged straight onto the avatar's corpse. Fueled by Immortal Qi, a rush of essence from heaven and earth swiftly gathered, mending the damaged body in mere moments.

It twisted its flood dragon form, lifted its head toward Lin Fan in his cross-legged trance, and emitted a deep rumble from its throat. The overwhelming presence it radiated felt even more intense than earlier.

The feathers beneath its chin now numbered over twice as many as on the prior avatar.

This indicated that the new demon immortal avatar had pushed further ahead in the Feathered Transformation Realm than its predecessor.

"Chen Niu has dispatched yet another avatar."

Hua Jin, busy channeling her energy to steady her breath, caught sight of the event and felt her eyelid twitch involuntarily.

This demon immortal boasted not just immense power, but its array of divine abilities proved downright despicable.

To properly deal with these demon immortals, they needed to await the full activation of all Wells of Heaven.

Once that happened, the heavens above the Kunlun Immortal Palace would stand ready. With sufficient Celestial Jade Marrow secured, the many immortals of the heavens could be sustained and swiftly restored, free from reliance on the Celestial God Clan's overlords' favor.

The demon immortals and the Great Wasteland, in league with the Buddhist Kingdom, would stand no chance against the heavens. And she, as the Her Eminence of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, would gain backing from the heavens' vast immortal host.

Thus, unlocking every Well of Heaven served no purpose for nurturing Earth Star's lower realm.

Rather, it forged a conduit linking heaven and earth, flooding the Immortal Realm with untainted spiritual energy to revive its exhausted resources.

The immortals acted as pawns for the Celestial God Clan, while the Ascenders and demons formed lesser pieces on the board. Still, these minor elements had to vie for supplies and lead the charge, shaping how many major pieces from the Immortal Realm each Celestial God Clan lord could claim.

This formed the grand Go game waged among the Celestial God Clans. Every era's cycle of reincarnation unfolded in this manner.

Only the actual aim behind those Celestial God Clan lords' endless pursuit of wild cards remained a mystery.

"The avatar Chen Niu unleashed this round nears the Feathered Transformation Realm's pinnacle... Such expenditure must surely drag its true body's cultivation down sharply. It has committed to a bold sacrifice. Still, I wonder if an avatar this potent can truly overcome that sword cultivator..."

Hua Jin the True One fixed her gaze on the fray, now and then eyeing the remaining pair of Demon Sealing Pagodas, her mind yearning for Senior Chen to hasten his efforts. This influx of Celestial Jade Marrow marked the last chance. Without gathering ample top-tier celestial essence, how could she ever confront the heavens' immortals later?

"You vile creature, you dare appear once more?"

The instant signs of Chen Niu's avatar's revival appeared, Lin Fan unleashed a barrage of flying swords from the skies to pin it down.

After clashing with Chen Niu's previous avatar, his grasp of the sword dao appeared on the verge of advancing. The barrier at Void Treading's ninth stage had eased. A single spark would propel him to Void Fusion Grand Completion, perhaps even letting him challenge the Great Ascension Stage.

For Lin Fan, such a thrilling and fulfilling fight had been absent for ages.

The beasts from the Cangyun Realm acted cowardly and evasive, hiding mostly in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. When they finally ventured out, the ancestor swatted them away before he could act.

Moreover, those demons all hovered at the Great Ascension Stage. The intensity was there, but it left scant space for him to unleash his prowess—mere one-sided thrashings honed only his resilience and flight skills, yielding little gain for his direct battle prowess.

Deafening blasts rang out anew in the massive crater.

On this occasion, Chen Niu's avatar held firm. It bore the relentless fury of the Explosive Sword Style and clambered from the pit, bellowing as it lashed a claw at Lin Fan hovering overhead.

"This Venerable One now stands at the seventh stage of Feathered Transformation! Do you still believe you can toy with This Venerable One so easily?"

"Toy with you?! Hahahaha!" Lin Fan fired a beam of sword qi from his hand, shattering the claw Chen Niu lunged with. He followed up with a soaring kick straight into the beast's yawning jaws. The colossal creature's lower jaw snapped skyward from the impact, a savage wail bursting from its clamped mouth.

"This Venerable One has never toyed with you! A foul beast like you merits nothing from This Venerable One but slaughter!"

Boom!

Lin Fan clamped one hand on Chen Niu's skull and dove earthward from above.

The whole mountain region quaked violently, as if dropping several feet lower.

Still, this Chen Niu avatar proved remarkably resilient and hardy. Even after multiple clashes, it showed no real damage or distress.

"Mountain-Moving Seal!"

Chen Niu wound its frame, flipped its talons, and thrust outward in a sweeping motion.

A gleaming golden artifact burst from its core, hurtling almost instantaneously over Lin Fan's position.

The golden glow expanded rapidly against the breeze, soon swelling to eclipse the skies, crashing down like an enormous peak to crush him.

At the same time, heaven and earth energies madly rushed toward Chen Niu. Layers of earthy yellow halos rippled outward like waves.

Its form slowly blended into the ground.

Chen Niu vanished.

But not entirely.

Rather, it resurfaced below Lin Fan and the Mountain-Moving Seal.

The chasm there, stretching a hundred zhang wide, turned into its gaping, all-consuming mouth. Under the two Demon Sealing Pagodas, soil heaps bulged upward. A fissure split one mound, exposing a shimmering golden slit pupil inside.

"Puny sword cultivator, This Venerable One shall swallow you whole right now!"

Trapped under the Mountain-Moving Seal, Lin Fan found himself immobilized. It looked as though he would plunge into Chen Niu's jaws.

Shoom!

A slash of sword light streaked from the west, slamming hard into the Mountain-Moving Seal.

Clang!

Every cultivator, no matter how far off, even powerhouses like Hua Jin the True One, sensed a fractured bell's toll crashing into their minds. The echoing clamor rattled their thoughts into a haze, blurring their sight.

The very fabric of space undulated from the impact's force.

"Old Lin, I've come to back you up!"

Zhang Mengchu, who had loafed around and dodged duties until now, had scarcely regained a bit of true essence and showed up fashionably late.

As a formation expert, he held solid knowledge of artifacts.

Artifacts earned their name because forging them involved weaving in elements of the Dao of Formations. Without that, how else would they function?

This Mountain-Moving Seal seemed fearsome, yet striking preemptively could seize control.

Those ensnared inside struggled to escape, but outsiders could aid in shattering the bind.

He prepared to call forth his personal flying sword for another hit on the Mountain-Moving Seal.

But from Chen Niu's enormous mouth, a burst of sword energy erupted, scattering the airflow Zhang Mengchu rode on and leaving him unsupported below.

In an instant, Zhang Mengchu toppled off balance, tottering unsteadily.

"Old Lin, what the hell are you up to?" He bellowed in frustration, "Have you lost your mind?!"

From the depths of the chasm, Lin Fan's bold, untamed laughter echoed forth.

"Old Zhang, scram! This marks This Venerable One's breakthrough moment!"

"Should This Venerable One fell this vile beast today, This Venerable One shall ascend to Void Treading's zenith!"

"Fail to slay this vile beast today, and This Venerable One embraces death! Hahahaha!"

Killing intent surged skyward, heroic aura rent the firmament.

The observing Ascenders nearby all paled in shock. Hua Jin the True One's eyes bulged wide, a wave of despair and futility washing over her suddenly.

These wild cards carried such madness, yet burned with such drive.

Could she ever best them?

She stared blankly at the sword intent fermenting in that chasm.

All the while, she failed to notice that behind her, the Well of Heaven in the eighth Demon Sealing Pagoda had silently unsealed.