95. Traitor, Take My Sword!

On his way to the Great Desolate Monument, Chen Xuan realized that relying solely on his luck in the lottery was too risky.

Fortunately, he had collected a considerable amount of "emotion points" from Lin Dong and the others.

After some thought, he spent a hundred thousand emotion points to upgrade the system shop to Earth level.

Now, he was left with only a little over ten thousand points.

With the upgrade, he could now purchase Heaven-grade spirit treasures and martial arts.

To deal with the Nine Kings Palace, he turned his attention to the formations section in the shop.

Using pure strength alone, even with the help of the Kaio Ken to boost his power, and the combination of the Ancestral Symbol and the Great Desolate Monument, he might only manage to injure the enemy.

Fully destroying them was another matter—and there was even the risk that other Otherworldly Demons from the Devil Prison might detect the commotion and come to their rescue.

The best strategy was to create a formation to trap them, then use the power of the Ancestral Symbol and Ancestral Stone to obliterate them completely.

After searching through the options, Chen Xuan decided to purchase the Four Spirits Demon-Suppressing Array.

The Four Spirits—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—needed to have their essence blood added to the array’s formation plates, which could then be activated with a spell.

However, these were sacred beasts, and it was practically impossible to gather all four on the Tianxuan Continent.

So, he’d have to use substitutes. Though it would be slightly less effective, it would still be strong enough to lock down the demonic energy and trap the Otherworldly Demon.

He already had a substitute for the Azure Dragon: the blood of the Silver Dragon, which had proven invaluable.

Now he just needed the blood of three other powerful beasts to represent the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Afterward, he and Yun Yun traveled to the Ancient Rift Gorge, where they managed to find a Ground Crocodile Tiger, a Wind-Spotted Sparrow, and an Iron-Jaw Tortoise.

He used their blood as replacements for the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Returning to the Great Desolate County, Chen Xuan began setting up the Four Spirits Demon-Suppressing Array according to the diagram. Once he placed the final formation plate, the array was complete.

Yun Yun gazed at the formation before her, her eyes filled with awe.

She could sense that this formation was even more powerful than the Cloud Over Sun Formation, the defensive array of her own Yunlan Sect.

In the silence, she seemed to hear the faint roars of a tiger, dragon, bird, and tortoise.

Chen Xuan's vast abilities fascinated her more and more.

With the setup complete, Chen Xuan sent a signal to the monument spirit of the Great Desolate Monument, who then unleashed the Nine Kings Palace it had sealed.

With a thunderous roar, the entire Great Desolate County seemed to quake as a massive rift tore open beneath the monument. A sinister aura emanated from deep within the chasm.

“What’s down there? This aura is terrifying!” Yun Yun shrank behind Chen Xuan, stretching her neck to peer over his shoulder into the abyss, feeling her skin crawl.

“Stay back when the time comes,” Chen Xuan said, handing Yun Yun the Spirit Peak Sword he had bought from the system, an extremely sharp Earth-grade spirit treasure.

Taking the sword, Yun Yun nodded and flew a safe distance away.

At that moment, an eerie laugh echoed from the depths of the chasm.

“Kehehe... Black-Eyed Old Monster, you've kept me sealed within this Great Desolate Monument for thousands of years. But with the monument spirit weakening, this king will soon see the light of day again!”

As the chilling voice faded, a torrent of demonic energy surged up from the depths of the rift, racing outward.

Chen Xuan hovered in mid-air, calmly waiting, holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the Tetanus Blade.

In no time, waves of demonic energy burst from the chasm and stopped in front of Chen Xuan.

“Boy, you, at a mere Nirvana stage, think you can stop this king from leaving?”

A figure emerged from the darkness—a pale, strikingly handsome man with a strange expression and an aura of returning dominance.

Chen Xuan asked directly, “Have you heard of Ling Qingzhu?”

“Ling Qingzhu? Is she one of your allies?” A flicker of confusion crossed the face of the Nine Kings Palace leader, as if he was trying to remember.

It seemed that over his years of being sealed, he had lost contact with other demons.

Chen Xuan continued, “You’re the leader of the Nine Kings Palace from the Devil Prison, aren’t you?”

“What? How does a mere ant like you know my identity?” The Nine Kings Palace leader was surprised.

He’d been sealed here for a millennium; how did this young man know not only his title but his origin from the Devil Prison?

The system chimed: Ding! The Nine Kings Palace leader is surprised. Emotion points +500.

Chen Xuan smirked. “I don’t just know who you are—I know about the plan your Devil Prison has been cooking up.”

“Oh? Tell me more,” the leader’s suspicion deepened.

Chen Xuan chuckled, “You’re hoping to bring the Yimo (Devil) Emperor back to the Tianxuan Continent. Quite the bold plan!”

“Who exactly are you?!”

A murderous glint flashed in the Nine Kings Palace leader’s eyes.

That plan was the Devil Prison’s greatest secret, and yet this young boy had exposed it so casually.

A sense of unprecedented danger surged within him. If this boy wasn’t one of his own, he’d have to die!

Ding! The Nine Kings Palace leader feels murderous intent. Emotion points +500.

Chen Xuan sneered coldly, “I’m the one here to kill you.”

“Arrogant brat!!”

“Let’s see if it’s arrogance!”

“Hmph! Back then, I forced the Black-Eyed Old Monster’s entire sect to ruin—now, even a Nirvana brat like you dares challenge me?”

With killing intent blazing in his eyes, the Nine Kings Palace leader stomped the ground, sending a surge of demonic energy skyward.

Suddenly, numerous demon corpses charged out from the ground, baring grotesque faces as they rushed at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan waved the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, releasing Bo Xuan, the Eight Devil Generals, and Chen Kui from its depths.

The Nine Kings Palace leader’s eyes narrowed as he saw the familiar aura surrounding the Eight Devil Generals.

“So, you’re a traitor to the Devil Prison?”

Ding! The Nine Kings Palace leader feels murderous intent. Emotion points +999.

“Traitor! Take this king’s sword!”

With a grasp of his hand, he conjured a black bone sword forged from countless demon corpses. His figure blurred, ghostlike, as he closed in on Chen Xuan, swinging the sword toward his neck.

Chen Xuan raised the Tetanus Blade to parry, the clash sending sparks flying and causing the Great Desolate Palace to tremble violently.

Luckily, the Nine Kings Palace leader’s power had weakened over the millennia; otherwise, Chen Xuan would have struggled to withstand that blow.

Controlling the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Chen Xuan directed Bo Xuan and his allies to rampage through the demon corpses, absorbing their demonic energy into the banner.

Then he quickly exchanged points in the system for a Heaven-grade martial technique, the Ten Thousand Swords Thunder Art.

Forming a seal with one hand, tens of thousands of copies of the Tetanus Blade appeared before him, each blade crackling with terrifying arcs of lightning.