Lonely Departing Water

Chapter 1218 - 1304: Subduing the Demon Shadow

Chapter 1218: Chapter 1304: Subduing the Demon Shadow


The Demon Shadow’s body was towering, gathering in the air, making people frightened at the sight.


Chen Nan instinctively took a step back, but unexpectedly, the Demon Shadow followed closely, keeping a constant distance of about two meters, not widening due to Chen Nan’s retreat.


What on earth is this?


Chen Nan felt a bit nervous inside; he had never seen this Demon Shadow before and didn’t know what it was.


The other people behind him were all trembling with fear; some of the more timid ones even turned to flee.


In their view, this Demon Shadow was a demon summoned by Chen Nan after triggering the Dead City’s prohibition, especially since so many people on the ground had already been stunned or even killed by the Heavenly Sound, and the Demon Shadow had emerged from the ground, leaving them with no favorable impression.


Chen Nan, of course, knew what these people thought. To maintain his fake identity as the Young Master of the Dead City, he pretended to be calm in front of the Demon Shadow.


Because of the previous tremors from the Heavenly Sound, the ground cracked yesterday, summoning the Demon Shadow.


So Chen Nan thought it all must be related to the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra, so he gathered his spiritual power and uttered the ’om’ sound again.


At the moment Chen Nan’s voice fell—


"Hong!"


The Demon Shadow let out a loud roar, and violent spiritual waves surged like tides, sweeping over everyone around except Chen Nan.


Many more people were stunned to the ground, only more than thirty with stronger cultivation managed to escape.


These thirty-odd people watched from a distance, not daring to approach easily anymore.


They all had one thought: the middle-aged man earlier spoke too rudely, angered this so-called ancestor, the Young Master of the Dead City, who now triggered the prohibition to teach everyone a lesson.


"Ancestor, we have no grievances or enmity with you; attacking us collectively like this is uncalled for!" Lu Yuanqiao shouted across the distance.


Chen Nan snorted coldly, saying, "You must pay the price for speaking wrongly. I’ve already shown mercy. If anyone dares to disrespect me again, I’ll immediately lay them to rest in the Dead City."


Everyone replied repeatedly with respect, faces full of deference.


Chen Nan glanced at them and said nothing more, the ’om’ sound reverberating, resonating with the Heavenly Sound emitted by the Demon Shadow.


Everyone had already retreated to a safe area, but still felt their Sea of Consciousness shaking, instinctively covering their ears, but to no avail.


"Ancestor, what exactly do you want to do?" Someone asked Chen Nan.


Without turning back, Chen Nan replied coldly, "I have no intention of attacking you. If you don’t want to be implicated, just retreat further yourself."


Hearing this, many people stepped back.


But some who were confident in their own cultivation stood their ground.


Chen Nan emitted the ’om’ sound again, and the Demon Shadow resonated with the ’Hong’ sound, and thus the two Heavenly Sounds echoed in the Dead City, as Chen Nan wanted to see what would ultimately happen between him and the Demon Shadow.


After dozens of times, Chen Nan noticed the vibration of the Demon Shadow became intense.


The ten-foot-tall demonic body shivered like a mountain about to collapse, trembling continuously between heaven and earth as if ready to shatter at any moment.


Will the Demon Shadow collapse?


Chen Nan thought to himself, the ’om’ Heavenly Sound continuously vibrating, the Demon Shadow resonating with it.


After a dozen plus times, the Demon Shadow’s shaking became extremely violent, and after a round of fierce trembling, the entire Demon Shadow roared, and the ten-foot-tall demonic body shattered completely.


"Boom..."


Like a heavy bomb explosion, the space shook violently.


Death light shot in all directions, and the whole world was completely shrouded in Demonic Qi, Chen Nan only felt a tizzy in his Sea of Consciousness, his spiritual power severely hit, nearly breaking into idiocy.


Originally deathly still, the Dead City, with the shattering of the Demon Shadow, was enveloped by endless Demonic Qi.


Whether Chen Nan or the others behind, they were all in endless darkness, the Demonic Qi rolling, gloomier than the night, even for people with such cultivation as Chen Nan and others, where one couldn’t see their fingers.


"Oh my, what’s going on!"


"Is the Dead City’s prohibition triggered again?"


"Ancestor, is this your doing!"


The people behind shouted in panic, each releasing their Protective Gang Qi to prevent sneak attacks.


Chen Nan also raised his guard.


Everyone saw the Demon Shadow shatter, transforming into this endless Demonic Qi enveloping the heavens and earth.


But no one knew why the Demon Shadow shattered, or what happened in the darkness after shattering.


Only Chen Nan felt the change in his Sea of Consciousness.


After the Demon Shadow shattered, he immediately felt a shadow gathered in his Sea of Consciousness, identical to the Demon Shadow, as if a reduced version.


As time passed, the Demonic Qi in the Dead City gradually dissipated.


Meanwhile, the Demon Shadow in Chen Nan’s Sea of Consciousness solidified more and more, looking less and less like a shadow, almost like it had materialized.


With the last resonance sound emitted, the Demon Shadow in the Sea of Consciousness completely materialized,


Chen Nan slowly opened his eyes, found the surrounding Demonic Qi had long disappeared, everything had returned to clarity, and looking at the Demon Shadow in his Sea of Consciousness, he couldn’t help but suspect, had all this Demonic Qi entered his Sea of Consciousness and condensed into this Demon Shadow?


Chen Nan didn’t understand why it turned out this way.


Did the integration of the Demon Shadow into his Sea of Consciousness happen due to the Heavenly Reversal Demon Technique or the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra?


Chen Nan believed the possibility of the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra was more likely because, after all, the Demon Shadow burst out from the ground because of the ’om’ Heavenly Sound.


But Chen Nan couldn’t figure out.


This Six-character Great Brightness Mantra, rumored to be a Holy Mantra of Buddhism, why was it linked with demons?


Not only was the ’Hong’ Heavenly Sound like this, but even the ’om’ sound he learned previously was emitted by the demonic sound in his Sea of Consciousness after cultivating the Heavenly Reversal Demon Technique.


Buddhism represents righteousness.


While demons, since ancient times, have been labeled as the demonic path.


Logically, righteousness and evil cannot coexist, yet how could the Demon Path be related to the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra?


Chen Nan genuinely couldn’t figure it out, but one thing he was sure of, after the Demon Shadow entered his Sea of Consciousness, he had comprehended the Secret Technique of the ’Hong’ Heavenly Sound, now equaling two of the Mantras in the Six-character Great Brightness Mantra.


But Chen Nan was somewhat worried.


His demonic nature was already quite heavy, always striving to suppress the growth of his Heart Demon.


Now, with the Demon Shadow appearing in his Sea of Consciousness, how would this affect his future path of cultivation, for better or worse?


While Chen Nan was pondering silently—


The other people around saw the Demon Shadow disappear, and one by one they surrounded him.


A middle-aged cultivator at the Earth Penetrating Eighth Layer Heaven pointed angrily at the unconscious people on the ground, saying, "You, surnamed Zu, relying on being the Young Master of the Dead City, injure people without cause, if you don’t give an explanation today, my Purple Cloud Palace and other sects will never let it go!"