The Romantic Cultivator

The Great Demon God hummed coldly when he saw Ji Yuan in his golden emperor robe, "Although your robe is a profound treasure indeed but it won't be able to protect you against my demonic fire aura."

Ji Yuan laughed coldly to respond, "Hahaha, I didn't think that it may do much either but every little bit of help will be useful to me."

Dozens of crimson profound circles were now being seen around the Great Demon God as he said coolly, "This is my most powerful profound art the 'Dark Crimson Fire of Destruction'. Let's see if you are able to take a blow from my profound attack first."

A burst of fiery profound energies then erupted from the multiple crimson profound circles.

Ji Yuan was not slow too as he readied his Dividing One Sword.

In the next blink of an eye, the red profound energies from the Great Demon God had erupted while the black profound energies that were from Ji Yuan's Dividing One Sword had also erupted from his true divinity sword.

Both powerful profound energies, one red and one black collided with fiery burst of profound energies that exploded against one other when collided together. 

Such was the outpouring of the two profound energies that the entire Great Desolate Divine Palace was rocking unsteadily and many of the cultivators were swept by the two rippling shockwaves of the Dark Crimson Fire of Destruction and the Dividing One Sword as it collided together.

Barely 5 blinks of an eye later, the powerful red profound energies of the Dark Crimson Fire of Destruction overcome the black profound energies of the Dividing One Sword and had swept over Ji Yuan, exploding on him! 

When it exploded upon Ji Yuan, it also sent a secondary effect of a huge pillar of dark fire that consumed Ji Yuan's golden emperor robe and his sword aura as it sent Ji Yuan to fly in the air before landing with a thunderous crash! 

And the dark fire continued to burn on Ji Yuan, as it continued to consume his remaining profound aura! 

The Great Demon God smirked coldly, "This is the difference between a true god and a mere immortal cultivator. Even if you manage to cultivate to the 10th realm true divinity, your cultivation body is still far inferior to that of a true god. Below a true god, you are but an ant. It is impossible for you to extinguish my Dark Crimson Fire of Destruction because you are merely a sword cultivator without any other profound treasures…"

All of a sudden, Ji Yuan had weakly stood up again and the dark fire was extinguished.

This startled the Great Demon God, "You can extinguish my Dark Crimson Fire?"

There was a reason why Ji Yuan was able to extinguish the dark crimson fire; it was due to Xiang Li, Anyang and Aura that were frantically extinguishing it with all their spiritual powers.

Anyang had used her water element and Aura had used her divine tree manifestation to absorb the dark crimson fire while Xiang Li was panicky trying to increase their spiritual powers.

The effort to extinguish the dark crimson fire had totally exhausted Anyang and Aura, causing them to fall weakly into Ji Yuan's inner spiritual sea.

Luckily for them, Ji Yuan's true body is the Void Body of the True Devil God and they were able to quickly extinguish it for him. 

Ji Yuan could only mutter a weak gratitude to them as he struggled to stand while using his black divine sword as a support.

The Great Demon God asked, "Don't tell me that you have used the Goddess Tear to extinguish my Dark Crimson Fire of Destruction?"

But he was soon smiling, "No matter what. Your sword aura is now exhausted. You can't use your sword domains anymore. In a melee against me, you will be consumed by my dark demon spirit animus. This is perhaps the best ending for you as a sword cultivator."

Ding Xiaoxiao was suddenly heard shouting, "Sword Saint Ji Yuan! You're no match for the Great Demon God at his peak. Give it up! You have no more sword aura and even your profound aura are consumed. You don't have much of a profound strength left now. If you don't want to die, just surrender to the Great Demon God and acknowledge him as your master. In this way, you can live and some of your maidens may also live. It is not shameful to admit defeat in the face of a superior opponent…"

"Hahahaha…" Ji Yuan had suddenly laughed aloud as he interrupted Ding Xiaoxiao. "Surrender? Never! I can still fight and I still have my trump card."

The Great Demon God was amused by Ji Yuan, "Then why don't you show me your trump card? Or is your trump card the Goddess Tear?"

Ji Yuan sighed softly, "My Xiang Li isn't my tool. I don't care if she is the Goddess Tear or not and I will not allow her to be sacrificed because I want to defeat you."

"But if you die, your Goddess Tear will also vanish." The Great Demon God smirked. "Why don't you make a wish for me instead?"

Ji Yuan laughed aloud, "Maiden Dream Mist once said to me that the Goddess Tear cannot be used on evil people like you. So, you can forget about this. Whether I choose to use the Goddess Tear or not, is none of your business."

Ji Yuan did not know that Xiang Li was able to hear him as she had since evolved.

Xiang Li was muttering to herself: Big Brother… I am willing to sacrifice myself for you. Just tell me what you want me to do for you? If you want to defeat the Great Demon God, maybe I can aid you. In the end, I am merely a tool. If I am a just a wish and a hope by the Great Beyond Goddess for the world, then I am willing to give up my life for you.

Ji Yuan laughed as he continued, "Who says I am spent? This is my trump card then…"

All of a sudden, Ji Yuan had burned his profound energies in his inner spiritual sea and his sword aura was rekindled again and this time round, it was a golden sword aura! 

At the same time, his cultivation realm had also increased to the peak of the 9th realm cultivation from the upper 9th realm.

It was not just his profound aura that had turned golden but his body had also turned golden. 

Ding Xiaoxiao was astonished, "Golden sword aura? Golden Body? Is it the Golden Invincible Body? When did he cultivate the Golden Invincible Body? It is impossible for even the powerful immortals to cultivate the Golden Invincible Body and moreover, he has also cultivated the golden sword aura at the same time."

It was not just Ding Xiaoxiao who was astonished and so were the rest of the cultivators as well.

Even the Great Demon God was startled as he stared angrily at Ji Yuan, "It is impossible for you to conceal such cultivation. You must have used the Goddess Tear!" 

Xiang Li who could hear the Great Demon God was protesting silently: Me? I didn't do a thing at all.