Chapter 180: Seeing Her Death the Second Time (Patreon)

Raging Flame Crow felt humiliated. He was an esteemed demon that had begun to harmonize with heaven and earth, yet these humans were able to suppress him even after he sealed off the spiritual qi of heaven and earth from them.

Flametailed Peacock and Ash Flame Crow were right. These immortals had numerous tricks and treasures that allowed them to resist and suppress him, but Raging Flame Crow wasn't without options.

"Nightmare Heart, attack now!" He ordered using his spiritual sense in an attempt to catch them off guard.

Raging Flame Crow continued to resist the combined onslaught of the top disciples, waiting for his secret weapon to attack. Xia Yushan, Daoist Moneybag, Hun Jusang, Bing Huoyuan, and the other disciples seemed to have set their minds on exterminating the Unity Realm level demon in front of them. It didn't take a genius to figure out that they were enraged by him killing over a hundred of their fellow disciples.

"Nightmare Heart, what's taking you so long?!" Raging Flame Crow commanded once more. He had deliberately positioned and the cultivators assaulting him within a certain radius so that Nightmare Heart's range would encompass all of them. However, he was not sure how much longer he could last.

Raging Flame Crow turned towards where he sensed the qi of Nightmare Heart and widened his eyes. An explosive pillar of black qi had erupted, seeming as it wanted to shroud the very skies. That pillar soon turned into a colossal humanoid with weapons floating behind it.

What was more important was that Nightmare Heart was being grasped in its hand, and he could feel Nightmare Heart's qi weaken by the second.

Nightmare Heart was a unique demon from the Golden Crow Clan. He did not possess the yang or fire attribute talent of the rest of the clan. Instead, he developed his bloodlines towards the soul. Among all the demons Raging Flame Crow knew, Nightmare Heart was unique, and even Golden Crow Ancestor paid special attention to him.

"STOP!" Raging Flame Crow roared and soared towards the cosmic giant. If Nightmare Heart died, the loss would be equal to that of losing an elder like him. He cursed Nightmare Heart for not obeying his instructions and wandering away from him.

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Tianyi immediately formed his cosmic mantle, causing the shadow that had coiled around his feet to dissolve. Then, just as he was about to release more true of qi chaos to form a cosmic giant, his surroundings suddenly changed.

Gone was the battered land where the battle between demons and cultivators took place, and in its place was a clinically white room with the stench of disinfectant filling the air. Tianyi didn't even need to glance at the face covered by the white cloth to know it was his mom.

Tianyi's eyes grew cold as qi began to black gaseous qi exploded from his body.

Like a crack on a mirror, the scene that Tianyi saw became filled with countless fractures that covered everything. Soon, bits and pieces of shards fell from the fractures, revealing the bloody landscape of the battle once more.

Tianyi turned his eyes towards the perpetrator of the illusion. Compared to the illusion in Paradis Agony Abyss, the illusion was far too weak, but he had been struck due to the whole in his psyche when he panicked. Even if he easily broke free of it, that did not make Tianyi any happier.

He knew that Earth was practically destroyed from Daoyi and Xi Ri, but seeing his mom's corpse was still unpleasant. Incredibly unpleasant.

In the next instant, Tianyi formed a cosmic giant and stared down upon the black crow demon. The crow demon had nightmarish red eyes with feathers that seemed to absorb all light. Rather than black, the color seemed to a hole in reality.

Sensing that the situation was not as he expected, Nightmare Heart was filled with fear. Since its infancy, its special talent had been unrivaled, and only those of higher realms could even resist his esoteric attacks. First, he would break his foes using an illusion, then his true attack came. Once his prey was broken, their souls were his.

Nightmare Heart had spotted two sisters with exceptional souls. He felt that if he could devour their souls, his realm would increase by leaps and bounds. So he had waited when the cultivator using dual ice and fire had been lured away before striking. Who would have expected that the two would be so lucky and dodge his opening strike?

The two fled towards a nascent soul grandmaster, but Nightmare Heart was not afraid. Although the cultivator was in the Nascent Soul Realm, it felt as if it was distant and faint. Nightmare Heart guessed the cultivator's soul must have been injured somehow, making him even less worried.

Thus, he struck. To his surprise, the weaker of the two sisters managed to break out of the illusion shortly, while the stronger was stuck. As for the injured nascent soul grandmaster, Nightmare Heart hadn't paid much attention to him until it was far too late.

And now, a giant energy body was staring down on him, its body just reeking of destructive qi. Nightmare Heart's instinct flared up like it had never done in his life. Every fiber of his being was telling him to escape.

So he did.

The only demon he knew that could fend against the cosmic giant was Elder Raging Flame Crow, so Nightmare Heart flew towards the demon elder or at least tried to. With speed unbefitting of its size, the cosmic giant's hand reached and out grasped the crow demon within its fingers.

"Elder, save me!!" Nightmare Heart pleaded out to Raging Flame Crow, his voice filled with unconcealed terror.

Tianyi brought the crow demon towards the cosmic giant's face and said, "You should have never shown me that illusion." And then squeezed.

Nightmare Heart's body was instantly pulverized, and his soul wasn't faring much better as Tianyi's corrosive true qi of chaos began to dissolve his soul and convert it into pure energy. There was a terrible shriek that would birth numerous nightmares as Nightmare Heart's consciousness and soul were destroyed.

Tianyi had destroyed any chance of Nightmare Heart reincarnating or fleeing and possessing a new body.

"NOOO!!" Raging Flame Crow roared as his flaming body crashed into the cosmic giant. Flames began surging forward and encased the demon, enlarging his size comparable to Tianyi's cosmic giant. "You'll pay for this."

Raging Flame Crow roared, and flames burst forth from it and shrouded Tianyi's cosmic giant. However, the raging red flames were soon colored black as they were broken down and absorb by Tianyi's cosmic giant. Tianyi had expected the flames to be difficult to break down, but against his expectations, they weren't.

"You must be the leaders of these demons," Tianyi said, his voice thundering from the cosmic giant's mouth.

"I am Raging Flame Crow, and today you will die for your sins!" The Golden Crow Clan elder roared as he flapped his wings and began clawing at the cosmic giant.

The cosmic giant snorted and reached behind it to grab a sword that seemed to be from the Vast Void. "No, you will." Tianyi coldly said, his heart was still burning furiously with the image of his dead mom in the hospital bed. He had killed the perpetrator, but his anger was not yet doused.

Tianyi forwent any techniques and skills. Instead, he used the brute strength of his cosmic giant and brawled with the Unity Realm level demon. The Golden Crow Clan elder used every technique it had and tried to vaporize the cosmic giant. However, he soon learned what Demon General Earth Burning Venom Serpent felt as he continued to entangle with Tianyi.

"Don't interfere!" Tianyi shouted at Xia Yushan, Daoist Moneybag, and the other top disciples who were closing in. They shared a look with each other, and upon seeing Tianyi holding his own and not suffering any losses, they targeted the other demons.

Xia Yushan gave Tianyi a contemplative look before joining the fray with the others.

Due to Raging Flame Crow's sudden sneak attack, the morale of the cultivators had plummeted. Not only that, their formations and line of defense had collapsed, allowing the demons to gain the upper hand in the battle. A few disciples had even died to the demons during the situation, but now with Xia Yushan and other top disciples' involvement, the situation was being reversed once more.

Raging Flame Crow roared once more and tried to harm Tianyi, only to discover that he barely accomplish anything. His eyes glanced and saw the worsening situations for the demons. Gritting his beak, he made a beeline for the cultivators and soared away from Tianyi.

The cosmic giant also moved with surprising speed, appearing in front of the Raging Flame Crow and crushing a few demons under its food while it did so. Its hand reached out to grab the Unity Realm level demon's wings, but the avian demon suddenly decreased in size until it was a third of its size.

The cosmic giant's hand missed Raging Flame Crow as it brushed past him towards a group of unsuspecting cultivators. Tianyi frowned and moved to block Raging Flame Crow, but he discovered that his speed was inferior to the avian demon.

Tianyi dispersed the cosmic giant, and a black mist formed of his true qi of chaos began to cover the whole battlefield. Raging Flame Crow ignored the mist as it couldn't pierce his defensive flames. Tianyi didn't plan for it to hurt the demon and instead began to form his Chaos Refining Formation.

Upon sensing the congealing qi mist, Raging Flame Crow immediately flew away and out, causing Tianyi's plan to fail. The situation was turning for the worse as more and more disciples were being wiped out. Tianyi had already ordered Daoyi and Xi Ri to return to the immortal boat.

Tianyi tapped the jade pendant on his waist, and nine illusionary mountains and seas descended onto the battlefield, encasing all within. Next, Tianyi controlled the sea of time to descend through silver streams towards almost all the cultivators and began reversing their injuries.

Raging Flame Crow roared in displeasure, but its speed had been cut in half after the Mountains and Seas Formation had descended. He had half a mind to escape, but upon seeing that Tianyi's was out of the cosmic giant, he made a decision. Using his spiritual senses, he ordered the demons to retreat.

Most of the demons here were his subordinate he had ordered to ambushed the cultivators, but he never expected that even with their numbers, they would lose so tragically without his intervention. Upon receiving his order, all the demons abandoned all forms of attack and started to flee.

Then Raging Flame Crow began to shrink until he was only about five meters tall and his wingspan fourteen meters. Flapping his wings, the Golden Crow Clan elder became a red shooting star and shot towards Tianyi. Even if he failed in his goal, he would take down the cultivator that killed Nightmare Heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his fellow elders.

Tianyi didn't move as he saw the incoming red streak. Instead, the cosmic mantle formed atop of him once more. He raised his palm high into the air and began to concentrate. The area around him began to seem as if it was spliced from the Demon Cage Realm, becoming a disconnected spatial bubble.

He had been analyzing his battle against Demon General Earth Burning General for the past year and developed a few tactics to counter Unity Realm experts. Of course, the first and simplest way was to disconnect from heaven and earth. Luckily, Tianyi was rather skilled in spacetime.

Once Raging Flame Crow neared him, Tianyi slapped down, and a spatial bubble appeared around him. Simultaneously, his other reached out and grabbed Raging Flame Crow's beak. The skin around his hands began to shred, revealing slits of his inner cosmos and causing his true qi of chaos to leak out.

It seemed as if time and space had frozen, and everything returned to silence. There was no wind, color, or even movement, just silence. Then, a massive explosion of fire occurred.