Chapter 587 – Eye of the Sword (1/2)

Thunk!

Li Qingshan punched out vigorously, his fist piercing through the air and slamming into the golden bell. The golden bell contorted and changed in shape, sinking in deeply. Its golden light scattered strand by strand.

“Ahh!”

Eternal Faith cried out. The imprint of a punch appeared on his robes, and it showed no signs of fading away. His Protective Robes of the Golden Bell were an arcane artifact for heaven’s sake!

Although it was only an inferior arcane artifact, it should not be fragile to the point where it would sustain so much damage from a single punch. If that punch had downright landed on him, would he still be alive?

Li Qingshan glanced at his fist. From his expression, it seemed like he was rather dissatisfied with the power of the punch.

Although his strength had increased drastically after demonifying, the destructive power was still nowhere close to the true power of the ox demon and tiger demon. Otherwise, a casual punch would have been enough to reduce Eternal Faith’s robes to dust.

However, he was currently right below Great Buddha mountain. Even though he was in the Demon Suppression Tower, he refused to use his powers as a daemon carelessly. Who knew whether the Dauntless monk and his junior brother were currently watching or not.

If he could not tear apart Eternal Faith’s defence quickly, then the powerful figures of the monastery would probably arrive to support him. By then, he would not be able to teach him a fierce lesson anymore.

Suddenly, he was hit with a gust of wind to the face. The wooden fish opened its mouth again and tried to swallow Li Qingshan, while the wooden fish mallet quietly circled around him and flew towards the back of his head. It remained the same size as a regular wooden fish mallet, so it was extremely easy for the attack to succeed if he were careless.

Li Qingshan leapt up, avoiding the lunge from the wooden fish and reaching backwards without even looking back. He caught the wooden fish mallet before quickly falling down and landing heavily on the wooden fish.

The two arcane artifacts trembled desperately, but they were unable to break free from his restraint.

After demonifying, these two arcane artifacts alone were unable to pose any threat to him anymore. Li Qingshan smiled and drew a strange sword from his hundred treasures pouch, the Traitorous Demon sword.

The eyeball on the hilt swiveled, and its pupils locked onto Eternal Faith firmly. Eternal Faith shivered inside, actually feeling like he had been completely seen through.

He felt like his gaze had passed through the golden bell, the golden avatar, and even his skin, flesh, and bones, seeing something that was even more fundamental. He saw the demonic nature in Eternal Faith’s heart, a clump of swirling, black mist.

Everyone had a demonic nature. Although Eternal Faith was a buddhist disciple, he was greedy and easily angered. His demonic nature was even heavier than regular people’s. Afterwards, Li Qingshan pulled back his gaze and stopped on Eternal Faith’s golden bell.

The strange eyeball on the hilt of the Traitorous Demon sword trembled. Suddenly, Li Qingshan saw a thin, black line on the bell, but he was unable to see anything with his naked eye, nor did he find anything with his soul sense.

What’s that?

Li Qingshan thought. He swung the Traitorous Demon sword and tried slashing along the black line.

The sword passed by with a flash. Eternal Faith was about to mock Li Qingshan’s futile efforts before suddenly shivering. His robes had been cut open silently, revealing his chest and belly and the pale white fat on there.

The glow dispersed, and the golden bell vanished. The robes had lost their protective function.

How is that possible!? My Protective Robes of the Golden Bell! That must be a coincidence! Eternal Faith’s eyes widened. He struggled to believe that a protective arcane artifact could be destroyed silently like that.

Li Qingshan gazed at the Traitorous Demon sword in his hand and said in praise, “Good sword!” As it turned out, the black line was where the gap in the robes existed. He was rather taken aback with joy. Ever since he obtained this sword, he had never properly studied it. He never expected it to have such a special ability.

The Traitorous Demon sword was originally called “Evil Eye”. Its strongest aspect was not how sharp its edge was or its toughness. Instead, it could use its “eye” to see many things that were invisible to the naked eye, such as the flaws and gaps that had always existed in items.

Lietu had managed to kill a powerful Demon General and take his demon heart in a single slash through this exact ability.

However, the true strength of an ability like that could not be unleashed without a suitable demon heart serving as the iris. Afterwards, when Lietu merged with the sword, he had used his own demon heart as the iris, but his mind was clouded. He was trapped in the Demon Suppression Tower, caught in a close-ranged battle to the death with the crazy Duoge, which completely prevented him from unleashing the power of the sword.

After that, he died, and the Traitorous Demon sword ended up in Li Qingshan’s hands. Originally, making the Traitorous Demon sword yield was not easy. When regular demonfolk obtained the sword, they would have to spend day and night interacting with it and refining it. It would take them a few months at the very least before they could unleash this power.

However, Li Qingshan’s demonic nature was far too pure and powerful, and he did not fear the special characteristic of the Traitorous Demon sword at all, even bequeathing it with the name of “Traitorous Demon”. As a result, the Traitorous Demon sword seemed to run into the perfect master and was willing to be used. Even before Li Qingshan could carefully study it, it offered up its powers actively.

Just like how every person had their faults, Eternal Faith’s Protective Robes of the Golden Bell were not as flawless as they seemed. It had flaws.

Especially after blocking a direct palm strike and a punch from Li Qingshan, the “flaw” became even more obvious, but it was still invisible to the naked eye. However, as Li Qingshan had the Traitorous Demon sword in hand, he could see these flaws.