Chapter 123: Star Body

The Demon King had guessed wrong.

He once believed that the sword intent capable of cutting through everything belonged to the Annihilation Sword, but he never imagined—

That sword intent actually belonged to a human girl!

He shouted in disbelief at that moment, “How can this be—

This kind of sword intent, only possible to grasp at the Star Realm…

This sword intent, comparable to the Annihilation Sword…

How can it be wielded by a human girl who looks so young—”

Guessing wrong naturally came with a price.

The price was the failure of his Devour talent, further aggravation of his physical injuries, and—a complete collapse of his chest defense!

His chest was a bloody mess, almost fully exposed to the air.

And this became Lu Mo’s biggest opening!

Whoosh—

The sword intent erupted!

Lu Mo charged forward again, driving straight toward the Demon King’s chest!

At that moment, the Demon King had to concentrate all his power on defense.

He gripped his pitch-black greatsword and swiftly swung it in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

The sword intent, wrapped in the power of Celestial Defense, exploded repeatedly before the Demon King.

And though the Demon King defended with Star Force and blocked with his greatsword—

Lu Mo’s sword only grew faster!

He was ultimately too heavily wounded, and his speed gradually could not keep up.

It even… reached a point where it vanished from his perception!

The next instant—

Lu Mo’s sword appeared again at his chest!

The Demon King swung his sword to counter, but was a beat too slow—

The girl’s sword, at the moment of clashing with the greatsword, had already thrust into his chest!

The sword intent, sword light, and Celestial Defense power—

Exploded violently inside his body!

Tearing through flesh and blood, destroying magical energy channels and bones!

His chest instantly collapsed, flesh, shattered bones, and broken organs bursting outward!

“Urgh—!”

Blood gushed out from behind the Demon King’s mask again.

His body trembled violently as he roared and raised his greatsword, slashing toward Lu Mo’s head!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several more flashes of sword light swept by!

Sword lights erupted one after another, sword aura crisscrossing—

The Demon King’s chest was nearly completely destroyed!

And that still-beating heart, covered in complex demonic runes—

Was now exposed before Lu Mo!

Rumina saw this scene clearly.

One more sword strike!

As long as that heart was completely destroyed—

Everything would be over!

Her life was hanging by a thread, yet at this moment, a fierce light blazed in her dim eyes.

From a great distance, she said softly, “This is… the final strike…”

And Lu Mo raised her sword again.

After repeatedly unleashing sword intent, the blade in her hand was already covered in cracks, on the verge of shattering.

But—

One more use, enough to pierce the Demon King’s heart, was still possible!

At this moment, the Demon King was drenched in blood.

Endless Star Force converged frantically onto his Demon King Greatsword.

He put all his strength into a single slash!

The force seemed capable of annihilating the entire starry sky!

Facing this blow, Lu Mo did not retreat.

Instead, she stepped forward again.

Sword intent condensed, Celestial Defense power transformed into a spiral.

She thrust fiercely—

Straight toward the Demon King’s heart!

The sword was breaking apart.

Yet the sword intent and sword light only grew denser and more solid!

With power that tore through everything—

With a will that severed all things—

They pierced violently into that beating heart!

Rip—!

The sound of flesh tearing rang out.

The blade shattered completely.

And the Demon King’s heart—

Was now thoroughly pierced by that sword intent!

Blood and wildly chaotic demonic power burst outward in all directions!

The Demon King’s body seemed to lose all strength at that moment.

His greatsword fell, stabbing into the ground.

He stood still, no longer making a sound.

His life force… had completely dissipated.

Yet he did not fall.

This scene was eerily strange.

“Is it over?”

Rumina spoke quietly.

She had personally seen the Demon King’s heart pierced.

In theory, having lost the core of his power and life, he should be dead.

But—

Where did that intense sense of unease come from?

The hall fell into dead silence.

Crack—crack—

Suddenly, a faint turning sound came.

It was—

The sound of the Demon King’s eyeballs moving.

His originally dim eyes lit up again with a bloody glow.

They turned slowly, and finally—

Fixed on Lu Mo!

The next instant!

A terrifying demonic realm force erupted from the Demon King as the epicenter!

His body and armor—

Exploded simultaneously!

The entire Misty Starry Sky shook violently!

Lu Mo quickly retreated.

Armor fragments scraped against her body, leaving wounds across her skin.

The demonic realm corrosive power followed the wounds, madly seeping into her body.

Rumina was also sent flying, crashing heavily into the pitch-black crystals.

More black spikes pierced her body.

Intense pain swept over her, and her consciousness rapidly faded into darkness.

“How could this be…”

She spat out a mouthful of blood, looking despairingly toward the Demon King’s direction.

After the armor shattered, the Demon King’s mangled body was fully exposed.

But now—

Whether it was the demonic realm force descending from the Demon Emperor’s Eye or this pitch-black misty starry sky—

All were converging frantically into his body!

Covering, merging, extending—

His body began to swell continuously!

At the same time, the phantom images of stars and falling stars flowed across his body!

Rumina’s pupils contracted.

She knew what this meant.

“Star Body…” she forced out.

Gathering the rules into oneself, condensing all Star Force completely—

What ultimately formed was the Star Body!

If the domain unfolded in the Star Realm represented control over the external world—

Then the Star Body represented ultimate power and destruction!

All Star Force was wholly united in one body!

At a single thought, the world’s will stepped aside!

With a single strike, the rules twisted!

The Star Body was a power only attainable at the third level of the Star Realm.

And the Demon King—was originally only at the second level.

Rumina had never expected that at this moment, he would touch the threshold of the third level!

Of course—

This Star Body was incomplete.

Only his upper body had been barely formed, creating a vague enormous silhouette in the dark starry sky.

But—

That was enough!

Even a prototype was sufficient to kill both her and Lu Mo!

“I never expected this either…”

In the dark starry sky, the Demon King’s weak but manic voice came.

“To be pushed this far by two Celestial Defense realm cultivators…”

As his words fell, the pressure of the Star Body descended with a crash!

Rumina’s mind shook violently, and she coughed up more blood.

“Especially you…”

The massive Star Body looked slowly toward Lu Mo.

Infinite pressure bore down on the girl.

“You really surprised me.”

“Your sword intent… is indeed terrifying.”

“You almost destroyed my heart—the core of my life and power.”

“I will need a long, long time to repair all this.”

He did not hide his killing intent.

His rage had reached its peak.

He had been forced to forcibly condense the Star Body.

And even likely damaged his foundation, making him a cripple.

But—

He had to do this.

No humans in this city could be allowed to leave alive.

And Lu Mo could not be allowed to continue growing.

If he could annihilate all the elite humans here—

Humanity would need a long time to recover.

Then he would gain a chance to catch his breath.

If he could also receive the Demon Emperor’s gift…

He would still have a chance!

As he spoke, the Demon King’s Star Body slowly raised its hand.

It grabbed the remaining stars in the black misty void.

Stringing them together one by one—

In his hand, they formed a twisted, savage greatsword of stars!

He swung the giant sword.

The sword aura swept across.

It struck the severely wounded Rumina, and she could no longer hold on.

“So… in the end… we still failed…”

Just before losing consciousness, the last thing she saw—

Was the Demon King’s heaven-reaching Star Body raising its starry greatsword, aiming at Lu Mo.

Before that enormous black shadow—

Lu Mo was as tiny as a speck of dust.

The last trace of holy power on her was like a firefly in the night.

As if it could be swallowed by the endless darkness at any moment.

Rumina fainted, collapsing in a pool of blood.

And the Demon King looked down at Lu Mo through his bloody giant eye.

He spoke, waiting for the final answer.

The next sword strike—

Would decide life and death.

“Any last words, human?”

Would she tremble?

Would she weep?

Would she kneel and beg for mercy?

Yet—

Unexpectedly.

Lu Mo showed neither fear nor wavering.

She merely… looked at the Star Body with interest and said softly:

“Phase two?”

“How interesting.”

“Phase two?”

The Demon King was utterly baffled.

“In that case—let me show you my phase two as well.”

Lu Mo spoke again.

The Demon King wanted to berate her, thinking it was just foolish bluster.

But the next instant—

His Star Body gave a violent shudder!

Because he saw—

The holy power around Lu Mo had completely extinguished at this moment!

Replaced was a profound pitch-black.

Slowly spreading from her as the center.

Ancient runes emerged on her right arm.

And in her hand—

A pitch-black blade gradually condensed.

An incredibly terrifying pressure exploded outward!

The moment he sensed that aura—

The Demon King was utterly shaken!

“That aura…”

“This… this is…”

“A Demon Emperor’s Divine Weapon?!”