rán ér zǒng yǒu dǎo méi de jiā huo duǒ zhī bù jí ， dào hòu lái ， nà xiē xìng cún de yù wài tiān mó wèi le bù bèi yāng jí ， yǐ jīng yǒu rén kāi shǐ chū shǒu gōng jī 。
然而总有倒霉的家伙躲之不及，到后来，那些幸存的域外天魔为了不被殃及，已经有人开始出手攻击。
However, there were always unlucky fellows who couldn't avoid the attacks. Eventually, to prevent being caught in the crossfire, some of the域外天魔 began to attack others.
zhuàng shì duàn wàn ， huò zhě shuō qì zú bǎo chē 。
壮士断腕，或者说弃卒保车。
Cutting off one's own arm or sacrificing pawns to save a chariot—such was the plan. It seemed like a good idea at first, but田小剑's face showed no concern as he spoke softly, "Fool!"
běn lái zhè yàng de dǎ suàn shì bù cuò dì ， kě tián xiǎo jiàn de liǎn shàng què mǎn shì lián mǐn zhī sè ， yì diǎn dān xīn yě wú 。
本来这样的打算是不错地，可田小剑的脸上却满是怜悯之色，一点担心也无。
The words echoed in everyone's ears. As expected, the attacks from the域外天魔 not only failed to extinguish the disaster before them; they seemed to have disturbed a hornet's nest.
“ chǔn huò ！”
“蠢货！”
Whether it was precious treasures or secret techniques, once they came into contact with the burning demons, they ignited instantly like a flash of fire. Their masters then fell into a sea of flames, just as if bitten by venomous snakes.
tā qīng qīng nán ne de shēng yīn chuán rù ěr duǒ 。
他轻轻喃呢的声音传入耳朵。
No one could stop it, and no one was exempt from this fate.
jiē xià lái ， fǎng fú yào yìn zhèng suǒ yǒu de cāi cè ， nà xiē yù wài tiān mó de gōng jī ， bù jǐn méi néng huà jiě yǎn qián de zāi huò ， fǎn ér xiàng shì tǒng le mǎ fēng wō 。
接下来，仿佛要印证所有的猜测，那些域外天魔的攻击，不仅没能化解眼前的灾祸，反而像是捅了马蜂窝。
The power of these flames was terrifying.
bù lùn bǎo wù hái shì mì shù ， yī yǔ zháo huǒ de tiān mó jiē chù ， jiù “ hū ” de yī xià bèi diǎn rán ， suí hòu tā men de zhǔ rén ， yě rú tóng bèi dú shé shì yǎo le yì bān ， chén lún huǒ hǎi 。
不论宝物还是秘术，一与着火的天魔接触，就“呼”的一下被点燃，随后他们的主人，也如同被毒蛇噬咬了一般，沉沦火海。
In a short time—less than a cup of tea—their efforts had gathered to destroy over ten thousand elite demons.
méi yǒu rén néng gòu dǎng zhù ， yě méi yǒu shuí kě yǐ miǎn sú 。
没有人能够挡住，也没有谁可以免俗。
The sky cleared up once more. Only about a dozen域外天魔 remained alive, all of them being demon lords.
zhè huǒ yàn de wēi néng shí zài tài kě bù 。
这火焰的威能实在太可怖。
Despite their numerical advantage, they looked pale and uneasy as they stared at田小剑: "You... you are a devil."
jiù zhè yàng jù shǎo chéng duō ， duǎn duǎn bú dào yī zhǎn chá de gōng fu ， shí yú wàn mó zú jīng ruì ， quán dōu huī fēi yān miè diào le 。
就这样聚少成多，短短不到一盏茶的功夫，十余万魔族精锐，全都灰飞烟灭掉了。
"Devil? Is it not amusing for you to use that term?"
tiān kōng chóng xīn qīng lǎng qǐ lái ， yī jiù huó zhe de yù wài tiān mó ， jǐn shèng xià shí yú gè 。
天空重新清朗起来，依旧活着的域外天魔，仅剩下十余个。
田小剑 couldn't help but laugh. Soon, his face turned into one of mockery: "Why waste so much time on words? If you dare trouble me, be prepared to fall. Are you ready?"
quán dōu shì mó zūn jí bié de qiáng zhě 。
全都是魔尊级别的强者。
Before he could finish speaking, a dark aura enveloped him, thick and black like ink, making it impossible to see through.
rú jīn ， tā men yī jiù shì rén shù jiào duō ， dàn yí gè èr gè ， liǎn sè què cāng bái dào jí chù 。
如今，他们依旧是人数较多，但一个二个，脸色却苍白到极处。
But in the next moment, all the dark aura vanished, replaced by a series of bright light beams shooting out from his body with a "sizzling" sound.
kàn xiàng tián xiǎo jiàn de yǎn shén ， gèng shì chōng mǎn le tǎn tè ：“ nǐ …… nǐ shì è mó 。”
看向田小剑的眼神，更是充满了忐忑：“你……你是恶魔。”
The brilliance was so dazzling that even the dozen or so remaining域外天魔 were caught up in it.
“ è mó ， zhè ge cí yǔ ， cóng nǐ men yù wài tiān mó kǒu zhōng shuō chū lái ， bù xián yǒu xiē kě xiào me ？”
“恶魔，这个词语，从你们域外天魔口中说出来，不嫌有些可笑么？”
"What... what is this?"
tián xiǎo jiàn yǒu xiē kū xiào bù dé ， dàn hěn kuài yòu biàn chéng le jī cháo zhī sè ：“ hé bì fèi huà zhè me duō ， jì rán gǎn zhǎo xiǎo yé de má fán ， jiù yào yǒu yǔn luò de jué wù ， nǐ men ， dōu zhǔn bèi hǎo le me ？”
田小剑有些哭笑不得，但很快又变成了讥嘲之色：“何必废话这么多，既然敢找小爷的麻烦，就要有陨落的觉悟，你们，都准备好了么？”
The surviving demon lords were shocked. They had no intention of sitting and waiting to die.
huà yīn wèi luò ， tián xiǎo jiàn hún shēn yǐ bèi yǒu hēi de mó qì bāo guǒ ， nà mó qì nóng chóu rú mò ， yǐ zhì yú lián lǐ miàn de rén yǐng dōu kàn bù qīng chǔ 。
话音未落，田小剑浑身已被黝黑的魔气包裹，那魔气浓稠如墨，以至于连里面的人影都看不清楚。
They needed to fight to the death, just like when a bow is drawn, there's no turning back.
dàn xià yī kè ， suǒ yǒu de mó qì què yòu mò míng de xiāo shī le 。 yǔ zhī bàn suí zhe “ chī chī ” de pò kōng shēng dà zuò ， wú shù liàng lì de guāng xiàn yóu tā shēn tǐ biǎo miàn tán shè ér chū 。
但下一刻，所有的魔气却又莫名的消失了。与之伴随着“嗤嗤”的破空声大做，无数亮丽的光线由他身体表面弹射而出。
So they summoned their treasures one by one.
nà jīng máng shì rú cǐ de liàng lì ， lái shì gèng shì wú bǐ de jìn jí ， sàn luò zài tā shēn cè de shí yú míng yù wài tiān mó ， wú yī miǎn sú ， quán bù bèi náng kuò dào lǐ miàn le 。
那晶芒是如此的亮丽，来势更是无比的劲急，散落在他身侧的十余名域外天魔，无一免俗，全部被囊括到里面了。
In an instant, the sky was filled with flashes of light as the sounds of explosions echoed everywhere.
“ zhè …… zhè shì shén me ？”
“这……这是什么？”
---
xìng cún de mó zūn men dà jīng shī sè ， zì rán bú huì yǒu zuò yǐ dài bì yī shuō 。
幸存的魔尊们大惊失色，自然不会有坐以待毙一说。
Half an hour later.
dà jiā kě yǐ zài wēi xìn zhōng sōu suǒ “ bǎi liàn chéng xiān huàn yǔ ”， huò zhě “hchy1982” jiù tiān jiā huàn yǔ de wēi xìn le
大家可以在薇信中搜索“百炼成仙幻雨”，或者“hchy1982”就添加幻雨的薇信了
The sky was clear and blue. Looking around, not even a trace of dark aura could be detected.
fú jī shī bài ， rú jīn tā men xiǎng yào huó ， jiù zhǐ yǒu bèi shuǐ yī zhàn 。
伏击失败，如今他们想要活，就只有背水一战。
田小剑 hovered in place.
zhè ge dào lǐ shí fēn qiǎn xiǎn 。 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn 。
这个道理十分浅显。开弓没有回头箭。
All the域外天魔, including those dozen demon lords, had vanished.
yú shì ， tā men fēn fēn jiāng zì jǐ de bǎo wù jì le qǐ lái 。
于是，他们纷纷将自己的宝物祭了起来。
In their place were numerous floating light spheres around him, each about the size of his thumb but with different colors. They were as beautiful as fireflies and numbered over ten thousand.
yī shí jiān ， mó máng cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ， hōng míng shēng bù jué yú ěr duǒ 。
一时间，魔芒此起彼伏，轰鸣声不绝于耳朵。
Coincidentally or not, this number was roughly the same as before.
bàn gè shí chén yǐ hòu 。
半个时辰以后。
田小剑 suddenly roared, clenching his hands. As he moved, black clouds swirled around him, causing his body to swell rapidly until it became a giant hundreds of feet tall.
tiān kōng bì lán rú xǐ ， fàng yǎn wàng qù ， tiān dì jiān yǐ chá jué bú dào yī sī de mó qì 。
天空碧蓝如洗，放眼望去，天地间已察觉不到一丝的魔气。
Then, with a wide mouth opening,
tián xiǎo jiàn xuán fú zài yuán dì 。
田小剑悬浮在原地。
"Woo..."
ér suǒ yǒu de yù wài tiān mó ， bāo kuò nà shí yú míng mó zūn ， quán dōu xiāo shī diào le 。
而所有的域外天魔，包括那十余名魔尊，全都消失掉了。
A powerful suction force emerged from his mouth as the countless light points were sucked into his belly like a whale drinking water.
qǔ ér dài zhī de shì tā de zhōu wéi xuán fú zhe yí gè gè de guāng qiú 。
取而代之的是他的周围悬浮着一个个的光球。
田小剑 belched and then returned to his normal size.
měi yí gè dōu yǔ mǔ zhǐ dà xiǎo xiāng chà fǎng fú ， yán sè què shì gè yì 。 bǐ yíng huǒ chóng hái yào měi lì ， shù liàng gèng shì lí pǔ ， zú yǒu shí yú wàn zhī shù 。
每一个都与拇指大小相差仿佛，颜色却是各异。比萤火虫还要美丽，数量更是离谱，足有十余万之数。
He had just killed so many powerful enemies in a casual manner, but there was no trace of joy on his face. Instead, he seemed worried: "I've consumed so many域外天魔, yet my power hasn't increased much. It seems this soul fusion technique is nothing more than a facade."
yě bù zhī dào shì bú shì qiǎo hé ， zhè shù liàng 。 dào yǔ gāng cái de yù wài tiān mó chà bu duō 。
也不知道是不是巧合，这数量。倒与刚才的域外天魔差不多。
"Jian'er, why rush? You already have ninety percent of the strength I had back then. The closer you get to perfection, the slower your recovery will be. Just kill a few entities like Immortal Demons or True Demon Ancestors, and you'll gain all my power."
“ hē ！”
“喝！”
An old voice entered his ears, its content shocking: after three days apart, one should look at someone with new eyes. Had田小剑 already gained ninety percent of the demon lord's strength?
tián xiǎo jiàn tū rán yī shēng dà hǒu ， shuāng shǒu yī wò ， suí zhe qí dòng zuò ， tǐ biǎo wú shù hēi xiá fān gǔn yǒng dòng 。 shēn qū shùn jiān kuáng zhǎng ， bù guò shùn xī de gōng fu ， jiù huà wèi le shù bǎi zhàng gāo de jù rén 。
田小剑突然一声大吼，双手一握，随着其动作，体表无数黑霞翻滚涌动。身躯瞬间狂涨，不过瞬息的功夫，就化为了数百丈高的巨人。
"Hmph, your words are right, but it's a trap," he said.
suí hòu xuè pén dà kǒu yī zhāng 。
随后血盆大口一张。
"What trap? Jian'er, what do you mean by that? I've never deceived you. How could you possibly have achieved such formidable power in just a few thousand years without me? We rise and fall together; saying this is like cutting off the bridge after crossing it?" The demon lord was taken aback before he became furious.
“ wū ……”
“呜……”
"Hmph, in front of honest people, there's no need to hide. Old man, do you really think I'm easy to fool? You say you owe me a great debt. Fine, let me ask you this: did you truly become the demon lord?" His voice was calm despite the mocking tone.
kuáng xiào shēng dà zuò 。 yǔ zhī bàn suí de shì wú qióng de xī lì cóng tā de zuǐ bā zhōng yī chuán ér chū 。
狂啸声大做。与之伴随的是无穷的吸力从他的嘴巴中一传而出。
"You're talking nonsense! Back then, I naturally became the demon lord. Could the Nine True Demons' Magic taught to me be fake?"
nà màn tiān de guāng diǎn ， jiù rú tóng zhǎng jīng qǔ shuǐ yì bān ， bèi tā tūn luò dào le dǔ zi lǐ miàn 。
那漫天的光点，就如同长鲸取水一般，被他吞落到了肚子里面。
"Of course, the Nine True Demons' Magic is genuine, but who says the one who taught it to you is the demon lord? According to what I know, when the Asura King killed the spirit realm and was defeated by three true immortals at the Arctic Yuan Guang Palace, he barely escaped with two deaths. The two injured immortals were eventually intercepted by the demon lord, leading to a fierce battle that even caused part of the spirit realm to fall into the mortal world—Penglai Mountain. Did you tell me this?"
tián xiǎo jiàn dǎ le yí gè bǎo gé ， suí hòu shēn xíng chóng xīn huī fù 。
田小剑打了一个饱嗝，随后身形重新恢复。
田小剑's voice was calm and unhurried, a skill that left everyone impressed.
tán xiào jiān miè shā le zhè me duō qiáng dí ， tā de liǎn shàng què méi yǒu lù chū duō shǎo xiào yì ， yǐn yǐn hái yǒu jǐ fēn yōu chóu ：“ tūn shì le zhè me duō yù wài tiān mó ， wǒ de fǎ lì yě méi yǒu jìn zhǎn xǔ duō ， kàn lái zhè róng hún mì shù yě bù guò shì tú yǒu qí biǎo bà le 。”
谈笑间灭杀了这么多强敌，他的脸上却没有露出多少笑意，隐隐还有几分忧愁：“吞噬了这么多域外天魔，我的法力也没有进展许多，看来这融魂秘术也不过是徒有其表罢了。”
"True, I did say it, so what? My words are not false. These ancient secrets should have caught your attention; is there any contradiction in my statement?" The old voice continued to argue, clearly upset by田小剑's sudden change of attitude.
“ jiàn ér ， nǐ yòu hé bì zháo jí ， nǐ yǐ yǒu lǎo fū dāng nián ， jiǔ chéng de shí lì ， yuè shì jiē jìn gōng dé yuán mǎn ， zhè huī fù qǐ lái zì rán yuè màn ， nǐ zhǐ yào jiāng sàn xiān yāo wáng ， zhēn mó shǐ zǔ zhī lèi de cún zài miè shā shàng jǐ gè ， zì rán jiù néng gòu dé dào lǎo fū shēng qián suǒ yǒu de lì liàng le 。”
“剑儿，你又何必着急，你已有老夫当年，九成的实力，越是接近功德圆满，这恢复起来自然越慢，你只要将散仙妖王，真魔始祖之类的存在灭杀上几个，自然就能够得到老夫生前所有的力量了。”
"Old man, do you still want to dodge the issue? I never said this part was fake. Yes, what you said before is true—the two immortals were injured and intercepted by the demon lord. What happened after that? Did they die or survive?"
yī cāng lǎo de shēng yīn chuán rù ěr duǒ ， suǒ shuō de nèi róng lìng rén chēng mù jié shé ， shì bié sān rì ， guā mù xiāng dài ， rú jīn de tián xiǎo jiàn ， yǐ jīng yǒu xī rì mó zú dà tǒng lǐng jiǔ chéng de lì liàng le me ？
一苍老的声音传入耳朵，所说的内容令人瞠目结舌，士别三日，刮目相待，如今的田小剑，已经有昔日魔族大统领九成的力量了么？
"The result was that my skills were inferior; I suffered severe injuries and died. The two immortals also barely survived to the brink of death but managed to escape using secret techniques. As for what happened afterward, I don't know if they are alive or dead. What did I lie about?" The old voice said with hatred.
“ hēng ， nǐ suǒ yán bù cuò ， kě xī què shì bāo cáng huò xīn bà le 。”
“哼，你所言不错，可惜却是包藏祸心罢了。”
But田小剑 didn't answer; instead, he spoke softly: "On Penglai Mountain, you once told me that the demon lord's soul did not scatter after his death; you were a fragment of his soul." (To be continued...)
However, there were always unlucky fellows who couldn't avoid the attacks. Eventually, to prevent being caught in the crossfire, some of the域外天魔 began to attack others.
Cutting off one's own arm or sacrificing pawns to save a chariot—such was the plan. It seemed like a good idea at first, but田小剑's face showed no concern as he spoke softly, "Fool!"
The words echoed in everyone's ears. As expected, the attacks from the域外天魔 not only failed to extinguish the disaster before them; they seemed to have disturbed a hornet's nest.
Whether it was precious treasures or secret techniques, once they came into contact with the burning demons, they ignited instantly like a flash of fire. Their masters then fell into a sea of flames, just as if bitten by venomous snakes.
No one could stop it, and no one was exempt from this fate.
The power of these flames was terrifying.
In a short time—less than a cup of tea—their efforts had gathered to destroy over ten thousand elite demons.
The sky cleared up once more. Only about a dozen域外天魔 remained alive, all of them being demon lords.
Despite their numerical advantage, they looked pale and uneasy as they stared at田小剑: "You... you are a devil."
"Devil? Is it not amusing for you to use that term?"
田小剑 couldn't help but laugh. Soon, his face turned into one of mockery: "Why waste so much time on words? If you dare trouble me, be prepared to fall. Are you ready?"
Before he could finish speaking, a dark aura enveloped him, thick and black like ink, making it impossible to see through.
But in the next moment, all the dark aura vanished, replaced by a series of bright light beams shooting out from his body with a "sizzling" sound.
The brilliance was so dazzling that even the dozen or so remaining域外天魔 were caught up in it.
"What... what is this?"
The surviving demon lords were shocked. They had no intention of sitting and waiting to die.
They needed to fight to the death, just like when a bow is drawn, there's no turning back.
So they summoned their treasures one by one.
In an instant, the sky was filled with flashes of light as the sounds of explosions echoed everywhere.
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Half an hour later.
The sky was clear and blue. Looking around, not even a trace of dark aura could be detected.
田小剑 hovered in place.
All the域外天魔, including those dozen demon lords, had vanished.
In their place were numerous floating light spheres around him, each about the size of his thumb but with different colors. They were as beautiful as fireflies and numbered over ten thousand.
Coincidentally or not, this number was roughly the same as before.
"Ha!"
田小剑 suddenly roared, clenching his hands. As he moved, black clouds swirled around him, causing his body to swell rapidly until it became a giant hundreds of feet tall.
Then, with a wide mouth opening,
"Woo..."
A powerful suction force emerged from his mouth as the countless light points were sucked into his belly like a whale drinking water.
田小剑 belched and then returned to his normal size.
He had just killed so many powerful enemies in a casual manner, but there was no trace of joy on his face. Instead, he seemed worried: "I've consumed so many域外天魔, yet my power hasn't increased much. It seems this soul fusion technique is nothing more than a facade."
"Jian'er, why rush? You already have ninety percent of the strength I had back then. The closer you get to perfection, the slower your recovery will be. Just kill a few entities like Immortal Demons or True Demon Ancestors, and you'll gain all my power."
An old voice entered his ears, its content shocking: after three days apart, one should look at someone with new eyes. Had田小剑 already gained ninety percent of the demon lord's strength?
"Hmph, your words are right, but it's a trap," he said.
"What trap? Jian'er, what do you mean by that? I've never deceived you. How could you possibly have achieved such formidable power in just a few thousand years without me? We rise and fall together; saying this is like cutting off the bridge after crossing it?" The demon lord was taken aback before he became furious.
"Hmph, in front of honest people, there's no need to hide. Old man, do you really think I'm easy to fool? You say you owe me a great debt. Fine, let me ask you this: did you truly become the demon lord?" His voice was calm despite the mocking tone.
"You're talking nonsense! Back then, I naturally became the demon lord. Could the Nine True Demons' Magic taught to me be fake?"
"Of course, the Nine True Demons' Magic is genuine, but who says the one who taught it to you is the demon lord? According to what I know, when the Asura King killed the spirit realm and was defeated by three true immortals at the Arctic Yuan Guang Palace, he barely escaped with two deaths. The two injured immortals were eventually intercepted by the demon lord, leading to a fierce battle that even caused part of the spirit realm to fall into the mortal world—Penglai Mountain. Did you tell me this?"
田小剑's voice was calm and unhurried, a skill that left everyone impressed.
"True, I did say it, so what? My words are not false. These ancient secrets should have caught your attention; is there any contradiction in my statement?" The old voice continued to argue, clearly upset by田小剑's sudden change of attitude.
"Old man, do you still want to dodge the issue? I never said this part was fake. Yes, what you said before is true—the two immortals were injured and intercepted by the demon lord. What happened after that? Did they die or survive?"
"The result was that my skills were inferior; I suffered severe injuries and died. The two immortals also barely survived to the brink of death but managed to escape using secret techniques. As for what happened afterward, I don't know if they are alive or dead. What did I lie about?" The old voice said with hatred.
But田小剑 didn't answer; instead, he spoke softly: "On Penglai Mountain, you once told me that the demon lord's soul did not scatter after his death; you were a fragment of his soul." (To be continued...)