Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

The air was thick with fear and disbelief. The fall of Hu Tao, one of their powerful emperor, had cast a chilling shadow over the battlefield. But in the midst of despair, an enraged voice suddenly came from the distant sky.

"Devil scums, you dare!", an enraged voice was heard across the entire battlefield. A powerful aura surged forth and the silhouette of a person appeared infront of the devil god. He had a tyrannical aura around him and he was holding a pitch black spear in his hand.

The enraged person was none other than Fu Deming, the previous sect master of the Xuantian sect. He didn't utter a single word as he looked up at the devil god. His gaze was sharp and unwavering as he looked towards the eyes of the devil god.

Without any warning, Fu Deming sprang into action. He drew his spear, its tip gleaming ominously under the crimson fire that he had generated. With a battle cry that echoed through the battlefield, he charged towards the devil god.

"Spear of the fire dragon", he trusted his spear and launched an attack that directly went for the head of the devil god. The silhouette of the devil god flickered, his illusory body dispersing and reforming which stay unharmed by the attack of Fu Deming.

Fu Deming didn't blink although his first attack failed. He followed up with another attack by giving multiple stabs into the air.

"This is amusing", the devil god chuckled, a look of interest appeared in his ominous looking eyes. He raised a hand and a dark energy formed around his fingers. He flicked his wrist and sent the energy hurtling towards Fu Deming.

The attack was swift and silent but Fu Deming seemed to be prepared for the attack. He twisted his body and avoided the energy blast by a hair's breadth. He stabbed his spear again. This time, he launched another mighty technique, "Thousand Spear Rain".

The devil god's eyes gleamed with interest. He hadn't expected Fu Deming to evade his attack this easily. He raised his arms, a dark shield materializing in front of him to block the incoming attack.

'The Thousand spear rain' unleashed a devastating attack on the remaining devil warriors. The attack was relentless and it couldn't be stopped even after the devil generals stepped in.

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'A good chance. I need to take this opportunity and find out what these devils are planning' Zhan Chen thought to himself. He threw a look at the ongoing battle between the devil god and Fu Deming before turning to look towards Lan Yueyue.

"City lord, I am handing over our group's command to you. I need to take care of few urgent matters before returning. In the mean time, I want you to take charge and lead our group farther away from the battlefield", Zhan Chen spoke.

"Where are you going?", Lan Yueyue asked with a worried expression.

"Don't worry, I am just planning to gain some information. It will not be long before I come back", Zhan Chen assured her. He asked his group to follow Lan Yueyue's command and walked towards the place where devils gathered.

He was walking at a natural speed at first but suddenly he used his Cloud walking technique. The Xuantian sect cultivators could not keep up with his speed as he vanished from their sight.

"It is time to test 'Divine art of Myriad transformation'. Hopefully, I can deceive the devils with this technique", Zhan Chen thought to himself.

He recalled the Divine art of Myriad transformation technique and tried to change his aura. He tried to emulate the special frequency and characteristics of a devil's soul and tried to mold his soul like this. His initial attempts were not quite successful but he succeed in his third attempt.

His soul fluctuation changed and it appeared like his personality changed within an instant. His facial feature changed and he looked like a battle hardened devil within an instant. His robe was the only thing which could raise suspicion at this moment.

He borrowed a tattered armour from a fallen devil and wore it over his body. His pant was not much different than the devils. So, he chose to keep it as it was. He moved like a sectre and moved through the devil lines.

Few devil warriors noticed him but they were too busy to talk with Zhan Chen. All devil warriors including the devil generals were busy with keeping tab on the devastating battle that was being fought between the devil god and Fu Deming.

Zhan Chen stopped after he reached near the vicinity of devil generals. He spread his soul consciousness and finally got to observe the devil generals from a close distance.

'What is with these devils! Few of their soul strength can be compared to an early stage emperor', he thought to himself. His attention escepecially went towards a female devil whose hair was completely crimson in colour.

"Forget about her. My limit is peak tribulation realm soul at this moment. There is no need to take risk when I can get another one who is at late tribulation realm at this moment", he thought to himself. His eyes flashed and a blank look appeared on the face of a female devil general. 

She took only few moments to regain her composure but Zhan Chen was sharing a soul connection with her now. "To understand the matters more clearly, let's take another one as my slave", Zhan Chen thought to himself. There were only two female devil generals among the group of twelve. So, he had to choose a male devil as his slave.

'No need to linger here. Let's retreat', Zhan Chen thought inside his mind. He used the Cloud chasing steps and walked out of the devil gathering.

The battle was still raging between the devil god and Fu Deming. All the cultivators in the surrounding had already retreated to distance because no of them wanted to get caught in such a crazy fight.

Zhan Chen observed battle between the devil god and the Fu Deming and he had a surprised expression on his face as he found out, sign of exhaustion from the devil god. Compared to him, Fu Deming was still going strong. His attacks were getting more tyrannical, the more he fought with the devil god.

Suddenly the devil god sensed something as his eyes flashed. Fu Deming also stopped for a moment as he sensed some powergul aura approaching the battle field.

"Human, I would have loved to continue our battle but it seems impossible for now. Your help is coming and I can't resist such a large force with my remaining power. So, let's continue our battle another day", the devil god spoke. He looked towards the devil generals and informed them about the supporting force that the Xuantian sect was about to receive.

"My followers, it is no longer possible to fight with human infront of me. My will is fading away and I can hardly sustain my self for another ten minutes. So, tell me. Whatever your last request is. I will go into slumber after retreating from here", the devil god spoke.

"Oh exalted devil god! We know about your limitation. We will not request you to fight with the human expert any longer. Instead, we urge you to take a look and see if there is anyway you can make the spatial tunnel more stable", lord Tianzun spoke.