Chapter 2300: Scales Shed, Humanity Restored

The aura of the Venerable Realm surged turbulently from Sikong Jing.

Everyone’s gaze solidified in unison. What kind of breakthrough speed is this?

Especially Elder Ruan, who sat collapsed on the ground, was dumbstruck. He had interacted with Sikong Jing when he was still at the Martial Enlightenment Stage, and now, just over half a month later, he’s already at the Emperor Martial Venerable Realm.

To be precise, it’s the Venerable Fifth Realm, which has already surpassed himself. Is this a dream?

Sikong Jing, having quickly completed his breakthrough, slowly opened his eyes and said, "I’m barely over twenty years old and now I’m already at the Fifth Realm of the Emperor Martial Venerable. Do you truly look down upon me as a Demon?"

Even Chai Jiu’s gaze was fixed in astonishment, completely in a state of disbelief.

Of course, he didn’t know that Sikong Jing was a Rebuilder.

Among the Yu Vein, both those supporting the Demons and those looking down upon them were left agape.

Subconsciously, they turned their gazes towards Teng Yue.

Teng Yue from the Yu Vein is a super genius, capable of fully inheriting the first generation’s lineage of the Yu Vein Master, a perfect talent. He is also at the Venerable Realm, but the Black Scale Demon in front of him has reached an equal realm with Teng Yue.

His future will be unparalleled and terrifying.

The Demons were incredibly excited, as such a terrifying and peerless Demon genius had never appeared in their history. Besides War Tiger, no Demon knew that Sikong Jing was a Rebuilder.

And Sikong Jing certainly wouldn’t declare himself a Rebuilder at this moment.

In the midst of the silence, Sikong Jing spoke again: "If you still look down on me, it’s probably because of my scales."

Upon finishing his words, Sikong Jing’s whole body trembled slightly... Crash!

The scales on his body began to drop frantically. He lost some scales upon reaching the Emperor Realm, and now at the Venerable Fifth Realm, the Demon Battle Heavenly Technique’s Demon Extermination effect is much stronger.

Thus, almost in an instant, all of Sikong Jing’s scales flew off, black scales fluttering everywhere.

Once the Black Scales were completely scattered, Sikong Jing nearly reverted to a human form.

His true face and skin were fully revealed, except for some faintly invisible Black Scale marks, Sikong Jing had completely recovered from the residue of Demonization.

At the Qianwang Holy Tower, he had been Demonized up to the Divine Martial Stage, but now, there were no roots of illness left.

Even at the same realm, he is stronger now because he has two Dantians as his Double Emperor Veins have awakened.

The crowd stared at Sikong Jing at the center of the Demon Soldiers Killing Array, looking at his scale-less face, observing his appearance akin to genuine members of the Human Clan, their hearts surged like tides...

It was astonishing, shocking, and unbelievable.

All the Demons trembled with excitement, believing that they could truly rid themselves of demonization and become actual members of the Human Clan.

If the removal of a small number of scales earlier left them with doubts, now those doubts had been entirely dispelled, leading them to wholeheartedly believe in their potential transformation into genuine members of the Human Clan.

Instantly, it was as if a shot of strength had been injected into the Demons.

The members of the Yu Vein, regardless of their mindset, were utterly astounded and began fully believing in the existence of the Demon Vein, but for the Yu Vein, it was not the most important aspect; it remained Sikong Jing’s terrifying talent as a Black Scale Demon.

At this moment, many from the Yu Vein also fully acknowledged Sikong Jing.

Chai Jiu and others trembled violently, almost unable to speak anymore.

Sikong Jing didn’t intend to hear anything further from them and spoke first: "Chai Jiu, the tactic to shake the Death Battle spirit of my Demon Vein and Yu Vein was indeed clever, but you undervalue me."

It was reversed again...

This was precisely the thought of Chai Jiu and others from the Cang Lineage now. The state of bewildered and hesitant minds from earlier had been completely overturned.

As Sikong Jing stated, Chai Jiu’s psychological warfare was divided into several steps...

The first step was to focus on killing Sikong Jing, the second step was to make the Yu Vein members distrust Sikong Jing and breed suspicion, the third step was to promise Sikong Jing and the Demons, amplifying such suspicion.

No one thought a small Black Scale could crack and counterstrike...

Yet the first step for Black Scale was the fearlessness towards being targeted, the second step was to strengthen the Demons’ fighting spirit, the third step was to break through on the spot, using powerful talent to conquer numerous Yu Vein members.

The most crucial aspect is Sikong Jing’s unwavering determination.

Sikong Jing isn’t a true Demon; he possesses various experiences and is more familiar with the history and secrets of Divine Demon Island, so how could he be easily manipulated by Chai Jiu?

At this time, Sikong Jing spoke again: "In this world, strength is the measure of respect, regardless of whether you are human, demon, or beast. As long as you are strong, that’s what matters."

Boom...

Since Sikong Jing reached the Venerable Fifth Realm, the Soldier Killing Array he commanded changed. Previously, his True Qi wasn’t sufficient to control all the Demons smoothly, thus unable to fully utilize the power of the Demon Soldiers.

But now, his True Qi was abundant.

Therefore, the power of the Domineering Soul Soldier Killing Array surged constantly, roaring straight into the sky.

Creak... Creak...

Such vast and intense Array Power made Chai Jiu clench his teeth and growl lowly: "You’re right, in this world, strength is respected, so no matter how high your talent is, you are still only at the Emperor Martial Stage."

"This Great Gate Master wants to see how long you can sustain this."

Upon finishing his words, he looked heavily at all those from the Cang Lineage, commanding firmly: "Attack the Demon Soldiers with full force, and ignore the Yu Vein."

After giving the command, Chai Jiu leaped forward towards the Demon Soldiers where Sikong Jing was located.

His psychological tactics may have failed, but they weren’t a complete failure. As long as he pursued his recent command to assault the Demons with full strength, perhaps the alliance between the Demon Vein and Yu Vein could still be shattered.

It remained as the first step, focusing on Sikong Jing, allowing some people within the Yu Vein not accepting Demons to hold onto lucky thoughts.

Chai Jiu couldn’t believe that all members of the Yu Vein would be conquered by Sikong Jing.

If there’s a small portion that hasn’t been conquered, it can be exploited. As long as they hold lucky thoughts and refuse to commit to a full battle for the Demons, then the Yu Vein would surely descend into chaos...

But... Hahaha.

Sikong Jing laughed three times and then thunderously asked, "Ying Sect Master, all of you from the Yu Vein, are you willing to heed my war order?"

Watching Chai Jiu and his men come attacking, Ying Sanmeng faced them without any hesitation. Of course, he couldn’t let the Demon Soldiers bear the full attack from Chai Jiu and the others.

Now, the Yu Vein and Demon Vein must fully unite, without divided minds.

However, Sikong Jing’s question made Ying Sanmeng tremble all over.

Subsequently, without hesitation, he said heavily, "All members of the Yu Vein listen, regardless of your thoughts, now is the decisive battle against the Cang Lineage, I command you as the Yu Vein Master to fully obey the war orders of our Black Scale little brother."

Normally, even at this point, it’s still difficult for the Yu Vein to fully obey a Black Scale Demon’s war orders.

But Ying Sanmeng considered the various performances of his Black Scale little brother and of course agreed.

His agreement instantly cracked something within the hearts of a small portion of the Yu Vein people.

This small group were the ones Chai Jiu hoped would not accept the Demons. Naturally, a surge of resentment arose in their hearts.

Why must we, proud members of the Human Clan, take orders from a Demon?