Chapter 1461 - 1052: Duel (Part 2)

Chapter 1461: Chapter 1052: Duel (Part 2)

In his mind, he was aimlessly lost in thought when a dialogue box suddenly popped up in his vision—

[You have received an opportunity to duel with the remaining obsession of the Fiery Evil Demon Monarch. Accept or not?]

[Note: The ’duel’ refers to a face-to-face encounter, which could be a debate, a fight, or a conversation, and does not imply violent behavior. Additionally: Successful dueling results in a critical strike on the opponent, significantly reducing their health bar; failure doubles their health bar.]

Interesting!

Isn’t this so much more fun than just wasting time?

Jiang Yuan glanced at the barely scratched health bar, thinking that even if he lost, at most it would just fill back up, so it wouldn’t make much difference. But what if he won and landed a critical strike to expedite purification?

Clicking to accept the duel, his figure vanished from the side of the skull.

"Hey? Master! Master, come back quickly! How can you enter that fellow’s skull? It’s dangerous!" The only one unoccupied, Yan Xuan, immediately noticed that his master had teleported into the skull and vanished, and shouted in fright.

However, it seemed as if the master couldn’t hear him at all. He could only sigh heavily, lamenting that even as a divine beast, he was of no help at all, not even as much as those younger members of the Ancient Ten Great Sects.

Yet Jiang Yuan was completely unaware that accepting the duel meant he could directly enter the skull’s interior.

Nevertheless, inside the duel space, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

His mind suddenly filled with question marks: Logically, such a large skull shouldn’t be empty. Was there flesh inside? Had it rotted? Was the Demon Lord’s brain still there?

If only the skull remained, without the enveloping dark aura, it seemed not quite as intimidating.

"Who goes there? State your name!" Amidst the darkness, a majestic voice suddenly echoed, still with a 360-degree surround sound effect.

Unable to spot where the voice originated immediately, Jiang Yuan looked around, finding no threat indicator from the system. He grew very curious about what this ’duel’ entailed.

"Where is the Demon Monarch? Surely you don’t even dare show your true form?" He wasn’t about to play along with the other party’s mindset.

After all, without any preliminary moves, maybe this is a reasonable demon lord.

The Fiery Evil Demon Monarch’s remaining obsession observed, never having encountered such a peculiar individual—by essence, very young, likely only lived for a decade or two, merely freshly hatched in terms of Outer Heaven Demons, still a dependent infant.

If it were a mortal, this age would count as adulthood. After all, their lives are indeed fleeting, disappearing in the blink of an eye, and several generations of mortals have already passed.

But how could a mortal have the right to stand before me?

As for a cultivator, there is no spiritual power fluctuation at all, nor any divine power to contend with me, truly strange and odd.

Not knowing the opponent’s details, it dared not act rashly.

Being suppressed after repeated victories due to underestimating the enemy, it had ended disastrously!

"Who are you? I don’t recall having met you." Transforming, the phantom of several hundred feet shrank to just over three meters, asking once more.

Only then did Jiang Yuan realize the other party was right in front of him.

Its size was excessively large; the enormous black claws loomed so high, he hadn’t noticed them right before him. Once the opponent shrank, standing opposite still didn’t lessen its imposing presence, which Jiang Yuan found quite satisfactory.

He thought if he could gather the entire set and gear up, he would embody this kind of Demon Lord’s commanding figure!

Quite impressive!

"Who are you really?" The Fiery Evil Demon Monarch didn’t see fear toward Outer Heaven Demons in the other’s eyes. Instead, they were full of delight and appreciation?

He had never seen such an expression when facing Celestial Soldiers and Gods!

Even a dignified War God regarded him with solemnity, their eyes full of awe and concern; while cultivators of the Lower Realm were scared out of their wits, as if they had seen the most terrifying thing in the world;

Mortals... oh no, he had actually forgotten, mortals had no right to look upon gods at all.

Especially those to be devoured by Outer Heaven Demons, not yet noticed by him, their bodies and souls already transformed into wisps of energy-laden blue smoke, inhaled in one gulp.

"My surname is Jiang, like the "ginger" in ginger." The more Jiang Yuan looked, the more satisfied he became, a smile overflowing in his eyes.

Before he could finish his usual Wilderness introduction, the Fiery Evil Demon Monarch coldly said: "Shennong Clan? Ha, looks like the Celestial Realm truly has no immortals to use, sending over a farmer like you. What can a mere Shennong Clan do to me?"

Jiang Yuan: ???

Not really, buddy, you don’t have the situation clear yet, right? How many years have you been dead, with just a bit of obsession remaining, yet still so arrogant?

"You’re overthinking it. Dealing with you doesn’t require the Shennong Clan." He continued smiling brightly, "Although, I am a farmer too. How do you farm this?"

The system translated the languages of both parties, and Jiang Yuan’s pun was translated flawlessly, infuriating the Flame Demon Monarch, who squinted his blood-red eyes as his anger soared!

[The Flame Demon Monarch’s obsession has suffered verbal violence, anger +50, health -50!]

The sudden prompt in his vision stupefied him—this works?

The key was the opponent’s health bar really dropped by half; at this rate, a few more insults would break the defense!

The great Outer Heaven Demon surprisingly had such a low mental defense, as if previously faced Celestial Soldiers and Gods had been of high quality and refrained from trash-talking?

"How dare you indirectly call me a ’bastard’?" The Fiery Evil Demon Monarch, momentarily taken aback, became furious. If not for an invisible force binding him, he would have already torn this fellow to shreds!

Because of his lowly origins, he suffered much contempt and ridicule from a young age.

Finally becoming a Demon Monarch, yet his impure bloodline remained a flaw, so he sought to achieve merit and wash away the disgrace. For this, he risked life and limb, scheming to lure mortals into sacrificing and summoning his true form.

Internal and external cooperation with a bloodbath, having devoured so many Celestial Soldiers and even several True Gods and True Immortals, yet... why hasn’t his clan stormed in and devoured this dying world?

"You were the one who first belittled farmers," Jiang Yuan realized this match was all talk, no action, and was completely relieved. No matter what the opponent said, as long as he didn’t break the defense, he’d win!

Pushing his advantage, he said, "You’ve been dead for so many years, dismembered into pieces. What remains unresolved? Speak out, let’s hear it."

The opponent didn’t break defense, sighed and said, "Waiting for the message of the clan’s victory, it will be delivered, certainly will! How can you lowly reptiles resist Outer Heaven Demons?"

"The thick skin of invaders is truly remarkable!" Jiang Yuan was not angered; in fact, he found it amusing, the health bar lit up but did not fall.

He suddenly realized that this so-called duel might be the system’s attempt to let him gather intelligence on Outer Heaven Demons. Otherwise, there was no understanding why this scenario played out, trash-talking is not as exhilarating as fighting.

"Risking life to lure mortals to summon oneself to the mortal world. A mighty Demon Monarch dying at the hands of Celestial Gods? And you think this brings hope for clan victory? Haha, actually, Outer Heaven Demons have long since been driven out.

Now, even your name hasn’t been remembered in the mortal world. In the end, was sacrificing yourself for invasion worth it?"

"Invasion?" Restricted from every side, and only able to express anger verbally, the Demon Monarch laughed, "You are merely a group of lucky reptiles, short-lived and weak, yet protected safely and securely by a series of measures under the so-called Heavenly Dao.

You truly consider yourselves the masters of this world? How dare you use the ridiculous word ’invasion?’

You are merely prey, nothing more, prey that can fill the stomachs of Outer Heaven Demons!

I have never heard of wild wolves chasing and slaughtering wild goats being called invaders. We are predators, while you are prey, understand?"

Jiang Yuan immediately grew curious, pressing on: "Where do Outer Heaven Demons usually live? Plotting to devour an entire major world, which could take countless millennia, you wouldn’t starve?

If you swallowed this entire world, are there others to devour? And do you know how the whole major world came into being? When there’s no food, how do you cultivate?"