Chapter 811 - 402: The Demon Race Will Never Be Slaves (3)

Chapter 811: Chapter 402: The Demon Race Will Never Be Slaves (3)

Following this bloody battle, Cheng Zongyang’s combat prowess reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment.

Six months later, Cheng Zongyang single-handedly fought his way into the captive grounds of the Deer Demon tribe. Plundered and consumed until only six or seven thousand remained, the Deer Demons managed to break out of their captivity under his protection.

Growing stronger through battle, Cheng Zongyang wielded a magical staff to fight against five Peak of Foundation Establishment Cultivators simultaneously. Ultimately, pushed to his absolute limits, his strength broke through to the Golden Core Level! With his newly elevated combat power, he carved a path through the siege, ensuring the Deer Demon tribe could safely migrate to the Barbaric Wilderness.

A year later, Cheng Zongyang stormed a city of the Human Race. From the dungeons of a powerful family, he rescued the Tiger King, who had been imprisoned and repeatedly drained of his blood. Joining forces, Cheng Zongyang and the Tiger King—who also possessed Golden Core Level strength—annihilated the family before retreating deep into the mountains.

Another year passed. With the Tiger King leading the way, the two journeyed to the Northern Territory to rescue the Flood Dragon Pythons, who were being farmed for their bile. However, only one remained—the strongest among them, possessing the strength of a Peak of Golden Core!

One Flood Dragon Python, one Tiger King, and one Ape King.

After the trio teamed up to slaughter the main culprits, they escaped into the ocean with the Flood Dragon Python’s assistance and vanished. The Golden Core Cultivators of the Human Race pursuing them completely lost their trail.

In the time that followed, various captive and enslaved members of the Demon Race were freed one after another, successfully returning to their ancestral home in the Barbaric Wilderness. The Hundred Thousand Mountains also became a forbidden zone for humans with low Cultivation!

Three years later.

A massive battle erupted within the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Surprisingly, a Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Human Race had made a move.

The three Golden Core experts faced off against the Nascent Soul Cultivator, shattering several mountains in the process. The two sides were evenly matched. Cheng Zongyang, who had already reached the Peak of Golden Core, sought another extreme breakthrough. Meeting the opponent’s counterattacks head-on, he gradually began luring the enemy toward a human city.

However, another Nascent Soul Powerhouse emerged from the city, and the two began to besiege the trio. The Flood Dragon Python King and the Tiger King teamed up against one, while Cheng Zongyang fought the other alone!

Covered in cuts and bruises, Cheng Zongyang’s battle intent eventually gathered once more. With a violent outburst, he charged forward. Instantly, the heart-fire of the Ape Demon erupted again. As if his bloodline had awakened, all the injuries on his body healed completely, and his physique rapidly expanded.

Yet, at that very moment, a terrifying, oppressive pressure descended from the sky.

Realizing he had successfully broken through, Cheng Zongyang felt no joy. Instead, he immediately repelled the Nascent Soul Cultivator he was fighting, intending to grab his two companions and retreat swiftly. But in the next second, he was trapped in place.

Immediately after, an old man with an ethereal, transcendent aura appeared.

"Flee!" Cheng Zongyang roared at the Flood Dragon Python King and the Tiger King.

Without hesitation, the Flood Dragon Python King grabbed the Tiger King and fled, leaving behind a single sentence.

"If you kill our brother, ten million humans will be buried with him!"

The old man wanted to give chase, but the Nascent Soul Level combat power Cheng Zongyang unleashed forced him to stay and maintain the Restriction!

"The battle intent heart-fire of the Ape Demon tribe! You have thoroughly ignited it." The old man stared with a gloomy expression at the Ape Demon, who was continuously bursting with power in an attempt to break free.

A Nascent Soul Level Ape Demon who had fully ignited its battle intent heart-fire was no longer an opponent a human Nascent Soul Cultivator could handle. That was why he had no choice but to intervene.

Seeing that his two brothers had safely escaped, Cheng Zongyang gradually calmed down. The old man immediately grabbed Cheng Zongyang, and the two vanished from the spot. In the next moment, they appeared at the peak of a towering mountain.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the old man and said calmly, "Divinity Transformation. I never expected there to still be a Divinity Transformation Cultivator in this world. But I reckon you don’t have much Lifespan left, do you?"

The old man returned his gaze. "The heart of an Ape Demon possesses the battle intent heart-fire. The more they fight, the stronger they get, hence their rapid increase in strength. As for a Nascent Soul Level Ape Demon, its battle intent heart-fire can even be used as medicine. If I refine you into a supreme pill, it will extend my Lifespan by two hundred years!"

Cheng Zongyang was startled inwardly. He retorted, "Aren’t you afraid my brothers will blood-sacrifice ten million of your Human Race?"

"Afraid?" The old man sneered. "The heavens and earth are ruthless, treating all creation as straw dogs. The life and death of the people in this world follow their own laws. If they die, it will be a sin committed by the Demon Race. What does that have to do with me?"

Cheng Zongyang merely replied in a flat tone, "Then you will have to bear the infamy of thousands."

"Hahaha, if people could be cursed to death, there would be no wicked men left in the world." The old man swiftly sealed Cheng Zongyang’s Cultivation and branded a Restriction on him, making it impossible for him to leave the mountaintop.

Afterward, he began sorting through his belongings.

"The reason the Ape Demon tribe was enslaved is that their battle intent heart-fire is simply too astonishing. Only through long-term enslavement, letting them die out generation by generation, can their lineage ultimately be extinguished. I just didn’t expect an anomaly like you to appear after hundreds of years!"

Cheng Zongyang was already aware of this. However, he asked in confusion, "Then why not just slaughter them all and end it once and for all?"

"Hehe, everything in this world has its own Dao of existence. The battle intent heart-fire of the Ape Demon tribe is something to worry about, but it is also a good thing. Even without the battle intent heart-fire, their hearts still possess special uses. When an Ape Demon reaches a certain age, its heart can be used in medicine to help improve one’s aptitude. It is quite valuable."

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang’s brows immediately furrowed. "What age?"

"The Ape Demon tribe has a long Lifespan, but the prime age is between forty and fifty. That is when they are best used for medicine. It’s simply because that’s when their heart-fire is most easily triggered. Of course, that doesn’t mean it can only be triggered then; it’s just the easiest time. At other ages, some stimulation is required to achieve the same effect."

"So, the frequent mine collapses and the occasional swapping of positions among Ape Demons of different ages were all to orchestrate accidental deaths. That way, you wouldn’t incite the wrath of the Ape Demon tribe while still achieving your goals?"