Chapter 74:The Death of Black Tortoise

The corpse of the Poison Demon was still warm.

Blood slowly flowed from beneath his body, staining the shattered arena crimson. His eyes remained half-open, staring at the sky as though he still had something left to say.

For decades, the Poison Demon and the Black Tortoise had been enemies.

They had crossed blades countless times.

Fought over territory.

Argued over justice and righteousness.

Tried to kill one another more times than they could count.

Yet now, as the Black Tortoise stood before his fallen rival, there was no joy on his face.

Only exhaustion.

Only silence.

The old elder looked at the dead man for a long time.

Then he sighed.

"All for the greater good."

His voice sounded hollow.

No cheers came from the Murim Alliance.

No celebration erupted.

Because everyone knew the truth.

The Poison Demon had not died because he was weak.

He had died protecting the painting.

Protecting the disciples inside.

Protecting Lucifer.

The old man had chosen death.

The Black Tortoise tightened his grip around his sword.

"You fool…"

He looked at the corpse.

"We fought our entire lives, and in the end, this is how you leave."

For a brief moment, he felt old.

Very old.

Then his expression hardened.

The war was not over.

The devil was still alive.

As long as Lucifer existed, countless more people would die.

The old elder raised his head and looked toward the painting floating in the air.

Cracks had already spread across its surface.

The dimension inside was unstable.

If he destroyed it now—

Everyone inside would die.

Lucifer included.

He took a deep breath.

"No matter what history says about me…"

He slowly walked forward.

"I will end this monster today."

He raised his sword.

Sovereign Realm Qi surged around him.

The ground split apart.

The sky trembled.

Even after fighting the Poison Demon to the death, his cultivation was still terrifying.

Everyone held their breath.

The old elder raised his sword above his head.

Then—

The ground shook.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

The blood spilled across the arena suddenly began to move.

At first it looked like ripples.

Then streams.

Then rivers.

Finally—

It rose into the air.

Everyone's eyes widened.

The blood of thousands of people twisted together.

It formed chains.

Gigantic chains.

Crimson chains.

They wriggled like living serpents.

"What…?"

The Black Tortoise's pupils shrank.

The chains connected to one another.

Then they shot toward the painting.

Crack!

They pierced through the unstable dimension.

One end remained in the real world.

The other entered the painting.

It had become…

A bridge.

Inside the painting, Lucifer looked up and grinned.

The blood manipulation technique he had copied from the Blood Demon had finally succeeded.

"Hehehe…"

He laughed.

"If you want to live…"

The chains descended from the sky.

"Grab them."

Everyone stared.

Even Elizabeth was speechless.

The First Phoenix looked at him in disbelief.

"You… planned this?"

Lucifer smirked.

"Who knows?"

The dimension shook violently.

Space continued collapsing.

Trees vanished.

Mountains cracked.

The entire world was dying.

Lucifer looked at everyone.

"You have three seconds."

"One."

The Second Phoenix immediately grabbed a chain.

"Two."

Elizabeth,Lei xin,Tsuru grabbed the chain 

"Three."

Everyone jumped.

The chains began pulling them upward.

Straight toward reality.

Outside, the Black Tortoise finally understood.

"No!"

He raised his sword.

"If they return—everything becomes meaningless!"

Boom!

He rushed forward.

His blade descended.

The chain would break.

The bridge would collapse.

Everyone would die.

Then—

A black slash appeared.

Cleave.

BOOOOM!

The Black Tortoise's eyes widened.

The slash struck him directly.

The old elder was blasted backward, crashing through several buildings.

The chain remained intact.

A second later—

The dimension exploded.

Crack.

Crack.

BOOOOOOOM!!

Space shattered.

The painting disintegrated.

Countless figures emerged from the collapsing dimension.

One after another.

They landed upon the ruined arena.

At the very end—

A figure walked out.

Black clothes.

Crimson eyes.

One hand inside his pocket.

Lucifer.

As though he had merely gone on a stroll.

He looked around.

Then his eyes fell upon the corpse.

The Poison Demon.

For once—

His smile disappeared.

"So…"

He stared at the old man.

"The old man is dead, huh."

Silence.

The Black Tortoise slowly stood up.

Blood dripped from his mouth.

His breathing was uneven.

The poison from his battle with the Poison Demon still lingered inside him.

Yet his gaze remained sharp.

"Why do you sound disappointed?"

Lucifer looked at him.

Then he smiled again.

"Disappointed?"

He shrugged.

"Why should I grieve?"

"He was weak."

"He died."

"His own fault."

"No one else's."

The entire arena became silent.

Even Elizabeth stared at him.

The Black Tortoise's face darkened.

"What an ungrateful brat."

His voice trembled with anger.

"He gave his life protecting all of you."

"And yet…"

"There isn't even a hint of remorse in your eyes."

Lucifer chuckled.

"Remorse?"

"I'm not an emotional fool."

"I don't lose my composure because someone died."

"I don't go blind with revenge."

"I kill."

"I survive."

"That's all."

The Black Tortoise looked toward the sky.

His old rival was gone.

His friend.

His enemy.

The one person who understood him.

Gone.

He closed his eyes.

Then opened them.

Murder filled them.

"I don't know what you were protecting, old friend…"

He slowly raised his sword.

"But I'll send this brat to apologize to you."

Lucifer blinked.

Then laughed.

"Wait."

"You killed him."

"So why are you acting like I'm at fault?"

The Black Tortoise disappeared.

BOOM!

His sword descended.

Lucifer vanished.

Sin of Sloth.

The attack split the earth for hundreds of meters.

Lucifer appeared behind him.

"See? That's what I mean."

The Black Tortoise turned.

"You shouldn't have been born."

Silence.

Everyone froze.

Lucifer's smile slowly disappeared.

"You people really are hypocrites."

His voice became cold.

"Because I'm stronger…"

"Because I'm different…"

"I'm supposed to die?"

He pulled out Chirin.

"No thank you."

A black and crimson aura erupted.

"I'm going to kill you instead."

BOOOOOOM!

Their auras collided.

The sky darkened.

The remaining disciples retreated immediately.

Elizabeth grabbed Lei Xin.

Tsuru dragged Zhong Yu.

Even the First Phoenix carried her unconscious companions away in a sub space. 

No one stayed.

Because everyone understood.

A monster was about to fight another monster.

The Black Tortoise attacked again.

Sword techniques covered the sky.

Lucifer dodged.

Sin of Sloth.

Sin of Greed.

Sin of Envy.

His movements became impossible to predict.

But one thing was clear.

He could not afford even a single mistake.

One direct hit—

And he would die.

The Black Tortoise's cultivation was still higher.

Far higher.

Suddenly—

Lucifer's eyes narrowed.

The poison.

The Poison Demon.

The battle had weakened him.

The poison inside his meridians had slowed his Qi circulation.

A gap.

Tiny.

Almost invisible.

But it existed.

Demonic Eyes activated.

Lucifer smiled.

"I see it."

He vanished.

Dismantle.

Clang!

The attack struck directly at the elder's weak point.

The defensive technique faltered.

For a single moment—

It broke.

Lucifer appeared.

Severance.

Slash.

Blood sprayed.

The Black Tortoise staggered.

"Damn it!"

He gritted his teeth.

"If I hadn't fought the Poison Demon…"

"I would have killed this brat easily!"

Lucifer laughed.

"Well…"

"I guess the old man gave me a free EXP pack."

The elder's face twisted.

"You insolent child!"

BOOOOOOM!

His cultivation erupted.

The heavens shook.

Then—

A gigantic tortoise appeared.

A Dharmic Body.

Hundreds of meters tall.

Its mere appearance caused mountains to collapse.

The ground shattered.

The entire Neutral City trembled.

Everyone looked upward in horror.

A Sovereign Realm Dharmic Body.

The symbol of supreme enlightenment.

The Black Tortoise stood atop its head.

"Don't think you've won."

"Even weakened…"

"I remain far superior."

The giant tortoise stepped forward.

BOOOOM!

The city shook.

Lucifer dodged.

Again.

Again.

Again.

One punch.

One tail swing.

One stomp.

Any of them would kill him instantly.

"Man…"

Lucifer sighed.

"Why do you old people always think bigger is better?"

He grinned.

"You've become an even bigger punching bag."

He leaped forward.

Raging Tempest.

BOOOOM!

The slash struck.

Nothing happened.

Not even a scratch.

The Black Tortoise laughed.

"You spoke of taking my head."

"But all I see…"

"is a rat running for his life."

The giant tortoise raised its foot.

Lucifer smiled.

"Got you."

Blood Manipulation.

Blood Chain.

BOOOOOOM!

The blood scattered across the battlefield suddenly surged upward.

Thousands of chains emerged.

They wrapped around the Dharmic Body.

Its arms.

Its legs.

Its neck.

Everything.

The giant tortoise stopped moving.

The Black Tortoise's expression changed.

"This technique again?"

He laughed.

"How long do you think you can restrain me with your pitiful blood and Qi?"

The chains began breaking.

Crack.

Crack.

Crack.

Lucifer closed his eyes.

Then—

He opened them.

Something changed.

His aura darkened.

His smile vanished.

Wrath.

Sin of Wrath.

He never liked using it.

Because it was different.

Unlike his other sins—

Wrath consumed him.

It replaced reason with destruction.

Dark crimson energy erupted.

An ominous killing intent spread across the world.

Even far away—

The Heavenly Demon stopped.

The Murim Alliance Leader raised his head.

Both frowned.

"What… is this?"

The Black Tortoise felt it.

For the first time—

Fear.

The chains were breaking.

He had one chance.

One final attack.

He gathered every remaining drop of Qi.

The Dharmic Body opened its mouth.

Light gathered.

The heavens trembled.

"Tortoise Devastating Breath!"

BOOOOOOOOOOM!!

A beam of destruction descended.

Lucifer didn't move.

He simply raised Chirin.

Then—

Cleave.

The world became white.

Their attacks collided.

Mountains vanished.

Rivers changed course.

Clouds split.

The sky itself looked torn apart.

Lucifer kept stacking everything.

Wrath.

Lust.

Sloth.

Envy.

Greed.

Gluttony.

Demonic Eyes.

Every sin.

Every ability.

Everything.

His body cracked.

His bones shattered.

Blood flowed.

Yet he kept moving.

Faster.

Stronger.

More.

More.

MORE!

BOOOOOOOOOOM!!

Silence.

Nothing remained.

No mountains.

No trees.

No arena.

Only a ruined world.

A notification appeared.

System Prompt:

Karma Points Acquired.

New Title Unlocked: King of Destruction.

Destructive Capacity Increased by 20%.

The dust slowly settled.

A figure stood.

Alone.

Black clothes.

Crimson eyes.

Sword in hand.

The Devil.

Beneath him—

The severed body of the Black Tortoise.

Dead.

The final Great Elder had fallen.

Silence engulfed the world.

No one moved.

No one breathed.

Lucifer slowly looked toward the crowd.

His eyes contained no joy.

No excitement.

Only indifference.

He raised Chirin.

Then spoke.

"The Neutral City now belongs to the Demonic Cult."

His voice echoed like thunder.

"Anyone who rebels…"

He pointed the sword toward the corpse.

"Will have their heads cut off exactly like the Tortoise."

Silence.

Then—

One person knelt.

Then another.

Then hundreds.

Thousands.

Clan leaders.

Sect elders.

Martial artists.

Disciples.

One by one—

They bowed.

Not because of authority.

Not because of law.

But because they had witnessed the impossible.

The devil had killed the Blood Emperor.

The devil had escaped a collapsing dimension.

The devil had slain the Black Tortoise.

At that moment—

Lucifer was no longer a rumor.

No longer a monster in stories.

No longer a rising genius.

He had become something else.

A legend.

And legends…

change the world.