Chapter 267 - 232-233: Unparalleled Demon King, Hunting Feast (Part 2)

Chapter 267: Chapter 232-233: Unparalleled Demon King, Hunting Feast (Part 2)

"The heavens want me dead! I refuse to accept this!"

The Vajra Ape roared, its Demon Power erupting. A Protective Demon Power enveloped its body like a shield of light.

In addition, its physique swelled, muscles bulging like steel, intending to withstand the sword strike head-on.

The Flaming Longsword slashed down. The Vajra Ape’s Protective Demon Power shattered instantly, and the sword pierced its Demon Body.

SQUELCH~

A large amount of blood splattered onto the ground.

The human Zhenren in mid-air looked overjoyed.

’This strike may not be enough to kill the Demon King, but it will severely injure it.’

’If I keep it tied up for a little longer, I’ll definitely be able to slay this Demon King!’

His luck this time was surprisingly good; he had actually encountered a Demon King!

A Demon King!

’Its body, its flesh, its Inner Core, its blood...’

’If I sell them, it’ll all be worth a massive amount of Spirit Stones, and... points in the Immortal City.’

A flash of purple light streaked by.

A Purple-striped Rat Demon, crackling with electricity, suddenly appeared.

"Not good!"

The expression of this human Core Formation Zhenren changed drastically.

"When did it get here!?"

’A Demon got this close, and I didn’t even notice!’

Alarms blared in his mind, and he reacted instantly.

He held nothing back, immediately playing his trump card.

A simple, ancient Jade Pendant appeared in his hand, and he swiftly crushed it.

The Jade Pendant shattered, instantly transforming into a shield of light.

It activated instantly, far more convenient and faster than a Defense Talisman.

The human Core Formation Zhenren’s mind relaxed slightly.

’The defensive power of this Jade Pendant is enough to block a strike from a Late-stage Core Formation expert! With this protection, my safety should be guaranteed.’

He made up his mind on the spot: he would forcefully injure the Vajra Ape and cripple its fighting ability to avoid a two-on-one situation later.

’Once I kill the Vajra Ape, with my methods and resources, I’ll have plenty of ways to deal with this Mouse Demon.’

A fine plan!

But reality is often cruel.

The light barrier trembled violently, held for only a split second, and then instantly shattered.

"How is this possible!?"

The human Zhenren’s face was a mask of horror.

Although Human Race Cultivators were powerful, with the exception of Body Cultivators, their physical bodies were fragile and couldn’t compare to the Demon Race.

The claws struck, instantly tearing through his Protective Magical Power, and then his body.

BANG!

With a muffled sound, he utterly exploded!

The human Core Formation Zhenren... had fallen!

Xu Chang’an expressionlessly picked up the Storage Bag, then looked at the Vajra Ape on the ground.

The immense Flaming Longsword had pierced the Vajra Ape’s Demon Body, but the ape had ultimately managed to survive the blow.

However, the Vajra Ape now had less than a tenth of its combat power left. If the human Zhenren had been unharmed, the ape would have surely died.

At this moment, the Vajra Ape was reeling from shock.

’The human at Core Formation... was dead!’

’In a single move!’

"I am Zi Dian! The Demon Race is weak, and I intend to revive it. Are you willing to follow me!"

Xu Chang’an said faintly.

His tone was indifferent, his expression blank.

But combined with his feat of killing a human Zhenren in a single move, it made him seem terrifyingly powerful.

The Vajra Ape’s heart trembled as it looked at the purple-striped, lightning-wreathed rat before it.

It was silent for a long time.

Scene after scene from its life, from its weak beginnings until now, flashed through its mind.

’The Human Race...’

After a long while, it lowered its head and knelt on one knee.

"I am willing to follow the Demon Emperor!"

’To kill a human at Core Formation in a single move... he must be, at the very least, a top-tier Demon King!’

"Good!"

SWOOSH!

A streak of light shot toward the Vajra Ape.

The Vajra Ape caught it and saw that it was an Elixir.

"Take it."

Although it didn’t know what this Elixir did...

...given the circumstances, it was not in a position to choose.

The Vajra Ape didn’t hesitate, swallowing the Elixir in its hand in one gulp.

Just because this Demon King had expressed its willingness to follow him, Xu Chang’an was not naive enough to believe he had won its loyalty so easily.

The Elixir he made the Vajra Ape take was a Tier Three Elixir, the Poison Dragon Divine Soul Pill.

It required a dose of antidote every ten years.

Otherwise, the poison would flare up and cause certain death! Its toxicity was so potent that not even a Demon King could survive it!

Of course, this Elixir also had many limitations.

For example, it was ineffective against those in the Nascent Soul Realm. Also, with each dose of the antidote, the poison’s potency would weaken.

After taking the antidote twenty or thirty times, any Demon King could probably resist the poison’s effects easily.

In other words, the Poison Dragon Divine Soul Pill could only control a Demon King for two or three hundred years at most.

For Xu Chang’an, however, that was more than enough!

"Use this to gather a Demon Army."

A Storage Bag shot toward the Vajra Ape.

"Don’t worry, I will send other Demons to help you!"

With that, Xu Chang’an’s figure flashed and vanished in a streak of light.

The Vajra Ape opened the Storage Bag and found that it contained many Demon Race Secret Techniques, as well as legacies for Forging, Alchemy, and raising Spirit Plants. Although their Grade was not high, the variety was comprehensive.

.....

Inside a cave, Xu Chang’an took out all the Elixirs, Spiritual Herbs and Plants, and Ore from the Storage Bags he had collected recently.

Then, he began to devour them frantically!

A surging torrent of heat rushed through his body, all of it converting into Energy.

As for subduing the Vajra Ape by this twist of fate, Xu Chang’an had no real intention of reviving the Demon Race.

It was just that the name "Netherworld Mountain Range" was legendary.

Although this was only a branch of the Netherworld Mountain Range, if he could cultivate a Demon Race faction here to gather information about the main range, it would be a good option.

Furthermore, if anything unexpected happened, he could use the power of the demons on this branch range to create a diversion.

In any case, in terms of combat power alone, he was now an Unparalleled Demon King!

And an Unparalleled Demon King naturally had to have the bearing of one!

He had killed quite a few Human Race Cultivators during this time. His gains were substantial, and after adding the resources from the Core Formation Zhenren, Xu Chang’an had accumulated nearly 10,000 points of panel Energy.

"Not bad. This saved me more than ten years of hard work!"

A flicker of delight crossed Xu Chang’an’s face.

Besides the resources he could consume immediately, these Storage Bags also contained a large number of Magical Artifacts, Suppression Banners, legacies, and other resources.

If all these resources were converted to cash, they would be worth a considerable fortune.

’This is a rare opportunity. I must continue!’

After a brief adjustment, Xu Chang’an once again vanished from the cave.

Such a large-scale slaughter of Human Race Cultivators would have long ago attracted the attention of a Nascent Soul True Monarch if it had happened in the heart of human territory.

And it was impossible for so many Human Race Cultivators to gather in the demon mountain ranges.

The Demon Hunting Festival was truly a grand event!

Over the next month or so, Xu Chang’an killed a total of three human Core Formation Zhenren.

All of them were at the Early-stage Core Formation cultivation.

In addition, he killed dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The Storage Bags from the three Core Formation Zhenren and the dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators allowed Xu Chang’an to accumulate nearly twenty thousand more points of panel Energy.

The successive killings had already drawn the intense attention of the Human Race’s high-level cultivators.

After striking several more times, Xu Chang’an decisively chose to stop.

And just a few days later, a Human Race Nascent Soul True Monarch arrived.

The True Monarch spent over ten days in the Netherworld Mountain Range, but failed to find the culprit.

「One month later」

The Demon Hunting Festival officially ended.

In the valley, the exchange conference convened as scheduled.

However, this time, aside from a very few cultivators, most of the humans wore expressions of dissatisfaction.

The faces of some other cultivators were etched with grief.

Within the valley, vast amounts of resources were being sold. There were also some enslaved Foundation Establishment Great Demons and Qi Refining Old Demons, displayed like goods on a shelf, waiting for a cultivator willing to take them.

"Master Mo, congratulations on your triumphant return!"

Xu Chang’an said to Mo Li with a smile.

"Master Xu, I really don’t deserve to be called triumphant! This Demon Hunting Festival was not a victory, but a crushing defeat!"

Mo Li gave a bitter smile, his face full of resignation.

"Oh?"

An appropriate look of surprise and confusion flashed across Xu Chang’an’s face.

"Master Xu, you may not be aware..."

Mo Li then recounted to Xu Chang’an the events that had occurred in the Netherworld Mountain Range over the past few months.

"Such a thing happened!?"

Xu Chang’an’s face showed shock.

"Indeed. According to my Sect’s Supreme Elder, it killed a Core Formation Zhenren in just one or two moves. Such power... it must be an Unparalleled Demon King!"

Mo Li said with a solemn expression.

The appearance of an Unparalleled Demon King in the Netherworld Mountain Range was not good news for them.

The deterrence and suppression from a high-end combatant meant that they could no longer enter the mountains to hunt the Demon Race as unscrupulously as before.

"Then the future Demon Hunting Festivals, wouldn’t they be..."

Xu Chang’an didn’t finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.

"This is a matter for the Sect’s Supreme Elders to consider."

Mo Li didn’t say much more.

The two exchanged a few more words before Mo Li hurriedly left the valley.

In this Demon Hunting Festival, a total of four Core Formation Zhenren had fallen.

In the dozens of previous Demon Hunting Festivals, none had ever suffered such a great loss.

The fall of a single Core Formation Zhenren was a major event for any faction.

Let alone four in a row!

As an Elder stationed in Qingyang Immortal City and one of the organizing Elders of this Demon Hunting Festival, Mo Li naturally had many matters to attend to.

The subsequent turmoil, the rise and fall of the families and Sects behind the fallen Core Formation Zhenren—the far-reaching consequences went without saying.

It took several years for the storm from this incident to slowly fade.