Chapter 521 522: A Tenacious Ant

The voice came from a figure a hundred zhang away, staggering back to his feet. Blood dripped from all over his body, and thunder gathered on the one arm he could still raise.

Chi Yuan covered his mouth, his eyes burning with fury. 'To think I let my guard down and got hurt by this ant!'

Neither Chenlei Celestial King nor Chifeng Celestial King had expected the grievously wounded Little Demon to get back on his feet.

Chen Dong took two staggering steps, and blood burst from his chest. The two wounds were incredibly deep, having sliced through several ribs. His heart and lungs were also grievously wounded, torn more than halfway through. An ordinary person would have died long ago from such injuries. In fact, not even a typical Golden Core cultivator could have gotten back up. But as a cultivator with a supreme-grade Golden Core, he could just barely hang on.

Chi Yuan's gaze was like ice as he stared at Chen Dong.

Chifeng Celestial King shook his head and jeered, "You really are a tenacious little ant. To get up after all that... I have to commend you for your stubbornness!"

However, a wicked smile crept across Chen Dong's grim face.

Chi Yuan was deeply displeased by this smile. He swiped out with a Ghost Demon Mocking Claw. 'I'll crush this ant before I do anything else!'

The spectral claw was just about to hit Chen Dong when he casually waved a hand, and the phantom, thick with Demonic Qi, instantly dissipated.

Chi Yuan, Chenlei Celestial King, and Chifeng Celestial King were stunned. 'How is this possible!'

'This Little Demon's aura is only at the Golden Core Stage! There's no way he could have blocked that claw, especially not in his current mangled state.'

Chen Dong advanced, one step at a time, and the wounds on his body began to slowly close. The three demons found this even more unsettling.

Chenlei Celestial King stepped forward, his brow furrowed. "Something's strange about this Little Demon," he said. "Demon Child, you go ahead and devour Yun Mengshang. I'll handle him. No matter what tricks he has, as long as you succeed, our mission is complete!"

Chi Yuan nodded. There was something about Chen Dong's current state that sent a chill even down a demon's spine.

With a flash of Demonic Qi, Chenlei Celestial King transformed into a blur and shot toward Chen Dong. At the same moment, Chi Yuan opened his gaping maw and lunged for Yun Mengshang again.

But Chen Dong was no longer there. THUD! With a muffled impact, Chi Yuan's demonic form was sent flying backward. Chen Dong now stood before Yun Mengshang like an unbreakable bulwark.

Chenlei Celestial King and Chifeng Celestial King stared, their demonic eyes wide. They hadn't sensed a thing.

'How did that Little Demon cross a hundred zhang? Even a body-transformation art would cause fluctuations in Spiritual Power or Demonic Power, but there was nothing from him! Absolutely nothing!'

Chen Dong rolled the shoulder that had been clawed earlier. The wounds on his chest had already healed completely. He then cracked his neck, savoring his newfound strength. 'This power... it feels incredible!'

Initially, Chen Dong's Divine Sense had been sealed, leaving him unable to perceive his surroundings. Liu Ling, for her part, knew little about demonic artifacts and hadn't dared to reveal herself under the circumstances. Her original plan had been to teleport away Chen Dong's Golden Core and Yun Mengshang's Nascent Soul if the situation allowed.

But who could have known this was a relatively isolated space, one that even a Divinity Transformation expert couldn't probe? Since that was the case, Liu Ling stopped hiding. Still, to be safe, she didn't reveal her physical form. Instead, she lent Chen Dong the power of the Hongmeng Dao Artifact through their Beast Taming Contract.

That was why, despite his grievous injuries and the fact that Yun Mengshang hadn't yet removed the seals on him, Chen Dong was able to rise to his feet like a descending monarch.

"Stop playing around," Liu Ling's cautious voice echoed in his mind. "The less the Demon Refining Pot's aura is exposed, the better. Finish them off quickly so I can withdraw its power!"

Chen Dong understood her reasoning. If word of a Hongmeng Dao Artifact got out, the humble Floating Shadow Realm would never be able to withstand the ensuing turmoil.

"I will kill you!" Chi Yuan bellowed, his roar shaking the heavens. His demonic form instantly flashed forward as he unleashed a string of Demon Seals.

Spurred by Liu Ling's reminder, Chen Dong wasted no more time. A bolt of pale lightning, rumbling like the Great Dao itself, crashed down. Before this thunderbolt, the mere pressure of its descent was enough to shatter the Demon Seals one after another.

Chi Yuan's crimson pupils shrank to pinpricks. 'I can't possibly fight this,' he thought in terror. 'I'll be killed!'

He frantically channeled the Demon Seals within him. The Demon God's Horn materialized in his hand in an instant. WOOOOOM! With a tremendous roar, he thrust the Demon God's Horn up to meet the pale lightning.

BOOM! The droning sound cut off abruptly. Chi Yuan was now drenched in blood, and fine cracks had appeared on the Demon God's Horn in his hand.

'He actually survived!' Chen Dong was slightly surprised. 'That Demon God's Horn really is something else.'

"KILL KILL KILL KILL...!"

Chi Yuan roared incessantly as his entire demonic form swelled, the Demonic Qi emanating from him becoming almost tangible.

'He's gone berserk!'

This wasn't the first time Chen Dong had seen a member of the Demon Race go berserk, but there seemed to be something different about Chi Yuan's rampage.

Seeing Chi Yuan's state, Chifeng Celestial King unhesitatingly revealed his demonic form. Countless Yin Wind Blades manifested from his body, sweeping toward Chen Dong like a hurricane. Chenlei Celestial King also transformed into a bolt of lightning, a raging curse of Yin Thunder. In that instant, wind and thunder converged.

Just then, more members of the Demon Race arrived. To Chen Dong's surprise, however, the berserk Chi Yuan immediately attacked his own kin. Chen Dong was astonished by his speed and ruthlessness.

Seeing this, the demons cried out in terror, "Oh no, the Demon Child's gone berserk! Run!"

The more powerful demons gave Chi Yuan a wide berth and redirected their attack toward Chen Dong.

Before the attacks of wind and lightning could even reach him, in the span of a single breath, the Demon Child had already killed two of his own kind. Perhaps because they were only at the Golden Core level, the victims didn't even have a chance to go berserk before they were killed on the spot.

'It's a wonder this race hasn't wiped itself out, but has somehow grown even stronger,' Chen Dong mused. He then noticed that with each kill, a sliver of clarity seemed to return to the Demon Child's eyes. Furthermore, as Chi Yuan absorbed the Demonic Qi from his slain kin, the cracks on the Demon God's Horn in his hand began to mend.

Liu Ling's panicked voice screamed in his mind, "This is bad! Something is peering through from behind that demonic artifact!"