noffsinger Chapter 1131 Human Favor
Chapter 1131 Human Favor
Chen Yuan was only a hundred feet away from the four late-stage Void Refinement Demon Kings when this impatient Demon King arrived in an instant, gripping a large red halberd tightly with both hands. The blade was like a crescent moon, and he slashed down.
Like most demons, this demon king was burly and wore a bright red outfit. His fiery red hair resembled a raging fire, and his halberd was wrapped in wisps of flame. His entire being seemed to be made of interwoven flames.
As the halberd fell, accompanied by a whistling sound, spatial rifts appeared around the blade, and the immense force contained within directly shattered the void.
This is the most common fighting style among demons: heavy swords without edges, great skill without artifice, not relying on mysterious and ever-changing supernatural powers, but winning with physical strength and divine weapons.
Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand to draw a halberd from the void, but it was purplish-black.
Chen Yuan thrust his right hand upwards, and a deep black blade suddenly appeared on the gleaming halberd, carving out a deep spatial rift that collided heavily with the crimson halberd!
The bright red halberd broke silently, splitting into two pieces. This second-grade spiritual treasure weapon couldn't even withstand a single blow from Chen Yuan.
The power unleashed from the Cangming Halberd sent the red-haired demon king flying backward, his hands trembling and broken.
The red-haired demon king's expression changed drastically, and his demonic power surged forth, but instead of attacking Chen Yuan, he used this immense force to escape.
The demonic energy circulated around the wound, and the indestructible body took effect, restoring the injury completely. Fortunately, the halberd strike was only powerful and did not come with any other supernatural abilities.
How could Chen Yuan let him escape unscathed? Silver lightning flashed in his eyes, and after a thunderclap, his body disappeared from the spot, leaving only a few arcs of lightning. He then appeared in front of the red-haired demon king, blocking his path.
The Azure Sea Halberd slashed horizontally, its deep black blade flowing like water, enveloping the halberd's blade and body, aiming straight for the red-haired demon king's head.
Unable to dodge in time, the red-haired demon king released the broken half of his halberd, roared, and spat out a piece of deep red broken shield, about several feet in size, which he held in front of him.
The Cangming Halberd struck the half-broken shield, paused slightly, and a wisp of deep red flame surged from the shield, condensing into a thin layer that blocked the Cangming Halberd.
The red-haired demon king was overjoyed, but the next moment, the thin layer of flame barrier shattered, the deep red flames were devoured by the black blade, and half of the broken shield was completely destroyed.
The red-haired demon king still had a lingering look of wild joy in his eyes when he was beheaded by Cangming Halberd. Chen Yuan plunged his left hand into the vital spot in the king's heart, grabbed the demon core, crushed the demon soul, and put it into the mustard seed ring. His movements were as smooth as flowing water, and he let the corpse, which had already turned back into its original form, fall down.
"stop!"
As Chen Yuan turned around, the Thunder Mountain Demon King's angry roar finally reached his ears.
A thunderous roar echoed as the Thunder Mountain Demon King used his Thunder Escape Technique to appear behind Chen Yuan, his long sword aimed straight at Chen Yuan's vital point in the back.
The purplish-blue lightning intertwined on the sword to form the phantom of a ferocious bird. This was the original form of the Thunder Mountain Demon King, the Azure Feather Thunder Falcon, and also the prototype for his future Dharma form after advancing to the Demon Saint level.
It contains a trace of the purest and most violent thunder law, which, once it enters Chen Yuan's body, will surely take his life.
Chen Yuan remained still, but suddenly a pair of jet-black wings stretched out from his back, intertwining and overlapping, with dark light flowing around them, transforming into a vortex.
The sword struck the vortex as if it were nothingness; the phantom of the Azure Feather Thunder Falcon was swallowed by the vortex and disappeared completely.
The pitch-black vortex remained unharmed, only tinged with a few strands of bluish-purple, slowly rotating. In the eyes of the Thunder Mountain Demon King, it exuded arrogance and mockery.
Chen Yuan turned around, and the Thunder Mountain Demon King was shocked. He quickly retreated, the anger that had been filling his heart finally subsided, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
The sword strike he just delivered looked ordinary, but it was a powerful, all-out attack fueled by his anger.
A second-grade spiritual treasure weapon is imbued with a trace of lightning law. Even a demon king who is at the peak of the Void Refinement stage would be severely injured if he were to receive this sword strike, if not killed.
But Chen Yuan easily blocked it; the difference in strength between the two was like heaven and earth.
Chen Yuan spread his wings, and the vortex disappeared.
He wiped the blood off the Cangming Halberd, stared at the Thunder Mountain Demon King, and said calmly, "Back when I ascended to the Burning Demon Realm, I was taken in by you, and you opened a cave for me, finally giving me a foothold."
"Before entering the Xuanli Realm, you bestowed upon me a piece of Thunder Mountain Tempering Crystal. I owe you two favors."
"I ignored that sword strike just now, as a way of repaying a favor to you."
"As long as you don't make any more moves in this battle and don't kill any human cultivators, I will spare your life and repay your second favor."
"But if you insist on seeking death, I will not hold back. I hope you will think twice before you do so."
After saying that, Chen Yuan turned to look at the other two demon kings and said coldly, "I never thought I would see two more demon kings on Tyrant Turtle Island. Qin Yuan and Lie Shan have been lonely for a long time. I will send you two to see them now."
These two demon kings were none other than the Xuanli Demon King and the Jiaozheng Demon King, whom Chen Yuan had met once before entering the Xuanli Realm.
Qin Yuan, the son of the Xuanli Demon King, and Lie Shan, a demon general under the Jiao Zheng Demon King, entered the Xuanli Realm with Chen Yuan, and later both died at Chen Yuan's hands.
At the time, Chen Yuan was unaware of the cultivation levels of these two demon kings. Only now did he realize that both of them were in the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, which explained their close relationship with the Thunder Mountain Demon King.
However, both demon kings looked extremely unpleasant, showing none of the composure expected of a late-stage Void Refinement demon king.
The red-haired demon king was of similar cultivation level to them, but he couldn't withstand a single blow from Chen Yuan. The Thunder Mountain demon king's all-out attack landed on empty air.
The two could hardly imagine how terrifying the little demon general who used to be so timid in front of them was now.
Suddenly, the two turned and fled at the same time. In this dim place, even the Demon Saint could not use the teleportation technique. They could only frantically circulate their demonic power and desperately flee.
Chen Yuan sneered, and after a thunderclap, several arcs of lightning remained in the same spot. His figure flashed continuously as he chased after the Thunder Mountain Demon King, completely disregarding him.
Chen Yuan was unable to teleport even in the dim light, but he had mastered the Lightning Escape Technique.
In dark places, due to the dense clouds and unstable space, spatial rifts often appear, allowing violent lightning power to escape, making it ideal for casting lightning escape techniques.
Leishan Demon King stood there blankly, watching Chen Yuan's figure flash several times before catching up with Jiaozheng Demon King, forcing Jiaozheng Demon King to turn around and fight for his life.
When the Horned Demon King transformed into its true form, it was a massive one-horned giant rhinoceros, its entire body dark yellow, covered with dense scales, and with three prominent peaks on its back, like a mountain.
The giant rhinoceros opened its mouth and spewed out a golden glow that transformed into a series of mountains that stood around its body.
The remaining glow of the sunset turned into a mist that spread out, enveloping the Horned Demon King and Chen Yuan.
A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in the heart of the Thunder Mountain Demon King. The Horned Demon King was incredibly strong and best at defense; perhaps he could save his life.
A moment later, a bolt of lightning, as thick as a giant python, suddenly descended from the dark clouds in the sky and landed in the mist.
The next moment, the glow of the sunset vanished, and the Horned Demon King died with his eyes bloodshot, twisted and filled with pain.
Its single horn on its forehead had been severed, and a huge wound pierced through half of its body, charred black, as it fell downwards. Thunder Mountain Demon King was stunned. He watched as Chen Yuan put away a fist-sized yellow demon core, turned around, and his figure flickered as he chased after Suspended Dawn Demon King.
Taking advantage of Chen Yuan's opportunity to kill the Horned Demon King, the Suspended Dawn Demon King fled for his life, using the Blood Escape Technique, and had already escaped dozens of miles away.
However, several human cultivators who had reached the Void Refinement stage made their moves one after another. Although they were all blocked by the Suspended Dawn Demon King, they did manage to slow down Chen Yuan and allow him to catch up.
Seeing this, the Demon King of Suspended Dawn knew there was no way to escape, so he threw out a gray veil, which grew larger in the wind and covered himself.
Chen Yuan arrived, swinging his Cangming Halberd, which struck the gray gauze, but slid to the side. The black blade had no effect whatsoever, leaving no mark on the gray gauze.
Chen Yuan frowned, raised his right hand, and condensed a lightning spear, which he shot at the gray gauze, but it vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.
He raised another ball of Zhu Yan True Fire in his palm, but he couldn't find that mysterious connection to the Xuanli Demon King; it was also severed by the gray veil.
The Demon King of Suspended Dawn, shrouded in gray gauze, seemed to have completely vanished from this world.
Chen Yuan's several attempts all failed, but the Demon King Xuanli seemed to have expected this and remained calm, though his expression was somewhat gloomy.
But now is far from the time to rest easy. Xuanli Demon King turned to look at Leishan Demon King in the distance and said sternly, "Fellow Daoist Leishan, why don't you make a move? When will you?"
He then looked at the other demon kings and shouted, "This man is incredibly powerful. Both the Burning Mountain Demon King and the Horned Demon King have died at his hands. We must join forces to kill him, otherwise he will divide and conquer us, and we will all die without a burial place!"
The demon kings were already focused on Chen Yuan, who was wanted by the three demon saints. When they saw him ruthlessly kill the red-haired demon king and the horned demon king, they were all terrified.
Chen Yuan could kill a late-stage Void Refinement Demon King as easily as taking candy from a baby, while their cultivation was inferior to that of the two Demon Kings. Wouldn't they be like ants in front of him?
But upon hearing the words of the Demon King Xuanli, the demon kings hesitated again.
Of course, they didn't want to be enemies with such a vicious person, but this was a war between two realms. Without the orders of the three demon saints, none of them dared to flee on their own, otherwise they would be cutting themselves off from the Burning Demon Realm, and the punishment they would receive would be a hundred times more painful than dying in battle.
Since retreat is not an option, we have no choice but to fight to the death. If we don't join forces to kill Chen Yuan, we'll all die at his hands, so we might as well take a gamble.
In this battle, the three demon saints led their demon kings, outnumbering the cultivators from Huayu Peak and the Wei family by more than a dozen. They fought against the human cultivators at the Void Refinement stage and gained the upper hand.
The cultivators at the Void Refinement stage did their utmost to prevent the Demon King from having to deal with lower-level cultivators. At this point, sending a few Demon Kings to join forces against Chen Yuan would not affect the overall situation.
Just as the demon kings hesitated, a cold light flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes, and a pair of small, exquisite, jade-like dragon horns suddenly appeared on his forehead.
Chen Yuan bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which condensed into a drop of blood bead. It faintly glowed with a blue light and had no bloody smell at all. Instead, it emitted a fragrance, like a thousand-year-old spiritual herb or flower.
Chen Yuan suddenly used the Thunder Escape Technique, retracing his steps for over ten miles before flashing back without stopping. In his hand, he now possessed several wisps of scarlet blood energy left behind by the Suspended Dawn Demon King when he used the Blood Escape Technique.
Chen Yuan raised his hand and formed a hand seal. The dragon horns on his forehead flashed with blue light. The blood bead in his hand slowly extended, absorbing several wisps of scarlet blood energy and transforming them into a blood-red, eerie leaf with blue veins adorning it.
A hint of weariness flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes, and deep within his full head of black hair, a single strand quietly turned snow-white, dry and rough.
He tossed out the eerie leaf, which landed on the gray gauze, passed right through it, and fell towards the Suspended Dawn Demon King.
"impossible!"
The Demon King of Suspended Dawn's pupils contracted. The slowly falling blood-red leaf appeared to him as a terrifying ghost, and he quickly retreated.
After obtaining this piece of gray gauze, he repeatedly relied on this treasure to save his life, and even the Demon Saint was helpless against it.
No matter what kind of supernatural power it is, it will be blocked by the gray veil. How could this strange blood leaf pass through without any hindrance?
The Demon King of Suspended Dawn retreated to the edge of the gray gauze, with nowhere left to go, and had no choice but to stop.
Although the gray gauze had long been in his hands, he knew almost nothing about this treasure and could only regard it as a defensive artifact.
Gray gauze has both advantages and disadvantages; once it is unfolded, it takes at least half an hour to retract.
Moreover, during this period, the Demon King Xuanli could not leave the gray veil and could only move within a few feet of this area.
As Xueye approached, the Xuanli Demon King gritted his teeth and went to meet him, taking out a dark cyan longsword, a second-grade spiritual treasure weapon, which emitted wisps of black energy, and slashed out with it.
The eerie blood-red leaves seemed to be drawn to the longsword, actively sticking to it and merging into it.
The next moment, the dark blue longsword suddenly became rotten and decayed, as if it had experienced 100,000 years in an instant.
The Demon King of Suspended Dawn screamed and knelt on the gray gauze, throwing his long sword far away.
Traces of withered yellow skin slowly climbed up his body. The Demon King of Suspended Dawn shimmered with spiritual light and used various supernatural powers, but none of them could dispel them.
He took out several jade bottles from his mustard seed ring and poured more than a dozen pills into his mouth. The spiritual energy and demonic energy intertwined, but it still couldn't stop the spread of the withered yellow marks, which gradually covered his entire body.
As the last patch of skin was covered with a withered yellow, the Demon King of Suspended Dawn lost all his vitality, emanating a stench of decay, like a piece of withered wood that had rotted for many years.
Suddenly, the Xuanli Demon King shattered completely, leaving not even its demon core behind. A mustard seed ring was mixed in with it, held up by gray gauze, like a pile of yellow dust that could be found anywhere.
A deep chill ran through the hearts of the demon kings, and even the cultivators who witnessed this scene were horrified. Both sides in the fight instinctively retreated to the surroundings.
The Cold Shadow Demon Saint, who was fighting the silver-armored giant high above, saw this scene, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he gave Chen Yuan a deep look before looking away.
Both Tianzhu Demon Saint and Xuechi Demon Saint changed their expressions. In less than a hundred breaths, Chen Yuan killed three late-stage Void Refinement Demon Kings in succession. His ferocity was so great that even the Fusion Realm was no more than this!
Chen Yuan looked at the still intact gray gauze and the handful of withered yellow dust within it, sneered, lowered his hands, and the blue-green dragon horn on his forehead disappeared.
This is the fourth law power he mastered after refining the Azure Dragon's true blood—the Law of Withering and Flourishing.
This is one of the Wood Element Laws, and one of the most profound among all Wood Element Laws. It is in no way inferior to the other three True Spirit Bloods that Chen Yuan refined, and may even surpass them.
The divine power he just used was to transform his own life force into decaying power, consuming a full three thousand years of his lifespan to condense into a blood leaf.
Fortunately, after refining the Azure Dragon's true blood, Chen Yuan's vitality was greatly extended and his lifespan increased significantly. With only the Refinement of Void cultivation, he had a lifespan of 300,000 years, which surpassed the vast majority of Integration cultivators and Demon Saints, and was comparable to some of the weakest alien races at the Mahayana stage.
The gray gauze can block the Zhu Yan True Fire, but it certainly can't block the Blood Leaf.
The blood-red leaf contains a wisp of the law of withering and flourishing, and has also absorbed a few strands of the blood essence of the Suspended Li Demon King. As long as the Suspended Li Demon King still has life, he can use it to attack enemies.
Unless the gray veil also severs the life force of the Xuanli Demon King, but in that case it would be equivalent to killing the Xuanli Demon King directly, and Chen Yuan would not need to take action.
The Demon King of Suspended Dawn was trapped in the gray veil with nowhere to escape. He also lacked the supernatural power to resist the power of decay. The power of decay flowed into his body through the divine consciousness in the dark blue longsword, leaving him with no way out.
Chen Yuan gripped the Cangming Halberd hanging beside him again, ignoring Hui Sha, turned around, and coldly looked at the group of demon kings. After a thunderous roar, his figure vanished. (End of Chapter)