Eternal Emerald Dragon

Chapter 1226 - 1225 - Demonic Overlord

Kal found the city a bloodbath but there were pockets of resistance. His wings flapped harder to propel him with air poison Qi gushing from his body to propel him even more. The demonic forces arrayed behind him were not disorganized despite their rush.

Well sorted platoons, divisions, and so forth were formed as he mentally tallied all he had. All said and done, he only had a few thousand soldiers and they ranged from a handful of Radiant Tier down to the large number of Heaven Realms.

For any other day, it would be an impressive force but the few experiences he had with the headless winged monsters was otherwise. They were impervious to pain, unknown to fear, and were perfectly fine dying to take down as many as they could.

He altered several standard tactics and began to reinforce the areas in most desperate need. The Heaven Realms acted more as support and messengers but Kal hardly needed them more than as extra eyes.

As he had pushed his physique to new heights, it had unlocked terrifying new abilities. One such ability was a demonic race memory! He was able to connect to previous ancestral memories like an aether beast and learn from them!

It was not just the lessons Lind had taught him but billions of years of predecessors combined fueling his mind. Further, the race memory seemed to allow for multiple streams of thought if he concentrated.

In other words, he could treat his body like a limb while those demons under his control became his main body. The massive battle ax glistened in the fire's flames while his army went to work.

The cheers of the worn out forces were nice but he frowned at their miserable state. There were only Shard Tier and below Immortals in the areas his aura could reach. They were not strong enough!

The soulless were ravaging the city at will despite his order. Divisions could ensnare a handful of the monsters but only just. There were thousands of the things!

Happily, help arrived in the form of Kexin and Tessa.

"You look frustrated, Brother." He smirked at his sister's words and relayed his needs.

"We have secured an area for the wounded." Kexin revealed the location and the army of demons moved swiftly. Paths were carved out and critical cases were carried off by the Heaven Realm cultivators.

"Every time I see you use this ability, it terrifies me and impresses me." His sister's words warmed his heart but his face looked grim.

"I need you 2 to split up. Kexin, go north to the worst of it and break up the horde there. Tessa, go west and keep our flanks strong. I need to drive the bastards to a place where you both can devastate them." The pair nodded and obeyed.

Virulent green and obsidian harmonic flames joined the fray against the soulless. Where those 2 fought, soulless were reduced to defenseless lumps of flesh or ash.

The previously dire situation in the hearts of the wounded and weak reversed! Hope bloomed unlike anything since a thousand years ago!

Who the 2 demonesses were did not matter, only their power did!

Kal saw the soulless keep striking at the collapsed buildings as if they sensed survivors and he acted on such patterns. Sure enough, he found more aether children, beasts, and even a few humans.

They were all Heaven Realm and above but it was clear they were non-combatants.

"This will get tedious so let's try that." Kal spoke aloud before a dark aura covered his winged body. His 2 horns lit up with cobalt light as a pressure covered the majority of the city!

[This will only last a short time. Kill them all.] Every demon in all directions felt their blood surge as their auras skyrocketed! Heaven Realms suddenly had the ability of Sliver Tiers, Sliver Tiers move up to Shard Tiers and so forth!

Compelled Boost was what Shoti called his trick but its limits were harsh. The strain on his crystal were already apparent. In exchange for his complete store of Qi and strengthened Law comprehension, Kal could temporarily boost those under his power.

He had never done it to such an extent before, and it felt like his foundation might be falling too! Swear slicked back his hair but the results could not be denied. The soulless, once so efficient at killing found themselves out numbered!

The frenzied demons eviscerated them like they were target dummies! They drove the hordes to a blasted zone void of life.

The injured rose immensely but few died. The creatures severed limbs, crippled some, and consumed a few as well. It was chaos but Kal slowly fell from the sky until his transformation was undone and he was just alone in his mind once more.

"Well done, brother of mine." Tessa's voice reached him and then the world lit up with obsidian and virulent green flames. The amassed hordes in the sky and on the broken streets were reduced to ash!

Kal smiled as his sweat covered brow was burning up but before he could even wipe it away, an all too familiar aura swept the army.

A vile and horrifying feeling dominated at that moment as a single woman appeared in the air. Her beauty was impossible but it only inspired disgust to look at her.

Her back length white hair was neatly tied back as her dark robes made her ash gray skin stand out. Her disturbing eyes bored into him as he knelt on the shattered streets.

[It has been a long time since a Demonic Overlord was born. I thought we cut off that lineage an epoch ago. Still, it matters little.] Her voice made everyone shiver as a sword that seemed to swallow the light of the day away appeared.

She vanished and Kal only had time to sense the air move behind him before cold steel brushed his neck. The instant it did, a massive blast of emerald light flashed from his belt and caused her to scream in pain as her weapon was turned into particles!

"WHAT IS THAT LIGHT?!" Kal smiled as an old life saving artifact crumbled to dust. Lind had left many such gifts but he had burned through quite a few in the battles in the 1st layer.

The weapon was destroyed but the Fiend woman was alive. Her skin was paler but that was all.

Kal had no time for her as the title she gave him reverberated in his newly accessed race memory. A figure appeared that looked nothing like a demon but shared similar features to his transformation.

The figure had 4 massive wings, 2 gigantic black horns, a tail with spikes along its length, and cloven hooves for feet that could shatter any barrier. It towered over kneeling beings he recognized as demons but they seemed much darker than their current lavender skin.

The figure opened its eyes and bottomless pools of obsidian looked out at him.

[The vile ones recognize the potential in you but it is too soon. You are not yet worthy. Still, they crossed us long ago. I should remind them a little of what they feared in us.] Kal's mind suddenly felt like it would shatter!

He screamed as his body was forcibly transformed. He only resumed his former height and shape but the color was far darker. Black wings, horns, and hooves covered his limbs as the tail became sharper behind him.

His hands became clawed shapes which was new for him. Still, that was as far as it went when he opened his eyes to find no time had passed at all.

The Fiend woman was still recovering as she summoned a new sword to try and kill everyone. Yet, the world slowed down until he realized it was shock from her.

"IMPOSSIBLE! That power was lost! How do you have it now?!" Kal had no answers but his blood was burning! He did not have much time.

[Primordial Art: Banshee Call] Words left him and air flowed into his lungs. Knowledge flooded his mind but it burned him. He was not ready to know these things!

"SCREEEEEEEEE!" A wail left his throat that shook his soul, yet something protected him. It was just enough but the Fiend took the full force of it! She rolled to the side but it did not seem to matter as her movements came to a halt.

Her eyes went dim and her body stopped moving.

Kal looked down at her coldly before flashing across the street and slamming his claws through her dantian. The crystal shattered like glass and wails left her body en-masse.

The body shriveled up into dust as his transformation fell apart.

If he was drained before, now his lifeforce was reduced! He was about to collapse when the dark aura flared around him and something powerful flowed into his body.

[You did well, child. Continue down our path of pain and death and perhaps you will revive the true demons.]

The powerful voice was the last Kal heard before he collapsed.

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Not far from the city, shattering glass was heard in a tent as a Fiend man stormed out of a cave.

"How dare the ants do this?! I will refine them all!" He was a Radiant Tier Fiend but his distraction was twofold. The arch puppets had been ripped from his control and now his bride was killed by a power he did not know.

"All of you should beware! I, Zuzhou, will make–" An emerald fist slammed into his face and sent him flying.

"Found you!" A humanoid dragon with emerald scales shouted at the Fiend as a frail fox girl hid behind him. A new battle was about to unfold.