novelraw Chapter 183 : Mercifully Saving Your Worthless Life
Chapter 183 : Mercifully Saving Your Worthless Life
When they finally reached the inner area of Dongchong County, they saw the infamous great demon king who had claimed the mountain as its domain. It was a dragon-like creature, wreaking havoc and causing widespread destruction in the area.
The only true dragon on the Lingyuan Continent was on their side. Chu Sang nudged Third Senior Brother with her elbow. He turned to meet her gaze and curled his lip disdainfully, "It's just an imposter. This isn't a true dragon, but a demon flood dragon."
This demon flood dragon was initially just a demon snake king.
But years ago, when his father emperor perished, his physical body was scattered into pieces. Things like dragon horns, bones, teeth, scales, and heart blood were basically all divided up by the various great demon kings at the time.
This demon flood dragon must have obtained something, allowing it to evolve into a flood dragon. However, it was merely a half-dragon, not quite a dragon. Compared to true dragons like themselves, it was still far inferior.
Although it was only a flood dragon, its body indeed contained a trace of true dragon bloodline, making it more powerful than other great demon kings. Even from a distance, this flood dragon's strength had reached the half-step Unity stage. The current injured Demon Emperor probably couldn't do much against it.
"...This flood dragon has a drop of my father emperor's heart blood," Mu Changqing said in a low voice after sensing for a while. "This flood dragon isn't a good creature either. Being able to obtain a drop of my father emperor's heart blood means it must have participated in the siege against our clan along with the current Demon Emperor back then."
"These demon kings gather only for profit, with no true loyalty. After the current Demon Emperor was defeated and injured, these great demon kings naturally couldn't restrain themselves, wanting to gain some benefits from it, even hoping to seize that supreme position again."
Chu Sang deeply agreed and sighed, "It seems the Demon Emperor's position is truly not easy to maintain."
"Do you want me to become the Demon Emperor?" he asked with a smile.
Chu Sang glanced at him and said ruthlessly, "You can't beat the current Demon Emperor."
Even though the current Demon Emperor was injured and his realm had dropped, the power he had cultivated over several decades wasn't something the current Mu Changqing alone could shake. Moreover, he had been away from the demon race for too long and had no followers. This talk was just talk, and couldn't be relied upon.
Mu Changqing deflated a bit. Chu Sang stuffed several dozen spirit-gathering formations and formation discs into his hand, raising her eyebrows with a smile, "Although you can't beat him now, Third Senior Brother, I believe that given time, you'll definitely be able to defeat that despicable old fox! So, cultivate diligently, day and night, without wasting a single moment. I'm really looking forward to the day you reclaim your high position! When that time comes, Master, Senior Brothers, Senior Sisters, and I will definitely come in person to attend your coronation ceremony!"
Drawing such a beautiful picture indeed effectively boosted motivation. Mu Changqing couldn't help but imagine the scene of him returning to the pinnacle of the demon realm. He twitched the corner of his mouth involuntarily but, meeting the expectant gaze of the young woman, he chuckled lightly, "Just wait. Your Senior Brother will cultivate well and let you see that day soon."
"Good, then let's set a small goal first. Break through to the Unity stage within three years. Demon beasts break through realms more easily than human cultivators. I believe this small matter should be effortless for you, Third Senior Brother, right?"
"......"
He felt like slapping himself hard for his earlier words.
Speaking of which, Chu Sang rubbed her chin and said hesitantly, "But the demon realm can fight among themselves all they want. Why bring trouble here? Why isn't this great demon king fighting the Demon Emperor, but instead coming to wreak havoc in the cultivation world?"
"As far as I know, the Demon Emperor has quite a few treasures. It's possible that he used some spirit tool to transfer the demon king and his subordinates to the cultivation world. Dongchong County is very close to the demon realm border, making it a good place to start," Mu Changqing analyzed, unusually putting his mind to work.
Moreover, as a demon beast, he knew certain secrets—demon beasts eating humans could increase their cultivation very quickly.
So after arriving in the cultivation world, the flood dragon didn't rush back to the demon realm. Instead, it quickly occupied Dongchong County with its subordinate demon beasts, intending to enhance its strength by eating humans, to counterattack the demon realm as quickly as possible.
But such a big commotion couldn't fail to attract the attention of the major immortal sects in the cultivation world. So before the flood dragon could finish eating people and return to the demon realm, the major immortal sects of the cultivation world would surely send disciples to exterminate it.
If they could successfully eliminate the flood dragon, it would undoubtedly be a great help to the Demon Emperor.
Even if they couldn't eliminate it, they would consume most of this flood dragon's strength. The Demon Emperor could then reap the benefits, easily slaying this demon flood dragon and seizing the true dragon bloodline within its body.
Either way, he would have the upper hand.
It had to be said that the Demon Emperor, being a cunning old fox, had indeed played his cards well.
Chu Sang lowered her head and pondered for a moment. Being able to transfer a half-step Unity stage demon king to the cultivation world, this kind of spatial tool was no ordinary item, at least at the immortal tool level.
And in places like the demon and ghost realms, they valued pure strength more and were not adept at creating weapons and other auxiliary tools.
So there weren't many high-grade tools in the demon realm.
Even in the cultivation world, there were very few spatial tools above the immortal tool grade.
Chu Sang instinctively thought of the Sumeru space in Qin Xixue's possession, which contained quite a few good things, like spirit tools, immortal tools, spirit pills, immortal pills, and so on... Hopefully, she wasn't overthinking it.
Chu Sang narrowed her eyes, her expression turning cold. But given the female protagonist's charm that could attract anyone, it really might be possible.
The foxes around Qin Xixue died one after another, only to be replaced, never leaving her without a demon realm harem member. But at least these two foxes were young and beautiful.
That Demon Emperor was already old... was he not picky at all?
The Tianyan Sect and Eight Trigrams Sect, which they had been searching for all along, had actually found the demon dragon before them and were engaged in fierce battle.
Mo Qingchen led the Tianyan Sect disciples at the forefront, with Eight Trigrams Sect disciples providing support on the side.
The difference in strength was simply too great.
The opponent was a half-step Unity stage flood dragon. Mo Qingchen had reached Divine Transformation, but he was still a step behind. He alone could barely exchange a few moves, but the other Golden Core and Nascent Soul stage disciples behind him weren't so lucky. Many disciples had been hit by the residual demonic energy from the demon dragon, sustaining injuries, and some were barely holding on.
Cui Xiu and other Eight Trigrams Sect disciples hurriedly drew defensive formations to protect the injured disciples from both sects.
The demon king's intelligence was extremely high. It immediately saw through their weakness and abandoned the troublesome Mo Qingchen, pouncing towards these injured disciples.
With just a swing of its tail, the violently terrifying demonic energy surged forth like a tidal wave. The originally solid formation made cracking sounds the moment the demonic energy hit it.
The formation developed spider web-like cracks, as if made of paper.
It didn't even last three seconds before shattering into pieces, blasted apart.
The disciples' faces changed drastically, lamenting that they were done for. However, at the moment the formation shattered, a golden bell grew dozens of times larger with the wind, protecting them within!
When that terrifying demonic energy met the bell, it merely caused the bell to shake briefly before returning to stillness.
A fire-red figure stood in mid-air, floating before them.
Lin Jing sprang up, doubting his eyes, "Chu Sang?!"
"I'm very strong, I know. Don't get excited, contain yourself," Chu Sang nocked an arrow to her bow and smiled, "Seeing how much you admire me, this young mistress will mercifully save your worthless life."
Lin Jing, who hadn't even had a chance to speak, "..." Although this person's trash talk was quite annoying, it didn't prevent him from getting fired up as well. He saw that streak of fire-red light, like a falling meteor, strike the demon dragon's tail directly, actually piercing through that supposedly impenetrable black armor!
It hit!
The demon flood dragon roared angrily, immediately stopping its pursuit of those nearly exhausted disciples and charging straight towards Chu Sang.