Mo Fan’s words brought a spark back to He Feifei’s dim eyes.
Carrying so many demons in flight at once was taxing even for Mo Fan. Midway, with He Feifei’s help, he managed to avoid any embarrassment.
He first returned to the Demon Spirit Valley, opening his mouth to collect the corpses of the demons and human cultivators before heading to Black Wind Mountain.
Though Mo Fan did not care much for these demon corpses, they were undoubtedly a delicacy for other demons and could not be wasted.
As the demons reached the banks of the Black Water River, Mo Fan spotted a familiar figure.
It was a tall black-robed demon with a single horn on its forehead—Da Jiao, with whom Mo Fan had some minor friction in the Demon Spirit Valley.
At this moment, Da Jiao was in trouble, surrounded by a group of crab demons.
Though these crab demons were low-tier, their size was considerable. They carried huge black shells on their backs, clearly strong in defence, and each held a double-pronged halberd aimed at Da Jiao.
Outside the group was a black-armoured man exuding the aura of a demon soldier, his spiritual form more complete than the lesser demons. He stared at the trapped Da Jiao with a cold smirk.
“Demon brother, I’m just a trusted demon soldier under Black Wind Mountain’s Second General Bai Yao, passing through here. Why must you trouble me?”
Da Jiao frowned, clenching his fists but not daring to act rashly.
He knew these demons were from the Black Water River, with little connection to Black Wind Mountain. If he acted recklessly, not only might he not win, but it would surely provoke a fierce retaliation from the river’s water demons.
So, he hoped to use the names of the Great King and Second General to intimidate them.
“Black Wind Mountain? So what?”
“Don’t try to scare me with your Demon King!”
“Even your Black Wind Mountain’s Demon King can’t control my Black Water River!”
The black-armoured crab demon sneered, his gaze fixed on the single horn on Da Jiao’s forehead. He laughed, “How about this? Offer that horn on your head to me, and I’ll let you go. How’s that?”
“This horn is my demon weapon. You’re asking too much!” Da Jiao gritted his teeth, his tone growing heavier. “Black Wind Mountain and your Black Water River are neighbours. This behaviour isn’t very neighbourly, is it?”
“Neighbours? Hahaha… That’s hilarious!”
“In our demon race, it’s always the law of the jungle. When have we ever talked about relationships like humans?”
The black-armoured crab demon laughed loudly, then his face turned ferocious. “Since you’re unwilling, don’t blame me for being ruthless!
Kill him, take his horn, and feast!”
With the black-armoured crab demon’s command, the crab demons charged at Da Jiao.
“Courting death!”
Da Jiao’s face darkened, ready to fight, when suddenly a dense swarm of black spiders fell from the sky.
These black spiders, varying in size, seemed sentient. As soon as they landed, they crawled towards the crab demons.
“What are these?”
“My goodness, so many spiders!”
“Ah… These aren’t ordinary spiders. They’re… poisonous!”
“Ahh—!!”
In an instant, the charging crab demons seemed to encounter a great terror, overwhelmed by the black spiders.
Those bitten turned black, their flesh rotting and falling off at a visible rate, soon dissolving into a foul-smelling black liquid.
This horrific scene shocked not only Da Jiao and the others involved but also the demons beside Mo Fan in the sky, who felt their scalps tingle.
This was too terrifying!
Only Mo Fan remained expressionless, though inwardly quite pleased.
He knew how terrifying the poison in his body was, all thanks to his Ten Thousand Poison Spirit Body.
But he had always lacked effective means to deliver poison, often using his poison bead in the crudest way, making his poison attacks feeble.
Now, having gained the spider demon’s Ten Thousand Poison Spider Gu divine ability, he finally had a proper way to use the poison bead.
In Mo Fan’s view, these spider gu, under the divine ability’s control, were more agile and convenient than wielding a flying sword.
His sudden intervention was noticed by the sole surviving crab demon soldier, who immediately fled into the Black Water River.
“You Black Wind Mountain demons dare to bully us water demons like this? This isn’t over!!”
The crab demon soldier spat a harsh threat before diving into the Black Water River and disappearing.
Mo Fan intended to direct the spider gu to pursue, but once they entered the water, they dissolved, unable to form an effective attack.
The toxic substance was quickly diluted by the vast water, though it still caused countless fish and shrimp to float belly-up…
“Da Jiao!”
Mo Fan ignored the fleeing crab demon soldier. After retracting his divine ability, he turned his gaze to Da Jiao, who stood stunned in place.
Hearing Mo Fan’s call, Da Jiao snapped back to reality. Looking up, he saw Mo Fan and He Feifei, two familiar demons, and quickly clasped his hands. “Da Jiao thanks you both for the rescue!”
“Da Jiao, are you heading back to Black Wind Mountain?” Mo Fan asked.
“Indeed!”
Da Jiao hesitated slightly but nodded.
“Then we’re on the same path. Come with us back to the mountain!”
“There are things to discuss, so you can learn what’s happened these past two days.”
With that, Mo Fan waved his hand, releasing a wisp of demonic qi to pull Da Jiao onto the demon mist beside him.
After picking up Da Jiao, Mo Fan didn’t hesitate. With He Feifei, he rode the clouds and mist towards Black Wind Mountain.
As the demons flew to the centre of the Black Water River, the water below surged, forming a massive vortex. A low roar came from within.
“You land demons have some nerve, daring to kill my lesser demons!
Think you can just leave without an explanation?!”
With that low roar, a huge black fish head slowly emerged from the vortex.
Beside the fish head was a tiny figure—the crab demon soldier who had escaped.
The demons were all startled, for the fish demon was enormous, its aura terrifying, at least at the Demon General realm!
Mo Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly, sensing the fearsome pressure from the fish demon.
This fish demon’s realm was likely close to touching the Demon King realm!
Seeing this, a sharp glint flashed in Mo Fan’s eyes, and his divine ability quietly erupted!
Divine Ability: Golden Body Beyond!
Buzz—
In an instant, a ten-zhang-tall golden figure appeared around Mo Fan’s body.
“You want an explanation, do you?”
“This General will give you one!”
A thunderous voice boomed above the Black Water River. Mo Fan’s golden body raised a fist and smashed it towards the black fish demon general below.
“Insolent!!”
The black fish demon general roared, its voice equally deafening. It whipped its tail, clashing directly with the golden giant fist!
Boom—
The water surface exploded, the river within a li radius sinking several zhang deep from the immense impact, then surging outwards, forming tsunami-like waves!
Seeing this, Mo Fan and He Feifei urged the demon mist to escape.
The entire Black Water River echoed with earth-shaking combat, waves rising higher and higher. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the golden giant dissolved into a streak of golden light and vanished.
A middle-aged man in black armour flew out of the water, expressionlessly watching the group of demons nearly escaping the Black Water River.
“Black Fish, didn’t expect you to have a day of eating dirt. Not chasing anymore?”
A huge, hideous head emerged from the nearby water, speaking human words with a hint of schadenfreude.
“No more chasing. If you want to chase, go ahead. I’d like to see what you, an eel, are capable of,” Black Fish Demon General said calmly.
“Heh heh, if even you got beaten, this General won’t go looking for trouble. The show’s over. I’m out!!”
The giant eel head sank back into the river…
“When did Black Wind Mountain get such a formidable demon general?”
“Quite interesting!”
The Black Fish Demon General muttered to himself before vanishing into the Black Water River.
Meanwhile, Mo Fan and his group safely crossed the Black Water River’s range, already able to see the massive outline of Black Wind Mountain.
“Black Wind Mountain, this General is back!!”
