A demon king feast caused every lesser demon on the mountain to break through their realms.
Though this was within Mo Fan’s expectations, it still filled him with surprise.
Aside from demon generals like Wolf Ferocious, even those demon soldiers gained some fortune, advancing their cultivation; as for the insignificant lesser demons, there was no need to mention them.
Some lesser demon merely drank a sip of soup and directly broke through two stages.
The most exaggerated was a lesser demon who snatched a large chunk of meat from the broth, and upon eating it, broke through on the spot from the fourth stage lesser demon to the mid demon soldier realm.
“A whale fall is no more than this, is it.”
“No wonder monsters all love feasts; if we hunt down a few more demon kings, could my Black Wind Mountain demons fear not breaking through.”
Mo Fan mused inwardly, though he soon smiled wryly; after the demon king feast ended, he formally announced to the crowd of demons.
“Children, from now on, the feast is paused.”
“In the battle by day, this king killed Lei Yuchuan, the instigator who goaded the two mountains to attack my Black Wind Mountain.
Perhaps some demons here still do not know who that Lei Yuchuan was.
Here, this king shall explain briefly: he was the legitimate eldest son of the Lei Yu clan, one of the three great families in the Phoenix Cry Mountain demon domain.
Now that he died on my Black Wind Mountain, the Lei Yu family will surely come for revenge.”
At this point, Mo Fan paused slightly in his speech, then bellowed a question, “This king asks you all, are you afraid.”
“No fear.”
“Fear a damn ball; a demon dies with arse to the sky, Lei Yu family or what. Just do it.”
“Exactly; these great demons bully us too much. If we do not resist, there is only death; resisting brings even greater calamity.
Either way it is death, better to die with a bang.”
Zha Zha spoke bitterly, his voice high and ringing, directly overpowering all the other monsters’ voices.
As his words came out, all the monsters boiled over again, shouting this and that, not one showing any thought of retreat.
Seeing this scene, Mo Fan felt deeply gratified in his heart, so he raised a hand and pressed it down, and the noise on the mountain top quieted somewhat.
“This king understands everyone’s mood, but this time’s enemy is too powerful; at least now, we cannot truly confront them.
So this king does not plan to watch the brothers die in vain; thus, in a moment, Bai Yaoyao and several generals will lead everyone to leave Black Wind Mountain and temporarily avoid the calamity.”
Mo Fan’s words first stunned the crowd of demons, then they all showed joy on their faces, as if the wine had sobered them up a bit.
As monsters, living was naturally better than anything.
Though monsters were by nature fierce and combative, they were not fools; anyone would quail at a sure-death scenario.
But the Toad Great King treated them well, so they had first chosen to agree, planning to stake their lives to fight alongside the Toad Great King; if they luckily survived, who knew, they might get another demon king feast.
But now the Toad Great King told them they need not die, which naturally eased everyone’s hearts.
“Great King, what about you.”
“Are you not coming with us.”
Wolf Ferocious caught some meaning in Mo Fan’s words and immediately frowned at him.
“Someone must stay to draw the Lei Yu family’s gaze and fury, so this king will not go.”
A smile appeared on Mo Fan’s face, then he said to the crowd of demons, “Children, I am not a qualified king; I did not lead everyone to cultivate properly together, but instead brought quite a few disasters.
So this time, I want to be a qualified king.
Willing to bear all fear for the children.”
“Great King.”
The crowd of demons was all moved upon hearing this.
Demons were often heartless sorts, but that was built on the inaction of the higher-ups, disregard for the lesser demons’ lives.
But Mo Fan was different; from the start, he taught the demons principles, from the start guided them to be demons with feeling and righteousness.
So at this moment, everyone was moved by Mo Fan’s words.
After all, in these Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, no demon king ever valued the lives of lesser demons much.
Mo Fan not only valued the lesser demons’ lives, he valued them more than his own, willing to die to exchange for the safety of the crowd of lesser demons.
This was the scene the crowd of demons saw.
At least now, it was.
“Great King, what do you take us for.”
“I, Red Eyes, though my cultivation is not high and I truly fear death, if it means leaving the Great King alone to face the enemy, I cannot do it.”
“Even if it is death, Rabbit Lord will advance and retreat with the Great King.”
Red Eyes gritted his teeth and was the first to step forward, stating his stance, unwilling to leave.
“What is there to fear in death. Count this lord in.”
Zha Zha stepped forward too.
“Old Chai I am old and not as mighty as the two commanders, but Old Chai knows one truth: without the Great King, where would I be today.”
Old Chai from the kitchen camp, carrying a cleaver, walked out.
“This fiery temper of mine.”
“If Wolf Lord backs down now, he would surely be sneered at by those little chicks; how could that be borne.”
Wolf Ferocious spat and looked at Mo Fan with equal resolve.
Seeing this, the crowd of demons first bowed their heads slightly, then looked at each other, and finally all sighed, stepping forward together.
“We advance and retreat with the Great King.”
Leopard Head, eyes red and teeth gritted, spoke gravely.
“We advance and retreat with the Great King.”
The crowd of demons shouted in unison.
This scene before him moved Mo Fan deeply, feeling as if sand had entered his eyes, tears even welling up.
“What is this, clearly a bunch of silly demons, yet you insist on playing the sentimental card; you are truly hateful.”
Mo Fan gritted his teeth, but the more they did this, the less he could let them die.
“This old one is not about to die right now.”
“Nor am I leaving you bastards a last testament.”
“This old one just does not want you dragging him down.”
“Rest easy; this king even swallowed a demon king, so in these Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, which monster is this king’s match.”
“Only when you lot of burdens leave can this king truly fight with hands unbound.”
“Hear this king’s order: from this instant, you are all to withdraw from Black Wind Mountain swiftly, no mistakes.”
“Violators… turned into feast dishes.”
Mo Fan roared, his voice echoing across the entire Black Wind Mountain peak, then he looked at Wolf Ferocious and said fiercely, “Wolf Ferocious, do you hear the order.”
Wolf Ferocious started upon hearing this, looking at Mo Fan’s cold gaze, and his heart jolted slightly; he gritted his teeth and said, “Wolf Ferocious hears the order.”
“Red Eyes, Zha Zha, Old Chai, Leopard Head, do you intend to defy this king’s command.”
Mo Fan looked at the four commanders again, his gaze equally unkind.
“We… hear the order.”
Red Eyes gritted his teeth, tears sliding from his eyes.
Bai Yaoyao at the side sighed inwardly at this and turned her head away.
She hated seeing such scenes most; just as Mo Fan said, clearly a bunch of monsters, yet insisting on aping humans with sentimentality; it was utterly incongruous.
In the end, all the monsters withdrew, obeying the king’s order.
Fire Spirit and Bai Yaoyao were arranged by Mo Fan to protect the crowd of demons; it was Fire Spirit who opened his mouth and used demon power to take all the mountain’s demons into it, then quickly departed, saving much trouble.
Gazing at the littered ground, Mo Fan drew a deep breath, then directly sat cross-legged, instinctively gripping his right hand, falling silent.
Of course, he had no thought of dying in battle; in truth, his thinking was similar to Bai Yaoyao’s: as long as the Lei Yu family sent anyone, it would certainly be demon king realm existences, and ones of no low status at that.
What he had to do was defeat all these demon kings, then capture them, using them to make that demon ancestor of the Lei Yu family hesitate, thus preserving Black Wind Mountain’s peace for a time.
Of course, he had also prepared for the worst; if he could not match those demon kings, then he would only flee.
At that point, the Lei Yu family’s gaze would lock entirely on him, and the Black Wind Mountain demons would naturally be safe.
But there was still the very worst scenario…
The wait was doubly tormenting for Mo Fan; only when the dawn glow appeared in the sky did he slowly raise his head, as a figure strolled unhurriedly through the air from the horizon.
“So the very worst scenario has appeared after all…”
Gazing at that head of purple hair, the poised black-robed man, Mo Fan smiled bitterly in his heart.
Soon, a tyrannical and domineering divine sense enveloped the entire Black Wind Mountain.
“All the demon crowds have been dispersed…”
In the sky, the purple-haired middle-aged man furrowed his brows slightly, then looked down at the youth below and said calmly, “So, have you prepared yourself to die.”
