**Ten Thousand Great Mountains, Dragon King Sea.**
Inside a certain cave mansion, hurried footsteps suddenly rang out. A gorgeous female demon approached a stone wall, bowed slightly, and said with great respect, “Young Master, Old Ancestor Black Corner has returned!”
“Oh? Uncle Wang is back already?”
A surprised voice came from behind the stone wall. After a brief pause, it asked, “Did he gain anything?”
“Old Ancestor Black Corner said nothing, but his expression was rather ugly. I’m afraid the harvest was meagre.” The beautiful female demon replied.
“Mm. How goes the matter I entrusted to you earlier?”
“Your servant was just about to report on that very thing.”
“I have already uncovered that monster’s background.”
“Speak quickly!”
The voice behind the wall instantly grew eager.
“According to the portrait the Young Master provided, we notified the Sea Dragon Guards lying dormant in the Fengming Mountain demon domain. It has been confirmed that the opponent is the newly ascended Demon King of Black Wind Mountain under the Fengming Mountain demon domain. His name is ‘Lai Bao’, and he is a toad demon.” The female demon reported.
“A toad demon?”
The demon behind the wall was clearly stunned. Then he asked again, “You mean a nasty toad?”
“Yes, Young Master. It is said that this Demon King Lai Bao’s true form is indeed a nasty toad!”
“…”
Silence fell behind the stone wall.
Only after a long while did a gloomy voice emerge once more. “Damn it, how can it be a nasty toad?
Are toads this powerful these days?
Pass the order down. Have Uncle Wang dispatch great demons of the King realm to exterminate that nasty toad!
Right, better send some strong ones. That toad is no weakling. We mustn’t capsize in the gutter!”
“This…”
The female demon hesitated, then finally said, “That toad demon’s identity is somewhat complicated.”
“It’s just a toad demon. How complicated can it be?”
A disdainful voice came from behind the wall, but it quickly added, “Go on, tell me.”
“Here’s the thing. According to the Sea Dragon Guards’ investigation, this toad demon appears to be the inheritor of the White Tiger Sacred King, and there are even rumours that the Fire Phoenix Sacred King is his protector!”
“Such a grand background?”
The voice behind the wall sounded rather surprised, then asked, “Did the Fire Phoenix Sacred King say so personally?”
“No, it is only a rumour.”
“Then that settles it!”
“That toad demon is extremely cunning. I fear he deliberately spread this rumour to build momentum for himself! Still, we must guard against the possibility. Have Uncle Wang send some clever demons and keep everything discreet. Do not let the Fire Phoenix Sacred King find out.” The voice behind the wall said indifferently.
“Yes, this servant will take her leave!”
The beautiful female demon nodded and slowly withdrew.
“Toad demon Lai Bao?”
“Dare to compete with this young lord for immortal treasures? No matter your origins, you must die!”
…
**Southern Border Region.**
The sky above a certain city suddenly began to twist and distort, immediately drawing the attention of many demon cultivators.
A year ago this city had been prosperous. Later it was occupied by demon cultivators, and all the human inhabitants were reduced to blood food for the demon race, penned like livestock, living in daily fear of being selected as “two-legged sheep”…
At this moment, almost every demon cultivator who had been indulging in revelry sensed the change in the sky and looked upwards.
The sallow, emaciated human commoners also raised their heads towards the heavens, hoping a miracle might occur.
“Heavens above, please help us pitiful humans!”
“In these times, humans are worth less than dogs. In the past there were corrupt officials, now there are evil demons who eat people. We old folks don’t mind so much, half our bodies are already in the grave, but these little children are innocent!”
“Please, Heavens, open your eyes!!”
Among the commoners, some elders wore expressions of bitter grief, their cloudy old eyes brimming with tears, mourning for the penned people of the city.
Boom—
Perhaps responding to the old men’s pleas, a real opening actually tore apart in the twisted sky!
The opening was not large, but once it appeared, it truly resembled a human eye.
Then, drop by drop, blood began to fall from that eye, as if the firmament itself were weeping tears of blood for the tragic scene below.
“This… The Heavens really have opened their eyes?”
On a rooftop, a demon stared in stunned disbelief, so frightened that its whole body shook. It directly dropped the blood-drenched half-eaten human thigh it had been holding.
“The Heavens are shedding bloody tears! We’re finished, finished! We must have angered the Heavens! What are we to do?”
The little demon panicked, sweating profusely. It immediately knelt and began kowtowing frantically towards the “eye” in the sky.
The humans below cheered in wild joy, thinking the elders’ words had truly moved the Heavens.
“All of you shut up!”
At that moment, a figure flew out from a distant castle and instantly landed on the rooftop, looking down coldly upon all the humans below.
It was a wolf demon with a human body and wolf head, but one ear was missing. The lesser demons affectionately called him “Half-Ear Great King”.
After cowing the restless human commoners below, Half-Ear kicked the kneeling little demon onto the ground, stepped on him, and roared, “You cur, we are demons! Where in this world is there any ‘Heavens’? If you dare spout such nonsense again and disgrace the dignity of us wolves, I’ll flay you alive!”
“As for that thing in the sky, this king will see for himself what it is!”
With that, Half-Ear shot straight up towards the spatial rift.
But at that instant, even more blood rained down from the rift. Following the blood, a slightly damaged corpse also fell out and landed directly in the area where the penned humans were kept.
“Ah…”
“A dead person fell from the sky!!”
A group of children screamed and fled. Only a few bold commoners approached.
It was indeed a corpse, its entire body covered in cracks, looking like a porcelain vessel forcibly pieced together, lying in a pool of blood.
Suddenly, the corpse twitched, startling everyone.
At the same time, the rift in the sky gradually closed. Half-Ear, frowning, descended from the sky and hovered above the corpse. He opened his mouth and spat out a demonic blade.
“No matter who you are, and whether you’re dead or not, once this king chops off your head, you’ll be dead for good!”
Half-Ear grinned ferociously. A wisp of blazing light appeared on the surface of the demonic blade, radiating a terrifying aura.
“Swoosh!”
He swung the blade down, slashing straight at the bloody corpse below.
But right at that moment, the corpse suddenly opened its mouth and, with a “wah”, vomited out a cleaner, more intact figure.
The blade fell. The bloody corpse’s head was severed, and the entire body instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, finally turning into a sheet of human skin!
Not far away, a naked, pale but handsome youth stood on the ground. He first turned to look at the terrified crowd around him, then his head suddenly shot forward like a giant python. His mouth split open enormously and, in one gulp, swallowed an old man whole.
This scene made everyone scream and scatter in all directions.
This was no miracle at all. It was clearly a man-eating monster!
“Fellow demon, wherever you come from, to cause trouble on Half-Ear’s territory, you really are courting death!”
In the sky, Demon King Half-Ear was enraged and slashed once more at the handsome youth.
Clang!
The next instant, however, his blade was blocked by a bony wing.
It was an enormous wing formed entirely of white bone. Fully extended, it completely shielded the youth’s body.
“Southern Border… Yannian City…”
“I… am finally back!”
The youth murmured, a smile gradually appearing on his face.
Whoosh!
His twin wings flapped, and he vanished from the spot.
Pfft!
The next moment, Half-Ear’s body shuddered in mid-air. He looked down at his chest and saw a finger bone protruding through his clothes…
“Demon King?”
“Qin Changsheng hates the demon race most of all!”
“So you must die!”
