“So vicious?”
Even Mo Fan could not help swallowing hard when he heard this. He turned to the Wang family Second Elder in Hei Yi’s hands, intending to use him as an example to threaten the others, only to discover the man had already fainted from sheer terror…
With no other choice, Mo Fan sealed the golden cores of all three, planted spore toxins inside their bodies, then retrieved the golden rope and shouted to Red-Eye, “Drag these three away for now!”
“Got it!”
Red-Eye gave a sinister laugh and immediately ordered several enforcement hall demon soldiers behind him to haul the three Core Formation cultivators off.
Next, Mo Fan rose into the air, hovering before the eyes of all the demons, and declared, “Little ones, everyone come out! This king has an important announcement!”
His voice, amplified by demonic power, instantly resounded across the entire Black Wind Mountain.
The lesser demons who had been hiding in caves everywhere heard him and poured out, their faces filled with delight.
“It’s the great king’s voice!”
“The great king is back!”
“The great king really is back!!”
Countless lesser demons emerged from their caves and looked up towards the peak of Black Wind Mountain. Sure enough, their great king was floating in mid-air, and those human cultivators who had attacked earlier were nowhere to be seen.
“It really is the great king!”
“So those human cultivators were driven off by the great king?”
“Pah! With how strong our great king is, there’s no way he’d let them escape. I bet nine out of ten he swallowed them whole!”
“The great king is as ferocious as ever!”
“Great king is mighty!!”
The lesser demons chattered excitedly, their faces glowing with enthusiasm.
As lesser demons, they naturally could not all reach the summit caves in time, so they had hidden nearby and had no idea what had happened at the peak.
Only when Mo Fan summoned them now did their fear finally subside, and they came out to see for themselves.
Although Mo Fan hovered in the sky, his vast divine sense blanketed the entire mountain, so every movement of the lesser demons was perfectly clear to him.
Once he saw that almost all of them had emerged, he spoke in a deep voice, “My children!
This king has wonderful news for you all!
Your great king has successfully broken through to the Demon King realm. From this day forward, I am a true Demon King!
Furthermore, the day after tomorrow this king will hold a grand Demon King Ceremony at the summit. Demon kings from all directions will be invited!
This will be a massive banquet, far beyond what the kitchen camp can handle alone. Starting tomorrow, all of you will report to the peak under your respective leaders to help the kitchen camp prepare the feast!
Everything must be ready before the Demon King Ceremony the day after tomorrow!
In addition to the banquet, this king will bestow generous rewards!”
“Fantastic, another feast!”
“Long live the great king!”
“May the great king live forever!!”
“…”
Hearing the mountain-shaking cheers of the lesser demons, Mo Fan’s cheek twitched. He silently cursed, “These ungrateful wolves, the moment food is mentioned they shout louder than anyone!”
Still, he could not be bothered with them. He immediately gathered the high-ranking demons on the summit and held a meeting on the spot.
During the meeting, Mo Fan briefly recounted what he had done over the past month, then assigned tasks for the day after tomorrow to each demon. Finally he said, “Rest assured, as long as you never abandon this king, this king will do everything possible to raise everyone’s cultivation and strength!
Once this Demon King Ceremony is over, it will be time for rewards!”
“Thank you, great king!!”
The demons grew visibly excited.
Mo Fan was equally delighted. Only he knew that very soon, the overall strength of Black Wind Mountain would undergo a heaven-shaking transformation!
By then, forget the tiny Demon Spirit Mountain Range, the entire eastern part of the Phoenix Cry Mountain demon domain would fall under Black Wind Mountain’s influence!
During the meeting, You Er informed Mo Fan that Black Wind Mountain would face another calamity soon. The divination showed vast demonic qi, possibly connected to a powerful demon cultivator. This made Mo Fan’s eyes narrow slightly.
However, considering Black Wind Mountain’s current overall strength, plus his own hidden trump cards and a protective talisman like Granny Sparrow, Mo Fan was not overly worried.
After the meeting ended, Mo Fan handed full authority over mountain affairs to Bai Tian Tian, then took Hei Yi back to the Spring Pool Cave.
“Hei Yi, this is specially prepared for you. It is the heart of that Chi Dragon Saint King from the True Dragon Lair!”
The moment they entered the cave, Mo Fan opened his mouth and spat out an object, handing it to Hei Yi.
It was a still-bleeding dragon heart!
“Great king, this… this is far too precious!”
Although Hei Yi’s eyes shone, she shook her head and refused.
“No matter how precious, how could it compare to you?”
Mo Fan laughed warmly. “You are the Black Nether King of our Black Wind Mountain. You contributed greatly on this trip to the Dragon Ruins. Besides, this dragon heart is not especially useful to the rest of us, but you are different.
You possess the Demon-Devouring Divine Body. Only you can maximise its value!
Moreover, Black Wind Mountain currently lacks true top-tier combat strength. Although Bai Tian Tian is powerful, she excels mainly in aquatic combat. So you must grow stronger quickly and become this king’s true right-hand in the future!”
After Mo Fan’s earnest persuasion, Hei Yi nodded firmly, no longer refusing the gift. She opened her mouth and swallowed the dragon heart whole.
“Hmph! Daddy’s playing favourites!”
“You’re only saying that because you want to please little mistress Hei Yi!”
At that moment, a golden tiger head poked out from inside Mo Fan’s robes, looking enviously at Hei Yi.
“Why are you everywhere!”
Mo Fan rolled his eyes, pushed Ying Ying Guai’s head back inside his clothes, then said awkwardly to Hei Yi, “This child has always loved talking nonsense since she was little. Don’t take it to heart.”
Hei Yi’s cheeks flushed faintly. She nodded slightly and whispered like a mosquito, “Great king, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t let Sister Tian Tian find out!”
“…”
Mo Fan’s cheek twitched at those words. He genuinely had not expected Hei Yi to say something so full of girlish mischief.
Pretending he had heard nothing, he changed the subject. “How do you feel right now?”
“Yes, I feel something.”
“What is it?”
Mo Fan looked at Hei Yi, wondering inwardly, “Could the power of that dragon heart already be digesting so quickly?”
“My heart is pounding really hard.”
“Hm?” Mo Fan frowned slightly, then asked, “Anything else?”
“My cheeks feel a bit hot too,” Hei Yi said, somewhat embarrassed.
“…”
Mo Fan was speechless. He coughed dryly twice and said, “Well then, I’ll go wander over there for a bit. You calm down and focus on fully absorbing the power of that dragon heart.”
With that, he fled as if escaping and entered the stone chamber where he usually secluded himself. Opening his mouth, he spat out a bronze mirror.
This was the immortal treasure he had brought back from the True Dragon Lair.
During his tribulation, Mo Fan had tested the mirror’s power and been overjoyed to discover that a single strike had shattered the entire tribulation cloud!
From that one attack, he had gained a preliminary understanding of the treasure’s function: it seemed capable of reflecting attacks.
“Although You Er’s divination did not clearly reveal the enemy’s identity, looking across the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains, there are not many demon cultivators who bear me enmity.
Now that I have stepped into the Demon King realm and Black Wind Mountain still faces danger, it means the opponent is likely so powerful that even the current me would struggle against them.
That means the enemy is either a Demon Ancestor or a peak King-realm great demon!
But no matter who it is, if I can first refine this bronze mirror, every crisis will naturally resolve itself!”
Mo Fan murmured to himself, his gaze upon the bronze mirror growing ever more fervent.
He was preparing to refine the bronze mirror!
