Watching the old man gradually disappear, Hei Yi, who had been filled with anger, slowly calmed down. It seemed she had realised something.
She slightly cupped her fist towards the direction in which the old man had left, then turned and departed.
She travelled a full thousand li. Only after Bai Sheng Mountain had completely vanished from sight did Hei Yi gradually slow to a stop.
Her gaze swept the surroundings. Indifferently, she said, “All of you sneaking around like this, are you not afraid of tarnishing the reputation of Bai Sheng Mountain?”
“Hahahaha… Friend insulted our Bai Sheng Mountain first. Now why are you in such a hurry to leave?”
A ripple suddenly appeared in the sky. A burly great demon with a tiger head and human body emerged.
He held a hammer weapon in each hand. He wore earthy yellow armour. Intense demonic energy radiated from his body.
Hei Yi looked at this demon and immediately discerned his cultivation level.
This fellow was, like her, at the late Demon King Realm!
“I came only to deliver a letter. I do not wish to cause unnecessary slaughter. I advise all of you not to court death!”
Hei Yi’s gaze remained calm as she spoke indifferently.
However, her words directly enraged the great demons lurking in the shadows. In an instant, figures abruptly materialised.
Before long, a total of six demon kings had surrounded Hei Yi.
“This female demon truly has an arrogant mouth!”
“We do not care how big your background is in the Feng Ming Mountain demon domain, but this is Bai Sheng Mountain. This is our tiger clan’s territory!”
“You dare to provoke us on our own ground. Are you tired of living?”
The group of tiger demons sneered coldly at Hei Yi. Their gazes were all hostile.
“You still know this is Bai Sheng Mountain?”
“It has not been long since the White Tiger Holy King disappeared, yet you are already eager to act against his adopted daughter. Are you not afraid that when the White Tiger Holy King returns, he will skin you one by one, draw your tendons, and boil you all into a pot of sick cat soup?”
Hei Yi sneered coldly, comparing this group of tiger demon kings to sick cats.
She had long sensed the icy killing intent radiating from them. She knew that no matter what she said, they would not let matters rest.
With this thought, she immediately mobilised the demonic power within her body, preparing for battle.
“Wretch, you court death!”
As expected, her words directly stung these six tiger demons.
Almost simultaneously, the six tiger demons charged at Hei Yi to kill her.
Just as Hei Yi had anticipated, their purpose in coming was singular: to kill her and establish prestige for Bai Sheng Mountain!
Of course, the most important reason was to deter that demon king of Black Wind Mountain.
How could their tiger clan’s inheritance fall into the hands of that toad?
Seeing this, Hei Yi said no more. She immediately activated her divine body. With a humming sound, the phenomenon of a demonic mantis devouring a true dragon appeared behind her.
“Kill!”
With a low roar, she struck later but arrived first. Facing six great demons of the same realm, she showed no fear. Instead, there was a faint trace of excitement.
Seeing Hei Yi’s phenomenon manifest, the six great demons were first startled. Then they all grew excited.
“Who would have thought this wretch actually possesses a divine body? Do not hold back. Take her down with full force. Try to capture her alive!”
“Offer her to the Holy Son. Ancestor Hei Ming will surely be greatly pleased!”
The demons were utterly thrilled. Little did they know that their words, falling into Hei Yi’s ears, had already sealed their fate of death.
This battle was far less brutal than imagined. Hei Yi unleashed her full combat power. She completely deployed her triple killing technique. Dragon scales emerged on her body, forming a set of blood-coloured battle armour. No matter how the demon kings bombarded her, they could not breach it in the slightest.
“Roar——!!”
The demonic mantis behind Hei Yi roared in fury. It was as if an ancient ferocious beast had been projected into reality. With a single dive, it cleaved a mid Demon King Realm great demon in half. Blood stained the earth!
The demonic mantis, even in ancient times, was notorious as a ferocious beast that dared to feed on true dragons. Though it was now merely a phenomenal shadow, under the divine power emitted by Hei Yi’s divine body, it was as if it had come alive, possessing terrifying slaughtering might.
The so-called phenomenon appeared to be just a shadow. In fact, it was a divine ability secret art unique to divine bodies. It had no grade to speak of and grew stronger as the divine body did!
In just a single exchange, Hei Yi swung her scythe and severed the head of one Demon King Realm great demon. At the same time, she did not forget to extract his heart. She laughed maniacally and, right in front of the remaining five demon kings, gnawed on the heart!
“Hee hee hee hee… It has been so long since I felt this exhilarated!”
“Ever since I began following the great king, my bloodthirsty nature seems to have been completely suppressed. In a way, I must thank you all properly!”
“So… who will be my next snack?”
Hei Yi tilted her head. She hovered in mid-air. One hand rested on her demonic scythe, which was half a head taller than her. The other hand extended forward. Her slender jade finger pointed at the five demon kings ahead, as if selecting food.
At this moment, her mouth was covered in bright red bloodstains, but she paid it no mind. An evil smile hung on her face, causing the five opposing demon kings to feel some panic.
In fact, this was Hei Yi’s true nature. However, as she had said, ever since following Mo Fan, the madness and evil hidden in her heart had been constantly suppressed.
Next, Hei Yi entered a fully frenzied state. She completely disregarded her own injuries. Her life-for-life fighting style struck fear into the demon kings.
In merely the time of half an incense stick, all six demon kings fell!
They could not even escape!
As she slew these demon kings, Hei Yi’s frenzied state faded. Her eyes regained clarity.
Naturally, she would not let their corpses go to waste. Whether for her or for the demons of Black Wind Mountain, these were great tonics, no inferior to so-called earth-grade spiritual medicines.
Hei Yi opened her mouth and inhaled sharply. All the corpses were swiftly collected into her storage pouch.
“Fiend! You dare commit murder in our Bai Sheng Mountain demon domain. Do you think Bai Sheng Mountain has no demons?”
At that moment, a tremendous voice of fury came from the firmament. It was like thunder rumbling, shaking Hei Yi’s ears until they buzzed incessantly.
Hei Yi’s expression changed slightly. She thought to herself that things were bad and immediately turned to flee!
“Fiend! You killed so many demon kings of our Bai Sheng Mountain, and now you think you can just walk away?”
The furious voice rang out again. At the same time, the entire sky suddenly darkened. Hei Yi looked up and saw a massive shadow hidden behind the clouds. That shadow blotted out the sun, directly altering the daylight.
Boom boom boom——
The rumbling from the firmament continued without cease. Then, a gigantic tiger paw tore through the clouds and descended from the heavens!
As the tiger paw fell, the shadow in Hei Yi’s pupils grew ever larger, truly embodying the visual sense of blotting out the sky and sun!
“Ancestor Realm great demon!”
Hei Yi’s expression changed drastically. She had no thought of confronting it. Immediately, she burned her essence blood and fled in panic using the blood escape technique!
“You cannot escape!”
Above the clouds, a black-robed old man with a stern expression locked onto Hei Yi with his divine sense. No matter how she fled, it seemed she could not escape his palm.
In fact, that was indeed the case. No matter which direction Hei Yi escaped in, no matter how fast she was, she could not flee beyond the range of that heaven-supporting giant paw. In the end, she stopped with a bitter smile. Watching the approaching giant paw, a trace of resolve appeared in her eyes.
She understood that this was a very special divine ability of the opponent. No matter how she fled, it would be futile. Her only option was to fight with her back to the wall!
If she did not break this divine ability, she could not escape at all.
Thus, she directly mobilised her demon core, causing it to erupt in boundless radiance.
However, just as Hei Yi prepared to fight to the death, the giant paw in the sky suddenly dissipated.
Hei Yi was slightly stunned. Though she did not understand what was happening, she seized this brief opening and transformed into a streak of blood light, vanishing in an instant!
Above the clouds.
The black-robed old man looked coldly towards the gaunt old man nearby, who had a distinctive ponytail. Slightly angry, he said, “Mo Luo, you dare to block me?”
“Ancestor Hei Yu, this old man is merely a mountain guardian. How would I dare to block the ancestor?”
Mo Luo smiled faintly, then said helplessly, “I am only acting under orders!”
“Under orders?”
“Whose orders?”
Hei Yu’s expression darkened. He stared at Mo Luo with ill intent. Just now, if this fellow had not suddenly emitted a powerful aura, forcing him to disperse his divine ability and defend, how could that female demon from Black Wind Mountain have escaped?
“Naturally, under the orders of the Holy King himself!”
“The Holy King once set a rule. Before a true Holy Son is selected for our Bai Sheng Mountain, the Holy Son position is open to anyone below the Ancestor Realm to compete for. Until then, we great demons cannot use various means to interfere with the prospective Holy Sons!”
“And that Black Wind Demon King is publicly recognised as the inheritor of the Holy King. Naturally, he counts as one of the prospective Holy Sons. For the ancestor to act against his messenger, this already violates the rule!”
