Chapter 422: The Abyss Demon God's Allure

"Boom!"

A huge explosion rose in the material realm, even causing tremors in local space.

The Abyss Demons and demigod Legends on the front lines all felt this aura.

That was the aura of the Abyss Demon God.

The gods were both shocked and angry.

"Krisiskedi! What have you done!"

You actually violated the gods' covenant—do you want to start a god war?

Krisiskedi, do you want to declare war on the gods?

Krisiskedi innocently spread his hands.

I didn't do anything—you've been watching me all along!

Although that's what he said, such an obvious fluctuation of divine power could hardly be hidden from the gods.

Do you think this excuse can get you past them?

The hot-tempered Thunder God had already raised his lightning; Krisiskedi's conduct violated the gods' and demons' covenant, and if nothing were done, the gods might as well not bother.

"That was merely my divine son's self-destruction—how could you blame it on me!" Krisiskedi shouted.

The tension between the Abyss Demon God and the gods began to rise sharply.

However, both sides had reservations; once a god war began, it would no longer be confined to a single world and could easily affect hundreds or thousands of worlds.

Even the Abyss Demon Gods, who feared chaos, dared not lightly ignite a god war.

After all, in the previous god war they were the losing side, paying an extremely heavy price.

If the gods are truly driven to desperation, no one will come out unscathed.

"You used divine power to kill a demigod of the material realm—you must pay the price!"

The God of Fairness and Justice raised his Order Divine Artifact; the gods' majesty absolutely cannot be provoked.

To violate the covenant is to pay the price for violating it.

Today, even if it means sacrificing one or two deities, they must make the Abyss Demon God-Krisiskedi pay the price.

"Gods, don't spout blood—if Krisiskedi really struck the blow, how could that demigod still be alive!"

An Abyss Demon God shouted, pointing out the gods' loophole.

The gods hurriedly looked toward the material realm and discovered that Mu Yi was actually still alive.

All they saw was Mu Yi seated atop a golden lotus, with the full force of the explosion blocked outside the lotus's radiance.

Could it be that he really didn't lift a hand?

The gods were somewhat surprised—could they have truly wronged the Abyss Demon God-Krisiskedi?

Even if Mu Yi is a god-slayer, after all he is not a deity.

If it truly were a full-powered strike from an Abyss Demon God, Mu Yi could hardly have survived—could it really be, as Krisiskedi claimed, merely the divine son's self-destruction?

The gods wavered somewhat, but Krisiskedi did not seize the chance to kick him while he was down; his face was extremely grim.

Mu Yi didn't die……How could that be? Just now he truly unleashed his full power to bombard Mu Yi—a perfect divine punishment.

If Mu Yi had died, whatever happened next would at least count as some enticement, but Mu Yi didn't die?

This left that scheming deity, his mind full of plots and tricks, unable to help falling into silence.

What on earth is going on—how did Mu Yi manage to survive his full-powered divine punishment?

"Really dangerous!"

Mu Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead; a little more and he would have really died.

Fortunately, the Merit Supreme Treasure has an automatic master-protection ability; at the instant the divine punishment fell, the Twelfth-rank Merit Golden Lotus unfolded automatically, shielding Mu Yi within.

Although it consumed a great deal of merit, leaving the Twelfth-rank Merit Golden Lotus considerably dimmed, Mu Yi still remained alive.

He survived a medium-tier deity's divine punishment.

"You have slain the target: Krisiskedi's son, gaining a large amount of military merit and receiving a Special Grade Military Merit Medal."

"You have triggered the special achievement mission: Enemy of the Abyss."

"Your relationship with the Abyss Demon God-Krisiskedi has dropped to arch-enemy!"

"Your title has been sung among the gods, and your fame in this world has greatly increased!"

"Your relationship with the Kristwa World Camp has risen, and your reputation related to the Kristwa World Camp has risen to revered."

……

New prompts kept refreshing on Mu Yi's retina, while the Krisiskedi's son before him had already been utterly slain.

His soul also failed to escape the Reincarnation Barrier's bonds, becoming a part of it.

There was no stirring battle hymn, no cheers of all things, nor fervent praise and splendid fireworks……

Everything seemed as if nothing had happened at all, leaving only a devastated earth.

It seemed no one knew that a demigod had successfully slain a demonic offspring of the Abyss Demon God Krisiskedi.

And had survived the Abyss Demon God's divine punishment.

But the gods and demons witnessed all of this; what transpired here is destined not to be buried in the mists of history.

All beings who witnessed this moment simultaneously conceived the same thought in their hearts.

Mu Yi is certain to become a deity.

Or rather, it would be stranger for an existence like Mu Yi not to become a deity.

"Roar!"

Waves of howls rose and fell from the earth, and the Abyss Demon God's divine punishment once again rendered the surrounding environment into an abyssal land.

Upon the purple earth, countless Abyss Demons hatched once again.

They spread their wings, roared to the heavens, and then one after another charged at Mu Yi.

Those incubated by the Abyss lacked sufficient consciousness; some only had the desire to destroy the Material Realm.

"Asura Path-Hell Path—Blood Flame!"

The crimson flames that covered the sky and earth once again filled the heavens and earth, devouring the incubated Abyss Demons.

The strength of these Abyss Demons, tainted by divine power and sent to the Material Realm by the Abyss, is quite respectable.

Among them were mixed large numbers of Legendary Abyss Demons.

It's a pity that in such a world-destroying corrosion, it is meaningless.

The crimson flames mercilessly devoured the Abyss Demons, just as the Abyss had mercilessly annexed other Material Realms.

The Abyss's aura was being pulled out bit by bit by Mu Yi.

Normally, the Abyss's aura is difficult to completely expel from the Material Realm.

That is something like a cancer of the world; many worlds have successfully resisted the Abyss Demons before.

But they all proceeded to destruction, being devoured by the Abyss.

Ultimately, it is because the Abyss's aura is difficult to pull out.

The usual practice of these world civilizations is to seal, purify bit by bit, or rely on the power of the gods to eliminate.

At this moment, Mu Yi displayed a method akin to that of the gods, mixing the power of the Asura Path and Hell Path into the crimson blood flame, which is now igniting these Abyss auras.

Under the scorching of the crimson blood flame, the air in the entire region became distorted!

That is the evaporation of the Abyss aura under the scorching of the crimson blood flame.

Although there is no temperature, it causes the air to begin to twist.

All the Abyss Demons present were incinerated by this power, even though some kinds of Abyss Demons live off fire.

Just like those Bato Flame Demons, they also could not escape this crimson blood flame.

Wails spread throughout the entire region.

In a sense, the effect of such large-scale destructive power on the battlefield is never harmonious.

Large-scale destructive power is always accompanied by the death and wails of living beings, blood flying, bones shattering; then after they have ravaged enough in the air, they fall down, bringing a new round of fear and oppression…

At least the crimson blood flame only brings death and wails, without spreading fear and oppression.

After all, all existence should be destroyed; even fear and oppression need a medium to spread and sentient beings to perceive.

When the last trace of Abyss aura was purified, Mu Yi gained victory.

"This is the first place!"

Mu Yi looked toward the Heavens; he knew that in places he could not see, gods and demon gods were watching what was happening.

Just as he had suffered divine punishment.

He once again revealed a provocative smile and began flying toward the next region infected by the Abyss.

The more the Abyss Demon God targeted him, the more it proved that what he did was meaningful.

When he again appeared in a region eroded by the Abyss, a sky-covering host of Abyss Demons charged at him, among which were mixed large numbers of Legendary Demons.

The demigods of the Material Realm found it hard to face such a force unless a Grand Mage used those forbidden magics; otherwise, it was also difficult to withstand the relentless attacks.

However, Mu Yi was different.

It was still the unfolding of the Asura Path and Hell Path; when facing numerous enemies, these two paths always proved highly effective.

The Abyss Demon army's resistance was meaningless; the sea of blood swallowed them, and the blood flames ignited the Abyss aura.

Everything was dissipating, gradually revealing the true nature of the material world.

The main force of the Abyss Demon itself was opposing the material world's army; the material world's demigod powerhouses, under the gods' enlightenment, fought to the death to hold back all the demigod demons.

Without the appearance of demigod-level demons, the other Abyss Demons before Mu Yi were merely waiting to be digested.

Just as Mu Yi began again to dispel the Abyss aura, he heard a voice carrying a cold and evil aura whisper:

"All things, do you want to become a god?"

"If the hard way won't work, how about the soft way?"

Mu Yi sneered, drew the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, and fiercely slashed at the area he was receiving feedback from.

"Boom!"

There was no substantive contact; the slash only stirred up a dangerous and frenzied airflow in the air, encountering nothing else.

And beside Mu Yi's ear, that evil, cold voice sounded again.

"Become a god, enjoy eternal life, supreme status, and great power—don't you want to become a god?"

Mu Yi narrowed his eyes; this should be the Abyss Demon God tempting him, but he couldn't strike at the opponent.

Or rather, the opponent was merely harassing him with a thought-form.

Suddenly, he suddenly recalled the existence corresponding to that voice—the Abyss Demon God-Kelisikdi, who had just schemed against him and, at the same time, had his offspring slain by him, making him an enemy.

"Abyss Demon God-Kelisikdi?"

Mu Yi voiced his doubt into the void.

"It is I, Abyss Demon God-Kelisikdi!" Kelisikdi admitted his identity.

"If you're unwilling, why not become a Saint and come down to fight me? Perhaps I can let you have one hand?" Mu Yi sneered mockingly.

For this bastard who made him consume a great deal of merit, he felt no fondness.

If the opponent really dares to come down in Saint form, he will simply slay him, putting an end to this grudge.

"Don't flaunt your martial prowess; you are indeed very strong!"

"I have to admit, the Saint form is absolutely no match for you!" Kelisikdi openly admitted that he was inferior to Mu Yi.

"Since you dare not fight me, then get lost!"

Mu Yi snorted coldly, then looked toward the earth, controlling the blood flames to begin continuing to burn the Abyss aura.

"Of course you're powerful; many years ago, when I was still a mortal, I was just like you now, forever maintaining an unyielding desire for great power…"

"But no matter how great, it is ultimately just a speck in the mundane sea."

"Do you want to hear my story?"

The Abyss Demon whispered continuously into Mu Yi's ear; it did not expect a response from Mu Yi, but began to tell a story of the past.

The story is not complicated; it is essentially about how the commoner Ke Li Si Ke Di, through his wit and means, ultimately rose from a lowly mortal to become an Abyss Demon.

Most of the demons in the Abyss are not originally Abyss Demon blood; they come from humans, elves, dwarves… even Dragon and deities, and Ke Li Si Ke Di happened to have once been a human.

After all, the moment they become Abyss Demons, they have long abandoned their former identities, transforming into Abyss Demons.

Humans readily become Abyss Demons, mainly because the complex and cunning human mind among sentient beings easily produces the brightest light and the most treacherous darkness…

It can forge a savior‑hero as well as a world‑destroying demon king.

And Ke Li Si Ke Di happened to be a hero who saved a kingdom.

"…When I crawled beneath that foolish king's feet, I was pondering something."

"He was so ignorant and greedy; I clearly possessed greater power, yet I still had to crawl at his feet…"

"Because of order—an utterly unreasonable order—that let such a fool tower above me, which is obviously wrong."

"I wield greater power; why should I submit to that foolish king's command."

"I choose to reclaim the rights that should be mine… by my own great strength."

"But people do not recognize my rule; they denounce me as a rebel, even though under my command they would live better."

"Yet they have become accustomed to the shackles of order."

"I suddenly realized that order is a potent toxin; it can corrode a person's wisdom…"

"It exhausts people, confounds them, causing them to lose themselves in that foul order…"

"Thus I have awakened… order should not exist; the world should be chaotic, for order divides living beings into three, six, nine classes."

"Break order, let everything revert to the primal, let the strong compete, the fittest survive."

Ke Li Si Ke Di's voice suddenly rose to a lofty pitch, yet it still sounded unbearably grim and evil.

It was not merely trying to beguile Mu Yi, but was expounding its own understanding of chaos and order.

The one who knows order best is, of course, the demon god that dwells within chaos.