Chapter 128: Dark Demon God

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Beichen.

Han Ji and his group, having made up their minds to take a gamble, had already assembled the team of Mages for this charge toward Sha Yuan, ready to launch their assault at any moment.

"So, the Supreme Magic Association would rather let this Ancient Capital be destroyed than fail to protect those few grandsons?"

Lv Cheng's figure appeared once again, with Ling Xi also by his side.

"I am also very regretful, but I cannot change it." A trace of desolation appeared on Han Ji's face.

Perhaps the Supreme Magic Association had considered more, but judging by the final result, they had abandoned the Ancient Capital.

"So, you are choosing to gamble on luck now?" Lv Cheng said.

"To see if that ancient monarch who passed away a thousand years ago will show mercy?"

"This is also our only way now," Han Ji said helplessly.

Not gambling meant certain death; by gambling, at least there was a final glimmer of hope.

As for Lv Cheng, it was not that he hadn't thought about using force, but Forbidden Arts were inherently dangerous; one careless move, and he would send the Ancient Capital straight to its doom.

"Brother Cheng, what method do you actually have?" Mo Fan did not think Lv Cheng was here to make sarcastic remarks; he was not that kind of person.

"A method that might make me the target of the whole world." Lv Cheng waved his hand, and a mass of black mist appeared, from which Daolong, holding a Dark Staff, landed on the ground.

Looking at the sinister old man before him, Han Ji felt a sense of hair-raising dread.

Such intense Darkness Qi!

"Long time no see, kid." Daolong looked at Mo Fan.

This was his first successful case regarding the Demon experiment; the power of the dragon and the wolf had merged, and the Demon Yazi within this kid was currently gestating!

"You... know me?" Mo Fan could not help but take a step back.

"I was the one who saved your life back then," Daolong said.

"Saved me?" Mo Fan was stunned.

"Are you... from the time at Dongting Lake?"

That's right! It was this aura that made him afraid!

He had no memory of it, but his body did!

After sensing the aura emanating from this person, his body was trembling!

"May I ask, who are you?" Han Ji looked at Daolong with some vigilance.

This Darkness Qi was simply too ominous!

It was completely different from the Shadow Element Mages he had come into contact with!

And this old man did not look like a good person at all!

"I am Daolong; you may call me the Dark Archmage, and I am also the chief spokesperson for the Dark Demon God walking in the human world," Daolong said.

"Dark... Demon God?" Han Ji's brows were tightly locked.

"What is that?"

"You do not need to know that much." Daolong forcefully thrust the staff in his hand into the ground beneath his feet.

"You only need to cooperate with me to summon the arrival of the Demon God!"

Han Ji looked at Lv Cheng and pulled him to the side.

"Is this person trustworthy?"

"My Dark Forbidden Technique was all taught by him," Lv Cheng shrugged.

"Besides, you know about the Demon Element experiments, right?"

Han Ji's expression changed slightly, "The matter at Jinlin Desolate City before?"

"Mo Fan was used as a test subject and almost died; he was the one who saved him," Lv Cheng said.

"What does he want?" Han Ji asked.

"Faith," Daolong's voice, devoid of any warmth, drifted over.

"The arrival of the Demon God requires the call of believers."

Faith is like emotion; it requires the right timing and a bit of appropriate stimulation.

A person who has no worries about food or clothing, even if they pray to gods and Buddhas, has no strong intent in their heart.

However, for someone about to starve to death, someone at the end of their rope, someone in despair, if you present them with a hope to survive, no matter what it is, they will grasp it firmly!

Faith is the same!

This Ancient Capital is currently shrouded in a thick aura of despair; at such a time, giving these millions of people a bit of hope, the Faith Power that can be triggered is extremely powerful!

Just as the flash that erupts in the darkness is the most dazzling.

Only hope born in despair can best unite people's hearts!

Faith looks at quality, not quantity!

The Faith Power that a single devout believer can trigger can even exceed that of thousands or tens of thousands of wavering, fake believers.

For Lv Cheng's soul to officially enter the Growth Stage and safely devour that Emperor Level soul, he needs this Faith Power as an aid!

And only by experiencing the baptism of this Faith Power can Lv Cheng achieve the status of a true Demon God!

"A believer of the Demon God?" Han Ji's expression sank.

"What is the price?"

He is already a Dark Demon God, how could he be a good person?

Moreover, dark faith—isn't this the trick of the Black Vatican?

Salang stirred up catastrophe, attempting to ascend to godhood; wasn't it also for this so-called evil power of faith?

"That depends on you," Daolong said.

"The Demon God is very capricious. If your faith is sincere enough and the Demon God is in a good mood, he will naturally choose to protect his believers after emerging. But if your faith is not firm and you annoy the Demon God, he might get angry and swallow all these fake believers."

"Swallow them?" Han Ji's expression stiffened.

"Everything has its risks," Dao Long said.

"In any case, you have no other choice now. Are you waiting for death?"

"Or will you take one last gamble?"

"Even if the Demon God you summon is the evil you fear, or even if he chooses to kill you all directly, in a sense, you have still decided your own life and death, haven't you?"

"..."

"Please allow me to consider this." Han Ji turned and walked toward the other high-ranking officials.

The matter was of great importance; he had to discuss it with everyone.

No, for this matter, he would let the people of the entire city decide for themselves!

"Um... Great Mage, the Dark Demon God you mentioned, he wouldn't be some kind of evil god, would he?" Mo Fan asked, somewhat suspicious.

"That depends on how you define a god," Dao Long said.

"If you think he is good, he is naturally good. If you think he is an evil god, he is naturally an evil god."

A god—what is a god?

There were no gods in this world originally, but when enough people believed, gods came into existence!

The concept of a god is something bestowed by people; just like the Eight Immortals, it was humanity that called them Immortal Gods!

But in fact, the Eight Immortals, like the Eight Demons, are just anomalies possessing powerful strength; it is only that the things they do are different.

The power of the Eight Immortals is incomparably strong, and they stand on the side of humanity, so they are held up as gods by humanity!

But there is one point that many people get wrong.

Gods do not need believers; it is the believers who need gods!

Because they are powerful, they are revered as gods by weak humans, not the other way around where they become powerful because they are revered as gods.

Those existences that can be revered as gods by humanity do not need any faith at all.

The Eight Demons are the same. The reason Shendu is not interested in human faith is that the stuff is useless to him, and that old guy looks down quite a bit on existences that rely on Faith Power to become powerful!

The Dark King who was killed by Shendu's schemes relied on twisting a massive amount of evil faith power in the human world to push himself onto the altar of gods!

Therefore, it was not a coincidence, but an inevitability, that Shendu chose to strike at the Dark King named Wen Tai first after entering the Dark Plane!

That old thing has a trick specifically for countering existences that rely on Faith Power as their foundation!

Shendu had just left Hell and was still restricted by a Contract. Even if he had no shackles after going to the Dark Plane, the time required to restore his own strength to his former level would be very long.

And in order to gain a firm foothold quickly, Shendu chose the one he was most certain about.

Even now, that old thing has actually only just recovered to the level of an average Emperor. If it weren't for the record of killing Wen Tai through schemes and then pulling off a burst of power to intimidate the other Dark Kings, he would have long since been defeated and imprisoned by the other Dark Kings working together!

He had previously entered the Dark Plane and felt the power of those so-called Dark Kings, so he could be certain that in a head-on battle, even now, Shendu would absolutely not be a match for those Dark Kings!

The glorious battle record he told Lv Cheng about before was all just bluffing!

Did he not know how much capability that old thing Shendu had?

The Eight Demons had all been weakened into cripples by Hell; in such a short time, it was impossible for them to defeat the Emperors of this world.

That old thing won by playing dirty!

That is why Shendu was in such a hurry to trick Ximu and Zhou Lan into the Dark Plane to help him later. After all, if his posturing were to be exposed, he would be beaten very miserably!

(End of this chapter)