Chapter 627: Make Demons Great Again

On a grassland of the floating continent.

Jiutian Liu slowly paced forward, as if walking around his own company on an inspection tour, looking calm and composed, with no trace of tension or worry on his face about the upcoming battle.

It was because he had absolute confidence that he would win this battle.

Moreover, he knew that countless people were watching this fight; winning wasn't the key—winning beautifully and convincing the audience wholeheartedly, earning their unanimous approval—that was the key.

Because only in this way could he gather more popularity, more fortune, gain more investments, and more support.

Thus, by winning one battle after another, he could raise his fortune and strength to the peak before the final decisive battle with Kuang Tianqing, exerting his Financial Dao arts to the limit.

And to achieve this goal, Jiutian Liu mobilized a large number of online followers to create hype, just to attract more viewers to watch his battle, further enhancing the effect of this victory.

For instance, the previous victory had brought him a significant boost.

Suddenly, Jiutian Liu's gaze sharpened, and he saw a figure burst through the clouds, flying rapidly toward his location. It was his opponent in this battle, the second-ranked student of Tianmo University, Xue Yueshi.

Seeing this, Jiutian Liu smiled slightly, stepped on the void, ascended step by step into the sky, formed hand seals, and pointed a finger at Xue Yueshi: "Violent Thunder!"

"Reconfigure!"

"Suppress!"

As if his words carried divine authority, with each sentence from Jiutian Liu, Xue Yueshi's speed plummeted, as if she were burdened with countless debts, and her erupting momentum also fell precipitously.

This was Jiutian Liu repeatedly casting Financial Dao arts, weakening Xue Yueshi's cultivation technique levels, reducing several of her techniques from level 20 to level 19.

"A level 20 technique is a qualitative change. Without the support of level 20 special effects, the technique's power drops by at least thirty percent."

"With three techniques all dropping thirty percent, the overall comprehensive strength plummets."

Jiutian Liu, as if he had expected all this, walked step by step toward Xue Yueshi, his own momentum growing stronger and stronger, and in a blink, he had completely suppressed his opponent.

To weaken an opponent with Financial Dao arts, one needs sufficient intelligence support.

The richer and more detailed the information on the opponent, the stronger and more precise the weakening effect.

Jiutian Liu said proudly, "Xue Yueshi, I'm ranked second because first is Dao Qiankun."

"You're ranked second because your strength is only at the level of second place."

A few minutes later, Jiutian Liu, having finished the battle, returned to his starting position and saw Kuang Tianqing looking at him.

Kuang said, "Did you have fun with my junior?"

Jiutian Liu said indifferently, "Kuang Tianqing, no need to rush. I'll see you in the finals."

Kuang Tianqing laughed: "If you can keep winning."

Jiutian Liu turned his head, thinking that this provocation just now could be cut into clips and released, to boost popularity and fans' confidence.

Then, in his visual implant, Jiutian Liu saw Zhang Yu's battle and thought, "Zhang Yu, don't let my help go to waste. Do your best to gather intelligence and pave the way for me to ascend the throne."

Kuang Tianqing sneered inwardly, and added another note in his visual implant: Jiutian Liu, openly provocative. Also beat my underling badly.

At the same time, Jiutian Liu, who was watching Zhang Yu's battle, narrowed his eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Yu, that guy... what is he trying to do?!"

Ying Mingchi possessed the bloodline of high-level Yaoyi and had lived in the world of high-level Yaoyi since childhood.

In the world of high-level Yaoyi, the fewer Yaoyi characteristics one had, the closer to human appearance, the purer the bloodline was considered, and the more popular one would be.

Ying Mingchi, who had had a dragon head since childhood... was obviously not popular in the high-level Yaoyi world. Many believed his bloodline was impure, which led to atavism, with uncontrollable primal instincts and inherent vices.

While being ostracized by many high-level Yaoyi, humans were even less welcoming to the oddly-shaped Ying Mingchi.

Thus, in the world where Ying Mingchi grew up, neither the Yaoyi nor humans accepted him; both were full of contempt, exclusion, insults, and other negative emotions toward him.

Some say high-level Yaoyi ostracized him. What about low-level Yaoyi?

Low-level Yaoyi indeed did not ostracize Ying Mingchi, but Ying Mingchi looked down on low-level Yaoyi.

If he had to mingle with these poor, weak, and uncultured low-level Yaoyi, he would rather cultivate alone and live alone.

In this lonely state of existence, Ying Mingchi came across the theory of human and demon common origin, and then thoroughly became a supporter of this theory.

"Demons are the ancestors; humans are merely a branch of demons."

And because of his severe atavistic bloodline, Ying Ming Chi gradually unearthed his own potential, even the knowledge hidden deep within his bloodline, slowly comprehending fragments of the Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Scripture.

Although only fragments, after he later entered the Heavenly Demon University, he discovered that these fragments could not only greatly strengthen the military-grade technique Heavenly Demon Hundred Transformations, but also enhance various immortal arts related to reproduction.

"Such a powerful technique, why is it a dark technique?"

"Clearly it's knowledge flowing in our bloodline, why is it a dark technique?"

A guess surged in Ying Ming Chi's heart: "The more atavistic, the more awakened the bloodline, the more one can comprehend this technique. Yet the high-ranking demon descendants have always discouraged atavism, taking pride in human form and shame in demon form... This is suppressing atavism, suppressing the awakening of the bloodline, preventing us from obtaining knowledge from our bloodline, preventing us from obtaining this dark technique."

"Is it because someone wants to suppress demon descendants that they are stopping us?"

Ying Ming Chi dared not tell anyone his thoughts, let alone reveal the contents of the Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Scripture.

But the support of the theory that humans and demons share the same origin, the emergence of bloodline techniques... all these gradually gave birth to a lingering thought in his heart.