Chapter 1012

Poor Jia Ye, a rather refined and handsome young man, was brought by Li Ergouzi and his gang of brothers, trussed up like a village butcher tying a pig, tightly bound, and thrown in utter disgrace before Wu Tie.

Jia Ye wanted to shout, but Li Ergouzi somehow snatched a water-red dudou from some household and stuffed Jia Ye's mouth tightly.

The dudou gave off a flirtatious, powdery fragrance that made Jia Ye roll his eyes and grunt "uh-uh".

Outside Black Dragon City, the Gui Water Thunder Pearl slammed into the Supreme Demon.

The Supreme Demon gave a mysterious smile; six treasure wheels appeared behind him, six pitch-black avatars with inscrutable, eerie auras simultaneously merged into his body. His aura surged, and his body directly demonized.

A dragon's head, horns, scales covering his body, and a long, slender black snake tail sprouted from his tailbone with a "whoosh," transforming the Supreme Demon into a bizarre draconic serpentine form, his demonic aura soaring over a hundred li high.

The Gui Water Thunder Pearl struck the Supreme Demon's body squarely; countless soft, extremely penetrating Gui Water thunderbolts hammered his form. His black scales flashed with blinding lightning, but all the thunderbolts merely skittered across his surface, none able to pierce his flesh.

After all, he was the demon emperor of the Supreme Demon State; the imperial clan's secret transmission was immensely powerful and profound, and this bizarre demonic body of the Supreme Demon had a defense comparable to the top-tier golden bodies and dharma bodies of Buddhism and Daoism.

"Little sparrow, your thunder is no good," the Supreme Demon chuckled eerily, goading the monster hidden in the demon cloud: "Soft and weak, lacking follow‑through—is this a congenital deficiency or just severe acquired damage?"

"Hmm, I think you're congenitally underdeveloped—after all, your origins aren't exactly proper, right?" the Supreme Demon's words once again took up the topic the Black Dragon City guard had just insulted the monster with.

In the demon cloud, two massive wings, each spanning ten thousand li, slowly lifted; as they rose, a world‑shaking monster aura howled forth from the cloud.

The nearly solid monster aura whipped up fierce gales; on the sea north of Black Dragon City, countless black wind pillars thousands of li high sprang up out of nowhere. The black pillars spun rapidly, drawing up huge amounts of seawater and crushing the countless sea beasts and fish within into fragments.

A figure about three zhang tall, lean and fierce, appeared in the demon cloud, its two dark‑gold eyes flashing as they locked onto the Supreme Demon's body. The two huge wings snapped inward with a clang, shedding countless feathers that clung to the slender figure and formed a set of blue‑gray armor.

"I am the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable of the Boundless Sky Monster Alliance," the figure intoned as the demon cloud roiled and the wind pillars shot skyward; amid the whirling winds, his tall, slender voice whispered shrilly: "Supreme Demon? Today I'll carve you to pieces, bit by bit."

Mad, ecstatic demonic flame flickered in the Supreme Demon's eyes; his body twitched slightly, and his long black snake tail lashed wildly at the void, issuing a deep, muffled boom.

He gave a weird "heh-heh" laugh and shouted: "Come, come, come—try to carve me up! If you can't, you're nothing but the bastard spawn of your grandfather and grandmother's illicit affair!"

The Heaven‑Overturning Venerable shouted hoarsely in rage, and the dark‑gold light from his eyes suddenly turned into a horrifying blood‑red.

With a clang, a spear over five zhang long, its entire body entwined with Blood Light, leapt from the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable's hands; he gripped it and gave a light shake, sending countless ribbons of Blood Light tearing through the wind and clouds to strike the Supreme Demon.

The Supreme Demon gave a weird "heh-heh" laugh, and his long snake tail coiled up, wrapping his whole body in an airtight seal.

Ribbons of Blood Light rained down, frenziedly slicing the Supreme Demon's snake tail; black scales sprayed sparks, large patches shattering under the Blood Light, yet layer upon layer of black scales on his tail overlapped, as if endlessly regrowing at breakneck speed.

Cut through one layer of scales, and two more lay beneath.

Cut through two layers, and ten more remained.

Cut through ten layers, and a hundred more lay beneath.

The Supreme Demon's snake tail rapidly swollen, instantly becoming several zhang thick and hundreds of zhang long; his body grew ever more massive, and the continually sprouting black scales bolstered his defense ever further.

"Come, come, come—if you can't carve me up, heh‑heh, don't blame me for dragging your ancestors through thirty‑six generations into the curse!"

The Supreme Demon's manic, twisted laughter echoed through the heavens; inside Black Dragon City, over a million officials, commoners, and soldiers raised their arms in cheers, urging him on.

These subjects of Black Dragon City, unaware that the Supreme Demon State had already become history, still believed the Supreme Demon was the ultimate demon emperor. Seeing their own demon emperor personally leading the great army to the rescue, and yet unable to do anything against the unfamiliar monster venerable, morale in the city surged like a tide, each person excited to the point of near madness.

The Heaven‑Overturning Venerable, too, was driven to three‑corpse god‑rage by the Supreme Demon; he bellowed hoarsely, his inner monster‑demon nefarious energy erupting as he fell into utter frenzy. His spear swung ever more wildly, hacking and slashing, while ribbons of Blood Light fell like a downpour, relentlessly carving the Supreme Demon's body.

Monster‑demons possess such a nature; they easily fall into a berserk state.

In that state, their combat power spikes, but their perception of the outside world and judgment of the situation plummet to near‑idiocy.

Consequently, the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable failed to notice a pot‑bellied Bristleback Pig sneaking up behind him.

Fat and sturdy, with a mane bristling on its neck, the Bristleback Pig stood ten zhang tall, its waist nearly ten zhang wide; it licked the crescent‑sharp, snow‑white tusks at the corner of its mouth, spat a little saliva into its palm, and with a light flick of its hands produced a nine‑toothed rake.

It crept up silently behind the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable and stared intently at the back of his head.

Perfect distance, perfect target.

The Bristleback Pig lightly raised its nine‑toothed rake and then brought it down with all its might.

Who knows where this brute learned such a divine ability; with his monster‑venerable strength, the nine sharp teeth of the rake sliced hair‑thin black cracks in the void ahead—yet the strike produced not a whisper, not even a rustle of wind.

So vicious and sneaky—Wu Tie and the others standing far off on the Black Dragon City lord's manor roof couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Behind Wu Tie, the several monster venerables of the former Western Monster Kingdom muttered angrily under their breath: "This pig‑head really knows how to wield a good blunt club……"

The Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable, who knew the Bristleback Pig best, kept shaking his head: "As far as I know, before this brute even became a monster venerable, he'd already beaten to death at least eight or nine hundred demon emperors with his blunt club……"

He spat onto the lord's manor roof, and the Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable sighed: "The most pitiable was the Golden‑Toothed Great King of yore—once the demon emperor most likely to ascend to monster venerable, far stronger in power and means than this pig‑head… yet a single blow of the blunt club turned him into a pot of thick stew……"

"Still, speaking frankly, the Golden‑Toothed Great King tasted… not bad." The Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable smacked his lips in recollection, making a little "bap" sound.

Jia Ye's body, thrown before Wu Tie, went rigid all at once.

Only then did he notice that behind Wu Tie stood several fearsome great monsters… and what did the Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable mean? Had they… eaten the Golden‑Toothed Great King?

A distant boom rang out, followed by a mournful, piercing howl that echoed straight to the heavens.

The Bristleback Pig's rake struck squarely on the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable's occiput; the plain black implement kicked up great clouds of vapor, layered auspicious golden light shimmering, and splendid divine sigils flashed across it in an instant.

With a "pfft," the helmet formed from the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable's feathers was pierced with nine tiny holes, and the rake's teeth sank deep into his skull.

Who knows who forged this spiteful contraption, but each of its nine sharp teeth bears a blood‑letting groove.

On each tooth, three deep blood‑channels flashed bright, and twenty‑seven thin streams of blood spurted out with a "hiss‑hiss".

The Heaven‑Overturning Venerable, who had been arrogant and near‑berserk, screamed hoarsely, dropped his spear, and clenched his hands around the rake embedded in his skull, trying to yank it out.

A tremendous boom.

Lightning crackled on the Bristleback Pig's rake; inside the weapon surged a stream of utterly pure Daoist demon‑subduing divine thunder, violet‑gold bolts shooting along the teeth into the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable's brain, where his seven orifices simultaneously spat forth lightning‑fire, and his body went into uncontrollable violent spasms.

"Brothers, lend a hand… Senior Brother, heh‑hey!" the Bristleback Pig shook its huge head, a rope of white foam sloshing at its mouth, and it howled hysterically like a sow about to be thrown onto the chopping block.

The Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable standing behind Wu Tie spat a low curse, then lunged forward two steps and flung his eyes wide open.

From the Golden‑Eyed Monster Venerable's eyes two golden lances shot out, tearing the void and slamming hard into the Heaven‑Overturning Venerable's blood‑red eyes; a anguished cry rang out as his eyes were shattered by the gold, and the Venerable's golden light blasted straight into the Heaven‑Overturning Monster Venerable's skull, locking the innate spiritual light within him.

"You all, go die!" the Heaven‑Overturning Monster Venerable shrieked hoarsely, sending wave after wave of piercing, terrifying sound rippling outward; the void frothed with rings of black fissures, and within a radius of ten thousand li around Black Dragon City countless peaks were torn to shreds by the sonic blast.

Demonic qi rose from the Supreme Demon, coalescing into a black light shield that protected Black Dragon City.

The sound waves struck the black light shield, setting up ripples of turbulent eddies; the Supreme Demon's body swayed slightly, but Black Dragon City suffered no harm.

Fan Tian Yao Zun's armor fell off, a pair of huge wings suddenly sprouted from behind him, the bluish-gray wings fiercely swung backward, with a loud boom the wings slammed into Zhu Gang Lie's belly, Zhu Gang Lie's fat, large belly's flesh and blood flew sideways, without even a grunt he was blasted several thousand li away.

It is obvious, even if Fan Tian Yao Zun suffered a sneak attack, his cultivation is also much stronger than Zhu Gang Lie's, blood many, his physique is even several times stronger than Zhu Gang Lie's, therefore this strike is so fierce and terrifying.

"Die!" In Fan Tian Yao Zun's shattered eye socket, two golden, radiant eyes rapidly regenerated, likewise two streams of dark-gold divine light spurted from the newly born pupils, with a Boom the golden light spewed from the Golden-Eyed Demon Sovereign's eyes was shattered to pieces.

Golden Eye Demon Sovereign let out a strange cry; he abruptly closed his eyes; two streams of blood water 'gushing' flowed down from the corners of his eyes.

The next moment, Heaven-Overturning Demon Sovereign dove down to the Supreme Demon's face, his pair of wings, like a windmill, madly slashed, heavily striking the Supreme Demon's protective snake tail.

This time, the Heaven-Overturning Demon Sovereign's killing force was several times stronger than before; layers of black scales shattered, and it seemed it would soon strike the Supreme Demon's true body.

The Supreme Demon, worthy of being the Emperor of the Supreme Demon Country, had a cultivation far surpassing that of Zhu Ganglie, the Golden Eye Demon Sovereign, and the others. Facing the frenzied assault of the Heaven-Overturning Demon Sovereign, the Supreme Demon withdrew his snake tail, swung his fists, and bore the brunt head-on against that pair of wings.

The jet-black fists, flickering with demonic flame, struck the windmill-like slashing wings, and with repeated booms, the Supreme Demon let out a deep, hoarse roar; his fists were torn apart by the wings, and black blood plasma kept spurting out.

The Heaven-Overturning Demon Sovereign's wings were also shattered by the Supreme Demon's heavy blows, and cyan-gray feathers kept exploding, drifting down like a heavy snowfall from the sky.

Thousands of li away, Zhu Ganglie, whose belly had burst open and whose five viscera and six bowels were exposed, desperately gulped down bottle after bottle of healing treasure pills, then he screamed hysterically: "Shoulder up, you bunch of idiots, is this the time to talk about martial brotherhood?"

Before Zhu Ganglie finished speaking, Lao Langtou, one of the Four Great Demon Sovereigns of the Western Demon Country, had already resumed his true form; he compressed his body, transforming into a white-headed honey badger about a zhang in length, and sneaked out behind the Heaven-Overturning Venerable.

Lao Langtou's eyes flashed, his whole body exuding the aura of a fearless desperado; he opened his mouth, revealed a mouth full of fangs, and bit down hard on the Heaven-Overturning Venerable's nether regions.

The Heaven-Overturning Venerable's attack on the Supreme Demon suddenly stalled; he stiffened in midair, then let out a piercing, extremely angry, extremely resentful roar that echoed through the clouds: "You…… all…… damn…… are a bunch…… of what…… things…… you…… still…… talk…… about…… rules?"

'hissing' a faint tearing-through-air sound came; Lao Wangzi emerged from behind the Supreme Demon; countless fine, transparent tentacles sprayed out like a great net, wrapping the Heaven-Overturning Venerable tightly.

Before the Heaven-Overturning Venerable could struggle, Lao Geda transformed into a poisonous frog the size of a fist, 'pop' leaping onto the Supreme Demon's head, and sprayed a mouthful of multicolored deadly saliva at the nearby Heaven-Overturning Venerable.

As the Heaven-Overturning Venerable was opening his mouth to roar, Lao Geda's mouthful of poison sprayed precisely into his mouth, quickly sliding down his throat.

Southern Ghost Country Shari Bone Venerable, the Three Yellow Spring Venerables, together with the Five Great Ghost Venerables, appeared simultaneously; the Eastern Demon Country's Red Lotus, White Lotus, Bone-Eating, Soul-Devouring, Mystic Bone, and Blood Sea Six Great Demon Venerables also materialized out of thin air.

More than ten demon, monster, and ghost venerables chiefly gave the Heaven-Overturning Venerable a brutal beating.

After a quarter hour, the Heaven-Overturning Venerable, on his last breath with his whole body's bones shattered into slag, was thrown, bound fivefold, at Wu Tie's feet, just like Jia Ye.

Wu Tie looked down upon Jia Ye and the Heaven-Overturning Venerable, and smiled.

"You two have come from afar; can you tell me what you're here for?"