Chapter 972: Demon Emperor (3)

Damn it!

A hysterical roar shook the entire Mountain Wind City violently.

Just a loud shout, and several automatically triggered city-defense grand formations inside Mountain Wind City boomed, bursting with blinding light; thick layers of light quickly enveloped all important facilities in the city.

Nearly a thousand half-step Venerable auras shot up into the sky, and countless vast streams of soul power surged rapidly toward the Supreme White Tower.

"Get lost!" the Demonic Sovereign's hysterical roar rang out directly on the soul level.

Nearly a thousand half-step Venerable soul fluctuations shattered with a boom, and from the many luxurious mansions inside Mountain Wind City rose the startled cries of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty's powerhouses: "Demonic Venerable, it is… the Demonic Sovereign! The current Demon Emperor of the Supreme Demon Kingdom, the Demonic Sovereign!"

"Good heavens, how could this demon among demons come here?"

Mountain Wind City fell into utter chaos.

Fufeng Youran and Fufeng Yasi jointly controlled the Jade Banana Fan, which shot up into the sky; a huge treasure fan a thousand zhang long hovered in the air, heavenly winds winding around it, while hundreds of half-step Venerable experts stood near the fan's handle, each looking down in panic at Mountain Wind City.

The Demonic Sovereign, the current Demon Emperor of the Supreme Demon Kingdom, is among the top five of the kingdom's thirty-six Demon Venerables in strength, a giant of the demonic path.

How could such a monster, such a venerable figure, barge into Mountain Wind City alone?

The roof of the Supreme White Tower exploded with a boom, half of his face caved in, and the Demonic Sovereign, blood streaming, shot up into the sky; then he clenched his fists, and earth-shaking dragon roars rose to the heavens, countless black dragon-shaped fist prints a hundred zhang long howling down toward the ground.

An indiscriminate attack; countless black dragon-shaped fist prints a hundred zhang long directly covered half of Mountain Wind City.

The Demonic Sovereign's anger reached its peak.

What is his identity?

Wu Tie actually gave him a punch without hesitation!

The Demonic Sovereign was so furious he lost all reason… Let alone his status as the mighty Demon Emperor of the Supreme Demon Kingdom, even if he were a stray dog on the roadside, you couldn't just kick him for no reason upon meeting him!

"Is there any justice left?" the Demonic Sovereign, furious and exasperated, swung his fists in attack while roaring at the ground.

Truly, human relations have decayed, rites collapsed, music fallen apart!

Truly, heaven's conscience is exhausted, humanity has sunk!

"Hitting you is justice!" Wu Tie's icy voice rang across Mountain Wind City, vast five-colored divine light shot up into the sky, forming a huge five-colored vortex that swallowed the falling black dragon-shaped fist prints.

The five-colored divine light cycled and transformed; the primordial and acquired Five Elements Grand Dao flows endlessly.

Black dragon-shaped fist prints fell into the five-colored vortex, exploding with a boom; the power released by each print could easily wipe out all of Mountain Wind City.

One hundred, one thousand, ten thousand…

The furious and exasperated Demonic Sovereign swung his fists wildly; in just a few breaths, hundreds of thousands of fist prints tore through the void and smashed down fiercely.

Wu Tie hovered in midair, a five-colored vortex a thousand li in diameter spinning above his head, catching every black dragon-shaped fist print; not a single one reached the ground, and not a single tile in the vast Mountain Wind City was shattered.

"Damn it!" the Demonic Sovereign let out an angry roar; a Dao seal about a foot in diameter, pitch-black, coiled with nine dragons, emanating a terrifying aura of destruction, appeared out of thin air above his head.

He formed seals with both hands and slowly pressed downward.

In the void, tens of thousands of black dragon-shaped fist prints swirling and roaring suddenly converged inward: ten thousand merged into a thousand, a thousand into a hundred, a hundred into ten, ten into one.

In an instant, tens of thousands of fist prints condensed into a black light dragon no more than three zhang six chi long, lifelike as a living creature, trailing a black demonic light a thousand zhang long, which plummeted straight from the sky to strike the center of Mountain Wind City's crossroads.

The Demonic Sovereign, enraged beyond measure, sought not only to slay Wu Tie but also to destroy Mountain Wind City along with him.

As for the various thoughts he had harbored beforehand about what to do after finding Wu Tie, they had long been flung to the heavens by Wu Tie's face‑on punch.

"Good heavens!" the senior members of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty, including Fufeng Youran and Fufeng Yasi, felt the destructive power hidden in that demonic light, and could not help but cry out in despair. This strike could lay waste to tens of thousands of li of land and annihilate all living beings within that same radius.

This is the terror of a Venerable-rank old demon.

Having lost the nation‑protecting artifact, the Nine Heavens Clear Wind Banner, the Fufeng Divine Dynasty was utterly unable to withstand such an attack.

Inside Mountain Wind City, countless civilians and soldiers stared blankly at the black demonic light falling from the sky.

A general of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty suddenly gave a grim smile: "We've long known our resistance is utterly useless…… we're completely useless!"

Countless soldiers of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty screamed hoarsely, many with torn eye corners spurting blood.

A soldier's duty is to defend home and country.

But the Demonic Sovereign's punch clearly told every soldier of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty in Mountain Wind City: 'Your resistance is but an illusory bubble, utterly useless…… all your efforts, struggles, resistance, bloodshed, and sacrifices…… are all in vain.'

The sky was filled with black demonic light, and Mountain Wind City fell into utter darkness.

This darkness completely destroyed the last shred of morale in the hearts of all the city's soldiers.

"Father… Mother…" a young soldier of Mountain Wind City suddenly dropped to his knees, wailing hysterically: "I am useless…"

Wu Tie glanced at the soldier kneeling on the city wall, screaming hoarsely.

He rose into the air, his body radiating multicolored bright light, rapidly swelling to tens of thousands of zhang in height, emitting an extremely bright yet non‑glaring radiance; his right arm, like a pillar holding up the heavens, thrust sharply toward the sky.

The Demonic Sovereign's punch, formed from tens of thousands of fists, landed heavily squarely on Wu Tie's palm.

With a tremendous boom, a black mushroom cloud shot up thousands of li high; countless clumps of black demonic flame and light sprayed from the edge of Wu Tie's palm, spraying tens of thousands of li away, tracing arcs of black light in the sky before finally crashing to the ground.

It was as if the entire Mountain Wind City were shrouded in a black, circular halo of light.

Mountain Wind City stood unmoving; not a blade of grass or tree within it suffered the slightest harm, while beyond the city, ten thousand li out, a perfectly circular area saw mountain peaks obliterated and countless birds and beasts reduced to nothing in the black firelight.

The Demonic Sovereign hovered in midair, looking down upon the unscathed Mountain Wind City.

The face that Wu Tie's punch had caved in had already healed, showing no trace of its former injury.

He gazed down at Mountain Wind City, two clusters of golden‑fleck demonic flame flickering wildly in his eyes; right beneath his feet, a few li away, Wu Tie's massive hand stood firm like a great shield, protecting the entire Mountain Wind City.

"You're a bit weak. That punch had no real power." The tens‑of‑thousands‑zhang‑tall Wu Tie gave a low, rumbling laugh that made Mountain Wind City tremble faintly; his body blazed with dazzling light, warm and fierce, evaporating the Demonic Sovereign's vicious, yin‑cold, twisted, frenzied demonic aura completely dry.

Fufeng Youran and Fufeng Yasi trembled with excitement all over.

Venerable rank, Venerable rank!

A stranger, an unheard‑of Venerable rank, and definitely not a demonic Venerable!

So powerful, so powerful, he actually blocked the Demonic Sovereign head‑on; one could even say he easily repelled the Demonic Sovereign.

"Senior…" Fufeng Yasi screamed hoarsely, his voice distorted, sounding like a stray dog kicked for no reason—sharp and grating.

Wu Tie's figure gradually returned to normal; he shook his right palm, and wisps of heat rose from it, the nearby space faintly warping.

He shook his head with a smile at the Demonic Sovereign: 'I'm being serious—your punch just now was a bit insubstantial; you need to bulk up.'

The Demon Sovereign had his hands behind his back, his ten fingers trembling slightly.

He clenched his fists, hiding them in his sleeves, unwilling to let Wu Tie see his weakness.

Just now he was the attacker, he put all his strength into a punch that struck Wu Tie's hand; not only did it fail to injure Wu Tie in the slightest, it was like an ordinary person punching a steel plate, his finger bones almost shattered, that heart-rending pain was something he hadn't felt in many years.

The Demon Sovereign could feel that Wu Tie had not used any divine abilities or techniques.

He merely relied on his incredibly powerful fleshly body to easily block his full-force blow; moreover, his fleshly body was so powerful that the recoil almost shattered the Demon Sovereign's fingers.

So, even though Wu Tie's words carried a hint of mockery, the Demon Sovereign forcibly suppressed his anger.

Staring fixedly at Wu Tie for a moment, the Demon Sovereign shook his fist and said in a deep voice: "May I ask your esteemed name?"

Wu Tie smiled: "Wu Tie."

A strand of golden light flickered behind Wu Tie, condensing into the two characters "Wu Tie" a hundred zhang in diameter.

The Demon Sovereign fell silent for a while: "You are not a person of the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty; why did you intervene for them?"

Wu Tie smiled and pointed at the collapsing Tai Bai Lou roof below: "Xiao Fang, Lao Tang, Lao Li, Lao Tie, Lao Yang and a few others are my friends."

Fu Feng You Ran and Fu Feng Ya Si, along with nearly a thousand half-step Venerable experts of the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty, all raised their heads and glanced swiftly at the Tai Bai Lou, deeply engraving the appearance and aura of the stunned Xiao Fang and his companions standing within the Tai Bai Lou into their hearts.

Regardless of what identities Xiao Fang and the others had before, or what they did, from today onward they will surely rise to prominence in the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty!

Venerable-level old monsters, even if they are demonic path venerables, never speak nonsense.

Since Wu Tie said Xiao Fang and the others are his friends, they certainly are Wu Tie's friends, and treating a Venerable-level old monster's friend with favor is never excessive.

Fu Feng You Ran and Fu Feng Ya Si even began to ponder whether among their daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and other female relatives there was an unmarried woman of suitable age; if so, Xiao Fang and the others would make excellent marriage partners.

On the contrary, they dared not speculate in this way about Wu Tie.

Of course, if Wu Tie were willing, they could marry off their old mother or grandma to him… this is completely no problem; I imagine their fathers or grandfathers could also accept this.

Indeed, the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty lacks a Venerable-level old monster to suppress its national fortune!

The Demon Sovereign looked at Wu Tie with a strange expression; after a long while he let out a "heh heh heh" laugh: "What level of cultivation, what status do you have, how could they be worthy to be your friends? You are not telling the truth."

Wu Tie looked at the Demon Sovereign and smiled: "Whether people can become friends has nothing to do with identity and strength, perhaps there is some relation. But I regard them as friends because I appreciate their attitude in being human and handling affairs, and I appreciate their moral conduct in dealing with the world."

Fu Feng You Ran, Fu Feng Ya Si and the others remained silent.

The Demon Sovereign stared for a moment, lifted his head to gaze at the sky, then lightly shook the fist hidden in his sleeve.

His cultivation was strong enough that his nearly shattered fingers, after a few words, also eased.

Gripping his fist tightly, then slowly opening his ten fingers, the Demon Sovereign gradually descended to the same height as Wu Tie, staring into Wu Tie's clear eyes; his own pupils suddenly turned pitch black, like two black holes swallowing the surrounding light, causing the surrounding void to grow dim.

"Forget these ants…… you are not a person of the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty?" The Demon Sovereign suppressed the fire in his heart and returned to his original purpose for coming to Shan Feng City.

"No." Wu Tie looked at the Demon Sovereign and smiled: "Actually, my coming to the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty was just an accident."

The Demon Sovereign grinned: "An accident? What accident, could you tell me about it?"

Wu Tie looked a bit troubled, scratched the back of his head: "This, I actually don't want to tell you, is that okay?"

Wu Tie smiled, spread his hands, and looked at the Demon Sovereign sincerely.

One certainly couldn't tell the Demon Sovereign that Wu Tie had come to the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty intending to destroy the Supreme Demon Kingdom and, by the way, extort the Fu Feng Divine Dynasty.

Talking about extortion is easy…… but when you stand before the Demon Emperor of the Supreme Demon Kingdom and tell them——"Hey, I'm going to kill you all"!

Wu Tie looked a bit embarrassed at the Demon Sovereign; he had always considered himself someone without much ambition, without overly strong desires, living peacefully, living a Buddhist-like, harmonious and kind person.

He truly couldn't utter such fierce, merciless words.

"You, are you mocking me?" the Demon Sovereign looked at Wu Tie with a grim expression, sized him up from head to toe, then suddenly grinned: "But I'm curious, are you…… a human?"

Wu Tie nodded with a smile: "I am a human…… aren't you?"

The Demon Sovereign sighed: "I am a demon, having entered the demonic path, I am no longer human…… yet your aura is purely that of the human race; it's truly strange that a pure human can also condense a Dao imprint and step into the Venerable realm."

Wu Tie looked at the Demon Sovereign and smiled: "Of course it can."

The Demon Sovereign fell silent for a moment, then grinned: "Then you are not human…… you are like me, a demon, and moreover a demon who kills and drinks blood, with blood-stained hands. Unforgivable, heinously evil demon!"

Spreading his hands, the Demon Sovereign said in a deep voice: "Then join my Supreme Demon Kingdom; no matter where you come from, no matter who you are, join the Supreme Demon Kingdom and I will give you a princedom. I also have several unmarried daughters who could be yours at a bargain."

Wu Tie smiled and shook his head: "I am different from you; although I am Venerable-level, I am still human."

"Oh?" the Demon Sovereign exclaimed in exaggerated surprise: "I don't believe it…… uh…… produce some evidence?"

The Demon Sovereign spoke solemnly to Wu Tie, when a figure identical in appearance to him but devoid of aura, like a phantom, silently appeared behind Wu Tie, holding a black-gold great iron hammer entwined with nine dragons, and slowly swung it down toward Wu Tie's occiput.