Chapter 784: Verifying the Harvest (First Update, Requesting Everything)

The four Kings present had naturally seen a Demon Commander Heart before; they confirmed it after just one glance, as the characteristics of a Demon Commander Heart are, after all, too distinct.

Wang Xuan and Han Huiying exchanged a look, both seeing bitterness in the other's eyes; aside from the need to set a point value for the Demon Commander Heart, it was also related to the fact that they had never slain a Demon Commander themselves.

Most Kings have strength not much different from a Demon Commander, making it very difficult to finish one off; yet, Li Changsheng had managed to kill a Demon Commander while only a Pseudo-King. Regardless of whether he used any tricks, he had achieved something most Kings had not.

To re-establish the point value for the Demon Commander Heart, they would have to wait for Qingmu King Luo Yuanjun to return.

One thing was certain: the converted point value of a Demon Commander Heart would definitely be more than ten times that of a Great Demon Heart.

Li Changsheng expressed that it did not matter; with his seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm locked in, even having more points would not be of much use, at most just boosting his reputation and letting more people know of his existence.

However, since Li Changsheng had slain a Demon Commander, that alone was enough to spread his reputation from the Southern Region to the entire world; his reputation would likely be higher than that of most Kings.

Although every King is recorded in history, looking at the history of the entire Fairy World, the number of Kings reaches several thousand.

Of course, most Kings have long since fallen.

With such a number of Kings, how many can people remember, and how could that compare to the shock brought by Li Changsheng single-handedly slaying a Demon Commander?

After dealing with the four Kings, Li Changsheng and the other three followed Wang Xuan and Han Huiying to a castle; this was the office location for the three main and assistant examiners.

Besides the four of them, dozens of other contestants were gathered here, standing in a long line to hand over their captured Demon Hearts to the staff for verification and tallying.

The staff used precision instruments to identify the aura attached to the Demon Hearts to prevent any contestants from cheating.

If any contestant brought out Demon Hearts killed by other contestants or Demon Hearts prepared in advance to exchange for points, the consequences would be very severe once verified.

Wang Xuan pointed at Li Changsheng and the other three and said to several staff members, "Help them tally theirs first!"

The staff members naturally obeyed, ignoring the contestants still waiting in line, and began to verify the Demon Hearts and Heavenly Dao Scrolls of Li Changsheng and his group.

Other contestants were naturally somewhat dissatisfied, but upon discovering they were three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings, they could only suppress the dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Without hesitation, the four of them took out all the Demon Hearts and Heavenly Dao Scrolls they had captured over these three days.

The one with the largest quantity captured was Zhao Rui, which even piled up into a small hill; however, these were basically all Middle and Advanced Demon Hearts, with only one Great Demon Heart and two Heavenly Dao Scrolls. Even just these were enough for him to lock in a seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.

As for the three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings, they were guaranteed to have at least Advanced Demon Hearts, and there was no lack of Great Demon Hearts among them.

Li Changsheng had the smallest quantity, with only thirteen hearts, but they were all Great Demon Hearts; he also placed that Demon Commander Heart on top.

Although the Demon Commander Heart was not large, its appeal was absolute, and the gazes of some contestants were involuntarily drawn to it.

"They are likely going to lock in four seats for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm!"

"The three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings are one thing, but what right does that Sixth Rank have to obtain so many Demon Hearts and Heavenly Dao Scrolls?"

"What else could it be? If I could latch onto the thighs of three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings, I could do it too."

……

Seeing the haul of the four, the onlookers felt a wave of sorrow; there were only ten seats in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm in total, and these four were likely going to take four of them. If one counted the Kailing Empire team, which occupied five seats almost every session, their own hopes were not even enough to be described as slim.

If they knew that the Kailing Empire team had already been crippled by Li Changsheng and the others, they might even celebrate.

Like Wu Zetao and the others, every single one of the contestants from other countries loathed the Kailing Empire team, mainly because their greed was truly too ugly.

If nothing unexpected happened, the Kailing Empire team would likely set a new low.

Just then, a Sixth Rank contestant pointed at the Demon Commander Heart and asked in confusion, "How come I've never seen such a Demon Heart? Could it be from a new breed of demon?"

"I haven't seen it either, but except for the shape, it doesn't look like a heart at all; could it be something else?"

"How is that possible? The rules state that only Demon Hearts and Heavenly Dao Scrolls can be exchanged for points; that thing must be a Demon Heart."

It was not just these two contestants; many contestants present also revealed confusion. They were basically Fifth or Sixth Rank, and their insight and experience were certainly not as good as the Kings.

"This, this wouldn't be a Demon Commander Heart, would it?"

Suddenly, a contestant pointed at the Demon Commander Heart and said, their voice filled with trembling.

"A Demon Commander Heart? No way."

"Impossible, don't kid me!"

……

The other contestants expressed disbelief; after all, the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm had been held for two or three hundred years, but a Demon Commander Heart had never appeared.

This contestant retorted, "I have no reason to lie to you. I remember that book described it like this: 'Its shape is like a heart, its quality is like crystal, its color is gray, and it is wreathed in black mist.' You tell me, don't these characteristics match?"

"My god, it really does match!"

"They couldn't have joined forces to kill a Demon Commander, could they?"

"Hard to say; it's possible they encountered a heavily wounded and dying Demon Commander. After all, both Double-Character Kings went deep into the Polluted Land."

"I think so too."

The contestants present began to discuss it, and the scene felt as noisy as a vegetable market.

However, one thing was clear: they never thought that Li Changsheng had single-handedly slain the Demon Commander. They kept thinking it was either beaten to death by the three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings or that they had killed a heavily wounded and dying Demon Commander, with more people leaning toward the latter.

In the eyes of many, even if the three Top-tier Pseudo-Kings joined forces, they could likely only protect themselves; the possibility of them working together to defeat a Demon Commander was very small, let alone slaying one.

At this time, several staff members finished the verification, converted these Demon Hearts and Heavenly Dao Scrolls into points, and temporarily took them away.

According to the rules, after the ten seats for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm were determined, these Demon Hearts would be returned to the contestants.

As for the Heavenly Dao Scrolls, after five days, the Heavenly Dao aura on them would be automatically retracted by the Heavenly Dao, and they would once again become useless scrolls.

After the registration was completed, Li Changsheng and the other three chose to leave directly.

"No loud noises here!"

Wang Xuan's voice spread throughout the venue, sounding like an explosion in the ears of these contestants, making them hurry to shut their mouths; they dared not offend a King.

Flower King Han Huiying, not knowing what she was thinking, spoke up: "However, you were not wrong; this is indeed a Demon Commander Heart. This time, contestant Li Changsheng single-handedly slew a Demon Commander in its prime, becoming the first Pseudo-King to single-handedly slay a Demon Commander, and received a Heavenly Dao reward."

"What!"

"Did I hear that right!"

……

Not mentioning the shock of the contestants, in just a few minutes, Li Changsheng returned to his room and began to check his harvest this time.

This time, in addition to the seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, Li Changsheng also obtained a large number of Demon Pet corpses and demon materials, as well as the Dimensional Bag (Stomach Pouch) of a Demon Commander-level Assassin Demon; the harvest was quite bountiful.

Li Zhangsheng did not immediately purify the Demon Pet's corpse, but instead took out the Dimensional Bag of the Assassin Demon.

Just like a Space Ring, one can open a Dimensional Bag by using their will.

Li Zhangsheng moved his consciousness, and his consciousness sensed a spacious area; this Dimensional Bag had no so-called Soul Imprint and could be opened directly.

The internal space of this Dimensional Bag was a full tens of thousands of cubic meters, roughly the size of a football field, though the height was not very high.

As a bloodthirsty Demon Commander, the Assassin Demon naturally stored quite a few good things, some coming from the Abyss, some from the humans of this world, and even products from other planes.

Besides actively invading planes, demons also enter other planes by responding to summons, often engaging in Blood War with large planes like Heaven Mountain and Hell, so the treasures they seize are naturally bizarre and varied, encompassing almost all of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

In the space of the Dimensional Bag, the most numerous items were black stones piled up like mountains; they were pitch-black and shiny, containing Pure Demonic Qi.

These are Magic Stones, products condensed from Demonic Qi, and they are also the basic currency in the Abyss; according to the purity and content of the Demonic Qi, they have classifications similar to Soul Crystals.

Unfortunately, this is not the Abyss, and although these Magic Stones are numerous, they are of no use to Li Zhangsheng.

Besides Magic Stones, there was also a pile of Soul Crystals; these were all spoils of war seized by the Assassin Demon.

Although there were no Top-Grade Soul Crystals, there were dozens of Superior Quality Soul Crystals, not to mention the Low Grade ones; this was another huge sum of resources.

Besides Magic Stones and Soul Crystals, there was also a small pile of palm-sized crystals; Li Zhangsheng took out one crystal and saw a human face full of pain appearing on it.

These are Soul Coins made by the Assassin Demon; every Soul Coin seals the soul of a living being, and according to the strength of the soul, the value of the Soul Coin also has a large disparity.

Like Magic Stones, Soul Coins can often only be used in the Abyss.

The souls in these Soul Coins are bizarre and varied, including the souls of demons, humans, and even other creatures.

"This is rather troublesome."

Li Zhangsheng scratched his scalp; these Soul Coins were useless to him, but after studying them for a long while, he did not know how to release the souls within the Soul Coins, and if he forced them open, he did not know if it would cause damage to the souls.

"Then I'll start by experimenting with the Soul Coins that store demon souls!"

(End of this chapter)