Chapter 950: The Second Abyss Gate of Dai Kingdom (First update, requesting all)

The moment he returned to the fortress, Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi descended from the heavens, in an amount similar to what Li Zhangsheng had received when he killed the Demon Commander outside the capital of Hu Kingdom.

The instant the Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi fell, it split into two, with the slightly larger portion falling toward Li Zhangsheng and the slightly smaller portion falling toward the Butterfly King.

Li Zhangsheng sensed it; this time he had obtained approximately sixty percent of the Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi, while the Butterfly King had only forty percent.

The reason for this was perhaps because the Demon Commander had been killed by Adai, thus increasing the Heavenly Dao's evaluation of him.

Seeing this scene, the Butterfly King felt slightly annoyed, yet could only feel envious.

If Li Zhangsheng's Roundy hadn't held back the Demon Commander at the time, it wouldn't have been so simple to finish off the Demon Commander; after all, with no way to escape, the Demon Commander would definitely have fought for his life, likely taking someone down with him, rather than ending up like this without any losses.

Additionally, the two of them had also obtained a relatively intact Demon Commander corpse.

Among Demon Commander corpses, the corpse of the Abyss Demon Dragon was clearly more valuable; the Dragon Scale, Dragon Skin, Dragon Tendon, Dragon Horn, Dragon Claw, and even the Dragon Bone could be used for refining artifacts, leaving only the dragon blood and dragon meat as having little use.

However, this was only for others; for Li Zhangsheng, it was different, as he could use the Gate of Light and Darkness to grind away the Demonic Qi within and then refine it into Spirit Essence.

The only pity was that the Abyss Demon Dragon had shattered the Dimensional Bag within its body before dying, resulting in no extra harvest for the two.

After returning to the fortress, the two immediately divided the Abyss Demon Dragon's corpse, each taking what they needed in the end.

Li Zhangsheng obtained the Dragon Horn, dragon heart, flesh, and bones, while the Butterfly King obtained the Dragon Skin, Dragon Tendon, Dragon Scale, and Dragon Claw.

In terms of value, the difference was not large, and neither side suffered a loss.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of staying long in Hu Kingdom; he prepared to head to the next small country—Lu Guo, which was a country located on the edge of the southeastern region, thousands of miles away from Hu Kingdom, requiring travel across several countries.

Compared to Hu Kingdom, the situation in Lu Guo was clearly better; it also had two Abyss Gates, but the only King in Lu Guo was quite capable, managing to barely suppress them single-handedly.

Even as Senior Kings, there were significant gaps; the Lu Guo King possessed an Epic-quality Demon Saint-level sub-ancestral Blue Dragon, which allowed him to suppress two Abyss Gates single-handedly, but the situation remained dire, and a single mistake could lead to a catastrophe of collapse.

After bidding farewell to the Butterfly King, Li Zhangsheng left Hu Kingdom.

Just as he left Hu Kingdom, he received a communication from the Bitter King, Zhao Yuanqing.

After some discussion, Li Zhangsheng temporarily abandoned the idea of heading to Lu Guo and instead returned to Dai Kingdom.

The reason was simple: the second Abyss Gate in Dai Kingdom finally showed signs of opening, and a large amount of Demonic Qi leaked out from the cracks, about to form a Demonic Domain.

Once the Abyss Gate opened and unleashed an army of demons, if there were no King to hold the fort, the Demon Commander would have no scruples, and the people would face devastation.

The reason Li Zhangsheng changed his decision was not just because of this, as in his eyes, this was equivalent to a soft persimmon that could be easily squeezed.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Demonic Domain had not yet fully formed, Li Zhangsheng could fully utilize the Gate of Light and Darkness to purify the leaked Demonic Qi; without the support of Demonic Qi, the demon army emerging from the Abyss Gate would become like duckweed without roots, and if organized properly, this demon army could be easily wiped out.

After spending over an hour, Li Zhangsheng entered a place in Dai Kingdom named Ziran Zhi Sen.

This was originally the second-largest forest within Dai Kingdom, but due to the appearance of the Abyss Gate, a portion of it had been razed to the ground by Dai Kingdom and rebuilt into a cluster of fortresses to resist the impending demon army.

Such a project seemed massive, but in reality, it took less than a year, because as long as there were a sufficient number of Earth Element Demon Pets, one could quickly build fortresses through abilities like Turn Mud into Stone.

Because the fortress was built in Ziran Zhi Sen, it was named Natural Fortress.

At this moment, Natural Fortress was teeming with people, containing a large amount of troops and military supplies.

If it were in the past, Natural Fortress would certainly have had many deserters, as they were facing what was almost a dead end.

Now it was different; ever since the Bitter King Zhao Yuanqing announced that he would co-rule Dai Kingdom with Li Zhangsheng, the previously panicked situation had stabilized rapidly, and many forces that were preparing to "move house" immediately changed their original intentions, choosing to stay in Dai Kingdom, and to show their determination and leave a good impression on Li Zhangsheng, they even sent out many elites.

Among them was a Pseudo-King.

This Pseudo-King had originally been "inspecting" in Shayi Kingdom, preparing to move his entire clan to Shayi Kingdom soon, but upon learning the news that Li Zhangsheng and Zhao Yuanqing were co-ruling Dai Kingdom, he immediately dismissed the idea of moving to Shayi Kingdom, returned from Shayi Kingdom, and arrived at Natural Fortress at the first opportunity, preparing to stay here for a period of time.

Upon receiving notification from the Bitter King Zhao Yuanqing, this Pseudo-King named Zhou Qing hurriedly led a group of Fifth-Sixth Rank Demon Tamers to wait specifically for him.

"Respectfully welcome the King!"

When Li Zhangsheng arrived, Zhou Qing and the others immediately bowed, their demeanor respectful, without a hint of pretense.

Although the Bitter King Zhao Yuanqing had ruled Dai Kingdom for over a hundred years, and his prestige and foundation in Dai Kingdom could be said to far exceed Li Zhangsheng's, discerning people knew that Li Zhangsheng would control Dai Kingdom before long.

There was no help for it; Zhao Yuanqing did not have many days left to live.

As for whether Dai Kingdom would fall into a precarious situation again after Zhao Yuanqing passed away, Zhou Qing and the others believed that such a thing would likely not happen, as Li Zhangsheng's past deeds were truly too astonishing.

Before becoming a King, he could independently kill Demon Commanders and Kings; now that he had become a King, his strength would only be greater, and ordinary Demon Commanders were probably no different from useless sacks of wine and rice in front of him, and he definitely possessed the great power to suppress two fortresses single-handedly.

"No need for formalities!"

Facing these high-level figures of the fortress, Li Zhangsheng nodded in acknowledgment, gently lifting his sleeve, and an invisible force emerged; Zhou Qing and the others did not resist and followed the momentum to straighten their bodies.

"There are too many eyes and ears here; let's enter the fortress and talk!"

After speaking, Li Zhangsheng took the lead and flew toward the fortress, deliberately slowing his speed significantly.

Zhou Qing and the others followed closely behind Li Zhangsheng as he flew toward Natural Fortress, but Li Zhangsheng did not enter the fortress; instead, after taking a brief look, he flew straight toward the location of the Abyss Gate.

Dozens of miles away from Natural Fortress, Li Zhangsheng could faintly see a mass of black gas; that was the Demonic Qi leaking from the Abyss Gate, but it had not yet fully formed, only permeating a range of several thousand meters, and the concentration of Demonic Qi was also very Sparse, with both concentration and range far inferior to the Storm Fortress that had accumulated for over a hundred years.

(End of this chapter)