Chapter 561: The Birth of the Great Evil King (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Outside the Life and Death Gate.

Di Er Dao Huang and Di San Zhu Huang sat cross-legged, quietly waiting for the outcome from within the Life and Death Gate.

Di San Zhu Huang looked toward the inside of the Life and Death Gate with slight worry from time to time, but unfortunately, plumes of black Demon Qi permeated the air, almost completely obscuring his vision.

As for Di Er Dao Huang, his expression was dejected, as if he had aged ten years, a stark contrast to the arrogant and domineering manner he displayed when he first appeared.

As for the reason, firstly, it was because he had been defeated so easily by Yu Liancheng, and secondly, after carefully observing the saber marks Di Yi Xie Huang had left in the forest earlier, he was shocked to discover that Di Yi Xie Huang's current realm in saber technique far surpassed his own. Even if he were to cultivate the Seven Absolute Heart-Severing Sabers to the extreme, he feared it would be difficult to defeat the other party.

Boom!

Just at this moment, the Demon Qi within the Life and Death Gate expanded violently, slamming against the mountain walls as if it had substance, emitting a trembling sound. Even more Demon Qi permeated outward, extinguishing all signs of life.

"What is happening? Could it be that even Yu Liancheng cannot suppress the Xie Huang's demonic nature?" Di San Zhu Huang frowned, the look of worry on his face deepening.

Di Er Dao Huang also revealed a look of concern; only then did he remember that his daughter was still inside the Life and Death Gate. But given that person's cultivation, he reasoned that since his daughter was by his side, she should not come to any harm.

Just as the Demon Qi began to dissipate outward, a cold shout from Di Yi Xie Huang came from within the cave.

All the Demon Qi suddenly retracted, and even the Demon Qi within the Life and Death Gate flowed like a black river, all surging toward a single point.

Amidst the clear shout, a figure soared into the sky, crashing through the hard, thick stone cave to create a huge hole; gravel scattered and dust flew into the air.

And that person was none other than Di Yi Xie Huang!

While still at a height of several dozen meters, the Xie Huang used his legs as a saber, sweeping them horizontally to unleash the move "Dance of the Myriad Demons." The leg force was like a mountain collapsing and a sea overturning, whipping up a violent hurricane that scoured the heavens and earth, causing the wind and clouds to change color. The trees below, already leaning and crooked, were swept into the hurricane and ground into powder, scattering in all directions.

The power of a single move reached such a level.

Di Er Dao Huang and Di San Zhu Huang both changed color.

Firstly, they were shocked by the Xie Huang's incredible cultivation, and secondly, with the Xie Huang now so powerful, they feared he had already fallen into the path of the Demon.

And with such a powerful Demon, looking across the entire martial arts world, how many people could keep him in check?

The Xie Huang descended from mid-air like a gentle breeze. Seeing his two old friends looking tense and ready for action, he said calmly and composedly, "Rest assured, I have not fallen into the path of the Demon."

However, Zhu Huang and Dao Huang did not relax their vigilance in the slightest.

This was only because the current Di Yi Xie Huang was permeated with black Demon Qi, his eyes carried a scarlet hue, and he still exuded a chilling, ferocious aura.

No matter how one looked at it, it appeared as if he had fallen into the path of the Demon.

What puzzled the two, however, was that Di Yi Xie Huang's expression was calm, and there was even a hint of relief in the corners of his mouth; he was not as crazed, manic, or insane as he had been in the past.

"The Demon is used by the heart, and the heart follows the will. This is the brand-new realm of 'Demon Heart Crossing,' allowing you to mobilize the power of the Demon at any time without losing your sanity."

Yu Liancheng walked out of the Life and Death Gate, holding the small Di Er Meng: "Given time, you, the Di Yi Xie Huang, may not necessarily be the number one in the world, but you will certainly be one of the top experts of this generation."

Di Yi Xie Huang said in a calm tone: "And all of this is thanks to you. I had felt the demonic thoughts in my heart growing day by day; perhaps in a few more years, I would have been unable to suppress my demonic nature and would have had to sever my own arms to avoid bringing disaster upon the world."

Yu Liancheng chuckled and said: "What I have done for you naturally comes with a price; I hope you will not disappoint me."

Di Yi Xie Huang nodded expressionlessly.

Just as Zhu Huang and Dao Huang were feeling puzzled, Yu Liancheng walked up to Dao Huang and handed Di Er Meng to him: "You are, after all, Di Er Meng's father; look after her well. After today, I will take her back to Wushuang City."

Di Er Dao Huang raised his eyebrows. He had roamed freely for half his life, and no one had ever dared to order him around. But not knowing what he recalled, he sighed dejectedly.

The so-called Seven Absolute Heart-Severing Sabers were nothing but a joke.

Why let his daughter continue to cultivate them?

When he calmed his mind and noticed his daughter again, he discovered that Di Er Meng had not only regained the skin tone of a normal girl, no longer as chillingly icy blue as in the past, but her hundred meridians were all open, and her True Qi flowed without obstruction, as if she had undergone a marrow-cleansing and meridian-altering process—clearly Yu Liancheng's handiwork. Di Er Meng's natural talent was already extraordinary, and with this fortuitous encounter today, he feared her future Martial Dao achievements would be no less than his own.

Yu Liancheng turned around, flicked his sleeve, and the saber case containing the Great Evil King was placed horizontally on the ground.

Although the saber had not yet emerged, that intense, ferocious aura made Dao Huang and Zhu Huang feel a chill in their hearts.

Di Yi Xie Huang also looked toward the saber case, his expression slightly solemn.

Boom!

The Xie Huang's Demon Qi erupted completely, rolling like dark clouds to obscure the sun. Within a radius of ten miles, all birds and beasts suddenly fell silent, as if they had encountered a natural predator.

As expected of the Di Yi Xie Huang who had absorbed the Kirin Blood and completed the Demon Heart Crossing. At this moment, the density of the Demon Qi was enough to make the heavens and earth lose their color and alter the weather of the region.

"Come out, King of Evil Weapons, Great Evil King."

With a long shout from the Xie Huang, as the surging Demon Qi poured entirely into the saber case, the Buddhist inscriptions on the case were all washed away.

That boundless, wild, and ferocious evil aura became even more intense.

Boom!

The next moment, amidst a thunderous sound, the saber case shattered violently, and two objects flew out from within.

One of them was a long saber of boundless evil, named Jie Wang. The other was a strange-shaped hidden weapon, resembling a bizarre smiling face, but only the upper half, named Kuang Xie.

Both were objects of ultimate evil and demonic nature; as they flew into the sky together, even the heavens changed color.

Rumble!

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck down.

Kuang Xie suddenly turned and embedded itself into a gap in Jie Wang, thereby forming a peerless Evil Weapon that stood as an enemy to the heavens, possessed the power to swallow the sky and destroy the earth, and caused ghosts and gods to retreat.

—The Great Evil King.

With the birth of the Great Evil King, Yu Liancheng, Di Yi Xie Huang, and the others seemed to see a monster covered in sharp spikes appear, its metal shell looking as if it were cast from copper and iron, its long, narrow eyes having no whites or pupils, only a blood-red expanse like a sea of blood. Its entire body exuded a chilling, sinister aura, as if it were a collection of countless sins, hatreds, and ferocity.

The phantom flashed and vanished.

A tall figure was on his way.

He wore a bamboo hat, his chin beard was like steel needles, and with a tap of his toes, he instantly drifted a distance of about a hundred zhang, kicking up gusts of wind and flying sand.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.

He lifted his head slightly, his gaze looking toward a certain direction.

In his eyes, it seemed to reflect a hideous and terrifying monster breaking its seal and emerging, issuing a challenge and mockery toward him.

That aura was not the least bit unfamiliar to him; it had three hundred years of grievances and entanglements with his Wu family, causing the Wu family to remain dormant for three hundred years, with not a single talent emerging.

"Great Evil King! No matter how strong you are, and no matter who your master is, this old man will defeat him and break the curse." The man let out a cold snort, felt that lingering malice, and followed it in a certain direction.

This person is a descendant of Wu Wuer.

Before Yun Dingtian died back then, he issued a final curse, extinguishing all Buddhist teachings and rendering the Wu family a line of mediocrities. From then on, the Wu family declined, remaining mediocre for generations, with little to show for themselves.

Three hundred years later, his father utilized the arts of the Profound Gate to alter his destiny, successfully breaking the majority of the blood curse.

Consequently, he was born, a martial arts prodigy capable of rivaling his ancestor, Wu Wuer.

And he, too, has an invincible name.

——Wu Wudi.

Wu Wudi, a peerless expert ranked on the Terror List.

Even that fellow who boasted of being a God, in front of him, could only end in a miserable defeat.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Wudi believes that no matter how brilliant the person holding the Great Evil King is, they are absolutely no match for him.

And as long as he defeats the Great Evil King once more, the Wu family's curse can be completely resolved.

……

On the Zheng Xie Dao.

Holding the Great Evil King, Di Yi Xie Huang swung his blade with force; the blade's momentum was like a dragon roaming the nine heavens, sweeping up the airflow within a hundred-zhang radius and merging it into this strike, descending as if Opening Heaven and splitting the earth. Furthermore, a violent aura unfolded with this strike, sweeping in all directions.

Boom!

In an instant, a blade mark over ten zhang long was carved into the ground, and the soil flew up like waves, sweeping into the sky; the scene was truly spectacular.

However, Di Yi Xie Huang frowned slightly, turned his wrist, and gently stroked the Great Evil King, as if he could feel the Great Evil King's unwillingness and hatred.

"Although this Great Evil King is very strong, it does not seem as terrifying as imagined."

Di Yi Xie Huang stated his assessment.

Although this Great Evil King could be considered a divine weapon, it was still far from being the ultimate Evil Weapon that was cursed by the nine heavens and ten earths, and which simultaneously cursed the nine heavens and ten earths.

Yu Liancheng said calmly: "It is no surprise that the Great Evil King has lost its edge after being sealed for three hundred years. There is only one way to restore its former divine might..."

"What is it?"

"It is to find the blood of a peerless expert to wash away its years of decadence. And as long as it can recover its former divine sharpness, the wielder can even comprehend from it the set of peerless blade techniques left behind by Yun Dingtian back then—the 'Ten Tribulations of the Evil King'."

"So that's how it is." Di Yi Xie Huang held the Great Evil King, his eyes glowing with red light: "Speaking of which, there seems to be a peerless person right here."

Yu Liancheng smiled and beckoned to Di Yi Xie Huang: "Why not give it a try."

"Good."

Di Yi Xie Huang's internal energy surged forth, and a terrifying aura, like a mountain or a peak, like a madman or a Demon, pressed down upon Yu Liancheng. At the same time, he unleashed a move, "Demonic Path Roving," which appeared to be a single strike, yet the rolling demonic energy transformed into countless illusions, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping forth, shaking the void and trampling the world.

As the endless demonic energy surged like a tide, Yu Liancheng held his palm upright like a blade and slashed out a massive blade-Qi stream, which seemed to pour down from the nine heavens, shattering the thousands of illusions.

Boom!

The battle erupted.

Di Yi Xie Huang wielded the Great Evil King with his Demonic Heart, and the two could be said to complement each other perfectly. Even though the Great Evil King could not exert its full power due to the restriction of "peerless blood," it was still quite formidable.

Yu Liancheng, intending to test the move, did not use Immeasurable Maha to drive his lifelong martial arts, but instead used his hands as weapons, employing ordinary blade and sword techniques, yet he was still able to withstand Di Yi Xie Huang's fierce and violent offensive.

Under the exchange between the two, the entire Zheng Xie Dao was filled with flying sand and stones, large swathes of hills were leveled, and the caves of the Life and Death Gate were directly shattered.

Di San Zhu Huang's fat figure, like a leaf, quietly slipped away from the battlefield. Di Er Dao Huang, holding the unconscious Di Er Meng, also retreated repeatedly.

Di San Zhu Huang rolled his eyes and chuckled: "Dao Huang, haven't you always wanted to settle the score with Xie Huang? Once the two of them are done sparring, you can go and challenge Xie Huang; I will certainly not stop you."

Di Er Dao Huang's expression was ugly, and he let out a cold snort.

If it were in the past, he would still have had the confidence to fight. But now, having been defeated by Yu Liancheng, his spirit was lost, his blade was Broken, and he could not even exert eighty percent of his full cultivation.

And now, having witnessed Di Yi Xie Huang's true strength, the gap between the two was nearly a chasm, impossible to overcome; although his brain had some issues, he was not a suicidal madman.

On the other side, the exchange between Yu Liancheng and Di Yi Xie Huang took an unexpected turn.

Di Er Dao Huang and Di San Zhu Huang also noticed this change; their expressions became grave, and they grew suspicious.

It was because Di Yi Xie Huang's demonic blade suddenly had a flaw.

It was as if dust had suddenly fallen into a pool of Ink Pool.

This dust seemed insignificant and could happen to any expert in the world, but it should absolutely not have happened to Di Yi Xie Huang.

Because Di Yi Xie Huang cultivated the demonic blade; to become a Demon, one must be single-minded. Single-minded means having only the heart of competitiveness throughout one's life, only satisfied after defeating the strongest. Single-intent means having no second thoughts, only demonic intent, forgetting all past sentiments, grief, and glory.

Yet his demonic blade actually had a flaw.

Yu Liancheng let out a soft sigh, his figure suddenly turning into a void, then appearing abruptly in front of Di Yi Xie Huang, pressing his palm lightly against the other's chest and releasing his internal force.

The latter immediately tumbled backward, and the blade in his hand was simultaneously snatched away.

"Xie Huang, your Demonic Heart Crossing was facilitated by me; it was not achieved by your own heart. It appears perfect and flawless, but in reality, it still has flaws, just difficult to detect. If you fight an ultimate expert and cannot take down your opponent within fifty moves, then you will surely be defeated. Properly perfect your Demonic Heart Crossing. I hope that next time we meet, you will be able to truly drive the Demon with your heart."

Yu Liancheng's figure had already turned into a blur, and in the blink of an eye, he had disappeared, even his voice becoming ethereal and distant, as if coming from very far away.

"As for the peerless blood to wash away the decadence of the Great Evil King, it is already on its way. Not only is it peerless blood, but it is also a sworn enemy; I think the Great Evil King will be satisfied."

"I have already taken Di Er Meng away; if you miss her, Dao Huang, come to Wushuang City."

Di Er Dao Huang felt his hands grow light; he did not know when Di Er Meng had disappeared.

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