Chapter 1721: Above the Immortal Emperor

"Still f***ing Demon Lord!" Xu Que slapped Makabaka across the face, "Captured and yet you dare act arrogant before this poor monk!"

Although their races differed, the humiliation of being slapped was universally shared.

Makabaka immediately widened his eyes, his black face turning even blacker in an instant, so black it practically gleamed.

Xu Que felt somewhat amazed; these Foreign Demons were truly different.

Others turned red with anger, but they turned black.

"You dare humiliate this Demon Lord like this; the Demon Lord will not let you off!" Makabaka roared furiously, struggling with all his might.

Alas, having been blasted half-paralyzed by a cannon shot, now that he moved, he twisted and turned just like a large cockroach.

"Er Gouzi." Xu Que pointed at Er Gou, "Take this lad away and interrogate him thoroughly!"

"Huh? Why must this Divine Venerable do it?" Er Gouzi looked surprised and complained dissatisfiedly, "Why should I listen to you?"

"Not going?"

"Not going!"

Xu Que smiled, leaned down, and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear: "If you don't go, I'll tell Shui Ruyi about those markings you made in the Eternal Forest..."

Er Gouzi gasped sharply, forcing calmness as he said, "W-what are you talking about? This Divine Venerable doesn't understand."

"Shui..."

"Leave it to this Divine Venerable! I guarantee I'll make this lad spit everything out!"

Er Gouzi leaped up, grabbed Makabaka by the neck, and dashed off toward the back like a streak of smoke.

While running, he kept making hand gestures at Xu Que, meaning that Xu Que must keep his promise.

Xu Que nodded with a beaming smile, thinking to himself that he would dig that stuff out immediately afterward, which should count as keeping his promise, right?

Dong Spirit Grass stared at Xu Que in amazement, leaned over, and asked, "Why does that damn Demon Dragon Heavenly Venerable listen to you so well?!"

"I told him that if he was willing to help, he would receive the gratitude of the Eternal Clan," Xu Que said without changing expression, "and then he ran off joyfully."

"Really..."

Dong Spirit Grass was merely simple-minded, not stupid, and expressed doubt at Xu Que's obviously perfunctory answer.

Xu Que quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, you call him Demon Dragon Heavenly Venerable; is he really a Demon Dragon?"

Xu Que had always been curious about this matter, after all, no one had ever seen Er Gou's True Body.

But there was one thing Xu Que always kept firmly in mind.

Back then, when Er Gou faced the Sea Race, because his mind was bewitched, he went berserk on the spot and instantly wiped out the Sea Race.

Judging by his combat power, this dog was not lacking in strength; he was simply pure-hearted in his laziness and cowardice.

Hearing this, Dong Spirit Grass shook his head: "I'm not clear either; he has always called himself that, so I just accepted it."

Well, it seemed they still hadn't figured out Er Gouzi's origins.

Just then, Shui Ruyi walked over gracefully, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Tang Master, for saving our Eternal Clan."

"No need for courtesy; Buddha's Mercy is boundless; this poor monk came here precisely to help the Eternal Clan," Xu Que said with palms pressed together, "But that Makabaka likely spoke no lies; the Demon Lord will probably arrive soon; I wonder what your clan plans to do."

He actually hoped to destroy the Demon Lord with a single Great Divine Art, but even someone of Makabaka's strength was merely a General.

Adding to the intelligence heard earlier in the Mie Shen Desolate Wilderness, most Human Cultivators were currently engaged in a great battle against the Foreign Demons clan; even using one's toes to think, one could guess the Demon Lord's level of strength.

Even Immortal Emperors were participating in large numbers; according to traditional conventions, the Demon Lord must be at least at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, or even an existence like a Dao Venerable.

Even if he possessed a Great Divine Art, casting it still required consuming Chakra.

With that tiny amount of Chakra, perhaps after releasing one Great Divine Art he would be gone; how could he possibly fight a Demon Lord then?

Hearing this, Shui Ruyi also showed a worried expression: "We don't know which Demon Lord will come; as far as I know, the lowest cultivation of a Demon Lord is Two-Path Immortal Emperor, and the most peak among them seem to reach Eight-Path Immortal Emperor; we simply lack the strength to contend with them."

"Two-Path Immortal Emperor?" Xu Que felt as though he was about to hear something extraordinary.

"Mm, above Immortal Emperor lies the Dao Venerable; mastering one Great Dao and replacing it makes one an Immortal Emperor; if one can begin to tread the second Great Dao, that is stepping onto the path toward Dao Venerable; mastering ten Great Daos makes one a Dao Venerable," Shui Ruyi said somewhat strangely, "Could it be that Tang Master does not know these things?"

"Amitabha; this poor monk naturally knows," Xu Que said, his heart shaken immensely, "I just didn't expect the Demon Clan's strength to be so formidable."

Oh my, so Immortal Emperors have strong and weak ones!

Thinking about it this way, whoever can master ten Great Daos must be some kind of unparalleled Ruthless Person!

He glanced at those Firepower Devices he had arranged and asked the System: "System, if we use these to confront an Immortal Emperor, can we win?"

"Ding, the probability of defeating a One-Path Immortal Emperor is sixty percent; the probability of defeating a Two-Path Immortal Emperor is ten percent; the probability of defeating a Three-Path Immortal Emperor is one percent."

The System did not mention Immortal Emperors beyond Three-Path, but Xu Que understood the System's meaning.

Immortal Emperors above Three-Path were simply unbeatable, so there was no point in mentioning them.

But the problem was that the success rate dropped too absurdly from Two-Path to Three-Path Immortal Emperor!

It dropped directly from fifty percent to ten percent, and for Three-Path it was actually only one percent!

This could only indicate one thing.

Mastering multiple Great Daos caused strength to increase by geometric multiples.

That Foreign Demon in the Mie Shen Desolate Wilderness had a cultivation roughly between Half-Step Immortal Emperor and One-Path Immortal Emperor.

The reason Xu Que could suppress him was, on one hand, because the Fa Zhu Luo Great Divine Art was indeed powerful, and on the other, because that Foreign Demon had likely been injured beforehand, plus his power was depleted by Er Gouzi's Array Seal.

Even so, when Xu Que used the Fa Zhu Luo Great Divine Art earlier, he had nearly exhausted all the power within his body.

Otherwise, why would he need to resort to these Firepower Devices?

He would have just killed Makabaka outright!

That Makabaka was merely a Half-Step Immortal Emperor, not even as strong as that Foreign Demon in the Mie Shen Desolate Wilderness!

"Mm... so my current true combat power, without using the Righteousness Sealing Demon Sutra, should already be able to crush a Half-Step Immortal Emperor," Xu Que stroked his chin and pondered, "If I use the Righteousness Sealing Demon Sutra, I should be barely able to contend with an Immortal Emperor; I still need to continue working hard... there are four Immortal Emperors on the Immortal Cloud Continent..."

"As for existences above the Demon Lord, Ci Shui should currently be held back by peak experts among the Human Cultivators, and moreover, they will not be interested in our Eternal Clan," Shui Ruyi continued meaningfully.

Xu Que froze for a moment, then suddenly realized something.

What the hell?

Is there something above the Demon Lord?

Seeing Xu Que's astonished expression, Shui Ruyi said in a grave voice, "Tang Master, the Demon Lords are merely the second batch of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons; those who truly gave birth to them should be the God of Demons, high above all..."