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Chapter 373: A Fist and a Sword! Crushing the Demons of Shenzhai Town! (4k)
Chapter 373: A Fist and a Sword! Crushing the Demons of Shenzhai Town! (4k)
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The earth trembled with chaotic howls.
Dense and powerful demon auras formed wailing, howling winds, shrouding the world in darkness.
Gloomy, chaotic, and bloody.
This place resembled the Netherworld.
Yet, amidst this chaos, one corner stood a massive city.
Lamps illuminated the city, and a sea of people surged, creating a bustling atmosphere, contrasting sharply with the demon winds sweeping outside.
It gave the impression of hell outside the city walls and a haven within.
At this moment, the crowd within the city converged towards the central square.
"The number of humans in this realm is dwindling, and only a few generals still control vast human resources."
"Today, Marquis Mu's Mansion is celebrating! Inviting all, we can feast without restraint!"
Amidst the crowd, an old man with a toothless grin spoke. His body was withered, hunched like an old tree, leaning on a cane.
But as he spoke, sharp white teeth could be seen in his mouth, and his eyes glinted with a crimson glow.
"Marquis Mu has expanded his lineage, and after ten thousand years, the birth of his 381st legitimate child is cause for grand celebration!"
Another voice echoed in response from the crowd.
The crowd's expressions grew more intense.
As time passed, the people from all directions gathered in the central square.
Red 'Double Happiness' characters adorned the square, announcing an impending joyous event.
Strangely, in this vast square, only a red-robed, heavily pregnant woman lay with closed eyes.
Her belly, nearly three times its normal size, defied logic.
Nothing else was present.
The crowd, far from surprised, watched with familiarity.
"Is she a disciple of Qingxiao Palace?"
"Of course, only they could bear a child for the Marquis. Human slaves are unfit for such a task."
"Ridiculous! A hundred thousand years ago, humans sought to seal and suppress us, yet now, they breed for us!"
The crowd murmured.
They awaited the birth, knowing the child would devour its human mother.
Their eyes glowed crimson, mouths watering.
Boom! Boom!
The woman's belly throbbed with a powerful heartbeat.
Her stomach shifted, flickering with faint red light, something within struggling to escape.
"Ahhh!"
The woman, once unconscious, awoke, screaming in agony.
Unimaginable pain surged like a tidal wave, assaulting her senses.
In an instant, her veins bulged, eyes wide with pain. Blood flowed from her orifices.
She struggled, but her massive belly restrained her.
The surrounding demons stirred.
The child, born of Marquis Mu's bloodline, would tear her apart!
Boom!
The woman's belly, containing the demon child, was about to burst.
Whoosh! Boom!
A figure descended, landing in the square, before the struggling woman.
A golden-patterned black-robed figure materialized.
The sudden appearance startled the demons.
The figure gently patted the woman's heaving belly.
Boom!
The woman's belly visibly shrank, returning to normal.
The demon child within, vanished, leaving no trace.
The figure gazed down at the woman, gradually calming from her struggle.
He hadn't expected humans in the Demon Ruins' Void Mirror Realm.
As he pondered, the woman weakly opened her eyes, whispering, "Run..."
Boom!
Almost as she spoke, the chapter ended.
A surge of incredibly violent and powerful aura suddenly erupted from beneath the city.
The ground trembled violently, as if a colossal demon was about to burst forth from the earth.
Immediately after.
A low roar filled with rage echoed, rising from the earth and descending from the heavens, reverberating in all directions.
"Humans!!!"
A crackling sound.
Boom!
With this voice, thunder roared above the city, lightning flashed, and the world suddenly brightened.
At the same time, the surrounding humans, one by one, burst with demonic energy, revealing their true forms.
It had been a long time since they had seen a human like this, seeking their own demise.
If they took action now and caught the attention of Marquis Mu, they might have a chance to join the Marquis Mansion and become a subordinate of Taiyi.
The sudden change left the already weak woman even paler, her eyes filled with despair.
But in her gaze, the sudden appearance of a stranger seemed calm, unperturbed by the surrounding danger.
"What's your name?"
Suddenly, the man spoke.
At the same time, he raised his right hand, and as his fingers rotated, he slowly clenched his fist.
It was just a simple movement, but at this moment, it seemed as if he was gripping the heavens in that fist.
Then.
The man waved his right fist.
Boom!
An indescribably terrifying fist force, like a flood breaking through a dam, surged out, sweeping away the surrounding demons.
The next moment.
Bang!
A deafening explosion rang out.
The demons that rushed forward together were shattered into a bloody rain by this single fist.
The once crowded city instantly became an empty shell, covered in thick, crimson blood.
The woman's pupils slowly dilated.
She seemed incredulous.
In her previously dark and lifeless gaze, a hint of different colors suddenly appeared.
She opened her mouth to answer his question.
But in the next instant.
Bang!
The woman exploded without warning, turning into a pile of flesh and blood, splattering Qin Zheng with blood.
Immediately after.
A colossal hand that covered the sky suddenly burst through the ground, carrying with it a fierce wind and waves towards Qin Zheng's direction.
"To dare save someone before my eyes, how..."
A voice filled with anger and arrogance sounded.
Qin Zheng's expression turned cold, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He stomped his right foot on the ground.
Boom!
The ground suddenly shattered into pieces!
A terrifying force surged from Qin Zheng's foot, rushing and spreading beneath the earth.
The mighty hand that had approached with great momentum suddenly stalled, then fell limply onto the ground as if it had lost its bones.
Thick, crimson blood gushed from the cracks in the ground.
Qin Zheng's expression remained cold as he leaned over to examine the woman's shattered remains, sensing that all signs of life had vanished, leaving no hope of revival.
Only then did he straighten up, pointing his finger downward and shooting a strand of sword aura towards the ground.
After a few breaths, the sword aura returned, carrying a demon core that fell into his hand.
[Item Found: Mountain Ghost Demon Core, can be refined, requires ten strands of Innate Merit, refine?]
[Note: Refinement can obtain a wondrous item - Mountain Spirit]
[Note: The heavens and earth have spirits, mountains have souls, and when they die, they become ghosts. They can nourish the divine soul!]
Qin Zheng glanced at the demon core and put it away, then looked towards a distant mountain outside the city.
This city was not the habitat of this Great Demon Tyrant; that distant mountain was what the demons had mentioned as the Marquis Mansion!
At this moment, as the Great Demon Tyrant fell, the beings within the mountain seemed to sense something and began to stir.
Qin Zheng stared at the mountain, pointing his finger and lightly plucking a strand of sword light imbued with energy, which instantly shot out.
Whoosh!
This strand of sword light and energy, initially the size of a finger, rapidly expanded as it traveled.
One foot, ten feet, a hundred feet, a thousand feet!
Boom!
When the sword light and energy reached the mountain, it had already transformed into a flood that covered the sky and earth, instantly sweeping through.
The mountain was instantly flattened by the sword, its massive body turning to ashes, mixed with blood mist that scattered across the heavens and earth.
Qin Zheng took a step forward, reaching the edge of the mountain that had been leveled.
He looked down, and beneath the mountain was a vast underground space where countless pale humans were kept.
As the mountain was flattened, fresh light and radiance fell into the underground space, and the humans raised their heads, their expressions dazed and their eyes vacant.
In the same manner as the inhabitants of Bone City, the humans here had been reduced to livestock, devoid of intelligence.
Qin Zheng's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
"Midnight Palace," he whispered, and with a wave of his hand, he took out the Seed Sack, collecting all the humans below into it.
After finishing, he took a step forward and merged into the Void.
This Void Spirit Realm was vast, and a rough sensing of the Taiyi-class aura revealed at least twenty of them.
Moreover, with the presence of humans here, he decided to first swiftly eliminate the Great Demons of the Taiyi class, and then clear the demonic creatures from the land!
Deep within this Void Spirit Realm.
Five altars stood like towering mountains, encircling a majestic Imperial City at the center.
An invisible sealing power permeated the heavens and earth in this place.
And at this moment.
In the middle of the Imperial City, within a building that resembled a grand imperial palace, a tall man stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance.
"Your Majesty, today's meal has been delivered."
A respectful voice echoed behind him.
The man nodded slightly, then turned around and walked towards the Imperial Palace Hall in front of him.
At this moment, a round table was filled with delicacies, and the steaming heat mixed with fragrant aromas filled the entire Imperial Palace Hall.
Beside the round table, a graceful woman, clad in a phoenix robe and crowned with a phoenix crown, sat silently beside him.
The man smiled gently, approached the round table, and said, "Your Majesty, won't you dine with me?"
The woman remained silent, but the man didn't mind. He picked up his utensils and began to eat heartily.
The clatter of utensils and the sound of chewing reverberated throughout the Imperial Palace Hall.
Although the man seemed to be enjoying his meal, the woman's complexion grew paler, and her eyes became colder.
"Is it meaningful?"
The woman's icy voice rang out.
"With your cultivation in the Great Demon Realm, humans can no longer bring you any benefits, so why do you still insist on eating them?"
She raised her head, her expression filled with extreme suppressed anger.
"Hmph."
The man chuckled, put down his utensils, and looked at the woman in the Phoenix Crown and Crimson Robe with derision. He slowly said, "Then is your persistence meaningful?"
"From the first Midnight Palace Lord, to give the humans outside a glimmer of hope, to obstruct me from breaking free of the seal, and even to offer themselves to the demons."
"But if I don't go out, the Demon Race covers the entire land, even the Taiyi-class Demon Race has more than thirty members."
"Do you think they won't harm the humans?"
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the woman's belly, and he smiled lightly, saying, "Your Majesty, don't have too many thoughts. Focus on bearing a prince for me."
"After the prince is born, I will decree that the Demon Race shall not eat humans for three years. How does that sound?"
After saying this, he stood up, ready to leave the Imperial Palace Hall.
To have the Midnight Palace Lord, the pillar of the heavens and humans in this realm, bear his bloodline was an insult to the human race.
He enjoyed it, and so did his subordinates.
The next moment, the woman stood up, her head held high, and she spoke with determination, "Our sealing of you in this realm for a million years is meaningful!"
"The survival of the human race is meaningful!"
"One day, a powerful human will descend and slay you all, and lead us humans out of this realm. That is meaningful!"
The man's figure paused slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. Instead, he turned around, looking at the woman with interest.
"Every generation of Midnight Palace Lords has willingly entered the palace to become my queen and give birth to a prince for me, but none of them have ever spoken like this in front of me."
"You're interesting, but I don't like it, so..."
His tone didn't change, but suddenly, a fierce wind rose within the Imperial Palace Hall, and killing intent filled the air.
The woman's expression became solemn, and she stood up, facing him with cold indifference.
The atmosphere froze at this moment.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a hurried voice came from outside.
Immediately after, a demon soldier clad in armor rushed to the palace gates, knelt down, and shouted, "There's an urgent report from outside the city! Please, Your Majesty, read it!"
The man's expression slightly tightened, and he turned around to look at the demon soldier, speaking calmly, "Speak."
The demon soldier raised his head and quickly said, "There's news from outside the city! A human has descended from beyond the heavens, landing in the territory of Marquis Mu!"
"With a single punch and a single sword, they shattered the Ten Thousand Withered City and flattened the Ten Thousand Skull Mountain!"
"Marquis Mu has also fallen!"
(End of Chapter)
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