Child of Light

by Stayrr

Zhang Gong decides to learn light magic, a magic few show interest in and eventually becomes the legendary Grand Magister. While trying to end the continent’s east and west separation in order to unite all of the different races, he becomes every race’s Child of Light.

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Volume 8: Chapter 8 – Magic Crystal

After leaving the inn, I wandered around without any destination. I thought, 'I really have lost my standing in Aixia. I also don't know how the teachers are faring, and that adorable Hai Shui too, I don't know if I will be able to meet them again someday.'

As I walked on, I suddenly heard someone shout, "This is the opening day of my shop. I welcome everyone to come forward to peruse and purchase some of my items."

I raised my head and found it was a jewellery shop. I was moved as now I was traveling with 100 people. 'The expenditure is not little. The Diamond coins on me are also running out. I shall go and sell some of my jewels.'

Thinking of this, I walked over. This jewel shop was obviously renovated quite recently; it looked really grand. Just as I walked to the entrance, a servant welcomed me and asked, "Mister, please come in, and have a look. We have just opened our businesses so there will be discounts."

I nodded and followed him in.

There was a lot of people in the jewel shop who were selecting things that caught their eyes.

I asked the servant, "Do you accept gemstones here?"

The servant was briefly stunned before replying, "Yes, we do accept them. Do you have gemstones that you want to sell?"

I nodded.

The servant replied, "Please wait for a moment, and I will bring someone over." After he said that, he turned around and entered a building.

Shortly after, the servant walked out with a middle aged person that seemed to be a merchant. He said, "This is our boss. You should talk to him instead."

The boss said, "My greetings to you. Let's have a chat inside." This boss really knew how to do a business. He knew that valuables shouldn't be revealed inadvertently.

He let me into his office and closed the door before he asked, "Mister, what are you planning to sell?"

I took a fist-sized purple crystal from my space pocket and gave it to him. The boss exclaimed, "A purple crystal, and a large one at that!" He took it carefully, fondling it with admiration as he looked at it.

I asked, "Will you accept it?"

The boss nodded, then shook his head before he replied, "This crystal is too precious. It is flawless, and can withhold a great amount of magic power. It is a high-grade purple crystal that can support an aerial magic artillery that could shoot at least 1000 times. I'm afraid that we won't be able to afford it." (It is extremely difficult to move the Magic Cannon. Even though it's very powerful, it can only used for the protection of the city. Every time it fired, it's equivalent to an Advanced Grade magic attack. It also needs a long time to gather it's power for every shot. The main source of it's power is the magic crystal. Since magic crystals are precious, except for a minority of important towns, the Ström Fortress had prepared 200 aerial magic artilleries. This was also one of the main reasons why the Ström Fortress was so firm.)

Such a big jewel shop couldn't afford to buy a purple jewel? I frowned, "Please give me an estimation of its price."

The boss replied unhesitantly, "The minimum price is 20,000 diamond coins."

It was worth that much? 20,000 diamond coins was an astronomical value to me. I smiled and replied, "Even though this price is rather low, I'm in need of money. If you want, I will sell it to you for 20,000 diamond coins."

The boss eyes lit up. It was obvious that the crystal was worth far more than the price offered. He clenched his teeth and replied, "How about this, please wait for a moment. I will gather some friends to see if we have enough money. Initially, we could afford the crystal, however I have just started business, so some of the funds were spent on purchasing goods, and I do not have enough money that I can readily give you. "

The boss hastily went out,while I played with the crystal in my hand. Although I could feel that it contained strong magic power, there wasn't anything special about it, and it unexpectedly was worth so much. If he knew what I had wrapped up behind me was Sukrad's staff, I wonder what he would think.

That boss ran back a little while later, his face and clothes filled with perspiration. He looked at me, and clearly heaved a sigh of relief. I said smilingly, "What, were you afraid that I was going to run away?"

The boss smiled awkwardly before replying, "I have gathered the money. Let's go to the Magic Union to do the exchange." (For large transactions, the Magic Union would have to settle it.)

I followed him to the Magic Union. There was also an notification for my arrest here. Luckily, I was wearing my conical bamboo hat. After I passed the amethyst card to the boss, he was astonished and exclaimed, "You have an amethyst card. You must be a famous magician."

I said coldly, "Don't ask any more questions and just quickly do the exchange."

Under my surveillance, the boss transferred 20,000 diamond coins into my account. Haha! I had become rich!

After returning to the jewel shop, I gave him the purple crystal. As I looked at him, he looked at it as if it was his baby; I wanted to laugh.

The boss humbly said, "Lord Mage, if you have such high-grade magic gemstones in the future, can you sell them to my shop? We will definitely give you a reasonable price."

I shook my head. "I don't think I will. This place is so far away, and I don't know when I will be coming back to this town."

The boss smiled and replied, "Our Auspicious Jewel Shop is a chain store. One of our branches can be found in every single city on the eastern continent."

Oh! It was a chain jewelry store.

The boss took out a card and passed it to me. "This is our jewel shops' VIP card. If you take it to any of our stores, you will receive preferential treatment."

I took the yellow card and replied, "The cards are graded?"

The boss replied, "Of course, the VIP card has five grades, and this card is of the highest grade. We will only give it out to important guests."

I chuckled. "I feel really honoured, and look forward to working with you in the future." After I said that, I kept the VIP card.

The boss had personally walked me out of the jewel store. Judging from his joyful face, I knew that he had greatly profited in this transaction. This chain of jewel stores had become the biggest jewel store in the future due to my frequent visits. Of course, I also acquired from them what I needed for all my expenditures.

I took out 100 diamond coins to buy some necessities that filled up two big cars before returning to the inn. I had to really thank the generous Dragon people. I wouldn't have to worry about my finances in the future.

I gave out the necessities to the villagers the next day before we continued to move towards Xiuda.

We were treated as a mercenaries, and therefore did not encounter too many troubles. We arrived at Pulima City without a hitch. It was at this place where I first learnt about being a mercenary army, and this place was also very near the valley that Big Brother Zhan Hu occupied.

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Volume 8: Chapter 9 – Unexpected Monster Attacks

After entering Pulima City, there weren't many cityfolk to be found and the city seemed to be in a perilous state.

When we entered a big inn, a server came to receive us.

I asked, "I need 84 rooms. Are they available?" Since there were a lot of us, every time we looked for lodging along the way, we always faced the situation that the inn couldn't accommodate all of us so I had to clarify.

The server hastily replied, "Yes! Yes! Yes! To tell you the truth, the entire inn is empty so 84 rooms won't be a problem."

I then asked in surprise, "There's no one staying in such a large inn. Is it because it is too pricy?"

The server smiled wryly before he replied, "It is not because this inn is pricy, but rather due to other reasons. Don't you feel that the entire Pulima City is in peril?"

I nodded. "Why is that the case?"

The server sighed before he replied, "You don't know that the main source of income of the city is the benefits from merchants who come from all over the lands. However, it is currently unknown why so many mythical beasts come to the mountain area near here wreaking havoc and killing travelers who were headed towards the city. Many people had died, so many others are fearful of approaching this city. Due to the mythical beasts, merchants from Xiuda rarely come here. Thus, it resulted in Pulima City's current state."

I asked, "It can't be that the Kingdom doesn't care about this situation, right?"

The server said mockingly, "The Kingdom? They are currently preparing to fight a war against the Monster Clan. When will they find the energy to settle our problems?"

The Great Elder intercepted, "Can you describe what the mythical beasts looks like?"

The server thought before replying, "I don't really know what they look like but I heard from one of the guests that escaped from those mythical beasts that they inhabit the mountains and the plains, varies in sizes and haven't been seen before. They don't even look like anything from this world."

The Great Elder and I were startled. They weren't something from this world? Could it be…….

I told the server, "You can make the arrangements for us to stay here." If there were mythical beasts wreaking havoc in the nearby mountains, I didn't know if Big Brother Zhan Hu and the rest were affected by them.

The server turned and walked away. I told the Great Elder, "Elder, let's go and check it out tomorrow. We mustn't let those beasts continue to harm humanity. If I hadn't predict wrongly, this definitely has something to do with the Monster King."

The Great Elder nodded. "Aren't the other few God's inheritors near here? Are we going to find them first, or are we going to eliminate the mythical beasts?"

I thought and replied, "We will first find my friends. If we meet any mythical beasts on the way, we will eliminate them. What do you think?" I thought, 'Within the group of villagers, there are over a hundred expert. As long as it is not like the time I met the giants from the God's forest, then we have nothing to be afraid of from these mythical beasts."

The over a hundred of us majestically walked out. When we were exiting the town, we were halted by the guards on duty.

A person that seemed to be the chieftain of the soldiers stepped out. "Where are you heading to? Don't you know that is the direction where the mythical beasts are wreaking havoc at?"

I smiled and came forward, "We are going to exterminate those mythical beasts. Please let us through."

The soldier frowned and said, "Do you think that the mythical beasts are that easy to kill? I advise you to head back. It's more important to protect your lives."

I replied, "We're an employed army. You don't have to worry. With our abilities, it won't be a problem for us to eliminate them."

Another soldier pulled on that soldier in charge and whispered, "Chief, just let them go. There are many of them, so they might succeed in eliminating the beasts. If they are successful, won't that be great?!"

The chieftain nodded. "I won't stop you then. I wish that all of you brave warriors will succeed."

These soldiers were very loyal to their duty. "Thank you very much. Brothers, let's head out!" When we were leaving, I stuffed one diamond coin into the hand of that soldier, "You can use this to treat your brothers to a drink. We will be heading out now."

The Great Elder and I walked at the forefront of our group. He told me, "You really know how to win over the hearts of people. As we left, those soldiers were expressing gratitude."

I chuckled, "The recent havoc caused by the mythical beasts had resulted in the entire Pulima City to be in such a perilous state. The officers and soldiers definitely won't have much income. They are in difficult times, and I have a lot of money so I can share some with them. If we meet again, it will definitely be easier to talk to them."

I raised my head to look afar and saw that there was a faint dark energy above the valley in front of us. I turned my head and told the villagers, "Everyone, be careful. There may be some danger in front of us." After warning them, I took the Sukrad's staff out.

I told the few elders, "I don't know what is in front of us, but even the sky is filled with traces of evil influences. We must be careful."

The few elders nodded. "How about this? We will first form a circle battle array. There will be three inner to outer circles. In each circle, there will be 54 people. Can the elders equally space out at the outermost circle? When we fight in a few moments, I will be at the center of the array casting a magic spell. I will depend on you to lead and defeat the enemies at the array's exterior. Once the villagers of the outermost circle become tired, we will immediately change the outermost circle with the second outmost circle. What do you think?"

The Great Elder nodded in agreement. "That battle array isn't bad. It decreases the disruption of the formation and has a backup plan." Actually, this circle battle array was something I just thought of. There were a lot of loopholes. If these villages weren't strong, this plan would be impossible to implement.

I had the villagers practice forming the circular battle array. After practicing switching out the inner and outer circle formations, I was rather satisfied. These villagers' innate talent was extremely high. When I instructed them, it was as convenient and easy as pointing a finger.

There was suddenly a danger sign that flashed past my mind. I hastily shouted, "Everyone, be careful. There's danger." Just after I said that, there was suddenly a red river sticking to the ground charging at our position. I was stunned. It couldn't be water right? Moreover, why was it red?

I gathered my energy within my eyes and focused ahead. My expression suddenly changed. It wasn't a red river. It was something that was made by numerous red dogs. Those dogs had two horns and their bodies were covered with densely packed scales. They looked really sinister and terrifying.

I hastily conveyed my voice to the few elders at the outermost circle. The Great Elder replied in astonishment. "According to your description, it should be the hellhounds. I had seen it in the records that my ancestor had recorded. When describing the God and Monster war, he had also noted the Hell Hounds. They're beasts which were summoned by beings from the Monster clan and have strong offensive powers."

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Volume 8: Chapter 10 – Reunited with Zhan Hu

So it was like that, why would an army of the Monster King appear here? Could it be that he had emerged in the world earlier than expected?

There wasn't any time for me to think as a large army of hellhounds were nearing. I could see them clearly now, their size wasn't too large. They were 1 meter in length and half a meter in height, and there were thousands of them. Upon seeing this situation, I calmed down as I doubted they could be that powerful.

What was beyond my expectation was that they didn't directly attack. They encircled us first; an evil aura radiating from their bodies as they glared at us viciously with their bloodshot eyes. It couldn't be that there was someone controlling them, right? Or were they this intelligent by themselves?

All of the villagers took out their weapons. Suddenly, the Great Elder resounded. He didn't convey his voice directly to me, but shouted aloud, "Everyone, you must be wary. These things possess numbing and slowing techniques."

Upon hearing his words, I was startled. Numbing and slow motioning techniques? What kind of techniques were they?

The hellhounds from the surrounding area immediately demonstrated their techniques. The two horns erupted from their heads out to the sky. A few thousand yellow rays formed a gigantic magic array in the sky; I felt as though my body was becoming weaker and numb. This was bad, if we got trapped, we wouldn't be able to move. This spell was made to decrease the combat power of everyone here. Under the yellow light emission, the hellhounds had started to move once again.

In the critical moment, I raised Sukrad's Staff and shouted, "Great light elements! I plead to you to form into limitless Holy Light to shine upon the land to rid the land of all sinister beings!" I used all of my strength this time. As the three gold dans rotated rapidly, a large amount of light elements entered me through the center of my eyebrows. I gradually levitated from the ground and golden light rays shone out from the transparent jewel of the Sukrad's Staff; causing a 3 meter vertical light pillar to flare into the sky, with me in its center.

The yellow light ray from the hellhounds gradually dissipated, with the Holy Light as its center. Even though the hellhound's magic power was very weak, it was still strenuous for me to withstand the attacks from thousands of them. If I didn't have the increase in strength from Sukrad's Staff, and hadn't absorbed the Heavenly Spring's divine vein, I was afraid it would have been impossible for me to withstand the attack. With that, almost half of my magic power had been used up. I instantly withdrew my contempt towards them. I descended to the ground using Sukrad's staff to support my body before I bellowed. "Everyone, please don't hold back and exterminate them as quickly as possible!" If they cast another numbing attack, I won't be able to withstand it.

Actually, they didn't need me to say that as the villagers from God's Village had already started to massacre the hellhounds. The circular battle array that they formed had already changed into golden circles. The golden circles seemed to have become sharp blades. As they killed the surrounding hellhounds, a gruesome mess was left as fleshy pieces of hellhound could be seen scattered throughout the battlefield. The five elders must have conceived a method for avoiding unnecessary losses by placing all of the villagers at the level of Radiant Knights in the front line. With the five elders that were at the Sword Saint's level, it would be impossible for the monsters to withstand them.

'This isn't good. Our current location is already very near Big Brother Zhan Hu's valley. I don't know if they suffered any attacks. I must immediately head there.' As I thought about that, I immediately cast out Bright Stars; an immense number of Bright Stars shot out from my body. With each star aiming towards a hellhound, it momentarily put them into a sorry state. Under my strong magic support, the hellhound numbers had already decreased to the extent that they were no longer a threat towards us. The Great elder shouted, "Everyone, disperse and kill the enemy!" In a short moment, thousands hellhounds had already become a bloody mess littered throughout the ground.

I told the few elders, "Time is pressing. I don't know what is happening at the valley. Let's fly over there!" After saying that, I took the lead levitating and flying in the direction of the valley.

I momentarily discovered that there was thick plume of smoke rising from the valley while I was high up in the sky. Big Brother Zhan Hu must have suffered an attack. I became anxious, so I pushed my body to its limit heading towards the valley at lightning speed.

The valley had completely changed; the surrounding trees had collapsed, and a large amount of Monsters were gradually advancing. The village was already in ruins, with thick rising smoke scattered everywhere. Where was Big Brother Zhang Hu, and everyone else? I paid no attention to the Monsters, and rose into the air once again. I saw traces of fighting. Ah! It must be them. There were small hills in the area and the Monster's target seemed to be at that location.

A golden ray of light shot out to impede the advancing Monsters. A figure of blue light flickered everywhere, momentarily forming a thick blood mist. I hastily employed Sukrad's staff to shoot out a few light blades, turning the monsters on the ground into viscera. The figure of blue light stopped moving, and it was surprisingly Big Brother Zhan Hu wearing his War God's Armor.

I shouted excitedly, "Big brother, I'm here!" Big Brother Zhan Hu looked extremely haggard, and had a pale complexion. It was obvious that he had used much of his physical power. I landed beside him and supported his bulky body. "Big Brother!"

Zhan Hu smiled bitterly at me and replied, "Brother, if you had come any later, you wouldn't have been able to see your Big Brother ever again."

I replied, "Don't worry! We will continue to talk after we head to that hill." I supported him, and used short teleportation to reach the hill encampment.

I was immediately surrounded by about 10 people when I appeared on the hill. Big Brother Zhan Hu hastily said, "It's me!"

I helped Zhan Hu into a sitting position and asked, "Big brother, what is going on?"

Zhan Hu shouted angrily, "How the f*ck would I know where those creatures came from? They attacked everything they saw. If we weren't helped by the Elven brothers, we wouldn't have been able to hold."

Elven brothers? Only then did I notice that there were a thousand people on the hill, including many Nature Elves that were fluttering their wings and holding elven bows guarding the surrounding hill. The light rays that I saw earlier were created by them. It seemed that they had been working hard; the majority of the arrows they shot contained light magic that I had previously taught them.

I replied, "Big brother, don't worry. Strong reinforcements are coming. I will go and kill the enemies. After I exterminate those bastards, I will come to reminisce about the past with you." After I said that, I teleported to the side of the hill. It was very lively. The monsters here were very different to the hellhounds we encountered. There were scores of light monsters. Although they weren't that quick, their offense and defense were great. The nearby trees had been flattened by them.

"Zhang Gong!" A familiar voice sounded from behind me.

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Volume 8: Chapter 11 – Controlling the Situation

I turned around and saw Dong Ri with the Wind God's bow in his hand. Dong Ri excitedly pulled my hand and said, "Big brother Zhang Gong, you have come!"

I sized him up before replying, "What's the matter? Are you alright?"

Dong Ri didn't reply to me as he looked dazedly at the sky. His expression changed before he exclaimed. "This isn't good, the monsters coming can fly."

I jumped in fright and looked in the direction he was staring at before heaving a sigh of relief, "Silly boy, those aren't monsters. They are the people I brought with me."

Dong Ri became elated and replied, "There are so many wind mages. We have some hope this time."

I replied, "You're wrong. They aren't wind mages, they're the same as you. They are warriors." After saying that, I immediately went towards the group from the God's village.

Dong Ri muttered, "Warriors? They can't all be Heaven Knight's, right?"

I found the Great Elder from the group and told him, "The people on that hill below us are our allies. Let's quickly eliminate those monsters."

The Great Elder nodded before he commanded the group to kill them. There were so many monsters that even with our assistance, they were only pushed back.

The elders and I landed on the hill. It seemed that Big brother Zhan Hu had recovered some of his strength. He came over and asked, "Zhang Gong, who are these people?"

I replied, "I will make introductions. These people are the elders that I invited over from the God's village. This is my Big brother Zhan Hu, who is also the inheritor of the War God's armour."

Zhan Hu looked astonishedly at the five elders before bowing deeply as he greeted them, "My greetings to the elders." Big brother Zhan Hu must have been tired, as he didn't know the power the elders held.

The Great Elder replied smilingly. "You don't have to be this polite, God inheritor. We saw your previous heroic performance. You should be at the Sword Saint rank."

Zhan Hu smiled awkwardly before he said, "I am only at the Sword Saint rank when I'm donning the War God's armour. Without it, I'm still far from reaching the rank of Sword Saint."

I said smilingly, "Then you will have to ask the elders for tutelage in the future."

Zhan Hu looked at me in shock. His expression changed before he replied. "It can't be……"

I nodded. "That's right! These few elders are of the Sword Saint's rank."

The Great Elder said, "Let's not talk about this now. We should discuss the situation with the monsters instead."

Big Brother Zhan Hu looked at the elders respectfully before he replied, "Two months ago, these monsters suddenly appeared. Initially, there weren't a lot of them, so we didn't really mind it. We just killed them when we saw them. But in half a month's time, the number of monsters grew to the extent that we couldn't stay at the village and retreated here. If it wasn't for Xiu Si and the rest, who risked their lives to find the Nature Elves to assist us, we wouldn't have been able to persevere to the point where you came to help us."

I asked, "Where are Big brother Xiu Si and the rest?"

Zhan Hu sighed before he replied, "Gao De and Xin Ao suffered severe injuries. Xiu Si is currently treating them."

I softly consoled , "Big Brother, you shouldn't think of yourself as pathetic. If it wasn't for you keeping those monsters at bay, they would have already spread into the city."

The Great Elder said, "What Zhang Gong said is right. Our main task now should be to exterminate these vile creatures."

I nodded and said, "These things couldn't have appeared from thin air. The elders and I have discussed it. We think that these things seem to be similar to the beasts summoned by the Monster clan during the Great God and Monster War. If that is the case, someone must have summoned them. I'm just curious as to who's responsible. After thinking on it, I believe that it is impossible that this was done by the Monster King. If the Monster King did emerge earlier than expected, it wouldn't need to use such a troublesome method, with its power it would be easy to exterminate us? It is also unlikely to be those of the Monster clan. Weren't they annihilated during the Great God and Monster War?"

Zhan Hu replied, "You're right, but where are these creatures coming from? We must find the source in order to stop the monster's unceasing invasion."

The Great Elder said, "This matter must not be delayed. Those monsters have been temporarily scattered due to our battle. We should make use of this chance and head out immediately."

I replied, "Big Brother, you just stay here and take charge of the general situation. The elders and I will head out."

Zhan Hu anxiously said, "How can I let that happen? You're our guest, and to trouble the elders is already a little embarrassing. Furthermore, I must head out as well. Dong Ri's staying here should suffice; after you left, Dong Ri worked extremely hard and is now already at the Radiant Knight rank. Even though he hasn't completely harmonized with his Wind God's bow, his power is already not weak. With just him here, it shouldn't be a problem."

I wasn't able to persuade him, so I agreed to take him along.

I called Dong Ri over and told him, "There are villagers from the God's Village here, so the defence shouldn't be a problem. Big brother Zhan Hu and I will head out to find the source of these monsters. I will leave this place to you. You must be careful, do you understand?"

Dong Ri nodded. "Relax! There shouldn't be any problems. Zhang Gong, the people you brought over are really powerful. They don't seem to be any worse than me from my judgement."

I chuckled. "I'll explain it to you after we get back. I'll be heading out now." After saying that, I called out to the elders and Zhan Hu to prepare to head out.

Dong Ri shouted, "Be careful!"

The Great Elder said, "The source of the monsters shouldn't be very far from here. Let's fly up and see if we can find any clues from the route they took."

I nodded. "I'll go and check it out. You should conserve your energy. If I find anything, I'll use a magic spell to call out to you guys. Big brother Zhan Hu, you should take this time to recover your energy."

Zhan Hu nodded. "Whatever you do, please, be careful."

I maneuvered the magic power in my body and willed it to move, levitating me off the ground. Even though I had used a lot of my magic power, I found out that after absorbing the divine vein, the recovery speed of my magic power was astonishing. Soon, my past feeling of inadequacy had disappeared. Eighty percent of the magic power from my peak state had already been recovered.

When the people on the hill were the size of ants, I stopped my ascent and focused on what was below me. The monsters surrounding the hill had already been scattered and were currently regrouping for the next attack. Moreover, larger hordes of monsters were surging in from all directions. I discovered that they came from the Southeast where a thick black monstrous energy was originating. The monsters were spreading out from the surroundings of that hill, meaning that the source of the monsters was in the Southeast.

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Volume 8: Chapter 12 – Annihilation of the Origin

I gently waved Sukrad's staff to form a beautiful light halo in the sky. After a short while, six figures appeared on top of the hill. Zhan Hu asked, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

I pointed at the position in the Southeast. "Take a look at that side, the monsters seem to be coming from there. They start to disperse to the surrounding hills from that direction. Let's go and have a look." After saying that, I took the lead, flying in towards the direction that the monstrous energy was coming from.

As we followed the monsters, we stumbled upon an enormous hole in a dense forest. Countless monsters were climbing out from the hole, and so, we landed on a small hill nearby, and hid ourselves from view.

I said, "I think it should be here; it is where they are all coming from."

Zhan Hu said, "There is definitely someone commanding them. After they climb out, they would teleport to where we were. The people summoning them must be in there as well. What are we supposed to do now?"

The Great Elder muttered, "We can't just enter it as it will be too risky. You don't even know what will happen down there. How about, the seven of us gather our powers to destroy that hole. It might be possible for us to eliminate them and draw out the person inside."

The few elders expressed their agreement.

I thought for a while. "It isn't necessary for all of us to use our powers. How about I first use my Holy Sword's power to check the situation out. If the enemies don't all die afterwards, I will have to depend on you elders to finish the job. Also, I'll be void of energy after using the Holy Sword's power. Big brother Zhan Hu, please guard me after I finish casting the spell."

Zhan Hu asked in surprise, "Zhang Gong, have you already harmonised with your Holy Sword? Being void of strength, wouldn't that be too risky?"

I shook my head. "I haven't, but I can already use some of its power to a certain extent. My current magic power recovering speed is extremely fast; I just need half an hour's time to recover fifty percent of my magic powers, so it shouldn't be a problem for Big brother to support me for half an hour, right?"

Zhan Hu resolutely nodded his head and replied, "I'll do as you say."

The Great Elder said, "This……"

I interrupted him by saying, "Don't hesitate. You've also seen the Holy Sword's power. It may be possible to completely solve the problem with that move."

The Great Elder replied, "Alright! However, you must be careful."

Actually, there was selfish motives in my decision. Big brother Zhan Hu had used too much of his strength during the previous battle. Making him stay by my side to protect me was to let him have a better chance of recovery. Even though no one knew what kind of situation would rise from using the Holy Sword, the monster might not even choose to attack this hill. Moreover, the five elders would definitely attract most of the enemies. In comparison to making him fight alongside the five elders, Big brother Zhan Hu would be safer here with me.

I whispered, "All of you please guard me, while I begin." I closed my eyes and slowly mustered the silver Holy Sword to rapidly circulate around the meridians in my body. With me as its center, the surrounding air become violent, which caused the elders, and Zhan Hu to be pushed 5 meters away from me.

The monsters climbing out from the hole sensed that something wasn't right, and moved towards our position. The Great elder shouted, "Everyone, form an array. We mustn't let them to disturb Zhang Gong."

An intense light ray surrounded my body, radiating all around me. The Holy Sword shone a silver light above my head, with my magic powers strengthening it. Compared to the previous time, the gathering speed was much slower, but I felt that the power of the Holy Sword this time would be much greater than the time I fought against the five elders.

As the monsters neared, the elders and Zhan Hu prepared for a fight, but the monsters below the hill stopped out of fear. Zhan Hu commented, "What are they so afraid off? Ah! It's the Holy Sword's power."

My entire body gave off a divine aura, and six wings of light appeared on my back. My hair was completely golden, and my eyes suddenly opened to shoot two golden rays of light. I raised Sukrad's staff and chanted, "The God King bestowed upon me the Radiant Holy Sword that shall shine with the soaring radiance of the vaults of heaven." As I chanted, the silver Holy Sword flew towards the sky, emitting a great number rays of light, with beauty that outshone even the sun. You could say the power of God was in those rays of light! They gathered like clouds in the sky, diluting the originally black monstrous energy.

The various monsters let out mournful blood-curdling screeches under the radiance of the Holy Sword's light rays, before it slowly dissolved in the air. Actually, it wasn't that I had strong powers and I was capable of annihilating them. Rather, the power of God from the Holy Sword was just a bane to monstrous energies.

The Holy Sword flew straight towards the hole. When it neared it, the sword suddenly curved up towards the sky, rapidly gathering all sorts of elements towards it. The enemies in the hole also found something wasn't right. They shot out a thick grey mist to see if they could counter the Holy Sword's power.

The Holy Sword raised up to a higher altitude. Turning under my command, as it shone intense silver light ray to counter the grey mist that had shot out from the hole.

When the Holy Light, and the grey mist came into contact, the grey mist was unable to get near the Divine light ray. The Holy Sword turned into a silver light ray, and disappeared into the hole.

The monsters that were surging out from the hole; momentarily vanished from the light ray emitting out of the Holy Sword. Miserable shrieks filled the sky.

The entire ground started to quake. "Hong!" The initially 10 meter deep hole exploded, filling the sky with dust. The hole became a massive crater. My entire body softened, and as I collapsed onto the ground. My strength had disappeared along with that attack. I finally understood what the Holy Sword power was. It didn't even use my power for its attack, but it absorbed nature's power around it. After condensing the powers into God's power, its attack commenced. My power was just a medium for this holy sword!

The few elders, and Zhan Hu immediately surrounded me while focusing on the hole, and checking if there were any left over monsters that might appear.

A trace of a black fog came out from the hole, and was preparing to escape into the distance but was discovered by the sharp sighted Zhan Hu. He shouted, "Don't let him get away!" He took the lead to charge over, throwing a punch filled with golden battle spirit to block the path of the fog.

The five elders hastily cast the previous battle spirit boundary that they previously used on me, trapping the black fog within it. Big brother Zhan Hu continuously attacked the black fog. The black fog moved in a flash, and suddenly condensed. A person covered totally in gray appeared before Zhan Hu. His body was emitting a monstrous aura. He said sinisterly to Zhan Hu, "God clan, you unexpectedly had the power to get here."

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Volume 8: Chapter 13 – Monster Clan's Protector

Zhan Hu frowned as he asked, "What race are you? The Monster race?"

The grey clothed man coldly snorted before he said, "That's right. I'm one of the eight great protectors of the Monster King."

Zhan Hu replied disdainfully, "What bullshit protector are you? Aren't you just a lackey for the Monster King?"

The grey clothed man rebuked unyieldingly, "What about yourself? Aren't you also a lackey for the God's clan?"

Zhan Hu raged and said, "Good, I will let you have a taste of my prowess. Watch out!" After he said that, he threw a punch, and a golden power formed a light ray towards the grey clothed man. The grey clothed man let out a black fog, stopping Zhan Hu's attack.

At that moment, the five elders made the boundary smaller, trapping the grey clothed man who cried out mournfully. The grey fog surrounding his body gradually decreased. He hoarsely said, "Good, just you wait humans, after my Master has awakened, it will be your doomsday. Master, this lowly one will not be able to serve you anymore!"

Dark green blood leaked out from the grey clothed man's body before he collapsed.

The five elders sighed in relief. The Great Elder said, "He really was powerful. If he wasn't severely injured from the Holy Sword, it wouldn't have been so easy to deal with him."

"He was the same as when I first saw Si Feng Ri." I used the Sukrad's staff to support my body as I hobbled over.

Zhan Hu hastily supported me and asked, "Zhang Gong, how are you faring?"

I gave him a smile and replied, "I'm fine. I'm just a little tired. Let's take a look at that member from the Monster race."

Zhan Hu supported me over. The sinister aura surrounding the protector of the Monster race had already dissipated. The green blood had slowly turned into a light red colour.

I said, "Big brother Zhan Hu, please give me some of your battle spirit."

Zhan Hu hurriedly placed his hand on my back and gave me some of his Ascending Dragon Battle Spirit. I focused on changing the battle spirit he gave me into magic power with his help. I waved the Sukrad's staff, and shot a white light ray at that protector of the Monster race.

Zhan Hu was startled and asked. "Zhang Gong, why did you use a recovery spell on him?"

I didn't reply to him; instead, I just wordlessly looked at the protector of the Monster race. Under my strong recovery spell, his face recovered some of its colour. He slowly opened his eyes before he said in difficulty, "You….You all….."

I asked calmly. "Can you tell me what you have encountered?"

The protector of the Monster race's complexion had become better and his face colour had gradually become rosy. However, I knew that it was just the lingering radiance from the previous recovery light power. He replied, "Thank you for saving me whilst I was in the dark. I'm originally a human that lived in the Kingdom of Dalu."

I shook my head and said, "Your injuries are really severe. All of your meridians have been corroded by sinister energy and won't be able to recover. Even my light magic has no way of saving you."

The protector of the Monster race bitterly smiled and replied, "I know how my body's condition is, but I really am glad that you had helped recover my consciousness before I died."

I asked, "Can you tell me your name, and why did you turn out like this?"

"I'm known as Lisdun Weibo. I was originally an Earl in the Kingdom of Dalu. During the night approximately 8 years ago, when I was sleeping, there was a sudden sinister wind that blew past me. A low voice asked me if I had any wishes. During that time, I was often marginalised by the court. Even though I was terrified, I still voiced out my desires. The gloomy voice then said if he helped grant my wish, I must give him my soul. Due to greed, I readily agreed to him." As Lisdun Weibo said that, he gasped a few rough breaths of air.

I indicated to Big brother Zhan Hu to give him some of his battle spirit, in order to prolong his life for a while longer.

With the help of the battle spirit that Zhan Hu had given him, Lisdun Weibo's vitality was slightly better. He continued, "During the next day, I thought that it was just a dream. However, my desires really came through. I became one of the important figures within the Kingdom of Dalu, one who could call the wind and summon the rain, in just half a year's time. When I was at the peak of my powers, the gloomy voice sounded again. He said that he had already granted my wish, and it was time for me to fulfill my promise. At that moment, I was scared and replied that he didn't help me at all, and that everything was due to my hard work. The gloomy voice laughed out sinisterly before he said he liked the kind of person I was. After that, I fainted. I already lost all of my past memories the next time I regained my consciousness. I knew that the sinister voice was from the Monster King, my Master. Afterwards, I always followed his orders; it was impossible for me to go against his commands. But when I was previously at death's door, I finally regained my original personality."

I hastily asked, "What was your task this time?"

Lisdun Weibo replied, "Actually, it isn't a specific task. It is just for us to disturb the order of the human society, and to create as much havoc as we could. Initially, it was going really smoothly, but we were soon met with great resistance, and after a while, the summoned Monsters were constantly perishing. Thus, we few protectors gathered our power to summon more Monsters to eliminate the power of the resistance."

I asked astonishingly, "Other than you, are there still other protectors?"

Lisdun Weibo replied smilingly, "Of course. When we were still enemies, didn't I tell you that I was one of the eight great protectors? This time, all of us came together, and used our spells in that hole to summon the monsters. But the previous power from the Holy Sword had annihilated all of the monsters in the hole. Among the eight protectors, only I survived. The rest of the protectors were probably tricked by the same method to work for the Monster King."

Big brother Zhan Hu asked, "Do you know where the Monster King is at, and what powers he possesses?"

Lisdun Weibo shook his head. "Though you may not believe me when I say this, but I have never actually seen the Monster King. When he ordered us, he just used that frosty sinister voice. As for his other subordinates, there are about a dozen more like me. I don't know the specifics, but whenever he commanded us, he arranged it with some of the demon clan. Currently, the eight of us within the Monster King's hands are only of average standard. He dispatched some of the more powerful subordinates to the demon race as part of a conspiracy to control the Demon Emperor."

We all momentarily paled with fright, especially me. Mu Zi was the Demon Emperor's most beloved princess. If the Demon Emperor was being controlled, only the heavens would know if Mu Zi is in danger. I anxiously asked, "What are their motives for controlling the Demon Emperor?"

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Volume 8: Chapter 14 – Final Wish

Lisdun Weibo said, "What other reasons could there be? Of course it's to spark a world war. When the Monster King awakens, the Demon race will be used as his chess piece to invade the entire world." After saying that, Lisdun Weibo coughed a couple of times. The rosiness of his face became paler. This was bad, he wouldn't be able to hold on much longer.

Big brother gave him more of his battle spirit. Lisdun Weibo shook his head and said with some distress, "Stop wasting your battle spirit. It's useless."

I asked, "Do you have any unfulfilled wishes? We will definitely help you to fulfill them."

Lisbon Weibo gradually turned deathly pale as the lingering radiance from the recovery spell that I had previously casted on him dissipated. He said, as he gasped for air, "I have a daughter in the capital city of the Kingdom of Dalu. She's my only family. When I left her eight years ago, she was only 13 years old. Currently, she should be about the same age as you are. I don't know if the court allowed her to inherit my Viscount's position. I hope that you can help me check on her."

As he explained, he took out a small clothes bag from his chest. He carefully opened it and there was a jade tablet and some pieces of purple crystalline fragments. He continued speaking, "The Jade tablet represents my identity. When you give it to her, she will understand after seeing it. These few pieces of purple contacts were manufactured when we were impersonating the Demon race. It should be useful to you. Please take care of my daughter so that she will be able to forgive……….." Suddenly, fresh blood flowed out from Lisdun Weibo's mouth. All signs of life left his body as he passed away.

I took the items in his hand and bowed deeply towards him. "Thank you for telling us so much information about the Monster King's situation. Even though you may not be counted as a good person, you may be a great father. You can go peacefully. We'll definitely fulfill your final wish."

The Great Elder said, "The scenery here isn't bad. Let's bury him here." After he said that, he gently brandished the walking stick in his hand, which resulted in a golden light being shot out. A large hole of three meters deep and two meters wide appeared on the hill. Zhan Hu placed Lisdun Weibo's body in the deep hole. The few elders used their battle spirit to fill up the hole with soil in the surrounding area.

The Great Elder said, "Let's head back. I don't know how the situation of the battlefield is right now." He carried me on his back before flying back to where we came from.

When we returned to the hill, the fighting had already ended. There were various corpses of monsters littered all around. The scent of their blood permeated the entire area. The few elders went to gather the members of their God's village. I had already recovered some of my strength. I pinched my nose and looked towards Dong Ri, "How did the fight end so quickly?"

Dong Ri replied, "I'm also unsure. Previously, in the direction where you headed, the sky suddenly lit up. After that, I heard a loud sound and the monsters started to massacre one another. We had just brought an end to the fighting."

Zhan Hu said with malice, "Sooner or later, I will eliminate that son of a bitch Monster King! He caused this place to look like hell. How am I going to carry on living here in the future?"

I gave a bitter smile as I replied, "Just move to a new location. There are a lot of forests here anyway. You can just randomly pick a vast area. That's right! Big brother, it seems that the number of your subordinates is bigger compared to before."

Zhan Hu scratched his head, "Since I received the God's task, I returned to the Kingdom of Xiuda and visited my father and two brothers. They wanted me to stay with them, but I'm already used to a free lifestyle without any restrictions. Thus, I ran away again. Whilst I was there, Xiu Si convinced us of the importance of increasing our strength so we began to recruit soldiers and buy horses to train them up. Currently, there are nearly 1000 of us."

I said, while forming a smile, "You've gotten much stronger than before."

"Zhang Gong."

It was the Third Elder of the Nature Elves. I hastily went forward and said, "Elder, we were lucky to have you this time. Without you Nature Elves brothers, I'm afraid that my big brother wouldn't be able to hold on by the time I came to assist."

The Third Elder chuckled, "Why are you saying this? Aren't you regarding me too much as an outsider? Weren't you the one that had previously helped us out of a difficult situation?"

I replied, "This place has been contaminated with the corpses of the monsters. We can't continue staying here. Big brother Zhan Hu and I are currently discussing moving to a different location."

The Third Elder replied, "Where are you planning to move to?"

Zhan Hu replied, "Just somewhere nearby. I will go and gather the group first. You two continue discussing."

Seeing Zhan Hu's leaving back, I said, "The Monster King is currently moving around restlessly. Our future days aren't looking too good."

The Third Elder said with a devotion of righteousness that inspired reverence, "We will fight with all we have. It can't be that with all of the various races in the world, we are still afraid of him, right? I will go and gather the group of Nature Elves. I'll also send out a couple of elves to scout the area to see if there are places that are suitable to live at for a long period of time."

I said, with a slight smile, "I'll have to trouble you then."

The Third Elder replied, "You don't have to be so polite with me. It will suffice if you don't ask for fragrant wine the next time you come to our Nature Elves Village. Haha!" It seemed that he was still fearful of me asking for fragrant wine after taking so much fragrant wine previously.

After two hours, our three groups had completely assembled on the peak of the mountain. The Third Elder of the Nature Elves said, "My clan member has just reported that in a place not far in the Northern direction, there is a rather huge basin. There are various trees and vegetation growing there. In its surroundings, there are also a few rivers. It should be a suitable place to live in."

Zhan Hu replied excitedly, "That's great! Let's head there. With this many people, we must have a place to live in."

I asked, "How much rations do we have left?"

Zhan Hu replied, "Not much. It should suffice for two to three days."

I replied, "Alright, we will first head to the basin. After we have some rest and reorganize, we will stock up on rations and other necessities."

The scout from the Nature Elves had really found quite a large basin. It was filled with lofty ancient trees. The Great Elder from the God's village said, "We should set this place up as our base as soon as possible."

I nodded. "Let's do it this way. The Nature Elves will be responsible for securing the perimeter. Big brother's subordinates and the villagers of the God's village will be responsible for building the houses. That's right. Big brother, how is Gao De and Xin Ao?"

Zhan Hu replied, "They are currently resting. Xiu Si had used up a huge amount of energy to treat them, so he is also resting up in the forest behind us."

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Volume 8: Chapter 15 – Beginning to take shape

I heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's great if they're fine. Dong Ri, there's quite a sum of money in this card. You should head to Pulima City with 20 brothers of the God's village to get some rations and daily necessities. You must be fast, so you should fly there." Dong Ri took the Amethyst card from my hand before he replied, "Don't worry. I will definitely be back in two day's time."

The Great Elder said, "Jian Shan, you go and pick some of the villagers who haven't used too much of their energy to accompany him."

Jian Shan came out of the crowd in a flash, and patted Dong Ri's shoulder. He said, "Brother, let's go."

Watching them leave, I smiled and shouted, "Alright! Everyone, let's get moving. The brothers that are wounded should rest up before building our home. I will have to trouble a few elders to instruct the group. Big brother Zhan Hu, please guard me as I try to recover my magic power as soon as possible."

Since all of us were experts, we only needed three days to form our foundation base. To build the houses, we didn't cut down all of the trees. Instead, we just cleared the middle of the forest for our dwellings, and using chopped wood to build most of them. Since it was done in a hurry, the houses were built rather large. Each house could accommodate approximately 10 of us. The few elders of God's Village were extremely knowledgeable in the construction and let the villagers use the remaining branches to form a fence, barricading the entire housing area. Dong Ri and Jian Shan, on the other hand, had made two trips within three days to Pulima City, and successfully purchased rations and daily necessities.

When the sun set, I gathered the elders, Zhan Hu, and others.

"Zhang Gong, what's the matter?" Zhan Hu's worry hadn't changed at all.

I replied seriously, "Big brother, you still remember what Lisdun Weibo said, right? The Monster race is currently trying to infiltrate the Demon race. We definitely shouldn't just wait for it to happen, so I have decided to go to the Demon race."

Xiu Si frowned and replied, "The Demon race and the Beast race are currently starting a war with three of the human Kingdoms. If you head there now, won't it be too risky?"

I sighed, "I must head there even if it is dangerous. There's something that I haven't told you.The woman I love is over there"

Zhan Hu was shocked. "You're good. You've found a wife, but didn't tell your Big Brother."

I smiled apologetically as I replied, "It isn't that I didn't want to tell you, but it's because the girl I love is from the Demon race. I was afraid that you wouldn't accept that."

Everyone was stunned, excluding the five elders from the God's village. "Big Brother Zhang Gong, how did you get into contact with the Demon race?"

I shook my head dejectedly. "When it comes to my feeling, I cannot control them . Not only did I fall deeply in love with the Demon race's princess, I'm have become a wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Aixia because of her. Your brother is now a criminal."

Xiu Si was the only one that remained calm. He said, "Zhang Gong, you should tell us everything that transpired."

I nodded. I related everything that happened in order, from the time I returned from God's forest.

After telling them everything that happened, everyone became silent.

I said, "Therefore, for official and personal reasons, I must head to the Demon race."

Zhan Hu patted my shoulder. "Brother, Big brother supports you. Let big brother accompany you."

Xiu Si said, "The defense of the Demon race against the Monster King is of great importance so we must head there. Zhang Gong, how many people are you preparing to bring along with you?"

Seeing their support, my eyes reddened. I replied, "Lisdun Weibo had given me 12 purple lenses. We can use them to disguise ourselves and infiltrate the Demon race If that's the case, then it'll mean that only 11 people can come along with me. It won't be good if too many head there. The trip to the Demon race will be extremely dangerous. Truth be told, I had planned to head there by myself."

Big brother Zhan Hu resolutely said, "It's impossible to go alone. I must accompany you."

I replied, "Big brother, I understand your intention, but this place needs you and the elders to manage it……."

Zhan Hu replied smiling, "Enough! It's useless for you to say anything as I'll definitely head there with you. How can it work out without me? Moreover, I also want to have a look at the Demon race. It is sufficient for Xiu Si to manage this place as he is much smarter than me."

Xiu Si retorted angrily, "You're just tossing this terrible mess to me? I want to go as well!"

Dong Ri laughed and said, "Enough, stop fighting. Let's go with Big Brother Zhan Hu's suggestion. Big Brother Xiu Si, your intelligence has been acknowledged by everyone so you can't resign from this position."

Xiu Si replied, "Dong Ri, you brat……"

Ding Ri giggled and said, "I'm definitely following Big Brother Zhan Hu as I also want to see the Demon race."

Xin Ao and Gao De argued noisily that they wanted to go as well .

Seeing that no one was afraid of danger and were trying to outdo each other, I was moved by their actions and said, "Everyone, stop fighting. There aren't many experts, so Big brother Xiu Si, I'll have to leave this place to you. Big Brother Zhan Hu, I don't dare make you angry so I'll count you in. As for Xin Ao and Gao De, your injuries haven't completely recovered so it's better for you to stay here to help Big Brother Xiu Si instead."

The Great Elder from God's village said, "What are we few elders suppose to do then?"

I respectfully said, "You few elders are the most prestigious and top experts here, so hope that you can stay here and train our brothers. With your tutelage, I'm absolutely sure that their improvement speed will be superlative."

The Great Elder said smiling, "You brat, stop flattering us. Anyway, we elders have given our old bones to you, so we'll do whatever you say."

I chuckled and said, "Big brother Xiu Si, you heard it. When the time comes,…….." I gave Xiu Si a sly look.

Xiu Si immediately agreed. "Please be at ease. I'll definitely respect the elders." After I left, everyone improved tremendously under the guidance of the elders. Xiu Si sincerely respected them and learnt many ultimate moves from them. This is just a temporary summary of the future parts of the story.

The Third Elder from the Nature Elves said, "Who are the remaining 9 people that you're preparing to bring?"

I thought for a while before I replied, "I have already troubled you and your clan members greatly. The Nature Elves will always be our best allies. If you're willing, you can stay here. The Nature Elves have wings, so it wouldn't be suitable to come with me to the Demon race. I will bring along villagers from the God's village who are of the Radiant Knight standard. They are pure martial techniques users, so it'll be easier not to be suspected as imposters."

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Volume 8: Chapter 16 – Demon-Beast Allied Armies

After hearing my words, Dong Ri said, "Let Jian Shan go with you. He is definitely of the Radiant Knight rank." It seemed that his and Jian Shan's relationship wasn't bad.

I replied, "It'll be extremely dangerous to head to the Demon race.I can only allow those who will come with me of their own free will as I can't promise that everyone will return safely."

The Great Elder replied, "You can pass this matter to me, and I'll help you pick. When do you plan on heading out?"

I replied, "We leave immediately. his matter must be settled as quickly as possible since we don't know how many subordinates of the Monster King have infiltrated the Demon race." 'I'm really worried about Mu Zi's safety. Mu Zi, nothing must happen to you.'

The Great Elder replied, "Alright, leave this place to us. You will depart tomorrow. I will now pick the people going with you."

Twelve of us departed at dawn the next day. The Great Elder had picked nine people with Jian Shan as reference. They were all around 20 years old, and according to Jian Shan, they were all well known experts from the younger generation of the God's village.

We prioritised recovering our strength during the day and flew at night, all dressed in black. Even though we could only use battle spirit to fly for a short time, it was still extremely fast. We had already reached Forgotten Path City that was 70 kilometres away from Ström Fortress In approximately 10 days .

The city was exceptionally lively. The main streets were filled with soldiers of different Kingdoms on patrol. Our party entered a small tavern, and ordered some dishes and wine.

I told Zhan Hu, "Big brother, it seems that the situation is extremely tense. The soldiers outside should be transporting various supplies to support the frontlines."

Zhan Hu nodded. "Even though the situation is tense, it seems that they haven't started fighting yet. If it was just the allied army forces of the Demon and Beast races, breaching the Ström Fortress could prove to be an arduous task. In these 200 years, every Kingdom had gathered a large amount of resources that could support a drawn out war. Perhaps this is why the allied army forces of the Demon and Beast races did not dare act blindly. Even if it's just the 200 Areal Magic Cannon's at the Fortress, it'll be difficult for them to deal with it. "

I asked, "Is the Areal magic Cannon really that powerful?"

Zhan Hu had an incredulous expression. "Your general knowledge is really too little. Even an ordinary magic cannon can easily decimate ordinary hundred-men squads. Worse still, it is an Areal Magic Cannon. Don't you think that it's powerful? Even with the high defenses of those bastards of the Demon and Beast race, I don't think they would dare face the power of 200 Areal Magic Cannons." He saw my vicious gaze and continued to say, "I didn't mean your Demon Race's Princess is a bastard." I wanted to collapse. It would have been better if he hadn't explained himself.

I rebuked him in anger, "Big brother, you………"

Dong Ri saw that the atmosphere was tense, so he hastily tried to mediate by saying, "Let's not talk about that and eat first. Zhang Gong, what are your plans to pass through the Ström Fortress?"

I smiled and said, "I definitely have an excellent plan. Have you forgotten what I said about how the Demon race came to our side? Can't we use the same plan? My magic recovery speed is extremely fast so in a short period of time we'll be able to teleport over."

Jian Shan said excitedly, "Ah! That's great! I haven't tried a teleportation array before."

I scolded him mockingly, "What's great about that? Do you think a teleportation array is fun? If we aren't careful, it may dunk us into a swamp."

Jian Shan threw a peanut over. "Stop scaring me. I don't believe you'd make an error in using the teleportation array."

I caught the peanut with my mouth and said cheekily, "It isn't guaranteed. I may be up to to no good. Hehe!"

Zhan Hu replied, "Stop being flippant! Let's find a person to ask them about the situation on the frontlines."

Dong Ri stuck out his tongue and shouted, "Server, please come over."

A slightly built server hastily came over and asked, "Sir, is there something you need?"

I asked, "Brother, what's the frontline like? Has the fighting started already?"

The server looked around cautiously as he surveyed his surroundings. Only after he was certain no-one was focusing on their table, he whispered, "I heard the situation isn't good. The Demon and Beast races have already gathered an army of 2 million."

An army of 2 million? Where did they get so many from? Could it be all their citizens had become soldiers? Even if the eastern continent of the world had been more populated than the western continent, they shouldn't have placed their lives at such risk. "How is our side planning to deal with them?"

The server replied, "I heard that the three main Earth Dragon Corps, 20 cavalry corps from the Kingdom of Xiuda, as well as 50 mage corps and the Royal Mage Union from the Kingdom of Aixia are rushing over. So too are people from the Kingdom of Dalu. Our side should have at least 1 million people. There was a group of wounded soldiers that came here from the frontlines a few days ago. Some of them came to us for a place to eat. I heard from them that outside Ström Fortress, there were Demon and Beast race military forces as far as the eye could see. Those wounded soldiers were those that had participated and were wounded in the first contact between the opposing forces."

Dong Ri asked, "Did they describe what their opponents looked like?"

The server replied, "How could they not have described them? From the looks on their faces, they appeared to have had the scare of their lives. It seemed they came into contact with the Giant race from the Beamon Giant Beast corps. They stated that they were originally from a 10,000 strong light Cavalry corps. When they were out on patrol, they were ambushed by the Beamon Giant Beast corps, who were at least 5 meters tall. Even though there were only 500 giants, they were able to kill so many of their Cavalry corps that they were forced to retreat. Only 2000 corps members were able to escape. If it wasn't for the cannons on the fortress, they wouldn't have been able to return with their lives."

500 vs 10,000, wouldn't that be too horrifying? Wouldn't they be at least of the Heaven Knight rank?

I anxiously asked, "Do you have any other information?"

The server shook his head. "I'm unsure of the rest. Ah! That's right! I heard that the commander of the allied Demon and Beast races army is one of the Demon Kings. It seems to be the Demon Emperor's brother."

I tossed two silver coins to the server before I whispered, "From what the server said, if things were to proceed as normal, the allied Demon and Beast forces wouldn't invade without careful consideration. Even though their numbers outnumber us, a large number of advanced mages were annihilated when they tried to assassinate the Emperor of Aixia. The human race also has Ström Fortress as their defence. If I were the commander-in-chief of the allied Demon and Beast Army force, I'd retreat as it'd be extremely disadvantageous for them to face the human race, and garner their resources. If the Demon race has similar intelligence as the human race, they shouldn't continue to waste their resources."

Zhan Hu replied, "However, they currently aren't showing any signs of retreating."

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Volume 8: Chapter 17 – Arranging a rescue

I frowned as I said, "That's something I found strange, unless……" Thinking about it, my expression suddenly changed.

Zhan Hu loudly exclaimed, "They're already being controlled by the monster race?!"

Dong Ri, who was at Zhan Hu's side, covered his mouth and said, "Boss, are you lest that no one knows about it?"

I wasn't in the mood to care about that. With a resolute gaze, I said, "We must immediately head to the Demon race. If the Demon Emperor is being controlled, the entire world will be in danger. Monster King….Monster King, you're really scheming. When the human race and the allied forces of the Demon and Beast races are severely injured, it'll be time for you to resurrect into the world. Do you think invading the world is that easy? I definitely won't let your schemes come true. Let's go." 'Mu Zi, I'm coming for you.'

After two hours, we appeared near the Heavenly Falling Mountain.

When we looked up from the bottom of the mountain, the mountain was tall and erect, reaching to the sky and its midpoint was covered with white clouds, making it impossible to see its peak. It was no wonder that the Heavenly Falling Mountain was the natural defence for the Ström Fortress. It really was a perfect moat for the fortress.

Jian Shan's expression changed as he said, "There's a large group of men and horses heading this way. Quickly hide!" I listened with rapt attention. As expected, a loud horse's hoof sounded in the distance. The twelve of us hastily hid within the thicket in the surroundings.

In an extremely short moment, a grand contingent appeared. Ah! It was unexpectedly one of the Earth Dragon corps from Xiuda. The leader was surprisingly Big Brother Shan Yun. Zhan Hu couldn't bear not to get out from hiding and shouted, "Second brother!"

As soon as he showed himself, he was instantly surrounded by 10 massive Earth dragons. Big Brother Zhan Hu was too reckless. This was a battlefield. I stopped Dong Ri who was able to charge out from hiding, and indicated to him to wait and see how it would turn out. Zhan Hu loudly shouted, "Second brother, it's me! I'm Zhan Hu."

Shan Yun rode over on his Earth Dragon. When he saw Zhan Hu, he excitedly replied, "Third brother, why are you here?"

Zhan Hu smiled awkwardly and replied, "I'm on a special mission. Why are you patrolling here?"

Shan Yun jumped down from his Earth dragon and pulled on Zhan Hu's hand. "Let's go and have a chat by the side." He turned his Earth Dragon around and told the soldiers who were at the side, "Order to the entire force, we'll be resting here."

Shan Yun pulled Zhan Hu to the side and slightly reproached him. "Brother, why did you leave after only leaving a message? Father was terribly enraged."

Zhan Hu smiled embarrassedly. "Second brother, you should know that I'm used to a free lifestyle. If you really wanted me to join the military, I really wouldn't be able to bear the restrictions. You should also know Father's temper. He's very stubborn and won't listen to other's opinion. I didn't dare tell him that, so I just ran away."

Shan Yun asked, "What's your motive for coming here? Are you here to assist Xiuda's forces?"

Zhan Hu shook his head. "We're heading to the Demon race for business. It might have an impact on the entire situation."

Shan Yun startled, "You're going to the Demon race? Don't you want to live anymore? You said we. Who are the rest?"

"Big brother Shan Yun, there's me." As I said that, I stood beside Zhan Hu.

Shan Yun looked was in shock as he saw me. He suddenly grabbed the handle of his sword. "Zhan Gong, aren't you wanted by the Kingdom of Aixia? Zhan Hu, it can't be that you're heading to the Demon race with him, right? You're jumping into a pit of fire. He is already allied with the demon race. Aixia has already announced the cancellation of Zhang Gong Wei's status and privileges from the Kingdom of Aixia."

I bitterly smiled. "It seems that you've misunderstood me."

Zhan Hu said, "Second brother, if you said that someone else had betrayed humanity, I'd have believed you. But if you say that it was Zhang Gong, that's impossible. The truth is like this….." He summarized what I had told him about my experiences.

Shan Yun released his hand from the handle of his sword. He replied relieved, "So it's like that. You're heading to the Demon race to stop the Monster King."

I nodded. "That's correct. This matter is classified. I have to ask Big brother Shan Yun to help keep this a secret."

Shan Yun replied, "I know the severity of this matter. Do you need my help? The commander in chief of the Xiuda forces is my father. I can help smuggle you into the fortress where you can teleport to the Demon race."

I shook my head. "I won't need your help with that. If we're discovered, and His Majesty were to accuse us of being spies for the enemy, it'll be bad. We've got some plans to get there. However, there's something else that I need Big brother Shan Yun's help with."

Shan Yun replied, "Just tell me anything, as long as it's within my capabilities."

I replied, "You should know the risk of heading to the Demon race. I don't know when we'll be returning as well. Currently, there shouldn't be many changes in the military campaign. I hope that when we return, Big brother Shan Yun can support us."

Shan Yun nodded. He took out a delicate bamboo pipe. "No problem. The main defense forces of Xiuda are on the Eastern side. This flair is my special signal. You can take this, and when you return, you just have to fire it. I'll immediately bring my troops to assist you."

I took the bamboo pipe and smiled. "That's awesome. Our safety is more assured now. Thank you, Big brother Shan Yun."

Shan Yun replied smilingly, "You don't need to thank me. You just have to take good care of my reckless Third brother."

I chuckled and replied, "I still need Big brother Zhan Hu to take care of me. We are pressed for time, so we won't bother you any further."

Shan Yun replied, "Alright. I wish you all the best. You must be careful. If you think the matter is impossible to accomplish, with your skills, you should be able to escape."

Zhan Hu said, "Second brother, please help me send my regards to father, and tell him that I'm fine. After coming back, I'll definitely go and see that old man."

Shan Yun replied, "I temporarily won't be able to tell father that I've met up with you. If I haven't brought you back, he might punish me by martial law. You just have to return safely. I have got to go. Order, continue to patrol."

As Zhan Hu watched Shan Yun's departing figure as he led the Earth Dragon corps away, his eyes moistened. I embraced his thick and broad shoulders and said, "After coming back, you'll see them again."

Zhan Hu rubbed his eyes before he replied, "Let's go."

We carefully entered the Heavenly Falling Mountain and found an unmanned flat stretch of ground.

I looked at the terrain in my surroundings before saying, "Let's teleport from here."

Since I had the Sukrad's staff, I was prepared to send all of us in one go, but there would still be a definite risk factor to it. For our safety, I had set up 6 invisible defence arrays, encircling the entire open space. With this way, even if there were people that flew above us, they wouldn't be able to detect us. Even if we were seen, it wouldn't be easy for them to break through the unified forces of the 6 arrays. The reason for that was that for each of the arrays, I had used a blue magic crystal as its source of power, which would be able to support this magic array for half a year's time.

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Volume 9: Chapter 1 – Dangerous Teleportation

I told everyone, "You should start to meditate to recover your battle spirit to its peak state. We'll be crossing that huge mountain, so we may face some strong waves."

Zhan Hu and the rest sat in a circle and began meditating. Judging from the degree of radiance from their body's aura, Zhan Hu's power was the strongest, and Jian Shan was the runner up. Dong Ri and the other villagers from God's village were about the same. However, Dong Ri had the Wind God's bow so he was still be slightly stronger overall.

I tossed away any distracting thoughts, and started to focus on drawing the teleportation array. The teleportation array which was used to pass through the mountain was of the highest grade. Not a single mistake could be made, and with Sukrad's staff, I could draw the entire array in such a fine manner, to the point of being comparable to vein lines.

I had finally drawn the array, and I wiped the perspiration that had formed on my head due to the intense concentration I just used. It had taken half a day to form it. If it hadn't been for the recent improvements in my ability, who knows how long it would taken me to draw it For our safety, I placed a small purple crystal in the middle of the magic array. Under the support of the magic crystal, the finely-veined detailed array instantly surged out with immense energy, awakening everyone in meditation around me.

Zhan Hu walked over and asked, "Is it done?"

I nodded. "I'll have to take a rest first. You must all be vigilant." After I said that, I closed my eyes, and sat cross legged. My three inner gold dans momentarily revolved rapidly, absorbing the light elements near my surroundings.

After an hour of rest, I stood at the center of the teleportation magic array, ready to depart. "Big brother Zhan Hu, you, Dong Ri, and Jian shan surround me; the others will surround the perimeter. You should release your battle spirit outwards to form a perfect defense."

A golden battle spirit surged out from within the magic array, forming a hemispherical transparent protection membrane. I nodded my head in satisfaction before raising Sukrad's staff, and chanting, "The mighty God of Space! Please let me borrow your powers to breakthrough the dimensional restrictions, and send us to the place we desire."

An intense white light shone from Sukrad's staff, activating the magic array. The entire array seemed to be frantically absorbing all kinds of elements from its surroundings. The people within disappeared the second the light ray reached its highest intensity.

This was the first teleportation I was forced to expend a great deal of effort in. The undulations pushing us back were abnormally strong. I tapped into the power of Sukrad's staff with great difficulty to protect everyone. My magic power was rapidly consumed, not to mention it was already way above my limits. Moreover, during the teleportation process, it was impossible for someone to recover their magic power. It was no wonder why the few elders of the demon race only sent two people at a time. Currently, I was praying that I would be able to successfully send everyone to the Heavenly Falling Mountain before my powers ran out.

I increased the speed of the teleportation with all of my might, and just when I was about to collapse, I successfully appeared on solid ground.

Exhausted, I sat on the ground, and did a head count. Luckily, there was no one was missing, however once I relaxed, I immediately fainted.

I subconsciously felt a continuous flow of tremendous power that stimulated my inner gold dans, and my whole body gradually filled with energy. I opened my eyes and saw Dong Ri. When Dong Ri saw that I had awakened, he excitedly said, "Zhang Gong, you're awake!"

I knocked my head and asked, "What happened?"

Dong Ri replied in smiles, "You should ask yourself that! We also don't know what happened. After we teleported, we saw that you had collapsed. Everyone immediately inserted their battle spirit into your body, and tried to help you. You only just awakened after an entire day."

I scratched my head before I replied, "It's the magic spell that's to blame. I never expected that the magic array would need so much magic to power. We almost got lost in the dimensional space; if that really happened, there wouldn't be many of us that would survive. I won't use the magic array this recklessly in the future. We were fortunate that our luck was high this time."

My head suddenly hurt. Zhan Hu spoke with concern, "You still say that. You're not to risk yourself like this again. Don't overestimate yourself."

I sighed and thought, 'If I wasn't in such a hurry to rescue Mu Zi, only a ghost would be willing to risk their life.' I replied, "I know. Big brother, where are we now?"

Zhan Hu unhappily replied, "You created that magic array. If you don't know where we've teleported to, why'd you even ask me?"

I smiled embarrassedly, "I designated the teleportation to teleport us 100 km away. If we teleported correctly, we should be behind the demon and beast races allied army."

Jian Shan walked over. "I think it's different from what you thought. If we only teleported a further 100 km. We should definitely be able to see the Heavenly Falling Mountain, however, do you even see the shadow of the mountain anywhere? There aren't even trees around us Zhang Gong."

After hearing what Jian Shan said, I hastily got up from the ground. If we had teleported to the wrong place, it would be horrible.

Unfortunately, it was just as Jian Shan said, we were currently in no man's land. There was nothing around us except for some patches of grasses. We really had teleported incorrectly. "What should we do now?" Dong Ri asked.

I replied, "What else can we do? We'll just walk in a direction. You can see that the grass has traces of it being eaten. The main army force has definitely crossed here, we'll head in that direction. We should be able to find something that way. From my estimation, we should be at the borders of the demon race, we are just at a slightly deviated location."

Zhan Hu replied, "That's the only thing we can do. Let's go."

I replied, "Please wait for a moment. Everyone, please wear your purple contacts. If not, we'll be in trouble if we meet with the demon race."

It was really awkward wearing these things as my eyes were not naturally big. I had to use a lot of effort to pry my eyes open to put the purple contacts in. Luckily, the quality of the contacts was great! The center of the contacts was colourless so it didn't affect our sight.

Everyone looked at each other before they laughing uncontrollably. "We're high standard demon race from now on." (The lowest standard were the demon beasts. Their intelligence was much lower than the majority of the demon race.)

We picked a random direction and headed there.

After two hours, Dong Ri suddenly yelled out in fright, "Quickly look in that direction. What is it?" He was a half elf so his eyesight was much better than ours. As we looked in the direction that he pointed; we saw a mountain that had its peak piercing through the clouds. Zhan Hu said, "It's the Heavenly Falling Mountain. Why does it look so short?"

Jian Shan replied, "We should be at a high altitude. Let's continue walking forward to see what we find."

After flying for an hour, a magnificent view was displayed before us. We were on a high flat plateau. It had an altitude about the midpoint of the Heavenly Falling Mountain. When we reached the border of the plateau, we first saw the Ström Fortress that was built up as high as a mountain. It was built horizontally in the center of the Heavenly Falling Mountain range, completely sealing all pathways that lead towards the Eastern continent.

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Volume 9: Chapter 2 – Prince of the Demon Race

At a place not far from us, there were densely packed tents that lined up in front of Ström Fortress. I looked at Zhan Hu and said, "That should be the main camp of the Demon-Beast Alliance. It seems that the magic array didn't send us to the wrong place. It is just that we are at a higher altitude.

I continued to say, "I suddenly thought about a question. Does anyone know the way to the capital city of the demon race?"

Everyone looked at each other. I dejectedly said, "I had forgotten about this. I was so focused on how we were going to get here. This is bad." For many years, the human race in the Eastern continent hadn't come to the Western continent. How were we going to find our way to the capital?

When we were brooding about this, we suddenly heard hurried horse hooves. It was probably a cavalry unit from the Demon-Beast Alliance.

Zhan Hu asked in astonishment, 'The demon race surprisingly rides horses. I've never heard about that before."

A group of 60 to 70 cavalry charged in our direction. Since the terrain here was extremely flat, there wasn't any place to hide. I whispered, "Everyone, be wary. If there's a need to make a move, don't hold back. Not even the chickens and dogs are to be left undisturbed." I had no choice when I issued that command. If we were to alarm the forces of the Demon – Beast alliance below us, we wouldn't be able to deal with their thousands of men and horses, no matter how skillful or powerful we were. There wasn't enough time so we had to use the conventional way.

The cavalry arrived before us in an instant. I realized that their horses were different from the human race's horses. The horses here were much taller and their entire bodies had a shiny black glow to it. At a glance, you could tell they were good horses. One of the warriors astride a horse had purple eyes and was dressed in magnificent clothing. His appearance was as sharp as a broadsword, making him look abnormally handsome with his eyes full of life. However, I felt his power was weak. There was a large disparity between his power and the power of those behind him.

The handsome warrior shouted, "Which section are you from? Why are you here?"

Zhan Hu chuckled, "Which section are you from? Your hair hasn't even fully grown, and you've already learned how to ride a horse."

The warriors behind the handsome warrior shouted simultaneously, "Outrageous!" Their voices were so resonant that we jumped in fright. I suddenly thought of the perfect plan to deal with this situation.

I raised the Sukrad's staff and said, "Kill everyone, excluding that warrior!" Hearing my words, the handsome youth from the demon race, who had wanted to unsheath his sword, unexpectedly put his hand down.

The first one to make a move was Dong Ri. He took out the Wind God's bow hanging from his back. He pulled the bowstring with his right hand, 'Sou!' He shot a light arrow out, accurately piercing the center of the eyebrows of one of the warriors. Once the opponent saw that we dared to fight them with just the twelve of us, they jumped off their horses and charged towards us with their blades drawn.

I coldly sneered at them with an icy gaze. Even though we were all living in the same world, if I didn't kill you, you wouldn't let me go, so I'm sorry. A light blade struck out towards the opponent.

Zhan Hu and Shan Jian led the remaining 9 villagers from the God's village to charge over. The enemies were stronger than expected. I used a light blade that contained magic and battle spirit at them, causing around 7-8 enemies to be blown away. Even though they were seriously injured, none of them died.

Although I was astonished by the strength of those people, it didn't decrease my killing intent. I shot a light halo at that handsome demon race man. He was momentarily shocked and asked, "What are you doing?" He was unexpectedly bound so easily. I waved Sukrad's staff back, bringing his body towards me. I said in amazement, "It seems that he is just an embroidery pillow. He looks good but is useless."

Seeing that their master had been caught, the other 60-70 demon race members frantically charged towards us.

Zhan Hu laughed out loud. After a flash of blue light, he donned the War God's armour. He moved like lightning towards the group of enemies. The villagers from the God's village that came with us also used their various techniques as they charged over. Under the support of Dong Ri's cold and merciless arrow, all 60-70 demons in a short time were killed, and the one that had killed the most was impressively Dong Ri with his Wind God's bow. I unintentionally saw a trace of reluctance on the face of the handsome demon race.

The complexion of the handsome demon paled as he asked, "Wha…What do you want?"

I lowered my head to look him in the eye. "Hehe! I don't want anything. I'm just missing a tour guide. I hope that you'll help me with that."

The demon race was stunned and asked, "Tour guide? What's a tour guide?"

Zhan Hu floated over. "It's definitely a tour guide for a tour of the demon race."

The expression of the demon race youth became serious. "I'm the second prince of the demon race. If you hurt me, Royal father will definitely exterminate all of your family's nine generations."

Zhan Hu and I looked amazed at each other. The second prince of the demon race momentarily thought that we were afraid and said, "Are you frightened? You just have to let me go and I may spare your lives."

I chuckled and replied, "You're the second prince of the demon race?"

The second prince puffed his chest as he replied, "That's right!"

"That's great! I'll have a bargaining chip when negotiating with the Demon Emperor."

The second prince was startled. "What do you mean by negotiation bargaining chip?" He seemed to have the worst case of idiocy.

I said sternly, "You should be well behaved for me. To tell you the truth, we aren't from the demon race. The purpose in coming here is to deal with your Royal father. Do you understand?"

The Second prince said in fright, "You….You're……."

Zhan Hu said, "That's right, so it's useless for you to use your status to scare us. If you're well behaved, we may spare your life."

The Second prince seemed to have deflated like a leaking balloon as he couldn't bring up his might. He pleaded, "What do you want me to do? I beg you to spare my life."

I sighed as I thought, 'Mu Zi's second brother is such a weakling. It's no longer strange as to why the Demon Emperor has chosen Mu Zi as his successor.' "If you want to live, we'll have to see your performance. You're to first talk about inside information of the situation within the demon race."

The Second prince replied, "Our Kingdom is segregated into two groups. One of the groups is to battle against the human race and the other is to reconcile so it had reached to the point where there is no plans for large scale invasion."

I asked, "Who is the representatives for the battle group and reconciliation group?"

It seemed that the Second prince saw his life in great importance. After hearing my question, he replied hastily, "The representatives of the group that wants to battle are my uncles, Demon King Sata and Demon King Xiu Yu. The representatives for reconciling are my sister Mu Zi, Teacher Ha Yan Zha and the Emperor's son-in-law, Ke lun duo."

I asked in astonishment, "Emperor's son-in-law? What Emperor's son-in-law?"

The Second prince replied in a daze, "Emperor's son-in-law is definitely the husband of my sister."

I asked anxiously, "How many sisters do you have?"

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Volume 9: Chapter 3 – A Powerful Love Rival

The Second prince said, "Don't you know that I only have one sister? Even though I'm a prince, the right to succeed the throne is my sister's. My Royal Father doesn't look at my elder brother or me. He often said that if we were only ten percent as good as my sister, oh how great that would be."

My mind went completely blank. Mu Zi had married. I said stunned, "Mu Zi is married?"

An astonished gazed flashed in the Second prince eyes. "They still haven't officially married. However, their marriage was arranged when they were young. They'll probably marry after this war has ended." After hearing what he had said, my heart felt much better as I gradually calmed down. I asked, "What does Ke Lun Duo do? Why does he have the power to control the court?"

The Second prince replied, "That Ke Lun Duo is really impressive. He's the top ranked warrior in the demon race and he specializes in magic and martial techniques. His abilities are praised without cease by my Royal Father. Moreover, he's the sole heir of the great General Ke Li Da." Without me prompting him, the Second prince continued to say, "Great General Ke Li Da is the most well known high-ranking military officer in my kingdom. The vice commander-in-chief of the punitive expedition to the east is him."

I lowered my head and thought, 'Why didn't Mu Zi tell me that she has a fiance? Her motivation for wanting to mend the relationship with the human race should be because of me. In this way, this should mean that she still loves me.' Thinking about that, my spirits rose.

The Second prince pleaded pitifully, "I have told you what you wanted to know. Please let me go. I definitely won't tell anyone that I have met you. I swear."

I coldly snorted, "You swear? A promise from a person like you isn't any different when compared to a fart."

After hearing what I said, the Second prince's expression turned ashen, but he didn't argue. For Mu Zi's sake, I definitely wouldn't kill him. Furthermore, he still had a lot of value to take advantage of. We were unfamiliar with the pathway to the demon race. With him to guide us, it would be perfect. Thinking about that, I took out an ordinary set of commoner's clothes from the spatial pocket and forced the Second prince to put it on. I asked, "What's your name?"

The Second prince replied, "I'm known as Su He Mo."

"Alright, I'll call you Su He from now on. Listen to me, we're here in the demon race to settle some matters. You don't have to worry, we won't do anything bad to your Royal Father. I hope that you can guide us there. If you successfully accomplish this task, I'll definitely let you go. However, don't you even think about escaping. I'll break one of your limbs for every escape attempt you make. Do you understand?"

Su He replied dejectedly, "You're like knives and I'm a fish. How can I say no? But you must definitely let me go after finishing your matters."

I snorted before I replied, "Us humans are the most faithful, so you can stop worrying about that." With him as a body shield, even if the demon race surrounded us, I wouldn't fear them.

I smiled and said, "If I haven't guessed wrongly, you should have the demon race's Holy Light Empire's map, right?"

Su He nodded. "I have it. It's on my horse's back." I nodded in praise. For a captive, he really was cooperative.

Zhan Hu took out the detailed map of the Holy Light Empire's from Su He's horse's back., "We don't have to fear being lost now." He said in excitement and shot me a gaze saying, "Since we have the map already, let's just kill this brat."

I pretended to contemplate it. Su He immediately yelled, "You said you wouldn't kill me. I'm begging you, great heros, please spare my lowly life. I'll do anything you tell me to do."

I frowned as I looked at him and told Zhan Hu, "Let's forget it. We'll let him live as our tour guide."

Zhan Hu warned Su He with seething hatred in his eyes, "Brat, on behalf of my brother, I'll temporarily let you live. If you dare to play any tricks on the way, hehe! Take a look." He waved his right hand and 'Hong!', smashed a gaping hole into the ground.

Su He replied with fear and trepidation, "I don't… don't dare. Thank you two uncles for not killing me." After this threat, Su He as expected was really obedient and would be for the future, leading us through the route.

With everyone's help, we had tossed all of the corpses of our enemies into the hole that Zhan Hu had blasted, erasing all traces of the battle in our surroundings.

Dong Ri asked me, "Zhang Gong, what are we going to do with the horses?"

I thought and replied, "You can pick out the best of the crop so we can advance faster and release the remaining horses. If we want to bring this useless guy along, it'll be impossible to traverse by flying. By our standards, taking someone along would greatly decrease the time needed to reach our destination to save time."

I lightly patted Su He's shoulders, restricting the magic power and battle spirit in his body. I chuckled and said, "I have already placed a restriction on your body. You will need me to undo it every three days. If not, I don't know if you've seen a human body Ah! Right, for you, it should be the scene of an exploding demon race's body."

Su He pleaded, "I've done everything you've asked. I don't think I need any restrictions."

I sneered and said, "Is that something you can decide? Quickly bring us to the demon race's city."

The special horses of the demon race were really comfortable. Even while galloping, it was still very stable. I said, "Su He, I heard that the current Demon Emperor, who is also your father, is the number one expert of the demon race. Why is there another top warrior, Ke Lun Duo?"

Su He replied, "Father is still the number one expert of the demon race. The meaning of warrior and experts are different. Don't you know that previously, we and the beast race often fought? It truly stopped only after we allied together and prepared to invade the Eastern continent. The top warrior is Ke Lun Duo because he made a lot of contributions in these wars. He has been in the army since he was 16 years old all the way until now, when he's 27 years old. Furthermore, he hasn't lost in any of the hundreds of wars he has fought in. He also didn't rely on his family's support. He started out as the lowest ordinary soldier, though after accumulating contribution points in these wars, he slowly climbed step by step to the current position of Radiant Light's Protector commander. In a competition in the palace last year, he was unexpectedly able to receive a hundred moves from my Royal Father and didn't lose. He has received a lot of appreciation from my Royal Father, so he was raised to his current position and simultaneously, Royal Father betrothed Third sister to him."

Hearing what Su He explained, Ke Lun Duo was incredibly outstanding and now had suddenly become my love rival. It made me feel uncomfortable. I asked coldly, "How is the relationship between your sister and Ke Lun Duo like?"

Su He replied, "You seem to care a lot about my sister."

I said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense and answer whatever I ask, truthfully! Do you want to suffer?"

Su He kept waving his hand. "No! No! I'll just tell you about that. Actually, even if I don't tell you, you should be able to figure it out. Ke Lun Duo has always been fighting in wars and is rarely in the capital city. He only met with my sister a few times. After, when he returned, my sister went out on a mission. As for now, I'm unsure. However, sister has already returned to the capital city. Ke Lun Duo's appearance is rather good looking and he is powerful. If he pursues my sister with conviction and increases his status, he should be able to capture my sister's heart."

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Volume 9: Chapter 4 – First Encounter with Beast Men

I said, "What do you mean good looking? Is he even more handsome than I am?"

Su He replied with a smile, "He's incomparable to you. You're so handsome and outstandingly elegant, with the manners of a jade tree and a powerful yet exceptionally witty………."

I interrupted him and said, "Stop flattering me. That's right! What is this Holy Light's Protector that Ke Lun Duo is?"

Su He was caught in a snag and awkwardly smiled. "The Radiant Light's Protector is the strongest of the demon race's army forces and is in charge of protecting my Royal father. It is similar to your humans' royal Protectors."

I took out the Radiant Light Empire's map and had a look. "We should pass through your Stranded Beast County, Night Blue County, and the Martial Virtue County before we reach the Capital City, right?"

Su He replied, "That's right. Those three counties are also enormous. With our current speed, we'll need approximately 20 days to reach our destination."

20 days really was too long to me but it was impossible for us to fly to the demon race's main base.

Dong Ri said, "Give us an introduction of your demon race's local conditions and customs."

Su He's vigour increased at the thought . "You've found the right person. The beauty of the demon race is really famous. The demon race's body figure alone, just thinking about that….." Drool flowed out from his mouth. It wasn't strange that this brat was so disappointing. He had always been loitering about. How could he be any good?

Dong Ri angrily said, "You're shameless. Who's asking you about that?"

Su He laughed embarrassedly, "I couldn't control my feelings. Sorry about that.

Regarding our demon race, you should know about our hierarchy. Our Radiant Light Empire has two main species. One of them is the demon beast, which is of the lowest standard and are usually controlled by the demon race. The other species is the demon race like me, and are technically the same as you humans. The demon race has two subtypes. One of them has purple-brown eyes and is of a slightly lower rank, while those that have your kind of eyes are the highest ranked demon race. Only those that have bright purple eyes can become court officials."

There was so much background information. I asked, "How are the demon beasts ranked?"

Su He replied, "The demon beasts are divided into five ranks. They are S, A, B, C and D ranks. The D ranked demon beast is the weakest among the demon beasts and the C ranked demon beast is the second weakest, so on. Most of the demon beasts are C and D rank. They make up at least ninety percent of the Demon beast army forces. The B ranked demon beasts are much fewer, while less than 300 A ranked demon beasts that are the trump card within the Demon beast army force. They're generally gigantic in and are definitely no weaker than the beasts in the Beamon Army corps. There are only 100 of them that normally participate in battle. The rest of them are used as mounts for various generals and nobles that have made great contributions in the wars. Overall, those of the demon beast race are actually just slaves for us of the higher class demon race."

I coldly snorted. "You just know how to enslave others. All living beings in the world are equals."

After Su He heard what I said, his eyes filled with vigour, but it only lasted an instant before he calmed down. He sighed and said, "What you said is logical but if we didn't control the demon beasts, I'm afraid that before we could even invade the human race, we would be annihilated by the demon beasts. They do not have a conscience and live purely by instinct. What are their instincts? They are, 'the weak are prey for the strong'. Moreover, the demon beast's offensive attacks are extremely powerful. Even if it's a D ranked demon beast, it isn't something an ordinary member of the demon race can handle. Now tell us, if we don't enslave them, what are we supposed to do? Isn't your human race also similar to us as you kill chickens, butcher geese, ride on horses, and rear sheep?"

After he said that, Su He grew a little excited. His righteous look stunned me. It seemed that this fellow wasn't completely useless. I thought about it and realized that what he said made sense. I couldn't help but develop good feelings for him.

At this moment, Su He already knew that he had said the wrong words. He immediately said with a smile, "It wasn't my intention. I was just rambling. Please don't be offended."

I smiled in response, "What you just said was right. From your previous attitude, you don't seem to be that useless."

Su He said consecutively, "It's just a bunch of nonsense! A bunch of nonsense."

I shouted, "Everyone, let's increase our advancing speed!" As I said that, I inserted some of my battle spirit into Su He and the horse's bum. The team's speed increased with Su He crying out in fright.

After two days, we arrived at the first town we encountered in the demon race. According to Su He, this was the borderline of the Stranded Beast County. The Stranded Beast County had received its name for successfully obstructing the beast race.

After entering the town, I realized that the place wasn't that different from the human race's towns. It was just that the construction of the houses were of a slightly lower standard. I asked in astonishment, "Why is this place so similar to a human's town?"

Su He bitterly smiled, "To be honest, the human kingdom's evolution has always been quicker than ours. We've already been copying your lifestyle for a few thousand years. The effect of this was good as we developed at a much faster rate."

I replied, "why don't I see any demon beasts? Isn't the number of demon beasts more than the demon race?"

Su He replied, "The majority of the strong demon beasts that have battling powers have already gone to the front lines while the other ordinary demon beasts have been domesticated. Without their owner's permission, they can't simply come out."

Dong Ri said, "Who says there aren't any demon beasts. Take a look. Isn't that one?"

Everyone's gazes moved towards where Dong Ri was looking at. It was a werebear creature at least three meters tall, heading in our direction.

Su He said in surprise, "That's not a demon beast, but a beast of the beast race. Why would there be a beast here?"

I asked, "Aren't the demon race and beast race allied, so why is it strange for a beast to be here?"

Su He replied, "You don't know this but since we fought had constantly warred against the Valiant Mist Empire, the hatred between us is beyond the hatred for the human race. So in the demon race's territory, there should rarely be any sightings of beasts. Moreover, that beast seems to be of a higher standard and should be quite intelligent." While he explained about the beast, Su He's eyes were filled with hatred.

We didn't know if that werebear knew we were talking about him or if he suddenly became interested in us as he turned to look viciously in our directions with his enormous pair of fierce eyes.

Su He whispered, "This isn't good. This werebear must be trying to find trouble with us." Just as he said that, the werebear walked towards us in large strides. When he neared us, he roared, "Why are you few sons of a bitches of the demon race's staring at me?!" His words had attracted the angry gazes from the demon race in our surroundings.

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Volume 9: Chapter 5 – Zhan Hu displays his might

Zhan Hu moved in a flash to stand before him, and said angrily, "Who are you calling son of a bitch? Seeing as you're a person yet not, and a bear yet you aren't, you should be a son of a bitch instead, bastard." I whispered, "Big Brother, don't cause trouble."

The werebear eyes reddened as he roared in fury. He directly raised his large palm towards Zhan Hu. It seemed that it would be impossible to avoid it. I said, "Big brother, spare his life and only teach him a lesson." I also didn't want to cause any trouble. We were in someone else's territory after all. Moreover, we had a special mission.

Zhan Hu coldly snorted, and moved like lightning, appearing behind the werebear. He grabbed onto the back of his neck and yelled, "You get out of here." The stupid, massive werebear was tossed away with that single move and flew about 7-8 meters before heavily landing on the ground. The surrounding demon race momentarily cheered. It seemed that their hatred towards the beast race really wasn't shallow.

The werebear body was really tough and strong, he roared in rage before getting up and shaking his head. He was obviously a little dizzy as he said, "You actually dared to attack me. Are you tired of living?" He heavily hit the ground with his large bear palm and yelled, "Earth Splitting Mountain!" An enormous crevice appeared before him and was rapidly extending towards Zhan Hu. I said astonishedly, "Earth magic!" This werebear knew how to use magic. Even though beasts were natural warriors, they had low intelligence so they shouldn't be able to master advanced techniques, not to mention magic.

Su He whispered, "Earth Bear Wallace."

Zhan Hu was shocked when saw that his opponent had such a move. He lightly lept into the air and moved behind the bear in a flash, and grabbed onto his opponent with the same method as before, and tossed the bear away again. This time though, it was much harder than before. The werebear struggled a little, but it was so stunned that it didn't get back up.

Zhan Hu tried to run away, however the crevice didn't stop, and kept heading in our direction. I brandished Sukrad's staff horizontally towards the ground, forming a deep gash. Since we were at a demon race's town, I definitely couldn't use light magic powers so this time I used a small dimensional slash. The power of the small dimensional slash had completely absorbed the heaven falls, and earth rends power that was cast by the werebear. The creviced had stopped at the line I had drawn. I realized that this earth magic wasn't just pure magic. It included some battle spirit which made it similar to the previous magic, and battle spirit fusion slash I used.

Su He, who was at my side, looked amazed and said, "Wah! You're so powerful!"

I glared at him and said, "Shut up!"

Zhan Hu stood in front of the werebear and said, "Do you still want to fight?"

The werebear raised his huge head and roared at him, unwilling to give up. After he saw Zhan Hu's merciless eyes, his fighting spirit weakened. He replied, "I concede defeat."

I said, "Big Brother, we've got to hurry on already."

Zhan Hu looked towards the werebear, "You should be more tactful in the future. If you randomly pick on the weak and I see it, I'll wring your smelly head." After listening to Zhan Hu, the werebear shuddered.

Zhan Hu moved back onto his horse. I told him, "Let's hurry on as if other beasts are here. He definitely won't be the only one. It's better if we cause less of a commotion." I had originally planned to stay in this town for a night, but after this commotion, we had to hurry on through the night.

Zhan Hu nodded and asked Su He, "Do the beasts always bully people like this?"

Su He explained, "That's not entirely the case. It's just that the beasts revere power. The stronger the beast, the more arrogant it is,so it developed a bad temper. Because you defeated him , he definitely won't dare to challenge you in the future."

Zhan Hu chuckled and said, "Let's go." With a kick to his horse's abdomen, using his two legs he bent his body forward which resulted in his yellow horse charging out like an arrow.

Zhan Hu's heroism really reached the clouds. It influenced everyone to urge their horses forward to catch up with him. Su He yelled out, "Slow down! I'm getting left behind."

After charging out of the town, everyone gradually slowed their horses. Su He exhaled a long breath and leaned on the horse's back while heavily panting. Jian Shan said, "You're really this useless and still a prince?"

Su He bitterly smiled and said, "How can I compare with you heroes?"

I pointed at the few lush big trees in front of us. "Everyone, let's take a break under these trees and have some food."

After securing the horses, everyone sat together. I took out some rations from my spatial pocket to pass them around to everyone. After all, for this long outing, I had passed all of the magic crystals to Xiu Si and only kept the necessities. The remaining spaces were filled with various foods. Su He should be really happy as ever since I captured him, he had eaten a lot of food at every meal. Moreover, he ceaselessly praised about the human race's food. He was always the most happy during our daily meal times.

Dong Ri looked and smiled at him, "You brat, you have an even larger appetite compared to Big Brother Zhang Gong. You can eat enough for three people all by yourself."

Su He said indistinctly with his mouth filled with food, "I couldn't eat this much before, but your human food is just too delicious that I can't control myself."

Seeing his eating looks, my heart developed a trace of familiarity. I said, "Just let him eat. He's a prince after all, so we have to at least let him be full. That's right, Su He, I previously heard you say 'Earth Bear Wallace'. What's that about?"

Su He's eyes expressed respect. It seemed to come from his heart. He swallowed his food and replied, "You have really sensitive hearing. I just muttered it a little and you caught on to it. It's like this. The beast race, excluding the Beamon King leading the Beamon Army Corps, have a few powerful squads including the heavy armoured infantry werebears. Earth Bear Wallace is the leader of a 50,000-strong heavy armour infantry troop. Even though he is a werebear, he is actually extremely intelligent. He has a superior body and knows earth magic. The werebear we previously saw should be one of the direct descendants of Wallace's subordinates as he only passes down the earth magic techniques to the people he was closest with."

I replied in satisfaction, "I was right not to kill you. You're filled with information."

Su He said smilingly, "Even though I didn't fight much in the wars, I always hear a couple of stories. We have a lot of knowledge regarding the beasts."

Zhan Hu asked, "Previously, when you were describing the demon beasts, there seemed to be S ranked demon beasts, but you didn't seem to have commented on it?"

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Volume 9: Chapter 6 – Earth Bear

Su He said sheepishly, "It seems that I can't keep any secrets from you. There's only one S ranked demon beast that is tamed. It is the Dark Demon Dragon that serves as the mount of the Demon Emperor."

"Dark Demon Dragon?"

Su He replied seriously, "Yes, my Royal Father's Dark Demon Dragon is almost impeccable in the demon race. It is also one of the main reasons why the Mo Clan can secure its position as Emperor."

Dong Ri asked curiously, "Is the Dark Demon Dragon that powerful?"

Su He respectfully nodded his head. "The Dark Demon Dragon is the highest Ranked Demon beast. It's about hundred metres long, and definitely possesses the power to destroy the heaven and Earth. It is also absolutely loyal to my Royal Father, and has a special ability to sense danger. If anyone wants to threaten the Demon Emperor, they must pass through him. The beastmen had tried to assassinate my Royal Father a hundred times in the last 20 years, but no one has been able to successfully pass by it."

I asked, "If the Dark Demon Dragon is compared with other real dragons, will its power be slightly stronger?"

Su He scratched his head and replied, "I'm unsure about that as I haven't seen a dragon before. However, I estimate that even if a real dragon wants to deal with it, it's quite impossible. I have seen it use his powers once. The entire Capital City was enclosed in total darkness that time; the scene was really terrifying."

I asked in astonishment, "Ke Lun Duo was able to receive 100 moves from the Demon Emperor?"

Su He said, "What you're thinking is incorrect. When I said 100 moves, it was under the condition that the Demon Dragon didn't participate, even His Majesty, the Demon Emperor, shouldn't be able to personally win against his mount." Since I was too engrossed in this description of the demon dragon, I didn't notice that he just said Demon Emperor, rather than Royal Father.

The ground suddenly gave out 'Long! Long!' sounded at that moment. Dong Ri said, "Quickly, look back!"

I focused, and looked behind me. The dust on the pathway we just passed, had all the dust surging from it. Even though the speed wasn't fast, its power was really shocking. As it continued to near, it unexpectedly revealed a large group of heavy armoured werebears. One of the bears raised the heavy spears in his hand and the rest immediately formed into two groups, rapidly enclosing us from both sides. It was already too late for us to try and escape.

"It looks like this group of black bears are here to seek revenge." Zhan Hu said in fumes as he tried to charge over.

I held him back and said, "Big Brother, don't be in such a rush. Let's wait and see what enfolds, so we'd know what they plan on doing." Even though these werebears had strong offensive and defensive powers, with our strength, it wouldn't be difficult to break through the enclosement.

Su He whispered to me, "Those are the Earth Bear Wallace's 500 personal guards. You must protect me." After that, he scurried off and hid at the back of the team.

Earth Bear Wallace was about four metres tall. His body was robust and was solitarily walking over. He asked, "Who was the hero that had just wounded my subordinate?"

Zhan Hu moved in a flash in front of him and said, "It's me so what? Are you here for revenge? Come at me then!"

Wallace replied, "I'm not here for revenge. It's just that I had heard about the fight from my subordinate brothers. It made me really impressed, so I want to have a spar with you." Zhan Hu was stunned and thought, 'Why is this black bear so polite?' It was actually his power that had won the opponent's respect.

Zhan Hu replied icily, "Aren't we still going to fight? You think that if you bring such a large troop, we'll be scared of you? Come on, let me be enlightened about the power of you Earth bears."

Wallace replied in shock, "So you have heard of my name. I brought my brothers so that after we spar, we can directly head back to the Mist Martial empire. There's no other motives. The purpose of coming to the Radiant Light was to be an envoy."

I walked over and said, "It was your subordinate that first provoked us. General, please don't bother us."

Wallace replied, "It can't be said that I'm bothering you. I just want to have a spar with that brother. We're all martial people so it's too hard to find an opponent."

Dong Ri said smilingly, "How's there no opponent. You can find your Beamon King for a spar."

Wallace's expression changed and he replied embarrassedly, "That fellow is too frightening and I still want to live for a few more years. He is currently itching for me to ask for a spar with him." His frank attitude had resulted in us gaining good impressions towards him.

Zhan Hu replied, "Since that's the case, let's do it!"

I transmitted to Zhan Hu, "Big Brother, that fellow specializes in Earth magic. Be careful of the ground."

Zhan Hu slightly nodded and unsheathed the long sword on his back.

The surrounding subordinates of Wallace raised their spears and roared thrice. I didn't know what they meant. Wallace said, "The spear weighs 99 kilograms and is called Cold Grace." I didn't expect him to actually name his heavy spear. Wallace swung the spear in his hand, and a powerful aura spread throughout his surroundings. Zhan Hu's expression became serious as he obviously met his match today.

Wallace roared loudly and brandished his heavy spear. He kicked off on both legs and rapidly moved in a flash to appear at the right side of Zhan Hu before he shouted, "Watch the spear!" His astonishing speed shocked all of us. Zhan Hu panickedly dodged that spear and leaped into the air, producing sword images that filled the entire sky. 'Si! Si!' His battle spirit burst forth like thousands of gold lines striking towards Wallace.

Wallace swiped his heavy spear onto the ground and exclaimed, "Good move! Earth Shield!" An earth wall was erected from the ground, following his heavy spear.

'Pu!Pu!' sounds continuously echoed. When Wallace's wall shattered, Big Brother Zhan Hu's attack also ended. I felt that it was really strange as to why Zhan Hu didn't use his speciality, to move behind his opponent to deal with him. After that, Zhan Hu explained that if he wanted his opponent to concede, the best way was to defeat his opponent's strong points.

Wallace said. "Good skills, I almost couldn't withstand that move."

Zhan Hu shouted, " Stop bullshiting and receive my attack. Amber Crystal Slash!" Zhan Hu's blade pointed downwards and he slowly lifted his sword up. The surrounding airflow continuously gathered around him and caused his sword to turn sparkling and translucent. The sword blade increasingly became larger with the unceasing insertion of battle spirit within it.

Wallace's gaze turned abnormally serious and chanted, "Great Earth God, please lend your powers to your loyal believer to use the mightiest power to eliminate the enemy before me—Tyrant Bear Realm!" I knew that this wasn't magic but something that combined magic with martial techniques. He raised the heavy spear and the fur of his body was raised. A Earthy yellow light ray shone at the tip of the spear, gradually forming a large ball of light.

By the time Zhan Hu raised the sword above his head, Wallace had finished gathering his fusion of magic and battle spirit attack.

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Volume 9: Chapter 7 – The Demon Race's "Gourmet Food"

The two of them glared at each other as they cast out the power gathered. A yellow light, and an enormous transparent light blade with a dazzling golden light radiance collided in mid air. All of the powers seemed to have converged at one point, making it seem as though time had stopped for a split second.

The immense power exploded with that point as its center. Zhan Hu and Wallace were blown away from the impact of the incomparably formidable power. I yelled, "Be careful!", as I cast a defensive light barrier in front of everyone to protect them.

After a moment of intense shaking, the ground calmed down. The explosion of the immense powers caused an enormous crater to form. Zhan Hu and Wallace were individually crouching at the edges of the crater, panting heavily.

The werebear soldiers in the surrounding area were rocking unsteadily from side to side, with the collision causing dirt to cover them due to the strong destructive power..

There was a fanatical look in Su He's eyes who was standing behind us. He was obviously deeply captivated by this competition of strength.

Wallace broke out in laughter before he said, "That was really delightful. I have never been this satisfied before."

Zhan Hu replied smilingly, "Are we still continuing the fight?"

Wallace shook his head. "I've had enough. I never expected that your demon race really had experts reaching through the clouds. It can't be that I wouldn't figure out you were holding back your strength right? If there's a chance in the future, you should have a spar with my Beamon Boss. He will definitely be extremely excited."

Wallace's sanguine response had made Zhan Hu's good feelings towards him increase. He forthrightly replied, "Alright! If I've the chance, I'll definitely want to be enlightened by the power of the Beamon King."

Wallace cupped one fist in the palm of his other hand and said, "Brother, I'm sure we'll meet again some day. My comrades, let's go." After saying that, he turned around and walked away with large strides, quick like a shooting star.

I walked over to Zhan Hu and said, "He's quite an interesting fellow."

Zhan Hu replied in smiles, "That's right. His straightforwardness is really adorable. With him as my opponent, it makes me feel a lot less lonesome."

Dong Ri, Jian Shan, and the other villages that came from the God's village expressed respectful looks. Zhan Hu replied, "Stop looking at me like that. You're giving me goosebumps. There aren't any of you weaker than that bear."

Su He said, "Wah! Boss, I really worship you. My reverence to you is like an unending torrential river."

Zhan Hu scolded mockingly, "If you could add your flattering skills into your cultivation, you would have been an expert by now."

Su He replied, "I….I..I."

I said, "Stop saying I,and prepare to continue moving on."

Su He was startled, and asked, "Doesn't Big Brother Zhan Hu need to take a break? Why are we moving out so quickly?"

I replied smilingly, "You belittle Big brother Zhan Hu too much. He should at most have warmed up."

Zhan Hu smiled, and said, "Zhang Gong can always understand me. Brothers, let's go! It's time to embark on our journey again."

After two days, we tasted the demon race's delicacies for the very first time, and understood why Mu Zi, and currently Su He loved to eat the human race's food so much. The food of the demon race is generally just meat. The restaurant we were eating at was the local's highest grade restaurant. The food they made had a fishy urine smell and when we ate it, it was so dry and bony, making everyone spit it out. Finally, we resorted to the food we brought to fill our stomachs.

Su He said mockingly, "Brother, now you should know the pain of our demon race."

I didn't have to time to care about his sarcasm; I was calculating how long the food I brought would last. "Could it be that the demon race has no vegetables or fruits?"

Su He's expression dampened. "Most of the demon race's lands are extremely infertile. We could only grow some pastures so usually we just rear demon beasts for food. As for these vegetables and fruits you mentioned, I've never heard of it. The Demon Emperor's place may have it."

We looked at each other after we heard what he said, the demon race's life was so tough. I sighed, "So your life here is so harsh. If the entire world could remain in harmony, we could use your demon beast to exchange for food."

Su He's eyes lit up and said, "Do you mean what you said? If that was the case, it would be great." After he said that, he shook his head and sighed before saying, "I know that won't be possible. Firstly, you can't make the decision for the human race, and I can't make the decision for the demon race. There is also a thousand years of hatred between the demon and human race. It won't be that easy to mend their relationship."

I looked fixedly and said, "I don't think you're a useless prince, but rather a person that can govern with deep plans and distant thoughts.

Su He seemed to realize that he said the wrong things and hastily corrected himself, "It was just a moment of being rueful. You should think about it. Who doesn't wish to have a peaceful, and stable scenario? It's for the best that the world is in harmony, especially for people like me. We can play with the human race, and have good food, right? Hehe!"

He had exposed his true colours. The good impression of him I previously had for him immediately dissipated. I grabbed onto Sukrad's staff and snappily said, "Forget it. I'll just be wasting my spittle to talk to such a person as yourself. Let's go! It's time to make our move."

Su He chuckled, but he just wordlessly stood up and left the restaurant.

As I walked, I told everyone, "From now on, we've to cut down on our food. If not, we'll have to eat that demon race's food."

Zhan Hu chuckled and replied, "No need for that. The food they made was awful only, because their cooking techniques are too terrible."

I replied in amazement, "Big Brother, it can't be that you know how to cook, right?"

Zhan Hu puffed out his chest, and said, "What? You don't believe me? Have you forgotten what I used to do? As bandits, which one of us lack survival skills? You just have to wait and see what I can do for the next meal. However, the task to capture the demon beast….."

Jian Shan shouted, without waiting for me to reply, "I..I..I! If you really know how to cook, I'll definitely catch it for you."

I turned my head to Su He and asked, "Are there any wild demon beasts?"

Su He nodded. "There are definitely some in the large mountain forests, but they are rather fierce. Naturally, they're nothing when compared to you guys though."

I looked at the map, and replied, "We'll set this mountain forest area as our destination. This is to secure our food source. Big brother, I'll have to rely on you."

Zhan Hu replied, "Stop worrying! Brother, you should be careful not to bite your tongue at that time instead."

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Volume 9: Chapter 8 – Six Tailed Demon Fox

Since we planned to head into the mountain forest, before we entered the mountain, we already dealt with our horses beforehand. I didn't know that they would unexpectedly cost so much. The boss also said that our horses were rare. He said that he would want all of the horse we had. If I knew about this earlier, I wouldn't have released those few horses earlier.

As we walked up the winding mountain tracks, I told Su He, "According to the map, if we cross this mountain, we should be able to shorten quite a bit of the journey towards the capital city."

Su He nodded. "That's right, it shortens the journey by about three days. However, people rarely use this route as the mountain tracks are difficult to trek on, and they may encounter powerful demon beasts."

I nodded, "Anyways, if you lead us down the wrong path, I'll feed you to the demon beast. Hehe! It's all up to you."

Su He replied with bitter smiles, "Boss, I know already and stop scaring me. I'm going to have a heart attack at this rate."

I coldly snorted and said, "Stop acting. Hmm….."As I was saying that, I suddenly saw Su He's eyes was glittering with radiance while he drooled uncontrollably.

I looked at where he was looking at and saw a beautiful girl from the demon race heading towards us.

I slapped Su He, making him come back to reality. 'Ai ya!' He looked at me fumingly and said, "What are you doing?"

I raised my head and replied, "What are you looking at? When you're with us, control yourself. If you cause trouble, you will have something fun to look forward to."

Su He showed a defiant expression, believing himself to be wronged. "All gentlemen seek graceful, wise and virtuous women. That lady's figure was really good. All the proportion of her body are perfect. Wow, that's awesome. If she were to be in….. Ai yo! Why did you hit me again?"

I said, "That blow was only a light one. You're to lower your head for me and you will be forbidden from looking at that young lady again."

Under my pressure, Su He lowered his head, at the same time that girl from the demon race was already near us. That demoness was more graceful than any of the human race's girls. We all followed Su He's footsteps as when we looked, we were dazzled by her as well.

Even though that girl from the demon race wasn't as pretty as Mu Zi, her charms were able to seduce everyone, especially with her bountiful body figure. She walked elegantly towards us. Her every gesture was extremely enticing as her hips and breasts made us have indescribable, wild and fanciful thoughts.

She had already walked past us, but our gazes were unable to move away from her. That girl looked back and giggled, momentarily making arousing our three immortal souls and seven mortal forms.

Suddenly, I felt a sudden pain at my thigh. I didn't know what had pierced me. When my mind cleared, I was immediately startled. With my cultivation, why was I so captivated by her. Not good, I shouted, "Everyone, be wary. She's a demoness." My voice, coated with magic power, woke everyone up.

Zhan Hu wiped the perspiration off his head and muttered, "So powerful."

There was an astonished expression in her eyes as she looked at me in shock. "I never thought that there was someone that could get back to their senses after seeing my impeccable and beautiful good looks."

I silently circulated the Holy Sword's power. The heavenly light momentarily gathered at my chest. The charm from that demoness wouldn't be able to invade me again. I shouted, "You're good, demoness. Why did you try to charm us?"

That girl chuckled. "I'm hungry, that's why." Her voice was so gentle and a strong enticing force came towards after that. I coldly snorted before I shot a halo fused with magic and the Holy Sword's power towards her.

The girl was frightened and didn't continue to use her charm, instead she shot out a black light to try to block my attack.

The Holy Sword's power and light magic possessed attributes that restrained black magic so her counter attack definitely wouldn't work. The halo successfully dispersed her magic and tightly locked around her.

As that girl was trying to withstand the light halo with all her might, she cried out in fright, "The human race's light magic? You're not from the demon race?"

My expression changed before I said, "Since you know our secret, do you think we'll let you go?" I walked towards her with a cold expression.

Everyone had already awoken from their stunned state and were exceptionally shocked. Even with their high cultivation, they were almost killed by that girl.

The light halo continuously tightened. The girl cried out mournfully before her body gradually started to transform. Under everyone's amazement, she slowly turned into a fox-like demon beast but with six tails.Su He exclaimed in fright, "An evolutionary demon fox?"

I asked, "Is she a demon beast?"

Su He nodded. "She won't be able to take it any longer. Can you relax your attack a little?" The light halo stopped constricting around her and stayed at its original state at my will.

Su He said, "Demon beasts that can evolve are really rare. I didn't expect to find one here."

I asked, "Is there a difference between an evolving demonic beast and the evolving magical beasts of human mages?"

Su He shook his head. "There's a difference. The evolving demon beast's most terrifying component is that as it evolves, its intelligence increases, especially demon foxes that are the most crafty. She looks to have evolved to have six tails so she should be a B ranked demon beast. But she has intelligence surpassing that of a B ranked demon beast. If she were to evolve to have nine tails, she'd be an A ranked demon fox. She wouldn't be easy to deal with then."

I nodded. "What kind of offensive attacks does this demon fox specialize in?"

Su He explained, "She doesn't have any special offensive ability. There are thorns at the tip of her tail that contains strong poison, but it isn't deadly, and only has a numbing effect. Her most special characteristic is that she can turn into any life forms and imitate various voices. Previously, she should have transformed into one of the beauties of our demon race. If we were seduced by her, once we were pieced by the poisonous thorns, we'd be drained of our blood, resulting in our death."

I frowned and said, "It's that vicious?"

Su He replied, "I'm also curious as to why there's such a demon beast here. Only other life forms' blood essence can make them evolve. They should already be extinct according to folklore. It was because they were too malicious that they had given rise to the wrath of Heaven. Moreover, there are extremely few demon foxes that can cultivate to her standard. Currently, we only have single tailed demon foxes in our demon beasts that are used for reconnaissance.

I walked over to the demon fox and coldly snorted, "Since you're that malicious, I definitely couldn't let you go today. If not, I don't know how many innocent people will die unjustly by your hands." After I said that, I raised my hand.

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Volume 9: Chapter 9 – Kindhearted Little Beast

Since my magic went back to its previous state, she was unable to talk. Her beautiful large eyes were teary as she gave a pleading look.

I asked, "You have done many malicious things. Why do you feel wronged if I kill you?"

The demon beast unexpectedly shook her head with all her might. It was as though I really had wronged her. Su He said, "Hmm, she seems to have something she wants to say."

Zhan Hu said, "What else can she say? She is just seeking forgiveness. Zhang Gong, kill her. We've to carry on our journey."

Seeing her beautiful large eyes, my heart softened. I relaxed the light halo that was restricting her. "If you want to run away, I'll make sure you die without an intact body. I'll give you a chance to explain yourself."

The Demon fox called out mournfully before a magic undulation appeared in her body, transforming her to the form we initially saw her in. Her exceptionally captivating body figure still made my heart race. I bit the tip of my tongue and said, "If you're trying to charm us again, I won't be that polite anymore."

The demon fox quickly replied, "No, no! I wouldn't dare."

I replied, "Just say what you want to tell us. I don't have spare time for you to dawdle."

The demon fox looked at me pitifully. "I'm just an ordinary Demon Fox that unintentionally gained intelligence and learned the cultivation method that you call evolution. However, even though my body needs blood, I have never killed anybody."

I coldly snorted, "Your words are hard to believe as you were able to cultivate to this standard yet you haven't killed anybody."

The demon fox replied, "What I said is the truth. Lord, even though I eat the essence of the demon race, every time I had met a demon, I just make them unconscious and take a little bit of blood from each. I've never killed anyone in the process of supplying my body with blood."

I looked at Su He and asked, "Is what she said possible?"

Su He nodded. "From the looks of it, she doesn't seem to be lying as there aren't any black lines at her upper dantian. She shouldn't have killed anybody before."

I thought before I replied, "Since you haven't killed anybody, I'll let you go this time. You should be more careful the next time you hunt for food. You're free to go."

The Demon Fox continuously kowtowed to me while thanking me profusely. I waved my hand and shot a power to lift her up. I said, "That's enough. You just have to not kill any people in the future. That is the best way to show your gratitude towards me."

The Demon Fox whispered to me, "My lord, may I ask you a favour?"

I didn't kill her was already not bad already. Now, she wanted me to grant her a favour? I impatiently replied, "Say it!"

The Demon Fox cautiously replied, "I wish to travel with you."

I was so shocked that I almost jumped up before loudly rejecting her.

The Demon Fox's tears flowed down as she cried, "I didn't kill any of the Demon Race, not to mention any humans. Please accept me."

I replied, "This is different from you killing or not killing anybody. I can't bring you along, you should just stay here and cultivate." It would be a joke to bring her along. With her swaying in front of me, I might do something that would let Mu Zi and Hai Shui down. We were a bunch of hot blooded fellows.

Su He suddenly whispered to the demon fox, "How can he let you to follow you in your current form? Change into your other form." The demon fox was suddenly enlightened and immediately transformed into a cute single tailed demon fox before jumping into my embrace and continuously licking my face.

I glared at Su He. "What are you thinking? Why did you make her follow me?"

Su He said smilingly, "You don't know about this but to her kind of fox species, her inborn talent isn't good so to be able to train to her current state, it should have been really difficult. If she wants to have another breakthrough, she'll definitely need the protection of God's power or have a lot of believers that pray towards her. The latter is definitely impossible but for the former, isn't it you? Your body must have some kind of God's power that had resulted in her wanting to follow you so badly."

Hearing what Su He said, the demon fox strongly nodded her head, indicating her full approval.

I tossed the demon fox to Big Brother Zhan Hu. "Big brother, you also have God's power so she should be yours. She can even transform into a beauty."

The furry thing landed in Zhan Hu's embrace, making him jump in fright. After hearing what I said, he angrily replied, "Zhang Gong! You brat, you don't speak your feelings. No, I shall leave the beauty with you." He just tossed the demon fox back to me. Just as I wanted to toss her to Dong Ri, I suddenly saw that she began tearing up again. I sighed and said, "Alright! You can follow me from now on. But don't you dare play any tricks on me. If you do, I'll abandon you. Most importantly, without my permission, you're not allowed to change into your seductive form at your will. Do you understand?" I had no choice; who called me to be this kind hearted. I would just give her to Mu Zi as a present in the future.

An elated radiance was expressed in the demon fox's eyes as she constantly nodded her head in happiness.

Our task hadn't been completed and we already had two more members.

Thanks to the commotion with the demon fox, everyone felt a little hungry. I asked Su He, "Didn't you say that there were demon beasts in the mountain forest? Why haven't we seen any, other than this demon fox?"

Su He smiled embarrassedly before he said, "Meeting a demon beast is mostly by chance. It isn't something that will be there just by wishing for it."

The demon fox suddenly jumped up from my shoulder and ran to the front of us before crouching. Her entire body emitted a fishy urine smell. I was stunned before I asked, "What's she doing? Crapping?"

At that moment, there was suddenly a 'Sha! Sha!' sound in the thicket. Zhan Hu shouted, "Everyone, be careful. There maybe a demon beast."

As expected, there was a huge dog-like demon beast that pounced over at the demon fox. The demon fox nimbly jumped onto the demon beast's back. She pierced the thorns of her tail into the back of the demon beast, making it wobble in pain before it collapsed onto the ground.

That fishy urine smell instantly disappeared afterwards. Dong Ri said in amazement, "So, the reason for the smell was so that she could catch a demon beast for us."

The demon fox used her front claws to point at the dog-like demon beast before calling out complacently. Su He walked over and said, "Ah! It's a D ranked demon wolf. We can eat this." The demon fox jumped back onto my shoulder and used her big tail to sweep at me as she called out intimately.

I chuckled and said, "I didn't know that you little thing was so capable. Not bad, I'll remember your achievement. Big brother, didn't you say that you know how to cook? We'll test your skills later."

Zhan Hu replied beamingly, "No problem. It seems that there's the sound of flowing water to the left side in front of us. Let's head over there."

Jian Shan dragged the demon wolf and everyone headed to where Zhan Hu pointed. A small water spring was seen in front of us, just as we expected. Zhan Hu complacently said, "How is it? My experiences are great, right?"

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Volume 9: Chapter 10 – Delicious Barbecue

I said, "Big brother, stop boasting and start cooking, let everyone have a taste of your cooking skills."

Zhan Hu lifted the demon wolf and walked to the riverside. He withdrew his long sword from his back before he rid the Demon wolf of its fur and internal organs in a few smooth moves. He said to Dong Ri, "We'll need a fire, so go and collect some twigs for kindling."

I walked over and asked, "Wah! Big brother, you can't be planning to directly roast it right? It won't be any different from the way the demon race cooks it then."

Zhan Hu just chuckled mysteriously before he replied, "You just have to wait for the food to be ready for consumption."

After we lit up a bonfire, Zhan Hu used a thick tree branch to pierce through the Demon wolf's meat before taking out a bottle and pouring its contents onto it. He was being extremely cautious; it was as though he was afraid of wasting it. I caught a faint alcoholic smell from the bottle. After finishing his job, he took out several other bottles and jars from his bag. He specifically used some of the powder from four or five of the bottles. After he poured some viscous watery substance from one of the larger containers, he used his hands to mix it up.

I asked, "What are these?"

Zhan Hu replied, "You only know how to eat. These are seasonings. During this long distance journey, I had purposely prepared all these before we headed out. You're all in for a treat as these seasonings were made with my secret recipe; so it's impossible to buy it from anywhere."

While he was saying that, he used a small brush to coat the Demon wolf's meat with seasonings. Afterwards, he placed the meat on top of the bonfire to roast it.

After a short period of time, strong fragrance assailed our noses, arousing everyone's appetite.

Su He couldn't hold back from asking, "How did you remove the fishy scent from this meat? The fishy scent of a demon wolf's meat is usually very pungent."

Zhan Hu complacently laughed and replied, "It's my secret recipe, how can I tell you?"

Su He interest dampened before he resentfully sat beside him, trying to figure out how Zhan Hu had done it. I had some ideas as to why there wasn't any fishy smell. I figured that it must have had something to do with that wine; it must not have been an ordinary wine, as the alcoholic scent wasn't very strong.

After a short while, the Demon wolf's meat had completely turned golden yellow. The Demon Fox in my embrace called out. I mockingly scolded her, "Why are you so anxious? How can we not give you a portion as well?"

Zhan Hu brandished his long sword to cut a piece of the meat. After looking at it, he said, "Alright! Everyone, it's time to eat it now. Serve yourselves." With regards to the speed of snatching food, who could be faster than me? A light shone from my hand, making a large piece of meat fly over. I had picked the thigh of the demon wolf. The demon fox excited called out. I tore a portion of the meat and placed it into her mouth. "You can eat it wherever you want."

The demon fox ran to the side. I couldn't wait any longer to have a taste of the meat. Wah! I ate it with relish. The outer layer of the meat was charred and filled with grease. When I bit into it, the meat was charred on the outside, but was very tender on the inside. It was extremely delicious. It was definitely comparable to the food at Ascending Tide restaurant.

The entire demon had disappeared into the mouths of a pack of wolves.

Su He walked over to me with grief and indignation across his face as he said pitifully, "Lord Zhang Gong, they all bullied me. I was only able to get a small piece of meat which was of the rear end of the Demon wolf."

I broke into laughter after hearing what he said before I replied, "Why were you so slow? Serves you right."

Su He replied pouting, "You're all experts that only know how to bully the weak."

Zhan Hu walked over and said, "You're the second prince of the Demon race. How are you weak?"

Su He said angrily, "Hmph! If you don't let me have my fill, even if it means my death, I will not continue to lead the way."

I stared at him in amazement. I never imagined that for food, he would toss his principles aside. I threw him some rations from the spatial pocket and turned to face Zhan Hu before saying, "Big brother, your skill in roasting meat is just too superior. If you don't become a chef, it'll be a pity."

At that moment, the demon fox had finished her portion. It was obvious that she hadn't had enough as she ran to Zhan Hu's side and rubbed up against him. Zhan Hu mockingly berated her, "You stupid fox, what are you up to? You still want to eat? You just have to get something larger next time." The demon fox adorable eyes lit up; she apparently thought that it was a good idea.

I looked up to see the time of day before saying, "Let's go. We'll continue to move forward before resting."

As the sky gradually darkened, I looked at the map and thought, 'We still have a rather long way to go to get to Capital City. If we continue at this pace, it'll be too slow.'

I told Zhan Hu, "Big brother, I think we should increase our speed, bringing that brat along has really slowed us down."

Zhan Hu replied smilingly, "What should we do? Kill him?"

I whispered, "Stop fooling around. In any case, he's still my wife's brother, so we have to keep him alive. Moreover, killing him will increase the grudges the demon race have toward us to the point that our relationship won't be possible to mend. How about this? We'll rest up well today. Starting from tomorrow, we'll start to fly at unmanned places. Someone will carry him for a while. What do you think?"

Zhan Hu nodded. "We can only do it that way then since it'll be quicker."

Su He walked over to me and said, "Zhang Gong, can you give me something to eat? I'm hungry again."

I chuckled and replied, "Except for eating, what else can you do?" He pouted at the demon fox on my shoulder. 'Swish!' The demon fox moved and leapt out. Su He shouted, "My small treasure, please find something larger this time." He was afraid that he wouldn't have a portion again.

The demon fox sniffed in the forest in front of us before looking back at us. A sign of craftyness flashed in her eyes before a fishy urine smell gradually permeated out from her body again.

In a short moment, when we were about to hunt our food, we suddenly felt an immense pressure coming from the depth of the forest. I looked at Zhan Hu in astonishment. What was this demon beast that could emit a pressure that could affect us?

Su He yelled, "Not good, this is definitely a demon beast that is at least A ranked. We really met a big boss this time."

The demon fox rapidly ran back before she leapt on me, with her little body still shaking. I asked her, "What did you lure over?"

The demon fox chirped out twice at me. When I wanted to ask her to transform, 'Ka! Ka!' sounds of trees being crushed sounded out from the forest. As I shouted, "Everyone, get ready!", I took out the Sukrad's staff.

The forest in front of us was suddenly blown apart. A cyclops appeared with an enormous tree trunk in his hand. He was about 15 meters tall. He looked left and right, as though he was looking for something. When his gaze landed on the Demon Fox on my shoulder, he roared before dashing towards me. The sound of his footsteps on the ground had given off loud 'Hong! Hong!' sounds.

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Volume 9: Chapter 11 – Cyclops Demon Beast

Damn it, why was I so unlucky? I really wanted to just toss this little fellow over to him. I brandished Sukrad's staff to shoot a golden light over at him.

The cyclops unexpectedly didn't dodge or hide. He just waved the large branch towards me.

'Pu! Chi!' sounded as the light blade struck on his body. There was only a trace of blood that was left on his chest, but it wouldn't really result to any damage to his body. I had used an advanced spell but he unexpectedly didn't treat it as a matter. As I was astonished, his branch had arrived. The strong wind that blew towards me had caused my face to hurt. I didn't had the time to dodge so I rapidly made my magic power surge outwards. "Hong!" The branch that he had sent towards me blew me away like a baseball. I broke through 5 trees before stopping. Even though I used my magic power as a defence, the impact still made my entire body hurt. It seemed that I couldn't underestimate him.

After Zhan Hu saw that I was blown away, he angrily hollered, "War God's Armour!" A blue light shone, encasing his body in the magnificent War God's Armour. The cyclops was stunned as he expressed fear from his gazes before retreating two steps.

Zhan Hu yelled, "You actually dared to hurt my brother. You shall see how I'll deal with you."

When they were confronting each other, I used short teleport to teleport back and scolded, "F*ck, you bastard. You had the gall to dare to hit me. If Xiao Jin was here, I would tear you to pieces."

Dong Ri said with smiles, "It seems that there are also times when Zhang Gong is aggrieved."

I fumingly shouted, "You're good! You also dare mock me. I'll pass him to you. Big brother Zhan Hu, it has been awhile since I have seen Dong Ri's skills. Let him do it!"

Zhan Hu chuckled as he put his War God's Armour away and he said, "Alright! Dong Ri, he's all yours!"

Dong Ri puffed out his chest and replied, "No problem!" He had moved in a flash to stand in the forefront. Drawing his Wind God's Bow, the cyclops hollered and charged again due to the lost of threat from the War God's Armor..

Dong Ri coldly snorted and his face became slightly rosy as he yelled out, "The God King bestowed upon me the Wind God's Bow and with it my ethereal arrows will flash rapidly and violently!" He raised his hand instantly, making the Wind God's Bow produce a 'Weng!' sound. 'Hong!' The cyclops' head suddenly exploded before us, without any light rays in view. His limbs wavered before he collapsed on the ground like a ruined pillar.

Dong Ri panted a few breathes before he placed the Wind God's Bow back into his body. He then said, "Big brother Zhang Gong, what do you think? My abilities are still good, right?"

I looked at him in astonishment. It seemed that all the God's weapon were extraordinary; no matter what type of weapon, it had strong powers. I replied, "Dong Ri, you've already completely grasped the power of Wind God's Bow?"

Dong Ri shook his head. "How can it be that easy, even Big brother Zhan Hu hasn't completely grasped his power. I can only use 30% of the Wind God's Ethereal Arrows."

Jian Shan walked over and said in surprise, "Dong Ri, so you're this powerful. If what you did was only 30% of its power, then how powerful would it be if it's at full power?"

I replied with smiles, "It's not impossible for it to be able to ravage the mountains and fill the seas. However, our enemy is much more powerful." I glanced at Su He, but I didn't talked about the Monster King.

Jian Shan said in amazement, "You're so powerful. You're worthy to be God's inheritors." Upon hearing what he said, I hastily glared at him. Jian Shan realized that he had said too much so he quickly changed the topic by saying, "That cyclops should be able to supply us with food for a couple of days."

Su He seemed to have not heard what Jian Shan had said and walked over. "This is a Cyclops demon beast. The most impressive point of him isn't his power nor the toughness of his limbs, but rather, it's his ability to stun people with a light ray from his eye. Dong Ri is so powerful. The beast didn't even have a chance to use his single eye's ability before he was killed. Moreover, this was at least an A ranked demon beast, which is also rare among the army troops of the demon race. I'm completely mesmerized by your powers."

Dong Ri scolded him mockingly, "Stop flattering us. Big brother Zhan Hu, I'll take a short break. You must cook some sumptuous roasted meat for everyone to eat. Don't waste my efforts."

Zhan Hu smiled and said, "This fella should be able to supply us for ten days to half a month. I'll cook two portions of it today. One is for us to eat in a bit and the other for us to bring along with us on our journey."

I furrowed my eyebrows and asked, "How shall we cook it? How large of a pot will we need?"

Zhan Hu replied, "Won't that be easy? We also won't be eating all of it. We just have to cut off all of its limbs so that we can have it for a couple of days. As for the pot, we can just find a place that has water and dig a large pit. After placing water in it, we'll be able to start cooking."

I asked, "How are we going to cook? We won't be able to heat it up and it's unhygienic as well."

Zhan Hu chuckled. "Won't we be able to separate the meat from the walls of the pit with your magic? As for heating it up, don't tell me that you don't know any elementary or intermediate fire spells."

Damn it, it seemed that he had locked onto me for quite sometime already. Without a choice, I became the second cook for this meal. We had almost completely used up all of Big brother Zhan Hu's seasonings to cook the cyclops. After everyone had their fill, I called the demon fox out and told her, "Change into your other form for me."

After a black fog flashed, the demon fox had turned into her other charming form. "Master, do you have any orders?"

I chuckled before I replied to her in cold smile, "When you previously lured that cyclops over, was it a plot against my life?"

The demon fox shook her hand. "No, no! It was Master Zhan Hu that told me to find something larger. I definitely have to find something extremely large."

I grabbed her by the neck and said, "If you're playing some trick, you should be wary of me."

The demon fox replied, feeling wronged. "It really wasn't my intention. With Master's power, you shouldn't have trouble eliminating that single eyed ugly ghost."

I released my hold before I said, "If I find out that you were lying to me, I'll let Big brother roast you as well."

There were two drops of tears that flowed out of the demon fox's eyes. With a sway of her body, she had turned back to a one tailed demon fox. She ran to a side, ignoring me. It seemed that she was enraged. I smiled a little before I also ignored her.

After a night of recuperating and building up our energies, everyone's spirit was better. After packing up, everyone carried some of the remaining portions of the Cyclops demon meat. I told the demon fox, "Little thing, we're going to fly. If you don't want to be left behind, quickly come over to me." The demon fox stared at me with widen eyes before she unwillingly came over and lept onto my shoulder. I pet her furry little head as I said "You're still angry. We shall count last night's reprimand to be something that I had wrongly accused you."

The demon fox angrily chirped out twice at me in dissatisfaction. Her cute looks made me chuckle. I said, "Alright! Alright! I had wrongly accused you." With that, she leaned on my shoulder without moving in satisfaction.

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Volume 9: Chapter 12 – Flying Ahead

I told Zhan Hu, "Big brother, I'll be the first one to bring this fellow along."

Zhan Hu nodded. "Everyone just has to take turns. If we don't bring a person along, everyone can fly for an hour without much problems, and if we're to bring someone, we should be able to fly for 20 minutes. How about this? Every ten minutes, we'll change the person that carries him. We should be able to fly continuously for 40 minutes that way. It can be counted as a day's journey at our current pace every time we fly."

I pulled Su He over to my side and told him, "If you don't want to fall to your death, don't flail about." Upon saying that, I carried him under my arms before I surged my magic powers outwards. 'Sou!' I lept into the sky while carrying him. Su He was so scared that he yelled out in fright.

I said, "Stop shouting! If you're afraid, just close your eyes."

Zhan Hu and the rest lept into the sky, surrounding me so that I found myself in the center.

The burden of carrying a person as we flew was really great. After ten minutes, I passed Su He to Zhan Hu. Everyone took turns to carry him in that manner. We had flown five times in a day; the duration of each flight was about an hour.

Su He dazedly sat in a corner with a pale complexion when night arrived. He wasn't able to take in any food, even the ones that he loved. As I saw his looks, I felt a little bad for him. I walked over to his side and said, "You just have to endure it for a little while more. After two days, we should be at the border of the demon race. You can be reassured that when the time is right, we'll definitely set you free."

Su He nodded. "I thank you for that and I'm hungry now."

I chuckled as I tossed him a piece of a single eyed demon beast. "That's more like it!"

When it was time to fly again the next day, Su He was slightly more accustomed to flying and gradually came to like it. We had reached a small forest about 300km away from the border of the demon race after travelling for two days. There wouldn't be any mountain forest to hide our tracks if we were to head any further. Zhan Hu and I had decided to stay at our position for a while before heading on. No matter how slow we moved, we would be able to reach the border in three days time.

As I lay on my quickly made bed of withered grass, I looked up at the stars in the sky. Mu Zi's beautiful complexion appeared before me. 'Mu Zi, I'm coming. I don't know how you're faring.'

The demon fox, who was snuggling at my side, suddenly stood up and looked warily at her surroundings. I patted her head and replied, "What is it? Is there any danger around?"

There was suddenly a call of a nocturnal bird that broke the tranquility. The demon fox's eyes lit up and she immediately pounced. I hastily stood up and chased after her. She stopped at a place not far away from where we were. She was gritting her teeth and her fur was standing up. It was as though she had met an enemy.

I ran in front of her, only to see Su He awkwardly squatting down.

I asked, "What are you doing here?"

Su He replied, "I…I was crapping and alerted the nocturnal birds by accident. After that, this fella came over." Upon saying that, he pointed at the demon fox, who was filled with animosity.

The demon fox seemed to be unsatisfied and continuously growled at him. Since my mind was filled with Mu Zi's image, I didn't think much about it before I told the demon fox, "Let him do his business. Let's head back to sleep. Su He, quickly come over." After I said that, I grabbed onto the demon fox and returned to my not so comfortable bed.

We simply ate something the next morning. We walked out of the forest and onto the flat plain, dashing towards the demon race's border.

We were soon able to reach the border of the demon race. Su He seemed to have a lot on his mind. After these days of interacting with him, even though he was a useless Second Prince, we didn't reject him as much as we did initially.

I said, "Su He, tell everyone about the customs of the natives near here."

Su He looked at me and replied, "The nearby area is already within the perimeter of the city. The city has about three million ordinary demon race. Since it's war time, most of the army had been dispatched to the front line. The city is left with Holy Light's Protectors to protect the demon Emperor and other assisting troops. There should be approximately 1 million of them. The status they hold is extremely important. The high ranked demon race has many special privileges, especially the demon race's royalties. They're generally gathered in the city."

Zhan Hu said grinningly, "Didn't you say that the beauties of your demon race are charming? Why aren't they any in view?"

Su He chuckled. "The beauties are in the city. The beauties in our demon race are incomparable to the human race. They're quite open minded. I can introduce some of them to you." I didn't feel that they were open minded. Mu Zi gave me a feeling that she was more conservative than the human race. From how I looked at it, Hai Shui was more open minded than she was, but it might be due to her identity.

Zhan Hu mockingly scolded him, "You little fellow, once it's about beauties, your spirit increases."

When we were very close to our destination, I gradually became nervous. After a day, we only walked for 100km. Zhan Hu said impatiently, "Let's fly again tomorrow. Our current pace is too slow."

I shook my head. "Forget it, safety is our priority."

Su He said, "After passing the valley in front of us, we should be able to see the city already."

I opened the map and pointed on it. "Is that the God Rended Canyon?"

Su He nodded. "In the legend, during the great War between the Gods and the monsters, it was split open by a God. Thus, getting its name, the God Splitting Valley." Upon saying that, his expression dampened.

I didn't mind that as I continued to look at the map. The map had shown that the area that the demon race held was quite large; it was about the size of a small country. (The demon race's country is about the size of the human race's province. In the center of the map, there was a golden portion that was noted on it. It should be the Imperial City. Mu Zi should be living at that place.)

After a quiet night, we headed towards the God Splitting Valley the next day.

When the Sun was high up in the sky, I saw the God Splitting Valley. The sight was extremely terrible. Light was shining through from both sides of the mountain and there was a 10 meter pathway in the middle. What aroused my curiosity was that we hadn't seen a single demon race since this morning. Su He said that this was the only path leading to the city. Why was it so quiet?

Su He said, "There aren't many people that come through here. The people in the demon race city usually head in the other direction as that direction is the interior of the demon race. The pathway through the valley will be inclined. After walking to the end of the valley and when the path gets even with the mountain plain, we'll be able to see the city."

I nodded. "Let's quickly move on."

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Volume 9: Chapter 13 – Trapped in Dire Straits

Our team of 13 people and one beast, entered the God Rended Canyon. When we walked to the center of the valley, I suddenly felt uneasy. I stopped walking, and told Zhan Hu, "Big brother, I feel uneasy. Is there be something that's going to happen?"

Zhan Hu replied with smiles, "Why will it? Who will know that we're humans? You should be nervous because of meeting a certain person soon, right?"

I instantly relaxed, and replied smiling, "Perhaps." Just as I wanted to walk, the demon fox on my shoulder suddenly shuddered, and her fur stood up; it wasn't right. Something would definitely happen.

I shouted, "Everyone, be wary of your surroundings."

At that moment, something really happened. The heaven and earth suddenly turned completely dark, all the light was blocked out. I raised my head, and couldn't help but inhale a mouthful of cold breath. There was an incomparably enormous black dragon that was circling above us in the sky. I didn't need Su He to tell me as I knew that it would most likely be the Demon Emperor's S ranked Dark Demon Dragon. How could it be this strong? It should be 165 meters long from what I gauged. The strong aura was definitely something that Xiao Jin wouldn't be able to compare to. It was the strongest dragon I had seen, excluding the Dragon King.

I heard a roar before I looked at that direction of the sound. I found that there was someone standing on the Dark Demon Dragon's head. It couldn't be the Demon Emperor, right? Why…What was he doing here?

The Demon Emperor leaped from the back of the Dark Demon Dragon, surging out a strong aura towards us. I shouted, "Everyone, move backwards!"

We were experts after all. Zhan Hu pulled on Su He as the 12 of us jumped a hundred metres back. With a black flash, the Demon Emperor stood arrogantly in front of us. His body radiated with the strong aura, which an expert possessed, and was at least two meters tall; he was also wearing black war armour, but didn't wear a helmet. His black, long hair fell on his shoulders. He looked resolute with deep glimmers from his eyes.

I focused before I used my magic power to protect my entire body; a faint gold light was emitted from my body, which was able to forcefully withstand his aura.

I stepped two steps forward, and said. "You're the Demon Emperor, Qi Meng Satan."

There was a strict glimmer that flashed past the Demon Emperor's eyes. His hair started to move without any presence of wind as he laughed out loud. A powerful sound wave charged towards us. I brandished my Sukrad's staff with a loud holler, forming a thick barrier to block the sound wave attack.

There was astonishment in the Demon Emperor's eyes as it icily said, "It has been a long time since someone directly called my name. You humans actually dared to come into our Holy Light Empire's territory. Are you here to seek death?" His voice was too resounding that it seemed like the sound of colliding metals.

I narrowed my eyes as I brought my body's power to its peak state. "The purpose of coming here this time is to discuss something with you."

The Demon Emperor coldly sneered, "You are a few children, who are still wet behind the ears, dare to come negotiate with me. From how I look at it, you're just sick of living. If you want to negotiate with me, you should go to hell to discuss with the Yama, King of Hell, first." Upon saying that and waving his hand, there were countless of army troops that surged out from all sides of the mountain wall; there were about 3000 of them, encasing the entire valley so thoroughly that not even water would be able to pass through. Even if we had tyrannical powers, under this kind of absolute disadvantaged scenario, it would be impossible to escape from here alive.

This was the end; I was deeply trapped. My previously clear mind couldn't help but to fluster.

I shouted, "Please wait. I've got something that I would like inquire about."

The Demon Emperor replied, "Since you're going to die, you can say it."

I inquired, "I will like to know; how did you know about us coming to the demon race, and strategically ambush us?"

After the Demon Emperor heard what I said, his face showed a meaningful smile. "You'll find that out soon."

I would find it out soon? I was stunned. At that moment, the scene changed. It wasn't the demon race that attacked but rather our inner group had changed. Su He, who was standing beside Zhan Hu, suddenly moved. His speed could only be described as a monster. He rapidly struck at Zhan Hu and Dong Ri's neck with his hand. With their tyrannical power, they unexpectedly collapsed after that hit. Su He laughed out loud as he held them with each one in his hands. He kicked off with both feet and leapt into the sky instantly.

Jian Shan was the first to response. He quickly withdrew his sword, which emitted a gold light and chased after Su He. Su He's body swayed peculiarly in mid air and was unexpectedly able to dodge that attack; he directly reached the top of the mountain wall.

Seeing the cowardly Su He that showed such astonishing powers, everyone was stunned by what we saw, including me.

I shouted fumingly, "Su He, you bastard, you actually lied to us."

Su He, who was on the wall of the mountain walls, helplessly chuckled, "Sorry Zhang Gong! We each follow a different lord."

The Demon Emperor had already raised his hand and was obviously going to make his move.

I said, "Demon Emperor, can you allow me to ask your son a few more questions? I'll be able to die without any regrets that way."

The Demon Emperor was stunned by my words. "Son? Him?" Upon saying that, he pointed at Su He. He suddenly broke out in laughter and replied, "Not bad! Not bad! He can be counted as my half son. Ke Lun Duo, you should just reply some of his questions."

Ke Lun Duo?

My complexion paled as I asked. "You're Ke Lun Duo? The one you said that as the number one warrior of the demon race, the leader of the Radiant Protectors?"

Su He replied apologetically, "Yes, I'm Ke Lun Duo, and not Su He. You want to know what is really going on? I'll tell you this. When the twelve of you obstructed me behind the main army troop, I found that your powers were extremely strong. My subordinates strength wouldn't be able to deal with you. I initially thought you were from the demon race, and wanted to see what you were up to, so I let you to freely kill my subordinates. However, I didn't expect you to be humans. At that time, I decided to hide my identity to figure out what you're after. When I previously told you that Ke Lun Duo was in the city, it was a lie. I was supposed to return, and report about the war situation to His Majesty."

I coldly snorted, "Then why did you impersonate Su He?"

Ke Lun Duo replied, "Since I knew that you dared enter our territory, you must have made preparations, and have understanding about us. I definitely had to pretend to be someone beneficial to you, and not a threat to you so that you wouldn't kill me. On the way, I saw your tyrannical powers time after time, and couldn't help but to be frightened. I didn't know what your motives were, so if I were to lead you to the city, you'd definitely be a huge threat towards His Majesty, so I couldn't help but to use this method. I was almost exposed by you last night as the demon fox saw that I was giving out the signal. The night bird that you heard was an A ranked demon beast that I own. I had used it to convey the news of your infiltration to His Majesty."

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Volume 9: Chapter 14 – Xiao Jin Returns

I dejectedly looked at the demon fox on my shoulder. "It seems that I won't be able to bring you along in the future. If I'd paid more attention, perhaps everything that happened wouldn't have happened."

Ke Lun Duo said, "Zhang Gong, you all should just surrender. I'll plead mercy for you in front of His Majesty."

I clenched my teeth and said, "Ke Lun Duo, stop being a hypocrite! Currently, I just want to eat your meat, and peel your skin off."

Ke Lun Duo helplessly smiled, and pointed at Zhan Hu, and Dong Ri, who had both fainted. "It can't be that you don't care about their life, right? I captured them so as to avoid unnecessary injuries."

I took in a deep breath and viciously glared at him. With my heart overflowing with hatred, I shouted, "Big brother Zhan Hu, Dong Ri, and the God's village brother, I hate to cause trouble for you. Demon Emperor, I want to challenge you."

The Demon King said astonished, "You want to challenge me in this situation?"

I coldly said, "That's right! Do you dare accept my challenge? If you win, everyone of us will surrender unconditionally. If you lose, you're to let us go."

The Demon Emperor chuckled. "Human, you really are outstanding. I don't know how long it has been since someone has challenged me. Alright! I'll accept."

Ke Lun Duo anxiously said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better that I do it. You're too invaluable to do this."

I shouted, "You don't have the qualification."

The Demon Emperor replied, "Brat, I really want to see the capabilities that enable you to be this savage. Ke Lun Duo, you're to command your subordinates to move back. I want to be enlightened on this human's skills."

I said, "Alright! You're worthy to be the demon race's King. I, Zhang Gong Wei, will be enlightened by the skills that the demon race's top expert possesses."

The Demon Emperor asked in astonishment, "Zhang Gong Wei, you're the human's Magister, Zhang Gong Wei that killed a few hundred of the demon race's experts in Aixia?"

I stopped caring already and arrogantly nodded saying, "That's right! It was me. You want to seek vengeance for your subordinate? Come at me then."

From the aura that the Demon King emitted, I knew I was not his match. If Big brother Zhan Hu, and Dong Ri were here, with the power of three of us, we should be able to fight against him; that was still under the condition that the Dark Demon Dragon didn't participate. No matter what, I've got to give it my all. At the very least, if I lose, everyone should just be detained, and wouldn't be in any mortal danger temporarily.

The Demon King's surrounding aura started to become violent. A black halo was emitted from his body. With a sneer on his face, he stepped forward and heavily punched out. The circular dark energy spiraled as it headed towards me.

I calmed down, and circulated the three gold dans in my body. I hollered as I struck out a light blade filled with power. When the light blade and the dark energy collided, I was rebounded by it, and pushed 10 steps back.

The Demon Emperor's eyes showed surprise as he said, "Good, kid since you're able to receive my punch, you're qualified to be my opponent." Just as he wanted to continue to attack, a loud dragon roar sounded in the sky.

I wiped the blood traces from the corner of my mouth. That sound was really familiar. Ah! It was Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin had come over at the most critical point.

I shouted, filled with feelings, "Xiao Jin!"

There was suddenly an enormous gold light ray that appeared in the sky; it was as bright as the sun as it charged towards us. The Demon Emperor was so shocked that he forgot to attack.

The Dark Demon Dragon in the sky let out a low roar, emitting black fog throughout its body before it suddenly charged towards the gold light ray.

When the gold and dark light ray collided. There was the sound of tearing in the sky. The gold light had been forced back by the black light; it was obvious that it was at a large disadvantage. The violent energy from the collision had caused the troops to lean unsteadily from side to side. The Demon Emperor shouted, "Ke Lun Duo, quickly command the entire Radiant protectors to retreat 5 Km from here."

When the gold light dimmed, it revealed Xiao Jin's familiar appearance.

I was finally able to see some hope in this impasse. I was elated as Xiao Jin was much bigger than before. His body was more than 99 metres and the scales on his body were much larger; his entire body emitted the aura of a king.

The Dark Demon Dragon suddenly spoke in human language, "Five Clawed dragon?D Could it be that you're this generation's Dragon King? That old fellow died already?"

Xiao Jin also spoke in a youthful voice, "You're the one that's dead. My father is still living perfectly."

The Dark Demon Dragon sighed, "Child, do you know that I'm your uncle……"

As the two dragons were conversing in the sky, the Demon Emperor and I didn't dally. The Demon Emperor said, "You also have a dragon? Not bad, it seems that we can really have a fun match. Since we both have dragons, let's mount them and fight." His words suited my desires. I nodded before I forced my powers to surge outwards and instantly leapt up. The Demon Emperor followed behind as he also left the ground.

We individually landed on Xiao Jin and the Dark Demon Dragon's body.

As Xiao Jin and the Dark Demon Dragon conversed, he saw me heading towards him, he conveyed a warm state of mind towards me. As I stood on his large head and held on one of his horns, I asked, "Xiao Jin, how are you?"

Xiao Jin replied, "Master, I'm doing well. I had already recovered the true dragon's power."

The Dark Demon Dragon replied, "A five clawed dragon can also have a master?"

Xiao Jin replied in anger, "Why can't I? Didn't you also betray our dragon clan to be a mount for the Demon Emperor?"

The Dark Demon Dragon unexpectedly wasn't enraged. He heavily sighed, "Child, do you think that I've betrayed the dragon clan? It was those fellows that forced me to. Initially………"

The Demon Emperor seemed to really respect the Dark Demon Dragon and didn't stop him from talking but rather just quietly listened.

I, wouldn't interrupt them either as I wanted to quickly recover the injuries I got from that last exchange.

"Initially, your father and I were born at the same time. The entire clan was extremely elated, as we were the first twin dragons with five claws in the history of the dragon clan. When we were born, we looked identical."

When I paid attention and looked, the Dark Demon Dragon also had five claws and looked very similar to Xiao Jin.

The Dark Demon Dragon continued to say, "However, 20 years after, our looks gradually became different. The main changes were the dragon scales on our body; your father's scales become increasingly golden while mine gradually turned black. Initially, the clan didn't have any response. When we grew out of infancy, I came to have my current looks, but was much smaller. The clan's men started to reject me as they all said that black dragons were bad omens that would bring misfortune to the dragon clan. They unanimously pleaded to the Dragon King at that time, who was your grandfather and my father, to kill me."

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Volume 9: Chapter 15 – Holy Sword and Demon Spear

He paused for a while before saying dejectedly, "Our father didn't have a choice at that point, so he prepared to personally take my life. However, I didn't know that your father knew about it, so your father and grandmother helped me escape. I started a homeless life from then on until a few hundred years later, when I met with the ruler here. He rescued me at the verge of death. So I decided to become the Dark Demon Dragon, in order to repay him for saving my life."

After hearing what the Dark Demon Dragon had gone through, I was moved. I never would have expected that he had such tragic experiences.

Xiao Jin replied, "Uncle, I'm sorry. It was the Dragon clan that was at fault. Currently, it's being ruled by my father. We can welcome you to return at any time."

The Dark Demon Dragon shook his large head and replied, "It's alright. I'll be satisfied if you can call me your uncle. I won't be heading back as I don't want to give your father trouble. Currently, we just serve different masters. Come at me, and let me have a look at abilities you have learned from your father." The previous withdrawn aura had spreaded out from its body again.

Xiao Jin roared out, filled with feelings, as a golden light light ray intensified.

I asked the Demon Emperor, "Demon Emperor, do you really have the heart to make those two, Uncle and Nephew fight against each other?"

The Demon Emperor coldly smiled and replied, "We're of a different race. I've only one belief, which is all creatures, excluding my clansmen, are to be discriminated against. The human race is nothing to me. My daughter has told me about you long ago."

My emotions stirred as I asked, "How is Mu Zi now?"

The Demon Emperor replied, "I do not need to you to care about my daughter. She's doing extremely well, and is staying in the city. However, don't you even think about seeing her again. Do you really think that I'll let her marry you?"

I replied, "Your Majesty, currently, the human race isn't your enemy. Do you know that right now, the entire world is facing a crisis?"

The Demon Emperor was stunned, but replied, "Stop trying to frighten me with your words. Do you think I'll believe you? You'll have to depend on your abilities if you want to preserve your life."

I said, "You have misunderstood me, as I'm telling you the truth. You should know about the great war between the Gods, and the Monsters. At that time, the Monster King wasn't killed, but was just sealed. However, after so many years, the Monster King has gradually regained its power, and is preparing to invade the entire world. Moreover, your Demon race is his first target."

After hearing my words, the Demon Emperor seemed as though he was considering what I said. His complexion became increasingly terrible. He had obviously thought about something. I thought I had moved him as I continued to say, "We can only fight against the Monster King, if the races of the entire world come together to fight against him. As a ruler of a clan, you can't afford not to think of the people of your clan, right?"

The Demon Emperor coldly snorted, "I don't need you to teach me how to rule. Brat, everything you say today is meaningless. I definitely won't let you leave the Demon race unless you defeat me."

Damn it! It was as though I was playing the lute to a cow. Why was Mu Zi's father so unreasonable? He just wouldn't listen to anything I told him. I fumed, "You stubborn old man, why does Mu Zi have someone like you as her father."

The Demon Emperor instantly raged, "You actually dared to scold me. Good, good, you're good. I'll let you see the formidability of this stubborn old man. Demon Dragon, attack!"

After the Demon Dragon heard the Demon Emperor, he immediately pounced, and accompanied by a black fog, his enormous body blocked out all the light in the sky,

Xiao Jin didn't need my orders as he immediately casted out light rain to counter the dragon's attack. At our level of capability, it was useless to just have magic power, so everyone attacked with all their might.

The black fog was rapidly being diminished by the light rain. However, it was simply just too thick. The rain of light that Xiao Jin cast out was being pushed backwards.

The Demon Emperor chuckled. "It seems that your dragon hadn't matured to it's peak state, so there is a gap between it's ability and the Demon Dragon's. You don't have any more chances of defeating me. Just surrender! If you do that, I might spare your life."

Surrender? I definitely couldn't surrender. I coldly sneered, and started to circulate the Holy Sword in my body. I knew that I didn't have any other way to injure the Demon Emperor. I would just focus on an attack. If I failed, I would die.

A scathing radiant light began emitting from my body, illuminating the fine hairs on Xiao Jin's body. The Holy Sword's silver radiance appeared above my head. The broadness of the sword increased as the power of the magic increased. I felt as though I was much more synchronized with the Holy Sword than when I had previously used it.

The Demon Emperor momentarily felt a massive pressure. He had never felt such fright before in his life. He yelled out in astonishment and fury, "It's a First Grade Divine Instrument's aura!" He quickly waved a strike at the sky and took out a long black gun from the space crack. He then closed his eyes and muttered a chant of an unknown language. The space surrounding him instantly darkened as numerous dark purple runes appeared in the Demon Emperor's surroundings. His body seemed abnormally warped and his hair slowly turned dark purple.

My entire body gave off a divine aura, six wings of light appeared on my back, and my hair turned completely golden. I suddenly opened my eyes and a golden light shot out from them as I raised the Sukrad's Staff and yelled, "The God King bestowed upon me the Radiant Holy Sword. It shall shine with the soaring radiance of the vault of the Heavens!" As I chanted, the silver Holy Sword in midair above me gave off intense light rays. The light was so intense that even the sun paled in comparison to its brilliance. The radiance, filled with the divine power, gathered in the sky like a cluster of magic clouds.

The Demon Emperor also opened his eyes, revealing a purple light that was emitting from them. He opened his hands and his black Demon Spear flew up into the sky. With an awe inspiring voice, he said, "You actually forced me to use my Demon God clan's divine origin incanation. You're worthy of being arrogant. Dark Demon Dragon Spear, the origin God of my Demon race! I request of you as the the Demon clan's ruler to scatter you divine power to eliminate the enemy before me!" The black long spear changed into the same purple colour as it raised upwards, bringing along a thick dark aura with it.

The six wings on my back continuously flapped. I brandished the Sukrad's's Staff in front of me, causing the Holy Sword to radiate a silver light with an incomparable divine aura, which headed towards the Demon Emperor's divine origin spell.

Xiao Jin and the Dark Demon Dragon flapped their wings to bring me and the Demon Emperor backwards. The two different powers from the Holy Sword and the Dark Demon Dragon Spear did completely different movements as they collided against each other at lightning speed.

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Volume 9: Chapter 16 – World Shattering Collision

When the two unparalleled powers collided in midair, they miraculously did not give off any sound of collision. The silver and purple light rays filled the entire sky as they confronted each other.

I half knelt on Xiao Jin's back, using Sukrad's staff to support my body as I stared at the two powers in the sky. The condition of the Demon Emperor wasn't much better than mine, but he obviously still had leftover energy as he stood on the Dark Demon Dragon's back.

The power of the silver and purple magic started to collide and encircle each other, almost creating a hurricane as a sphere of power ascended to the sky.

The Demon Emperor suddenly hollered at me in fright, "Quick! Brat, we've got to combine our strength to push it upwards. Once they completely fuse, there'll definitely be a large explosion. Only a minority of us will be able to survive the blast." I also found that the situation didn't feel right. The two rapidly revolving light rays had formed a silver and purple large ball, and it was constantly compressing.

I said, "Xiao Jin, quickly charge over."

The Demon Emperor and I simultaneously charged over to the light ball. Xiao Jin immediately gave me some pure power without me asking him for it. I focused to cast a light barrier to push against the light ball with all my might. At that moment, the Demon Emperor had shown that he had powers that surpassed mine. The hair on his head raised, making him seem like a lofty Demon God. With his hands, he released an enormous power ball onto my light barrier to reinforce its defensive power. The power that he used didn't seem to have any dark elements, as that power filled ball didn't conflict with my light barrier.

Xiao Jin and the Dark Demon Dragon both also shot out gold and black power filled balls, and the two extraordinary forbidden spells rapidly elevated upwards.

The Demon Emperor shouted, "Quickly, use more power! It's going to explode!" Actually, even if it exploded, he wouldn't die, but he seemed to think a lot about his subordinates.

I used all of my power, and with blood continuously flowing out from my seven apertures, the large silvery purple ball had finally shot towards the clouds under the powers of a human, Demon race, and two dragons.

Just as we wanted to heave a sigh of relieve, that enormous cloud above us exploded, causing the entire cloud to disperse and form drizzles. There was another silvery purplish sun that appeared in the sky. The energy from it had caused the Demon Emperor and I to violently shake. I spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed on Xiao Jin's back. The Demon Emperor's condition was similar to mine as fresh blood flowed out from his mouth, and he collapsed to sit on the Dark Demon Dragon's back, panting heavily.

With my remaining consciousness, I saw Xiao Jin with the Dark Demon Dragon encompassing their wings around the Demon Emperor and I, as they rapidly descended.. What were they up to? I hadn't seen any creatures that have wings would suddenly withdraw their wings and willingly smash themselves towards the ground.

However, I quickly knew the reason why Xiao Jin had used his wings to protect me. Xiao Jin's body suddenly shook violently. He gave out a mournful cry, and descended at a quicker pace. When he opened his wings, I saw that the numerous scales that were on the top of his wings had shattered. Xiao Jin's originally golden body had already turned golden red in colour. I shouted from heart ache, "Xiao Jin!" But I didn't had any more energy so how could I help him?

Xiao Jin stabilized his body as he landed with difficulty. The Dark Demon Dragon was also nearby; it seemed to have suffered severe injuries as well. The troops of the demon army, who were all watching on the ground weren't hurt at all. The demon race quickly surrounded me and Xiao Jin, with the Gods Village quickly rushing to enclose us from them.

The Demon Emperor, who was in a tattered state, jumped down from the Dark Demon Dragon, and walked unsteadily over. Ke Lun Duo went forth to support him as the Demon Emperor said to me, "I was actually injured. This is the first time since I first became the ruler. You should be arrogant of your deed. The winner and the loser should be very clear now. Let's carry out the promise you said earlier."

Jian Shan helped me up as I feebly replied, "Demon Emperor, I admit that there's a gap in our powers, and I'm willing to surrender to be caught, but……."

The Demon Emperor interrupted me and said, "Are you asking me to let your friends go? Don't even think about it! It's impossible, even if it's this dragon, he won't be able to escape. Do you think I'll release the tigers back to their dens? I don't want to encounter someone like you after a few years. I still want my old bones to stay in this position for a few more years." From his words, I could hear his respect towards me. His attitude was completely different from the start. Even though I lost, in that battle, I had sufficiently proved that I had the power to be his opponent, and that won some respect from the Demon Emperor.

The Dark Demon Dragon said in a serious tone, "Your Majesty, I plead for you to let that five clawed dragon go. He's the future hope of the Dragon race."

The Demon Emperor looked at the Demon Dragon in astonishment and replied, "It can't be that you had forgotten how they treated you, right?"

The Dark Demon Dragon replied, "Even though they were heartless, I can't be heartless towards them as I'm a member of the Dragon race afterall. Can you please let that dragon go on my behalf?"

The Demon Emperor sighed and replied, "Alright! However, I won't let anyone else go, especially Zhang Gong Wei."

The Demon Dragon replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I only care about my clan. You can decide on what you want to do with the other matters."

I was on cloud nine when the Demon Emperor let Xiao Jin off. I pleaded with Xiao Jin, "Xiao Jin, quickly go! You don't need to care about me." Xiao Jin stood up, his body filled with severe injuries. "Master, how can I abandon you to escape with my life. If I'm to die, I want to die with you."

I teared from being moved, and replied, "Xiao Jin, I know that you treat me well, however, it's as the Dark Demon Dragon had said; you're the future hope of the Demon race. You definitely can't die with me here. I promised your parents that I would ensure your safety. Quickly, listen to me and hurry up to go away from here."

Xiao Jin stubbornly shook his large head, not wanting to go away.

I anxiously conveyed to him, "Xiao Jin, quickly go! You can come back to find me after you have recuperated from your wounds. I feel the Demon Emperor won't kill me that easily. Quickly go!" Xiao Jin used his deep large eyes to look at me, obviously agreeing with my words. After a long time, he roared out mournfully. He flew with one of his wing's injured. He conveyed to me, "Master, I'll definitely come to save you. If the Demon Emperor kills you, I'll bring the entire Dragon race to annihilate this place."

Seeing Xiao Jin's fading figure, I smiled in gratitude.

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Volume 9: Chapter 17 – Darkness Corruption

The Demon Emperor's spoke out again as he said, "Alright! Your dragon already departed. You should surrender now."

Jian Shan withdrew his sword and said, "We definitely won't surrender. The worst you can do is to kill me."

I stopped him and conveyed, "Let's not create any unnecessary casualties. We'll temporarily surrender, then plan again." However, I said, "Jian Shan, we mustn't go against what we said we would do previously. I was really defeated by him. Let's surrender."

A complex expression was shown in Jian Shan's eyes as he looked at me. He heavily sighed, before tossing the sword on the floor.

The Demon Emperor broke out into laughters and said, "Bind them up before locking them in the lowest section of Demon's jail."

After binding us, he walked over and patted on each of our shoulders. Jian Shan and the rest were alright as they simply felt that their battle spirit had been sealed. However, I suffered as there was dark power from the Demon Emperor's palm, resulting to an instantaneous violent conflict with the remaining light elements in my body. I cried out in pain as I collapsed on the floor.

The Demon Emperor was shocked but after pondering, he made a realization as he withdrew seventy percent of the dark powers from my body. He said to Ke Lun Duo, "Inform your subordinates to cautiously watch over them. You made a large contribution this time. I'll arrange for the marriage between you and Mu Zi as soon as possible. You may not know about this, but this brat is the human Mu Zi is in love with."

After I heard the Demon Emperor wanted to complete their marriage, I got anxious and spat out a mouthful of blood before passing out. The second I passed out, the Demon fox suddenly leaped away, disappearing instantly. The Demon Emperor had his head raised, and it was also a mystery why Ke Lun Duo didn't stop the demon fox escaping.

Le Lun Duo's expression as he looked at me was extraordinarily complicated. He hollered at his subordinates, "Bring them to the city!"

The Demon Emperor had a sudden realization, then loudly shouted, "Pass down the order, nobody is to discuss what happened today, and don't spread what had happened today, especially not to the princess's ears! Whoever does will be punished by martial law!"

The 3000 Radiant Light Protectors shouted harmoniously, "Yes!" A lot of people thought that the Demon Emperor's reputation would be damaged from barely defeating the human, and thus didn't want them to spread the news. Only Ke Lun Duo understood that it was because the Demon Emperor feared that Mu Zi would go to him and request for Zhang Gong's release after hearing the relationship we had from the Demon Emperor. Mu Zi, a royal and the successor of the throne, had accomplished so many important tasks and held a position of great importance, only right behind the Demon Emperor. If Mu Zi was to get into conflict with the Demon Emperor, the Demon Emperor would be at a loss of what to do.

After thinking about that, Ke Lun Duo shook his head. After finding the Demon Emperor a horse to ride, he took the lead to take the troops back to the City of the Holy Light Empire.

I had woken up in a situation where my entire body was in tremendous pain. My entire body felt so cold that it shook. The dark element's corrosive ability had corroded every portion of my skin. If it wasn't for the slight warmth from my heart, I would probably not be in the world right now. My consciousness had gradually returned, making me remember that I had been restrained by the Demon Emperor. In my body, other than the Holy Sword's power at my chest, the rest of it had been taken up by the dark elements, making me unable to move even a finger.

I had tried to eradicate the restriction spell, but it was to no avail. The meridians of my entire body had been corroded by the dark powers, deforming them. If it wasn't for the fact that I had practiced light magic as a child and could decrease the effect of the dark elements, I would probably undergo the same outcome as the Demon race that had died under my light magic, forming a pile of ashes or a pool of blood.

The frosty dark power had caused my meridians to contract. Although I couldn't see how I looked, I knew that there would be a vast disparity from how I looked before. It was over, completely over as it would be forever impossible for me to be with Mu Zi. Demon Emperor, you were ruthless. (Actually, the Demon Emperor didn't know that his restriction on me would cause so much damage to my body.)

There was another wave of acute pain that came, making me to collapse once again. It wasn't a bad thing to collapse as at least, I wouldn't feel the pain as clearly.

Hmm? It seemed that I had returned to my conscious space, but there wasn't any stars nor the benevolent voice of Mi Jia Lie. There was only a dark space. I found that I was heading towards the endless abyss; The numerous vengeful spirits from hell were calling me. 'It seems that I'm really going to die. Teacher Di, father, mother, Hai Shui, Mu Zi, I'm going already. Let's meet up again in my next life.'

I walked towards the darkness step by step, helplessly moving forth. Just as I was about to leap into the dark abyss, a small radiant sword flew in front of me, blocking my path. The small silver sword unexpectedly voiced out.

It said, "Zhang Gong Wei, are you really going to give up like this?"

I indifferently replied, "Give up? Is it even possible not to? What can I even do in my current state. You tell me, if I hasn't guess wrongly, my body is already finished, right?"

The small silver sword shook gently. "It hasn't. You can't give up now. Have you forgotten what you promised to the God King?"

I bleakly snorted. "How can I forget about that. But I'm already unable to carry on in accomplishing that task. You should be the Holy Sword, but I didn't think that you could talk. You should return to the God King, and ask him to find another inheritor. Won't that be the same?"

The Holy Sword replied, "It's impossible for me to leave your body. Your body hasn't been completely ruined under my protection. If you were to give up now, the entire world would be in ruin as the time for the reincarnation of the Monster King is already extremely close. If the world is finished, your family, those that are close to you, and your lover would die. It can't be that you want to see that the entire world will become a blood red world of darkness, right?"

I bellowed, "I don't want that to happen, but what can I do? Can you just move aside and let me reincarnate? I've already lost all hope!"

The Holy Sword also fumed as it replied, "You're just running away! You're a coward. It doesn't matter if you died, but it would implicate the numerous thousands of lives."

After hearing what he said, I suddenly thought about something and asked, "From what you had said, it can't be that I still have another chance to accomplish the task?"

The Holy Sword didn't directly respond to me as it said, "If only you continue to persevere and don't give up, everything will still be possible. You've already lived enough already. It can't be that you're are afraid to suffer for a few more days right?"

I nodded. "Alright. I promise you to try again."

The Holy Sword slightly point the tip of the sword downwards in satisfaction before it turned into a silver ray that enclosed my entire body. The darkness had also disappeared, along with it, the entrance of hell, and my consciousness soon faded away.

It hurt terribly, so it seemed I wasn't dead yet. Currently, I didn't even have the energy to open my eyes. The portion of my body that was corroded by the dark power had even increased. That holy Sword fellow had told me to persevere, but how could I do that now?

At that moment, I heard the resounding sound of iron chains. A foreign voice sounded out, "Your Majesty, he's being locked in here."

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Volume 9: Chapter 18 – After the Calamity, Renewed Life

The Demon Emperor snorted and I heard his heavy footsteps heading toward me.

The Demon Emperor suddenly gasped before he asked, "Why is he like this? How has he gotten into such a sorry state? Did you mistreat him?"

The foreign voice replied in fear and trepidation, "No…No, we didn't do anything. When he was sent in, he was already in this state the next day. He seemed to be breathing yesterday, but now, it seems that there isn't a single breath from him." 'F*ck, how dare you say that I'm breathless! I'm enraged now!'

The Demon Emperor seemed to have caught on as he inserted his power into my meridians. Currently, I felt that the tremendous pain to my meridians had decreased drastically. I probably had just become numbed to pain. The Demon Emperor said, "Oh no! This brat is finished! How could this happen? My attack on him was light. Can it be…. Ah! He practices light magic, my dark powers invaded his body, and without the support of his magic, it had corroded his body. Quick, call for the doctor to see if we can bring him back to life. I originally wanted to keep him as my subordinate. It seems it won't work after this, as even if he recovers, he will only be a cripple."

The doctor joined them shortly. He said in an aged voice, "Your Majesty!"

The Demon Emperor replied, "En! See if you can save this person."

My hand was held again. However, the time of being held was really short. It seemed that the doctor's standard wasn't bad. He already knew my condition just by a touch. But his words nearly made me die from anger as he said, "Your Majesty, this is a corpse and it has been quite some time since his death as he's a little rotten. How can I save a dead person?"

I wanted to faint! If I still had power, I would definitely stomp him to death. How dare he say that I was a rotten corpse? Damn him! I give my respects to his female family members for being able to put up with him.

The Demon Emperor replied, "Initially, I had a sliver of hope, but after you said that, I give up." It seemed that he had also thought I had died. Why? It couldn't be that my heart had stopped beating, right?

The Demon Emperor continued to say, "You're not allowed to tell anyone that I asked you to treat this person. Do you understand? Jailer! Come forth!"

The first foreign voice I heard replied, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

The Demon Emperor ordered, "Bring a few people with you and toss him in the outskirt at a no man's land. Since he has already died, I might as well let him be food to feed the Demon Beast of our Demon race." This fellow was just too ruthless as he didn't let me off, even if I really died.

After the Demon Emperor passed down the order, he left with the doctor.

That jailer kicked me before he said, "F*ck him, he actually troubled me, the great man. Asan and Flying Pig, come over and carry this brat! We're leaving the city."

It seemed that it wasn't a bad thing that my meridians had been ruined, as at the very least, I didn't feel pain of being jolted. After an unknown amount of time had passed, the foreign voice (It was slowly becoming familiar already) said, "Enough! Let's toss him here."

My body seemed to feel a violent shock, and I was unable to maintain my consciousness, so I fainted again.

'I feel so comfortably warm. I haven't died yet? I feel like a type of insect that had an exceptional tenacious life force. What was that insect called again? It seemed that the children of the village had called it 'Little Strong' when I was young. Although I've not died, it shouldn't be far from it. Even though I don't know where I am, it's still better to die in the outskirt than to die in the Demon jail.'

My body unexpectedly didn't feel any discomfort, but rather it felt indescribably comfortable. It should be day time as only the sun would give me such warmth.

As I felt my body becoming warmer, I felt something on my chest. The Holy Sword's warmth was felt again; It seemed to be circulating around my heart.

'Holy Sword! Holy Sword! Haven't you done enough? I've already suffered so much already. Can't you please just let me die, even if I'm begging you?'

The Holy Sword seemed to be going against me as it circulated at a faster pace, making the area near my chest warm up. The sun's power stimulated my skin. F*ck Yeah! When I was enjoying myself, the feeling of warmth gradually disappeared. What replaced it was coldness. It was night so fast? It couldn't be, right?

The dark elements in my body seemed to be up to mischief as my meridians started to give off waves of throbbing pain. 'My meridians, can't you just behave yourself? Since you've already died, why are you still giving me pain? Sigh~'

The warm feeling had returned after a lot of suffering. It wasn't the same as yesterday. As the sunlight shone on my body, its warmth surged towards my chest, making it feel not as comfortable as yesterday. 'Holy Sword! You're really so annoying. Can't you let me be comfortable before my imminent death? Actually, I can only think as I currently can't control anything, excluding my thoughts. The dark elements aren't bad as at the very least, it didn't damage my brain. It was much better than the Holy Sword.'

I wanted to die from the pain after it reached the third day. Why? Because it rained. I was unable to absorb the power of the sun. Under the care of the sinister rain, my entire body's pain had intensified. The unlucky thing was that I couldn't move nor voice out, and only bear with it. I wanted to pass out, but my consciousness just stubbornly stayed clear.

After lots of sufferings, the sun came out again. I had already given up blaming the Holy Sword as my consciousness had already started to muddle. It seemed that something had flowed in my mouth. The taste was still there; it was a little bitter. However, it wasn't raining, yet something clearly flowed in my mouth. A horrifying thought came to my mind. 'It can't be a Demon Beast is currently pissing on me, right? Not only will you not let me die cleanly, you have come torture me. I want to faint and die.'

The bitter taste had often entered my mouth from that moment. I didn't feel anything initially. However after a few days, every time the bitter fluid flowed into my mouth, I actually felt something from my stomach; it was getting hotter.

My body had started to change after half a month, the power of Holy Sword at my chest seemed to absorb enough power. It had started to slowly move towards other parts of my body after staying stagnant at my chest area. It had first targeted my thoracic cavity. The initial withered meridians unexpectedly seemed to have expand gradually from the power of the Holy Sword. 'Big Brother Holy Sword, please continue.You must continue to work hard!'

However, what disappointed me was that after the power of the Holy Sword had completely repaired my thoracic cavity and the meridians' inner organs of my thoracic cavity at a slow pace, it stopped moving and just constantly absorbed the power of the sun on a daily basis.

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Volume 9: Chapter 19 – Gradual Recovery

My intake of bitter fluid increased as I consumed it 6-7 times a day. I checked my body, and found I felt nothing at all excluding the warmth from the Holy Sword. Moreover, the three gold dans of mine had also disappeared.

The only thing that made me rather gratified was the meridians within my body weren't hurting at all. It seemed to have completely withered away, however, after the period of half a month, some changes occurred.

The scorching heat from the sun suggested to me that it was already noon, as the rays from the sun were at the most intense during that period.

The Holy Sword in my chest suddenly came to life as it rapidly absorbed the sun's power, and simultaneously started to surge its power towards my head. I suddenly felt incredibly dizzy, and a thought passed through my head.. 'Big Brother Holy Sword, if you continue on, before I even recover from my wounds, I would become an idiot from the heat of the power that is surging into my head.'

The Holy Sword didn't care about my feelings, as it rapidly surged its power along with the sun's towards my brain. I really couldn't stand it before passing out.

When my consciousness returned, I felt more comfortable as I didn't feel dizzy anymore. I also felt a sensation; it was though something smooth was rubbing against my leg. I felt a cooling sensation from my left leg soon after.

I suddenly felt that I had regained my spiritual powers. I could already use my inner sight. Even though there was only a tiny ray of light emanating from my upper dantian, it was still hope.

I still couldn't open my eyes as I felt the smooth feeling had moved from my left leg to my right, meticulously rubbing. 'What's going on? I'll forget about it as it isn't hurting me. If it was a demon beast, it'd have eaten me already.'

I carefully started to gather the light elements. The light elements were really too weak as the amount of light elements I called over were pitifully little. But it was still better than nothing. 'I'll take it slow. I'll definitely succeed.'

I didn't care about the Holy Sword nor the smooth feeling I kept on feeling within my body, as I started to rapidly gather the light elements that might lead to my recovery. What I didn't know was that the Holy Sword had used all its power to surge its power towards my brain to completely eradicate the dark elements in my head. If it wasn't the case, I wouldn't have been able to regain control over my spiritual powers.

I mentally calculated the time. It should take about 10 days. After a sufficient amount of the light element had gathered in my head, I tried to compress them into a small gold dan. I finally succeeded after a few tries. As the light elements were compressed, the absorption rate from the surrounding had increased. I pushed the gold dan to my chest, letting it fuse with the Holy Sword's power. When the light element entered, the Holy Sword momentarily seemed to be like a fish that had sudden found access to water as it hungrily absorbed the sun's power. I felt that my head and my body quickly filled with light elements, excluding my limbs after three days. Even though it wasn't comparable to before, I finally had some hope.

The time to move had come as I surged the light elements that had fused with the Holy Sword's power to my four limbs, making the dark and light elements in my body violently conflict against each other.

An intense wave of pain attacked my cranial nerves, and I suddenly cried out in pain. It was awesome! I could voice out now. This had solidified my confidence to recover.

I constantly circulated the light elements to eradicate the dark elements as I gritted my teeth. Just as I was at the verge of losing consciousness, I finally regained control of my body after using up majority of my powers. I let out a comfortable sigh before I entered my dream land in satisfaction.

That smooth feeling was felt again from my body and there was a bitter taste in my mouth. I tried to open my eyes and my eyelid moved. After trying it again, I had finally opened my eyes at my will for the first time in this close to two months time. It was just haziness before me initially but it gradually cleared up, allowing me to see a figure.

That figure gradually cleared. Ah! It was a girl. No, it was the Demon fox.

When I snorted, the demon fox stopped what she was doing before running to my mouth and sticking her ear over. I mobilized my vocal cords as I hoarsely said, "Why is it you?"

The demon fox excitedly exclaimed, "Master! You've finally awakened! You've finally awakened!"

I replied, "Water….I want water."

The demon fox replied, "Wait a moment, water is coming."

After a while, the demon fox used a large leaf containing some water over and poured it slowly into my mouth. The refreshing feeling was really good. My vigor was better as I said, "Thank you, demon fox. "

The demon fox replied, "Master, you've just awaken. Please rest again to prevent your body from wearing out."

I would have never thought that at my most critical moment, it was unexpectedly her that stayed by my side and took care of me. Who said that demon beast were low ranked demon race? From how I looked at it, the demon fox was a creature that focused, immensely, on relationships.

I closed my eyes before starting to gather light elements. Since I had regained the control of my body, the gathering speed of the light elements was much faster. The Holy Sword steadfastly circulated at my chest while I prompted the light elements to gather and simultaneously repair my ruined body. My body and mind seemed to be completely immersed in an ocean of light, just like a baptism from the heavens.

I had finally repaired every part of my body. And although the functions of the body definitely wouldn't be able to recover in such a period of short time, the meridians in my body was fully repaired and a solid gold dan appeared in my upper dantian. Even if it was only like this, I was completely satisfied as I knew that that the prospect of death was already beyond me.

When my consciousness returned to my body, there was a bitter taste in my mouth as per usual.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the demon fox was wiping down my body. I said, "Demon fox, what did you fed me?"

The Demon fox replied, "Master, you've awakened. It's the juice of a certain leaf. I had often had it before. It's good for the body and helps to enrich the strength."

I moved my body and found that even though I had gained some mobility, I was still void of strength. I simply told the Demon fox, "Can you please help me up?"

The Demon fox listened to me and helped me up. As I leaned on her soft body, I was stunned at what unfolded before me. I found that my hands and legs had completely changed. Not only was my complexion completely dark, it was filled with scars. I was also already thinned to the point that I was just skin and bone.

I dazedly said, "Why am I like this? Why have I become like this?"

The demon fox whispered, "Master, please don't be anxious. Your body will gradually recover. When I initially found you by your scent, there was already a lot of places that had started to rot. There was also some places where even your bone was exposed. I had used a power that only my demon race possesses on you to discover that you still haven't died. Thus, I had daily rubbed Crystal Grass on your body to stop the rotting process. Your wounds had finally started to heal after few days ago."

I suddenly contemplated about something before I nervously used my trembling hands to touch my face.

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Volume 9: Chapter 20 – Scarred Body

After mournfully crying out, I spat out a mouthful of blood as I collapsed.

The Demon fox cried out my name in fright as my consciousness had left me once again.

"Master, Master……" I heard the Demon fox's gentle callings.

I opened my eyes to see her caring appearance. I pushed her aside and hollered, "Why did you save me?! Why? You should have just let me die. How am I going to meet people with my looks?" I had discovered that my face was the same as my body that was covered with deep scars before I collapsed.

'Even if everything can recover, will these scars recover? How am I going to be able to face my relatives, friends, even my most beloved Mu Zi and Hai Shui?'

The Demon fox felt wrong as she climbed up and clung to my arm. "Master, please recover your body first. Everything will be alright."

I gradually calmed down as I sigh and said, "I'm finished. Everything is finished."

The Demon fox excitedly said, "It isn't, Master. You're incredibly strong so how can it be over? It won't be over." Whenever she thought about me standing on Xiao Jin facing the Demon race's most powerful expert, she would be extremely excited.

When I looked at her, her appearance wasn't pretty and flirtatious, but rather, it looked indescribably moving to me. I said, "Thank you, if it weren't for you, I probably would have been eaten by Demon beasts already. But why did you rescue me? It was totally unnecessary."

The Demon fox's face flushed as she replied, "Master, the favour that you did for me was too much. I'm willing to follow you all my life. I'm currently a first ranked Demon beast. Even though my power isn't strong, I definitely won't be a burden to you."

I replied in smiles, "What favour have I done that makes you favour me so? Didn't I just spare you life?"

The Demon fox replied, "No! Not only that, Master, please look at this." Upon saying that, she changed back to her original form before lifting up her six large tails. Beneath those tails, there was unexpectedly three small tails. Ah! A nine-tailed Demon fox. She had evolved.

The Demon fox changed back to a girl's form before saying, "I've evolved. You have seen it. The reason my evolution occurred stems from your fight against the Demon emperor, as I absorbed the strong Godly powers that emitted from your body. How can I not pay back such a favour? If it was by my own, I wouldn't have been able to reach to such a level."

I said, "Then congratulations, is nine tails your final form?"

The Demon fox shook her head, "Nope, but it's about there. I'm already satisfied at this level."

I asked in astonishment, "What other forms can you evolve to? It can't be until 12 tails, right?"

The Demon fox replied, "That's not the case. If my power had increased to a certain standard, my body would undergo changes. Under the protection and support of the Godly power once again, my magic power can be stabilized with a top grade purple crystal along with a profound yellow gemstone to stabilize my body. In addition to that, I've to use a top grade green chrysoprase to protect my meridians and inner organs, and lastly, to consume the Shattering Bone Grass and Dissolving Bone Grass from the Beast race. After breaking down and reforming, I can change into any form at will. Moreover, I can maintain that form forever."

I asked astonished, "That's impressive, won't that be a race that can transform?"

The Demon fox nodded. "That's right. The final form won't increase my powers, but it will give me the skills to completely transform myself."

I nodded. "What form do you wish to transform into?"

The Demon fox flushed, "If it's possible, I hope to become a human. I will be able to stay and serve by Master's side forever that way. You don't know about this, but the demon beasts here are always bullied and treated either like toys for the higher ranked demon race or slaves." Upon saying that, the Demon fox's eyes reddened.

I caressed her hair. "I don't need you to serve me forever, but you've saved me so I'll definitely repay this favour. I have all those gemstones that you had mentioned. If we get the chance to head to the beast race, I'll get some of the grass medication you needed to allow you to become a human."

The Demon fox's eye lit up and replied, "Really? I'll really have to thank you for that, Master." As she said that, she kneeled down.

I hastily pulled her up and said, "Don't do that anymore. We aren't in a Master and Servant relationship from now on, but are friends instead. Do you understand?"

The Demon fox was stunned. "Friends? You're willing to be my friend?"

I smiled apologetically, "You didn't avoid me after seeing my current look and even saved me. It's my honour to be able to call you a friend."

The Demon fox was so elated that she teared up before pouncing into my embrace, wailing.

I momentarily couldn't control my feelings as she rubbed her body against me. I was lucky that my body was feeble. If not, I would immediately do a shameless act.

I gently push her away and said, "I'm hungry. Let's have something." I took out some food from my spatial pocket and ate with the Demon fox. As I ate, I said, "That's right. I can't always call you Demon fox so, how about I give you a name?"

The Demon fox elatedly agreed, "Alright!"

I pondered for a while before saying, "Since you were so gentle and considerate when I was unwell, how about your name will be Xiao Rou? Your full name will be Shui Rou Er? How's that?"

The Demon fox jumped up and exclaimed, "I've got a name! I've got a name! I'll be known as Shui Rou Er."

Seeing her so elated, my heart felt much more comfortable.

After having our meal, I let Xiao Rou protect me as I started to recover my magic powers.

After 10 days, my body had already fully recovered but I was still extremely thin. The dark skin with horrifying scars from before was still the same. However, my magic power had recovered to one third from my peak state. The main reason for that was due to having only one gold dan. I knew that if I wanted to recover my original looks, it wouldn't be easy. Time waited for no one, I needed to go and rescue Big Brother Zhan Hu and the rest as soon as possible so I couldn't afford to continue tarrying here.

I initially wanted Xiao Ruo to stay here, but she insisted on coming along. She said that she definitely would be able to help me. I agreed, because I couldn't just toss her aside.

Since Xiao Rou had reached the nine-tailed Demon fox level, she could shrink her body to become a Demon Fox that resembled a small squirrel as she hid inside my clothing.

I finally saw how the City looked like; it was really imposing. It was much larger than the city in Aixia. The walls were much wider and higher. There were a couple of Demon race guarding the entrance of the city.

I walked over with my head lowered. A soldier of the Demon race yelled at me, "Raise your head! Why have you lowered your head?" Since I was wearing a long sleeve and long trousers clothing, he wasn't able to see the scars on my body.

I whispered, "My looks are horrifying so I'm afraid that I would frighten you."

That soldier said, "Stop talking nonsense and raise your head."

I only had to raise my head; all the soldiers and citizens of the demon raise broke out into an uproar after looking at my appearance. I hastily lowered my head. I thought, 'I'm finished. My handsome looks seems to have been completely ruined. However, it's not a bad thing as I won't need to disguise myself since even Mu Zi will definitely be unable to recognise me.'

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Volume 9: Chapter 21 – Job at the Imperial Palace

The demon soldier exclaimed, "Wah! You're really ugly. You aren't to blame for being ugly, but it's wrong for you to come out and scare people. Quickly go in."

I was enraged that he actually ridiculed me to that extent, but I gritted my teeth as I entered the Demon City, trying my best to suppress my anger.

I'll just find a place to stay before we think of plans to rescue Big brother and the rest.

I crouched fuming in a corner for two hours. There were actually no inns that were willing to let me stay. They reasoned that my appearance would scare away their customers. Was I really that ugly?

At that moment, I suddenly heard an uproar in front of me. I stood up and headed in that direction curiously, only to find many people crowded as they looked at something.

I also walked over and found a posting of a royal announcement, and a few officials sitting in front of a long table with unknown purposes.

I studied the announcement and realized that it was a recruitment to do odd jobs at the palace. I was moved at the great opportunity. I could investigate where Big brother and the rest were kept and also have sneak a peek at Mu Zi. With my current appearance, it would be impossible to look for her, but it should be fine for me to steal a few glances of her.

I pushed through the crowd, who took one look at the scars on my face and frowned as they let me through. When I reached the table, I said, "I'm interested in doing odd jobs."

Once the leader, who seemed to be the examiner, raised his head, he was so frightened by my looks that he almost fell from his chair. Fuming he said, "You want to enter the palace with your ghastly looks? Just quickly scram."

I was momentarily enraged and really wanted to strike him with a light blade, but in order to rescue Big brother and the rest, I had no choice but to suppress my rage. I replied apologetically, "Officer, I'm begging you to let me in. I just want a place to scrape a meager living. It doesn't matter if I don't get paid."

That soldier stood up and narrowed his eyes at me as he replied sneering, "The very sight of your ghastly face annoys me. Quickly scram! If not, I'll be impolite."

"Oh! Officer, you have such a temper." I heard a sweet and charming voice.

I turned my head. It was Xiao Rou. I didn't know she had ran out from my clothings and took the demon race's form.

The crowd, including some of the officials, were stunned. The leader of the officials muttered, "Top grade, definitely top grade." He started to drool.

Xiao Rou walked over to my side and rested her arm on my shoulder before she replied coyly, "Officer, what's wrong with my brother? Isn't he just here to earn a living? I know that you're kind hearted so please accept him."

The official still looked stunned by Xiao Rou as he replied, "But….But he's really too ugly."

Xiao Rou suddenly cried. As she cried, she said, "Officer, we siblings are mutually dependant for life. If you don't accept my brother, I won't be able to survive."

The officer momentarily dazed as he hastily replied, "I'll check to see if he has a suitable position." Upon saying that, he flipped through the list of jobs.

The officer beside him reminded him, "There's a job to chop firewood in the kitchen. We shall just let him do that. There won't be any chance of him heading into the inner palace so his looks don't matter."

That officer nodded. "Alright, I'll let him enter the palace to chop firewood. Little beauty, you should be satisfied with this. I have helped you with such a favour. How are you going to thank me?" Looking at his face, I really wanted to puke. His current appearance was even more disgusting than my face.

Xiao Rou glanced at him coquettishly and said, "Let's meet at the south entrance tonight. Handsome brother, I'll head off first. Please take care of my brother!" After saying that, she walked out from the crowd with her hips swaying .

The officers were still focused on Xiao Rou in a daze. I waved my hand in front of his eyes as I shouted, "Officer! Officer!"

The leader of the officers snapped back to reality. "What do you want?"

I asked, "What am I supposed to do now?"

The officer replied, "Do you still have any belongings elsewhere?"

I replied, "No, I've only myself."

He replied, "En! Head over there and wait. After gathering all the new personnel, we'll enter the palace."

I respectfully agreed before running to a corner. I could faintly hear the officer saying behind me, "There's actually such a sibling. Why do they have such huge disparity in their looks?"

Just as I walked to the corner, Xiao Rou, who had turned back to the size of a squirrel, ran and pounced over to my chest. I patted her little head and replied, "If it wasn't for you, it would have been terrible. Thank you, Xiao Rou."

Xiao Rou licked my hand before snuggling in my arms where she slept.

It was already afternoon when the soldiers had recruited the necessary staff, and gathered us to head out.

At a glance, I discovered that there were about 20 people, but I didn't know what their jobs entailed. After walking for about an hour, we finally reached the royal palace. Due to our low status we walked in through side entrance. After entering the palace, the scenery completely changed. There were exotic flowers and rare herbs in the everywhere. Even though the architecture wasn't as sophisticated as the human race, it was able to express the unrestrained spirit of the Demon race.

The soldier commanded, "Keep your eyes down and don't look around. If not, and something happens, don't blame me for not warning you beforehand."

After hearing his words, I immediately lowered my head. Currently, I just want to settle down here peacefully before thinking through other things that I had to do.

The soldier led us to a small courtyard before saying, "Alright, you just have to wait here. The supervisors that are in charge of the stewarding the palace will be coming shortly to record your names and assign your tasks. This is the home of Our Imperial Majesty, The Demon Emperor. Even though you are unlikely to see His Majesty, you must be cautious as you work. Do you understand?"

Everyone harmoniously agreed. That soldier seemed to be satisfied with his awe-inspiring authority as he walked away with a smile.

Since I was ugly, there wasn't even a newcomer that was willing to strike up a conversation with me, keeping me at a distance. However, this suited me quite well as it would save me quite a lot of trouble.

After a while, a person with a medium stature and wore the palace livery walked over with two guards behind him. There was a book in his hand that seemed to be a registry of the names of job. When he walked to the front of the group, he cleared his throat before saying, "Everyone, quiet down. You'll all be under my supervision from now on. You're to remember to call me Vice Manager Rui Dong or Vice Manager. Alright, everyone of you are to report your name and task one at a time, starting from the far left."

There was a lithe Demon with an ordinary appearance at the far left. He bowed towards that Vice Manager before respectfully saying , "I am Li Cha, my role is to be a gardener here. Lord Vice Manager, please take care of me in the future."

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Volume 9: Chapter 22 – Imperial Firewood House

After the Vice Manager entered him in the registry, he said, "Alright, go and stand on the left side. Someone will take you to the gardening department soon. Next!"

It was finally my turn. I hastily moved forward and said with a bow, "Lord Vice Manager, you can call me Eighteen. My role is to split logs at the firewood house."

When the Vice Manager raised his head and looked at my appearance, he furrowed his eyebrows as he said, "What on earth were those brats doing to recruit such an ugly person? But I'll let it slide and allow you to be as ugly as possible as no one will see you anyway. You're to behave and be diligent in splitting logs after today."

I hastily agreed. "Thank you, Vice Manager. I will definitely do my best."

"En!" The Vice Manager agreed as he motioned for me to stand aside.

Finally, everyone's names had been recorded by the Vice manager and taken to their respective workplaces. I was led away by a fatty along with two others. He led us to a big building before saying, "This is the kitchen. You'll be working here in the future. Ugly, you're to head to the rear courtyard of the kitchen. There'll be an old fellow there that will assign you your work."

I immediately agreed and dashed towards the rear courtyard alone.

The courtyard was large and contained many people, some were washing vegetables while others were cooking meat, all contributing to the bustle of the kitchen. There were a pile of logs at the north-east corner of the grounds. This should be the place I am to be stationed. When I walked over, I saw an old man with snow white hair splitting logs.

I respectfully said, "Greetings to you, sir."

The old man raised his head and looked at me before replying, "What do you want? You need something?" His tone, devoid of any humility, suggested that he was anything but a log splitter.

I replied. "I have been assigned to assist you in splitting the logs."

The old man sized me up before saying indifferently, "Then go and find some logs to split. Remember, you're to chop them evenly to avoid having those picky fellows from the kitchen complaining again."

I nodded as I found a log and sat down. The old man tossed me a firewood axe before pointing to the circular logs at the side.

I placed a circular log in front of me before I gently struck down with the firewood axe. I used my strength to cleanly split the circular log in two. It was a pity that I couldn't use my magic and battle spirit. I would have to just split it with pure strength.

When the day ended, even though I didn't split many logs, I was so tired that my waist was sore and back ached.

When it was dinner time, unbeknownst to me, the old man had procured some food and shared half of it with me. "Eat up and rest early. Tomorrow, you're going to continue splitting logs. Your current pace is incomparable to this old man's pace. How can that be satisfactory?"

After taking my portion of food from him, I asked, "How long have you been here?"

The old man dazed a little before saying, "I've forgotten. It should at least be thirty years."

"You have split logs for thirty years? Why haven't you left?" I replied in astonishment.

The old man snorted before saying. "What's so good about the outside? Even though it's a little tough here, life is still stable. Splitting logs during the day until I'm worn out and sleep after eating at night. Isn't that good? Ah! That's right! Wait a moment before you eat." Upon saying that, he turned around heading towards the firewood house. After a short moment, he was holding onto a worn out bottle gourd. He looked as though the bottle gourd was something that was dearest to him. He said, "It wasn't easy to obtain this. Do you want some?"

I asked, "What is that?"

The old man mysteriously grinned and replied, "Premium wine."

I instantly understood that it was alcohol. I shook my hand and replied, "I think I will pass. I've split too little in the day. After eating, you can go and rest. I'll continue splitting the logs for a while longer."

The old man looked at me, surprised. "Even though you're ugly, you're quite hardworking. This old man, won't be courteous then. Do you know why they recruited people here? You should have guessed already. I'm getting old and my strength has waned. I will be unable to meet the demands of the kitchen soon. I won't be courteous with you but don't overwork yourself. It's alright to just split a couple more. That's right, what's your name?"

His words had warmed my heart. "I'm called Eighteen. You can just call me that from now on."

The old man nodded. "You can call me Old Firewood. I've long forgotten my name."

I was startled before I replied. "How can I do that? You're so much older than me. How about this? I'll call you Uncle Firewood."

Old Firewood drank a mouthful of wine before replying, "Up to you. You really don't want to drink?"

I smiled as I shook my head.

When it was deep in the night, Old Firewood had already entered the land of dreams. I surveyed my surrounding and found them empty. I circulated my magic power and gently brandished my hand. Countless tiny light blades appeared, instantly splitting a vast amount of logs into small even pieces. When I waved my hand, the logs gathered at a corner. It was a pity that Sukrad's staff had been confiscated after I was caught. The current me shouldn't even be able to fight against Ke Lun Duo.

After stacking the firewood, I returned to the firewood house and looked at Old Firewood. He was already giving off resounding snores. I took out a piece of cloth and tied it around my face, concentrating my magic power on my feet. I gently leapt on the kitchen's roof.

It was silent everywhere. Since the palace was immense, I didn't dare to go far, and just patrolled a 100 metres radius around the kitchen. The security here was relaxed as I only met an occasional team of patrolling soldiers. I had quietly memorised the routes I had taken. After returning to the firewood house, I took out a piece of paper from my spatial pocket, drawing places from my memory.

After 10 days time, I had already gained some information about the palace. The Demon race's palace was divided into inner and outer parts. The outer parts where we stayed as we laboured surrounded the entire outer palace. I had already been in the inner palace once. The security there was extremely tight. Even a small movement by Xiao Rou, it had alerted the the guards. Mu Zi and the Demon Emperor should be in there.

I was filled with thoughts as I split the logs. Uncle Firewood said, "Eighteen, what are you thinking about?"

I snapped out from my thoughts and replied, "Nothing."

Uncle Firewood smiled but didn't continue to question me. Uncle Firewood had always been inscrutable. Even though there wasn't any magical undulations from his body, after what had happened with Ke Lun Duo, I was extremely wary of him. Every night before I went to scout, I had always made sure that Uncle Firewood was fast asleep.

What made me feel glad was that the recovery speed of my magic was extremely fast. Even though the gold dan didn't split into another gold dan, the magic spell composed of light magic was mellow and rich. The only gold dan in my brain was faintly discernible and my body was filled with power. My power was already on par with my past peak state.

It was rather mysterious that, after losing the gold dans, my power would grow so much. It was really something that I had been unable to understand. I also didn't have much time to focus on such things. When I practiced my magic, even if I suppressed it, a faint radiance could be seen coming from my body, so I had chosen day time to train my magic. While I did the repetitive motions of splitting logs, I secretly gathered light elements, which were constantly changing in my body.

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