Great Demon Sun Wukong

Chapter 176 - 168: The Complete Annihilation of Demon Gods!

However, just when Jue Cha managed to block the golden runes with his Supreme Sword Intent, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Despite his premonition, the power of the two massive columns was too overwhelming, and the golden runes functioned like magical restraints. It was as if two ropes were tied to Jue Cha’s arms, one on each side, leaving him unable to move.

In his desperation, Jue Cha could only attempt to forcefully kick backwards, hoping to hit Zhan Yunyi who was attacking from behind. But with his body restrained, hitting Zhan Yunyi was practically impossible. Thus, when Jue Cha’s kick missed, a severe pain followed by intense dizziness surged from the back of his head.

Seeing his staff strike Jue Cha’s head without any hindrance, Zhan Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately recited the incantation to withdraw the two colossal columns. Otherwise, he feared that within a few more breaths, he would have overextended his soul power and passed out.

These columns were divine objects from ancient times, with great power that could restrain anyone except the Domain Lord holding the Heavenly Stele. However, the amount of soul power required varied with the opponent’s strength, so restraining Jue Cha, who was equally matched in power, was not an easy feat for Zhan Yunyi.

Just as Zhan Yunyi retracted the columns and watched Jue Cha’s body start to fall, he suddenly felt a chill in his chest, followed by a shock. When he looked down, Zhan Yunyi saw a longsword pierce through him. Looking up at Jue Cha again, he saw the slowly falling figure start to fade and quickly vanish!

Zhan Yunyi realized he’d been tricked. Feeling the Sword Intent filled with Destructive Will continuously emanating from the sword in his chest, Zhan Yunyi panicked, knowing that if the longsword had deviated just a hair to the right, he would have died instantly because that was where the Soul Crystal was located.

Even so, the longsword was dangerously close to the Soul Crystal, and the powerful Destructive Sword Intent was relentlessly assaulting Zhan Yunyi’s Soul Crystal. Although the Soul Crystal had evolved into a Divine Crystal after fusing with the Nine Laws, it was still relatively fragile. Three more impacts, and Zhan Yunyi would undoubtedly die.

At that moment, Zhan Yunyi was helpless, wracked by the intense pain from the Sword Intent’s assault and unable to stop Jue Cha from behind. Was he just to close his eyes and await death?

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No, he couldn’t let it end this way. Suddenly, Zhan Yunyi surged forward, hoping to use the momentum to pull away from the sword, thereby temporarily avoiding the Sword Intent’s destructive force on his Divine Crystal. But how could Jue Cha let him get away with that, closely following each step behind him?

However, just as Zhan Yunyi took his second step, he felt a cold wind on the back of his head, and the longsword embedded in his chest ceased its Sword Intent assault as if it had lost control from its master.

Relieved that the Sword Intent had stopped, although puzzled by it, Zhan Yunyi was grateful and scared. Since the Sword Intent had ceased, it meant that Jue Cha must have died; otherwise, the assault wouldn’t have stopped. Yet Zhan Yunyi’s situation was still critical, with the Divine Crystal on the verge of collapse.

So without even glancing back at Jue Cha’s corpse, or seeing who had helped him, Zhan Yunyi immediately sat down and hurriedly took out a golden elixir from his chest, swallowing it swiftly. He then focused all his attention on healing the damage to his Divine Crystal.

Now, of the Myriad Demons Country’s Five Demon Gods still fighting, only Fen Yan was left. For both Fen Yan and the Evil Monarch, this outcome was somewhat unbelievable. Five on five, with similar powers and realms, yet the result was three of the Five Demon Gods dead, one unconscious, while only four of the opponents were somewhat overstrained.

Not only was Fen Yan astonished, but even the Evil Monarch was somewhat baffled. Although at the outset, the Evil Monarch was completely confident in his side, he had not expected to annihilate four of the opponents unscathed. Moreover, considering the current situation, it seemed very likely that Fen Yan would also fall to him.

While it seemed that Old King’s sudden explosion at the beginning had created an opportunity for his side, deep down, the Evil Monarch felt that something was not right. However, this feeling was too elusive, and regardless of it, the fact was right before his eyes: three of the Five Demon Gods had been slain, and one had been knocked unconscious.

Even if this was some kind of plot by the Myriad Demons Country, sacrificing the Five Demon Gods was a price too steep. And if it truly was a conspiracy that involved such a sacrifice, it wasn’t something the Evil Monarch could see through or unravel. Thus, suppressing his doubts, the Evil Monarch prepared wholeheartedly for the final step.

Once completed, even if Fen Yan possessed great skill, he would not escape death.

At that moment, the final Magical Decree was completed, and the Evil Monarch suddenly let out a loud shout, then appeared abruptly in the void, and with numerous phantoms trailing behind him, he launched an attack on Fen Yan who was on the ground maintaining high alert.

Seeing the Evil Monarch charging directly at him, although Fen Yan was puzzled, the speed of the Evil Monarch was so fast that Fen Yan had no time to think.

With a flick of his finger, the blue flames originally burning on the ceremonial command token flared up again, eventually forming a blue flame shield, while Fen Yan’s right hand grasped at the void, and the blue flames also shaped into a flame longsword.

With the flame shield in his left hand, he angled it to deflect the dagger that the Evil Monarch was holding in a reverse grip as he flew toward him.

The instant the dagger stabbed into the shield, the flame shield suddenly burst into light, and nine fire dragons surged out from the shield at an extremely fast speed, then instantly enveloped the Evil Monarch. At the same time, the flame longsword in Fen Yan’s right hand slashed fiercely, cutting the Evil Monarch in half at the waist.

But after bisecting the Evil Monarch, Fen Yan did not relax his vigilance; on the contrary, he became even more cautious. He was well aware that such a formidable Evil Monarch could not have died so easily; that must have been a doppelganger. However, standing with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other for a full quarter of an hour, there was no movement at all.

Could it be that he had actually killed the real body of the Evil Monarch?

With this thought, Fen Yan suddenly turned his head to look at the body he had bisected, which was being burnt by the token’s blue flames, but this glance startled him. Because Fen Yan saw that where the two halves of the body had been was now completely empty, his heart missed a beat, and he immediately felt a sense of foreboding.

But before he could even turn around, he felt the cold touch of a dagger against his neck. With just a slight move from him, the dagger would certainly not hesitate to decapitate him. However, Fen Yan would not simply wait for death; the moment he felt the dagger on his neck, his body suddenly erupted, exploding into a large burst of blue flames.

Although Fen Yan did not know why the Evil Monarch was not dead and had even appeared behind him, this did not cause Fen Yan to panic, so he immediately exploded the blue flames, hoping to fend off the Evil Monarch with the terrifying flames.

But what shocked Fen Yan was that at the same time the flames exploded, the Evil Monarch did not dodge or react at all, instead taking the full brunt of the flames.

What shocked Fen Yan was not the fact that the Evil Monarch did not evade but that after the explosion of the flames, the Evil Monarch was completely unharmed, and his body was actually absorbing the fire. Such a bizarre scene was something Fen Yan had never witnessed before; his most relied-upon flames were not only ineffective against the Evil Monarch but were even being absorbed by him.

Always calm, for the first time, Fen Yan showed a panicked expression. Even when one other Demon God had died and another had fallen unconscious, Fen Yan did not panic because he had great confidence in his ceremonial command token. As long as he held the token, even if he faced the Netherworld Five War Generals alone, he wouldn’t be afraid.

Although he might not be able to kill all five of them, getting away unscathed wouldn’t have been an issue.

Feeling the cold dagger at his neck, Fen Yan’s heart sank in despair. Unfortunately, the Evil Monarch gave him no more time. With a swift motion, the dagger sliced through, and Fen Yan’s head soared into the sky.

Following that, the Evil Monarch, holding the dagger in the correct grip, stabbed reversely into the front of Fen Yan’s headless body; the Divine Crystal immediately shattered, and the enormous Soul Energy was instantly absorbed by the dark dagger, transforming into pure Soul Energy to replenish the Evil Monarch.

Releasing a deep breath, the Evil Monarch then fell straight backward. However, as he fell, the sparkling eyes of the Evil Monarch glanced inadvertently at the rise where the Five Demon Gods had previously stood on Stone Mountain, pondering!

Thus, the Myriad Demons Country’s Five Demon Gods suffered four deaths and one fainting for the price of the Netherworld Five Battle Generals’ sacrifice, which yielded no deaths. Though none of the Five Battle Generals had died, all five had sustained injuries to varying degrees.

Especially the Blade Master Old Wang, who had used the Chaos Giant Transformation for too long, causing his Soul to be nearly exhausted, and Zhan Yunyi, whose Divine Crystal was damaged by the Destruction Sword Intent, were both seriously injured. Shang Sheng and Du Tianyang had less severe injuries and would recover after some rest.

As for the Evil Monarch, he had been struck by blue flames entering his body. Although he had used a special method to not only render his body immune to the flames’ damage but even to absorb them, the blue flames were indeed too overbearing, and still left his insides in chaos. If he could not completely refine them shortly, the Evil Monarch might not die but would become a cripple!