Chapter 377 - Dead or Alive?
Zhong Yue looked at the desert stunned, what just happened was like a dream, those undefeatable demon experts in front of him were killed in the blink of an eye, not a single demon escaped!
Even the eight saint clans eight clan masters were all dead!
The demon divine weapons, the magnates' soul weapons, every single one of them were incredibly strong and yet, even when working together, they couldn't even stand a small chance in the face of the Demon God Contracted Puppet!
In the desert, a sandstorm was starting from the far side, the magnates and giants laid lifelessly in the yellow sands and soaked the ground with their blood. The Demon God Contracted Puppet was sucking the bloods and meat of the demons, chewing the muscle meats and not a single drop of blood could get away from his mouths!
Senior Martial Feng Xiaozhong even planned to capture this Shi Tuo, can he really do it, can he really do it? Zhong Yue was doubtful and worried.
Shi Tuo was too strong, he was even stronger than the Triad Ritual Demon Saint. Hence, Feng Xiaozhong's plan to capture him was nearly impossible in Zhong Yue's eyes!
While a thousand miles away from them, Feng Xiaozhong was standing on the ocean-desert border, he was standing on the summit of the highest mountain, he looked at the Demon God Contracted Puppet and his body quivered.
"How magnificent … how marvelous …. Such a strong demon spirit is enough for me to play with for a long time. Hehehe…."
His eyes were filled with madness as he looked at the Demon God Contracted Puppet and spoke.
All of a sudden, the demon divine weapons flew up and dashed away toward the far side.
Zhong Yue raised his head and looked over. Shura, Raksha and the others had recalled their past life's divine weapons and left toward the Desolation City at a great speed, not wanting to stay for even a second longer.
"Your wish is too simple, I'm not even half full … Next time, find me more of these delicious souls and I might just spare your life…."
The Demon God Contracted Puppet then shrunk down and turned back to normal, a little wood puppet in Zhong Yue's hand.
Zhong Yue heaved a sigh of relief, he looked around and the whole place was deserted, shattered soul weapons and broken bones were scattered across the desert. All of the demon magnates including the clan masters were killed and their Yuan Shen, soul and spirit were all eaten by Shi Tuo. Even the treasures in their Yuan Shen and thus, Zhong Yue couldn't plunder anything from the demons.
The death of the experts and also the clan masters is a great blow to the whole demon race. So many experts are gone, this alone is enough for the whole demon race to plunge into chaos. Although the eight saint clans are strong and great, having many experts, but after going through the Triad Ritual and Feng Xiaozhong's slaughterings, they have been heavily impaired, now this….
Rays flashed in Zhong Yue's eyes as he looked at the Desolation City from afar; above the city, Tian Mo Concubine, Ji Xiang Concubine, Saint Concubine and the other court ladies were looking at him with inexplicable emotions.
While Demon Queen was donned in clothes of full black, like a lone widow, standing in mid-air above the city as she stared at him.
Beside the ladies the eight grand ancestors, Shura and the others were there.
Zhong Yue waved his hands, he turned and flew heading toward the mountain ridges to the West.
All of a sudden, just seconds after he left the ground, an immense godly aura pressed on him, the clouds changed drastically and a demonic face emerged, covering half the sky.
Zhong Yue lifted his head in disbelief.
At the same time, the ladies all exclaimed in shock and even Shura and the grand ancestors looked at one another in surprise but they were not shocked at all.
"Zhang Shan Clan member you have brought about too heavy a calamity, impairing the foundation of our demon race, even the demon god who shunned the mortal world had to come out to punish him." Yama said softly.
Tian Mo Concubine and the others faces stiffened up, there had always been a rumor about a demon god in the Eight Barren, but it was after all, a rumor, no one had ever proved his existence.
But now, they knew that the rumor was in fact, true!
A demon god had really appeared!
"Human, never would any race be allowed to fool around in the Eight Barren, cause such calamities and leave as a living man!"
The demon god spoke and each word spoken would further increase the pressure on Zhong Yue, causing him to spurt blood out from his mouth, he also couldn't move at all and was being held still in mid-air by the demon god, not having even the slightest chance to struggle.
A demon's hand then pressed down from the sky, concomitant with the sounds of thunder rumblings and the demon sunfire, slow yet appalling as he slammed it towards Zhong Yue who he had pressured under his palm!
Zhong Yue didn't move at all, because he couldn't!
The demon god's hand continued to slowly slam down, pressing on Zhong Yue's head and crushing it, his eyes flew out and his jaws were crushed into ashes, his whole body was crushed.
The demon god's hand was a slow moving hammer, hitting Zhong Yue like a nail, crushing his head to his neck then waist and finally, his legs; completely wiping him away from the world!
Tian Mo Concubine, Saint Concubine and the others witnessed his death, they were stunned, unable to move and suddenly, Saint Concubine cast out her Asura Divine Eye, looking over at the desert.
Then, the young lady disarmed her Asura Divine Eye and left without saying a word.
Tian Mo Concubine was dazed, her mind was blank as she sat at the tip of the highest tower of the Desolation City, supporting her head with her arms and staring vacantly at the desert.
"There are no doubts, this Zhong Shan Clan member is dead for sure." Shura sighed and he said in a low voice.
Yama frowned, he said, "He is a hero, but the sins he committed are unpardonable. The demon race has no choice but to stand out and sentence him for what he has done, death is the salvation for his sins."
The other eight grand ancestors concurred, they nodded and Raksha lamented, "The demon race has gone through three calamities, countless experts were killed and the higher-ups were nearly all wiped away. The dark age has fallen on the demon race once again. What have we the demon race done that brings us such disastrous events?"
"This might be a good thing, as the saying goes: Out of the chaos, comes the hero. For this dark age to come, a great king shall rise!"
Shura was high-spirited, he laughed and said, "Friends and rivals, one of us might be the destined king, you and I have yet to finish our long-standing battles in the past life, and since we were given the chance to live once again, shall we continue the fun?"
"Why not, do you think I'm afraid of you?" The other grand ancestors laughed, they were all high-spirited and their auras clashed with one another, creating sparks of lightnings in thin air.
While far away from the Raksha territory, there was a poor out-of-land village, the Li Clan. There was a young man who raised his head high, he watched as the demon god's face dispersed in the clouds, he clenched his hand into a fist and he mumbled softly, "One day, I will be just like that! The Li Clan will rise as a new saint clan, and our people will not be treated as petty slaves anymore!"
In the desert, right where Zhong Yue died, Tian Mo Concubine had flown over with the other ladies behind her, she searched the land, scanned every inch in hope of finding any signs of Zhong Yue still being alive.
"Tian'er, there is no need to do this anymore, with the demon god's prowess, even the magnates would die on the spot, let alone him."
Ji Xiang Concubine shook her head, she mumbled in sorrow, "He is really amazing, a rare talent in the human race. I've nearly fallen in love with him after all these days spent together, but … he is dead now…."
Tian Mo Concubine's beautiful countenance was in dismal despair, she shook her head and said, "He is sly and cunning, harder to catch than a loach. He survived the Triad Ritual, he survived the battle against Demon Saint and he survived the demon experts' beleaguerment, I don't believe he will die just like this! He must have some other means, without seeing his dead body, I will not declare him dead!"
A court lady was wiping tears from her eyes, she sobbed, "True, mister is sly and cunning, but this is a demon god…."
The demon ladies were affectionate, they had all spent many days with Zhong Yue and even though he appeared to be haughty and imperious at first, they soon realized that he held a unique air, an attractive charm of his own.
Although Zhong Yue would often flirt with them, he had in fact, kept an appropriate distance from the women and was polite, respectful and had never crossed the line. Even more, he had regarded them as friends and had saved their lives for more than once.
They knew that their Mister Mo Luo was just a cover for the human Zhong Yue, but they couldn't help the feelings they had, falling deeper and deeper in love with him.
As they watched Zhong Yue being killed by the demon god, a huge part of them was forcibly dragged out, leaving a deep hole in their affectionate hearts.
Tian Mo Concubine was the most affected of all, she was still persisting, searching for even the slightest signs that he was alive. She took out many jade bottles and opened them all, releasing all of her Gu insects into the desert, searching for Zhong Yue's corpse.
"Tian'er, this is useless, the demon god crushed every single part of him and he most likely vaporized into thin air already." Ji Xiang Concubine couldn't hold herself back anymore and said.
"There must be something left!" Tian Mo Concubine persisted.
The Gu insects scanned every corner of the desert, hundreds of miles around them, but not even a single bone of his was found, there was only the broken soul weapons.
Suddenly, Tian Mo Concubine's eyes brightened up as if she discovered something interesting and all of a sudden, she recalled all of the Gu insects back to the jade bottles. Chuckling she said, "You are right, it is useless! Let's go, we will go after that little widow Yun'er!"
The ladies exchanged looks and saw the same shock on each other's faces, Ji Xiang Concubine asked, "Tian'er, why did you stop so suddenly?"
"He is not dead, naturally there is no need to search for him anymore."
Tian Mo Concubine said laughingly, "I've searched everywhere for nearly half a day, there weren't any broken parts of the Golden Feathery Peng Sword, the emerald leaf or that demon puppet. Most importantly, he also had a copper lamp which I couldn't find either. The two swords are both divine weapons and that demon puppet is even more appalling; whereas that copper lamp, it is a treasure that can even hold the Golden Feathery Peng Sword in it. If he is really dead, these few treasures will surely have been left behind. Also, I had doubts already when that woman Saint Concubine left right away after she looked with her Asura Divine Eye, and now, I can safely say that he is definitely not dead!"
The ladies were stunned, they all shook their heads and said, "As much as you, all of us also hope that he is still alive. But it is the demon god that killed him, there is no way he can survive that, what means does he have to escape from the demon god?"
"We all watched it ourselves, he was crushed inch by inch by the demon god, there is no way for him to be alive. Big Sister Tian'er, you are just deceiving yourself!"
However, a bright smile emerged on Tian Mo Concubine's beautiful countenance and she said leisurely, "It's your choice whether you believe me or not. I don't know how he did it, but he did escape from the demon god's killing blow, I can assure you of this! Give it some time, we will soon hear news of him on the other end of the ocean, then, we will know if I'm correct or not!"
The ladies were in doubt, but still, Ji Xiang Concubine felt her heart fully fill with lights again, her unsettled heart was eased and she asked curiously, "Going after Demon Queen? Her husband is dead and she is now a widow, wouldn't it be too impudent if we bully her now?"
"We are not going there to bully her."
Tian Mo Concubine smirked frigidly, she said, "We are going there for Demon Saint's soul, to kill Demon Saint!"
The ladies were shocked and they shouted, "Demon Saint's soul, kill Demon Saint? Wasn't Demon Saint killed by the dragon race Ao Fenglou? Why are we killing him again?"
"Is he really dead?"
Tian Mo Concubine's tone turned cold and frigid, she said placidly, "I watched as he battled Demon Saint and I found something interesting. Demon Saint's other demon divine weapon, the sword breaker, had never appeared before. Do you think Demon Saint would not use it in the battle against our mister? This demon divine weapon is called the Soul Burial Whip, he must have hid it before the battle. During the battle, his Yuan Shen had the spirit but not the soul, which suggests that his soul must have been in the demon divine weapon and this demon divine weapon must be in Yun'er, this widow's hands! This time, I will send him off to hell personally, I will kill him and he will die!"
In the times of this dark age where Demon Saint was dead and the eight saint clans weakened, it was the best time for the other factions to rise.