Chapter 449: 轰杀

The human Godfiends were too fast, and the demon side had no chance to escape. They could only watch helplessly as the distance narrowed.

Thirty li, twenty li, then ten li…

King Zhenwu suddenly sent a voice transmission: “Attack!”

“Boom!” Almost instantly, all the Godfiends present unleashed their attacks simultaneously. Their combined assaults blotted out the sky, and the fastest among them was King Qianmu’s Soul Forbidden Art, the ‘Demon Cone’.

King Qianmu, a Soul Stage Six expert, had cultivated the ‘Demon Cone’ using a full thirty percent of his soul origin. It was truly the human Godfiends’ trump card. The demon race, despite having many demon kings, had sent only a small number this time precisely because they feared this Soul Stage Six ‘Demon Cone’; after all, any demon with a weaker soul who approached within fifty li of King Qianmu would be committing suicide.

The black Demon Cone was invisible to the naked eye, but it could be clearly detected within a soul domain.

Its speed was astonishing; in an instant, it had reached Thread-Pulling Saint Lord. Although Thread-Pulling Saint Lord had prepared for this, facing the terrifying ‘Demon Cone’ still caused some panic.

“Boom!”

Thread-Pulling Saint Lord’s face contorted in agony, mouth agape as if crying out in pain, yet no sound escaped. It clutched its head in torment. The Nine Lives Cocoon threads floating in the air became slow and sluggish, losing control.

The three Emperor Lords had once allowed it to choose a Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure, and it had picked the ‘Nine Lives Cocoon’ for its superior soul protection. The Nine Lives Cocoon shielded its soul, significantly weakening and obstructing the Demon Cone. Yet, Thread-Pulling Saint Lord still felt the ‘Nine Lives Cocoon’’s protection was insufficient; its soul was still forcefully pierced and torn, causing immense pain and overwhelming despair.

It even felt as if it were about to die.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Terrifying attacks descended. The enormous Blazing Star Cauldron crashed down, and King Zhenwu’s gray fist-shadows, capable of pulverizing anything, also arrived.

However, all these attacks struck a white cocoon.

The white cocoon had completely enveloped Thread-Pulling Saint Lord.

This white cocoon… was the Nine Lives Cocoon itself! The Nine Lives Cocoon was originally cocoon-shaped; once it completely enveloped the body, it was virtually indestructible.

Moreover, it also provided strong soul protection, making it the most powerful of the three Tribulation Realm Secret Treasures available for body and soul protection.

It had proven its worth!

With the white cocoon wrapped around it, the human Godfiends found themselves unable to break through.

“Thread-Pulling Saint Lord’s soul has strong protection; it must be a Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure,” King Qianmu transmitted. Participating in this campaign naturally meant knowing both oneself and the enemy. Their ‘Demon Cone’ was a trump card; the demon side, unless they had a grandmaster of illusion arts, would have to rely on Tribulation Realm Secret Treasures to stand a chance of resistance. This was also why the Demon Cone wasn't used when King Tongming fought Cold Moon Demon King.

A Demon Cone crafted by a Soul Stage Five expert using thirty percent of their soul origin to target a Soul Stage Six opponent? Under normal circumstances, it could severely wound the opponent, with even a slight chance of killing them.

But if the opponent possessed a Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure, King Tongming wouldn't dare to act. It was highly likely he would harm the opponent, but simultaneously, his ‘Demon Cone’ would almost certainly shatter! Although the Demon Cone was incomparably sharp, it was also fragile. Once shattered, King Tongming would lose thirty percent of his soul origin, suffering a severe injury himself and a significant reduction in strength.

The opponent would only be injured, retaining most of their fighting power, while he would lose thirty percent of his origin, becoming almost incapable of resistance in the intense pain that followed. The result could be his own death.

Dealing with Soul Stage Six was better left to King Qianmu!

Facing the human Godfiends' frenzied assault, Old Ancestor Poison Dragon naturally showed no fear, transforming into nine black dragons and charging forward. However, none could penetrate the ‘Yin-Yang Disc’ range of King Zhenwu’s domain. Meanwhile, Thread-Pulling Saint Lord, encased in the white cocoon, was in immense pain.

Cold Moon Demon King had naturally retreated into the Shadow World early on.

“Boom!”

King Zhenwu’s punch failed to break the white cocoon, so he turned and punched the void again.

Layer upon layer of void shattered, and even the mysterious Shadow World was breached.

A single punch pierced through the Shadow World, striking the frantically fleeing Cold Moon Demon King.

“Bang!” Cold Moon Demon King’s body fragmented into shadows, but her true form frantically fled.

“Pfft!” As the Shadow World was breached, a black Demon Cone also shot in. While Cold Moon Demon King used a shadow to withstand King Zhenwu’s blow, the black Demon Cone seized the opportunity to pierce into her true body, striking her soul.

Her soul was forcefully pierced and torn.

Cold Moon Demon King clutched her head in agony. Although her Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure, the ‘Phantom Sword’, could also protect her soul, its effect was far inferior to the Nine Lives Cocoon. In that instant, she lost consciousness due to the pain.

“Bang!”

The gray fist-shadow, taking advantage of the situation, slammed into her true body.

Upon contact with the fist-shadow, Cold Moon Demon King’s body completely disintegrated into nothingness, killing her instantly.

As she was pulverized, only a few treasures remained, particularly a dark short sword that stood out.

“Whoosh!” King Zhenwu waved his hand, collecting all of Cold Moon Demon King’s remaining treasures.

“A Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure,” King Zhenwu thought with delight, glancing at the dark short sword in his hand.

Meng Chuan, King Molten Fire, and the others were also overjoyed to see this.

Tribulation Realm Secret Treasures were extremely precious.

In human history, only Patriarch Cang Yuan left behind a sufficient number of Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure weapons, making Yuanchu Mountain the most deeply accumulated in this regard. Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Canghai Sect, for instance, possessed only a few such weapons. This time, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven only bestowed one Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure: the Blazing Star Cauldron for King Molten Fire! Two World Island, being truly impoverished, didn’t bestow any.

Although Yuanchu Mountain had profound heritage, it only gave Meng Chuan and King Zhenwu one Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure each. As for King Anhai, Peng Mu, and Yun Jianhai, they only received Emperor-level weapons and treasures.

The demon race, in contrast, was the most affluent.

Of course, Tribulation Realm Secret Treasures also varied in quality. Some left by Patriarch Cang Yuan were weapons from Seventh Tribulation Realm beings, while most others were from Sixth or Fifth Tribulation Realm grand powerful ones.

The demon race was different; most of their Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure weapons were left by Third or Fourth Tribulation Realm grand powerful ones. For example, although the Nine Lives Cocoon was a secret treasure from a ‘Soul Stage Five Tribulation Realm grand powerful one,’ it actually lacked the crucial ‘breaking cocoon for rebirth’ ability, which was why Thread-Pulling Saint Lord was allowed to choose it.

However—

Meng Chuan and the others were only Sealed King Godfiends. At their current level, the power difference they could unleash between weapons refined by Sixth or Seventh Tribulation Realm grand powerful ones and those refined by Third Tribulation Realm grand powerful ones was not significant. Only at sufficiently high realms would the vast difference become apparent.

“A Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure.”

Killing a powerful demon king and obtaining a Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure still greatly uplifted the morale of the Godfiends.

“Dead? Cold Moon Demon King is dead?” Old Ancestor Poison Dragon was somewhat shocked. Possessing an immortal body, it wasn't concerned about its own safety. It immediately saw the crucial point, staring at King Zhenwu in the distance: “That King Zhenwu, how could he shatter the Shadow World with a single punch? His realm in void manipulation is too high.”

It was indeed very high.

Old Man Yin-Yang’s ‘Yin-Yang Art’ was an Emperor-level profound art. However, King Zhenwu’s ‘Seven Absolutes of True Martial’ was an advancement based on the ‘Yin-Yang Art’. Although he was only at the late Cavern Sky Realm, it was no weaker than the perfected ‘Yin-Yang Art’ at the Cavern Sky Realm. Coupled with his natural proficiency in void aspects of cultivation, and the Tribulation Realm Secret Treasure bestowed by Yuanchu Mountain to enhance his strength, shattering the Shadow World with a single punch was not difficult.

He was also one of the core main forces in this campaign.

“The Demon Cone is even more terrifying than I imagined,” Thread-Pulling Saint Lord, still inside the Nine Lives Cocoon, continued to feel the tearing pain in its soul. “If it struck a few more times, my soul might completely shatter, leading to death. However, I’ve heard the Demon Cone is fragile, so it shouldn’t be used against me consecutively.”

“Thread-Pulling Saint Lord and Cold Moon Demon King are both Soul Stage Six and both have Tribulation Realm Secret Treasures protecting them. Among them, Thread-Pulling Saint Lord’s resistance is stronger,” King Qianmu said. “Attacking both of them has caused slight cracks to appear on my Demon Cone. I’m not confident I can kill Thread-Pulling Saint Lord relying solely on the Demon Cone.”

“No need,” King Zhenwu said. “Your Demon Cone forbidden art is our trump card. There aren't many Soul Stage Six demons, and you can easily slaughter those Soul Stage Five demons later… It’s better to use the Demon Cone at a more crucial moment.”

“As long as your Demon Cone isn’t shattered, it remains a powerful deterrent,” King Molten Fire added.

King Qianmu nodded.

He was also one of the core main forces in this campaign.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

Thread-Pulling Saint Lord, still hidden within the white cocoon, suddenly began releasing countless threads that spread out around it.

“More demons are coming,” King Zhenwu suddenly said, looking into the distance.

Meng Chuan soon sensed them too.

In the distance, a terrifying aura erupted. A burly man with long black hair, flowing down to his waist, stood in mid-air. His pair of purple eyes gazed from afar. Just his distant gaze made Meng Chuan and the other Godfiends feel as if the surrounding world was collapsing, being drawn towards the black-haired man. Behind him stood eighteen guards.

“Peacock Monarch has arrived,” King Zhenwu, King Molten Fire, Meng Chuan, and the others all felt their fighting spirit surge. This was the ultimate clash of peak powers between the human race and the demon race in the World Gap.