Chapter 148: Kneel Down And Sing Words Of Surrender!
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"Boom!"
Right in that second, the lightning ball was hurled towards a dozen of Thousand Demons Tribe members and exploded right before them.
A ripple of energy was sent into the air and knocked them onto the ground. At the same time, a wave of electricity was sent into the air before it enveloped everyone around in an electric field!
"Ah!!!"
Immediately, the Thousand Demons Tribe members started shouting agonizingly as they were zapped by unrelenting waves of electricity. The electrical energy struck them like poisonous bugs and caused immense pain.
This lightning ball wasn't even charged until it was extremely powerful. In fact, Xu Que barely charged it and was only the size of a palm when he flung it towards them. Hence, none of these Thousand Demons Tribe members died from it. Since Xu Que could control the electrical currents, as long as he didn't allow the field to dissipate, anyone who was caught within it was being zapped repeatedly, causing agonizing pain.
Of course, this wasn't due to Xu Que being cruel but because he didn't know the strength of this Monkey Blocks Lightning spell. He only charged the ball for a second before tossing it in their direction to test it out. He didn't expect that it would cause so much pain and torture for these Original Infant Staged cultivators.
At that point, the area was filled with shrieks of pain. All the members of the Thousand Demons Tribe were screaming out as they writhed on the ground in pain. Regardless of whatever spells they conjured in an attempt to free themselves, it was futile.
Tiger King was standing some distance away. He charged over in fury and shouted out, "Cursed monkey, what are you trying to do? Torturing your own race?"
"Why they are in pain has nothing to do with me. They accused me of stealing the electrical energy from the pools. I'm just returning it to them now, hmph! Come, take a look. I shall return it all to you now."
As Xu Que spoke, he placed both his palms up and he started charging up once more. A swirling vortex appeared on his palms once again as it started spinning rapidly with electrical sparks being emitted from time to time. Before long, yet another ball of lightning had been charged up!
"Buzz!"
The ball of lightning started charging up faster and faster as it produced a sharp screeching sound. The ball of lightning was becoming bigger by the second!
The Tiger King watched on in fear as his eyes widened. Even from a distance away, he could feel the immense amount of power within the lightning ball, as his scalp turned numb.
He could feel that the amount of power in this lightning ball was so great that it was even more powerful than the amount of energy within a single Lightning Pool. If it lands on him, he might find it extremely difficult to survive it!
The lightning ball was now the size of a basketball and emanates terrifying amounts of energy.
At last, the Tiger King couldn't take it any longer and shouted out, "Stop it! We don't need you to return it anymore!"
Xu Que's lips curled into a smile as he replied, "That won't do. I heard it very clearly myself. All of you were talking about how I stole the powers from the pools. Now that I don't want it anymore, I shall return it all to you."
"Buzz!"
The ball of lightning started spun even faster while the high pitched screeching sound became louder, causing all their eardrums to hurt.
Many other demonic humans of other tribes watched on in intense fear. Shivers ran down their spines as they took several steps back.
The Sky Demons Tribe elders were filled with happiness as they watched on in excitement. Seeing the ball of lightning in Xu Que's hands and the group of Thousand Demons Tribe cultivators on the ground struggling made them extremely happy.
"Our friend Sun, good job!"
"These people deserve to be punished! You don't have to go easy on them!"
"How dare they plot against our Sky Demons Tribe and even dared to kidnap one of us. You deserve all the pain for being such vile low lives!"
"The entire Thousand Demons Tribe is an embarrassment to our race!"
"That's right. And the entire lot of you have even secretly captured many members of the human race and ate them alive. Don't assume that we are ignorant of this fact!"
"So many of your evil acts have completely betrayed all the rules set by our forefathers all those years ago."
"Today, you shall feel the wrath of our new Demon King!"
The elders berated them fiercely as if finally given the chance to speak out after years of tolerating them. The elders started revealing all their misdemeanors before everyone present.
Tiger King's face had turned black with rage as he clenched his fists tightly. His eyes turned bloodshot and killing intent radiated out from his body. He resembled a fearsome looking tiger ready to pounce on his prey.
However, he didn't dare to act reckless since he knew that Su Ling'er was watching him closely.
Out of everyone else present at the scene, the only person Tiger King was afraid of was Su Ling'er.
Even after Xu Que had displayed some extraordinary skills, he was just a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator in Tiger King's eyes and was thus despised.
Hence, he didn't fear Xu Que at all but was afraid of Su Ling'er and thus didn't act out.
"Ah!!! Damned monkey, please stop."
"We were wrong and you can keep the electrical energy from the Lightning Pools. You can have it all. We don't want it anymore."
"Yes, he's right! Monkey, please stop now!"
The Thousand Demons Tribe members noticed that Tiger King didn't make a move. Seeing that the pain wasn't going to be ended by their leader, and they couldn't handle it any longer, they started begging for mercy.
"Didn't you just call me a damned monkey?" Xu Que's eyes gleamed as he continued laughing. He then prepared to hurl the lightning ball which was as big as a basketball.
"Stop it!" The Tiger King shouted out in rage.
However, he was too late. The ball of lightning flew into the air rapidly and landed right in front of the dozen Thousand Demons Tribe members.
"Boom!" It rang out loudly as it exploded.
The violent and powerful explosion ripped through the nearest bodies of several demonic humans. Instantly, they became nothing more than mists of blood.
The rest of them who happened to stand further away from the point of impact were thrown into the air before landing on the ground heavily. Arcs of electrical energy enveloped their bodies as they twitched violently on the ground.
"Darned monkey! You're asking to die!" Tiger King burst out at last, unable to tolerate this scene any longer. He gave out a loud shout as he dashed towards Xu Que.
Xu Que gave a cold smile before laughing out, "Call me the Great Sage! Or… Demon King!"
The second his words fell, he started charging up yet another ball of lightning as he tossed it towards the Tiger King.
The Tiger King's face fell as he reacted instinctively and conjured a protective spell to deflect the ball.
"Boom!"
The second his protective spell was conjured, it appeared in the form of a wall. The lightning ball clashed heavily against the wall, shattering on impact.
The Tiger King's body was thrown into the air from the powerful impact of the blast and landed quite some distance away. His body landed on the ground with a loud thud as a sliver of blood dripped from the corners of his lips. He didn't even have any energy remaining to stand back up.
"Yo, he actually survived that?" Xu Que smiled plainly.
Since the Tiger King had already crossed his Tribulations, he must've been way past the Original Infant Stage. In fact, he could be considered more than halfway towards the Infant Transformation Stage.
The fact that he could handle a medium sized Monkey Blocks Lightning ball indicated that he was rather powerful!
However, such a scene shocked everyone who was present.
Everyone assumed that Su Ling'er would intervene the second Tiger King made a move against Xu Que.
Instead, Su Ling'er didn't even have to lift a finger to protect him. Xu Que just used a single spell and it was enough to send the Tiger King soaring into the air and even gravely injured him!
Such strength and powers, was he really of the Golden Core Stage? It was unbelievable!
"Ah... Great Sage, mercy!" All of a sudden, a loud scream rang out.
The few demonic humans from Thousand Demons Tribe who had been blasted into the air finally managed to crawl their way back. Their faces were filled with agony.
"Demon King, we've realized our mistakes. Please let us off!"
"Great Sage, we've really learnt from our mistakes this time. We didn't treat you with respect and spat words of insult but we were wrong. Please spare us!"
"The only person who secretly ate humans was the Tiger King. None of us had ever eaten human flesh."
The few Thousand Demons Tribe members saw that Xu Que was extremely powerful to the extent that even their leader couldn't win him. Hence, they immediately admitted defeat. In fact, they even started to reveal their leader's wrongdoings.
Xu Que shook his head and asked, "Do you surrender now?"
"We surrender. We surrender, Lord Great Sage, please have mercy on us!" The few of them shouted out in fear.
"You surrender, right? Then why haven't you knelt down and start singing your words of surrender?" Xu Que shot them a fearsome look as killing aura spreaded across the entire area.
Plonk!
Instantly, the few of them fell to their knees.
Immediately after, they looked at each other and their faces were filled with humiliation.
Sing? What do we sing? Sing our surrender?
"Great…. Our Great Sage, we don't know how to sing! We've never learnt how to sing!"
Chapter 149: With You Around, I Wouldn't Be Afraid!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"You can't sing? Since you can't sing, how dare you speak so aggressively? Come, let me teach you. 3, 2, 1, repeat after me, let's go…" Xu Que's eyes widened as he cleared his throat before he started singing.
"I was overcame easily by you and stripped down naked to my bare body. I then felt you violate me, causing my vision to go blur… What are you staring at? Why aren't you singing after me? Whoever fails to sing this song later will get his penis flicked a hundred times!"
The few demonic humans froze in shock, their faces were extremely pale as they started singing out.
"I was easily overcame... By you..."
"Stripped down naked… To my bare body…"
Xu Que watched on and nodded his head in satisfaction, "Right, not bad. Remember to direct your feelings into the lyrics. You have to think of your humiliation and helplessness while singing and also the pain. Who's that? The person with an ass for a face, sing more melodiously and don't go off tune!"
Watching on as Xu Que became a music teacher, teaching the few demonic humans to sing such strange songs, many others were speechless!
Thankfully, the song wasn't difficult to sing and the notes which they were supposed to hit weren't too high pitched. The few of them singing could also identify the predicament they're experiencing in the song since the lyrics were fairly straightforward.
After singing the same lyrics repeatedly, the singing started to become more passionate and intense. It got to a point where a wolf bodied demonic human used his falsetto and sang extremely passionately in front of the audience.
"Not bad, not bad. Remain kneeling on the ground and practice until I'm satisfied with your performance!"
As soon as Xu Que finished speaking, he turned around, smiling from ear to ear. He then walked towards Su Ling'er and the rest of them.
At this point, the Sky Demons Tribe members including Su Ling'er were wearing expressions of forced smiles. They were extremely bewildered with regards to Xu Que's strange methods of punishments and were trying to get used to it.
However, Xu Que was successfully in enduring eight waves of Tribulations and was even baptized by the Lightning Pools. He was thus worthy and fit to become the King of Demons. This itself earned their respect and favour.
"Sun Wu Kong, it looks like we really underestimated you." Su Ling'er smiled plainly.
The few days leading up to the Tribulations, she was still worried for Xu Que, considering he was a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator about to undergo his Tribulations. She was also afraid that he would become the butt of jokes. She never would've expected that he would ultimately secure the Demon King's throne!
Xu Que shrugged his shoulders and replied, "It's nothing. When I was of the Core Bearing Stage, I even defeated an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator!"
"Stop exaggerating! I've already praised you, you can stop it now, huh?" Su Ling'er rolled her eyes.
Xu Que heard this and was clearly displeased. He slapped his chest and replied, "How am I exaggerating? If you don't believe me, you can ask around. Everyone under the heavens know of this. I am Sun Wu Kong, the Great Sage equal to heavens. I made a name for myself by never exaggerating."
"..." Su Ling'er shook her head, unsure whether to laugh or to cry.
Xu Que glared at her, "Aiya, why are you shaking your head? Come, come, come, you should come to my room tonight and fulfil the two promises you owe me."
Su Ling'er froze, "I can fulfil the two promises I owe you. But why do I have to go into your room? Do you need me to do your household chores for you?"
"No, I shall cook noodles for you!"
(T/N : Or can also be read "I shall let you eat what's below my waist!")
"..." Su Ling'er thought about the last time she heard those words from Xu Que, causing her cheeks to flush red immediately. She then glared fiercely at Xu Que.
The elders who were standing beside them looked at the way they behaved towards each other and felt relieved and glad at the same time. At last, they all revealed happy smiles.
To them, even if Su Ling'er wasn't the Demon Queen, at least Xu Que was the King. It was the same outcome for Sky Demon Tribe. Anyway, it seems like the both of them would eventually become family one day.
At last, the Thunder Tribulations Worship started once more. Although the nine Lightning Pools had been sucked dry by Xu Que, the altar could still be used.
Many other demonic humans went up to cross their own Tribulations. Most of them were only able to activate three or four waves. Not a single person was able to conjure five waves!
The Thousand Demons Tribe who had been tortured half to death by Xu Que's lightning ball were still kneeling down and singing the song for the umpteenth time and had almost passed out of exhaustion.
Something else which was worth mentioning was that the Tiger King sustained severe injuries and was still unconscious. He, along with his younger brother, were dragged to the side to receive treatment!
Xu Que wanted to step forward and kill both brothers but was stopped by Su Ling'er.
"You mustn't kill them. No matter what, Tiger King is still the leader of a tribe. If you kill him here, you would incite a civil war between our tribes and force the Patriarchs out of their secluded meditation. Then, we would be in big trouble!"
"Then aren't you afraid that they would come after us for revenge?" Xu Que frowned as he asked. Afterall, he was a person who wouldn't hesitate to wipe out an entire group of people as long as they threatened himself or the people he cared about. That was his character.
Su Ling'er looked deep into Xu Que's eyes before shifting her glance away and replied, "With you around, I wouldn't be afraid!"
Oh?
Xu Que paused before his eyes gleamed.
Aiyo, this annoying little demon really knows how to flirt with boys!
The Thunder Tribulations Worship finally ended when the sky turned dark.
The spells around the Lightning Pools were lifted. Xu Que, Su Ling'er and the rest of them thus left.
Right at the entrance of the Lightning Pools, Su Xiao Qi naturally was returned to them, unharmed.
As soon as she saw Su Ling'er, the girl ran straight into her older sister's embrace as she shouted for revenge against the Thousand Demons Tribe.
However, at the next moment, Su Xiao Qi's attention was fixed at the Thousand Demons Tribe members leaving the area as well. She saw most of them being carried out, including Tiger King and was astounded!
"This… What happened?" Su Xiao Qi asked Su Ling'er.
Su Ling'er curled her lips into a smile, "You have to ask Sun Wu Kong about this."
"No way. The darned monkey did this?" Su Xiao Qi was shocked as she looked at Xu Que in disbelief.
Xu Que waved his hands and replied humbly, "You don't have to thank me. I wish to remain anonymous after doing good deeds. Let's not speak of this anymore. I wish to return home and write about this in my diary!"
As he finished, he flicked his robes and turned away.
Everyone present : "..."
When they finally arrived at the Sky Demons Tribe stronghold, it was the morning of the next day.
As soon as Xu Que arrived within the stronghold, he returned to his own cottage and climbed onto his bed. He stretched himself comfortably and laid down.
Along the way back, Su Ling'er told him that they have to head to Demon City to register himself as the new Demon King in two days time.
Additionally, it was precisely because Xu Que was the new Demon King that he no longer had to worry about the Elders discovering his ability of alchemy. She then persuaded him to stay.
In the grand scheme of things, this was a good news.
But to Xu Que, it didn't really matter. What was most important to him was that he secured his Heavenly Tribulations and even reaped tremendous rewards from it!
Just from his God of Hell's Compulsion alone, his physical body was much stronger than before. It could even be said that his skin was as tough as metal. In fact, he even managed to absorb eight waves of Tribulations along with the powers from the nine Lightning Pools. Absorbing all these energy allowed him to gain control of electrical energy, which in allowed him to create his very own spell, "Monkey Blocks Lightning"!
Still, apart from those, he didn't manage to earn much act tough poi
Deducting the amount of points which he had spent for consecutively activating the Disguise Puppet, along with a single Two Star Alchemist skill book, a Banshee's Veil and several points spent here and there, Xu Que had spent a whopping total of nearly 3,000 act tough points!
However, with the Tribulations wrapped out, he could now use his increased strengths to act tough in the future, thereby recovering his initial costs.
He now had around 4,000 act tough points remaining!
To Xu Que, such a financial situation was still acceptable. Although he didn't have much points left, he had become much stronger!
After several moments of straightening out his finances, he pulled his quilts up to his body and fell asleep.
Xu Que slept through the entire day until it was dark once more. He slept very soundly without much disturbances.
All of a sudden, he could hear gentle footsteps and then...
"Dong dong!"
Someone was knocking at the door.
Xu Que sat up on his bed, still in a daze as he shook his head. He then decided to open the door.
When he saw who was outside, he was astonished.
Su Ling'er? What's the matter? Why have you come in the middle of the night?
Xu Que was extremely confused!
Su Ling'er blinked several times with those gorgeous eyes of hers and looked at Xu Que interestingly before laughing, "Why do you look so surprised? Didn't you say you wanted me to eat what's below your waist? Here I am!"
(T/N : Or "Didn't you want to cook noodles for me? Here I am!")
Chapter 150: Xu Que Ascends Throne, Demonic Tribe!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"You… You want to eat what's below my waist?" Xu Que was stumped as his heart hammered fiercely in his chest. Luck had arrived at such an unexpected time!
Seeing Su Ling'er's pretty features on her face and her pair of adorable white ears, along with her bushy tails behind, Xu Que's imagination ran wild as his heart palpitated.
However, at that moment…
Su Ling'er shot Xu Que a crafty look before pulling a packet of noodles from behind her back and showed it to him. She then smiled playfully, "Oh, the noodles are here. You can cook them for me now!"
"..." Xu Que's expression froze on his face.
Fuck me! This con artist! This cheat! Where has the trust between humans gone to?
Seeing Xu Que's confounded expression, Su Ling'er held her smile in and pretended to give him a fierce look. She then glared at him and berated him, "I knew you weren't being kind hearted when you volunteered to cook noodles for me. You were playing with words that day while we were travelling towards the Lightning Pools."
Indeed, Xu Que had been teasing her the entire day about all sorts of nonsense. He spoke about licking something, about asking her to eat what was below and spoke many other dirty words.He made her blush with embarrassment with all that talk back then.
At last, when Su Ling'er finally understood what he meant, Xu Que then actually cooked two bowls of noodles for her. Su Ling'er was shocked and assumed that she had misjudged Xu Que for being a dirty and perverted man. She felt extremely guilty for the rest of the night.
Earlier at the Lightning Pools, Xu Que couldn't control himself yet again and teased her once more. This roused the suspicion in Su Ling'er. Hence, she actually ran to her own kitchen, took a packet of noodles and decided to have her revenge on Xu Que.
At this point, Xu Que felt his heart aching as he clutched his chest and shouted out, "You are a liar and a cheater. You've stained the pure and innocent trust between us as friends. You are a criminal!"
"After taking advantage of me so many times, I've yet to settle scores with you. This is just the first of it!" Su Ling'er glared at him before shoving the packet of noodles into Xu Que's hands. Half laughing and half wearing a severe expression she replied, "This is your first request. Go and cook the noodles now. Also, we have to leave for Demon City early tomorrow!"
As she finished speaking, she turned away before stepping out into the bright moonlight looking extremely pleased.
Xu Que's lips twitched as his heart ached painfully.
After being the driver of his vehicle for so many years, he never expected his own vehicle to completely overturn today. He had failed and this was a huge stain on his entire life!
The next day in the morning, Xu Que, Su Ling'er, Su Xiao Qi and several other elite members of the Sky Demon Tribe started making their way to Demon City!
Something worth noting was that when Xu Que woke up early in the morning, he received a system notification informing him that he had broken through to the Original Infant Stage!
Due to the amount of experience points stored over the past few days, he even ascended to level 4 of the Original Infant Stage!
When Su Ling'er and the rest of them saw Xu Que in the morning, they gave bewildered looks and astonished expressions.
Within the span of a single night, he was of the 4th level of the Original Infant Stage!
The speed of his cultivation was too fast!
To this, Xu Que's explanation was, "This Great Sage is exceptionally smart and powerful. Of course, improving rapidly in cultivation is normal!"
Everyone who heard this was at a loss for words.
Afterall, to all of them, Xu Que was extremely powerful. He was so powerful they literally had no words to describe him.
Since Su Ling'er had successfully completed her Tribulations as well, she was fast approaching the Infant Transformation Stage. However, she still needed several more days before her cultivation powers would swell to its peak for her to cross to the next level. The right conditions were extremely critical in order for that to happen!
Ascending to the Infant Transformation Stage was a huge development in a person's cultivation level. Regardless of what race the cultivator was from, the Infant Transformation Stage was a pinnacle of existence. A demonic beast could take human form at will once he had reached this stage of cultivation. A demonic human could thus take three forms. He could take the form of human, demonic beast or demonic humans!
To Xu Que, someone like Su Ling'er who was of the Nine Tails Fox race should remain in her demonic human form. Afterall… She was extremely attractive and unique in this form!
When the group of them arrived at Demon City, it was already in the evening and the sky was getting dark.
Indeed, the Demon City wasn't as glorious as expected. Instead, it was extremely run down and desolate.
The entire city rested on a wasteland of the forest. Many walls of the city had been destroyed. This wasn't because the city wasn't upkept well. Instead, it was due to the fact that a huge war had taken place right here. The entire city was thus destroyed beyond any possible means of restoration!
From afar, the area looked like it was a heritage site of sorts and didn't resemble a habitable place. Apart from several extremely dilapidated huts, there was a single tower standing in the rubble!
The tower looked extremely old and damaged as well. However, there were still many protective spells surrounding the tower. That was the only reason the tower managed to survive the war.
According to what Su Ling'er had said, after the Demon City's Palace had been destroyed, only this tower remained of the city. Hence, this tower became the new palace of the Demon City!
Hence, Xu Que stood before the entrance of the city as he glanced across at this 'Demon City' and was left speechless for a long time!
The Sky Demon Tribe elders shook their heads regretfully as well.
"Ai, my race has really declined over the years!"
"Thinking back to a long time ago, when I was still a young boy, I remembered how glorious and breathtaking the Demon City was. It was even comparable to the Fire Nation's City of today."
"It's such a pity that war had really destroyed my race!"
"The demonic beasts of those years were the main reason for our down fall! Although the human race didn't like us very much, they didn't drive our race towards oblivion like the demonic beasts did!"
"Ai!"
After a long time, the few elders sighed out before remaining silent.
Su Ling'er and Su Xiao Qi stood outside the city, their faces were solemn as they watched on. It was as if they were reminiscing about how glorious their city was all those years ago!
Under such a circumstance, even Xu Que who wasn't a demonic human, felt extremely sorry for the situation the race was in. A look of sorrow was apparent on his face as well.
He actually sympathized greatly with them. They were the offsprings of demonic beasts and humans after all. Why were they ostracized and discriminated to such an extent?
To Xu Que, who was born in an era emphasizing freedom and equality, something like that was hard to accept.
"Let's go. We shall go into the palace and stay there for the night. Tomorrow morning, you shall be coronated as the new King!" Su Ling'er spoke as she walked into the city.
Xu Que didn't hesitate as well and followed the entire group of them in.
Afterall, it was the grand coronation ceremony of their new King of Demons and the entire city was filled with many demonic humans. Xu Que had seen some of them in the Lightning Pools before, while others were foreign faces to him.
Most of them were in the cultivation levels from Golden Core to Original Infant. There were no Infant Transformation Stage cultivators.
"Won't any of the Patriarchs from the race be present for the coronation ceremony?" Xu Que asked suspiciously.
For such an important event, if no Patriarchs were present, it wouldn't be appropriate.
Su Ling'er however shook her head, "As of today, all the Patriarchs are too advanced in age. Their mortal bodies are almost on the verge of expiration. Hence, the only way to ensure their continued existence would be to remain in secluded meditation to upkeep their lives. Unless something major happens, they wouldn't come out. Afterall, that would severely impact their longevity and life."
She then looked at Xu Que and continued to speak, "That was the reason I stopped you from killing Tiger King back at the Lightning Pools. If you killed him, the Patriarchs from the Thousand Demons Tribe wouldn't sit idly and ignore it. Once they break out of the secluded meditation, the rest of the Patriarchs would be able to feel it. Hence they wouldn't wish to exert themselves and break out of their own secluded meditation since they would assume that some Patriarchs are already handling the matter. At that point, you will feel the wrath of all the Patriarchs on you, since you are the problem."
"So what? I'm not afraid anyway!" Xu Que shrugged his shoulders as his expression remained stoic.
Besides, even if I choose not to fight I can still run away. What do I have to be afraid of?
"If you're not afraid, I am afraid!" Su Ling'er looked at him in the eye before walking over to the tower.
Xu Que froze for a second as he touched the point of his nose and smiled.
"Cursed monkey, you are shameless!" Su Xiao Qi watched on as she gave an expression of disgust.
Xu Que raised his eyebrows as he waved a hand, "Little missy, please don't be jealous. You can have my body any time you wish but you shall never have my heart!"
Su Xiao Qi started turning red in embarrassment, "Damned monkey! You can carry on dreaming. My sister and I would never wait upon you or serve you!"
When Xu Que heard this, he was elated. He then gave a sly grin and replied, "That's not true. Thinking about it, I shall be crowned as the Demon King tomorrow morning. That's as good as blocking out the heavens with my palms. When that time comes… Even if you scream yourself hoarse, it will be futile. Heheheh!"
"You…" Su Xiao Qi was so angry she couldn't even complete her sentence as she glared at Xu Que before turning around to leave.
The next day, the coronation ceremony was underway.
The entire process was very simple and yet it was somewhat barbaric!
An entire floor of the tower was used as the grand hall, where many demonic humans were present. Xu Que donned his King's armor and looked extremely suave as he walked down the hallway.
At the end of the hall was a throne made out of animal bones. Atop the throne was a leather skin.
As soon as Xu Que stepped onto the dais before the throne, an old crone walked over with a walking stick. She picked up the crown shakily before placing it over Xu Que's head.
The entire process had been explained to Xu Que last night and thus he knew exactly what was going to happen. He wore a severe expression, trying his best to give off a royal and kingly aura.
"Demon King, please take your throne and drink the Demon King's wine!"
Following the old crone's high pitch voice, Xu Que then sat down majestically atop the throne made up of bones. He then picked up his chalice and took a deep drink. At the same time, his eyes swept across the different demonic beasts down below.
At this point, the old crone shouted out once again, "The heavens had blessed us with the sixteenth King of Demons, Sun Wu Kong! After the successful coronations today, by order of our ancestors, the King shall be referred to as Shaman!"
The second her words fell, everyone present fell to their knees and shouted out, "Respects to Shaman Demon King!"
"Pu!"
Xu Que immediately spat his wine out before glaring at the entire group of them. His face revealed a look of anger.
Dirty Demon King?
(T/N : The chinese character for 'shaman' sounds the same as 'dirty')
Fuck!
You are dirty. Your whole family is dirty!
Chapter 151: The One Who Wears The Crown Must Bear Its Weight!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"I don't want it! I don't want it! Fuck… You had so many nice things to call me but you decided to address me as Dirty Demon King. Isn't that a personal attack on my character?"
The second Xu Que heard the title in which was supposed to be conferred upon him, he was extremely unhappy.
He hurriedly took off the crown on his head which was a symbol of the Shaman Demon King and placed it atop Su Ling'er's head while she wasn't paying attention.
"Ah! Sun Wu Kong, your crown…" Su Ling'er was startled by his sudden actions and shouted out in shock.
"No! This is YOUR crown."
Xu Que smiled from ear to ear as he waved his hands, "Actually, this Dirty Demon… Shaman Demon Queen position is yours. I just helped you to snatch it from the hands of Tiger King. Hence, this crown is for you to wear. If it weren't for you, the Great Sage wouldn't even be bothered to attend the Tribulations and help you steal the throne from him!"
"You… So you did this, all for me?" Su Ling'er was astonished. After hearing how Xu Que had described his actions, her heart stirred up and she was clearly moved.
This was the much coveted throne. How could this monkey give it up to her just like that? Could it be because to him, she was more important than the throne?
Su Ling'er eyes started to turn wet with tears.
Although she was the leader of the Sky Demon Tribe, she had never been treated so nicely in her entire hundred years of existence.
Although this monkey was always mischievous and playful, Su Ling'er knew deep down in her heart that he treated her very well. From the moment he refined pills for her and defeated Tiger King in the Tribulations, to giving up the throne to her.
However, Su Ling'er was very aware of the rules controlling the demonic beasts. Once a King has been confirmed, it cannot be changed.
She looked down and tried to remove the crown from her head, "Sun Wu Kong, I cannot…"
"Don't look down. The crown will drop." Xu Que hurriedly held her hand to stop Su Ling'er from removing the crown. He then noticed the tears dripping down from her face as he raised his hand to wipe it away from her cheeks. He then replied, "Don't cry. Bitches… will laugh. Seeing you cry, my heart aches."
Hearing Xu Que speak out, Su Ling'er was taken aback once more. Never in her life had a man feel hurt when she cried.
"That must not happen! Shaman Demon King, the matter of the throne is very important. How can you give it up just like that? Please return to your throne Shaman Demon King and resume the procession."
Under such a tense situation, a pair of old crones who looked so hideous that the sight of them was enough to turn stomachs rushed forward and dragged Xu Que back to his throne.
"Let go of me! This King wishes to act tough at this moment. Pui, I mean, I don't care about this Dirty Demon King position!" Xu Que started struggling from their grip as he shouted out.
"Sun Wu Kong, thank you for thinking of me. But I strongly believe that you can lead our entire race to greater heights." As she spoke, Su Ling'er removed the crown from her head and placed it atop Xu Que's head once more.
At last, Xu Que finally decided that he couldn't push the crown away any longer. He thus finally accepted the title of "Dirty Demon King" and became the race's new King!
The King of Demons was addressed as Shaman Demon King. This was something that couldn't be changed.
Many demonic beasts fell to their knees to pay their respects to the new King. Only the different King of tribes could escape kneeling down to him. However, they still had to bow to him!
Xu Que sat atop the throne, his face was filled with joy as he received compliments.
He had initially thought of acting tough with his new title as Demon King. At this point, they bestowed the title of "Dirty Demon King" upon him. How could he ever bear to act tough with such a poor title?
Su Ling'er stood beside the throne and saw that Xu Que's expression was strange. She then took a step forward and whispered, "What's wrong?"
Xu Que twitched his lips before replying, "Bb heart aches, but bb won't say why!"
(T/N: Reference to BB stickers)
"Ah?" Su Ling'er was extremely confused, not understanding what Xu Que was talking about.
At this point, the old crone beside him spoke again, "The new Shaman Demon King has to give a coronation speech!"
Coronation speech?
Xu Que froze for a moment before reacting. This was to give a thank-you speech, too easy!
Xu Que stood up lazily from his throne before looking down at all the demonic humans before him. The atmosphere was tense as they awaited for him to speak.
After several breaths, he started speaking, "I wish to thank everyone for allowing me to ascend to the throne. First of, I wish to thank my parents for delivering me into this world and raising me up. Next I wish to thank my teacher who taught me. I wouldn't be here without him. I also wish to thank my friends for their everlasting support. Most importantly, I wish to thank CCTV, MTV and TVB for the opportunity to stand on this stage. Lastly, I wish to thank my director, Lord of the Common People for giving me the chance…"
"Sun Wu Kong!"
All of a sudden, Su Ling'er caught his attention and glared at him, interrupting Xu Que's speech!
Xu Que paused, "What is it?"
At the same time, he noticed that the entire group of demonic beasts who were kneeling before him all wore expression of utter confusion!
Su Ling'er then rolled her eyes and whispered, "What are you talking about? The coronation speech is not for you to thank people. It's for you to speak one or two sentences about your expectations or for you to promise that you will bring our race to greater heights!"
So it's to speak about my expectations! Should've said so earlier!
"Cough, cough!"
Xu Que coughed several times and pretended that none of that ever happened. His expression remained calm and stoic.
The entire group of kneeling demonic humans were stumped and speechless.
Some of them looked extremely displeased at Xu Que. Afterall, he was only of the Original Infant Stage. How was he going to strengthen their race?
Hearing the way he spoke on the stage with all his strange lingo caused many people to lose faith in him!
"Looks like our race has to wait for another hundred years before we'll get to see a fearsome warrior to lead us!"
"Ai, I knew something was amiss. Look at how several Tribe leaders aren't here. They must've disagreed to him!"
"Even Thousand Demons Tribe didn't send anyone here. Tiger King probably doesn't recognize this new King."
Everyone broke out into hushed gossips and whispers. Su Ling'er hurriedly swept a glance at Xu Que and whispered, "Stop speaking. Let me help you with the speech…"
"No need!" Xu Que then interrupted Su Ling'er halfway and smiled. He then casted his glance down at everyone once more.
At the next moment, his smile vanished as he shouted out, "All of you, shut up!"
Whoosh
In that second, the entire hall turned silent and everyone looked up at Xu Que.
Some of them wore looks of fear, while others were expressionless. Others glanced at each other with mocking looks and eyes of disdain.
In actual fact, regardless of how Xu Que performed today, everyone would be extremely displeased with him and would be unwilling to accept him as the new king.
Afterall, Xu Que was just an Original Infant Staged cultivator. Even if there were rumors floating about that he had defeated Tiger King, many people found this hard to believe. They assumed that it was just untrue tales.
To them, only someone who was powerful and mighty would be worthy of becoming their King.
"Sun Wu Kong, please don't be rash." Su Ling'er whispered in an attempt to remind him, afraid that Xu Que would flare up and attack those demonic humans on the ground.
If he lost his cool and made a move, he would definitely lose the confidence of everyone present.
Indeed, Xu Que stopped playing around as he wore a severe look. He swept his glance around before speaking seriously, "Today, I've taken up the position as the Demon King and there are many people among you who are displeased by this fact. But that's no matter. As long as I'm still seated on the throne, I will take all of you towards greater heights, towards glory. Our race no longer have to hide from everyone but we can walk proudly in broad daylight. That's because I understand something…"
At this point, he pause before looking at everyone down below once more. He then emanated powerful aura from his body which diffused across the entire hall.
He then continued, speaking loudly and fearsomely, "The one who wears the crown, must bear its weight!"
(T/N: Quote taken from the korean drama series, The Heirs)
Chapter 152: If You Won't Surrender, I Shall Beat You 'Till You Surrender
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
He who wears the crown, must bear its weight!
This sentence immediately astounded everyone present within the hall.
Su Ling'er who was afraid that Xu Que would say the wrong things was shocked.
Many other demonic humans froze as well, reeling from astonishment.
It was a simple phrase of eight words and yet was able to stir their hearts. These words were able to succinctly describe their new king's conviction to bring them to greater heights.
He who wears the crown, must bear its weight. The crown was a symbol of the future for the entire race. Hence the person who wears the crown would have to be responsible for the future of the entire race!
So he understood the importance of this position.
Looks like he did his preparations and is ready to lead the entire race towards a brighter future.
At the next moment, the doubts and uncertainties within their hearts had vanished. When they looked at Xu Que once again, they were filled with reverence and respect.
Even those demonic humans who were displeased with Xu Que for putting the crown over Su Ling'er's head was renewed with confidence for their new king.
Looks like this monkey isn't treating the Shaman Demon King position lightly.
Looks like this Great Sage has such a deep thought process and an even louder voice.
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"
Consecutive notifications rang out in his head from the system. Along with the act tough points he had received earlier, he had earned nearly 300 act tough points!
Although Xu Que's speech shook many people, there were still several others who weren't convinced.
An old cultivator was standing outside the doors and didn't enter the hall. He was laughing with his accomplices outside, "A red butt damned monkey, how could he ever hope to fulfill the promises he made to bring a bright future to our race? He's just talking big. If word gets out, the entire race would be the subject of humiliation!"
He wasn't speaking excessively loud, but it just happened that the entire hall was silent. Thus, everyone around managed to hear this.
Everyone's faces changed as they looked towards Xu Que.
A certain coldness swept into the pupils of Su Ling'er. She knew that there would be some people who wouldn't pledge their loyalty to Xu Que and surrender to his reign. Hence, she looked out of the door and spoke fiercely, "Today is the grand day of coronation for our King. Who dares to lurk outside and speak rubbish, get in here now!"
Outside the hall, an old man who had wings on his back strode into the hall and laughed coldly, "What? Am I wrong? Just a mere Original Infant Stage cultivator, how do you think you're going to lead us towards brighter days?"
Everyone present were shocked.
"Eagle King!"
"It's actually Ashen Cloud Tribe's Eagle King! To think that he actually came but didn't enter the hall to pledge his loyalty to the new king!"
"He's obviously provoking the new Demon King!"
"The new Demon King had just been crowned and someone has already came to stir up trouble. Looks like something's gonna happen today!"
"And there are also several other tribes who didn't appear today. Could a civil war be brewing?"
Many people broke out in animated discussion. Worry was etched across their faces.
Their demonic humans race was exceptionally weak at this point. If a civil war breaks out, they might not even be able to recover for the next several hundred years. Their hopes of becoming a strong race would be dashed!
Xu Que threw a cold glance at the old man and smiled, "You're also a mere Original Infant Stage, level 8. Where did you get the courage to speak to me that way?"
The old man broke out in laughter, "Haha! This Eagle King is of the Original Infant Stage level 8, but I'm still higher than you. I'm more worthy to sit on that throne than you!"
"Hua!"
At the same time, everyone were shocked as they gasped at the audacity of the Eagle King.
The Eagle King actually dared to speak such words. Looks like today was going to be interesting.
"So you're trying to say, that you do not surrender to my reign?" Xu Que asked, smiling as he looked at Eagle King.
"Yes! This Eagle King shall not surrender to a mere Original Infant Stage level 4 cultivator and call him my Demon King. If the demonic beasts outside hear of this joke, they will think that we don't have anyone more capable to lead us and make another attack on our race. Hence, in order to ensure the safety and survival of our race, Demon King… YOU. ARE.NOT. WORTHY." The Eagle King took a step with every word towards Xu Que as he spoke out loudly.
Seeing this situation, Xu Que shrugged his shoulders and looked at Su Ling'er before asking, "Do we have any rules as to how to deal with such offences?"
Su Ling'er paused for a moment before replying, "For speaking out against the King, he shall be slapped on the mouth. If he repeats his actions..."
"There's no need for that. He shall get slapped!"
As soon as Xu Que's words landed, a field of lightning formed beneath Xu Que's feet. With a loud crack, his physical body vanished leaving behind his shadow as he appeared outside the hall at the next instant.
"Piak!"
At that moment, a loud and clear sound of a slap could be heard throughout the entire hall.
The old man flew high off the ground and landed several meters away. A large bruise had formed on his cheeks as his mouth gaped wide open in shock.
Everyone within the hall was astonished. They didn't even saw Xu Que move and yet he could make the Eagle King fall. They were extremely fearful.
An Original Infant Staged, level 4 cultivator could actually send a Tribe King, who was of the Original Infant Stage, level 8 flying?
"Old sparse hair, this King has punched people in the old aged home and kicked children in the nursery. After all that's done, I even stepped into the mortuary and asked, "Whoever's not happy, stand up now", but nobody dared to say anything. Now you wish to compare strengths with me? Come on then!" Xu Que shouted out before he raised a backhand, ready to slap him once more.
The old man was furious as he shouted out, "The audacity! You…"
"Piak!" Even before he could finish, Xu Que slapped him once more on the mouth.
"You dare..."
"Piak!"
"I..."
"Piak, piak!"
"Stop it…"
"Piak, piak, piak!"
Seeing every slap land on the face and mouth of the Eagle King, everyone watched on in shock, their jaws were left hanging. Every slap was intentionally and landed where it was supposed to go. He was beaten so viciously that feathers from his wings even broke off and landed on the ground. Eagle King, who had a fearsome reputation for being merciless to his enemies and was of the Original Infant Stage, level 8 was beaten to such an extent.
"What… What's going on? The Eagle King was being beaten up?"
"He couldn't even defend himself or retaliate!"
"This new Demon King is much stronger than how we imagined him to be!"
"Original Infant Stage level 4 and he could beat someone of a higher cultivation level, without giving him any chance of retaliation?"
The audience were stumped.
"To deal with people who won't surrender to me, I have a very simple way of handling it. If you don't surrender, I shall beat you until you surrender. After all that, you have to kneel down and sing a song of surrender to me!" Xu Que shouted out coldly.
His words were loud as they echoed throughout the entire hall.
Many of them were extremely afraid and fearful.
He then looked at the Eagle King whose face was as swollen as a pig. Half of his feathers were on the floor.
Those who were watching on were trembling in fear. Looks like this Demon King has a gangster side to him as well. That… Seems to be a good quality to have in our King!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
At this point, the system rang out in his head.
Xu Que ignored it. Instead, he was glaring at the pair of wings behind Eagle King's back and was smiling, "I've been eating way too much chicken wings of late that I'm getting sick of it. Maybe I should try eagle's wings today? I've heard that an eagle's wings are extremely strong in order to carry its body into the sky. That means if I grill it… The meat must be pretty good, right?"
"What? He wanted to grill the Eagle King?"
"That's way too scary! Our new King wishes to send a message out to everyone who doesn't obey him!"
The second they heard this, many other demonic humans who were thinking of not surrendering felt a chill ran down their spines. They didn't dare to bring up the topic of rebelling ever again.
At this point, Eagle King was curled up on the ground trembling in fear.
He had really been beaten till he was scared and confused. This monkey was obviously only level four. Why did he look more terrifying than an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator?
Sou!
Right at this time, the sound of something moving extremely quick through the wind could be heard which startled everyone.
Raising his head up, Xu Que could see a demonic human sprinting into the hall. He had a crazed look in his eyes and ignored everyone else. At the next moment however, he slammed heavily into the door as his body was covered in blood.
Such a peculiar situation caused everyone to jump up in shock.
Even Xu Que had stopped and looked at him in surprise.
What kind of person was this! Why didn't he use his brains? He actually used his head to beat the door?
The demonic human however was still conscious as he lay on the floor and trembled before shouting in fear, "No… Not good! The demonic… Demonic beasts have attacked again. They're all here to annihilate us!"
Chapter 153: The Great War
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"What?" Immediately, the faces of everyone present fell as panic filled the entire hall.
"Demonic beasts? How did they know we're here?"
"Unless someone revealed our position to them?"
"What's going on?"
Everyone started looking at the injured demonic human and started plying him with questions.
The wounded demonic human was pressing tightly against his bleeding wound and replied agonizingly, "I... I don't know... I'm from Sea Cloud Tribe. Actually, our entire tribe along with our Tribe King were here but… They wanted to organize a show of strength against the new Demon King to protest his rule. Hence, we were ordered to wait in the forest. We didn't expect a large group of demonic beasts to appear and started killing us without even speaking."
When Xu Que heard this, his eyebrows twitched.
Show of strength to protest my rule? Keke... the whole group of you were asking for death. Tried to act tough but ended up eating grass instead!
Everyone around started to panic the moment they heard this.
"As soon as they approached, they started killing? Looks like these demonic beasts had planned it out thoroughly."
"We're doomed. We're probably already surrounded by them!"
"That's not right. How did the demonic beasts know that we were having a coronation ceremony here? And they chose today of all days?"
"There must be a traitor who delivered this piece of information to them."
"That's right. We've been in hiding here for so long and nothing has happened. If it weren't for a traitor, there's no way that so many demonic beasts would come here."
"What an evil traitor! He actually liaise with our long time enemy to kill his own race. I wonder who it is!"
Within the hall, all of them started becoming angry!
Someone then asked, "How many demonic beasts are there? If we join forces, we might be able to fight it out with them?"
That wounded demonic human had intense fear written across his face as he shook his head in despair, "We cannot win them. Their numbers are far too many, with many waves of them. I don't know exactly how many, but it's definitely more than 10,000 of them. Also… Also, they have an Infant Transformation Stage leader!"
"What?" Hearing these words, everyone trembled in fear.
More than 10,000 of them? And they even have an Infant Transformation Staged leader? That's… They definitely want to wipe out our entire race!
"We're finished!" One of them looked around hopelessly before he sat down on the ground.
"More than 10,000 demonic beasts. Even if they were all of the Foundation Building or Core Bearing stages, they can all trample us to death with just their sheer numbers!"
"No. Just the Infant Transformation Staged cultivator is enough to kill everyone of us here!"
"We're doomed! Our race… it's going to be extinguished!"
"What did we ever do to them to deserve such a fate?"
In a short span of time, the entire hall was filled with cries of desperation as everyone felt that the situation was hopeless.
Su Ling'er and the rest of her tribe had frowns across their faces and looked very grim. They were clearly worried as well.
The Sky Demon Tribe elders started to tremble as they cried out, "The heavens wished to annihilate our entire race!"
"Why… Why is our race treated so unfairly?!"
Su Ling'er looked at Xu Que before sighing. She was frowning as she asked, "You've just taken your new position and they wouldn't even wait until you've settled down. Now… Now, what should we do?"
Xu Que laughed out before he placed a finger on Su Ling'er's forehead, "You shouldn't frown too much, you will have wrinkles if you do. As for those demonic beasts… Hehe... I'll kill all of them regardless of their numbers!"
Kill all of them regardless of their numbers!
These words spoken by Xu Que were filled with killing intent, causing those who heard it to feel a chill in their hearts!
Su Ling'er paused and shook her head, "They have an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator leading them. At this point, even if we inform our Patriarchs, they might not even be in time to react!"
"I've never been afraid of Infant Transformation cultivators, ever!" Xu Que replied as a certain sense of eagerness gleamed in his eyes.
Infant Transformation Stage! Ever since the fight with Zhang Danshan, the sect leader of Celestial Sect, Xu Que had always been rather cautious about cultivators in that stage.
However, now that he had already broken through to the Original Infant Stage, he was rather excited to test his strength against an Infant Transformation Stage leader once more.
"No, we cannot sit around and wait for death to claim us!"
Right at this moment, an old man stood up from the crowd and shotued out, "If we continue to stay here, we will die. Why not fight our way out and charge right into the demonic beasts? We have a better chance of survival if we do that."
The entire area fell into silence as they considered his proposal. Soon after, everyone started agreeing with him as a certain crazed desperation for survival could be seen within their eyes.
Even in animals, once they were forced into a corner, most of them would become agitated and bite in order to survive. Much less in their current situation with so many tribes around, plus the fact that they had been oppressed for so many years. Today was the day the demonic beasts had pushed the demonic humans to a corner. All of them present were willing to fight to their death.
There were several responses to the old man's words.
Several younger demonic humans stood up and replied, "He's right. Let's fight it out with them!"
"Besides, several other tribes are already at the frontline fighting with them. Let's join up with them and show the beasts our strengths!"
"Since we're dead anyway, let's give it our all in this fight!"
"Even if we die, we should drag several of these beasts to hell with us!"
"Kill them!"
"Let's fight!"
More and more demonic humans started standing up and shouting. Their veins were bulging as they were filled with hot blooded rage.
Several slightly older demonic humans stood up and looked towards Xu Que before replying, "Demon King, your majesty, please lead us into war and kill those beasts outside!"
Right at this point, Xu Que shook his head and replied coldly, "There are 10,000 demonic beasts outside with an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator leading them. Are you confident of winning them? Even if you did rush out and fight, how many among you will survive?" Xu Que completely disagreed with the fact that they should give it their all and fight it out. He felt that it wasn't worth it.
His words were like a bucket of cold water to the faces of all those who wanted to fight. All of them simmered down in reaction to his words.
However, there were several others who were even more agitated by him and replied, "You are the Demon King, how can you ruin our morale here? If you're scared, you can stay here and await your death. Do not drag us along with you."
"Hehe!" Xu Que sniggered coldly once more before shaking his head, "I admire your courage in wanting to go out and fight. However, even if you wish to do that, you should evaluate the circumstances first. At this point, a large army is outside, surrounding us, and you fools still wish to charge your way out. That's as good as committing suicide. Only a retard would do that!"
"Then what do you say we should do? Hide here and wait for them to come in and kill us? Then I would rather die in battle!" Someone replied mockingly.
Xu Que laughed once more, "Why would you have to die? I am here. Why would you want to sacrifice your lives and fight 'till death? We haven't gotten to that stage yet!"
As soon as he spoke out, everyone was shocked.
They started casting astonished glances at Xu Que.
Su Ling'er was clearly shocked herself as she asked, "You… You have a plan?"
She had bore witness to Xu Que's incredible powers many times before and now saw how Xu Que still remained so calm in the face of such a situation. Seeing his composure gave her a sense of hope!
Could it be the Buddha's Fiery Lotus? No, that can't be. Although the Fiery Lotus is extremely powerful, he wouldn't be able to defeat so many beasts and an Infant Transformation leader with that alone. He must've some other plan!
Su Ling'er looked at Xu Que in anticipation.
Xu Que laughed out, "I have a plan. With a single charge, without losing any lives here. I can guarantee we shall slaughter them without leaving a single soul alive. They shall beg for their fathers and mothers while dying!"
Chapter 154: This Time, I'm Going Big!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"What?" Su Ling'er paused in shock.
Everyone around opened their eyes wide open and were astonished!
With a single charge, without losing any lives, wipe out the demonic beasts completely?
How… How was that possible?
Many people around here had witnessed Xu Que's methods during the Lightning Tribulations. They had also seen his temperament earlier on when he punished Eagle King.
However at the end of the day, this new Shaman Demon King was just an Original Infant Staged cultivator.
Besides, no matter how strong he was, there was only one of him. How was he going to fight against an army of thousands? There isn't even a need to discuss the Infant Transformation Stage cultivator!
"Impossible! You're just boasting. You're clearly afraid! They have 10,000 demonic beasts outside and an Infant Transformation leader. How can you be so sure that none of us here will die?" At this point, the young demonic human shouted out.
He was despairing, feeling helpless and had lost his wits. He just wanted to rush into battle and fight it out with the demonic beasts till his death. He had already told himself that the faster he died, the faster he could get on with it instead of feeling afraid and dreading on it.
When Xu Que heard him, he shook his head as his face fell before he shouted out, "So what if they have 10,000 beasts? So what if they have an Infant Transformation leader? Let me tell you, I shall kill whatever comes today!"
As he shouted out loudly, everyone around started to calm down and looked towards Xu Que.
Xu Que looked around before he started pointing to the crown on his head and the tower they were in. He then shouted out, "I've said this before. The person who wears this crown must carry its weight! It doesn't matter how many beasts they have. With me around, you will all live. I am the best defense… Whoever comes, I shall kill!" He spoke loudly and with conviction. Every single word he spoke echoed across the entire hall loudly, hurting the eardrums of everyone present.
Some of them gazed at him dazedly, their hearts were trembling and filled with fear. When their thoughts returned to the number of beasts out there waiting to slaughter them, they were suspicious about Xu Que's promises and worried about their lives.
This new Demon King was just a mere Original Infant Stage level 4, how could he dare to make such promises and speak such glorious words?
"Those who believe in my words, give me the time it takes to burn an incense befor you can join me and kill all those beasts. As for those who don't believe me, please flee for your life now! I shall not have anyone obstructing me!" Xu Que spoke these words before walking towards the stairs of the tower.
He then proceeded up!
Within the hall, the rest of them casted wary glances at each other, unsure of what to do.
Regardless, Xu Que's words still gave most of them a glimmer of hope and gave them something to look forward to which left them thinking that maybe a miracle was possible.
After going through numerous hardships with Xu Que, Su Ling'er naturally believed Xu Que as well. Without further hesitation, she shouted out, "Sky Demon Tribe and myself will stay here with the Demon King!"
"We, the Sky Demon Tribe members, pledge our lives to the Demon King and shall follow him!" Several other elders hurriedly responded.
To these group of demonic beasts, they didn't had to consider at all because they knew that this was the best and only way.
Hence, they were extremely supportive of Xu Que. He was a creator of miracles, this monkey… Oh no, the Great Sage, the Shaman Demon King!
Soon after, there was silence within the hall for several seconds before the rest of them stood up and replied, "We the Enchantress Tribe are staying with the Demon King as well. We pledge our lives to him!"
"Jade River Tribe shall stay with you as well!"
"Count Ashen Cloud Tribe in. Since the new Demon King has already been coronated, we should follow him!"
Many other leaders of different tribes made the decision to stay behind with the new Demon King as well.
Of course, most of these tribes who decided to stay were present on the day of the Tribulations and had seen how powerful Xu Que was. That's why Xu Que's words brought them tremendous confidence.
There were several other tribes which had yet to make their decision and were hesitating.
Although they didn't express their desire to remain behind, it seemed like there was nowhere else for them to go as well. Were they going to flee? There were thousands of beasts outside, surrounding them. Where could they flee to?
If they didn't flee, would it be easier to just charge out and fight with those demonic humans, with death as a better alternative than waiting it out here? However, they knew that should they go out, they will be butchered into minced meat within the first minute!
Hence, even if they didn't vocalize their support for Xu Que, it could be seen from their actions that they would rather stay behind and wait it out, and choose to rely on their last glimmer of hope. They placed their last remaining hope on the young Shaman Demon King.
In fact, even that young demonic human man who shouted loudly about rushing out to deal with the demonic beasts also seemed to have been convinced. However at the last moment, he shouted out with disbelief and resignation, "Crazy! All of you are crazy! You actually believed that pack of lies from that monkey!"
The Sky Demon Tribe elders shouted out in response, "Outrageous! How dare you show disrespect towards our Demon King?!"
"Hehe… Demon King? Look at how cowardly he is. He's already ran up the stairs into hiding! Comrades, please do not be deceived by his words. Think about it carefully. He's just a mere Original Infant Staged cultivator, of the 4th level. No matter how strong he was for his cultivation stage, how could he ever hope to fight with an Infant Transformation leader? If anyone of you here wishes to survive, follow me and kill our way out! Let's cut a blood path for ourselves and survive to preserve the line of our race!!!" The young demonic beast started encouraging the rest of them once again.
As for those tribes who had chosen to stay, they weren't offended and remained silent.
Several tribes present who were still unsure of what decision to make stood up abruptly. There were several dozen of them and seemed to have been convinced by that young demonic beast. Apparently, the line about preserving the line of their race had swayed them as they chose to leave along with him.
Hence within the large hall, around 20% of them had chosen to leave which made the entire hall seem empty.
"You will regret this! When the demonic beasts come around and surrounds you, everyone remaining here will be trapped and face inevitable death! If you choose to follow me and fight out way through, there might even be a chance for survival. Staying here is just like a tortoise hiding in its shell. It's such a disgrace to our race!" The demonic beast taunted loudly before he left.
He clearly refused to believe that this Original Infant Stage monkey was able to save these people. He truly believed that leaving and fighting his way out would help increase his chances of survival. Hence, he tried to convince more people to come along with him, strengthening their forces outside.
Most of the remaining people within the hall gritted their teeths and clenched their fists. They decided to remain loyal to their new Demon King!
Regardless of whether they chose to stay or to leave, it was a huge gamble to them. If the gamble paid off, they might be able to survive. If they lost the gamble, their lives would be lost as well.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the tower...
Xu Que walked into an empty and spacious room as he bolted the door. An entire mound of scrap metal lies within the room!
These scrap metal had been found and kept within the tower by the demonic humans years ago. When Xu Que couldn't sleep the night before, he roamed around the entire tower and collected them all. Now, he had retrieved them from his system inventory and laid them out within the room.
"Hehe! I can finally put these scrap metal to good use. Great army of demonic beasts huh? Looks like the information you received from the traitor is pretty accurate. You should know then that this Great Sage had just completed his Tribulations and know that the one thing I'm lacking in the most is experience…"
Xu Que's lips curled into a smile as he called out the system, "System, I wish to purchase materials enough for 9 God Powered Cannons! Also, I wish to add the Divinatory Thousand Swords Spell! This time, I'm going big!"
(T/N : Just in case some of you forget what the Divinatory Thousand Swords Spell does, here is the manual)
[Divinatory Thousand Swords Spell]:
This spell has origins from the olden days of battle and was a menacing killing skill. It encompasses the entire area and casts a protective shield around it. Should an intruder trespass, he will instantly be thrown into confusion and lose his bearings. The skies and ground will flip as a thousand swords will descend upon the victim causing an inevitable death. (Note : This spell doesn't affect cultivators who are of the Infant Transformation Stage and above.)
Chapter 155: Calm Before The Storm
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"Boom!"
Boundless energy from the mystical flames erupted from Xu Que's palms into the air, causing green fiery flames which resembled clouds to float within the room.
This was the Molten Green Lotus, which was ranked 19th amongst the most powerful mystical fires. This was the fire which existed at the core of the earth and was refined over ages before being compressed and fused together repeatedly and resulted in this spell.
It would take ten years of that process before the mystical fire would start to form. It would take another hundred years before it took shape. Only after a thousand years would the lotus be formed. This was the legendary fire which was almost unparalleled and used to forge weapons and pills!
Xu Que controlled the mystical flames as he waved his hands gently. The pile of scrap metal on the ground started to levitate into the air and was surrounded by the green mystical flames.
"Whoosh!"
The extreme heat from the flames started to break down the metals and melted it with astonishing speed. Before long, the scrap metal had been reduced to nothing more than a black liquid as it remained floating in the air. The impurities within the scrap metal had been burnt to ash and separated from the liquid.
Before long, Xu Que raised five fingers into the air as he pointed at the molten liquid rapidly.
"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
Thudding sounds which sounded like an extremely loud heartbeat could be heard. As his fingers interacted with the air around him, small ripples started to form.
The black molten liquid which was suspended in the air absorbed the ripples and started moving, taking shape. The entire mass was then divided into nine exact parts. Each part was completely equal to the rest.
When Xu Que was with the Great Change Sect, he managed to construct a pair of God Powered cannons effortlessly. Now that his cultivation level had increased, the strength of his cannon will be much stronger as well. In fact, it was probably as strong as an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator.
Hence, building the nine God Powered Cannons at this point was rather effortless for him as well.
The entire room was filled with immense heat.
Xu Que stood right in the middle of the room. A hand was controlling heat while he fused it together with the black molten liquid. The other hand was used to exert core energy onto the mixture. He did it seamlessly as he started to shape the molten liquid.
At the same time, within the main hall of the tower...
After the young demonic human had taken away 20% of the entire group with him, the hall started to look empty. The rest of them sat on the ground, their faces were ashen and nervous.
Some of them were encouraged by their leaders to sit on the ground and meditate in preparation for whatever fight they had to go through later on.
Some of them glanced around, as their fists were clenched, flexing their arms from time to time. They used their sleeves to wipe the beads of sweat on their foreheads, looking extremely nervous.
It was obvious that most of them were extremely uneasy and couldn't sit still. Worry was etched across most of their faces. After standing up to pace back and forth, they would sit down for several moments before standing back up again.
Although the entire hall was extremely quiet, a certain sense of nervousness could be felt all around.
"What's the Demon King doing? Why are we waiting so long for him?"
"That's right. It's already been almost an hour but nothing is happening!"
"I just cannot understand. How can he hope to turn the tides in just an hour?"
"Ai, I wonder if the group of them who had just left have already made it safely!"
"I'm afraid the battle outside would be very fierce…"
The crowd started to break their silence and discuss the matter among themselves, probably to help ease the anxiety within their hearts.
However, at the next moment, the discomfort and unease within their hearts started becoming stronger.
"Boom!"
Right at this point, a loud blast could be heard several meters away from the tower.
The blast shocked everyone present as they rushed towards the door of the hall and craned their necks out to get a better look. The sight which greeted them astonished them all.
Beyond the tower were dense woods and forests. At this point, the forest was being overwhelmed by a large wave of movement, causing many trees to crash down onto the ground!
The movement was caused by the hoarde of demonic beasts rushing through the forest as they charged through.
When the demonic humans heard that there were more than 10,000 beasts heading in this direction, they were afraid.
Seeing the demonic beasts within their own forest caused them to feel many times worst as their morales shattered immediately.
More than 10,000 beasts? They looked like they numbered in more than 100,000!
The ferocity of their howls and the way they crashed through the trees like a massive tidal wave was extremely terrifying.
"Roar!!!"
"Boom doom!"
Loud crash and thuds along with the fearsome roars of the demonic beasts became more intense as they edged nearer towards the tower. Before long, they had started to surround it.
The hall filled with demonic humans started to turn pale. Some of them were so afraid that they sat on the ground hopelessly, their lips started to tremble in fear.
Such a situation was extremely horrifying!
It was extremely hard for them to imagine how they would've survived after rushing out to fight these beasts. Seeing them from such a distance already struck so much fear within their hearts. If they got any nearer, most of them would probably be too afraid to move. How were they going to fight?
"Ah!!!" A female demonic human couldn't bear such a fearsome sight. Her courage and morale was completely shattered as she turned the other way and ran.
Even before she could get very far, she sat on the ground in shock as tears streamed down her cheeks.
From the other direction, another horde of demonic beasts were fast approaching. This time, the demonic beasts weren't limited to land beasts. There were swarms of flying demonic beasts as well. The vast numbers of flying creatures in the sky resembled heavy dark clouds as they blocked the sun from shining.
The entire Demon City has been surrounded by the multitude of demonic beasts.
Demon City has been surrounded. There's nowhere to run!"
At this moment, everyone had sunk into helpless despair.
It wasn't that they didn't believe in Xu Que. It was because under such frightening circumstances, it was inevitable that they would all feel afraid and helpless.
"We're doomed! We're all going to die today!"
"My race… Is going to be annihilated!"
"Demon King! Demon King! What are you doing? Why haven't you come down?"
"No. The Demon King must've fled. If not, why would there be no movement for so long?"
"What? The Demon King has fled?"
"It must be so. He must've used us as bait and a decoy while he ran away…"
"No. We cannot sit here and wait to die. We have to run too!"
Right at this moment, everyone's emotions were a whir as they started to panic. Before long, another dozen of demonic humans couldn't take the suspense any longer as they ran out of the hall.
However, in such a situation where they were surrounded, they had no idea where to run to and moved like headless houseflies.
Within the hall, Su Ling'er and the rest of them looked extremely pale as well. Even though they had utmost trust in Xu Que, it was still impossible to suppress the fear within their hearts!
"Our Queen, what… What should we do now?" An elder whose hands were trembling, asked anxiously.
Su Ling'er gripped her own sleeves tightly and raised her head to look upstairs, where it had been still for a long time. At last, she gritted her teeth and replied, "Stay here and wait for Sun Wu Kong to return."
"But…. But under such a circumstance, even the mighty Demon King would be powerless against such numbers!" The elder replied.
Su Ling'er stepped forward and shouted loudly, "All of you be quiet! Since you've already chosen to stay, you should place your complete trust in the Demon King. Since he's said he can protect us, we will be safe!" Her voice was extremely loud and caused everyone who was panicking to stop and look over.
Su Ling'er then continued, "The Demon King said that he will kill whatever comes our way, and I believe him!"
"..." The crowd turned silent at once.
At first, they were rather confident of his abilities. But seeing the vast number of enemy they had to face, they found it slightly hard to believe that just a mere Original Infant Staged cultivator would be able to turn the tides in their favor.
This situation was such that everyone was doomed to die!
"Boom boom! Boom boom boom!"
The ground beneath their feet started trembling. The heavy footsteps of so many beasts started causing the ground to shake. This was intensified by the fact that the building was extremely old and weak. Many other weaker buildings around had long crumbled.
An entire wave of demonic beasts had already entered the Demon City. This was death inching closer to them!
"Roar!"
Several demonic beasts who were leading the group charged first into Demon City, roaring loudly as they inched towards the tower.
Several demonic humans who were lingering outside the tower were so afraid by the sight of so many beasts charging at them that they put up no resistance at all.
What was most hilarious was that an Original Infant demonic human was so terrified that he fled and was chased by a Golden Core Stage beast all the way down the street. He didn't even dare to turn back to cast a spell. At last, he was caught by the beasts as it trampled all over him. With a huge bite, the beasts took his head off.
It wasn't that he was cowardly. It was more of the fact that his courage had broken and lost all strength and wits to fight.
Under such a frightening scene, the entire hall was completely calm!
Calm… The calm before the storm!