Chapter 505: Power of the Demon God

Chapter 505: The Power of the Demon God

After Li Wei and Saint Xi reunited, they encountered a formidable enemy.

"Li Wei!"

Saint Xi rushed toward him at full speed, shouting excitedly.

Li Wei glanced at Saint Xi, then his gaze passed beyond her silhouette to the winged figure behind her.

He sensed an overwhelmingly powerful aura emanating from the enemy.

The enemy's strength was extraordinary.

Boom!

Saint Xi braked abruptly, nearly crashing into the meat wall before stopping.

She said anxiously, "Li Wei, he possesses the power of a demon god."

"A demon god?" Li Wei showed surprise.

Li Wei had only glimpsed fragments of knowledge about demon gods in historical texts.

He knew that ten thousand years ago, the final battle between the gods and demon gods established the current order of the Skyvault Continent.

The gods ruled the Skyvault Continent, while the defeated demon gods were banished from this world, vanishing without a trace for ten millennia.

Now, Saint Xi claimed the enemy possessed demonic divine power—naturally, Li Wei was shocked.

Demon gods were also deities.

This enemy wielded power comparable to that of a god—the might of a demon god.

Li Wei's expression grew extremely grave.

Whoosh!

The enemy with demonic divine power gradually slowed down, hovering not far from Li Wei.

As he drew closer, Li Wei could clearly see the opponent's appearance.

The enemy stood over three meters tall, entirely black, with a slender build. His hands and feet were unusually large, equipped with sharp claws and fangs. On his torso was a giant, closed-eyed, closed-mouth, ferocious human face. Behind him grew broad black wings, and his head above the nose was covered by a black devil mask.

"Lord Basam, it was this person who disrupted our ritual earlier, delaying Your Lordship's arrival in this world."

A figure appeared behind Basam, pointing at Li Wei as he shouted loudly.

Li Wei fixed his eyes on him—that was an enemy he had encountered in the icy glaciers of the Abyssal Cold.

He couldn't help but look at Basam, realizing that this enemy possessing demonic divine power had been summoned to this world from outside by those people.

Basam looked at Li Wei, his pure black pupils slightly shifting.

"Humans, my master is about to descend upon this world. I give you one chance—submit to me, submit to my master."

Having just arrived in this world, Basam's forces were still weak. To summon and bring forth the demon god behind him would require considerable effort and time.

But if he could gain the assistance of a powerful mage, this process could be greatly shortened.

Mages excelled in magic and could assist him in creating cross-dimensional teleportation arrays to facilitate the demon god's descent.

Li Wei calmly gazed at him and asked, "Which demon god is behind you?"

Basam crossed his arms and said proudly, "The Emperor of Void, His Majesty Greyus."

"As long as you submit to my master, the Void Emperor will bestow upon you great power and infinite knowledge."

Li Wei had never heard of the Void Emperor's name and silently committed it to memory: "Greyus, the Void Emperor."

He did not speak his answer aloud.

Because he knew that in this world where gods existed, words themselves were a form of power.

If he accidentally spoke them aloud, they might form a contract—a divine-level pact that Li Wei could not possibly defy.

"What are you doing to the Ice King?" Li Wei asked.

Basam grew somewhat impatient, but considering Li Wei was a mage whose recruitment would provide significant assistance, he reluctantly answered.

"You mean this young void whale? This is a descendant of King Pramius, the void whale steed of His Majesty the Emperor. Its purpose for remaining in this world is to serve as a channel connecting to the void, facilitating His Majesty's descent. Naturally, we are restoring its void power."

"Enough—I've told you too much already. Now it's your turn to answer me: submit or perish?"

Basam stared intently at Li Wei, his gaze like a sharp dagger piercing into Li Wei's heart.

Li Wei's heart couldn't help but beat frantically.

The enemy was too powerful.

Li Wei said, "Of course I... choose to send you to death!"

A super sacred fireball condensed from holy energy shot out from before Li Wei.

At the same moment, Saint Xi, who shared Li Wei's resolve, also unleashed her full sacred breath, launching the fiercest attack against Basam.

Sacred energy was currently the only force that might harm Basam, who possessed demonic divine power.

Under the effect of elemental fission, the magical elemental energy contained within the sacred force was rapidly activated, induced and transformed into even more sacred flames.

This strike's power could rival the strongest meteor fireball spell.

The only difference was the range of attack.

Basam's eyes narrowed slightly as he raised his right hand before him, spreading his sharp fingers wide to grasp the incoming sacred fireball from mid-air.

The next second, the light of the sacred breath engulfed Basam's figure.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Extremely powerful energy fluctuations erupted from within the Ice King.

Causing the Ice King to twist its body continuously, emitting earth-shaking roars.

Even the Ice Queen thousands of miles away could hear the tremendous sounds echoing through the sky.

Everyone in the Ice City instinctively stopped what they were doing, looking up at the sky to locate the source of the sound.

They saw nothing.

The man hiding behind Basam watched the scene before him in terror. He carefully said, "Lord Basam, are you alright?"

Whoosh!

A gust of wind dispersed the surrounding smoke and dust, revealing Basam's figure.

His right hand showed minor burns.

That was all.

Li Wei and Saint Xi's combined strongest attack had barely managed to wound Basam.

Yet Basam was not pleased, because he had used demonic divine power to block the strike.

Here, unable to communicate with the void demon god far beyond the void, every bit of demonic divine power he possessed was finite—if used, it diminished.

To him, this was already a significant loss.

Basam looked ahead—Li Wei and Saint Xi's figures had long since disappeared.

His mind recalled Li Wei's face, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips. "Human, when we meet again, I will surely kill you."

This was still the first human to actively attack him.

Basam glanced at the people behind him with cold indifference and said, "Go back. Continue the void ritual, gather the power of the void. Do not allow anyone to disrupt the void ritual."

"As you... as you command."

"Hah! We escaped. He didn't chase after us."

Li Wei and Sheng Xi leaped out from a spatial rift. He quickly looked back and saw that Basam hadn't followed, letting out a breath of relief.

Sheng Xi had already transformed into human form. With fear in her voice, she exclaimed, "That guy was just too strong—we couldn't even kill him like that."

Li Wei scanned their surroundings while observing the environment and answering Sheng Xi’s question.

"Just now for an instant, I sensed an incredibly powerful force—one that transcended all rules. It was likely the power of a Demon God. It's only natural that neither of us could defeat him; after all, Basam possesses the power of a Demon God."

A glimmer of confusion flickered across Sheng Xi's golden pupils as she frowned slightly.

She said hesitantly, "I feel something familiar about that kind of power… As if I’ve seen it somewhere before?"

Li Wei looked at her in surprise, then paused briefly before asking, "Could it be the inherited memories of the dragon race?"

Reminded by Li Wei, Sheng Xi immediately began searching through her inherited memories. After a moment, she finally found the source of that familiar sensation.

With a grim expression, she said, "Now I remember—the energy is very similar to what killed my mother."

Li Wei’s eyes narrowed. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Did the Dark Shadow Dragon pledge allegiance to the Demon God? Did it obtain the power of a Demon God?"

Sheng Xi nodded slowly. "It's possible. In the past, the Sacred Great Dragons ruled over the dragon race. Although the Dark Shadow Dragon was also formidable, it was far from being a match for the Sacred Great Dragon clan—after all, they were backed by the Dragon God himself."

"Without aid from another deity, there's no way the Dark Shadow Dragon could have defeated the Sacred Great Dragon clan."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei felt things had become even more complicated.

The internal conflict between the Sacred Great Dragons and the Dark Shadow Dragons actually involved divine beings.

Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.

Li Wei shook his head sharply, casting away unnecessary thoughts.

He turned toward the faintly glowing cave entrance on the right and said, "Let's go. Don’t think too much. Take it slow—we’ll eventually grow strong enough to overcome any opponent."

Li Wei held firm belief in these words.

Hearing this, Sheng Xi could only suppress her worries and anxieties deep within.

If the Dark Shadow Dragon truly had pledged itself to the Demon God, then staying with Li Wei would only bring danger upon him.

A thought quietly took root in Sheng Xi’s heart.

Li Wei gazed around at the softly shimmering violet-black caves surrounding them.

"What lies ahead, who knows—but this place should still be inside the body of the Ice Emperor… Oh wait, the Void Leviathan… or perhaps its offspring?"

"How absurd—it’s such a massive creature yet still considered young. How enormous must a fully grown Void Leviathan be?"

Li Wei couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.

Sheng Xi snapped back to reality, burying her concerns deep in her heart. She replied, "In my inherited memories, there seems to be knowledge regarding the Void Leviathan. Apparently, adult ones can devour stars as food."

Hearing this, Li Wei clicked his tongue in admiration.

For the Void Emperor to tame such a colossal beast as a mount was truly extraordinary.

Devouring stars—if that wasn’t mightier than gods themselves, what was?

A streak of violet-black light drifted down before Li Wei.

Instinctively dodging, he reached out with his spiritual senses to perceive it.

What he discovered was yet another unknown force—an energy not belonging to this world.

During their confrontation with Basam, realizing they were overmatched, both he and Sheng Xi used the Space Rending Technique to tear open space and flee.

Once inside the interdimensional layer, they employed the same technique once more to return to the real world.

Using the Space Rending Technique within the interdimensional layer meant targeting its weakest point—the thinnest connection between the layers and reality.

They hadn’t traveled far within the interdimensional layer, so logically, they should still be inside the Void Leviathan’s body—

Precisely where the link between its interior and space was most fragile.

Like flowing water, Li Wei’s spiritual perception swiftly spread forward, seeking the origin of this mysterious power.

"It's right up ahead."

(End of Chapter)