Chapter 372: Daring to Kill My Son, Swallow Him Alive!

Chapter 372: Dare to Kill My Son, I'll Devour Him Alive!

The voice was vast, falling into everyone's ears.

Perhaps because a sun had been eaten, all the people of Canxing felt a chill in their bodies.

They looked up, wanting to see the terrifying giant.

Unfortunately, they could not see his full appearance at all; what they saw was only a patch of blood red.

That person stood before them, yet they could not see his entirety in a single glance—boundless and endless—how could they fight?

The seven satellites guarding Canxing, forming the most powerful starry defense line in this region of space, shattered at that moment, like seven broken marbles in a trash heap.

The Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord trembled all over; his mind was blank as he stared at the infinite, boundless vastness of blood.

Even the Yin Gods of the upper realm, I'm afraid, are not this strong, right?

"Oh my, you are so small in stature, yet how dare you be so bold?

You actually dared to stop the martial arts tournament—who gave you the guts?

Those little cuties from the Ten Thousand Demon Realm?"

Qi Yuan lowered his head; his eyeballs were larger than Canxing itself.

Everyone on Canxing held their breath.

Even the pet dogs trembled in fear, not daring to bark.

A potbellied man on Gongxing, upon hearing this, was so frightened he sat down directly on the ground.

As a leader in a high position, he had to submit useful suggestions to his superiors every three years.

He always muddled through, afraid to offend anyone, so he casually proposed canceling the martial arts tournament.

Hmm, he had proposed it several times.

The higher-ups never agreed.

Now... he wet himself in fear.

As for the Black Deer Martial Lord, looking at that majestic sight, he too was horrified.

I'm afraid even the true form of a Martial God is not this large?

The legendary true form of a Martial God, it seems... is only the size of a sun?

But Qi Yuan... devoured a sun!

"Why aren't you speaking? Are you feeling guilty?" Qi Yuan said angrily. "Today, if you don't give me an explanation, I won't mind being 3.1 parts full!"

Canxing may be small, but 0.1 fullness is still acceptable.

"Spare us!"

"It has nothing to do with us!"

"Really, it's none of our business!"

"I know nothing!"

"Wuwu, the Ten Thousand Demon Realm forced us!"

Cries filled Canxing.

Most ordinary people were scared out of their wits, not even knowing what was happening.

Most nobles knelt and begged for mercy.

Those war hawks were utterly terrified.

As for the demons, they were even more frightened.

"Why aren't you speaking? Are you trying to put up a stubborn resistance?" Qi Yuan said discontentedly.

He was too tall.

The voices of those on Canxing, well... he couldn't hear them clearly.

Unless he listened carefully.

"In that case, I'll show you some color first!

Oh... you lot!"

Qi Yuan was most familiar with the aura of those demons from the Ten Thousand Demon Realm.

Back in Liufeng Realm, these demons had collaborated with the demoness Shang Yanran to bully Qi Yuan.

If not for Qi Yuan's wit, intelligence, hard work, and diligent grinding in the game, he might have taken a long time to finish the game.

"Heaven and Earth are boundless, by my command—kill!"

Simple words, not even a complex character, recognizable even by a kindergarten child.

Yet, it was these simplest words that seemed like the truth of the universe.

In the starry sky, an inexplicable force swept through.

Heaven and earth turned blood-red.

On Canxing, the demons of the Ten Thousand Demon Realm had lost all their previous arrogance.

"No!"

"Mercy!"

"I want to go home!"

At this moment, they were filled with regret and extreme fear.

Unfortunately, any action or thought of theirs was useless at this moment.

Qi Yuan's voice was like a divine decree.

Crack!

The body of a great demon at the Divine Infant level shattered, and the protective talisman left by its ancestor was also gone.

"No!"

The Zifu great demon, who had retreated behind the other demons, also let out a miserable scream at this moment.

Usually, he was the most cautious, retreating whenever the wind direction was wrong.

But now, his caution was utterly useless in the face of such power.

On Canxing, one blood flower after another burst, like the most brilliant fireworks in the world.

In just one breath, three thousand demons were wiped out.

"Now can you give me an answer? Do you still dare to cancel the martial arts tournament?" Qi Yuan said again.

His voice rolled like thunder.

"We dare not!"

"We dare not!"

"God, whatever you say?"

In the vastness of space, Qi Yuan's eyes widened.

"What's this? You people have such nerve?"

"Or have I not killed enough?"

"Is no one speaking?"

Qi Yuan felt only the silent emptiness of the cosmos.

The people of Canxing trembled in fear.

There were those who shouted, those with loudspeakers, those kneeling and begging for mercy—every kind.

The princess gritted her teeth, her face filled with sorrow.

Such an existence was utterly incomprehensible, beyond all reason.

The Zifu cultivator who had once crossed paths with Gongxing and Qi Yuan was now frantic with worry.

"Oh, I forgot—you could scream your throats raw, and I wouldn't hear you unless I listened closely."

Qi Yuan thought it over: he was too vast.

These people were too small; their voices couldn't reach space.

He'd have to listen carefully.

But listening carefully... was a bit tiring.

So he simply withdrew his dharma body and transformed into a young man clad in a blood-red robe.

The sky of Canxing seemed to darken in that moment; the whole world turned the color of blood.

Qi Yuan's form descended onto Canxing at that instant.

He stood upon the very seat once occupied by the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord.

"Well, I'm here. Let's have a proper talk."

In the palace, everyone heard the familiar voice, and their gazes involuntarily fell upon Qi Yuan.

"God!"

"O God!"

No matter how high their station, no matter how proud their spirit, they all knelt in unison.

Only by kneeling could they seem to express their loyalty.

The old king prostrated himself on the ground, his voice hoarse: "The declaration of war was signed by me, O divine one. I shall atone with my death; please spare these innocent subjects!"

This king, who had been foolish all his life, finally dared once.

He picked up a gun and fired at his own head.

The king died—a death both hasty and crude.

But that was only fitting; most people in this world die crude deaths.

The nobles present knelt, none daring to speak, trembling in fear.

"Dead? Who's in charge here? Someone step forward!" Qi Yuan stood on the throne, his expression calm.

The princess gritted her teeth and finally rose. She had a bit of baby fat, a doll-like face, but her eyes were resolute.

"O divine one, this humble woman is the eldest princess."

Qi Yuan's gaze fell upon the princess's face.

Mm, a childlike face.

And as the legends said, a childlike face never appears alone—it draws the eye.

Indeed, she also had silver hair.

"Are you still canceling the martial arts tournament?" Qi Yuan asked softly.

He had traveled across time and space from the Origin Land for this very purpose.

"No!" The princess nodded sharply, her gaze dropping until she could no longer see her own feet.

She dared not look directly at Qi Yuan.

"O divine one, your will is the will of Canxing.

Anyone who defies your will—within three days, no, within one day—I will have them all purged!" The princess said, her body hunched.

"And if you deceive me?" Qi Yuan murmured.

The princess's body trembled; for the first time, she felt like she was walking with a tiger.

"This humble woman would never dare deceive the divine one!"

"Simple. We'll sign a contract. You must have every person on Canxing sign their name, and the martial arts tournament shall not be canceled. If violated, each person pays a fine of one hundred... billion Canxing coins."

Qi Yuan said calmly.

He trusted contracts more than people's promises.

Of course, he trusted his fists most of all.

Without a strong fist, these people might betray their word and break the contract.

The childlike princess heard this and found it hard to comprehend.

But... the being before her had swallowed a star—an incomprehensible, majestic existence.

Whatever he said was the supreme truth of this entire galaxy.

"Your will is the truth of Canxing!" The princess continued her pledge, "Unconditional support for the Gongxing Martial Arts Tournament will be written into the constitution!"

After all, if she made the slightest misstep, Canxing might be devoured by him.

There would be no future for this world.

"Not bad. Good." Qi Yuan nodded.

Today's affair had turned out well.

The people of Canxing were quite reasonable.

He had convinced them without much effort.

Still, thinking of the dead demons, Qi Yuan felt a twinge of guilt.

Though they deserved to die, well...

He had assumed they were still resisting when he killed them.

That was a little awkward.

"I'm a bit hungry," Qi Yuan said with self-reproach. He should hold a feast for them, eat together, to ease his guilt.

The princess's legs suddenly gave way.

The kneeling nobles even began to weep.

That purple-robed Purple Mansion cultivator also knelt upon the earth, not daring to utter a single word.

They had actually believed that Qi Yuan intended to consume the Bright Star entirely.

Qi Yuan looked down upon the people on the ground with keen interest, unable to suppress a sigh: "When it comes to professional mourning, it still has to be the folks from Shijia Village; your wailing is utterly lacking in skill.

Hurry now, prepare a banquet, make it a sumptuous one—ten dishes and three soups.

So many demons have just died, how can we not hold a feast?

Oh, right, you go ahead and prepare first, I intend to go take a look at the Myriad Demon Realm.

After all, I must personally see who the mastermind is, to be so utterly devoid of conscience and harboring such insidious intent, actually devising the ultimate poison plot of the heavens to cancel the Martial Arts Grand Assembly, targeting me in such a manner!"

As Qi Yuan spoke, his form vanished without a trace.

Leaving behind only the multitude of nobility kneeling on the ground, and the young-faced princess.

These ten dishes... could they mean ten planets?

One soup... how was that to be made?

Alas, Qi Yuan had already departed, and there was no one to give her an answer.

...

The Myriad Demon Realm.

Within the Demonic Court.

There sat ten thousand peaks.

Within every single mountain peak, there resided at least one Purple Mansion cultivator.

One of these peaks thrust straight into the sea of clouds.

Rumor had it that this very peak could lead directly to the Upper Realm.

At this moment, from within the mountain, a furious roar came crashing down.

"Who has slain my son!"

An incomparably powerful aura permeated the highest peak.

The entire Demonic Court shook at this very instant, and within all the peaks, countless dormant auras awakened.

"Lord Demon King, what has occurred?"

"Something has happened to the Young Master? Who possesses such audacity!"

"We pray the Demon King issue the command; I shall lead an army to avenge the Young Master!"

"How many years has it been? It has always been our Myriad Demon Realm bringing trouble to others, no one has ever dared to bring trouble to us, utterly preposterous!"

Thousands of Purple Mansion cultivators were startled awake, standing before the highest peak of the Demonic Court like a myriad of stars.

The Demon King was a colossal python, a full ten thousand chang in length.

With a single movement of its body, the entire Demonic Court trembled.

"This deity shall swallow him alive!"

It was infuriated beyond measure.

The Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord was its only son.

He was also the next heir to the Demonic Court.

This time, he had dispatched the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord to the Bright Star to seek the ancestral blood, which was a way of nurturing his own offspring.

Yet... the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord's soul lamp had actually been extinguished!

How could he not be enraged?

The Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord was not only his son, but had also found favor with a great power of the Upper Realm, who had taken him as a registered disciple.

As long as his son ascended to the Upper Realm one day, he could become the disciple of that great power.

He, too, could use this to climb into the graces of that great power.

In the end, his son was dead!

How could he not be furious!

"To dare ruin my grand prospects, this deity will surely swallow him alive!" the colossal python hissed, consumed by rage.

And right at this moment, the sky of the Myriad Demon Realm suddenly turned crimson.

A vast, boundless voice echoed across the heavens: "Who wishes to swallow me alive?"

Within the Demonic Court, thousands of Purple Mansion cultivators involuntarily raised their heads to look toward the celestial vault.

The ten-thousand-chang-tall Demon King also raised its head to gaze at the sky.

What it saw, however, was a vast expanse of blood-red.

Its pupils contracted violently.

For it knew that the expanse of blood-red was merely the tip of the iceberg of a gargantuan entity.

"Oh, so it turns out to be a paramecium; quite ambitious, thinking to eat me."

The gargantuan entity spoke, its voice tranquil.

The Demon King, at this moment, was terrified to the absolute core.

Because from its birth until now, it had never witnessed such a scene, nor had it ever heard of such a thing.

It did not even know if this gargantuan entity was speaking to it.

"Exalted One..."

At this moment, the Demon King swallowed its saliva, prostrating itself upon the ground.

Before such a powerful, colossal creature, whose full form could not even be glimpsed with a single glance, there was nothing to do but kneel.

All the Purple Mansion cultivators, at this instant, were like mere ants, kneeling upon the earth.

However, as the Demon King, it still summoned its courage to speak to that "indescribable" existence.

"We knew not of your descent upon the Myriad Demon Realm, Exalted One; what is your honorable business here!"

"There was a certain Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord who actually dared to have the Bright Star invade the Arching Star, thereby implementing the ultimate poison plot of the heavens to cancel the Martial Arts Grand Assembly and target this deity.

This deity accidentally killed the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord, and thus came to the Myriad Demon Realm to see who the mastermind was, to be so malicious as to cancel the Martial Arts Grand Assembly!" Qi Yuan was very reasonable.

Even when facing a paramecium, he possessed great patience.

This time, he also listened intently to the voices of the living beings of this world.

Hearing this, the Demon King's heart gave a violent leap.

This personage... had slain its son?

It was frightened to the utter extreme.

Especially since it had just claimed it would swallow the killer alive.

This... how was one to swallow him?

It lay prostrate on the ground, thoughts churning, and said with difficulty, "Our demon court did not order him to cancel the martial arts tournament."

"You mean there's no puppet master behind it, and I'm overthinking?" Qi Yuan said discontentedly.

He had always been cautious in his dealings.

When killing, he would slaughter the entire clan, uprooting the weeds and cutting off the roots.

"No!" Suddenly, the demon king thought of something.

Such a terrifying existence, yet it had been schemed against.

Could it be... that one from the upper realm?

His son's master?

But... was his son's master really that strong?

It could not even glimpse the realm of the Yin Spirit.

Thus, it had no idea how powerful a Yin Spirit truly was.

"Your Excellency, please wait—this lowly one understands!" the demon king said hurriedly. "It must be that Thousand-Eyed fellow's master who plotted against you. This lowly one will trick him down here at once—he is in the upper realm!"

The demon king had no desire to die for nothing.

Better to let these two clash.

Surely... the big shot from the upper realm could defeat this one, right?

"I'll give you a hundred breaths to call him down," Qi Yuan said softly.

"As you command!" The demon king bowed his head and swiftly flew to the Heavenly Ascension Platform.

He lit a stick of incense.

"Ancestor, my son was brutally slain by a powerful being. That being is likely targeting you. Please descend to the lower realm and save us.

Ancestor, be careful—that one... is somewhat large."

This stick of incense could not convey much information, so he could not say too much.

At that moment, in the upper realm, an old man opened his eyes.

"A being from the lower realm dares to scheme against me?"

"Hmph, somewhat large—how large? Let me see for myself!"

ps: There is another chapter, around midnight.

(End of this chapter)