chsdbacks Chapter 96: The Demon Lord
Chapter 96: The Demon Lord
A blinding golden light grazed past the Black Tiger King's body, and the lingering heat caused the fur on the side closest to it to curl slightly.
"Human! Your power has reached this level?"
The Black Tiger King's wings suddenly unfurled, becoming enormous, and its speed instantly increased. A whirlwind condensed in its mouth, and a thick tornado roared towards Zhang Ping!
The tornado, carrying sharp wind blades, stung the skin.
Zhang Ping ignored the Black Tiger King's question, instead showing some surprise. In just a few months, the Black Tiger King's strength had actually reached the Marrow Entry Realm?
He casually unleashed a black beam of light, easily shattering the incoming tornado. Zhang Ping stared thoughtfully at the Black Tiger King, then glanced at the lingering life force within Black Tiger City.
Was it forcibly enhanced by frantically devouring living beings?
Demons can indeed advance by devouring living beings, but the bottlenecks between realms are extremely large, and it usually takes several years to break through once, so it's impossible to do it so quickly.
The Black Tiger King had no time to ponder Zhang Ping's thoughts. Seeing that the other party had casually dispersed its tornado, its tiger eyes suddenly narrowed, and it stared intently at Zhang Ping.
"Humans, retreat now and we can live in peace. Otherwise, don't blame me for killing you!"
As it spoke, it spat out a black stone cube that floated in front of it, emitting an eerie light.
"This thing again?!" Zhang Ping's gaze immediately locked onto the stone. He vividly remembered this bizarre method that could pull people in and create clones.
Seeing his reaction, the Black Tiger King breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Since you recognize the Mirror Stone, why don't you get lost? Otherwise, you'll die here today!"
The Mirror Stones are treasures bestowed by the Demon Lord, extremely rare in number, and each has a specific purpose.
However, no sooner had it finished speaking than two blinding golden lights shot out again!
The Black Tiger King had just relaxed and had no time to dodge. With two soft "thuds," its massive body was pierced through two bloody holes by the golden light, the flesh around the wounds sizzling and turning black!
"Roar—human! You're asking for death!"
The excruciating pain instantly ignited the Black Tiger King's fury!
Its massive body leaned back slightly, its two front paws clenched like human hands, and a terrifying wind-attribute energy was frantically gathering in its mouth!
Its wings spread out completely, blotting out the sky, and countless wind blades appeared out of thin air beneath them.
"The tiger roars in the mountains!"
The deafening roar shook the entire mountain forest, and the surrounding air seemed to have found its sovereign, instantly transforming into a raging hurricane!
Zhang Ping frowned, standing in mid-air, facing the raging wind.
He was just waiting for Black Tiger King to use the stone square against him, but he didn't expect the other party to reveal his trump card directly.
"As expected of the Demon King who controls the wind, truly extraordinary," Zhang Ping thought to himself. This power was quite formidable even among those at the Marrow Transformation Realm.
He clenched his fists, and a black longsword materialized in his hands. A torrent of black blood energy surged towards the blade.
At the same time, a ferocious phantom of a sword demon appeared behind him, with two huge, jet-black scythe phantoms poised to strike!
"Human! Die!!!"
At the eye of the storm, the Black Tiger King's body shook violently, and a blinding cyan beam of light, carrying countless wind blades, shot out from its mouth, heading straight for Zhang Ping!
"Well done! Ghost Blade Second Form, Ashes of Ruins!" Zhang Ping's lips curled slightly as he unleashed a simple, unadorned slash. In an instant, a jet-black blade aura spanning a hundred meters tore through the air, slashing out with an aura that could incinerate everything!
The moment the blade energy appeared, the Black Tiger King sensed the power contained within it, and his tiger face changed!
It abruptly stopped emitting beams of light, its wings flapped wildly, and its massive body twisted violently in mid-air, running away without looking back.
This sudden turn of events startled Zhang Ping. The Black Tiger King, who had been so aggressive and ready to fight to the death just a moment ago, had run away so decisively and without the slightest hesitation.
The "Ember Ruins" blade energy easily crushed the remaining beams of light and slashed fiercely into Black Tiger City.
Boom! The earth trembled violently, and the entire city shook and collapsed under the impact of the raging energy!
He quickly regained his senses, raising an eyebrow: "Run? You think you can run?"
"Ukora!"
With a blur of movement, Zhang Ping, like lightning, chased after the fleeing Black Tiger King at an astonishing speed!
As he gazed at the Black Tiger King's retreating figure, a faint golden light flickered in his eyes, and then a dazzling golden light burst forth once more!
Sizzle—Sizzle—
Beams of blazing golden light shot out from his eyes, chasing after the Black Tiger King ahead!
"Damn humans!" The Black Tiger King, constantly harassed by the golden light, slowed down drastically. Seeing no way to shake off Zhang Ping, it gritted its teeth and once again unleashed the Mirror Stone to intimidate him:
"Human! Don't push me!"
In response, it was met with an even more intense barrage of golden light.
"Roar!!!" With more and more wounds appearing on its body and the golden light drawing ever closer, the Black Tiger King roared in shock and rage. Was this human's power truly inexhaustible?
"Black Tiger, I'm going to get your tiger bone today!" Zhang Ping estimated the distance to pursue, his eyes flashed, and his speed increased again!
In an instant, it caught up to the top of the Black Tiger King! The golden light that had been building up in its eyes suddenly burst forth, slamming hard into the Black Tiger King's broad back!
"Ugh—!"
Black Tiger King couldn't dodge in time. A large charred patch exploded on his back, and his massive body crashed down from a height of a thousand meters like a meteorite!
Boom!!!
A huge crater was smashed into the black earth, filled with smoke and dust. At the bottom of the crater, the Black Tiger King was covered in wounds and blood.
Enduring excruciating pain, it swiftly moved over a hundred meters away. Almost simultaneously, a sharp blade of light slashed at the spot where it had fallen, tearing the deep crater apart!
Zhang Ping was unconcerned about missing his target. He hovered in the air, sword in hand, his cold eyes looking down at the disheveled Black Tiger King, golden light gleaming in them, ready to strike again at any moment.
Seeing this, the Black Tiger King hurriedly raised the black stone cube in its paw: "Human! Aren't you afraid of being pulled into the Mirror Stone Cube?"
"Why don't you do it?" Zhang Ping shrugged indifferently.
The Black Tiger King's face immediately turned even uglier, his face beneath the black fur almost completely black.
Does this human know that the stone in its hand is an empty shell that has been used once?
"You forced me to do this!"
Just as the golden light in Zhang Ping's eyes was about to blaze again, a resolute glint flashed in the Black Tiger King's eyes, and he hurled the stone in his hand fiercely at Zhang Ping in the air!
"Hmm?" Zhang Ping wondered why the way the stone was being used had changed. He tentatively shot out a beam of golden light, which accurately hit the flying stone.
Click!
The black stone was shattered into pieces by the golden light in mid-air!
Broken?
Zhang Ping froze. He thought it was a smokescreen for the Black Tiger King to escape, but instead, the other party stared at him intently with a pair of cold, murderous tiger eyes.
Ok?
Zhang Ping raised an eyebrow, raised his hand, and a condensed black light was about to shoot towards the Black Tiger King at the bottom of the pit, ending its life.
At that moment, the stone fragments suspended in the air suddenly trembled violently, emitting strange fluctuations.
A tiny black dot appeared out of thin air, instantly expanded, and transformed into a huge, rotating black hole!
The Black Tiger King was overjoyed and roared towards the cave entrance, "Demon Lord, save me!"
The Demon Lord?!
Without hesitation, Zhang Ping changed the direction of the black light that was aimed at the Black Tiger King and shot it straight into the black hole!
However, the black light passed through a portal in the void without causing any ripples, and Zhang Ping instantly lost his connection with that blood energy.
"What is this?" Zhang Ping's heart skipped a beat, and he became vigilant.
"A very strange power..."
An ordinary voice came from the depths of the black hole, sounding like the voice of a middle-aged person randomly picked from the street.
The figure gradually solidified at the center of the black hole. Standing at the edge of the black hole, one only needs to take one step to step out of it.
"A human?!" Zhang Ping's eyes flashed with surprise the moment he saw the figure.
The Black Tiger King respectfully lowered its massive tiger head toward the figure: "Demon Lord, it was this human who ruined our plans."
The man known as the Demon Lord had an ordinary, square-faced middle-aged appearance. He wore a cloth belt around his waist, a blue robe similar to that of an ancient scholar, and his long hair was tied up on top of his head, adorned with a hair crown.
If it weren't for the fact that he was next to a strange black hole, and the wounded Black Tiger King was crawling beside him, he would look exactly like a middle-aged scholar taking the imperial examination.
Under Zhang Ping's wary gaze, the Demon Lord showed no anger whatsoever. Instead, he looked at him calmly with an expression of admiration for a junior, and said:
"You're unusual; you're no ordinary demon slayer. Would you be interested in following me?"