Chapter 2068: Chapter 2065: Phantom Demon Continent
After a moment, Ling Feng finally caught his breath. He sorted through the information in his mind and was completely stunned.
"This is the Phantom Demon Continent, and I’m just a low-level Demon?" Ling Feng shook his head: "In the Phantom Demon Continent, one improves their cultivation through killing. This is truly an unmasked world of the strong preying on the weak!"
With a wave of Ling Feng’s finger, a water mirror appeared before him. He saw his current appearance, a blue-faced, fanged creature with a shallow horn on his head.
"The first step of the War God examination, become a Demon King of the Phantom Demon Continent!" At that moment, this message appeared in Ling Feng’s mind.
Ling Feng realized that this was the first task.
"There are Eight Great Demon Kings on the Phantom Demon Continent, each of them is a supreme powerhouse, and with my current strength, I’m no different from an ant in their eyes. To become a Demon King of the Phantom Demon Continent... it’s truly a daunting task!"
Ling Feng sighed. Suddenly, he felt a creepy sensation from behind. He quickly dodged to the side as an attack landed where he had just been.
It turned out that the attacker was a low-level Long-haired Demon like Ling Feng.
However, the Long-haired Demon’s eyes were filled with madness, with no intelligence to speak of.
Ling Feng took a deep breath. Long-haired Demons are first-level demons; only demon creatures above the fourth level possess intelligence!
And Demon Kings are the supreme ninth-level demon creatures, far beyond what a first-level Long-haired Demon can match!
"Though I hate to admit it, right now I can only deal with you guys!" Ling Feng muttered to himself. "Let’s see just how strong the demon creatures on the Phantom Demon Continent are!"
With that, Ling Feng charged fiercely at the Long-haired Demon.
Although the Long-haired Demon was a first-level low-level demon, its strength and defense were formidable. Despite having intelligence, it took Ling Feng some time to kill it, for the Long-haired Demon’s combat experience came from instinct!
Boom, boom, boom! After several successive attacks, a few bloody marks appeared on Ling Feng, while the other’s eyes were pierced by Ling Feng’s long claws.
Roar, roar, roar! The Long-haired Demon went somewhat berserk, continually charging at Ling Feng, who decisively chose to retreat and evade.
The Long-haired Demon was unaware of Ling Feng’s tactics, instead growing even more frenzied in pursuit. During an hour-long chase, Ling Feng noticed the Long-haired Demon’s aura gradually weakening. Only then did he turn and resume the fight.
Even though the Long-haired Demon’s combat experience was instinctual, it was no match for Ling Feng. Gradually, it was suppressed by Ling Feng.
Finally, Ling Feng managed to slay it, sitting next to its corpse, panting heavily.
"It really was quite difficult to deal with!" Ling Feng murmured, looking at the Long-haired Demon’s body, because now, reincarnated as a Long-haired Demon, all he could use was the Long-haired Demon’s own strength.
"For merely a first-level demon to have such defensive power, speed, and strength, then standing at the peak of this world, the Demon King... their fighting strength must have already surpassed the Immortal Realm powerhouses of the outside world!"
Ling Feng shook his head, then reached out to insert his hand into the horn on the Long-haired Demon’s forehead. Although its defense was strong, once dead, it had no defensive power, and Ling Feng easily snapped off the horn.
"This is the demon creature’s energy source. To enhance strength, one must devour this energy source!" Ling Feng took a deep breath, staring at the bloody horn before opening his mouth to swallow it.
As the energy source entered Ling Feng’s body, he could feel a pure strength pouring into him, continuously strengthening each piece of his flesh.
"So this is what it feels like to gain strength? It’s truly a mesmerizing sensation!" Ling Feng’s spirit was invigorated.
He felt his strength increased by at least thirty percent!
"In the Phantom Demon Continent, to gain strength, one must continually fight and kill!" Ling Feng took a deep breath: "So, from today onward, I will become the Great Demon King!"
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In the following period, Ling Feng constantly sought out Long-haired Demons to attack and kill them. He would immediately dig out their horns for consumption. Within a mere ten days, Ling Feng had slain at least thirty or forty Long-haired Demons.
"It seems I’ve reached a bottleneck in my strength!" After devouring the last energy source, Ling Feng found that his strength could not significantly improve, realizing that continuing to kill Long-haired Demons was pointless.
To break through the current bottleneck, there is a simple method: challenge Second-Level Demon Creatures!
On the Phantom Demon Continent, there is a massive strength gap between each level of demon creature. Even the strongest first-level demons cannot compete with the weakest second-level demon. Although through continuous slaying of first-level demons, Ling Feng had maximized his strength, to kill a second-level demon creature was almost an impossible task for him.
"Among the second-level demon creatures, the weakest is the Red-tailed Scorpion, but killing one is no easy matter either. The Red-tailed Scorpion’s poisonous tail has a powerful venom. If struck by it, best-case scenario, you would be seriously injured, worst-case scenario, killed!"
"So, I have to find a way to deal with the Red-tailed Scorpion’s poisonous tail first!" Ling Feng thought to himself.
Due to limited information acquired from the Long-haired Demon’s mind, Ling Feng wasn’t sure how to deal with the Red-tailed Scorpion.
But this didn’t stop Ling Feng from experimenting. He found a spot frequently visited by Red-tailed Scorpions and tied a first-level Long-haired Demon to a large tree. The Long-haired Demon roared and struggled incessantly, but the vines Ling Feng used were extremely tough, and it couldn’t break free for the time being.
The noise from the Long-haired Demon soon attracted a giant Red-tailed Scorpion.
Seeing the towering two-meter-tall Red-tailed Scorpion crawling slowly closer, Ling Feng couldn’t help but gasp. Its massive size, bright red poisonous tail—it truly was intimidating and terrifying.
Upon seeing the Long-haired Demon, excitement flickered in the Red-tailed Scorpion’s eyes. It swiftly charged at the Long-haired Demon, who was bracing for battle, its fur all on end.
The fight ended quicker than Ling Feng anticipated. The Red-tailed Scorpion’s poisonous tail easily pierced the Long-haired Demon, whose tough body and defense were no match against the venomous strike.
"Killed in a single strike?" Ling Feng, watching the Red-tailed Scorpion feast on the Long-haired Demon, felt heavy-hearted.
The scene of the Red-tailed Scorpion defeating the Long-haired Demon was deeply etched into Ling Feng’s mind. The speed of the Red-tailed Scorpion’s poisonous tail was alarming, and Ling Feng wasn’t confident he could dodge it.
"The Red-tailed Scorpion is already the weakest among the second-level demon creatures, and yet it’s so formidable!" Ling Feng squinted his eyes: "I need to find a way to deal with its poisonous tail."
