"The fourth round of the death battle."
The voice of the Heavenly Barrier Hall Master echoed throughout the venue, "This round is extremely dangerous, your opponent is the Demon King of the Green Jiao Clan of the Eternal Night Demon Clan. This clan was born from the mutant beast Green Jiao, their bloodline can be traced back to the True Dragon, with exceptional talent."
"Demon King?"
Upon hearing these words, everyone present immediately changed their expressions.
Lin Yue, having resided at the Duke Heng’s mansion for the past year, had gained some understanding of the Eternal Night.
Great Yong was the world of the Human Clan.
Whereas Eternal Night belonged to the mutant beasts and the Demon Clan.
It was said that in ancient times, there were no Demon Clans in Eternal Night, only the Human Clan and mutant beasts.
It could be said that aside from the natural environment, the greatest crisis for the Human Clan was the terrifying mutant beasts, which fought and hunted freely, leaving the Human Clan with almost no ability to resist.
For example, the Flame Cloud Horse was one type of mutant beast.
The Divine Beast Fire Phoenix was also a type of mutant beast, though it was considered a Divine Beast due to its immense power and terror.
When dragons and phoenixes roamed Eternal Night, the Human Clan was so weak they were nearly extinct.
It was not until the Human Ancestor created Martial Arts that they gained the means for self-preservation.
As for the Demon Clan, it was different from what Lin Yue had imagined.
The Demon Clan was not a spiritualized and human-shaped mutant beast, as no such beast was ever heard of transforming into a human. The Demon Clan was essentially mutant beasts in humanoid form, capable of having offspring with the Human Clan, closely related to mutant beasts, yet there were no records of the Demon Clan’s origins.
It was unknown whether nobody knew or if the secret was forbidden.
In a sense, the Demon Clan were akin to the vassals of the mutant beasts, closely related to their origin.
Strong mutant beast tribes within Eternal Night often had vassal demon clans.
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And Green Jiao, according to Great Yong’s records on mutant beasts, was a rather powerful mutant beast, one that Great Cultivators generally did not dare to approach when matured.
Strong beings within the Green Jiao Demon Clan could even battle against Great Cultivators!
"Of course."
The Heavenly Barrier Hall Master said, "The Green Jiao demon you will fight has a fairly ordinary cultivation but has also practiced Martial Arts. Its realm has reached the threshold of Martial Arts True Self, and the Green Jiao demon has extraordinary innate talent; its physical body is extremely powerful, stronger than many Martial Arts Grandmasters in terms of physical foundation."
Hearing this, the crowd’s expressions changed.
A physical foundation stronger than a Martial Arts Grandmaster?
The martial cultivators at the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier Peak, upon breaking through to become a Martial Arts Grandmaster, underwent a considerable transformation in physical foundation.
Therefore, reaching Four Symbols Level—invincible under Great Cultivators—is so challenging because the gap in basic foundation is immense.
Yet this Green Jiao demon they faced not only had a Martial Arts realm at the threshold of True Self but also a physical body stronger than a Martial Arts Grandmaster!
It could be said that, without employing Heaven and Earth Law, even some Great Cultivators would not be a match for this Green Jiao demon!
Was this the opponent for the fourth round?
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The Heavenly Barrier Hall Master waved his sleeve.
A stream of light emerged from the depths of the Ancestor Hall, falling into the open space of the square.
It was a dark red cage.
Within the cage, a humanoid creature covered with numerous green scales, standing over two meters tall, emitted a terrifying aura.
"This is a Green Jiao demon?"
It was Lin Yue’s first time seeing a real Demon Clan. After examining it closely, he noticed when the Green Jiao demon opened its eyes, those cold, dark golden eyes had snake-like vertical pupils.
He suddenly felt curious.
Why had he never seen a Demon Clan in the Illusion Realm during his year of cultivation, only mutant beasts?
Could it be...
During the period when the Human Ancestor was present, had the Demon Clan not appeared yet?
"This Green Jiao demon is one of the Demon Clan captured by our Dawn Platform of Great Yong and has been tortured and experimented on day and night by our Human Clan for years. Although its recovery power is astonishing, it is severely weakened now, with only sixty to seventy percent of its strength remaining."
The Heavenly Barrier Hall Master glanced indifferently at the Green Jiao demon and said to Lin Yue and the other three, "This Green Jiao demon has no further value. You need not worry, just do your utmost to kill it, and you will pass this fourth round."
He looked at the Green Jiao demon again and said, "Demon Clan, listen. If you defeat an opponent, you will gain a year’s freedom."
With the array of the Ancestor Hall protecting, the examiners could not possibly die, at most suffer severe injuries and concede defeat.
This condition was clearly to compel the Green Jiao demon to fight with all its might.
"Understood."
The voice of the Green Jiao demon was low and hoarse, revealing an undeniable sense of weakness.
After years of torture, even without conditions, it already harbored deep hatred towards the Human Clan and was bound to strike with resentment.
"In this fourth round, Qi Tianxing will go first, followed by Sha Jiu, then the Seventeenth Prince, and Baili Fengzhi will go last."
The Heavenly Barrier Hall Master said blandly, "Do not worry about injuring the Green Jiao demon to the advantage of subsequent examiners. The Green Jiao demon has extraordinary recovery power, and after each battle, it will be given a chance to replenish demonic power to ensure a fair fight. If none can defeat the Green Jiao demon, victory will be determined by who lasts the longest."
The few understood.
This lineup was obviously sorted by strength, from weak to strong.
Although the Green Jiao demon had no value left, it could not die in vain. If Baili Fengzhi went first, she might kill the Green Jiao demon, necessitating a new Green Jiao demon of equivalent strength for the exam, which would be troublesome.
By having Baili Fengzhi go last, there was no such concern.
In the eyes of the Heavenly Barrier Hall Master and the other three, among the remaining examiners, only Baili Fengzhi was likely to pass the fourth round of the death battle.