Chapter 330: Smacking It Dead With One Palm Strike, The Behemoth Corpse Emperor
The boundless Ice Demon City rested upon the land like a quiet and dormant great beast. An infinite number of demons lived within the huge city.
The demon world abided absolutely by the Dark Forest Theory[1] where the strong preyed upon the weak, and the weak were eliminated. This rule was especially obvious in the wilderness, and it was only when one reached the city that they would finally see some semblance of order.
It was precisely this tiny semblance of order that attracted innumerable demons to head there and take up residence there. It was only after a long passage of time that the grandly-proportioned Ice Demon City of current times came to be.
While walking within the walls of Ice Demon City, one would see shops, restaurants, teahouses, demonic weapon stores... In this aspect, it was unexpectedly more or less similar to the human world.
“Kylegas’ Miscellaneous Goods?”
Meng Lei sensed a fairly fearsome demonic might when he walked by a shop. Curiosity couldn’t help but come over him, and he walked into the shop with Dodola.
“Esteemed, sir, may I know what you’re looking for?”
A Succubus dressed in a sexy, revealing outfit sashayed over to them cheerfully. Her ample bottom moved from side to side as she moved, giving off great allure all over. How would ordinary men possibly be able to take the sight? They would probably have already wet themselves a long time ago.
“Just looking around.”
Fortunately, Meng Lei had a strong will, so he was unaffected. His gaze swept across the display shelves before finally stopping at an arm with bulging veins.
“What’s that?”
Meng Lei pointed at the arm and asked.
“What a sharp eye you have, sir!” The Succubus said cheerfully, “That arm originated from a high-level Great Demon God-level Hundred-Armed Giant. It’s one of our shop’s best products!”
“Is that so?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, “How much is it?”
The Succubus gave him a sweet and beautiful smile and replied, “Sir, this is a high-level Great Demon God’s arm, so it naturally has extraordinary value to it. But seeing as to how you’re really taken with it, I’ll give you a discount at 3,000,000 Demonic Crystals!”
“3,000,000 Demonic Crystals? That’s daylight robbery!”
Meng Lei scoffed. The Demonic Crystals in question here weren’t the magic crystals[2] formed from magic power that people extracted from magic crystal mines in Heaven’s Vault Continent. Rather, they were crystals formed from demonic aura and were worth roughly the same as Divinity Crystals.
,000,000 Demonic Crystals were approximately equivalent to 3,000,000 Divinity Crystals. The price could be said to be ridiculously high. Disregarding how he didn’t have many Demonic Crystals, to begin with, he wouldn’t have born to buy the arm either—and this was in spite of the fact that he had great use for it.
Meng Lei turned and looked at the other products, among which the ones that came in abundance the most were demonic cores. Demons frequently fought and killed one another in the demon world, so what they lacked the least were demonic cores.
“Sir, if you find it too expensive, we can discuss the price further?”
The Succubus persisted, almost pressing her full, ample chest right against Meng Lei. She even constantly gave him amorous looks, the coquettish air around her off the charts.
Meng Lei snorted and said, “10,000 Demonic Crystals! That’s all I can afford. I don’t have even more than that!”
“10,000!?”
The Succubus froze for a moment, and then she promptly distanced herself from Meng Lei. Loathing and dislike filled her eyes as she looked at Meng Lei, and her expression became one of someone looking at a pauper.
Meng Lei was unaffected. After taking a casual look around, he got ready to leave. However, it was at this point that a cold and aloof low roar suddenly rang out outside.
“Where is the Ice Demon Prefecture Master? Get the hell out here and meet your end!”
The voice wasn’t particularly loud, but it was extremely penetrative. It pierced through the air and passed through all obstacles to reach Meng Lei’s ears, as well as everyone in the city. It was as though the voice had arisen in their hearts.
“A challenge to the Prefecture Master? O Demon Grandmaster above, a demon is actually challenging the Prefecture Master?”
The pretty Succubus’ expression changed drastically in the store, and she ran out of the store like the wind.
Meng Lei and Dodola exchanged a look, both seeing the surprise on each other’s faces. Boy, someone had actually beaten them to it.
“Let’s go out and take a look!”
The duo went out of the store to find that the entire Ice Demon City had gone into a furor. Demons were walking out of stores, walking out of their homes, walking out of the colosseums...
Demon traffic surged and flowed as thousands upon thousands of demons filled the place.
The streets and alleys were chock full of demons.
The weak ones—like the Demon Overlords and the Demon Lords—stood docilely on the ground while the strong ones—like the Great Demon Lords and the Demon Gods—floated in mid-air.
The demon world’s strict class stratifications were displayed to their fullest in this instant. The strong could stand in the sky while the weak could only stay on the ground docilely.
Every demon had its own position. No one dared to easily go against it.
“Who’s so bold as to actually challenge our Prefecture Master?”
“Probably someone that doesn’t cherish their life again?”
“How long has it been since our Prefecture Master was last challenged? 18,000 or 19,000 years?”
“In any case, it’s nearing 20,000 years!”
“There’s gonna be a good show now!”
The demons speculated wildly among themselves.
At this point, the demons suddenly noticed Meng Lei rising into the air and floating above them. For a moment there, all the demons became enraged.
“Who’s that unfamiliar-looking fellow? How dare he fly above us? The audacity of him!”
“To think it’s actually him!”
The Succubus among the demon masses had also spotted Meng Lei, who had flown above them. A hint of surprise flashed across her countenance. She couldn’t tell how strong Meng Lei was, but she had assumed that he couldn’t be particularly strong anyway.
Being a Great Demon Lord herself, she was well aware of all the demons that were stronger than her in Ice Demon City. Meng Lei? Who? Sorry, but she had never seen him before!
“Trash, get the hell down here!”
“Where did that bastard come from? How dare you climb above me?!”
“You’re courting death!”
Meng Lei was taken aback upon hearing the demons’ cusses at him. Why didn’t any of the demons grumble or whine about the other Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods floating in the air? Yet he couldn’t for some reason?
“Where did that worm come from? Get the hell down there!”
Not only were the demons on the ground dissatisfied, but the Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods in the air also showed their displeasure. A Fire Demon God even straight-up attacked him.
Boom!
A huge palm of flames manifested out of nowhere and smacked brazenly at Meng Lei. The palm strike contained might so fearsome that even a Great Demon Lord would undoubtedly be smacked dead by it.
“That presumptuous piece of trash. Good call!”
All the demons gloated at the sight. They feared and revered powerful demons and would never ever allow a nameless weakling to lord over them!
This was exactly what the demons were like—they feared the mighty and discriminated against the weak.
However, just as the huge palm of flames was about to strike Meng Lei, he gave a light wave, and the palm of flames that carried an astonishing momentum instantly dissipated and vanished without a trace.
“What?”
The Fire Demon God received a huge shock.
The demons around them were also filled with disbelief. He had actually so easily and so casually dispelled such a fearsome palm of flames? Just how strong was he?
“Die!”
Meng Lei looked at the Fire Demon God and flicked his fingers. A strong gust of wind shot out and instantly pierced through the Fire Demon God’s forehead.
The Fire Demon God froze as a bloody hole formed in between its brows, and a look of surprise, indignation, and regret appeared on its face.
Never in its wildest dreams would it ever have thought that the attack that it had casually launched simply because of its displeasure would actually rile up such a powerful enemy, causing it to pay for its mistake with its life.
Boom!
The Fire Demon God’s carcass plummeted and crashed onto the ground with a dull bam, causing dust and earth to swirl about.
The impact caused the demons to snap back to reality, and they broke out in cold sweat. Shock and horror filled their eyes as they looked at Meng Lei. In particular, those that had insulted and hurled verbal abuse at Meng Lei just now were all the more shaking in their boots and close to wetting themselves in fear.
“He... He’s a-actually...”
The Succubus’ jaw dropped. A look of incredulity flickered in her beautiful eyes. Never would she have ever thought that Meng Lei would actually be so powerful! He had jabbed a powerful Fire Demon God dead with just a finger!
Just what kind of combat strength was that?
Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to pay any more attention to the demons after casting one last glance at them. Instead, he turned, flew even higher, and only stopped upon reaching the altitude that the Great Demon Gods were.
Puzzlement and curiosity flashed across the few Great Demon Gods’ eyes as their gazes swept across Meng Lei. However, no one said anything else—the strength that Meng Lei displayed just now had already gained their acknowledgment.
A burly figure was floating in the sky a fairly great distance away at the moment.
It stood 10,000-feet-tall and looked like a Behemoth, except for its incredibly ghastly white skin tone. There was no hint of vitality in it at all. All it had was just an endless aura of death and corpse aura[3] around it.
“It’s a Purgatory Corpse Emperor,” Meng Lei uttered.
“That’s no ordinary Purgatory Corpse Emperor but a Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor,” said Dodola as it corrected Meng Lei.
It said, “A demon like that is born when a dead Behemoth stays in unique environments, such as places where the stench of dead bodies pervades the atmosphere. It feeds on an endless supply of baleful aura, corpse aura, and the aura of death, and is immortal and indestructible.”
“A Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor...” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “That Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor is fairly powerful. Despite the great distance between us, I can nonetheless sense an intense threat coming from it.”
“It’s undoubtedly a mid-level Great Demon God.” A smiling Dodola added, “There’ll definitely be a fierce battle between giants coming up later. Pay close attention when you watch the battle later.”
“Okay!”
Meng Lei nodded lightly.
“Ice Demon Prefecture Master, hurry and get out here and meet your end!”
The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out another deep roar. Rolling sound waves reverberated through the surroundings, instantly spreading throughout the skies above the boundless Ice Demon City.
Whoosh!
Numerous figures rapidly shot out of the Prefecture Master’s residence and into the sky above Ice Demon City. With numbers as many as 10,000,000, they were none other than the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards.
A Great Demon God-level Ice Demon Prefecture Guard let out a cold snort and barked, “State your name, challenger!”
“I am Cornelius Lattimore!” The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor replied coldly, “Hurry and summon your Prefecture Master out here. I’m here to challenge him!”
“Give me a moment!”
The Great Demon God took a good, close look at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor before it returned to the Prefecture Master residence.
A brief moment later, a skinny and frail-looking Ice Demon that looked about the same size as a normal human appeared in mid-air.
At the sight of the Ice Demon, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards all got down on one knee and bowed formally.
“Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!”
“Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!”
All the demons in every corner of Ice Demon Prefecture also got down on their knees. The Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle were the only ones that bowed slightly instead as a sign of respect.
“So, it’s you that wishes to challenge me.”
The frail and skinny Ice Demon Prefecture Master yawned as it peered sleepily at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor.
“That’s right!”
The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor stated coldly, “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, you’ve taken steady possession of the Prefecture Master position for over 40,000 years. It’s time that you abdicate your position and hand over the Prefecture Master throne!”
“Since you’re aware that I’ve been Prefecture Master for over 40,000 years, then you should have also realized how strong I am. After all, there aren’t many that can sit so firmly on the Prefecture Master throne for over 40,000 years,” replied the Ice Demon Prefecture Master leisurely.
“Cut the crap! Let’s get down to it instead!”
The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor declared coldly, “Not only am I going to take your position as Prefecture Master today, but I’m also going to drive that bunch of damned Ice Demons out of the Ice Demon Prefecture!”
“How presumptuous!”
“How impudent!”
“It should be killed!”
Upon hearing the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor’s words, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards and all the Ice Demons in the city broke into curses. Fury and displeasure welled up within their eyes.
During the last 40,000 years when the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been Prefecture Master, they, the Ice Demons, had indeed enjoyed a higher status than other demons. On top of that, they had also enjoyed the benefits and graces of several policies advantageous to themselves. Thus, they naturally didn’t show the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor any courtesy and hoped that its challenge would end in failure.
“Young Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, you should be aware of how you’ll end up when your challenge ends in failure.”
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master said dispassionately, “I’ll give you one last chance to change your mind. Call off the challenge at once and return to wherever you came from.”
“Are you scared, Ice Demon Prefecture Master?”
The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor was full of mockery.
“Scared? What an arrogant and ignorant fellow.”
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master shook its head lightly. Then, it said, “Go ahead and attack. I need to return to sleep after the challenge, so I don’t have time to waste here.”
“Die!”
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