parentshiftbook Chapter 97: Wen Gaoyang
Chapter 97: Wen Gaoyang
Zhang Ping was taken aback by the Demon Lord's words and remained silent for a moment.
"The Great Wei ultimately can't stop me. Wouldn't it be better to share this land with me?" The Demon Lord spoke again, his face full of appreciation for talent.
"I can carve out a territory for you, making you the king of humanity, where you can do whatever you want. The lifespan that you humans lack most will no longer be a problem if you become one of us."
His voice was seductive: "Thousands of years of enjoyment, beautiful women, power, and a bright future on the path of cultivation."
Zhang Ping remained unmoved, slowly shaking his head: "I am human, you are a demon. Enough talk, let's fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ping suddenly raised his hand, aimed at the Black Tiger King who was lying prostrate to the side, and his five fingers suddenly clenched!
"Hmm?" The Demon Lord frowned, and simultaneously reached out with his hand that was behind his back.
Before the Black Tiger King could react, his blood suddenly surged violently into his internal organs, and his head felt like it was about to explode!
"Ah—Lord Demon!" It rolled on the ground, clutching its head, desperately resisting the surge of blood.
The next moment, thick black mist surged from the Demon Lord's palm, instantly enveloping the Black Tiger King.
Zhang Ping, suspended in mid-air, frowned and realized that the Black Tiger King's aura had disappeared, and his Water God Power had been isolated.
His face darkened, and his earthen-yellow Xuanwu armor quickly covered his skin. They were getting serious!
The Demon Lord looked at him with equal surprise, his tone astonished: "How interesting! I've only ever seen a human like you in the Myriad Spirits Domain. Among those of the same level, none of you are unparalleled geniuses..."
He paused for a moment, then suddenly said with a slight sigh, "It is this world that has trapped you..."
After saying that, the Demon Lord casually waved his hand, sucking the still-recovering Black Tiger King into the black hole, and turned to leave!
"Trying to leave?!" Golden light shot from Zhang Ping's eyes, and two blazing flames chased after him!
At the same time, he made a fist with both hands, and a black longsword materialized out of thin air. The overwhelming sword light tore through the air and slashed fiercely at the strange black hole!
"presumptuous!"
The Demon Lord whirled around, his ordinary face instantly transforming into a blood-red gaze, wisps of black mist drifting from within. Deep within the black hole, the scene shifted, revealing a vast, desolate world in the distance!
Between heaven and earth, a headless giant clad in decaying iron armor stood majestically, wielding a giant axe, exuding a savage and ferocious aura!
The flames that shot into the black hole and the blades that slashed towards it seemed to have encountered their natural enemies, their power greatly diminished. They didn't even get close to the Demon Lord before silently dissipating.
The primal aura condensed into a thick fog, attempting to surge out of the black hole, but was firmly blocked at the edge by an invisible force, unable to truly descend.
The bloodlust in the Demon Lord's eyes faded, and a smile returned to his face:
"Think it over carefully, my future great general."
Subsequently, the black hole rapidly contracted and collapsed, turning into a tiny black dot and disappearing completely.
As the autumn wind carried the stench of blood, Zhang Ping slowly removed his Xuanwu armor, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.
"A formidable opponent..."
Everything that had just happened was completely beyond his understanding of martial arts. Whether it was the black hole that came from another dimension or the headless giant wielding an axe inside, both were beyond the limits of what a martial artist could handle. Perhaps it would have been more suitable if they were opponents of cultivators.
His two attacks just now, the eye flames and the sword energy, had both reached the level of the marrow-penetrating realm. It was truly strange that they were so easily neutralized.
"Fortunately, that aura couldn't leave the black hole..." Recalling what had just happened, he felt a sense of relief.
After a long while, Zhang Ping calmed down and flew back to the sky above Tiger Demon City.
Tiger Demon City was in complete chaos. A massive abyss had been cleaved in the center of the city by a flash of sword light, and the surviving demons were frantically looting the flesh and blood stored within.
Zhang Ping shook his head indifferently and raised his hand as if to press down.
Without warning, the bodies of a large number of demons in the city exploded one after another! At the same time, a surge of black blood energy surged from his body, condensing into countless scorching fireballs in the air, which rained down on the city like a storm!
In just half an hour, all the demons in the city were slaughtered.
Zhang Ping didn't bother chasing the few lucky ones who escaped the city.
He found the lower reaches of the Ghost River, where the water level had dropped sharply, so he flew upstream along the exposed riverbed.
Ghost Sky Mountain Range.
An elderly man in a wide robe stood on a high place, gazing at the continuous mountain range before him, a trace of reminiscence flashing in his eyes. Xu Rulin, with a long sword at his side, stood respectfully behind him.
Noticing something amiss in his master's expression, he was about to ask when he heard the old man suddenly sigh softly:
"The Ghost Sky Mountains of yesteryear, the Ghost Sky River of later years, and now... they have become the Ghost Sky Mountains again."
"I never thought I would be able to return to this place..." Wen Gaoyang raised his hand, which was covered with the marks of time, as if he were stroking something from afar.
Xu Rulin listened, somewhat bewildered.
The two stood on the high ground, with a battlefield three feet deep in blood in front of them and a long stretch of military tents behind them.
Wen Gaoyang glanced at his newly accepted apprentice, smiled, and shook his head.
He was a founding hero of the Great Wei Dynasty, and followed Emperor Taizu in his campaigns to conquer this vast territory!
He slew countless demons and monsters throughout his life, and fought against countless powerful figures from all walks of life, including many geniuses from other races!
But if asked who left the deepest impression on him... Wen Gaoyang sighed and uttered a name: "Shan Ze, the previous generation's demon king."
At the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the mountains and marshes, dissatisfied with the rising dynasty, stirred up a colossal wave from the East Sea, flowing upstream! They attempted to use the power of natural disaster to split the entire Great Wei Dynasty in two!
They plotted to occupy the south and establish a kingdom of demons.
At that time, powerful figures from all walks of life put aside their grudges and stepped forward to do their utmost to stop them.
From the East China Sea, all the way to the Guitian Mountains,
Countless powerful human warriors perished in it, an entire generation was wiped out. In the end, even the last martial artist at the Marrow Transformation Realm fell…
Yet it still could not stop the advance of the mountains and marshes. The ocean currents, like giant plows, tore deep wounds in the earth, and the seawater submerged thousands of miles of land;
The mud, sand, and gravel carried by the river accumulated on both sides of the river channel.
When Yamazawa reached the Ghost Sky Mountain Range, which was only a few hundred meters high at the time, it was already in its final stage. Almost everyone began to despair.
At that time, Wen Gaoyang was still persisting with the passion of a young man, but he was just a minor martial artist in the Body Refining Realm, and could only barely harass some of the little demons who accompanied him.
Until the appearance of one person broke this hopeless deadlock. That person claimed to come from a place called the Great Domain of Ten Thousand Spirits, and possessed power they had never seen before, completely overturning Wen Gaoyang's understanding of the strong.
The man seemed to have old injuries, and could only hold Shan Ze back in the Ghost Sky Mountain Range, but could not kill him completely.
The advance of the mountains and marshes was halted, and their plot to split the Great Wei was thwarted.
From then on, it occupied the Ghost Sky River. The silt and gravel it brought piled up on both banks, eventually forming the magnificent Ghost Sky River!
Unexpectedly, hundreds of years later, the two mountain ranges merged again, forming the Guitian Mountain Range once more.
The world changes so much, how could Wen Gaoyang not sigh with regret!
Xu Rulin was naturally unaware of the intricacies involved. His gaze had been scanning the skies above the opposing demonic camp, and he noticed that dozens of miles away, the black mist shrouding the sky was beginning to churn violently. He hurriedly issued a warning:
"Master! The demons are making a move; they seem ready to attack again!"
Upon hearing this, the look of reminiscence in Wen Gaoyang's eyes vanished instantly, and his expression returned to its usual calm.
"Pass down the order: all teams, prepare for battle and slay the demon."