Oh? Why can’t I find any demon monarchs? Dao Protector Wang Shan continued to meditate in Meng Chuan’s Grotto-Heaven Magic Bead as Meng Chuan flew around the World Gap, probing his surroundings with his electromagnetic domain.
After the battle with Holy Lady Strings, he conducted a blanket search of the World Gap. Even after searching for more than two days, he still couldn’t find a single demon monarch team. This was clearly abnormal.
King True Martial has summoned me? Meng Chuan flipped his hand and took out his token. Since they were in the World Gap, requesting help from each other was relatively simple. King True Martial’s position was also revealed on the token.
Chapter 427 - The Three Most Threatening Godfiends
Although he was puzzled, Meng Chuan quickly flew towards King True Martial.
Moments later.
Meng Chuan saw King True Martial standing alone on a hill. King True Martial sensed him and looked up.
“Junior Brother Meng,” said King True Martial with a smile.
“Senior Brother.” Meng Chuan landed.
“Summon the Dao Protector out as well,” said King True Martial.
Meng Chuan was somewhat surprised. Few outsiders knew about the secret Dao Protectors. However, King True Martial had an extremely high status in Archean Mountain. His knowledge of secrets wasn’t far from that of a Sect Proprietor. Furthermore, he was designated to be the next Dao Protector. He naturally knew that Dao Protectors usually meditated if they wanted to stay lucid for the short period of time that they had. Each period of lucidity was very precious.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan first awakened the Dao Protector before moving him out of the Grotto-Heaven Magic Bead.
“Dao Protector,” said King True Martial politely.
“King True Martial, why did you wake me up?” asked Wang Shan. “I’ll tell all of you when Senior Brother Peng and Senior Brother Yun arrive,” explained King True Martial. As they chatted, two figures flew over from afar. They were the fat elder—Peng Mu—and the goateed elder, Yun Jianhai. They landed on the hill.
“Everyone is here.” King True Martial looked at everyone and said, “Everyone hasn’t encountered a demon monarch in the past two days, right?”
Meng Chuan, Dao Protector, Peng Mu, and Yun Jianhai shook their heads.
Nobody has encountered a single one? Meng Chuan immediately guessed. Are the demons frightened to the point that they fled? “Two days ago, the demon monarchs left the World Gap,” explained King True Martial.
Peng Mu nodded and said, “I sensed that many areas in the World Gap were destroyed repeatedly two days ago. Back then, I suspected that some demon monarchs had left the World Gap. I also wondered if a powerful demon monarch was sent in.”
“I also sensed it. Furthermore, the areas that were destroyed were connected to the Demon Realm,” said King True Martial.
The Demon Realm and the human world were two separate locations. The World Gap was connected to the two, but the connection points for each world naturally differed. From the areas where the world membranes had been destroyed, one could determine if they were heading to the human world or the Demon Realm.
The world membrane was destroyed in several spots? Meng Chuan muttered to himself.
He hadn’t sensed it at all. Typically, one had to reach the Grotto-Heaven realm before they could pry into the River of Spacetime’s secrets and sense the distant world membrane that had been shattered.
“Most importantly, Archean Mountain sent a Godfiend in with a message,” said King True Martial. “It has been confirmed that all fifth Firmament demon monarchs in the Demon Realm were summoned by the Imperial Lords two days ago. This news was obtained from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven. They then informed Archean Mountain and Two World Island.”
“All fifth Firmament demon monarchs in the Demon Realm were summoned?” Meng Chuan, Dao Protector, Peng Mu, and Yun Jianhai were enlightened.
“I’ve gathered Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Two World Island. The three sects’ teams will gather and decide our next steps,” said King True Martial.
Another hour passed.
The three Godfiends from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and two Godfiends from Two World Island came as well.
“All the Godfiends are here,” said King True Martial with a smile. There were a total of ten Godfiends present. They were the full force responsible for battling fifth Firmament demon monarchs in the World Gap. Each of them had received the greatest nurturing from their respective sects.
“Hahaha, this is the first time I’ve seen so many Godfiends here,” said a red-haired elder with a laugh. He was the leader of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s team, King Molten. Beside him was a black-robed, middle-aged man in silver armor, King Northcleanse.
King Molten smiled and said, “All fifth Firmament demon monarchs have been gathered. They are currently in Lady Blackmoon’s-one of the Demon Realm’s Imperial Lords-palace. This news was obtained by Black Sand Grotto-Heaven. Even if we search the entirety of the World Gap, it will be impossible to find a demon monarch.”
Everyone present listened.
“That’s because we attacked the demon monarchs previously. The demon monarchs that survived also learned about us,” said King Molten. “The Demon Realm’s Imperial Lords made all the demon monarchs write down whatever they know about us. I’m afraid they know almost everything about us.”
“That will be troublesome,” said King True Martial solemnly. “Only by knowing yourself and your enemy will our probability of victory be higher. Previously, our miraculous results, from the battles we initiated—was thanks to the demons’ lack of understanding of our strength. Now that they know our strength, they definitely won’t let us succeed easily.”
“Yes.” King Molten nodded. “Let me tell you first. From what we know from the Demon Realm, the demon monarchs have communicated and determined the three most threatening Godfiends.”
“The first is naturally you, King True Martial.” King Molten’s eyes lit up as he looked at King True Martial. “Your domain is extremely terrifying. As long as your domain envelops them, the demon monarchs will die without a doubt. As for close combat? Nobody can withstand a single strike from you. They are certain that your current strength is on par with Monarch Peacock. You are superior to all the other Regis Godfiends and fifth Firmament demon monarchs. Monarch Peacock and you are each side’s strongest entity in the World Gap.”
“I failed to kill all of them in a one-against many fight. Some managed to slip through the cracks.” King True Martial shook his head gently. If not for those who slipped through the cracks, the demons wouldn’t have new intelligence on him.
“The second is King Thousand Wood from Two World Island.” King Molten looked at the tall, ancient-looking Godfiend. “With King Thousand Wood’s Essence Soul mystic technique, once his black awl connects, any demon monarch that gets hit will definitely die. They are certain that you have a sixth-level Essence Soul.”
King Thousand Wood was an ancient Godfiend that had slept for centuries. Before he slumbered, he only had a fifth-level Essence Soul. After waking up, he was filled with grief and indignation when faced with the war. After that, he created his own moves. While doing so, he sought answers from his inner self and attained a sixth-level Essence Soul after breaking through.
There were dozens of Regis Godfiendsincluding the Dao Protectors and those still slumbering-in total. But even so, only two of them had sixth-level Essence Souls. Dao Protector Wang Shan had attained a sixth-level Essence Soul when he was 300 years old. King Thousand Wood attained a sixth-level Essence Soul when he was 450 years old.
After breaking through, Two World Island placed great importance on him, allowing King Thousand Wood to slumber once again. In order to complete the mission in the World Gap, they awakened him again.
After King Thousand Wood learned the Magic Awl Forbidden Spell, he didn’t hesitate to use 30% of his Essence Soul’s Origins to cultivate the Magic Awl because he o
nly had a normal body and was close to the end of his lifespan. He used ordinary Essence Soul mystic techniques when dealing with ordinary demon monarchs. When dealing with powerful demon monarchs, he would wipe out their Essence Soul with the Magic Awl.
“The third is King Eastcalm.” King Molten looked at Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan was surprised.
He was ranked third among the most threatening Godfiends? None of the Godfiends present were easy to deal with.
“King Eastcalm’s speed is inconceivable. In a flash, he can traverse 250 kilometers. King Molten looked at Meng Chuan. “In a one-on-one battle, most demon monarchs will find it difficult to escape your pursuit.”
When faced with other Godfiends, all the demon monarchs needed to do was widen the distance between them before fleeing underground.
However, when they faced against Meng Chuan? Apart from a few people, none could shake off Meng Chuan.
Back then, Demon Sage Nine Abyss was forced to flee to the outer realm because he couldn’t escape Meng Chuan. “He can travel 250 kilometers in a second?” Many Godfiends were astonished by King Molten’s words; they quickly glanced at Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan’s speed was simply insane. Nobody could catch up to him if he wanted to flee! When he pursued enemies, 99% could not escape from him.
“The demons have also gathered information regarding other Godfiends to a certain extent. They are guessing that humanity has definitely used and given us many treasures,” said King Molten.
Chapter 428 - Start Cultivating
“After all, from the clashes, the demons have determined that our strength has increased significantly,” said King Molten.
Combat in the World Gap was the most critical step in the war.
If the fifth Firmament demon monarchs were unable to enter the World Gap, humanity would have a long period of peace. It might even result in permanent peace! The three sects naturally nurtured the Godfiend teams with all their might.
For the Archean Mountain party, Meng Chuan and King True Martial both had Tribulation treasures. Peng Mu and Yun Jianhai had also obtained Imperial Lord-level weapons. In fact, for Regis Godfiends, the difference between an Imperial Lord-level treasure and a Tribulation treasure wasn’t that great. This was because they were unable to unleash the full might of their treasures.
Peng Mu and Yun Jianhai originally had ordinary Creation realm combat strength. Although they had improved after cultivating in the World Gap for many years, their improvement wasn’t too significant. Considering their strength, the sect had given them Imperial Lord-level treasures that suited them best. They immediately obtained top Creation realm combat strength.
Although Two World Island and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s support was inferior to Archean Mountain’s due to the gap in heritage, they had also put in a lot of effort to nurture their Godfiends.
Two World Island placed great importance on King Thousand Wood. Therefore, they bestowed him with two Imperial Lord-level treasures. Together with his sixth-level Essence Soul, he was virtually invincible.
Two World Island even used a rare treasure to transform the body of King Thousand Wood’s companion, King Gu Eyes. As a Regis Godfiend that only had a remaining lifespan of over 40 years, King Gu Eyes had cooperatively reconstructed his body. There were many flaws with a reconstructed body. From then on, he was no longer human. His body would no longer be able to improve. During the body reconstruction process, failure was possiblehis body would collapse and die. However, once the process succeeded, his strength would increase greatly.
The demons’ Patriarch Poison Dragon had an undying body thanks to a rare treasure that had helped him reconstruct his body.
Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s heritage was much richer than Two World Island’s. The Black Sand lineage, the Grand Yin lineage, and the Halberd lineage were all very unique. After all of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s efforts in grooming, King Molten, King Transcendence, and King Northcleanse each had their own specialties. When they joined forces, they were not inferior to Two World Island’s team.
“Thanks to our sects’ grooming, our strength has improved greatly,” said King Molten. “The demons were previously cultivating in the World Gap with peace of mind. Now that they are being hunted by us, the demons will definitely nurture those demon monarchs with all their might. The average strength of demon monarchs isn’t comparable to us Godfiends, but there are too many of them. In addition, they have been cultivating in the World Gap for many years. The number of demons that have Creation realm strength exceeds ours. Once the Imperial Lords groom the fifth Firmament demon monarchs, all of them will improve greatly.”
Meng Chuan nodded. “Yea.”
Holy Lady Strings’s strength would increase greatly just by having an Imperial Lord-level weapon that suited her, let alone a Tribulation treasure. If that were the case, he would only be able to flee when facing her—thanks to his astonishing speed. He wouldn’t dare to fight her head-on.
“The demons’ heritage is much richer than ours,” said King Molten. “They also have many treasures.”
Everyone present felt immense pressure.
Meng Chuan knew that Archean Mountain had the richest heritage, but the treasures left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon had been depleted by generations of Godfiends. Currently, only their ultimate techniques and Essence Soul mystic techniques were superior to the demons! They were at a disadvantage in many other aspects, especially when it came to treasures suitable for Regis Godfiends and Creation realm experts. They were very rare in the human world.
This was also the reason why humans had become weaker in the past hundreds of thousands of years. However, the demons had powerful experts for long periods! There were a few Imperial Lords each period. In history, they had quite the number of Tribulation Eminences. Over the years, the Demon Realm’s dominion was nearly ten times larger than the human world. It was considered the pinnacle of middle-level worlds.
“Therefore, we have to be even more careful now,” said King Molten. “The demons know about our abilities. It’s very likely that they will first focus on nurturing the demon monarchs. They will then send them to the World Gap to attack us. For example, they can have Monarch Peacock and several demon monarchs form a team and take the initiative to find us.”
“Yes.” Everyone present nodded.
“According to the plans set by the three sects,” said King True Martial, “we will patiently cultivate in the World Gap after our initial ambushes. The World Gap is a land of opportunity for us when it comes to cultivation. However, according to our original plans, Two World Island and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven will temporarily meet up. Your teams complement each other. Our Archean Mountain team will also meet up.”
King Molten nodded. “Alright.”
“With King Molten and company cooperating with each other, we can deal with all kinds of dangers.” King Thousand Wood nodded. He and his companion were best at using Essence Soul mystic techniques and Gu-worm arts. As for Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, their team was better at head-on combat. With both teams joining forces, their collective strength increased greatly.
With the Archean Mountain team helping them as well, their collective strength increased once again.
King True Martial, Meng Chuan, Wang Shan, Peng Mu, Yun Jianhai… They each had their own strengths. When they worked together, they had the confidence to fight any powerful team the demons sent.
“We will patiently cultivate for 20 years,” said King Molten. “After 20 years, all of us will enter a deep slumber.”
King Thousand Wood nodded. “That’s right. Our lifespans are limited. We can’t keep wasting it away.”
“The demons shouldn’t be able to delay for more than 20 years. The longer they delay, the more afraid they will be of unexpected developments,” said King True Martial with a smile. He glanced at Meng Chuan.
His Junior Brother Meng was a monstrous genius. With another 20 years of cultivation? His strength would probably
improve further.
“If the demons really do delay for more than 20 years, you can sleep. It won’t be too late to wake up when the demons attack,” said King True Martial with a smile.
King Molten and King Thousand Wood nodded. They were all over 400 years old. Among them, King Molten was the oldest-he was only 31 years away from the end of his lifespan. King Thousand Wood only had 39 years left of his lifespan. Time was tight.
“I’ll take my leave then.” “Farewell.”
The two sides quickly separated.
The five Godfiends from Two World Island and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven left together. Although they had grudges between them, in the face of war, the two sects still worked together to fight the common enemy-the demons.
Dao Protector Wang Shan entered a small grotto-heaven to meditate. His Magic Awl slowly recovered from the damage it had suffered. If it were Meng Chuan, his Magic Awl could recover from the damage in two hours. However, Dao Protector Wang Shan needed nearly half a month.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan and company flew to a fractured area between the land and sky.
Boom!An extremely thick purple bolt of lightning tore through the River of Spacetime. The purple bolt of lightning was shockingly massive; one couldn’t even see its end with the naked eye. It was ferocious and terrifying, making King True Martial, Meng Chuan, and company feel threatened. “The lightning here is the strongest in the World Gap,” said King True Martial. “Let’s cultivate here.”
“Yes.” Peng Mu, Yun Jianhai, and Meng Chuan watched the purple lightning in shock. The black-and-white gases produced by the purple lightning formed a large black-and-white lake. Half of the lake was in the World Gap, while the other half was in the endless darkness.
The lake spanned 250 kilometers. The lake was composed of the black-and-white gas. The gas streams pursued each other, shattering the darkness. Colorful energy surged like waves.
“Don’t get any closer,” said King True Martial. “Once we are affected, we might die.”
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