Chapter 892: Dreadful (1/2)
General panic seized all of the demon gods in the great wilderness. They hadn't cared when the connate great dao changed to requiring human form for cultivation, as it didn’t apply to them. But now, great dismay registered upon finding out that the changes were extending to them as well!
Only in taking human form would they receive the approval of the great dao, which meant that though they could release greater strength in their true forms, they had to assume human form if they wanted to gain a foothold in the great wilderness.
This was extraordinary humiliation for the connate demon gods!
Though humans were descended from the great Pangu, it’d been countless eons since his fall. The human form was also slightly different from the great god’s; ergo, demon gods wouldn't be paying tribute to a legendary creator by taking human form.
No, they would really be only imitating human form!
How was it right, how was it proper that the majestic demon gods were forced to assume the shape of mewling latter-day descendants in order to assert themselves in their own home??
“No matter how Lie Shan’s done it, humans must be eradicated and Lie Shan must die!”
“If Leize dares obstruct us from killing him, then he must die too!” Nuanzi stubbornly remained in his true form and rampaged furiously in denial.
Although he’d previously acknowledged humanity’s status and accepted Lie Shan’s strength, he would never permit something like this to happen. He was a connate demon god, not one of the pets that latter-day descendants called great gods!
A prodigious ruckus swept over the great wilderness as countless demon gods blustered and snarled, trying to oppose the connate great dao and refuse the requirement to transform into humans.
Alas and alack, they all failed. Each and every single one.
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Thunder and lightning roared within Jin nation borders, and the demon gods who’d come to watch the battle also lost their minds with outrage. Dijiang stood in the void, turbulent killing intent ripping through his eyes.
Transform into human form? There could be no greater insult!
“Lie Shan, the cause of all this stems from you… Perhaps the great dao will recover if you are dead!” A black spear had appeared in Dijiang’s hands at some time—his ultimate treasure. The Bell of Chaos had also returned to his body to enhance his strength. Though that last restriction still remained intact, it didn’t prevent him from releasing the bell’s power.
Lu Yun could also sense the overflowing bitterness and wrath from the demon gods, but he wasn’t worried. He had his own sources of strength and trump cards to call on.
“Never thought that Demon Vine—ninth of the great connate spirit roots—was growing inside the Bell of Chaos!” Mirth tugged at his lips. He’d been able to break out of the bell’s imprisonment because he’d found the Demon Vine inside and refined it into his body, resulting in another explosive thirty percent increase to his strength.
That spirit root was likewise only partially intact with most of its core essence transplanted elsewhere. More importantly, Lu Yun had made a huge discovery after harvesting two spirit roots—they were the only ones of their kind beneath the heavens, so if one of them was destroyed, the laws of heaven would give birth to a second!
In other words, the connate spirit roots that he was refining in the great wilderness now wouldn’t affect their future existence.
“Dijiang!” he roared. “You’re right, I changed the heavenly dao and transformed it from the primitive great dao to the great dao of humans! From now on, humans are the favored child of heaven and the spiritual leader of all life!
“Come kill me if you have what it takes!” His voice rolled outward like thunder and spread throughout the great wilderness. “Otherwise, I will still exist even if you eradicate humanity, and I will continue to increase my race’s numbers. We will be ceaseless and unending, and you will have my wrath to contend with!”
Hummmm.
The armor on his body shifted once more and turned into a blazing wheel of a black sun that hovered over Lu Yun’s head. This was Rearbow’s final and strongest form, something that not even Yi had been able to manifest.
As the connate great dao was now the embryo human dao, it’d imbued Lu Yun’s body of the world with the power to activate the Rearbow’s final form.
Chills ran down the backs of Dijiang and other demon gods to see the bow’s metamorphosis. In its current form, the bow absolutely matched the Bell of Chaos!
“Dijiang, haven’t you found it odd that you’ve been unable to undo the last restriction in the bell?” posed Lu Yun when he saw that the demon god wasn't in a hurry to attack him.
“What do you know about that?” Dijiang retorted coldly. He’d reverted to his true form as it felt too much of an insult to assume human shape.
“It’s not just you, even Taiyi didn't fully refine the bell back in his day. He didn't successfully undo the last restriction either.” Lu Yun snorted, “Or did all of you really think that he owed his strength to the bell? Leize doesn't own anything similar, but he can still punch all of your pathetic lights out in one go.”
Dijiang’s expression darkened ominously. Lie Shan was correct. Though he’d beaten Rushou to death with the Bell of Chaos, he still didn’t have the right to challenge an existence such as Leize, and he wasn’t a match for Taiyi either.
“Treasures are just items at the end of the day, personal strength is the truest be all and end all!” Lu Yun roared with laughter and flashed to Dijiang, thrusting outward with a single punch. A hundred million rays of sword energy accompanied his move, blasting into Dijiang’s body like a frightful storm of sword energy.
Snarling, Dijiang sent his black spear twisting through the air like a black dragon, sweeping it across the void to smash viciously into Lu Yun’s fist. A hazy streak of black light rushed across the sky, tearing apart the very fabric of reality.