Chapter 515 - Demon Emperor’s Return

Long Chen had grown very familiar with his two King-tier techniques. Even though they weren’t combat techniques, they had increased his strength by a lot.

Long Chen, Liu Yiyi, and the other three were standing in front of the Clear Shallows King. The passage to the fourth layer of the Demon World has opened. Those who were qualified to enter were already inside. The Clear Shallows King was waiting for the arrival of her disciples.

She focused on Long Chen and called for him the moment she saw him. “Are you certain you can achieve victory?”

“Relax. You’ve given me so much. I will do what I need to do.”

“Have you really cultivated the Demonic Illusion and the True Martial Demon Body?” She was stunned.

Long Chen nodded.

“Monster.” She shook her head.

Seeing the Clear Shallows King completely focused on Long Chen made the other disciples visibly upset. They were older than him, but they had to obey the Clear Shallows King’s orders to call him “senior.”

They were the strongest in the pavilion except for Liu Yiyi, so they were naturally unwilling to call Long Chen “senior.”

“Master really does not care about our feelings ...”

“She didn’t even look at us. I fear that we are only here to make up the numbers in the assessment.”

“I think she’s only focused on Jiang Cheng. She even ignored Senior Liu Yiyi.”

“I wonder how strong Jiang Cheng is? I think his cultivation level increased very fast, but isn’t he at the same stage as us? We can do the things that he can do too!”

The three of them hated Long Chen because they were being ignored by the Clear Shallows King.

“Stop it. He’s definitely stronger than all of us. We wouldn’t be able to win against him even if we fought him at the same time,” Liu Yiyi warned them after seeing how agitated they were.

“Junior Liu Yiyi, you must be joking. Even someone at the Eighth Passage Stage might not be able to handle all four of us at the same time!” the previous eldest disciple retorted.

“You will find out how strong he is during the assessment.” Liu Yiyi decided to stop arguing with them.

She knew Long Chen had cultivated the True Martial Demon Body. Their attacks would be useless against his physical body. In fact, his physical body was even stronger than that of Demon General Strongman.

After finishing their discussion, the Clear Shallows King waved to let them know to follow her.

“The Demon Emperor is back! He will most likely make an appearance during the assessment, so you must do your best! Do not embarrass my pavilion!” the Clear Shallows King shouted.

“Yes!” Everyone nodded.

Outside of the Clear Shallows Pavilion were three Demon Generals and some elders who worked at the pavilion. They followed the Clear Shallows King Pavilion when she walked out. They then made their way towards Demon World Mountain. The regular disciples looked at them in awe.

There was quite a distance from their pavilion to the fourth layer of the Demon World.

“Mom, why did the Demon Emperor come back? I thought he rarely made an appearance?” Liu Yiyi asked.

The Clear Shallows King whispered, “Don’t spread this, but I’ve heard that his useless son was killed, so the Demon Emperor stopped cultivating to come back and find the killer.”

“Huh? He’s dead? No wonder I haven’t heard of him for so long. Haven’t seen him in two months too.” Liu Yiyi was shocked.

“We have arrived. Let’s stop talking about it.” Demon World Mountain was in front of them, and they soon scaled to the top. The guards let them pass and the Clear Shallows King led everyone into the Demon World.

“I’ve heard that the Clear Shallows King sent out five people, but none of them are at the Eighth Passage Stage?” one of the guards whispered after the Clear Shallows King left.

“Yeah. I think they will come in last this time for sure. I will bet ten thousand Heavenly Passage Pills.”

“Only an idiot would take that bet!”

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They moved towards the second layer after passing the first. Because they didn’t take the shortcut, it took them half a day to get there. Long Chen and the others stopped in front of the entrance because someone was blocking the path. The people in front turned around. They were from the Red Ghost Pavilion! The Red Ghost King and Ying Shaotian were standing at the forefront.

“Clear Shallows King?” The Red Ghost King chuckled and counted the number of her representatives. “What a grand army you have here. Five contestants! So scary.”

Ying Shaotian was at the Eighth Passage Stage and there were seven more at the Seventh Passage Stage representing the Red Ghost King. In terms of group strength, their strength far exceeded the Clear Shallows King’s representatives. Thankfully, the assessment revolved around individual matches instead of group matches.

Everyone from the Red Ghost Pavilion laughed too.

“A group of cowards brought up by a woman!” The Red Ghost King continued to taunt them.

His group laughed again. Their laughter angered everyone from the Clear Shallows Pavilion. They were not the kind of people who would argue with scoundrels like the Red Ghost King, but Long Chen was. He approached the Red Ghost King and said, “It’s a blessing for us to be brought up by the beautiful Clear Shallows King. We have so many beautiful ladies here. I think you guys are jealous because your leader is a bulbous red toad. Regular men like me want to vomit the moment we see someone so hideous.”

Long Chen’s words were like cold water that extinguished the Red Ghost King’s arrogance. Everyone from the Clear Shallows Pavilion cheered for Long Chen.

Even the Clear Shallows King laughed at that. She thought that Long Chen was strangely cute. Thankfully, he was on her side, or he would look more like a devil if he was her enemy.

The already red face of the Red Ghost King became even redder. Blood almost sprang forth from his eyes and white steam gushed out of his nose. It was clear that he was angry.

It was one thing to be insulted by the Clear Shallows King since they had the same rank, but Long Chen was a disciple! He would not tolerate such disrespect.

“Bastard! Die!”

He approached Long Chen to kill him, but the Clear Shallows King intercepted him. “Red Ghost King, you taunted us first, so it's courtesy we taunt back. Are you really so disgraceful that you would use physical force here? Are you a man? Since the Demon Emperor is back, the Ancient Demon Domain is not a place where you can do as you please. The Demon Emperor is very angry right now, so just try touching me.”

The Red Ghost King stopped out of fear. She was right. The Demon Emperor was in a bad mood. If they fought here and tarnished the reputation of the Demon Emperor, there was a chance that he would be killed.

The Red Ghost King glared at both the Clear Shallows King and Long Chen. “I will stop this today on account of the Demon Emperor. Let us meet at the fourth layer. Clear Shallows King, even though I’m not Ying Shaotian’s father, I am technically his stepfather. Once the assessment is over, you and I will become family, so we cannot fight here.”

He then looked at Liu Yiyi. “Yiyi is becoming prettier each day. Hehehe. I’m so happy Ying Shaotian is going to marry her! Hahaha!”

The Red Ghost King patted Ying Shaotian’s shoulder. “Let’s go!”

Under his command, the rest of them entered the second layer. The Clear Shallows King turned around and looked at her followers. “The Red Ghost King slandered us just now, so it’s up to the five of you to return the favor at the assessment! Show them your strength!”

Long Chen and the others nodded.

Since the Clear Shallows King had done so much to help him, it was time to uphold his end of the deal. He needed to win!

They followed the Red Ghost King and soon reached the fourth layer after traversing through the second and third. This time, Demon General Typhoon was not standing guard; it was another Demon General. This was Long Chen’s first time at the fourth layer.

The ground was similar to that of the third layer, but there was not a hint of demonic beasts here. There were only people, and thousands of them. All of them were extremely strong. Most of the people joining the assessment were already here.

Long Chen followed the Clear Shallows King to reach their designated spot. Each of the pavilions was standing in an arc facing a large, black arena!