Chapter 595: The Fall of Demon Kings (III)

As Chen Chu feigned weakness, feeling the overwhelming aura of the battle raging tens of thousands of meters above, a commanding and majestic voice suddenly echoed.

"Barus, stop holding back. Kill that human. He must die today. I will provide compensation afterward."

Realizing that Mech No.1, despite enduring a demon god’s attack, had only been gravely wounded and not killed, Deorus shifted his focus to Chen Chu.

This human’s talent was utterly monstrous. Not only did Chen Chu possess extraordinary abilities, but he could also challenge ordinary demon kings despite only being in the early stages of the Ninth Demonic Mark. Furthermore, his summoning art was powerful enough to obliterate middle-stage demon kings—a feat that defied all logic.

Two mythical-level combatants had already fallen at Chen Chu's hands today, in addition to the two demon kings consumed by No.1. These losses drove Deorus into a fury, channeling all of his rage and blame onto Chen Chu.

If they didn’t kill him now, with him weakened after his second summoning, when could they?

Faced with Deorus’s command, Demon King Barus hesitated for a moment. He didn’t belong to Deorus’ empire; he was merely here under orders to provide support. Reluctant to risk injury, he had been holding back during the battle thus far.

After a brief hesitation, Barus' gaze turned icy cold. The current circumstances left no room for inaction—failure to act now would make it difficult to provide an acceptable report upon returning.

"Begone!" With a ferocious roar, Barus’ aura surged exponentially, and dazzling purple demonic light exploded from his body as his form expanded.

In an instant, he morphed into a towering, menacing figure over a thousand meters tall, with three heads, eight arms, and his entire body encased in purple armor. On top of one head, eighteen demonic horns intertwined to form a crown of pure malice.

In his awakened state, Barus emanated purple light bands that spread across a ten-kilometer radius, turning everything they touched—space included—into a shade of eerie purple.

Boom!

Barus' slightest movement seemed to shake the entire world. With a single sweep of his eight arms, an overwhelming, indescribable force erupted like a cataclysm.

Boom!

The force struck Qingqiu Tianyao and the Eight-Tailed Celestial Fox, who had been holding the front line for so long. They were flung back as if swept away by the entire weight of space itself, coughing blood as the attack shattered the space around them and hurled them into the void.

Even at the peak of the mythical level, they were still only in the mythical-level, and the gap in power against a great demon king like Barus was vast—let alone one in its awakened state, fueled by its origin power.

At that moment, a panicked voice rang out from the void. "Eight Tails, stop him!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The space fractured like a shattered mirror as eight white tails, each spanning over a thousand meters, tore through the void with unstoppable force.

"So you've chosen to seek death!" Barus snarled, his eyes gleaming with murderous intent as he faced the white fox tails that spanned the heavens. The tails radiated divine white light and wielded the overwhelming power of the heavens and earth.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The white tails flickered between illusion and reality, clashing with Barus’ eight arms in a flurry of hundreds of strikes. Suddenly, Barus’ face contorted into a cruel grin.

The purple radiance corroded the air, and space instantly solidified. Two massive hands seized the white fox tails. "Come out now!" Barus bellowed.

Boom!

As Barus tried to pull the Celestial Fox from the depths of the void, the two white tails he held erupted violently. The explosion shook the heavens and earth, sending a white shockwave across dozens of kilometers.

The explosion, from a colossal beast at the peak of the mythical level, unleashed an immense destructive force. Even Barus, despite his overwhelming power, was forced back two steps, and his purple, law-infused domain trembled under the force of the blast.

At the same time, the battered Qingqiu Tianyao and the visibly weakened Eight-Tailed Celestial Fox appeared in the distance. Spotting Ling Zhan and Moss, who were holding back a demon king, Qingqiu Tianyao shouted, "I’ll hold it off! Get him out of here now!"

"None of you will leave alive today!"

Just as Qingqiu Tianyao spoke, the demon king, who had been struggling under the pressure of the human kings, went berserk. An endless torrent of black demonic aura erupted behind him, and hundreds of massive demonic dragons roared into existence.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The air was filled with the deafening roars of ferocious dragons as waves of demonic aura engulfed half the sky.

Driven by Barus' relentless consumption of his origin power to crush everything, this demon king was compelled to amplify his own strength. Unfazed by the potential risk to his foundation, he unleashed sixty percent of his origin law, summoning dozens of demonic dragons that swiftly ensnared Ling Zhan and Moss.

This battle had far exceeded the expectations of every king and demon king. None had anticipated such brutal and desperate fighting so early into the conflict. One by one, everyone was forced to stake their lives.

As Qingqiu Tianyao declared his intention to hold back Barus, he transformed into a brilliant white streak of law energy, hurtling toward Barus with unstoppable force. The Celestial Fox, filled with helplessness and inner conflict, could only watch as he charged forward.

On the ground, Chen Chu, still pretending to be dead, barely had time to react, let alone speak.

Boom!

As Qingqiu Tianyao and the Celestial Fox merged, an immense aura, rivaling that of a Heavenly King, erupted. A blinding, radiant white divine light surged forth, illuminating the entire heavens and earth. Even Barus, sensing the power, narrowed his eyes in wary caution.

Unlike the aura of Gabriel, which felt like the origin of light, the white radiance emanating from Qingqiu Tianyao carried a sharp and domineering edge.

The endless expanse of white light stretched across the sky, and within its brilliance, a towering figure, standing a thousand meters tall, slowly took shape. Eight white fox tails swayed behind it, two of which were translucent.

It was Qingqiu Tianyao... or rather, the Qingqiu Celestial Fox.

Exuding the divine majesty of a Heavenly King, the Qingqiu Fox spoke slowly, his voice resonating with a layered, deep tone. "Barus, let us continue."

Barus’ eyes grew colder as it sneered. "Just for that Ninth Demonic Mark genius... are you sure he's worth it?"

"You’re sacrificing your origin power to merge with your beast companion. By pushing past your limits like this, your origin power is depleting at a rate ten times faster than mine. How long do you think you'll last?"

Barus’ words carried both a psychological tactic and genuine disbelief.

To the Purgatory Demon Clan, a race that revered absolute power, only one’s personal strength mattered.

While their civilization and traditions fostered a sense of collective honor as Purgatory True Demons, Barus himself, as a demon king, could never justify consuming his own origin power for the sake of a Ninth Demonic Mark, not even if that person were a descendant of a demon god.

The Qingqiu Fox remained calm, his resonating voice carrying the majestic weight of a Heavenly King. "For us humans, it’s not about whether it’s worth it, but whether we’re willing. I happen to like that kid, so today, I’ve decided to save him."

"In that case, you can die with him." Sensing the overwhelming, explosive power emanating from the Qingqiu Fox, Barus’s face twisted into a ferocious snarl.

Just as the two powerful beings were about to clash, a voice suddenly rang out from below.

"Sovereign Qingqiu, hold on for a moment—I think I can manage one more strike."

Though Chen Chu’s voice wasn’t loud, it carried across hundreds of kilometers. Hearing this, both the Qingqiu Fox and Barus froze momentarily. The tone was brimming with vitality, unlike someone who was supposedly weakened.

Even the demon king, who was relentlessly unleashing his power to trap Ling Zhan and Moss, was startled. Instinctively, he cast his gaze downward.

On the ground below, the seemingly frail and dying Chen Chu couldn’t help but wear a helpless expression. "Seriously, I was planning to lie low for a while and wait for you all to forget about me before stepping in again. Why do you force my hand now?"

Boom!

Suddenly, Chen Chu's aura erupted with explosive force, instantly returning to its peak state. At the same time, a deep blue rune flared to life on the back of his left hand, expanding into a vast, intricate formation that stretched a full kilometer across.

Unlike the previous summoning altars he used before, this one was intricately inscribed on the ground, resembling a vast and complex rune diagram.

Gazing at the small figure standing in the center of the rune formation, Barus’ eyes were cold, filled with killing intent. This human was indeed cunning, feigning weakness all along.

However, it didn’t matter. Whether it was that mythical-level breath attack or the law explosion, none of it was significant to Barus in his awakened state.

Roar!

As a dazzling blue light burst forth, space-time warped and reality inverted. Behind Chen Chu, a massive black-and-red claw materialized, its immense weight crashing into the earth with a resounding boom and shattering the ground beneath it.

Under the watchful eyes of the three human kings, the demon kings, and even the formidable Great Demon King Barus, a colossal black-and-red beast emerged behind Chen Chu. Over seven hundred meters long, its massive form was clad in impenetrable, razor-sharp scales.

In that instant, an indescribable, overwhelming aura spread out. Though the beast wasn't even in the middle stage of the mythical level, even the mighty Barus couldn’t shake an unsettling, inexplicable sense of unease.

This mythical colossal beast was incredibly powerful!