Chapter 275 - Imperial Lord
Meng Chuan’s heart ached when he saw 99% of the bear demon monarch’s items destroyed by the baneful aura. There was almost nothing left.
Although these two sledgehammers have been shattered into dozens of pieces, they can still be melted in the furnace. Archean Mountain usually melts demon monarch weapons for their raw materials, even if they are shattered. Meng Chuan waved his hand and stored the fragments of the sledgehammers away. He then looked at the other items. The storage bag had shattered into nothingness. Even the items in the storage bag had been destroyed; only a small portion remained.
Some red and purple residue were left behind, their composition unknown.
Oh? There’s a complete one here. Among the remnants, Meng Chuan discovered the only complete item. With a wave of his hand, the item flew out and landed on his palm. It was a palm-sized bear statue; it was pitch-black, and it stood there quietly. Meng Chuan was in a daze when he saw it.
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He vaguely saw a towering bear that was hundreds of thousands of feet tall; it looked like the ruler of the world. It calmly walked on the ground. Every step it took caused the earth to tremble and mountains to quake. It had annihilative might.
What’s this? Meng Chuan was puzzled. It must be extraordinary if it can survive my baneful aura. I’ll ask Master when I head back to Archean Mountain.
Meng Chuan returned to the demon monarch lair. Under his electromagnetic domain, the three heavily injured third firmament demon monarchs naturally couldn’t escape. They were all killed by Meng Chuan’s Darkstar Quintessential Essence from afar. The electromagnetic domain naturally produces lightning. Although it’s weaker and unable to kill more than half of the ordinary third Firmament demon monarchs, who do miscellaneous chores, it won’t destroy the spoils of war at the very least. After putting away the demon monarch corpses and spoils of war, Meng Chuan’s heart ached when he thought of the destruction of 99% of the bear demon monarch’s items.
That evening
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan rushed back to Archean Mountain and handed over the demon monarch corpses and spoils of war that he had obtained over the past few days. Archean Mountain Lord was in charge of dealing with such trivial matters.
While they were doing this, Qin Wu was discussing with an illusory Luo Tang in a pavilion in Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
“Such arrangements aren’t bad.” The illusory Luo Tang looked at the dossier. “But it can still be adjusted.”
Qin Wu suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.
“What’s wrong?” asked the illusory Luo Tang.
“Meng Chuan is here,” said Qin Wu. “He’s likely here to deliver demon monarch corpses and his spoils of war.” Luo Tang frowned slightly. “Qin Wu, have you thought it through? How are you going to use Meng Chuan during the final battle?”
Qin Wu frowned. “I’m also in a dilemma.”
The illusory Luo Tang said, “In terms of speed, there’s nothing to say. He’s faster than me. However, if he isn’t strong enough, sending him on rescue missions will be sending him to his death. He won’t be rescuing anyone if he has lacking strength.”
Qin Wu stood up. “Follow me.”
“Where to?” The illusory Luo Tang was puzzled.
“We need to test his strength to figure out exactly how strong this disciple of mine is. Only then can I give him a suitable mission during the final battle,” said Qin Wu.
Inside an Archean Mountain grotto-heaven.
Batches of demon monarch corpses and spoils of war flooded out of Meng Chuan’s pocket grotto-heaven. Archean Mountain watched as more and more demon monarch corpses piled up. He couldn’t help but praise Meng Chuan. “Junior brother Meng, I find it such a joy to see you throw out so many demon monarch corpses every time you come back. In the past year, other Archean Mountain Godfiends haven’t killed as many demon monarchs as you.”
“In the past half a month, I’ve killed 1,235 ordinary demon monarchs.” Meng Chuan threw out the last demon monarch corpse before he smiled and said, “The demon monarchs are cunning. It’s harder to kill them above ground. Regardless of how cunning they are, they will be discovered by me when I carry out underground reconnaissance unless they are far from land, Sometimes, stupid methods are the best solutions.”
“This stupid method… can only be employed by you and King White Treasure at the moment.” Qin Wu’s voice sounded.
Meng Chuan and Archean Mountain Lord turned their heads and bowed respectfully.
At that moment, Qin Wu and the illusory Luo Tang walked over.
“Well done.” Qin Wu looked at the pile of demon monarch corpses. “However, the demon monarchs are very cunning. King White Treasure has been killing demon monarchs in Black Sand Dynasty for ten years, causing many of them to flee to the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Yue Dynasty. Meng Chuan, if you continue like this… the demon monarchs will probably escape one after another. In the future, there might be fewer to kill.”
“The world is only so big. Where can they hide? At most, I’ll carry out underground reconnaissance throughout the entire world,” said Meng Chuan.
Qin Wu nodded with a smile. “Good.”
“Mountain Lord.” Meng Chuan looked at Archean Mountain Lord and said, “I haven’t handed over my spoils of war. In the past half-month, I killed a fourth Firmament demon monarch.”
“Fourth Firmament demon monarch?” Archean Mountain Lord’s eyes lit up. “Where are its remains?” He knew that Demon Slayer could devour blood, but some remnants of a fourth Firmament demon monarch corpse would typically be left behind.
“I used my baneful aura, and it froze the demon monarch’s corpse before shattering into nothingness,” said Meng Chuan helplessly. “Nothing was left behind! Even its storage bag has completely disintegrated. There are still some weapons and items left.”
With that said, he waved his hand. A large number of the two sledgehammers’ fragments appeared beside them. There were also some remnant materials. Since the baneful aura could not destroy them, the materials definitely had extraordinary origins.
“Even these two sledgehammers have shattered to pieces?” Qin Wu walked over and carefully observed the two sledgehammers’ fragments. He could not help but be astonished. “After refining Origins Returning baneful aura, your baneful aura is indeed impressive.”
Luo Tang nodded in praise. “What a potent baneful aura.”
“After that bear demon monarch died, the only item left intact was this.” Meng Chuan flipped his hand and took out the bear statue.
Qin Wu and Luo Tang’s eyes lit up.
“It’s a rare treasure. It’s worth 30 million credits,” said Qin Wu.
“Master, what’s this?” Meng Chuan was puzzled.
“A demon heritage,” explained Qin Wu. “It’s a heritage left behind by a bear demon that has reached the Imperial Lord realm.”
“Imperial Lord? Above the demon sage realm?” Meng Chuan’s eyes lit up. Of course he knew about Imperial Lords. For example, the most recent human Imperial Lord was Imperial Lord Blacksand. He had nearly unified the world under his banner.
“The Demon Realm is larger than the human world. They have way more experts than us,” said Qin Wu. “Therefore, there are many Imperial Lords. In this era, the demons have three Imperial Lords. In the demons’ long history, more than 1000 Imperial Lords have been born. Therefore, there are quite a number of heritages. This statue only contains one move of an Imperial Lord. It’s something the Imperial Lords bestow to their subordinates.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
“This move is more suitable for demons. It’s very helpful for demons’ body cultivation,” said Qin Wu. “Human bodies are completely different from demon bodies. It’s much less useful to us, but it’s still left behind by an Imperial Lord. Even if it’s used as a reference, exchanging it for 30 million credits is still worth it.”
“A bear demon Imperial Lord?” Meng Chuan realized that the towering, terrifying bear demon he saw was an Imperial Lord.
“There are too few human Imperial Lords.” Qin Wu shook his head. “The most recent human Imperial Lord was Imperial Lord Black Sand. Back then, there was an impressive grandmaster named Grandsire Yin Yang. Although Grandsire Yin Yang was a Creation Supremacy, his techniques had already reached the standards of an Imperial Lord. The Two World Divine Body technique he created is one of the 12 transcendent-grade Godfiend Bodies. In terms of contribution to the human race, Grandsire Yin Yang’s contribution is even higher than that of Imperial Lord Black Sand.
“It was because of the Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s internal conflicts that Grandsire Yin Yang plotted against Imperial Lord Black Sand, which led to Imperial Lord Black Sand’s eventual demise,” said Qin Wu wistfully. “If they were completely united, they would probably have united the world in that era.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
There were only 12 transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies in the human Godfiend cultivation system. Dragon Divine Body and Phoenix Divine Body were both divine bodies that required specific bloodlines. Strictly speaking, humans had only created ten transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies. Every pioneer was outstanding. Their talent was ranked at the top in human history.
“If an Imperial Lord is born in our era, we can end the war completely.” Luo Tang shook her head. “However, it’s just too difficult. Humanity typically produces one Imperial Lord once every 100,000 years. This is only the average time it takes for an Imperial Lord to rise. Sometimes, two or three dazzling figures exist together in the same era. Sometimes, there will be no Imperial Lord for hundreds of thousands of years.”