"Dongfang Cangwu, your current appearance truly opens this King's eyes!"
In the dense forest behind Gesnan Academy, Anuoxi spread his black, fleshy wings and pursued the little black dog relentlessly. He seemed in no hurry to kill it, as if leisurely walking a dog, he followed Dongfang Cangwu at a relaxed pace, occasionally uttering provocative words.
Dongfang Cangwu wished he could turn around and give the dog a slap.
This damned creature talked too much!
He lowered his head and ran. With Anuoxi awakening now, Gesnan Academy would surely be devastated.
In the past, he wouldn't have cared about the lives of these insignificant mortals. But Gesnan Academy had people that woman cared about, and she was prone to fits of compassion. She had even dared to sneak attack Anuoxi for the sake of the people of Gesnan Academy before. It was possible she would sacrifice herself for others in Gesnan Academy now.
Rather than letting that woman be beaten half to death by Anuoxi and then having to intervene himself, he might as well lure the enemy away first.
But the more Dongfang Cangwu thought about it, the angrier he became!
To think that he, a dignified Demon Emperor, would not confront his nemesis with fierce determination but instead flee in a desperate panic with his tail between his legs... It was all that damned woman's fault!
This time, no matter how that woman tried to coax him, he would not forgive her!
Anuoxi sensed the little black dog's running speed slowing down. He narrowed his purple eyes in displeasure. "Dongfang Cangwu, with this King before you, you dare to be distracted?"
Anuoxi stopped his playful pursuit. He raised his hand and a bolt of lightning struck down. The little black dog dodged, but its fur was grazed by the lightning, emitting a scorched smell.
"Tsk."
Seeing the one he considered his mortal enemy become so weak, Anuoxi suddenly felt a sense of boredom.
Just as he was about to directly grab the little black dog and crush its heart, the little black dog vanished abruptly, and a majestic, tall figure appeared.
Anuoxi froze, and the next moment, he smiled playfully.
"Oh? After so many years, you seem to have become a little more... well-rounded."
Dongfang Cangwu: "..."
After all these years, this disgusting creature still didn't know how to speak!
It was all because that woman fed him every day!
"Anuoxi, long time no see." Dongfang Cangwu selectively ignored Anuoxi's taunt, his eyes carrying a hint of coldness. Two handsome men with vastly different auras floated in mid-air, confronting each other. The tense aura emanating from them slowly spread outwards. The flowers and trees in the back mountain, lacking the keen perception of spirit beasts to escape beforehand, could only be passively affected by this force, rapidly withering and dying.
Within a radius of ten miles, the land soon became barren, devoid of any life.
Anuoxi was surrounded by faint electricity that crackled from time to time, making his purple eyes appear even more devilishly charming.
Dongfang Cangwu silently assessed the situation with Yan Jiaojiao. The Demoness's cultivation came from the Demon King's augmentation. Others could not see it, but he could see black mist-like threads slowly flowing and rapidly disappearing on Anuoxi's body.
That damned woman wasn't so foolish after all.
Dongfang Cangwu finally showed a hint of satisfaction.
Anuoxi, however, misunderstood.
Seeing Dongfang Cangwu size him up and then show a look of satisfaction, he smiled slightly. "It seems you are ready to fight me to the death?"
Dongfang Cangwu shook his head. "I'm not fighting you."
Anuoxi's expression instantly changed from sunny to cloudy. The smiling eyes of a moment ago turned dark, and the lightning around him became exceptionally thick, causing the scorched earth to churn and settle back down.
"Do you think I won't kill you?"
Anuoxi had been the Demon King for countless years. He had always been carefree and sought only a worthy opponent. However, in his long existence, he had never tasted defeat. Thus, to alleviate his boredom and loneliness, he led the demon race on rampages, finding pleasure in slaughtering others.
Such days were interesting once or twice, but after many repetitions, he grew bored and ceased such activities.
He had originally thought his life would continue in this manner, but then one day, he encountered Dongfang Cangwu.
They fought a great battle, but neither emerged victorious.
He was still unsatisfied, while Dongfang Cangwu was eager to disengage and unwilling to agree to a rematch at a later date.
Later, he heard that Dongfang Cangwu had been ambushed and fell into a deep slumber. Unable to find an opponent and overcome by loneliness, Anuoxi gradually fell into his own slumber.
Without an opponent, he was unwilling to awaken. Those within the demon race tried various methods, but he refused to stir. It was only recently that he sensed Dongfang Cangwu's aura.
In the depths of his being, he knew that the day they would settle their score was fast approaching.
"You'd have to have the ability for that." Dongfang Cangwu glanced at him indifferently. If not for the constraints he was currently under, he would have fought him with all his might. However, he had many things to attend to. He hadn't yet avenged himself on those who had attacked him back then, and the contract with that damned woman was not yet broken. This was not the time to decide their victor.
"Dongfang Cangwu, you are underestimating me." Anuoxi's purple eyes stared intently at Dongfang Cangwu, a hint of satisfaction in their depths. Having had no worthy opponent for many years, his feelings towards Dongfang Cangwu were complex. He wanted him dead, yet he feared his death.
Dongfang Cangwu saw the electric light surrounding Anuoxi flicker for a moment, and the mist-like threads on his body began to turn pure black. This indicated that his demonic power was being rapidly absorbed by his followers. Dongfang Cangwu instantly understood what the damned woman had done. A flicker of admiration flashed in his eyes. Dongfang Cangwu extended his fingers, transforming them into huge canine claws, and with a flash, he reached for Anuoxi's heart.
Anuoxi had long noticed the change in Dongfang Cangwu's expression. He curved his lips into a smile and, disregarding the incoming claws, stared only at the familiar face within extremely close proximity, laughing with unrestrained arrogance. "Dongfang Cangwu, you are destined to lose to me."
Dongfang Cangwu's claws had already pierced Anuoxi's chest. With a forceful twist, a pure black heart was extracted. He frowned in disgust and kicked Anuoxi in the abdomen. "Stop calling my name!"
His name, so pleasant to hear, was being uttered by Anuoxi in a way that made him almost not recognize the characters!
Anuoxi laughed heartily. Even with his heart ripped out, he felt completely at ease as long as he was fighting Dongfang Cangwu.
The wound on his chest healed completely in a moment. Anuoxi looked at the heart beating in Dongfang Cangwu's palm and said with a smile, "That's a good move. I'll try it on you next time."
Dongfang Cangwu: "Are you crazy?!"
After spending so much time with that woman, Dongfang Cangwu's way of thinking had been influenced.
Anuoxi did not understand the meaning of this statement, but he was happy that Dongfang Cangwu was fighting him. Just as he was about to speak, a mystical sense of being pulled made his expression change. "That fool, she—"
Purple runes suddenly appeared above Anuoxi's head, and a lightning-infused magic orb was about to detonate. Dongfang Cangwu, who had been waiting for this moment, used his sharp claws to dissolve Anuoxi's heart. A black vortex emerged and rose into the sky, the entrance to the Demon Realm.
Dongfang Cangwu kicked Anuoxi into the vortex with swift and decisive movements.
The massive explosion was swallowed by the vortex.