Chapter 287: Chapter 234: Clash with the Demon Emperor (Part 2)
This time, the script turned blood-red. The barrier blocking the two sides slowly faded away, as the small-sized Griffin Demon King nimbly stepped onto the arena, its cold gaze locked on Shen Wang: "Kid, ready to meet your death?"
To him, humans were easy to kill, and at this moment, he was nothing short of confident.
Shen Wang had no interest in conversing with a beast, releasing the mana hidden within his acupoints, which emitted a colorful radiance as he shot forward.
The Griffin Demon King’s eyes were sharp like those of an eagle, capable of easily capturing Shen Wang’s movements. Its body was engulfed in demonic aura as it lunged forward with a claw.
What greeted it turned into a flash of blades, as Shen Wang would not directly clash with claws on par with magical treasures.
The clash of blade and claw emitted a sound akin to metal striking metal; the first probing attack ended quickly, neither side gaining any advantage, seemingly evenly matched.
However, for Shen Wang, a frail human, to not fall behind in a melee against a Griffin Demon King with sharp claws and beak was already an advantage.
The Griffin Demon King, failing to suppress Shen Wang, showed a shadow in its eyes. In the next moment, its sharp beak gleamed as it pecked towards Shen Wang’s head.
This was the beast’s innate talent, pecking with speed and precision, the sharp beak emitting a chilling gleam, difficult to guard against.
"Hmph."
Shen Wang was not afraid, instead opting for a direct attack. Blade light blossomed, dazzling with various colors, utilizing Five Elements Magical Power.
With the fusion of mana and saber technique divine powers, the Black Death Blade appeared to ignite, forming a ring of five-colored light, colliding with the Griffin Demon King’s claw, both sides being stuck midway.
The heavy demonic power of the Griffin Demon King, carrying a stench, retreated piece by piece under the Five Elements Magical Power, as if encountering the Five-Colored Divine Light, instantly dissolved mostly.
Just as mana is essential power for cultivators, demonic power is part of a demon’s strength. Once dissolved, the claw’s potency drastically reduced, allowing the blade to cut into a fissure.
The Griffin Demon King was shocked, encountering such strange and powerful mana for the first time, momentarily flustered, retreating two steps, but still had a claw sliced off by Shen Wang’s fierce blade momentum.
The blade light before the Griffin Demon King transformed like a meteor descending, making it difficult to breathe, its wings frantically flapping in an attempt to dodge.
Step by step retreat.
Shen Wang’s saber technique itself was fierce and domineering, leaving no mercy in such a situation, seizing the opportunity, transforming into an Evil God, each strike lethal, allowing the advantage to snowball bigger.
The five-colored brilliance rapidly filled the entire arena, completely suppressing the demonic power.
The arena space was not large, limiting the Griffin Demon King’s room to dodge. Most importantly, when it tried to evade, Shen Wang transformed into a ghostly figure, speeding up to chase and slash.
The Griffin Demon King roared continuously, using claws, beak, and wings to reverse its decline, yet was effortlessly suppressed by Shen Wang’s Five Elements Magical Power, unable to rely solely on its physical strength, becoming a target instead.
"Eighth Technique."
Shen Wang suddenly spoke: "Demon God’s World Destruction!"
The new Black Shark Blade’s power rose another notch.
Shen Wang utilized the Eighth Technique once used by the Black Death Blade King, with the integrated power surging, a black line flew out, slicing through the demonic power, and at the same time, a black line appeared on the Griffin Demon King’s body.
The Griffin Demon King’s eyes widened in terror, trembled, a blood line appeared on its body defending against attacks, splitting, then blood and guts poured out.
Shen Wang’s movement halted abruptly, stopping with his blade raised, beckoning to the corpse, a green-black demon pill flying out.
"Why pretend, the test was life and death, yet you feigned."
Shen Wang only then spoke, letting out a cold laugh.
"You have passed the sixth trial, the seventh trial will begin soon, you have half a day to prepare."
As the script appeared, Shen Wang narrowed his eyes while tidying the Griffin Demon King’s corpse.
The seventh trial actually required special preparation, what did it mean, is it that he must wait or is it difficult to face?
With doubt in his mind, the arena he was on did not dissipate, instead expanding tenfold, the traces left from the battle with the Griffin Demon King starting to repair.
Seeing this, Shen Wang’s expression changed, efficiently disposing of the useless parts of the Griffin Demon King’s body, taking out an elixir and consuming it, starting to restore mana.
After half an hour, his mana had recovered, Shen Wang opened his eyes, gazing at the empty arena, feeling something odd.
He checked through his potent items, taking out various talismans and array flags, attempting to set up an array on the arena.
Subsequently, he found there was no problem doing so, rules permitted him to make these preparations.
This instead made Shen Wang uneasy.
If it were normal circumstances, there would be no need to do so, nor give him this permission.
Feeling uneasy compelled Shen Wang to hurriedly arrange the array flags, then integrate various talismans into the array, greatly enhancing its power.
Half a day later, space fluctuated.
A graceful figure appeared.
"The seventh trial begins, endure under the Demon Emperor’s hand for a quarter of an hour."
With the script and figure appearing simultaneously, Shen Wang cursed loudly: "Are you kidding me, what kind of trial is this, isn’t this asking for my life?"
He was extremely upset, although he had enhanced his strength somewhat, he was still not yet at mid-stage Golden Core. The Demon Emperor was Nascent Soul Level, a whole large realm apart.
If he were at late-stage Golden Core or even Perfection, he might be able to fight with profound depth. The gap now was too much, not something his shallow foundation could easily compensate.
But at present, he had no choice, he had to grit his teeth and go forward.
Shen Wang took a deep breath, waiting for the figure to manifest, seeing it was You Huang, whom he had previously offended, his mouth twitched involuntarily.
The ones controlling behind the scenes did this on purpose, knowing he had considerable enmity with this woman, yet brought her out to test him?
The icy gaze from You Huang fell upon Shen Wang, somewhat surprised: "They actually want me to kill you within an incense stick’s time, are they trying to witness my strength, or is your strength truly impressive?"
"You’ll find out soon enough."
Shen Wang didn’t say much, his figure suddenly faded, disappearing before You Huang.
He first used the array and Eight Trigrams Plate to conceal his form, avoiding attacks.
After all, the trial only asked him to endure for a quarter of an hour, without specifying how. If within a quarter of an hour, the Demon Emperor couldn’t find him, then it naturally counted as success.
"Playing mice?"
You Huang saw, sneering with disdain: "My specialty is catching mice!"
Shen Wang didn’t respond, already forming hand seals to control the array.
You Huang smirked coldly, yellow brilliance flashing in her eyes, seemingly seeing through the concealment ahead, then her figure swiftly appeared at Shen Wang’s hiding spot.
Three claw afterimages slashed out, with a ripping sound, as if tearing through wood, breaking open an array barrier, revealing Shen Wang.
In her grim expression, her speed was swift, in an instant piercing through Shen Wang’s heart with her claws.
Puff!
No blood emerged, as if tearing paper, Shen Wang’s body shattered, transforming into a tattered talisman, revealing the truth as a Substitute Talisman.
The surrounding space rippled, lighting up over a dozen suspended fireball talismans, then with a thunderous boom, they exploded.
You Huang frowned, immediately releasing demonic power, her thick demonic power effortlessly blocking these fireballs.
"This childish trick?"
While You Huang mocked, surrounding talismans lit up and exploded again, this time were Detonator Talismans, their power tenfold a hundredfold.
Most importantly, not just one, but encircling.
Her brow furrowed slightly, without standing there dully to be blown up, her body agilely retreated.
Yet nearby, there lay more Detonator Talismans, almost simultaneously exploding, turning much of the arena into a sea of fire.
Rumbling!
The special array composed of Detonator Talismans Shen Wang had arranged here unleashed its power, capable of blasting Golden Cores to smithereens.
A gray-black remnant shadow retreated amidst the explosion, the demonic power barrier on her body was somewhat damaged, but not enough to kill her.
Seeing this, Shen Wang could only say the Demon Emperor’s strength was too formidable, even using external resources and the arena conditions, failing to injure You Huang.
You Huang, however, was enraged, her killing intent sweeping the small part of the area not engulfed by the explosion: "Boy, you’ll die horribly soon!"
"Let’s see what you can do."
Shen Wang’s voice was unpredictable, seeming to appear in multiple locations.
In the next moment, amidst beastly roars, several fire pythons emerged from the edge of the explosion, baring fangs at You Huang.
Shen Wang’s battle with the Demon Emperor, utilizing talismans and the array, formally began.