Chapter 72
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Chapter 72: The World-Destroying Demon Appeared
In the Vast Forest, ancient trees towered high, their branches and leaves thick and lush.
Under the gloomy sky, no light shone through.
Yet, amidst this fierce battle, both sides erupted with boundless radiance, shining as brightly as daylight.
The brightest light came from the two figures charging into the sky.
Zhang Yang and the Seventh Prince.
They rushed directly at each other.
Even the Seventh Prince’s extraordinary warhorse faced its own opponent. The Ironback Blue Bull, inheritor of the divine cow’s strength, leaped forward to collide with the warhorse, which soared into the air to meet the challenge.
In that moment, men clashed in the sky while their mounts battled below, with the rest of the forces trailing slightly behind.
Boom!
The first collision came between Zhang Yang and the Seventh Prince.
There were no fancy moves, just a pure contest of strength.
One cultivated divine power, claiming to be invincible within the Vast Forest.
The other possessed overwhelming strength, proven by his position as the leader of the Demon Slayer Team.
Their clash truly ignited sparks.
However…
The outcome shocked everyone.
Zhang Yang, with his immense power, sent the equally formidable Seventh Prince flying like a kite cut from its string, swept away by the fierce wind and crashing through three phoenix trees.
It was entirely one-sided.
This truly caught everyone by surprise.
Even those from the Vast Forest were stunned and thrilled.
They had known Zhang Yang was invincible, but they also understood the terrifying strength of the Seventh Prince. They believed Zhang Yang would need to exchange dozens or even hundreds of blows to defeat him—never expecting the battle to end with a single punch.
The members of the Demon Slayer Team stood in shock.
That was the Seventh Prince.
They knew his combat strength better than anyone. Even those three or four small realms above him would be swiftly defeated, as he stood on an entirely different level.
Yet this so-called invincible warrior had been sent flying by a single punch from Zhang Yang—how could that not terrify them?
As Zhang Yang landed, his killing intent surged, and he roared, “Mad dog! So weak! You’ve truly disappointed me!”
Without hesitation, he charged forward, intent on slaughtering the Seventh Prince.
The members of the Demon Slayer Team quickly surrounded him, trying to block his path.
But how could they stop Zhang Yang?
Bang, bang, bang…
Zhang Yang’s fighting style was so simple it left others speechless—it was just fists, swinging and striking without pause.
One after another, they were sent flying through the sky, breathless before they even hit the ground.
He was like an invincible king of beasts, sweeping across the battlefield, unstoppable by anyone.
The Seventh Prince looked up at the charging Zhang Yang, his eyes wide as a fierce light flashed within them, yet he could not withstand that terrifying punch and spat out blood.
“Crack!”
A crisp sound echoed from his wrist.
The Seventh Prince’s expression shifted.
The Life-Protecting Divine Pearl.
This was a treasure he had obtained from the headquarters of the Divine Forbidden Gate.
The pearl was an extraordinary gem. Once refined, it could take its owner’s place in death—allowing them to survive a fatal blow.
In other words, if not for the Life-Protecting Divine Pearl, Zhang Yang’s punch would have already killed him.
In truth, Zhang Yang was furious and dissatisfied. He had gone all out.
Level Eight Returning to Origin Realm.
Nine divine powers.
He had held back nothing.
Yet the Seventh Prince still survived his punch, which only made Zhang Yang even more frenzied as he charged forward.
Unbeknownst to him, the Seventh Prince possessed a life-saving treasure.
As the Life-Protecting Divine Pearl shattered, a shadow of darkness, like a coiling dragon, weaved around the Seventh Prince’s body, whispering a voice only he could hear:
“Submit! Otherwise, this place will be your grave. You cannot defeat him. Accept, and you will become invincible, truly opening the gates to the immortal path.”
The Seventh Prince remained silent.
The shadow continued,
“If you accept, you will soon become the true ruler of the Southern Region. Even the so-called saints will become ants before you. You will become a deity!”
The Seventh Prince’s gaze flickered. He was tempted.
He looked again at the unstoppable Zhang Yang, wildly charging at him, and his expression darkened as he growled,
“Accept.”
The shadow rejoiced:
“Open your mind and embrace the dark baptism. From this moment on, you will be… the world-destroying demon!”
Darkness surged into the Seventh Prince’s body.
Crackling sounds erupted from within him, as if his bones were shattering and reforming. His flesh felt as though it were being honed by blades, blood seeped from his skin, and his organs endured brutal pressure.
His entire being suffered unimaginable torment.
This was the price of becoming the world-destroying demon.
Long ago, strange phenomena had appeared in the Southern Region.
Saints gazed at the heavens and saw fearsome demons approaching from the depths of the starry sky.
Some saints listened to the earth and heard whispers of evil spirits opening the gates of hell.
Meanwhile, the Holy Land of Secrets prophesied the rise of the world-destroying demon—a being whose birth would bring divine punishment that obliterated the sacred land in an instant, shaking the entire world.
In response, the great holy lands and empires united to hunt down the world-destroying demon.
Even that was not enough. Afterward, the Great Xia Empire, Ziyang Sacred Land, and Golden Cauldron Sacred Land joined forces to establish the Demon Slayer Team.
They claimed to protect the Southern Region, but their methods were ruthless, operating under the creed of “better to wrongfully kill a thousand than let one escape,” all in the name of slaying the world-destroying demon before it could fully awaken.
The Demon Slayer Team was created to hunt the world-destroying demon.
But who could have imagined that the very leader of the Demon Slayer Team was the world-destroying demon they all sought, yet could never find?
What a great irony.
And yet no one knew.
Unable to resist the lure of ultimate power, the Seventh Prince willingly endured this inhuman trial to become the world-destroying demon, gaining the strength to slaughter all living things.
He knelt on one leg, his body stiff, as if undergoing reconstruction.
His eyes stared blankly at Zhang Yang, watching him approach.
Zhang Yang drew nearer and nearer.
The members of the Demon Slayer Team frantically tried to obstruct him, sacrificing their lives to buy time for the Seventh Prince.
Unfortunately, they still could not hold him back.
Zhang Yang was simply too ferocious.
At a certain moment, the power within the Seventh Prince suddenly trembled.
Elemental energy scattered, reverting to pure vitality.
The terrifying darkness boiled within him, fusing with his vitality, causing all thirty-six thousand pores of his body to frantically absorb the bloody killing energy from the battlefield.
As this bloody killing energy poured into his body, his realm began to shift.
He had been knocked down to the fifth level of the Returning to Origin Realm, but now, with enough bloody killing energy, his power surged wildly forward.
Boom!
Level Six of the Returning to Origin Realm!
Boom!
Level Seven of the Returning to Origin Realm!
Boom!
Level Eight of the Returning to Origin Realm!
His breakthrough was unlike Zhang Yang’s, who had absorbed pure powers like wind, thunder, light, and darkness from the world.
Instead, he absorbed bloody killing energy, the energy of death, the energy of resentment, and the energy of hatred.
Only through these could he forge the Nine Extremes Returning to Origin and transform into the true essence of world-destroying power, allowing him to become a genuine world-destroying demon.
A battlefield as bloody as this one—especially the earlier Hill of Heads—provided everything he needed. He could have surged directly to the Nine Extremes Returning to Origin Realm but stopped at the eighth level because Zhang Yang had already arrived.
It could be said that the Seventh Prince willingly became a world-destroying demon, and this entire transformation took place within just two or three breaths.
Zhang Yang was fast, but just fast enough to allow him to complete the change.
“Kill!”
Zhang Yang charged forward like an invincible god of war, his fierce aura overwhelming everything. Flowers and grass were torn from the ground, bodies were flung aside, and blood rained down as he carved a path forward.
Once again, he unleashed a ferocious punch at the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince suddenly lunged forward, striking like a vicious wolf and landing a critical blow.
This was destined to become an unprecedented duel between two Level Eight Returning to Origin Realm experts.
