Demon Face Reappears! Bonus Chapter
The Fiend Devil is a special kind of being formed from Fiend Qi. It is somewhat similar to a vengeful spirit, but it is fundamentally different from a vengeful spirit.
Wraiths grow by devouring souls, and their attack method is also a direct soul attack.
The Fiend Devil can only become stronger by condensing Fiend Qi. Its attack method is to use Fiend Qi to quickly corrode the enemy's body and soul, causing double damage.
What they have in common is that both are immune to physical attacks and possess powerful souls. Both appear as mist-like creatures, but the vengeful spirit is a white mist, while the Fiend Devil is a black mist.
The Fiend Devil atop the Crimson Flame Demon Tree was a phantom-like creature formed entirely of black mist, and it was extremely large, standing five or six thousand meters tall.
The colossal black shadow had no legs; only its upper body was visible, suspended in mid-air. The entire figure appeared extremely ethereal, making it difficult to discern clearly. Only its hideous Demon Face was clearly visible, resembling a black ghost mask with a slight metallic sheen.
Most notably, the Fiend Devil did not utter a sound, but the erratic black Fiend Qi around its body created a strange friction sound in the air. The sound was somewhat like the howling of the wind, or like the mournful cry of some creature from another dimension.
The Crimson Flame Demon Tree was unharmed after just experiencing Gu Ding's second Soul Impact, clearly indicating that this Fiend Devil had blocked that attack. However, it's also evident that Gu Ding's soul attack had no effect on this creature.
"It seems I underestimated this Fiend Devil. It's definitely at the level of Sixth Sequence god. Don't get tainted by its Fiend Qi. Even a sixth-order true god would perish quickly if tainted by it. This Fiend Qi can even cause some trouble for Seventh Sequence True God." After seeing the Fiend Devil's complete form, the Sea Emperor further confirmed its strength.
"Roar!" The Fiend Devil's gaze quickly locked onto Gu Ding. Seemingly aware that Gu Ding was the enemy, it let out a furious roar.
As it roared, a plume of black mist erupted from its mouth, sweeping towards Gu Ding like a tidal wave.
Gu Ding frowned. This kind of area-of-effect attack was difficult to dodge, and with the power of this Fiend Qi, he would die upon contact. He reached out and touched the second guardian Crystal Card, preparing to crush Crystal Card, when he sensed a disturbance in his Soul Space.
Before he could react, he discovered that the Demon Face above his head had automatically solidified into a form.
Gu Ding froze for a moment, not even having time to crush the Crystal Card in his hand. He then saw the Demon Face above his head open its huge mouth, swallowing up all the black mist-like Fiend Qi.
"The Demon Face actually has this effect?" Gu Ding couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Your Demon Face must be the most malevolent thing in the world, completely surpassing your cultivation level, even able to absorb such terrifying Fiend Qi." The Sea Emperor also found it somewhat unbelievable. He had always known that Gu Ding possessed a secret, but he had never been able to find out what it was. Although he had seen the Demon Face appear many times, he couldn't find any information about it whatsoever, not even a single word. He could only guess that this thing might be a powerful Primordial Bloodline, or even a more ancient and powerful being.
The Fiend Devil's murderous Fiend Qi was quickly and completely swallowed up by the ghost face, without touching Gu Ding in the slightest.
The Fiend Devil didn't seem to be very intelligent. Seeing that its attack had no effect, it let out an even louder howl and continued to spew out its Fiend Qi.
The black Demon Face naturally wouldn't be polite, opening its mouth again to swallow all the Fiend Qi into its body.
Gu Ding clearly sensed that the Demon Face's aura was much stronger than before. He put the Crystal Card in his hand into his sleeve, not in a hurry to use it. If he killed the Fiend Devil and the Crimson Flame Demon Tree now, the Demon Face would no longer be able to absorb the Fiend Qi.
However, the two attacks by the Fiend Devil failed, which made the Crimson Flame Demon Tree realize that there was something strange about the Demon Face projection above Gu Ding's head. It suddenly let out a low roar, and the Fiend Devil's movements clearly paused for a moment. The next moment, it stopped its attack of spewing Fiend Qi.
"As expected, this guy can control the Fiend Devil. This Fiend Devil must have been condensed by it through some means!" The Sea Emperor made this judgment after only seeing this scene. "The Fiend Devil itself is a collection of Fiend Qi, with a chaotic consciousness. The only thing it can do is attack any living being within its detection range. It is impossible for it to stop attacking automatically. The fact that it has stopped attacking now clearly means that it has received instructions from the Crimson Flame Demon Tree and is acting according to those instructions."
"Hmm..." Seeing that the Fiend Devil had stopped attacking, the Demon Face above Gu Ding's head suddenly made a sound.
After the sound was uttered, the Fiend Devil seemed to tremble, its eyes suddenly turning an eerie purple. It let out a long, mournful howl and then spewed out Fiend Qi again. This time, the Fiend Qi it exhaled was purple.
The purple Fiend Qi, as if it were alive, frantically attacked the black Demon Face.
The Demon Face opened its massive mouth and began to frantically suck in its contents once more.
This scene left Gu Ding somewhat stunned. "What's going on? Did the Demon Face say something provocative?"
"No, the Fiend Devil is a creature with extremely low intelligence. Even if it said something provocative, it wouldn't understand. It's even less likely that it would launch a more intense attack because of such a provocation." The Sea Emperor gave a negative answer. "It must be that the Demon Face gave a more powerful command, so the Fiend Devil disobeyed the Crimson Flame Demon Tree's order."
"This guess doesn't make much sense. The Fiend Devil is controlled by the Demonic Tree because it was created by the Demonic Tree. But how could it possibly listen to the Demon Face?" Gu Ding expressed his doubts.
"If it's a superior putting pressure on a subordinate, it's possible to do it." The Sea Emperor still felt that Demon Face had just given should have been an order. "The more brutal the struggle in a plane, the more clearly this law of the superior is manifested. In planes like the Abyssal Plane, the Purgatory Plane, and the Death Plane, the superiors have absolute power of life and death over the subordinates."
While the Sea Emperor was chatting with Gu Ding, the Crimson Flame Demon Tree suddenly launched an attack. With its intelligence, it naturally knew that there was something strange about the black Demon Face above Gu Ding's head. It immediately controlled its branches to sweep towards the Demon Face, attempting to use physical attacks to disrupt the Demon Face's continued absorption.
However, the attacks from those branches had no effect on the Demon Face's absorption; they passed right through, causing the Crimson Flame Demon Tree's attacks to miss.
Gu Ding also witnessed this scene and couldn't help but laugh. "The Demon Face came out of my Soul Space and is in a completely soul form. How could physical attacks be effective against it?"
Having failed to land its first attack, the Crimson Flame Demon Tree seemed to have sensed something, shifting its gaze from the Demon Face to Gu Ding.
The countless branches suddenly changed direction and shot towards Gu Ding.
Without further hesitation, Gu Ding crushed the second Crystal Card in his hand. This time, a golden hand appeared out of thin air.
The golden palm pushed out from in Gu Ding, and the space trembled wherever it passed, turning all the branches of the demon tree into dust.
The Crimson Flame Demon Tree had previously witnessed Gu Ding using a similar method to kill the feline demon beast. It had originally thought that Gu Ding could only use this method once, but it never expected that Gu Ding would use it a second time. It was immediately terrified and automatically severed a section of its root. That section of root, like a slippery eel, burrowed directly into the depths of the soil.
In the next instant, the golden hand gripped the entire tree trunk. The giant hand exerted its force, uprooting the entire tree, causing the mountains and rivers of the world to tremble, and even the sky seemed to cry out in sorrow.
The demonic tree, gripped in the hand, let out a piercing scream, which lasted only a moment before its soul was completely obliterated. At the same time, the Fiend Devil above the tree's head was utterly shattered by the grasp, turning into black mist, which was then swallowed whole by the black Demon Face. Only then did the black Demon Face slowly dissipate, satisfied.
The golden hand also quickly disappeared.
Gu Ding didn't bother with formalities and directly put the giant tree and the surrounding corpses into his Storage Space without leaving a trace, then sped away.
After Gu Ding had been gone for a long time, a small, snake-like, grayish-brown root finally emerged from the ground, looked around for a moment, and then disappeared back into the soil.
Under the Sea Emperor's instructions, Gu Ding arrived at a nearby city a few hours later and then used a teleportation array to teleport to the Shattas Main City.
Unbeknownst to him, his two uses of the Crystal Card had caused a stir among the Tenth Sequence King, slowly awakening the celestial being who had been dormant.
Inside a magnificent palace, a white-haired boy who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old suddenly opened his eyes in an Ice Crystal Coffin.
The coffin lid opened automatically, and he floated into the air, his white hair cascading down to his waist. His handsome face was framed by eyes that exuded a domineering aura.
"An incomparably powerful aura of the Tenth Sequence, and two of them appeared one after the other..."
The white-haired youth muttered to himself, filled with doubt, as an incomparably powerful soul force swept out, instantly cleansing the entire world. "Nothing? How could this be? I clearly felt two bursts of energy from the Tenth Sequence erupt one after the other. And they were incredibly powerful, having remained at this level for at least millions of years, extremely close to the True God Realm... It absolutely cannot be my imagination!"
"But I've only slept for a little over 30,000 years. Logically, such a short interval shouldn't have resulted in the appearance of Tenth Sequence individual, and my detection couldn't find any Tenth Sequence powerhouses either. So the only reasonable explanation... is most likely an outsider! If they are outsiders, their appearance at this time makes perfect sense. It's also possible they possess special methods to shield themselves from my detection. Hehe, I wonder what an outsider would taste like. I'm really looking forward to it..."
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[Third update delivered~] (To be continued~^~)