Sun-Turning Demon Emperor (Part Two)

Sun-Turning Demon Emperor (Part Two)

Naturally, Yu He had never seen anything like the Snake-Beating Cudgel. Since time immemorial, those who had truly seen it were few and far between. If Li Qiye had not lived for tens of millions of years, entered countless perilous lands, and known innumerable earth-shattering secrets, he would not have known the secret of the Snake-Beating Cudgel either.

Those who did not know its secret would only take the Snake-Beating Cudgel for an ordinary wooden stick.

"I'll kill you—" Though his flesh had been split open by the blows, Xu Hui remained ferocious. Unable to rise, he let out a wild roar. Two incomparably sharp claws suddenly shot out from beneath his ribs and viciously clawed at Li Qiye's chest! Those claws could easily tear through Li Qiye's chest!

Xu Hui possessed the Golden Sculpture Physique. His father had been a Golden Sculpture who cultivated the Dao, and within his body he hid a pair of incomparably sharp Golden Sculpture Claws, capable of delivering a fatal blow at any moment.

Bang— The Snake-Beating Cudgel easily struck the Golden Sculpture Claws. Once hit by the Snake-Beating Cudgel, it was like a snake being struck seven inches below its head—the incomparably sharp claws instantly went limp with pain!

"You're courting death!" Li Qiye's gaze turned cold. With a clang, two short blades instantly pierced Xu Hui's shoulders, nailing him to the ground and leaving him unable to move.

"You actually wanted to kill me? Today, I'll whip you hard!" Li Qiye said coldly, gripping the Snake-Beating Cudgel.

"That's enough!" At that moment, Protector Xu could no longer stand by and watch. He dropped into the dueling ground and shouted fiercely.

Li Qiye merely glanced at him and said leisurely, "What? The young one couldn't win, so now the old one is stepping in himself?"

"Junior, don't be so arrogant!" Protector Xu's gaze could kill. He said icily, "Release him, or I will personally behead you today!"

Hearing this, Li Qiye slowly turned his eyes toward Protector Xu. He remained utterly calm and said unhurriedly, "A moment ago, I might have spared his life. But now that you've threatened me, I'll kill him!" As soon as the words fell, he seized the short blades.

"Ah—" Xu Hui screamed. The short blades nailed through his shoulders crossed in an instant, slicing his body apart. In the blink of an eye, he was cut into five pieces, his blood dyeing the earth red!

"Hui'er—" Protector Xu shrieked. Never in his dreams had he expected Li Qiye to kill without hesitation, utterly fearless. Even with him present, Li Qiye had still killed his disciple.

"Little beast, die!" Protector Xu roared. His blood energy surged into the heavens, and in that instant of killing intent, a divine sword ten thousand zhang long slashed down, aimed straight at Li Qiye's head!

Protector Mo was so frightened that his soul nearly fled his body. With his strength, it was already too late for him to save Li Qiye.

Boom— Just as that sword split the heavens, a gigantic foot came down. Beneath that giant foot, no one could resist. Whether one was a mighty hero or a lord, even a True Person or Sacred Emperor, beneath this foot they were no more than ants.

"No—" Protector Xu screamed miserably and was crushed to death on the spot. The giant foot ground him into a puddle of meat paste.

At that moment, everyone was stunned. The one who had stomped down was not Li Qiye, but one of the four enormous stone statues standing in the dueling ground. With a single stomp, it had crushed Protector Xu, a man possessing the strength of a mighty hero or lord, to death.

"This cannot be—" Faced with this sudden change, Yu He, the chief protector, was greatly alarmed. His blood energy swept across the nine heavens as he slashed toward the stone statue, intending to save Protector Xu.

Yet at that moment, the stone statue that had stomped Protector Xu to death lifted its foot and kicked out. With a bang, even a powerful lord like Yu He was kicked away. His entire body smashed into the main peak as blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.

"Do not run wild!" A voice like thunder rang out. In an instant, laws like a heavenly waterfall swept across heaven and earth, divine radiance filling the entire sky. A figure appeared high in the firmament, endless divine light glowing behind his head! With every gesture, he could boil the seas and overturn the rivers.

"Grand Elder—" The moment this man acted, everyone in the Nine Sacred Demon Gate was horrified. The Grand Elder formed a seal with his hand, suppressing the eight desolations as he bore down upon the stone statue with supreme divine majesty!

Bang— Yet the stone statue raised its hand and chopped down with a palm. Beneath that palm, the treasure seal shattered. The Nine Sacred Demon Gate's terrifyingly powerful Grand Elder stained the sky with blood and was sent flying on the spot. Even the Grand Elder could not withstand this palm from the stone statue!

This scene shook everyone to the core. Even the Grand Elder had been sent flying in a single strike! In that instant, all of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's members were dumbfounded, whether protectors or Elders!

The stone statues in the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's dueling ground had suddenly acted. One stomp crushed Protector Xu to death, one kick sent Yu He flying, and one palm blasted the Grand Elder away. It was simply too terrifying.

After sending the Grand Elder flying with one palm, the stone statue returned to its original position, as though nothing had happened.

"I told you already: if your Nine Sacred Demon Gate refuses to play by the rules, I don't mind leveling your Nine Sacred Demon Gate and starting over." Li Qiye stood in the dueling ground, utterly at ease as though nothing had happened!

Protector Mo and Nan Huairen were both petrified. They had never imagined anything like this even in their dreams. A stone statue had suddenly become so terrifying—and more terrifying still, the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's stone statue had sent one of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's Elders flying. This completely shattered their common sense!

Boom— The injured Grand Elder's blood energy surged into the sky. In an instant, he stood above the heavens once more. With one step spanning a heaven, he intended to battle the stone statue again. In truth, even he, the Grand Elder, had been badly frightened. One of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate's stone statues had actually attacked them!

"Elder, do not act rashly. This is the guardian deity of our Nine Sacred Demon Gate!" At that moment, an imperial, domineering voice rang out from the deepest reaches of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate.

"Sect Master—" Upon hearing that voice, everyone in the Nine Sacred Demon Gate knew who it was: the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's sect master, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor, a peerless genius of his generation!

The Grand Elder forcibly halted his steps and stared at the stone statue, his expression uncertain.

In truth, upon hearing the sect master's words, all the disciples of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate were bewildered. Even the high-ranking Elders could scarcely believe it. They had never heard that the Nine Sacred Demon Gate possessed a guardian deity. Worse still, their guardian deity had actually attacked them.

"Elder, Protector Yu, please invite Young Master Li to the Heavenly Hall for a discussion. I wonder what Young Master Li thinks?" The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's majestic and imperial voice rang out once more.

Hearing the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's words, Li Qiye remained calm and carefree. The corner of his mouth lifted as he smiled. "Since there is someone who recognizes value, what harm is there in having a talk?"

After much difficulty, Yu He, the chief protector, stepped forward to invite Li Qiye. At this point, merely looking at Li Qiye made him shudder. He felt that this thirteen-year-old boy before him was far too uncanny!

The Heavenly Hall was an important place within the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Major decisions within the sect were all made there, and only Elders were qualified to attend its proceedings!

Protector Mo and Nan Huairen were not qualified to enter the Heavenly Hall. Moreover, it floated in the air above the deepest part of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's territory. Li Qiye naturally could not fly, yet today, a powerful lord like Yu He personally crouched down to carry Li Qiye.

All the Elders of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate were present within the Heavenly Hall, including the Grand Elder. Divine radiance pulsed around every Elder, their lifespan wheels rising and falling, and the laws flowing around them seemed to evolve into entire worlds. They were not lords—they were True Persons!

A single lord would likely be enough to annihilate the Washing Yan Ancient Sect. As for a True Person, that was unimaginably terrifying! The Nine Sacred Demon Gate's foundation was horrifyingly deep. No wonder they could command the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom in this age. With such strength, the Washing Yan Ancient Sect simply could not contend with them. A single True Person from the Nine Sacred Demon Gate could easily suppress the Washing Yan Ancient Sect.

Even with True Persons gathered here, Li Qiye remained calm and composed, sitting leisurely within the Heavenly Hall.

"Throughout the endless ages, no one has ever been able to communicate with our Nine Sacred Demon Gate's guardian deity!" The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's voice rang out again, but he himself remained unseen.

Li Qiye shook his head and said, "I do not speak with people who hide their heads and show their tails!"

Those words darkened the expressions of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate Elders present. Had Protector Mo been here, he would surely have been frightened out of his wits. What kind of terrifying existence was the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor? Even all the Elders of the Washing Yan Ancient Sect would have to tremble with fear before him, yet Li Qiye did not take him seriously at all.

"It is not that I am unwilling to meet Young Master Li. I am merely still in secluded cultivation and unable to meet you conveniently." The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor, one who stood high above all and ruled the entire Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom, did not grow angry and instead explained.

"Very well. I won't make things difficult for you. At the very least, I am still reasonable." Li Qiye smiled and nodded.

Li Qiye's arrogant attitude left every Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate seething with pent-up anger. Their Demon Emperor stood high above all. Countless lords and even True Persons of the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom would not dare act recklessly before him, yet a thirteen-year-old boy dared to be so arrogant in front of their Demon Emperor.

"I would like to hear how Young Master Li communicated with our Nine Sacred Demon Gate's guardian deity," said the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor.

At this moment, all the Nine Sacred Demon Gate Elders were deeply uncertain, for they had never heard of this guardian deity. Even as Elders, they had never known that their Nine Sacred Demon Gate had a guardian deity.

The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor explained, "Our Nine Sacred Demon Gate has four guardian deities: the four stone statues in the dueling ground. Our founding ancestor personally invited them to guard our Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Furthermore, beneath the dueling ground lies the earth vein of our Nine Sacred Demon Gate's Heaven and Earth Essence, personally guarded by these guardian deities! Yet ever since the Nine Sacred Demon Gate was founded, the four guardian deities had never displayed their divine power—until today!" As he spoke, even the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's voice turned grave.

At this moment, all the Elders looked at Li Qiye. They could not believe that guardian deities which had never displayed their divine power throughout the ages had actually acted for Li Qiye. It was simply inconceivable!