Within the Western Mount Sumeru's Demon Luo Palace, Luohu sat cross-legged atop the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. His aura was completely reined in, and he hid in the darkness, leaving only wisps of devil qi swirling around him.
The Demon Ancestor's gaze seemed able to pierce the void and project itself onto the battlefield.
Seeing several Great Luo Demon Venerables fall, Luohu's Quasi-Saint Peak soul remained completely unmoved. The only thing he cared about was Proving Dao to Become Saint. The living beings of the Primordial World were all nourishment and tools on his Dao Path—even the devil race was included.
Once he Proved Dao to Become Saint, he could completely recreate more Six Desires Demon Venerables, and even supreme devil race members above the level of Demon Venerable.
"East King Duke! You must be that variable, right? You truly remain extraordinary. However, I only need to defeat Hongjun, gather the Primordial World Destiny into myself, and ride the momentum to Prove Dao. No matter what kind of variable appears, I can break through it with sheer force."
Luohu remained steadily seated on the lotus platform. After one glance, he paid it no further attention, closed his eyes, and wandered spiritually into the void.
"In just a hundred thousand years, your improvement has been considerable."
Luohu Clone spoke. He had not stopped Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng from leaving. Like Luohu himself, he did not particularly care whether the devil race lived or died. His attention had always been fixed on East King Duke.
"You're not bad yourself!"
"With your abilities, why not join my devil race? Once our race unifies the Primordial World, I can grant you a position above Great Luo within a hundred thousand years. Even Proving Dao would not be impossible."
Luohu Clone attempted to tempt him by promising an increase in cultivation, but East King Duke remained unmoved.
Because he had his own Dao!
"Our Daos differ, so we cannot work together!"
"If that is so, then I cannot let you remain!"
Luohu Clone's devil flames surged, and he spoke in a sinister tone.
"A defeated subordinate dares to boast so shamelessly? We'll see whether the Demon Ancestor himself can still save you this time."
With a disdainful chuckle, East King Duke said no more. He raised the immortal power throughout his body and attacked directly.
The Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Pure Yang Sword stood in midair. Supreme Yang Power hung high above, instantly condensing into a Supreme Yang Dharma Sword technique. An enormous sword formed from supreme Dharma power materialized, resembling a blade that punished the heavens, and cleaved down toward Luohu Clone's head.
Luohu Clone's gaze sharpened. His hands rapidly formed Magic Arts seals, and Devil Dao divine abilities unfolded as he met the attack head-on.
"Boom!"
The collision sent a shockwave surging outward. The Dharma Sword technique shattered, devil flames scattered, and waves of devil power shook the surroundings, stirring the surrounding spiritual qi into flying blasts like a storm from the nine heavens.
East King Duke's attack had merely been a probing strike, but it had roughly revealed the depth of Luohu Clone's strength. Although he had not reached the Quasi-Saint realm, he was not far from it. His might was even slightly greater than Ancestor Dragon's earlier strength, when Ancestor Dragon had possessed Quasi-Saint combat power.
He truly was worthy of being the Demon Ancestor's clone. His progress over the past hundred thousand years had been immense.
Luohu was the most astonishingly talented figure in the Primordial World. At this moment, he could probably be considered the strongest person in the Primordial World. Judging solely by cultivation realm, even Hongjun might be somewhat inferior to him.
One of his clones was already extraordinary. Although East King Duke was not afraid, he still had to respond with caution.
Supreme Yang Power was vast, mighty, and righteous. The countless sword lights it divided were the same. Like the blazing sun hanging in the sky, they were open and upright. As each spell unfolded, they displayed boundless might, as if they could exterminate every evil and fiend.
The devil race's techniques, however, were extraordinarily strange. Luohu Clone's Dharma power was likewise incomparably formidable. As his divine abilities scattered through the air, devil qi surged, and man-eating devil heads took shape around him and flew outward.
The two possessed comparable Dharma power. Dao and Demon divine abilities met their match, and the instant they clashed, heaven and earth dimmed.
On the other side, Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng had already reached Primeval Kirin's location. The Three Ancestors had assembled. Although all of them were troubled by Karmic Sin, they nevertheless possessed Quasi-Saint cultivation. Working together against three of the Seven Emotions Heavenly Demons, they could still defeat them with ease.
After only dozens of exchanges, the Three Ancestors had each brought out their spiritual treasures and smoothly slain the three Heavenly Demons on the spot.
Not far away, the battlefield between East King Duke and Luohu Clone erupted with unmatched might that shook the surrounding wilderness. The Three Ancestors were all deeply shocked. Yuanfeng and Primeval Kirin, in particular, secretly sensed the situation and were horrified to discover that either combatant seemed somewhat stronger than they had been even at the peak of their strength, when they had possessed Quasi-Saint cultivation.
Yuanfeng exclaimed in admiration, "This Daoist's divine abilities and spells are extraordinary. He is truly a Great Supernatural Being. To possess such combat power at the Late-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm—I am far inferior."
Primeval Kirin asked Ancestor Dragon, "Fellow Daoist Ancestor Dragon, since you know this Fellow Daoist, do you know his background and name?"
Ancestor Dragon's gaze was somewhat complicated at this moment. After a brief pause, he said, "East Sea Mount Fang Island's Dao Lord Supreme Yang, East King Duke!"
"So he is actually a cultivator of the Four Seas. Is he truly only a Late-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal?"
Primeval Kirin's face was filled with disbelief.
"Several tens of thousands of years ago, I fought Daoist Supreme Yang in the starry sky. Even then, he was already able to match me."
The decline of the Three Tribes had become inevitable. It was even questionable whether they could continue to exist in the Primordial World, so there was no need for Ancestor Dragon to conceal anything out of pride. He admitted it openly.
"What!"
Yuanfeng and Primeval Kirin were both shocked. Someone capable of fighting Ancestor Dragon to a draw at his peak would certainly possess combat power greater than theirs.
The two could not stop praising him. Yuanfeng, in particular, became thoughtful, and a decision quietly took root in her heart.
On the other side, Luohu Clone grew increasingly alarmed as he fought East King Duke. Several tens of thousands of years ago, Luohu himself had refined Malevolent Qi with great Dharma power and tempered the clone through an infusion-devil divine ability, raising his combat power to the Quasi-Saint level. He had been full of confidence, thinking he could wash away his past humiliation by killing his opponent, but he had never expected East King Duke's level of mastery to be no less than his own.
He could not return empty-handed today. Gritting his teeth, the clone struck his own chest and spat out a mouthful of true devil essence blood. Then, with a fierce howl, he transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang devil body.
This devil body had six faces on a single form, and Six Desires Qi scattered in all directions. Its devilish pressure spread across a million li. It was the supreme divine ability that the Demon Ancestor had comprehended from the Chaos Illusory Devil Scripture.
"Six Qi Illusory Devil Body!"
The Six Desires Demon Venerables who had previously served beneath the Demon Ancestor had evolved from this divine ability, which showed how powerful it was.
The clone possessed only Early Quasi-Saint combat power and originally lacked the strength to use it. At this moment, however, he did not hesitate to consume his true devil essence blood, clearly determined to bring down East King Duke at any cost.
"Brat, die!"
Luohu's Illusory Devil Body stomped one foot down. The earth trembled, and the six types of qi erupted together, rushing toward East King Duke.
This Six Desires Qi was incomparably sinister. It could corrupt the Dao body and pollute the primordial spirit. Even those of the same cultivation realm would have their Dharma power dissolved upon contact, leaving them like lambs awaiting slaughter.
This was Luohu Clone's greatest trump card. Although East King Duke's expression turned solemn, his Battle Intent did not diminish. He spread his right hand, and the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner appeared. It flew above his head, and strands of tassels shielded his entire body.
Although this Illusory Devil Body was powerful and the Six Desires Qi was poisonous, it could not break through the Apricot Yellow Banner's defenses for the time being.
Luohu Clone took one step forward and crossed a hundred li, as if walking through the air. He raised his fist and smashed it down.
East King Duke dodged backward, then leaped into the sky. The Twelve-grade Yin-Yang Dao Lotus flew out from beneath his feet and transformed before him into a Yin-Yang rotating wheel, which he grasped in his hand.
"Clink!"
A Mysterious Dao Sound rang out. As the wheel moved, it transformed into countless Yin-Yang Dharma Lotuses that flew outward—ten, a hundred... They gathered into a lotus chain that shot out and instantly bound Luohu Clone's Illusory Devil Body.
The Six Qi Illusory Devil Body had been forced out by true devil essence blood and was already an incomplete divine ability. The Yin-Yang Two Qi generated and restrained each other, tightly locking down the devil qi and firmly imprisoning Luohu Clone in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the Pure Yang Sword before East King Duke transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang Sword Qi and flew out. With one thrust, it pierced the void!
"No..."
Luohu Clone's heart and soul shattered in terror. After his mournful cry, the surroundings fell deathly silent.
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