The Donut Had No Say

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The fire dragon was about to swallow him whole.

The Great Asura Lord was truly panicking now.

If he'd known there was such a monster in Dragon-Raising Temple, he'd have had to be insane to go looking for trouble there.

"Devil Lord, save me!"

At the very last moment, the Great Asura Lord let out a furious roar.

In an instant, a huge eye appeared in the center of the demonic face's forehead. The number 1 was clearly etched into it.

As soon as the eye appeared, even the Crimson Fire Spiritual Essence that belonged to Su Qingqiu was repelled. It unwound from the Great Asura Lord, and the body of energy formed from the Crimson Fire Spiritual Essence gradually loosened its grip.

The demonic eye narrowed. A surge of Evil Qi, as dense as Spiritual Essence, slammed into the fire dragon. The Crimson Fire Spiritual Essence that had left the Great Asura Lord helpless immediately scattered in great swaths.

"Hundred-Eyed Devil!"

The Great Asura Lord's eyes were blank at first, but slowly regained their focus. He looked at the Crimson Fire Dragon before him. "It is indeed me. Now I understand why No. 25 and No. 7 failed one after another. I never imagined that after the calamity Dragon-Raising Temple suffered three hundred years ago, it would still have someone like you, fellow cultivator."

"I am unworthy of being called a fellow cultivator. We follow different paths and cannot work together. Devil Lord, please don't make such claims."

His will descended into the fire dragon. Su Qingqiu activated Shape-Shifting Illusion and Eyes of the Spiritual Snake at once, speaking calmly.

As he spoke, the Spiritual Essence formed from ten thousand years of Daoism Cultivation once again poured into the Crimson Fire Dragon, which had been refined from the Major Rain Accumulation Technique and the Crimson Fire Horn.

Dragon Roars rang out, Spiritual Light flickered and swelled, and every scale was clearly visible. The dragon stood in direct opposition to the Hundred-Eyed Devil's Evil Qi.

"Well said: we follow different paths and cannot work together. But in the beginning, there was the Dao, and the Dao and the demonic path are one. Why draw a line between us, fellow cultivator?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the five turbid demonic energies between heaven and earth boiled once more. With a casual gesture, he gathered the Evil Qi from dozens of miles around and reshaped it into a towering demonic flame, which crashed toward Su Qingqiu's fire dragon.

Hmph!

Su Qingqiu gave a cold snort. As expected, this demonic fiend was cunning—he struck the moment he decided to, without the slightest hesitation.

But he had underestimated Su.

Spiritual Light transformed into Spiritual Essence, and ten thousand years of Daoism Cultivation dwelled within him. Every move he made could represent the will of heaven over an entire region!

Especially since Dragon-Raising Temple, home to his Protecting the Residence divine talent, lay within that region.

The crimson fire dragon coiled upward, its blazing flames splitting heaven and earth in two.

With the Crimson Fire Dragon at its center, the area stretching dozens of miles around was divided in half. Torrential rain poured down on one side, while flames raged like the end of the world on the other.

The wind howled. The fire fed the wind, and the wind fed the rain. The sky, already unleashing a violent downpour, grew even more turbulent, flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder.

Wind, thunder, fire, lightning, and rain converged. In an instant, they collided with the demonic flames.

Rumble!

Heaven and earth shuddered.

His ears rang.

At the point of impact, even space rippled. A mountain peak lay directly below—and vanished in an instant.

"Not that strong, after all!"

Su Qingqiu felt a weight lift from his heart.

He didn't have many tricks. Back and forth, he relied on variations of the Rain Accumulation Technique and the Crimson Fire Horn. If this fiend had unleashed some strange spell, something like a curse, he might have been in a bit of a bind.

But when it came to a direct contest of Daoism Cultivation and magical power, with ten thousand years of power behind him, he feared no one.

The Hundred-Eyed Devil could use spells to command the Evil Qi across a hundred miles, but Su Qingqiu's ten thousand years of Daoism Cultivation were no less formidable.

Spiritual Light transformed into Spiritual Essence. This wasn't merely a change in the form of energy, but a qualitative transformation—a rule-born evolution.

The Hundred-Eyed Devil borrowed the power of heaven and earth to run rampant in the world.

Su Qingqiu wielded his own Daoism Cultivation to suppress everything.

It was hard to say which one was stronger.

But right now, the Hundred-Eyed Devil was only a fragment of will, so he was naturally no match for Su Qingqiu in a contest of Daoism Cultivation on Su's home ground. He soon fell back.

The demonic light dimmed, and the demonic energy flickered unsteadily.

"Your Daoism Cultivation and magical power are formidable, fellow cultivator. I truly cannot tell whether I face a thousand-year-old Spirit Lord from the Snake Abyss or some remnant of a high monk who attained the Dao."

"Your Daoism Cultivation and magical power are exquisite. I fall short."

The Hundred-Eyed Devil withdrew all his magical power, then glanced around and sighed. "With you here, my previous schemes really were rather small-minded."

"No wonder No. 7 failed."

As he spoke, the demonic eye detached itself from the Great Asura Lord, who regained his senses.

By now, five of the Great Asura Lord's eight arms had been severed, leaving only three. His body was riddled with holes, and the Crimson Fire Spiritual Essence still burned fiercely through him, making him hiss in pain.

Unless the Hundred-Eyed Devil stepped in and used even stronger Evil Qi to drive out the Spiritual Essence, the Great Asura Lord would die if left to his own devices.

"Fellow cultivator, this Great Asura was hard for me to cultivate. I've used him for a hundred years, and he's grown rather handy. It would be a shame to lose him like this. Could you spare him? Attacking Dragon-Raising Temple was indeed his mistake. I'll provide suitable compensation for it. What do you say?"

Demonic heretics were all opportunists. Seeing that he couldn't take the Great Asura Lord away, the Hundred-Eyed Devil tried to strike a deal, hoping Su Qingqiu would spare him.

Su Qingqiu's power surged. Crimson Fire Spiritual Essence gathered in his eyes, blazing brightly. He said coldly, "Demonic fiends deserve to be slain by all. They harm others and themselves, and heaven and earth reject them. The moment they choose to fall into demonic ways, they must be prepared to lose both body and soul! Fortune and calamity lean on each other; people bring their own troubles upon themselves! Everything is fated!"

The Hundred-Eyed Devil's gaze sharpened. "What fine words: demonic fiends deserve to be slain by all. There are countless demonic fiends in the world. Do you mean to kill every last one? Aren't you afraid we'll all join forces against you?"

Su Qingqiu scoffed. "If I kill them, then I kill them. What can they do to me? If it's something I can do with a flick of my hand, why would I care whether ants rebel or live or die? Why should I care what those insects think?"

"Besides, as long as they don't come looking for trouble with me, I can't be bothered to seek them out."

The main reason was that he couldn't leave the Snake Abyss. But demonic fiends were his food, so of course he'd kill them whenever he could—and never let one escape.

Especially when the food was already in his mouth.

Nobody was taking it from him.

Anyone who tried would have him to answer to!

Never underestimate the sheer resolve of a giant snake that had been drooling nonstop beneath the Snake Abyss.

The donut had to be his!

The Hundred-Eyed Devil understood the meaning behind Su Qingqiu's words. He frowned, then looked at Su Qingqiu. "In that case, I may as well give the Great Asura to you."

"However, after this, you and I will be enemies until one of us dies! There's plenty of time ahead. I hope you'll get a taste of my methods."

With that, the demonic eye instantly dissolved and escaped the reach of Su Qingqiu's Spiritual Essence.

Su Qingqiu couldn't stop it.

The Great Asura Lord was dumbfounded. He stared in the direction the demonic eye had fled, then looked at Su Qingqiu with a mournful expression. "Spare..."

Gulp!

"Why waste so many words?"

The donut had no say!

Su Qingqiu swallowed the Great Asura Lord in one gulp. Then a blaze shot skyward, and the fire dragon plunged into the void, vanishing without a trace.

Only then did the people outside finally come to their senses...

The demonic energy dispersed, the dark clouds vanished, the rain stopped, and sunlight fell upon the earth once more.

At that moment—

Dawn broke!