Greater Demon Lord

Abyss Wang Chuan's goal was clear.

He intended to replace one of the Greater Demon Lords, obtain his own territory and forces, and thereby gain a more stable source of resources and a safer environment for growth.

The target he chose to challenge was Barbaro, the third-ranked Greater Demon Lord.

A powerful demon whose cultivation had reached the level of a Peak Soul Douluo, he was famed for his brutality and greed. His territory ranked among the largest on this level.

That day, Wang Chuan walked straight up to the massive gates of Lord Barbaro's castle, built from obsidian and piled bones.

"Barbaro!"

"Come out and die!"

Abyss Wang Chuan's voice was not especially loud,

yet it pierced through the noisy demon howls and the churning lava outside the castle, reaching deep into its interior with perfect clarity.

"Roar—!!!"

An enraged roar came from within the castle, and the ground trembled slightly.

The heavy metal gates burst open, and a massive figure over five meters tall strode out. He had curved horns on his head, fleshy wings on his back, and held a demon trident wreathed in black flames.

It was Lord Barbaro.

His scarlet eyes burned with furious fire as he fixed his gaze on the "tiny" figure before the castle.

"A mere Greater Demon dares provoke me in my territory!"

"You're courting death!"

Barbaro felt that his dignity had been insulted like never before.

He could not even be bothered to ask why. In his eyes, the best way to deal with such a foolhardy challenger was to crush him in the cruelest manner possible.

Before his words had even faded, he pointed his trident forward, and the black flames at its tip surged.

A massive Abyssal Fireball over three meters in diameter instantly condensed, hurtling toward Abyss Wang Chuan with a shrieking roar and scorching heat!

He intended to vaporize this arrogant fool completely!

Yet faced with an attack capable of severely injuring an ordinary Soul Douluo, Wang Chuan merely snorted coldly, his expression indifferent.

He raised a hand. He did not even summon a weapon, merely turning his palm upward and spreading his fingers slightly.

At the turn of a thought, the surrounding Abyssal Energy surged toward his palm like subjects answering the summons of a Monarch.

Even more strangely, the Five Elements Power was drawn along by the Abyssal Energy as well!

These fundamental elemental powers underwent a bizarre mutation after being infused by the unique energy of the Abyss Plane.

They took on a dark yet even more violent form, carrying intense corrosive and devouring properties.

In an instant, a Mutated Abyssal Fireball even larger than the one Barbaro had launched condensed above Wang Chuan's palm!

"Go!"

Wang Chuan thrust his palm forward.

That mutated fireball struck after being launched later, yet arrived first.

It slammed fiercely into Barbaro's fireball.

The instant they came into contact, the mutated fireball seemed to become a greedy maw, unleashing terrifying devouring power and rapidly consuming the energy within Barbaro's fireball!

In the blink of an eye, Barbaro's fireball had been completely dissolved.

Meanwhile, after devouring its opponent's energy, the Mutated Abyssal Fireball became even larger and more powerful. Its momentum did not diminish in the slightest as it crashed down toward the dumbfounded Barbaro!

"What?!"

Barbaro had never expected such an outcome. In his haste, he could only hold his trident horizontally before him and unleash a black protective radiance.

"Boom!!!"

This time, it was a solid collision and explosion.

The Mutated Abyssal Fireball smashed viciously into Barbaro's defenses, and the violent Five Elements Power and Abyssal Power erupted at once.

Barbaro let out a muffled groan as his huge body was blasted several stumbling steps backward. The black flames on his trident dimmed considerably, while scorched cracks appeared across the scales on his chest. He had clearly suffered serious injuries.

"Damn it!"

"How could you..."

"Possess such power?!"

Barbaro was both shocked and enraged, but above all, he found it impossible to believe.

How could a Greater Demon unleash such a bizarre and powerful attack?

The multiple energies contained within those flames completely exceeded his knowledge and understanding of Abyssal Greater Demons.

Abyss Wang Chuan could not be bothered to answer.

Because explanations were meaningless.

Only power was the eternal truth.

Since he had already made his move, he would end this quickly!

His hands swept through the air repeatedly as he drove his Mental Power to its limit. His Chaos-attributed Mental Power not only enhanced his precision of control, but also carried a trace of interference that disrupted his opponent's spiritual senses.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..."

One enormous fireball after another, each containing both Five Elements Power and Abyssal Power, burst forth from his hands like a barrage of cannon fire, forming a sky-covering curtain of flames that engulfed Barbaro!

And the power of every single fireball...

was no weaker than the first!

This was one of the advantages brought by sharing.

With the support of Phoenix Wang Chuan, he possessed extraordinary affinity with and control over the Abyssal Energy between heaven and earth.

Therefore, as long as his Mental Power held out, he could almost endlessly "borrow" external energy to attack!

Barbaro was horrified beyond measure and could only swing his trident wildly, releasing streak after streak of black trident light.

At the same time, he erected a thick shield of darkness, trying to withstand this destructive bombardment.

"Boom boom boom boom...!!!"

Continuous explosions rang out before the castle.

A black-and-red energy storm raged, blasting deep craters across the sturdy obsidian ground.

The surrounding lesser demons had either been torn apart by the shockwaves during the first wave of attacks or fled in terror long ago.

Under such violent and sustained attacks, cracks soon began appearing in Barbaro's defenses.

He roared again and again, trying to counterattack.

But Wang Chuan gave him no chance to approach or catch his breath, calmly maintaining the barrage.

Whenever Barbaro risked his life to charge closer,

he was met with powerful blasts infused with Light-Dark Power.

Or bizarre attacks carrying Chaos Mental Power, leaving him overwhelmed and causing his injuries to worsen without end.

After launching an unknown number of fireballs,

Barbaro's shield finally shattered completely.

His huge body was covered in burns and gashes, dark purple demon blood streaming from them.

"No!"

"I refuse to accept this..."

Barbaro let out one final roar, his eyes filled with resentment and confusion.

Wang Chuan's gaze was cold as the final Mutated Abyssal Fireball, condensed with even greater power, flew from his hand and struck Barbaro squarely in his shattered chest.

"Boom—!"

After the violent explosion, Barbaro's massive body was completely swallowed by violent energy.

In the end, it transformed into an incomparably pure, vast mass of Abyssal Energy that hovered in midair.

Wang Chuan opened his mouth and swallowed the entire mass of energy containing the essence of Barbaro's lifelong cultivation.

At once, he felt the Abyssal Energy within him surge, his cultivation steadily advancing toward a higher level.

He slowly turned around, his icy gaze sweeping across the Greater Demons who had once served Barbaro and now lay prostrate on the ground, trembling in terror.