Four streams of demonic aura struck the ground at once.
The open ground before the Axe Gang's stronghold exploded, sending rocks and dust billowing into the sky!
Through the dust, four enormous figures slowly emerged.
At the front stood the Bull Demon King—he had returned to his true, humanlike form. His three-meter-tall body was covered in black scales, and one of his horns was broken—that was the one Goten had punched off.
But the three figures behind him made Goten's brows lift slightly.
On the left was a towering brute with a green face and fangs, clad in bronze armor and wielding a Crescent Moon Spade—the Green Lion Spirit.
On the right was a burly man with a white face and a long nose, half a head taller than the Bull Demon King, his muscles bulging as he gripped an Iron Cudgel—the White Elephant Spirit.
And the one standing at the very back—
He wasn't particularly tall. In fact, he was rather lean. A golden cape hung from his shoulders, and he stood with his arms crossed, a faint, mocking smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
His eyes were golden—slit-pupiled.
The Golden-Winged Peng.
"Sun—Go—Ten—"
The Bull Demon King spoke one word at a time, each one brimming with bone-deep hatred.
"You broke one of my horns. Today, you'll pay for it—with interest!"
Goten stood before the stronghold's gate, golden flames flickering around him in the moonlight.
He looked at the four Demon Kings, then lowered his gaze to his fists.
"Taking on all four at once?"
He raised his head and grinned.
"Fine."
Before the words had even left his mouth—
He vanished!
He wasn't merely fast—he had disappeared completely!
The Bull Demon King's pupils contracted. He remembered this move! Three days ago, Goten had started the same way, then punched him flying three li!
"Wa—"
He hadn't even finished saying "wait"—
Goten had already appeared in front of the Green Lion Spirit!
"You're first."
A punch!
Straight to the face!
The Green Lion Spirit didn't even have time to blink—
BOOM!!!
He shot away like a cannonball, plowing a hundred-meter-long trench through the ground before crashing headfirst into a hill!
One punch, and he was sent flying.
The exact same treatment the Bull Demon King had received three days ago.
The entire scene fell silent.
The Bull Demon King's mouth twitched.
The White Elephant Spirit's expression froze.
The Great Peng Spirit's smirk finally disappeared.
Goten withdrew his fist and blew on it, as if smoke were rising from his knuckles.
"First one."
He turned to look at the three Demon Kings who remained.
"Next."
The Green Lion Spirit crawled out of the rubble.
He shook his head and felt his face—his nose was crooked, and his front teeth were loose.
He fell silent for three seconds.
Then—
ROAR!!!
He threw back his head and bellowed!
His body began to swell—not simply growing larger, but becoming... colossal!
Long green fur sprouted from his skin. His face thrust forward, and his mouth stretched back to his ears—a true blue-maned lion! Just one of his paws was as big as a millstone!
"Little brat—you've made me angry—"
The Green Lion's voice turned deep and terrifying. His cavernous jaws gaped open—
And swallowed Goten whole!
Everything went dark before Goten's eyes—he had been swallowed into the Green Lion's belly!
"Goten!" Zixia cried out.
Zhi Zun Bao's face went deathly pale. "Holy crap—"
"Ha ha ha!" the Green Lion roared with laughter. "Nothing that enters my belly can escape—not even a god! My stomach can dissolve anything—"
Thump.
The Green Lion's smile froze.
His belly—bulged outward.
Thump.
Another bulge appeared.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
His belly swelled wildly, like a balloon!
"W-wait—what are you doing—stop!"
The Green Lion frantically slapped his stomach, but the bulges grew larger and larger—
BOOM!!!
A muffled blast rang out.
A hole burst open in the Green Lion's belly!
A pillar of golden light shot out through it!
Goten walked out of the hole, covered from head to toe in the Green Lion's blue demon blood, but wearing a radiant smile.
"Your stomach was pretty warm."
The Green Lion's eyes widened. He looked down at the gaping hole in his belly, then back up at Goten—
CRASH.
He fell.
Instantly defeated.
The second one.
The Bull Demon King's face had turned black with rage.
"Attack together!"
He wasn't about to send them in one at a time anymore. With a roar, black demonic aura surged into the sky, and his true form appeared once more—a ten-zhang-tall bull!
The White Elephant Spirit moved too. He took off his helmet, revealing six tusks, and his body swelled to five meters tall. Every step made the earth tremble!
The Great Peng Spirit didn't transform. He simply spread his arms, and golden wings unfurled from his back. With a light flap—
He vanished.
Goten's pupils narrowed. So fast!
A golden blur swept past him—a shallow gash appeared on his shoulder!
"Oh?"
Goten touched the wound on his shoulder, his eyes lighting up.
"You're fast."
The Great Peng's figure appeared in the air a hundred meters away, his golden slit-pupiled eyes coldly fixed on Goten.
"You're not slow either—you even dodged the strike to your heart."
Goten rolled his neck.
"Interesting."
He took a deep breath—and golden flames burst violently around him!
Not forty percent—but forty-five percent!
In that brief exchange, he had pushed past the limits of his restraint yet again!
"Then let's see—which of us is faster!"
Goten vanished too!
The Great Peng's pupils contracted. He beat his wings and darted backward—
But Goten's fist was already in front of his face!
Thud!
The Great Peng blocked the punch with his wing, and the impact sent him flying. He tumbled through the air more than a dozen times before managing to steady himself!
"He hits hard—but he's still not fast enough." The Great Peng shook out his numb wing. "Not yet."
He beat his wings again—
This time, he was even faster!
Dozens of golden afterimages appeared in Goten's field of vision, attacking from every direction at once!
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