The Ten Demon Marshals

Ten Demon Marshals

He Yu had lost patience with the eight demons not only because they were no longer of much help in testing his martial techniques, and because Pangu's Information brooked no delay, but most importantly because the demonic aura he had left on the acquired spiritual root—the Green Spirit Fruit Tree—had sensed that all twelve Green Spirit Fruits upon it had fully ripened.

The reason He Yu had not taken the Green Spirit Fruit Tree away before was precisely because he had sensed that once the spiritual root left the earth, all twelve Green Spirit Fruits would come to nothing, and even if he found another place to plant it afterward, it would take another hundred and twenty years before it bore fruit again!

When he had subdued the two demon kings, Leopard One and Wolf Two, He Yu had already sent his demonic aura, accompanied by his consciousness, into the Green Spirit Fruit Tree to absorb half of its origin. When he left, he had even left a strand of demonic aura inside the fruit tree as a sensor. The moment the Green Spirit Fruits ripened, he would sense it at once. As for it being discovered by other demons, there was no need to worry about that. Through the half of the green spirit origin within He Yu's consciousness, he could drive half of the origin inside the spiritual root. With the abundant spiritual energy of the Green Spirit Fruit Tree as an acquired spiritual root, the defense formed under the drive of half its origin would be difficult for even a demon king at the peak of early Golden Core to break through in a short while.

As long as it held out for a little time, that would be enough for He Yu to rush back.

"A game?" The Earth Bear King and the seven demons were all stunned, and before they could come back to themselves, He Yu had already impatiently released all the demonic aura from the Demon Cores in his Twenty-Four Inner Mansions.

Although he did not use his main Demon Core, the Demon Cores of the Twenty-Four Inner Mansions alone were already enough to shake heaven and earth. Azure demonic aura spread directly from around He Yu, covering the sky for dozens of li around him. The demonic aura of over ten thousand demons was suppressed by He Yu alone, his might overawing the heavens.

"This... this demonic aura? Impossible! This is no weaker than the Evil Dragon Demon King's demonic aura! How is that possible!" The Earth Bear King stared in open-mouthed shock. This level of demonic aura was already utterly beyond his reach, fully three times his own.

"Right now, without using my main Demon Core, and relying only on the Demon Cores of the Twenty-Four Inner Mansions, I've barely touched the realm of mid Golden Core. It counts as half-step mid Golden Core. With cultivation like this, I'm probably among the very top of all the demons in the present Mount Buzhou Range." While He Yu felt pleased with himself, he also felt puzzled. Since there was already Mount Buzhou, the mountain that supported heaven and earth, this place should be the Primordial World. But supposedly, in the Primordial World, great gods were everywhere, and even an ordinary living being had the cultivation of an Earth Immortal or Heavenly Immortal. Yet now, he had not even seen a single mid Golden Core. That was far too abnormal.

"Do we still need to continue?" Thoughts were thoughts, but He Yu's expression did not change in the slightest. He gazed indifferently at the Earth Bear King and the other demons, both eyes incomparably cold, killing intent sharp and austere. His demonic aura swept across dozens of li; for a time, his might truly had no equal.

"This... could this be your true cultivation? You deliberately deceived us before!" Seeing He Yu's cultivation at this moment, the Earth Bear King's heart gave a thump, and he secretly cursed his own mistake. How had he failed to see anything wrong before? He had been clever all his life, only to be muddleheaded for one moment!

"Deceived you? What level of cultivation do trash like you even have? Are you worthy of my deception? It can only be said that your cultivation is shallow and you were unable to see this king's cultivation. Why not ask your subordinates and see how the cultivation they saw from this king compared with yours?" He Yu sneered and sent a voice transmission to the Earth Bear King. At the same time, the demonic aura he released surrounded the demons. His demonic aura was immense, and it emitted an incomparably terrifying demonic pressure. The demons had no way to avoid being encircled.

Once the demonic aura had completely surrounded them, the Earth Bear King and the seven demons also finished making their own inquiries. Upon learning that when everyone saw He Yu, he appeared to be at roughly the same cultivation as themselves, their hearts instantly chilled. What terrifying cultivation would be required for such methods!

This was utterly beyond what they could compare to!

Seeing He Yu's demonic aura surround them, the Earth Bear King and the other demons all turned pale with shock. Sensing the might of He Yu's demonic aura, none of them had any confidence that they could withstand it and break through the encirclement. Moreover, they also knew that even if they did break through, they could not escape. After all, the level of cultivation directly affected speed.

"This time, you were the one who followed us first, so speaking of it, you cannot blame us. And you were not injured either. Why not let this matter pass? We can count it as not becoming friends until after a fight. How about making friends? In the future, there would be enormous benefits in looking after one another. Although your cultivation is profound, there are quite a few whose cultivation can compare with yours. Among them, the Evil Dragon Demon King is rather familiar with me as well. Why not turn a great matter into a small one, and a small matter into nothing this time? Otherwise, it benefits neither side!" the Earth Bear King said, soft words hiding hardness. In truth, he was only putting on a brave front. The Evil Dragon Demon King and he had met only a few times, and their friendship was extremely shallow. Bringing him out like this was merely an attempt to use his fierce reputation to make He Yu wary.

"The Evil Dragon Demon King? And quite a few demon kings with cultivation comparable to mine?" He Yu also grew curious, temporarily even putting aside the matter of the Green Spirit Fruits. His cultivation was profound, but it had all been raised in a short time. His knowledge was far inferior to those demon kings who had cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years and possessed vast forces. From the Earth Bear King's tone, it seemed there were quite a few half-step mid Golden Core demons!

"Well... those whose cultivation is roughly similar to yours... there are also quite a few demon kings. I will not list them one by one. Just take the Evil Dragon Demon King. He is incomparably formidable. His cultivation is absolutely no worse than yours, and his true body as a Four-Footed Azure Dragon is even more terrifying. He is skilled at flying through the heavens and burrowing into the earth, raising clouds and summoning rain, and he can also use transformation divine abilities, becoming as large as a hundred zhang or as small as a mustard seed...!" The Earth Bear King said everything he knew about the Evil Dragon Demon King, not daring to exaggerate wildly. If He Yu had long since known about him, would that not be disastrous?

Seeing the Earth Bear King's expression and tone, He Yu, who in his previous life had spent no small amount of time being battered about in society, observed his words and watched his expression, so how could he not know that there were not many half-step mid Golden Core cultivators at all? There was only that one Evil Dragon Demon King. He immediately became curious about the Evil Dragon Demon King. A dragon! In his previous life, it had been an incomparably mysterious creature, and He Yu also had great interest in dragons.

"Enough. You have far too much nonsense. Let us be direct. This king gives you two paths. One, obediently help this king obtain Pangu's Information. When the time comes, whether you stay or leave will be up to you...!" He Yu interrupted impatiently. His time was far from plentiful right now! This condition was also meant to set the Earth Bear King's mind at ease. After all, obtaining Pangu's Information was the most important thing. As for subduing him as a subordinate, that could wait until later. Once Pangu's Information was in his hands, would the matter not be entirely up to him?

"Then what is the second path?" the Earth Bear King could not help asking. In his heart, he did not want to agree to the first path.

Hearing the Bear King's question, He Yu rolled his eyes. It was so obvious, yet he did not understand. It seemed he needed to reassess this bear. Apparently, he had overestimated him too much. He thought inwardly, He is a beast, after all. How could he be compared with a human?

He Yu did not answer the Earth Bear King's question. He directly controlled his demonic aura to contract, surging toward the encircled demons. Its speed was not fast; it came slowly, giving all the demons time to prepare.

"Four Great Commanders, lead the lads and strike through the demonic aura together with this king!" Seeing He Yu make his move, even if the Earth Bear King were any stupider, he understood what the second path was. Although his chances of victory were not high, he still had to fight.

"Yes!" the Four Great Commanders answered in unison. They immediately gathered the lesser demons and released their demonic aura together. The fused demonic aura of the demons could be called terrifying, no worse than the Earth Bear King's. At this moment, the three great demon kings also understood the situation. Almost the instant the Four Great Commanders finished gathering and fusing the lesser demons' demonic aura, they completed theirs as well. For a time, within He Yu's demonic aura encirclement, three vast streams of demonic aura filled the air. Two were mixed and impure, while one was bright yellow and pure. The three streams of demonic aura were all roughly equal.

"Hmph! You overestimate yourselves. Ants still vainly dream of shaking a great tree. If I do not teach you a lesson, this king's methods will not be shown." The incomparably disdainful sneer rang through the minds of the Earth Bear King, the demon kings, and the lesser demons, causing even their consciousnesses to tremble slightly.

"What terrifying consciousness power! A single voice transmission can shake my consciousness?" All the demons were inwardly shocked. Only an enormous gap in consciousness could cause such a tremor, and at the very least, it required being a full realm higher.

Just as the demons were shocked, the demonic aura spreading from around He Yu and surrounding them began to surge violently, forming hundreds of demonic aura vortexes that covered every side of the demonic aura encirclement. Trapped within it, the demons only felt the demonic aura they released surge uncontrollably toward the hundreds of vortexes in every direction. As soon as the demonic aura entered them, it was strangled and crushed, turning into nourishment for He Yu's demonic aura and increasing his demonic pressure even further.

The lesser demons all felt that they could not resist the vortexes' devouring force and withdrew their demonic aura back into their bodies in terror. Only the Earth Bear King and the eight demons persisted in resisting, but they were also unable to release their demonic aura more than ten zhang beyond their bodies. Now, never mind attacking; as soon as they used demonic aura, it would instead be sucked clean away! But the eight demons were still unwilling to give up. In their hearts, they calculated that such a sharp divine ability probably could not last long. As long as they endured for a while, when the time came, they could follow the momentum and launch an attack. Perhaps they could even injure He Yu in one blow.

"How is this king's Devour Domain? Right now, this is only half the power of Devour Domain. I will give you three more breaths. If you submit to this king, perhaps there will be enormous benefits in the future. Otherwise, if you remain stubborn and unrepentant, do not blame this king for being ruthless. When the time comes, you will not even be able to leave behind complete corpses, and your consciousness and souls will also be scattered between heaven and earth. Do not harbor any flukes either. This king can use this Devour Domain for two or three days without issue, enough to devour all of your demonic aura!" He Yu's voice seemed to be issuing a final ultimatum.

"Hmph! Two or three days? Do you think you can deceive us? How could a great divine ability like this be used continuously for two or three days?" the Earth Bear King roared.

He Yu paid no attention. He merely looked coldly at the demons, his gaze incomparably icy, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, as if a person were facing a swarm of ants. In truth, perhaps even He Yu himself had not realized that ever since transmigrating and becoming a crab demon, deep down, he had still always regarded himself as human, and when facing other demons, he viewed them with the eyes of his previous life.

Deep in his heart, He Yu had never regarded himself and other demons as equal existences. When facing other demons, He Yu was like he had been in his previous life when facing those animals—looking down from above!

One breath passed!

Two breaths passed! He Yu still showed not the slightest change. The chill in his eyes even deepened, strands of killing intent condensing within them. In his heart, He Yu had also made up his mind. If the demons did not submit after three breaths, he would kill them all!

"Wait, this king has something to say!" Sensing that things were not looking good, the Earth Bear King hurriedly sent a voice transmission.

"Speak!"

"This... I am willing to choose the first path and help you obtain Pangu's Information. Afterward, you must let us leave." The Earth Bear King's eyes shifted. In his heart, he thought that he would first get through this time. There would be plenty of opportunities while searching for Pangu's Information. When the time came, he could just look for a chance to flee.

He Yu looked at the Earth Bear King, and a mocking look appeared in his eyes. "That path is gone now. If you do not submit, you die. You want to submit? All eight of you demons will take out a strand of your consciousness origin and hand it to this king."

The Earth Bear King was dumbfounded. This consciousness origin was the root of the soul. If even a strand were destroyed, the soul would be heavily injured, or even collapse and vanish. If they truly handed their consciousness origin to He Yu, then their lives and deaths would practically be gripped in the other party's hand!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

While the Earth Bear King hesitated, every vortex within the demonic aura encirclement emitted streaks of azure dazzling light. Thousands upon thousands of dazzling lights crisscrossed and connected, and the dazzling light released from every vortex linked with the other vortexes. Hundreds of vortexes connected with one another, a hundred times tighter than the densest spiderweb.

Within the net of azure dazzling light, the Earth Bear King and the other demons were horrified to feel their own demonic aura being sealed by a strange power, unable to leave their bodies. The demonic aura of the Bear King and the eight demons was also forced back into their bodies.

He Yu was also depressed at this moment. He had not expected the Devour Domain he had created from Mystic Pole Devour to be so weak. Now, suppressing all these demons had already forced him to use even his main Demon Core. It could be said that all his demonic aura was out!

"This Devour Domain looks sharp, but in reality, it's putting in effort without getting results. If I directly attacked and killed with demonic aura, I could kill all these demons within a minute. But suppressing them with Devour Domain? Even going all out, it's still very forced." He Yu was extremely dissatisfied in his heart. Although it was only newly created, judging by this effect, even improvements probably would not make it much better.

At this moment, the hearts of the Earth Bear King and the other demons were already completely filled with fear. He Yu's methods had frightened them badly. Such methods were simply far beyond what they could reach!

"Are you willing to submit or not? This king has no patience left. If you still do not submit, then all of you can become nourishment to increase this king's demonic aura!" He Yu also grew impatient in his heart. The Green Spirit Fruits could be discovered by other demons at any time. If they were taken, he would suffer a tremendous loss!

"I... am willing to submit!" the Earth Bear King said helplessly. He Yu's methods were too terrifying. He judged that even the Evil Dragon Demon King could not possibly possess such methods, and they were enough to kill them all!

The other demons also submitted one after another. The eight demons offered up a strand of consciousness origin to He Yu. As for those lesser demons? He Yu did not care about them. Their cultivation was too low, and for them, it was merely changing to another great king. It could even be said there was no change at all. Their great king and commanders were still the same eight demons.

"From now on, all of you shall be this king's Ten Demon Marshals!" He Yu looked at Leopard One, Wolf Two, the Earth Bear King, the Four Great Commanders, and the three demon kings, issuing the order and appointing them. As for the ranking of the Ten Demon Marshals, that could only be decided later. There was no rush for that. Right now, the main thing was still to obtain the Green Spirit Fruit Tree and then find Pangu's Information as soon as possible. Thinking of this, he immediately led the demons toward the Green Spirit Fruit Tree.

Although this had delayed him a little, He Yu felt it was very worthwhile. Not only had the forces under his command greatly increased, but if the Earth Bear King's innate divine ability was used well, it would be able to play a tremendous role in the future.