How could one provoke a greater demon?
The answer was simple: destroy its evil plan.
Unlike the cunning, bullying imps, greater demons were highly combative and cruel creatures, with terrifyingly strong execution.
Once a greater demon made a decision, it would die charging forward rather than choose to give up.
After being summoned by Number Nine Zhou Tai, Deimos had already formed a plan: slaughter every living thing in sight, then slowly crush to death the Number Nine Zhou Tai who had summoned him, just to see whether Number Nine Zhou Tai truly feared no death.
But now, Jin Dajun had ruined his plan. Number Nine Zhou Tai had died too early.
"Vermin, you seek death!"
Anger radiated from Deimos's eyes as he growled at Jin Dajun.
In greater demon culture, even insults had ranks. Bug was the lowest tier, while vermin ranked slightly higher. Clearly, Deimos could tell that Jin Dajun was no weakling.
"Was he your son? Sorry, I accidentally stepped on your son and killed him." Jin Dajun kicked Number Nine Zhou Tai's head with his foot and smiled at Deimos.
Deimos was instantly consumed by rage. His tail swept toward Jin Dajun, but Jin Dajun had already been on guard. He directly used Iron Mountain Shoulder Strike to collide with Deimos's tail.
Boom!
The ground shook violently.
Jin Dajun's body sank slightly, and dense spiderweb-like cracks spread across the ground beneath his feet.
Jin Dajun was clearly far smaller than Deimos's tail, yet after that collision, Deimos's tail was sent flying instead.
Hiss!
Green flames rose from every part of Jin Dajun's left side that had touched Deimos's tail.
If Gong Qian had seen this scene, she would have understood how she had been poisoned. Every scale on Deimos's tail contained deadly poison; merely touching it would infect one with the toxin.
Deimos was not surprised that his tail had been knocked away, because he had not used much strength in the first place. He had merely wanted to use the poison in his tail to kill Jin Dajun.
Now, seeing that his poison was ineffective against Jin Dajun, his golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly. In an instant, his massive body appeared before Jin Dajun, and a hook blasted toward him like a battering ram.
But Jin Dajun's reaction was not slow either. Before the fist could strike him, he had already retreated.
As one advanced and the other retreated, Deimos simply threw both fists out, repeatedly hammering down at Jin Dajun from above. Yet Jin Dajun dodged every attack, causing all of Deimos's fists to strike the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
A chain of explosive impacts and tremors spread in every direction.
In the distance, Yu Xian heard the continuous pounding and immediately controlled Bubble to rise into the air. Then he saw Jin Dajun fighting Deimos.
"So the reinforcements Minister Yu Lie mentioned were Captain Jin's father, Uncle Jin," Yu Xian said in sudden realization.
Jin Dajun was not simply dodging. He was counterattacking even as he evaded Deimos's assaults. His fighting style was completely different from Jin Sheng's. Jin Sheng's moves were often broad and powerful, imposing and grand, while Jin Dajun was much steadier. Every move he made was restrained and exquisitely precise.
Though they were less than three meters apart, and Deimos's huge body meant that a single punch covered far more than three meters, Deimos still could not touch even a hair on Jin Dajun's head as they shifted and maneuvered. Instead, Jin Dajun repeatedly struck his wrist, always in the exact same spot.
With intense pain shooting through his wrist, Deimos simply opened his mouth and instantly fired a red energy sphere at the ground. At the same time, the cobra at the tip of his tail opened its mouth as well, launching a green energy sphere into the sky.
Demon Prison!
The green energy sphere in the sky exploded, turning into countless green lines that fell downward. At the same time, the ground burst apart, and crimson pillars of light rose up.
In the blink of an eye, a cage formed of green lines and red pillars enveloped and sealed off the entire area.
Jin Dajun decisively pulled back and swept his gaze around, but found no gap through which he could escape the cage. Clearly, Deimos was preparing to use some tactic, and this cage existed to stop him from fleeing.
Corrosive Poison Marsh!
The cobra at the end of Deimos's tail lowered its head, opened its mouth, and sprayed a massive amount of green venom onto the ground. The entire battlefield quickly became a swamp, and bubbles continuously rose from the green toxic marsh.
Hiss! Hiss!
Green flames immediately erupted from Jin Dajun's body, and in the blink of an eye, he became a man wreathed in fire.
The poison was far too terrifying. As long as he stood on the ground, he could not avoid being poisoned.
"Vermin, my corrosive poison is everywhere now."
"As long as you remain inside the cage, you will keep being poisoned. Slowly dissolve in despair!"
This is bad. What if Uncle Jin dies...
Seeing this, Yu Xian began worrying about Jin Dajun. From Gong Qian's condition after being poisoned, he knew full well how terrifying Deimos's venom was.
But all he could do now was watch helplessly. There was nothing he could do at all.
Forget getting close—he was not even qualified to enter the cage. Besides, even if he could enter, he would only be throwing his life away.
However, just as he was worrying, Jin Dajun's body swelled amid the green flames, rapidly growing from over 1.8 meters to around five meters tall.
"Now that's got some kick. This poison actually hurts a little!" Veins bulged all over Jin Dajun's body. A savage smile appeared on his face as he looked at Deimos.
Seeing this, Deimos immediately roared and raised his hand to punch Jin Dajun. But Jin Dajun threw a punch as well. The large fist and small fist collided, and neither took a step back. The two were actually evenly matched.
"You're the first guy who's made me enter Wrathful Vajra form so quickly. Now, enjoy my fists!" Jin Dajun grinned savagely and took the initiative to attack.
His fighting style had changed.
Originally, his attacks had been steady and composed, appearing remarkably restrained.
But now, he began fighting with broad, forceful movements, every punch carrying extreme violence.
Deimos gave a low roar and immediately struck back without yielding. The two wildly bombarded each other, tacitly abandoning all form and technique as they fought fist to flesh inside the cage, turning the world upside down.
The sight was far too overwhelming. Yu Xian swallowed, as if he were watching two ancient beasts fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat.
They were too strong.
Is this the world of the strong?
After taking Pangu's Blood, he had risen directly from lower Ant Rank to upper Sparrow Level. He had once thought himself fairly strong, but today's experience gave him an immense sense of urgency. He was still far, far too weak.
But after watching for a while, Yu Xian found that he could barely keep watching, because Jin Dajun and Deimos's battle was simply the same thing over and over. One punched, then the other punched; they grabbed each other, rolled around, and slammed into the swampy ground, splashing enormous amounts of venom.
There was no technique whatsoever. It was all the most primitive violence!
Time slowly passed. The sun gradually set, and the moon quietly climbed into the sky.
Yu Xian descended to the ground, and Zhang Shou and Gong Qian immediately asked about the situation. After Yu Xian told them what was happening on the battlefield, both Gong Qian and Zhang Shou fell silent.
"So even if I finish detoxifying now, I still can't help?" Gong Qian clenched her fists after a long while and muttered to herself.
She simply could not withstand Deimos's poison. The entire battlefield was now covered in venom. She would not die if she entered, but she would definitely be paralyzed. Going there would only make her a burden to Jin Dajun.
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