Great King Si walked on, then stopped.
The Steel-Pointed Spear dragged along the ground.
Its tip still scraped against the stone.
Scrape.
Scrape.
Behind him, the lesser demons cheered and crowded forward, only to collide with one another when he stopped without warning.
The one at the very front nearly fell against his legs and hastily dropped to his knees.
"Great King!"
Great King Si did not turn around.
He lowered his head and looked at his hand.
That hand held the Diamond Ring.
The lesser demons behind him were still shouting.
"Victory to the Great King!"
"The Great King's divine powers know no bounds!"
"Those Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are no match for our Great King!"
Great King Si slowly turned his head.
Seeing him turn, the demons shouted even louder.
"The Great King is the strongest!"
"The Great King is invincible!"
"The Great King is number one under heaven!"
One lesser demon jumped up, thrusting both hands high overhead.
"No one is a match for the Great King!"
Great King Si looked at him.
The lesser demon flinched, his hands still raised and his smile frozen on his face.
Another lesser demon hurried forward and bowed. "We have prepared a feast to celebrate your triumph, Great King."
"My triumph?"
The lesser demon immediately nodded. "You defeated the heavenly troops time and again, Great King. Of course we must celebrate!"
Great King Si watched him for a while.
Then he suddenly laughed.
"Good."
"Let us celebrate."
Only then did he walk on.
The lesser demons finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to escort him back to his stone throne.
The cave soon grew lively.
Demons great and small lined both sides, some dancing, others singing.
Some lesser demons beat stone drums.
Some battered cracked gongs.
Some