Chapter 276 - 275: Demon Kings (2)

Yuan Kong’s blood-red eyes widened in profound shock. A human? A human whose aura registered at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation had just casually caught a physical strike from a Demon King?

"You dare look at my wife, beast?" Lin Yuan whispered, his deep purple eyes flashing with the terrifying, tri-colored light of the three rebirth dao.

Yuan Kong’s heart trembled as his gaze met Lin Yuan’s.

The Dao of Three Rebirths!

His pupils contracted slightly, and a deep sense of unease surged through his heart.

What kind of fortune did this human possess to comprehend such a profound Dao?

The Dao of Three Rebirths was no ordinary inheritance. Even among the ancient existences of the Demon Realm, there were very few who could truly comprehend its mysteries.

Yuan Kong’s expression became solemn.

This man was definitely not ordinary.

He had to be careful.

Within Lin Yuan’s chest, the Heart Secret Realm roared to life. The Vermilion Bird pumped an explosive burst of pure physical power into his veins. Simultaneously, the Lung Secret Realm activated, the White Tiger granting his flesh an absolute, offensive edge.

Lin Yuan twisted his grip on the Ape Demon King’s massive fist, his fingers effortlessly crushing through the bone-spiked armor. He pulled the behemoth forward, disrupting its center of gravity, and drove his right knee directly into Yuan Kong’s armored stomach.

The blow carried the inexhaustible, cycled might of the Five Great Secret Realms. It bypassed the demon’s external defense entirely.

Yuan Kong vomited a geyser of blood, his eyes bulging as his internal organs were violently scrambled. He was launched backward, tumbling across the star-iron plates.

"You are no ordinary mortal!" Yuan Kong bellowed, scrambling to his feet, his arrogant demeanor replaced by burning, humiliated rage. "Your flesh... it carries the scent of the Origin! And your eyes, there’s no mistaking it, the Dao of Three Rebriths!"

Lin Yuan flicked his wrist, his True Elemental Body humming with the perfect cycle of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The Azure Dragon in his liver instantly scrubbed the residual demonic miasma from his skin, keeping his foundation flawlessly pure.

"I will grind your bones to powder!" Yuan Kong roared. "Blood Ape Mountain-Crushing Art!"

The Demon King’s body expanded further, his muscles bulging as he summoned a phantom projection of a massive, bloody mountain peak. He raised both hands, bringing the conceptual weight of a mountain range down upon Lin Yuan.

"I will support you, Yuan!" Bai Qingyue’s clear, resolute voice rang out from behind him.

Lunar Frost Binding Array!

A brilliant, crystalline blue light erupted from her palms. The Qi of her cultivation rushed forward, forming ethereal, glowing chains of frost that shot up from the ground, wrapping tightly around the Ape Demon King’s massive legs and arms.

"Pathetic Core Formation tricks!" Yuan Kong sneered, attempting to flex his muscles and shatter the ice.

But this was no ordinary frost. It was saturated with the residual Heaven and Earth Luck she had absorbed. The ice did not shatter; it rapidly drained the ambient heat from the demon’s bloodline, drastically slowing his movements and weakening the structural integrity of his mountain-crushing phantom.

"Perfect," Lin Yuan praised, his voice a low hum of approval.

With the demon slowed by his wife’s support, Lin Yuan went on the offensive.

He activated the [Immortal Cloud Step], his True Elemental Body flashing through the suppressed space with the speed of teleportation. He appeared directly above the Ape Demon King, his right leg raised high.

The Spleen Secret Realm activated. The Qilin reinforced his skeletal structure, making his leg infinitely denser than any known metal.

He brought his heel down in an Axe Kick that carried the absolute momentum of the [Army-Breaking Art].

CRASH!

Lin Yuan’s heel struck the Ape Demon King squarely on the collarbone. The bone-spiked armor pulverized instantly. The sheer, Void Refinement-level force drove Yuan Kong face-first into the floor, creating a spiderweb of deep fissures that spread for hundreds of yards.

"Aargh!" Yuan Kong roared in agony, his demonic blood pooling on the floor. He violently thrashed, ripping his arms free from Bai Qingyue’s frost chains, and swung a massive, desperate backhand aimed at Lin Yuan’s torso.

Lin Yuan did not dodge. He allowed the strike to hit his ribs.

The Ape Demon King expected the human to explode into a mist of blood. Instead, he felt as though he had just punched a mountain forged of divine jade. The Qilin membrane absorbed the blunt force, while the Azure Dragon instantly regenerated the microscopic cellular damage before it could even register as pain.

Lin Yuan grabbed the demon’s extended arm.

"Is this the vaunted strength of the Hollow Beyond?" Lin Yuan mocked coldly. "You are nothing but an overgrown macaque."

Lin Yuan channeled his Dao Intent directly into his grip. And with a roar of exertion, Lin Yuan planted his feet, twisted his hips, and literally lifted the ten-foot-tall, multi-ton Ape Demon King off the ground by his arm. He swung the massive beast through the air like a ragdoll and slammed him head-first into the ground on his opposite side.

BOOM!

The arena shook violently.

"Yuan, the miasma!" Bai Qingyue warned, her hands shifting seals to project a Water Cleansing Dome over their immediate area.

Yuan Kong was bleeding profusely, his demonic aura flaring wildly in a desperate attempt to corrupt Lin Yuan’s flesh. But Bai Qingyue’s cleansing dome acted as a perfect filter. The Heaven and Earth Luck-laced water droplets fell over Lin Yuan, continuously washing away the thick, corrosive purple smoke before it could seep into his pores.

Working in absolute, flawless synchronization, the husband and wife dismantled the demon entity. She manipulated the battlefield, while he delivered the devastating attacks!

Yuan Kong struggled to his knees, his face a ruined, bloody mess. The arrogance of the Demon Race was entirely shattered. He had been sent to conquer the Nine Provinces, only to be beaten to a pulp by an Early Soul Transformation cultivator and a Core Formation girl.

"I... I am a King of the Hollow Beyond!" Yuan Kong screamed, a desperate note entering his voice. "I will not die here! Blood Eruption: Demonic Core Detonation!"