Chapter 524: Fury of the Demon Race

Thirty new students and ten senior students participated in this assessment. In total, there should have been forty people.

But now, there were only thirty-two people on the Alchemy Flying Ship. That meant eight people were still missing.

However, Elder Dong and the others could no longer detect the aura of any talismans on their instruments.

"Elder Dong, we’ve searched the entire assessment area."

Wang Feng said softly from the side, then shook his head.

His meaning was clear: the eight people who hadn’t crushed their talismans or been found were most likely dead.

Elder Dong and the others felt their hearts sink. Eight people, a twenty percent loss rate—this was the first time such a thing had ever happened in the history of Gale Light Academy’s assessments.

"What do we do?"

The instructors exchanged glances.

All they knew for certain was that three students had been devoured by the Liger Demon King. As for the other five, they couldn’t be sure if they were dead or alive.

Although there were no talisman auras left in the area, it was possible some students had lost their talismans. It didn’t necessarily mean those five had perished.

But time was of the essence. If they missed their window to leave because they were searching for a few people, it would be an even greater loss for Gale Light Academy.

"One last search. Each of us will take a sector and search separately. Complete the search as quickly as possible. If we still can’t find them, we’ll have no choice but to leave," Elder Dong said in a low, heavy voice.

Though the five were likely dead, Gale Light Academy’s principles dictated that they would never abandon any student who might still be alive.

Soon, the seven or eight instructors left the Alchemy Flying Ship.

The instructors’ actions drew the attention of many students on the Flying Ship. Hearing that eight people were missing and likely dead, the remaining students were all shaken with lingering fear.

The survival assessment was originally planned to last for half a month. Now, not even a week had passed, and eight people had already died. The casualty rate was terrifying. No wonder the academy had suspended the assessment.

"What? Senior Brother Lv Feng wasn’t found?"

Chen Jin was so scared a cold sweat broke out all over his body.

Among those eight was the very Senior Brother Lv Feng he had been waiting for.

’Could it be...’

Chen Jin couldn’t help but glance at Ye Xuan. A guess rose in his mind, but it was so outrageous that he couldn’t bring himself to believe it.

His fists clenched, and fear bloomed in his heart.

「About an hour later.」

The instructors returned to the Alchemy Flying Ship one by one.

Their faces were all quite grim.

"Let’s go."

Elder Dong gave a helpless, low command. The Alchemy Flying Ship immediately transformed into a streak of light and vanished over the horizon.

「At this very moment...」

Deep within the Endless Mountain Range, hundreds of thousands of miles away.

At the foot of a black mountain, the body of an Earth Dragon Profound Beast, which was silently praying, suddenly shuddered.

SPURT!

It suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and the Soul Thought it was emitting began to fluctuate violently.

At that moment, nearly ten Profound Beast Demon Kings were releasing their powerful Soul Thoughts. These terrifying Soul Thoughts formed a swirling vortex of Soul Power above the mountain. A vast and indescribable pressure emanated from the black-hole-like source of Soul Power.

Below, a large number of Profound Beasts and Demon Beasts were gathered, each seemingly in pious prayer.

The astonishing aura washed over them, like a sweet rain bathing their bodies.

However, due to the sudden fluctuation in this Earth Dragon Profound Beast’s Soul Thought, the entire Soul Power vortex instantly became unstable. It was as if a high-speed gear had suddenly gone off-track, or a completed skyscraper had lost its foundation, and it began to shake violently.

"Oh no!"

All the Profound Beasts and Demon Beasts looked up at the sky in terror.

BOOM!

With a deafening roar, the entire vortex-like source exploded. The potent Soul Thought energy formed a heaven-defying storm that swept out in all directions.

SPURT, SPURT, SPURT...

The nearly ten Profound Beast Demon Kings on the ground all spat out a mouthful of blood in unison, while the souls of the Demon Beast Demon Kings were also shaken by the storm of Soul Thought.

"Damn you, Kalu! Look what you’ve done!"

A heaven-shaking, furious roar echoed from within the mountain. Before the Earth Dragon Profound Beast Kalu could react, a massive claw shot out from the mountain and slammed heavily onto its body. With a CRACK, the sound of breaking bones came from the Earth Dragon Profound Beast as its entire body was violently smashed into the rocky ground.

A demonic wolf the size of a small hill, covered in silvery-white fur, with blood-red eyes and only one ear, shot out from the mountain. Its terrifying pressure enveloped the region for a hundred miles around.

Demonic energy swirled around its body, so dense it was almost tangible. The very void seemed to be under its control—this was the power of a Domain Realm, possessed only by a Tier Eight Demon Emperor.

"Calm your anger, Wolf Emperor! Please, calm your anger!"

The Earth Dragon Profound Beast Kalu prostrated on the ground, ignoring its injuries as it spoke in terror.

This silvery-white demonic wolf was none other than the master of the Endless Mountain Range’s Wolf Emperor Hall, the Silver Wolf Emperor!

"The Divine Prayer Ceremony occurs once every hundred years. It is the time for the countless Demon Kings of my Wolf Emperor Hall to be reborn. But because of you, the ceremony has failed! What do you have to say for yourself?"

The thunderous roar echoed between heaven and earth. Fury blazed in the Silver Wolf Emperor’s eyes, its killing intent running rampant.

"My Lord, it wasn’t my intention to disrupt it! A Demon King under my command was just killed, which damaged my Soul Thought and caused this to happen. I beg you to calm your anger, my lord!"

The Earth Dragon Profound Beast cried out, begging for mercy.

"A Demon King under your command was killed? Today is the Divine Prayer Ceremony. All Demon Kings must be present. How could one of your subordinates be killed?" The Silver Wolf Emperor’s gaze was like lightning as it stared coldly at the Earth Dragon Profound Beast Kalu.

The dense demonic energy boiling on its body was a testament to the rage in its heart.

"My lord, it was like this..."

The Earth Dragon Profound Beast Kalu hurriedly explained everything that had happened.

"I am absolutely not making this up! Jingang can also testify to this matter."

The ape-like Profound Beast at the side quickly nodded and said, "Lord Wolf Emperor, what Kalu said is true. My subordinate, Zong Jiu, went to that region with Telas. According to the information Zong Jiu sent back, they were indeed being hunted."

Both the Liger Demon King and the Eagle-Vulture Demon King had powerful Soul Thoughts left in their minds by Kalu and Jingang. As Demon Kings, they could naturally use these Soul Thoughts to transmit simple messages.

"Which power’s Demon King dares to run wild in my Wolf Emperor Hall’s territory?"

The Silver Wolf Emperor said furiously.

The Earth Dragon Profound Beast quickly said, "My lord, it wasn’t a Demon King. The message Telas sent back before he died said that it was humans who killed him."

"Humans?"

The Silver Wolf Emperor’s gaze instantly became even more savage.

"Damn humans."

Its senses fell upon its own ear. Back when it was just a Tier Six Demon Beast, a human had cut off its right ear. If it hadn’t run fast enough back then, it would have died long ago.

So, upon hearing the word "human," the rage in the Silver Wolf Emperor’s heart erupted like a volcano.

"Let’s go! I want to see for myself who dares to cause trouble within my Wolf Emperor Hall’s domain!"

ROAR!

With a furious roar, the Silver Wolf Emperor transformed into a silver streak of lightning, shot into the sky, and sped toward the region Kalu controlled.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

Behind it, countless Profound Beast Demon Kings and Demon Beast Demon Kings roared in anger. A dense mass of several dozen Demon Kings surged menacingly toward the place where Telas had fallen.

The massive group of Demon Kings formed a terrifying demonic cloud as they swept forward.

However, the Wolf Emperor Hall’s main camp was hundreds of thousands of miles away from Kalu’s territory.

By the time they arrived in Kalu’s territory, there wasn’t a single person left.

"It is indeed the aura of humans. And there were quite a few Martial King Level experts."

With the Silver Wolf Emperor’s level of cultivation, a single glance was all it took to sense the aura of human Martial Kings in the forest.

Furthermore, information from the various Demon Beasts in the forest also indicated that a number of human Martial Artists had been active here not long ago.

"Lord Wolf Emperor, my subordinate Zong Jiu has returned."

Just then, the injured Demon King Zong Jiu was brought over by the ape-like Profound Beast, Jingang.

"Quick, tell the Wolf Emperor everything that happened here," Jingang urged.

The Eagle-Vulture Demon King recounted everything it and the Liger Demon King had witnessed.

"There were many of those powerful human Martial Kings. If not for those two lords protecting this lowly one’s life, I’m afraid I would have died long ago."

"Two Profound Beast Demon Kings? One of them addressed the other as ’Your Highness’?" The Silver Wolf Emperor frowned and asked in a deep voice.

The Demon Race had a clear hierarchy. Typically, a lower-level Demon Beast only needed to address a higher-level one as ’Lord.’ To be addressed as ’Your Highness’ meant that this was absolutely no ordinary Demon King, but most likely from a lineage with a terrifying heritage.

"Yes. They said they were from some place called the Floating Light Mountain Range. The bloodline aura on that blond Demon King was terrifying. A single glance from him made this little demon fall to his knees involuntarily. As for the one called ’Your Highness,’ he was even more frightening. After he took human form, this little demon couldn’t sense a single trace of demonic energy on him. If I hadn’t seen the Soul Thought he used to transform, this little demon would have never believed he was also a Demon King."

"Furthermore, those two lords told me that the human Martial Artists running rampant here were from a sect called the Profound Mystery Sect."

Zong Jiu said in detail.

"Profound Mystery Sect?" Zong Jiu’s statement immediately shifted the Silver Wolf Emperor’s focus away from Ye Xuan and his group, and onto those human Martial Artists.

Its cold eyes swept over the assembled demons. "Have any of you heard of this sect?"

The Demon Kings all looked at one another and shook their heads.

"Lord Wolf Emperor, the name Profound Mystery Sect is unfamiliar. The area outside this mountain range belongs to the Cyan Splendor Domain. Your subordinates have all heard of the major powers within it. Moreover, the Human Race’s factions in the Cyan Splendor Domain know of our Wolf Emperor Hall’s existence and rarely dare to cause trouble in this region. Therefore, your subordinate believes that this Profound Mystery Sect is likely not a power from within the Cyan Splendor Domain!"

A Profound Beast Demon King, who served as the Wolf Emperor Hall’s strategist, said in a deep voice.