8: Chapter 8: Victory! The Power of the Heavenly Demon Emperor Body

"The taste of a beautiful human female Cultivator is truly unforgettable, leaving a lasting aftertaste."

In the field, the black demon ape beat its chest wildly with its giant palms, sending waves of killing intent and loud rumbles echoing in all directions.

The killing intent surging in its beastly eyes was filled with a bloodthirsty cruelty, like an abyss of slaughter and a sea of sins.

Invisibly, it proclaimed that countless living beings had died by its hands!

And indeed, that was the case.

As a lord dominating the outer regions of the Hundred Thousand Monster Mountain Range, weak human Cultivators and low-Rank Yao Beasts were all at its mercy.

What was that saying again?

"Before the strong, I am submissive and subservient."

"Before the weak, I strike with heavy fists."

This was the true motto of this black demon ape.

It was precisely because of this character of bullying the weak while fearing the strong that it had grown from a mere low-grade wild beast into a powerful Core Formation Stage Yao Beast today.

If one were to judge by the trajectory of its life, this was an absolute textbook example of an inspirational story for a beast.

In the next instant, Gu Qingge swung his sword to clash with it, his body moving as if treading on the wind. Shadows of his sword flew like snow falling from the Nine Heavens, elegant and effortless.

Meanwhile, the black demon ape, like a human Body Cultivator, used its body as a weapon. Its palms were like blades as it charged forward with overwhelming force to kill.

As the two clashed, wild winds surged and turbulent currents erupted!

After a dozen rounds of intense combat, the disadvantage of a Half-step Golden Core Stage fighting against an Early Stage Golden Core Stage began to show.

Consequently, Gu Qingge gradually fell into a disadvantage.

On the other side, the black demon ape had also spent years in life-and-death battles, making its combat experience extremely rich.

Seizing a momentary opening, it threw a punch carrying the power to shatter mountains and rivers, launching a direct and fierce assault.

Caught off guard, Gu Qingge failed to block in time with his xuanyin sword and was sent flying backward, snapping several ancient trees in a row before finally halting his momentum.

"I did somewhat underestimate the suppression of the Golden Core Stage's power."

"Even if it's only the Early Stage, it's not something a Half-step Golden Core Stage can easily contend with."

"Furthermore, this fellow's Physical Body strength is incredibly terrifying."

After being forced back, Gu Qingge coughed up a mouthful of blood. Not daring to relax in the slightest, he propped himself up with the xuanyin sword, staring coldly at the giant black ape.

...

At the same moment, the Flying Twin-Winged Demon Tiger rushed to the scene with Sect Master Min Qingrou.

This was because it had already sensed a hint of abnormal activity earlier.

The threat that pressed upon its very life force was definitely not those Mutated Demon Wind Wolves, but some other terrifying enemy.

After returning, Sect Master Min Qingrou had also sensed an approaching aura of danger.

Subsequently, at her request, the Flying Twin-Winged Demon Tiger carried her toward this place, intending to assist Gu Qingge.

Before leaving, Sect Master Min Qingrou had used some of the High-Grade Spirit Stones given by Gu Qingge to set up several layers of Formations—including aura-concealing, offensive, and defensive ones—around the two Immortal Caves to protect their safety.

At this moment, from the forest, the sharp-eyed Sect Master Min Qingrou had already noticed the surging Devilish Qi manifesting on Gu Qingge's body.

Although her cultivation had previously been Sealed by Sect Master Tang Xuan, preventing her from exerting her original Early Stage Nascent Soul Stage combat power,

during this period, by engaging in Body Integration Dual Cultivation with Gu Qingge and borrowing the terrifying power of the Heavenly Demon Emperor Body, she had managed to gradually erode a portion of the Seal's power within her body.

Currently, she could mobilize strength roughly equivalent to the third layer of Foundation Establishment.

The primary key right now was to tie down that Kuishan Demon Ape!

Gu Qingge might not understand the racial background of this black demon ape, but the widely-read Sect Master Min Qingrou knew a great deal about it.

This kind of Kuishan Demon Ape was a type of ape-like Yao Beast.

It was a Yao Beast that grew by consuming and swallowing Heishan Kui Water to temper its beastly body.

Its weaknesses, besides its eyes, were its lower body.

"Little Tiger, listen up. I will attack its eyes, and you will launch a surprise attack on its lower body."

"We don't need to defeat it, we just need to stall it," Sect Master Min Qingrou whispered, patting the head of the Flying Twin-Winged Demon Tiger.

The latter stared at the activity in the distance and, as if understanding her words, nodded its tiger head heavily.

Judging by its demeanor, even if the road ahead was long and filled with a chasm between life and death, it would still charge forward!

Gu Qingge was the one it would protect, even if it had to go through fire and water!

...

Hovering between life and death, Gu Qingge felt a strange sensation within his body!

This was...

The power belonging to the Heavenly Demon Emperor Body?!

In an instant, Devilish Qi erupted from his body, and a sinister, chaotic aura manifested completely!

This part of the world seemed to have fallen into the abyss of the Demon Realm.

And he, Gu Qingge, was the modern-day Demon Lord who had entered the path of demons, born amidst chaotic, bloody aura!

The Heavenly Demon Emperor Body, which had been fully Awakened previously but not completely mastered, was now fully controlled and utilized at this very moment!

"Hmph, have you activated a secret technique?" the black demon ape said disdainfully as it watched everything unfold.

It was not as if it had never seen such a situation before.

Activating a secret technique would inevitably require paying an equivalent price to sustain it.

Most of the time, it was exchanged for lifespan or cultivation Rank.

No matter how powerful it was, it could not change the flaw of being unsustainable.

Once time ran out, it would still lead to a dead end!

Furthermore, even if this human used a secret technique, how much could he possibly raise his strength?

Early Stage Golden Core Stage?

At most, it would only be the Middle Stage Golden Core Stage.

It still wouldn't change the final outcome of the battle.

It was confident it could kill him with certainty.

Then, it would capture those human female Cultivators, imprison and play with them, and brutally abuse them to death!

However, the Kuishan Demon Ape did not give Gu Qingge the chance to continue mobilizing his power. Instead, it chose to strike while he was down.

Yet, just as it rushed forward to attack, a sudden change occurred.

Sect Master Min Qingrou and the Flying Twin-Winged Demon Tiger launched a coordinated sneak attack, aiming straight for the Kuishan Demon Ape.

Caught unprepared, the Kuishan Demon Ape was startled at first. It then mobilized the beastly power in its body to enter a state of full defense, barely managing to block their attack.

"A Half-step Golden Core Stage tiger-type Yao Beast, and an exquisitely beautiful woman at the third layer of Foundation Establishment."

"Heh, heaven has indeed treated me well."

"Just watch me kill that tiger, and then I'll capture you to perform a show of violating you right in front of that human man's eyes."

The Kuishan Demon Ape laughed weirdly, its beastly eyes revealing a burning desire to consume Sect Master Min Qingrou, eager to hear her sweet moans.

Since the sneak attack failed, both Sect Master Min Qingrou and the Flying Twin-Winged Demon Tiger were thrown back.

Especially the latter; because it had charged straight for the opponent's groin, it took a solid palm strike from the Kuishan Demon Ape and was sent flying.

"Oh no, this Kuishan Demon Ape must have had some other fortuitous encounter, otherwise its defense wouldn't be this high!"

After retreating from the Kuishan Demon Ape's attack range, Sect Master Min Qingrou bit her red lip slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with difficulty.

If it were her before being Sealed, destroying such a Yao Beast would have been as easy as raising her hand.

But now...

"Leave the rest to me."

This gentle and bright voice sounded in Sect Master Min Qingrou's ear, causing her to look over.

In the next instant, a figure shrouded in dark Devilish Qi leaped up, striking directly at the Kuishan Demon Ape.

"Is there no end to this?!"

"This time, I want you dead!"

In its haste, the Kuishan Demon Ape swung with all its might to strike back.

In its heart, these humans like Gu Qingge all deserved to die.

Especially for repeatedly provoking its pride as a powerful beast.

However, after the clash of palms, the Kuishan Demon Ape was shaken back over a dozen Zhang.

On the other hand, Gu Qingge stood as still as a mountain, remaining completely unmoved.

Seeing this result, the Kuishan Demon Ape's heart was filled with shock and terror!

It was common knowledge that with their physical bodies, Yao Beasts were strong enough to suppress human Cultivators of the same Realm.

Even when fighting human Cultivators who were a minor Realm higher, they would usually not fall into a disadvantage.

Those with exceptional talent and dense Bloodlines could even achieve cross-Realm kills.

Yet today, this concept that applied to both humans and Yao Beasts was completely shattered before its eyes.

Just what kind of monster was this?

For a moment, it actually panicked.

Gone was the majestic aura of slaughtering everything in its path from just moments ago.

"Your demise is already predestined!"

The xuanyin sword, tempered with Devilish Qi, slashed out in a single strike, transforming into thousands of devilish blades that blocked all of the Kuishan Demon Ape's paths of retreat.

Facing this sword technique surging with the aura of death, the Kuishan Demon Ape realized there was nowhere to hide. It immediately raised its arms and moved its legs to protect its vital areas, intending to withstand the blow head-on.

In the next instant, the devilish blades fell like rain.

Blood splattered everywhere!

Bones shattered and limbs severed!

Amidst the unwilling screams of the Kuishan Demon Ape, this single strike directly brought it infinitely close to death.

Looking at it now, it was already breathing more out than in.

"You... you cannot kill me. I am the number one subordinate of the Demon Goat King. If you kill me..."

The Kuishan Demon Ape wailed miserably, trying to use the more powerful Yao Beast behind it as a threat to force Gu Qingge to spare its life.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qingge turned a deaf ear to its words and swung his sword, directly severing the Kuishan Demon Ape's head.

"A threat in a life-and-death struggle? Is that really useful?"

With a cold sneer, Gu Qingge extracted the Beast Core from inside the Kuishan Demon Ape.