65: I object

The Black Bear Demon's words were like a bomb dropped into deep water, stirring up a thousand waves.

The demon kings conversed in whispers, one after another.

"What exactly does the Demon Emperor mean by this? Does he want to annex our forces?"

"Whatever he means, I, for one, don't agree."

"If you don't agree, you go out and object. I'll support you spiritually."

"I..."

Although most of the demon kings disagreed, none of them stepped forward to lead the opposition.

Mo Liyun glanced contemptuously at the demon kings and said in a sarcastic tone:

"I object!"

The low murmuring ceased abruptly.

Everyone looked at Mo Liyun.

The Black Bear Demon was not surprised by Mo Liyun's objection.

After all, there was bad blood between them.

He looked at Mo Liyun with a smile and said, "Mo Liyun, do you think there's a problem with what this Emperor said?"

"Of course there's a problem. We are all demon kings of our respective tribes, leading our people to live in peace and prosperity."

"We don't want to become stepping stones for others to dominate the Nine Netherworlds," Mo Liyun said with disdain.

"What do you mean by that? This Emperor establishing a demon nation is for the safety of all demon clans, not for personal gain."

Mo Liyun laughed when he heard the Black Bear Demon Emperor's high-sounding words:

"Our demon clan is born of nature, accustomed to freedom and looseness. It has been this way for tens of thousands of years."

"Now to be controlled by others? This old snake has no habit of being someone's subordinate."

Mo Liyun's action, while seemingly reckless, was actually well thought out.

Lin Mu forcing it to come along this time definitely meant confronting the Demon Emperor.

It wanted to incite the demon kings' resistance, making them stand against the Demon Emperor.

By then, if a conflict arose between the two sides, even if the demon kings wouldn't help it fight the Demon Emperor, they also wouldn't stand with the Demon Emperor.

After speaking, it inadvertently scanned the reactions of the demon kings again.

Seeing that the demon kings were already showing signs of stirring, it continued:

"As demon kings, how can we remain suppressed under others for so long? Brothers, do you think I'm right?"

"That's right! We have cultivated for thousands of years, roaming freely between heaven and earth. How can we bow down to others?" The straightforward Rhinoceros Demon was the first to jump out and agree.

Seeing someone take the lead, the other demon kings no longer feared and all voiced their objections.

The Black Bear Demon Emperor silently observed the situation in the arena, not speaking to stop them.

Until Mo Liyun spoke again, saying, "In my residence, there's still a furnace of pills that needs tending. If the Demon Emperor has no other matters, I'll take my leave."

After Mo Liyun finished speaking, it feigned rising to leave.

The Black Bear Demon Emperor was waiting for this moment.

The reason he indulged Mo Liyun was to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, and now was the time.

"Presumptuous! Do you really think this Black Bear Ridge is your backyard, to come and go as you please? You disrespect this Emperor so much, it seems today I must give you a taste of your own medicine."

The Black Bear Demon Emperor suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura. The entire valley above formed dark clouds that blotted out the sky under this aura.

The demon kings discovered in horror that their bodies were unable to move even an inch under this aura.

"A Great Emperor Expert is indeed terrifying."

Those demon kings who had also intended to leave secretly rejoiced that they hadn't acted rashly.

Mo Liyun, at the center of the aura's vortex, was now ashen-faced. It even felt a pressure of facing death directly.

This pressure was even stronger than what Lin Mu had given it. It couldn't help but imagine its fate of being killed along with Lin Mu after his defeat.

Seeing that Mo Liyun had lost the ability to resist, Lin Mu suddenly appeared. With a wave of his long sleeve, he shouted, "Disperse!"

The terrifying aura that enveloped the valley immediately vanished.

The demon kings felt their bodies lighten, their mobility restored, and they all looked towards Lin Mu.

"Human?"

The demon kings were horrified.

There were actually two humans mixed among them, and they hadn't noticed at all.

Moreover, this human had shattered the Demon Emperor's aura with just a casual movement.

"Could it be a Great Emperor among humans?"

Thinking of this, the demon kings' gazes constantly shifted between Lin Mu and Yun Feiyang.

"Hahaha, I knew why you were so resistant to the unification of the demon clan. It turns out you had already colluded with human martial artists, plotting something nefarious."

The Black Bear Demon Emperor, forced back by Lin Mu's aura, said, not angry but rather pleased.

Mo Liyun's face turned pale as he retorted, "Don't you dare slander me! When did I collude with humans?"

"Still trying to argue? That human martial artist is clearly standing on the head of the junior demon who came with you. Isn't that obvious enough?"

Seeing the Black Bear Demon Emperor pointing at it, the Three-Headed Dog immediately retorted:

"You Black Bear Spirit, don't talk nonsense. This great master and this python are not together."

At these words, the demon kings all broke out in a cold sweat.

They all flashed away, keeping their distance from the Three-Headed Dog.

"This three-headed demon doesn't care about its own life, but don't drag them down with it."

The Black Bear Demon Emperor put away the smile on his face and said with a serious expression, "Indeed, you are all of the same ilk, equally ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, arrogant and conceited."

"Since you have colluded with humans, today this Emperor can only eliminate you two scourges for the demon clan."

The Black Bear Demon Emperor's tone was icy, sending shivers down one's spine.

He now held a long spear in his hand, though no one knew when it appeared.

The spear was three zhang long, entirely black, with chilling blue lightning flashing intermittently at its tip.

Someone recognized the spear and exclaimed in surprise, "Demon Clan Sacred Artifact, Qiankun Spear!!!"

"What?"

"Could it be the Qiankun Spear, the weapon of the demon clan's ancestor, Great Emperor Qiankun?"

"It is said that Ancestor Qiankun, tens of thousands of years ago, relied on the Qiankun Spear to traverse the various clans of the Nine Netherworlds, unrivaled. Wherever the spearhead passed, none survived."

"It is indeed the Qiankun Spear. Our clan's sacred land has carvings of the Qiankun Spear's pattern, and it is identical to the one in the Demon Emperor's hand."

Listening to everyone's comments, the Black Bear Demon Emperor's icy expression was replaced by one of triumph.

He raised the Qiankun Spear and said towards Lin Mu, "For you few to die under the Qiankun Spear, you can consider it a fitting end."

Lin Mu watched as the Qiankun Spear, carrying lightning, howled towards him, and he leaped into the air.

In mid-air, the heavenly dao sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

The sword tip thrust straight towards the Qiankun Spear.

When the two weapons collided, the heavenly dao sword, without any obstruction, split the Qiankun Spear into two pieces.

The spear shaft fell to the ground, becoming a pile of scrap metal.

After Lin Mu's sword broke the Qiankun Spear, he hovered in mid-air and casually slashed a sword strike towards the Black Bear Demon Emperor.

The Black Bear Demon Emperor had not expected his rather proud Qiankun Spear to be so useless in front of this human.

Seeing the approaching sword strike, he dared not be careless.

His hands quickly condensed a massive light formation in front of him to block the sword qi.

The sword qi struck the light formation just as it formed. After a series of cracking sounds, the light formation shattered with a roar.

The remaining sword qi then struck the Black Bear Demon Emperor.

The Black Bear Demon Emperor, horrified, quickly summoned his natal magic treasure, the Heaven-Reaching Talisman, to protect his vital points.

Although the Heaven-Reaching Talisman temporarily resisted the intrusion of the sword qi, the immense impact force carried by the sword qi still sent the Black Bear Demon Emperor flying several hundred meters.

He only managed to stabilize himself after crashing into the mountain.

This scene, in fact, happened in a flash of lightning.

The demon kings stood frozen in place, not daring to even breathe heavily.

They all looked at Lin Mu with expressions of horror.