198: Chapter 198 What's meant to happen will happen.

"It's too quiet, frighteningly so." The Little Demon Fox Emperor naturally knew this.

But there was no turning back now; they had to press on even if they were apprehensive.

"Something's not right. Could someone be helping us?" Xiao Yao said, thinking seriously.

The Little Demon Fox Emperor didn't care about that. "We'll know once we go down. A fight would definitely leave traces."

"That is a possibility. Let's listen to Sister Jiu!" Mu Cheng didn't care about the risks and led the way with his black gold spear in hand.

Everything before them was so quiet; there wasn't even a single trace of combat...

It wasn't until an hour later that they saw the final Talisman Array.

Mu Cheng finally couldn't help but speak up. "Is this... are you sure this isn't a joke?"

Was the Hell Purgatory this simple? No danger at all?

"It should be. Anyway, we're prepared enough. We just need to break this Talisman Array," the Little Demon Fox Emperor said, studying the scene.

Xiao Yao: "Master, hurry up and break this Talisman Array!"

"Wait... I can't use my Bloodline Power. Am I supposed to break it with my head?" Mu Cheng asked weakly.

The Little Demon Fox Emperor was quite speechless. "Didn't I give you something? Just use that."

"I almost forgot about that. It hasn't even been three days since I last used it, but let's give it a try!" Mu Cheng didn't hesitate any longer.

He immediately took out the Rubik's Cube. The Talisman Array before him was easily broken, and he also obtained the rubiks cube key for completing the Trader's challenge.

"That's it?" Xiao Yao was stunned for a long while before reacting.

Mu Cheng: "Yeah, it's done."

"It was indeed a bit fast. Let's go back!" The Little Demon Fox Emperor didn't dare to linger.

They walked straight to the teleportation array, and in the blink of an eye, the three of them returned to the Duel Arena.

At this moment, corpses were strewn everywhere in the Duel Arena...

"It's only been a short while. Can someone tell me what's going on?" Mu Cheng asked, staring in shock.

Li Sisi now looked somewhat exhausted, while Xiao Yue was even more seriously injured.

On the other side, only Wolf Head remained, along with a motionless Demon God whose aura couldn't be sensed at all.

"Stop talking and hurry up and kill that Demon God!" Li Sisi suddenly shouted.

The Duel Arena was now surrounded by dense Talisman Arrays. It was clear that breaking through them in a short time was nearly impossible.

"No, let's wait and see." The Little Demon Fox Emperor immediately noticed something was wrong and hurriedly spoke to stop him.

Xiao Yao agreed. "Sister... we can't be impulsive right now. Let's see how things play out first."

"This... we really shouldn't be impulsive." Mu Cheng saw it too.

On one side, Li Sisi was exhausted; on the other, despite the corpses everywhere, Wolf Head and the Demon God clearly hadn't made their move yet.

"What? Don't dare to come?" Wolf Head suddenly spoke.

"This... could I have been wrong from the start?" Li Sisi also realized the gravity of the situation.

The Little Demon Fox Emperor didn't waste words with her. "Leave the rest to us! Recover as quickly as you can."

"Yes, Sister, leave it to us!" Xiao Yao also agreed.

But unexpectedly, the Little Demon Fox Emperor suddenly made a move and shoved Mu Cheng forward.

"He's all yours!"

"Seriously... can you stop setting me up like this?" Although Mu Cheng grumbled, he clearly didn't object.

"Are you the one with the Devouring Bloodline? Today, I'll see what you're really made of."

Wolf Head took the initiative, rushing toward Mu Cheng with his black gold greatsword and slashing down fiercely.

His move was clean and decisive, with no hesitation...

"Come at me!"

In terms of physical strength, the current Mu Cheng feared no one. Holding his black gold spear, he went up and clashed directly with him.

The black gold greatsword and black gold spear constantly collided. The two fought with increasing intensity, and within just a few minutes...

The Duel Arena was already covered in craters.

"Are you two... really not planning to step in?" Li Sisi asked, having noticed their inaction.

The Little Demon Fox Emperor nodded. "Of course. If we act under this Talisman Array, we'll end up just like you."

"Don't worry, Sister. Master possesses the Devouring Bloodline. We just need to wait," Xiao Yao also stated.

Li Sisi said, almost breaking down, "This is all my fault. I threw a million Talisman Arrays at them and also underestimated Wolf Head's influence."

"You can't blame yourself entirely. We certainly didn't expect this either." The Little Demon Fox Emperor now understood everything.

It turned out that the Hell Trial had long since become Wolf Head's territory and had developed into a faction.

Xiao Yao: "No wonder the Purgatory Trial went so smoothly. It was because Wolf Head was interfering behind the scenes."

"There's one thing I don't understand. The Purgatory Trial is supposed to be one-way only... how did he manage it?"

"It must be that Demon God! Who else could have such extraordinary power?" Li Sisi said helplessly.

The Little Demon Fox Emperor said thoughtfully.

"That Demon God isn't moving; that seems to be the reason, but I feel it won't be that simple."

"Is this all the Devouring Bloodline is capable of? You're nothing but an ant to me."

Wolf Head suddenly accelerated, instantly forcing Mu Cheng into a retreat...

"Is this guy suicidal? Or has he lost his mind?" Mu Cheng was completely bewildered.

Even within the bloodline-restricting Talisman Array, he was still fighting so recklessly? Wasn't this a death wish?

"This is not right." The Little Demon Fox Emperor also saw it immediately.

Xiao Yao: "Regardless, we must conserve our strength to do what we can."

"Yes, that's all we can do for now." Although Li Sisi had recovered slightly, she still looked quite disheveled.

As time passed, as expected, nothing unexpected happened...

Wolf Head collapsed before Mu Cheng, completely incapacitated.

"This guy... what's the deal?" Mu Cheng was baffled and couldn't figure it out.

At that moment, the Demon God suddenly spoke.

"Let me tell you what's going on. I simply saved him after slaughtering his entire tribe. It's laughable; he worked so hard to find his enemy, yet in the end, he never knew it was me."

"I'm curious, why are you Demon Gods so utterly evil?" Mu Cheng suddenly asked very seriously.

The Demon God suddenly burst into laughter. "Utterly evil? It seems you really don't know the true face of the human race."

"Today I'll tell you, those things you call 'justice,' the sins and Greed of your human race—which faction isn't built on the destruction of other races for their own gain?"

"Sometimes I find it laughable. When you think we Demon Gods are evil, have you ever looked for the reason why we act this way?"

"I admit there are such people among humans, but what do they have to do with me? All I want to protect is the Blue-White Star." Mu Cheng also began to laugh.

He had actually thought about this before; humans die for wealth just as birds die for food.

If the Demon God Clan could be so evil, then humans naturally had good and bad among them as well.

"Words are useless. Let's fight!" The Demon God stopped talking and used only a wooden staff.

He caught Mu Cheng completely off guard. "Don't you think you're so great? Let me see what strength you have to protect your so-called Blue-White Star."

"This guy is so strong." Mu Cheng gritted his teeth and stood up.

"The strength you're talking about... I don't have it yet, but it's enough to defeat you for now."

Showing no fear, he thrust his black gold spear forward, but the result was the same.

He was sent flying by a single strike from the Demon God's staff... Clearly, they weren't even in the same league.

"This... what's going on? That guy doesn't seem to want to deal a killing blow." The Little Demon Fox Emperor was bewildered.

Xiao Yao: "I see it too. Could he be testing Master?"

"Hard to say... let's just watch for now." Li Sisi couldn't figure it out either.

But right now, they really couldn't help at all.

If even Mu Cheng could be easily overwhelmed, wouldn't charging in just be like delivering themselves to him?

"How is this possible? Why is he so strong?" Mu Cheng was beaten to the point of questioning his life, quickly becoming a mess.

"Is that all? Where's that attitude you had just now? Should I go easy on you?" The Demon God suddenly stopped in his tracks.

This behavior was truly baffling.

"What on earth... does he want to do? I really don't get it." The Little Demon Fox Emperor was also stunned.

Xiao Yao: "Could it be... that there are good and bad Demon Gods too?"

"Come on, pick up your weapon and stab here." The Demon God mocked him again.

"Let me see what you're capable of?"

"Is this already your limit? No... this is far from enough, far from enough."

Mu Cheng suddenly seemed to become a different person, as Battle Qi unexpectedly erupted from his body.

"Interesting. Come, stab here." The Demon God still didn't take Mu Cheng seriously at all.

"How is this possible... to erupt with Battle Qi under a million Talisman Arrays?" Li Sisi also found it incredible.

Xiao Yao: "Is this the Devouring Bloodline? As expected of an existence that can devour everything; even a million Talisman Arrays can't suppress it."

"I have to admit, this kid is indeed much stronger than previous generations of Devouring Bloodline possessors." The Little Demon Fox Emperor was also shocked.

After a while, the million Talisman Arrays that were originally meant to deal with the Demon God...

...were all devoured by Mu Cheng. Just like that, the grand array of a million Talisman Arrays was broken.

Not caring about anything else, he circulated his internal Bloodline Power and took a sprinting stance.

In an instant, the entire Duel Arena suddenly became very quiet.

The sound of heartbeats, the sound of the wind... Mu Cheng could hear everything clearly.

"Is this divine power?" Mu Cheng could feel it; this power was incredibly mysterious.

He flashed past, appearing behind the Demon God, and instantly the entire Duel Arena returned to tranquility.

"Kid, you truly are the one the Dean chose. I, Xiao Ming, have no regrets. Don't forget your promise."

As he finished speaking, all the corpses in the Duel Arena turned into black energy and condensed together.

Before long, a black energy source formed. Although it was only the size of a fist and looked ordinary, its extraordinary nature was palpable.

"This energy source is so strange." The Little Demon Fox Emperor stared in shock, then spoke up.

"I never expected that he was Xiao Ming."

"This... what exactly is going on? Can someone explain?" Mu Cheng asked, having guessed the gist of it.

Xiao Yao: "I didn't expect it either... he is Xiao Ming from the Super Ability Academy."

Li Sisi told them everything she knew.

"It seems Xiao Ming is the Nine Heavens Demon God. I heard that for some unknown reason... his entire tribe was slaughtered overnight."

"In the end, the Dean stepped in to save him. From then on, he and Yi Lang became famous, but for some reason, they vanished without a trace as if they had never existed."

"Was this all arranged by that bullshit Dean? Why? Why exactly?!" Mu Cheng couldn't hold it in anymore and roared at the sky.

Xiao Yao: "Master, now is not the time for self-blame. Hurry and devour this black hole source."

"Yes, all the sacrifices are worth it. You need to become as strong as possible." The Little Demon Fox Emperor also spoke up.

Mu Cheng had long since experienced many trials; he quickly moved past these emotional issues.

He began to devour and absorb the black hole source...

Mount Everest.

"It has come to this after all."

An old man slowly opened his eyes. He had been facing away from the Angel Man and Xia Lingling.

He suddenly turned and walked slowly toward them. Dressed in white traditional robes, he looked to be in his eighties or nineties.

However, his aura was not inferior to any young person's.

"What must come has finally come. Whether a new protector can emerge for the human race... and whether they can gain recognition, is what we need to address next," the Angel Man said.

Xia Lingling also suddenly exited her cultivation state. "Whether he can be recognized is something he has to fight for. It depends on Brother Mu Cheng himself."

"Has what must come finally arrived? Well, that's fine... it's also time to give those guys a lesson they won't forget," the old man said seriously.

Angel Man: "Lingling, you stay behind for now. Me, this old fossil, and Lord Omni-God are enough."

"Got it, Lingling knows what to do." Xia Lingling was naturally very clear about it and soon leaped from Mount Everest.

Finally, she vanished without a trace.

The Dean's office at the Super Ability Academy in Dongfang City.

"The Dean has left. It seems he's taking the initiative to attack." Lan Ninger slowly spoke.

At that moment, she was on a call with eight people.

They were Su Qingyan, Ren Xiaoxiao, Lu Yunzi... and so on.

"Leave Guangshen City to me!" Su Qingyan said confidently.

Lu Yunzi: "Things are very tricky here in Dongfang City. Luolu and Renren, come help me out!"

"Okay, we'll be there in ten days." Ren Xiaoxiao readily agreed.

The Elf Girl Xiao Luolu: "I still need nearly a year here. I probably... won't be able to help much."

Lu Yunzi: "No rush, you do your thing! When the time comes... maybe all of us sisters will act together."

"Honghong, I hope that day never comes," the Wolf Girl Xiao Honghong suddenly said slowly.

Xiao Youyou: "Indeed, Youyou doesn't want that day to come either."

Xiao Yunyun: "That day... what must come will eventually come, and we'll have no choice then."

Lan Ninger: "Alright, alright, everyone get to work."

After speaking, she immediately hung up the video call.

She sighed and said, "Dean, oh Dean... don't forget what you promised me."

Back at the Duel Arena.

"Such terrifying energy. Is this... really going to be okay?" Li Sisi asked, looking on with concern.