186: Chapter 186 Tigulov!

Demon King let out a roar of pain; even the demonic flame horns atop his head were cracked by that single sword strike.

An expression of utter disbelief appeared within his pitch-black eyes.

"You... you are..."

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

"Aren't you already dead?! How could you appear here!"

Demon King's words caused Lu Yin to be slightly surprised.

He hadn't expected this high-tier Abyssal Demon King to actually recognize Luo Xiu.

"You know me?"

Luo Xiu also looked at Demon King with some surprise, while simultaneously searching through his own memories.

He had spent his life campaigning against Abyssal Demons, but no matter how he thought, he couldn't recall such a figure.

But how could he know that the Abyssal Demon race possessed incredibly long lifespans?

Back during the epoch-making battle between Luo Xiu and Aiolia, Demon King was merely a reserve demon soldier who wasn't even qualified to step onto the battlefield.

It was just that three thousand years had passed; Luo Xiu had been frozen in time forever.

Meanwhile, Demon King had struggled his way up, eventually ascending to the position of Demon King.

After a brief moment of shock, Demon King regained his composure and observed Luo Xiu's state.

"I see... just a manipulated empty shell!"

The horror in Demon King's eyes gradually turned into greed, and the Vengeful Souls on his dark red giant axe let out even more shrill shrieks.

"Luo Xiu, I never expected that three thousand years later, your corpse would actually be used by that group of despicable humans!"

"How truly pathetic!"

"But this is even better. If I can devour your corpse, I will surely break through the Demon King rank and step into the Demon Emperor realm!"

Demon King laughed wildly, the blood-red eyes on his wings simultaneously bursting with blinding red light.

Dark red energy converged toward Demon King like a tide; the cracks on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his aura became even more powerful than before.

Observing the surrounding environment, Luo Xiu glanced at Lu Yin and said,

"The Abyssal Power here is too dense; it's already no different from the true Abyss."

"To kill this Abyssal Demon King, we must first destroy that core."

Lu Yin nodded upon hearing this. Previously, he thought that by relying on the defense-ignoring power of his Life Mark,

he could easily kill this Demon King in an instant after focusing fire.

He hadn't expected the amplification of Abyssal Power on Abyssal creatures to be so terrifying.

Although he had instantly and drastically reduced Demon King's health, it was still just a bit short in the end.

Besides the massive level gap, the Death Legion had not yet reached its full complement.

A direct confrontation was clearly not a wise move now; following Luo Xiu's advice to destroy the core first was the top priority.

Before Luo Xiu's voice had even faded, he had already lunged forward first.

"Soul-Consuming Sealed Demon Slash!"

Violent blood energy erupted, forming a surging storm.

The blood-colored greatsword slashed down from the air, carrying a terrifying pressure that devoured souls as it struck directly at Demon King.

"Abyssal Void-Rending Slash!"

Facing Luo Xiu's astonishing attack, Demon King raised his giant axe to meet it head-on.

Boom!

The two techniques collided violently, their terrifying energies intertwining and tearing, shredding all the writhing dark red pathways in the vicinity.

Lu Yin made a decisive decision, leading the six Legion Commanders and Lin Xiao as they rushed toward the direction of the Abyss Erosion Core.

"Hmph! Naive!"

"Come forth!"

"My servants!"

Demon King laughed wildly, and immediately after, the entire space trembled violently.

The writhing dark red pathways all around twisted frantically like living things, splitting open into numerous cracks.

From those cracks, countless Abyssal Monsters of various forms crawled out.

There were Abyssal Demonic Dragons, blood-red all over with hideous faces.

There were Vengeful Souls floating in mid-air, radiating a chilling aura.

And there were even Abyssal Wyrms with sinuous bodies and several pairs of compound eyes.

These Abyssal Monsters all radiated powerful auras; they were all powerful monsters of at least Level 9 or higher.

The few Abyssal Demonic Dragons in the lead even had the levels of Third Awakening Experts.

In an instant, the entire space was filled with dense crowds of monsters.

Roars and shrieks intertwined, making one's hair stand on end.

"This is troublesome."

Lin Xiao gripped his god slaying sword tightly, his brow furrowed as he looked at the Abyssal Monsters blocking the way.

In the past, a single sword strike from Lin Xiao might have instantly killed a large area of them.

But under the shroud of Abyssal Power, the strength of these monsters was also greatly increased, making them completely incomparable to creatures of the same level.

However, at this moment, there was no other choice but to force their way through.

Just as the monsters surged forward like a tide, Lin Xiao suddenly took a step forward, holding the god slaying sword horizontally in front of him.

"I'll clear the path!"

Before his voice had even faded, the sword intent around Lin Xiao's body surged, and he seemed to merge into one with the god slaying sword.

"Divine Intent Manifestation Sword!"

In an instant, Lin Xiao himself transformed into the phantom of a giant sword that spanned heaven and earth, his sword intent tearing through space as if it were physical.

The god slaying sword let out a clear dragon's cry, and countless profound runes surfaced on the blade.

Boom!

With a low shout from Lin Xiao, the giant sword phantom swept forward with a momentum that could slay all things.

Wherever the sword light passed, those hideous Abyssal Monsters melted away like snow under a scorching sun.

-18,563,214! -17,365,897! -19,654,123!

A series of astonishing damage numbers erupted above the heads of the Abyssal Monsters.

This single sword strike from Lin Xiao had actually forcibly carved out a path through the dense tide of monsters.

"Go!"

Lu Yin shouted lowly, his figure moving like lightning as he led the others forward along the path opened by the sword light.

The six Legion Commanders each displayed their specialties, blocking all the monsters that tried to close in from the sides.

Lu Yin converted most of his attributes to Agility, appearing before the Abyssal Core as if he had teleported.

"Annihilation Slash!"

In front of the Abyssal Core, Lu Yin held the blade of annihilation high.

A large amount of soul of death was injected into it, causing it to erupt with a physical black glow.

Lu Yin gave a sudden low shout, and the blade of annihilation slashed down fiercely!

However, just as Lu Yin thought he would split that massive core in two, a cold voice suddenly came from the void.

Immediately following, the space along the path of the blade of annihilation began to twist.

A pale white bone spike struck out, colliding violently with the edge of the blade of annihilation.

Clang!

A deafening sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the entire space.

Lu Yin felt an overwhelming force transmit through the blade.

His entire body was sent flying backward, the webbing between his thumb and index finger split open, and blood flowed down the blade of annihilation.

"Who is it?!"

Luo Xiu forced Demon King back with a sword strike, then flashed over to catch Lu Yin, looking solemnly toward the direction where the bone spike had appeared.

The space in front of the Abyssal Core rippled like water, and on the other side of the space, a thin and wicked figure appeared.

"Evil Bone Emperor! Di Gulov!"

Lu Yin's pupils couldn't help but contract as he looked at the figure behind the spatial ripples.

Di Gulov sat upon an Abyssal Throne, a strange smile on his pale face, and within those deep eyes, it seemed as if ten thousand Vengeful Souls were wailing.

His fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the throne, making a heart-palpitating rhythmic sound.

"A human obtaining the qualification to compete for the position of Demon Emperor... there has never been such a record in all of demon history."

"Aiolia, it seems you have brought me an interesting game."