by Shian Jeen
A faint frown wrinkled Huwang Xiao’s brows, showing his displeasure. It seems like he saw something he shouldn’t have seen, hence this young man planned to silence him.
This brocade-robed young man’s strength wasn’t all that bad, a mid-Seventh Order Highgod Realm cultivator.
“You’re a disciple of the devil clan?” Huwang Xiao asked, glancing at the young man’s attire.
The brocade-robed young man chuckled, “That’s right. Your strength isn't bad, a tiny bit better than that Fortune Gate disciple, but don’t think you might be lucky enough to escape. Before me, you won't have this chance.”
Huwang Xiao’s brows smoothed as his expression returned to his usual indifference, “I don’t want to kill you, and have no interest in interfering with your devil clan’s matters. Leave now and neither of us shall bother with each other.”
Huwang Xiao really did not want to be dragged into the devil clan’s matters.
In this City of Devils, unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to tear face with the devil clan.
At Huwang Xiao’s words, a fleeting tinge of bloodlust flitted in the young man’s eyes looking at him, making an exaggerated action of digging his ear, “I didn’t hear wrongly, did I? You just said you don’t want to kill me?”
The sound of whistling sounded in the distance, interrupting his words.
Another disciple wearing the same brocade robe descended in the yard.
“Mo Chen, did you find the Devil Bead?” The second devil clan disciple asked the first disciple.
All core disciples of the devil clan used the surname ‘Mo.’
The first devil clan disciple Mo Chen answered, “You know you can rest assured when I do things. I already got the Devil Bead, but this runt saw some things he shouldn’t have. I told him to kill himself, but guess what he said to me; he said he doesn’t want to kill me and told me to leave, not bothering each other.”
The second devil clan disciple shook his head and laughed, looking strangely at Huwang Xiao, then glanced at Mo Chen, saying, “Seeing that this runt is silly to the point of being cute, let him enjoy our ancient devil clan’s Ten Thousand Purgatory Devil Hands.”
Mo Chen nodded, “That is of course.” Finished saying that, he strode toward Huwang Xiao. His godforce surged and concentrated in his palm, striking at his target.
In an instant, alarming devil qi rushed out, condensing into numerous devil hands; not one more, not one less, precisely ten thousand.
Just as those devil hands were about to close in on Huwang Xiao, radiant rays like a million suns burst out from Huwang Xiao’s body, bright and sacred. His light element godforce flowed out like a galactic river, submerging all devil hands it touched, purifying them.
Huwang Xiao lifted a finger and pointed in the air, the Absolute Soul Finger force combined with his light element godforce and instantly pierced through Mo Chen’s temple.
Mo Chen tumbled to the floor, his dying face filled with disbelief.
The second devil clan disciple Mo Rui was stunned, then dread warped his face, “Light element godforce!” He had already turned around, fleeing without hesitation.
He had just turned around when a figure flickered, blocking in front of him. Naturally, it was Huwang Xiao with his Earthen Buddha Palm slapping down on Mo Rui, causing boundless Buddhism energy to flow into his chest.
Mo Rui screamed as his entire body turned into a pool of light, disappearing from the world.
After killing Mo Rui, Huwang Xiao reached the side of Mo Chen’s corpse, found the black bead from his body and flicked a sliver of fire element godforce, erasing all traces. At this time, there were several sounds of piercing wind coming from the distance.
Each of their auras was many times more powerful than Mo Chen and Mo Rui’s.
Without dallying, Huwang Xiao disappeared from the yard quietly.
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“Such shocking light element godforce!”
“There’s also remnants of fire element godforce!”
“There is… Buddhism energy around?!”
Those five ancient devil clan Elders felt alarmed several times in a short moment.
A snow white-haired Elder amongst the group stopped at the spots where Mo Chen and Mo Rui had been killed and destroyed. His hands waved in the air as if gathering something from all directions, condensing a pool of light that separated into two images of Mo Rui and Mo Chen.
Although the two images were extremely vague, it was clear enough to tell their identities.
“Both Mo Chen and Mo Rui are dead!” The snow white-haired Elder confirmed with a gloomy expression, “It seems the Devil Bead has already been taken by the other side!”
Hearing his words, the other four people’s expressions turned extremely ugly.
“Such astonishing light element godforce, and also Buddhism energy, was it someone from the Bodhisattva Branch?” One of them made a guess.
The Bodhisattva Branch was a very old super force that had conquered tens of thousands of galaxies at one point, however, several hundred thousand years back, they suddenly withdrew to their headquarters. Now, their disciples rarely ventured into the outside world.
This Bodhisattva Branch’s cultivation technique was mainly derived from Buddhism cultivation techniques; one of the reasons why the devil clan Elder wondered if it was someone from the Bodhisattva Branch.
In his opinion, only a Bodhisattva Branch disciple who had cultivated the Buddhism cultivation technique would possess such astonishing Buddhism energy and light element godforce.
“The Devil Bead is gone, the Patriarch will definitely be furious. The scope of this matter is too big, what we must do now is to hurry back and report this to the Patriarch, then lock down the whole City of Devils. Even we have to dig one hundred feet below ground, we must get the Devil Bead back!” One of the five Elders spoke, his expression grim.
The others nodded in agreement, disappearing from the yard in a flicker.
At this time, in another abandoned yard, space rippled in silence as Huwang Xiao’s figure emerged.
Underneath the moonlight, the Devil Bead between his fingers reflected a faint black glow. As he turned the black bead, Huwang Xiao caught glimpses of an ancient devil race character.
Although he didn't know the usage of this Devil Bead yet, it was undoubtedly something with great significance for the devil clan, otherwise they wouldn't have sent out so many masters to search for it.
He released an inquisitive strand of divine sense into the black bead, but it was repelled by a mysterious force. What he did manage to discover was the fact that the ancient devil race character slightly quivered when his divine sense entered the Devil Bead.
Did that mysterious force originate from that ancient devil character?
Despite spending the next hour studying the Devil Bead, Huwang Xiao had no gains. He subsequently put the Devil Bead away, leaving it for later, then swallowed an Extraordinary Divine Pellet and continued with his breathing exercises.
At the same time, inside the devil clan’s great hall, the Clan Patriarch Mo Dingtian was extremely upset. He had just received his subordinates’ report saying that the Devil Bead had been taken away by an unknown master that cultivated Buddhism techniques!
“A group of trash!” Mo Dingtian roared to vent his anger, causing the entire great hall to quake.
Several steps below the dais, a group of devil clan Elders shuddered down to their hearts, guiltily lowering their heads.
Devil qi sparked in the depths of Mo Dingtian’s eyes whenever he thought of the lost Devil Bead. The Path to Hell’s Devil King Palace couldn't be opened without it, he felt like killing someone.
“Why aren’t you bastards locking down the city?! Search every inch, get back the Devil Bead for me!” Mo Dingtian barked, “I don’t care who that person is, kill them without mercy! Also, that Fortune Gate spy who mingled into our disciples, investigate if this matter is related to the Fortune Gate. Things won’t end here!”
; “Yes, Patriarch!”
Immediate action was taken, hence it didn’t take long for Huwang Xiao to hear news of the devil clan locking down the City of Devils.
The streets were filled with ancient devil clan disciples checking everyone, but Huwang Xiao did not place this matter to heart.
Three days later, he reached the north side of the City of Devils where the Hellion Tower was located.
He noticed that the closer he got to the Hellion Tower, the stronger the surrounding devil qi became.
Soon, Huwang Xiao reached the lofty tower standing in a large square.
The Hellion Tower, entirely black through and through, was emitting a terrifying devil qi, thick streams of it wound around the black tower like several evil dragons! The surface of the tower was inscribed with ancient devil race symbols, and very floor’s characters were different.
The lowest floor was several hundred square meters large, gradually growing smaller the higher it went. The higher the level, the more intense the devil qi surrounding it was.
Booming inns and restaurants could be seen all over the the Hellion Tower square. Apart from them, there was also an exchange market that traded in medicinal pellets, armors, weapons, and other items.
Thinking back to what the Ascending Moon Old Man said, Huwang Xiao didn’t waste much time finding the registration place to enter the Hellion Tower.
He paid the required ten top divine grade spirit stones and received an identity token, after which he was informed by the ancient devil clan disciple behind the counter to wait three days at the square for the appointed entry time.
Huwang Xiao kept his identity token and went searching for a big restaurant, choosing a table next to a window. He then called for the waiter and ordered some dishes and wine, slowly enjoying them as he gazed outside.
The restaurant he chose had quite a lot of customers. Throwing a quick glance around, he saw disciples wearing robes of different families and sects. For instance, the Wangu Clan, Fortune Gate, Ouyang Clan, as well as the Swordless Sect.
Huwang Xiao actually spotted a familiar face, one of the disciples he ‘saved’ from Fang Chu’s hands in the Lightning God’s space, the Orthodox Yang Sect’s Lu Dongwei!
‘This Lu Dongwei is also planning to enter the Hellion Tower?’ Huwang Xiao thought with interest.
“Did you hear? Three days later, the Immemorial Devil Clan’s Devil Son Mo Su will also be challenging the Hellion Tower.” A voice from a nearby table belonging to a Swordless Sect disciple drifted into Huwang Xiao’s ears.
“What?! Devil Son Mo Su wants to challenge the Hellion Tower three days later! I heard this Devil Son Mo Su is similar to the ancient Devil King, possessing an innate Devil Physique from the time he was born. Not to mention that his physique is one of the more powerful ones, hence his talent isn't any weaker than the ancient Devil King himself! He actually wants to challenge the Hellion Tower?!” Another disciple blurted out in shock.
Other Swordless Sect disciples wore the same shocked expression on their faces.
“Others say that this Devil Son Mo Su has never challenged the Hellion Tower, this is his first time, right? In the past, some speculated that if this Mo Su challenges the Hellion Tower he would be able to pass the tenth floor just like the past Devil King.” One of the Swordless Sect disciples sighed.
“Pass the tenth floor?! That’s definitely going to be shocking ah! If that’s really true, it’s going to be lively three days later! However, how does this Mo Su compare to our human race’s Huwang Xiao? I wonder whose talent is higher.”
“Of course Mo Su would win, there’s a rumor that his godhead is of emperor rank! As good as that Huwang Xiao is, he cannot be placed in the same category as Mo Su!”
Those several Swordless Sect disciples chattered on, and their chatter attracted the attention of surrounding tables, raising shock in everyone's hearts.
“That’s right, during the Highgod Advancement Tournament that has just passed our Devil Son was in seclusion cultivating a supreme devil technique, hindering him from participating. If not, the Highgod Advancement Tournament’s first place would absolutely belong to our Devil Son, not that Huwang Xiao!” All of a sudden, an arrogant voice resounded from outside the restaurant.
Huwang Xiao and everyone else looked toward the entrance as a group of more than ten devil clan disciples strode in.
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Watching the group of devil clan disciples walk into the restaurant, all human race disciples quieted. Despite the dissatisfaction they felt toward those devil clan disciples’ arrogance, no one spoke out.
The devil clan disciples haughtily swaggered in until they reached a table next to the window, one of them gesturing to the person occupying it to scram.
That person could do nothing but swallow his anger, obediently give up his table, and find another seating far away.
The several devil clan disciples sat down around the table without any embarrassment. From the way they acted, they seemed to be regular patrons of this restaurant. Just as they sat down, a waiter was already scurrying towards them with a tray of dishes and wine.
“I don't know what kind of dog-shit luck that shitty Huwang Xiao stepped into for him to win the Highgod Advancement Tournament’s first place! Had he run into our Devil Son, I bet he wouldn't even dare fart in front of him.” One of the devil clan disciples grumbled loudly.
“That’s right! If that Huwang Xiao dared to come challenge the Hellion Tower, the best he could do is passing the eighth floor.” Another ancient devil clan disciple harrumphed.
“The eighth floor? In my opinion, it would already be a miracle if he could reach the seventh floor.” Another devil clan disciple snickered with disdain, “The fourth-placed Mu Qi from the Mu Clan tried challenging the Hellion Tower before the Highgod Advancement Tournament, but he only managed to pass the fourth floor. Wangu Yanhui’s talent is slightly higher, he could probably pass the fifth floor, and if that Fang Chu was still alive, I say the highest he could reach is the sixth floor. That’s why I said that Huwang Xiao could at most reach the seventh floor. I’m already giving him a very high evaluation.”
“Huwang Xiao could merely reach the seventh floor, while our Devil Son will definitely pass the tenth floor, the gap between them is a million miles. That Huwang Xiao is not qualified to be mentioned in the same breath as our Devil Son.”
That group of devil clan disciples felt even more disgruntled as they grumbled on.
In their words, Huwang Xiao was nothing more than an average genius who had a little bit more luck, and their Devil Son was the irrefutable peerless genius.
Before their Devil Son Mo Su, Huwang Xiao was mere leftovers.
The other patrons inside the restaurant grew increasingly dissatisfied listening to the devil clan disciples’ grumbling, but all of them endured, no one said anything. Whereas Huwang Xiao was inwardly sneering as their words entered his ears.
At this point, a patter of footsteps sounded as another group of people entered the restaurant. A group of ancient clan disciples clad in law enforcer robes rushed in, exactly three hundred of them.
The leader of the group was an ancient devil clan Elder, an Eighth Order Highgod Realm master.
Watching this group rushing into the restaurant all of a sudden, everyone inside was bewildered.
The ancient devil clan Elder spoke, “Everyone, don't be nervous. We’re only performing a routine inspection, everyone just needs to lightly display your godforce.”
After the Devil Bead was lost, the whole City of Devils was locked down while they rounded up every person who had light or Buddhism energy godforce, or even fire element godforce, regardless of identity.
The three hundred ancient devil clan disciples spread out to different corners of the restaurant and began the inspection.
Very soon, several of them reached Huwang Xiao’s table, instructing him to display his godforce.
Streaks of lightning suddenly wrapped around Huwang Xiao’s body
as his lightning element godforce surged for a brief second.
Confirming this, the several law enforcer disciples no longer bothered with him, moving on to the next person.
A short while later, the law enforcement group left, bringing with them two cultivators possessing fire element godforce. Despite their vehement resistance, their struggle was futile.
Huwang Xiao spent a little more time in the restaurant before leaving, renting an independent courtyard at one of the many inns in the square. He then started cultivating quietly in his room, waiting for three days to pass so he could enter the Hellion Tower.
He didn't go inquiring about the usage of the Devil Bead in case it attracted the attention of the ancient devil clan. It wasn’t an urgent matter, after all, he could look into it after coming out from the Hellion Tower.
The next three days were uneventful, gone in a blink.
Huwang Xiao stepped out from his yard, heading straight to the hellion Tower square that was already crowded with people.
The square wasn’t usually this crowded, but news of Devil Son Mo Su challenging the Hellion Tower this time has spread, attracting numerous cultivators.
Huwang Xiao maneuvered through the crowd of people, holding the identity token in his hand. When he reached the waiting area, there were already five to six hundred disciples waiting.
Glancing around, he spotted the Orthodox Yang Sect’s Lu Dongwei. As he guessed earlier, this Lu Dongwei appearing in the City of Devils was also for the Hellion Tower. At this time, apart from Lu Dongwei, Huwang Xiao saw two more familiar faces.
One of them was the Zhou Clan’s Zhou Yao, while the other one was the Tempest Academy’s Jiang Xiaosu!
Seeing a woman like Jiang Xiaosu also coming to challenge the Hellion Tower, Huwang Xiao was genuinely surprised.
Since he had already altered his physical appearance before entering the City of Devils, no one recognized him.
Then, the crowd of people stirred with excitement.
“It’s the Devil Son!”
“The devil clan’s Devil Son!”
