Chapter 418: Blood Corpse Ancestor

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Above the Star Sea Domain, a series of earth-shattering booms echoed.

But the colossal sound came and went in a flash.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Countless shards of ice, enough to blot out the sky, shifted and morphed, forming a massive, sculpted ice palace in a mere instant.

At the very top of the palace sat a glistening, translucent throne.

On the throne sat an old man, his skin deathly pale. A diamond-shaped mark was etched between his brows.

Besides the old man, over a hundred figures hovered near the ice palace.

The weakest among them had an aura of at least Early-stage Unity cultivation.

“That’s…”

Xu Chang’an’s eyes flew open.

It wasn’t just Xu Chang’an; all the surviving Demon Fiends stared with wide eyes.

To the side of the immense ice palace lay two enormous Demon Bodies.

A Cyan-faced Lion and a Red Steel Demon Dragon!

They were!

Demon Ha Li and Demon Zhangsun!

Two incomparably powerful Qinyuan-level Demon Fiends, just like that…

Dead!?

It all felt like a dream.

In a single, fleeting moment, two peerless experts had died!

Killed at the hands of the old man on the throne.

“Hahahaha…”

“Everyone, we meet again!”

The ugly man stood attendance below the old man’s throne, laughing heartily.

‘It’s him!’

A thought flashed through Xu Chang’an’s mind.

He recognized the ugly man. It was the same one who had tried to ambush and kill them not long ago.

The leader of the Demon Flame Profound Heaven!

“Who is the Demon in charge here?!”

Gongye Qingbo’s sharp voice rang out, echoing across the sky.

Hearing this, the face of Huangfu Jingyi, Vice President of the Blood Corpse Commerce, stiffened.

With his power, the ice spikes from before naturally couldn’t harm him.

He had thought that with the death of Master Qi Hailiang, the other Vice President of the Blood Corpse Commerce, he could logically take over the reins of power.

Though Young Master Hongyu held a righteous claim, he was hardly a threat.

But who could have expected such a sudden turn of events!

‘Heavens, where did such a powerhouse come from?!’

Two Qinyuan-level Demon Fiends had died so easily at his hands.

‘Could this expert possess Fei Lian Level combat strength?!’

“What? Is there no Demon in charge?!”

Gongye Qingbo’s voice sounded again, now laced with a hint of impatience.

Power was good, but not as good as one’s life!

With the situation so precarious, Huangfu Jingyi couldn’t afford to worry about saving face and made an instant decision.

He turned his gaze to Young Master Hongyu of the Blood Corpse Commerce, who was not far away.

“Young Master, it’s time for you to step forward!”

In response to Huangfu Jingyi’s words, Young Master Hongyu stepped out with a faint smile.

His face was chubby, all fleshy at a glance, and his eyes were narrowed into slits, giving him a slightly sleazy appearance.

“Greetings, friend. I am the Demon in charge of the Blood Corpse Commerce. May I ask what business you have in calling me out?”

Young Master Hongyu stood with a calm and natural grace, showing no sign of fear.

Although his expression was sleazy, at this moment, his figure seemed incredibly imposing.

Especially with the corpses of two Qinyuan-level Demon Fiends serving as a display of might, Hongyu’s posture seemed all the more remarkable.

Many of the Demon Fiends present who supported the Young Master of Blood Corpse felt their hearts steady slightly.

“Hand over all your wealth, and I might spare your lives. Otherwise…”

“You die!”

Gongye Qingbo’s words were utterly domineering, leaving no room for negotiation.

Coupled with the fact that the corpses of Demon Ha Li and Zhangsun were right before their eyes,

the Evil Qi in Gongye Qingbo’s voice felt even more intense.

At this moment, even Huangfu Jingyi, who possessed the combat strength of the Peak of Ji Meng Level, felt a faint sense of fear creep into his heart.

‘The enemy can easily kill Qinyuan-level Demon Fiends; wouldn’t killing me be as easy as flipping his hand?’

But Young Master Hongyu, standing before the crowd of Demon Fiends, showed no fear whatsoever.

He still wore that same faint smile.

“Friend, are you threatening us?!”

Hongyu looked on, his face chubby, his eyes narrowed.

“Hmph!”

Gongye Qingbo snorted coldly.

He raised his deathly pale hand, and a brilliant light flashed in mid-air.

ARGH!

With a bloodcurdling scream, a Demon Fiend standing near Young Master Hongyu dropped dead on the spot.

This Demon Fiend was in the Mid-stage of the Unity Realm, and its combat strength was comparable to a Shangyang-level Demon Fiend.

And just like that, it died effortlessly before everyone’s eyes.

“Threatening you?! You’re mistaken. I really will kill you!”

Gongye Qingbo rose from his throne and strode through the air, slowly approaching Young Master Hongyu.

‘A mere Early-stage Unity cultivator dares to defy me!’

“I will ask you one last time: are you handing over the wealth or not?!”

“My Blood Corpse Commerce fought its way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. We grew from a small Escort Guard agency into a massive commerce that shakes an entire Province! We have never relied on the mercy of other Demons! We rely on our own strength!”

Young Master Hongyu smiled with narrowed eyes, seemingly unfazed by the immense oppressive power radiating from Gongye Qingbo.

Hiding among the Demon Fiends, Xu Chang’an faintly sensed that something was wrong.

‘This Young Master of Blood Corpse…’

‘It’s as if…’

Before Xu Chang’an could figure it out,

the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Young Master Hongyu slowly lifted his head.

FWOOSH!

Above the crowd of Demon Fiends, the sky suddenly turned a bloody red.

Then, the crimson hue grew thicker and thicker, like a roiling sea of blood.

At the same time, the fat on Young Master Hongyu’s body began to slough off, piece by piece, like scales of armor.

In an instant, Hongyu’s chubby face peeled away to reveal a skull.

His plump body also transformed into a blood-red skeleton.

Two clusters of blood-red light appeared within the skull’s eye sockets.

“I really miss the days of having flesh and blood!”

Hongyu held up his two skeletal hands, examining them as he lamented.

“This…”

Huangfu Jingyi’s face was a mask of horror, as if he had just seen something unbelievable.

Yama Ghost and many of the veteran Demon Race guards of the Blood Corpse Commerce also had looks of shock on their faces.

“Ancestor!”

A Demon Race member of the Blood Corpse Commerce couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.

“What’s going on?!”

Some of the Demon Fiends were completely baffled.

Xu Chang’an stared intently at the blood-red skeleton before him.

‘The Blood Corpse Ancestor… he’s not dead!’

The one before them wasn’t Young Master Hongyu of the Blood Corpse Commerce at all; it was clearly the Blood Corpse Ancestor himself.

The blood-red skeleton radiated an unimaginable power.

“So it was you!”

The ugly man’s eyes instantly turned red with rage.

He finally knew who had killed Miao Ying and Six Arms.

The mysterious expert hidden within the Spiritual Ship was this very blood-red skeleton.

Seeing the sudden appearance of the blood-red skeleton, Gongye Qingbo’s expression turned solemn.

He could sense an aura from this blood-red skeleton that was no weaker than a Fei Lian Level Demon Fiend.

However, things had already come to this. There was no turning back!

A Fei Lian Level Demon Fiend might be strong, but he wasn’t afraid!

Countless years ago, he had already stepped onto the Seventh Tier and possessed the combat strength of a Fei Lian Level Demon Fiend.

By now, he was already approaching the peak of the Fei Lian Level Demon Fiends.

On the Seventh Tier, he was nearly unrivaled!

“Kill every member of the Demon Race here! Leave none alive!”

“Kill!”

“Yes, sir!”

The many members of the Demon Race behind Gongye Qingbo responded in unison.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

One after another, immense Primordial Spirits emerged as these members of the Demon Race charged toward the assembled Demon Fiends.

“Kekeke! You’re courting death!”

The blood-red light in the Blood Corpse Ancestor’s skeletal eye sockets flared.

He transformed into a streak of blood-red light and shot toward Gongye Qingbo.

“Die!”