“Boom!”
With a deafening explosion, a huge blood-red bolt of lightning suddenly struck down.
All lightning was white with a hint of blue.
Blood-red lightning had already been absent from everyone’s memories for an extremely long time.
And now, a terrifying blood-red bolt of lightning suddenly appeared.
It seemed to descend from the netherworld beyond the nine heavens, filled with the aura of death, destruction, and dark energy.
This hell lightning struck directly onto the head of the Black Demon Flag Lord!
At this moment, the Black Demon Flag Lord had already gathered all his demonic power and constructed an incomparably powerful energy shield.
However…
Hell lightning ignored all energy shields.
It passed directly through the energy shield and struck into his body.
Almost instantly…
A dazzling light suddenly burst from the body of the Black Demon Flag Lord, and strange flames suddenly erupted from within him.
In just a few seconds…
His body was completely engulfed in flames.
“Darling!” His wife, Fire Phoenix, let out a desperate cry and suddenly tried to rush over.
However, an old man behind her lightly struck the back of her neck, causing her to faint immediately!
Under the incomparably shocked gazes of everyone present, the body of the Black Demon Flag Lord was devoured by raging flames and gradually turned into charcoal.
The demonic bloodline within the Black Demon Flag Lord was naturally extremely powerful, and it desperately tried to heal the damage to his body.
Thus, a bizarre scene appeared. His body turned into charcoal inch by inch, only to recover inch by inch.
But… the hell lightning did not stop.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
One bolt of hell lightning after another came crashing down.
The entire sky above Black Demon Castle was completely covered by blood-red clouds.
One terrifying blood-red bolt of lightning after another came crashing down.
This scene was more shocking than anything that had ever happened before, and more terrifying than anything anyone had ever witnessed.
Previously, Lan Ling had relied on his own intelligence to create lightning energy within his body, but its power had been extremely weak, only one tenth that of the Netherworld Sword.
But now, the destructive power of the hell lightning created by Lan Ling had far exceeded the limits of his cultivation.
His cultivation was that of a five-star Demon Sect, yet the energy contained within these bolts of hell lightning was several times greater than that of a five-star Demon Sect, if not more.
This was because these energies did not originate from the demonic bloodline within Lan Ling’s body. Instead, they directly borrowed the power of heaven and earth.
The hell lightning technique comprehended by Lan Ling first gathered the dark and bloody energy within a hundred-mile radius into blood-red clouds. As it happened, Black Demon City had just experienced a great battle, with hundreds of thousands of people killed or wounded. The ground was filled with blood and darkness, as well as countless dead souls.
As a result, how astonishing was the blood-red cloud that had been gathered?
Therefore, how astonishing was the power of the hell lightning produced?
Ultimately, hell lightning was simply borrowing the power of heaven and earth for one’s own use.
The hell lightning created by Lan Ling was merely a catalyst, directly triggering the collision reaction of the blood-red clouds.
……
“Boom boom boom boom boom…”
Under countless shocked gazes.
The blood-red lightning continued to strike down furiously.
The demonic bloodline energy within the Black Demon Flag Lord was released desperately, repairing his charred body.
All of his demonic bloodline energy was released merely to keep the Black Demon Flag Lord alive. Therefore, he had no ability whatsoever to launch a counterattack against Lan Ling.
Although the cultivation of the Black Demon Flag Lord was extremely high, the demonic bloodline energy within his body was limited.
Meanwhile, Lan Ling’s hell lightning came entirely from all the dark energy and all the dead souls within a hundred-mile radius. How astonishing was this energy?
After thirty-nine bolts of hell lightning had struck down!
Finally, the demonic bloodline energy within the Black Demon Flag Lord was exhausted!
“Boom…”
The fortieth bolt of hell lightning suddenly struck down!
Terrifying flames erupted, and the body of the Black Demon Flag Lord was completely turned into charcoal before crashing to the ground, dead!
The duel was over!
At this moment, the energy of the blood-red clouds had not yet been exhausted. They were still swirling above everyone’s heads.
In other words, as long as Lan Ling wished, he could send hell lightning crashing down upon anyone at any time.
……
The entire arena was as silent as death!
Everything had happened too suddenly and was too terrifying, to the point that everyone was unable to react for a moment.
This had originally been a duel between opponents with the greatest disparity in strength. It had been a completely one-sided duel with absolutely no suspense.
Lan Ling’s cultivation of the qi path had previously been only that of a low-level Demon Martial Artist, while the cultivation of the Black Demon Flag Lord was more than a hundred or a thousand times greater than his.
Therefore, the only possible outcome of this duel should have been Lan Ling being killed instantly.
Everyone believed that Lan Ling had been completely insane to propose such a duel.
Then the duel truly began, and Lan Ling released his true strength.
He was actually a five-star Demon Sect.
This left the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune and the Black Demon Flag Lord incomparably shocked and astonished.
Of course, they did not believe that Lan Ling had raised his qi path cultivation from a three-star Demon Martial Artist to a five-star Demon Sect in just one month. That was simply impossible.
Even an unparalleled genius like the Little Rakshasa King would need more than ten years to accomplish such a leap.
No matter how heaven-defying Lan Ling was, it was simply impossible for him to make such a huge breakthrough.
He must have previously used some secret technique to conceal his true strength.
Therefore, after Lan Ling revealed his true strength as a five-star Demon Sect, although the Black Demon Flag Lord and the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune were shocked, they did not think this could change the outcome of the duel.
Even as a five-star Demon Sect, facing the Black Demon Flag Lord, there was still only one outcome, being killed instantly.
But who could have imagined that Lan Ling would actually summon hell lightning!
A full forty bolts of lightning defeated and killed the Black Demon Flag Lord, leaving him without even the opportunity to retaliate.
In this duel, not only was Lan Ling not killed instantly, he instead completely crushed the Black Demon Flag Lord.
Therefore, the entire arena fell into deathly silence, completely unable to believe what they were seeing!
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“Long live His Majesty, long live, long long live!”
Khagan Chi Yan, Khagan Xie Li, and Khagan Chi Huo were incomparably excited, almost overwhelmed with exhilaration.
Their hearts had been filled with confidence, knowing that their master would definitely win, but they had never imagined that he would win in such a manner. Their master had actually summoned the power of heaven and earth and used hell lightning to kill the incomparably powerful Black Demon Flag Lord.
After their great victory, the three half-human horse khagans could no longer restrain themselves. They knelt on the ground and shouted in unison.
Immediately afterwards, all the senior figures of the Flame Demon Tribe knelt down in unison and shouted loudly, “Long live the Chieftain, long live, long long live!”
Finally, the entire army of more than twenty thousand half-human horses knelt down in perfect formation and shouted together, “Your Majesty, long live, long live, long long live!”
The unified roar of tens of thousands of half-human horse soldiers sounded like thunder and travelled hundreds of miles away.
It also awakened everyone present.
The first was the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune. He first looked towards the corpse of the Black Demon Flag Lord on the ground, then towards Lan Ling, and finally towards the blood-red clouds in the sky.
At this moment, the blood-red clouds were still swirling, brewing powerful energy.
The heart of the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune was trembling, and even his entire body was trembling.
Too terrifying, too astonishing…
The Lan Ling before him had actually summoned the power of heaven and earth and summoned hell lightning.
This… this was a domain belonging to a Demon King!
Of course, the others could not think that deeply. They were simply completely stunned. After hearing the cheers of the half-human horses, they opened their eyes as if awakening from a dream.
Lan Ling slowly asked, “Lord of the Cave of Misfortune, I have won. Are you willing to abide by the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath?”
The Lord of the Cave of Misfortune and the Black Demon Flag Lord were the two leaders of the Black Demon Flag territory. They complemented each other, one being the leader of martial strength and the other being the leader of authority. They relied on and supported each other.
According to the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath, he had to be the first to state his position. Was he willing to recognise Lan Ling as the new leader of authority? Was he willing to recognise Lan Ling as the new master of this land?
Naturally, the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune was unwilling.
But…
He did not dare to violate the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath.
The Lord of the Cave of Misfortune rose and said hoarsely, “I… I am willing to abide by the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath. Greetings, Lord Lan Ling.”
Lan Ling returned the salute and said, “Greetings, Brother Misfortune!”
From now on, on this land of more than one million square kilometres, Lan Ling and the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune would rule together.
Lan Ling’s gaze turned towards the elders of Black Demon City, including several sons of the Black Demon Flag Lord.
“I have won. Are you willing to abide by the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath?” Lan Ling asked coldly.
At this moment, the five great elders of the Black Demon Flag, as well as the two sons of the Black Demon Flag Lord, were almost petrified.
Even if the sun rose in the west, even if the sea flowed backwards, they would still be unable to believe what had happened before their eyes, let alone accept it.
The powerful Black Demon Flag Lord had actually lost.
The madman Lan Ling had actually won.
At this moment, after hearing Lan Ling’s words, they too seemed to awaken from a dream.
Yes, should they abide by the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath?
Compared with the Lord of the Cave of Misfortune, they were even more unwilling. They were even filled with hatred towards Lan Ling.
The Black Demon Flag Lord had been an outstanding leader, a leader who had won the hearts of his people, and even an exceptional sovereign.
The five great elders were deeply attached to him.
His two sons needed no mention, they deeply admired their father.
Now, he had died at Lan Ling’s hands. Although this had been a life-and-death duel and they could not seek revenge, they simply could not bring themselves to recognise Lan Ling as their master.
The second son of the Black Demon Flag Lord was extremely hot-tempered. He directly drew his sword and was about to take his own life.
I dare not violate the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath, but surely I can take my own life? Surely I can die together with my father?
Lan Ling’s eyes narrowed.
The son of the Black Demon Flag Lord would rather take his own life than acknowledge Lan Ling’s position as the new sovereign.
This would lead to terrifying consequences, like a chain of falling dominoes. Once the first one fell, all the others would fall afterwards.
Everyone in the entire Black Demon Flag would resist Lan Ling in various ways. Then, even if Lan Ling had defeated the Black Demon Flag Lord in the duel, almost all his previous efforts would be wasted, and he would fail to gain the allegiance of everyone in the Black Demon Flag.
Just then…
A cold snort came from the air!
The second son of the Black Demon Flag Lord’s body froze in place, unable to move.
Then, a tall man slowly stood up. His face was extremely ugly, resembling countless earthworms crawling across it, but his body was incredibly imposing, like a small mountain.
His two eyes were blood-red.
This was Fire Cloud Mo, the elder brother of Fire Phoenix, the elder brother-in-law of the Black Demon Flag Lord, and the maternal uncle of the second son of the Black Demon Flag Lord who was about to take his own life.
“Accept victory and defeat. Are you trying to destroy the future and foundation of the Black Demon family?” Fire Cloud Mo said coldly. “One thousand three hundred years ago, the master of this land was the Yuan Demon family. It was your ancestor who successfully overthrew them and seized this territory. The descendants of the Yuan Demon family then became subjects of your Black Demon family and became one of the five great elders.”
There had indeed been such a period in history, but it was too long ago, and everyone had forgotten it.
The third elder of Black Demon City, Yuan Tan, was descended from the former masters of this territory. His ancestor had been the Yuan Demon Flag Lord.
At that time, the Black clan had been subjects of the Yuan Demon family. Because several generations of the Yuan Demon family had grown weak, the Black clan had defeated the Yuan Demon family from below and become the masters of this land. From then on, the Yuan Demon family changed its name to the Yuan clan. The Black clan became the Black Demon family, and the Yuan Demon Flag became the Black Demon Flag.
The second son of the Black Demon Flag Lord endured his tears and said, “Uncle, I… can’t we leave? Can’t we leave this land?”
In any case, they simply refused to acknowledge Lan Ling as their master.
Fire Cloud Mo said coldly, “If you leave, I will kill you and let the Black clan become extinct. When the Yuan Demon family failed in the past and lost their territory, did they leave? You must rise from where you fell!”
Rise from where you fell!
If one generation cannot do it, then work towards it for generations to come.
If the Black Demon family remained on this land, they would still have a chance to reclaim everything. But once they left this territory, their family would have nothing.
Fire Cloud Mo said coldly, “Your grandfather asked me to tell you, don’t think about taking refuge in Fire Demon Mountain. We will not even accept your mother. Fire Demon Mountain does not accept cowards.”
The appearance of the young master of Fire Demon Mountain, the son of the Fire Demon Venerable, suppressed the resistance in Black Demon City.
Fire Cloud Mo said loudly, “I, Fire Demon Mountain, recognise the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath and am willing to obey it.”
Lan Ling gave a half salute in Fire Cloud Mo’s direction.
Fire Cloud Mo returned the salute expressionlessly, then shouted loudly, “Members of the Black clan, all the elders of Black Demon City, kneel down and pay respects to the new master!”
Although they were filled with unwillingness, the five great elders and the two sons of the Black Demon Flag Lord all knelt down and said, “Greetings, Flag Lord. Greetings, Sovereign!”
With these people taking the lead, all the powerful warriors above the level of Great Demon Martial Artist in the Black Demon Flag territory knelt down in perfect formation and said, “Greetings, Flag Lord. Greetings, Sovereign!”
From this day onwards, the Black Demon Flag completely disappeared, the Black Demon family also disappeared, and they returned to being the Black clan.
Lan Ling became the new master of this land.
The Black Demon Flag officially became the Flame Demon Flag!
Of course, changing the banner of a Demon Flag had to be reported to the Rakshasa King. Only after receiving his decree could the banner officially be changed.
……
At this moment, the various forces of the Cave of Misfortune, Black Demon City, and Fire Demon Mountain had all acknowledged Lan Ling’s victory and were willing to obey the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath.
Only the representative of Rakshasa City, Princess Sha Yan, remained.
Moreover, she was also a core figure in the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath.
Because once Lan Ling defeated the Black Demon Flag Lord, she would have to marry Lan Ling as his wife.
After the duel began, Princess Sha Yan and the Jade Butterfly County Princess beside her had both covered their eyes with masks and blocked their ears with small pieces of jade. They had also entered a state of meditation, refusing to look at Lan Ling or listen to a single word from him, using this behaviour to show their contempt.
Therefore, they still did not know what had happened.
At this moment, a female warrior stepped forward and gently nudged Princess Sha Yan.
Princess Sha Yan said, “What? Has the duel ended? Is the clown Lan Ling dead? Wash his skull clean and bring it with us. Let’s go!”
After saying this, she immediately prepared to lead her group away!