“Who dares?” That demon commander willing to remain immersed in the dream let out a great roar, drawing his sword and blocking before the mirror demon king.
Instantly, the energy erupting from his body far exceeded Lanling’s. His cultivation should have surpassed Grand Demon Martial Artist.
In this empire of the mirror demon king, those surpassing Demon Martial Artist should be called demon generals, while those surpassing Grand Demon Martial Artist should be called demon commanders.
In other words, the last wave of people who fought Lanling had cultivation between Level Seven Demon Martial Artist and Level Ten Demon Martial Artist.
But even the person with the lowest cultivation among them had power exceeding Lanling’s. Even the cultivation of the sixth wave of demon generals had exceeded Lanling’s.
This was not good news. It meant Lanling’s true cultivation was less than Level Five Demon Martial Artist.
That demon commander unwilling to return to reality roared fiercely, “You are willing to follow him in foolishness, I am not. What building the Flame Demon Tribe, dream on! Whoever wants to destroy my current life, I will destroy their life!”
Lanling took a deep breath and drew his sword.
This demon commander before him had cultivation surpassing Grand Demon Martial Artist. Although not as strong as Du Yan, the difference was not far.
Then, Lanling would first experience the feeling of a duel. If he could not even defeat this one, let alone Du Yan.
“Kill…”
Lanling suddenly let out a sharp shout, his figure flashing, lunging forward to kill.
“Whoosh…” The other party easily dodged.
Lanling used the Gale Blade Technique, using full speed, every strike a bloodline power critical strike.
His strength was sufficient, after all, a bloodline power critical strike was double the power.
But his speed was far from enough.
In battle, using bloodline power critical strikes could double attack power.
When using bloodline power critical strikes for movement, although it could speed up, it was far from achieving a doubled effect.
Lanling madly slashed over a hundred swords, but all were easily dodged by the other party.
Then…
That demon commander suddenly flashed, the wooden stick in his hand fiercely smashing towards Lanling’s back.
“Pu…” Lanling’s body was suddenly sent flying, a mouthful of blood spraying out.
The power of this Grand Demon Martial Artist before him, even without using bloodline power critical strikes, was close to three thousand jin.
This strike, if Lanling used his sword to block and used bloodline power critical strikes, he could withstand it.
But if he used only his flesh to resist, it would be very difficult to withstand.
The sent-flying Lanling suddenly landed, ribs in his back fractured.
And at this time, that demon commander flashed forward, the wooden stick in his hand smashing towards Lanling’s head.
“Block!” Lanling used bloodline power critical strikes, suddenly raising his sword to block.
That demon commander was after all using a wooden stick, easily cut off by the sword.
Only in the illusion inside the mirror, what he saw was his treasured sword being cut off, and he could not help but be startled.
He was a demon commander. When the demon king majesty bestowed this sword upon him back then, he had said this was a peerless famous sword. How could it break just like that?
Instantly, this demon commander deeply felt what was real and what was illusory.
Correct, once illusion was punctured, it was nothing.
Taking advantage of his distraction, Lanling suddenly sprang up, the sword in his hand fiercely stabbing towards his chest.
Even while distracted, this Grand Demon Martial Artist expert was also very keen, his figure rapidly exploding backwards, his speed far exceeding Lanling’s.
Lanling’s sword strike missed!
But immediately after…
“Pu chi…” A sharpened wooden stick suddenly stabbed into this demon commander’s back from behind, piercing through to his chest.
It was that near-human race woman who had been half-drained of blood by Lanling but had not died.
When Lanling had made his move just now, she had been using a stone knife to sharpen a wooden stick, and then at this moment, struck to kill this demon commander in one blow.
This demon commander had been guarding against Lanling, never expecting one of his own people to attack from behind.
That near-human race woman said, “I dream of building my own tribe every day, I dream of bearing children every day. Whoever dares block my path, I will kill!”
Then, she fiercely pulled out the wooden stick.
Lanling suddenly opened his mouth, extending his fangs, about to bite down on this demon commander’s neck.
This was a Grand Demon Martial Artist. His blood must be filled with power, able to bring enormous improvement to Lanling’s cultivation.
And seeing the fangs extending from Lanling’s mouth, the expressions of the several demon generals and demon commanders around him changed slightly, unable to say what kind of expression it was.
Lanling hesitated for a moment, but still retracted his fangs, giving up on drinking his blood.
Before, they were completely enemies, so Lanling could drink blood madly.
But he was about to establish the Flame Demon Tribe, so these people would become the backbone of his own tribe. And this demon commander killed at this time, even though his stance was different, he was after all their former brother. They certainly did not want to see him sucked into a dried corpse.
But…
When Lanling had made his move just now, apart from that near-human race woman, not a single one of the others had stepped forward to help, allowing this demon commander to kill Lanling.
One must win people’s hearts, one must rule by virtue, but one must also distinguish who it is?
Instantly, a fierce light appeared in Lanling’s eyes. He opened his mouth once more, extending his sharp fangs, and fiercely bit down on this demon commander’s neck.
Then, madly drank blood!
Instantly, this Grand Demon Martial Artist level demon commander let out a terrible wail, his body continuously trembling.
In a short moment, he was alive sucked into a dried corpse.
At this time, although that near-human race woman’s face changed slightly, she held the sharpened wooden stick, guarding Lanling’s side.
And the other demon generals and demon commanders present, their faces twitching one after another, their gazes filled with unease and coldness.
After Lanling finished drinking blood, he instantly felt surging and powerful energy filling his body.
“I am going to destroy this mirror demon king, seize his territory to establish the Flame Demon Tribe. Whoever wants to block me?” Lanling said coldly.
Originally the ratio between the two sides was 5 to 4. Now with one dead, it was exactly 4 to 4.
Half the people wanted to return to reality, to build the Flame Demon Tribe.
Half the people wanted to remain in this illusion, unwilling to wake up.
Adding Lanling, it was 5 to 4.
“If we establish a tribe, what positions can we obtain?” Another demon commander said.
Lanling said, “In the initial stage, tribal status is completely determined by cultivation. However, my position as tribal chief cannot be shaken.”
Another demon commander said, “But your martial arts are very weak.”
Lanling said, “Two months ago, I was merely a Level Three Martial Artist. How strong will my martial arts be in the future? Can you imagine?”
“That is also a matter of the future.” This demon commander said, “At least for now, your martial arts are very weak. What gives you the right to be chief?”
Lanling could not help but narrow his gaze.
He had thought too simply. He felt these people before him had rare martial arts, so he wanted to keep them to strengthen the tribe’s power.
Moreover, he wanted to heavily use every one of them, especially the three experts at Grand Demon Martial Artist level, giving each the position of thousand-man commander.
After all, his newly built Flame Demon Tribe only had the brothers of the foreign army. Their strength was truly too weak. And these eight people before him, five were Demon Martial Artists and three were Grand Demon Martial Artists, a powerful force.
However, these people had stayed in the mirror demon king’s illusory world for too long. Their hearts had long been steeped in false beauties and power, becoming extremely greedy and selfish.
Moreover, their characters could no longer be changed.
This near-human race woman called the leading demon commander “big brother,” showing their previous relationship was very close. But when Lanling was about to kill this near-human race woman, these demon commanders only watched coldly from the side, not stepping forward to act, showing their emotional indifference and selfishness.
Such people, after entering the tribe, would only sow the seeds of greed.
So, these people could not be kept!
“Very well.” Lanling said, “Wait until I am strong enough, then I will be this chief. Before that, it will be decided by martial arts competition. Whoever has the strongest martial arts will be chief, how about that?”
“It’s a deal!” The leading demon commander said.
The other demon commanders and demon generals also nodded. If decided by martial arts competition, they had confidence in seizing the chief position. Of course, they did not know there was also a Suomo, an incomparably powerful Suomo.
The mirror demon king said, “He is deceiving you. Once you agree to them, after leaving here, he will definitely kill you. I can read his thoughts.”
Lanling sneered, “What do I have to kill you with? And you eight people united together are a huge force. What do I have to kill you with?”
The leading demon commander said, “What does he have to kill us with? His martial arts are so low!”
Lanling said, “Brothers of the Flame Demon Tribe, I leave my back to you. I am going to kill this mirror demon king, I am going to destroy this illusion world. If you want to kill me, do it anytime.”
Then, Lanling continued step by step forward.
At this time, no one blocked his path again, allowing him to approach the mirror demon king.
The mirror demon king, several hundred metres tall, trembled more and more, grew more and more fearful.
“Don’t let him kill me. I am your demon king majesty. As long as you stop him, I will immediately promote you, I will enfeoff you as kings.”
“I will grant you estates ten times larger, ten times the beauties!”
“You cannot kill me, cannot kill me. Once you kill me, your souls will be forever trapped inside this mirror.”
Lanling finally arrived before the throne, looking at the mirror demon king like a high mountain.
A wave of sorrow welled up in his heart.
This was originally just an ordinary mirror. It was only because the demon god king had gazed upon it, once leaving his blurry shadow upon it.
Thus, this shadow actually also fantasised about becoming the demon god king.
But, it was after all just a mirror. Apart from creating illusions, it had no other abilities whatsoever.
It had no attack ability, not even spiritual attack.
It was just a mirror, just a shadow, not even able to touch others.
Apart from creating illusions, it could do nothing.
Lanling slowly said, “Moon in the mirror, flowers in water! You let others dream, but are you not yourself dreaming a sorrowful dream? I will now end your sorrow.”
Lanling approached step by step.
This mirror demon king shrank bit by bit.
In the end, he became the exact same size as Lanling.
When Lanling was almost pressed against the mirror demon king, a bizarre scene occurred.
The mirror demon king’s face began to change, actually becoming Lanling’s face, but still with the demon king’s horns, the demon king’s flaming eyes, the demon king’s scales, the demon king’s tail, the demon king’s hooves.
The mirror demon king suddenly screamed, “It was you, it was you. Back then it was your gaze that stared at me, it was you who looked at me, it was you who left a shadow upon my mirror surface, it was you…”
Lanling’s face twitched, and he suddenly drew his sword, stabbing it into the mirror demon king’s chest.
“It was you… it was you… you have finally come to see me. Back then you were too far away, so you only left a blurry shadow. No matter how I imagined it, I could not picture your face. Today I have finally seen it clearly, no need to fantasise anymore. My demon king majesty, your shadow should return, hahahaha…” The mirror demon king said as it turned to ash and smoke.
Its shadow transformed into countless dark rays of light, drilling into Lanling’s body.