Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the body of Xieli Khan’s son began to change.
First, his upper body began to split apart, inch by inch, blood gushing out wildly.
Then, his two arms began to disappear, retracting back into his body.
Xieli II screamed, “Father, save me, save me…”
Xieli Khan stepped forward, desperately grabbing his son’s arms to prevent them from retracting.
But, no matter how great his strength, Xieli II’s arms still gradually disappeared.
Then what changed was his face, continuously stretching, stretching.
Alive, from a human face, it became a horse’s face.
Two human eyes became horse’s eyes.
A human mouth became a horse’s mouth.
Boundless fear enveloped the hearts of all the half-horses in the square.
Too terrifying, the punishment of the Moon Demon God had truly come, truly alive transforming Xieli II from a half-horse back into a horse.
Alive, he was deprived of the bloodline of the Moon Demon God’s people.
Too shocking, too stunning…
All of it happened before everyone’s eyes.
Then, there was no longer any doubt. This bound near-human was the messenger of the Moon Demon God, or perhaps the true body of the Moon Demon God in this world.
At this time, everyone remembered that Lanling was bound and being burned.
“Quickly save the Moon Demon God’s messenger, quick, quick…” Suddenly, someone screamed.
Xieli Khan woke as if from a dream, rushing swiftly towards Lanling.
At this time, no words could describe his terror, his liver and gallbladder about to split.
He did not fear death, did not fear battle. The only thing he feared was the anger of the Moon Demon God.
Most terrifying of all, not only had his son suffered retribution, he too would suffer retribution, deprived of the bloodline of the Moon Demon God’s people, transformed back into a horse.
Of course, there was also another most terrifying outcome.
That was the entire tribe suffering misfortune, the entire Xieli tribe being deprived of their bloodline, all reduced to lowly livestock horses.
Thus, he, Xieli Khan, would be a sinner through the ages, and even ten thousand deaths could not atone for his crime.
Therefore, Xieli Khan cast aside his son who had become a horse, rushing swiftly towards Lanling, attempting to pull him out from the great fire.
However…
When he saw this scene, he was completely stunned.
Amidst the soaring flames, Lanling was completely unharmed, without even the slightest injury.
In this world, some demon races possessed demon bloodlines, and once injured would quickly heal. After being burned alive, they would also gradually recover.
But like Lanling, being completely unharmed in the flames, was unprecedented and unheard of.
Only a god could possess such a divine miracle.
Perhaps this near-human before their eyes was not at all the messenger of the Moon Demon God, but the true self of the Moon Demon God. It was just that when a god descended from heaven into this world, a shell was needed. So the person seen before their eyes was merely an illusion of the Moon Demon God in this world.
In the flames, Lanling’s gaze fixed on Xieli Khan, fixed on the countless half-horses in the entire square, and he said coldly, “You have disappointed me greatly.”
These words, like a heavy hammer, struck fiercely at the hearts of all the half-horses.
Instantly, Xieli Khan fell to his knees.
All the half-horses in the vast square knelt down in perfect unison.
“You daily mould a golden body for me, which moves me greatly. Concerned that Xieli had no successor, I came especially to rescue him.” Lanling spoke in the tone of a divine trickster. “Who knew that Xieli would break faith and abandon righteousness, actually imprisoning me, wanting to take me as a slave. Is this how you treat your god?”
His voice was not loud, but at the final few words, it suddenly rose sharply.
In an instant, all the half-horses shuddered violently.
“Enough, enough, enough…” Lanling spoke in the manner of the Moon Demon God. “You have spent countless years moulding a golden body, so I shall give you ten more years. After ten years… the Xieli tribe will officially end. After ten years, your next generation will not see the birth of any half-horses. You and I, let us part on good terms.”
Having spoken, Lanling in the flames was about to leave.
Lanling’s words ignited the deepest fear in the hearts of all the half-horses.
The Moon Demon God was going to sever the bloodline of their entire tribe. After ten years, the Xieli tribe would be completely extinct.
Instantly, the half-horses who feared neither heaven nor earth wailed loudly, desperately kowtowing until they bled.
Xieli Khan desperately kowtowed, kowtowed, kowtowed.
He kowtowed until his entire head was a bloody blur, and the hard stone slab ground was cracked by him.
At this time, no words could describe the fear, despair, and regret in his heart.
He had actually treated the Moon Demon God thus? He truly deserved ten thousand deaths. Now not only had his son been transformed back into a horse, but the entire tribe would suffer extinction.
“I, Xieli, am a sinner through the ages, a sinner through the ages.”
Why had he been so foolish? He should have been able to think that the appearance of this near-human was the will of god, that the Moon Demon God had sent him to save his son. Otherwise how could he have known his son was in the demon cave?
It was because he himself was too foolish, too base, that he had offended the great Moon Demon God.
After countless kowtows, Xieli Khan raised his head and said towards Lanling, “Great God, all of this stems from my ignorance and foolishness. Please believe in my utmost devotion to you. Please believe that the entire Xieli tribe is utterly devoted to you. All the fault is mine alone, Xieli. I am willing to commit suicide to apologise. Please spare the entire tribe.”
Having spoken, Xieli Khan drew his great sword, about to cut his own throat.
He was not acting, but truly regretted beyond measure, felt guilty to the point of wanting to die, truly wished he could die immediately to lift the misfortune from the entire tribe.
“Shh…”
“No…” A female half-horse let out a mournful cry.
Xieli Khan directly cut his own throat, blood gushing out wildly.
He committed suicide just like that, apologising with his death.
Lanling’s eyelids and heart twitched violently.
The half-horse race was indeed difficult to understand.
So cunning, base, shameless, greedy, vicious. Yet also so fierce, so brave.
A mighty khan, saying suicide and committing suicide.
Seeing the khan commit suicide, all the half-horses wept to shake the heavens.
And Xieli II, who had become a horse, was even more unable to describe the pain in his heart with any words. Had he known earlier, he should have died in the demon cave. Then his father would not have angered the Moon Demon God, nor would he have died by suicide.
Instantly, Xieli II looked at the golden statue of the Moon Demon God, and gritted his teeth fiercely.
Since his father had committed suicide to apologise in order to save the entire tribe, then he too should do his final part for the tribe, and also follow by committing suicide to apologise.
Even if he could not obtain the Moon Demon God’s forgiveness, at least it would count as atonement for his own blasphemous actions.
Thus he stood up, began to accelerate his running, and aimed his head at the statue of the Moon Demon God to crash into it fiercely.
Xieli II was going to crash himself alive to death on the statue, also following in suicide.
Lanling suddenly released his spiritual power, physically immobilising Xieli II.
Instantly, Xieli II who had become a fine horse, his body was instantly frozen, but due to inertia still slid several dozen metres, avoiding the fate of crashing to death alive.
“Sigh…” Lanling sighed.
Then, he walked out from the flames, bit his own finger, and blood emerged.
Coming to Xieli Khan’s side.
At this time, Xieli Khan’s neck had a huge gash split open, blood gushing out wildly.
In a few minutes, this half-horse khan powerful enough to defy heaven would die from excessive blood loss.
His eyes looked at Lanling, revealing a plea.
His meaning was very clear. Please, Moon Demon God, spare the other half-horses of the Xieli tribe. All the guilt, he, Xieli Khan, would bear alone.
“Enough, enough, enough…” Lanling used his blood-stained finger to lightly trace across the wound on Xieli Khan’s neck.
His golden demon blood surged into Xieli Khan’s body, into the wound.
Then… a miracle occurred.
The huge wound on Xieli Khan’s neck began to heal, at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Everyone who saw this scene was completely stunned.
At this time, Lanling’s heart was truly stirring with desire.
How powerful was this Xieli Khan’s cultivation? After his demon blood entered his body, could it devour his cultivation? What a tremendous breakthrough that would bring.
With great difficulty, Lanling restrained this impulse.
After all, Xieli Khan would occupy a huge place in his future plans. If he were merely used to devour energy and raise his own cultivation, it would be too wasteful, too regrettable.
The blood of demon descendants was very powerful. Previously at the Chimera tribe, when brothers of the foreign army suffered internal injuries, Suo Mo would inject his own demon blood into the injured person’s body, allowing these brothers with severe internal injuries to recover their lives, even fully heal.
Not only Suo Mo, but Dina and Du Yan’s blood had also saved many brothers of the foreign army.
And Lanling’s golden demon blood was even more heaven-defying.
What functions his blood possessed, even Lanling himself did not know.
For example, not long ago, his blood had actually been able to drill into the Black Ghost Old Demon’s body and devour its energy. This was something Lanling had never expected no matter what.
And that his blood could allow a living body’s wounds to heal, this too was only learned not long ago.
Because of Gou Li’s torture, Lanling’s mistress Ali’s upper body was covered in scars. Even after the injuries healed, there were still scars, making her no longer beautiful.
Lanling had tried every method but could not restore her appearance, so he went to consult the Mirror Demon King.
The Mirror Demon King said it was very simple. He only needed to lightly smear Lanling’s blood across the wounds.
Thus Lanling did as told.
Indeed, a miracle occurred. After Lanling’s blood smeared across the scars on Ali’s face, a faint layer of blood immediately merged into her skin, and then the scars disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even, Ali became more delicately beautiful.
However, she still deliberately left one scar unwilling to eliminate it. Lanling asked her why, but she would not say.
Now, Lanling truly did not know what species he was, nor did he know to what degree his bloodline was heaven-defying.
But the scene occurring before their eyes undoubtedly caused unprecedented shock to the entire Xieli tribe.
Lanling used his own blood to lightly smear across the wound on Xieli Khan’s neck, and it actually healed directly.
Not only that, Xieli Khan quickly stood up, and was filled with vigorous vitality.
At this time, Xieli Khan could not make any sound at all.
His throat was completely blocked.
His eyes were also blocked by tears, surging out wildly, completely unable to stop.
The Moon Demon God had actually used his own blood to save his life.
Xieli Khan clearly felt an incomparably noble, incomparably powerful, incomparably vigorous, incomparably mysterious energy enter his body.
That was the Moon Demon God’s blood.
Now, true divine blood flowed within his body.
The Moon Demon God had allowed him to be reborn.
He had committed suicide, he was about to die. God used his own blood to give him rebirth.
Xieli Khan could not say anything at all. He only knelt before Lanling, desperately kowtowing, kowtowing, kowtowing.
Within a short moment, his entire head was about to crack from kowtowing, completely a bloody blur.
But the scene that occurred next not only shocked Xieli Khan and the surrounding half-horses, but even Lanling himself was completely stunned.
Because the wound on Xieli Khan’s forehead from his kowtowing actually also began to heal rapidly.
Lanling was stunned. His demon blood was actually so… so awesome?
Not only could it allow Xieli Khan’s wounds to heal, but it directly transformed his bloodline, making him also become a demon descendant?
Did that mean that if Xieli Khan was injured in the future, he could also heal rapidly?
His own demon blood could directly transform other people’s bloodlines?
This… this was equivalent to the embrace kiss of the vampire royal clan.
A divine miracle, this was a divine miracle.
All the half-horses looked at Xieli Khan with extreme envy and extreme shock.
And Xieli Khan felt boundless glory.
Divine blood flowed in his own body, and when injured he actually healed directly? This was too heaven-defying, too glorious.
Xieli Khan, leaning on his great sword, knelt before Lanling, and said word by word, “From now on, there is no longer any Xieli Khan. For my entire life, life after life, I shall serve as the Moon Demon God’s servant. Please accept my loyalty, my service. I shall follow you to the ends of the earth, to mountains of blades and seas of fire. I am willing to give everything for you, including my life.”
Lanling looked at Xieli Khan and said, “Do you know my ambition?”
Xieli Khan shook his head and said, “I do not know, but I shall forever fight for you.”
“I shall unify the entire barbaric world. I shall lead millions of demon race armies to destroy the human kingdoms. I shall unify the entire world under heaven. I shall make the entire world tremble beneath my body.” Lanling said.
Xieli Khan heard this and his blood boiled, roaring wildly, “The Xieli tribe fights for you.”
Lanling looked towards the square where the half-horses knelt densely packed, and said slowly, “If you are willing to earn merit to atone for your crimes, I am willing to give you the opportunity.”
Countless half-horse warriors neatly drew their great swords, planted them on the ground, and roared in unison, “We fight for you. We fight for God.”
Lanling said, “Good. Since it is so, follow me to the battlefield and annihilate the enemy completely.”
A whistle, and the golden-maned griffin beast slowly descended.
At this time, a female half-horse rushed over, kneeling and offering a set of golden soft armour with both hands.
She was Xieli Khan’s wife.
“This set of soft armour was woven by our entire tribe using white gold thread, inlaid with gems and golden armour plates on the outside. It was made for the Moon Demon God. We thought that within hundreds or thousands of years there would be no opportunity to present it to our demon god. We never expected to have the fortune to see you wear it. Your servant feels supreme glory.” Xieli Khan’s wife said through tears.
Lanling put on this demon god armour of white gold-wrapped thread and golden armour plates.
Truly strange, it was incredibly well-fitted, completely meaning that if it were a fraction larger it would be too big, and if it were a fraction smaller it would be too small.
It truly seemed as if it had been custom-made for Lanling.
All the half-horses present were truly incomparably excited. As expected of the Moon Demon God, even the armour fit perfectly.
The Moon Demon God whom they had knelt to and worshipped for countless years had finally appeared before them, and was truly summoning them.
They were summoned by the Moon Demon God, about to embark on a brave journey.
Lanling, wearing the awe-inspiring demon god golden armour, mounted the golden-maned griffin beast.
Below, six thousand half-horse warriors completed their assembly.
“Depart.” At the command, Lanling rode the griffin, wings flapping to soar high, flying towards the Flame Demon tribe.
On the ground, Xieli Khan took the lead, followed by six thousand half-horse warriors, rushing out of the Xieli tribe like a tidal wave, galloping madly towards the direction of the Flame Demon tribe.