Chapter 654 Ranked 80th or 90th? That's incredibly underhanded!

The array formation of Holy Ring City is actually much weaker than many people imagine, because the Demon Refining Domain is located in the heart of the Demon Cultivation Realm. If this place were to be invaded by foreign enemies, the entire Great Demon Heaven would be doomed.

Therefore, the formation here is mainly used to restrain those disobedient Dao Integration cultivators. It is of a much higher grade than the Heavenly Star Locking Formation, reaching the peak of the seventh rank.

This corresponds to the killing power of a full-force attack from a peak Dao Integration Realm cultivator.

This is the [Void Trace Spirit Slaying Array]!

It is a practical application of the laws of space. It is meaningless to beings like Saint Pill Masters, but it is useful to the Ten Kings at the peak of the Void Refinement stage, as well as those rebels at the early stage of the Dao Integration stage.

It's almost certain death to touch them, and only in this way can we deter these audacious demons.

The once incredibly firm and erect Demon King instantly went limp.

She didn't know why Wang Yu could control the grand formation of Holy Ring City, but she knew what it meant to "adapt to circumstances." At this moment, Wang Yu was on equal footing with her.

Even within the city, someone could be more powerful than her. This authority represents the rules themselves; how could it not inspire fear?!

In response to this.

The Impermanent King and the Blood Demon King reacted in unison, raising their hands: "Brother Wuyou, calm down. Our attitude is different from that of the Enchantress. She is her, and we are us."

Cutting at the speed of light.

Upon hearing this, the Demon King revealed a mocking expression.

The skeletal body rapidly grew flesh and blood, the snow-white skin carried a faint milky fragrance, and the chest seemed to support an abyss.

Her pert buttocks outlined a voluptuous curve, with part of her gauze dress sinking deep inside. She swayed with each step, and a refreshing fragrance wafted into her nostrils.

The Demon King suddenly gave off a glossy, smooth feeling.

That's the charm that only mature women possess.

What's really strange is that her belly was round and full, looking just like a pregnant woman in her tenth month of pregnancy, but there was no sign of a second life inside her.

Instead, it exuded an extremely eerie aura.

"—The White Bone Demon Child!"

Wang Yu's eyes narrowed, and the fluctuations of the Void Trace Spirit Slaying Array rapidly diminished, ending its intimidating effect in a half-hearted manner. In fact, this White Bone Demon God was a great monument of the White Bone Path.

It is a "celestial being" active in the Netherworld.

The origins of the cultivation method practiced by the Demon King are unknown, yet he managed to conceive a child with such a being using a secret technique. The specific purpose of this child remains a mystery.

But in this state, the Demon King could make him feel a deadly danger, a spiritual warning! You should know that even the Soul King, the Impermanent King, and the Blood Demon King did not give him this feeling.

This shows how well this woman had been hiding her true intentions.

Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, the Impermanent King was even more astonished and asked, "Charming Bone... when did you become pregnant? Was it through a special secret method or a normal pregnancy...?"

This young man with a tall hat and fair complexion revealed not only a probing tone in his words, but also a subtle...smugness?

Wang Yu gave the King of Impermanence a strange look.

The strange relationship between the three was even more perplexing. At this moment, the Blood Demon King tried to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, alright, business is important. Since Brother Wuyou has proven his 'strength,' he is qualified to join. What do you say, Meigu?!"

The latter, who had maintained her pregnant woman's posture, suddenly revealed a captivating smile, as if melting snow in spring.

"Brother Xuegui is right. Meigu was in the wrong first. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Wuyou."

"What a mess this has made, Brother Wuyou, what do you think?"

"That's enough for now. If you have anything to say, please speak frankly."

…………

Meanwhile, in the skies above Holy Ring City.

In the pitch-black palace of evil spirits, a tall but emaciated cultivator with curved horns on his head and three pairs of blue-green demonic eyes on his face was staring intently at a corner of the city below.

At the edge of that street, Wang Yu and the three kings were talking, but it seemed to be blocked by some force, and he couldn't hear what the four of them were saying.

But his intuition told him that the group was definitely discussing how to kill him. This strangely-looking guy was none other than the infamous Soul King.

At this moment, he is squinting as he recalls the past.

"Meigu, we became enemies when she tried to seize control of the Centipede Flame. We fought each other thirty-two times, and I won every time!"

"Wuchang invited me to use the 'Lustful Sin Pill' to ambush Meigu, so that he could play the hero and save the beauty. But I saw through his intention to use the 'Wuchang Fate Method' to cultivate a noble woman who is promiscuous as his wife."

"It's not a quirk, but rather a consequence of the cultivation method. It requires him to become very miserable, at least... in the eyes of outsiders, but he can immerse himself in it, experiencing either pain or enjoyment."

"After being refused, he made things difficult for me at every turn. We fought 321 times, with 320 wins and 1 loss!"

"The Ghost Blood, born in the 100,008 Secret Realm, had his wife, son, daughter, uncles, father, and mother all cursed to death by this Palace using the Soul Curse Technique."

"This person should have been nipped in the bud, but Gui Xue used the bloodline substitution method to escape. His blood feud should not be attributed to me. After that, we fought ten times, with nine wins and one draw!"

The Soul King muttered to himself, finally revealing a contemptuous smile.

With only one win against him, what is there to fear from this group?

On the contrary, Wang Yu's revealed potential had already made him want to forcefully suppress him, which is why he sent the Centipede Flame Old Demon to test him, but the old demon chickened out at the last minute.

It now appears that the other side can control the formation of Holy Ring City.

Wu Yan's judgment was correct.

“It would be inappropriate to punish him further, as it would make me appear foolish. Someone! Bring Wu Yan up and have him keep an eye on Wu You. Any actions Wu You takes must be reported to me.”

"—Yes, Your Highness!!!"

King Soul Silence returned to the palace and continued to sit on his throne. In his spare time, he also studied a secret technique recorded on the throne, which was the path to immortality deduced by a peak expert of the Soul Demon Path.

Just as outsiders guessed.

The Ten Kings Palace in the Demon Refining Domain was specially prepared by the Great Demon Lord for those destined to become immortals. The preferential treatment of those resources is only the foundation; the true value lies in the secret techniques recorded within the palace.

Regardless of which path the demonic seed cultivates, under the rules set by the Great Demon Lord, as long as it occupies the royal palace for a certain period of time...

You will then attain the heights reached by the demonic cultivators who cultivated alongside you in human history, and receive all their inheritances, which you can either learn from or perfect!

The requirement is that if one can surpass one's predecessors in the future, one must record one's insights without keeping them to oneself, so that future generations can refer to them.

The most popular path is the Blood Path, which has produced Nine Tribulation Loose Immortals more than once, and has the most corresponding methods, so later generations can only choose one to inherit.

Soul Demon Path, Bone Demon Path, Impermanence Demon Path...

Those popular paths almost all reach the pinnacle below the Immortal Realm, but there are also many unconventional paths where one might stop at Tribulation Transcending or Mahayana Ascension.

Even more so, such as the earliest Corpse Demon Path.

Stopping at the Refining Void stage, things are much better now. They have been gradually pushed to the level of Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal by later generations, and a method of ascension with a high probability of advancement has been born.

Unfortunately, this method of advancement is inherently weaker than the normal immortal realm, and is somewhat incomplete, requiring a long period of time to make up for the deficiencies during the breakthrough.

But this is also a major road.

In the past thousand years, the rise of the Corpse Demon Path cultivators has led to the widespread belief that everyone, whether human or ghost, must cultivate this skill. This has resulted in everyone in the Demon Refining Domain possessing several corpse puppets.

Just as Soul King began to plot and try to deduce Wang Yu and the others' plans.

Edge of the streets of Saint Ring City.

An invisible and intangible barrier enveloped the four of them. The Impermanent King and the Blood Demon King exchanged a glance and laughed in perfect unison. They couldn't help but laugh just thinking about what they were about to do!

Wang Yu was increasingly baffled.

"Gentlemen, why don't you just speak frankly?"

Blood Demon King was the first to respond: "Brother Wuyou, you are a newcomer to the Demon Refining Domain and there are many things you don't understand. Let me make this brief for now. If you have any questions, you can ask me privately."

Wang Yu: "—Speak."

King Wuchang: "King Hunji possesses a drop of [Heavenly Soul Dao Blood]. This item comes from a prodigy of the Soul Demon Clan, a treasure obtained after refining the Soul Emperor's bloodline within him. It can grant one enlightenment to the [Heavenly Soul Law] of the Primordial Demon Realm!"

"Otherworldly laws?"

Wang Yu was extremely surprised, for each immortal realm was considered to be a single world cluster within the universe, with the same rules, and there was even a concept of the Heavenly Dao of the immortal realm.

The Origin Demon Realm is a world community ruled by the demon race.

Strictly speaking, these are two different worlds. You cannot regard them as the same world just because they are both in the universe. The biggest difference between the two is the similarity and difference in the laws of the Great Dao!

Absorb the laws of other realms to perfect one's own Dao fruit.

This is actually one of the cultivation goals of cultivators who have achieved the Dao Integration stage. It will also continue until the Mahayana stage. Only when they have achieved perfect success can they enter the Tribulation Transcending stage and trigger their first Immortal Tribulation.

The benefits of achieving your spiritual goals ahead of schedule.

Those present were all demonic cultivators who could overcome adversity and rise above others; how could they not understand the significance of such benefits? In fact, the reason they could overcome adversity and rise above others was because they had already met the standards of Dao Integration cultivators.

This is the foundation of their formidable combat power, not some supernatural abilities or secret techniques. Wang Yu is unique in this respect because he has already embarked on the path of creating his own methods.

After a moment of contemplation, Wang Yu asked again, "You're after this drop of [Heavenly Soul Blood]?"

The Demon King shook his head: "No, this is your reward. Neither I nor Wuchang nor Guixue cultivate the soul path, so it won't be of much use to us. The only one who is somewhat related to us, Wuchang, doesn't want it himself."

Wang Yu turned his head to look.

The pale-faced youth nodded with a grin and said, "That's right, that's right. Sister Meigu has a blood feud with Hunji over seizing the Dao, and Guixue has a blood feud with Hunji over killing his father and wife. As for me... I just want him dead."

Wang Yu didn't believe it and said it directly.

"If the three of you want to deal with Hunji, three against one is enough. There is no need for me to do so. There is no reason for you to give up the Heavenly Soul Blood. If you do not give a real reason, please leave."

He wanted to deal with Soul King because of the Daoist struggle; he was the one who set his sights on Soul King, not the other way around. The order of events needs to be clear.

Moreover, with such a wonderful treasure, would Soul King not use it?

It would be so stupid to leave it for someone else to steal!

Even if these three had a grudge against him, they shouldn't have acted so incompetently. Unless he couldn't defeat them, if even the three kings working together couldn't defeat him, then he would have to re-evaluate the current Lord of the Royal Palace.

Wouldn't it be better to find an easy target to crush? Just like I thought earlier, he had a conflict with Soul King, but it was only based on his desire for the other to die.

If it's too difficult, there are easy targets to pick on.

Mr. Wang doesn't mind changing his target, after all, it's all for the sake of cultivation.

After Wang Yu finished speaking, the three kings looked at each other in bewilderment.

Wuchang chuckled awkwardly, "Brother Wuyou, you may not know this, but Soul Silent King is ranked fourth, while Brother Guixue and I are only ranked ninth and tenth. Sister Meigu is a little better, but she is only eighth."

“Interesting.” Wang Yu’s brows relaxed.

It turns out that three losers came looking for him, but no matter how you look at it, the White Bone Demon Child in the belly of the Enchantress King is definitely a deadly secret technique.

It might just be able to instantly kill a cultivator of the same realm.

The fact that it ranked so low raises questions about its true purpose.

"The Bloodthirsty King interjected."

"I'm not afraid to tell you, Brother Wuyou, but I've fought the Soul Silent King ten times. Only once did I manage to draw with him due to the advantage of the terrain. The rest of the time, I lost."

Impermanence: "Of the more than three hundred sneak attacks, one was successful, and the rest were failures."

Meigu: "More than thirty times, all defeats!"

Well, well, well, they really are a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp.

but.

Sensing the presence of these three people, Wang Yu felt that things were not so simple. Considering that the old devil liked to play dumb to deceive others, he must have deliberately acted recklessly just now.

I was terrified by the Void Trace Spirit Slaying Array.

The White Bone Demon Child of the Enchantress King will not be exposed.

Furthermore, judging from the words of the other two, it was also a trump card that they were completely unaware of. The fact that these people were showing such weakness made their true intentions truly difficult to fathom.

As he pondered, Wang Yu suddenly smiled to himself.

He vaguely grasped a detail: aside from other aspects, Soul King's intelligence was actually quite average; if not mentally disabled, he was just at the level of an ordinary person.

The current number one cultivator on the leaderboard, known as the "Mighty True Demon King," cultivates four demonic body-refining techniques, his strength can shatter the spatial laws of the Dao Realm, and his punches can break through the Dao-merging realm.

However, he also has the nickname "Savage of the Demon Refining Domain," which highlights his lack of intelligence. Compared to these three, the thought that suddenly came to Wang Yu's mind was something that probably no one would believe if he told them.

That means the top spots on the leaderboard were all "given" to the top.

after all.

As long as you make it into the top ten, you can meet the Great Demon Lord to make a wish at the end of your millennium, regardless of your ranking.

So why bother striving for first place?

Wouldn't it be better to hide oneself? This style of not standing out is very much in line with the philosophy of demonic cultivators.

As for these three, the Mighty True Demon King might not have been "given" to them, but there must be a position in this ranking that was "given" to them, existing as bait.

For example... the Soul King is very similar.

He was likely unaware that he was being used as bait, and may even have been complacent about his own power, unaware that he was being manipulated at will.

Thinking about it that way, I realize these three are after me.

'What's the reason?'

'His cultivation level has increased too quickly? Is he coveting some unfounded opportunity? No… it's… the Fei bloodline!!'

The rarity of the True Spirit Bloodline is self-evident, and it has been certified by the Green-Robed Old Demon's half of Xiangliu, making its authenticity quite high. Moreover, there are countless secret techniques for seizing the true spirit bloodline in the demonic path.

It's perfectly normal to set your sights on the true spiritual bloodline.

This is a bloodline qualification that leads directly to the Mahayana stage; who wouldn't be tempted?

Even if these demonic beings are confident that they can break through to this level.

If there are auxiliary items available, why not take them? Having more supernatural abilities is good, and they can even be used to train spirit pets.

True spirit bloodline is a treasure in itself!

Just like hearing that a baby dragon has been born, everyone is tempted.

Wang Yu remained completely unfazed by being targeted by three cunning old foxes. "Just watch whether they leave the city or not," he thought, his eyes darting around.

"In that case, how about the three of you contribute some merit points to me? Once I break through to the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, I will join you in slaying that damned Soul Silence Demon!"

Wuchang hesitated for a moment: "This..."

The Blood Demon King readily agreed: "No problem. The three of us will first give you a million merit points. This is a communication jade talisman, which can be used to exchange information at any time."

Wang Yu's eyes lit up, and he took out his True Demon Token.

"No problem, no problem."

Once the transaction is complete, if it weren't for the fact that the mission token is non-transferable, this wave of progress would be enough for him to cultivate until the end of time before emerging from seclusion.

After the three left, the Demon King spoke first.

"He realized that this person has some brains."

Wuchang was taken aback upon hearing this and frowned.

"You treacherous blood, then why did you agree to give him merit points in the first place?"

The latter shrugged helplessly.

“A million merits is nothing to us, but Wuyou is a newcomer and is in dire need of merits. If he wants to extort some, we’ll just give it to him as an apology.”

The unique conviction of demonic cultivators requires no evidence.

Even if something hasn't happened yet, if he thinks you've had ulterior motives, you'd better actually do it, otherwise he'll use his own intuition to get back at you.

This often leads to inexplicable things happening.

and.

The reason why the Secret Arts Pavilion and the Divine Power Pavilion never sell secret methods of divination of cause and effect is this: demonic cultivators will really kill you based on things that haven't happened yet, or even just a possibility.

Therefore.

The Great Demon Heaven does not allow the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to circulate among demonic cultivators; even if it does, it is only a very small minority.

"So what do we do now?"

The Demon King thought for a moment and then tentatively asked.

"How about letting him replace Hunji?"

(End of this chapter)