Immediately afterwards, three beams of light appeared in the southwest, and a brown figure, its entire body transformed into elements, stepped through the air.
Its magma-like body was like a moving volcano, evaporating all the rainwater in its path and turning it into billowing white steam.
A loud "thud!"
The Demon King crashed down in front of everyone like a meteorite.
The violent impact caused the ground to tremble, countless burning cracks spread out, and a sulfurous smell filled the scorching air.
The three dazzling halos of light were floating behind the Demon King.
Upon landing, the Demon King completely ignored the crowd in front of him, showing them no regard whatsoever.
Instead, the Demon King took the lead in reprimanding the half-demons behind him:
"You bunch of useless trash! How come it took you so long to catch up with a mere seriously injured, stinking Taoist priest?"
"You bunch of idiots made me wait so long!"
Faced with the Demon King's rebuke, the fox-headed creature remained silent, not daring to utter a single rebuttal.
The dog-headed monster, as if it had finally found a backer, hurriedly scrambled to the Demon King's feet, pointed at Li Yu opposite, and shouted:
"Demon King, this is the one who obstructed us and even killed our Demon Alliance's vanguard! He deserves to die!"
Only then did the Demon King finally turn his cold gaze to Li Yu.
He looked Li Yu up and down as he rode a black horse.
Ordinary and of little strength.
The Demon King's lips curled into a cruel and ruthless smile:
"You ignorant little human, how dare you kill a member of my Demon Alliance right under my nose! You've truly lost your mind! Today, I will make you pay a terrible price..."
Just as the Demon King was about to finish his harsh words, he suddenly saw Li Yu's face clearly.
In an instant, his body trembled violently.
"Li Yu?"
The Demon King blurted out Li Yu's name without realizing it.
Yun Youzi, standing in the crowd, immediately spoke up in mockery:
"Hahaha, Molten Demon King, I didn't expect you to be not so stupid after all."
Upon hearing this, the Molten Demon King frowned, but he ignored Yun Youzi's sarcastic remarks and instead fixed his gaze firmly on Li Yu.
During this period, he had been active in the vicinity of Zhongzhou City, and naturally had heard of the name of the hero Li Yu. He had also seen reports and photos of Li Yu in the Zhongzhou newspapers and knew that Li Yu was the commander of the Seventh Regiment.
Originally, the Molten Demon King didn't care about this, after all, all sorts of so-called "heroes" emerged in the Central Plains every day.
But it wasn't until a few days ago, when he saw Li Yu's name appear at number ninety-five on the Central Plains Popularity Ranking, that he finally began to take this person seriously.
It's important to know that the Central Plains Ranking is not a place where just anyone can climb. The list records only the most powerful and influential figures on this continent.
The Demon King stared at Li Yu, knowing that the Ranking of Heroes wouldn't lie!
Since Li Yu is on the list, it means that he definitely has considerable strength.
This popularity ranking is known for its fair and objective selection process; it is a truly solid ranking list.
Making it onto the list depends on individual ability and achievements, and it's impossible for it to be inflated like a newspaper article.
Although the Ranking of Heroes is not an official list published by the Central Plains government, it is widely recognized among the Awakened.
Moreover, the popularity rankings have an unwritten rule that everyone knows.
If a challenger is able to completely defeat or even kill the person ranked above them, then the challenger can directly replace the loser's original ranking.
Since Yun Youzi is not dead, it is enough to prove that Li Yu's strength has completely surpassed Yun Youzi's.
The Demon King's gaze swept between Yun Youzi and Li Yu. He hadn't expected things to be so coincidental; he had actually run into Li Yu, the hero everyone was talking about.
"Yes, I am Li Yu. Do you know me?" Li Yu replied calmly.
But then the Molten Demon King changed his previous arrogant attitude and bowed slightly to Li Yu, saying:
"So it's Commander Li Yu, ranked ninety-fifth on the Central Plains Ranking. I've long admired your name."
Li Yu: "???"
Popularity Rankings? What's that?
What are you saying, ninety-five?
But then they heard the Molten Demon King continue praising without reservation:
"To be able to make the list with the strength of a fifth-level awakener, Commander Li Yu can be considered the first person in Central Continent from ancient times to the present."
Li Yu listened with a blank expression. Before he could ask, the Molten Fire Demon King glanced at Yun Youzi in the crowd and continued coldly:
"No wonder this stinky Taoist priest came to you for help; what a clever way to shift the blame."
At this moment, the Molten Demon King had no idea that Li Yu's 95th place on the Ranking of Heroes was personally handed over to Li Yu by Yun Youzi from the crowd behind him.
Even now, Yun Youzi has never told Li Yu about this, so Li Yu still knows nothing about it.
Coincidentally, the judge in charge of ranking the 90th to 100th spots on the popularity chart was also an impatient person.
When the appraiser received the message from Yun Youzi via a flying crane, he glanced at it quickly.
In his letter, Yun Youzi wrote that his strength was far inferior to that of Li Yu, the hero of Zhongzhou, and that he was willing to give up his position as the ninety-fifth.
Normally, evaluators would simply ignore or refuse such situations where someone has to give up their place.
But who is Li Yu?
Once the appraiser realized that Li Yu was currently the most powerful, influential, and famous hero in Zhongzhou, he immediately believed the information in the letter.
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