Chapter 187 — The Demon Lord Descends Upon the World

The Demon-Repelling Command lit up and shone toward the Dutian demon god. No sooner had the Demon-Repelling Command fallen upon the Dutian demon god than its eyes opened one by one and shot forth lightning; it tore the Demon-Repelling Command to shreds, and as for the dozen Daoists beneath it, a single glance from those eyes turned them to flying ash!

Yet when the Demon-Repelling Command shone upon the Dutian demon god, Shen Mu at once felt an abrupt lightness at his brow, as though a great weight had lifted; his body was his own again, and he hurriedly sprang backward. He was somewhat bewildered: this demon god he had summoned seemed different somehow — it paid him no heed at all, cared nothing even for his life or death, and was savage beyond measure.

He feared that the demon god he had summoned up was no ordinary demon god at all!

"We withdraw!

" Shen Mu sped to the others' side and shouted, "Long Da, show your true form and fight us out of the city! " The dragon qilin gave a roar; instantly waves of qi surged, flinging Yue Qinghong and Yun Que off their feet.

Shen Wanyun and the Wolf Slave stumbled and staggered back; Si Yunxiang swayed on her feet but did not retreat. The dragon qilin's body swelled, growing larger and larger, true fire blazing all around it, and in an instant it became a colossal creature over forty zhang long, taller than the city gate tower. At a single movement of its body the air around it was squeezed until it burst again and again!

Shen Mu leaped up, flew like lightning to Yue Qinghong and Yun Que, seized them both, and in a flicker of steps returned to the dragon qilin, springing onto its back. Shen Wanyun and Si Yunxiang leapt up as well.

Shen Mu shouted, "Run! The faster the better!

" Fire clouds formed beneath the dragon qilin's feet and it soared into the air.

Just then the voice of the Dutian Demon King came from behind them, shaking the air with its hum: "Run?

Where will you run to? At last someone has summoned me — it was well worth spreading the arts of Dutian abroad.

Here I shall raise an altar and open a passage, to summon my true body, to summon the multitudes of Dutian! Hahaha — you are all but skulls upon my altar!

" His great hand reached out; the space on all sides all but congealed, freezing the running dragon qilin in midair. The dragon qilin urged on its power, fire clouds churning beneath its feet, yet it could not move at all.

Just as the Dutian Demon King was about to seize them in his hand, a dragon's roar suddenly rang out.

A middle-aged man rode a flood dragon charging ferociously in; the serpent's body coiled around the Dutian Demon King, spewing thunder and fire into its eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. The middle-aged man stood upon the flood dragon's head, sword-light flashing in his hand as he thrust at the Dutian Demon King's brow. Shen Mu and the others felt a great weight lift; the dragon qilin immediately soared up and hurtled toward the city outskirts. Shen Mu let out a breath: "The Dragon King of the Dragon-Taming School has come! " But at that very moment a mournful cry rang out: the flood dragon of patriarch rank was burst apart by the Dutian Demon King's raw strength; a single punch sent both the flood dragon and the Dragon King of the Dragon-Taming School flying back, spitting blood.

"Roar—" The Dutian Demon King's four faces opened their great mouths and gave voice with all their strength; the rolling waves of sound shook heaven and earth, and countless people in the city were shaken until blood streamed from every orifice. The dragon qilin too was rocked by that roar.

All at once the twelve eyes of the Dutian Demon King blazed; weaving lightning swept in every direction, cutting in half at the waist who knew how many Tianbo City experts who had hurled themselves at him, and the dragon qilin was struck on the hindquarters as well. Bellowing in pain, it plunged down from the sky. Luckily its hide was thick and its flesh coarse, and it was not slain by the Dutian Demon King's gaze.

The dragon qilin landed within the city, shrank in size, and staggered.

Shen Mu and the others hurriedly climbed down from its back. They saw the Dutian Demon King sweeping away the experts of the City Lord's mansion, and he chuckled darkly: "It was I who spread the Talisman Command over Ghosts and Gods — you lowly creatures never guessed, did you?

With your bones I shall build a great altar and bring my true body down! The multitudes of Dutian shall reign over this world!

" Yue Qinghong stood dazed and murmured, "Scholar, what on earth have you summoned up.

. .

" Shen Mu's own mind was muddled as well: "I don't know either. . .

Let's go, quickly — Long Jiaonan is coming to kill us!

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