DiploNovel Chapter 649 Dark Lord
Chapter 649 Dark Lord
There were quite a few others who shared the same thoughts as the three demons, so even though a mid-stage demon lord was killed on the spot, very few of the demons outside the valley retreated.
Several more days passed, and the fluctuations of the spiritual energy in this place became increasingly intense, attracting more and more demonic cultivators.
Finally, a ball of pitch-black demonic light, hundreds of feet in size, shot out from afar and stopped above Demon Wind Valley.
"It's Lord Dark Lord, the Lord of the Netherworld City!" Someone recognized the origin of the demonic light.
"Why is he here too? Now who can compete with him?"
The demon with the head of a goat and the other two also noticed the demonic light, and their faces all darkened.
"It seems Brother Yang was right, Dark Lord has indeed received the news!" The two-headed demon shook his head repeatedly.
"This old fellow is greedy by nature and ruthless. There's no point in him staying any longer; he might even lose his life here!" The old demon, with his ashen face, said with resentment.
"Since things have come to this, I have no other choice. But since he's here, we'd better go up and pay our respects. After all, the Dark Lord is always petty, and if we don't greet him, he might hold a grudge." The ram-headed, human-bodied demon said, and then flew towards the ball of dark demonic light.
The two-headed demon and the gray-faced old demon exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed.
Upon approaching, the three of them bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, Lord Dark Lord."
However, the demonic light remained silent in the face of the three demons' greetings. The three demons exchanged bewildered glances, but dared not leave.
Inside the demonic light, a hideous man, three zhang tall, with a long tail trailing behind him and his head covered in bumps, was closing his eyes and sensing something.
After a long while, the man opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.
"There's no mistake. Although there's an array to conceal it, you can fool others, but you can't fool me!"
"Today is a lucky day for me, but a bad day for you!"
After a sinister grin, the ugly man turned his gaze to the three demons who were still bowing and waiting nearby: "So it's the three of you. How long has this celestial phenomenon been going on?"
Upon hearing a voice finally emerge from within the demonic light, the three demons secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Reporting to Lord Darkness, it has been four or five days."
The demon with a goat's head and a human body answered first, and the old demon beside him squeezed out a fawning smile and hurriedly echoed, "Yes, Lord Dark Lord, the treasures in this valley have not yet appeared, and they are probably waiting for you to come and take them."
"It's been four or five days!"
"treasure?"
"Not yet born?" Upon hearing the words of the ram-headed, human-bodied demon, the Dark Lord's voice within the demonic light was initially startled, but then the old demon's words added a hint of doubt to his tone.
"What, does Lord Dark Lord think there's a problem?" The two-headed demon sensed something was wrong and asked cautiously.
The Dark Lord within the demonic light did not respond until several breaths later, when his excited voice finally rang out:
"The valley was just concealed by an array, and because I don't know much about array formations, I couldn't confirm it at the time. But now it seems that it is indeed a sign that a rare treasure is about to be born, and it looks like it could be born at any moment!"
Upon hearing Dark Lord's confirmation, the three demons were filled with mixed feelings of joy and worry. Although it was confirmed that a great treasure had appeared, with the old demon Dark Lord around, it naturally had nothing to do with them.
"Lord Dark Lord is right, but the people of Demon Wind Valley are truly hateful. They sealed this place with an array months ago, and even a few days ago, Fellow Daoist Quan was killed by them." The gray-faced old demon took the opportunity to sow discord.
"The entire barbarian tribe has been wiped out!" The Dark Lord's voice, shrouded in demonic light, carried a chilling edge.
Then the voice suddenly rose, covering an area of dozens of miles: "Demon Wind Valley has truly acted presumptuously by killing a high-level fellow cultivator!"
Although this place is not under my jurisdiction, it is within the territory of the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld. Therefore, it is only right and proper for me to inquire about it!
"Quickly remove the formation!" The final shout, like a muffled thunderclap, resounded over Demon Wind Valley.
"Tch, they clearly want to keep the treasure for themselves, yet they're using such a high-sounding excuse!" Upon hearing this, the crowd outside Demon Wind Valley felt nothing but contempt.
Inside the Demon Wind Valley, at the core of the formation, stood three women in white.
Behind them were seven or eight subordinates of the level of divine generals, who were now whispering among themselves with fear on their faces.
“Patriarch, this Dark Lord is known for his ruthlessness. If we do not remove the formation as he demands, what will happen afterward—” a divine general said anxiously.
But before he could finish speaking, a man wearing a cloak was interrupted.
"Give the order: everyone return to their positions immediately and maximize the power of the formation!"
"This?" The general looked troubled upon hearing this and wanted to persuade him further.
But the next moment, he let out a scream!
A streak of blood-red light flew up from the decapitated general, circled once, and flew back into the white-clad woman's hand.
"Does anyone else have any objections?" The woman in white asked coldly, scanning the remaining divine generals and their subordinates.
Everyone trembled and dared not speak further.
They were filled with fear and confusion.
Several months ago, the three leaders, who had previously each occupied their own territory, suddenly concentrated all their forces together and sealed off the entire Demon Wind Valley. Moreover, since then, the three leaders have also undergone a drastic change in temperament, rarely speaking and acting with increasing mystery and unpredictability.
Outside the valley, the Dark Lord in the demonic light saw that the formation inside the valley had not only not been removed, but had instead increased its power, which aroused his murderous intent.
However, due to the power of the formation, he didn't want to expend too much magic power to forcibly break it. But there wasn't enough time to mobilize manpower from his own Netherworld City.
After a moment's thought, Dark Lord spoke again.
"The Demon Wind Valley has always disobeyed the orders of the Earthly Nether Saint Ancestor, and I intend to punish it. This time, a great treasure has appeared, and those with the right destiny can obtain it, including everything within the valley!"
The sound continued to resound like muffled thunder for dozens of miles around, causing the more than 100,000 powerful forces and rogue demons gathered there to be greatly excited.
The earlier statement about "the treasure can be obtained by anyone with the right destiny" can be taken as Dark Lord's nonsense, but the later sentence "including everything in the valley" really stirred up the greed in the hearts of the demons.
The three major powers of Demon Wind Valley have been operating for many years, accumulating astonishing wealth within the valley. Dark Lord, focused on seizing the treasure, will undoubtedly have no time to concern himself with the wealth of the three major powers—that is a truly tangible benefit.
Even though everyone understood that Dark Lord wanted to use everyone's strength to break through the Demon Wind Valley's formation, from another perspective, without Dark Lord's leadership, everyone would have had to stop here.
Therefore, when they saw several magical treasures flying out from the demonic light and crashing into the array of Demon Wind Valley, the three demons with sheep heads and human bodies, as well as the more than 100,000 demon cultivators gathered there, also made their move at the same time.
In an instant, all sorts of spells and magical artifacts transformed into a dazzling rain of multicolored light, which poured down upon the array of Demon Wind Valley.