“Of course, I have no choice but to rely on you to make up for it!”
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor laughed heartily, suddenly reaching out to grab the seven early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal demon cultivators and the Red Spirit Demon Lord!
The Red Spirit Demon Lord’s expression turned pale with shock. “Demon Emperor, you can’t do this! I already agreed to join your banner! If you do this, what will the others think? Nobody will accept your missions in the future!”
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor paid no mind. “You’re just a late-stage Taiyi with no heirs, making you the best resource for me. As for promises? Heh, I don’t even know if you’re thinking straight. I haven’t seen you leave any backup plans. Once I swallow you, how would anyone know I made a deal with you?”
The Red Spirit Demon Lord’s face was thoroughly panicked!
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor smiled faintly as he manipulated those spatial storms, unleashing ten to a hundred times their usual power, tearing apart these eight Taiyi Golden Immortal demon cultivators. Using the war weapons of the Immortal Alliance legion, their deaths would be credited to the legion, not to him.
The eight Taiyi Golden Immortals were nothing but toys under the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor’s control. The seven early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal demon cultivators couldn’t last long and soon perished.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord followed suit, his physical body shattered, Nascent Soul broken, leaving only his spirit, which was pulled toward the Underworld by its forces.
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor moved to collect the souls of all eight Taiyi Golden Immortals, feeling very satisfied.
After absorbing the soul origins of these Taiyi Golden Immortals, his bottleneck should loosen somewhat.However, in the next instant, his expression turned completely ugly.
Because these eight Taiyi Golden Immortal souls exhibited the previous symptom—about eighty percent of their soul origins had vanished into thin air!
Although the percentage was slightly less than before, losing eighty percent was still enormous. After all that, his gain was only equivalent to the soul origins of two Taiyi Golden Immortals!
“What’s going on?”
This time he was very careful in collecting them. How could such a strange phenomenon occur?
He suddenly looked around. Could there be another peer competing with him for soul origins?
Impossible. He sensed no abnormal fluctuations of the laws at all!
Even a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal couldn’t steal soul origins silently. His own attainments in the Soul Path were not low!
Yet the facts were right before his eyes, leaving him deeply frustrated.
He casually confiscated all the resources on the giant warship and from the cultivators, leaving only a pile of corpse fragments and a vacant giant warship behind, then vanished without a trace.
Not long after, Su Hexian appeared again.
She sensed the nearby area and found the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor had disappeared.
With a wave of her hand, she released the Void Roc once more.
Xue Feng, the Immortal Lord, looked around puzzled. When he finally saw the tragic scene on the giant warship, he was shocked by the broken, irrecoverable corpse fragments of the Red Spirit Demon Lord and the seven Taiyi Golden Immortal demon cultivators. “How did they all die?”
Su Hexian said, “The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor just appeared. No wonder you had a death tribulation. If I hadn’t intervened, your soul would have already been taken by the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor, with no chance of resurrection!”
Xue Feng was stunned. “The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor? Isn’t he a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal powerhouse? How could he appear here?”
“Who knows? Probably that idiot Red Spirit called him here himself. Collaborating with the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor is basically suicide!” Su Hexian shook her head.
Xue Feng snapped back to his senses and gazed at the ruined giant warship next door, still trembling. “Truly a survivor after disaster!”
Su Hexian continued, “Did you see that giant warship? You can take responsibility for this legion’s downfall. There should be previous recordings, enough for you to claim merits. Only the loot might be reduced. Consider it a free gain.”
“Huh? That’s possible? The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor won’t retaliate against us?” Xue Feng asked in doubt.
“She left the giant warship behind precisely so you’d take the blame. Otherwise, why leave the warship? Feel free to claim this achievement. If you don’t, you’d offend the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor. He won’t retaliate against you afterward, so don’t worry!” Su Hexian spoke with experienced confidence.
Xue Feng nodded, indicating he had learned something.
The Void Roc’s flame shield recovered. Su Hexian escorted Xue Feng for a while before gracefully departing.
Xue Feng then rode the Void Roc to the Immortal Alliance’s super war city—Myriad Immortals City.
The massive war city’s legion warship docking area was filled with giant warships, super divine beast modifications, huge spiritual treasures, and even void islands docked there.
The arrival of the Void Roc caught the attention of several legions.
One legion commander shouted, “Commander Xue Feng, I remember you were assigned to intercept Legion 789 for a thousand years. How come you’ve returned in just over one year? Are you planning to defy military orders?”
This statement caused many to turn their heads.
Openly defying military orders is a serious crime!
Xue Feng looked at the man and snorted coldly. “Blackwater Dragon Lord, how do you know about my mission? And you’re so openly exposing my assignment—do you want to leak military secrets?”
Blackwater Dragon Lord was a true dragon who took on the appearance of a middle-aged man in midair, wearing a teasing expression. “That’s no longer a secret. Your mission has long been spread around!”
Xue Feng frowned. He didn’t get along with this man and naturally didn’t want to converse with him.
At that moment, a Great Luo Golden Immortal officer appeared. His overwhelming aura instantly silenced everyone.
“Commander of Legion 789, are you planning to defy military orders by returning to the city during your mission?” the officer demanded.
Xue Feng replied calmly and respectfully, “Reporting to the officer, I have completely annihilated the entire structure of Legion 789 and have come to report the achievement!”
“Hm?” The officer was surprised. “Any evidence?”
Xue Feng immediately extracted the giant warship from the space inside the Void Roc. It included eight broken corpses of Taiyi Golden Immortals and the fragmented corpses of billions of demon cultivators. The billions of fragments were insignificant, but the warship and the eight Taiyi Golden Immortal corpses were enough to prove the achievement!
“I also have battlefield recordings that document everything.”
Xue Feng took out the war records from the eye of the Void Roc.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal officer directly projected the war recordings.
As the accelerated playback began, the legion commanders and numerous cultivators witnessed the battle scenes.
Everyone was surprised to see that both sides fought using war weapons in a battle to the death.
The footage ended after the opposing side charged in and the warship’s shield disappeared. No further records were given.
The record did not show the Void Roc’s shield disappearing, so everyone instinctively assumed the opposing legion was defeated in close combat and was ruthlessly trampled by the war weapons. The scene was probably too bloody to display further.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal officer was unconcerned about the recording’s abrupt end. Having this war footage fully proved Xue Feng’s achievement, though he was somewhat puzzled.
“Why was the Legion 789 warship so weak? This doesn’t match the intelligence reports.” The officer voiced his doubt.
Facing the Great Luo Golden Immortal’s question, Xue Feng naturally had to respond.
He said, “This is because I fought Legion 789 once before in the White Leaf Stone Domain with a three-dimensional battle. We achieved a great victory, slaughtering three billion demon cultivators. Only after that did this follow-up battle gain a slight advantage for us!”
The officer nodded, still a bit doubtful but saw no need to ask further.
He officially recorded Xue Feng’s merits.
“Do you want to hand over the warship? It can count as accumulated merit!”
Xue Feng’s expression brightened. “I’m willing to hand it over!”
The officer nodded, waved his hand to take the warship, and then said, “Your mission is completed ahead of schedule. You may stay in Myriad Immortals City for a thousand years or take on new missions at will!”
Xue Feng nodded in gratitude. He still needed to update his legion’s members.
At this time, Blackwater Dragon Lord stopped speaking, his eyes full of curiosity as he watched Xue Feng.
Xue Feng knew many were curious about how he defeated the 618 Demon Legion. He had no plans to hide it.
Because Xue Feng’s legion numbered in the tens of billions, the news couldn’t be concealed.
Curious legion commanders soon learned the reason for Xue Feng’s legion’s victory: all the weapons had been updated and upgraded, and the treasures they obtained contained many items marked with seven stars. The existence of the Seven Stars Market gradually spread among the Immortal Alliance legions.
Blackwater Dragon Lord suddenly realized, “So they found a black market to exchange for numerous spiritual treasures, immortal artifacts, and immortal pills. Someone actually dared to open a black market in the Immortal-Demon battlefield area—how reckless! But I’ll have to check it out too. Before the higher-ups clean it up, I might as well clear my stash!”
Many others also harbored similar thoughts.
Meanwhile, inside the Seven Stars Market,
Su Yuan was already receiving an unexpected guest.
A clone of the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor had accidentally obtained a Seven Stars Card from the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s storage equipment and learned of the Seven Stars Market’s existence, then teleported into the market.
Su Yuan sensed the arrival of a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal powerhouse and immediately came out to greet him.
His true body also displayed the late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, directly seeking out the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor, who was curiously inspecting the Seven Stars Market.
“I didn’t expect the Seven Stars Market to be opened by a late-stage Great Luo powerhouse!” the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor laughed loudly. “A pleasure to meet you!”
“So it’s Demon Devouring Daoist. You’re welcome here!” Su Yuan invited politely.
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor was surprised to be recognized by the market owner immediately.
However, he noticed Su Yuan’s calm attitude and said with surprise, “My reputation among Great Luos is not great. I didn’t expect you, Seven Stars Daoist, to not dislike me!”
Su Yuan said, “This is a neutral market. As long as you don’t cause trouble here, I won’t care about your past! Everyone can come here to trade!”
“Interesting!” The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor smiled upon hearing this.
The two arrived at the top floor of the Seven Stars Pagoda. The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor probed, “I have quite a few spoils of war. Can I sell them here?”
Su Yuan raised an eyebrow. “Naturally. If you accept Seven Stars Coins here, I can buy your spoils directly!”