Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1772: 995: Sorrow Ascends to the Heavens
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“Ah!!! Ignite my essence blood, ignite my divine soul, hold on for me!”
The Demon Emperor’s Son had also descended into madness!
After all, a forbidden-level one-way foil weapon was something even a half-step taboo like the Heavenly Ghost found difficult to endure. Now that he stood solitary and exposed, his only hope for a sliver of survival lay in this desperate frenzy.
Though the Demon Emperor’s Son was aware that Su Lin did not truly intend to kill him, the moment this forbidden-level weapon descended, the sheer pressure felt as if his heart and divine soul were on the verge of detonating.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Following three thunderous echoes that rocked the Stellar Dome, the physical form of the Demon Emperor’s Son was pulverized into dust.
This sight sent shockwaves through all the observing exotic beasts; even supreme figures like the East Pole Demon Emperor and West Pole Demon Emperor felt as if they were witnessing the fall of an Emperor!
“Ah!!! Demon Star Lord, do you have any idea what you are doing? Kill!”
“Kill them! Annihilate this Black Sun Evil Army! Leave no survivors! Our West Pole Town possesses hundreds of foil-level killing devices!”
The East Pole Demon Emperor accelerated forward like a streak of light,
while the West Pole Demon Emperor produced his own portable foil-level killing device.
It was, however, too late.
That elite unit of ten thousand, having launched their foil-level killing devices, retreated billions of miles away without pausing to witness the carnage.
Furthermore, when the Nightmare Army realized their ten extinction arrows had failed to achieve the ultimate result, they released a long whistle, triggered a space-time altar beneath them, and vanished as if slipping through the folds of dimensions.
By the time the East Pole and West Pole Demon Emperors arrived, the residual energy of the Shadow foil had just detonated, its echoes vibrating across the entire battlefield.
“Break for me!”
Utilizing the power of veteran peak Heavenly Venerates, the two demon emperors forcibly tore through the lingering bombardment of Shadow foils. However, the two monstrous tribes responsible for this atrocity had already vanished.
Whether it was the Shadow foil or the overwhelming traits that could stain the very starry sky, everything pointed directly to the Black Sun Evil Army!
Aside from the Black Sun Evil Army, only the Shadow Clan held such terrifying mastery over illusion rules and shadow origins.
“Save the Emperor’s Son!”
The East Pole and West Pole Demon Emperors rushed toward the dust-like remains of the Emperor’s Son, whose residual soul and body were struggling to reintegrate.
But as his broken form attempted to reform, those ten extinction arrows—as if guided by a sentient will—finally locked onto his aura,
and once again reduced his physical form to ash, as the extinction intent relentlessly eroded and sought to obliterate him.
This was a truly lethal strike!
A single forbidden-level foil weapon was not the only threat! There were also more than twenty Shadow foils!
And even ten extinction arrows!
Such a concentrated fatal strike meant that even a half-step taboo would face nearly certain death!
Witnessing this, the East Pole and West Pole Demon Emperors were consumed by fury,
but before they could intervene, a terrifyingly powerful shockwave surged through the area.
“Ah!!! I have roamed the Blazing Nebula for countless eras; two mere forbidden-level foil weapons are insufficient to stop me!”
The Heavenly Ghost, combining his strength with the three hundred thousand Black Robe Undead, completely shattered the two forbidden-level foil weapons. However, his aura was visibly unstable, and divine soul blood was splattered across his Starlight Battle Armor.
This indicated that even the Heavenly Ghost—whose strength approached the late stage of a half-step taboo—and his formidable Black Robe Followers had sustained significant wounds.
“Senior, save the Emperor’s Son!”
The West Pole and East Pole Demon Emperors, recognizing that the Heavenly Ghost surpassed even their ancestors in power, clung to this hope and shouted in desperation.
As for the extinction storm generated by those ten arrows, they knew that entering it would be nothing short of suicide!
“Hmph! A pack of useless fools! If you had charged alongside the Emperor’s Son earlier, we would not be facing this disaster now!”
The Heavenly Ghost gave a cold snort and lunged toward the extinction storm. Displaying awe-inspiring space-time mystique, he dived into the tempest to retrieve the remaining origin and true spirit of the Emperor’s Son.
“Reform! Since you invited me here, your life belongs to no one else, save for the Black Sun Clan’s Sky Lord!”
A world-shaking divine light flashed in the Heavenly Ghost’s eyes. An immense wave of divine soul power swept across millions of miles of the starry sky, pulling in vast quantities of vitality along with the essence blood and residual souls of the countless fallen exotic beasts of the Demon Clan.
This allowed the Demon Emperor’s Son to begin the process of reformation once more.
This time, despite the Heavenly Ghost’s supreme and invincible power, it took several moments to reconstruct the body. Only when the energy surge from the battlefield finally subsided did a small portion of the Demon Emperor’s Son’s form take shape.
By then, the remainder of the forces had fully arrived.
Their eyes gleamed with intense hatred for the Black Sun Clan and profound reverence for the Emperor’s Son in this heavy atmosphere.
Even without orders from the followers of the West and East Pole Demon Emperors, these exotic beasts instinctively cleared a path for the Heavenly Ghost, the Emperor’s Son, the two Demon Emperors, and the various Vassal Kings and lords who were arriving.
At this moment, no one pursued the relentless Black Sun Evil Army or the treacherous rebel forces; every gaze was fixed intently upon the Emperor’s Son.
“There is a deficit of essence blood and soul spirits! Those at the Heavenly Venerate level, are you prepared to surrender half of your essence blood and soul spirits to ensure the full resurrection of the Emperor’s Son?”
As the body partially reformed, the Heavenly Ghost transmitted this spiritual will.
In truth, while resisting the forbidden-level foil weapon, the Heavenly Ghost had sensed that despite its overwhelming power, it lacked dimensional truth.
Therefore, while it inflicted severe trauma, it was incapable of truly annihilating the core origin and soul spirits.
Even upon first encountering the Extinction Storm, the Heavenly Ghost was surprised to find its power was only a tenth of what he had anticipated.
This meant that out of those ten Extinction Arrows, only one was the real thing!
Nevertheless, the Demon Emperor’s Son remained dangerously wounded.
The first four Extinction Arrows he encountered were genuine, and that Forbidden-level Foil Weapon—even stripped of Dimensional Truth—was something a mere Peak Heavenly Venerate could hardly endure.
Furthermore, he had been struck by over twenty ordinary Shadow foils and another Extinction Arrow!
Only a pendant worn by the Demon Emperor’s Son was radiating enough vitality to sustain his life and mend these injuries.
In reality, the Demon Emperor’s Son could have eventually recovered on his own given enough time, even without the Heavenly Ghost’s intervention.
However, when the Heavenly Ghost touched the pendant, it unexpectedly triggered a Spiritual Imprint left by Mo Peng long ago, transmitting it into his mind.
It turned out this was all part of a highly classified scheme!
The intent was apparently to use this tragic spectacle to bind every Heavenly Venerate-level Exotic Beast present to the Demon Emperor’s Son!
The Demon Emperor’s Son was also destined to transform into a Demon Body capable of rivaling the greatest Monster physiques!
Any Exotic Beast that contributed its Essence Blood Souls to this Demon Body would be incapable of betraying him in the future!
This represented the deepest secret of the Ten Thousand Demon System—a rare, acquired Monster physique.
“I will! I am willing!”
A Vassal Lord cried out, forcibly extracting half of his Essence Blood and Soul Spirit to sacrifice it into the starry sky.
“War King Green Snake of the East Pole Demon Emperor’s banner is willing to sacrifice half of his Essence Blood and Soul Spirit to rebuild the True Body of the Emperor’s Son! May the Emperor’s Son ascend the throne and live eternally!”
“The Gold-winged Kui of the Arctic Demon Emperor’s banner is willing to sacrifice half of his Essence Blood and Soul Spirit to rebuild the True Body of the Emperor’s Son! May the Emperor’s Son ascend the throne and live eternally!”
“The Entropy Bone Insect of the Antarctic Demon Emperor’s banner is willing to sacrifice half of his Essence Blood and Soul Spirit to rebuild the True Body of the Emperor’s Son! May the Emperor’s Son ascend the throne and live eternally!”
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In that moment, swept up in the overwhelming tragedy of the scene, most of the Heavenly Venerate-level Exotic Beasts present sacrificed half of their Essence Blood and Soul Spirit without a second thought!
Every witness could see that the assault by the Black Sun Evil Army and the ten-thousand-strong rebel force was a genuine attempt at a Fatal Strike against the Emperor’s Son.
This was certainly no mere performance!
After all, who would dare to stage a drama at such a scale?
Would even the half-step Taboo Demon Star Lord risk such an act?
Twenty Extinction Arrows, three Forbidden-level one-way Foil Weapons, and more than twenty Shadow foils!
Such a force was enough to slay a Peak Heavenly Venerate ten times over!
Even a half-step Taboo as powerful as the Heavenly Ghost, supported by his formidable Black Robe Dead Souls Battle Formation, had been seriously injured!
Furthermore, without the Heavenly Ghost’s intervention, the Emperor’s Son might have been lost forever; the Extinction Storm possessed the power to wipe out all Heavenly Boundary Marks, Origins, and Soul Spirits.
“I, the East Pole Demon Emperor, am also willing to sacrifice half of my Essence Blood and Soul Spirit to reform the True Body of the Emperor’s Son! I wish the Emperor’s Son eternal life and the everlasting prosperity of the Ten Thousand Demon System!”
Following the East Pole Demon Emperor’s proclamation, a group of Vassal Lords, Vassal Kings, and even the West Pole Demon Emperor offered half of their Essence Blood and Soul Spirits.
Regardless of anything else, the priority was saving the Emperor’s Son.
Whether the Demon Star Lord had turned traitor no longer mattered!
Whether that rebel army was a remnant of the Demon Star Lord’s forces was irrelevant!
The undeniable fact was that the Black Sun Evil Army had launched a genuine invasion.
Though fear and dread filled their hearts, they understood the difference between dying on their feet and being slaughtered like livestock while kneeling.
It was at this precise moment, as these Heavenly Venerate-level experts came forward to offer their Essence Blood Souls to the Emperor’s Son,
that the other observing Heavenly Boundary and Ancestor Level Exotic Beasts also cast their support toward the Emperor’s Son. His vote count began to skyrocket,
quickly overtaking the Demon Star Lord by several times and continuing its relentless climb.
The Heavenly Ghost’s expression remained stoic, but internally, his respect for Mo Peng’s brilliance grew.
What had likely been a volatile struggle for succession was being resolved—using the momentum of the situation to secure a victory for the Emperor’s Son!
Most importantly, he hadn't just won; he had effectively chained the entire military might of the Demon Emperor’s Son to his own cause.
Even if the Demon Star Lord chose to contest the results or refuse to recognize the vote, starting a war against the Emperor’s Son was now impossible.
The very forces he trusted and who once worshiped him had already shifted their allegiance!
As the Heavenly Ghost channeled the massive influx of Essence Blood and Soul Spirits into the Demon Emperor’s Son, the latter’s body was not only healing rapidly but also undergoing a profound evolution, trending toward a breakthrough.
The Demon Emperor’s Son was drawing infinitely close to the Peak of the Ten Heavens. Whether this was a minor step or the precursor to awakening an Extreme Heaven Realm technique, it was clear he was becoming truly qualified to lead the Ten Thousand Demon System as its Emperor!
A decisive triumph!
What had begun as a losing battle for the throne had been transformed into a complete and total victory!
“Heheh, the previous reward was far too small. I’ve spent so much effort reshaping this Demon Body; once you wake up, I intend to demand a massive payment!”
The Heavenly Ghost thought to himself, while simultaneously pushing his Divine Soul Power to its limit to accelerate the restoration of the Emperor’s Son’s dominating Demon Body!
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