Sage Monarch - Chapter 145

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The enormous crab-like fiend-devil had eight claws, each of them sharp enough to snap mountains in half . He also had a disgusting human face, with triangular eyes that glittered with light that could pierce deep into one’s heart and mind .

Anyone who looked into such eyes would experience the terrifying sensation of their soul being tugged at .

That was the power that fiend-devil viscounts had at their command, especially one at the Nonary level .

One by one, the other fiend-devils surrounded Yang Qi . Considering how much taller they were than him, they stared down at him the same way that wolves would stare down at a bunny .

Besides the fiend-devil close to being a Legendary, the sheep-headed fiend-devil was at the Octonary level, and the other three were just below it, in the Septenary level . Each and every one of them was savage, ruthless, malicious, evil and cruel .

As for the energy field they generated in their formation of five, it was strong enough to literally crush anyone in Quinary Lifeseizing or lower out of existence . However, it was nothing particularly threatening to Yang Qi .

The sheep-headed fiend-devil that he had stabbed was already fully healed thanks to the help provided by the crab-like fiend-devil .

Were it not for that outside assistance, he wouldn’t have escaped from the Infernal Deity Spear with its life .

And without the powerful nefarious energy in the Preheaven Devil-Eye, there was no way he would have recovered so quickly .

Despite not having managed to take the thing’s life, Yang Qi had put on an impressive enough showing to shock all of the fiend-devils present . He was a mere Quinary Lifeseizer student, and yet had charged into the Preheaven Devil-Eye and stabbed a fiend-devil viscount through the heart . They could hardly imagine what that implied regarding his cultivation base .

 Considering he was surrounded by five fiend-devils, Yang Qi wasn’t going to hold anything back . Drawing on all of the power he could muster, he brandished his spear; the wails of ghosts and howls of gods rang out, and the Cleansing Flame of the Heavenly World raged around him .

“Fiend-devils from hell, you should be on your knees in front of me, trembling at the sight of my spear . I represent the legion of gods who dominate hell . I am the sovereign lord who reigns supreme over all wretched entities of the underworld… . ”

With that, he unleashed five more spear attacks . As he did, the image of a god appeared behind him, porcelain in color, with an elephantine head and a human body . It stretched out its hands and splayed its five fingers wide, causing all of the wretch energy in the area to sweep toward the Hellfire Crucible inside Yang Qi .

In fact, the five fiend-devils realized to their terror they had lost control over the wretch energy of their own Preheaven Devil-Eye .

WHOOOOOOOOSH!

Five spear projections sped directly toward the hearts of the five fiend-devils, who already felt their wretch energy being pulled away from them . Thanks to this spear, their devil arts were acting like government officials in the presence of the emperor . There was virtually nothing they could do to fight back .

This was the typical reaction of evil techniques to the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth .

Whether it was fiend-devils, devil-ghosts, or zombies, as long as they carried the characteristics of hell, the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth was the bane of their existence .

Roar!

The crab-like fiend-devil howled as its eight arms shot forward and formed an ancient sealing mark . Instantly, a burst of energy fluctuations shot out .

“Grand Palms of the Wretch-Emperor!”

Eight enormous palms appeared, wicked, dripping with blood, and bursting with so much energy that everything in the area distorted .

Those eight hands quickly vanquished the five spear projections .

And yet, Yang Qi didn’t seem fazed at all . He slipped from stance to stance using his spear, stabbing at the palm projections in quick succession, destroying one after another .

Suddenly, the crab-like fiend-devil grinned in sinister fashion and began to shrink down in size until he was as tall as an ordinary person . However, that only seemed to concentrate his power and make it more potent . Furthermore, it also summoned a manifestation of Humanoid True Energy, a wretched emperor dressed in black clothing, bursting with the most evil of auras .

Yang Qi recognized this energy art as being a secret legacy of fiend-devils, Wretch-Emperor Energy . If that power fully coalesced in the wretch energy of the Preheaven Devil-Eye, then it would likely make the battle too difficult for Yang Qi .

Quickly summoning his Fiend-Devil Wings, he circulated his true energy and before the wretched emperor could fully form, resorted to the dao of the quick strike .

RUUUUMBLE!

He vanished, moving so quickly that he appeared right in front of the fiend-devil, where he thrust out his spear with the power of ninety-nine ancient megamammoths to back it .

‘Strike like a thunderstorm!’

This quick strike really was like a thunderstorm, like a manifestation of the rage of the heavens .

Instantly, the wretched emperor that the crab-like fiend-devil had been summoning was stabbed through, making it impossible for it to fully form .

In response, the crab-like fiend-devil spun in place and fled . Yang Qi’s quick strike was like the rage of a god from heaven, and despite being in the Nonary Lifeseizing level, he knew that if he kept fighting, he would end up dead .

Before anything else could happen, Yang Qi vanished again, then reappeared in front of a wolf-headed fiend-devil .

These creatures were weaklings as far as Yang Qi was concerned . Back when he was in Quaternary Lifeseizing, he had consumed a devil-ghost who was an even stronger Septenary Lifeseizer . Considering how much stronger he was now, he could easily kill them with a single strike from his spear .

Whack . Whack . Whack!

Three explosions rang out as the three wolf-headed fiend-devils exploded, and their demon cores flew into Yang Qi’s Hellfire Crucible .

Then, blue light shone out as he put their bodies into his Heart of the Sea thumb-ring . After all, their corpses were full of treasured parts that could be used to forge magical items, or handed in to the institute for a hefty reward of merit points .

With that, he turned and began to fly away . He had no desire to try to track down the crab-like fiend-devil . After all, he wasn’t completely certain that he would actually be able to beat it in a fight . More pertinent, the Preheaven Devil-Eye had already lost much of its gravitational force .

Also, he could sense that the Flameking Cauldron was gone, which indicated that the other students had managed to escape the devil formation .

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Meanwhile, outside of Fiend-Devil Island, Flame Clearspring, Hua Fengfeng, Jun Tianchou, and the others all hovered in the air, looking back at the island and the lesser fiend-devils that flew about on it . Thanks to the help Yang Qi had provided in weakening the Preheaven Devil Formation, they had finally managed to break out and escape . It was impossible to say how many lesser fiend-devils they killed as they did .

“I wonder how Brother Yang is doing . It was difficult enough to escape, let alone pay attention to what was happening in the Preheaven Devil-Eye . That thing is nothing to take lightly . I hope he’s alright . ”

“Flame Clearspring . Jun Tianchou . Quickly notify the elders at your institutes . Tell them to send help immediately . We absolutely, positively must not let anything happen to Brother Yang . ”

“We need to call for the Legendary elders . I’ll send a message immediately with my command medallion . ” One of the conclave students pulled out a very valuable command medallion and prepared to send the urgent message .

But just as the student was about to send the message, a whistling sound reached their ears, and a blur could be seen . Then, a voice echoed out . “Brother Tianchou, there’s no need to send any messages . I broke free . Let’s get out of here . ”

“It's Brother Yang Qi!”

“Brother Yang… . ”

“Brother Yang didn’t die? He succeeded! He's a genius favored by the heavens! A role model for a generation!”

“So strong!”

Everyone rushed over and surrounded Yang Qi, and could sense from the intensity of his true energy fluctuations that he had just fought a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering battle .

“It’s not the time and place to talk . Let’s put some distance between us and Fiend-Devil Island . Once we find a safe place, we can talk a bit . ” With that, the group flew along for a few tens of thousands of kilometers over the sea until they found an island covered with blossoming peach trees .

They were now so far away from Fiend-Devil Island that they couldn’t sense even a scrap of wretch energy . Even the demonlings in the nearby sea were docile and peaceful .

As they landed, the entire group immediately began to offer more praise . “Brother Yang Qi, I almost can’t believe that you escaped from the Preheaven Devil-Eye! Without you, we would have been killed by those viscounts . ”

Yang Qi smiled . “Ah, you’re definitely exaggerating . Besides, I just happened to get lucky, and don’t need to fear devil energy . As friends of Brother Tianchou, you’re friends of mine . And I'm the type of person who will go through hell and high water for my friends . ”

Suddenly, Zhao Wuhun from the House of Martial Saints said, “Listen, everyone . We barely escaped certain disaster thanks to the help of Brother Yang Qi . I suggest that we all become sworn siblings right here and now . Henceforth, we will live and die together, and share glory and misfortune alike . What do you say?”

He was a hot-blooded fellow, the same one who had suggested that they all join Yang Qi in a fight to the death with the fiend-devils .

“Fine! Great idea!” said Flame Clearspring, the strongest of them all . Eyes sparkling, he looked over at Yang Qi with an expression of admiration . As far as he was concerned, it was a great idea to become a sworn sibling of someone who would face danger for his friends, and whose heroism and sense of justice towered to the heavens .