Paradise of Demonic Gods

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

The person standing behind Prince Zuoxian at the moment was the Abysmal Heavenly Monarch 1 , who had been selected by Duan Tianhao. She was said to be the new ruler over the Steel Lion Kingdom and also a puppet that Duan Tianhao and the others had planned to use to take control of the plains.

The Abysmal Heavenly Monarch was dressed in white silk, appearing dainty and exquisite. She had great curves and was clearly a rare beauty from the plains.

Indeed, she was the top beauty in the plains, the deceased Heavenly Lion King's aunt who was also known as the bright pearl of the plains—Da Yue`er.

The plains had fallen into decline, Fang Xingjian had appeared in the southern domain, and the Heavenly Lion King had perished. Due to these events, many aristocrats in the plains wanted to wed Da Yue`er with Fang Xingjian to form a political marriage.

One reason was that Da Yue`er's beauty was renowned near and far, and she was known as the top beauty in the plains. They hoped that after she got married to Fang Xingjian, both countries could form better relationships, allowing the plains to gain benefits from being under Fang Xingjian's control.

Another reason was that Da Yue`er was the Heavenly Lion King's Aunt. Although she was in her 20s, she had great talent and attained Demigod level capabilities after the world's metamorphosis occurred. With the Heavenly Lion King's death, she inherited the political legacies of the Heavenly Lion King's faction. Therefore, the other aristocrats naturally wished for her to be wedded and sent far away, leaving them to split the Heavenly Lion King's wealth and power between themselves.

For the sake of this, the plains had sent envoys to visit the Empire and discuss the possibility of a political marriage between the two countries.

However, Duan Tianhao's and Hei Zi's arrival changed everything. The two of them suppressed all objections with violence, and they pushed Da Yue`er into becoming the Abysmal Heavenly Monarch, getting her to control the various tribes in the plains in name.

Da Yue`er had tanned skin, and her legs were also slender and strong due to her prolonged period of training. Hidden under white silk dress, they gave off a faintly discernible sense of seduction.

However, right now, her amber-colored eyes were fixed on the gradually contracting gaps in the sky. Her beautiful face was filled with anxiety and unease. "Prince Zuoxian, who are the ones fighting?"

Prince Zuoxian stared at the sky and said slowly, "Judging by this sword intent, it seems that Fang Xingjian has come."

"Huh?" Hearing Fang Xingjian's arrival, a hint of astonishment flashed on Da Yue`er's face. She had very complicated feelings about this Sword Overlord who had killed the Heavenly Lion King, brought chaos to the plains, and was a person whom others had wanted her to be wedded to previously.

"Have they all left? Who emerged victorious?"

Prince Zuoxian's martial will probed the sky with extreme caution, searching for remnants of martial will left behind from the great battle.

Hearing Da Yue`er's question, Prince Zuoxian frowned and said, "It seemed that the victor has yet to be decided. Lord Hei Zi performed a martial technique that allows for changes between light and darkness while Fang Xingjian used a sword technique that has never been seen before. The two of them exchanged a blow and seemed to be evenly matched."

Prince Zuoxian replayed the scenes he had obtained from the martial will in his mind. He then inferred the possibilities of the battle based on those traces.

However, his realm was too different as compared to the other two person's realms. Even though they might seem like extremely simple physical changes, collisions of particles, or changes to waves, he could only rely on guesses about the details of Hei Zi's and Fang Xingjian's moves guesses after trying to analyze for a very long time. It was like getting a junior high school student to conduct scientific research.

"Thereafter, Lord Hei Zi seemed to have drawn out the lifespans from a tremendous number of guards in the palace, performing the Longevity Night Emperor Fist," Prince Zuoxian started saying. He was still recalling the information transmitted from Hei Zi's martial will and continued to say slowly, "This attack is extremely vicious. To think that it can allow the drawing of lifespans and to turn them into strength.

"Fang Xingjian also retaliated with a sword attack…"

Prince Zuoxian put out his right hand like he wanted to touch the gradually dissipating sword marks that had been left behind in the air. "Amazing. Fang Xingjian's sword attack caused all the space above the Imperial Capital to be thrown into disorder, and their basic structures seemed to have been disrupted.

"However, Lord Hei Zi's punch was even fiercer. This single strike not only contained the mystery and brutality of the dark night, and even had a gush of obscure power of life. Even space-time was unable to stop this gush of power."

Prince Zuoxian's eyes seemed to penetrate through layers of void space as he looked at the earth under the Imperial Capital which had been torn apart.

"The heavens and the earths have been torn apart by the duo's attacks. However, it seems that Lord Hei Zi had the upper hand. The force of his punch was completely condensed, not leaving any remnants behind at all.

"On the contrary, Fang Xingjian's sword attack was scattered and disorderly, unable to merge into one," Prince Zuoxian said and saw that the myriad of sword marks in the sky was slowly dissipating. Then he assessed, "Thereafter, Fang Xingjian retreated and Lord Hei Zi gave chase."

Hearing Prince Zuoxian's assessment, a hint of joy and hope flashed on Da Yue`er's face. She said, "Lord Hei Zi won against Fang Xingjian?"

Prince Zuoxian shook his head and said, "He can only be considered to have gained the upper hand. The two of them should only have sent out a clone to test each other out. It's not yet the moment when the final victory is decided."

Hearing Prince Zuoxian's assessment, a hint of disappointment flashed on Da Yue`er's face. "Is that so?" However, she immediately asked, "Then based on Uncle's assessment, whose cultivation is slightly higher between the two of them?"

Prince Zuoxian stroked his beard and said with some uncertainty, "Although I'm also at tier five of the Divine level like they are… To be honest, they are both experts who are extremely near to reaching tier six of the Divine level. Their cultivation far surpasses that of His Majesty, the Heavenly Lion King back then.

"And I'm a far cry from the two of them. Therefore, I can't be sure in assessing which of the two has a higher cultivation level.

"However, judging from this battle, differences exist between them but they aren't huge.

"With Lord Hei Zi around, our Kingdom shouldn't need to lower our heads in submission to our enemies anymore."

Hearing Prince Zuoxian's words, Da Yue`er exhaled slowly and said, "That's good, that's good."

However, under the duo's astonished gazes, a stream of black sword mark appeared before them like a spatial crack at the next moment. With a loud bang, Duan Tianhao was tossed out like a dead pig, and he lay on the ground before them.

Fang Xingjian also stepped out slowly from void space, sweeping his gaze toward Prince Zuoxian.

An extreme sense of danger and surging killing intent came gushing toward Prince Zuoxian, and his countenance changed drastically. His martial will welled up, not to resist but to send information howling out.

"Wait a minute, Sir, I was forced…"

Bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang!

With a slight flick of Fang Xingjian's finger, streams of sword light were like meteors that cut across the night sky, containing waves of extremely sharp auras. They tore apart the atmosphere, crossed space, and shot out with a power that could split the mountains and open up the seas, upheaving the world.

In that instant, Da Yue`er only felt as if there were millions upon millions of light beams flashing past before her eyes. As sword light pierced through Prince Zuoxian's body, a series of explosions rang out from within his body. At the next moment, this tier five Divine level expert was already dead with his conjured physique destroyed.

Seeing how the current strongest expert in the plains—tier five Divine level expert Prince Zuoxian—was unable to hold on for a single moment before being killed by Fang Xingjian with a single finger flick, astonishment filled up Da Yue`er's face. This was especially when Fang Xingjian did not listen to Prince Zuoxian's explanation at all, demonstrating an overwhelmingly vicious might by killing him immediately.

Fang Xingjian threw an indifferent glance toward Da Yue`er and said, "Abysmal Heavenly Monarch?"

Da Yue`er nodded anxiously.

Fang Xingjian said softly, "I'll remain by your side for now. You'll do whatever I tell you to. Don't try to pull any tricks. My patience is limited."

His smooth-sounding voice was like the sound of the wind, ringing out next to her ears. Her chest felt as if it had been pierced by a sharp sword.

A hint of fear and nervousness flashed on Da Yue`er's face. Before Fang Xingjian, even this genius from the plains—who had inherited countless political legacies from the Heavenly Lion King and was a beauty with great finesse and outstanding leadership skills—was unable to suppress the terror in her heart.