The words of the yellow octopus demon elicited a burst of laughter from the surrounding sharks. They weren't laughing because they found his words funny but because they knew—this guy was in for it.

Looking at the plump octopus, they thought they might be able to carve up a few pieces of meat from it soon!

The joyful cries of his subordinates made Sha Ruxue feel very good. He stared at the unfamiliar octopus demon, his eyes filled with amusement, "If you kill me, then naturally, you can become a general, managing fifty members of the Transformation Stage Demon. It's just that… you said those words prepared, right?"

"General! Fifty members!" The voice of the octopus demon was filled with the flavor of "happiness coming too suddenly." It said, "So, I just need to defeat you?"

If he could plant the Heart Demon Curse in those members of the Demon Clan as well… Fifty Nascent Soul Level power furnaces!

"Usually, you have to beat me into submission, make me willingly obey you—but that's going to be difficult, you'll either have to kill me or I have to kill you!" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt

Sha Ruxue smirked, showing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and swung his large hand fiercely, sending out three slashes of Sword Aura side by side.

The octopus did not dodge or evade, and immediately emitted countless strands of golden light. There was a 'clang,' and the three Sword Auras were shockingly repelled back on the same path!

Sha Ruxue twisted his body with agility surpassing that of Human Clan dancers. The three Sword Auras passed underneath his armpits, carving a path through the sea and shooting straight up towards the sky from the deep ocean.

Sha Ruxue was taken aback. He knew that creatures like octopuses and squids had Spirit Wisdom no less than that of Giant Whales, but due to their innately soft bodies, they shouldn't be able to cultivate Protective Body Techniques. Was the octopus's defense from its talent?

It seemed he wasn't purely foolish. Originally, he had thought it was one of those simpletons whose Spirit Wisdom had just awakened, but surprisingly, it turned out to be a tough guy feigning weakness while possessing real strength!

He snorted coldly, his lower jaw opening to the limit, revealing a fearsome bloody maw, with thousands of teeth blades bursting forth accompanied by a surge of Thunder Essence Qi. Sha Ruxue had just obtained Jing Cunji's Essence Blood, and the Thunder Essence Qi attached to his teeth blades was three times stronger than before!

In an instant, the yellow octopus demon was swallowed by the torrent of Shark Teeth.

What was strange, however, was that there was no sound of sharp blades slicing through soft tissue, nor was there any sensation of powerful Demon Sorcery or Divine Skills resisting the Shark Teeth. Instead, a clear, metallic-sounding ring similar to rain hitting banana leaves continuously sounded. Sha Ruxue's Spiritual Sense was attached to the Shark Tooth Blade, but he didn't feel the slightest life force. On the contrary, he felt his Shark Teeth colliding against a hard object.

"How is this possible?"

How could an octopus or a squid develop such a hard body technique!?

Exhausting his Shark Teeth, the octopus demon still didn't move an inch. Inside the pagoda, Wang Qi yawned lightly. Those Shark Teeth, in fact, had all struck an artifact left by the Giant Dragon that guarded the relic. That bell-shaped structure was probably nothing more than a "tent" or some sort of security door for the Dragon Clan. After initially refining it, Wang Qi covered the pagoda with it, then used the disguise of the Yellow Robed King. Now, for the enemy's attacks to harm Wang Qi, they would have to break the Dragon Clan's Magic Artifact first. However, that artifact, once the residence of a powerful member of the Dragon Clan, couldn't be significantly damaged by either a Divine Separation Stage Ancient Method Practitioner or ordinary Divine Skills Demon Beasts.

The Yellow Robed King laughed heartily, in an extremely annoying tone, "Hehehehe… Since killing you will do the trick, then I'll just kill you."

Sha Ruxue was about to rebuke him. But suddenly, he found himself unable to speak.

He couldn't laugh anymore; his whole body quivered.

It clearly was he who, with his gang, had surrounded the Yellow Robed King, but Sha Ruxue felt an overwhelming sense of submission, as though he was the one who was truly trapped.

At that moment, a chilling Demon Power burst forth from that inexplicably formidable octopus.

It wasn't wicked, evil, violent, or frenzied.

It was the gaze of a predator at the top of the food chain.

As Demon Saints, closest aides, and confidants to the renewing Demon Emperor, tasked to travel the world on the emperor's behalf and to oversee the clan's affairs, they represented the Demon Emperor, naturally placing them above other members of the Demon Clan in nobility. This difference in rank was even greater than that instilled by bloodline instincts.

A pack of Fierce Tigers surrounded a hunter, with the Tiger King believing they had caught someone feigning weakness while harboring strength. But as the Tiger King pounced, it found that what they had encircled was a Giant Dragon.

"Ha ha, it works!" Inside the pagoda, Wang Qi chuckled lightly, with Senior Sister Mi curiously saying, "With this Qi Intent, you can easily deceive most of the Demon Clan and infiltrate deep into the West Sea, right? So why bother dealing with these guys?"

"I didn't know it was so effective before," Wang Qi whistled. In front of him floated a petal. This soft, delicate petal weighed next to nothing. Within it lay a strand of Essence Qi and a Law, locking away a wisp of Heart Intent from the renewing Demon Emperor of hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Yet this mere Essence, even after hundreds of thousands of years, brought a fearsome bloodthirsty member of the Transformation Demon Clan to his knees!

What then was the strength of the renewing Demon Emperor back in the day?

Sha Ruxue let out a thunderous roar, sprays of essence blood spurted from his gills, churning into a red mist, accompanied by electric light flickering around him, and he attempted to flee. The Yellow Robed King suddenly waved the Thousand Illusion Flute in his hand, and the sound of the Thousand Illusion Joke Divine Sound echoed through the seabed. In an instant, all the demon creatures faltered. At the same time, the Yellow Robed King's tentacles wound around Sha Ruxue. His heart intent had already been shattered by the Demon Emperor's aura and further shaken by the Thousand Illusion Divine Spell, leaving him completely vulnerable to the Heart Demon Curse. The Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell penetrated deeply and quickly tainted his opponent.

The Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell couldn't make Sha Ruxue lose his resistance in a mere moment; he was still struggling. But his demon energy had already been infected by nearly half with the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell, and he couldn't escape the grip of the Yellow Robed King, who had seized Divine Separation Level mana. Suddenly, the lower half of the Yellow Robed King split open. The tentacles rolled back, and in an instant, Sha Ruxue was swallowed whole.

Soon, on the screen in front of Wang Qi, several readings adjusted slightly, which meant the Yellow Robed King had acquired new strength.

"Wow, at first I was worried that the Heart Demon Curse extracted from the thinking of the Human Clan wouldn't be of any use to the Demon Clan. I didn't expect the resistance of the Demon Clan to be even weaker than that of the Ancient Method Practitioner!"

Zhen Chan explained, "The spirit wisdom of the Demon Clan is innately inferior to that of the Human Clan; although they can catch up after transformation, they have already developed a dull way of thinking. Besides, Ancient Method Practitioners at least have some Visualization Method and pay some attention to maintaining their Dao Hearts. Overall, they are better than the Demon Clan. Moreover, the aura of the Demon Emperor has a special mental realm for the Demon Clan, akin to 'the king's command is the subject's duty.' His spirit has already been broken by you; how could he resist the Heart Demon Curse?"

Senior Sister Mi also spoke up, "Your Heart Demon Curse is even more terrifying than you think. Its foundation is rooted in algorithms and can be expressed in numbers to eliminate divergences in consciousness. It is effective against all life beings whose consciousness is based on logic."

Wang Qi glanced at Senior Sister Mi and asked, "So does that mean, Senior Sister Mi, you would be affected too?"

Senior Sister Mi nodded her head, "There is a much greater difference between my way of thinking and yours than between the Demon Clan and you. And I know that your Heart Demon Curse would also work on me, though outward symptoms may not be the same. Maybe if we were afflicted by the pervasive curses, we might become more proactive—ah! Don't try to trip me up with words. I can't tell you my kind yet!"

"Senior Sister... you're quick on the draw."

Senior Sister Mi cocked her head, looking puzzled, "Quick? I remember that due to innate limits, we are always slower on the uptake compared to you—ah! You are leading me on again!"

Wang Qi's mouth twitched slightly, "This time... I really wasn't."

What kind of adorably slow and humongous species is this...

The exterior Demon Clan was stunned. Wang Qi had only released a thread of Demon Emperor's aura toward Sha Ruxue, and because true intent and mental confrontations mostly required being in the thick of it to feel, they had no idea what had just happened. All they knew was that their formidable leader had suddenly adopted a do-or-die attitude, and then that octopus demon had eaten him!

"You octopus, what did you do to secretly harm our leader?" one Shark Demon roared in grief and fury, "Was it poison?"

The Yellow Robed King was somewhat surprised, "According to your rules, shouldn't I be the General now?"

"There are octopus varieties adept at using poison, and I suspect this stinky octopus has such a talent and secretly harmed our leader! The leader must have discovered something, hence his desperate actions," another Shark Demon yelled: "Brothers, eat it!"

To guard against the possibility of poison, all Shark Demons summoned a layer of demon energy around their bodies, forming about an inch of vacuum. Since birth, they had been fighting other Sea Demons and had their methods for dealing with toxins. Their robust bodies at the Divine Separation Stage allowed them to fearlessly confront a vacuum environment. Of course, this wouldn't protect them from all Divine Power poisons, but it would ensure they did not die silently!

Nevertheless, the Yellow Robed King just laughed wildly: "Hahaha! Good, I love to eat!"

Thousands of afterimages from the yellow tentacles swirled the sea water, striking heavily against the group of Demon Beasts. With each strike, a massive amount of Heart Demon Curse Power penetrated the opponent's body. Meanwhile, the sharks bit and severed many tentacles. However, this "Yellow Robed King" was merely an interface of the Divine Spirit System; even if it were thoroughly scattered, it couldn't hurt the core. The intact tentacles turned into streaks of golden light and smeared directly onto the faces of the group of Demon Beasts.

The Curse Power at Divine Separation Level, an "Undying Body," and a fighting style that shrugged off injury... all of the Yellow Robed King's attributes were stronger than those of the dozen or so Transformation Stage sharks. Soon, colors of Curse Light emanated from the bodies of these sharks, they lost their resistance, and the Yellow Robed King devoured them one by one.

The Yellow Robed King then turned his gaze to the group of whales: "Am I not already the General?"

One Transformation Stage Whale Demon cautiously swam forward, saying, "Great King... don't you know?"

"Know what?"

"The Holy King has already sent out a decree across the seas; all of the Transformation Demon Clan are to join his Patrol Navy. It's a recent award. After the Holy King's appointments, there were many who were discontent, and the Patrol Navy couldn't enforce order. Then an order came from above, that all Demon Clans should resolve their issues within a set time frame..."

The Yellow Robed King was shocked: "Tolerating a hierarchy challenge?"

The Orca nodded, adding, "It also meant quickly getting rid of the thorns among the subordinates. After the deadline set by the Holy King passes, any further disturbances and the Holy Clan will directly kill both the troublemaker and their superior."

Another Whale Demon continued, "You're not one of ours, killing Sha Ruxue won't help you..."

Wang Qi was amazed by the peculiar way of thinking of the Demon Clan. He couldn't fathom how these Demon Clan came up with such a bizarre way of solving problems. However, his intention was to test the Heart Demon Curse's camouflage ability, the Demon Clan Saint's petal abilities, and the Demon Clan's resistance to the Heart Demon Curse, so he was not disappointed.

But then, a Whale Demon asked, "The Holy King should have already decreed to all by now; how come the Great King does not know?"

"I just don't know," Wang Qi responded bluntly. After all, the Dragon Clan didn't bother personally registering every member of the West Sea Demon Clan, so it was expected that news could have missed reaching some Great Demon.

One Orca's eyes brightened: "Would the Great King be interested in joining the Patrol Navy?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to QiDian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to continue reading.)