As per the Dahlia's father, there was a demon king among the demon forces.
Austin knew he was no match for a demon king
so he touched his Space Ring. A light flashed, then out cthe Dragon and Phoenix Chariot Austin had already earned.
It felt like too much of a coincidence that Austin would run into exactly who he was afraid of.
Not too far away, inside a big tent
at the camp of demon race.
A stalwart and ferocious figure was completely covered by pitch black evil aura. He looked legitimately frightening.
The evil aura filled up the entire tent
but that gigantic figure appeared to be motionless.
At a certain point, the evil aura in this tent went berserk, contracting and spreading randomly.
In the end, that figure suddenly trembled with huge force and then sucked all evil aura back inside all at once.
Evil aura in the tent was lessened by a large degree suddenly.
That humongous figure stood up forcefully
and a horrific power oozed out his body and turned the space around him shaky and gloomy, "Ha-ha, | would never have expected
to restore my full strength since | fell from the top eight hundred years ago!"
With evil aura gone, a demon head with two bendy horns was revealed, looking absolutely ferocious, and he was looking at the
Spring City.
"It's high twe took over this city.
A human of mere Heaven Realm is no match fornow that | am at the peak of my power."
This demon sneered at the thought of Austin
but suddenly he stopped and froze.
"There is a sign of space fluctuation.
Did someone just escape from the Spring City via Space Teleportation?
How interesting!
| would never have thought there could be someone in this PrMartial World could master the power of space teleportation. This
is one of the most difficult and rarest skills to achieve."
The second his words cout, this demon shook his body and disappeared from the tent immediately.
Back to Austin, just as he fetched the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot and was about to mount it, his face suddenly turned stern and
then he set his eyes on the area in front of him.
A stalwart figure gradually appeared with evil aura all over his body.
"Demon king!"
The second Austin saw this figure, he realized instantly that it was the demon king.
Austin had run into several demon lords before
and this demon was evidently far more powerful than a demon lord.
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The instant the demon king showed up, he pinned a harsh glare on the gnome.
"l see.
This demonic beast exhibited the teleportation power, not you," the demon king said in disbelief.
"A demonic beast at the Transformation Realm.
Is it possible that you are the legendary gnome?"
the demon king speculated.
"Yes, it is.
This gnis young and weak. When it matures, it will be incredibly powerful. If | can tit now, it will becmy helper.
Ha-ha. Every king deserves a powerful creature to ride. | lack a ride. You're a perfect choice."
The demon king's eyes were full of greed and delight once he recognized the gnome.
"Chere," he said with a wave at the gnome.
A thick evil aura surrounded the gnome. It transformed into massive ropes and bound the gnome.
Then, the evil aura began dragging the gntoward the demon king.
A demon king could be on par with a cultivator at the Heaven Realm.
Having met members of the demon race several times before, Austin knew that a demon's combat effectiveness was far higher as
compared to human cultivators at the slevel.
For example, Austin could take out a cultivator at the Tribulation Realm without much difficulty, but he needed to exert himself to
slay a demon lord.
It was easy for Austin to perceive which of his enemies were easy or challenging to kill.
Since the gnhad been caught off guard, he didn't have the tto defend against the evil aura.
Annoyed and panicked, he reverted to his original form.
"Grow!"
The gnturned into a fierce, scary beast as big as a cabin. It looked invincible! Its fur shone like silver, and it emitted a chilly
air, which could frighten ordinary people.
The gnome's thick, jagged tail that was covered with scales swayed to-and-fro as it tried to rid itself of the evil aura.
But, no matter how hard it tried, the gncouldn't break free.
After all, the gncould only match a human cultivator at the Astral Realm.
There was a considerable difference in the battle force between the gnand the demon king.
"Bravo! Although you're still young, you're much stronger than other demonic beasts at the Transformation Realm.
You are good enough to be my ride," the demon king said with a nod.
He seemed to be quite satisfied with the gnome's abilities.
Austin could not stand by and watch.
In a flash, he moved beside the gnome.
'l can use the Slaughtering Sword to set the gnfree.
However, the gnwill be hurt in the process, ' Austin thought.
With no other options, Austin had to use his physical strength to handle the evil aura.
He raised his arms as he focused on gathering four million pounds of force in his fists.
Then, Austin gripped the evil aura and pulled hard.
"Crack!"
One of the ropes made from the evil aura broke.
"You low-born human! I'll kill you," the demon king huffed.
He hadn't even spared Austin a look since he showed up. Clearly he was here for the gnome.
The demon king could tell by the vital energy Austin had released that he was just at the medium stage of Astral Realm.
For demon kings, an Astral Realm cultivator at the medium stage was insignificant.
It was easy for him to slaughter several Astral Realm cultivators in a heartbeat.
The gnwas what interested the demon king.
However, Austin had destroyed one streak of evil aura, which he had used to restrict the gnome. The demon king becannoyed
with the interference and decided to eliminate this human who was getting in his way.
"Swoosh!"
Austin sensed that a violent black light was headed toward his Soul Sea. The demon king was targeting Austin's spiritual soul.
It was apparent that the demon king had launched a spiritual sense attack intending to destroy Austin's soul.
But he didn't expect that spiritual sense was Austin's forte. Austin's spiritual sense was far more powerful than he had imagined.
After integrating the spiritual tree with his soul, Austin wasn't afraid of any spiritual sense attack.
As soon as the black light broke into his Soul Sea, Austin perceived that the light had been formed from a pure demonic spiritual
soul.
Suddenly, a dozen leaves fell from the spiritual tree.
They hovered for a brief moment before streaking toward the demonic spiritual soul.
In a flash, they surrounded the demonic spiritual soul, and in the next instant, they absorbed it.
"This is impossible,"
the demon king exclaimed. Terror reflected in his eyes.
He could feel that the demonic spiritual soul he had unleashed had disappeared the instant it entered Austin's Soul Sea.
By this time, Austin had broken all the ropes formed by the evil aura. The gnwas free.
"You are not as weak as you appear to be, you despicable fellow," the demon king snorted.
Suddenly dozens of ropes made from the evil aura, as wide as human arms, enveloped Austin.
The ropes bound Austin tightly!
All this happened so quickly that Austin didn't have the tto dodge the ropes.
Austin knew that he was in trouble.
‘These demonic skills are eerie and powerful.
Although | couldn't prevail over Elder Kerr from the Sky Sect, | managed to escape.
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But now, | don't know how to deal with this demon king, ' Austin surmised.
"Go to hell!"
the demon king roared.
The ropes formed by the evil aura tightened—Ilike a snake coiling around its prey intending to crush every bone.
Austin roared as he summoned all of his physical strength
to fight against the tightening ropes formed by the evil aura.
"Accept it. You are going to die today," the demon king snorted.
Noting that Austin was resisting the attacks from the ropes, the demon king pointed at him. In a blink of an eye, several more
ropes formed by the evil aura coiled around Austin.
Numerous powerful ropes enveloped Austin, adding to the pressure from the previous ropes.
The gntried every possible means to break the ropes made from the evil aura but failed.
As the ropes squeezed his chest, Austin's face turned red. He had immense trouble breathing normally. The sound of cracking
bones replaced the silence.
‘Damn it.
| can use my spiritual sense to attack him."
The idea crossed Austin's mind suddenly.
Since he couldn't move, Austin decided to launch the spiritual sense attack.
He calmed down and was ready to activate the Spiritual Sense Incinerating Skill.
Austin had never launched a spiritual sense attack on a demon before.
Hence, he wasn't sure whether a demon, like a human cultivator, had a Soul Sea.
'I will find out soon, ' Austin thought.
Before Austin could summon the Spiritual Sense Incinerating Skill, he felt something unusual. Since he had never sensed such a
mysterious power before, Austin had no idea what was going on.
"Swoosh!"
All the evil aura was sucked into Austin's body.
Technically speaking, it was sucked into his bones.
‘Now, | understand! The demon imperator's skeleton did this, *
Austin thought.
Without being restricted by the ropes, Austin could move freely.
"What's this?
How could you absorb my demonic energy?"
the demon king asked dumbstruck.
Evil aura was good for the demon race since it contained elements like tyranny, evil, chill, and darkness.
However, it was harmful, like a poison, to human cultivators.
The demon king couldn't understand how a human could quickly absorb the evil aura he had released.