Chapter 113: Demon Subjugation (Part 3)
Mitsurugi's ferocious punch finally landed. He threw away all caution and unleashed all his power, determined to deliver a blow that would surely end the two demon monsters before him. However...
Boom!
Facing the mighty force of the punch, a tall demon figure lightly raised its hand to intercept it.
The Lookout
Kami stood at the edge, overlooking Earth. His expression was as grim as that of a corpse, his staff almost crushed in his hands as he mumbled to himself, "How could this be... how could this be?!..."
In the afterlife
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The former God, Garga, suddenly grew somber. He pulled at the little beard on his chin and muttered, "This is bad... Can Master Mitsurugi handle it?"
The old witch behind the fortune-telling old woman slowly raised her eyelids, her eyes cloudy as she hoarsely whispered, "How could Earth's demon clan produce such a change? Has something abnormal appeared...?"
The fortune-teller observed the crystal ball with a worried expression.
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The unstoppable punch came to a sudden halt, the overwhelming force that had heated the air grinding to a halt against the tall demon figure. All the power behind the punch was absorbed into this demon's body, yet it was as if the punch had disappeared into the void, not even leaving a scratch on it.
Yes, "it."
"I say... is this all you've got? Such a weak punch, and you think you can defeat me? You're truly overestimating yourself!" The tall demon figure had an extraordinarily eerie face, cruelly and arrogantly grinning.
And the voice that came from its mouth was a distorted echo, and upon close inspection, the overlapping sounds were none other than those of the Red Demon Queen and the Black Demon, whose figures had already vanished!
Mitsurugi's heart sank. The punch that he had thrown with absolute confidence, the one that should have been unstoppable, had no effect at all. The hand that had intercepted his punch was so incredibly unshakable, yet it also felt empty, as if it were hollow. His powerful punch had landed without budging it in the slightest, not even making the figure flinch.
Mitsurugi's face turned grim. He withdrew his punch and quickly retreated into the air, eyes wide, brow furrowed. His mind was in shock, bitterly thinking, Those two... they actually fused into one?! The aura... it's far too enormous...
In his perception, the massive demon in front of him felt like a blazing fireball that covered the entire sky, burning with dark flames tinged with blood. These flames didn't have any heat; rather, they felt chilling, like an ancient iceberg from the deepest abyss falling upon him, sending a frigid wave that pierced to his soul.
"Why are you retreating? Not going to fight? Just now\... weren't you so high and mighty?" The Blood Demon King spread its claws, watching Mitsurugi's nervous expression with a terrifying smile. Its voice, neither male nor female, echoed with an uncanny resonance.
The demon's expression was casual, almost indifferent, as it took a step forward, levitating in midair.
Mitsurugi took a step back, his massive body taut and prepared for battle. The energy around him surged, wrapping him in a protective aura as he braced himself.
This new demon, born from the fusion of the Red and Black Demon... perhaps it should be called the "Blood Demon King."
Back then, the Red Demon Queen had been shattered by Taro's full-strength thirty-two-fold eye technique, and only after being saved by the Black Demon King and cast into the Black Blood River did the Red Demon Queen manage to survive and recover.
After revival, in order to gain power to enter the human realm and take revenge on the human who had defeated them, the Red Demon Queen finally laid aside his pride and agreed to the Black Demon King's years of persistent pursuit. The two demons stayed in the Black Blood River where they had been born and trained together.
The power of the two demon Royalty rapidly increased in the Black Blood River, from a meager three thousand to over twenty thousand. Eventually, when their power growth slowed down, they discovered a secret technique that allowed them to fuse together, and after the fusion, their power...
The Blood Demon King licked its purple tongue across its lips, eyes gleaming with madness. "Let me show you the power that even I fear..."
With that, it unleashed all of its energy without restraint!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Wave after wave of crimson-black shockwaves exploded from the Blood Demon King's body, sending powerful shockwaves in all directions, visible to the naked eye as intense ripples, sweeping across the area!
A earth-shattering force!
"What terrifying power... Damn it... What's going on?!" Mitsurugi crossed his arms in front of him, trying to block the impact of the Blood Demon King's energy. A sense of unshakeable defeat began to rise within him.
In just moments, the positions of strength and weakness between the two had completely reversed—something he never could have imagined.
The surviving humans hiding in the ruins of the city were completely hopeless! More people perished due to the worsening environment. Were they... destined to die? What about the voice that challenged the Demon King?
At the temple, even the Kami's greenish face turned somewhat pale. This new Demon King, born from the fusion of two demon races, had an aura so vast, it was unlike anything he had ever felt before. The terrifying pressure felt as though the Blood Demon King was right in front of him—suffocating!
"You just thought you could defeat me with a single punch, right?" The Blood Demon King chuckled, his grin wicked and malicious, his form partially obscured in a thick, dark red-black aura. A horrifying demon face flickered in and out of view. "Well then... I'll return the favor with a punch of my own!"
Though he laughed, his eyes were cold and merciless, his fist gathering strength by his side, the pressure climbing.
'This is bad! I can't take it head-on!' Mitsurugi screamed inwardly, a giant nail seemingly pounding on his forehead, a warning honed through years of cultivation. He immediately tried to flee the range of the attack!
"Trying to run? Is it too late now\... You dare challenge me, the Demon King, but not face death?" The Blood Demon King's smile twisted into something grotesque. The eerie sound of overlapping male voices filled the air, disorienting the mind.
A black, blood-like light burst from his eyes. His fist reached its peak!
Boom!
He threw the punch!
If Mitsurugi's earlier punch was like a long dragon, the Blood Demon King's punch was like a thousand dragons charging forward! Countless dragon-like fists flew from his right arm, surrounded by a crimson-black tempest. Roaring, growling, laughing madly, they intertwined to form an unstoppable, world-shaking demon dragon, its massive wings spread wide, hurtling toward Mitsurugi!
This punch was slow, for every inch it moved forward, it was wrapped in an unimaginable force!
This punch was fast, fast enough that Mitsurugi couldn't even react, it was right in front of him in an instant!
Mitsurugi froze, his limbs felt weak. He wanted to dodge, but there was nowhere to go; he wanted to escape, but couldn't. He felt paralyzed! The punch was coming down on him like a massive net, trapping him!
All retreat options were locked by this punch. Where could he hide? Where could he run?
It was either take it... or die!
'How can a demon from the Demon Realm of Earth be so powerful?' Mitsurugi gave up resisting, despairing as he closed his eyes.
The Demon killing punch was about to land.
And then... a light appeared.
A light descended from the sky!
It was calm.
The earth-shattering punch was calmly stopped.
Just like half a minute ago, when Mitsurugi's mighty punch had been easily blocked by the fused Blood Demon King, this punch from the Blood Demon King was now effortlessly intercepted.
By a single finger; or, in a better description, a small, white cylindrical shape.
"Who are you?"
Both the Blood Demon King and Mitsurugi, now standing behind the white figure, simultaneously expressed confusion. And both... felt this white thing was oddly familiar!
'What, you don't recognize me? Didn't you want to find me... and kill me?'
The white figure slowly began to change. Its body and limbs quickly took on the contours of human muscle, and the white cylindrical shape that had blocked the Blood Demon King's punch transformed into a translucent white human finger...
The head of the energy projection quickly formed features—eyebrows, eyes, a nose, a mouth—forming a human face in front of the Blood Demon King. It was unmistakably the face of Taro, from when he had entered the Demon Realm years ago!
The mouth of the face didn't move, but the voice rang out in the Blood Demon King's mind.
"It's you!!!" The Blood Demon King narrowed his eyes, gritting his teeth. His mixed voice, with a distinct female tone of the Red Demon Queen, was especially shrill, as if screaming in rage.
"It's him...?" Mitsurugi hesitated. Now seeing the human-like form of the energy projection, he realized the aura—it was the person who had returned from the Celestial Realm with him and the Earth Gods! How\... how did he become like this?
How could he possibly... so easily block the Blood Demon King punch? That overwhelming pressure felt like the apocalypse; was it all just an illusion?
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At this moment, both in the underworld and in the temple, watching the battle from Earth, the former kami Garga, the fortune teller, and the Earth Kami, were all in utter shock. They had thought the situation was turning around, and Mitsurugi, unable to fight back, was on the brink of despair—when suddenly, Taro appeared, and... he effortlessly stopped the terrifying Demon King's attack?
"This isn't him! It's that—!?"
The Earth Kami remembered the time when Taro had dealt with the King Piccolo using his "Dragon Claw," and he was shocked at how Taro had been able to control his energy outside of his body so easily.
Now, he had even gone a step further!
The Earth Kami quickly shifted his gaze. Sure enough, high in the clouds, in the mist, Taro was meditating!
Releasing his energy completely from his body, controlling it from a great distance? Changing its form? Taking human shape, and attacking freely?
Could this be... a projection of his energy?
'Taro... after thirty years of training in the King Kai's and the Universe, just how far has your power gone?' Earth Kami felt a shiver run down his spine. Taro's image before him was growing more elusive and unfathomable.
"Ha ha, don't underestimate him!" North Kai's voice echoed from above the Divine Temple.
"You... You are Lord Kai?" Kami suddenly realized, surprised. "You're watching Earth too?"
"Haha, I'm on good terms with this guy, Taro, so I just take a quick look now and then! Don't worry about it, with this level of demon, Taro could take on ten of them with one hand!" North Kai's thoughts responded with a cheerful tone.
"Ten of them? Like this?" Piccolo couldn't even begin to imagine.
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"I've been searching for you for so long, and I thought you'd already hidden yourself!" The Blood Demon King sneered.
The energy clone in front of him remained silent, unable to speak, its features frozen, as if the ever-calm face of Taro made the Red Demon Queen inside the Blood Demon King even angrier. Again, it was this face! Again, this expression!
Clearly, I am stronger, so why do you dare look at me with that expression!?
Boom! The Blood Demon King's aura erupted again, preparing to strike!
"Be careful!" Mitsurugi, behind the energy clone, couldn't help but warn.
A cold, indifferent voice rang in the Blood Demon King's mind: 'Stubborn.'
The energy clone, like a white jade sculpture, faced the Blood Demon King's towering figure and threw a punch! Since it was only an energy form, the muscles it simulated didn't move with the action, making the punch seem stiff...
But the force it released was real.
A genuine ki-based attack.
Boom!
A blast of energy, stronger than the combined force of both the Blood Demon King and Mitsurugi's previous punches, pierced the Blood Demon King's right arm, making his entire right side vanish!
"This... How\... is this possible...?!" The Blood Demon King only realized after a moment that his right half had disappeared. He looked down, seeing wriggling flesh and charred wounds, then looked up at the energy clone's face, disbelief in his eyes.
'Die.'
The cold voice echoed again in his mind.
"Heh heh, heh heh heh..." The Blood Demon King laughed maniacally, his eyes wild. "Yes, you're strong enough to kill me, but... I will make sure all of your human race dies with me!!"
"What?" Mitsurugi froze, sensing something was wrong.
The Blood Demon King staggered back, took a deep breath, and then roared at the sky:
"All demons! My subordinates! Stop wasting time! Unleash all your power! Kill every last human here! Kill them all!!"
He sent this message telepathically to every demon warrior.
But...
There was no response. His voice sank like a stone in water.
It was as if he was speaking to the silent void of the universe.
'All demons?' A cold voice echoed again in his mind, 'May I ask... where are these demons?'
"Heh, of course, they're...?!"
The Blood Demon King's grin twisted, and his eyes widened in disbelief. His expression contorted to the extreme!
Mitsurugi looked around thoughtfully, muttering to himself, "The demonic aura is rapidly disappearing... Who? Who else on Earth could deal with these demons?"
Though the demons weren't strong, as far as he knew, no one on Earth should be able to handle them except for him... oh, and the person who returned to Earth with him.
But... wasn't that person right here?
Like the Blood Demon King, Mitsurugi also believed that the white jade statue-like figure before him was Taro himself. He assumed it was just a special form Taro had taken for some reason.
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Swish!
A sword beam flashed!
A demon warrior was cleaved in two with a single Ki sword strike! His face still wore an expression of disbelief, unable to comprehend how he, who had previously treated these humans as mere livestock, had died so easily at their hands!
A man, armored in light resembling white radiance, fell to his knees with a thud, crying out to the sky, "Dad! Mom! Sister! I've avenged you!!"
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