Chapter 797: I Wanted To Be Your First Demon Supreme

TL: FoodieMonster007

The Black Elder's bewilderment twisted into rage. He truly never imagined that a demonic beast he had summoned, especially the Nine Springs Corpse King, would be turned over to the enemy.

"You damned wench!"

With a furious curse, he threw a palm strike.

POW!

The Nine Springs Corpse King slid back across the ground, but even against that powerful palm strike, it was unfazed. It was only natural, as that was the strongest being he could summon.

"You foolish thing! Disappear!"

The Black Elder chanted an incantation, and the surroundings began to vibrate again.

RUMBLE…

This time, in a reverse summoning, the floor caved in and began to pull at the Nine Springs Corpse King like a swamp. Immediately, it tried to forcibly cancel the summoning.

The Black Elder's face hardened. The Nine Springs Corpse King was resisting, refusing to be dragged in.

This can't be happening!

Even though he had severed the spiritual line connecting them, the Nine Springs Corpse King did not disappear.

The Black Elder recited another incantation, a secret art of the Dark Palace that could see through an opponent's evil arts, the Eye of a Hundred Souls.

A powerful being like the Nine Springs Corpse King could not be subjugated with a simple soul-stealing art. Soul chains, the chains of the soul, would connect the caster and the subjugated. Severing that connection could break the art.

Of course, finding the line was difficult, and cutting it required a great expenditure of inner qi.

When he activated the Eye of a Hundred Souls, the Black Elder's vision went dark for a moment before faint chains appeared.

There! If I just cut that!

The next moment, his joy turned to shock and despair. There was not just one soul chain. Dozens of lines connected the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme to the Nine Springs Corpse King, covering its head, neck, arms, hands, waist, legs, and feet. The ultimate soul-stealing art, one that granted perfect control, unfolded before him.

"Why are you peeking at what belongs to another?" the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's voice rang out, as if she knew her enemy was watching.

The Black Elder grew even more furious, but he soon calmed his mind. His opponent's skills were not limited to her soul-stealing art. The young woman was trying to play with his mind. "To have reached such a state at your young age, I have to give you credit."

Ga Ye, standing behind the Black Elder, was also shocked. She had already experienced several times that the Demon Supremes were far stronger than they had thought. However, she had not expected that strength, which surpassed all expectations, to extend to the young Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme.

She shifted her gaze to the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman sitting silently behind the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme, her eyes covered by the Saintess's Dream.

Ga Ye thought she might be acting to deceive her, but could that bitch maintain such an act while a battle this large unfolded?

She looked up in despair. Beyond the repeatedly blasted-open ceiling, had the distant sky truly abandoned her?

If this was going to happen, you shouldn't have given her the prophecy in the first place!

She directed her resentment at the heavens.

Meanwhile, the Nine Springs Corpse King's sword flew toward the Black Elder.

CRASH! CRUUUNCH!

A small skeleton rushed forward and was shattered in his place. Skeletons swarmed from all directions, surrounding their king. The skeletons felt fear, but they could not disobey the Black Elder's command.

SWOOOSH! CRACK!

A single swing from the Nine Springs Corpse King's sword shattered a skeleton to pieces. If they had been any match for it, how could it have earned the title of Skeleton King?

The skeletons charged. They grabbed its arms and clung to its back, trying to overwhelm it with sheer numbers, but the Nine Springs Corpse King was far too strong. Shattered skeletons flew in all directions.

The skeletons had been strengthened by the Greedy Annihilation Art's aura, but they were not the only ones. The Nine Springs Corpse King had also become much more powerful than its original state.

The Black Elder did not miss the opportunity the skeletons were buying him. He flew toward the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme and the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman. The Ghost Sect barrier had already been mostly destroyed by the Nine Springs Corpse King's earlier attack.

CRASH! BOOM!

The Black Elder's fists, imbued with qi, repeatedly struck the barrier.

CRRRAAACK! KABOOM!

As the barrier was destroyed, the glowing characters on the floor lost their light and vanished.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme, who had been performing her soul-stealing art, said calmly, "Look behind you."

The Black Elder turned around. In that time he was distracted, the Nine Springs Corpse King had smashed all the skeletons and now aimed its massive sword at Ga Ye's neck.

"If you don't back down, your Saintess dies."

"A Demon Supreme using a hostage? Don't you have any shame?"

"None at all." The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme did not even bat an eye. Instead, she provoked the Black Elder in return. "Though I think I'd be a little ashamed if I lost to you."

Neither the provocation nor the hostage situation worked on either of them.

"Kill her."

"Hmph." As if she had expected such a reaction, the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme simply snorted.

"You're not surprised?"

"I knew you people weren't the type to protect anyone."

Ga Ye's expression hardened as she listened to their conversation. If the Darkness Palace Lord had ordered her brought back alive at all costs, the Black Elder would not have dared to make such a decision.

She had been in shock, feeling abandoned by the heavens. Now, realizing she had also been abandoned by the Darkness Palace Lord, her heart grew incomparably heavy.

Finally, the Black Elder revealed part of their plan. "The Palace Lord knows that you delivered a false prophecy, Saintess."

A Saintess who could not receive prophecies was a useless thing to be discarded.

Ga Ye did not reveal her troubled heart. Instead, she spoke with a calm, rebuking gaze. "Do you think you can survive after daring to forsake the will of the heavens? I'm asking if you can bear this great sin with the mere excuse that it was the Saintess's command."

Although she had not received a prophecy recently, she was still the one who had ascended to the position of Saintess by receiving one.

The Black Elder scoffed at her words, laced with a stern rebuke, but he could not speak to her carelessly. Until the situation had become like this, she had been the most precious person after the Darkness Palace Lord.

Ga Ye's gaze now turned to the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme. She was the one holding the power over her life and death now. "If you kill me, you'll commit the sin of defying the will of the heavens."

"I have my own heaven," the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme replied firmly.

Although the heavens were mentioned, she was not at all afraid. She was here, following the command of that heaven.

SWISH!

The Nine Springs Corpse King raised its sword high. It intended to behead Ga Ye with a single strike, but the Black Elder made no move to save her.

Ga Ye, sensing that she could not escape death, left her final words. "My prophecy will surely become reality."

The only being she truly feared was the one born under the Celestial Killer Star. The one who had awakened and broken his seal by himself. He would come to rule the world.

Just as the Nine Springs Corpse King was about to swing its sword, someone stepped forward and stopped it.

"Please don't kill her."

The descending sword of the Nine Springs Corpse King stopped right beside her neck.

The one who had spoken was none other than the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman. She had undone the Saintess's Dream that covered her eyes and rose from her seat. A mystical energy flowed from her opened eyes, and the swirling darkness dared not approach her.

Everyone could tell. She had received a prophecy.

What kind of prophecy could she have received?

However, no one dared to ask, awed by the mystical aura emanating from her. The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman also said nothing about the prophecy.

The Black Elder said to her, "Now, we have even more reason to capture you."

"Why are you trying to save me?" Ga Ye asked.

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman gave no answer.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme said nothing. Asking about the prophecy was a job for the Young Cult Leader. Her job was to protect the Chairwoman from the enemy.

"Please stand back for a moment," she requested.

Her aura quickly grew more intense. If she had been defensive until now to avoid interfering with the prophecy, from now on, she would go on the offensive.

The Nine Springs Corpse King withdrew the sword aimed at Ga Ye and began to attack the Black Elder in earnest.

RUMMMMBLE!

The very axis of the earth trembled as the Nine Springs Corpse King and the Black Elder collided.

The Nine Springs Corpse King's attacks were relentless. Since it did not matter if its entire body was shattered, it continued with the most violent attacks it could muster.

This made the Black Elder even angrier. He truly wanted to grind the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's bones to dust and drink them, but it was not an easy fight.

The Nine Springs Corpse King was the strongest summon he could call upon. The only fortunate thing was that the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme was too busy controlling the Nine Springs Corpse King with her soul-stealing art to launch any other attacks.

As the fight intensified, the Nine Springs Corpse King's armor shattered, followed by the sound of breaking bones. However, in the process, the Black Elder also consumed a massive amount of inner qi and even faced a dangerous situation where his head was nearly taken off.

Even with its bones rattling and broken, the Nine Springs Corpse King fought well. As time passed, the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme was controlling it with even greater skill.

The Black Elder pushed his qi to its limit, intending to overpower the Nine Springs Corpse King in a single blow.

She's getting more and more used to it. This can't go on!

He had to finish it as quickly as possible, even if it meant sustaining internal injuries.

However, this was the moment the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme had been waiting for.

SWOOOSH!

Just as the Black Elder recklessly charged in, the Nine Springs Corpse King threw its sword with the speed of lightning. It had never let go of its sword until now. This was the first time it had thrown it.

As the Black Elder twisted his body with lightning speed to dodge, the large sword grazed past his face.

The unexpected attacks continued. When the Black Elder righted himself, the Nine Springs Corpse King was already upon him. It exposed its entire body as if to die together, but its blade-sharp hands flew toward his shoulders.

Damn it! Too late!

He could shatter the Nine Springs Corpse King's chest, but his own shoulders would be severely injured.

In that life-or-death moment, something incredible happened.

SHWAAA…

Something pitch-black grabbed the Nine Springs Corpse King. Surprisingly, it was the Nine Springs Corpse King's own shadow.

Suspended in mid-air, the Nine Springs Corpse King struggled, but it was held fast, unable to move as if buried in its own shadow. The shadow began to constrict the Nine Springs Corpse King with immense force.

The Black Elder did not miss the opportunity.

KABOOM!

He repeatedly struck the Nine Springs Corpse King with a palm technique containing the absolute limit of his qi. On top of that, the shadow constricted the Nine Springs Corpse King with tremendous force.

CRASH! BOOM! BOOM! CRASH! SSSSH…

Ultimately, unable to withstand the two attacks, the Nine Springs Corpse King shattered into pieces and vanished.

"Ptui!" The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme spat out a mouthful of blood. Because the shadow had constricted it, she had been unable to withdraw the soul chains, and suffered internal injuries when her subjugated target vanished in that state.

In that instant, a barrage of palm techniques rained down on her.

SWOOSH! SWISH! SWOOSH! SWISH!

With the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman behind her, she did not dodge, instead swinging both her palms to block the palm technique head-on. The attack had come so quickly that she had no time to use her soul-stealing art to deflect it.

THUD, THWACK, THUD, THWACK!

Her body shook violently. She blocked with her palm arts and her protective enhanced qi, but the shock added to her previous internal injuries was immense.

"Keuk!"

She coughed up even more blood.

"Demon Supreme!" The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman called out urgently.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme nodded as if to say she was fine. However, a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Suddenly, someone walked into the area.

"Foolish man! You summoned the Nine Springs Corpse King against the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme?"

The newcomer was the Dark Elder, the other of the two old men who had been with the Darkness Palace Lord. He was the one who had just constricted the Nine Springs Corpse King with a shadow and unleashed the continuous palm technique using his unique demonic art, the Dark Shadow Devourer.

The Black Elder had nothing to say to that. It was a clear mistake born from underestimating his opponent. "I never thought that little girl could subjugate the Nine Springs Corpse King."

"It is certainly surprising." The Dark Elder stared at the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme with cold eyes.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme bit her lip anxiously. The Black Elder and the Dark Elder were the right-hand men of the Darkness Palace Lord and masters of the Pitch Black Demonic Art.

"The Young Cult Leader is on the verge of storming the Saintess. We must finish this quickly and return."

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's expression grew grave. She had barely managed to handle one of them. Facing two was an impossible fight. Worse, her internal injuries were grave, and this place was thick with the aura of the Palace of Great Greed.

Before, she had used the Nine Springs Corpse King, which had received that dark energy, to fight, but now she had to fight at a complete disadvantage.

"Demon Supreme!" The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman stood in front of the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme. Her only thought was that she had to save her somehow. "Your Saintess wants to know my prophecy. If you kill the Demon Supreme, I'll never open my mouth."

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman showed her firm resolve, but it did not work on the Black Elder and the Dark Elder.

"That would be a matter between you and the Saintess."

They made it clear that they would kill the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme no matter what.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme moved forward. "I'm fine, so please step back."

"Demon Supreme."

Tears welled up in the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman's eyes as she looked at the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme. This was a death she would face for trying to protect her. If she had wanted to escape, she could have done so during the fight with the first old man.

In contrast, the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme was calm. "Cherish the prophecy. The Young Cult Leader will come to save you soon."

She meant not to speak of the prophecy until the Young Cult Leader came to rescue her. That it would protect her life.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme foresaw her own death.

Young Cult Leader, I am sorry for failing to complete my mission.

She did not ask for that sentiment to be passed on to the Young Cult Leader. Hearing such words would only make him feel gloomy.

I wanted to be your first Demon Supreme, Young Cult Leader….

She stood proudly before the two old men. "You filth who reek of rotting corpses, I won't die quietly. I'll at least take an arm and an eye with me."

An intense killing intent erupted from her eyes. As she revealed her final aura, the surroundings seemed to spin, and a wave of dizziness washed over them.

The Black Elder and the Dark Elder raised their qi to resist her aura. It was a powerful fighting spirit that suggested she truly would not die quietly.

"There won't be a single eye or arm left on your body," she snarled.

The Black Elder and the Dark Elder also unleashed their own auras without restraint. The deathly energy flowing from them mixed with the dark energy of the surroundings, crushing the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's aura. Because it was a two-on-one fight, her energy was pushed back.

Just as the Black Elder and the Dark Elder were splitting to either side to launch a joint attack, though, the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman's eyes sparkled.

She slowly looked around, muttering, "Hey… do you smell that? I think it's the scent of alcohol."