Chapter 809: I Have Bad Drinking Habits

TL: FoodieMonster007

"Doesn't that include you?" the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme replied to the Darkness Palace Lord's statement that he would kill everyone Geom Mugeuk knew.

Seeing her fighting spirit, the Drunken Demon and the Demonic Buddha exchanged glances. They could tell that she wanted to fight the Darkness Palace Lord.

The Demonic Buddha walked slowly and stood before the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman as if to say that he would protect her, so the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme should fight to her heart's content.

At the same time, the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman moved to stand beside Ga Ye.

Ga Ye stared at her without a word. She could tell. Even here, the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman was trying to save her. Since the Demon Supremes would protect the woman, them sticking close meant she might survive as a bonus.

Why are you trying to save me? I lured you into a trap.

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman must have read the emotions in her eyes, yet she only looked worriedly at the Darkness Palace Lord and the Demon Supremes.

The Drunken Demon and the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme stood side by side.

"Let's have a proper fight again," the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme challenged the Darkness Palace Lord.

She was grateful to the two other Demon Supremes. No matter how hard she had trained, she was young and lacked practical experience compared to them, but still, they acknowledged her as a competent Demon Supreme even when though their opponent was the Darkness Palace Lord.

She lightly greeted the Drunken Demon and also greeted the Demonic Buddha standing behind. This battle was an opportunity for her to stand tall as a true Demon Supreme.

"Hoo…"

As she exhaled slowly, her breath spread into the darkness.

Sounds could be heard within that breath. The sound of a human sigh, the sound of screaming, the sound of wailing in sorrow, the sound of cackling laughter. The sounds of all kinds of people were contained in her breath.

The surrounding air changed. The silent space filled with the sounds of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.

The Demonic Buddha emitted a bright light from his body, illuminating the dark space. Losing the darkness, the stars also lost their light.

The Drunken Demon released a powerful alcohol qi, making the night sky drunk.

As the three Demon Supremes released their energy simultaneously, the atmosphere of the place shifted.

However, the Darkness Palace Lord raised his index finger to the void, as if to say he was the master here.

The positions of the surrounding stars changed.

SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!

As if the change in the stars' positions naturally meant their positions changed as well, the surrounding atmosphere the Demon Supremes had worked so hard to alter vanished completely. They were standing in a different place.

Just seeing this one move, one could feel how formidable the Darkness Palace Lord was here.

Of course, the Demon Supremes were not the type to be discouraged by that.

The Drunken Demon yielded the first strike. "Since Soul-Stealing watched my back in the previous fight, I'll take the support role this time."

The Darkness Palace Lord provoked her. "He's pushing you forward because he fears death."

Unfortunately, taunts did not work on the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme. Rather, it gave her an opening for a counterattack. "Is that coming from you, who sacrificed countless subordinates and only now crawled out?"

Her words were direct and rough. She liked the method of openly cursing to provoke her opponent.

"Ugly old man, it's time for you to receive heavenly punishment for your refusal to age gracefully."

The Darkness Palace Lord's eyes sank coldly. He had intended to fight elegantly, displaying authority and fear before the Demon Supremes, but he had forgotten one thing. "You damn Demon Supremes seem to have all been influenced by that guy."

"That's an honor to me."

FLASH!

One of the stars floating nearby shone, then fell toward her at a terrifying speed.

SHWEEEEEK!

The enhanced qi contained within the star was so powerful that it had forced the Drunken Demon back several steps in the first attack.

FWIP!

Just as the enhanced qi was about to fall on her, though, she drew a pattern in the air, which swallowed the enhanced qi. At the same time, a pattern appeared beside the Darkness Palace Lord, and the enhanced qi shot out from it.

This was the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's Soul Origin Transference Art, which redirected attacks elsewhere.

BAM!

The Darkness Palace Lord thrust out his hand to block the attack he had launched, and his body merely shook from the impact. He did not move a single step, showing just how profound his inner arts were.

PEW PEW PEW!

This time, three stars flew at the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme simultaneously. She drew a pattern again. However, while there were three flying stars, there was only one pattern.

KWANG! KWANG! KWAAAANG!

Three explosions rang out in succession. The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme sent one back, while the Drunken Demon and the Demonic Buddha each unleashed a palm technique to block the other two stars.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme had not requested the two Demon Supremes to block the other attacks. She had faith that they would naturally block them, and the Drunken Demon and the Demonic Buddha proved her faith was right.

On top of that, the Drunken Demon went one step further. As soon as he blocked the enhanced qi, he rushed at the Darkness Palace Lord.

When it came to charging, no one could match him. In a flash, he was thrusting a dagger at the Darkness Palace Lord.

WHOOSH!

With the sound of a streak of wind, the distance between the two widened in an instant.

The Darkness Palace Lord, who had been right in front of his eyes, was now far away like a dot. He was freely shrinking and stretching the space of this night sky he had unfolded.

The Drunken Demon cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled, "Elder! You'll get lost if you stray too far from us!"

He mocked the enemy, but his eyes were cautious. The move the Darkness Palace Lord just displayed was by no means a shallow trick. He was truly moving as if folding this space.

"There's no chance of winning here. We must tear through and leave," the Demonic Buddha said.

Everyone agreed, but this wasn't an easy task. The wall of darkness was incomparably strong, and even if they combined their strength to pierce it, the Darkness Palace Lord would not simply stand by and watch.

SWOOSH!

The Darkness Palace Lord crossed the space again, approaching to within a dozen steps. "You can only leave by dying…"

Suddenly, he felt his body was unnatural. Before he knew it, red threads were tied to his arms, shoulders, and legs, making him seem like a puppet controlled by strings.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme had unleashed her Blood Thread Puppetry Art. She lifted one arm up, and kept the other down.

The mighty Darkness Palace Lord was left in a ridiculous pose.

She did not unleash the Blood Thread Puppetry Art to insult him, nor was she confident she could bind him for long. With her lacking inner arts, that was impossible. She unleashed the technique because she believed in the intelligence of the people fighting alongside her.

Sure enough, the Drunken Demon was already rushing toward the Darkness Palace Lord. Having gained great enlightenment in movement arts during this journey, his speed was incomparable to before.

He did not miss this opportunity when the enemy was frozen in place.

FWIP!

His dagger thrust toward the Darkness Palace Lord's heart.

SPLURT!

Blood splattered into the void.

"Aaaack!"

However, the person who screamed was the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman, who had been watching the fight.

Everyone froze with shocked expressions, realizing the blood scattered in the air was the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme's.

The Drunken Demon and the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme stared at each other. His dagger had just cut her shoulder. Just before he could pierce the Darkness Palace Lord's heart, the old bastard had swapped places with her.

"Hahaha!" The Darkness Palace Lord laughed from the spot where the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme had been standing.

This was one of his unique martial arts, the Dark Heaven Space Swapping Art.

If the Drunken Demon had not redirected his dagger at the last moment, he would have killed the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme. Fortunately, in that fleeting moment, he had seen joy rather than fear in his target's eyes, so he instinctively wrenched his blade away.

Still, his heart sank with a thud. This was the first time he had seen such a strange demonic art.

If the Darkness Palace Lord can use this switching technique freely, could we kill him?

"Soul-Stealing, are you okay?"

"Yes." The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme nodded with a look that said she was really okay and sealed the acupoint on her shoulder to stop the bleeding.

The Drunken Demon turned toward the Darkness Palace Lord and laughed. "So you were there? I must be really drunk to attack my own comrade! Sigh, this is why drunkards are no good."

Watching the scene, Ga Ye whispered, "As long as the Greedy Annihilation Art is active, his inner qi is practically infinite. Someone outside must get everyone off the boat and halt the Greedy Annihilation Art. Only then do we stand a chance of victory."

Even though she hadn't raised her voice, everyone heard her.

Now, the Darkness Palace Lord did not even curse her as a traitor. Her own guilt was the greatest punishment for her.

Ga Ye, having finished explaining the situation, went back to being expressionless. She still couldn't believe she had betrayed the person she had followed all her life.

Could a person's fate change like this in a single day? Is it allowed to change?

Meanwhile, the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme, who had nearly died just moments ago, activated another technique in the blink of an eye.

Patterns filled the space around her and the Darkness Palace Lord. Around her, around him, and connecting between them like a road.

The next moment, she stood before a door.

This was the Direct Mind Control Art, a technique to enter the opponent's mind directly. Attempting to directly control the mind of a master like the Darkness Palace Lord was an extremely dangerous endeavor, but her strongest martial arts was, after all, soul-stealing arts.

To win this fight, she had no choice but to take the risk.

She opened the door and entered and empty room.

She entered the door within that room again, but the next room was also empty.

These rooms were places where one could see the memories of the person under the mind control art. Not just any memories, but the memories of their best moments. One used those best moments to control the opponent.

Every time she opened a room and entered, she went back in time.

The next room was empty too.

She had performed countless mind control arts, but she had never seen such empty rooms.

Passing through old age and middle age, she opened the door to the Darkness Palace Lord's youth.

However, even the happy memories of his youth were empty.

How could this be?

When she opened the last room, a single memory was there. She saw the Darkness Palace Lord as a child, with someone.

Looking up at the person he was with, the young Darkness Palace Lord was smiling brightly. Because the person had their back turned, though, she could not see who it was from this side.

This was the one and only pleasant memory in his entire life. The thought occurred to her that perhaps this was the first and last time in his life he had smiled so brightly.

Just as she was about to approach to check the person standing with their back turned, however, the eyes of the Darkness Palace Lord from his childhood, who had been looking up at the man, suddenly focused on her.

"!" An ominous feeling surged through her, and she quickly ran back the way she came. This was the first time a figure in a memory moved voluntarily like this!

Every time she passed a room she had come through, the door closed by itself.

THUD! THUD!

She intuitively knew that if she was trapped in a room, she could not escape. That meant qi deviation caused by the failure of the mind control art.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Closing and closing again. Just as she ran frantically and barely exited the last room, her eyes snapped open.

CLANG!

The patterns connecting her and the Darkness Palace Lord shattered and broke.

She forcibly swallowed the blood rising inside her. The mind control art had failed.

"Who is that person?" she asked.

The Darkness Palace Lord's face twitched, perhaps due to anger at having his innermost thoughts revealed. Powerful dark energy surged from his body, and seven stars among the night sky began to shine.

As he activated the Big Dipper Annihilation, those seven stars filled the space and poured down upon her.

SHWAAAAAA!

It was an attack of incomparable power compared to what flew earlier. Because it flew in so wide and fast, there was no space to dodge.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme raised her protective enhanced qi to the limit, but it was a situation where she had to be prepared for internal injury.

Right then, the Demonic Buddha's voice rang out from behind her. "It's nice and spacious here."

Already, his fingers were forming hand seals—The Demonic Palm Destruction Stamp.

A giant Bloody Buddha rose from the center of the night sky, blocking the seven enhanced qi beams.

BOOOOOOM! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The Bloody Buddha blocked all the enhanced qi flying toward her with its body.

SLAM!

The giant palm struck down toward the Darkness Palace Lord.

Normally, one could not avoid the Bloody Buddha's palm in that space, but he stretched the space and fled far away.

The Drunken Demon judged that he shouldn't waste any more time. They needed to finish fighting before their inner qi was completely depleted.

While the distance between them widened, he took out his unique weapon, Bloody Tears, which he wore at his waist.

"Careful, I have bad drinking habits."

As he injected his unique inner arts into the gourd-shaped Bloody Tears, it vibrated and emitted a pure white light.

The Drunken Demon's unique martial arts, the Wine God Art, final cup, the Drunken Wine God.

He opened the stopper of Bloody Tears and gulped down the alcohol inside. Black alcohol qi began to ripple from his body, while pure white drunkenness flowed from his two eyes.

"Oh, I'm drunk!"

He pulled out the dagger and swung it in the air, acting out his drunken behavior.

"Who's blocking my way! Move!"

"I'll make you even dizzier, you crazy drunkard!"

Watching that sight, the Darkness Palace Lord unleashed the Dark Heaven Meteor Strike.

This time, the stars on all sides began to rotate around them. The stars rotated as if the sky had gone mad.

WHIZZZ!

It was so dizzying that the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman and Ga Ye collapsed on the spot.

The Drunken Demon, who intended to rush at him, stumbled and ran elsewhere.

The technique didn't simply cause dizziness. It was a dark current that stole the opponent's mind was caused it to swirl.

"Am I drunk? Is the world drunk? The world is spinning wildly!" the Drunken Demon rambled, but he was panicking. He had to infuse his body with the effect of his strongest move, Bloody Tears, before it faded.

The Demonic Buddha clasped his hands and tried to calm his mind, but he could not attack the Darkness Palace Lord through this dizziness.

As the power of the Dark Heaven Meteor Strike became stronger, the stars spun even faster.

Amidst this, the Darkness Palace Lord's voice rang out loudly. "You're the ones who walked toward your deaths. Blame your arrogance in willing walking into this place despite knowing it was a trap!"

Black energy began to gather in his hand.

"I'll show the Young Cult Leader your dead bodies!"

At that time, when everyone was dizzy and unable to come to their senses, there was one exception.

The Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme was pretending to be dizzy, but her eyes glinted sharply.

How dare you spin the world when I am here?

The whirlwind pattern was her symbol, so this dizziness actually made her stronger. Within this insane dizziness, she felt peace and comfort.

She raised her qi to the limit. She even drew in the energy of the Dark Heaven Meteor Strike and made it her own power.

After gathering that power, she released her mind control art again.

The target of the mind control art was not the Darkness Palace Lord, though. The target she unleashed the mind control art on was, surprisingly, the Drunken Demon.

[Please don't reject me, Drunken Demon!]