"Hehe, not bad, it's the legendary Divine Demon Wings!" The Little Demon King sneered, his face full of evil intent.
Legend has it that a thousand years ago, the great demon king of Hun Tian Dao suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the fairy of Tantai Holy Land. After much reflection, he concluded that the reason for the defeat was that the Tantai Sect possessed the Jade Lotus Platform, a supreme treasure that could fly, while Hun Tian Dao did not have a corresponding flying magic weapon.
In order to resist Tantai Zhibao and gain an advantage in future battles, the Great Demon King of Chaos ordered his disciples to devote all their efforts to finding a magical artifact suitable for martial artists to fly through the air.
That generation's Great Demon King was utterly insane, seeking out countless legendary treasures and relentlessly searching those legendary lands. However, he found nothing during his lifetime. Subsequent Demon Kings, before reaching the level of flight through their own cultivation, also relentlessly searched for magical artifacts that allowed them to fly, much like that Great Demon King.
Finally, someone suggested that instead of searching for those ethereal divine objects, it would be better to invite some renowned masters to refine one. But this is easier said than done. Martial artists are different from cultivators; their natures are different. Martial artists find it difficult to control magical artifacts and fly like cultivators. If one wants to refine a treasure suitable for martial artists to fly through the air, that would be extremely difficult.
The Hun Tian Dao sect has developed for thousands of years. Although it has few core disciples, it has countless peripheral disciples and its wealth is unimaginable to outsiders. In the end, the sect exhausted all its resources and invited a Taoist prodigy who was about to ascend to immortality. Then it invited a magic master from the West, and spent countless rare and precious materials to fuse Taoist magic into one, forging a pair of divine and demonic wings.
These divine and demonic wings were crafted primarily using Eastern Taoist techniques, carving a single piece of natural jade into a wing shape, and then inscribing countless Taoist formations within them. Later, Western magician techniques were employed to carve spatial magic arrays into them. They were then repeatedly refined and perfected.
This was originally a wondrous treasure that defied the very creation of heaven and earth. It incorporated top-tier magical arrays combining Taoist and magical techniques; if successfully perfected, it would undoubtedly become a supreme treasure.
However, when the refining of the Divine Demon Wings reached its final stage, the extraordinary cultivator sensed that a heavenly tribulation was imminent. He had no choice but to stop his unfinished task and hastily leave to find a place to soar into the heavens.
A peerless treasure was completed, but the final stage was halted due to this matter. The Great Demon King of Chaos could not say much. He was only able to persuade that extraordinary cultivator because his ancestor had done him a favor in the past. Now that the extraordinary cultivator's critical moment of becoming an immortal had arrived, he could only put aside the matter of refining the Divine Demon Wings.
The great master of magic from the West. Although he was one of the people who refined this extraordinary artifact, he was ultimately a support, mainly relying on Eastern artifact-making techniques. Therefore, in the end, he alone could not perfect this magical artifact.
Afterwards, when the Hun Tian Dao sought the help of its most powerful cultivators to perfect the Divine Demon Wings, none of them understood the ancient formations inscribed on them, and no one could take on the task. The refined treasure ultimately became only a semi-finished product; although unsuccessful, the name of the Divine Demon Wings became known to all sects.
The descendants of the Chaotic Heaven Path wanted to start anew and forge a new pair of divine wings, but the natural jade essence was now extremely difficult to obtain. Later, with the disappearance of Western spatial magic, the forging of the Divine Demon Wings became an insurmountable hurdle, thus the legendary Divine Demon Wings became a perpetual failure.
Meng Ke'er knew the hidden story, so how could she not be surprised to see that the Little Demon King actually possessed complete divine and demonic wings?
"Hehe, the Divine Demon Wings were specially created to counter your Jade Lotus Platform. Today, I will definitely take you down." The Little Demon King of Chaos can now fly, and his disadvantages have disappeared. He smiled maliciously at Meng Ke'er, his eyes roaming unscrupulously over her body.
Meng Ke'er looks rather unwell. The emergence of the Divine Demon Wings is bad news for the Tantai faction, and the future struggle between the two factions will inevitably become more brutal.
The struggle between the righteous and evil holy lands often begins among their disciples. The older generation has reached an unwritten agreement: if the younger generation takes action, the older generation must not intervene. Unless a major conflict erupts, the older generation rarely steps forward to fight back.
Although the Chaotic Heaven Path is labeled as "evil," it has not only survived for thousands of years but has also flourished, unlike thousands of years ago when it was universally condemned. The cultivation world today is no longer as clearly divided into good and evil as it once was; now, there is evil within good and good within evil, just like human nature, which can no longer be judged by absolute good and evil.
People in cultivation organizations today understand that a sect cannot be simply categorized as evil or righteous. It can be said that cultivators today are much more enlightened than in the past.
The reason why the evil and righteous holy lands still hate each other is due to historical reasons. The enmity between the two holy lands has a history of thousands of years and is extremely difficult to resolve.
The Mischievous Little Demon King, adorned with divine and demonic wings and wielding a halberd, stood high in the sky, truly resembling a demon god. He sneered, "Tonight is my first battle since my birth. I will definitely give the holy lands of the Cultivation Bureau a big surprise. You are destined to be my sacrificial offering!"
Having said that, Xiang Tian spread his wings and, as fast as lightning, charged towards Meng Ke'er in the air. His halberd shone with dazzling light, its cold, menacing presence filling the air, and beams of blinding light shot out.
Meng Ke'er dared not be careless at this moment, as the formidable opponent before her was the strongest she had ever faced since her debut. From the very beginning, she had already released some of the seals within her body. If she weren't afraid of being in danger like she had been in her last battle with Chen Nan if she hadn't fully released the seals, she would have already released them all.
Having summoned her without incident, she was naturally no longer limited to controlling only a few lotus petals, unlike when she dealt with Chen Nan. Now, she held a jade lotus petal in each hand, while two more lotus petals flew out from the jade lotus platform beneath her feet, rapidly hurtling towards Xiang Tian.
"当", "当"
All the energy could not stand in the way of such a divine weapon. With two earth-shattering sounds, the two lotus petals collided with the divine halberd. After all, the halberd in Xiang Tian's hand was more powerful than the lotus petals that Meng Ke'er was controlling, and it knocked the crystal-clear lotus petals away one by one.
Then, the Little Demon King rushed to Meng Ke'er's side, and the two began to fight in close combat. For a moment, the sky was filled with colorful lights and flashing cold light.
The two top-tier young masters darted and clashed rapidly in the air, unleashing a vast and boundless flow of energy that surged outwards like a raging wave. Below, the inn, amidst the deafening roar of the impact, was violently shaken and collapsed, reduced to rubble.
High in the sky, lotus blossoms and halberd shadows intertwined, forming a dazzling net of light in the air. The two masters moved like lightning, rapidly clashing and entangled, then quickly retreating, their fierce battle causing the entire space to tremble.
Such a loud noise naturally alerted countless cultivators in Chu Capital.
People continued to rush towards the area, their mouths agape in astonishment as they stared at the two figures of light in the sky. They couldn't comprehend it; judging from their movements, they were clearly two Eastern martial artists, yet they were able to fly—it was simply terrifying!
However, someone finally recognized Meng Ke'er and saw the jade lotus platform beneath her feet.
"My God, that's a fairy from the sacred land of Tantai!"
"Who is that blood-haired man, and why can he also fly?"
He carried a pair of luminous wings on his back; what kind of treasure was that? I've never heard of it before.
...
An elderly cultivator pondered for a moment, muttering to himself, "Could it be the legendary, unfinished treasure—the Wings of Gods and Demons?!"
After he explained, the other elderly people seemed to suddenly understand, and were utterly shocked. The legendary Divine Demon Wings had actually been successfully forged!
The young people watching the battle quickly learned about the legend of the Divine Demon Wings from some older cultivators. In an instant, the Chaotic Little Demon King became the focus of discussion. Everyone knew that the evil holy land and the righteous holy land were irreconcilable enemies, and this was probably the first battle in the conflict between the righteous and evil holy lands of this generation! This was a major event in the cultivation world!
Although people in the cultivation world no longer blindly believe that the holy lands of the righteous path represent absolute justice and the holy lands of the evil path represent absolute evil, they still clearly favor Meng Ke'er. This is because the Tantai Sect has always had a good reputation, and Meng Ke'er's "actions" in the City of Sin have deeply permeated people's minds and bodies, making her a fairy in the eyes of the world.
Meng Ke'er and the Mischievous Little Demon King had clearly noticed the growing number of spectators on the ground. Seemingly unwilling to have their various supernatural abilities witnessed, they flew together towards the outskirts of Chu Capital, fighting as they retreated.
The two quickly flew away from the capital of Chu.
"Boom!" "Boom!"...
A series of explosions echoed in the sky, as the epic duel between Meng Ke'er and the Mischievous Little Demon King had reached its climax. The two clashed fiercely in mid-air several times, and the Mischievous Little Demon King was sent flying twenty feet backward, his body crashing to the ground and knocking down a large section of the forest below.
Meng Ke'er wasn't faring much better. All four jade lotus petals were smashed away by the halberd, and she herself was thrown back, almost falling directly to the ground. Fortunately, at the last moment, she managed to regain control of the jade lotus platform and didn't fall, but a trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"Ugh..." Xiang Tian cried out, wielding his halberd and leaping into the air from the forest. His long, blood-red hair danced wildly, and at that moment he truly resembled a demon king.
"Meng Ke'er, you've really angered me. After I catch you, I'll teach you how to be a proper woman!" The mischievous little devil's eyes flashed with ferocity as he rushed towards Meng Ke'er.
Meng Ke'er was genuinely surprised. Xiang Tian's strength was simply too formidable; among the younger generation, he was probably virtually unmatched. His cultivation was at least at the mid-fourth rank, and he was even approaching the advanced stage of the fourth rank. If she hadn't unlocked some of the seals, she would likely be in real danger.
"No wonder the Little Demon King of Chaos passed on the Fangtian Halberd and the Divine Demon Wings to him at the same time. His strength is truly formidable!" Meng Ke'er sighed inwardly, then put away the jade lotus petals and quickly flew towards a forest in Xiwen.
Xiang Tian, wielding his divine halberd, pursued relentlessly. The two flew swiftly for over ten miles, one after the other. However, after Meng Ke'er reached a dense forest, she suddenly stepped onto a jade lotus platform and plunged downwards, disappearing quickly into the forest.
The mischievous little devil followed, but just then, a barrage of arrows suddenly erupted from the forest, countless feathers flying rapidly towards him. Xiang Tian hurriedly swung his halberd to deflect the arrows, the dazzling halberd emitting beams of light that shredded the arrows into dust.
He knew he had fallen into an ambush; Meng Ke'er had been prepared all along, having secretly deployed a group of men to ambush him. But how could ordinary arrows harm him? He quickly charged downwards, but right there, a volley of wolf-tooth arrows shot into the sky.
The mischievous little devil cried out in alarm and rushed into the sky. He sensed the terrifying energy emanating from the wolf-tooth arrows. Each arrow radiated magical energy, making them undoubtedly powerful magic arrows enhanced by magic.
However, it was too late for him to act, as magic arrows continued to explode around him.
"Boom!" "Boom!"...
The sound of huge explosions continued.
The mischievous little devil brandished his divine halberd, leaping and tumbling, unleashing dazzling light to protect his body as he rapidly soared into the sky. But Meng Ke'er had anticipated this; four jade lotus petals swiftly spun above his head, forcefully suppressing him and placing him within the range of the magic arrows.
Enraged, Xiang Tian roared to the sky, his divine halberd dancing like a dragon, unleashing a dazzling display of light to block the magic arrows. However, the powerful magic arrows were too densely packed, and in just a moment, they had blasted his clothes to shreds. If it weren't for his profound cultivation, he would probably have been blown to smithereens.
Nevertheless, the Mischievous Little Demon King still suffered considerable internal injuries. This infuriated him greatly; today was his first battle since his debut, and he hadn't expected to be so humiliated. He secretly resented the traitor who leaked the information; otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up in such a passive position.
After a short while, the Mischievous Little Demon King coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, suffering severe internal injuries. Only then did the magic arrows below run out. With a roar, his halberd unleashed a blinding light, smashing away the four jade lotus petals surrounding him.
Then, with lightning speed, he rushed down into the forest below, his body surrounded by a blinding blood-red light, like a raging inferno. Xiang Tian wielded his halberd and swept it fiercely down into the forest below, countless giant trees crumbling and shattering.
Screams echoed from below as the blazing light from the divine halberd severed many bodies, filling the forest with the pungent stench of blood. The mischievous little demon king, undeterred by his own advantage, charged into the forest below like a madman, his halberd flashing wildly, cutting down everything in its path.
He destroyed the entire forest, leaving dozens dead. If Meng Ke'er hadn't appeared above the forest and drawn Xiang Tian's attention back, not a single archer would have escaped.
"What a fairy from the holy land! How dare you scheme against me like this! Tonight, I will definitely take you down!" The Little Demon King gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. Despite his serious internal injuries, he was filled with fighting spirit, truly a madman.
The countless destroyed trees behind him floated up, and many broken corpses also slowly rose up, swirling around him, looking extremely eerie.
Meng Ke'er knew that the mischievous little devil was going to fight desperately. She sighed inwardly, thinking that tonight would probably be a true battle to the death...