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Chapter 460 Wind Demon King

Wu Chang looked toward the demons flying out of Calabash Mountain. The demons covered the sky and there were at least eight hundred to a thousand of them.

However, the vast majority of these demons are only equivalent to second-rate experts among human cultivators, and less than one in ten are at the level of first-rate experts.

Demon guards who can reach the Grandmaster level and demon generals who can reach the Great Grandmaster level are extremely rare, numbering no more than a handful if you put them all together.

No wonder his intuition told him there was something wrong with Hulu Mountain, but didn't foreshadow any danger to him.

Compared to the monsters that ambushed them, Wu Chang was more interested in Calabash Mountain itself.

In order to ambush them, the Wind Demon King actually absorbed all the black winds in the area under its control into the mountain's belly. This Calabash Mountain not only looks like a gourd, but its body can actually be used as a gourd magic weapon.

It's just unknown whether the method of controlling and releasing the wind comes from Calabash Mountain or from the Wind Demon King's power.

Wu Chang, as the person in charge of this operation, said with a solemn expression:

"Maintain formation, do not panic, fight and retreat along the path we came from, do not leave your back exposed to the monster!"

Then he looked at his true self and said:

"These celestial beings were brought by His Excellency Peace. I am not familiar with your abilities, so I ask His Excellency Peace to assist and command them."

Zhenwo nodded in agreement and began assigning tasks to everyone.

Aside from Leng Shan and Jian Xing, whose Blessing status had already disappeared, he also selected God Tongue, Killing Intent Wave, Ma Jia, and Earth Puppet to take action, while the rest waited on the sidelines.

The reason Shadow wasn't sent to act was because Shadow was a scout, and Blessing's condition was the most crucial.

The reason why the negotiation master and others were not allowed to take action was because their combat strength was too weak to threaten the demon general. Taking action would not only cause them to compete with Wu Chang for the small monsters, but would also distract Wu Chang from taking care of the others.

After briefly assigning their respective duties, Wu Changzhen and the others formed a triangular formation, moving backward while remaining vigilant against the approaching monsters.

Within the formation, Wu Chang's main body and true self each occupied one corner, An Rong occupied another corner, and the others were positioned in the center, responding flexibly.

Just as everyone formed their battle formation, the demons of Calabash Mountain arrived.

The Wind Demon King and the Earth Demon King are similar; both are naturally born beasts that transform into demons after absorbing demonic energy. Most of those that can enter Calabash Mountain and catch the eye of the Wind Demon King are also naturally born beasts.

The fastest rushing one was a strange beast as large as a leopard, with an appearance between a fox and a mink, bluish-yellow fur, and black wind under its feet, possessing the strength of a demon general.

An Rong was born with the ability to control beasts and had a great understanding of exotic animals, so he immediately reminded him:

"Be careful, that's a Wind Shadow Beast. Its fur is tough and can ward off water and fire, and it's impervious to swords and spears. Even lightning magic can hardly harm it. At the same time, its claws and teeth are extremely sharp and can easily bite through magic robes and armor."

"It likes to fight enemies in close combat by relying on its fur. Don't get entangled with it. It is only afraid of earth and blunt weapons. The clay doll girl's ability is very effective against it."

Upon hearing this, the clay puppet was about to unleash its power when the true self grabbed its shoulder.

The clay doll was taken aback. Before she could ask a question, she saw the true self open its spatial domain and grab the wind shadow beast from the void with its left hand.

Although the Wind Shadow Beast was fast, it could not outrun the spatial constraints. Its root power, which was at the level of a demon general, could not withstand Wu Chang's lord-level spatial root power, and it was immediately frozen in the air.

As True Self pulled down with his left hand, the Wind Shadow Beast was swept up by the power of space and accelerated toward True Self. True Self, who had been gathering power at his side, swung his right fist heavily toward the Wind Shadow Beast.

Unable to dodge, the Wind Shadow Beast had no choice but to risk injury for injury, swinging its sharp claws to grab at Wu Chang's fist.

The True Self acted without warning, and its spatial power took effect extremely quickly, leaving An Rong no time to stop it. He could only shout, "Don't let it catch you!"

Because the Wind Shadow Beast rushed too fast, he didn't have time to explain the details. The reason the Wind Shadow Beast could break through the magic robe and armor was because its claws and fangs had the ability to tear through spiritual energy.

Once the protective spiritual energy of the robes and armor is torn away, they will quickly become ordinary objects and naturally unable to withstand the claws of a Grandmaster-level demon beast.

If even magical artifacts are like this, what about the protective techniques of cultivators?
If a Celestial Being tries to withstand the Wind Shadow Beast's claws by relying on their protective techniques, they will at best lose an arm, and at worst be killed on the spot by the Wind Shadow Beast.

An Rong was extremely anxious. He thrust his halberd straight at Zhenwo's fist, trying to knock the Wind Shadow Beast away before it could get a firm grip.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; before his halberd even arrived, his true self's fist had already collided with the Wind Shadow Beast.

boom!
stab~
A heavy impact sound rang out simultaneously with the sharp tearing sound of skin being ripped apart.

An Rong's cheeks twitched slightly, somewhat unable to bear to look at the miserable state of the Celestial Being named Peace. But the next moment, he realized that the sounds of impact and tearing skin were actually coming from the Wind Shadow Beast.

The sound of skin tearing came from the Wind Shadow Beast failing to withstand Peace's punch. The force of the punch traveled from its abdomen straight through its back, tearing the skin off the Wind Shadow Beast's back. The flesh inside its body had already been pulverized by the force of the punch, gushing out from the tear in its back skin.

An Rong's breath hitched. This was a Wind Shadow Beast known for its fur defense.

It can evade water and fire, and is impervious to swords and spears. This does not refer to ordinary water, fire, swords, and spears, but rather to water, fire, swords, and spears used by a grandmaster.

He said that the Wind Shadow Beast is afraid of blunt weapons, which means that you can kill it by striking it through its skin with a blunt weapon, not that you can break its skin with a blunt weapon!

He couldn't imagine how much force was contained in Peace's punch.

In his moment of panic, he forgot that he had just thrust out his halberd in an attempt to end the conflict peacefully.

Coming to his senses, he stopped the halberd, its tip already piercing Heping's fist.

not good!

An Rong was about to withdraw his force when he discovered that what he had stabbed was not flesh and blood at all, but rather a strange substance that was both hard and tough.

Even the fur of the Wind Shadow Beast was far less impenetrable than what he had stabbed.

Using the rebound force, he retrieved his halberd. Looking up, he saw that Heping's hand was completely unharmed. Neither his halberd nor the claws of the Wind Shadow Beast, which were designed to break spiritual energy, could leave a single mark on it.

What kind of monster is this?!
Zhenwo frowned and looked at Anrong, asking in confusion:

"Your Excellency, what is the meaning of this?"

Faced with his true self's question, An Rong broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly explained:

"The Wind Shadow Beast's claws are specifically designed to break through protective spiritual energy. I was worried you would be injured by it, so I wanted to help you out..."

Zhenwo nodded after hearing this. An Rong's attack had no killing intent, and the place he stabbed was where the Wind Shadow Beast was originally. However, the Wind Shadow Beast was blown apart by his punch, and his fist stretched forward and bumped into the Fangtian Halberd.

He sighed and said, "I hope Your Excellency will be careful in the future. If it's not me you're attacking, but someone else, you might get hurt in the process."

The Wind Shadow Beast's talent is indeed something special. Even knights who don't die from their permanent shields are torn apart by its claws. It might be able to tear through energy shields, but it can't tear through the skin of a Titan.

Before the other monsters could get close, Zhenwo secretly opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the life force of the Wind Shadow Beast into his belly.

Strength +30.

With the Sea Giant transformation, my true self reached 403 points in strength. However, after being weakened by two dimensional barriers, I only got 15 points.

The fact that the life force of a Grandmaster-level monster only increases strength by 30 points does not mean that the Wind Shadow Beast's strength is diluted, but rather that Wu Chang's current strength attribute is too high.

It's important to understand that for ordinary players, 200 points in a single attribute is already enough to reach the barrier of the Wilderness Realm.

In the Anthem Corporation dimension, even when he used the Root Knight transformation to reach the limit of the Desolate Realm, his single attribute was only 500 points.

At this moment, thanks to the title of "Violator", he broke through a layer of dimensional barrier, and under normal circumstances, his strength attribute would exceed 400 points.

Such terrifying attributes create an absolute numerical crushing effect even in world dungeons, naturally reducing the power attribute absorbed from the demon general's life force.

The bad news is that a Grandmaster-level demon general can only provide him with 15 points of strength.

Wu Chang looked up at the demons above him. The good news was that there were many demons here.

He removed the Wind Shadow Beast pelt from his fist, shook off the remaining flesh and blood, and gently stroked the pelt, feeling the texture in his palm. He praised the Wind Shadow Beast as a good material for making a coat.

He then used the death of the Wind Shadow Beast to activate the literary fortune state of the Heavenly Power Immortal Fate.

"Killing or controlling a demon can provide a group-wide spiritual energy effect to nearby cultivators, causing friendly targets to enter a formation state. When a target within the formation takes damage, if the damage received in a single instance is less than 20% of the target's maximum health, the damage will be shared equally among all cultivators within the formation. Each target can only trigger this effect once every five seconds."

As the Wen Yun state was activated, everyone felt a faint connection between them, and their energy became one.

Furthermore, when they are in a formation, their sense of tacit understanding is greatly enhanced, and they can perceive to some extent what the others will do next.

Sensing this change, Leng Shan and Jian Xing felt a pang of sadness in their eyes once again.

No way, man, you're really good at this!

Zhenwo explained the effects of Wen Yun to everyone, telling them that as long as they didn't suffer a fatal injury, the damage would be distributed to others, and with the help of health potions and other recovery methods, they could maintain their best combat condition.

As the collective spiritual energy was activated, other demonic creatures arrived. In their array formation, the group cooperated exceptionally well; even if a slight opening appeared in their defenses, the others could quickly fill it.

Players like Lengshan, Jianxing, and Shenzhishe are ranked higher than ordinary Grandmasters, and ordinary Grandmaster-level demon guards simply cannot break through their defenses.

Moreover, when the group counterattacks, they often trigger a 15% damage amplification effect from their combined attack. Once triggered, this is a guaranteed kill for any demon guard.

As for the demon generals among the demon horde, Wu Chang, Eileen, and An Rong held them off. All three of them displayed the level of Earth Immortals, and the demon generals simply could not withstand them.

Each time a demon was severely injured during an attack and tried to escape, it would suddenly find a burly human cultivator and a fist the size of a sand pot appear before its eyes, and then everything would go black.

Due to their overwhelming difference in cultivation level, the three of them were enough to block the demon general. Wu Changzhenwo was responsible for seizing opportunities to finish off the enemy while continuously stacking his power attribute.

The countless demons crashed in like a relentless tide, and the triangular formation the group had formed was like a reef on a cliff edge. No matter how fierce the tide was, it could not shake the reef; instead, it would smash the group to pieces.

As they fought and retreated, Zhenwo killed four demon generals and seven or eight demon guards, instantly boosting his strength attribute to 500.

When his strength attribute reached 500, he hit a bottleneck. His intuition told him that he could continue to improve by relying on "the violator," but no matter how much demonic energy he absorbed, he could not accumulate any more strength.

Perhaps he needs other methods to break through this invisible bottleneck.

As Wu Chang's power attribute reached its maximum, they arrived at the edge of the area covered by the black wind.

Three hundred meters further out, they would be able to leave the area of ​​Hulu Mountain.

Now that things have come to this, with most of the demon generals and guards among the demons of Calabash Mountain dead or wounded, the leader of Calabash Mountain can no longer sit still.

With a long cry that pierced the sky, a giant bird with a wingspan of over forty meters flew out from Calabash Mountain and rushed toward the crowd.

The giant bird's feathers are bluish-green, and its plumage shimmers with a jewel-like light, as if it were made entirely of jade. Its elegant and beautiful form resembles the phoenix from mythology.

It is the Wind Demon King of the Demon Realm—the Azure Feather Bird. Its origins are similar to those of the Mountain Guardian Beast and the Earth Demon King; all are great mysterious beasts. It is said that it has the bloodline of the Azure Phoenix and the ability to control the wind.

The Azure Feather Bird flapped its wings, and the black winds swirling within its territory converged on its wings, like two towering tornadoes.

Then it flapped its wings at Wu Chang and the others, and two tornadoes of black wind condensed and attacked them.

The two tornadoes struck from the same spot, trapping everyone and preventing them from leaving.

Seeing the smug look in Qingyu Bird's eyes, it flapped its wings continuously, and tornadoes and wind blades appeared, attacking the crowd from all directions.

Black winds filled the sky and earth, as if the end of the world was coming. Under such a suffocating attack, everyone could only gather their spiritual energy to desperately resist, unable to advance or retreat.

Seeing this, the Azure Feather Bird maintained its wind control while approaching the group, gathering its strength in preparation for a powerful attack.

As the Azure Feather Bird approached, the air around Wu Chang and the others began to stop flowing; more accurately, it stopped changing.

The air seemed to solidify into a transparent solid, and they felt as if they were falling into rapidly hardening cement, their movements visibly slowing down.

It seemed like a crisis was imminent, but that was exactly what Wu Chang and the others were waiting for.

The Blue Feather Bird's attack was massive, but its actual lethality was extremely limited.

The four demon kings are earth, water, fire, and wind. Some of these four elements may overlap with the five elements, but they are fundamentally different from them.

The essence of earth, water, fire, and wind actually corresponds to four states of energy: solid, liquid, gas, and hot/cold.

Wind represents gaseous energy, which is unpredictable and also represents movement and stillness.

Corresponding to the wind, the Azure Feather Bird is adept at manipulating energy, allowing it to change at will. For example, it can draw the black wind within its domain into Calabash Mountain, and slow down the movements of others by altering their stillness.

But wind has no physical form, so its destructive power is destined to be less than that of the other three elements.

Furthermore, the Azure Feather Bird is the weakest of the four demon kings, and judging from its aura, it is far inferior to the Candle Yin Skeleton.

Ignoring the fact that the Demon King's demonic power constantly increases within its territory, it is at most 20% stronger than An Rong.

The Azure Feather Bird contracted the black winds within its territory, luring the group closer to Calabash Mountain. It then dispatched countless subordinates to besiege them, only revealing itself at the last moment.

It's not because it imitates the main villains in games and animations, believing that they must first eliminate all their subordinates and allow the protagonist to reach the maximum level before they can take action.

If it doesn't deplete Wu Chang and the others' strength, it has no chance of winning at all.

What it didn't know was that Wu Chang and his group were blessed with both "literary fortune" and "martial fortune," and the weaker members of the group also had the "blessing" effect to protect them.

Not only did its previously dispatched subordinates fail to inflict much damage on Wu Chang and his group, but even the tornado it unleashed did not cause much harm.

If its current skill is fully developed, it can completely freeze Wu Chang and the others, further interrupting the flow of spiritual energy within them, making them unable to resist.

Unfortunately, it was destined not to live to see that moment.

The moment the Azure Feather Bird entered the attack range of the group, An Rong suddenly plunged his halberd into the ground, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, blasting a crack in the almost solidified air.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chang's main body swung his hands repeatedly, sending out seven or eight longswords flashing with lightning, which pierced straight towards the blue-feathered bird in the air.

The blue-feathered bird had no time to dodge and could only let out a cry, causing its already jade-like body to become completely transparent and turn into a gaseous state.

The flying sword flashed past its body, but neither the flying sword nor the lightning attached to it harmed the Azure Feather Bird. Before it could feel triumphant, it felt a numbing sensation coming from its body, and its body fell uncontrollably to the ground.

Watching the falling blue-feathered bird, Wu Chang's true form smiled slightly.

Before crafting the flying sword, he had considered that the Azure Feather Bird, as the Wind Demon King, might possess methods to resist physical damage, so he added Deep Water Devour and Heavenly Thunder to the sword.

The Azure Feather Bird's life-saving magic in its vaporized form is indeed very strong, strong enough to dodge even the Heavenly Thunder in the Five Thunder Technique. However, while it can dodge the Heavenly Thunder, it cannot dodge the Deep Water Devour, which carries divine damage.

Since absorbing the Seed of the Primordial Deep Sea, as long as the target's divinity is no more than one level above Wu Chang's, they will not be immune to the deadly poison of the Deep Sea Devourer.

The Blue Feather Bird's body is gaseous; once the Deep Water Devourer enters its body, it spreads throughout the entire body, causing it to be poisoned on the spot.

Faced with An Rong's surprised gaze, he put his hands behind his back, his expression calm.

As the leader of the Tang Clan, it's only natural for me to poison hidden weapons.

The moment the Azure Feather Bird landed, Wu Changzhen teleported to its side.

Affected by the Devouring Deep Water, the Azure Feather Bird could no longer control its body, and its ability to transform into a gaseous state was released, returning it to its original form. The True Self grabbed its neck and teleported it outside Calabash Mountain.

An Rong frowned upon seeing this, clearly displeased with He Ping's attempt to steal credit. He said, "Sect Leader Tang, this..."

Wu Changzhen shook his head slightly and said, "It's alright, let him be."

Wu Chang deployed his spatial domain, teleporting the Azure Feather Bird five kilometers away. He arrived before the Azure Feather Bird and asked:

"You should be able to understand human speech, right? I'll ask you two questions. If you answer correctly, I'll give you a quick death."

The blue-feathered bird opened its beak with difficulty and let out two muffled cries.

Wu Chang took out the Omniscient Crystal and said, "Translate it."

The Omniscient Crystal said, "It said it has nothing to say to those despicable humans."

Wu Chang clicked his tongue and asked, "You react so strongly to humans. Could it be that you, like the Mountain Guardian Beast, experienced an unhappy childhood during the early stages of the spiritual energy revival?"

The blue-feathered bird cried out, this time clearly agitated.

Wu Chang looked at the Omniscient Crystal, which said, "It said it **** you ****, **** ****."

Wu Chang: ...

"Next time, you don't need to translate such detailed statements; just say it's insulting me."

He looked directly into Qingyu Bird's eyes and said, "If you're anxious, it means I guessed right. You had an unhappy childhood, which makes things easier."

He stretched out his hand, and a ball of transparent flame appeared in his palm.

As fellow demon kings, Qingyu Bird naturally recognized Zhuyin Hai's signature skills. It had even experienced the power of Xin Yan during its conflict with Zhuyin Hai.

Currently, it is suffering from the Devouring Deep Water and will be powerless against the Heart Flame. Thinking of this, fear showed in its eyes.

Wu Chang smiled kindly and said:
"As long as you answer honestly, I promise I won't use the Heart Flame. After all, I'm not some kind of evil spirit."

(End of this chapter)