Those time travelers that year

391. The Demon Dragon

Inside the golden light shield formed by the Breath of Earth was a magnificent palace. Countless crystal-clear and strangely shaped glass buildings were scattered all around. Just like something out of a myth, the ground was made of smooth and orderly stone bricks forming streets and squares, and beside the streets were some long-petrified coral reefs.

Looking out, the entire palace complex appeared resplendent in gold under the light reflected from the sacred soil. If it weren't for the countless white bones in the shape of dragons lying in the streets and squares, this would truly be a crystal palace, rather than the cemetery it is today.

Yes, the cemetery...

When Charles entered this place and felt the deathly silence in the air, he was certain that there wasn't a single living native inhabitant here.

There aren't even any dead souls here, because even the souls of the dead have probably all been turned into food and devoured by something by now.

"This really is a beautiful place!" Sighing as he strolled along the deserted streets, looking at the mythical East Sea Dragon Palace, Xia Er said, "But why is it that almost every East Sea Dragon Palace in every world feels like such a flop?!"

"Should we say they're just incredibly unlucky, encountering enemies in every world and every time they face, always exceeding their expectations? Or should we say these guys are just utterly useless?"

"You agree, right? A crawler!"

Roar! ! ! !

If anything could still survive in the East Sea Dragon Palace, it would undoubtedly be the demonic dragon parasitized by a demonic pearl. The culprit who slaughtered the entire East Sea Dragon Palace, forcing the East Sea Dragon King to seal it completely with the Breath of Earth before his death.

This was a colossal dragon, its entire body covered in golden scales, its massive form measuring tens of meters long and over ten meters tall. The dragon exuded an aura of madness and chaos, like a wild beast devoid of self-awareness, charging wildly and fiercely towards Xia Er.

"Strange! I don't think this kind of beast can wipe out the entire East Sea Dragon Palace by itself, or even prevent the East Sea Dragon King from evacuating or rescuing it!" Facing this imposing dragon, Xia Er was not at all panicked. On the contrary, he was very curious. In Xia Er's opinion, this guy who became a demon dragon after being parasitized by the demon pearl did not seem to be that strong.

"Or is it that the East Sea Dragon Palace in this world is just too weak?" With a wave of his hand, chains of elemental energy crisscrossed and extended, blocking the demonic dragon's path. Facing the materialized chains, the demonic dragon roared and lunged forward with its gaping maw. A piercing clang rang out, clearly indicating that the demonic dragon was unable to break the chains of elemental energy. "Magnetic Net."

Golden lightning bolts traveled along the energy chains, and in an instant, a vast net of thunder enveloped the demonic dragon. Lightning flashed, accompanied by the dragon's roar. The giant dragon darted left and right, its tail sweeping powerfully, its teeth and claws tearing relentlessly at the thunder net under the barrage of lightning.

Roar!! The dragon roared, cracking the energy chains that blocked its path, but no matter what it did, it couldn't shatter them. At the same time, Charles frowned, because lightning was useless; no matter how dazzling the lightning was, it couldn't penetrate the dragon's scales.

"Wasn't it agreed that ancient dragons are weak to lightning?" This demonic dragon didn't seem particularly imposing, but its defensive capabilities were slightly unexpected. However, Xia Er didn't believe this demonic dragon was capable of annihilating the entire East Sea Dragon Palace. Raising his hand, he opened his palm and, in a flick of his wrist, maintained the magnetic field net to bind the demonic dragon's movements while simultaneously controlling his elemental energy to transform into countless sword blades.

In the blink of an eye, countless longswords, gleaming with an incomparably sharp and cold light, hovered in mid-air. Just like a sword immortal wielding a sword, Xia Er pressed down with his hand, and thousands upon thousands of blades fell, all returning to their origin. A flash of cold light appeared, and ten thousand sword lights crisscrossed in all directions, completely enveloping the demonic dragon in a cold light.

Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang...

Countless sparks appeared on various parts of the dragon's body, and a piercing noise rang out continuously. However, even so, this meat grinder-like slaughter could not break through the dragon's scales.

"This is really unscientific?" No matter how Xia attacked, the demonic dragon just wouldn't break through its defenses. Now, it seems there's no other way but to use the magnetic field net to bind the dragon tightly. "...Hmm, I remember in the original story, it was inside the dragon's belly that the Phoenix Axe's water-controlling ability was used to directly explode the dragon's flesh and blood. However, I don't intend to learn from Sun Wukong."

A flame of twilight ignited in Charles's palm.

"Now I'm starting to believe that this reptile wiped out the East Sea Dragon Palace. With that kind of defense, even celestial weapons probably couldn't easily penetrate its scales," Xia Er muttered as he walked towards the demonic dragon. "I wonder if it has any other abilities, but after being trapped for thousands of years, even if it had other powers, they'd probably all be useless now..."

Reaching the dragon's front, and seeing Charles approaching, the dragon roared, ignoring the constantly exploding lightning on its body, and opened its blood-red maw to bite Charles.

"Hmm, bad breath..." With a wave of his hand, an additional chain of energy appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the dragon's gaping maw. Then, lightning flashed in the dragon's mouth, causing it to roar.

"There's still a magic orb inside me! Alright! That makes things easier!"

With a pull of the chain, the demonic dragon was slammed heavily onto the ground with a thunderous crash. The dragon struggled and struggled incessantly, but the magnetic field net firmly fixed it in place.

"Perfect! Kill two birds with one stone!" With one foot directly on the dragon's head, Charles gripped the Twilight Flame and pressed the flame directly onto the dragon's head.

roar!!!!!

The flames plunged straight into the dragon's head, after which the dragon let out a wail, its body trembling uncontrollably, causing cracks to appear in the ground.

Charles retreated a few steps, maintaining firm control of the magnetic field net to suppress the demonic dragon while snapping his fingers. His shadow then stretched infinitely, evolving into dark shadows. These shadows, like living mud, surged towards the demonic dragon, forcing their way into its mouth, eyes, and nose, ultimately entering its body.

Roar! Roar! Roar! However, no matter how much the dragon struggled or roared, it was all to no avail. The muddy shadows eventually disappeared into the dragon's body, and at that moment, the dragon lay motionless on the ground, no longer struggling.

With a loud bang, the dragon's chest exploded, and a strange golden stone, gleaming with an unsettling light, shot out from its chest. However, before it could make any move, Charles's hand appeared in front of it and grasped it in his grasp.

Okay, that's settled then! From now on, any chapters that are considered filler or plot developments, including background information, settings, or plot developments, will be grouped together and released all at once. That way, subsequent chapters won't be labeled as filler!

392.393 (two-in-one)

This is a demonic pearl, originating from the Primordial Heavenly Demon. It was also the culprit that parasitized the demonic dragon before us, controlling it to annihilate the entire East Sea Dragon Palace and even kill the East Sea Dragon King.

After Xia Er grabbed the magic orb, it emitted a golden light. A dark consciousness began to try to enter Xia Er's mind through his hand. This was the magic orb trying to bewitch Xia Er's will.

Unfortunately, when the faint will of this demonic orb probed into Xia Er's mind, it was completely dumbfounded. The terrifying darkness instantly and utterly obliterated the orb's already weak consciousness and intelligence, and the orb thus fell to its knees.

Charles ignored the demonic orb's reckless behavior, and its immediate demise upon contact with his mind was entirely expected. A mere demonic orb dared to try and bewitch him? It didn't even know its place. Not even the primordial demon, their source, could surpass Charles in mind control, let alone these demonic orbs.

The demonic orb's reckless actions inadvertently did Xia Er a huge favor. After Xia Er directly erased the orb's faint consciousness, he then extracted all of its memories, from its birth to the present.

In particular, the question remains: why could this demonic pearl, which parasitizes a demonic dragon, wipe out the entire East Sea Dragon Palace?

Logically speaking, these demonic beads are the bodies of the Primordial Heavenly Demon. It can be said that the Primordial Heavenly Demon directly shattered his own body, leaving only his energy and primordial spirit sealed within the Heavenly Net. These demonic beads, formed from the fragments of the Primordial Heavenly Demon's body, can be said to be equivalent to the essence of the Primordial Heavenly Demon's flesh and blood.

Logically speaking, the magic orb shouldn't be this weak. In Xia Er's opinion, the energy contained in the magic orb in his hand was pitifully low. All the magic orbs gathered together could even fight against Nuwa, so there was no reason for the energy contained in it to be so low.

However, now it seems that Ciel thinks he knows why.

First of all, these are merely demonic beads, and their intelligence and consciousness are generally not very high. The only one with high intelligence is the Demon General, who has been a coward for tens of thousands of years. Initially, when all the demonic beads were split apart by the Primordial Heavenly Demon, they did indeed possess powerful demonic energy, and the demonic beads working together could fight against Nuwa.

However, with the passage of time, the Demon Orbs were ultimately just rootless duckweed. Those Demon Orbs that split off from the Primordial Heavenly Demon were completely unable to receive any more demonic energy from him. As time went by, the Demon Orbs' own energy was constantly being depleted. Even though most of them chose to lie dormant quietly, minimizing energy consumption, they couldn't offset the passage of tens of thousands of years. Unless, like the Demon General, they directly occupied a geomantically auspicious location with the support of ley lines, their energy would inevitably and inevitably dissipate over time.

This explains why these demonic orbs seemed so weak to Xia Er. The demonic orb Xia Er had grasped might have possessed immense energy when it first appeared. Even after a long time, this orb was able to directly parasitize a giant dragon, expending its own energy to mutate and strengthen it. It even recklessly consumed most of its primordial demonic energy to control this dragon and attack the East Sea Dragon Palace. It could be said that what truly annihilated the East Sea Dragon Palace was not the parasitized dragon, but this demonic orb, which at the time was still at its peak of energy.

Back then, the East Sea Dragon Palace was essentially facing an avatar of the Primordial Demon, so it's not surprising that they were wiped out.

But that's how it is. If this magic pearl were in a period of abundant energy, controlling this demonic dragon might have caused some trouble for Xia'er. However, after the East Sea Dragon King used the Breath Soil to completely seal off the Dragon Palace before his death, thousands of years later, without replenishment, and unfortunately, it parasitized this demonic dragon, requiring constant energy expenditure to keep the dragon alive without food or water. And so, that's all that can be done.

"This is a matter of intelligence!" After extracting the cause and effect from this part of his consciousness, Xia Er had to admit that even though they were siblings, there was still a difference in their intelligence. Look at how smart the Demon Commander is, but he just insists on being a coward, a complete coward. Even in the era of the Xuan Tian Evil Emperor more than a hundred years ago, this guy didn't even have the thought of fighting back. He just wanted to be a coward to the extreme.

However, the magic orb that Xia Er is currently holding is incredibly stupid. Instead of finding a safe place to retreat, it directly expends its own energy to try and wipe out the East Sea Dragon Palace. In the end, it has resulted in being imprisoned for thousands of years.

"It's a bit stupid, but it's about right for me." With a chuckle, Xia Er poured a portion of his power into the magic orb, then tossed it aside without even glancing at it. Soon after, someone would help take the orb away, eventually transforming it into a demonic weapon. This was the second magic orb Xia Er had tampered with, following the Demon General.

One-fifth of the Demon Orbs are now in Xia Er's hands. Under these circumstances, how can the unsuspecting Primordial Demon possibly turn the tide?!

Now, all we have to do is wait for the plot to unfold. When the Primordial Demon is defeated by the self-destruction of the Heavenly Crystal, that will be the time to launch the counterattack. At that time, it will also be the time for Xia Er to directly leave this world and forcibly drag the Primordial Demon's soul and power back to the main world.

Once you get to the original body, can someone who has lost their physical body, most of their energy, and most of their primordial spirit still turn things around?

After tossing the magic orb aside, Charles walked toward the demonic dragon that was undergoing a transformation.

Having lost the demonic orb within its body, this beast should have died. But before that, Sharl directly infused its soul with the Primordial Flame and then injected the Abyss into its body. This served two purposes: first, to force out the demonic orb from its body, and second, to allow the Abyss to completely corrupt it.

The infection from the abyss was far more thorough than the transformation by the magic orb. At least the magic orb only strengthened and modified the dragon's body, incidentally turning its soul and consciousness into a mentally challenged being. But the transformation surgery performed by Xia Er was far more ruthless. The golden scales that covered its entire body gradually dimmed, turning blackish-gray. The pair of wings on its back began to look tattered, and on its spine, flesh cracked and popped. Soon, a pair of slightly smaller wings tore through the flesh and emerged.

Furthermore, the shape of the demon's head began to change, its bones cracking as it transformed into a triangular form. Crystal-like substances also began to grow in many places throughout its body.

Not long after, the original golden dragon underwent a complete transformation, turning into a strangely shaped black dragon.

roar!!!!!

After the mutation was complete, the newborn demonic dragon roared to the sky. The purplish-black chaotic magic, mixed with the wails of the dead, raged out from the newborn demonic dragon, turning the entire magnificent East Sea Dragon Palace into a hellish inferno.

“Well then!” Charles said to the reborn dragon, “From now on, you shall be called Midil, Midil who devours darkness…”

..........

What could be more exciting than getting two mounts out of a dungeon? Of course, there's something else: while you're just casually grinding through the dungeon, someone else bravely and tirelessly prepares to fight the final boss, and after defeating it, they don't even bother rolling the dice, just taking all the equipment and items for themselves. And best of all, it's all free.

A phoenix and a black dragon, a huge giveaway from the dungeon! If the mount drop rate in WoW had been higher back then, the author wouldn't have gone from the 70s to the 100s without being able to get a phoenix, and by the time the 110s came, he would have just accepted his bad luck.

cough cough...

Anyway, Xia Er simply left the magic orb there. After taking Midil away, Xia Er collected most of the local traditional specialty, the Breath Soil, and then left the now empty East Sea Dragon Palace.

Not long after the demonic pearl was left behind, outsiders broke in and took it, along with a portion of the Breath Soil and the Great Yu Dragon Boat stored there, away from the East Sea Dragon Palace. Inadvertently, they also blew up the entire East Sea Dragon Palace.

Time passed, but the conflicts in the martial world did not subside. The resurrection of the Xuan Tian Evil Emperor plunged the martial world into a massive upheaval. The Xuan Tian Evil Emperor, arguably the closest to a god or demon in the world, wielded two swords and three divine techniques, causing rivers of blood to flow in his wake. The so-called heroes and righteous sects of the martial world were like chickens and dogs before him.

At this moment, Nangong Wentian, the leader of the alliance, stepped forward. With a wave of his hand, many martial arts masters who had lost their backbone gathered around him, intending to uphold the righteous path of the martial arts world and safeguard the safety of the world.

However, it was all for naught! The Evil Emperor 'kindly' told Wentian with his sword that even if you could pull strings and be Nuwa's son, it wouldn't matter! He wasn't good at anything else; he didn't use any cheat codes or pull any strings. The only way he could have done so was blocked by the Evil Emperor's personal integrity.

Now, the Evil Emperor can only rely on his own micro-management skills. And Wentian was utterly defeated by these very micro-management skills.

However, it doesn't matter. In the end, the Evil Emperor's intelligence was weakened by the powerful protagonist halo of the overpowered Wentian. He not only suffered various sneak attacks and underhanded tactics, but also lost an arm under the threat of the Breath of Earth. Finally, after using the second move of the Divine Sword Technique, he was unwillingly sealed inside the Breath of Earth.

The sect leader, arriving a step too late, was nearly driven mad with anger. He could only watch helplessly as the Evil Emperor was sealed away, then quarrel with Wentian and the others, taking the Evil Emperor, who was sealed within the Breath of Earth, away to find a way to break the seal—what can one say? This is true love!

Compared to the sect leader's magnanimity, Wentian, who had been spared by the Evil Emperor time and again, was determined to kill him by any means necessary… This can only be attributed to their different perspectives. The sect leader, nearing the end of his life, wanted to use the peak of his twenty-seventh lifespan to elevate his life and make a final, glorious finale. But Wentian, at this moment, simply wanted to kill the Xuan Tian Evil Emperor and seek justice for the deaths of the innocent people caught in the crossfire.

Nobody knows who is right and who is wrong.

In Xia Er's eyes, he could understand Wentian's ruthless desire to kill the Evil Emperor amidst this commotion. However, he also respected the sect leader's actions, although he felt there was something wrong with an Evil God being so hypocritical, but Xia Er didn't care.

After the Evil Emperor was sealed away, the Divine Alliance began a purge of the entire martial world. However, it ultimately failed; under the protagonist's halo, the entire Divine Alliance suffered a crushing defeat. Unfortunately, before that, Wentian and the members of the Divine Alliance had jointly shattered the Phoenix Axe, thwarting the sect leader's plan to lift the Evil Emperor's seal.

But man proposes, God disposes. No one knew that during the battle of the Divine Alliance, Tie Xin's demonic weapon, Wu Wang, came into contact with the Phoenix Axe, thus mimicking the phoenix's powers. Coincidentally, Tie Xin released the Xuan Tian Evil Emperor, who had been sealed within the Breath of Earth. Upon seeing the light of day again, the Evil Emperor no longer possessed his arrogant and domineering demeanor. He made an agreement with the sect leader to hold their final battle on the first day of the third month, across a river.

Before the final battle, one of them needed to solve the problem of losing an arm, while the other needed to break the curse of the twenty-seventh lifespan.

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On the ninth day of the second lunar month, in a peaceful and tranquil small town.

This place is far from wars between nations and has not been involved in the conflicts among martial arts practitioners.

But this temporary peace could not last. On this very day, a deafening roar echoed throughout the small town of Dukang. The townspeople craned their necks in astonishment to see lightning flashing across the sky, marveling at the sudden thunder.

However, how could ordinary people possibly see clearly that the flashes of light and the thunderous sounds in the sky were not thunder from a dry day, but rather two powerful individuals, moving as fast as shooting stars, locked in a fierce battle?

Demon God Exterminates the Great Rakshasa Sect Master

The Demon Slayer, having relinquished his obsessions, and the sect leader, about to face his final battle. They once shared a deep-seated grudge, and today their feud will be settled. The Asura of the Underworld clashes head-on with the Rakshasa Armor…

The clash, barely visible to the naked eye, swept across the entire town, yet failed to harm a single person. Only when a bombardment halted atop the archway could two figures in combat become clearly visible… no, not two, but three.

While the Demon God and the Sect Master were locked in combat, another figure intervened directly into the fray. With a seemingly slender arm, he managed to stop both the Sect Master and the Demon God's powerful punches.

"Who are you?!" This sudden, uninvited guest startled the Demon Slayer and the Sect Master, who were locked in combat. In the world today, there were no more than ten people capable of intervening in their fight and directly intercepting all their attacks. Yet, before them stood a young man with shimmering silver hair and an exceptionally handsome appearance. Neither the Sect Master nor the Demon Slayer had ever seen him before, yet this unknown individual had, with just a slender hand, blocked the attacks of two of the world's strongest warriors.

"Hello! Successor of the Great Rakshasa God!" After blocking the fight between the Demon Exterminator and the Sect Master, this visitor ignored the astonished Demon Exterminator and instead focused his gaze directly on the Sect Master. "I have something I'd like to discuss with you and that Xuan Tian Evil Emperor!"

"What's there to talk about!" Ignored, the Demon God roared, unleashing a powerful burst of energy that shattered the archway beneath his feet. He unleashed a devastating punch from the Six Paths War God - Hungry Ghost Path, mercilessly striking the uninvited guest before him. "Get out of my way!"

"Locking the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth!"

However, the powerful punch that annihilated the demons missed its target, as it was firmly bound by the translucent chains of energy from the tree roots. No, it wasn't just the demons that were annihilated. Even the collapsing archway was held in place by several chains, preventing it from harming the innocent residents of the town.

394. The Sect Master (Part 1)

"Who are you!?" The Demon Exterminator was taken aback and hurriedly used the power of the Underworld Asura to try to break free from the semi-transparent chains of energy. But it was no use. With his power, he could only create countless cracks in the chains binding him, but he was unable to break free immediately.

"You'll see who I am in time, but before that..." With a wave of his hand, a semi-transparent chain of energy, seemingly more illusory than real, was pulled. The Demon Slayer immediately felt an irresistible pulling force. Then he was thrown away—yes, thrown away. Even the Demon Slayer, one of the world's top experts, couldn't even mount a counterattack before being tossed about. "Could you please be quiet for a moment?"