Heavenly Kings? Nope, You're Still Far From It

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--- Chapter 232 ---

The Plain of Solitude looks grim.

Three giants of beasts are currently surrounding the plain and closing the area with their beastly subordinates. The sky, land, and even bodies of water were 'forcibly' sealed from entry.

A massive hawk with deep green feathers hovered in the sky and swept the white clouds, looking very menacing with a sharp beak, talons, and piercing yellow eyes. And small whirlwinds abided by this winged beast's presence.

On the rocky mountain part below, a white-scaled snake over half a mile wrapped around the hillside and hissed at Yu Long. Its scales absorb the sunlight and make those crimson eyes stand out more.

A giant turtle with a golden shell stood near the lake and covered the area with bubbles. These blue bubbles look harmless at first glance, but none of the hundred thousand profound beasts dares to stay near them, as if they possess unimaginable power.

Yu Long looked at this and chuckled, "Aww..."

"Look at them threatening us with their auras and cute growls."

"How adorable."

"Eh?" Fu Zhong froze and stared at Yu Long with a helpless look. Only a person like Lord Shadow would call three Heavenly Kings of the Illusory Demon Realm adorable.

He wryly shook his head and said, "Lord Shadow."

"I will give you a brief introduction of each Heavenly King.

"Go on." Yu Long nodded calmly.

Fu Zhong stared at the green-feathered hawk, "The green hawk is peak Sovereign Profound Beast. It comes from the Ghostly Windhawk species and is known for its speed and control over tempest."

"She ruled the Heavenly Wind Valley and was known as the Heavenly King of Tempest."

"The giant white snake on the hillside is also a Sovereign Profound Beast. It said that he was the descendant of the Solar Divine Serpent and known for having vicious Yang Attribute Venom and control over burning sky flame."

"He ruled the Vicious Poison Flame and was known as the Heavenly King of Burning Venom."

"Lastly, the oldest and wisest turtle. The Wise Water Turtle is not from any prominent species, but enlightened and became a great beast upon meditating for 10,000 years, becoming Sage of Water Beasts."

"He ruled the Great Northern Pond and was known as the Heavenly King of the North."

Yu Long burst out laughing, "PFFT-!"

"HAHAHAHA~!"

"Enlightened? Meditating for 10,000 years? Why don't you tell me he was Buddha instead..."

"Old Man Fu Zhong, lying is bad, you know?" Yu Long patted Fu Zhong's shoulder.

Fu Zhong scratched his cheek in embarrassment, "I'm just narrating what I've heard about them, Lord Shadow. We can't confirm their origin as the Illusory Demon Realm is a new continent to us."

"Although some are exaggerated, there is some truth to them."

"It's fake." Yu Long didn't even bother to speak nonsense.

Unlike Fu Zhong, Yu Long wasn't blind to the fact these profound beasts had swallowed so many Essence Spheres and mutated beyond the realm of 'ordinary' beasts.

What Heavenly Kings?

They are just Profound Beast with Kaiju's essence and evolved to a higher form.

Yu Long likes to see how these so-called Heavenly Kings entertain him.

"Humans..." Said the green hawk.

"There are Heaven and Earth phenomena. We will not attack you, but you must hand over the treasure birthed by the phenomenon."

"Hurry up. This king is hungry." Added the white snake.

"Or else you will become this king's food."

The wise turtle laughed gently, "Hohoho, calm down, Tempest, Burning Venom, let the humans talk first."

"You guys are pressuring them."

Yu Long smiled at the turtle and answered, "We don't have such a treasure."

"Liar!" The white snake was the first to yell at Yu Long.

Yu Long shrugged, "It's up to you guys to believe me."

"In the first place, there is no heaven and earth phenomenon here."

"It is just bad weather with stormy thunderstorms."

"Also... You guys are afraid of the stormy thunderstorms, aren't you? If not, you will not come until the thunderstorm dissipates."

"HERESY!" The Three Heavenly Kings gazed at Yu Long coldly.

Heavenly King of Burning Venom had a killing look when Yu Long said they were afraid of the thunderstorm.

However, it is the truth.

Even though the ten Heavenly Kings are peak Sovereign Profound Beasts, they are still mortal before the face of natural force, just like Yun Canghai earlier.

Yu Long mocked them, "You guys are just Profound Beasts who evolved after devouring too many Demonic Cores. You try to hide this fact so there would be no competition other than the Heavenly King, but you can't hide from me."

"You must be feeling bloated right now, right?"

"You felt every fiber of your body filled with newfound strength..."

"Yet you felt confused because you felt none of these powers were yours."

The three Heavenly Kings were 'naturally' stumped by Yu Long's words.

Their eyes widened in shock because Yu Long somehow knew about their secrets.

"You, little bird, obtained the power of Greenshadow Godly Eagle."

"As for you, little snake, you obtained the power of Solar Silver Python."

"And lastly, little turtle, you luckily obtained the power of Oceanic Whale Dragon."

"What, shocked? Don't tell me you guys are bragging about your origin, and putting fancy titles over yourself makes you invincible?"

"What a bunch of clowns." Yu Long shook his head in disappointment.

"I will kill you!" The Heavenly King of Burning Venom lashed. It pounced on Yu Long and sent a stream of purple-colored poison.

Yu Long lifted his left hand casually and purified the poison on the spot, stunning everyone in the area. The large mass of poison just disappeared from their vision.

Gasps escaped the mouth of Profound Beasts above Sky Profound Realm, who had developed sentience as they witnessed their Heavenly King's poison become useless before this ordinary-looking human.

"How could this be?"

"The Burning Venom is... purified?"

"This human... He's not an ordinary human!"

"But how come I've never heard of this person before?"

The Heavenly King of Tempest frowned at Yu Long.

She felt nothing special about this human, but her instinct screamed not to fight him. Or else she would suffer a fate worse than death.

The Heavenly King of the North also felt the same.

It has nothing to do with his survival instinct, but because Yu Long could name the origin of his power, the Oceanic Whale Dragon!

Such a beast didn't exist in this world.

To name Oceanic Whale Dragon means this human knew something about Demonic Cores that they didn't know. Unknown to the Heavenly King of the North, Yu Long was the maker of Demonic Cores.

Facing Yu Long is no different than facing the source of their power.

The Heavenly King of Burning Venom was angered. He hissed at Yu Long and threw several boulders at the sizes of small mountains.

Yu Long stared at the boulders and pointed his finger at them, "Die."

Blacklight gathered into a sphere on Yu Long's fingertip before exploding into a ray of destruction, erasing the boulders into nothingness.

[Art of Ghost: Ghost-Killing Ray]

Yu Long stretched his hand at Fu Zhong, "Old Man Fu Zhong. Lent me a knife."

"Okay..." Even though Fu Zhong doesn't know what Yu Long would do, the detail isn't essential to him. He picked up the standard Shadow Realm's dagger from his sleeve and handed it to Yu Long.

Yu Long grabbed the dagger and played it around his fingers, "Hmm, not bad."

"Okay, come, little snake."

"If you can survive my slash, I will let you live for a few more days."

"..." The Heavenly King of Tempest.

"..." The Heavenly King of the North.

"..." Fu Zhong.

"..." Xiao Lingxi.

"..." Chu Yueli.

"Snake deserved to be cut!" Yona nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly King of Burning Venom reached the peak anger possible.

"YOU DAMNED HUMAN!" He roared at Yu Long.

After roaring, a bright golden light exploded from the Heavenly King of Burning Venom's body and absorbed all sunlight in the area.

"GREAT SOLAR EXPLOSION!"

A white beam exploded and rapidly expanded toward Yu Long.

Yu Long pointed his dagger casually and said, "Welp, your funeral..."

[Art of Ghost: Ghost Emperor's Dark Dimensional Slash!]

A black cloak appeared around Yu Long as he slashed his dagger down in the slowest manner. The world simultaneously stopped, making his slow movement faster than even light.

The white snake's eyes shrank, 'No....'

It was too late.

Slash! BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

A dark curtain over one mile long manifested by Yu Long's slash, slicing the Heavenly King of Burning Venom in half.

One of the Ten Heavenly King has died.

Yu Long watched the dagger in his hand crumble into dust, "Heavenly King? Nope, You're still far from it." 

"Mere profound beasts..."

"You all need to be disciplined like the beasts you are."