In the depths of the demonic shadow, amidst the black demonic mist, its specific form was indiscernible, but Gu Changsheng could see through the mist, directly targeting the main body of the demonic shadow.
It was a creature that resembled a tiger in appearance, with a pair of horns on its head and a body as large as a small mountain. Crucially, it also had a pair of wings on its back.
Qiongqi!
In the numerous legends of the myriad realms, Qiongqi was described as one of the four great ferocious beasts born at the beginning of heaven and earth, the ancestor of all ferocious beasts. But in fact, Qiongqi was one of the demon lords of the Demon Realm, a primordial demon born from heaven and earth.
And in the Demon Realm, he was known as Demon Lord Xiangbo, one of the demon lord powerhouses who betrayed Yun Wuyue.
Xiangbo always preferred to appear in his true form. Today, he sensed the aura of a demon lord tribulation coming from Yiling City. After some calculations, he discovered that it was actually Yiling undergoing the demon lord tribulation. At this critical juncture, he couldn't allow the Demon Emperor Palace to have another demon lord-level powerhouse, so he sent his demon kings to interfere with Yiling's tribulation.
However, he never expected that the demon king he sent would become the nourishment for Yiling's Yuan Shen decay. By the time he realized it, it was already too late. He knew that Yiling's true form was Xi, and the decay of lifespan was no obstacle for Yiling. So, he planned to directly intrude into the tribulation and kill Yiling when Yiling was undergoing the decay of Dao Heart.
As a demon lord, he was not afraid of being targeted by the demon lord tribulation.
However, just as he was about to attack, a figure blocked him. That figure was very arrogant, without any concealment. The aura of the human race on his body was overwhelming. He even uttered wild words, saying that if he didn't retreat, he would die.
"Human, the Demon Realm is not a place where you can act recklessly. If you don't want to die, don't stand in my way."
Demon Lord Xiangbo snorted coldly. The demonic mist dissipated, the starry sky trembled, and boundless demonic energy turned this area into a demonic domain.
The demonic energy of the Demon Realm was particularly overbearing. Apart from demons, even Immortal Sovereigns wouldn't dare to stay in the Demon Realm for long. Staying in the Demon Realm for too long would affect even Immortal Sovereigns. Only Immortal Emperors could ignore this influence.
Although Demon Lord Xiangbo couldn't see through Gu Changsheng, it was normal not to be able to see through someone of similar cultivation. He wouldn't think that Gu Changsheng had surpassed Immortal Sovereign.
In the myriad realms, there were no Immortal Emperors among the human race. At least, until now, he had never heard of the human race having Immortal Emperor powerhouses after the Red Dust Heavenly Emperor.
In fact, this was an information gap. Both Qingyang Daozu and Ye Qingyan were humans, but neither of them publicized their existence to the myriad realms. Apart from a few people in the Red Dust Realm, only the five Immortal Emperors who fought against the Danqing Great World knew.
But those five Immortal Emperors would naturally not promote their enemies, so this led to an information gap.
The five Immortal Emperors of the human race in the myriad realms, Demon Lord Xiangbo naturally wouldn't think that Gu Changsheng was an Immortal Emperor powerhouse. As for existences stronger than Immortal Emperor, that was even more impossible. How could such an existence protect an Yiling?
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't make sense.
For all these reasons, Demon Lord Xiangbo believed that Gu Changsheng was just an Immortal Sovereign powerhouse of the human race. And in the Demon Realm, no matter what race you are, as long as you are not a demon, you will be suppressed. Being able to exert 50% of your strength is already impressive.
The human race, a naturally weak race, can probably only exert 40% of their strength at best.
With the demonic energy bonus in the Demon Realm, he could exert 120% of his strength. Facing a human Immortal Sovereign who could only exert 40% of their strength, the strength and weakness were obvious.
In any case, the advantage is on my side!
However, he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble. Even if the opponent's strength was suppressed, it would be difficult to determine the victory with one move. So, as long as Gu Changsheng retreated, Demon Lord Xiangbo would pretend that nothing had happened.
His lantern-like eyes stared at Gu Changsheng. As long as Gu Changsheng didn't agree, he would suppress Gu Changsheng with thunderous means.
Gu Changsheng glanced at the Qiongqi in front of him. He didn't know that the Qiongqi in front of him was Demon Lord Xiangbo, nor did he need to know who the other party was. He only knew that the other party was here to intercept and kill the tribulation-transcending Yiling.
Gu Changsheng could ignore other things, but he wouldn't allow this one thing.
Not to mention that Yiling was the assistant Yun Wuyue had chosen for Yun Shuang, his daughter's future right-hand man, just the fact that he had drunk Yiling's wine meant that he wouldn't watch Yiling get into trouble.
He looked at Qiongqi and only said one sentence: "Not in human form!"
"What did you say?" Demon Lord Xiangbo stared at Gu Changsheng, not understanding the meaning of Gu Changsheng's words. But he knew that Gu Changsheng didn't intend to leave, so he sneered: "Human Immortal Sovereign, since you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me for being impolite. Speaking of which, many years ago, I went to a world dominated by humans. The taste of humans is more delicious than other races!"
"Listening to your words, it seems you have eaten many humans." Gu Changsheng's eyes narrowed, and his tone became grim.
But Demon Lord Xiangbo still didn't know how terrible things were becoming. He just sneered: "Compared to other races, the taste of humans is more worthy of my recollection. For this reason, I also specially raised countless humans in my demon country, let them cultivate, and even sent demons in to give them experience. The stronger the humans, the more delicious they are. The most ridiculous thing is that they don't even know that their purpose of becoming stronger is to become my superior nourishment."
Demon Lord Xiangbo's tone was very proud. In his words, Gu Changsheng obtained a lot of information. The demon country was a world within Demon Lord Xiangbo, that is, Qiongqi's body. The humans in that world didn't know that they were food raised by Demon Lord Xiangbo. Like the humans in other worlds, they were full of hope for the future, cultivating steadily, hoping to one day ascend to the 'other shore' like their ancestors and transcend the world.
But they would never know that their so-called 'other shore' was just reaching the Immortal King realm and becoming Demon Lord Xiangbo's food.
And transcending the world was the biggest scam Demon Lord Xiangbo had set up for them.
Gu Changsheng didn't rush to attack. He took a sip of wine, and a hint of thought appeared in his eyes.
And Demon Lord Xiangbo seemed to enjoy this kind of high-level侃侃而谈, his eyes full of enjoyment.
In the end, Demon Lord Xiangbo said: "Human Immortal Sovereign, I have already given you a chance. But you are not good, then become my food. Human Immortal Sovereign, you should be more delicious. Maybe after swallowing you, I will go further and step into the realm of Demon Emperor."
"Demon Emperor? What is a mere Demon Emperor realm? If you can swallow me, you will be invincible!" Gu Changsheng said indifferently.
"Hahaha... You human, you speak nicely... Hmm?"
Demon Lord Xiangbo laughed loudly, but after laughing for a while, he stopped and looked to the other side.
A peerless woman walked out, wearing a colorful dress.
"Seven Absolutes, you actually left the Demon Emperor Palace?" Demon Lord Xiangbo's eyes narrowed. The person who came was Seven Absolutes Demon Lord, and it was her true form.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come!"
Seven Absolutes Demon Lord glanced at Gu Changsheng. She naturally sensed the aura fluctuations of the demon lord tribulation in Yiling City, so she borrowed the Demon Emperor Palace's teleportation array to come, but it was delayed for half a day.
She was worried that Yiling would forcibly trigger the demon lord tribulation in order to attract the attention of those traitors, but now that she saw Gu Changsheng, she knew that she didn't need to worry at all.
Although this man is a bit unreliable, he is still the man recognized by His Majesty, and the father of the princess.
