Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 1838 - 1823: What Is a Demon?
Nowadays, knowing that evil demon Shi Feng in the Sinister Abyss is no small matter!
Within the Sinister Abyss, countless people want to crusade against that "traitorous" Shi Feng, but many others wish to make allies or form alliances with him!
The era of the Sinister Three Demon Masters has passed; henceforth, the Sinister Abyss will be either under the rule of the Top Ten Demon Generals or the evil demon Shi Feng.
And those forces with close relations to the Top Ten Demon Generals naturally side with them. However, those who once held grudges against the Top Ten Demon Generals, or any one Demon General, naturally want to ally with Shi Feng.
If not, once the Top Ten Demon Generals seize power and rule the Sinister Abyss, it might be the time to settle accounts and eliminate dissent.
At this moment, the two young men ahead of Qingg Yan are from a family that is at odds with one of the Top Ten Demon Generals. They wish to connect with Shi Feng, but upon seeing this woman, it seems she truly knows the unparalleled evil demon Shi Feng.
Upon hearing the young man’s words, Qingg Yan nodded and replied, "Yes, I know Shi Feng. You seem to know where Shi Feng is. Can you tell me where he is now?"
"You really know Shi Feng?" At this moment, the other young man, who hadn’t spoken, exclaimed in shock.
"I really know him! Shi Feng, what happened?" Qingg Yan’s delicate face furrowed, sensing something unusual.
Upon hearing Qingg Yan’s words and seeing her demeanor, the two young men did not answer her immediately but turned to look at each other in silence.
"You!" Seeing these two act this way, Qingg Yan spoke out loud, thinking to herself that perhaps these two were "those people"?
Thinking of this made Qingg Yan feel somewhat nauseated, shivering in disgust. If not for wanting to know "that person’s" whereabouts, she might have already fled swiftly.
After a while, the two young men turned back to look at Qingg Yan, one of them sharing the message transmitted by his family through secret techniques with this woman.
... 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"What! What!" Upon hearing the young man’s words, Qingg Yan’s delicate face immediately changed, exclaiming in shock.
"The Sinister Three Demon Masters... actually died at... Shi Feng’s... hands!" In that moment, Qingg Yan was completely incredulous; the Sinister Three Demon Masters were colossal figures, known by all on the Wilderness Continent as legendary beings.
Even many assumed subconsciously that those three old demons in the Sinister Abyss were the strongest beings on the Wilderness Continent.
Yet such beings were killed by Shi Feng!
Has Shi Feng defied the heavens to such an extent?
Then, Qingg Yan recalled the past of the Ice Snow Wilderness, remembering her father whom she never met, a strong practitioner rumored to have entered the nine-star demigod realm, who also perished at the hands of Shi Feng, whom she dreamed day and night of meeting.
"Shi Feng, Shi Feng, Shi Feng!" Subsequently, Qingg Yan seemed possessed, muttering the name repeatedly; now that she knew his whereabouts, she was hesitant.
"Do I really want to meet him?"
"I... I just want to see him! Although he killed my father, my mother told me to avenge my father in the future, but how could I bring myself to harm him?"
"I! I love him!"
At that moment, the hesitant expression faded from Qingg Yan’s delicate face, she gazed again at the two young men and spoke: "I don’t know the secret passage to the Sinister Demon City in this area, I hope you can lead me there."
"Yes! Sure!" Upon hearing Qingg Yan, one young man immediately nodded in agreement.
His eyes flickered, seemingly pondering something.
"Yes!" Following, the other young man nodded as well.
Subsequently, led by these two young men, Qingg Yan was guided towards the secret passage straight to the Sinister Demon City.
...
Within the Sinister Demon Hall above the Sinister Ruined City!
Shi Feng entered the Sinister Demon Hall, swiftly moving forward, soon stopping before a gigantic black statue.
The statue was lifelike, looming over Shi Feng as though he were a mere ant.
But the statue’s appearance did not resemble the Human clan; its head bore sharp horns, a majestic face looking down on all beings, clad in Dark Demon Armor, appearing as an unparalleled Heavenly Demon.
The "demon" race is mysterious and enigmatic, and no one in the present era can clearly explain what "demons" truly are.
Indeed, on the Wilderness Continent, no one has seen a real "demon" in existence; although the Sinister Three Demon Masters are called as such, they are actually humans.
Yet their cultivation techniques and martial arts are somewhat sinister, known as Demon Techniques!
Shi Feng had heard numerous tales of "demons" during his time on Tianheng Continent, plenty of wicked entities self-proclaimed as "demons," but no one could truly explain what "demons" are.
Much like his current body, termed the "Undying Demon Body," legend spoke that only the mystical Undying Demon God during the Ancient Period possessed this "Undying Demon Body."
However, Shi Feng never considered the Undying Demon God as a demon per se; perhaps his cultivation technique was more sinister, thus named Demon Technique, or maybe he committed acts earning him the title of Mad Demon, but not necessarily the inexplicable "demon."
Some have said, one thought to become a god, one thought to become a demon!
Goodness is god, evil is demon; perhaps demons are merely wicked thoughts.
Any person harboring evil thoughts could be called a "demon"!
Just as Shi Feng, who killed countless enemies, has often been labeled as a killer mad demon, a demon; perhaps he too is a "demon."
"Was this demon statue imagined by people, or an ancient race from long ago?" Gazing at the giant statue with a horned head, Shi Feng murmured to himself.
Yet the statue’s presence felt familiar to him, as though he had seen it somewhere before.
"It’s that thing!"
Then, Shi Feng recalled years ago on Tianheng Continent when he annihilated the sect that abducted his sister Shi Ling, the Floating Void Sect!
During the sect’s annihilation, he obtained a Root Demon Finger.
Within that finger was a residual soul self-proclaimed as a "demon!"
Though the "demon’s" visage differed from the statue, that aura felt strikingly alike.
He also knew that the evil object attached to Li Ru, the butcher’s daughter, and the mysterious Li Liuxin at the time were connected to that self-proclaimed "demon."
"Is this what’s called ’demon’?" Marveling at the statue’s mysterious presence, Shi Feng murmured softly.
The longer he stayed enveloped in this aura, the more violent, restless, desperate to destroy, and eager to slaughter his thoughts became.