A low rumble of thunder could be heard as a gust of wind blew against his face, bringing with it the stench of blood.
"Oh, it's raining." King Lu looked up at the pitch-black sky. The sounds of battle had mostly stopped, but there were still some who managed to find someone and kill him. Screams of agony could be heard.
King Lu stood there, with eunuch Liao by his side. Both of them looked at each other.
"Actually, these people have their reasons for betraying me. Based on the current situation, in a month, no, in half a month, I will be captured and sent to the capital." King Lu listened to the screams and spoke plainly, "It's just that I understand, but that doesn't mean I accept it."
Eunuch Liao bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, once you've boarded the ship, how can you disembark as you please? Back then, when they accepted the position of Emperor, they received the Emperor's favor. That's why today's outcome was decided. "
"You're right!" King Lu stared at the dark clouds, his eyes were dark and gloomy. After some time, he asked, "What do you think of the demon race?"
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been legends of demons. But I've never seen them in person."
"Life is only three feet long, and the heavens and earth can't hide it. What's more, such a powerful race." Eunuch Liao thought for some time before replying, "This servant doesn't understand, and doesn't believe it!"
Perhaps ordinary people would believe that such a powerful race would be able to hide in the shadows. Only those who had been in power for a long period of time understood that the strong would never hide.
It was possible to endure for a short period of time, but not for a long period of time.
This didn't require an explanation.
"I think so too. However, the strength of these demons is still very real." King Lu spoke. Although he had struck out like lightning and killed all the demons, he knew that his plans had already collapsed.
Even if he managed to regain control of the demon race and convert his guards, it was still not enough to convert his entire army of 20,000 soldiers. He couldn't fight them!
Besides, if the demon race really had the ability to overturn the heavens and earth, why would they need to hide?
Just as King Lu was thinking this, someone ran over, "Your Majesty, the thirty-seven families on the list have all been killed. Including their subordinates, we've killed more than 3,700 people."
When King Lu heard this number, his eyes narrowed. Just as he was about to speak, the red line between his eyebrows lit up. A message appeared before him. He then mumbled, "Demon King?"
"Killing and sacrificing their blood can activate the Demon King?" King Lu frowned. After killing three thousand and seven hundred people, the third eye that he had swallowed had finally acknowledged him.
However, the next step of opening the path of a Demonic Sovereign would require more than ten times the amount of blood sacrifices.
The throne, the unfairness, his standpoint, all sorts of thoughts were running through King Lu's mind. If he was an ordinary person, he wouldn't have cared. However, King Lu had great ambitions and knew that death wasn't the end of the world.
Similar to his example was the third son of Emperor Yong Zhao of the Rui Dynasty. He fought with his elder brother for the position of Crown Prince. The Emperor first passed him to his younger brother, effectively cutting off his right of inheritance. Then, he indulged himself in youth and was not careful in his conduct. The next year, he died of illness at the age of twenty-three.
It could be said that his father forced him to his death. But even if he was forced to death, it was different from the world's imagination of the Underworld or Samsara. The soul of the royal family was still under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Qi.
At the end of the day, he still had to rely on his father and brother. Even though they had been forced to kill each other before, and there was no longer any father-son relationship between them, he still had to smile apologetically and beg for a little reward when he arrived at the Netherworld.
There was definitely something wrong with this blood sacrifice. However, King Lu knew that there was no way out now. Could it be that after he died, he would still have to be a slave to his father and the Crown Prince?
Thinking up to this point, King Lu laughed out, "When I swallowed the Demon Eye, I had already made my decision. I cannot be the Human Emperor, but I can be the Demon Emperor."
"However, if you want me to join you, you have to show me some sincerity."
"Boom!" Following King Lu's words, a bolt of lightning flashed past. King Lu's vision turned black as he was surrounded by a bloody light. The bloody light expanded rapidly, forming a scene.
In front of him was a majestic altar. It looked like it was made out of jade. There were stone steps leading to the top of the altar from the north, south, east, and west. Following that, he saw the strangest and most terrifying scene in his life.
In the air above the altar, tens of thousands of black shadows danced in the air. Some of them were humanoid, but were covered in scales. Some had horns, some had wings, and some had tails.
"Demon race, this is the demon race?!" King Lu's heart was in a mess. At this point, a message was transmitted to him. King Lu's heart skipped a beat as he looked up at the blind Daoist.
The blind Daoist still had the appearance of Li Cheng, but his eyes were bloodshot. His gaze pierced deep into King Lu's soul, causing him to almost kneel down. At this point, a dragon's roar could be heard, and King Lu regained his senses.
The blind Daoist's eyes flashed with disappointment as he waved his hands. King Lu cleared his throat and stepped onto the altar. All the demons around him knelt down and kowtowed to him.
"Your subjects pay their respects to the Demon Emperor!" These demons shouted out as they kowtowed to him. The altar started to change as a huge wave of energy started to awaken.
Following that, another dragon's roar could be heard as a flood dragon appeared.
"This is Imperial Qi?" King Lu had long known that he had Imperial Qi. However, this was the first time he had seen it. All he could see were red scales, horns, and claws.
"This is a flood dragon. It looks like I haven't become a true dragon." Just as he thought about this, black energy started to surge out. King Lu noticed that the flood dragon was still resisting, but he had no choice but to absorb it.
As the black energy entered the flood dragon's body, it let out a dragon's roar and started to transform!
Horns started to grow, and two claws started to grow. Not only that, a three-faced giant started to appear.
"Ah!" King Lu had never felt so comfortable before. His soul was filled to the brim as countless memories, experiences, powers, and knowledge of the demon race flowed into his body.
King Lu's fate continued to merge with the throne, and his power grew stronger by the day.
At this point, everything stopped. King Lu frowned as he opened his eyes, "Not enough, not enough. This is only half. Give me the other half."
"Your Majesty, you have to do something for the demon race before I can give you the throne." The blind Daoist's voice rang out, "Kill everyone in the city, and help us to kill Pei Zi Yun."
"What? You want me to massacre the entire city? " King Lu's face fell. Ten times the amount of blood sacrifice was only thirty thousand people. He could still find an excuse to hide it. However, there were more than three hundred thousand people in the city. If he really wanted to massacre the entire city, he would lose the support of the people.
"This is a sign of surrender!" King Lu remained silent for a long time. After some time, he finally spoke, "Alright!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the red light dissipated, leaving behind only darkness. Soon after, everything lit up again. King Lu woke up and realized that he was still standing in front of the stone steps. Raindrops started to fall from the sky.
"How long did I take to think?" King Lu asked.
"Only fifteen minutes." Eunuch Liao replied.
"Hm, pass down my decree. In order to fight against the traitors, I have allowed you to cleanse the entire city. This will raise the morale of the soldiers, and help them to maintain their morale." King Lu looked at everything and spoke out coldly.
"Your Majesty?" Even Eunuch Liao was stumped. Was he crazy?
A peal of thunder rang out, followed by a flash of lightning that illuminated the entire area. King Lu looked up to the sky once again before turning around and smiling, "Do you think I've gone crazy?"
"Fine, since you've followed me for so many years, I shall not be stingy with your rewards." King Lu then called out, "Come over and kneel!"
Eunuch Liao took a step forward and knelt down without a sound.
King Lu stretched out a finger and flicked it into the space between Eunuch Liao's eyebrows. Eunuch Liao groaned as he fell to the ground. He didn't make a single sound, as though he had taken his last breath.
Raindrops the size of beans started to fall from the sky. After some time, Eunuch Liao regained consciousness. He had traces of Demonic Qi around him as he heard King Lu ask, "Do you understand now?"
"Your servant understands." The newly transformed eunuch Liao bowed profusely, "Congratulations to your Majesty for becoming the Demon King."
"You're not the Demon King yet, only half of it. Do you understand now?"
"Your servant understands. Since your Majesty is about to ascend the throne and become the Demon King, then massacring the entire city is a matter of course. Your servant shall go and make preparations." Eunuch Liao acknowledged as he called out to his guards, "With two thousand demon guards, and all the generals killed, it shouldn't be too difficult to control the army."
"It's just that after the purge, the army has accumulated a huge amount of pressure and hostility. We have to suppress it to prevent it from spiraling out of control. Massacring the entire city is a good opportunity for us to vent our frustrations."
"As long as we divide the area according to the rules, we can carry out the plan."
"We can even test the officers and replace them with our own men." Eunuch Liao's face didn't move at all as he spoke in a low voice, "It's just that Wang Xin 'er has already sent her men into the mountains to hide from the soldiers. Should we recall them now?"
"No, I was once a human. Let her give birth to a child." King Lu spoke in a melancholy tone, "Consider it a form of remembrance!"
Eunuch Liao didn't speak any further as he stood up and left. Several guards pulled a horse over and followed Eunuch Liao as they galloped off into the distance.
"Kill, kill, kill!" In less than an hour, the Imperial Qi above the camp started to change. King Lu could see it with his own eyes. He could see the Imperial Qi hanging above the camp as it transformed into a Demonic Flood Dragon. This meant that it was now under his complete control.
"Assign the guards to all the places, and replace the generals and officers who died. This servant has done a good job." Just as King Lu was thinking this, he saw the black Qi surging out of the camp as a large number of soldiers poured out.
Following which, screams could be heard as the camp was thrown into chaos. Many people were running for their lives. "Not good, not good. There's a mutiny, there's a mutiny. Quick, run, there's murder."
Everyone on the streets were running for their lives.
"In order to exterminate the traitors, His Majesty has given permission to plunder the city. This is to raise the morale of the soldiers and restore the morale of the soldiers." Eunuch Liao shouted out as he read out the order.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Hearing the order, the army became even more fearless as they shouted out in all directions. Everyone who heard this couldn't believe what they were hearing. King Lu actually wanted to massacre the entire city?
"Ah!" A scream rang out as a woman of about thirty years of age screamed out. She had a gentle demeanor. Several soldiers saw her and surrounded her, ripping her clothes off.
A child was being carried by his mother as he ran. The soldiers caught up to him and chopped him down with their swords. The child's head fell to the ground as fresh blood flowed freely. As for the men, they killed whoever they saw. Before long, screams could be heard as corpses were strewn all over the place.
It was raining from the sky. As the raindrops landed on the ground, they formed a river of blood. The Demonic Flood Dragon was in the air, spitting out clouds of mist. All these killings, countless souls, fresh blood, and resentment were being swallowed by the Demonic Flood Dragon. The Demonic Flood Dragon grew larger and larger as it transformed into a Demonic Flood Dragon.
As for the soldiers below, as they continued to kill, their demonic Qi grew thicker and thicker. Gradually, a red glow appeared in their eyes. King Lu watched as the Demonic Flood Dragon continued to absorb the blood and souls of the Demonic Flood Dragon as it grew larger and larger.
"Slaughtering the innocent and turning into a Demonic Flood Dragon. In this world, is strength really everything?"
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