Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1552 - 839: The Treasures Tournament Begins

With great care, Jun Tianxing tucked the ring away in his pocket before lifting his eyes toward his master, words hesitating on his lips.

"Oh, what do you want?" Zhao Sheng drawled lazily, lounging half-reclined on the Jade Couch, his tone utterly indifferent.

Clenching his teeth, Jun Tianxing spoke with deep humility, "I wish to ask you for a Heavenly Demon Curse. I hope you will grant my request!"

"A Heavenly Demon Curse?" Zhao Sheng showed some surprise and couldn't resist inquiring, "Young lad, what do you want it for? Are you planning to harm some brother?"

A fierce blood-red light burst from Jun Tianxing's eyes as he spat out his words in hatred, "The one I want to deal with is my most beloved father!"

"Master, if I luckily succeed, you will gain a Returning to Void Level Demon Emperor under your command. For you, there will be no harm, only benefits. Please grant my request!"

Zhao Sheng abruptly straightened up, thought for a brief moment, and then abruptly questioned, "Why don't you tell me, what is the current state of the war?"

Jun Tianxing's heart chilled instantly, and he promptly started describing in full the diverse circumstances and shifts in the Human Clan's hundred-year campaign of expansion.

It emerged that a hundred years prior, once the Green Peng Demon Emperor commanded his forces to initially ravage the Demon Vibration City, the morale of the Human Clan army plummeted sharply.

Exactly when the Human Clan's rear faced relentless assaults from the Demon Clan's forward troops, two Returning to Void experts from the Human Clan appeared out of nowhere, seizing the chance to waylay the victorious Green Peng Demon Emperor.

The Green Peng Demon Emperor found himself outmatched against two Returning Void Half-Immortals and was driven into a panicked withdrawal.

As a result, the Demon Clan's vanguard forces suffered a crushing blow, with fewer than one in ten managing to flee with their lives.

During that clash, the Eldest Prince and the Second Prince were captured one after another, reduced to wretched mounts for their enemies.

Following this confrontation, the tide of battle reversed dramatically; the Demon Clan alliance, upon learning of the defeat, lost all will to fight and nearly collapsed entirely.

In that same year, the Human Clan forces seized the moment to traverse the Great Wilderness Swamp, not just routing the Demon Clan alliance with ease but pushing deep into the heart of the Demon Country.

For almost a full century after, lands of the Demon Country slowly succumbed to the Human Clan's onslaught, while innumerable Demon Clan tribes faced total annihilation.

Throughout this period, the Demon Clan repeatedly tried assembling alliances to counter the Human Clan invaders, yet they met defeat after defeat.

Roughly seven or eight years back, the Human Clan's aerial armada first surfaced close to the Sky-reaching Cliff, sparking chaos in the Imperial Court and filling the Demon Country with dread from highest to lowest, evoking visions of total downfall.

On the verge of utter destruction, the Green Wing Demon Emperor at last unveiled his hidden ace.

Besides the already informed Jun Tianxing, nobody else realized that the prior Peng Emperor hadn't fully perished but had preserved a Returning to Void Splitting Spirit.

Leveraging the strength of that Returning to Void Splitting Spirit, the Green Peng Demon Emperor overwhelmingly crushed the two Returning Void Half-Immortals and obliterated the bulk of the aerial fleet.

"...That vile old rogue actually targeted my body of pure blood. Father keeps suggesting that the Demon Country's fate rests on this. That my prospects are boundless; how could I possibly surrender my body willingly."

Jun Tianxing's voice grew thicker with resentment as he ground his teeth in fury, "That's why I seek a Heavenly Demon Curse. The moment that treacherous elder's Primordial Spirit invades the Mud Ball Palace, I'll activate the Heavenly Demon Curse and make him suffer its wrath."

Jun Tianxing fully grasped the formidable nature of the Five Passes Heavenly Demon Curse, pinning all his expectations on this very incantation.

Upon hearing the tale, Zhao Sheng's face hardened, and he abruptly declared, "No, as you described, why would your father permit you to depart from the Sky-reaching Cliff on your own?"

Jun Tianxing's face twisted in shock, the color draining rapidly from his once-flushed cheeks to a ghostly white.

"This is bad, I've been deceived. Master... save... save—"

Before the word "save" could fully leave his mouth, the horrified Jun Tianxing abruptly stiffened motionless.

Next, an eerie detachment settled over him, as though an entirely new being had taken possession.

Buzz!

In that instant, Zhao Sheng's form blurred and vanished from the Jade Couch.

At the same time, five streams of radiance shot upward, darting swiftly around the hidden chamber, where they coalesced into five gleaming treasure mirrors, each roughly a foot across.

Suddenly, Jun Tianxing tilted his head back, his eyes blazing crimson verging on violet.

Boom... An overwhelming and tyrannical psychic force surged forth, swiftly blanketing the whole secret room in an effort to expel Zhao Sheng.

Yet the Five Directions Treasure Mirror flared with intense brilliance, as the mirrors unleashed searing rays of light in hues of red, green, or black...

The five-hued beams struck Jun Tianxing, releasing a dreadfully fearsome energy.

A gaping hole was torn through Jun Tianxing's torso, only for it to be drawn into the abruptly forming "Black Hole."

In the meantime, Zhao Sheng materialized once more, clutching two dull gray Thunder Balls, each fist-sized.

With haste, Zhao Sheng hurled them forward; the Thunder Balls pulsed with a horrifying destructive vibe, vanishing straight into the "Black Hole," their ultimate target a mystery.

Elsewhere, the unsuspecting "Jun Tianxing" was hurled into the Dark Sky and plunged into the Space-Time Storm, trapped without immediate escape.

The following instant saw the two gray Thunder Balls pierce the void, striking Jun Tianxing with perfect precision.

The Annihilation Divine Thunder, born from the evolution of the Five Elements Divine Thunder, possessed utterly horrifying potency!

When its raw annihilating force exploded, it threatened to eradicate nearly all things that existed.

Even though "Jun Tianxing" represented a Returning Void Demon Emperor when alive, he proved incapable of enduring such supreme devastation.

"Jun Tianxing" quaked in extreme terror, helpless to fight back as the Annihilation Divine Thunder engulfed him, reducing his body to dust in a flash.

Immediately after, a faint Dapeng Primordial Spirit burst free, racing frantically further into the Space-Time Storm.

Right then, a colossal figure towering like a mountain materialized from nowhere, directly obstructing its route.

Zhao Sheng maintained a serene composure, thrusting out his right arm in a flash to seize the panicking Dapeng Primordial Spirit.

Vibrant five-colored glows cascaded along his limb, morphing into scores of multicolored chains that securely ensnared the Dapeng Primordial Spirit, ultimately shaping a radiant Light Ball.