I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1317 - 802: Threats, Undercurrents Stir Once More (2)

Why is there absolutely no leeway for discussion? Should any problem occur, he's dead set on launching a lethal assault.

The golden-eyed middle-aged man held no attachment to his own Divine Thought Avatar.

He dreaded the possibility that, once he perished, Lu Qing would unleash a real bloodbath.

Should that unfold, the Demon Clan would face total extinction.

With this in mind, the golden-eyed middle-aged man at last resolved himself.

Spirit Stones could always be gathered anew if depleted, yet if the royal capital fell and all elite demons within perished, the Demon Clan would be utterly doomed.

At that point, holding onto the Spirit Stones would serve no purpose whatsoever.

"My friend, I can accept your conditions, but the amount of Spirit Stones you demand is enormous, so we require some time to collect them."

The golden-eyed middle-aged man let out a sigh as he spoke.

"One day." Lu Qing lifted a single finger, "I grant you just one day to assemble the Spirit Stones and deliver them to me. If you attempt any deceptions, destroying the royal capital will be the least of it. I will wipe out your entire Demon Clan. You know full well I possess that power."

As his statement concluded, a terrifying wave of murderous aura burst forth from Lu Qing, engulfing every Demon King nearby.

Suddenly, every Demon King sensed themselves plunged into a vast sea of slaughterous intent.

Horrifying visions assaulted their Primordial Spirits, their very forms struggling to hold steady, on the verge of plummeting from the heavens.

The golden-eyed middle-aged man's Heart and Spirit remained untouched by Lu Qing's murderous aura, yet the cold detachment in Lu Qing's gaze sent an involuntary shiver through him.

He realized their Demon Clan had stirred up a catastrophe beyond imagination this time. What on earth were those foolish Golden Lion Emperors thinking, plunging into such perilous depths without gauging the foe's true strength.

Though he inwardly railed against the Golden Lion Emperors, the golden-eyed middle-aged man could only rein in his feelings and give a nod.

"Fine, one day it is. My friend, you must uphold your word and refrain from attacking my Demon Clan during this period."

"Rest assured, I always honor my commitments," Lu Qing replied.

Next, he pulled back his hand, easing the restraint on the golden-eyed middle-aged man, showing no concern that he might seize the moment to flee.

Concurrently, he drew in the murderous aura radiating from his form.

However, the other Demon Kings appeared as if their Hearts and Spirits were gripped tight, slow to regain their composure.

Sensing the immense pressure lift from their bodies and a sense of ease return, the golden-eyed middle-aged man felt no relief.

In that brief exchange, he had grasped that this demon's Physical Body strength vastly surpassed his Divine Thought Avatar.

Furthermore, given the opponent's mastery of spatial principles, if Lu Qing truly sought to eradicate the Demon Clan, nothing could halt him.

"What sort of abomination wields such dreadful might within the Great World?"

The golden-eyed middle-aged man puzzled over it.

By all reason, their Unity Realm Stage Divine Thought Avatars ought to dominate the Great World unchallenged.

Yet how could a freak like Lu Qing emerge, overpowering his Avatar with such crushing force?

Despite the bafflement, the golden-eyed middle-aged man refused to waste time.

He whirled toward the surrounding Demon Kings and barked in fury, "Are you deaf? Hurry and collect Spirit Stones for me at once. If you fail to amass sufficient Spirit Stones in a day, don't expect me to spare you lot of incompetents!"

Only then did the remaining Demon Kings snap out of their daze, gazing at Lu Qing in terror, too afraid to utter a peep.

The murderous aura from this demon proved far too alarming.

Despite their Primordial Spirits at Five Tribulations or higher, they stood no chance against it, teetering on the edge of delusion.

In an actual clash, the foe might not need to strike directly; mere reliance on that aura could shatter their Primordial Spirits.

Thus, when the "Emperor" commanded them to gather Spirit Stones, no Demon King dared resist.

After offering bows of assent, they all deployed Space Shifting Technique to scour for Spirit Stones.

Even the golden-eyed middle-aged man, after a moment's reflection, vanished, venturing to farther reaches.

Considering the limited spatial prowess of those inept subordinates, covering the Demon Domain in a day was out of the question; it fell to him alone.

The Spirit Stones hoarded by those unrevived Demon Kings would prove hard to claim without his intervention.

As the golden-eyed middle-aged man and the other Demon Kings vanished from sight, a lone silhouette lingered in the skies.

Lu Qing's eyes fixed on that form—the Golden Lion Emperor.

Freshly revived, his cultivation lingered at the Primordial Spirit Initial Realm, rendering Space Shifting Technique beyond his grasp.

Catching Lu Qing's stare, the Golden Lion Emperor shuddered violently.

Before Lu Qing uttered a word, he blurted out, "Your Excellency, my Golden Lion Clan possesses ample Spirit Stones. Allow me to retrieve them for you immediately!"

With that, ignoring any reply from Lu Qing, he morphed into a streak of light, hurtling toward the royal capital beneath.

Fearing that any delay might prompt Lu Qing to refuse and strip him of this opportunity.

After all, atop Heavenly Saint Peak, he had attacked this very individual.

Having revived once already, should this Physical Body fall too, true death would claim him with no further resurrection.

Observing the Golden Lion Emperor's desperate flight, Lu Qing made no move to intervene.

To him at present, the might of these Demon Kings amounted to nothing.

Since they offered Spirit Stones in exchange for survival, he saw no harm in granting them this shot at life.

Effortlessly summoning a cloud, Lu Qing settled into a cross-legged position atop it, patiently awaiting the demons' return.

As for any potential trickery from those Demon Kings, it mattered little to him.

He had extended them an opportunity. Should those Demon Kings prove so ungrateful, he would not balk at obliterating that royal capital from the Heavenly Origin Great World.

Besides, he had already imprinted the auras of those Demon Kings in his mind.

Cultivating the Ziwei Fate Scripture granted him the means to hunt them down, even to the world's remotest corners.

By that time, he would reveal to them the essence of true torment.

While Lu Qing meditated on the cloud, biding his time for the demons' comeback, the whole Heavenly Origin Great World simmered with hidden turmoil.

The clash on Heavenly Saint Peak had stirred ripples of sheer dread.

Moreover, countless cultivators had beheld firsthand Lu Qing's rampage, cutting down numerous Demon Kings and Holy Alliance elders.

An event of such magnitude was bound to surface.

Thus, after simmering for days, the tidings rapidly swept across nearly all Human Race domains.

This included the enigmatic and profound Netherworld Palace.

Within a secretive locale, inside a dark palace pulsing with eerie Dao Rhythms, a handful of formidable presences convened.

"Is this intelligence reliable? Were the Holy Alliance elders truly wiped out entirely?"

A black-robed elder inquired, his voice laced with uncertainty.

"Completely trustworthy. Our agents captured the footage covertly via a Memory Stone back then."

Another presence produced a Memory Stone, casting a glowing projection into the air.

The projection shifted, displaying Lu Qing's onslaught on Heavenly Saint Peak, where he felled clusters of Demon Kings and Holy Alliance elders.

Viewing the projection, Lu Qing smashed two Eight-Calamity Demon Emperors with punches and sliced through over a dozen Demon Kings in a single sword stroke.

Then he swelled into a thousand-foot colossus, batting the Holy Alliance elders aside like mere pests.

The black-robed elder and his companions drew in sharp breaths, overwhelmed by profound astonishment.

Even via the recording, they sensed the savage brutality pouring from that so-called "demon" within.

"Smashing Eight-Calamity Demon Emperors with bare fists—even Nine Tribulations Primordial Spirits crumbled in one blow. Luo Yuantian's Divine Thought Avatar proved powerless and yielded in defeat. Just who is this figure?"

After an extended silence, the black-robed elder finally voiced his query.

"I've looked into it; this should be the individual who rose to fame decades back through a lone stand on Tianshu Divine Mountain, turning the tide to slay several Human Race Primordial Spirits while merely at Golden Core stage—Chen Qing," another presence explained.

"Though Chen Qing is probably a pseudonym; he's adept in Transformation Technique. As he roamed the Heavenly Origin Great World, he adopted various guises, even sneaking into our Netherworld Palace once as an outer assassin."

"And decades prior, in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, the enigmatic cultivator who summoned that peculiar heavenly tribulation is most likely him too."

No surprise that Netherworld Palace ranked among the best-informed powers, having delved deeply into Lu Qing's background.

"So you're claiming he endured Primordial Spirit Tribulation only decades ago?"

Utterly stunned, the black-robed elder demanded in astonishment.