Chapter 158: Gurgle...
Two demon kings, one fox.
With just a few sentences, they instantly matched their secret code.
However, they were demon kings, and during their negotiations, they naturally wouldn't pay attention to the little demons around them.
After all, for such a major matter of the demon nation, these low-level little demons only needed to follow orders.
Hu Qi's prestige among the little demons was very great. Even though many demons had never seen Hu Qi or heard him speak in person.
Even the so-called "Hu Qi speeches" that many little demons heard had been revised so many times that their versions numbered several times more than the Water Heart Sutra. They were so altered that even Hu Qi would be stunned for a good while upon hearing them.
The words sounded a bit familiar, but had he really said them?
But regardless, at this moment in their hearts, Hu Qi represented the dignity and future of demons.
After all, no matter how those words were changed, even if the main text was reduced to two words, it had to be accompanied by extreme emotional outbursts like "fuck."
Nor would it change the core argument it wanted to express—the demon race could no longer be allowed to be slaughtered at will.
The owl was such a demon. It had never seen Hu Qi, and even the version of the speech it heard was a mess, with half of its content cursing its own squad leader—a water buffalo demon just as detestable as a human.
Even with this version of Hu Qi's speech, the owl would beg others to repeat it many times.
However, the wording for cursing the water buffalo demon was different every time.
At first, the owl found it very strange, but after getting to know its squad leader for a while, this version of Hu Qi's speech was later told by the owl to other new demons.
And the proportion of personal additions was even higher; basically, after cursing the water buffalo demon a couple of times, it would say one line of the main text.
But it was in this imperceptible way that when the owl was on night watch, looking at the sky, it would also wonder, what exactly did the unedited version say?
It would also wonder, what did the legendary Kun Mountain Demon King really look like, and what kind of demon was he?
However, it never would have thought that the opportunity to meet the Kun Mountain Great King would actually come from humans...
This demon life was truly dreamlike to the extreme.
This was the first time the owl saw Hu Qi.
Hu Qi's real appearance was different from what others had said. He didn't have fangs that grew past his head, nor a body as tall as half a mountain.
He seemed to be just a tiger demon who was more robust, burly, and heroic than most.
But it was this kind of Hu Qi that made the owl feel he was real and approachable.
The feathers on the owl's neck slightly bristled. It looked at Cui Hao, who was before it.
If it were only the Great Wu Demon King, it would probably just play dumb, like the water buffalo.
After all, besides having cultivation at the level of a demon king, the Great Wu Demon King was hardly a demon king in other respects.
But now, besides the Great Wu Demon King, the Kun Mountain Great King had also come.
This human race dared to go deep into enemy territory alone, so they naturally had something to rely on. Perhaps the Golden Core cultivator who could split a mountain with a single sword was among these three.
To be honest, the owl's beastly instincts made it very afraid of death.
It really wanted to remind the Kun Mountain Great King, but before the words could leave its mouth, the owl felt its small heart beat wildly and all its feathers stand on end.
Its beak felt as if it was pressed down by a mountain, unable to open.
It was truly afraid of death, just like the Great Wu Demon King.
"My King! These three are humans here to attack and kill!"
The owl didn't know how it managed to say this sentence; it only felt a heat rush to its head and then heard its own voice by its ear.
But the fear in its heart instantly dissipated, replaced by a feeling of carefree freedom that filled its being.
The meaning of its demon life was likely just this.
Cui Hao and Lin Luoyu's gazes instantly shot to the owl. Lin Luoyu even prepared to draw her sword and kill the owl first.
Li Yingling's expression was calm; she had never really hoped that the owl wouldn't mess up.
She was just trying to play a card, that's all.
Li Yingling herself had made contingency plans.
She never expected that just seeing the Kun Mountain Demon King, without even a word spoken, would be enough to make the owl change its nature.
Without hesitation, Li Yingling decisively summoned her Spirit Treasure.
Hearing this, the Great Wu Demon King and Hu Qi's gazes instantly shot toward Li Yingling.
In their eyes, they saw the snake demon holding her Spirit Treasure, her gaze icy cold. The aura on her body was no longer concealed, rapidly climbing to the cultivation of a human Golden Core.
Li Yingling's eyes narrowed slightly. The Spirit Treasure in her hand flowed with a fluorescent light, and a terrifying sword intent began to spread to the surroundings. The spiritual energy around her was already like flowing water, clinging to her body.
She had never fought a tough battle, only bullying walking corpses and beasts whose cultivation was lower than hers.
She had no clear reference for her own cultivation level, but in Li Yingling's eyes, one Golden Core against two was clearly at a disadvantage.
This was a tough battle right from her debut, and she knew it would take several divine abilities to heavily injure just one of them.
Li Yingling prepared to launch a counter-attack first, to see what the quality of another's Golden Core was like.
To see if it was as exaggerated as Master had boasted—that once you join my sect, you are invincible among your peers.
Hu Qi and the Great Wu Demon King's demonic power also rapidly surged, their gazes looking at Li Yingling with a hint of horror.
This aura was such a ferocious human cultivator.
It seemed as if in the next instant, the Spirit Treasure in Li Yingling's hand was about to fly out.
The old fox on the field reacted the quickest. After assessing the situation, he shouted loudly:
"What nonsense are you spouting, you little demon, to bewitch the hearts of demons? I don't see any humans here!"
The old fox's words made the gazes of the one human and two demons, who were in a tense standoff, turn to him.
They saw the old fox pull out a dagger from his robes and, under everyone's watchful eyes, stride forward, braving Li Yingling's Golden Core pressure and his own inner fear.
In full view of everyone, the old fox pulled the owl into the middle of the field and stabbed its abdomen again and again.
The owl did not resist. Perhaps it was because the old fox's Foundation Establishment cultivation was far higher than its own, or perhaps it was simply stupefied.
With a thud.
Its body fell straight to the ground.
The blood from its abdomen soaked its gorgeous and smooth feathers.
It did not look at the old fox who had stabbed it.
The owl fixed its round gaze on its hope—the Kun Mountain Great King.
But in its eyes, the Kun Mountain Great King's expression was one of neither sorrow nor joy, exactly the same as the Great Wu Demon King standing by his side.
It let out a soft cry:
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
The old fox stopped his movements and stood up. He looked at Li Yingling and quickly cupped his hands, saying:
"Little Dragon Demon King, how could you arrive without informing my King?"
"Since you are here, why not come in and discuss matters together? I believe you will surely be satisfied."
The owl listened to the sounds in a daze, forcing its head to turn.
They seemed to have said a lot, but it could no longer hear clearly what was said.
Vaguely, it only saw the Great Wu Demon King and the Kun Mountain Great King not spare it a single glance, stepping past its body and walking toward the camp.
Gurgle...
It could no longer make a sound to remind the Kun Mountain Demon King.
Footsteps approached. It forced its eyes open one last time. What entered its line of sight was not the Kun Mountain Great King it had imagined.
But that hateful snake face.
Li Yingling held a pill in her hand, looking calmly at the owl.
After two breaths.
Li Yingling did not drop the pill, but instead put it back into her storage ring, then, without hesitation, turned and walked into the camp.
Gurgle...
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