Chapter 664: Chapter 292: Dragon Elephant Supreme Demon, Devouring True Intent

Dark Abyss City, within the largest council hall.

The entire hall is constructed with the skull of an ancient giant beast as the main structure, exuding a sense of primitiveness.

At this moment, the atmosphere inside is as tense as iron.

The representatives of demons and human cultivators are lined up on both sides.

The ghostly light pearls embedded in the ceiling cast a pale white glow, illuminating faces that are either fierce or sullen.

Dark Abyss City’s centennial council, discussing the selection of council members.

The Sea of Obscurity is relatively lacking in cultivation resources, and a council position holds real power over resource allocation and regional governance, highly contested by many demon kings and cultivators of the Fifth Realm, traditionally a focal point of power struggles among various factions.

Several seasoned demon kings of the Second Nirvana gaze malevolently at Master Qingsong and other human cultivators of the Fifth Realm.

Recently, Xu Guang’s rampant slaughter, although mainly targeting demons, has made human factions somewhat "obstructive."

Even before the council officially begins, the air is exceedingly tense.

A few demon kings led by the Black Tortoise King, who suffered heavy losses under Xu Guang, cast sinister looks at Master Qingsong and the others.

They have long suspected these human cultivators to be colluding with Xu Guang, allowing him to repeatedly escape from the hands of numerous demon kings.

The Blood Shark King, wrapped in a blood-red aura, was the first to stir up trouble, slamming his giant palm on the table made of bones, creating a dull thunderous sound, "Qingsong! Xu Guang rampaged for half a month, slaughtered over thirty of my kin! How do you humans explain this?! Were you secretly directing him?!"

The sound waves, containing the pressure of a demon king, rattled the vitality of those with weaker cultivation inside the hall.

Master Qingsong remained steadfast, his face calm, and lightly waved the white jade duster in his hand, dispersing the approaching aura, and said calmly, "Why does the Blood Shark King speak such words? Xu Guang is a person bounty-hunted by the Azure Dragon Race, his actions are mad, and have nothing to do with us humans. I have just learned of his atrocities recently, and I am equally outraged. If this scourge is not eliminated, it is indeed a major threat to Dark Abyss City."

He spoke softly, distancing himself from the matter completely, even expressing "outrage" at Xu Guang, displaying a full-fledged posture.

Another demon king, the Thunder Eel King, added in a sinister tone, "A serious threat? He is just a Martial Artist of the First Nirvana, daring to act so wantonly in the Sea of Obscurity, can you honestly say there is nothing fishy here?"

Master Qingsong’s face showed a trace of helplessness and pain at just the right moment, he sighed deeply, "If not for the pressure from the sea tribe over there, I might really consider contacting Xu Guang, but you all know the sea tribe’s attitude towards the Sea of Obscurity."

Upon mentioning the sea tribe, the expressions of many demon kings immediately became somewhat unpleasant.

Everyone present, whether demon or human, was aware of the sea tribe’s schemes, who would willingly become someone else’s fodder?

"Sounds better than singing."

The Thunder Eel King spoke in a somber tone, his hatred for Xu Guang second only to the Black Tortoise King.

Lei Kun was his disciple, of the same tribe, his most trusted assistant, who had great potential to advance to Second Nirvana, yet unexpectedly, was killed by Xu Guang.

The anger in his heart even surpassed that of the Black Tortoise King.

A leading demon with dragon horns placed their hand on the table, creating a soft sound.

Instantly, everything in the hall fell silent.

All eyes turned to the opposite party.

The absolute top expert of Dark Abyss City, the Dragon Elephant Venerable, who attained the Dao through cultivation, self-titled as Dragon Elephant Grand Demon, pinnacle of the Second Nirvana, one step away from Saint Realm.

However, despite attaining the Dao as a demon, his bloodline is powerful, combining Ancient Elephant and Blood Dragon lineages, possessing astonishing divine techniques, though he seems to not consider himself a demon, focusing solely on cultivation, never concerning himself with conflicts between demons and humans.

Humans could serve as council members because they battled demons and killed several demon kings of the Second Nirvana to earn the position.

During this time, the Dragon Elephant Grand Demon has never made a move.

There’s a demon rumor in Dark Abyss City that if the Dragon Elephant Grand Demon wishes, he could annihilate all Second Nirvana and Fifth Realm experts in one day.

"Qingsong, to avoid suspicion, until Xu Guang is dead, you humans should temporarily not hold council positions."

Upon speaking, he directly set the tone. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The demons showed joyful expressions, for the first time discovering that the City Lord who usually pays no attention to external matters is siding with them.

Master Qingsong frowned upon hearing this but trembled in his heart when meeting the gaze of the Dragon Elephant Grand Demon.

The gap between Venerables is unimaginable.

This is related to the Rule Power controlled by each Venerable, a martial artist’s magic is essentially a form of mastering rules, you never know what terrifying Rule Power some ancient Venerables have concocted.

The Dragon Elephant Grand Demon hasn’t acted in years, the last time was six hundred years ago, when he devoured ten demon kings of the Second Nirvana in one day, shocking the Sea of Obscurity.

"Since it is the City Lord’s intention, I am willing to represent the human race and give up the council position."

He paused, gritting his teeth and spoke softly.

"Additionally, willing to offer mining rights to three veins near the ’Abyss of Slumber’ as compensation to the affected tribes. I only hope esteemed friends will restrain their thunderous fury, what is urgent now is to unite and quickly seize Xu Guang and break him into pieces!"

Master Qingsong’s move was undeniably ruthless.

Giving up the council seat meant the human race would lose a significant amount of discourse power and actual interests for a future period, and those three veins were very valuable.

Indeed, as his words fell, many demons’ eyes immediately glowed red.

The Sea of Obscurity is imperceptible to the Void Realm, but it contains Source Qi and Spirit Charm, with some veins in the deepest Abyss of Slumber.

Demons are not productive, lack mining methods, and various veins are mainly held by the human race.