The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 188: Fiends
Jie Fu Lian felt as if this was an opportunity. He bit into his finger and drew out blood as he closed his eyes and made a few hand seals.
Hua Tianshu couldn’t help but frown as he saw this, finding the hand seals unfamiliar and not knowing what Jie Fu Lian was going to do.
When Jie Fu Lian snapped his eyes open, his lips curled up in a smile and the demonic aura around him only got stronger.
"TianTian, watch me closely," Jie Fu Lian spoke, without even turning to look at Hua Tianshu, "If you think I’m losing control, wake me up with a hug, okay?"
Hua Tianshu’s frown deepened as he heard this.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to shake and the clouds above rumbled.
Looking up and then glancing down at the ground, Shen Chao understood what was happening and gulped as he raised his head to look at Jie Fu Lian in shock, unable to believe that the man could actually control the demon king’s demonic Qi to this extent.
Duan Luoyang, with his eyebrows creased together in confusion, looked at Jie Fu Lian and questioned, "What is he doing?"
With a small smile, Shen Chao replied, "Something that you might only see once in your entire lifetime."
"Huh?"
Shen Chao did not bother explaining anything further since he felt that it would be better for Duan Luoyang to see for himself.
In the very next moment, something from under the ground started crawling up to the surface and the odd form bent and twisted a lot before vaguely coming together to form something that looked like a human.
With just a glance, Ren Lei frowned in disgust as she guessed what they were.
"Are those spirits...?" Duan Luoyang questioned, his eyebrows creasing together.
Shen Chao shook his head as he spoke, "Not just spirits. Those are the spirits of the deceased. The spirits that were killed by the resentment that lingers in this place. With time, these spirits also turned into the thing that killed them. He infused his demonic Qi with these spirits that were filled with resentment energy and now, they have become fiends."
Duan Luoyang gulped as he heard this and hesitantly questioned, "How do you kill fiends?"
Shen Chao couldn’t help but chuckle as he heard this naive question. With a small smile on his face, he turned to look at Duan Luoyang as he spoke, "You don’t kill fiends. They kill you."
Duan Luoyang’s face immediately turned pale as he heard this.
"But I’ve heard about cultivators being able to kill fiends," Duan Luoyang spoke.
"Those are normal fiends," Shen Chao spoke without missing a beat, "You can get rid of normal fiends but the same can’t be said about the fiends that have the demonic Qi of the demon king surging through them."
Duan Luoyang gulped as he heard this and hesitated a little before he questioned, "Is Young Master Jie Fu Lian able to... Control them?"
Shen Chao’s smile slightly faltered as he heard this question and with a sigh, he spoke, "I don’t know."
Duan Luoyang felt a little scared as he heard this and glanced at Jie Fu Lian, noticing how the man was starting to look more and more like the real demon king.
His entire demeanor had changed and for a second there, it was hard to tell whether the one inside the demon king’s body was really Jie Fu Lian or Shen Fang.
The fiends growled and let out indecipherable noises as they crawled toward the demon.
Controlling them was not an easy task and Jie Fu Lian gritted his teeth as he tried his best not to lose his own mind while trying to control them. The fiends were certainly not pleased with the fact that they were being controlled and tried to go against Jie Fu Lian. However, somehow, Jie Fu Lian still managed to make them yield to his power.
At first, when the fiends attacked the demon, they were quickly kicked off. However, the demon did not see them as a threat and considered the three swords aiming for his horns as more of a threat.
When the demon decided to ignore the fiends, the situation took a sharp turn.
The fiends started feeding on the demon and from its legs, the fiends slowly made their way up.
The power of regeneration proved to be useless since the fiends did not even give the demon enough time to regenerate itself.
When the demon realized that it had been put in a dangerous situation, it glared at Jie Fu Lian.
"Shen Fang, you are finally showing your cruel nature!" The demon roared.
To this, Jie Fu Lian only laughed.
Shockingly enough, the demon also laughed but its laughter was not filled with amusement.
The demon’s laughter was filled with rage and hatred.
"Shen Fang, I’ll be back for you... I’ll surely be back for you!" The demon spoke before continuing to laugh like a maniac.
His threatening words were bone-chilling, however, they didn’t seem to faze Jie Fu Lian at all.
For a second there, Shen Chao almost felt bad for the demon. Thankfully, he remembered the fact that the demon was one of the great four demon lords that were known to terrorize both the demon realm and the mortal realm. Feeling pity for this demon was surely pointless.
"Shen Fang! I will be back!" The demon cried out as the fiends completely covered him from head to toe, slowly consuming him till there was nothing left.
Finally, the demon was dead and everyone could relax.
Mo Xue, who looked to be energetic just a few moments ago, fell to the ground, panting as he spoke, "I might need to sleep for a few years if I want to recover."
Jin Shifeng also sighed in relief as she sat down, no longer having any strength in her legs.
They thought the fight was over, but they didn’t even have the energy to celebrate.
Just then, Ren Lei frowned as she saw something and cried out, "The fiends!"
Since the fiends had consumed the demon, they had gotten stronger and could no longer be controlled by Jie Fu Lian.
As long as Jie Fu Lian tried to control them, they would try to kill him and the moment he stopped controlling them, the fiends would attack everyone they could find and their first victims would naturally be this group of exhausted cultivators.
In order to save everyone, Jie Fu Lian had to keep controlling the fiends. For him, it was obvious that this option was to be chosen.
As he continued to try and control them, the fiends turned on him. They slowly walked and crawled toward Jie Fu Lian with the intention to killing the man. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
There was a reason why nobody had ever tried to control fiends and it was simply because the moment a fiend felt as it was stronger than its master, it would turn on its master.
Even the demon king, Shen Fang, had never tried to control fiends.
Since the situation was urgent, Jie Fu Lian tried it out without actually considering the aftermath of his actions. He thought he could control it, and if there were only a few fiends, perhaps he would have been able to control them. However, to control a thousand or more fiends was simply not possible.
Mo Xue gulped as he looked at the fiends that certainly looked as if they were going to devour Jie Fu Lian. For a moment there, Mo Xue wanted to blame Jie Fu Lian for having done something careless. At the same time, he knew that Jie Fu Lian had only done it to save everyone. There was no other choice.
They were all losing spiritual Qi and could hardly keep up with the demon. If the fiends had not appeared, perhaps they would have already lost the battle.
Jie Fu Lian’s face turned awfully pale and his eyes started looking blank as he tried his best to control the fiends. His hands were trembling and when Hua Tianshu touched them, he could immediately feel the demonic Qi that had gone out of control.
At that moment, Jie Fu Lian’s words echoed inside Hua Tianshu’s mind: TianTian, watch me closely. If you think I’m losing control, wake me up with a hug, okay?
Hua Tianshu pursed his lips into a thin line and gulped as he made up his mind.
Jie Fu Lian was suddenly hugged from behind and his body trembled even more. He tried to shake off the person that had hugged him but Hua Tianshu did not let go. Instead, he softly muttered into Jie Fu Lian’s ear, "Jie Ming, you have to wake up. You said it yourself, didn’t you? You promised not to put me in danger."
Jie Fu Lian’s body froze up and it seemed like his demonic Qi had also calmed down.
Knowing that Jie Fu Lian could hear him and that his words were working, Hua Tianshu sighed in relief as he continued with a smile, "Jie Ming, wake up. This is not the end. We have to keep fighting."
"Wake up....?" Jie Fu Lian softly muttered, unconsciously repeating Hua Tianshu’s words.
