World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2144: Chapter 1025: Ning Wuya Kneels and Surrenders! Kui Shuangshuang’s Destiny

Everything happened too suddenly.

Demon Emperor Lanling instantly appeared inside the energy shield, and then began a massacre.

A true massacre.

With each wave of dragon chants and demonic roars, countless members of the Sanctuary Legion were smashed to pieces alive.

The giant palm of the Demon Emperor descended, crushing countless Sanctuary Legion soldiers into meat paste.

It was a completely one-sided slaughter; these elite Sanctuary Legion soldiers were like building blocks, or like wheat fields, falling in swathes.

The hundreds of thousands of troops at the Southern Energy Gate watched in utter terror, their bodies trembling and chilled to the bone.

There were over a dozen king-level powerhouses and four to five hundred sub-king level ones.

But not one dared to move!

When Demon Emperor Lanling suddenly appeared, everyone was stunned beyond words, their shock and fear were indescribable.

They could only watch him slaughter crazily, eyes wide open.

At this moment, none was more terrified than Ning Wuya.

He was held directly in the giant hand of Demon Emperor Lanling, truly scared out of his wits, his body frozen. He couldn’t utter a sound, and couldn’t move a muscle, let alone counterattack.

At this moment, Demon Emperor Lanling rampaged in the energy shield like a giant mountain, slaughtering madly.

And the Sanctuary Legion beside him was completely unable and terrified to resist!

Anyone, especially those venerable Temple Priests and Tomb Priests, dared not even think of resisting.

The sudden appearance of Demon Emperor Lanling was shocking. Breaking through the energy shield in just three days as promised, without any prelude or assault, he just appeared inside the shield. It was unbelievable, beyond the understanding of gods and ghosts.

In such circumstances, even with a hundred tries, these people dared not strike back.

To counter would mean forever losing the chance to surrender, leaving only a road to death. Besides, against such a powerful Demon Emperor, would resistance have any meaning?

Thus, the hundreds of thousands of the Temple Grand Army in the southern region could only pray not to be next as they watched Demon Emperor slaughter.

Finally, after who knows how long he slaughtered, Demon Emperor Lanling seemed to have had his fill.

Atop his towering frame, he looked down disdainfully at the crowd on the ground, like ants, and slowly spoke: "Surrender?"

Upon hearing this, the two hundred thousand strong of the Sanctuary Legion beneath him almost burst into tears; they had long awaited these words. Standing motionless, daring not to retaliate, all for this one word.

Finally, they could survive, finally no longer needing to die!

Then, the two hundred thousand Sanctuary Legion defending the Southern Energy Gate neatly knelt and kowtowed: "We surrender, we surrender, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live indefinitely..."

Demon Emperor Lanling placed the trembling Ning Wuya he was holding onto the ground, saying: "Kneel!"

Ning Wuya trembled as he knelt, looking up in utter fear.

Then, Demon Emperor Lanling lowered a giant thumb directly from the sky, as if intending to crush him to death like an ant.

In an instant, Ning Wuya could no longer hold his composure, desperately kneeling and kowtowing: "Your Majesty, spare me, Your Majesty, spare me, Ning Wuya surrenders, surrenders..."

Lanling squinted and said: "I don’t particularly need you."

Ning Wuya pleaded, tremblingly: "Your subject, your subject has cared for Princess Qin Qin for many years without any offense, please... please Your Majesty have mercy, spare your subject!"

Demon Emperor Lanling slowly said: "Oh, then... shall I spare your life?"

Ning Wuya desperately kowtowed until blood flowed: "Your subject, your subject thanks Your Majesty for the immense grace of sparing life, long live, long live, infinitely long live!"

...

Tian Daoqi, Shi Tian, and Gu Ban were guarding the eastern, western, and northern parts of the second defense line of the Sky Holy Palace.

They almost simultaneously received a piece of news.

Demon Emperor Lanling had descended within the energy shield of the second defense line.

"No, impossible..."

The hearts of the three giants were horrified, this was completely impossible.

This energy shield was placed by the Lunar Holy Palace, and its energy source was from outer space, a method completely unknown to Demon Emperor Lanling. Hence, he couldn’t possibly break through this energy shield.

Moreover, there was no assault process, he just appeared there abruptly.

But there was no time for thinking, they clearly saw the figure of Demon Emperor Lanling.

That towering figure of several kilometers, exuding an aura of immense power and authority, was visible at a glance to anyone.

They watched as he slaughtered in the south.

Next, the three giants faced a difficult decision, whether to support the Southern Energy Gate?

But soon, there was no need for confusion. Because the twenty thousand Sanctuary Legion of the southern defense line surrendered directly, even while crying and kneeling.

It seemed the shock and impact from the sudden descent of Demon Emperor was overwhelmingly immense.

"No, no, there’s absolutely something fishy here." Tian Daoqi said, "It is absolutely impossible for Demon Emperor Lanling to have entered just like this. There is no breakthrough process, something is definitely off here."

Gu Ban said: "Your Majesties, do we fight or retreat, a decision must be made."

"There’s absolutely something fishy here, there’s no way Demon Emperor Lanling could just come in like this." Tian Daoqi repeated over and over.

Gu Ban said, "Then let’s fight, the three of us shall join forces and charge south!"

Tian Daoqi lamented, "Fight? How to fight? The twenty thousand Temple Army in the south have already surrendered, Ning Wuya was scared out of his wits and surrendered without even thinking. Look at the Sanctuary Legion around us, they’ve long been intimidated by Demon Emperor Lanling suddenly appearing inside the energy shield, and if you tell them to fight, they’ll immediately turn and surrender, selling us out in the process."

Shi Tian angrily said, "Deceptive, what a deceptive Demon Emperor."

Tian Daoqi said, "Retreat, retreat to the third line of defense!"

With Tian Daoqi’s command, the eastern, western, and northern contingents of the Sanctuary Legion in the second line of defense immediately gathered and frantically retreated towards the third line of defense.

Demon Emperor Lanling watched and merely gave a cold smile, showing complete indifference.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."

Tens of thousands of the Temple Grand Army fled in panic.

Moreover, as some were running, they suddenly stopped, then knelt on the ground without moving.

Seeing this, others followed suit, immediately kneeling by the roadside without moving. They stopped running, choosing to kneel in surrender.

Tian Daoqi and Shi Tian were almost about to spit blood witnessing this scene, but were completely helpless. They couldn’t just start a massacre, that would cause even greater chaos.

For half an hour in such chaos.

Gu Ban, Shi Tian, and Tian Daoqi led seventy thousand of the Sanctuary Legion in retreat into the Sky Holy Palace’s third line of defense.

The entire second world layer of the Sky Holy Palace was densely packed with people kneeling. Apart from the twenty thousand at the southern defense line, there were over a hundred thousand others kneeling in surrender.

The second line of defense of the Sky Holy Palace had fallen; Demon Emperor Lanling unleashed his power and killed nearly ten thousand, while close to forty thousand surrendered.

...

At this moment, Fang Naide and others kneeling on the Driftsquare of the first sky layer were completely stunned.

Even Demon Emperor Lanling is... too impressive.

He said he’d break through the energy shield in three days, and indeed he did. But this wasn’t the most terrifying part. The most terrifying was doing it without lifting a finger.

He just suddenly appeared inside the second line of defense, as if the energy shield didn’t even exist.

Moreover, Demon Emperor Lanling single-handedly conquered the second line of defense of the Sky Holy Palace. Of the million troops in the Sky Holy Palace, nearly ten thousand were killed, seventy thousand fled, and close to forty thousand knelt in surrender.

Throughout the process, there was no need for intervention from Fang Naide and the surrender faction, nor did the six Hell Knights have a part. It was entirely Demon Emperor Lanling alone displaying his power and settling everything.

Fang Naide and others felt both ecstatic and disappointed.

Ecstatic because their choice was right; Demon Emperor Lanling’s strength was insurmountable, and they were wise to surrender early.

Disappointed because Fang Naide and the other surrender faction wanted to show their strength, hoping Demon Emperor Lanling would feel their necessity. As it turned out, the Demon Emperor single-handedly accomplished everything, leaving the surrender faction as mere bystanders.

Really, so extraordinary.

...

The center of the second world layer of the Sky Holy Palace is the Palace of Unions and Separations!

Demon Emperor Lanling’s body gradually shrank to only over ten meters tall, yet still like a giant. Accompanied by endless legions of the Sky Holy Palace, Demon Emperor Lanling slowly walked into the Palace of Unions and Separations.

Accompanying him was only Ning Wuya.

"Minister requests to open the energy shield of the second line of defense and lift the ban on all energy arrays and energy weapons." Ning Wuya bowed his head.

"Granted," said Demon Emperor Lanling.

Ning Wuya arrived at the control center of the energy array in the Palace of Unions and Separations, performing a complex series of operations, shutting down all defensive installations in the Sky Holy Palace’s second line of defense.

"Swish!" The overpowering energy shield was shut down.

"Flash, flash, flash..." All energy weapons were shut down.

All energy arrays shut down.

Suddenly, the Sky Holy Palace’s second line of defense lost all its defenses.

"Enter," Demon Emperor Lanling ordered.

Suddenly, the six Hell Knights, Na Xue, Demon Queen Daji, along with three hundred Sub-Kings, and five thousand surrender faction entered the second world layer of the Sky Holy Palace, kneeling outside the Palace of Unions and Separations.

And then, an unbelievable scene unfolded before Ning Wuya’s eyes.

Another Demon Emperor Lanling slowly walked into the Palace of Unions and Separations, while the Demon Emperor Lanling beside him shrank smaller, finally morphing into Kui Shuangshuang!

Ning Wuya could barely make a sound, staring wide-eyed, completely unable to believe his eyes.

"Indeed, the Demon Emperor Lanling, who appeared inside the second line of defense, towering several kilometers high and awesomely rampaging, was merely my avatar, which I transformed through Kui Shuangshuang’s body," Demon Emperor Lanling said slowly. "This energy shield of yours is certainly powerful; I’ve spent over half a month yet didn’t fully crack it because it’s infused with cosmic energy. However, I couldn’t stand holding back anymore, seeing your arrogance. So I took this final resort. I’ve been with Kui Shuangshuang countless times before, leaving behind a lot of my essence energy inside her, hence I can easily inject energy into her body, immediately controlling her form, allowing her to become my Demon Emperor avatar."

This method, Demon Emperor Lanling had used once in the Demon Continent; he injected energy into Zhuang Zhixuan, enabling her to easily subjugate Princess Yuanyuan of Yaozhou.

Demon Emperor Lanling laughed, "You’ve been scared witless by me; Kui Shuangshuang received the inheritance of Demon Dragon King; when she merges with Kui Qingqing she’ll be a king layer powerhouse. When I inject energy into her, she becomes stronger still, reaching Great Demon King layer. But even so, your Southern Gate has dozens of king layer powerhouses, hundreds of Sub-King layer powerhouses, and can still defeat my avatar. But you don’t dare; you’ve been scared witless. Didn’t you realize, when my avatar goes on a wild rampage, slaughtering crazily, it’s just eliminating weaker Sanctuary Legions? All to manufacture an incredible display of invincibility! If facing Dragon-Honored Warriors, I couldn’t just wipe out tens of thousands at once, as that wouldn’t make for a good visual impact."

At this moment, Kui Shuangshuang’s soul returned home, awakening as if from a dream, then shivering, and fiercely prostrating at the Demon Emperor’s feet, not moving.

The moment that determines her destiny has come!

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