Redemption of a Born Demon

This was the kind of scene that violated common sense and the laws of physics—something people had only ever seen in anime.

For example, an assassin might throw a pillar, jump onto it, and then ride it as it flew away...

But now, someone had made the impossible a reality.

In truth, it wasn’t quite so unbelievable.

The East King had been sent flying by Yi Beidou. As he tried to adjust his posture and stabilize himself in mid-air, he was met with immense air resistance.

Yi Beidou, however, had fully unleashed his Jade Power. It not only boosted his own explosive speed but also acted on the world around him. He used the Jade Power’s unique property of affecting physical matter to form a streamlined layer of airflow, drastically reducing his own air resistance.

With one’s drag increased and the other’s negated, the result was this unbelievable scene.

He overtook him!!

Everyone’s eyes went wide. In the span of a single breath, Yi Beidou had caught up to the East King, who was still hurtling through the air.

As they crossed paths, their eyes met. The East King’s heart seemed to stop, his breath catching in his throat.

’Just what...?’

BOOM!!

Yi Beidou, now behind the East King, unleashed a sudden palm strike.

In mid-air, the East King found it impossible to adjust his body. He could only curl into a ball as his skin rapidly took on a jade-like texture.

His Earth Immortal Cells were turning to jade!

The East King was out of options. This was the only way he could withstand the attack.

Power erupted and Demon Flame burst forth. The palm strike landed squarely on the East King’s back.

Reversal. A flash. Overtake!

Yi Beidou once again caught up with the airborne East King.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The two figures flickered back and forth within a confined space as Demon Flame erupted all around. Yi Beidou was unleashing an unbelievable barrage!!

An attack that defied all reason!!

"This technique... why does it look so familiar?"

Ding Huiyuan muttered.

"Well, it certainly wasn’t in the real world..."

Zhou Qingchen said, his eyes glued to the battle footage.

Five times in total, he reversed course to strike.

A powerful sense of discomfort washed over Yi Beidou. His muscles and sinews screamed in protest, his brain rattled in his skull, and his internal organs felt as if they were on fire. An acidic exhaustion flooded his senses.

Jade Power was condensed from the Vital Energy stripped from the interplay between the Penglai Technique and the Power of Disaster and Filth. Achieving this required consuming a massive amount of his body’s energy reserves.

Even Yi Beidou’s Demon Body couldn’t withstand releasing Jade Power at such an intensity.

’Then, it’s time to end this,’ Yi Beidou thought.

On the next reversal, Yi Beidou didn’t strike with his palm. Instead, he swung his leg like a whip, a high roundhouse kick connecting solidly with the East King in mid-air.

BOOM!!

The East King was kicked higher into the air, like a rubber ball.

By now, his entire body had turned to jade and his skin remained unscathed, but blood mixed with chunks of flesh sprayed uncontrollably from his seven orifices.

His insides had been turned to pulp.

If not for his body being that of a Sleeper, he would have already been dead.

SWOOSH!!

The sound of rushing air came once more.

It was Yi Beidou!!

Yi Beidou leaped high into the air. Jade Silk Threads condensed around him, forming a streamlined shield that allowed him to catch up to and then surpass the East King.

The world before the East King’s eyes suddenly went dark.

The sunlight was blocked.

Not by a cloud, but by a person.

A figure that seemed so small, yet blotted out the Sky.

Those blood-red eyes, wreathed in Demon Flame, held a mixture of chaotic, berserk Demon Nature and the tranquility of a placid lake.

A shockwave rolled out as a palm descended from above, like the Sky itself collapsing on judgment day.

A palm that veiled the heavens!

BOOM!!

The terrifying explosive force, combined with the pull of gravity, sent the East King’s body hurtling toward the ground at a speed no camera could capture.

The moment he hit the ground was like a missile strike. Dust and smoke filled the sky, accompanied by a deafening roar. The violent tremors could be felt for more than ten kilometers in every direction.

The world’s leaders, all watching this battle, were struck silent by the scene.

Such destructive power was simply terrifying.

THUD!

Yi Beidou landed from a hundred meters up. The resulting shockwave scattered the billowing dust.

A massive crater, twenty to thirty meters wide, had appeared in the ground. In its center lay the East King, spread-eagled.

His body was like jade, his skin without a single wound, yet a slurry of blood and flesh gushed uncontrollably from his mouth, nose, and other orifices.

Yi Beidou could sense his life force fading. Within the East King’s body, the Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood began to stir.

This would only worsen the East King’s already critical condition.

Yi Beidou’s earlier barrage had obliterated nearly all the tissue in his body that wasn’t composed of Earth Immortal Cells.

In this state, not even the Penglai Technique could save him. It was just like when the East King had forced Yi Beidou into a corner, and his Celestial Demon Dissolution Secret Method had lost its balance so completely that the Penglai Technique was useless to reverse it.

A Sleeper who had reigned for thousands of years was about to meet his end here.

"It’s over."

Yi Beidou said, standing at the edge of the crater and looking down at the East King.

"Is it over?"

The East King’s eyes were vacant, his voice slurred and indistinct.

"It’s still too early to say it’s over."

"You are strong, I’ll grant you that. But I can sense that your Physical Ability has hit its limit. Such are the drawbacks of a mortal body."

"I’m not your match, but killing me won’t be so easy," the East King said softly.

VMMMM!!

The next moment, a seven-colored radiance condensed within his body, revealing itself to be a Seven-Colored Peach.

The moment the Peach of Immortality appeared, Yi Beidou’s eyes narrowed.

He sensed an incredibly powerful aura of the Penglai magnetic field from it. In fact, this power seemed to transcend the Penglai magnetic field itself to some degree.

SNAP!

Jade Silk Threads shot out, attempting to ensnare the Peach of Immortality. Yi Beidou tried to stop the East King from using it, but it was too late.

The Peach of Immortality burst, and its seven-colored radiance poured into every corner of the East King’s body.

A sharp glint flashed in Yi Beidou’s eyes. In an instant, he was in front of the East King, striking down with his palm.

The palm strike was terrifyingly powerful, but it held none of his Jade Power.

The East King had been right. That last series of techniques had completely drained his Physical Ability. He had to save his remaining Jade Power for the right moment.

BAM!!

However, the East King, who had been unable to even move a moment ago, suddenly shot out his hand and caught Yi Beidou’s palm strike.

Yi Beidou could feel it—the man’s body, which had been on the verge of collapse, had been restored to its peak vitality in the blink of an eye.

The Seven-Colored Peach.

It was a Divine Object condensed over countless ages by the magnetic field of the Penglai Immortal Mountain. It possessed the properties of a Spirit Treasure and its effects could be obtained through a single use.

Even the lowest-quality Peach of Immortality, once consumed, could instantly restore any body below the level of an Earth Immortal, heal all injuries, and return one’s Physical Ability to its peak.

Using one in battle was tantamount to having a second life.

It was one of the most precious Divine Objects of the Penglai Immortal Mountain.

But the East King seemed to have no intention of fighting Yi Beidou again. The hand blocking the palm strike suddenly went limp. In an utterly graceless motion, he rolled to the side, scrambled to his feet, and without a moment’s hesitation, took off running.

Yi Beidou’s eyes narrowed as he sent a message via his Heart Intent.

"My Physical Ability is depleted, while you’re back at your peak. If we fought again, you’d have a good chance of killing me. So why are you turning tail and running? Not even willing to try? And you call yourself a Daluo Body with that little courage?"

The East King didn’t even slow down. Only a single sentence drifted back from the distance.

"Staying alive is what’s most important."

Yes, that was what the East King truly believed.

Even though he sensed that Yi Beidou had little Physical Ability left, even though the Peach of Immortality had returned him to his peak, even though he genuinely had a chance to kill Yi Beidou, the East King still gave up.

The previous battle had shattered his will to fight. He couldn’t guarantee that if they continued, Yi Beidou wouldn’t have yet another breakthrough.

This man couldn’t be judged by common sense.

After all, Yi Beidou had already displayed far too many things in this battle that defied logic.

He didn’t dare to take the gamble. He was out of trump cards and chose to follow his gut instinct. Preserving his own life was the safest option.