Great Demon Sun Wukong

In a deep part of the City of Ruins, a voice suddenly arose as if speaking to itself or perhaps conversing with someone else. The person said, "How strange, the energy within this monkey is so peculiar, a chaotic mix of various forces, and even I can't fully perceive it. Plus, there seems to be an incredibly powerful Seal. The world really is full of wonders.

Well, no point in wasting time as it seems that nothing will come of it for now. Rather than that, I might as well have some fun with this one called Yao Wumeng. It's been many years since I've met such an interesting person, and it seems he might be hiding a terrifying power indeed!"

Having said that, the individual no longer paid attention to the Six-Eared Macaque lying on the ground and instead closed their eyes, focusing as if trying to sense something with their Divine Sense.

Meanwhile, near the West City Gate of the City of Ruins, amidst an array of large and small craters, Jing Potian and Hao Chen were leaning against a broken wall, squinting as they observed Yao Wumeng and the golden ant not far off. After some rest and recovery, their injuries and stamina had somewhat improved.

After all, the elixirs they carried were no ordinary items; they were treasures of extreme rarity.

Although both had regained some strength, neither had any intention of helping Yao Wumeng. It was a joke to even consider it—Yao Wumeng was famously battle-crazed. If someone interfered with his fight, he would not only be ungrateful, but he might even turn his blade on the interferer.

Back when he was simply an assassin under the Myriad Demon King, he was well-known for being an individual you did not want to provoke.

Now, Yao Wumeng's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, perhaps to the point of rivaling the respected Ling Weiyang of Myriad Demons Country. But this was merely speculation. The Supreme Divine Beast, the Purple Kirin Ling Weiyang, had not taken action in so long that nobody really knew the extent of his power anymore.

Perhaps by now, he could even compare to the Guardians of the Myriad Demons Country.

Behind the two, another golden ant was rolling on the ground, shrieking continuously, clearly in the throes of excruciating pain. However, the cries were causing immense irritation to Hao Chen and Jing Potian. They exchanged a glance and stood up, before turning around and shouting at the convulsing ant, "Bu Yun, can you hurry up? Your noise is incredibly annoying, you know?

If you can't handle it, I'll step in!"

Then from inside the golden ant came a somewhat muffled voice, "What's the hurry? I've made a big discovery here, I'll tell you both about it once I get out. I can't figure out where this damn ant has hidden its core, but once I find it, it's the end for this worthless insect." Saying this, Bu Yun continued his search, head down.

"He mentioned a core? That guy hasn't been knocked silly, has he? Where would a golden ant get a core from, it's not a puppet!" Jing Potian sighed, and then stopped paying any further attention to Bu Yun, letting him keep on with his fuss. But at that moment, both suddenly turned their heads back and their eyes firmly locked onto Yao Wumeng. They were both shocked and incredulous.

For at the moment they turned, they saw Yao Wumeng holding a bright red World Suppressing Stele! And that Stele was none other than the Myriad Demon King's Domain Lord's Red Demon Transcending No. 6 World Suppressing Stele from the Hidden Realm. Especially Hao Chen, who almost instantly recognized it.

After all, as a top-level expert of Myriad Demons Country, he was quite familiar with the Myriad Demon King's Heavenly Steles and had seen them many times. He even had the help of Transcendence No. 6 to break through the bottleneck of Nine Patterns Supreme.

Actually, nearly every Nine Patterns Supreme from Myriad Demons Country had undergone the transformation of the Transcendence No. 6 World Suppressing Stele, except for those exceptional geniuses who could break through on their own. Moreover, after the Transcendence No. 6 rites, one could control demonic power more perfectly.

Otherwise, even the most powerful individual from Myriad Demons Country couldn't completely conceal their demonic power. There would always be some trace of the Demon Clan's characteristics.

What's more, when a member of the Demon Clan who had undergone the Transcendence rite returned to their true form, their strength would greatly increase, and there would be a certain chance of advancement. Like Yao Wumeng and Hao Chen, who had both undergone the rites of Transcendence No. 6, their true forms were incredibly strong, and Hao Chen had even successfully advanced.

Therefore, as soon as the World Suppressing Stele appeared, Hao Chen knew that it was indeed Transcendence No. 6. Could it be that Yao Wumeng had received such high regard from the Myriad Demon King? To entrust him with a World Suppressing Stele, even allowing him to bring it into the Six Kingdoms War?

One must know that should Yao Wumeng fall here, the World Suppressing Stele might very well be lost, or fall into the hands of someone from another Divine Kingdom, an outcome too grim to contemplate.

What ability did Yao Wumeng have to earn such trust from the Myriad Demon King?

Jing Potian was even more astonished, but amidst his shock, a greedy look flickered in his eyes. This was a World Suppressing Stele, after all, a Divine Object that only a Domain Lord should possess, definitely a super Domain Instrument, perhaps even surpassing regular Domain Instruments.

If he could acquire this World Suppressing Stele, his status in the Annihilation Demon Nation would be second to none, possibly even above the Guardian Han Wu.

However, Hao Chen suddenly turned to look at Jing Potian, with countless stars sparkling in his hand, and then stared at Jing Potian with a stern expression. Faced with Hao Chen's gaze, Jing Potian seemed to come to his senses, breaking out in a cold sweat. He then awkwardly laughed and said, "No need for that, Brother Hao Chen, I know my limits.

Rest assured, rest assured!" And with his awkward laugh, the greedy look had already vanished.

"Jing Potian, you best not harbor any greedy thoughts. Although I don't know why the World Suppressing Stele appeared in Yao Wumeng's hands, if my king entrusted it to him, there must be a plan behind it. Should your greed cause unnecessary trouble, it could provoke a major war between two nations. We've known each other for quite some time; you're not someone who lacks foresight,"

After what Hao Chen said, Jing Potian also saw the light. After all, he was someone with a simple mind but clever wits. He had been unavoidably tempted by greed at the first sight of the World Suppressing Stele, after all, it was no ordinary object. But upon thinking it over carefully now, he realized Hao Chen was right.

If the Myriad Demon King had the confidence to entrust the World Suppressing Stele to Yao Wumeng, there must be a fail-safe plan in place. If he were to rashly try to seize it, it would likely lead to his own destruction.

Moreover, there was absolutely no chance that Yao Wumeng could have stolen or snatched it from the Myriad Demon King. Nodding at Hao Chen, Jing Potian cupped his hands in gratitude and said, "Thank you, thank you. I am aware of what I should do. I won't engage in any act that leads to my destruction.

However, the Myriad Demon King really has a great reach; such decisiveness, not even my own king possesses."

What Jing Potian spoke was the truth; after all, to be able to confidently give a subordinate the World Suppressing Stele and even allow him to take it to a battlefield in another world – such bold generosity was not something ordinary people possessed. Besides, the Myriad Demon King was naturally suspicious; it didn't seem like something he would do.

Yet now, the World Suppressing Stele was indeed in Yao Wumeng's hands, an irrefutable fact. Just as both men were puzzled yet secretly shocked, Yao Wumeng suddenly launched the World Suppressing Stele called "Demon Transcending No. 6". On the other side, the golden giant ant turned tail and fled without a second word.

Watching the ant attempt to escape, Yao Wumeng burst into laughter and said, "A mere insect, how could I let you flee?" As soon as his words fell, the World Suppressing Stele transformed into a winged demon. It was hard to name this demon – it had limbs, but its body was covered in dragon scales, and its hands were dragon claws.

Yet, its body and limbs were thin, especially the legs, which were excessively long.

After the transformation of the World Suppressing Stele into this giant demon, it let out a roar to the sky. Then, slowly squatting down, with a push of its legs, it whipped up a gust of wind and pounced straight at the frantically escaping golden giant ant.

The golden giant ant, fast as it was, still got tackled perfectly by the demon. Its long arms directly grasped the back of the giant ant, the sharp dragon claws piercing straight into the armor that was thought impervious. Now the giant demon had landed but quickly crouched on the back of the golden giant ant.

The immense pressure pressed the golden giant ant flat to the ground with a loud bang, immobilizing it completely. The strength of the golden giant ant was enormous, capable of effortlessly lifting objects many times its own weight, but now pinned by the seemingly frail giant demon, it couldn't move at all.
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Having subdued the golden giant ant and restricted its ability to move, the hands of the giant demon that were deeply embedded into the ant's shell suddenly tore apart forcefully, ripping the shell open as if it were made of paper. The golden giant ant let out a sudden scream of agony but still couldn't muster any resistance.

The giant demon, appearing almost crazed, continued to rip apart the giant ant's armor shell, quickly reducing the golden giant ant to pieces. Then, at the ant's chest, it retrieved a human-hair-sized golden orb, which it swiftly devoured in a few bites.

Just when Hao Chen thought it was over, the giant demon suddenly turned its gaze to the body of another golden giant ant nearby, then took a step and reached the ant's corpse, which Hao Chen had killed before. Reaching out with its dragon claw, it took out a similar but much smaller golden orb from the dead giant ant's chest and consumed it again.

Then, the giant demon's gaze fixed on the other golden giant ant, which had not yet died—the one that Bu Yun was devouring. At this moment, Bu Yun was still inside the body of the giant ant.

"Bu Yun, get out now, run, or you're dead for sure," Seeing the gaze of the giant demon, Hao Chen broke into a cold sweat, then, suddenly remembering something, shouted loudly to the golden giant ant.