NOVEL NEXT Chapter 742 Why Do You All Keep Your Heads Down
Skin turned to bark, toes into roots, body into trunk, hands into branches…
Hui Hun let out a desperate, unwilling roar.
"No…!"
Yet no matter how he cried, even if he screamed until his throat tore, no one came to save him.
His transformation into a tree was irreversible.
By the time that radiant figure descended to the ground—
Hui Hun had already become a great tree.
Lush and swaying in the wind.
"Not bad. Even in death, you return to heaven and earth."
The figure smiled faintly.
With Hui Hun dead, the remaining demons lost all will to resist.
They fled in panic, utterly broken.
Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and the other monster supremes immediately raised their arms.
"Kill! Kill your way out!"
The tide of monster armies charged forth.
Years of pent-up anger and humiliation finally burst forth without restraint.
For their Demon Saint was dead.
While their side now had a new Saint seated among them!
In the blink of an eye, the shattered remnants of the demon army were slaughtered.
The monsters walked among the corpses, burning them to ash, to prevent any corpse demons from reviving the bodies and sparking another war.
Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and the other monster supremes all came before the figure.
They knelt in reverence. "We greet the new Saint!"
At this moment, the light gradually receded, revealing his true face.
It was that of an exceedingly young cultivator.
Xiang Gu and Hu Qing froze in shock.
Shen Mo?!
Every monster supreme who had once seen Shen Mo stood thunderstruck, rooted to the spot, unable to speak.
Shen Mo said lightly, "Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, fellow supremes, please rise."
Only then did the monster supremes dare to stand.
Yet only Xiang Gu and Hu Qing lifted their heads.
The others all kept their heads bowed in shame, unable to meet Shen Mo's gaze.
Xiang Gu sighed. "Saint Shen… when did you ascend to Saint Realm?"
Shen Mo smiled. "Not long ago. When I returned to the Saint Profound World, I found a Demon Saint had intruded. I dealt with him in passing."
Xiang Gu and Hu Qing exchanged glances. "Our thanks, Saint Shen!"
"Why do you all keep your heads down?" Shen Mo's gaze swept across them.
The monster supremes could not withstand the weight of his eyes.
One of them suddenly knelt again.
"Saint Shen, I was wrong! I should never have harbored the thought of offering you up!"
Another knelt as well.
"Saint Shen! Our Blood God Monster Court has long been besieged by Hui Hun and the demons. He forced us to find a way to hand you over. Over time, we grew weak and considered it. Please punish us!"
Shua, shua, shua.
The other supremes dropped to their knees as well.
Every one of them was overwhelmed with shame.
"Please punish us, Saint Shen!"
Shen Mo's eyes swept the crowd, his tone calm. "The demons' scheme was plain for all to see. Yet as supremes, you could not perceive it?"
"They only sought to divide humans, monsters, and dragons."
"You… how truly foolish."
The supremes' faces burned red.
They wished they could sink into the ground.
They had thought to sacrifice Shen Mo.
Yet it was Shen Mo who slew Hui Hun and saved the Blood God Monster Court.
They were ashamed! They regretted!
Xiang Gu stepped forward. "Saint Shen, we know we have made a grave mistake. We beg you to grant us the chance to atone through service!"
Hu Qing also said solemnly, "If the demons attack again, our Blood God Monster Court will be the first to fight!"
All the monster supremes at this moment respectfully said, "Saint Shen, please grant us the chance to atone through service!"
Compared to humans, monsters were simpler and more stubborn in nature.
For them, honor outweighed everything.
If it came to death, they would rather fall swiftly on the battlefield than die under the punishment of a Saint.
Shen Mo swept his gaze over them, his voice calm. "This Saint allows it."
So many monster supremes were pillars against the demons—he could not simply slaughter them all at once.
"Many thanks, Saint Shen!" Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and the other monster supremes were moved to tears.
"Where are the remaining supremes now?" Shen Mo asked.
"Reporting to Saint Shen, they are all at Dingbei Mountain," Xiang Gu answered respectfully.
Shen Mo gave a slight nod. In a flash, his figure vanished without a trace.
Only after his departure did the oppressive Saint Realm aura dissipate.
The supremes finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Too terrifying. To think the Saint turned out to be him?"
"I am utterly ashamed… not long ago, I even considered handing Shen Mo over, since he was not of our race."
"Alas… was I not of the same mind? I am overwhelmed with guilt."
"Saint Shen—could he be the first Saint to appear since the last one?"
The monster supremes spoke one after another, excitement lacing their tones.
The emergence of another Saint was a world-shaking event, one that could greatly boost the morale of all races!
Xiang Gu and Hu Qing exchanged a glance.
Hu Qing said with renewed spirit, "Saint Shen is most likely going to meet the other supremes, to discuss how to deal with the demons."
"Then we should follow," Xiang Gu declared loudly. "Fellow supremes, let us go to Dingbei Mountain!"
All the supremes nodded in agreement.
They entered the turbulent void currents, hastening toward Dingbei Mountain.
…
From above, overlooking the vast Northern Region, one would see it was engulfed in pitch-black demonic energy.
Like a land of death.
The demonic miasma stretched outward like countless tendrils, reaching endlessly to the south.
Only after ten thousand miles did the corruption begin to thin.
All lands overtaken by the demonic energy gradually turned into demon soil.
Upon this demon soil, large numbers of demons had already settled.
The original inhabitants—humans, monsters, and beasts—had all long since transformed into demonfolk, demon monsters, and demon beasts.
Yet in the southern part of the Northern Region, there stood one place untouched by any trace of demonic energy.
It was a towering mountain peak.
Like a nail hammered deep into the land, it held back the southward spread of the miasma.
If not for this mountain's presence, the Five Saints Demon Nation would have already advanced over ten thousand miles further south.
This was Dingbei Mountain.
The final line of defense against the Five Saints Demon Nation.
At this moment, aside from those supremes who had to guard their own territories, nearly all others had gathered here.
They all knew the Blood God Monster Court was under siege by the demon army led by Demon Saint Hui Hun.
Yet only Saints could face Saints.
No matter how many supremes went, they could not match a Demon Saint.
Thus, their chosen strategy was to attack elsewhere to divert the enemy.
They reinforced the sealing formations to annihilate the demonized beings.
These demon soils were part of the Five Saints Demon Nation's domain.
If they could be purified completely, it would be a heavy blow to the demons.
However…
The formation that suppressed the Five Saints Demon Nation was the Taiyi Demon-Sealing Array.
It had been laid down jointly by the Great Wilderness Venerate, the Martial Ancestor, and the Flame Emperor.
For the supremes now to attempt to reinforce it was extremely difficult and would consume tremendous resources.
They had already invested vast amounts of spirit stones and heavenly treasures.
Yet the array still showed little improvement.
On the contrary, the demons on the opposite side only cackled in cruel laughter.
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