NOVEL NEXT Chapter 335 Redemption
"Three Demon Kings! Over a thousand Great Demons!?"
Luli stopped dead in his tracks upon hearing this.
He looked at Alkaid, his eyes filled with incredulity.
They from the Penglai Immortal Sect stood at the forefront of eradicating the Demon Race of the Deep Blue Sea; before he took on the duty of overseeing the Biyou Fairy City, he had lived in the Outer Sea for no less than three hundred years.
In those three hundred years, he had crossed paths with dozens of Demon Kings, but the number truly slain by him did not exceed the count of one hand.
For one thing, the Demon Kings of the Outer Sea were relatively scarce.
On the other hand, once a Demon King perceived danger, it would flee in panic and seek help from the Demon Emperor or even from those comparable to the Human Race's Shattered Void.
Under such circumstances, it was imaginable how difficult it was to slay a Demon King.
But Alkaid...
How long had it been since his achievement in the Hollow Void Realm?
How long had he been in the Deep Blue Sea?
And yet he was able to claim the achievement of slaying three Demon Kings!?
How could this be possible?
Seeing the shock and doubt in his eyes, Alkaid smiled and replied, "I was quite lucky; I found a newly established Demon Lair, and through that lair, I found another. Moreover, perhaps because our group appeared weak, three Demon Kings came to ambush us halfway through."
The result goes without saying.
The bodies of the three Demon Kings were the best answer.
"Three Demon Kings!"
Luli glanced at Alkaid and then at Qi Sha, the master of the Heavenly Casualty War Hall standing behind him.
There were only so many in the Hollow Void among the Ten Great Immortal Paths; he had heard of this master from the Heavenly Dao Sect's Hollow Void Realm before.
A genius who, a millennium ago, could also be described as extraordinary and brilliant.
He hadn't expected...
He'd become this strong?
To kill three Demon Kings, his combat power among those in the Hollow Void Realm must be considered at the peak, right?
"It is already no easy feat to defeat three Demon Kings while outnumbered; that you two were also able to slay all three is truly remarkable, with divine skills beyond compare," Luli couldn't help praising.
Qi Sha seemed to realize that Luli's praise was mainly directed at him and hurriedly explained, "The three Demon Kings were all killed by Junior Sect Leader alone; I was merely assisting from the side."
"Junior Sect Leader?"
Luli was surprised, and then his gaze shifted back to Alkaid.
"It was also thanks to Qi Sha's deterrence that the three Demon Kings couldn't unite their forces, giving me the opportunity to pick them off one by one," Alkaid offered a simple explanation.
He didn't have much desire to show off; instead, he wanted to get things done quickly, "Shall we go to the Demon Slaying Hall to assess the value of these Demon Kings? The allocation of resources later on will probably take some time, won't it?"
Luli looked at Alkaid in disbelief.
He was unsure whether Qi Sha was trying to build momentum for Alkaid, the Junior Sect Leader, or if...
He really possessed such strength.
But as Alkaid had initiated the move to the Demon Slaying Hall, it wouldn't be good to delay any further, "Let's go, I'll take you both there."
He, too, wanted to see if Alkaid and his comrades had truly slain three Demon Kings and over a thousand Great Demons.
Soon, the group had made their way to the Demon Slaying Hall.
Several Stewards in charge of keeping the Demon Slaying Hall operational personally welcomed them at the entrance, leading them into the inner hall.
Once inside, Alkaid wasted no time and quickly brought out the bodies of the Demon Kings, placing them onto a Formation that had been prepared in advance.
Each of these Demon Kings had achieved their Heavenly Demon True Body, which could harbor seeds of the Great Dao. Their inner workings offered capabilities similar to the Cave Heaven of the Hollow Void Realm, seemingly forming a space of their own.
It might seem effortless for Alkaid to deal with them.
But the moment he achieved Great Achievement in the Cave Heavens, his true body became akin to a Chaos Void situated in another "world"; plucking stars and capturing moons were but trifles to him.
In reality, however, laying out even one single Demon King in the open world, a drop of its fresh blood could collapse a star.
Even on the Northern Sea Star, specialized Formations were required to contain and store them.
Otherwise, the demonic qi emanating from a Heavenly Demon True Body would, in an instant, transform all Cultivators below the Heavenly Fire Realm within the entire Biyou Fairy City into demons; even those in the Heavenly Fire Realm or Constant Light Realm would only hold out a little longer.
As the three corpses were one by one placed into the Formation, Luli suddenly moved forward as if it would allow him to see the details of these three Demon Kings even more clearly.
"This is... the Blazing Refined Demon King!? Thirteen years ago, a True Transmission of our Penglai Immortal Sect who had achieved the Deep Blue Golden Core led a team that was attacked by this Demon King, and although a Hollow Void War Immortal was present at the time, all thirty-two of them perished without exception!"
Luli quickly recognized the identities of these Hollow Void Demon Kings, "And another one... is the Green Flame Demon King. Back then, Deputy Sect Master Leng Qingqiu from our Penglai Immortal Sect pursued it for ten days and nights and still it escaped!"
He had originally thought the Demon Kings slain by Alkaid and Qi Sha were just some ordinary ones, but to his surprise, these two were strong Demon Kings that had rampaged through the Deep Sea for more than a decade, or even several decades.
These two Demon Kings were not only worth 300 million Contribution Value each, they also had additional rewards of 100 million and 200 million Contribution Value, totaling 900 million.
The other Demon King, judging by its Heavenly Demon True Body, was also not a newcomer to the rank and would be worth more than 200 million as well.
In other words, just these three Demon Kings were equivalent to 1.1 billion Contribution Points, nearly amounting to the worth of one-fifth of a Dao Artifact.
Hearing Luli's words, Qi Sha's expression changed slightly as well.
"Famed Demon Kings..."
Although these three Demon Kings had shown their formidable divine skills during the battle with Alkaid, since Alkaid had been dominating the fight, Qi Sha didn't feel too impressed. But now, it seemed...
Each of these Demon Kings possessed such a notorious reputation!?
A bounty of 300 million Contribution Points!?
Penglai Immortal Sect's base Contribution Value for slaying a Demon King is 100 million, but this 100 million refers to those Demon Kings who have just broken through.
Just like Cultivators who have just ascended to the Hollow Void Realm.
Whether it's a Demon King or a Hollow Void, at this stage, they rarely come out to act; generally, they only show their might in the outside world after consolidating their state.
Those who have solidified their Cave Heavens and transformed their Divine Skills into Dao Techniques, the Hollow Void and Demon Kings of this phase, represent the second stage, or in other words, the middle stage of Hollow Void, and the Contribution Value reaches 200 million.
Moving further up, there are those who have been notorious for many years, characters of the Hollow Void Realm also known as at the late stage of Hollow Void.
At last comes the Great Achievement in Cave Heavens, having planted the Dao seed, next preparing to ascend to the Refining Void, the pinnacle of Hollow Void.
Luli and Qi Sha are such examples.
But when Qi Sha asked himself honestly, if he really faced two late-stage Hollow Void and one middle-stage Hollow Void Demon Kings, not to mention winning the battle, it would be problematic to even maintain a state of neither victory nor defeat.
However, Alkaid...
actually managed to kill all three great Demon Kings.
And won so easily!?
Such prowess...
Even when compared to those who have not long ascended to Refining Void, it probably isn't far off.
"Junior Sect Leader Alkaid, you've truly been a great help to us."
Luli couldn't help but cup his hands towards Alkaid in gratitude.
"Expelling the Demon Race is a responsibility that any one of us from the Human Race should fulfill."
Alkaid said, taking out the Demon Cores and Shadow Retaining Stones of various ordinary Great Demons, allowing the staff of the Demon Slaying Hall to confirm them one by one.
It didn't take long for the staff to complete the count: "The total number of seventh, eighth, ninth rank Great Demons... amounts to 81.61 million Contribution Value."
Alkaid glanced over it, nodded, and the earnings of roughly 1.2 billion Contribution Value were more or less what he had expected.
"I'll trouble True Monarch Luli to help me exchange these 1.2 billion Contribution Value into cultivation resources."
Alkaid said.
"This... Junior Sect Leader Alkaid, wouldn't you want to save up a bit? If you maintain this pace a few more times, I'm afraid you could even exchange for a Dao Artifact."
Luli said.
Qi Sha gave him a look.
Dao Artifact? You probably have no idea just how wealthy their Junior Sect Leader is.
However, seeing that Alkaid truly intended to exchange these contributions into cultivation resources for use by the members of the Heavenly Casualty War Hall, Qi Sha still said, "Whether it's slaying the three Demon Kings or other demons, it's basically Junior Sect Leader Alkaid who takes responsibility for the task, so this batch of Contribution Value should belong to Junior Sect Leader Alkaid..."
"If it weren't for the members of the Heavenly Casualty War Hall searching for the demons and finding their lairs, how could I have managed to hunt down so many of them? Those who see a share."
Alkaid waved his hand to cut off his words.
"As members of the Heavenly Casualty War Hall, they should naturally obey the War Hall Master's orders."
Qi Sha said.
"I have made a promise to them, and naturally, I must keep my word."
Alkaid pondered and said, "Let's exclude the Contribution Value of the three Demon Kings then, the remaining over 80 million Contribution Points can be exchanged entirely into Pure Yang Great Pills and distributed to all members of the Heavenly Casualty War Hall."
"Over 80 million..."
Hearing what Alkaid said, Qi Sha still took a deep breath, shocked by his generosity.
Over 80 million Contribution Value, if exchanged for cultivation Elixirs, would roughly amount to at least 8 million Pure Yang Great Pills.
There are only a little over four hundred members in the Heavenly Casualty War Hall, meaning on average, each person would receive 20,000 Pure Yang Great Pills.
That is an income that many Deep Blue Golden Cores couldn't achieve in a year.
The key is that this is an average.
There are quite a few War Immortals at the Seventh Layer and Eighth Layer of the Golden Core in the Heavenly Casualty War Hall, and their annual earnings are only around a thousand or so Pure Yang Great Pills, even as little as a hundred. Divided up...
Each person is akin to suddenly receiving a haul they couldn't accumulate in ten years, yet they have been following Alkaid to the Deep Blue Sea for less than a year.
"War Hall Master..."
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Before Qi Sha could say more, Alkaid already said, "Let's decide on that, also, I noticed that you don't possess any decent Protective Battle Armor, so I've decided on your behalf to exchange for this Thunder Reservoir God Armor worth 130 million Contribution Value as a gift for you."
"You mustn't, War Hall Master! It's too valuable!"
Qi Sha quickly said.
"That's final, I'm the War Hall Master, and you'll listen to me,"
Alkaid decided without allowing further discussion, and at the same time, he handed out a list: "With the remaining about 1 billion Contribution Value, exchange everything for the materials on this list for me, and seeing the ability of Biyou Fairy City, it shouldn't be a problem to meet these needs, right?"
Luli looked at the exchange list Alkaid handed over and his mouth twitched slightly.
Biyou Fairy City's annual goods transaction volume is actually only around ten million Pure Yang Great Pills, which converted into Contribution, is less than a billion.
Of course, there are other businesses within Biyou Fairy City, such as cave dwelling rentals and the like.
Now Alkaid is exchanging 10 billion in one go...
"It's slightly easier for materials at the Golden Core Realm, the materials Junior Sect Leader Alkaid wants... I'm afraid we have to wait for a few days, after all, these materials look quite valuable, and the level of Biyou Fairy City is simply not enough... But rest assured, we will definitely gather everything you need to exchange as quickly as possible."
Luli said with a wry smile.
Alkaid smiled back but didn't ridicule him.
After all, it's just an outer fairy market of the Penglai Immortal Sect, and it's still millions of miles away from the mountain gate of the Penglai Immortal Sect.
Being unable to fulfill exchanges for materials worth over 100 million Pure Yang Great Pills is also within reason.
"Then I'll await your message."