Chapter 396: 184: Inflammation Suture_2
Because just the presence of a single Flame Demon Emperor exhibited unimaginable strength.
This also made many forces on the other side of Linxiang City feel the terror of the Demon Emperor.
Bai Ling watched as the endless darkness devoured everything in the distance, silently calculating in her heart, contemplating her odds if she were to face the Flame Demon Emperor.
Would her telekinesis be able to withstand these world-destroying Black Flames?
The terrifying power unleashed by the Flame Demon Emperor seemed about to turn the entire Linxiang City and its surroundings into a sea of black fire.
Outside Linxiang City, atop a hillside, the apocalyptic Black Flame formed a protective barrier.
Both the Blood Demon Emperor and the Flame Demon Emperor were here, with the former saying:
"Even my subordinates have been devoured by your Black Flame to a significant extent, how should this debt be settled?"
The Flame Demon Emperor's body appeared immensely huge, a mass of black flames entirely, with golden pupils intermittently visible amidst the dark fire, exuding supreme majesty.
Unconcerned, the Flame Demon Emperor retorted:
"Better to kill wrongly than to let one escape."
"You should know very well that over the years, our infighting and schemes have allowed these corrupt breeds to flourish under our very noses."
"Stitched Body, the White Witch, these titles are becoming more and more prominent."
"Especially Stitched Body. It has sewn together many creatures, each with a plethora of abilities."
"To deal with such a foe, we must not leave any leeway."
The Blood Demon offered no refutations.
The strength of the Flame Demon was, arguably, the greatest in offensive power among all the Demon Emperors. Flames do not distinguish between friends and foes.
Sensing the aura ahead, the Blood Demon remarked:
"Now, only the true form of Stitched Body remains."
"Its avatars have been burned to ashes. Previously, it was said that Stitched Body could form an army by itself, that one being equals a vast troop, and indeed that's true, but they are all a disorganized mob."
"I just hope that the true form of Stitched Body will entertain us both for a while."
As one of the Demon Emperors, the Blood Demon Emperor had powerful perception abilities.
It could smell the huge odor of flesh and blood from far away.
It could also feel that the owner of this scent was continuously fleeing from the battlefield.
This was as the Blood Demon Emperor had predicted.
"Stitched Body's forces, obviously powerless to resist, and yet they persist in obstructing us, must be to buy time for its true form."
"Its true form intends to flee the battlefield."
The Flame Demon scoffed:
"It won't escape. It's said that it has stitched together countless people, leading to a large and cumbersome body."
"Its forces indeed impeded us, but the time gained is insufficient to escape our pursuit."
The Flame Demon and the Blood Demon both sensed the immense aura of flesh and blood in the distance.
That was indeed the true form of Stitched Body.
This campaign against Stitched Body seemed about to approach its final stage.
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Outside Linxiang City.
From within the cloak of Black Flame, came countless cries of agony.
As a member of the elite forces of the Flame Demon Clan, Zhi was of a Demon King's caliber.
His abilities were even stronger than those of the Flame Demon present at the last gathering of demons.
While the Flame Demon Emperor and the Blood Demon Emperor were searching for Stitched Body's true form, other Flame Demons were also rampantly destroying their surroundings.
This was something embedded in the very genes of the Flame Demon Clan—the burning desire.
The Flame Demon Clan naturally loved to burn things, which is why their territory differed from all others.
The Night Demons lived in lightless dreams, the territory of the Blood Demons consisted of stinking hells made from piles of organs.
The Succubi, with their beauty close to human aesthetics, generally lived within the cities of men.
The regions inhabited by the Flame Demon Clan were transformed into seas of fire.
They were places almost no other creatures could come near, except for the Flame Demon Clan themselves.
This also meant that the Flame Demon Clan had a high resistance to flames.
Realizing this, Stitched Body devised its battle plan.
Merge with a Flame Demon.
Which is why within Zhi's body, there were countless voices wailing.
"So hot, so hot, so very hot... Daddy, I'm so hot."
"Be good, hold on, the master is boosting our resistance."
"Old man, I can hardly bear it anymore."
"Enough with the noise, everyone is enduring, do you think you're special?"
"I don't feel so hot anymore."
"I'm jealous, I still feel very hot..."
These voices belonged to children, their parents, and elderly couples.
The voices intermingled like a chaotic family meeting,
until Zhi spoke:
"Silence."
All voices came to an abrupt halt. It was as if all the fused wills heard the command of their true master's body.
Everything quieted down, no one dared to resist.
Zhi, or rather the embodied one, looked at his new body with satisfaction.
"Though a lot was lost and the process was painful, I can now withstand the flames."
"Dad, Mom, be proud of me! Once I've killed those two demons, we can continue our happy days!"
Black flames took the form of a man and a woman. If Zhou Baiyu had been there, he would have seen that the forms were exactly his parents.
It was a very eerie scene.
The master of the black flames was no longer an elite warrior of the Flame Demon Clan but had become the embodied one.
The black flames served as the best camouflage, concealing the true form of the embodied one.
Not long ago, the embodied one had sent out an avatar to try to battle the Blood Demon and the Flame Demon.
But the Blood Demon's control of blood, along with the Flame Demon's powerful flames, quickly made the embodied one realize the strength of his enemies.
If he did not find a way to develop resistance to their abilities, then even with his immense life force and countless telekinetic powers...
against the pure, all-consuming Black Flame, he would definitely not survive.
Having realized this, the embodied one racked his brains. To confront the strong with weakness required cunning.
He was weaker than the two Demon Emperors, but not so weak that cunning could not compensate for the gap.
Thus, the embodied one consumed much of his "self," allowing countless avatars to merge into a gigantic "embodied number two."
"Embodied number two" was stationed in the southern outskirts of Linxiang City to attract the main forces of the Flame Demon and the Blood Demon, including the Flame Demon Emperor and the Blood Demon Emperor.
It led everyone to believe that "embodied number two" was the actual body of the embodied one.
Meanwhile, the true body of the embodied one kept splitting off, dismantling the elite that had been stitched together, separating from the body, and forcefully reducing itself to the size of a normal human.
So the true body of the embodied one looked like an avatar.
And the gigantic avatar looked like the true body.
Though both the true body and avatars were controlled by the embodied one, the true body possessed greater life force and more absolute stitching ability.
The Black Flame Annihilation technique required the sacrifice of countless avatars, allowing them to be consumed by the black flames without resistance, all to create the illusion that the Black Flame was unstoppable.
This was to numb the Flame Demon Emperor and the Blood Demon Emperor.
Despite being a demon king-level corrupt being, he faced two Demon Emperors. No matter how much they valued him, deep down, they surely looked down upon him.
Exploiting their mentality, the embodied one began his act.
Everyone thought that since the embodied one had stitched together so many people... his true body must be huge.
Indeed, during normal times, the true body of the embodied one was indeed vast.
But extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
Facing the formidable allied Demon Emperors, the embodied one sent out an army of "avatars."
These avatars were continuously defeated by the Flame Demon and the Blood Demon.
The true body, with its powerful stitching ability, was also disguised as an avatar.
While all avatars were being consumed and burned to ash by the black flames...
The true body of the embodied one encountered the formidable warrior Zhi from the demon race.
Only Zhi was deceived by the embodied one, believing he was facing just another avatar like before, thinking he could easily burn the one before him.
Zhi, evidently... paid the price for his foolishness.
When the black flames enveloped the true body of the embodied one, this stubborn, mad, misshapen monster finally dropped its disguise. Assuming the role of prey, it launched a counter-hunt.
It was uncertain whether the flames would consume the embodied one first or if the embodied one would stitch together the Flame Demon first...
This battle — had no suspense.
All the power that the embodied one had developed over the years went up in ashes, all for the sake of a deceptive trick.
And now, feeling the black flames he could control, the embodied one showed a twisted, insane smile.
"Flame Demon, stitching complete!"
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