Child of Destiny

Chapter 1442: The Appearance of the Heavenly Demon (Part 2)

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No one dared to move as Adam stood leisurely in front of everyone. They seemed to have forgotten about the birth of a powerful demon due to his appearance. His presence had overwhelmed the powerful demonic aura that appeared in the distance.

Even the powerful experts in seclusion within every corner of the Soaring Kingdom, who were able to make their respective moves to deal with the newly descended demon, forgot about it and put their focus on him.

This person was a living legend even for the old monsters around the world. He was someone who had conquered an entire generation by beating them in the last Battle of Supremacy and the same person who had broken into the headquarters of the World Government and slaughtered those people trying to plot against his wife.

He was also the only man who could make even those who had reached the pinnacle of their respective disciplines wary of him despite him not stepping on the same realm.

He was said to be the man walking at the pinnacle of Martial Arts due to his talents, physique, and martial prowess, particularly in the path of Demonic Partitioners as he was one of the people who had successfully conquered his demon and seized its powers.

Everyone seemed to have been frozen in place as they stared at Adam with mixed emotions; fear, awe, amazement, worship, and everything else.

None of them dared to move even those people on Nathanʼs side. Despite them being aware of the close relationship between Nathan and Adam, none of them dared to move carelessly.

Adam ignored everyone as he kept his eyes on Jan Mateo, who was the only person who could give him some trouble.

At least that was how it was supposed to be. But given the current state of the latter, it was deemed impossible.

He smirked a little before glancing at the ongoing back under them. His eyes seemed to be mocking those people inside the barrier, particularly the one from the Black Serpent Mafia.

There was a dangerous glint in his eyes as a powerful pressure was suddenly released from his body.

Boom!

With such pressure, everyone within the vicinity felt likely they were in the deep abyss. Aside from Nathan, Old Ryong, and Jan Mateo, the rest were having a hard time breathing despite their high martial arts attainments.

But what was even crazier about this was the effects that this pressure had on the barrier locking up the entire Ace City.

Boom!

The barrier instantly collapsed under his might, turning it into shattered glasses that were falling into the ground.

The others were shocked at what just happened and unable to respond in time. But Nathan, who was familiar with Adam, understood what his friend was telling him.

Swoosh!

Ditching Jan Mateo and the others, he suddenly transformed into a flash of golden lightning and fell at the Ace City.

Boom!

He landed at the center of the agents of the Black Serpent Mafia, where most of their forces were gathered while blasting them with the aftershock.

He did not bother to look at the outcome as he quickly dashed toward the location of the Venerable Realm Mentalist of the opposing side, who was supposedly responsible for keeping the barrier earlier.

Cough! Cough!

Speaking of that person, that Mentalist coughed violently and even spat out some blood due to the barrier being destroyed.

He slightly raised his head to look at the man who caused all of this before giving orders to everyone telepathically. ”We are to retreat! The Heavenly Demon is here!”

Everyone who had heard his voice inside their heads was scared sh*tless after hearing the name.

They all knew that the Heavenly Demon had been targeting their organization recently and even taken down multiple cities in the process.

Belladonna, Boris, Coffin Maker, and Butcher grimaced as they realized that they were f*cked this time.

Coffin Maker could at least choose to be a prisoner by the Magic Ace Academy and World Research Center as he was currently trapped inside the laboratory with the others. Even if he had the methods that would help him escape his current predicament, he did not dare to leave this place anymore when Adam was waiting outside.

As for the rest, they quickly disengaged from their respective battles, rushing toward the Mentalist at the center of the city.

But their opponents would never let them escape now that the barrier trapping everyone within the city was taken down.

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In the meantime, there was still no one who dared to move in the sky.

The Demonic Practitioners that came along with Jan Mateo originally wanted to gather around their leader, but they remained frozen in place as their bodies did not listen to them.

It was as if a fear was deeply engraved in their bodies.

Or more specifically, their demonic cores did not dare to move in the presence of a higher being. All they could do was submit in front of a demon standing at the peak of their hierarchy.

Adam observed them for a moment before removing his right hand behind him and stretching it forward.

The Demonic Practitioners felt a sense of dread as they watched his slow and calm movements.

From their perspective, Adam seemed to have become an ancient demon with a humongous size that could dwarf even the highest skyscrapers.

And as they watched him move his hand, what they were seeing was a giant hand moving slowly and about to seize them.

As they were thrown into an illusionary realm from their perspective, they felt that their respective Demonic Powers were moving on their own.

It was as if they were being controlled or summoned by something.

They also felt that the energies within their bodies were boiling while their cores shook violently.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Not long after, a series of explosions occurred in the sky.

The body of each Demonic Practitioner ballooned as they failed to control their boiling Demonic Partitioners. Then they exploded and turned into a rain of blood that poured down at the remaining people in the sky.

Everyone was shocked and terrified when they witnessed what just happened.

Even Jan Mateo, who was on full alert and about to use his special method to burn his life force in exchange for powers, was unable to respond due to how ʼfastʼ the course of events.

What was left from the Demonic Practitioners were their respective Demonic Cores, which remained suspended in the air.

That was only when Adam finished raising his hand and placed it in front of him. What followed right after his hand paused in the air was a powerful suction force that attracted cores flowing in the air.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Jan Mateo finally realized what Adam was trying to do and quickly moved. He ignited his Demonic Powers and Spiritual Force at the same time, summoning a powerful tornado that fought against the suction force from Adam.

Bang!

But Adam only smirked when he saw that since it was already too late.

Bang!

He also released his Demonic Powers, which manifested a giant purple flame that warded off the violent gust of wind that the tornado that Jan Mateo was creating.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

As for the other experts who remained standing in the air, they were all thrown flying in every direction.

”Adam! You are stepping out of the line a little too much!” Jan Mateo roared as he glared at the opposing side.

Killing all his subordinates and daring to take their cores in his presence was a huge disrespect from Adam.

Adam smirked as he saw the reaction from the other party. ”It seems like you have already forgotten.”

”Whether it is Ancient Demons from the era of cultivators or the Demonic Practitioners of the current times, all of them must submit to the strongest.”

Swoosh!

After that, all the cores gathered hovering above his hand before being burned by a purple flame.

”Ahh!”

”Urgh!”

”Argh!”

A series of cries of agony reverberated as the souls of the Demonic Practitioners within those cores were being burned.

Boom!

At the same time, Jan Mateo moved as he threw his fist forward, sending a beam of light made of the unification of his Demonic Powers and Spiritual Force.

Adam smirked when he saw that before raising his other hand and flicking his wrist, making the incoming beam of light dissolve and turn into countless specks of light.

”You think you can face him in that current state?” he mumbled before disappearing and reappearing in front of Jan Mateo.

Jan Mateo was about to raise his arms to block but a fist was already planted in his abdomen before he could even put up his defense.

Bang!

Swoosh!

Jan Mateo was quickly sent flying higher in the air, flipping, spinning, and rolling in the process, throwing off his sense of direction.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He then turned into a silhouette that was repeatedly being hit by Adam, sending him flying in different directions while appearing ahead of him and welcoming him with a powerful punch.

Boom!

Not long after, Jan Mateo found himself somewhat buried on the ground while Adam was looking down at him and stepping on his body.

”Tsk! As always, that defensive technique of yours is still as tough as ever,” Adam clicked his tongue before adding. ”But that only makes you the perfect punching bag as well.”

Jan Mateo glared sharply at Adam while struggling to break from the latter. Unfortunately, Adam was pressing on the wounds that he had gotten from his previous battle against Old Ryong, triggering the lingering Demonic Powers of the old man.

”You have been weakened due to your attempt to consume that ancient demon but failed. Then you still insisted on fighting an Old Demon like that Thousand Hands Demon Asura in that state? You sure are getting greedier,” commented Adam as he conjured a sword out of thin air with his Demonic Powers.

”But this allows me to finally get rid of you,” he said while trying to stab the sword at Jan Mateo.

Swoosh!

But before the sword could even touch the latter, the space behind Adam was suddenly split open before a pair of hands appeared from it and was about to reach out for his head.

Adam quickly halted his actions and disappeared before those pair of hands grabbed his head.

Swoosh!

Appearing a few meters away from his previous location, Adam suddenly swung the sword that he conjured to the side, clashing against a giant hammer that appeared out of nowhere.

Shing!

After slicing the striking head of the hammer, Adam stood straight while looking in the direction where he had left Jan Mateo.

Right now, there was a group of people surrounding this Great Demon.

One of them was a person that looked like a mummy due to the ancient bandages wrapped around his entire body while the other was an extremely buffed guy with a huge hammer resting on his shoulders.

There was also a person with multiple swords sheathed behind him and his waist and a robed individual seemingly shrouded by darkness.

The final member of the group was a masked person wearing a set of ancient-looking robes similar to the one that Adam was wearing, but slightly different due to the plain white color that it had.

Adam observed them for a couple of moments before smirking. ”You guys finally appeared.”

”I have been running around looking for you, but you only appear at such a great time. If only I knew about it, then I should have not wasted my time visiting your bases,” he added before pausing to fix his posture and then continuing. ”Snake Head.”

”Are you planning to lure that guy next after colluding with those people from the past? You sure are ambitious,” he commented as he could already guess the reason why these people appeared. ”Or have you become one of them as well?”

The mummy ignored him as he extended his arms and wrapped Jan Mateo with his bandages.

The masked man, on the other hand, stared at Adam for a couple of seconds before saying. ”You should be the one to hold his seat, but it looks like it is impossible now.”

Adam laughed as he looked at the other part mockingly. ”I am no longer the vessel since I come to sense during that time. And I will do the same to stop all of you.”

The masked man went silent for a moment before shaking his head repeatedly. ”It is a pity. You are supposedly the ʼPerfect Vesselʼ if not for the stupid mistake that that doctor has made.”

As they were conversing with each other, the hooded figure suddenly waved his hand and summoned a tear in space that looked like a portal. They walked into it one after another along with Jan Mateo, who was completely bound by the bandages.

Adam did not make his move to stop them since he knew that the scale of the battle would alert the Transcendent and Exalted Realm Experts of the continent.

He was not afraid of any of them, but the battle between experts of such level would destroy a large portion of the continent, so he could not risk it, especially when there were a lot of innocent people that would be swept in the battle.

He watched them leave while saying. ”Now that I have already gotten your ʼscentʼ, you better hide properly before I come after you.”

The masked man stepped back to enter the spatial tear as he replied. ”We will welcome your visit any time.”

”But I am afraid that you will be busy guarding that entrance for quite a while before you get the opportunity to come after us,” he added as the spatial tear gradually closed.

Adam knitted his brows deeply as he watched them leave before turning his head to the side. ”It has been a while since we last met, Elder Ryong.”

The old man appeared near him and nodded. He then turned to the spot where the group disappeared before commenting. ”It looks like they are getting active lately. Does this mean they have found that place as well?”

Adam nodded his head before adding. ”I am planning to stand guard at the entrance to prevent both sides from crossing the borders.”

Old Ryong went silent for a moment before mumbling. ”Then the continuous appearances of the inheritances and ancient tombs must be the sign.”

”You must be careful as you will be one of their targets.”

Hearing that, Adam smirked as he answered. ”They must have the ability first if they want to seize my core.”

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