Rise of The Demon General

During the five years in the lower world, Amon never stopped training his Elder God Veil. The pair of tentacles was the result of his arcane art upgraded to Skilled mastery. The tentacles were twenty meters long, giving him an extra pair of limbs with a great reach.

Amon didn’t get the chance to fully use the Elder God Veil’s upgrade in his battle at Mellow Depraved Town because his opponents were too weak. He figured Lu Kang should be able to fight back somewhat.

”The aura of your darkness elements is indeed impressive,” Lu Kang said. ”Your affinity is probably very high, but it doesn’t matter. You won’t win. To honor you for not immediately losing once this match started, I will use my real power.”

Sparks of electricity coursed through Lu Kang’s body.

’Lightning element,’ Amon thought.

Amon was aware of Lu Kang’s lightning elements. However, even with prior knowledge, Lu Kang’s burst of speed still took him by surprise. The ground under Lu Kang exploded, while he turned into a lightning bolt. Amon sensed the danger, but he failed to dodge this time.

Lu Kang’s right foot, or hoof, thrust into Amon’s chest. Amon was shoved into the barrier again. Lu Kang didn’t let go. His foot stayed on Amon’s chest, pinning him to the barrier wall.

The crowd erupted at the sight.

”As expected of a veteran of this arena,” the commentator spoke. ”Sir Lu Kang is truly formidable. His explosive speed has taken down countless challengers. It seems that this fight will not be any different…”

Lu Kang continued to pin his foot on Amon. He couldn’t see Amon’s expression due to the shadow cover, but he imagined the man to wince in pain. ”Do you realize now how foolish it is for you to challenge me? I specifically had my legs altered and learned the movement speed of the lightning element to focus on boosting my speed. No cultivators with the same level as me can compete with my speed. With such superior speed, I am undefeated among the Peak Fiendish Stage cultivators!”

”Hehe.”

Amon’s chuckle surprised Lu Kang. The chuckle dispelled Lu Kang’s imagination of Amon wincing in pain. Instead, the image of Amon’s ridiculing sneer came to his mind.

”The fuck are you laughing about?” Lu Kang asked.

”Your speed is useless if you can’t hurt me even if you hit me,” Amon said.

”I can’t hurt you? You want to bet…?!” Lu Kang shouted. At the same time, strong currents of electricity erupted from Lu Kang’s leg. Countless lightning bolts bombarded Amon.

Any other cultivators would have been burned to a crisp by exposure to such high-voltage electricity. Yet, Amon continued to laugh. His laughter even became louder.

Lu Kang had been using all his power to push his foot into Amon. He wanted to squeeze Amon to paste while frying him with lightning simultaneously. He felt a solid object behind Amon’s shadow suit, but he couldn’t push deeper no matter how much force he exerted. The shadow suit was like a foam that absorbed his force. It was the same as his lightning. He sensed that the shadow devoured all the lightning he discharged.

He experienced another sensation, then. Pain in the foot he used to pin Amon with. He quickly moved away from Amon. After putting sufficient distance, he looked at his hoofed foot. There were signs of erosion in his hoof as well as the scales covering his foot.

He understood then. Prolonged contact with Amon’s suit had a damaging effect.

”Hehe, not bad,” Amon chuckled.

Lu Kang gritted his teeth upon hearing Amon’s words. While it sounded like taunting, Amon was in fact talking to himself. He was commenting on his Elder God Veil.

Under this arcane art, Amon had the raw power to contest against a Peak Fiendish Stage cultivator like Lu Kang. However, his Elder God Veil was modified from the Elder God Tentacles, which was a high-tier profound art. This meant his created art was at least also a high-tier profound. Without the opponent possessing a much stronger power or using at least an attack of the same grade, the opponent wouldn’t be able to break through his shadow defense.

The two long dark tentacles on Amon’s back lashed at Lu Kang, whose movement had stopped due to his surprise. However, Lu Kang was a veteran. Even though surprised, he was still reactive enough to respond. He turned into a lightning bolt and moved away before the two dark tentacles latched onto him.

While Lu Kang appeared to be moving away from the dodge, Amon’s danger sense urged him to swing his arm to his left. That arm smashed into Lu Kang’s leg, which was targeting his head.

Amon was again surprised by Lu Kang’s speed. Lu Kang was so fast that he was already beside Amon even when Amon saw him moving away.

The dark tentacles attempted to catch Lu Kang, and again they failed.

The same exchange was repeated several times, with Lu Kang coming at Amon from different angles. On some occasions, Amon failed to block, and Lu Kang’s kick landed. Even so, Amon didn’t suffer any wounds thanks to the shadow suit’s protection.

”If you can’t hit me while I keep hitting you, it is only a matter of time until you are defeated.” Lu Kang’s ridiculing words came from multiple directions because he spoke while moving nonstop.

Amon flew up to dodge the next kick. He stayed up there. His long tentacles swept down, but they couldn’t touch Lu Kang. While he was in the air, Lu Kang’s attacks rarely reached him.

Lu Kang stopped his high-speed movements. He stayed near the edge of the arena and stared daggers at Amon.

”Hehe, do you start to feel tired?” Amon asked. ”You might be fast, but your maximum speed is only viable on the ground. The source of your speed comes from your lightning-element movement art and your altered legs, but your altered legs need a footing. If we fight in the air, those legs are no different from normal legs. Moreover, your never-ending movements constantly consume energy. Even if we spend the same amount of energy, which we are not, I will still outlast you thanks to the energy well from my two cultivation paths.”

”Grr…” Lu Kang gritted his teeth. He couldn’t accept the fact that he couldn’t defeat Amon. The spectators who at first thought Lu Kang would quickly finish the match were also dumbfounded by the situation.

”Don’t you look down on me…!!” Lu Kang bellowed. As he did, more lightning bolts shot out from his body. At the same time, a transformation occurred in his body. His skin turned slightly translucent, while his face turned fish-like. After the transformation, electricity was constantly emitted from his body.

’Transformation art,’ Amon thought. While Amon was not a stranger to transformation arts, Lu Kang’s transformation intrigued him. This was because only Lu Kang’s upper body transformed. His altered legs remained the same. This informed Amon that an altered body part couldn’t be affected by the transformation art.

”Haha! Let’s see how you deal with these constant lightning strikes!” Lu Kang laughed.

With the transformation, Lu Kang only needed to be nearby to strike his opponent. Even when he failed to land a hit, as long as the opponent was close enough, his lightning would automatically strike the opponent. This, combined with his speed, guaranteed the opponent would always get stung by his lightning.

The lightning emitted by Lu Kang’s transformed form was also more powerful. Though Amon’s suit still protected him from a serious wound, he felt a slight sting when the lightning hit him. Repeated strikes would no doubt weaken his shadow suit.

Even so, Amon was not worried. ”Hehe, not bad,” Amon praised. ”Though I said I will win if we compete in a protracted battle that relies on who runs out of energy first, I never plan on winning using that method. No, I will defeat you when you are in your top form.”

Amon pointed his hand to the ground. Seven dark spots manifested on the ground. These dark spots were evenly spread throughout the arena. A long black tentacle emerged from each dark spot.

This was Amon’s Elder God Tentacles with Master-level mastery. Amon had also upgraded this arcane art after training for five years. In this Master level, the art conjured seven dark tentacles that could be spread out in a large area. The tentacles were also longer than before. Their length was now thirty meters. With it spread out around the arena, there was no area inside where the tentacles couldn’t reach.

Lu Kang kept dodging as the dark tentacles came for him. Yet, no matter where he ran to, another tentacle was waiting. When he flew up, Amon was up there. He couldn’t move as fast as he did on the ground, so he was soon forced to land back down after several narrow evasions.

He also couldn’t move out of the area of effect of the dark tentacles. He was limited by the barrier that covered the arena. He tried powering up his lighting to obliterate the dark tentacles, but couldn’t. Like Amon’s Elder God Veil, the Elder God Tentacles were powered by his mixed aether, which provided his art with incredible power. His lightning only served to tire him faster.

In the end, he couldn’t perform perfect evasion forever. One slip up, and a dark tentacle tripped his leg. Another soon came and slapped him to the ground.