Strongest War Emperor

The Flame Demon that flew out from the depths of the Stone Forest was immense, standing forty feet tall.

It was almost four times the size of the surrounding Flame Demons!

Not only that, but a pair of enormous wings grew from its back, which rippled with explosive power!

Its appearance was like that of a world-destroying Demon descending upon the mortal realm, causing everyone present to turn pale with shock!

”A Rock Demon Lord!”

Someone cried out, their voice filled with panic.

Flame Demons were incredibly strange creatures. Measured by the standards of the outside world’s Martial Arts System, even the weakest Rock Demon Lord was at least at the King Martial Realm Sixth Heaven.

But this Rock Demon Lord, which had crashed down like a meteorite, was clearly no mere King Martial Realm Sixth Heaven.

Because its wings had already turned a grayish-brown!

Judging from this detail, this Rock Demon Lord’s strength was something even a King Martial Realm Seventh Heaven expert would struggle to resist!

As Shen Lang shouted his warning, the group of King Martial Realm experts, who had already recognized the danger, fell back with grim expressions.

”Young Master Lang, be careful!”

On the other side, Zu Wei and the others moved, wanting to rush over and help.

However, the Rock Demon Lord was simply too fast. Before Zu Wei and his group could arrive, a fist the size of a mountain was already smashing down on Shen Lang’s head!

Facing this ferocious phantom fist, a solemn look appeared in Shen Lang’s eyes. With a single thought, he unleashed the power of his Chaos Divine Body!

In that instant, the bones and tendons throughout Shen Lang’s body rang in unison, as if countless thunderclaps were exploding within him!

Then, fearlessly, Shen Lang took a half-step back with his right foot, sank his waist, and threw an ordinary-looking straight punch toward the massive fist!

The step back, the sinking waist, the punch—the entire sequence was executed in one smooth motion!

Though the punch seemed simple, it was as fast as lightning and as swift as a thunderbolt. His entire fist was wrapped in a blinding electric glow, and it collided with the Rock Demon Lord’s fist with mountain-shattering might!

BOOM!

A deafening sound echoed through the Stone Forest. Amidst the flashing lightning, the crowd saw the two disproportionate fists collide violently, and then...

A Powerful Qi, like a raging tidal wave, swept out in all directions with the point of impact as its center!

The Rock Demon Lord let out a muffled grunt and was sent tumbling backward like a kite with its string cut.

Meanwhile, Shen Lang’s feet moved rapidly on the ground. He retreated over fifty meters at an imperceptible speed, crashing through three massive stone pillars before he finally regained his footing!

Having stabilized himself, Shen Lang’s expression grew even more solemn. His hands danced in the air, settling into a defensive stance!

Then, he clenched his fists in mid-air. Thunder Power surged forth once more, enveloping his fists as he gathered his strength, ready to strike!

’I used almost eighty percent of my Chaos Divine Body’s power, but it didn’t do a shred of damage. Instead, its flames managed to rush into my body... This Rock Demon Lord’s strength is likely at the King Martial Realm Seventh Heaven or even higher.’

’Even if I go all out, this is going to be a tough fight...’

In that exchange of fists, it didn’t look like Shen Lang had lost out.

But only Shen Lang himself knew that taking that punch just now had been fraught with danger!

The Rock Demon Lord had been sent flying, but it hadn’t sustained any damage at all.

Meanwhile, the Rock Demon Lord’s Talent Flame had ridden the Fist Force into Shen Lang’s body, heading straight for his heart meridian!

If Shen Lang hadn’t used the moment he was retreating to neutralize it with his Vermilion Bird Divine Fire...

...he feared that most of the meridians in his body would have been severely damaged by that Flame Demon Flame!

With such incomparably ferocious Fist Force, combined with that Hellfire, even an ordinary King Martial Realm Seventh Heaven expert would suffer a major loss if they took the hit unprepared!

Among everyone present, besides Shen Lang, there was no one who could handle this Rock Demon Lord!

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

With a few soft sounds, Zu Wei from the Imperial Dragon Sect and the members of the Li Hen Sect’s Flower Sect landed beside Shen Lang.

”Young Master Lang, this Rock Demon Lord’s aura is immense and powerful. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to deal with!” Zu Wei said in alarm.

As a King Martial Realm Fifth Heaven expert, he felt his heart palpitate just from sensing the Rock Demon Lord’s aura.

Besides, since meeting Shen Lang, when had he ever seen him get knocked back by a single punch?

Tang Xingyue of the Flower Sect spoke with a stern expression, ”Even a three-year-old could tell it’s not easy to deal with. Do you really need to state the obvious? But that’s not the key issue... A single Rock Demon Lord like this is nothing Xiaolang can’t handle!”

”However, even though the depths of this Stone Forest are concealed by a Grand Array, I can still sense several other auras just as powerful as this Rock Demon Lord’s... And haven’t you noticed? This Rock Demon Lord and the surrounding Flame Demons... they’re too much like an army! It’s incredible!”

Shen Lang raised a hand to silence the others and said coldly, ”Seniors, please fall back. I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on those from the White Bone Hall. As for this Rock Demon Lord, leave it to me.”

”I don’t know what its intentions are, but since it has singled me out and wants a one-on-one fight, how could I possibly pass up this battle?”

As soon as he finished speaking, not only were his fists enveloped in a blinding electric glow, but his entire body began to erupt with crackling Thunder Power.

Under the cover of this Thunder Power, most people failed to notice that a layer of fine Scales had already appeared on Shen Lang’s exposed skin...

Zu Wei, Tang Xingyue, and the others exchanged a glance, then shot backward to their original positions.

Their powerful Divine Thought once again locked onto the group from the White Bone Hall.

The people from the White Bone Hall snorted, a cold sneer appearing on their lips... They, too, had recognized the Rock Demon Lord’s power.

If Shen Lang were to be put at a disadvantage, or even killed by the Rock Demon Lord, it would be exactly what the people from the White Bone Hall were hoping for.

”Xiaolang, this Rock Demon Lord’s power is ferocious, its Hellfire burns all things, and its speed is like lightning... You must be careful!”

Feng Buping, the Second Ancestor of the Profound Dao Sect, called out a warning from a distance.

The expressions of the experts from the other sects turned extremely grim.

”This Rock Demon Lord’s aura is so powerful, even a King Martial Realm Seventh Heaven expert might not be able to clash with it head-on. This isn’t the time to play the hero! Why would Shen Lang choose to fight it alone? He should have let the seniors from the Imperial Dragon Sect and the Flower Sect team up with him!”

”I don’t know what Shen Lang is thinking. Even if his physical body is tough and his Magical Power is immense, trying to tough it out like this is not a solution...”

”Exactly. No matter how you look at it, he’s only at the King Martial Realm First Heaven, and he only just broke through not long ago. Facing such a powerful Rock Demon Lord, he has almost no chance of winning!”

”Dammit, young people are so impulsive and concerned with saving face! To face such an enemy and not even draw his Immortal Celestial Saber, instead trying to handle it with just his fists! If he loses and then has to call out that Zombie, wouldn’t that be utterly humiliating?”

While the experts from the surrounding sects were communicating and debating with their Divine Thought, Shen Lang stood up straight, tilting his head back to size up the Rock Demon Lord in the air.

The Rock Demon Lord hovered in the air, looking down on him with a hint of amusement in its eyes.

Shen Lang didn’t move, and neither did it.

The Rock Demon Lord’s body was immense and entirely crimson. Within its body were dark red lines, like blood vessels.

Crimson-gold magma flowed slowly through those vessel-like channels, emitting a rumbling sound.

Behind the Rock Demon Lord, a pair of large, long, grayish-brown wings flapped gently, each beat creating a vortex of flames.

On its head grew two dark, spiraling Sharp Horns, which were also wreathed in Hellfire.

Based on its appearance alone, it looked almost exactly like a Demon from the legends!

Just as Shen Lang was carefully examining the Rock Demon Lord, the Demon-like creature’s lips curled into a grin, and it spoke in a deep, unpleasant voice.

The voice echoed like thunder above the Stone Forest, ”Human, you are strong. Very strong...”

”Even a human King Martial Realm Eighth Heaven expert from the Yumu Cave Blessed Land could not have taken that punch of mine, yet you didn’t suffer a single scratch.”

”Fight me with all you have. If you win, you can all leave. If you lose, everyone here will die!”

A strange look appeared in Shen Lang’s eyes. ”Are you threatening me? Just you?”

The Rock Demon Lord in the air shook its head. ”By myself, no. But...”

As it said this, the Rock Demon Lord paused, then suddenly threw its head back and roared, ”AWOOOO!”

As the head-splitting roar echoed through the Stone Forest, a heart-pounding aura suddenly erupted from all directions!

Immediately after, the entire Stone Forest began to shake—a true earth-shattering tremor!

While everyone’s faces changed drastically, Shen Lang’s Silver Eyes of Truth pierced through the Yin Yang Inverted Stone Gate Formation above the Stone Forest, scanning the surroundings!

At this sight, even someone with Shen Lang’s mental fortitude was shocked!

Under the gaze of his Silver Eyes of Truth, he saw Ancient Flame Demons emerging one after another from the ground outside the Stone Forest!

And atop the volcano, a dense, innumerable mass of Ancient Flame Demons had appeared!

It was as if the entire world had transformed into a world of Flame Demons!

Unimaginably intense heatwaves washed over them, one after another. The temperature in the Stone Forest soared, and even the Protective Shields around the King Martial Realm experts seemed to begin to melt, struggling to hold up!

”How is this possible!”

Even though Shen Lang had long been mentally prepared for the wonders and strangeness of the Yumu Cave Blessed Land, he still found this scene unbelievable!

A single Yumu Cave Blessed Land actually contained such a vast number of Ancient Flame Demons!

And the aura of each one seemed to be scarcely weaker than a King Martial Realm expert!

Tens of thousands of Ancient Flame Demons seemed to cloak the volcano in a mantle of fire—a spectacle of the highest order!

If it were just the hundred or so Ancient Flame Demons in the Stone Forest, it wouldn’t be too difficult for Shen Lang to deal with them with the help of the other sects’ experts.

But facing several thousand, or even tens of thousands...

Imagine it: an army of tens of thousands of Ancient Flame Demons was like an army of tens of thousands of King Martial Realm experts... What kind of concept was that?

Here in this Stone Forest, including Shen Lang, there were only about eighty King Martial Realm experts in total!

Two fists are no match for four hands, and even an expert fears being swarmed!

He feared that these Flame Demons could drown everyone just by spitting a few times.

’Dammit, to think the Yumu Cave Blessed Land contains a Flame Demon Legion like this. What on earth did these Pocket World Blessed Lands do in the past?’

’And what kind of powerful existence lies beneath that volcano?’

Shen Lang’s heart sank...

Because he suspected that an even more powerful existence was behind this massive Flame Demon Legion, Shen Lang didn’t dare to release Duanmu Xie.

In a situation like this, letting Duanmu Xie out would probably only make things worse!

This battle, it seemed, was utterly unavoidable...