I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 715 - 410: Medicinal Materials Nurtured for Two Hundred Years!_2

Chapter 715: Chapter 410: Medicinal Materials Nurtured for Two Hundred Years!_2

This guy is a lunatic?

He fell silent and said, "This king, this time, has failed to ascend to Heavenly Demon... Failed to have a proper fight with you, failed to let you relish the battle... Indeed, I’ve entertained you poorly, apologies for my rudeness."

"It’s fine. You not entertaining me well—I’ll simply chop off your head to vent my anger."

Lin Yan lowered his head and said, "I still have some unresolved doubts, which is why I haven’t killed you outright. Consider this your chance to leave a few last words. Do you have anything to say?"

The Mountain Lord remained silent.

Lin Yan pressed one hand against His head.

With the other hand, he clenched the air.

The Night Illuminating Divine Sword flew into his grasp on its own.

His blade was about to fall.

"This king was schemed against." The Mountain Lord finally spoke in a low voice.

"Eighteen years ago, that Demon Suppression Department Colonel—merely at the Qi Refining Realm—how could he have plotted against you?" Lin Yan said calmly.

"The scheme didn’t begin eighteen years ago." The Mountain Lord’s eyes dimmed as he said, "The seeds of calamity were sown when this king was still but a Great Demon."

"..."

Lin Yan felt no surprise.

Switching from dead sacrifices to living sacrifices started eighteen years ago.

Devouring the people of this entire manor happened just over a month ago.

But eighteen years ago, even earlier—across a span of over a hundred years—He had been relatively restrained.

Despite using the deceased of the Human Clan as blood food, this act was within the limits tacitly allowed by the Holy Alliance.

"Back then, this king had succeeded in cultivation and presented treasures to the former Prince Zhen Nan."

The Mountain Lord said, "At that time, this king feared Prince Zhen Nan, feared the Holy Alliance, and sincerely wished to protect the Human Clan in one area, seeking peaceful coexistence, and thereby gaining incense to aid my cultivation."

He spoke deeply, "But the incense of the Human Clan carries many chaotic thoughts... During this Deceit Night, I am no longer what I was back then."

Lin Yan’s gaze slightly narrowed.

From the Human Clan’s perspective, the effects of Deceit Night are extremely horrific.

Strong individuals from the Human Clan often lose control due to Deceit Night.

Yet for the Human Clan, it’s rare to see Evil Spirits lose control because of Deceit Night.

However, upon deeper thought, for the Human Clan, losing control manifests as mental insanity or physical collapse.

But for most Evil beings in the world—already vicious and cruel with unstable physical forms—would that not also count as losing control?

Such as this Mountain Lord, who perhaps back then was clear-minded and restrained—yet today acts recklessly without hesitance.

"The treasure presented to Prince Zhen Nan at the time, was obtained by this king, still a Great Demon back then, by sheer chance."

The Mountain Lord said, "When acquiring that treasure, I stumbled upon two pieces of information."

"The first was about a most malevolent water-dwelling Evil Spirit, practicing cultivation for a thousand years, surpassing any tier, yet it was slain by Prince Zhen Nan before it could commit widespread slaughter."

"The second was about the old Prince Zhen Nan sheltering an aging Demon King, defeated in the Demon Domain’s territorial struggle."

"That Demon King used its Bloodline Power to permeate an area, claiming it as its territory, and vowed to protect the Human Clan."

"So after this king surpassed tiers to ascend as a Demon King, I presented treasures to the former Prince Zhen Nan, expressing my intentions."

He fell silent after saying this.

Lin Yan appeared to understand something and said, "Guided by unseen forces... A hidden hand directing you... That treasure you presented—it was a trap set for the former Prince Zhen Nan?"

"It seems so, as of now." The Mountain Lord replied, "But that old Prince, upon hearing that this king wished to protect a population, expressed much delight. Not only did he refuse the treasure I presented, but he even gifted this king Divine Skills related to incense and secret techniques."

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

The treasure wasn’t handed over; the Tiger King kept it for himself.

But that treasure carried issues and became the root of calamity.

The Mountain Lord spoke deeply, "Eighteen years ago, it was the Demon Suppression Department Colonel who realized the hidden dangers of that treasure and deliberately used living humans to harm this king."

Over a century, He only accepted dead sacrifices.

But the adherence to this century-long principle crumbled the moment He devoured living humans.

To Him, a hundred years of ’frugality’ turned into one moment of ’extravagance,’ and there was no turning back.

Thus began the shift from dead sacrifices to living sacrifices!

His entire focus turned to living sacrifices.

While successive Colonels and Manor Masters pursued the opportunities bestowed by this Demon King.

"Eighteen years ago, the shift to living sacrifices occurred. But even in these years of living sacrifices, you’ve shown restraint—not excessively harming everything—so why, over the past month, did you consume the entire manor?"

"Two months ago, a figure claiming to be a Celestial, a Creation God Lord, approached me, stating that this king has faint traces of the Bloodline Power of the Divine Beast White Tiger, and has been nurtured as medicinal materials by a certain ’great figure’ for nearly two hundred years."

The Mountain Lord paused before saying, "Two hundred years ago, I was merely a Great Demon—yet they had already set their sights on me... Most likely, this was the hidden hand aiming to use me to scheme against the old Prince Zhen Nan!"

"This so-called ’great figure’ has waited for this king to ascend to Heavenly Demon, intending to extract my ’Ancestor Blood’!"

"According to that Celestial, the ’hidden hand’ underwent calamity and can no longer wait."

"In three years, He will emerge from seclusion—whether or not this king ascends to Heavenly Demon, He will come to harvest his ’medicinal materials’!"

The Mountain Lord paused again and said, "This king had no choice but to devour the thousand-plus souls of the Human Clan to expedite the condensation of Ancestor Blood and achieve Heavenly Demon status."

"If I didn’t devour these thousands, within ten years I may still fail to coalesce Ancestor Blood... Leaving me hopeless before the hidden hand three years from now."

"If I can achieve Heavenly Demon now, flee this place, and disappear, I might escape... At worst, in three years, I could at least fight back—some hope for survival."

The Mountain Lord trembled as He spoke, "In the end, it’s you Humans that leave this king with no way to live!"

"..."

Lin Yan sighed and said, "I will pass on to you a Magic Method to sever this dojo—so that this place might still serve as a ’Pure Land’ for the Human Clan in the future."

"You still intend to kill this king!" The Mountain Lord sneered, "And yet you wish for me, even in death, to protect the Human Clan?"

"I’ll leave one strand of your Divine Soul untouched—with the faintest hope of revival within hundreds or thousands of years; whether it happens is up to fate." Lin Yan spoke calmly.

"A one-in-a-million hope?" The Mountain Lord went quiet momentarily.

"Better than complete annihilation." Lin Yan said.

"Truly, you won’t spare this king?" The Mountain Lord hesitated before saying, "This king can serve as your steed."

"Those thousand lives, and eighteen years of living sacrifices—there must be an explanation for them." Lin Yan answered.

"..." The Mountain Lord went silent before speaking again, "How do you intend to deal with the Demon Suppression Department Colonel who left Mountain King Manor, the former Manor Master, and the hidden hand that forced me to consume the entire manor?"

"If everything is verified, all those responsible who left Mountain King Manor deserve death." Lin Yan said slowly, "As for the hidden hand—if it truly sacrificed lives to fatten you for Ancestor Blood—I won’t let him go."

"You have the capability to challenge him?" The Mountain Lord asked.

"Whether he’s a Human Martial Saint or a Saint Master—if he deserves death, he will die." Lin Yan answered.

"You haven’t yet transcended to Human Martial Saint, yet you dare claim such audacity?" The Mountain Lord mused briefly, "Do you have the authority to slay a Holy Alliance strongman?"

"I am traveling to the Holy Alliance to take office, joining its higher ranks." Lin Yan said calmly, "Is that weight sufficient for you?"

"This king can sever this Boundary, allowing it to become a Pure Land for the Human Clan."

The Mountain Lord finally gave up struggling, his strength utterly drained.

Moments later, He used secret techniques from the Human Clan to sever the dojo, storing it within his head.

Then, the tiger straightened its head, spoke in human language, and said solemnly, "Hope you remember your words today."

"Hmm!"

As the voice fell, the Night Illuminating Divine Sword slashed down, severing the tiger’s head.

At the very instant the blade descended—

Hundreds of miles from Mountain King Manor, lights emerged from all directions, rapidly closing in.

A thousand arrows rained like a storm!

Runes bloomed upon the arrows!

"Audacious rogue, how dare you annihilate Mountain King Manor!"

"..."

Lin Yan gripped the Night Illuminating Divine Sword tightly, shaking his head slightly in disappointment and murmured, "This framing is too clumsy..."

He lifted his head, whispering, "But to provoke me—it suffices."

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