World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 1166 - 523: Bloodthirsty Lanling! Cultivation skyrocketing!

Chapter 1166: 523: Bloodthirsty Lanling! Cultivation skyrocketing!

This time, Lanling truly experienced soul detachment.

Of course, it wasn’t a complete separation from the body, but rather like a kite, seemingly with a string firmly connecting the body and soul.

His soul surged into the Mirror of the Demon God’s Relic.

His body remained outside the mirror.

Instantly, Lanling felt as if he had split into two.

The soul entered the world within the mirror, a grand hall spanning hundreds of thousands of square meters, dark and magnificently splendid.

At the top of the hall sat a supreme Dark Monarch.

Of course, this dark demon king was merely a vague shadow, with only the eyes visible, like eyes of green flame.

A full hundred meters tall, like a mountain.

Unparalleled majestic presence, incredibly terrifying, incredibly powerful, as if the ruler of heaven and earth. In front of him, Lanling truly seemed like an ant.

This dark demon king was fake; it was the energy manifestation of this Demonic God Ruins.

Countless years ago, the Demon God Monarch once passed by here, and accidentally cast his gaze upon this mirror, leaving a vague reflection on it.

Then, this mirror gained life. Later, one after another, people passed by this mirror, teaching it greed, cunning, despicability, and so on.

Thus, it developed its own thinking.

It considered itself to be the Dark Demon King, the supreme Dark Monarch.

It even used powerful spiritual power to envelop a piece of land as its own territory, which at its most flourishing reached several hundred miles, now reduced to merely a hundred miles as its energy continued to weaken.

Having its own territory, it needed its own people.

So, it used spiritual power to create a splendid illusion realm, where outside, one day equaled a season, sometimes warm spring blooms, sometimes snow-white landscapes.

Attracting group after group of Barbarians to adventure here.

Of these people, some died, and others had their spirits completely captured, becoming its subjects.

Then, this mirror controlled the elements in its own world, playing the role of the Dark Monarch and supreme ruler.

It claimed that in thousands of years, only the Dragon Emperor and Lanling had ascended the pyramid thousands of meters tall to face it.

This statement is half true and half false, because every person’s purpose for entering the Ghost Realm World was different.

For instance, Lanling and the Dragon Emperor wanted to devour the Demonic God Ruins to gain immense power, so they saw a pyramid thousands of meters tall, embarking on a difficult and dangerous trek.

While some entered the Ghost Realm World merely seeking a warm home, delicious food, or enchanting beauties, and so on.

Thus, the Mirror Demon King employed varying methods to capture the spirits of the Barbarians.

However... now Lanling wants to destroy his world, how could this be allowed?

It had played this Dark Monarch role for countless years, and no one could destroy it.

...

Inside the mirror’s world, within the demon king’s great hall.

Lanling was merely a thousand meters away from the Mirror Demon King.

If outside, the so-called Dark Demon King was just a mass of light and shadow, then within the mirror’s world, it was incredibly real.

The flame in its eyes, the horns on its head, the scales and spikes on its body, the claws of its hands, all were incredibly real.

Yet, overall, it appeared somewhat vague.

That’s because the image left by the true Demon God Monarch when he passed by here was already very vague.

And the mirror could not imagine to fill in the demon king’s image by itself, thus the manifested body was real yet vague.

"You insignificant human, you dare challenge the supreme Dark Demon King in my realm, how absurd and laughable..." the Mirror Demon King said with a cold sneer.

Its voice was incredibly majestic, as if the entire great hall was shaking.

However, it sounded somewhat false, somewhat buzzing.

Lanling laughed, "When the true Demon God Your Majesty passed by and glanced at your mirror, it must have left a sigh, right? Then you actually evolved different tones of speaking from that sigh’s voice, how unnatural!"

Upon hearing this, the Mirror Demon King roared in anger, "I am the Demon God Your Majesty, I am the true Dark Demon King, I am the ruler of this world!"

Lanling laughed, "Then come and kill me, crush me!"

The flames in the eyes of the Mirror Demon King suddenly shuddered, then he sneered coldly, "To kill an ant like you, does the mighty demon king need to take action himself? Come, slice this humble human to death!"

"Yes!" came a neat shout.

Then, a thousand people surged in from outside the hall.

Various Barbarians, many tribes were there.

Every person wore vibrant armor and weapons, every person appeared majestic.

These people were the Barbarians long captured by the Mirror Demon King, they became its subjects, playing a game of kingship in this world.

At the same time, in the world outside the mirror.

Thousands of Barbarians surged to the mountaintop, surrounding Lanling’s real body.

However, in the real world, these Barbarians were all raggedly dressed, or even naked, each one emaciated.

Clearly, these Barbarians lived in luxury in the Spiritual Illusion, yet lived very miserable lives in the real world.

But fortunately, each one was at least very clean, nearly immaculately clean.

"Kill!" the demon king inside the mirror shouted.

Inside the mirror, the Barbarians in bright armor and mighty weapons crazily charged towards Lanling within the mirror.

In reality, the ragged Barbarians wielded sticks and stones, charging at Lanling.

Lanling was engulfed in chaotic battle!

"Swoosh..." he suddenly drew the great sword from his back.

This great sword had always been there, but after entering the illusion realm, as Lanling’s body was destroyed in various ways, this great sword had seemingly vanished, when in fact it had always been on his back.

"Swish swish swish..."

Lanling began a massacre!

In the grand hall within the mirror, countless ornate armors were torn apart, blood splattered.

On the mountain top of the real world outside the mirror, Barbarian after Barbarian was slaughtered.

...

Were there any experts among the people captured by the Mirror Demon King?

Yes, but very few!

Because almost all of the experts had died!

Firstly, most people who entered the Ghost Realm World were exiles with no other options, trying to find a place of refuge in this Ghost Realm World.

For experts entering the Ghost Realm World, there is only one goal, and that is strength and treasures.

Upon entering the Ghost Realm World, they face terrifying trials and illusions.

For example, when Lanling entered, he faced a pyramid tens of thousands of meters high, with four gates representing spring, summer, autumn, and winter, filled with extreme danger.

In this dangerous illusion, if one dies, they truly die.

Because if a person’s spirit and mind believe they are dead, then they are dead.

Lanling is different; in his mind, he can resurrect, so each time he dies, he can come back to life.

Therefore, most experts who enter the Ghost Realm World end up dead.

Moreover, those with strong cultivation possess strong spiritual power and willpower, making it hard to deceive them, and over time they can discern the illusion’s falseness.

Thus, the Mirror Demon King mostly captures Barbarians with low spiritual power.

...

In the world inside the mirror, Lanling’s spiritual power slaughtered madly.

In the world outside the mirror, Lanling’s true self slaughtered madly.

As he killed, he pounced forward fiercely, biting the necks of the Barbarians, crazily drinking their blood.

And every time this happened, countless Barbarians surrounded him, frantically striking Lanling’s body with wooden clubs and stones.

However, Lanling has the Golden Demon Body, and these wounds heal instantly.

He slaughtered madly, drank blood madly.

Power consumed endlessly, slaughter continued endlessly.

The weakest enemies were at the front.

Pushing through them, Lanling finally encountered Barbarians with increasingly higher martial skills.

At this moment, what was Lanling’s cultivation level? Unknown, perhaps a Demon Warrior!

Because everything in the Illusion Realm was false, including the so-called cultivation improvement in extreme heat or cold.

But now, with the accompanying slaughter and blood-drinking, his cultivation improvement was real.

When Lanling killed half of the Barbarians surging forward,

The cultivation level of those in front had already exceeded level four Samurai.

This level was less than half of Lanling’s, yet he still killed one with each sword strike, slaughtering madly.

Moreover, he didn’t kill them instantly but bit their necks and drank blood before their deaths.

Wielding a giant sword weighing hundreds of pounds, Lanling slaughtered tirelessly, hacked tirelessly.

Two hours!

Four hours!

Six hours!

Eight hours!

If it were anyone else, they would have died countless times already.

Had it been anyone else, they would already be exhausted, left to be at others’ mercy.

But each time Lanling slaughtered, he drank blood madly.

Previously, he drank the blood of Barbic Wilderness beasts, but this time he drank the blood of Barbarians.

With each blood drink, the ongoing violent combat turned it into real strength, endlessly.

Uncle Suo Mo said, after breaking through to Demon Warrior, simple direct hell training no longer worked, the best trials were real battles, accompanied by slaughter and bloodshed.

And now Lanling was in a slaughter trial, a real battle trial.

Completely unaware of fatigue, the more he killed, the braver he became, the more he killed, the crazier he became.

Also, thanks to the class order created by the Mirror Demon King.

In the empire of this Mirror Demon King, class relations were distinct, with the lowest cultivation in the lowest status, always rushing first in battle.

Only when those with low cultivation died would those with higher cultivation rush forward.

So, during Lanling’s slaughter battle, those with high cultivation just coldly watched from behind.

...

Ten hours, twelve hours!

Two days and two nights!

Three days and three nights!

Lanling completely immersed in the mad slaughter trial, fully turned into a butcher.

The battle was the trial, blood-drinking was the energy.

The blood he drank constantly transformed into the body’s own strength during combat.

Moreover, because the energy from blood-drinking far exceeded the energy consumed in battle, even when gravely injured, he could heal instantly.

In these several days and nights of slaughter battle, Lanling didn’t know how many thousands of times he was struck.

Without the replenishment from the blood-drinking energy, even if he had the Golden Demon Body, even if he had the Golden Bloodline, he would long be minced meat, dead beyond dead.

At this time, whether in the palace illusion within the mirror or on the mountain top in reality, corpses were everywhere, blood almost staining the mountain top red.

Countless dismembered limbs, corpses piled up like mountains.

Lanling no longer knew how many thousands he had slaughtered, nor how much blood he had drunk.

In any case, he felt a clear sense of his growing spirit, growing cultivation level, growing strength.

Not to mention feeling no fatigue, in the midst of mad slaughter, his bloodline almost sang and boiled, making him extremely excited.

He could clearly feel his cultivation surging madly, but exactly how much it surged, he had no idea!

...

After killing for four days and nights!

Lanling was merely less than a hundred meters away from the Mirror Demon King.

Thirty-three remained, standing between Lanling and the Mirror Demon King.

The thousands Lanling slaughtered earlier were the Mirror Demon King’s Demon Soldiers, and these thirty-three were the Mirror Demon King’s Demon Generals!

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