Rise of the Demon God

The Demon Princess was elated at receiving the information. If it was really one of her Ancestors who was strong enough to kill a God Beast King so easily, that meant he was certainly very capable. He could easily make the Demons the supreme entity in the entire world. 

Before that strength, even the gods and the Godly Beasts couldn't stand. She finally got her answer! Now all she needed was a confirmation from Long Chen himself. 

She slowly started retreating and went where she came from. 

"Come, it's time you go home.  You aren't in any condition to stay here." Baihu Yang helped his sister up and took her with him as well. 

****

Outside in the Godbeast realm, the Demon God laughed out heartily! He was really enjoying the battle at the moment! It had been a long time since he fought so openly. 

The Tribulation was certainly very strong. In fact, Long Chen was even suspicious if he could've survived this Tribulation if he was alone.

The Tribulation was really fierce. It was even destroying the space of the God Beast Realm, which wasn't easy to destroy. The space here was the hardest to destroy, after all. 

The Demon God kept destroying all the Tribulation Beasts, no matter how many times they came. However, the beasts also seemed to be eternal. No matter how many times they were destroyed, the beasts only came back stronger than before. 

"Yes! Become stronger! Show me how strong you can be! Make it fun for me!" The Demon God laughed like a Demon as he held onto the Lightning Tiger. With a single punch, he destroyed the lightning tiger. Even though this attack made his own hand burn, he didn't care. He didn't mind the pain. 

Long Chen could experience the battle like he was fighting. In fact, he shared almost all the senses of his body except the pain. Even though his hand was burned, he didn't feel even the slightest of pain. It was as if the Demon God kept all the pain reserved for him. 

"Why can't I sense the pain?" Long Chen asked the Demon God. 

"Why do you want to sense the pain?" The Demon King laughed. "Just let me handle everything here."

"Because it's my body. I want to know how much damage I'm receiving, and I can only do that through the pain," Long Chen answered. Even though it was good for him to not feel the pain, but he still wanted to feel it. Just to have an idea as to what his body was going through. 

"As you wish," the Demon King scoffed, allowing Long Chen's soul to sense the pain before continuing the battle, which seemed endless. 

If the Tribulation just kept getting stronger the more he destroyed it; then it could just destroy the entire realm and still not end. 

That's why the Demon God cast the Demon's Domain around him, trapping the entire Tribulation inside the Demon's Domain. 

A Demon's Domain was his own mini realm where he was the King. The realm allowed him to fight multiple enemies without having to worry about anything. Whatever happened inside the domain, he could see. Nothing escaped his eyes. Moreover, the Domain also provided him with some boost.

The damage of the Tribulation was kept to his Domain. No matter how strong the Tribulation was, it couldn't destroy the God Beast Realm as long as it was inside his domain. Especially since his Domain could resist the Domain for longer than the realm outside could. 

Boom~

As the Demon God attacked the Thunder Tiger and the Thunder Lion, a ball of flame came from the front, hitting him straight in the chest. The Demon God didn't avoid the attack, despite knowing it was coming. He clapped his hands, destroying all the Lightning Demons that were near him, before observing his chest. 

His clothes were burnt, and there was a wound on his chest, but the damage wasn't too serious since the Demon God cast a barrier at the right time. 

"Regretting the decision of feeling pain?" The Demon God smiled. "You know I can take away the pain again."

"No need. I've been through more pain," Long Chen responded. 

Back on the ground, the Snake Monarch watched Long Chen from a distance. Seeing him talk to himself, he let out a sigh. "Poor Guy. It seems staying away from this amazing monarch has made him go crazy. If only I were with him, he would've been fine. This King could've protected him."

Zhu Chang glared at the Snake Monarch. "This isn't the time to joke around. He never talked to himself before, as far as I can recall. Something doesn't seem right about him. He's different."

"Don't worry.  He is the same person. He isn't the clone," Snake Monarch answered. "This Monarch can confirm that."

The Black Tortoise Patriarch grimly observed every action of Long Chen. All his skills... All his moments... The craziness in those eyes... All those reminded him about the Demons.

He glanced at Xun, who was standing silently all this while. "You've been with him all this time. Can you shed some light on it? What happened to him...? Or should I say, who happened to him? Is he possessed?"

The Snake Monarch had confirmed that he was the same Long Chen. However, everyone could see that he was different as well. That made him think of the possibility that Long Chen could've been possessed. Nothing else made sense other than that. 

He had met Long Chen in the past as well. Long Chen was strong, but he was nowhere close to this level. The two auras were also different. The aura from before was like fire, but the aura now was like a blazing inferno. 

"Yeah. What happened to him?" Zhu Chang also asked at the same time. 

Long Chen's clone was also curious about it. "I know everything that happened up to the point of you leaving the Maze of Death. By that time, he wasn't this strong. What happened after that to change him? What are you hiding?"

"Xun, tell us. So we can help him if he needs our help." Zhu Chang placed his hand on Xun's shoulder, speaking earnestly, "We came here to help him. Tell us what happened. You know we aren't bad for him."

Xun let out a sigh. She knew she couldn't tell them. Telling them could create trouble for Long Chen. 

"I know what happened!" A stern voice came. Everyone looked at the source of the voice, noticing Baihu Yang had returned with his sister. 

"That Long Chen! He murdered my father! He also stole our Godbeast Core!"