Rise of the Demon God

The Dragon King was strongest from the outside, including his defense, but what about inside? That's where Long Chen really believed he could harm the Dragon King. 

The Robe that he had placed his entire faith in managed to protect him, but at the same time, it was once again useless and couldn't be used a second time, at least not for quite some time. 

He took off the cloak and kept it in his storage since any attack at this point could destroy this weakened robe. He didn't want to lose such a precious artifact. 

After keeping the robe securely, he finally shifted his focus back to the Dragon King, who still had no idea that Long Chen was inside him. 

The Dragon King was so massive in size that even when an entire human was inside him, he couldn't feel it, especially since Long Chen wasn't touching anything. 

Long Chen floated in the air, entering deeper inside the Dragon, trying to locate his heart, which was the easiest way to not only take the Dragon King out but also to steal his God Beast Core to increase his strength even more. 

As if the Demon Emperor could hear Long Chen, he burst into a laughter. His voice could only be heard by Long Chen. 

"Not bad. You are learning."

The Dragon King still hadn't returned to his human form as he tried to find Long Chen outside, not knowing that the man he looked for was so close to him that he couldn't have expected. 

The Dragon King wondered if Long Chen actually died when close to five minutes passed, yet Long Chen was nowhere to be found. The dragon just kept circling in the sky, waiting. 

Eventually, he gave up. It was clear that Long Chen was burned to cinders. Even his ashes weren't left behind. 

With time, everyone else was also starting to come to terms with the fact that Long Chen was dead. 

"What a disappointing end. I expected at least some challenge from him," the Qilin Clan patriarch sighed. It was as if they were expecting a mountain of challenges, but it wasn't even a small stone in reality. 

There was only a small group of people who knew that Long Chen wasn't dead, and it was all thanks to the Snake Monarch, who told Zhu Chang not to worry and that Long Chen was alive. 

Even the Snake Monarch didn't know where Long Chen actually was though. 

"I hope he just ran away. That's the best option in this situation since fighting here would've gotten him killed. It's good he escaped." Zhu Chang sighed in relief. 

He didn't tell anyone else about this fact though, since it was good for him if they all thought that Long Chen was dead. That way, they weren't going to look for him in the future. 

The Dragon King started returning to his human form, feeling victorious and at the same time, underwhelmed. 

The Dragon King had just started the transformation when he stopped abruptly, sensing pain. Initially, the pain was very minute, but within the next second, his pain increased by a thousand times as he felt a heart wrenching pain. 

Before he could do anything, the Sword of Time passed through his heart. Not only did the sword puncture his heart, but it also absorbed whatever energy reserves the Dragon King was folding. 

The Dragon King's body went limp. He lost all the control as his body came crashing down. The Dragon King could only roar in pain but nothing else. 

His painful roars stunned everyone else as no one could understand just what was happening to him. 

The God Beast Kings ran to the Dragon King, but before they could get closer, they saw a Sword coming out of the Dragon King's body. 

The Sword sliced the Dragon King's lifeless body as if someone was creating an opening to get out. 

After the blood-covered sword sliced the Dragon King, a human came out of the Dragon King's body. 

Standing on top of the giant Dragon's body, Long Chen looked like a very small person in comparison, but that small person had just managed to kill the Dragon King. 

"Your turn," Long Chen stated. Even though he wanted to fight, there were more things to do, and one of them was taking the God Core of the Dragon King and absorbing it, which only the Demon Emperor knew how to do. 

"I was waiting for you to ask," the Demon Emperor laughed, taking over the body. 

He placed his left hand on the body of the Dragon, using Demon's Stealth. 

"He is trying to steal another God Core!" This time, the Rainbow Phoenix couldn't let him do as he pleased. 

She took action on her own. She had already seen enough. It was evident that Long Chen wasn't strong enough if he had to use such sneaky tricks to kill the Dragon King, but with each core absorbed, he was only going to get stronger. 

"I told you. We will play later." The Demon Emperor smirked, watching the Rainbow Phoenix flying closer to her. 

He clenched his fist, casting a barrier once again, but this time, he reinforced the barrier a second time, knowing that the Rainbow Phoenix was stronger than the others. 

"Not enough!" The Rainbow Phoenix was surrounded by Rainbow flames as she flew straight into the Barrier. 

Boom ~

The barrier shattered as soon as the Rainbow Phoenix hit it, surprising even the Demon Emperor. 

"Impressive..." The Demon Emperor was having a really strong urge to fight back, but he was called only for one thing, and that's what he stuck to. 

Since the Rainbow Phoenix passed through the barrier,  he knew that she could probably pass through another, so he just decided to shift places to get the time that he needed. 

The Demon King disappeared, but not alone. The Dragon's body also disappeared with him, appearing in a different place. 

The Demon Emperor continued harvesting the God Core.