King of Assassins-Chapter 981 - 676: Return Gift

The roar was like thunder, shaking the surroundings.

The entire great mountain was trembling, with countless stones rolling down from the peak.

A group of little demons at the cave entrance was thrown into disarray, stumbling in all directions.

Following the ground's rumbling, a giant figure strode out from the depths of the cave.

This demon had a bull head and human body, standing over four yards tall, Gao Xuan was not even as tall as its knees. His massive and sturdy body stretched the iron armor into deformation, and his huge curved horns were awe-inspiring.

His blood-red eyes were the size of a large bowl, and his gaze felt substantial.

Gao Xuan, who had seen much and experienced much, had encountered many giant demons before. But this bull-headed Great Demon still surprised him somewhat.

Not because of the giant's size, but because the demon's muscular power was perfected and rigorous. This was clearly a strong physique forged according to superior Body Refining Techniques.

The Demon Race naturally had strong bodies, and they practiced Body Refining Techniques, making this demon's body particularly strong.

Of course, it's far from achieving Primordial Unity. Even solely comparing to the Horizontal Training Golden Body, it's much stronger than this demon.

Even so, it shows the demon's extraordinary abilities. Moreover, this demon's Divine Soul is potent, carrying traces of Pure Yang Power.

From the Divine Soul level, it's comparable to National Preceptor Tao Jun, but the demon's soul is more agitated, not as pure as Tao Jun's, yet its Divine Soul Power is more forceful.

Without a doubt, the only one with such cultivation in this demon lair would be the Iron Horn King.

Gao Xuan also understood Tao Jun's caution; the Iron Armor King was evidently a Four Tribulation Great Demon, his body's power terrifyingly strong. Even a Spirit Immortal like Tao Jun might not withstand a strike from this guy's iron fork.

Indeed, the Iron Horn King was wielding an iron fork about three yards long, thicker than a beam.

Gao Xuan estimated this thing weighed at least tens of thousands of pounds. The fork, black and shiny with oil, was engraved with numerous runes, clearly a Magical Artifact.

Such a powerful demon, just standing there, could intimidate armies. Not to mention his whole set of Divine Martial Arts.

As Gao Xuan scrutinized the Iron Horn King, the Iron Horn King also looked down at Gao Xuan.

The Iron Horn King was curious about Gao Xuan, knowing he was the newly arrived Celestial Master.

When Gao Xuan descended, the nine-colored rainbow light fell from the Nine Heavens, visible from thousands of miles away with celestial phenomena.

The Iron Horn King had lived for thousands of years and had seen several celestial masters. The Celestial Court, claiming to be the Immortal Realm's ruler, had little influence in the Cyan Celestial Realm.

Celestial Court's Celestial Masters mostly did things perfunctorily. Few Celestial Masters would be so unaware to oppose the powerful demons of this realm.

The Iron Horn King disliked trouble, so when seeing the new Celestial Master descend, he sent Black Horn to offer gifts and give the counterpart a warning.

If the counterpart was ignorant, he wouldn't mind tasting the Celestial Master's flavor. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The gifts were sent, but the newly appointed Celestial Master showed no reaction. The Iron Armor King thought the counterpart understood, but unexpectedly, the latter came seeking him out in a few days, identified him and wanted to kill him.

The Iron Horn King was furious, having dominated Wuyuan Country for hundreds of years; no Qingxu Daoist School, Yu Jing Dao, or Ten Thousand Swords Sect dared make a sound.

Even the Golden Radiance Arhat of the Golden Light Temple was obliged to call him brother, not daring the slightest offense.

The Iron Horn King wasn't stupid; if he was truly foolish, he wouldn't have weathered four Celestial Tribulations to become a Great Demon. He was just temperamental and accustomed to being overbearing.

In his view, the Celestial Court was just a name, having no real influence in the Cyan Celestial Realm. Since the newly arrived Celestial Master was heedless, seeking death, he wouldn't be polite.

Yet seeing Gao Xuan himself, the Iron Horn King was quite amazed.

In his eyes, humans were food. Even Spirit Immortal level experts seemed frail, unable to withstand a blow.

However, Gao Xuan here seemed different. The Iron Horn King, of course, didn't care about appearance; he cared about Gao Xuan's aura.

The Iron Horn King struggled to describe it; Gao Xuan's presence was calm yet pure, with concealed, perfected Qi.

Though looking weak physically, it made him feel Gao Xuan was not to be trifled with.

Since achieving cultivation success, the Iron Horn King had seen similar auras on the Demon Kings of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance.

Nonetheless, a mere Celestial Master couldn't compare to a Demon King. This was just human cultivators playing tricks.

The Iron Horn King chuckled darkly, "Kid, you do have fair skin. When I catch you later, I'll roast you on my iron fork; surely the taste is great."

He bared his yellow-black fangs at Gao Xuan, "Normal folk lack chewiness, and are full of excrete, quite unpleasant. I most love eating cultivators; their bodies clean, their flesh tender yet firm, hahaha..."

The Iron Horn King laughed louder, resonating through the mountains, like a thunderous roar.

The little demons looked pale from the vibration, their legs giving way, yet they rallied together to shout and laugh madly.

The Iron Horn King claimed to have a hundred thousand demons, though exaggerated, it was indeed fifty to sixty thousand.

Most little demons scattered across the Yunxi Mountain Range, hunting everywhere, targeting various wildlife. Near the mountain range, rural villages and towns were their prey.

Over centuries, all humans near the Yunxi Mountain Range were slaughtered.

The Iron Horn King now had to personally command clouds and fog, leading demon soldiers to plunder towns hundreds of miles away in Wuyuan Country.