Chapter 133 : Chapter 133

“So it really is demons from the Demon Realm, and they are not far away at all!”

The magic dragon sensed again. He was simply too familiar with the Demon Realm, so he was absolutely certain.

Then he added, “But the Demon King himself should not be here.”

“With his strength, if he were here, we would have sensed him the moment we entered the Secret Realm.”

Even after hearing that, Ye Ze did not relax.

After all, this Secret Realm seemed to have no strength limit...And as the sole ruler of the Demon Realm, whether the Demon King would come here himself since the Demon Realm was participating in the struggle for the Star Spirit World was impossible to say.

“Master, shall we go kill those demons?”

The magic dragon sounded eager, clearly full of murderous intent toward those few “fellow countrymen” of his.

Ye Ze did not refuse, either.

Since this was a conquest-type world, and one where multiple civilizations were contending against one another, competition with other races was definitely unavoidable!

Not just Ye Ze, but even China itself would inevitably have to face racial conflict. Fighting one battle ahead of time was not necessarily a bad thing.

However, before they could strike, three demons came knocking on their own!

The place where Ye Ze stood was a forest shrouded in mist. In the distance, it connected to a stretch of mountain gorge, and between the forest and the gorge were several stone caves.

At the entrance of one of those caves not far away, three demons of different forms walked out. They seemed to be explorers as well... and the moment they emerged, they saw Ye Ze.

Golden light flashed in Ye Ze’s eyes as he saw through them.

【Flame Demon】【Sly Demon】【Gluttonous Demon】

All three were level 60 demons, every one of them with stats above a thousand. For explorers sent by the Demon Realm, their strength was indeed not weak.

As for that Gluttonous Demon, its skin was grayish green, with the body of a snake and the head of a human, but its mouth was grotesquely huge, nearly splitting its entire face in half.

“A human! Delicious human flesh!!!”

Greed gleamed in its eyes, and beside it, the Flame Demon, whose whole body was covered in fire, laughed wildly.

“A human? Hahaha! Since when did humans dare come to a conquest-type world?”

“It must be from some tiny backwater world!”

“Judging by the look of him, he probably does not even know what a conquest-type world is!”

The three demons were utterly unrestrained. The way they looked at Ye Ze was like wolves staring at a lost lamb.

The demon race might have been different from the Fiends of the Abyss, but they were still part of the chaotic evil camp.

When it came to weak races, they usually treated them as prey.

Faced with the three demons’ mockery, Ye Ze gave a cold snort.

“You talk too much.”

The moment he finished speaking, Panda, the mantis, and the magic dragon all appeared at once.

Without the slightest hesitation, the magic dragon spat out a mouthful of Cataclysmic Demonic Flame.

Against demons, Ye Ze had absolutely no intention of showing mercy.

Especially that Gluttonous Demon. Any creature that could call humans “delicious” had definitely eaten plenty of them before!

“Wait, that is Cataclysmic Demonic Flame!?”

As the overwhelming demonic fire came crashing toward them, the three demons’ expressions changed instantly, and they scrambled out of its range in panic.

The smallest and skinniest of the three, the 【Sly Demon】, cried out in disbelief, “The Demon Prince?”

“Is that His Highness Simon, the Demon Prince?”

In the Demon Realm, Cataclysmic Demonic Flame was extremely famous. It was unique to Simon, the magic dragon.

After realizing the magic dragon’s identity, the three demons were stunned for a moment. But instead of showing the slightest respect, greed appeared on their faces.

Flame Demon: “No, what Demon Prince? He is just a fugitive!”

Gluttonous Demon: “Exactly! He even became a human’s summoned beast! He is the shame of the Demon Realm!”

Sly Demon: “Capture him! The Demon King will reward us handsomely!!”

Facing the Demon Prince, the three demons gradually spread out and closed in to surround and kill him!

That caught Ye Ze rather off guard.

He was still the Demon Prince, was he not? How had he turned into a fugitive the moment he left the Demon Realm?

From the look of it, he had even been directly placed on the Demon Realm’s wanted list!

That Demon King’s attitude toward his own son really did not seem normal at all.

“Leave one alive. Subdue it. I want answers.”

The moment Ye Ze finished speaking, that level 60 Flame Demon summoned a sky full of fire blasts that came crashing down like meteors.

With more than a thousand Intelligence, that rain of fire radiated a suffocating pressure through the air.

But with a furious roar, the magic dragon unleashed 【Demonic Flame Burst】. A pillar of demonic fire shot up from the ground into the sky.

“With trash like you, you think you can beat me!?”

The even fiercer demonic flames instantly swallowed and obliterated the Flame Demon’s full-powered attack!

Now that he ruled over most of Notting City’s population, the magic dragon’s four basic attributes had all long since reached 1300. These few demons before him were no match for him at all.

“How is that possible!?”

“How could a mere fugitive like Simon break my skill?”

The Flame Demon’s tiny eyes, half-buried in the fire, widened to the limit in utter disbelief.

Seeing that, the Sly Demon panicked at once. “Could we have mistaken him for someone else?”

“If I remember right, Demon Prince Simon was only level 15. How could he possibly have this kind of strength?”

Simon had been very young. When he disappeared from the Demon Realm, he had only been level 15, and his stats had been no more than around three hundred.

As for the few demons before him, while they lacked the magic dragon’s potential, they were all level 60, with attributes above a thousand!

Who was stronger and who was weaker should have been obvious at a glance.

In the Flame Demon’s mind, even if Simon had disappeared for a few days, he should only have grown a little stronger at most.

Surely the three great demons could still take him down?

But now... as he watched the towering demonic flames rise before him in wave after wave, their might shaking the heavens, he, a level 60 Flame Demon, had seen his full-force strike destroyed in an instant.

The Flame Demon’s already meager brain seemed to freeze on the spot...“I do not believe it!”

The Gluttonous Demon opened its blood-filled maw and lunged like a giant python, relying on its specialty in Strength and Agility.

“He is nothing but a fugitive! How much stronger could he have gotten after leaving the Demon Realm?”

Seeing this, Ye Ze, Panda, and the mantis decisively left the entire battlefield to the magic dragon.

Whoosh—In his dragonkin form, Simon spread his black wings and rose into the air, casually avoiding the Gluttonous Demon’s charge.

The Flame Demon specialized in Spirit; the Gluttonous Demon specialized in Strength and Agility...But as a 【Tyrant】, the magic dragon had 1300 points in all four attributes. He had no weak points whatsoever. He excelled in every field!

The Gluttonous Demon’s attack missed.

Before it could retreat, however, the airborne magic dragon stomped down toward the ground, his golden vertical pupils filled with disdain and savagery.

Bang!

That one stomp, carrying the force of a thousand jun, drove the Gluttonous Demon into the earth and blasted out a deep crater.

With that single kick, black blood sprayed everywhere from the Gluttonous Demon as though its heart had been flattened. It let out a shrill scream of agony!

Across from them, the Flame Demon and the Sly Demon both shivered for no reason at all.

Meanwhile, the magic dragon’s expression only grew more savage. Looking down at the collapsing Gluttonous Demon in the crater, he lifted his right foot and brought it down again.

Bang!

“Get up! Were you not going to drag me back for arrest?”

Bang!

One stomp after another, venting all the magic dragon’s displeasure and contempt.

The Gluttonous Demon beneath his foot was already on its last breath, seemingly mumbling things like “Your Highness Simon,” “spare me,” and “I was wrong.”

But its voice was too weak to make out clearly.

The magic dragon stomped down one more time.

With a loud boom, the Gluttonous Demon’s body suddenly burst apart, scattering into chunks of black flesh.

【Killed Gluttonous Demon. Experience +110000 (+100%)】

The moment the Gluttonous Demon’s corpse exploded, the Flame Demon was so terrified that it nearly screamed aloud. He could not understand it...How many days had it even been since Simon disappeared?

How had he grown to this extent!?

The Flame Demon had thought that now he could at last bully the once lofty Demon Prince a little...Only now did he realize that before, Simon had only held higher status. Now, he held even greater power!

If he had known earlier that Demon Prince Simon possessed this kind of strength, how would he have dared speak so loudly?

The flames around the Flame Demon dimmed a little as he trembled and stammered, “D-Demon Prince, Your Highness Demon Prince! I have always been loyal to you, Your Highness!!”

But before he could finish, the magic dragon spread his wings slightly and swept past like a hurricane, reaching the Flame Demon in an instant and crushing its head with one claw.

“I am not the Demon Prince. I am Simon the Tyrant!”

As that violent declaration rang out, the magic dragon kicked the Flame Demon’s headless corpse away. It slammed into the wall of a stone cave and exploded on impact.

【Killed Flame Demon. Experience +110000 (+100%)】

【You have defeated a demon squad head-on and gained 2 Conquest Points!】

【The higher your Conquest Points, the higher your planet will rank in the Star Spirit World struggle, and the greater the chance of obtaining the final reward!】

Conquest Points? So they affected the rankings!

Looking at that prompt, Ye Ze recalled the Starrealm Rankings he had seen when he activated the Starrealm Stele... where Blue Star was currently ranked fifth.

And the higher the Conquest Points and ranking, the greater the chance of obtaining a Myth-grade item...Once he understood that rule, Ye Ze could not help laughing.

As expected of a conquest-type world. Everything really did have to be fought for!

At that moment, the last demon, the hunched and skinny Sly Demon, stared blankly for a second before dropping to its knees and banging its head against the ground.

“Do not kill me, Lord Simon! Spare me! Spare me...”

The Sly Demon kept babbling for mercy just like that.

Before Ye Ze could even react, however, a negative status effect suddenly assaulted him... but it failed.

【You have been affected by the skill ‘Beg for Mercy’...】

【Martial Dao Mastery — Immune to negative statuses. The mental interference effect of ‘Beg for Mercy’ has failed!】

“That is certainly an unusual skill.”

Looking at the stunned expression on the Sly Demon’s face, Ye Ze could not help shaking his head with a smile.

Beg for Mercy was one of the Sly Demon’s unique skills. It was even Epic-grade.

Once affected by the mental interference of Beg for Mercy, a person could easily let down their guard, spare their enemy, or even be ambushed.

But Ye Ze had always kept one copy slot occupied by Panda’s 【Martial Dao Mastery】...

Reduced skill cooldowns and immunity to negative statuses. It was extraordinarily reliable!

“Do not give it a chance. Control it directly.”

At Ye Ze’s command, the magic dragon’s wings trembled as he unleashed the power of Absolute Dominance upon the Sly Demon.

Although 【Absolute Dominance】 had been merged into 【Tyrant】, it could still be used all the same, and its effects had even improved.

Under that overwhelming force of domination, the Sly Demon truly submitted to Simon this time.

“Tell me. Why did Simon go from Demon Prince to fugitive?”

Ye Ze stepped forward and began questioning it.

The Sly Demon answered respectfully, holding nothing back.

“According to rumor, on the one hand, that old bastard the Demon King believed that Lord Simon’s escape from the Deathmatch Arena had been premeditated...”

“Because that old bastard used every possible method and still could not find any trace of Lord Simon.”

“On the other hand, after the new Demon Prince, Sass, took the Demon Prince’s place, he was the one who issued the kill order as well!”

Ye Ze could understand the first explanation.

After all, as a king, the Demon King naturally could not avoid becoming suspicious when something happened outside his control.

But the new Demon Prince issuing a kill order...Was that because he feared the magic dragon might return and reclaim his position?

“Sass? That fallen angel demon?”

The magic dragon seemed to have some impression of him. After the Sly Demon confirmed it, contempt immediately appeared on his face.

“He has wanted the title of Demon Prince for a long time. He was just too weak.”

“What he does not realize is that I could not care less about that title!”

Ye Ze did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Then he suddenly thought of the Starrealm Stele’s mission and asked the Sly Demon, “Have you found the Star Core before?”

The Sly Demon shook its head. “Sass has been leading teams to search for it all this time, but they have found nothing...”

“Besides the Demon Realm, the other worlds are probably all searching for the Star Core right now, to create a Starrealm City.”

So none of them had found it... That meant there was no experience to learn from.

Ye Ze shook his head.

Then he waved a hand, and the magic dragon killed the now-useless Sly Demon with a single claw.

The three demons were dead at last.

【Killed Sly Demon. Experience gained +100000 (+100%)】

【Ding! Your level has increased to: Level 29!】

【Infinite Golden Traits — You have gained one draw chance!】

“I did not expect the demon race to give this much experience... It is almost more than killing a Demon King!”

Ye Ze was rather pleased, and 【Slaughter’s Gift】 had also accumulated another 24 attribute points.

Looking at his new total of 2 Conquest Points, Ye Ze felt rather deeply moved... In a conquest-type world like this, war with other races was probably going to be extremely fierce.

If nothing else, just in the search for the Star Core, every race was currently looking for it...If they ran into each other, a great battle would most likely break out, just like with the demon race.

Still, it was a bit early to be thinking about that.

After all, China’s main force had probably only just entered the Secret Realm by now...“Time to draw a Trait first!”

After leveling up, his greatest anticipation was naturally drawing a Trait.

And he was not far from level 30’s third-rank advancement quest, either.

In a conquest-type world like the Star Spirit World, there would probably be no shortage of experience to gain!

At that thought, Ye Ze immediately began the draw.

A sea of golden Traits appeared, circling around him in a flowing current, before one of them finally descended.

The twenty-ninth Trait...

【You have drawn a Golden Legend-grade Trait: Treasure Gathering!】

【Treasure Gathering: Aura passive. Hidden treasures, rare materials, wealth, and the like in the surrounding area are highly likely to gather toward you.】

Hm?

In this new world filled with opportunities, this Trait seemed like it could be tremendously useful!

After all, a new world was the very place least lacking in hidden treasures and lucky chances...

But that was not all.

The next moment, another prompt popped up:

【Combinable Traits detected!】

【“Treasure Sniffer” + “Treasure Seizure” + “Treasure Gathering” (can be combined)!】

So this was going to combine into...the Three Lucky Treasures?

Whatever the case, the squirrel was finally about to gain a higher-order Trait of its own!

And considering that the squirrel was currently only Epic four-star, perhaps it could even advance directly into Legendary!

Ye Ze combined them at once...

【Combined into Golden Legend · Higher-order Trait: Destined Treasure Affinity!】

【Destined Treasure Affinity: Favored by destiny, with treasures gathering at your side!】