Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Just then, a shower of arrows shimmering with azure light suddenly materialized from the semi-circular shield, raining down on them.

These arrows were incredibly sharp and filled with chilling killing intent. When they struck the fireballs, the flames within were instantly extinguished, dissipating into nothingness in mid-air. When they hit the cheetahs, their bellies were instantly pierced, causing them to howl in pain. They ceased their advance, hastily turning tail and scurrying back.

Some of the slower cheetahs were even struck in the rear by these short, sharp arrows, and a mournful roar echoed in the air.

"Oh?"

Seeing that its vanguard had failed before it even achieved victory, the will-o'-the-wisp shuddered violently, seemingly in disbelief.

After a moment of silence, it slowly said, "I finally understand why only your small team has been able to be so invincible, slaughtering my people with impunity! The root cause isn't in those useless creatures, but solely in you!"

As it said this, the will-o'-the-wisp actually seemed to regret its decision, continuing, "This king was truly careless. Had I known this, I should have eliminated you first. If you were dead, the remaining trash would be no threat at all. A blunder, truly a blunder!"

'My people?'

With the appearance of these two words, Chen Tian immediately confirmed its identity: it was actually also a demon king that had awakened its intelligence!

This was something that Chen Tian had never expected.

You must know, two tigers cannot share a mountain. Chen Tian had just killed the Frog Clan demon king, so how could there be a second demon king in this West Mi Mountain Range?

This really made Chen Tian feel incredulous.

In fact, Chen Tian's thinking was correct. This will-o'-the-wisp was also a demon king, but it was not its true form, but a wisp of its divided soul. Its true body was hidden in the deepest part of the West Mi Mountain Range.

Although two tigers cannot share a mountain, there is an exception.

That is when, in a certain area, the original king has already died.

This is just like bees. A hive can only have one queen bee. If two queen bees appear at the same time, it will cause the worker bees inside to become confused.

However, although there can only be one queen bee in a hive, there will also be several candidate queen bees.

They are not completely queen bee-sized, but they have the talent to evolve into a queen bee.

Once the old queen bee dies, one of the candidate queen bees will immediately unlock the restrictions on its body and become the new queen bee.

Only in this way can the entire hive continue to operate in an orderly manner.

And this West Mi Mountain Range is similar to a beehive, where only one demon king who has awakened their intelligence can be accommodated.

If two demon kings exist at the same time, then the remaining demons would become chaotic, not knowing whose orders to follow, thus triggering battles until all the demons perish together.

But at the same time, in the deepest part of this mysterious forest, there are still three demon beasts who have cultivated to the peak of the ninth rank. They usually stay at home, humbly surviving under the threat of the Frog Clan demon king, living a life of lurking.

This balanced relationship has lasted for hundreds of years.

But just half a month ago, due to the arrival of Chen Tian, the balance of power in the West Mi Mountain Range was finally broken.

Because of the death of the Frog Clan demon king, the remaining three demon beasts who had cultivated to the peak of the ninth rank began to inherit their mission, rapidly evolving towards a new generation of demon kings.

The true form of this will-o'-the-wisp was the one who reacted the fastest. After waking up from hundreds of years of slumber, it immediately went to the caves of the other two opponents, challenged and killed them.

In this way, it was the undisputed next generation king in this West Mi Mountain Range.

At the same time, in the past half month, it gradually awakened its intelligence and had the same way of thinking as humans.

And the first piece of information it received from the outside world was the report from the demons below, saying that in the east of the West Mi Mountain Range, there was a team of powerful human cultivators who were frantically hunting demons.

Because this team was too powerful, all the demons were so frightened that they lay dormant wherever they passed.

Honestly, this was undoubtedly the best opportunity for the new demon king to establish its prestige. As long as it could eliminate this invincible human team, then it would be able to establish its royal authority in the hearts of all the demons.

At the same time, it could also lift the revenge order issued after the death of the previous demon king.

Because according to the tradition of the demon race, if a demon king dies unnaturally, then every demon disciple has to avenge the king.

Therefore, after the death of the Frog Clan demon king, all the demons in this West Mi Mountain Range went berserk, attacking human cultivators in an extremely violent manner.

And this is precisely due to the tradition imprinted in the depths of their souls.

Killing humans and avenging the demon king has become the only thing they can think about during this time.

And if this newly generated demon king has enough prestige to lift this revenge, then it also means that it has gained the approval of all the demons, officially acknowledging its identity as king.

Therefore, the true form of that will-o'-the-wisp chose to launch an attack on Chen Tian's demon-exterminating team.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it had to seize it.

Thinking of this, the will-o'-the-wisp swayed slightly, sneering and saying, "Boy, you humans have human rules, and we demons also have demonic instincts. This king has just ascended the throne, and has chosen your blood as a congratulatory gift. What a great honor this is, so you all should die in peace!"

After saying that, the will-o'-the-wisp suddenly grew larger, burning more and more fiercely, but this raging flame not only did not emit any heat, but instead made the surrounding air even colder.

This was a chilling killing intent!

Under the call of this killing intent, all the demon beasts began to roar to the sky uncontrollably, and then, shrouded in black demonic energy, they rushed towards Chen Tian, regardless of any formation or battle formation.

Obviously, they wanted to rely on the advantage of numbers to adopt a crushing combat plan against Chen Tian and others.

Hundreds of demon beasts of all sizes besieged while roaring. Although the azure shield protecting Chen Tian was still shooting out arrows, the number of demon beasts was too large. These arrows were scattered on their bodies and were not enough to cause them any substantial damage.

And under the concerted attack of many demon beasts, cracks gradually appeared on the semi-circular azure shield.

"Bang..."

With a soft sound, the azure shield finally could not support itself, and shattered into starlight.

And because there was no longer a shield to block them, the demon beasts ran towards Chen Tian even more unscrupulously.

The deafening roar seemed to tear everyone apart.

The situation was precarious!

Seeing this scene, not only Liao Yu Fan and others, but even Chen Tian secretly cried out in his heart that things were not good.

"Croak croak..."

However, at this moment, an ice frog with a snowflake painted on its back suddenly jumped up from below, croaking in horror, which made people quite curious.