“This is your last chance, Mr. Cyrus.” Meng Lei flew right up to the Dark Demonic Dragon and ordered, “Hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!”
“You despicable human deity!”
The Dark Demonic Dragon’s eyes were bloodshot. It said, “Even if I die; even if I’m destroyed; even if I’m burned into ashes, I’ll never submit to you!”
“In that case, you leave me with no choice.”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly and said, “Go in peace. I’ll look after your subordinates and those dozens of existential planes of yours well.”
“You bastard!”
The Dark Demonic Dragon gnashed its teeth loudly and glared hard at Meng Lei, the corners of its eyes nearly splitting from the intensity of its glare. If looks could kill, it wished for nothing more than to rip Meng Lei into shreds!
What a shame... that it couldn’t!
“Rest in peace, Mr. Cyrus!”
Meng Lei gave it a dispassionate smile before turning and walking toward the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords. He said, “The heavens are virtuous and cherish all life. Likewise, I’ll also give all of you a chance.”
“We’ll submit! We’ll submit!”
With barely any hesitation, the Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords dropped onto their knees and expressed their willingness to hand over their divine spirit origin energies and submit to Meng Lei.
“Submit to me? No, I’m afraid you’re mistaken.” Unexpectedly, Meng Lei shook his head instead and said, “They are the ones whom all of you should submit to, not me.”
“Them?”
The Demon Lords’ and Great Demon Lords’ expressions became fairly interesting to watch as they turned to Bubbles and the others.
There was grief, indignation, humiliation, disbelief, as well as the inability to accept such an outcome.
They had nothing more to say if Meng Lei had been the one whom they had to submit to. After all, he was stronger than them. To demons like them, submission to the strong was the norm.
However, Bubbles and the others had suffered defeat at their hands. Yet he was ordering them to submit to them?
This was practically worse than taking their lives!
“They are all my most loyal subordinates. Only by submitting to them will you have a chance to live. Otherwise, Cyrus will become a fitting example of your eventual outcome!” said Meng Lei simply.
The Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were greatly frustrated, though none of them rebutted him. After all, Lord Demon God’s tragic outcome was still fresh in their minds.
Refusal to submit? Were they intending to have themselves burned into ashes by Netherworld Divine Fire, then?
Under the threat of death, the clever Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords made the wisest decision they could make—they lowered their noble heads!
“You can split them among yourselves,” said Meng Lei dispassionately.
“Yes, Master!”
Bubbles and the others answered resoundingly. Then, their gazes swept back and forth across the demons as they sought their ideal candidates. Even though the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were filled with grief and indignation, all they could do was grin and bear with it.
Just like that, a grand loot-dividing session commenced, and various squabbles rang out continuously without pause.
A smiling Meng Lei asked leisurely, “Mr. Cyrus, does the sight of them taking their pick of your subordinates like livestock enrage you? Does it fill you with indignation?”
The Netherworld Divine Fire had already burned away and destroyed the Dark Demonic Dragon’s scales and hypodermis layer and was currently burning its flesh. It was an unbearable sight to behold.
The Dark Demonic Dragon’s hatred soared right into the heavens, and it roared hysterically and hoarsely, “I’ll never let you off even after I become a ghost, human!”
“Become a ghost? That can only happen if you even get the chance to!”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly and said, “I’m going to read your memory and then burn and destroy your divine spirit fragments so that even your soul will become fully destroyed. You’ll never be able to reincarnate for eternity!”
The Dark Demonic Dragon shivered non-stop upon hearing what he had said. It roared, “How ruthless of you, human deity!”
“Ruthless? I’m nowhere near when compared to you!”
Meng Lei shook his head and said, “Your life is the only one I’m taking, while you had wanted to kill all the living beings in Heaven’s Vault Continent. In comparison, you’re still the more ruthless one.”
The Dark Demonic Dragon stared straight at Meng Lei and said, “Human deity, I may admit defeat, but I will also curse you and pester you for all lifetimes to come so that you’ll never die in peace!”
“Alright, alright! Are you done?”
Meng Lei waved him off and shot out another few Netherworld Divine Fire flames at it. The fire blazed fiercely, swiftly turning the Dark Demonic Dragon into ashes.
The Dark Demonic Dragon’s 500,000-feet-long body was fully reduced to ashes in a few minutes, leaving behind only a crystallized demonic core that glowed a blood-red color.
Similar to a deity’s divine core, a demonic core was the core of a Demon God’s power and stored their soul and magic power within it. Simply put, it was actually also a divine core.
The demons just called them demonic cores to differentiate them from the deities’ divine cores.
The Netherworld Divine Fire continued to blaze even after the demonic core appeared. If nothing went wrong, the demonic core would also be burned into ashes like the Dark Demonic Dragon.
However, would Meng Lei burn it away?
Of course not!
Meng Lei was still intending to read the Dark Demonic Dragon’s memories, so he naturally wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. At once, he grabbed hold of the demonic core.
Then, he removed the Netherworld Divine Fire on it and started to read the Dark Demonic Dragon’s memories.
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