With their escape routes cut off, the Four Demon Kings were forced to fight again.
Ye Fan was, without a doubt, the most infuriating opponent they had ever encountered in their lives.
Yes, infuriating!
Even though the opponent couldn't harm them, he simply refused to die!
It was enough to drive anyone mad!
Even beings of the Demon King level were struggling to maintain their composure.
Their attacks rained down like a tempest, wave after wave directed at Ye Fan!
Although Ye Fan continued to die repeatedly, the energy he absorbed from each demise grew progressively larger.
After an unknown period of time.
The Four Demon Kings had become somewhat numb.
Suddenly, the four of them snapped back to reality!
Something was wrong!
While they couldn't defeat this kid, there was no need to keep playing this game with him!
Damn it, they were done!
With that, the Four Demon Kings simultaneously ceased their attacks, deciding to just wait it out.
They could tell that Ye Fan's talisman barrier was condensed by some kind of power.
Since it was formed by consuming energy, it couldn't possibly last forever.
At worst, they could just wear him down.
They all had plenty of time and lifespan, so who was afraid of whom?
The four experience points stood motionless, completely ignoring Ye Fan.
Ye Fan saw this and thought, "This won't do!"
His cultivation had soared to the brink of the tenth level of the Mahayana stage due to his repeated deaths!
He was just one step away from breaking through!
He hadn't had his fill yet, how could they stop now?!
Ye Fan swung his fist and charged towards the Four Demon Kings!
The expressions of the Four Demon Kings changed instantly!
Because to them, Ye Fan's speed, while still slow, was noticeably faster than before.
Soon, they discovered another anomaly!
Ye Fan's cultivation had also increased!
It wasn't their fault for being careless.
They had been so thoroughly frustrated by Ye Fan's tactics that they hadn't paid attention to this detail!
At this moment, they finally realized something terrifying!
This unkillable nuisance was constantly growing stronger!
And Ye Fan's incoming punch now carried a threat!
The threat wasn't high.
Even if struck, it probably wouldn't even be a scratch.
But this was the first time since they had started fighting Ye Fan that they felt a sense of threat!
Acting on instinct, the four of them attacked again.
"Bang—!"
The first to strike Ye Fan was the West Demon King's whip.
However, this time Ye Fan didn't die immediately as before; he endured it!
A terrifying wound opened from his right shoulder to his left thigh, flesh and skin peeling back to reveal his internal organs!
But the point was, Ye Fan had endured it!
Simultaneously, the North Demon King's dark energy sphere trapped Ye Fan within!
The dark sphere continued to shrink, contorting Ye Fan's body!
His internal organs shattered under the immense pressure, and fragments spilled out from the wound!
Finally!
The dark energy sphere compressed into a single point.
Ye Fan died once more.
The attacks of the South and East Demon Kings had been in vain.
Yet, there was no joy on the faces of the Four Demon Kings.
Because this was the first time since the battle began that Ye Fan had withstood their attack!
Even if only for a fleeting moment...
He had truly done it!
This validated their earlier suspicion.
Ye Fan's strength...
Was increasing at an abnormal rate!
With a flash of white light, Ye Fan reappeared.
And this time, the Four Demon Kings clearly felt that Ye Fan's power had become even stronger!
So much so that it now posed a significant threat to them!
"Is this the power of the Tribulation Passing stage..." Ye Fan clenched his fist, muttering.
Although the peak of Mahayana and the first level of Tribulation Passing were only one level apart, they were fundamentally different concepts!
Ye Fan could clearly feel that he was not just a little stronger than before!
If the leap from Mahayana peak to Tribulation Passing first level for a normal cultivator was one, his current increase was at least a hundredfold!
And this time, after emerging from seclusion, the heavenly tribulation had not arrived.
The realms he had broken through during his closed-door cultivation would have normally incurred hundreds of heavenly tribulations.
Yet, until now, there had been no sign of them.
It was as if he had been ignored by the Heavenly Dao...
He now...
Seemed to have begun to transcend the boundaries of cultivation rules...
While Ye Fan was contemplating, the attacks of the Four Demon Kings arrived once more!
This was because Ye Fan now posed an overwhelming threat to them!
In their eyes, Ye Fan was now at least their equal!
"Bang bang bang bang—!"
The four attacks landed on Ye Fan in succession.
However, this time, the effect was drastically different from before!
The North Demon King's dark energy sphere refused to shrink!
The West Demon King's whip merely tore Ye Fan's clothes a bit further.
The South Demon King's fist couldn't even make Ye Fan take a single step back!
The East Demon King's spell vanished completely upon contact with Ye Fan's body!
Their attacks...
Could no longer penetrate Ye Fan's defenses!
"It seems it's time to kill you all."
This time, Ye Fan didn't charge forward; he simply threw a punch where he stood!
Ye Fan's punch was launched slowly, appearing even slower than before.
The fist looked soft and lacked any force.
It was like the last struggle of a dying person.
Soon, the fist reached its apex.
The Four Demon Kings remained still, standing there perfectly fine.
It was as if Ye Fan's punch had hit nothing...
The Four Demon Kings were immediately stunned...
What game were they playing now?
Suddenly!
The perspectives of the four shifted.
Some rose, some fell, some tilted to one side.
Then they saw the bodies of their companions explode in an instant!
Their comrades...
Were dead???
Before they could even process this question, their consciousness vanished...
"Swoosh—"
The bodies of the Four Demon Kings dissolved into residue, scattering across the ground.
Ye Fan's single punch had instantly killed them!!!
The supreme beings who had previously instilled terror and despair in everyone had perished just like that!!
The next moment, four pale blue souls surged from the bloody remains.
Judging by their appearance, they were the Four Demon Kings in their prime.
However, the souls were noticeably small, only slightly larger than a fist.
The four souls fled in panic, only to smash into the talisman barrier...
Then they fell limply to the ground.
A mysterious talisman appeared above Ye Fan, and he pointed it towards the four souls in mid-air.
The four souls were pulled uncontrollably towards Ye Fan's fingertip!
They were clearly terrified, struggling with expressions of horror.
But it was useless.
In an instant, they were absorbed into Ye Fan's body!
Then, the residue of their corpses turned into wisps of black energy, which were also absorbed by Ye Fan.
The barrier disappeared, and the talismans returned to Ye Fan's body.
This demonic invasion, which had nearly led to the extinction of humanity, had finally drawn to a close.
Although tens of millions of demons were still at large, with the deaths of the Four Demon Kings, they could no longer cause any significant trouble.
Let alone emerge and wreak havoc.
Whether they could even survive the "lunatics" on the Holy Mountain was an unknown.
Perhaps their only thought now was.
The human world is too dangerous, I want to go home...