Chapter 305 - Returning to the Divine Civilization
After Han Wu consumed a massive horde of demons, the energy surging through his body became colossal. It was more than enough to sustain his Dragonification in battle for ten straight days. Using Almighty Devour, he even absorbed the Tough Demon’s flesh and merged it into his muscles to accelerate his growth.
His body expanded again, reaching twenty meters in height. The size of a demon’s body directly reflected their strength. Han Wu had deliberately enhanced his physical form to overpower the remaining Twelve Demons.
Ten days later, he finally struck down the last member of the Twelve Demons. By then, he had grown to a staggering 100 meters tall. With a single motion, he tossed the final demon’s head into his Void Jaw to be digested.
A single Demon Lord, his limbs twisted grotesquely, sprawled before Han Wu and snarled, “Kill me! I, Caido, am no coward! I will not bow to you.”
Han Wu studied Caido’s dog-like face in silence. He had no intention of killing him; as long as Caido lived, the Demon King Festival would continue. That would allow Han Wu to keep eliminating demons and upgrading his remaining body parts.
Another ten days passed. Han Wu transformed countless demon corpses into energy through Almighty Devour. Meanwhile, his final body part, the Crystal Marrow, finally advanced to Stage 9.
He checked his interface, his excitement barely contained.
[Demon Lord: Han Wu
Demonic Origin: 4,890
Slain Demon Lords: 24
Enhance List:
Dragon Scales, Dragon Claws, Dragon Wings (Red, Stage 9; Traits: Dragonification, Dragon King Transformation, True Black Dragon King Transformation)
Swordwind Arms (Purple, Stage 9; Traits: Steelcutter, Steel Crusher, Gold Splitter)
Tigerman Legs (Purple, Stage 9; Traits: Tiger Step, Tiger Leap, Tiger Sprint)
Dark Locust Stomach (Orange, Stage 9; Traits: Void Jaw, Increased Digestion, Almighty Devour)
Crystal Marrow (Red, Stage 9; Traits: Exoskeleton, Osteomancy, Bone Prison)
Epistian Brain (Purple, Stage 9; Traits: Detection, Examine, Smite)
Life Cells (Purple, Stage 9; Traits: Vigorous Cells, Supercells, Infinite Energy)]
Han Wu then upgraded Life Cells and Epistian Brain to Orange quality using the energy he had gained from slaying the Demon Lords. The two body parts evolved, earning the names Immortal Cells and Wise Brain.
He nodded in satisfaction. “This should be enough.”
He used Smite and struck down the final living Demon Lord. With Caido’s death, the main objective was complete, and a system message pinged him.
[Main objective complete. Demon Lord, please prepare to become a Demon King.]
A faint sensation rippled through Han Wu. The Demonic Energy that had saturated the training ground seemed to converge around him, waiting to be absorbed to fuel his ascension. He would become a Demon King the moment his body had taken in as much energy as it could hold.
Han Wu activated his Immortal Cells and stored every trace of Demonic Energy he could absorb.
Normally, a Demon Lord required vast amounts of energy to ascend, yet even then, they could only draw a fraction of it from the training ground. Han Wu was different. His Immortal Cells had the Unlimited Energy trait, letting him absorb infinite energy and store it within his cells.
The final vestiges of Demonic Energy vanished into him, and his transformation began. Black strands of energy spiraled outward from his Immortal Cells, weaving around him like a cocoon. Within it, he fell into a deep sleep as his body reshaped into that of a Demon King.
Han Wu could not tell how much time had passed before he stirred. He pushed against the cocoon, and it fractured under his touch. He then activated Detection to gauge his new form.
He towered 1,000 meters tall, clad in crystalline body armor. Beneath it, black Dragon Scales rippled across his body. His Dragon Claws glinted menacingly, Swordwind Arms bore intricate wind engravings, and his Tigerman Legs were sheathed in dense muscle and hide.
Han Wu had a feeling that he could obliterate King life forms with a single punch. In truth, he could. As a Demon King, his body had reached the Sage rank, one step above King. In terms of enhanceable body parts, Sage demons ranked at Class 10. His strength surpassed even what some of the more seasoned Gods could achieve.
“I’ve become a Demon King. It’s time to return to the Divine Civilization and ascend into a God,” he said.
He carefully attuned his senses to his power and confirmed that he was strong enough not to conceal his identity any longer.
Han Wu opened a gate back to his divine realm. The instant the gate appeared, a sinister force surged toward him, a destructive presence capable of annihilating everything in the training ground. Han Wu reacted instantly, darting into his divine realm and slamming the gate shut to shield himself from the Will of the Hell Civilization.
Even so, he was not fast enough. A sliver of the Hell Civilization’s Will slipped through before he could seal the gate completely. That fragment alone was beyond his current strength. The Will of a Civilization emerged from the very laws and physics of the world itself. If the Hell Civilization sought to punish him, Han Wu could not yet defend himself.
The intruding Will of the Hell Civilization showed no urgency to kill him. Instead, it scoured Han Wu’s divine realm for a suitable vessel. Only through one could it attack him. Han Wu’s divine realm teemed with potential vessels, but the Will made its choice quickly. It selected the strongest among them—Han Wen.
As Han Wu’s clone, Han Wen was the combination of a sliver of Han Wu’s soul and the body of a God. The presence of Han Wu’s soul ensured that Han Wen could never turn against him.
Everything changed once the Will of the Hell Civilization seized Han Wen’s body. It effortlessly shattered the seal, obliterated the sliver of Han Wu’s soul, and fully took control of Han Wen to attack Han Wu.
The attack from a God was devastating, but Han Wu had grown stronger. With a single thought, his body swelled to colossal proportions, rising into a 1,000-meter-tall Demon King.
The Will of the Hell Civilization froze. It had never witnessed a Demon King of such magnitude. Could the strike of a God even harm this towering Han Wu?