Chapter 168: The Killing Demon Lord Part 8 (Thanks to the five extra chapters from the author "Do Not Use Special Elements")

The Temple of Slaughter
The jade slip in Su Chen's hand recorded recent major events.
The long-absent Wusheng Gongzi of the Temple of Slaughter reappeared, leading the Temple's powerful warriors to annihilate the Dragon Lizard Clan.
Su Chen knew that several elders in the Temple were quite dissatisfied with this, but unfortunately, it was an order from the Ancestor of Slaughter, and dissatisfaction was no excuse.
Murong Ying was ambushed by a Saint in full view of everyone. Although she escaped, she was severely injured and died. Such a story was quite plausible.
Behind the mask, Su Chen's lips curled slightly. He had perfectly erased the information about the Kang Jinlong Mace. No matter how Xiao Sha investigated, he wouldn't be able to trace it back to him; he would only believe that the Kang Jinlong Mace and Murong Ying perished together somewhere in the starry sky.
Xiao Sha was destined to gain nothing.
“Killing Child, tomorrow Young Master Wusheng will return to the Killing God Palace. Would you like to go and meet this legendary figure?”
A light laugh sounded beside him, and the back of a woman with a seductive figure, also wearing a ghost-face mask, appeared. However, unlike Su Chen's bronze mask, this woman wore a red mask; she was the successor of the Killing Heart Palace Master, one of the three palaces of the Killing God Palace.
Su Chen said calmly, “Since it is Young Master Wusheng, I naturally must pay him a visit.”
The Killing Heart successor said, “You should know that once Young Master Wusheng successfully returns to the Killing God Palace, we will have no choice but to submit to him. He has obtained the Killing Emperor's inheritance, and the Killing Ancestor values ​​him. You and I are all pawns, manipulated at will.”
Su Chen remained unmoved.
“Who becomes the master of the Killing God Palace is none of my concern. As long as someone is strong, I, Killing Child, will only submit to the strong.”
The Killing Heart successor said, “You are truly boring.”
The Killing Heart successor left.
He had received the answer from the Killing Child, and that was enough.
After the Killing Heart Successor left,
Su Chen spat, "You damned freak!"
The Killing God Palace was in turmoil.
The Killing Heart Successor had made a breakthrough in his cultivation and couldn't resist attacking Young Master Wusheng.
Su Chen didn't think highly of the Killing Heart Successor.
However, being able to get a glimpse of Young Master Wusheng's strength was not bad.
The next day,
Young Master Wusheng was ambushed on his way back to the Killing God Palace.
Young Master Wusheng seemed to have been prepared, easily killing the Killing Heart Successor and the Soul Extinction Successor, stabilizing the situation.
This outcome was exactly as Su Chen had expected.
"You are the Killing Child?"
The young man wearing the crystal mask lazily looked at the man in the bronze mask below, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
In his memory, Sha Shengzi of the Killing God Temple should be dead, killed by a formidable enemy... Hmm... Xiao Sha suddenly remembered that Lu Chen, the Yuanling Saint who killed Sha Shengzi, seemed to have been killed by him beforehand. That's alright then.
"Sha Shengzi, are you willing to submit to me? As my follower, I can bestow upon you heaven-defying opportunities, and your future path to sainthood will be limitless."
Xiao Sha wanted to recruit Sha Shengzi. Behind Sha Shengzi stood the Lord of the Killing God Temple, the first temple lord to submit to him. Since Sha Shengzi hadn't attacked him, Xiao Sha didn't mind giving him a way out, as a way to win over the Lord of the Killing God Temple.
Su Chen said, "I, Sha Shengzi, will only submit to the strong. If you are stronger than me, I, Sha Shengzi, will naturally submit to you."
Xiao Sha's eyes lit up with admiration. He admired such proud individuals, so single-mindedly focused on becoming stronger. A sense of pride arose in him; he hadn't expected this prodigy, who had died young and never displayed his talent, to be such a person with unwavering resolve.
Xiao Sha agreed: "Very well, I will suppress my cultivation to the Void Realm and defeat you in one battle, making you truly convinced."
Su Chen's eyes brightened, his fighting spirit blazing. "Please enlighten me, young master."
A blood-red path materialized beneath Xiao Sha's feet, transforming into a barrier. Countless corpses submitted beneath his feet, coalescing into a terrifying crimson giant sword in his hand. Although the sword wasn't a sacred or imperial artifact, it possessed a strange power, seemingly an embodiment of the laws of killing, formed from killing intent.
Su Chen's eyes lit up. As expected of a chosen one, he had so many good things.
Su Chen unleashed his ultimate killing technique, engaging Xiao Sha in combat. After ten rounds, he narrowly lost by one move.
Su Chen, feigning complete submission, said, "Your Highness's strength is indeed formidable. I, Sha Shengzi, am willing to fulfill my promise and submit to Your Highness."
Xiao Sha withdrew his aura, his expression unchanged, but inwardly he was overjoyed. While such martial arts fanatics were difficult to deal with, once they submitted, they were extremely loyal. Xiao Sha boasted of his three thousand years of wasted time in his previous life, knowing countless people. Someone like Sha Shengzi would replace Cheng Wu and Murong Ying, becoming his future right-hand man—a loss on one front, a gain on another.
Thus, Su Chen infiltrated Xiao Sha's core membership.
Even Su Chen hadn't expected it to be so smooth.
As for Xiao Sha's methods of controlling people... they were far too crude, inferior to those of the Devouring Sun Holy Land.
A year and a half later
A Saint's inheritance appeared near the Yi Jian Pavilion in the Eternal Realm, falling into the hands of Xiao Sha, the fourth young master of the Xiao Clan Dynasty.
Su Chen knew that Xiao Sha was none other than the Unborn Young Master.
Su Chen was not in a hurry.
Even now, he wasn't certain he could completely eliminate Xiao Sha and seize the Killing Emperor's inheritance.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
A message spread throughout the starry sky: the once-in-a-millennium Grand Competition of the Myriad Races was about to begin. Countless geniuses would gather there, a rare and grand event. Some self-proclaimed invincible figures of their own realms and races might never have participated in the Grand Competition.
Su Chen was no stranger to the Grand Competition of the Myriad Races.
In his previous life, he had presided over it several times, guiding countless geniuses.
The Eternal Realm naturally sent its own geniuses to participate.
Not many were qualified to participate.
The Killing God Palace sent only three people to participate in this year's Grand Competition of the Myriad Races.
Young Master Wusheng, Su Chen, and another genius from the Killing God Palace who had never besieged Young Master Wusheng.
To the disappointment of the Eternal Realm, the young genius Xiao Sha went to explore the ruins and became trapped inside, unable to participate in this year's Grand Competition of the Myriad Races.
Otherwise, he would definitely have achieved a good ranking.
The group headed to participate in the Myriad Races Prodigy Competition.
The competition's format remained largely unchanged. Su Chen had fought and killed many prodigies, entered ruins, and slain countless enemies within the small world, ultimately attracting the attention of a Nirvana Realm prodigy, resulting in his 'regrettable' elimination.
He achieved a ranking that was neither high nor low among the myriad races.
On the other hand, Xiao Sha, using the alias "Young Master Wusheng," killed countless enemies and prodigies, tempering his killing intent. Under the name "Young Master of Killing," he became the number one prodigy among the myriad races, a legend of an era.
Su Chen had anticipated this outcome.
Back in the Eternal Realm, the Killing Prince went into seclusion, Xiao Sha appeared, and the Xiao Clan Dynasty expanded and grew stronger.
Five hundred years passed in a flash.
Su Chen gained Xiao Sha's deep trust, even being revealed to him that Xiao Sha was the Unborn Prince.
And today,
Xiao Sha summoned the prodigies he had nurtured in the past.
He needed these prodigies to protect him on his path.
Today,
Xiao Sha's excitement could no longer be contained.
"I, Xiao Sha, will become a Saint today!"
He had planned this day for over five hundred years, determined to ensure its absolute success!
Su Chen looked at the gathering thunderclouds, a cold smile appearing on his face beneath the bronze mask.
PS: Another chapter will be released later.