No demons in all realms

Chapter 9 Golden-Scaled Dragon Fish

The little boy's first choice for hunting was the large lake nestled against the mountains in the morning. The familiar recipe, the familiar taste, the familiar location—he put down his equipment and waited in the same spot, ready to ambush his prey.

It was already close to noon, the hottest time of the day, and naturally many spirit beasts came to the lake to drink water. The little boy's eyes shone as he watched the spirit beasts coming and going, wishing he could catch all of them and put them one by one into his big oil pot.

To a little kid, this place is nowhere near a dangerous ancient secret realm; it's clearly a paradise on earth where food is everywhere.

Looking at so many spirit beasts, he wasn't in a hurry to hunt them. He started to focus on quality and learned to take a long-term view. He no longer cared about spirit beasts with too low a cultivation level. What he needed to do now was to play the long game and wait for the big fish to take the bait.

In the afternoon, the spirit beasts still came in an endless stream to drink water and rest, but there wasn't a single one that truly satisfied him.

Time flies, and before you know it, it's evening. The little boy waited in vain for a long time. After much hesitation, he could only choose the spirit beast with the highest cultivation level as his dinner for the night.

He raised his bow and aimed at a triangular rhinoceros in the late stage of the Qi Transformation Realm. Although this triangular rhinoceros was far inferior to the Crimson Fire Spirit Deer from that morning, it was still the most powerful spirit beast in the area so far. He gathered his spiritual energy into the arrow, and with a "whoosh—!" the arrow pierced through the triangular rhinoceros as it drank water. The rhinoceros fell silently into the pool.

The little boy packed his gear and headed straight for the carcass of the triangular rhinoceros.

Then, a shocking scene unfolded.

The once calm lake surface was suddenly churned with violent waves as an enormous beast surged up from the lake. This colossal creature had the head of a fish and the body of a dragon, and it exuded a terrifying aura. The sight startled the little child, who quickly retreated.

This mythical beast with a fish-like face and a dragon's body swallowed the triangular rhinoceros that the little boy had just shot dead whole, and then flipped back into the lake.

Seeing their prey snatched away so fresh and clean, the little boy wasn't angry at all; instead, he looked excited.

"I never expected that this tiny remnant of the Human Emperor would actually have a spirit beast at the Tribulation Transcending Realm." He muttered greedily, "No matter how high your cultivation level is, as long as you dare to steal my food, you are destined to become my meal. So what if you are at the Tribulation Transcending Realm?"

The little boy watched helplessly as his prey was stolen because the fish-faced, dragon-bodied creature made him feel a great threat, even a deadly one.

In this situation, the little boy did not choose to act rashly, otherwise the result would only be more harm than good.

The Transcending Movement Realm and the Nourishing Essence Realm are completely different concepts and realms. This is a serious watershed. Most cultivators can only stay at the peak of the Nourishing Essence Realm, and only a small number of exceptionally talented geniuses can break through this watershed.

Because entering the Transcendent Realm requires undergoing a minor tribulation, this lightning tribulation is often the key to whether a human can become an immortal.

With the little boy's current Core Formation Realm cultivation, facing this Tribulation Transcending Realm Golden Scaled Flood Dragon is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. However, with his bloodline and spiritual power that are naturally able to restrain spirit beasts, it is not impossible for him to give it a try.

Unlike before, this time the little boy didn't draw his bow, but instead took his "golden flower" and chose to confront the demon beast in the Tribulation Realm head-on.

A group of spirit beasts stood by the lake, their faces filled with hostility as they stared at the human cub before them. They wished they could devour him alive, but they were also very wary, for they had witnessed the death of the triangular rhinoceros and none of them wanted to be the first to die. So they could only stare at him longingly.

The little boy took off his shirt, let out a soft hum, and all the spiritual power in his body instantly erupted. A red light enveloped his body, and the surrounding spirit beasts, sensing this spiritual power, all knelt down and bowed in submission. Some spirit beasts with lower cultivation levels even fainted when they felt this terrifying pressure.

The little boy didn't pay much attention and jumped straight into the lake.

The lake doesn't look very big, but it's incredibly deep beneath the surface.

The biting cold water covered the little baby's body. The further the baby swam, the lower the water temperature became. Due to the water pressure, the visibility underwater also decreased. If it weren't for the spiritual power surrounding the baby, the little baby would definitely have been frozen into an ice sculpture.

Strangely, the little boy swam in the water for so long but didn't see any living creatures, not even a small fish, as if this place were a dead sea.

A dark shadow lingered around the little child, who pretended not to notice and continued swimming downstream nonchalantly, secretly making hand seals, preparing to wait for the enemy to get close and then deliver a fatal blow.

Suddenly, taking advantage of its unpreparedness, the dark figure moved, its deep blue aura of breath striking directly at the little child. Seeing the breath, the little child instinctively raised its hand and swung its sword, unleashing a slash of light to defend itself.

How could a mere Core Formation Realm cultivator withstand the cultivation of a Tribulation Transcending Realm cultivator? Unsurprisingly, the dragon's breath passed through the light slash, instantly devouring the insignificant attack, and struck the little child directly.

The little baby was rendered motionless by the intense attack, as if it had died, and its body sank heavily to the bottom of the water.

However, this did not dispel the golden-scaled dragon's vigilance. The dark figure continued to observe the little child's movements very cautiously until the child was completely silent before swimming forward to check on him.

The golden-scaled dragon fish looked closely and discovered that it was actually a human cub. It spoke in human language, saying, "A mere Golden Core Realm human dares to run wild on my territory. I didn't expect there to be humans here. It seems that the ruins that have been sealed for so long have been opened."

Seeing the golden-scaled dragon fish gradually approaching, the little boy naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by. He silently recited incantations and accumulated energy.

Although it was all done by little kids, he did take a real hit. It was all to wait for it to get closer and lower his guard so that the little kids could win in one move.

"Heaven-Slaying Technique!" The little child unleashed all the spiritual power within him. It was the special spiritual power within the little child that forcefully controlled the golden-scaled dragon fish, causing the golden-scaled dragon fish to bear all the damage from this attack.

It didn't cause any harm, only leaving a shallow wound.

The little boy thought to himself, "It's over. My strongest attack can only break through armor. Such a huge gap is indeed not so easy to overcome. This is enough to show the power of the Tribulation Transcending Realm."

At this moment, the golden-scaled dragon fish, having regained its senses, quietly gazed at the little child. After staring at each other for a while, it abandoned its arrogant demeanor and spoke in human language: "Noble prince of the demon king, I have unintentionally offended you just now. I hope you will forgive me."

The little boy was filled with questions, thinking: Demon King's son? What the hell? Could it be my magical bloodline? He thought he was going to die here today, but unexpectedly, the bloodline that had been regarded as an anomaly since childhood had become his lifeline.

He asked, puzzled, "Demon King's heir? What do you mean by that? I'm just an ordinary human."

"Impossible!" the golden-scaled dragon fish vehemently denied. "I have no mistake for your noble bloodline. I swear on my life, the bloodline within you is absolutely top-tier among the demon race. If you didn't possess such a superior bloodline, how could your mere Core Formation realm cultivation level intimidate me?"

"I never imagined that my strange bloodline actually comes from the demon race!" the little child murmured, his voice filled with disbelief and shock, but he had no choice but to believe it when he thought about his incredibly strange bloodline.

He had been raised with the sect's concept of slaying demons and monsters since childhood, and had always harbored an intense hatred for demons and monsters. He had even vowed to exterminate the millions of demons that plagued the human world. Now, his so-called righteous path had become the very thing he hated most, and he simply could not accept this fact.