Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 373: The Demon Lord’s Skills Surpass the Natural Order, Beyond All Precedence!

The experts of the Demon Path remained silent, but disbelief was written all over their faces.

Moting Du asked, "Let me ask you, who created the Saintly Veil?"

"The Demon Lord, naturally."

"Then has anyone ever managed to escape the restrictions of the Saintly Veil?"

"No one has ever done so! Could it be..."

"Exactly! Ning Xuan can! Didn't you see? The Saintly Veil has no effect on him whatsoever. If he isn't the Demon Lord, who is?"

At Moting Du's words, the eyes of the Demon Path experts flickered. Their resolve began to waver.

Ning Xuan, meanwhile, was dumbstruck.

What the hell? The Saintly Veil is failing because… I'm so screwed. This is a situation I can't possibly explain my way out of…

He wanted to explain, but he didn't know how. Should he tell them it was because he cultivated the Chaos Ancestral Dragon Scripture and possessed twelve Divine Veins in his body?

"Furthermore," Moting Du continued, "when I had our experts from various Domains attack, Young Master Ning defeated them all using the very same technique. His Cultivation Realm is far beneath yours, so how was this possible?"

"Because he is the Demon Lord!"

"That's right! It's because he's the Demon Lord! He's intimately familiar with all of your techniques, which is why he could win so easily!"

Excitement filled Moting Du's eyes. His gaze, fixed on Ning Xuan, was full of admiration. However, Ning Xuan saw something else in the depths of his eyes.

Damn it! This old fox clearly knows I'm not some reincarnation of the Demon Lord. He's determined to pin this identity on me! To hell with this! You want to tie me down? Fat chance!

"That's right, I am the Demon Lord!" Ning Xuan suddenly snorted coldly, standing with his hands clasped behind his back. "So many years have passed, yet your strength has only deteriorated. This Lord is very disappointed!"

A peerless aura erupted from his body. He directly manipulated the Saintly Veil, which had yet to be dispelled.

THUD! THUD!

In an instant, not a single person remained standing! Some, like Shentu Yi and Heavenly Charm, knelt willingly. Many more were forced to their knees, unable to withstand the terrifying Majestic Pressure.

At this moment, Moting Du, kneeling on the ground, grew uneasy. He had no idea what Ning Xuan intended to do. He was the one who had given Ning Xuan the identity of the Demon Lord. If Ning Xuan acted recklessly, how would he clean up the mess?

"Demon Lord, please quell your anger! In the eighteen years since your reincarnation, we have been a flock without a shepherd. Meanwhile, the Righteous Alliance has grown stronger by the day, all thanks to an organization called the Bi Luo Palace. But now that you have returned, we will surely restore our former glory!"

Seeing that Ning Xuan didn't refute his flattery, Moting Du felt greatly relieved and quickly added, "I hear that the Palace Master of the Bi Luo Palace is an unparalleled beauty, the fairest in all of Yao Guang! Across the entire land, only you, my Lord, are worthy of her!"

Ning Xuan's lips twitched. This old fox is really something else, trying to tempt me with power and beauty.

Immediately, Ning Xuan's eyes lit up. He pressed on, "Is that true? Is the Palace Master of the Bi Luo Palace truly more beautiful than this maidservant of mine?"

Heavenly Charm played her part, looking up with her enchanting eyes. Moting Du glanced at her, and his heart nearly leaped out of his chest. He quickly lowered his head, clenched his jaw, and forced himself to say, "It is absolutely true!"

"Then this Lord must have her!" Ning Xuan muttered, clenching his fists.

Moting Du heaved a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across his face. But his smile froze, and he stared in shock as Ning Xuan mused aloud.

"They say righteousness and evil cannot coexist! If she finds out I'm the Demon Lord, she'll never agree! What to do, what to do... I've got it! I'll just disband the Demon Path. Then I won't be the Demon Lord anymore!"

Moting Du's eyes flew open and he looked up sharply. But before he could speak, Ning Xuan's voice was already echoing throughout the entire world of the Demon Path.

"In the name of the Demon Lord, I hereby declare that from this moment on, the Demon Path is disbanded, and I am no longer the Demon Lord!"

"You mustn't! My Lor— Ning Xuan, you can't do this!" Moting Du shrieked, leaping to his feet.

"Elder Moting, are you worried we'll be hunted to extinction by the righteous path? Don't worry. Since you all see me as the Demon Lord, I will naturally take responsibility for this."

"How will you take responsibility? You aren't even the real—"

Moting Du was livid. He never imagined he would shoot himself in the foot so spectacularly! Ning Xuan hadn't caused chaos, but what he'd done was far worse! The order the true Demon Lord had painstakingly built for ages was about to crumble because of a few sentences. This was beyond outrageous! If the real Demon Lord returned and discovered this, Moting Du would be flayed alive.

"What do you all think of my strength?" Ning Xuan's voice cut through Moting Du's rant before he could finish.

The Demon Path experts glanced up as Ning Xuan's gaze swept over them, but they immediately lowered their heads, daring not to meet his eyes.

"My Lord, your power rivals creation itself, greater than ever before!" It was Shentu Yi who spoke! Having already pledged his allegiance to Ning Xuan, he naturally accepted his identity as the Demon Lord without a second thought.

"His power rivals creation, greater than ever before!"

"His power rivals creation, greater than ever before!"

The chorus of voices soon resonated throughout the entire world of the Demon Path. Far away, some had been hesitant, but as the chant spread, all doubt vanished. No matter where they were, every being of the Demon Path knelt.

On Devil Island, Moting Du collapsed into his seat, his face ashen. It's over. This was truly irreversible. He felt like he could cry but had no tears left.

"In the name of the Demon Lord, I command you: from this day forward, you are no longer to identify as members of the Demon Path!"

"In the name of the Demon Lord, I swear: I will make it so that Yao Guang is no longer divided into two paths!"

"Now, the Demon Path is disbanded!"

The voice reverberated through the world of the Demon Path. Countless people stared at one another in stunned silence. And then... there was nothing.

"My Lor— Young Master, is it truly over, just like that?" Shentu Yi asked, voicing the question on everyone's mind.

"What else?" Ning Xuan retorted, then added quickly, "Ah, right. I have matters to attend to outside, so I won't linger."

As his voice faded, Ning Xuan vanished.

After a moment, someone regained their senses. "We respectfully send off the Demon Lord!"

The cry was immediately echoed by a chorus: "We respectfully send off the Demon Lord!"

"My Lo— Ning Xuan, you can't leave!" Moting Du shrieked, immediately giving chase. With just a few words, that bastard had destroyed the Demon Lord's life's work, spanning countless years! And now he was just leaving? How could this be happening!

Moting Du's speed was nothing short of incredible, yet even after a long chase, he failed to catch even a shadow of Ning Xuan. Enraged, he pursued him all the way to the edge of the Demon Path's world, but still found nothing.

In his boundless fury, the surrounding landscape paid the price. He vented for an unknown length of time before finally returning, utterly dejected.

Shortly after Moting Du departed, Ning Xuan's head popped out from a Void Gate. "So the way out isn't the same as the way in. Good thing I followed him, otherwise I'd never have figured out how to leave," he murmured to himself. With that, his figure flashed and vanished.

A short while later, Heavenly Charm appeared in the same spot. After studying her surroundings for a moment to get her bearings, she too disappeared.

Another moment passed.

A bruised and battered Shentu Yi stumbled into view, a look of panicked desperation on his face. Just as his eyes lit up, a large hand shot out from behind him, grabbed him, and yanked him back