Redemption of a Born Demon-Chapter 42: Seeing Through the Illusion: Demons Revealed in the Banquet Hall
At that moment, Yang Mutong felt her mind reeling, her heart filled with an indescribable shock.
In her eyes, it was as if everything around her had lost its color.
’What kind of being could naturally emit such a radiance from their body?’
At that moment, only a single thought remained in her mind: to get a closer look and see if the source of that radiance was a man or an Immortal.
"Mutong? Mutong? What’s wrong?"
A young woman with an oval face, Yang Mutong’s best friend, noticed something was wrong. Seeing Mutong’s frozen expression and dazed eyes, she couldn’t help but touch her arm and whisper.
Yang Mutong didn’t respond. All sound had vanished from her ears, leaving only that soul-shaking radiance.
Suddenly, she moved. She pushed through the crowd, gathered her evening gown in both hands, and ran toward the figure standing at the banquet hall entrance.
"Mutong?"
"Where are you going?"
"..."
The crowd gathered around Yang Mutong was baffled by her sudden, bizarre behavior.
Running with her dress hiked up at such an important banquet... it was like a scene from a TV drama, a maiden rushing to meet her beloved.
In an instant, she caused quite a commotion, drawing everyone’s attention. Many guests paused their conversations to look in her direction.
"Tianhe, it looks like something’s going on with your daughter."
Yang Tianhe, the Yang Family Patriarch, was in conversation with a few old friends from the Martial Arts Realm when others alerted him. Noticing his daughter’s strange behavior, he turned to look.
By now, everyone had pieced it together. Yi Beidou stood alone near the entrance, dressed in what appeared to be an ordinary tracksuit. He was utterly out of place among the other guests and the opulent setting, instantly drawing the eye.
Clearly, the Yang Family’s "little princess" was running toward this young man; he was the reason she had lost her composure.
Who on earth was this young man?
Instantly, everyone’s imagination ran wild, concocting a whole melodramatic novel’s worth of plot.
The classic tale of a rich girl and a poor boy?
Even Yang Tianhe frowned slightly. But he was, after all, a titan of the Yunhai Province Martial Arts Realm—not some common fool who would judge a book by its cover. He instantly sensed there was something extraordinary about Yi Beidou.
He stood apart from the crowd, his presence like that of a deity presiding over the mortal realm—his aura vast and insurmountable.
The hair on Yang Tianhe’s arms stood straight on end.
Meanwhile, Shen Song and his four companions, hidden within the crowd, also caught a clear sight of Yi Beidou’s face. Their pupils contracted instantly.
’The target... How did he suddenly show up here?!’
They refused to believe that someone dressed like him had been invited to the banquet.
There was only one possibility: he had somehow sensed their presence and followed that feeling here.
’But how is that possible?!’
They had been so careful, constantly wearing Feng Shui Talismans to shield their auras and malicious intent. Yet, he had still been able to sense them.
He hadn’t just sensed them; he had used that sense to pinpoint their exact location.
Shen Song couldn’t help but recall certain legends.
Legend told of masters who possessed the Thousand-Mile Soul Lock technique. Within an entire city, anyone who bore them ill will would have their position instantly locked.
It was as the old saying goes: the gods are always watching. This man was a God!
’To have such a divine ability just after entering the Realm of Body Ascension...!’
「Meanwhile.」
Yi Beidou didn’t even glance at Yang Mutong as she ran toward him. He had no interest in deciphering her actions, and he completely ignored the stares of the crowd. Instead, he precisely locked his senses onto five figures within the hall.
A Feng Shui Pendant might be able to distort one’s aura and mask their presence from a distance, allowing them to blend in. But now, face to face with him, how could they possibly hide?
Under the pressure of Yi Beidou’s powerful aura, popping sounds erupted from the five men’s bodies. From multiple points on their frames, long, slender bone spikes burst through their skin and clothes, clattering onto the floor.
Within their bodies were restraints, similar to the Demon-Suppressing Seven-Star Needle, that suppressed their physical abilities and vitality. These restraints were only released in combat.
Otherwise, they would be unable to control their Ascension-level bodies for long. They would be overwhelmed by the torrent of hormones and lose the ability to think rationally.
They were merely incomplete, defective products.
CRACK! CRACK!!
With their physical limiters removed, the bodies of Shen Song and his four men began to change drastically. Their bones cracked, their muscles swelled, and their frames grew taller, bursting the seams of their clothes. Their eyes became bloodshot, and each breath was a harsh, whistling gale.
In an instant, a terrifying pressure radiated from their powerful new forms. Many of the socialites near them were so frightened they collapsed to the floor; some even wet themselves. Those further away screamed and scrambled to get back.
It was as if Yi Beidou possessed the legendary Eyes of Golden Flame, able to see through the disguises of evil spirits in a crowd, his Dharma Eye forcing them to reveal their true forms.
Legends, it turned out, were not just empty rumors.
’These men are...?!"
Yang Tianhe’s pupils contracted violently at the sight. With his experience, he had of course heard about the research of certain international organizations.
Super Warriors. Beings created through artificial means, using biotechnology to forcibly induce genetic mutations and create a Transformed Body.
They possessed the body of an Ascended being, but not the will. Such creatures were often incredibly ferocious, acting without restraint and stopping at nothing to achieve their goals.
’And now, a full five of them had appeared here, in this banquet hall?!’
’This is an incident big enough to shake the entire nation, an event that could threaten the security of many countries! Why on earth are they at this banquet?’
’Could it be... because of that young man?!’
"Haste makes waste. A twisted, evil path. Today, I shall enact the Destruction Technique and slay you demons."
Yi Beidou’s expression was calm. The Qi and blood in his veins began to churn as he activated his Celestial Demon Body. A terrifying, world-ending killing intent swept through the banquet hall.
The wave of killing intent struck Yang Mutong as she ran toward Yi Beidou, snapping her out of her trance. A look of terror filled her eyes.
In her eyes, the rainbow-hued glow around Yi Beidou vanished, replaced by a terrifying black aura. The entire banquet hall seemed to transform into a Purgatory of black light.
"Since you walked right into our trap, you’ve saved us the trouble! Get him!!"
Shen Song let out a low growl, and the five of them charged toward Yi Beidou almost simultaneously.
BOOM!!
The banquet hall floor shattered, and the entire story of the building seemed to tremble from the force of their explosive launch.
BANG!!
The next instant, Yi Beidou shot forward as well. Before they could complete their pincer attack, he was already in front of one of them.
It was the young man with the Nanyang features.
He pushed a palm forward.
Overwhelming Evil Qi and killing intent condensed on his palm, which in the Nanyang man’s eyes, erupted with a light too brilliant to behold.
"You—!"
His earlier flippant expression was gone, replaced by pure terror. His pupils shrank, the hairs on his body stood on end, and he felt as if the approaching palm could annihilate the mortal world, sweeping away all dust.
And he was nothing more than a speck of that dust.
The Destruction Killing Tribulation!
The Celestial Demon purges the world, eradicating all Evil Techniques.
And they, without a doubt, were products of an Evil Technique!
