Chapter 95: The Final Winner

The terrifying momentum made millions of eyes in the stone city tremble as they looked up.

The power of destruction swept across, and Qin Xiping's body stagnated in mid-air. The runes around him surged wildly, as if trying to block the power of the thunder.

"Bang!"

But it only lasted for a blink of an eye. With a loud bang, space split open, and Qin Xiping's divine region suddenly exploded in mid-air.

"Whoosh!"

Instantly, a large amount of blood mist and surging energy poured down from the sky, spreading throughout the city.

Countless people looked up in shock. The powerful Qin Xiping was instantly killed by the Thunder Demon Lion without any resistance, showing just how terrifying the Thunder Demon Lion's strength was!

The King-Scale Demon Tiger hovered in the air, its tiger eyes trembling as it looked at the Thunder Demon Lion in front of it. That aura made it feel a sense of danger.

On the back of the King-Scale Demon Tiger, Du Shaopu's eyes trembled. Qin Xiping, at the Pulse Spirit Realm, had no resistance and was easily defeated. This was what a true strong person looked like!

The Thunder Demon Lion, the guardian of the stone city, was so powerful!

"Leave no one from the stone city's troublemakers alive!"

After killing Qin Xiping, the Thunder Demon Lion did not waste much time. It looked down and its lion claw fell, along with a bolt of thunder.

"Trouble!"

In the square, An Hong's face changed drastically. The Thunder Demon Lion's bolt of thunder was sweeping down towards him.

A vast and powerful aura enveloped An Hong, making it impossible for him to break free.

Only at this moment did he realize that all the plans and arrangements, in the end, were still under the control of the Ye family. The Ye family was ultimately the final winner.

"Bang!"

A low sound of an explosion echoed as the thunder fell, and An Hong's body turned into fragments.

The ground around him cracked and spread, and many buildings in the distance swayed and finally collapsed, the vast aura spreading like a hurricane.

"Bang, bang!"

Two more bolts of thunder fell, shocking the heart. An Qingsong and Qin Zongqiong in the square had no time to react before they were instantly swallowed by the lightning and killed on the spot.

The space was silent, and countless eyes were horrified. This was the Thunder Demon Lion slaughtering.

"Kid, you've got some guts. Are you okay?"

The Thunder Demon Lion's lightning aura converged, and its old eyes looked at Du Shaopu. The afterglow in its eyes made the King-Scale Demon Tiger tremble.

However, despite the immense pressure from the Thunder Demon Lion, the King-Scale Demon Tiger still held on, which made the Thunder Demon Lion's eyes show some surprise.

"Senior Thunder Demon Lion, are you okay?"

Du Shaopu came to his senses and looked at the Thunder Demon Lion with surprise.

The Thunder Demon Lion did not directly answer Du Shaopu. It looked at Du Shaopu with a smile in its eyes and continued to speak in an old voice, "I really like you, kid. I really do."

With that, the Thunder Demon Lion's body, surrounded by lightning, soared into the sky and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ye Guang looked at the majestic back of the Thunder Demon Lion with surprise, then came to his senses and scanned the square, his voice echoing, "Those from the Qin and An families who surrender will not be killed. Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Qin Xiping of the Qin family and An Hong of the An family were both killed by the Thunder Demon Lion. The heads of the Qin and An families, Qin Zongqiong and An Qingsong, were also killed. The Qin and An families had lost more than eighty percent of their strength and had no more resistance.

"Clang, clang!"

The remaining members of the Qin and An families looked at each other and began to drop their weapons...

...

The great battle finally came to an end, but the blood-soaked air lingered in the city for a long time.

Fortunately, a heavy rain fell that night, not only washing away the blood-soaked air over the stone city but also cleaning the remaining blood on the square and several streets outside the Ye family.

The next day, the clouds dispersed, and the sun rose in the east, as if nothing had happened. Only the broken walls and ruins within the Ye family told everyone that everything that happened yesterday was real.

The Qin and An families, the two major families, were now controlled and sealed by the Ye, Du, and Bai families, awaiting their disposal after the three families' deliberation.

The news that the Thunder Demon Lion was still alive in the stone city spread immediately.

It was enough to shock many of the surrounding forces last night. As long as the Thunder Demon Lion was there, who would dare to easily touch the stone city?

The next day, the stone city became bustling. Many leaders of small and medium-sized forces within the stone city, and even some leaders of hunting demon teams in the Foggy Mountain Range, came to visit the Du family one after another, making the scene extremely lively.

It was even more lively than at the Ye family. Many people only went to the Ye family to congratulate them on clearing out the Qin and An families, and then rushed to the Du family.

The Du family's threshold was almost worn out by the crowd.

Everyone in the Du family knew that the reason the Du family received so much attention was because of Du Shaopu's existence.

On the day the stone city's风云变色 (weather changed dramatically), the most shocking thing, besides the Thunder Demon Lion, was a domineering young man in a purple robe standing on the King-Scale Demon Tiger.

That domineering and overwhelming aura, especially the final words, left an indelible impression on countless residents of the stone city.

However, in this bustling scene, Du Shaopu and the King-Scale Demon Tiger did not appear again, having gone into hiding to recover and heal.

"Phew!"

Five days later, in the room, Du Shaopu, sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly exhaled and slowly opened his tightly closed eyes.

Feeling the abundant mystic energy and healed injuries in his body, a smile appeared on Du Shaopu's face.

"I didn't expect that the body-strengthening method of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird clan would be so powerful in healing injuries."

Du Shaopu smiled very satisfied. Although he had been injured before, he was now completely healed, something that ordinary martial cultivators could never achieve.

"Hmm."

Suddenly, Du Shaopu took out a piece of beast bone from his chest, the same one he had obtained from the Du family's martial arts library and the small tower where Zhen Qingchun was hiding.

Although he felt the beast bone was extraordinary, he had not found anything extraordinary about it, so Du Shaopu did not put it in his spatial bag but kept it in his chest, taking it out to ponder from time to time.

Just now, Du Shaopu seemed to feel a kind of fluctuation from the beast bone, so he took it out and held it in his hand, examining it carefully. The color of the beast bone seemed to be different from usual, with a hint of lightning aura.

After careful study, Du Shaopu still did not find anything extraordinary.

"Did I feel wrong? The lightning aura must have been absorbed from the Thunder Pool."

Du Shaopu muttered, put the beast bone back in his chest, and then stood up, stretching lazily.

"Not bad, kid. You've actually broken through to the Perfect Stage of the Innate Realm. Your progress is quite fast, but don't forget that the Innate Realm is the most important stage for laying a solid foundation. Don't be too hasty, or you'll regret it later."

Zhen Qingchun's voice echoed, and a wave of aura emerged from the small tower in Du Shaopu's chest, forming a human shape in the room. The lecherous face appeared in front of Du Shaopu.

"You still have the nerve to come out. Didn't you hear me calling you?"

Du Shaopu's face turned sour as soon as he saw Zhen Qingchun.

During the battle, Du Shaopu had tried to contact Zhen Qingchun in the small tower, hoping to ask for a way to deal with Qin Xiping, but Zhen Qingchun never responded.

Zhen Qingchun was unconcerned and smiled slightly, "I didn't expect that the energy in the Thunder Pool would be beneficial to my recovery, so I absorbed some of it. That's why I didn't have time to pay attention to you these past few days."

Du Shaopu's eyes lit up, "How much have you recovered?"

"I've recovered a bit, but it's just a small benefit. It's not that easy for me to fully recover!"

Zhen Qingchun's face was calm, his voice tinged with a hint of sigh. Then he looked at Du Shaopu, his inverted triangular eyebrows twitching, and asked, "You've seen the Thunder Demon Lion, right?"

"I have." Du Shaopu nodded, glancing at Zhen Qingchun, his eyes narrowing, "You're not planning to target the Thunder Demon Lion, are you?"

"I'm not interested. If the Thunder Demon Lion were dozens of times stronger, I might be interested."

Zhen Qingchun glared at Du Shaopu, then softened his tone, looking at Du Shaopu, "Although I didn't have time to pay attention to you those days, I knew everything that happened. You've got some style, kid. You're worthy of being my little brother."

"It's sworn brothers, not a lackey."

Du Shaopu rolled his eyes at Zhen Qingchun. This guy was getting more and more boastful. If the Thunder Demon Lion were dozens of times stronger, it would be at a terrifying level.

"Sworn brothers and lackeys are the same, the same."

Zhen Qingchun chuckled, his smile still peculiar, then continued, "But the Thunder Demon Lion's cultivation level is decent, at the Perfect Stage of the Beast Marquis Realm. If it could break through one more level, it would reach the Beast King Realm. Then it could shape a human body and be considered a king."

From Zhen Qingchun's words, Du Shaopu roughly guessed that after the Beast Marquis Realm came the Beast King Realm. So, for martial cultivators, after the Martial Marquis Realm, it should be the Martial King Realm.

"So, Senior Thunder Demon Lion is at the Perfect Stage of the Beast Marquis Realm."

Du Shaopu realized that the Thunder Demon Lion was at the Perfect Stage of the Beast Marquis Realm, no wonder Qin Xiping had no resistance and was not a match for it.

"Unfortunately, the Thunder Demon Lion's lifespan is almost over. It's like an oil lamp that's about to run out. It can't last much longer," Zhen Qingchun said lightly.

Du Shaopu's eyes widened, "Is Senior Thunder Demon Lion just pretending? Was its final strength just a forced act?"