Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 707 - 541 The Qingzhou Troops Striking Together With One Heart

Chapter 707: Chapter 541 The Qingzhou Troops Striking Together With One Heart

"Don’t run away!"

Wang Yang felt the five thousand Qingzhou troops behind him showing signs of fleeing, and he hurriedly stopped them while wary of the demons and monsters, retreating backwards.

Zhang Xun, in front of the city wall, had a face full of displeasure. As a demon transformed directly from the black Qi, he was infinitely stronger than those thoughtless, inferior products.

The pleasure from the circulation of Demonic Qi within his body was irresistible, but now it was interrupted by a single command from Li Feng. Zhang Xun looked up to see that the person issuing orders on the city wall was not the familiar Yuanshu, but Li Feng, the one who had transformed him into a demon.

Li Feng, of course, noticed Zhang Xun’s gaze as well. Ever since the Demonic Qi had been stored in the Land Temple, it had begun to expand relentlessly to the outside.

And like Zhang Xun, a demon directly transformed by the Demonic Qi, they both had great potential, completely unlike the defective ones, and it can even be said that Zhang Xun could eventually be on par with him.

This made Li Feng hesitate for a moment, because Zhang Xun was a powerful ally. Of course, he himself possessed the Imperial Jade Seal, but if this one harbored thoughts of rebellion, then he would have to be cautious. For a moment, various thoughts swirled in Li Feng’s heart.

After taking Yuanshu’s place, among these feelings, the most intense was a sense of pleasure similar to what he experienced fighting with Zhang Xun. Li Feng was also somewhat immersed in this pleasure.

Originally, Yuanshu was like a mountain over Li Feng’s head, immovable no matter how he struggled. Now that Li Feng himself had taken this position, his heart’s shackles removed, it was natural to become unrestrained.

Whether it was the influence of the Demonic Qi or taking Yuanshu’s place, a startling thought sprouted in Li Feng’s mind—the thought of contending for supremacy over the world.

Previously, Li Feng would never have even dared to consider such a thing, but now it had begun to take root in his heart.

To know that Yuanshu’s claim to emperorship was but from the second house, essentially ranking as a second child.

Now it was still the era of the Han Dynasty. With the Han Imperial Family not entirely vanished, Li Feng had grown up listening to its legends, and the Royal Family was like the emperor in the Nine Heavens in his mind.

Now sitting in this position, Li Feng’s ambition grew wildly. If he could contend for supremacy over the world, then wouldn’t he be like the legendary Liu Bang?

To be known through history was to exist in legend at this time, so how could such figures not inspire Li Feng’s aspiration, even if his emotions were suppressed by becoming a demon.

But there was one thing the Demonic Qi did not suppress: desire. This thing, in fact, continuously gave birth to more Demonic Qi. Merely the thought alone sent a thrilling pleasure through Li Feng, like an electric shock.

Li Feng narrowed his eyes, clearly enjoying it immensely. Just the thought of it felt exhilarating.

Suddenly, he seemed to have found the meaning for his existence.

After all, since becoming a demon, Li Feng felt he had lost all desire for gold, silver, and jewels. Sitting on Yuanshu’s throne, the only thing that brought him desire was the thought of contending for supremacy over the world.

Where those dense demons trod, the ground became a piece of the Underworld. If an ordinary person were to step onto such land, they would probably turn into a demon within half a day.

With every expansion of territory marked by these demons, Li Feng felt excitement, as if something was flourishing within him.

This solidified Li Feng’s thoughts of contending for supremacy over the world as reaching this achievement would bring him immense satisfaction, and no number of benefits could make him exchange it.

Zhang Xun on the ground looked up at Li Feng on the city wall, a surge of dissatisfaction in his heart. Zhang Xun felt like he was seeing the former Yuanshu, and truthfully, without the desire for titles and honors, he wouldn’t have wanted to join Yuanshu at all.

However, the power that the Demonic Qi had brought him, filling his body, gave Zhang Xun a firm confidence.

And with the growth endowed by the Demonic Qi, Zhang Xun’s own strength was also getting stronger by the day. As time passed, his body grew more powerful, possessing strength to stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Feng, so why submit to others?

Moreover, the aura on Li Feng’s body that could have once inspired loyalty in Zhang Xun had disappeared with the Demonic Qi. Under these circumstances, how could it be possible to make Zhang Xun loyal? The very idea was a farce.

"Don’t flee; if you escape now, I’m afraid you won’t have the slightest chance of survival," Wang Yang solemnly said to the five thousand Qingzhou troops.

Having fought with Zhang Xun, he had garnered some understanding of the state of Demonic Qi, which had emerged in an area scarce of Heaven and Earth Essence.

Ordinarily, Demonic Qi could not instantly generate such demons and monsters, which means these must have been directly spawned by the Demonic Qi, and the demons pouring out like a flood from the city were just the scraps of that Demonic Qi.

That was the truly terrifying presence, because their strength came from their own vitality. Those burnt grounds were the result of the demons inadvertently spreading their power to the outside world.

In the end, the fate of those demons was nothing but bodily collapse. Wang Yang had foreseen this outcome.

However, the instincts of a demon would not let them die so easily. To maintain their bodies from falling apart, the demons only had one choice—to devour human bodies.

By devouring human bodies, they could transform human flesh and blood into vitality, thereby not draining their own life force. The intricacies of this were naturally seen through at a glance by Wang Yang.