Chapter 570: Chapter 565: Subduing the Evil Eye Lord – Don’t Even Think About Turning the Tables and Becoming the Master

Luo Zhancheng’s cultivation was profound, his strength overbearing, and his saber skill exceptionally domineering!

Yet the man was not as rough and unrefined as he appeared. In reality, he was subtly meticulous, possessing considerable tactical acumen within his chest.

Therefore, whether it was in handling affairs or combat, he was always able to make the most appropriate choices at the crucial moments.

This was evident in how he managed the Beastman Kingdom, where he excelled remarkably, not only rallying a large number of loyal beastman experts to serve under him but also thinking early on to cultivate the then-weak Fox Priestess Tena, helping her rise to power and later sparing no effort to enhance her strength.

By establishing a new spiritual leader for the ordinary beastman, he was able to consolidate the power of the Beastman Kingdom in such a short time, conquering lands in all directions, undefeated in battle, and now his prestige was challenging that of the Beast God himself!

Indeed, should he become a god, it was very likely that he could leverage his current prestige to replace the Beast God and become the new deity of the beastmen!

In no more than three generations, he could make most beastmen forget the old Beast God, remembering only him, the king that led the myriad beastman tribes to glory!

Of course, Luo Zhancheng also had an incredibly powerful battle awareness.

Upon noticing that the Evil Eye Lord was only accompanied by an Earth Element Giant, he immediately launched an attack. Utilizing the Giant’s slightly sluggish reaction as a weakness, he executed a secret technique, entered the defensive circle along the trajectory of his previous sword light, and broke through the Earth Element Giant’s defensive magic, naturally reaching the Evil Eye Lord.

If Li Miao Zhen could vanquish foes left and right with the White Tiger Saber, then Luo Zhancheng, as her master and now a Great Cultivator in the Primordial Spirit Realm, was originally a top-notch fighter among his peers. With his full combat strength unleashed, he was undoubtedly beyond what a physically frail Evil Eye Lord could contend with.

Albeit the Evil Eye Lord was a Demigod and a master of the Power of Laws with extremely formidable spiritual power, and should theoretically be able to defend against ordinary peers of the same level for some time, Luo Zhancheng, who had cultivated the White Tiger Divine Technique, was in a league far beyond any ordinary demigod.

Furthermore, not only was his physical body powerful, but his mastery of Daoist techniques and understanding of the laws were profoundly deep, his formidable combat strength apparent from the reputation he had established in his youth.

At this moment, Luo Zhancheng’s long sword slashed continuously, instantly unleashing thousands of sharp sword energies that swept towards the Evil Eye Lord like a storm of blades.

Beneath the Evil Eye Lord, hundreds of slender tentacles flailed wildly, layering one spiritual barrier after another around it.

Unfortunately, barriers as strong as refined gold were like paper and fabric before the sharp sword light of Luo Zhancheng, easily shredded by the sword energies. In mere moments, the defensive layers around the wicked Evil Eye Lord were sliced open, and the remaining ferocious sword energies continued to cleave towards its body.

A silent scream echoed across the whole battlefield.

Struck by so many slashes, not only was the Evil Eye Lord’s tough outer skin carved with many wounds, but its hundred-plus tentacles were also swept by the sword energy, much like a scythe through grass, neatly cut off by more than half, leaving only small pieces fluttering near the body, from which dark green blood flowed.

Fortunately, the Evil Eye Lord was, after all, an expert of the Demigod Realm, and at the crucial moment, it sealed the wounds with the Power of Laws, preventing it from being slain by Luo Zhancheng right then.

Otherwise, if it were another Evil Eye in its place, it would not have been able to seal off Luo Zhancheng’s sword energies so easily and would probably have already collapsed and died on the spot.

Only now did the Evil Eye Lord realize that the might of this Beastman King before it far exceeded its imagination, even stronger than the Great Prophet of the beastmen it had once encountered years ago, causing it to be utterly shocked.

The Beastman King before me was obviously a new monarch and still very young. After all, he had vaguely heard about the affairs of the surface world. In the past few years, quite a number of the Human Clan had entered the Underground World through some secret passage, hoping to conquer a piece of land for survival. Unfortunately, they ran into the expansion of the Evil Eye and ended up either as food or turned into puppets.

The news of the Evil Eye Lord came from those captives, but at that time it didn’t pay much attention. After all, it was in the underground, and generally, the powerful entities from the surface wouldn’t consider conquering the Underground World. There shouldn’t have been any intersection between the two. Who would have thought that the Beastman King would actually lead his forces to invade?

After being severely injured by Luo Zhancheng’s sword energy, the Evil Eye Lord couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

However, it didn’t have a mouth. Even though the Evil Eye’s tentacles acted as its oral apparatus, capable of grasping things and sucking the brains of its prey, they did not use them to speak. They communicated via spiritual power.

This type of Demon Beast had evolved in such a unique direction that it no longer needed a mouth to converse.

Thus, the painful cry of the Evil Eye Lord was silent, but its agonized screams of spiritual power were heard clearly throughout the battlefield, unsettling all living beings.

Many Evil Eyes, upon hearing the distress call and looking back, were quite frightened.

Their invincible leader was severely wounded in such a short time, challenging their mental fortitude!

The battle was far from over. Seeing that his strike had not slayed the Evil Eye Lord, a fierce light flashed in Luo Zhancheng’s eyes. He tossed his White Tiger Saber, which turned into a three hundred foot long sword that descended upon the Evil Eye Lord with earth-shattering might.

“Boom!”

In a critical moment, an Earth Element Giant blocked in front of the Evil Eye Lord, extending its arms to summon a large swath of earth-yellow light, attempting to stop the fearsome blade.

But its response was hasty, and Luo Zhancheng was going all out. The yellow light managed to resist the long sword only briefly before being cleaved apart, and the sword split the Earth Element Giant from head to toe.

However, this creature was not made of flesh and blood. As long as its Elemental Heart Core was intact and its soul not dissipated, it could reconstitute its body with Earth Element Power, as good as new.

Luo Zhancheng did not take advantage of the situation to slay the Earth Element Giant. For one, it was merely a puppet, and moreover, the Flame Demon Beast from behind was quickly nearing, leaving him no time to waste on it. It was urgent to slay the Evil Eye Lord. Otherwise, given it even a moment’s chance to react, it would escape his attack.

Should it unite the three Demigods against him, although Luo Zhancheng was not afraid, he would definitely not be able to slay them in a short time, which would add much unpredictability to the war.

If he allowed the Evil Eye to escape, given the nature of such evil creatures, it would undoubtedly hide in the dark, always posing a potential threat for revenge. This was detrimental to the Sect’s efforts to exploit resources in the Underground World in the future. To not leave future troubles, it was better to resolve this matter quickly.

Whoosh…

A gust of wind whistled past as the White Tiger Saber suddenly shrank, transforming into a sharp sword energy that instantly pierced the Evil Eye Lord’s body, creating a bowl-sized wound that oozed a series of dark green blood.

Only this sword strike was so swift that it did not leave a wide wound. The Evil Eye Lord forcibly contained the bleeding, barely avoiding the common fate of its kin, which was to burst and die on the spot.

Even so, the Evil Eye Lord was extremely anxious. It noticed Luo Zhancheng’s long sword turning in the air, coming round to its front again, hovering above its head. Countless tiny sword lights scattered down, as if intent on slicing it into thousands of pieces.

Yet, neither of its two mighty puppet Demigods were at its side. One was split in two by Luo Zhancheng and was lying on the ground, struggling to reconstitute its body.

The other, the Flame Demon Beast, although fast, had been injured just now. The shock to its spiritual power had caused it to relax control over the Flame Demon Beast, allowing it to regain a sliver of its Spiritual Intelligence. Now, it was struggling deep within.

Although the resistance wasn’t strong, in normal times it would have easily suppressed it, but now there simply was no time for that. And with the fierce sword energy threatening its life from above, urgency gripped it in an instant.

As it saw the spiritual barrier it had released was broken by the sword energy, it felt that if it were to be struck by the numerous sword energies on its body, it would undoubtedly die.

Its thoughts raced, and in a flash, countless ideas surged forth, and almost in the blink of an eye, it made a decision.

“Don’t kill me… I surrender!”

The Evil Eye Lord drummed up its spiritual power, shouting out this sentence as quickly as it could.

For something born in the Demon Realm, that had gone through countless dangers since childhood and had grown with difficulty to the Demigod Realm, of course, it didn’t want to die.

Besides, in the Demon Realm, it was quite common for the weak to surrender to the strong. Between death and surrender, every creature in the Demon Realm would make the correct choice.

As for whether it could ensure loyalty, that depended on whether the power of the entity they served was strong enough. If one day it surpassed the entity it had sworn allegiance to, there was a chance to turn the tables and become the master.

“Hm?”

Luo Zhancheng felt a stir in his heart. Although the White Tiger Saber didn’t stop its movements, the fierce sword energy took a slight turn, avoiding the body of the Evil Eye Lord and merely circling around it.

Even though it was tense due to the numerous chilling sword energies, the Evil Eye Lord still breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the other party did not directly slay it, it meant there was still a chance to live.

So, it persevered and continued, “Great Beastman King, your power is something I look up to. Please sheath your precious saber, I am willing to swear my loyalty to you in the name of the Demon God.”

“Hmph!”

Luo Zhancheng looked at it with a mockingly amused expression, letting out a cold laugh, “There’s no need for vows made in the name of the Demon God; I don’t trust the Demon Gods you believe in!”

“This…”

The Evil Eye Lord feigned confusion, about to explain. However, Luo Zhancheng waved his hand, cutting off the words it had prepared to cunningly argue, “Enough, spare me the talk. Since you’re planning to surrender, show some sincerity. Open your mind now, I’m going to implant a mark on your soul!”

“Ah?”

This time, the Evil Eye Lord was genuinely surprised.

What was this situation?

If it had sworn in the name of the Demon God, although it might be able to exploit loopholes and eventually free itself from the oath, at the very least for the time being it would have to comply with the contract and serve the other party for a short period.

And now this Beastman actually intended to use his own strength to implant a mark on it? Wasn’t that overly confident?

Who was it?

Even in the Demon Realm, it was a renowned Evil Eye Lord, known for controlling puppets, while the other, a Beastman with overwhelming physical strength and a rough and savage character!

And now, this Beastman was telling it that he did not trust the contract of the Demon Gods and wanted to use his own method to control it, the Evil Eye Lord with its formidable spiritual power?

Had it not heard him say it with a serious face, not seeming to joke, it would have found it hard to believe.

However, after only a moment of shock, the Evil Eye Lord felt a joy blossom in its heart.

This was a good thing for it. Now it didn’t even have to swear an oath to the Demon God, and didn’t have to abide by the contract set by the Demon God. Wasn’t that even better?

So, the Evil Eye Lord quickly agreed, and even dropped its defenses entirely, letting the other do as he pleased.

Luo Zhancheng did not relax the sword lights surrounding the Evil Eye Lord. The sharp sword energy attached directly to its wounds, and if this Evil Eye Lord dared to make the slightest move, his sword energy would follow the wounds into the Evil Eye Lord’s body and mince it into a pulp.

However, if this creature were really honest and allowed him to plant the Binding Spell deep within its soul, he wouldn’t mind having one more Demon Beast under his command.

Although this Demon Beast had almost no close combat strength and its considerable soul power would make him expend more spirit to suppress it, he still thought it would be a gain to subdue the Evil Eye Lord.

Because subduing it meant the equivalent of gaining three Demigod experts at once!

Although the Evil Eye Lord was weak in close combat, the Earth Element Giant and the Flame Demon Beast were slightly inferior in combat due to the suppression of their spiritual intelligence by it, but they were still experts of the Demigod Realm and could be very useful at critical moments.

Furthermore, the spiritual shock of the Evil Eye Lord, even Demigod experts would have to guard against it. If it managed to unleash it suddenly in battle, it would be a severe headache for anyone.

More importantly, the Evil Eye Lord’s blunt but swift manipulation of puppets was unlike the Beast Taming Sect’s Binding Spell that required time to gather and could only be used on one Demon Beast at a time.

The Evil Eye Lord’s spiritual shock could be instantly cast and directly affected the battlefield, manipulating enemies to turn against their former comrades, and would undoubtedly catch the opponent off guard.

Moreover, since his promotion to the Primordial Spirit Realm, Luo Zhancheng had been busy either with combat or managing the Beastman Kingdom and hadn’t much time to cultivate his own Spiritual Beasts. Now that he could suddenly add so many Demigod forces under his command, he was very satisfied.

As he chanted spells under his breath and formed hand signs, a mysterious aura gradually coalesced into an odd Rune Seed, which was only the size of a fingernail. The Binding Spell was not only covered with countless intricate runes that continued to emerge but also resembled a strange insect with thousands of hands and feet, with its numerous thin rune tentacles constantly changing shape in a way that was quite hair-raising to behold.

The Evil Eye Lord also secretly marveled at seeing such an odd Rune Seed.

However, it prided itself on being a master at manipulating spiritual power and didn’t take seriously the means of controlling Demon Beasts produced by a crude and ignorant Beastman.

It could sense that this was a Rune formed by a combination of spiritual power and the Body’s power in some mysterious way. Although it might be somewhat similar to the Demon God Contract, it feared no Demon God Contract, so why would it fear a Demigod?

So, when Luo Zhancheng sent the Binding Spell into the depths of its soul, not only did it not resist, but it even cooperatively opened its vast spiritual power, seemingly completely submissive, planning to use this as a way to lull Luo Zhancheng and find an opportunity to break free later.