pappabearbooks Chapter 800
Chapter 800
Lin Chen rode on Xiaobai, galloping across the endless wasteland.As they went deeper, the surrounding bones became sparser, but the aura they emitted was several times stronger than those on the outskirts.
The desolation and death from ancient times weighed down so heavily that it was almost suffocating.
Finally, after soaring over a mountain made up of entwined giant snake bones, the voice of the Demon Bull resonated in Lin Chen's mind, tinged with a trace of trepidation and the hesitation of returning home:
"We're here... right there."
Hearing this, Lin Chen controlled Xiaobai to slowly descend.
Ahead lay a relatively flat open space, and in the center, quietly lay a massive skeleton.
It was the skeleton of a bull.
Unlike other divine and demonic beings, it was not fierce or terrifying. Its bones were white as jade, crystal clear, and even emitted a faintly soft halo in the darkness.
Even with only bones left, it still exuded the sacred and noble aura it had in life.
"Mr. Niu, is this..." Lin Chen cautiously asked, "your family?"
"Family?"
The spectral silhouette of the Demon Bull emerged from Xiaobai's body. It did not immediately answer but gently caressed the giant white bull skull with its ethereal hand.
In that instant, a vast and sorrowful flood of memories surged into Lin Chen's mind without warning.
Boom!
The scene shifted, and Lin Chen seemed to find himself in a bygone primordial era.
It was a lush Divine Realm prairie, where two young calves were running joyfully.
One was entirely black, somewhat clumsy—this was the young Demon Bull.
The other was entirely snow-white, with lively eyes, radiating an innate divine brilliance.
She was his childhood companion and his only true love in this life—Lingxi.
The scenes flew by.
Lingxi was extraordinarily talented and awakened the bloodline of the Ancient Divine Beast upon reaching adulthood, stepping into the divine path and becoming the favored among the gods.
Though the Demon Bull diligently cultivated day and night, he was always stuck below the divine path, only able to look up at the figure dancing among the clouds.
He chased her steps, from the prairie to the Divine Realm, from the Divine Realm to the battlefield.
Until the divine war sweeping across the heavens broke out.
Lingxi, leading as the Divine Race's vanguard, resolutely headed to the front lines.
And that departure was a farewell.
When the Demon Bull finally broke through the shackles and arrived, all he saw was the battlefield known as "Twilight of the Gods" and... her cold corpse.
The most ironic part was that because he had not yet fully stepped into the Divine Realm, he wasn't even qualified to enter this core battlefield to reclaim her body.
In that moment, the Demon Bull went mad.
"Since the divine path is heartless, I shall join the demonic path!"
In the scene, the black Demon Bull roared skyward, severing his divine root by sheer force, plunging into the demonic path.
He fought into the Thirty-Three Heavens, dyeing the azure sky with demonic blood, cutting down all who wronged her.
"Phew..."
The memory broke off, and Lin Chen snapped his eyes open, gasping for breath, his forehead already covered in cold sweat.
He stared at the ethereal spirit of the Demon Bull before him, his heart churning with tumultuous waves.
So, this was the past of the Demon Bull.
A tragic tale of becoming a demon for love, slaughtering the heavens.
"Kid, had enough of a look?"
The Demon Bull's voice was somewhat hoarse. It stood with its back to Lin Chen, no longer the rough and domineering demon but like an old man who had lost everything.
Lin Chen quietly stood aside, watching this scene, unable to utter a word of comfort.
Whether divine or demonic, they both seemed so pale at this moment.
To Lin Chen, perhaps the essence of power was not about good or evil, but protection.
To protect their loved ones, even a god can fall into a demon.
To protect all living beings, a human can stand shoulder to shoulder with gods.
"I'll... wait for you over there."
Lin Chen knew that, at this moment, this world belonged only to the Demon Bull and its Lingxi.
He, Xiaobai, and Xiaobai silently retreated a few miles away.
And so they waited, for three days.
In those three days, there was no activity by the skeleton, only a deathly silence.
Until the evening of the third day, a black streak of light cut through the darkness and returned to Lin Chen's side.
"It's done."
The Demon Bull's spirit seemed to have thinned somewhat, but its bull eyes held no more of the former ferocity and frenzy, replaced by a calmness and detachment that had seen through all worldly things.
It looked at Lin Chen and the Xiaobai beside him, saying calmly:
"In this world, I have no regrets."
Lin Chen was taken aback, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart: "Mr. Niu, you..."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just then, Lin Chen suddenly felt the Xiaobai beside him shivering violently, its heart pounding like a drum, with each beat causing the surrounding space to resonate.
Memories of the Divine and Demonic Power recorded in the "Beast Taming Treasure Manual" flashed in Lin Chen's mind—
The Divine and Demonic Power is divided into three stages:
Recognition, Fusion, Transcendence!
The current Xiaobai was only in the "Fusion" stage and could already rival a Pseudo Immortal.
Then what if...
The third stage, "Transcendence"?
Could it be that...
At this moment, the Demon Bull spoke:
"With this little one's current physical strength, it cannot bear my primordial power alone. Forcing it in will only cause it to explode and die."
"Since you've learned the Cow Communication Skill, then... bear it together!"
"What?!" Lin Chen was shocked.
"Stop dawdling! If you don't want it to die, hurry up!" The Demon Bull roared.
Lin Chen gritted his teeth, hesitating no longer, and stepped forward, pressing his hands firmly onto Xiaobai's back.
"Cow Communication Skill!"
Bzzzzz——!!!
In an instant, an indescribable terrifying force of attraction erupted from Xiaobai's body. Lin Chen only felt his vision blacken, his consciousness being pulled into a boundless dark space.
When he could see clearly again, he found himself floating in a void of cosmic starlight.
And opposite him stood a colossal existence so suffocating.
It was no longer a phantom but the true form of the Demon Bull's avatar!
It towered tens of thousands of feet high, its body a chilling black-red, as if cast from solidified demonic blood.
Its curved horns reached toward the heavens, seemingly able to pierce the firmament.
Its eyes, burning with demonic flames, were like two celestial bodies of destruction, coldly staring down at the ants beneath them.
In this moment, Lin Chen finally understood what true "demon" meant.
That pure, brutal force, capable of destroying all rules, instilled a terror deep into his soul.
He even pondered what kind of power could kill such a formidable existence?
How fierce had the divine war back then truly been?
"Focus!"
The Demon Bull's thunderous voice echoed in the Void like rolling thunder.
"Divine and Demonic Transcendence, break to create anew!"
Lin Chen and Xiaobai stood side by side, tiny as dust before the colossal demon god.
Lin Chen swallowed hard, suppressed his fear, and his eyes turned resolutely firm.
"Bring it on!"
Boom——!!!!!!
In the next second, the gigantic demon god shattered, transforming into a vast tide of black-red energy, like a reversed galaxy, pouring madly toward Lin Chen and Xiaobai!