Chapter 224: The Great Demon in the Central Region
"Who are you and why are you here in my Tianpeng clan's ancestral land?"

The terrifying golden-winged roc turned into a burly old man a few miles away from Li Zhi. He was wearing a golden Taoist robe, with a fierce look on his face and two terrifying swords brewing in his eyes, but he was very polite and did not attack right away.

It seemed that he sensed the huge commotion caused by Li Zhi's previous tribulation, so he hurried here.

"The old golden-winged Peng King?" Li Zhi was slightly stunned when he saw the Peng bird in front of him after its transformation, and then asked with a little curiosity.

The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the ancient trees are towering, and the nature is beautiful. Before, he was wondering why there were no powerful monsters occupying this place?

Now it seems that this is the territory of the old King Peng, and no ferocious birds or beasts dare to occupy the mountain and rule here.

"Who are you?" Old King Peng was not surprised at all that Li Zhi recognized him. Although he could not remember where he had met Li Zhang before, just because he had never seen him in person did not mean that he did not know him. After all, his appearance had long been painted into a portrait and circulated widely.

Old King Peng seemed to be very afraid of Li Zhi and did not show his usual dominance. Instead, he asked Li Zhi in a tone that he would treat as a peer.

But Li Zhi didn't seem to appreciate it. He just smiled and said, "I heard that you have mastered the Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique. I am itching to fight, so why don't you fight with me first, and then I will tell you my origins."

"Anyone who trespasses into the ancestral land of Tianpeng will die!" The old King Peng seemed to be angered by Li Zhi's somewhat frivolous attitude. Murderous intent surged in his eyes. A picture of mountains of corpses and seas of blood was reflected in his golden eyes. He spoke to Li Zhi with murderous intent.

"That's right. As a demon king, why bother talking to a human Taoist priest like me? Just attack directly and show your terrifying strength as a peerless demon king."

Li Zhi shouted with a grin, as if he was trying to provoke Old King Peng and make him want to kill.

At the same time, the appearance of the old King Peng also made Li Zhi realize what the heavenly gate he encountered when he was overcoming the tribulation was. The ancestral land of the Tianpeng clan, isn't it the place where the ancient Tianpeng saint set up the nine trial heavenly gates?

The three thunder gates that appeared within the heavenly tribulation should be the result of the heavenly tribulation capturing the immortal Dao pattern laws set by the ancient saints of this place, thus condensing the thunder tribulation.

The nine heavenly gates of the Tianpeng clan were most likely set up by great sage-level strongmen. Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, the number of people who have been able to pass them successfully is less than two hands. It is a well-known trial site in the Central Region.

"brush!"

Facing Li Zhi's provocation, Old King Peng pointed out, and a terrifying golden sword energy, which seemed to have condensed the power of one hundred and eighty thousand swords, slashed towards Li Zhi with a terrifying sharp aura.

However, Li Zhi shook his head slightly, and did not even make a move in response. The golden sword energy, which condensed the Tianpeng clan's innate magical power "One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords", was blocked by a light curtain that suddenly appeared when it flew ten feet in front of him.

Seeing Li Zhi display such terrifying defensive power, Old King Peng became even more wary of him.

The terrifying thunder tribulation that had appeared in the sky before had already made Old King Peng believe that it was a king who was going through a tribulation.

After seeing Li Zhi’s true form, he realized that the person who was transcending the tribulation was actually a powerful person.

Now seeing Li Zhi blocking his sword energy so easily, Old King Peng realized the terrifying power of this person who suddenly appeared in their Tianpeng clan's ancestral land.

"The sword energy is good, but the power is a little lacking." Li Zhi even commented.

At the same time, a mysterious picture slowly unfolded behind him, as if a mysterious little world had descended upon the earth.

The rich atmosphere of worldly affairs and immortal spiritual energy emanated from the divine picture, making people feel extremely weird.

The old King Peng realized that this was a wheel sea phenomenon that he had never seen before. Golden light shone from his body, and a picture of a celestial roc fighting a dragon appeared behind him. This was a wheel sea phenomenon that the old King Peng had evolved for thousands of years.

It is also a supreme sacred art that originates from the bloodline inheritance of the Tianpeng clan.

A gigantic golden roc seemed to be made of gold, with golden light rising into the sky, dyeing the surrounding sky and earth golden. It was as huge as a mountain, and its cold eyes exuded murderous intent, like an awakened killing demon.

It moved with the old Peng King, as if it had become one with him. A real dragon dripping with blood was coiled between its claws, emitting a murderous intent, as if it had turned the real dragon into a weapon.

"kill!"

The old King Peng revealed his true form and merged directly with the Bolongtu. His huge golden claws tore through the sky and earth, grabbing towards the mysterious little world behind Li Zhi, as if he wanted to smash that world directly to pieces.

"when!"

The boundary wall of the divine map was solid and immortal. When it collided with the giant claws of the divine roc, a shocking noise was made, which directly shattered the mountains and rivers for hundreds of miles.

Moreover, the divine map seemed to possess mysterious magic, like a living world that could breathe autonomously, and even swallowed up the tremendous divine power emanating from the giant claws of the divine roc. Then the divine power was decomposed into tiny strands of golden light and swallowed up one by one by all the two-dimensional little people in the divine map.

This is the terrifying Wheel Sea Vision Map of Vast Rivers and Mountains that Li Zhi has cultivated. It can not only carry the earthly energy in his body, but also directly decompose the enemy's attack, which will then be digested and absorbed by the two-dimensional creatures in the Map of Rivers and Mountains.

The creatures in the painting "A Vast River and Mountains" seem to be the incarnations of Li Zhi. Some of them carry his immortal side, while others carry his mundane side, vividly displaying the complexity and diversity of human nature.

Almost all the two-dimensional characters in the picture can be found in Li Zhi.

Thousands of people have thousands of faces, but they all come from one body.

The Painting of A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains is not only a world of mountains and rivers, but also carries Li Zhi's profound understanding of the immortals and mortals.

The palace on the sacred mountain in the center of the Jiangshantu represents the heaven, and the gods in the palace represent the selfless and desireless way of heaven.

"What kind of vision is this?" Seeing that the Tianpeng Fighting Dragon Sage Art could not penetrate Li Zhi's wheel sea vision, the old King Peng restored his human form and asked.

"This is a painting of vast rivers and mountains that I created myself. Please appreciate it, King Peng." Li Zhi responded with a smile.

Li Zhi now needs the baptism of battle, but among the younger generation, few can be his match.

And these extremely powerful people who have remained in the second level of immortality for thousands of years are undoubtedly his best test subjects.

These world-famous great men were all young geniuses of their time when they were young.

Having been trapped in the realm of great power for thousands of years, they have long since honed their skills to the highest level of refinement and purity, and even generally possess the strength to fight across borders. Some of the best among them even possess the terrifying combat power of the Seven Forbidden Realms.

And the old Peng King is undoubtedly a terrifying existence possessing the combat power of the Seven Forbiddens.

As for whether there is anyone who possesses the Eight Forbidden Combat Power?

It’s not that Li Zhi looked down on them. If they really possessed the combat power of the Eight Forbiddens, they would have succeeded in the Heaven-Defying Slashing Dao long ago, and would not have been trapped in the realm of great power for thousands of years.

Now, Old Peng Wang is only one step away from achieving the state of being a slayer. Perhaps because of his unfulfilled wish, he has not yet achieved the state of being a slayer.

However, as the changes in heaven and earth deepened, it was only natural for him to become a king, and it would happen sooner or later in the next few years.

Seeing that Li Zhiyuan was much more powerful than he had imagined, Old King Peng didn't waste any time and directly used his strongest method, the Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique.

A terrifying demonic power burst out from the old Peng King's body and directly evolved into a Sky Peng divine form, which flew out from between his eyebrows and slashed towards Li Zhi.

The Heavenly Demon Slaughtering Saint Art is very famous. It was created by the ancient Tianpeng saints, and is a life-killing technique specifically designed to kill human saints. In ancient times, it created a terrifying reputation, killing one human saint after another. When talking about this holy technique, everyone on earth changes color.

The divine form of Tianpeng seemed to have transformed into the most powerful killing weapon in the world, condensing terrifying demonic power and murderous aura, and rushed straight towards Li Zhi's head with a momentum that could split the sky and the earth.

"Well done."

Li Zhi saw that Old King Peng's aura was getting stronger and stronger, and excitement finally showed on his face. He directly did a bow stance and punched in the air.

"Hercules Fist!"

As Li Zhi gathered strength, all the two-dimensional figures in the map of vast rivers and mountains swung their fists at the same time, drawing in the boundless power of heaven and earth, and instantly gathering all the power on Li Zhi's fist.

Li Zhi suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, even brighter than the sun. After billions of fist forces gathered together, there were even wisps of chaotic aura flickering on his fists.

"boom!"

In an instant, the divine form of Sky Peng condensed by the old King Peng using the Sky Demon Slaying Saint Technique collided head-on with the Hercules Fist condensed by Li Zhi using the vision of the Wanli Rivers and Mountains Map.

The terrifying impact force directly shattered the ground within a hundred miles, causing it to rise and fall like waves.

It seemed as if the mountains and rivers were directly liquefied at this moment.

"The eighth move of the Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique!" Seeing that his first attack was ineffective, Old King Peng directly launched the terrifying eighth move.

A golden claw of Sky Peng stretched out from behind him, seeming to condense the most powerful murderous aura in the world. Between the claws, there were vengeful spirits wailing, dark red blood drops falling, and images of mountains of corpses and seas of blood flashing. This was the old King Peng's interpretation of the Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique.

However, Li Zhi's method of coping did not change at all. He still used the "Hercules Fist" to deal with his Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique.

However, this time, the power of Li Zhi's fist suddenly increased ninefold. A terrifying force directly knocked the old Peng King away.

"This is impossible!"

Looking at the cracked palms with golden blood dripping down, the old King Peng showed an expression of disbelief.

His body was baptized by the blood of the Saint-level Tianpeng, and coupled with the fact that his body had been tempered over the years, it became extremely strong and could withstand even the might of a king.

But the power of Li Zhi's punch just now was so incredible that it was simply unbelievable.

Even more powerful than the mysterious queen ant of the Central Domain Demon Clan.

You know, even the powerful Bull Demon Clan, which is famous for its strength among the ancient clans, does not dare to say that they can definitely defeat him in terms of strength.

The old King Peng has been dominating the world for thousands of years, but this is the first time he has seen such terrifying power in human beings.

"Old King Peng, use all your tricks. Otherwise, I won't keep you company." Li Zhi seemed to be unsatisfied and shouted at the Old King Peng who had already stabilized his body.

"The Heavenly Demon Slaying Saint Technique, nine moves combined into one, the Heavenly Peng slays the Immortal."

The old King Peng finally used the most terrifying method he had hidden in his heart. A black Sky Peng filled with extreme yin power rose up behind him. This black Sky Peng seemed to be the messenger of death, the incarnation of death of Kunpeng, and a truly evil bird that brought killing to the world.

Seeing this, Li Zhi said excitedly: "What a good trick! This is the bloodthirsty Sky Peng that can really kill a saint. However, I am not a saint today, but the Heavenly Dao that all saints look up to."

As Li Zhi performed his mysterious magic, the mysterious creature in the fairy palace on the top of the sacred mountain in the Wanli Rivers and Mountains map suddenly opened his eyes, and then walked out of the fairy palace step by step.

He seemed to be stepping on the veins of the heaven and earth, and all the heaven and earth were shaking. He also came to the real world from the dimensional world in the picture. The picture of vast rivers and mountains turned into an extremely mysterious Holy Emperor crown and was worn on his body.

Then, it seemed as if the god who was the incarnation of heaven merged with Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's eyes immediately turned into a pair of terrifying heavenly eyes.

There wasn't a trace of emotion in his eyes, and the look he gave Old Peng King was filled with a sense of looking down on all living things, as if in his eyes, Old Peng King at this moment was no different from the weeds on the mountain or the soil on the ground.

Old King Peng suddenly had the illusion that he was being watched by the Heaven.

It seemed as if he was no longer facing a cultivator of flesh and blood, but the incarnation of the supreme Heavenly Dao.

"The power of Kunpeng, slay saints and destroy gods, kill!"

The momentary fear made the old King Peng even more crazy. He was willing to burn the blood and essence of the Sky Peng in his body in order to unleash the power of the Sky Demon Slaying Saint Technique to its fullest.

Unfortunately, although the old King Peng wanted to kill the enemy, he was powerless to reverse the situation and ultimately did not have the fighting power to defy the will of heaven.

He was slapped directly into the depths of the earth by Li Zhi, who seemed to be the incarnation of heaven.

All the bones in the old King Peng's body were broken, his magic power collapsed, and his spirit was dim. It seemed that he might die at any time.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhi immediately retracted the wheel sea phenomenon and changed back into the Taoist attire.

Then he took out a bottle of holy spring water, came to the abyss that the old King Peng had smashed on the ground, and said: "I am Li Zhi, thank you King Peng for your teachings this time. This bottle of holy spring water is the reward for our exchange. Let's say goodbye now and see you later."

It took a long time for the old Peng King lying in the pit to regain some strength to move. Looking at the holy spring water beside him and his own condition, he suddenly seemed to understand how his grandson, the Golden-winged Peng King, felt when he was defeated by the Holy Body Ye Fan.

After a divine light flashed in the old King Peng's eyes for a moment, he picked up the bottle of divine spring water and drank it all into his stomach. The surging life essence immediately restored his vitality, and a golden light rose from his body. His broken bones and torn flesh recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After an incense stick of time, the restored old King Peng walked out of the pit, looked in the direction Li Zhi had left, and whispered to himself, "Is this the golden age when all the kings rise together?"

At this moment, most of the arrogance in Old King Peng disappeared, as if he had accepted the disastrous defeat.

It made him truly accept the changes of the times.

Then the old Peng King turned into a golden light and returned to the Tianpeng clan. He wanted to go to the nine heavenly gates set up by the ancient saints to see how his grandson, the golden-winged Peng King, who had passed the gates, was doing now. If he was not dead yet, the old Peng King planned to persuade him to do things within his ability.

After being defeated by Li Zhi, he understood one thing: living in a golden age, he should never regard failure as a regret.

Living in a golden age, failure is not terrible. What is terrible is not recognizing your own weight.

Failure on the road to becoming an emperor does not mean there is no future.

Only by being alive can one witness the peerless splendor of the Golden Age evolving into a truly prosperous period.

Flowers need green leaves to match them. Sometimes, experiencing the taste of failure early and being a bystander may not be a bad result.

Old King Peng already knew that with his grandson's talent and strength, the probability of success in passing the nine heavenly gates set up by the ancient Tianpeng Saint was less than 30%.

After Li Zhi left the Tianpeng tribe's territory, he did not enter the human city as he wished.

Instead, it felt like entering a monster's lair.

Along the way, he successively encountered the Tiger King, Bat King, Crane King, Spider King and other thirteen peerless demon kings who were famous in the Central Region. Their cultivation was all at the peak of the second level of immortals.

Li Zhi did not miss the opportunity to fight them, and in a very short period of time he achieved a terrifying record of thirteen consecutive victories.

Although there were mostly no spectators when these battles took place, as the number of battles increased, they were inevitably seen by others.

Soon, a piece of gossip began to spread in all the major cities in the Central Region: There was a mysterious Taoist who was testing the world and was challenging the various demon kings in the Central Region one by one.

Even the terrifying Heavenly Demon Palace was alarmed and sent messengers to the various demon kings to find out what was going on.

It’s just that the various demon kings who were defeated by Li Zhi kept their mouths shut and did not tell others the details of their defeat at the hands of Li Zhi. They even denied that there had been a fight.

They looked full of energy and didn't look like they were injured, as if the mysterious Taoist priest really didn't exist.

In fact, it was thanks to the magical spring water left by Li Zhi after each battle that the demon kings looked intact.

Even so, various rumors frequently appear.

Some people say that the mysterious Taoist is actually the incarnation of Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace. After passing nine death barriers and completing the origin of the Heavenly Demon, he wants to reshape the supreme majesty of the Heavenly Demon body among the demon clan.

Some people also say that the mysterious Taoist is actually a member of the ancient royal family, and that the purpose of testing the world is to let people know how powerful the ancient royal family is.

Some people also say that the mysterious Taoist is actually the son of the human emperor, who embarks on a secret trial journey in order to be able to fight against the ancient prince of the ancient clan in the future.

Of course, some people also say that the mysterious Taoist is actually the Phoenix of the Wind Clan. She solved the secret on a mysterious ancient monument and directly transformed herself into a man to travel the world in order to break through the innate shackles of being a woman.

More people were discussing who would be the next Central Region Demon King to come.

The mysterious Taoist priest that everyone talks about has now come to a mysterious underground space.

It was an extremely large underground anthill.

Inside the ant nest, there are hardworking big ants everywhere.

Among them, some big ants have transformed into spirit insects, emitting a powerful aura, but they have not transformed into human form.

They are still like those ants without psychic powers, working continuously in the ant nest.

This is the nest of the most mysterious demon king in the Central Region, or the most mysterious insect king, the Queen Ant.

It is said that her power is beyond imagination, and she even awakened a mysterious bloodline at a young age, allowing her to shed her ant body and transform directly into a human form.

However, she is not well-known in the outside world.

The reason why Li Zhi knew of her existence was that he learned it from the old demon kings.

In the mouths of those old demon kings, this mysterious queen ant, although young, is a true powerful demon.

It is a terrifying monster hidden beneath the sea.

(End of this chapter)