One more catty, one more attribute point

The damaged streets, the blood-red sunset, the city ruins billowing with black smoke as they burn.

Looking at the torn-apart corpses in front of him and hearing the terrified screams all around, Wang Xindong's expression grew subtly more troubled.

He was clad in a simple grey cloth jacket, his robust arms exposed under the bloody sunset, complex scars scattered across the skin evident on his shoulders. A cold wind mixed with the smell of blood blew gently past, lifting his grizzled hair.

He squinted his eyes and took a step forward.

On the wide street, a few Disciples of the Demon Suppression Bureau dressed in white quickly made way as if they had seen their savior, moving to both sides of the road.

Bang!

The ground shook violently.

A burly, pitch-black demon with a mane flaring up appeared at the corner.

The demon roughly resembled a human, dressed in a simple coarse cloth robe. Standing over three meters tall, it was clearly taller than the one-story earthen walls on either side of the street. Its body was covered in luxuriant hair, especially its long locks tied into dirty dreadlocks, bursting out like a lion's mane.

Indeed, it was a genuine male lion.

Golden pupils, a face filled with confident and majestic expressions, vicious fangs sneering out from black lips.

Seeing that familiar yet strange face, Wang Xindong felt as if he was experiencing a sensation from another life. Experience tales at empire

He had received a message from the Demon Suppression Bureau.

It mentioned that a demon appeared in a small town called Wei County within Baihua County and needed support. As usual, without any hesitation, Wang Xindong immediately rushed over. The Demon Suppression Bureau was essentially divided into Demon Suppression and Demon Slaying. The former focused on defense, and the latter on offense.

Ever since Wang Xindong was taken in and joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, he had always been fighting on the front lines.

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However, the opponent before him now took Wang Xindong by surprise.

"Lion King Babek," a somewhat unfamiliar name, but a shadow that had lingered in Baihua County for the past hundred years, the founder of the Sky Demon Alliance. Among the seven Demon Kings, he was the oldest and undoubtedly the strongest.

And now...

The Sky Demon Alliance had become a thing of the past, but its founder was still alive.

And appeared so suddenly before Wang Xindong.

"I remember you." Babek's lips curved slightly, a smile full of confidence and aggressiveness appearing on his face, "You're the little brat who followed Li Daoxuan, how is he doing now?"

"He's dead."

The image of his mentor flashed through Wang Xindong's mind, a twinge of pain crossing his heart.

But his emotions were buried deep and never displayed outwardly. Wang Xindong spoke with an almost ruthless voice, "His era is over, and so is yours."

"No, you're wrong." Babek narrowed his eyes and looked up at the slowly setting sun in the western sky.

His bushy beard and mane lifted in the breeze.

Even surrounded by a group of expert Demon Suppression Bureau warriors, there was no sign of tension in Babek. That lofty gaze seemed as if he were observing a large group of ants beneath his feet. Only when his gaze fell on Wang Xindong did a bit of admiration flash in Babek's dark-gold pupils.

"Starting now, my era is just beginning." Babek sharpened his nails, his voice confident and cool as it carried through the wind.

"Your era, haha!" Wang Xindong let out a mocking laugh from his throat, "You've been away from Baihua County too long, don't you know what's happened here?"

"You're talking about the fall of the Sky Demon Alliance, I'm well aware," Babek said nonchalantly, "It was just an organization I created on a whim. After I left, the fall of the Sky Demon Alliance proves that the remaining demons didn't deserve to be my followers."

"These past ten years, I've gone to Hunxi Mountain to cultivate, to witness a whole new expanse of heaven and earth, incredible and unbelievable sights. Now that I have returned, I shall establish a new order here." Babek extended a sharp nail, pointing at Wang Xindong like a high and mighty king granting a favor to his slave, "Kneel, swear fealty to me. There is still a place for you in this new order."

"Babek, you're still as proud as ever." Wang Xindong sighed deeply, pulling a white cloth band from his bosom and wrapping it around his hands, circling his wrists, then fingers, and finally tightening it over his knuckles.

After he'd done all this, Wang Xindong spread and clenched his ten fingers, stretched his arms in place, hopped lightly a couple of times to adjust his breathing and elevate his condition to its peak.

"If you would take a bit more effort to understand what's happened these years..."

Wang Xindong suddenly realized something was amiss.

It had only been half a year since Su Heng joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, yet the series of events that unfolded had seemed like ages. So, he changed his expression and continued, "What actually happened in Baihua County during this time, you would realize just how foolish your confidence is."

"What else could it be, just a struggle amongst ants." Babek's face still showed a dismissive expression, "You humans have an old saying, 'How can the sparrow understand the ambition of the swan?' You're the same, you don't understand the level I now stand upon."

"Make your move." Babek narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "I'll give you a chance to challenge me."

"Heh—"