No hope for eternal life

Chapter 489 The Ape Demon King's Suspicion

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng snapped his fingers and fired a series of rockets at Shi Kuang. Of course, the power of these rockets was also carefully controlled by Mu Changsheng so as not to kill Shi Kuang with one move.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng easily disarmed him, Shi Kuang realized how powerful Mu Changsheng was, so he transformed back into his original form to fight.

"Roar." The lion roared wildly, and the lion demon waved its sharp claws, creating countless air waves, blocking Mu Changsheng's rocket attack.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng nodded secretly in his heart. The demon race is born with strong bodies, so most of the demon race's combat power lies in the physical body. The Lion Madman in front of him is a typical example. Although he has a long sword as a weapon, that is only an appearance. There is no life-and-death connection between the Lion Madman and the long sword, so he cannot be called a pure sword cultivator. Therefore, even without the long sword, it will have no effect on the Lion Madman at all.

Then, Mu Changsheng also transformed back into the ape demon's "original form" and shouted shrilly: "Take another move from my Fire Spirit Spear!"

A spear made of flames quickly took shape in Mu Changsheng's hand. The name of the move was completely invented by Mu Changsheng. For him, he only needed to use different strengths to call upon the power of the fireball in his body, and then pinch it into different shapes to achieve continuous changes of moves.

"Go!" Mu Changsheng waved his hand, and the musket flew out instantly, attacking Shi Kuang again.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng's attack had obviously become stronger, Shi Kuang also revealed his trump card. Under the effect of some secret technique, his body suddenly grew several times larger.

As his body grew larger, Shi Kuang's strength and speed also increased significantly. He smashed the attacking musket with a slap, and then pounced straight towards Mu Changsheng.

"Come on." Mu Changsheng yelled, and the flames in his hand condensed again, this time turning into a golden fire stick. Holding the fire stick, Mu Changsheng and Shi Kuang got into a close fight.

Mu Changsheng didn't know any stick techniques, but with his eighth level of cultivation, his reaction ability was much faster than Shi Kuang's. Therefore, he could always anticipate the enemy, use the fire stick to block Shi Kuang's every attack, and then counterattack, so it looked no different from a real stick technique master.

In this way, Mu Changsheng and Shi Kuang fought for hundreds of moves but could not determine the winner, which attracted the spectators to admire: "Amazing, I didn't expect that he could fight Shi Kuang to this extent."

"I think this game is going to be a draw..."

Listening to the discussion of the monsters, Mu Changsheng's mouth curled up slightly. This was exactly what he wanted. Although he agreed to compete with Shi Kuang and proposed to bet one hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones, he had no intention of winning this competition.

Because Mu Changsheng's apparent identity was that of a casual cultivator from the demon clan, it was difficult for a cultivator of this identity to cultivate any powerful secret techniques. If he defeated the Lion Madman, who was ranked among the top three in the peak of tribulation in the Ape Demon Realm, right from the start, it would instead arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Unable to win or lose, Mu Changsheng only had the option of a draw, so Mu Changsheng had been acting here to create an atmosphere of equal strength and pave the way for the subsequent draw.

After fighting with Shi Kuang for another hundred moves, Mu Changsheng suddenly called a halt and said, pretending to be out of breath: "Brother Shi, you can't break my defense, and I can't defeat you. I think today's match should be considered a draw."

On the other side, Shi Kuang was really out of breath. He could hardly maintain the secret technique of increasing his size, so he immediately said, "Okay, let's call it a draw. Brother Yuan, you are very good. I underestimated you before. From now on, no fellow demon will bother you anymore."

Mu Changsheng echoed, "I was overestimating my own abilities and thought I was sure to win, so I made this bet. I underestimated all the heroes in the world."

"Hahaha, you and I are getting to know each other through fighting." Shi Kuang was coaxed into laughing. The demon clan admires the strong. When Shi Kuang saw that Mu Changsheng was as strong as himself, he immediately put away his contempt.

Mu Changsheng naturally climbed up the pole and responded: "It's a saying that there is no acquaintance without fighting. Brother Shi, this is the first time I meet all of you fellow practitioners here. Please help me introduce them to each other."

"That's not difficult." Shi Kuang immediately agreed, and pointed to a nearby ape demon and said, "This is the grandson of our demon king, Yuan Hong. He is also the strongest one in the Tribulation Realm in our Ape Demon Realm..."

At the same time, in the Ape Demon King's cave, the Ape Demon King was using a water mirror to stare at Mu Changsheng's every move on the life and death stage. There was another ape demon beside the Ape Demon King, who was his trusted subordinate.

"Yuan Lie, what do you think of this newcomer?" the Ape Demon King asked his confidant.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lie immediately replied: "It is not easy for a casual cultivator like him to cultivate to this level. Moreover, he has a tact similar to that of humans, which is even more rare. He is a good talent."

"Don't you find any problem with this competition?" said the Ape Demon King with some dissatisfaction.

"Problem?" Yuan Lie was stunned and still didn't understand.

Seeing this, the Ape Demon King reminded again, "Compared to winning or losing, a draw is often a very low probability event, because it requires the strength and physical strength of both parties to be very close. Don't you think this draw is a bit too coincidental?"

"You mean, he is deliberately giving in to Shi Kuang." Yuan Lie finally reacted.

"Then guess again, why did he do this?" said the Ape Demon King lightly.

"There are only two possibilities." Yuan Lie said in a deep voice without hesitation: "The first possibility is that he does not want to offend Lion Mad. Neither winning nor losing is just right. It can not only play a role in establishing his authority, but also take this opportunity to make friends with Lion Mad and other local demon cultivators. This is in line with his smooth personality."

"What about the second possibility?" the Ape Demon King asked again.

"The second possibility is more complicated. He deliberately hides his strength, perhaps for some ulterior motive. His entry into the Heavenly Demon Realm is not just for the Heavenly Demon Realm's spiritual veins to appear and to earn some cultivation resources." Yuan Lie analyzed and said, "Do you want me to capture him and interrogate him?"

“No need.” The Ape Demon King waved his hand casually and said, “He is just a cultivator at the peak of the Tribulation Realm. Even if he takes another step forward and breaks through to the Divine Sea Realm, it won’t make any waves. Just keep watching. Only by casting a long line can you catch a big fish.”

……

Two years later, the spiritual vein of the Heavenly Demon Realm finally appeared.

During this period of time, Mu Changsheng has been in seclusion all the time. His black-clad clone has successfully broken through to the realm of supernatural powers with the help of tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones given by Xiao Niansheng. He is currently staying in Tianyou Realm to search for treasures.

As for the white-clothed clone, Mu Changsheng came out of seclusion immediately after receiving the news that the spiritual vein of the Heavenly Demon Realm had appeared.

"Unfortunately, after two years of seclusion and training, the progress of body refining is still very slow. I don't know when I can reach the ninth level of body refining." Mu Changsheng sighed in his heart. In the past two years, he and Xiao Niansheng had thought of many ways to try to speed up the process of body refining, but they were all proven to be useless.