Eternal Night

Chapter 733 Rampage
(PS: Following the doctor's advice, I plan to take my parents and children on a cool vacation in a few days to improve the relationship between family members... Actually, there's nothing seriously wrong with either of them, it's just that long-term family friction has led to the accumulation of conflicts between the two elderly people. It's meaningless to say who is right and who is wrong, since I'm the son, I'll just have to bear it.)
“…Baghdat!”

In the deepest part of the Misty Sea, hundreds of shipwrecks float on the surface. Among them are many ships with names and identities from the Ocean Dream World. There are many level seven and eight ships, and even one level nine legendary ship. It is a five-story tower-style battleship called the Ironblood Ship, which is the flagship of Elman Aisha, the Ironblood Grand Admiral of the Aisha Empire.

At this very moment, this legendary ship, which once shook the entire ocean dream world, was damaged here. Half of the wreckage was still slowly sinking, but before it could peacefully complete the last step of its glorious and legendary life, suddenly a twisted piece of flesh and blood pierced straight out from the seabed.

This twisted, fleshy mass, a mixture of mud, rocks, coral reefs, broken wooden poles, torn cloth, and other morsels—a mixture of fish, shrimp, shells, and human remains—writhed and swept across the area, shattering the wreckage of the legendary ship Ironblood into pieces. Some fragments merged into the tentacle, making its surface appear even more grotesque. Then, a long spear swept through the broken wreckage, colliding with the tentacle, which was at least five meters in diameter.

A burst of dark, metallic light erupted, shattering the surface of the tentacle with dents at least a meter deep. The spear was pushed back, and the owner of the spear was an old man who looked sallow and thin. However, when he swung the spear, he created a hurricane, as if he could uproot mountains. With just a few swings, he swept away all the ship debris that had come with him, and even created several small waterspouts around him.

"Baghdat!"

The old man roared to the sky, his voice deep and resonant, and with that single roar, he shattered the surrounding waterspouts.

"I heard you, you old man! I thought you were dead!"

Baghdadt's voice came from the mist, followed by a tremendous burst of Conqueror's Haki that erupted from the mist. Centered on Baghdadt, all the mist within a ten-mile radius was blown away and dissipated. The sallow-faced, emaciated old man, Baghdadt, and Goldy, the leader of the Starry Sea Merchant Alliance who had met Wu Pifu once, were all on this misty sea. However, apart from the Sea Emperor, which was barely still standing under Baghdadt's feet, the legendary ships of the old man and Goldy had both sunk.

As the mist dissipated, the old man, Goldy, and Baghdad, who was on the Sea Emperor, simultaneously soared into the air and rushed towards a fleshy pillar in the dissipating mist.

This mist, this mist powerful enough to block their perception of Observation Haki, enough to make them lose their way, and even interfere with their thinking, is emitted by these fleshy pillars in the ocean.

Three of the world's top Celestial Phenomenon-level powerhouses attacked simultaneously, easily tearing the 20-meter-diameter fleshy pillar into pieces. After a mournful cry, the mist dispelled by Bagdat's Conqueror's Haki, which had been slowly recovering, began to dissipate rapidly, creating a mist-free space of about seven or eight miles in circumference in this misty sea. At the same time, several ferocious tentacles in this sea also began to disintegrate rapidly, turning into the debris that made up these tentacles.

Baghdad, Gordi, and the old man were all panting. The three of them looked at each other and Baghdad said with disdain, "Let's go, to my Sea Emperor."

The old man was none other than the Iron-Blooded Grand Admiral Elman Aisha, the most senior Celestial-level powerhouse in this world, who was already a Celestial-level powerhouse before Baghdad and Gordi rose to prominence.

Although the three could not be considered mortal enemies, they were certainly not at peace with each other either. However, at this moment they were in the same boat, so Elman, Elsa, and Gordi did not say anything and followed Baghdad to the Sea Emperor. As expected, they received the Sea Emperor's attribute bonus.

After Baghdad activated the ship attribute sharing feature for the two men, he immediately asked without hesitation, "Does either of you know what these things are?"

He looked at Gordy first.

Gordy smiled wryly and said, "Don't look at me. I can't see the origin of these things at all with my Observation Haki. They... are like the things themselves, just like this fog. I could hardly see any foundation when I came in."

Goldy is the one with the strongest Observation Haki among the three. He has even developed a special ability called Hearing the Voice of All Things, which allows him to see the essence of many things through Observation Haki. That is why Baghdad looked at him first.

Baghdad did not show any disappointment, because after entering the mist, his three types of Haki were suppressed, and his Observation Haki was almost non-existent. It was expected that Gordy would not be able to see the true nature of these monsters.

Unexpectedly, Elman Aisha hesitated for a moment and then said, "If what is recorded in the ancient books is correct, this thing should be part of the Great Demon King."

"The Great Demon King?"

Both Baghdad and Gordi expressed their doubts.

As the most powerful beings in this realm, they also know many legends and rumors from the upper realm. "Demon" is the collective name for the most powerful monster group in the upper realm, with sea monsters being called sea kings, some even larger than an island. The land-based demon race is more complex, including jackals and wild beasts, as well as birds and eagles. They are usually far larger than ordinary creatures of the same type. Most demons are savage and mindless monsters, but a small number can transform into human or semi-human forms, possessing human-like intelligence.

However, even so, Baghdad and Gordi had never heard of the so-called Great Demon King. Since Elman Aisha had spoken, he didn't hesitate any longer and continued, "The oldest royal records of the Aisha Empire contain a few accounts of Great Demon Kings. It is said that demons can evolve into Great Demons through blood sacrifice and the accumulation of time, and then evolve again into Demon Kings. But this is the limit for demons. Only the earliest primordial demons, or Demon Kings who have been elevated by the blood of a Demon Saint, can be called Great Demon Kings, and their characteristic is... demonizing the world!"

Upon hearing the words "Demonized Heaven and Earth," Baghdad and Gordi's expressions changed drastically, and they both shouted in unison, "The Root!?"

They knew the origin, although they had certainly never seen what the origin was. But because of the special nature of this world, they knew what the sublimated body was and what the origin was. They also knew that only the sublimated body could barely resist the origin, and any life that was not even a sublimated body, no matter how powerful it was, was as weak as an ant in front of the origin.

If these fleshy pillars and tentacles in front of them are truly part of the Great Demon King, and the Great Demon King is the true origin, then they have absolutely no chance of survival now!

Elman Aisha shook her head: "No, they are different. Although I don't know exactly how this demonized world is different from the origin, the ancient books make it clear. They mention that the Great Demon King is a special, top-level sublimation body, but the description is not detailed, and... the ancient books are incomplete."

Baghdad and his companion breathed a sigh of relief, but their hearts remained heavy. Even if it wasn't as invincible as the Root, the Sublime Body, or even the most advanced Sublime Body, was still beyond their comprehension.

Elman Aisha looked at the distant mist and said, "But you don't need to be so desperate. If it were a complete, true Great Demon King, our lower realm would probably be burst apart by it. Such an existence is unimaginable. So I suspect that the Great Demon King here is likely incomplete, and severely incomplete. Only in this way could the current situation occur. And this mist... I suspect that the curse on the ships in this realm may all originate from this incomplete Great Demon King!"

Neither Baghdad nor Gordi spoke. After a long while, the three looked at each other, each seeing a certain suspicion in the other's eyes.

"...So, according to the rumors, the real culprit that caused this realm to fall from the upper realm is this great demon king?" Bagdat said first.

Gordi also looked at Elman Aisha.

Elman Aisha said noncommittally, "I don't know either. Don't look at me like that. I really don't know. If I had known that the level 10 mythical ship was in the lair of this great demon king, do you think I would have rushed here with only these people? I'm already here. You don't think I'm tired of living and want to die, do you?"

Baghdad and Gordi looked slightly better, and then suddenly howls came from all around the misty space. To the horror of the three of them and the remaining people in this mistless space, the surrounding mist all boiled up, and even this sea area seemed to boil up as well. At this moment, the sky and the earth seemed to have transformed into some kind of creature.

No! It's not "seems"... but rather that the entire world in this sea area is coming alive. The fog, the ocean, the reefs—everything is howling and writhing. In the eyes of all the survivors, this world has transformed into a creature of unknown height and size. The fog is its body, the ocean and all things are its flesh and bones, and all of them are actually inside this monster!
"Is this what they call a demonic transformation of heaven and earth?!" Baghdad exclaimed in horror.

The others shook their heads blankly.

They could defeat powerful enemies, they could form an army single-handedly, they could even destroy islands, but... they never even considered fighting against a sea, a world. This great demon king was so vast that it encompassed an entire sea, no, several seas, because the Misty Seas surrounded this world, each sea as large as the Pacific Ocean on Earth. These seas combined were even larger than the surface area of ​​the Earth. At this moment, the mist was rampaging, and this world, larger than the surface area of ​​Earth, had transformed into living beings!

As it roared and rampaged, the mist began to roll in, and the ocean began to churn. The survivors in this raging sea watched in despair as the ships and wreckage beneath their feet were swept and rolled by the ocean, heading madly toward some place along with the awakening of this great demon king.

Baghdad and his two companions, hailed as Celestial Phenomena level beings, felt as insignificant as ants before the true power of heaven and earth. They were utterly powerless to resist, swept along in a frenzied rush in a certain direction. Their Observation Haki was roaring and raging, the surrounding mist was condensing, and the entire world seemed to shrink, transforming into some strange life-like substance, trapping them within it, and becoming one of its constituent parts…

"Look, what is that!?"

Just when the three were in despair, Goldie suddenly pointed to the distant horizon and roared.

Everyone looked in that direction, and then they saw the anomaly at the end of the sky.

A vast, empty sea of ​​stars rose from the earth, replacing that part of the sky.

And the target of this demonized space after the fog went berserk...

It was that void of stars!
(End of this chapter)