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Chapter 190 Who Else But You
The old man's calm voice reached the ears of the man and the dragon. Hearing this, both of them wore expressions of disbelief, especially the Holy Lord. He had been the leader of the Black Qi faction for so long; was he really going to be abandoned so easily?

It wasn't that they didn't believe their father at all; since the Holy Lord had lost control of the Shadow Legion, there must be another force controlling the Shadow Legion.

"Demons and monsters, leave quickly... demons and monsters, leave quickly..." After Chen Long, Xiao Yu, and the others used talismans to control Dao Long, the old man, holding a pufferfish in one hand and a dried lizard in the other, began chanting incantations and casting the spell he had prepared long ago.

The spell cast by the old man landed on Daolong, beginning to neutralize the black magical energy within him. This caused Daolong's magical power to be rapidly eroded. Before long, Daolong's magical power was completely gone, and without external assistance, Daolong was now just an ordinary old man.

"No! My magic power!" Having lived for so many years, Daolong was already used to the feeling of black magic power within his body. This sudden change made Daolong feel completely empty inside, and he aged considerably in an instant.

Next, Dao Long will be imprisoned in District Thirteen as a criminal. If he doesn't get the chance to become a Black Qi Mage again, he probably won't live for many more years. After all, he has lived this long by relying on Black Qi magic to sustain his lifespan. Now that the Black Qi is destroyed, the backlash will gradually fall on him.

It's not that killing Daolong right now is impossible, but there's Xiaoyu in their team. She's a genuine little girl, and it's not appropriate for her to see scenes of death at such a young age, lest it lead her astray.

Secondly, they could imprison Daolong as a criminal, similar to how they imprisoned Shengzhu in the story. When the Dark Faction has no other useful members, they can pull him out and make use of him. With such "resources" in hand, Daddy could also make arrangements after Rick Morty and the others leave.

After losing his magic, Daolong, perhaps due to the overwhelming emotional turmoil, didn't even have time to curse his father before his blood rushed to his head and he fainted. After dealing with Daolong, his father went to Valon, who was bound by the Purple Hermit.

Shendu's soul was injured by the Panku Box in Cheng Yiyi's hand, allowing Valmont's soul to take control and regain control of the body. This can be seen from whether the Panku Box, still pressed against Valmont's body, reacted.

"Hey~ what's going on? Why do I feel pain all over my body, like I've been beaten up?" Valon regained consciousness and immediately felt intense pain all over his body.

"Damn it, Holy Lord... Why can't I move?!" Valon was in a daze for a moment before he remembered that it seemed like Holy Lord had appeared and possessed him, locking his soul in a dark room.

Just as he was about to hurl a few curses, Valon suddenly found himself unable to move, as if he were bound by something, and immediately struggled to look around.

"Don't be nervous, the Holy Lord is still inside you. Do you still want your father to deal with the Holy Lord? If you do, then shut up. Demons and monsters, leave quickly... demons and monsters, leave quickly..." Your father had long prepared the spells to deal with the Blade Dragon and the Holy Lord, just waiting for the opportunity to use them on them.

Valmont, hearing his father's words, didn't want to experience the feeling of his body being controlled by Shendu any longer, so he immediately stopped struggling and signaled to his father to hurry up and do it. Shendu inside Valmont had been injured by the Panku Box and had no ability to resist his father's magic. He was quickly pulled out of Valmont's body by his father's spell.

"Dad's really something, he can turn any spell's incantation into something like a demon or monster, that's pretty amazing," Cheng Yiyi said softly. She had browsed through some magic-related books in the library, and different spells all had different incantations, but her dad only used one incantation from beginning to end.

This is similar to how most ninjas in the Naruto world just frantically form hand seals and create afterimages, while Hashirama Senju could summon whatever he wanted with a simple clap of his hands. Furthermore, considering that his father was a self-taught mage, it's clear that his magical talent was no less than Daolong's, only he had significantly less training.

If Old Man had lived as long as Daolong, by the time he reached Daolong's age, even if all eight demons attacked at once, they probably wouldn't have been able to bring him any joy.

The enchanted soul of Shendu glowed with a green light, making him visible to the others, including the old man. He was coiled into a ball by magic and floated in mid-air.

With his other hand, the lizard trunk channeled magic into a beam of light, striking Shendu's soul. The pufferfish, not to be outdone, unleashed its own green beam. The threat of death prematurely awakened Shendu's wounded and dormant soul. Seeing his current state, Shendu's voice, filled with venomous resentment, echoed in everyone's ears: "I am the demon of fire, I am part of the dark energy, I am part of this world, and one day… I will return!"

After saying that, Shendu exploded; his soul simply disintegrated. He had no chance to return to Hell. As for his promise to return someday, who knows? It's not impossible, but in any case, we definitely won't see him for a very long time.

The eight demons correspond to the trigrams and runes on the Bagua (Eight Trigrams), their power linked to the natural elements. Since fire and black energy exist in the world, there is still a sliver of a possibility that the Holy Lord will be resurrected. The prerequisite is that the black energy faction has no one left to use; then the source of black energy will naturally consider bringing the Holy Lord back.

"Those two are finally done." Joseph recalled his Stand and remarked with a sigh.

After the Holy Lord's soul exploded, a demonic aura appeared in mid-air. It was obvious without even thinking that this was the fire demonic aura that corresponded to the Holy Lord.

It is indeed very powerful to be able to gather the demonic power of the eight great demons. It can breathe fire and flames, strike thunder and lightning, summon wind and rain, swallow clouds and spit mist, overturn rivers and seas, shake mountains and shatter the earth, devour everything, fly through the sky and escape into the earth, move stars and change the moon, and manipulate the sun, moon and stars.

Of course, no one in this team wanted to absorb the demon's demonic energy. The power was immense, but it had too much of an impact on appearance; the combined result would be incredibly ugly.

At the end of the Demonic Aura arc, the demon dragon fused with the eight demonic energies, and its appearance revealed the face of Zhou Lan, the massive body of Bo Gang, the left hand of Xiao Feng, the chin, tentacles, and tail of Ba Sha, the horns and right hand of Di Kui, the wings of Xi Mu, and the arms and legs of Zhong Su. The overall design strongly suggests that the writers referenced the Cthulhu Mythos.

"Oh dear~ there's still some demonic energy here. Father didn't prepare a container to hold it." Father looked at the demonic energy left behind by the Holy Lord and glanced around at everyone.

"We're not going to choose one of us to temporarily act as this vessel, are we?" Joseph said, recalling how Jackie Chan had served as a temporary vessel for the Earth Demon's energy in the original storyline of the adventure.

Cheng Yiyi immediately raised her hand, not to be a vessel, but to recommend someone: "Brother Shuhang, your black dragon tattoo can absorb demonic energy, right? Since you've already absorbed the Earthly Demonic Energy, you might as well absorb the Holy Lord's Demonic Energy as well."

"Huh? Me?" Song Shuhang was slacking off when he was suddenly called out. He looked at the demonic energy that was constantly moving in mid-air and was sealed by his father, and felt the state of the black dragon tattoo on his body. He replied, "It seems like I'm not doing well. I've eaten too much of that stuff and need to digest it for a while. I can't continue to consume demonic energy now."

"That's alright. You can be the vessel for the Holy Lord's demonic energy for now. Once the black dragon tattoo on your body has been digested enough, it can directly absorb the demonic energy from your body." Cheng Yiyi immediately revealed a sly smile, showing her pair of tiger teeth. It was clear that Cheng Yiyi's suggestion was mainly aimed at persuading Song Shuhang to become the vessel for the Holy Lord's demonic energy.

"Are you sure it's okay?" Song Shuhang had seen the ugly appearance of people who had been fused with demonic energy in the adventure stories before, and he was quite resistant to it.

"What's there to worry about? You're wielding Lü Dongbin's sword, which is specifically designed to defeat the Holy Lord. It's clear that Brother Shuhang will definitely become an unparalleled sword immortal like Lü Dongbin in the future."

"A sword flies through the air, startling the slumbering dragon of Dongting Lake. That's exactly what you're talking about, a sword immortal. The fact that the Pure Yang Sword is in your hands already shows that if you don't deal with this demonic energy, who else can you rely on? Besides, so many powerful figures in the chat group are watching, what's there to worry about?" Cheng Yiyi chattered away, unleashing a torrent of criticism on Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang's face was all smiles, and it was clear that he had lost himself in the constant calls of "Sword Immortal".

(End of this chapter)