Genshin Impact, Teyvat's own beloved immortal.

The little demon stumbled and ran toward a huge, crimson figure.

Suddenly, it slipped and fell to the ground with a thud, its head smashing into a wine jar at the king's feet.

The snoring stopped abruptly.

The little demon's face immediately turned ashen.

A pair of eyes that seemed to be burning with raging fire suddenly opened, and a giant shadow, three meters tall, stood up from the throne.

His entire body was crimson red, with a pair of sharp, imposing demon horns on his head, and fiery red hair cascading down his back like a waterfall.

His robust, bear-like body resembled a moving hill, and when he opened his mouth, the air within a ten-meter radius was filled with the smell of alcohol.

"It's so noisy! I hate being woken up when I'm sleeping! And you idiot, you even broke my wine jar!"

"I'm...I'm so sorry, Lord Shuten-dōji! I didn't mean to!"

Shuten-dōji snorted coldly and took down the huge gourd that was taller than a person from his back.

Boom!

He slammed the gourd down hard, and the little demon instantly turned into minced meat.

Then he opened the gourd lid, picked up the gourd, and drank it down with gusto.

"Ah~ This is absolutely delicious! Hmm?"

Shuten-dōji noticed Rikuo's sudden appearance, but instead of launching a violent attack, he casually sat back on his throne and drunkenly said, "Where did this bastard come from? I don't have time to fight you right now, so get lost before I lose my temper."

Seeing that the other party remained unmoved, Shuten-dōji suddenly sat up, frowned, and carefully examined Rikuo before laughing, "Hahaha! I understand! You came for this thing, didn't you?"

Having said that, he lifted the throne, revealing the Killing Stone beneath it.

"Since that's the case, I'll reluctantly agree to a fight with you. If you win, you can have this thing! If you lose, I'll put you in my gourd and turn you into fine wine!"

Wow!

Shuten used the giant gourd in his hand as a weapon and hurled it at Rikuo.

Boom!

The gourd smashed a large hole in the ground, but Lu Sheng had already disappeared from the spot.

call out!

When Rikuo reappeared, he had already activated his demon form, and his speed was so fast that it was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

Facing the legendary Demon King Shuten-dōji, he used all his strength from the start, striving for a swift victory.

Shuten caught a glimpse of Rikuo's figure out of the corner of his eye, clenched his right fist tightly, and turned around to unleash a punch.

Fists clashed with weapons, yet neither was at a disadvantage.

However, in the next instant, Lu Sheng's figure appeared on the right.

"What fast mosquitoes!"

Shuten-dōji exclaimed in admiration, then with his right hand, he pulled at the distant gourd, which flew up on its own and crashed into Rikuo.

The gourd, like a missile with a targeting device, kept flying through the air towards Rikuo, preventing Rikuo from having a chance to attack Shuten-dōji, no matter how fast he was.

Shuten-dōji stood by with his arms crossed, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

The gourd finally collided with Lu Sheng's body, making a crisp sound, and the gourd shattered for no reason, scattering countless ice shards.

"Fake?!"

To Shuten's surprise, Rikuo's true form flashed in front of him and delivered a full-force punch straight to Shuten's face.

Two large, bloody teeth flew out, Shuten-dōji's face was dented, and his massive body flew several meters away before crashing heavily to the ground.

"Ha! Hahaha! That's exhilarating! That's truly exhilarating! This is exactly the kind of opponent I need!"

Shuten-dōji, instead of being angry or annoyed, laughed heartily as he got up, summoned his sake gourd to his side, and gulped down another mouthful.

"This time, I'm going to get serious!"

Having said that, he grabbed the gourd in one hand and rushed towards Lu Sheng in a few big strides, using smashing, elbowing, bumping, and grappling techniques to entangle with Lu Sheng.

That broken gourd was incredibly hard; even a sword couldn't leave a mark on it. Wherever the gourd touched, even the hardest rock would crumble like tofu and turn into powder.

What's even more troublesome is that the gourd seems to have its own consciousness; even if Shuten throws it out, it will automatically return to block the attack for Shuten.

Shuten-dōji's skin was as hard as steel.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

Lu Sheng suddenly took a step back and spat out a burst of fire from his mouth.

Shuten-dōji didn't even flinch, scoffing, "You call this fire-breathing? Let me show you what real fire-breathing is!"

He grabbed the gourd and gulped it down, and immediately his hair and horns lit up and turned golden.

boom--! ! !

A massive fireball, more than ten times larger than Rikuo, roared out and engulfed a fan-shaped area with a radius of ten meters in front of Shuten-dōji.

"good chance!"

Riku realized that the moment Shuten-dōji spewed flames was the perfect opportunity for him to become immobilized.

He pushed the Three Thousand Thunderclap movement technique to its limit, risking being burned by the flames to pass straight through the fire spewed by Shuten-dōji, abandoning the use of a blade and instead using his fist to deliver a full-force blow! It struck Shuten-dōji squarely in the groin!

It seems like something has quietly broken.

"BOOM—!!! Awooohoo!"

Shuten let out a howl like Tom the cat, the flames in his mouth suddenly stopped, his features contorted, his mouth twitched, and he rolled around on the ground clutching his groin.

"How dare you! You dare use such...oh ho ho...such a treacherous trick on me! That's foul! Absolutely foul!"

Rikuo sneered, "You're so big, all you can do is get hit. If you were shorter, how could I possibly hit you? You lost, so just hand over the Killing Stone."

Shuten struggled to his feet with a gloomy face. "I lost? I don't understand what you're saying at all."

He suddenly turned his gaze to the dozens of boxes of Evil Eyes piled up in the corner, rushed forward, punched through the boxes, and began to absorb the power of the Evil Eyes.

"Drink!!!"

In an instant, Shuten-dōji's hair and demon horns turned completely golden, glittering brightly, and even his body was engulfed in raging flames.

"I am the strongest demon king! The lord of Mount Ooe! Who can withstand me? Who can kill me?"

Lu Sheng sighed helplessly: "Why don't you just surrender obediently? If you insist on courting death, then I'll grant your wish!"

He drew his sword, faced Shuten-dōji, and, with an air of arrogance, began to prepare his Unthinking Strike.

"Ohhhhh!"

Shuten-dōji unleashed his full power, stomping out a foot that shattered the earth and punching out a fist that shook the mountain. His long hair twisted into a single strand and floated up like a whip, spinning and engulfing everything around him in destruction.

Boom boom boom!

Shuten-dōji strode forward and charged towards Rikuo.

Suddenly, a shadowy figure flashed out from behind Lu Sheng; upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a pink-furred fox.

Shuten's eyes suddenly narrowed, as if he were recalling unpleasant memories.

Wow!

For no apparent reason, the divine child scattered a handful of beans into the air, abruptly halting Shuten-dōji's unstoppable offensive.

"Damn it! Beans again?!"

At this moment, Rikuo finished preparing his Musou-ichi-kata (Unthinkable Blade) and unleashed his deadly attack. Shuten-dōji cried out in surprise and held up his gourd to block the attack.

After a deafening roar, the entire Tadala sand, along with the furnace, was cut in two.

pat!pat!

The gourd that Shuten-dōji held, which was as solid as a rock, was also split in two, with one piece falling to the left and the other to the right of Shuten-dōji.

He was cleaved into the crack by the sword energy. Although he escaped being split in two, his severely injured body could no longer support him in the fight.

Rikuo, sword in hand, approached Shuten-dōji.

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting! I surrender! I surrender! You are the true Demon King! I, Shuten-dōji, acknowledge you as the strongest!"

Lu Sheng ignored him and turned to ask Shen Zi, "What did you just do to him? Why did he suddenly freeze like he'd seen a ghost?"

"Goo-gi~" The divine child couldn't help but laugh, "Because I recognized him a long time ago~ What Shuten-dōji, what Ōeyama Oni-ō, this guy is just a big kid who specializes in wrestling with children to win their snacks."

As she spoke, the divine child uttered a spell that Rikuo couldn't understand. Shuten's body suddenly convulsed, and then his enormous flesh began to dissipate, leaving only a portion of his essence.

Holy crap! Arataki Ichidou?

"Ouch...it hurts so much! Why do I feel like I've been beaten up? Could it be that what happened in my dream was real?"

Ichidou scratched his head in confusion. He had only had a dream, so why did he feel so much pain all over his body when he woke up?

He suddenly saw Lu Sheng, and after looking around, he was startled.

Could it be that becoming the most powerful demon lord, Shuten-dōji, is not just a dream?

Inazuma Arc: Chapter 85: The Manifestation of Thunder Sound

After a conversation with the divine child, Araki Ichito explained the whole story.

The Ara-ryu faction had always lived a peaceful and tranquil life until, shortly after the new regent took office, he was inexplicably captured by the Tengu.

Tengu told him that he was captured because of the demon bloodline within him.

“You are different from others. You are more noble than ordinary people. You are a born ruler.”

Ichidou remembered that this was what Tengu had said to him.

Until he was captured and taken to Inazuma Castle, and brought before the regent.

Suzuka Gozen stroked the demon horns on Ichito's head, a rather satisfied smile on her face.

Then she had someone bring Ichito to the front of a huge snake head remnant. The head exuded a terrifying aura that made it hard for Ichito to breathe. Then he saw Suzuka Gozen take out a small gadget from her chest, which emitted a dazzling lightning bolt. Instantly, he lost consciousness.

When he awoke, he had become the strongest demon king in the legends of the demon race, Shuten-dōji.

"Did I mess up?"