It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

Chapter 756 Returning to the Pinnacle of the Ultimate Path

In the unfathomable darkness, a charred body floated silently, its shape resembling rotten wood, its almost completely burned limbs like branches on that rotten wood.

Suddenly, Kuchiki coughed and spat out several strings of bubbles.

Amidst the violent coughing, the rotten wood revived, the charred material fell off, and tender flesh grew. In the process of rapid cell division, Dorgon's body grew taller segment by segment, and limbs regenerated.

Before long, he returned to normal human form and stood naked in the deep sea.

Dorgon looked around at himself with delight, his smile gradually widening until he burst into wild laughter.

"I won! I won!"

"Hahaha, I killed the Lord of the Pantheon, I killed the Phoenix, hahaha, I've got this in the bag."

"The outcome is already decided, the result of the entire battle is already determined, hahaha, the fruit is mine."

Even a mind tempered by four hundred years of experience would find it difficult to remain calm at this moment.

After the Poison Tail fell, they were in a very difficult situation. They finally managed to turn Baker Richardson against them, obtain the Kusanagi Sword, and kill the Buddha Head. They thought that the victory was almost certain.

However, Po Jun died, and he fled in disarray with Baker Richardson, having to devise other ways out and use other backup plans.

It's too difficult, really too difficult.

This period of experience made Dorgon feel as if he had returned to the days when he followed his father, the Emperor, to conquer the Central Plains, working tirelessly and facing numerous difficulties.

The Phoenix is ​​very strong, extremely strong.

It's stronger than Poison Tail and Broken Army.

He genuinely thought he was going to die. In a battle between experts, the moment of truth is crucial; there's no time to consider anything else, it's a fight to the death with all one's might.

"If I had chosen to keep Baker Richardson calm back then, instead of forcibly taking the Kusanagi Sword and returning it to him, I would be the one dead now..."

"It's all ordained by God; I am the chosen one."

Excitement and lingering fear were mixed together, and Dorgon took some time to calm himself down.

"The Phoenix is ​​the ruler, I cannot kill her. At most, the Kusanagi Sword will reduce her to her original form." Dorgon swooped down toward the seabed, approaching the lava, his gaze sweeping across it.

On the seabed not far from the lava, a giant, bright red egg lay quietly.

It stands six meters tall, almost the height of a two-story building, with a molten lava-like glow flowing across its shell, emitting a red light.

"The remains of the phoenix are different from those of other rulers; they are not flesh and blood, but an egg..." Dorgon circled the eggshell, marveling at it.

He did not doubt that it was fake, a disguise of the phoenix.

With his level of insight, disguise was useless; a powerful life force lurked quietly inside the eggshell, as if it were asleep.

"It's somewhat like the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes."

"By the way, Li Xianyu has already taken away her right to be reborn, so what does her current state mean?"

After spinning around a few times and having had his fill, Dorgon used his magic to transform the remains of the phoenix into a small, miniature bird egg, which he held in his palm.

He swam around on the seabed, searching, and soon found the Kusanagi sword he had spat out.

We can't lose this; it's the key weapon to kill Baker Richardson in the future.

"After I recover, I can return to the peak of the ultimate path, but the Baoze camp still has the Peerless Battle Soul, Qin Ze, and Li Xianyu, three half-step ultimate path combined attack techniques. I'm still a bit overwhelmed by myself, but I can still make use of Baker Richardson."

He retrieved the Kusanagi sword and placed it at his feet. Using the Kusanagi sword as the core of the formation, he temporarily set up a sealing array.

Seal the remains of the phoenix.

Then, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he spat out the black dragon hidden in his stomach.

"puff!"

He spit the black dragon far away. The black dragon, which was originally the size of a loach, regained its size during the flight, and its body, which was a hundred meters long, lay quietly on the seabed.

Dorgon stepped into the black dragon's skull, and his body began to melt from his feet into flesh and blood, with distinct ridges and valleys, resembling a brain.

About half an hour later, he had completely melted away.

The shattered skull regenerated, the scales regenerated, and in an instant, the black dragon opened its eyes, its scarlet pupils like two beams of xenon lamp light.

The moment the black dragon, or rather Dorgon, opened his eyes, the entire place began to tremble, as if in fear, yet also as if in celebration of the birth of a new monarch.

Ocean Lord!

This is the true Sea King. Although Dorgon in the past was also at the peak of the ultimate path, he only inherited the water-based superpowers, not the lightning-based ones, and his body was still human.

At most, he is half a sea monarch.

And now, he is no different from the ruler he once was.

Although he did not possess the Dragon Balls, Dorgon's own spiritual essence was sufficient to replace them.

"I should be able to regain my human form..." The black dragon swam freely in the deep sea, getting used to its new body.

Then he stopped and began to think about returning to human form.

While a large body certainly increases strength, it also has many inconveniences. The human body is better, being short and agile.

It's also convenient to get things done.

With a thought, the black dragon's hundred-meter-long body began to shrink, its tail retracted into its body, and its four claws under its belly lengthened, moving towards the human's limbs.

The protruding mouth retracted, the fangs in the mouthparts became neat, the ferocious face became flat, and the facial features became indistinguishable from those of a human. The coarse mane on the neck became as smooth as if it had been treated with Head & Shoulders, and it turned into hair.

Dorgon transformed into a dragon-man with horns on his head and a tail behind him.

This is what the Overlord looks like after transforming into a human. Like the deep purple humanoid creature of the Poison Tail and the deep blue humanoid creature of the Broken Army, they are just humanoid.

This is what the humanoid form of the Black Dragon Overlord looks like.

Of course, Dorgon could also revert to his previous appearance, but there's no need. He's in a good state now, feeling full of energy and experiencing a sense of novelty from being transformed.

Yesterday's Dorgon is dead; today I am Dorgon Black Dragon.

Dorgon waved his hand, sheathed his Kusanagi sword, dispelled the formation, and, dragging the tiny bird egg in his hand, rushed towards the sea.

The sea surged with towering waves, and a majestic dragonman burst forth from the sea, holding the Kusanagi sword in one hand and dragging a bird egg in the other, standing proudly beneath the sky.

In the far distance, several military helicopters patrolled at low altitude. Upon seeing Dorgon, they immediately turned and fled.

Even though they were several kilometers apart, Dorgon could have overthrown them with a wave of his hand, but he didn't. He struck a few poses and then left.

high seas!

American warships.

The captain was communicating with the Superpower Association headquarters: "Vice President, we've lost contact with Aquaman. There's no trace of him on radar. I'm afraid..."

At the headquarters of the Superpowered Association, Vice President Kennyd Shojiba, responsible for liaising with Aquaman, felt a wave of dizziness upon hearing the news: "Baoze used a nuclear bomb?!"

Aquaman is a near-ultimate master of water-based superpowers. The ocean is his territory. Even Baker Richardson wouldn't dare say he could fight the god Angie Charles in the sea.

Otherwise, how did he get the title of "Sea King"?

Unless Baoze drops a nuclear bomb, launching a large-scale attack that leaves Charles with nowhere to escape... Xiao Jiba suddenly thought of something and said in a deep voice, "Black Dragon?"

"The Black Dragon did appear. It did not enter the Pantheon with Li Xianyu and the others, but after a fierce battle with the Black Dragon, Lord Neptune has actually returned to the warship," the captain replied.

"So what exactly happened?"

"Later, we detected the reaction of high-energy life forms in the East China Sea, and His Majesty the Sea King planned to go and take a look. As a result... the helicopter lost contact, and we lost contact with the Sea King."

"Perhaps they've gone into hiding, or moved their battlefield?" Xiao Jiba probed.

But he knew the chances were slim. The captain was an experienced veteran; he wouldn't rush to report something he wasn't sure about.

Sure enough, the captain said in a low voice, "It's unlikely, because... just now, ten minutes ago, the warship was almost capsized by the waves."

"Baoze didn't use a nuclear weapon; it was caused by the battle between those two high-energy life forms in the deep sea. And Aquaman lost contact before the explosion."

The fighting in the East China Sea nearly capsized warships on the high seas; the force of that attack would likely have triggered a small tsunami along the coast.

Angie Charles, the actor who plays Aquaman, lost contact just moments before the explosion and has been unable to return or contact the warship since... His chances of survival are very slim.

Then, Shojiba noticed another crucial piece of intelligence.

"Two high-energy life forms... Can you confirm their identities?"

"One of them can unleash a flame like the rising sun, and since they are fighting in the sea, the other must be a water-based being or an aquatic anomaly." The captain roughly guessed that it was a battle between rulers.

His position has given him access to some secrets: President Baker has allied with the Ancient Demons.

The burst of intense flames must have come from the Phoenix, the Lord of the Pantheon. And the one fighting it... was the water elemental overlord that Chairman Baker had mentioned... Xiao Jiba understood.

Then, he asked urgently, "What's the situation now? Is the battle over?"

"The storm has passed, but I don't know if it's over..."

The captain's words were abruptly cut off, and a buzzing sound came from the loudspeaker.

Xiaojiba shouted loudly, but received no response.

At this very moment, a US patrol ship.

The captain could only hear the buzzing sound of electricity. He wasn't puzzled as to why they had lost contact; to be precise, he didn't have the energy to wonder.

A tremendous terror filled his heart, crushing his reason and knees. With a "bang," his knees buckled uncontrollably, his pores opened, and his sweat glands automatically secreted sweat.

His heart was racing so fast that he wondered if he was about to have a heart attack and die.

On the patrol ship, all the blood descendants were in the same situation. A terrifying pressure enveloped them, and the blood descendants present felt inexplicably trembled and feared.

Only a handful of ordinary people who knew about the bloodline world but were not bloodline themselves were unaffected, staring blankly as the big shots around them suddenly knelt down.

Just then, a loud voice rang out from the deck: "Who's in charge here?"

They were speaking Chinese.

At the same time, the bloodline on the ship felt the pressure lessen, their legs stopped trembling, and they were able to stand up on their knees.

But the captain's face remained pale as he cautiously approached the deck.

In the distance, a sailor's fearful and weak voice could be heard: "This is our captain, and you are...."

Dorgon glanced at him but made no move. Suddenly, the poor sailor fell straight down and became a dry, lifeless corpse.

"You are not allowed to speak English in front of me."

"If no one speaks Chinese, there is no need for this ship to exist."

The other sailors on deck turned ashen-faced, yet dared not flee.

Should I thank myself for spending a few years in China as a spy...? The captain thought with a bittersweet smile.

He was born a spy, joined the Superpower Association, underwent several years of training and brainwashing, and was sent to China, while his contemporaries were sent to various countries around the world.

After his service ended, he was transferred back to the United States and, under the arrangement of the Superpower Association, joined the Navy.

The captain staggered onto the deck and, upon seeing this uninvited guest, finally understood why the sailors had acted so cowardly.

This is not human at all.

It stands nearly three meters tall, its body covered in dense black scales that gleam with a metallic sheen.

Two black, forked horns grew from his forehead.

His facial features are similar to those of a human, but the scales covering his face make it impossible for people to feel close to him.

Her hair was grayish-white and tied into a waist-length braid at the back of her head.

In addition, his spine extended from his coccyx to form a thick, long tail that dragged on the deck, with a grayish-white mane at the end.

This is a humanoid creature without sex organs, but judging from its deep, masculine voice, it should be male.

"You, you are..." The captain knelt down again.

"Don't be afraid, I am an ally of your Superpower Association. Baker Richardson should have told you of my existence."

The sailors were completely bewildered. Of course, they couldn't possibly know the secrets of the higher-ups, but the captain, being of a certain rank, could access some of the relevant information.

Although I don't know all the details, I do know that the Superpower Association is not fighting side by side. Chairman Baker has found several allies in this Far Eastern country, who are said to be ancient demons.

"As long as they're on our side..." The captain adopted the posture of a medieval servant, speaking respectfully, "Your Excellency, what are your orders?"

"I'm hungry," Dorgon said.

Swish... The captain broke out in a cold sweat again. So, they came here looking for food?

It's going to eat us.

Dorgon glanced at the foreigner's rapidly paling face and said indifferently, "Bring up whatever good food you have on the ship. Don't worry, I don't eat people. Of course, if your cooking isn't good, I'll kill someone."

Dorgon usurped the power of the ancient demons; he was not the natural ruler. He had neither the habit nor the inclination to eat people.

It's like if you were transported into the body of a dog, you would definitely still prefer two balls, not a row of beans.

The captain breathed a sigh of relief and said with trepidation, "I'll go right away and I'll definitely do my best to meet your needs."

(End of this chapter)