A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 2661: Chapter 1794: This Hero Faces the Demon King Directly

"Boom!"

Duanmu Huai kicked open the heavy door and strode into the hall of the Demon King Palace.

On the throne before him, the Demon King sat there, staring at Duanmu Huai with calm and cold eyes.

"You’ve really come, Hero. Although I guessed it, I didn’t expect you to actually do this."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Lisetta, hiding behind Duanmu Huai, heard the Demon King’s words and couldn’t help but ask, while the Demon King cast a glance at her.

"I had long guessed that the Hero was employing a deceptive strategy. Even if they are royal family members, people of this world have no reason to save them. After all, before I ruled this world, this trash had already lost the trust of the people they governed. And those humans only appeared to distract and restrain the forces of the Demon King Palace, right? I just didn’t expect you would come here like this, with only a Goddess by your side. It’s quite surprising."

"Is that so?"

"It’s not important."

Duanmu Huai indifferently interrupted the futile exchange between the two, once again looking at the Demon King.

"Listen, I could have turned you to ashes directly, but I have something to ask you, which is why I’ve let you live until now. So, you’d better answer my question obediently."

"What question?"

"I heard you gained the power of the Evil God?"

"Exactly!"

Speaking of this topic, the Demon King raised his hands triumphantly.

"I now possess the immense power given by the Evil God. You are no match for me!"

"Oh, then do you have a way to summon that Evil God? I’d like to have a chat."

Duanmu Huai stared at the Demon King.

"I have no interest in small fries like you, but if I’m going to fight dogs, I’d rather fight one with a master. I heard you gained power by killing a Hero, so how did you connect with the Evil God to receive its power?"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Lisetta was also taken aback, looking at Duanmu Huai. She too had wondered before why Duanmu Huai, who clearly had the weapon capable of turning the entire Demon King Palace to ash, hadn’t used it earlier. She thought it might be because Duanmu Huai believed it wouldn’t work on the Demon King. To her surprise, Duanmu Huai had another agenda!

"Why do you want to know this?"

"Because to cure the disease, you have to treat the root cause."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"What are you but a mere pet dog? Call your master out, they are my real opponent, not you."

Uwaa......

Though long aware of Duanmu Huai’s arrogance, hearing him tell a Demon King of an SS Class difficult world "you are not worthy" still made Lisetta break out in a cold sweat. The Demon King’s face worsened, turning deathly pale from anger. It glared coldly at Duanmu Huai, the earlier touch of smugness vanished.

"Such stupidity and arrogance, I’ve never seen a Hero like you. Very well, let me show you the power of the Evil God!"

As he spoke, the Demon King raised its hands.

"I offer a life to the Evil God! The beginning of Evil Magic! Magic Constrained Domain!"

With the Demon King’s words, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed. The Demon King then lowered its head, looking at Duanmu Huai with a smug smile.

"Now only magic can harm me, come, Hero, show me your magic!"

"........."

Facing the Demon King’s words, Duanmu Huai clenched his fists, then moved forward, then ran, reaching the Demon King in a couple of steps, and punched it!

"Hahaha, it’s useless, now only magic can hurt me, your fist......"

However, the Demon King couldn’t finish its sentence, because at that moment, Duanmu Huai’s gorgeous right hook punched it in the face, knocking it to the ground.

"........."

For a moment, the air seemed to solidify.

"W-why?"

The Demon King clutched its swollen face, a look of disbelief.

"Even though the blessings of the Evil God should be working, why is this happening?"

"Didn’t you just say only magic could harm you?"

"That’s how it should be!"

"Then how do you know my fist isn’t magic?"

".........???"

Duanmu Huai’s words caused the minds of both the Demon King and Lisetta to shrink.

No, the fist clearly looked like a physical attack, couldn’t possibly be magic!

"T-then I offer two lives to the Evil God! The furtherance of Evil Magic! Physical Constrained Domain! Now all magic is ineffective against me...... ugh!"

Duanmu Huai kicked the Demon King in the abdomen, sending it reeling backward like a shrimp, ending with a crash onto the broken stairs after it smashed through the throne. Clutching its abdomen, the Demon King widened its eyes, looking again at Duanmu Huai standing before it.

"W-why......"

"When I kick you, it’s definitely a physical attack, are you out of your mind?"

"Da-Damn it, then I will........"

Once more, the Demon King didn’t get to finish speaking because Duanmu Huai had already kicked its face again, interrupting its words and breaking its teeth. Teeth stained with the Demon King’s blood sprayed from its mouth, while the Demon King spun and flew into the air. Simultaneously, Duanmu Huai tightly clenched both fists.

"Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!!!"

The storm-like barrage of punches struck without pause against the Demon King’s body, keeping it suspended like a rag doll from Duanmu Huai’s relentless aerial attack, not even able to touch the ground.

"So, so powerful......

Watching this scene, Lisetta trembled with fear. She knew Duanmu Huai was formidable, but she didn’t have a specific understanding of his strength. After all, in the last world-saving venture, Duanmu Huai had clearly used some item to blow up the Demon King. But now, the Demon King before her was the mightiest of the SS difficulty world, and according to Lisetta’s Identification Skill results, its level had surpassed known limits, coupled with an attack power of over a million.

Such a Demon King, even in the Unified Divine Realm, only an extremely few deities could deal with!

Yet here and now, Duanmu Huai could even grab it and thrash it around, without giving it even a chance to counterattack!

Right, right, that’s it!

Lisetta also recalled that the Demon King seemed to be about to chant something about offering its own life to the Evil God to unleash the Evil God’s power. But now, under Duanmu Huai’s continuous beating, it had no time to speak. Could it be it would be beaten to death by Duanmu Huai?

While Lisetta was inwardly worried, Duanmu Huai stopped, then grabbed the Demon King, who was beaten beyond recognition (though it wasn’t human to begin with).

"Alright, now tell me, where is the Evil God? Call it forth."

"Hahaha, hahahahaha!!"

Faced with Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, the Demon King burst into laughter.

"I offer six lives to the Evil God! End of Evil Magic, domain transcending time and space!"

At this moment, time stopped.

How, how, how could this be!

Feeling unable even to move, Lisetta widened her eyes in terror. This Demon King actually mastered time manipulation, a power only the highest deities in the Unified Divine Realm wield! How is this possible? Is the Evil God’s power really that formidable?

However......

"Bang!"

With a heavy sound, the invisible force trapping Lisetta vanished; turning her head, she saw the Demon King again punched to the ground by Duanmu Huai. Now it was clutching its face, staring at Duanmu Huai with wide eyes.

"Why, why, why is the Evil God’s power ineffective against you!!"

"I told you, you’re just a stray dog."

Duanmu Huai grasped the Demon King, glaring coldly at it.

"Now, tell me, where is your master? How does one call it forth?"

"W-wait a moment!"

Feeling Duanmu Huai’s grip tightening on its head, the Demon King suddenly changed its expression.

"I don’t know, I truly don’t know! After killing the Hero, I suddenly heard a voice! It said it was the Evil God, and because I destroyed this world, it rewarded me with power. Then power emerged within me, along with the method to use them... it’s true, I’ve never seen the Evil God!"

"Then how did you become the Demon King? How did you know about the Hero?"

"I-I......"

Not knowing why Duanmu Huai asked this, the Demon King obediently answered.

"I also don’t know, I only know that when I gained consciousness, I was already the Demon King, and my mission was to conquer this world, so I empowered those Orcs, used them to attack humans, and regarding the Hero and Goddess was relayed by the Evil God. It said on my path to conquer the world, a Goddess would guide a Hero to hinder me, and if I just killed them, I’d gain immense power......"

"Sigh.........."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai sighed softly.

"Not even a pet dog, just a stray mutt."

"What are you talking about――――!"

"Pfft."

Duanmu Huai’s hand tightened its grip, instantly crushing the Demon King’s head into fragments; next, he clenched his fist and slammed it onto the Demon King’s fallen body!

"Boom!!"

The next moment, the Demon King’s body was obliterated under Duanmu Huai’s fist. At this moment, Lisetta timidly approached.

"Hey, we need to leave, we snuck in earlier, but now with the intense battle between you and the Demon King, we’ve been discovered! If we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to escape!"

Due to most of the troops being sent to the execution grounds, the Demon King Palace’s defenses were thin, allowing them to sneak in, but after the fight just now, even if Duanmu Huai quietly dealt with nearby guards, the Orc soldiers must already have noticed the anomaly.

"Such a bother."

Duanmu Huai frowned, sighed softly, then reached into his robe and took out a metal object.

"Alright, we’re here, can’t just leave empty-handed."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai threw the item onto the ground, then walked toward the Demon King Palace’s balcony—below was a dense forest and a lake.

"Wait, what exactly are you doing?"

"Either jump down or die, your choice."

After saying this, Duanmu Huai leaped off the balcony, disappearing into the lake below. Seeing this, Lisetta gritted her teeth, then swiftly jumped!

"Boom――――――!!!!"

Just as Lisetta jumped from the balcony, explosive flames engulfed the Demon King Palace behind her.