"Truly terrifying!" That was the description that Tang Peng assigned to the monster. Even though he was sure that he could defeat this monster at his perfected Grudge Yin Form peak, he could not ever hope to defeat it.
The only option now was to escape from Blackheart's Heart Overlord, which was nearly impossible to do so, considering that its speed seemed to be the same as Tang Peng. Even though he could sidestep it with enough attention to its movement patterns, if he tried to run away, he would almost certainly be caught in a pickle.
"Death is simply a matter of time. Why not end your suffering right here, right now by letting my Heart Overlord bash you? Simple and convenient." Blackheart was getting frustrated by Tang Peng's constant dodging, so he tried to lure Tang Peng into submitting.
"Do you have a problem with your head? I've survived so long, so I won't throw my life away like this." Tang Peng casually replied, hoping it would provoke Blackheart so he would have an opening to escape.
"I know what you're trying to do. Fool me once, shame on me, try it twice, shame on you!" Blackheart retained his calm composure, not willing to let Tang Peng escape. He had already used up 10 of his hearts, so he did not want them to go to waste just like that.
"I don't believe that your Heart Overlord can last very long. It should explode when it runs out of energy. It's just a war of attrition at this point." Tang Peng started jumping from tree to tree, trying to get the Heart Overlord to spend more energy.
"Don't act so smart! Earthquake!" The rocky arms on the Heart Overlord started moving, and it slammed downwards, crushing the ground beneath it. The force from the arms were so strong that it slightly shifted a tectonic plate, causing a mini earthquake!
"What the hell are you doing? Are you insane?" Tang Peng yelled out as all the trees were uprooted by the earthquake's force. He was forced to jump onto the ground, where the earthquake destabilised his balance.
"Got you now, you little mortal!" The Heart Overlord stomped over, and executed a bone crushing punch. The strength of the punch was equivalent to 10 times of Demon General level strength, so Tang Peng was punched so hard, he flew to the boundary of Devil Forest.
However, the punch forced a stone to fly out of Tang Peng's mouth with extreme force, lodging itself deep within the Heart Overlord. That was the stone that Sylvia and Lycon had possessed beforehand, which started to absorb the power of the Heart Overlord once it came into contact with the Yin Qi hidden inside.
"What's happening? I defeated the mortal, so why is my power dropping so much!" Blackheart was anxious. The amount of power that had dropped was close to if he had the body hosting his consciousness die.
"I can feel incredible power coursing through my body. Sylvia must have gotten the Yin Soul already!" The small creature sealed within the forest could feel the devil soul that he was nurturing increase in volume at a fast rate.
"You? You're the one absorbing me? The "king" of the Identity Robbing Tribe, Nine Faced Asura, Howick?" Even though Blackheart had no real face anymore, it would have been pale if he still had one. The power that the Nine Faced Asura has was top tier Demon King.
"Hmm? Isn't that Blackheart? I'm absorbing you? Eh. It doesn't matter anyway." Howick doubled down on his efforts to absorb Blackheart's Yin Qi. The hearts of the humans inside of Blackheart started to shrink at a visible rate.
Blackheart was horrified as a whirlpool formed in his main body, which absorbed the cultivation that he had accrued over the years, along with the hearts in his collection. The Heart Overlord also started tear apart, disappearing into an unknown location, and the heart soul he was nurturing had crumbled away.
"This can't be happening. There's no way the mighty Blackheart can die!" Blackheart yelled out in frustration in his last moments. All his efforts, everything that he had done over the years, simply was absorbed by the Nine Faced Asura.
"Look on the bright side. You can help me advance to Demon Emperor!" Howick started to laugh at Blackheart's plight, and started mocking him. He could feel the devil soul undergoing a metamorphic change, as Blackheart's body channeled even more Yin Qi inside.
Various bolts of lightning started to strike inside the deepest part of Devil Forest. It was a giant rock, where a giant trident was stabbed deep within. A small creature was inside, holding a rock, while laughing madly.
The lightning strikes caused green flames to form on the rock, but the trident prevented the rock from being affected. A runic seal could be seen when the fire burned on the trident.
"Tribulation Strikes? Why would someone be cultivating inside Devil Forest?" People started to point at the lightning strikes, wondering what was happening inside Devil Forest. Devil Forest was a place where Yin monsters were created, which was very dangerous for someone undergoing tribulations.
However, the realised something was very wrong, as they could feel a sense of looming danger in their hearts. Once the lightning strikes had stopped, the feeling grew even more intense. It was as if nature itself had been disturbed, as birds started to fall from the sky, while animals hid in shelters.
From the area of Devil Forest, five whirlpools formed in the sky, before they combined into one. That whirlpool then formed a hideous devil apparition in the sky, marking the crowning of an emperor. A Demon Emperor.
The rock in the deepest part of Devil Forest started to shake, as a giant arm formed from many limbs shook its foundation. Under the assault of the green flames and the arm, the trident finally broke, shattering into many pieces, which flew all over Five Star Continent.
"It's been so long since I have tasted freedom. This is truly wonderful!" Howick's form was endlessly shifting, but he always maintained 9 faces on his body.
As he released his pressuring aura onto the Devil Forest, every Yin monster in the vicinity could not help but felt subservient to the Demon Emperor, and started to kowtow to him.
Even the Demon Kings were not spared from the pressure of the aura, as even though they tried to resist this majestic aura, they could feel their bodies buckle and fall onto the ground just through resistance.
That was how strong a Demon Emperor was. They were able to obliterate empires and slaughter millions at their whims. A terrifying being of this level had born through the efforts of Tang Peng.