Qí Màn yáo also felt curious, how did she feel she had become much stronger.
Suddenly, she felt something in her palm.
Opening it, she saw a dull bronze ring in the mud.
"I found it, it's with me!"
Qí Màn yáo joyfully waved her small hands, her cute and happy appearance reminiscent of when she would stand up and happily greet Wàn Léi passing by in the courtyard of the Thunder Emperor Hall. It was also the appearance of the statues erected in the Thunder Emperor Hall today.
Everyone immediately converged, and Qí Màn yáo flew over. They regrouped on the altar.
"Here, it should be this one."
Qí Màn yáo spread her dirty little hands to show everyone the bronze ring. The ring looked exactly like the one in the mural, with a setting that matched the size of the black demon bead.
"It really is, Màn yáo yáo is amazing."
Wàn Léi joyfully rubbed Qí Màn yáo's little head and then took the ring.
Fāng Xiǎoyǔ's mouth pouted high.
"Hmph, you found it but didn't say anything, and instead punched me first. I think you did it on purpose."
"I did and I will."
Qí Màn yáo also snorted coldly.
Wàn Léi took out some water to wash Qí Màn yáo's hands and also cleaned the setting.
"Have you guys noticed a problem?"
Wàn Qiān xìn asked, looking at the ring.
"What problem?"
"The size of this ring is just right for a human finger. But demons are ten feet tall, and their fingers are as thick as a human arm.
So why is this demon ring so small? It doesn't seem like it's for demons, but rather for humans."
As soon as he said this, everyone became confused. Some bolder ones even speculated that the demons refined this ring specifically for humans to wear.
Wàn Léi remained silent and immediately cast the Myriad Stars Dust Formation to refine the ring.
The demon bead, not yet refined, was not under his control. He worried about what negative consequences might occur if this ring was not refined and eventually merged with the demon bead.
A moment later, the ring was refined. Wàn Léi then carefully took out the demon bead and, under everyone's curious and expectant gazes, placed it into the ring's setting.
As soon as the demon bead touched the setting, it snapped into place with a "pa" sound, and then… nothing else happened.
It simply merged together.
"It's fake, right?"
Wàn Léi was somewhat speechless.
Where was the commotion? The special effects? The sound effects? It would have been fine if it just sparkled.
You are the Supreme Demon Ring, don't you have any dignity?
"It shouldn't be fake, after all, Qí Màn yáo's strength also increased when she held it."
Fāng Xiǎoyǔ was still annoyed about being hit by Qí Màn yáo.
Even though she had hit Qí Màn yáo countless times.
"Whatever, we'll know once you try wearing it."
Wàn Léi smiled, put away his armor, and then directly put the Supreme Demon Ring on his right middle finger.
"Ah, be careful..."
This was what Wàn Léi heard from the people around him as his consciousness sank.
Brutality, jealousy, rage, bloodlust, destruction, calamity...
Countless emotions flooded Wàn Léi's mind.
Wàn Léi opened his eyes, facing a blood-red void.
"Ugh..."
A strange sound came from Wàn Léi's throat, like madness suppressed to the extreme.
He had lost all reason. He desperately wanted to destroy everything, to destroy all things in the world, and let everything turn to dust.
It was as if everything in this world, its very existence, was a sin!
"Kill!!!"
Wàn Léi roared, his blood-red eyes scanning the blood-red void, eager to find something to destroy.
Endless resentment corroded his spirit and heart.
Finally, he found it, the only existing thing in this space.
In the distance, a bronze gate floated in the void.
The gate was ancient and weathered, exuding a heavy aura. It was incomparably vast and tall. Compared to it, Wàn Léi was like a gnat to the sky.
Wàn Léi went mad, rushing forward without regard. He felt power surging through him, capable of destroying a universe with a single punch, and thus capable of destroying that bronze gate.
He drew closer and closer to the bronze gate, feeling its majestic supremacy more and more clearly.
He reached the bronze gate, and the pressure emanating from it almost crushed him.
It was supreme, primordial, ultimate, absolute, the origin of everything, and the end of everything.
All the adjectives in the world seemed insufficient to express its vastness, its supremacy.
It was an existence countless times more majestic than any Celestial Venerable or Demon Venerable!
Wàn Léi wanted to shatter it, like an ant trying to overturn a great tree, like a mantis extending its forelimbs to block a speeding train.
But he still threw a punch, as if breaking this gate would grant him supreme power, the ability to destroy everything he wished to destroy.
One punch, delivered.
The bronze gate did not budge. Wàn Léi's consciousness, however, was repelled by an irresistible force and returned to him.
"Wàn Léi, Wàn Léi, how are you? Wake up."
"Why are you covered in demonic energy? Are you going to become a demon?"
"What's going on? Quickly take off his ring!"
"I knew it wouldn't work, oh dear!"
The surrounding clamor only intensified the anger and irritation in Wàn Léi's heart. He still wanted to destroy everything. Feeling someone trying to grab his ring, Wàn Léi reacted as if his greatest pride had been touched, his most forbidden taboo violated. He angrily pushed outwards with his hand.
"Ah!!!"
Bái Lóng Ào Liè, the strongest among them, was violently thrown back, landing on the ground and unable to get up for a long time.
What kind of strength was this?
Everyone was terrified.
"Wàn Léi, what are you doing?"
Fāng Xiǎoyǔ reprimanded him angrily.
Wàn Léi opened his eyes, his blood-red eyes emitting a strange crimson glow.
Madness, brutality, strangeness, greed.
The demonic energy surging from him made him look more like a demon than Qiān Niǎo.
This strange and terrifying appearance frightened everyone, causing them to retreat. No one knew what had happened, or why Wàn Léi had become like this.
At this moment, although Wàn Léi had been kicked back by the crushing force of the bronze gate, he still felt an immense and boundless power within him, capable of destroying everything.
This was a power he had never possessed before, and a power he had always yearned for.
Above and below, only he was supreme.
With one punch, all things were annihilated!
He cackled, madly, strangely.
"Wàn Léi, what's wrong? Wake up."
Fāng Xiǎoyǔ reached out, trying to grab Wàn Léi.
"Scram!"
Wàn Léi roared, then punched the ground, the altar where he stood.
Everyone was blown away by this violent force.
Immediately after, the indestructible altar emitted cracking sounds, and terrifying fissures appeared.
It wasn't just the altar that cracked.
It was also the mountains, the earth, and the sky...
One punch,
world-ending!