Celestial Emperor of Devouring

Chapter 982 - 972: My Tribe Is Willing to Submit

"Who I am doesn’t matter."Gu Chenfeng let out a faint, cold smile. "You only need to know this: the Taotie Race dared scheme against my people, and the only consequence for that is death."

As soon as these words fell.

The Taotie clansmen’s faces changed drastically, terror twisting into utter despair in an instant.

The Taotie Race Leader had already been defeated, and no one of the Taotie Race could match Gu Chenfeng. What awaited them was only death.

"Taotie Race Leader, do you have anything else to say?" Gu Chenfeng sneered. "If not, I’ll send you on your way first. Your clansmen will join you shortly."

"My race has existed in the Demon Realm for hundreds of thousands of years, never did I expect all of it to end in your hands. I am not resigned." The Taotie Race Leader let out a low, hoarse roar, struggling to raise his head to look at Gu Chenfeng, his eyes full of rage and helplessness.

The Taotie Race Leader knew very clearly that at this moment he no longer had the strength to resist, and could only let Gu Chenfeng dispose of him as he wished.

The Taotie Race had come to an end.

"How many years the Taotie Race has lasted has nothing to do with me." Gu Chenfeng said coldly and mercilessly. "If that is your last testament, then you can be on your way."

As his words fell.

Gu Chenfeng stepped forward across the void, one step at a time, infusing Ancient Divine Power into the Emperor’s Soul Sword.

The gravely injured Taotie Race Leader, even without the suppression of the Ancient Divine Power, had completely lost the ability to fight back at this moment.

What awaited him was death.

However.

Right at this moment.

The Ice Phoenix suddenly spoke. "Master, wait!"

The instant these words were heard.

Whether it was the Taotie Race Leader or Tong Tianhun and the other Elders, their expressions all changed drastically, faces full of shock and disbelief.

"Master?" Tong Tianhun looked at the Ice Phoenix, then at Gu Chenfeng, stunned with shock. "He’s actually the Ice Phoenix’s master?"

"How is that possible?" One Elder stared with bulging eyes in horror. "A dignified Divine Beast, how could it lower itself to a mere human?"

Another Elder was dumbstruck. "I... I didn’t mishear, did I? H-he’s the Ice Phoenix’s master?"

From top to bottom of the Taotie Race, no one dared believe that a Divine Beast with a transcendent status in the Demon Realm was actually the servant of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth.

Just what is this youth’s background, and what gives him the qualifications to be the master of a Divine Beast?

Gu Chenfeng glanced back at the Ice Phoenix and asked, "What is it?"

The Ice Phoenix slightly lowered her head, staring at Gu Chenfeng with a respectful expression, her eyes filled with expectation.

"Master, I beg you to hand the Taotie Race over to me to deal with." The Ice Phoenix spoke respectfully, her voice crisp yet firm, sounding especially clear in the silent void.

Gu Chenfeng was slightly surprised, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the Ice Phoenix and the Taotie Race Leader.

He fell silent for a moment, as if pondering something.

Then.

A trace of understanding flashed in Gu Chenfeng’s eyes, as though he had guessed the Ice Phoenix’s intention.

"Very well, you handle it." Gu Chenfeng nodded with a smile, agreeing to the Ice Phoenix’s request.

Gu Chenfeng’s voice was calm and steady, yet it carried a powerful confidence and an oppressive majesty.

After receiving Gu Chenfeng’s permission, the Ice Phoenix slowly turned around to face the Taotie Race Leader.

Her gaze turned icy in an instant, and a powerful Divine Beast aura surged from her body.

"Taotie Race Leader, let me ask you, does the Ancient Dragon Race still live?" The Ice Phoenix’s voice was like solid ice, enough to make one’s blood run cold.

Hearing this question, the Taotie Race Leader’s body shook violently, his eyes revealing boundless shock.

He had never imagined that the Ice Phoenix actually knew of the Ancient Dragon Race’s existence.

"H-how do you know about the Ancient Dragon Race?" The Taotie Race Leader forced the words out with difficulty, his voice filled with doubt and shock.

Tong Tianhun and the other Taotie Elders were also incomparably shocked. They looked at each other, the fear and despair in their hearts growing even stronger.

They knew very well that behind the Ice Phoenix’s question might lurk an enormous crisis.

"Answer me." The Ice Phoenix’s voice grew even colder, her eyes locked tightly onto the Taotie Race Leader, as if to see straight through him.

The Taotie Race Leader let out a helpless sigh. He knew that at this time he no longer had any choice.

"The Ancient Dragon Race indeed still lives." The Taotie Race Leader said slowly, "And they have not appeared in the Demon Realm for hundreds of thousands of years, hiding all this time in the Demon God Valley."

"The Ancient Dragon Race!" The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox and Jiao Li Race Leader and the others exclaimed in shock.

Gu Chenfeng smiled faintly. "Just as I thought."

The Ice Phoenix frowned slightly and continued to press, "Back then your Taotie Race took advantage of the aftermath of the war between the five Divine Beast Races, when they were grievously wounded, to seize Divine Beast Bloodlines. How did the Ancient Dragon Race escape?"

The Taotie Race Leader did not dare conceal anything and answered truthfully, "Back then, our Taotie Race took advantage of the heavy casualties after the war among the five Divine Beast Races and seized the chance to devour the weak and the younger generation among the five Divine Beast Races to obtain Divine Beast Bloodlines."

"However, the Ancient Dragon Race had made preparations long beforehand. When we reached the Dragon Race territory, many severely injured powerhouses of the Ancient Dragon Race were already fleeing with the Dragon Race’s descendants. We only managed to capture a dozen or so Dragon Race juniors alive. The Dragon Race possesses the ability to control space, and our Taotie Race simply couldn’t pursue them."

"After more than a hundred thousand years of tracking, we finally discovered traces of the Ancient Dragon Race in Demon God Valley, and even clearly sensed the Dragon Race’s aura."

The Ice Phoenix fell into deep thought after listening to the Taotie Race Leader’s answer.

Complicated light flickered in her eyes, as though she were contemplating her next move.

Gu Chenfeng looked toward the Taotie Race Leader and asked, "Is the Dragon Race’s Clan Leader still alive? How many Demigod powerhouses are there in the clan?"

"I’m not sure." The Taotie Race Leader shook his head. "But all these years, the Dragon Race has never come to take revenge on our race. They should not yet have recovered their former strength."

At this moment.

The Phoenix looked once more at Gu Chenfeng and respectfully asked, "Master, since the Ancient Dragon Race still lives, if we want to annihilate them we will still need the Taotie Race’s help. Could Master spare the Taotie Race and allow them to submit to me?"

"Spare the Taotie Race?"

"Submit?"

The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox and the others were once again greatly astonished, their eyes widening.

"No problem." Gu Chenfeng nodded slightly and said with a faint smile, "The reason I struck at the Taotie Race in the first place was to vent your anger. Since you have such plans, then I’ll leave the Taotie Race to you."

"Many thanks, Master!" The Ice Phoenix thanked him respectfully.

"Submit?"

The Taotie Race Leader and his clansmen were all stunned when they heard this.

So the reason the Ice Phoenix pleaded for them was to make the Taotie Race submit.

Seeing the Taotie Race Leader’s reaction, Gu Chenfeng sneered and asked, "What? You’re not willing? If you’re not, I don’t mind killing you all right now."

"Your Taotie Race has no qualifications to bargain. Either the Taotie Race submits, or you are completely wiped out. Choose one."

The Taotie Race Leader’s pale old face turned extremely ugly, and in his heart he had ten thousand kinds of unwillingness.

But just as Gu Chenfeng had said, the Taotie Race had no right to negotiate.

The Taotie Race Leader trembled all over with fright, struggled to his feet, and bowed deeply to the Ice Phoenix, respectfully saying, "The Taotie Race is willing to submit!"