Chapter 43: The rage of the Demon god. It was during winter ten years later that the first report came in. The Scavenging Wolves bandit group had been completely wiped out in a single night, the entire mountain drenched in blood. Not a single person managed to escape alive. The next report came five days later. Fiery Clouds Town was washed in blood. The Soaring Phoenix academy and clan that was located there was completely massacred. Everyone who moved in to help them was massacred alongside them. The only response they could get from the onlookers was that a Demon God had appeared and started a massacre. The next report came a week later. Another city had been attacked, another one of Soaring Phoenix's academies had been slaughtered. The reports from the onlookers were clearer this time, even being able to describe the attacker. The attacker was a scarred youth clad in an emerald green robe, a ruined blade hanging from his waist. The attacker had long black hair with purple streaks, and ghastly gray eyes that seemed to contain no life in them. He walked into town and headed directly to the Soaring Phoenix Academy. Once he reached the Soaring Phoenix Academy, a massive gate appeared in the sky, countless Demonic beasts pouring out and descending on the academy. The students didn't even have the chance to escape. While the Demonic beasts were slaughtering, the scarred youth walked into the academy, all the Demonic beasts that he passed bowing down to him in reverence. Upon entering the academy, he joined in on the slaughter, wielding the ruined blade like it was the grim reapers scythe. Not even the headmaster, who had reached the 1st Houtian Sky managed to escape death, being beheaded with a single slice. Once the massacre was over, the Demonic beasts returned to the gate, and the scarred youth walked out of town, slaying everyone who tried to stop him. Soaring Phoenix Clan could obviously not just tolerate this, nor could the clans of the bystanders that had been slain. So a bounty was placed on the scarred youth, a bounty that covered the entire continent. Countless teams were sent out to track down and kill this youth, but he seemed to have vanished into thin air. Two days later he struck again. This time, it was not just an academy that was slaughtered, an entire city was razed to the ground. There were barely any survivors, less than a hundred survivors were found. A city of over twenty thousand people, but less than a hundred survivors, this alone showed just how gruesome a slaughter it was. One of the survivors managed to survive because his powers were related to space. When the scarred youth arrived in the city, the survivor was even standing right next to him without noticing it. The survivor reported that the scarred youth muttered under his breath before the massacre started. «Since you all wish to stop me from getting my vengeance, you can be buried alongside them.» The massacres continued happening, at least one academy massacred every week. The massacres slowly grew in size as the scarred youth moved closer to the center of the continent, closer to the headquarters of the Soaring Phoenix clan. As the massacres continued, less and less people dared stand up and defend the Soaring Phoenix academies and clans, choosing to rather retreat and let them be slaughtered. The academies started getting less students, while people that belonged to the Soaring Phoenix Clan started hiding their insignia, in fear of being killed. While the massacres were going on, there was a piece of good news that circulated around the continent. The Human Race had entered a truce with the Demon Race. The scarred youth had slain everyone who got in his path or hunted for him. Not just people from the Human Race, countless people from the Demon Race had also fallen at his hand, fed to his Demonic beasts. After entering the truce, the amount of teams hunting for the scarred youth increased. After entering the truce, even people from the other great clans entered the battle, hunting for the scarred youth. At first, the other clans were content with watching, but they slowly realized that this scarred youth posed a threat not just to the Soaring Phoenix Clan, but to all of them. What if the scarred youth started hunting them after he was finished killing the people from the Soaring Phoenix Clan? It was better to find him and kill him first. Like this, it quickly became the entire continent against the one scarred youth. But despite this, no matter how many teams they sent out, they still did not manage to find him. They lost countless teams instead, the massacres only increasing in size and frequency. They had no choice but to admit that this scarred youth was simply a Demon God, someone they could not beat if they stood divided. In the beginning, the scarred youth only targeted the Soaring Phoenix Clan, but after the truce was signed and the other clans joined the battle, the scarred youth also started hunting down the branches of the other large clans, as well as several Demon Race strongholds and cities. The massacres continued on for over three years, countless lives lost. But what scared the clans the most was how the strength of the scarred youth was growing stronger. They noticed that whenever the Demon Race sent their experts after him, the experts would die, and their Soul Beasts would join his ranks. They also noticed that whenever the Human Race sent their experts after him, the experts would die, and his army of Demonic beasts would grow slightly stronger. The increase in strength was very slight, but after three years of massacring, how terrifying was this increase? They struggled with finding a way to deal with him. Until one day, he appeared before them on his own. The scarred youth appeared outside the headquarter of the Soaring Phoenix Clan, his massive black gate covering the entire sky. Swarms of Demonic beasts attacked the headquarter from all sides, leaving them no escape routes. The scarred youth himself also entered the headquarter, his hand wielding a ruined blade. The people of the Soaring Phoenix Clan were simply not strong enough to stand against him and his arm, the only one that was strong enough was the old patriarch of the Soaring Phoenix clan. After fighting the scarred youth for an entire day, the old patriarch fell from the sky and was devoured by the army of Demonic beasts. But before his death, he managed to inflict a deep wound on the scarred youth. The wound was not enough to kill him, but it was enough to weaken him. What confounded the other clans and the Demon Race, instead of leaving like he always did, the scarred youth took up residence in the ruined headquarters of the Soaring Phoenix Clan. The other clans didn't know why he would do this, perhaps his wounds were too heavy, but they jumped on the opportunity. Every clan assembled their army and marched forward, even the Demon Race assembled their army and marched towards the Soaring Phoenix Clan headquarter. All that was left of the headquarter was a ruined palace, but a gigantic black gate stood erect behind the palace, so no one dared to enter the area. The armies of the Demon Race and the clans gathered outside the headquarter of the Soaring Phoenix clan, a grave atmosphere covered the area. The strongest ones in the army could see a scarred youth clad in a green robe sitting on a throne on the balcony of the palace, looking at them. One look of the scarred youths gray eyes was enough to send chills down their spines, they had never seen anyone more deserving of the title of Demon God. As the armies slowly started moving closer, the gate behind the palace slowly swung open, revealing a vast expanse of beautifull forest inside. But before anyone got the chance to enjoy the scenery inside the gate, countless Demonic beasts swarmed out from within the gate. As the demonic beasts swarmed out and gathered behind the palace, bowing in reverence to the scarred youth, bowing to Yao Jun, the scarred youth stood up from the throne and drew the ruined sword at his waist. The scarred youth looked lovingly at the ruined blade in his hand for a short while before turning his eyes to the approaching army. After looking at the approaching army, he looked at the Demonic beasts behind him, a faint smile touching his lips. «For so many years we have fought and slaughtered. My revenge is complete, let us go and rest.» With these words, the scarred youth, Yao Jun, turned his eyes back to the approaching army and took a step forward. That single step brought him directly to the front of the approaching army, the horde of Demonic beasts following right behind him. Raising his ruined blade, Yao Jun prepared to start his last massacre before reuniting with his parents. As the scarred Yao Jun lowered his blade to attack, the original Yao Jun that had merged with this illusionary Yao Jun, was pulled out of the illusion.