At this point, the demon generals and demon guards among the demons of Gourd Mountain were either dead or wounded, and the boss of Gourd Mountain could no longer sit still.
Accompanied by a screech that pierced the heavens, a gigantic bird with a wingspan exceeding forty meters flew out from Gourd Mountain, rushing swiftly towards the group.
The feathers of the giant bird were a bluish-green hue, its plumage glinting with a lustrous treasure-like light, as if its entire body were made of jade, elegant and magnificent, reminiscent of the mythical phoenix.
This was the Wind Demon King of the Demon Realm — the Green Feathered Bird. Its origin was similar to the Mountain Guardian Beast and the Earth Demon King; all were grand ancient exotic beasts, rumored to have the bloodline of the Azure Luan, capable of wind control.
The Green Feathered Bird flapped its wings, and the black wind surrounding its domain gathered towards its wings, like two towering tornadoes.
Immediately after, it swung its wings towards Wu Chang and the others, and the two tornadoes of black wind rushed towards the crowd.
The twin tornadoes attacked, instantly trapping everyone in place, unable to move away.
The Green Feathered Bird, seeing the looks of pride in its eyes, continued to flap its wings, and tornadoes and wind blades appeared, assaulting the crowd from all directions.
The black wind filled the heavens and earth, as if doomsday was approaching. Under such suffocating onslaught, the group could only gather Spiritual Qi to resist bitterly, unable to advance or retreat.
Seeing the situation, the Green Feathered Bird maintained its wind control while approaching the group, accumulating power, preparing to deliver a deadly strike.
As the Green Feathered Bird approached, the air around Wu Chang and the others began to halt its flow; more accurately, it stopped changing.
The air seemed to solidify into an invisible solid, and they felt like they were falling into rapidly solidifying cement, their movements visibly slowing.
The situation seemed desperate, but Wu Chang and the others had waited for it to come closer.
The Green Feathered Bird’s offensive was massive, yet its lethality was severely limited.
The four Demon Kings, namely Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, represented elements that could partially overlap with the Five Elements but had essential differences.
Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind’s essence corresponded to the four forms of energy: solid, liquid, gas, and temperature.
Wind symbolized gaseous energy, unpredictable and representing movement and stillness.
Corresponding with Wind, the Green Feathered Bird excelled in manipulating energy, able to change it at will, for example, retracting the black wind into Gourd Mountain, and slowing everyone’s movements by altering motion and stillness.
But Wind had no solid form, meaning limited destructive power compared to the other three elements.
Moreover, the Green Feathered Bird was considered the weakest of the four Demon Kings. Judging by its aura, it was significantly inferior to Candle Yin Remains.
Setting aside the Demon King’s trait of continuously producing demonic power in its domain, it might be only twenty percent stronger than An Rong at most.
The Green Feathered Bird shrank the black wind within its domain, luring the group closer to Gourd Mountain, and sent numerous subordinates to besiege them, only showing itself at the last moment.
It wasn’t that it learned from those games and animations where the main villain had to first expend all subordinates to let the protagonist reach full level before it took action.
But without exhausting Wu Chang and the others’ strength, it stood no chance of winning.
However, what it didn’t know was that Wu Chang and his party were simultaneously blessed with "Literary Fortune" and "Martial Fortune," and the weaker members of their team had the protective effect of "Blessing."
Not only did the previous subordinates fail to deplete Wu Chang and the others much, but even the tornadoes it unleashed didn’t cause substantial harm.
If its skills were fully formed now, rendering Wu Chang and the others completely still, it might further interrupt the flow of Spiritual Qi in them, rendering them unable to resist.
Unfortunately, that moment was destined not to come.
As soon as the Green Feathered Bird stepped into the group’s attack range, An Rong fiercely plunged his Fangtian Halberd into the ground, a bolt of thunder descended from the sky, tearing a rift in the nearly solidified air.
Immediately, Wu Chang’s true body swung both hands successively, seven or eight longswords flickering with electric light flew out, shooting straight towards the airborne Green Feathered Bird.
The Green Feathered Bird had no time to dodge, only managing to call out, making its already jade-like body turn completely transparent, transforming into a gaseous state.
The Flying Swords streaked through its body, and neither the Flying Swords nor the Celestial Thunder attached to them hurt the Green Feathered Bird, but before it could feel complacent, a sense of paralysis hit from within, causing its body to uncontrollably fall to the ground.
Seeing the falling Green Feathered Bird, a slight smile appeared on the lips of Wu Chang’s true body.
Before using the Flying Swords, he had considered that as the Wind Demon King, the Green Feathered Bird might have means to be immune to physical damage, so he had added Deep Water Bite and Celestial Thunder to the swords.
The Green Feathered Bird’s gaseous transformation survival spell was indeed formidable, so strong it could evade the Celestial Thunder of the Five Thunders Technique, but while it could evade Celestial Thunder, it couldn’t evade the Deep Water Bite with divine damage.
Since absorbing the Deep Sea Seed of Origin, as long as a target’s divinity did not exceed Wu Chang by one level, it could not be immune to the poison of Deep Water Bite.
The Green Feathered Bird’s body, being gaseous, when the Deep Water Bite entered, it spread throughout, poisoning it immediately.
Facing An Rong’s surprised gaze, he turned his hands behind his back, his expression composed.
I, as a Sect Leader of Tang Sect, isn’t it only natural to poison hidden weapons?
As soon as the Green Feathered Bird hit the ground, Wu Chang’s true self teleported to its side.
Affected by Deep Water Bite, the Green Feathered Bird could no longer control its body, and its ability to transform into a gaseous state was dissolved, reverting to its original form, and the true self grabbed its neck, teleporting outside Gourd Mountain.
Observing this, An Rong furrowed his brows, displeased with Peace’s way of seizing merit, he said: "Sect Leader Tang, this..."
Wu Chang’s true self shook his head slightly, saying: "It’s fine, let him be."
Wu Chang unfolded his Spatial Domain, teleporting with the Green Feathered Bird five kilometers away, coming before it, he asked:
"You should understand human speech, right? Answer two questions, and I’ll give you a swift end."
The Green Feathered Bird opened its mouth laboriously, letting out two low chirps.
Wu Chang took out the All-Knowing Crystal, saying: "Translate."
The All-Knowing Crystal said: "It says it has nothing to say to despicable humans."
Wu Chang clicked his tongue, asking: "Your reaction towards humans is so intense, did you, in the early days of Spiritual Qi revival, also experience an unpleasant childhood like the Mountain Guardian Beast?"
The Green Feathered Bird chirped again, this time evidently emotional.
Wu Chang glanced at the All-Knowing Crystal, and the All-Knowing Crystal said: "It said it **** you ****, ****."
Wu Chang: ...
"Next time, there’s no need for translating such details, just say it cursed me."
He gazed into the Green Feathered Bird’s eyes, saying: "If you’re agitated, then I must’ve guessed right, with an unpleasant childhood, then things are easy to handle."
He extended his hand, a transparent Heart Flame appeared on his palm.
As a fellow Demon King, the Green Feathered Bird naturally recognized Candle Yin Remains’ signature skill, it had even experienced the power of Heart Flame during its conflict with Candle Yin Remains.
Now that it was poisoned by Deep Water Bite, facing the Heart Flame would leave it with no resistance, realizing this, fear showed in its eyes.
A kind smile appeared on Wu Chang’s face, saying:
"As long as you answer honestly, I guarantee not to use Heart Flame, after all, I am no malevolent ghost."