Chapter 2046: Little Li Flying Dagger, Always Hits the Mark

Zu An was startled. He never expected the other party to try to win him over. He couldn't help but chuckle, "To be recognized by you all, I'm not sure if I should be happy or unhappy."

"Of course you should be happy. Few in your weak world are capable of earning our recognition," the corpse sphere—no, the Death Controller—said.

Zu An keenly noted the word "you all" and seized the opportunity to inquire, "Just how many beings like you exist?"

"You will know once you agree to my terms. If you don't, then there's no need for you to know," the Death Controller said, a hint of mockery appearing on its face, clearly having seen through his intentions.

"How can I make a judgment if you don't make things clear?" Zu An sighed.

"There's no need for delaying tactics. Join us, or die. Those are your only two choices," the Death Controller said, clearly growing impatient.

"It seems you're really not suited to be a persuader," Zu An said, his smile vanishing. "Unfortunately, I have a third option: sending you all back to where you came from."

The Death Controller was taken aback. The enormous corpse sphere turned its gaze to Zu An, and countless faces on its surface contorted into grotesque sneers. "I thought someone who had cultivated such formidable power would surely be intelligent. Alas, it seems you are still quite foolish."

Zu An remained unfazed. "I thought beings of your caliber would be intelligent. As it turns out, you are remarkably foolish."

"In your human parlance, you're merely parroting me. Trying to provoke me with such a method is not very clever," the Death Controller said, its mockery deepening.

Zu An chuckled. "This isn't a tactic; I'm simply stating a fact. What do you mean by 'joining you' and being 'appointed ruler of this world'? I am currently not only the Regent King of the demon race but also the Regent King of the human race. To speak boldly, I am already the master of this world. Why would I need to pledge allegiance to you and accept your empty titles?"

Many on the walls of Monte City instinctively looked at the little Demon Queen. After all, she and the new Demon Emperor were, at least nominally, the masters of the demon race. The Regent King's words seemed a little presumptuous.

However, the little Demon Queen's expression was normal, without a hint of displeasure. She seemed to consider it a matter of course.

Everyone felt relieved. In the end, power reigned supreme in this world. Given the Regent King's recently displayed strength and the gratitude for saving so many people, it would be a simple matter for him to appoint someone else as the Demon Emperor, should he wish to.

At this moment, Zu An's voice continued, "As for your offer to show me a broader world, can I not go myself? Do I need you to lead me? Besides, it's not as if I haven't encountered beings stronger than you."

"Ignorant child, do you think the shackles of the world are so easily broken?" the Death Controller said, somewhat annoyed. "And how could an ant from such a lowly world like yours have ever seen a being stronger than I am?"

Rage points from the Death Controller: 999,999,999...

Zu An was taken aback, surprised that a casual remark could provoke such anger from this entity.

Then, all the mouths on the corpses forming the Death Controller opened, as if speaking in unison, "Since you have chosen death, then I shall grant it to you."

Countless invisible sound waves surged towards Zu An. He felt a sudden headache as his Bai Ming automatically counterattacked. Simultaneously, the Purple Gold Alms Bowl glowed with golden light, and various faint Buddha phantoms appeared, blocking the invisible mental attacks around him.

"You, an ant, possess so many miraculous magical artifacts?" the Death Controller said, a hint of greed entering its tone.

Zu An didn't bother to reply. Since the illusory weapons from the Divine Rune Armament Manual had difficulty harming it, he decided to try a true divine artifact.

With a crisp dragon's roar, he drew the Tai'a Sword. A dazzling sword qi shot straight into the sky, and with the might of a single strike, the enormous corpse sphere was cleaved directly in half, all its constituent bodies scattering across the ground.

The momentum of the sword qi was undiminished, leaving a bottomless crack thousands of meters long stretching into the distance across the snowy ground behind.

Many demon race experts on the city walls were also sword cultivators. While their cultivation levels varied, they were all extremely confident in their swordsmanship.

After witnessing that one sword strike, many felt their spiritual foundations shattered. *That* was true sword qi. Had their lifelong sword practice been nothing but a joke?

Fortunately, some were quick to react. The Regent King was no ordinary person; he was a being on par with the Human Emperor and Demon Emperor of old, and thus should not be compared to ordinary cultivators. It was just that his youth made it easy for people to overlook this fact.

Comforting each other, they managed to avoid complete despair.

With such terrifying power, that 'Controller' should surely be completely finished, right?

However, Zu An was not as optimistic as they were, for he sensed that the opponent's aura remained, undiminished in the slightest.

Sure enough, the corpses on the ground wriggled and converged, quickly reforming into their previous shape.

"It's useless. I cannot be killed, especially not by anything from your weak world," all the corpses with intact heads on the Death Controller's body laughed, their mockery palpable.

Despair flickered in the eyes of everyone in Monte City. That monstrous sword strike had failed to destroy the creature. How could they possibly fight it?

Zu An, meanwhile, secretly asked Mi Li, "Empress Sister, are there truly immortal beings in this world?"

Mi Li, long past bothering to correct his myriad changing titles for her, merely snorted coldly. "How could there be truly unkillable beings in this world? If there were, it would only mean you haven't used the right method."

Zu An nodded. It was like monsters in games from his previous life: some were immune to physical damage, some to magic, and some to specific elemental types...

But what exactly was this creature's weakness?

He had just tried physical and elemental attacks, and it recovered instantly. Essentially, as long as the corpses of these millions of demons remained, it would always be able to regenerate.

He even suspected that this corpse sphere, made of a million demons, was merely a temporary form. Even if he completely destroyed the bodies of these demons, it might reappear in another form.

Moreover, a million demon corpses were not easily destroyed. Even the most effective hydrogen bomb would be reflected by the opponent. Was he supposed to hack at it one sword strike at a time?

And since this creature was composed of corpses, the poison in his dagger would clearly be ineffective against it.

Yet, this thing didn't seem to be an undead creature either. He had just tried Primordial Chaos Qi, and it didn't have much effect.

The Sun-Shooting Bow could probably scatter it, but it couldn't stop it from regenerating.

The Human Emperor Seal didn't seem to be the right counter either.

Wait a minute, its most troublesome aspect was its powerful regenerative ability...

At that moment, the Death Controller cackled, "Despair! That's the reaction you should have."

As it spoke, the entire corpse sphere flew into the sky. Its mouth opened wide, and countless demon heads flew out, each with a ferocious expression, as if eager to bite off a piece of Zu An's flesh.

These demons, having died inexplicably at Zu An's hands, naturally had reason for resentment and revenge.

Zu An, however, remained unmoved. Water-like ripples appeared in the sky behind him, and countless golden sword qi shot out, cutting down the heads one by one.

Immediately after, he wielded the Tai'a Sword and charged towards the opponent again.

Seeing him charge, the Death Controller's laughter grew louder. "It's useless! You can't kill me; you'll only exhaust yourself to death first."

Zu An's hand once again unleashed a dazzling sword qi, intertwined with white flames and the phantom of a phoenix.

"White Lotus True Fire, Phoenix Flames? Interesting. Too bad they still can't kill me," the Death Controller laughed heartily. It wanted to completely break this human's will to fight, to show him what despair truly was.

At the same time, it noticed that the opponent seemed to have also shot out a flying dagger. Seeing the miniature object, it couldn't help but want to laugh. Did this foolish human intend to kill it with such a small blade?

Any random demon corpse on its body was far larger than that flying dagger. If it stood still and let itself be shot, it would probably only lose a bit of skin at most.

Conversely, the White Lotus True Fire and Phoenix Flames were somewhat troublesome. Although they couldn't truly kill it, being burned by them was quite uncomfortable.

Just then, the flying dagger struck its body. As expected, its power was pitifully small; it didn't even destroy a single demon corpse.

However, it did feel a slight pain, and it seemed to have a soul-damaging effect. Unfortunately, for its current form, such a minor soul injury was nothing.

Immediately afterward, its attention shifted to the opponent's dazzling sword strike and the blazing flames.

It used the green energy from its body to try and neutralize the opponent's sword qi and flames, hoping to suffer less pain.

However, the sword in the opponent's hand appeared to be a divine artifact, and the power of that strike was terrifying.

It was cleaved in half once more!

No matter, watch it recover again and drive this human to complete despair.

Huh, wait a minute, why the hell can't I regenerate?

At this point, it finally recalled that strange flying dagger. The countless corpses on the ground showed expressions of terror. "What kind of flying dagger did you just shoot?"

Zu An clenched his fist, brought it to his mouth, and cleared his throat a few times before slowly saying, "Xiao Li's Flying Dagger, never misses its mark."