Demon King of Absolute Evil (Thanks to F Loves Reading Feel-Good Webnovels for the Alliance Leader Reward)

"Hey, boss, what are you talking about?!"

The man holding a wand sensed that something was wrong. How could his boss agree to such an unreasonable demand?

Only then did he notice that the person walking step by step across the lake had neither stars nor a wristband on his wrist.

That meant the other party was not a participant in the [Gift City Tournament] at all.

Even if they fought and won, they could only seize the other party’s Gifts and would not gain the qualifications to participate in higher-level Gift Games.

He was about to speak again when he suddenly met the gaze of the man approaching them. The next instant, an invisible impact struck head-on.

Pfft!

The man’s face caved in and his sternum collapsed. He had no time to cast a spell before being directly hit by a terrifying force.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

It did not end there. While still in the air, he was struck repeatedly by that force. Amid a series of impacts, his bones shattered and pierced his internal organs, killing him in an instant.

The other man, who had already drawn his bow, saw his pupils widen as cold sweat instantly soaked his temples.

Looking at the man who had already reached them, he finally realized just how terrifying the person who had killed Black Dragon truly was.

He had never even heard of such a Gift that could kill without a trace.

[Silver Sword · Binks’s Gift Game—Maze Hunt]

[Organizer: Binks, Ouroboros]

[Rules: After the game begins, participants will be placed into a maze that strips away vision. Players will take turns acting as hunter and prey. The hunter may freely track and hunt the prey for thirty minutes, while the prey may not retaliate. After thirty minutes, their identities will switch.]

[The victor will receive the loser’s most valuable Gift and one star.]

[Participants: Binks, Poppy, Manda (deceased)]

Bai Cangshu lowered his head and looked at the writing on the tattered parchment. His gaze then narrowed as Binks began changing the rules, adding the wristband that represented the right to participate in the massive Gift Game covering all of Underwood to the victor’s rewards.

Seeing this, Bai Cangshu readily signed his name.

The authority within the parchment immediately took effect.

Before Binks’s despairing eyes, a gigantic maze emerged from the parchment.

The vision of everyone present was instantly stripped away.

Poppy reacted quickly. Before being pulled in, he immediately cast a Gift on Bai Cangshu.

He felt somewhat fortunate. Luckily, that guy had not attacked him earlier. Otherwise, his defensive ability would not have been much better than Manda’s.

If he had died, the other two, who did not possess the [Hunt Mark] Gift, definitely would not have been able to use this Gift Game to kill the other party.

The three of them were too weak. They did not even dare seek out people near the city for Gift Games, even though the parchment allowed them to include many conditions favorable to themselves in the rules.

But with the three of them possessing only "one-star" authority, they simply could not completely twist the rules to allow combat across too many levels.

Using a Gift they already possessed that could ignore the loss of vision, combined with special conditions that stripped all participants of their sight, was already the most effective method they could devise and implement.

Creak, creak, creak~

The sound of chattering teeth continued. Poppy spoke in the darkness.

"What’s wrong, Binks? Are you hurt?"

"I marked that guy. He’s not far away!"

He did not try to conceal his voice. This maze could only strip away vision; hearing remained normal.

But so what? They had deliberately added a rule to the Gift Game preventing the prey from retaliating for thirty minutes. During that period, they were invincible.

Binks had a special Gift. As long as—

"This is bad, this is bad… something terrible has happened!"

Binks’s trembling voice rang out. He clutched his head, the searing pain of his nerves seeming to tear apart still lingering in his mind.

That man… with just one glance, his mind had been torn apart. Afterward, he had even felt that the man was incomparably important to him, as if he should accept any request the other party made.

That kind of charm ability… damn it, was he a demon species? A succubus?!

Yes, Binks had already realized that there were flaws in his rules. He had only stipulated that the prey could not retaliate, but he had not restricted the prey from using other abilities or traits to interfere with their attacks.

If the other party was something like a succubus, and he could not kill him within thirty minutes, then during the next thirty minutes…

"Heh, you’re overthinking it, Binks~"

A clear voice sounded in Binks and Poppy’s ears. Poppy immediately turned toward the source of the voice.

Because of the special maze, even though the two sides were only a hundred meters apart, the voice still echoed for some time before reaching them.

Binks tilted his head and drew the Silver Stinger Sword from his waist.

This sword was his most valuable Gift.

The sword contained blessings of guaranteed hit and guaranteed penetration. As long as it was thrust at a target, the target would certainly be unable to dodge; as long as it struck the target, the target’s defenses would certainly be pierced.

Bzzz~

An incomparably intense fluctuation emerged within the maze, but Manda, the most skilled among the three at sensing, was already dead.

That power was not magic, yet it was incomparably sinister. A soul-type Gift?!

"You won’t have another thirty minutes."

Bai Cangshu stood where he was. He had indeed lost his vision, but [Gaze of Arrogance] had long since placed marks on those two.

To him, there was no possibility of losing this Gift Game. Even if he stood still and let those two weaklings, who could barely touch the threshold of six figures, attack him, it would be difficult for them to kill him.

Yet he only needed one strike to kill them both completely.

But Bai Cangshu no longer wanted to waste thirty minutes. Looking at the wristband and star on the man’s hand, combined with the information he had obtained through mind reading, he became increasingly interested in the changes in this world.

Some Reincarnator had entered this world ahead of him and Azure Sky, and had acquired the ability to host such a massive Gift Game…

No, this had gone beyond the scope of a mere Gift Game. Within this massive Gift Game, the other party had granted every participant the authority to host smaller Gift Games.

It was equivalent to distributing the authority to host Gift Games.

Moreover, judging from the Gift Game Binks had set up, there were clearly unequal and twisted rules within it.

In the Little Garden World, those who twisted rules and authority to conduct unequal Gift Games usually had a particular title…

[Demon King]!

Tsk~

Bai Cangshu licked the corner of his lips. Had a Reincarnator really become a Demon King in a world like this?!

That was not something an ordinary person could accomplish.

A flash of electricity passed through his mind, and the numbness and stinging pain in his nerves instantly vanished. In a flash of thought, he remembered someone.

The man Qiqi had wanted to kill at all costs, a Reincarnator who had shed his identity as a Reincarnator and entered the Native World where the Celestial Dynasty of the Vault of Heaven was located.

So… was it that kind of person?!

Compared to Reincarnators who could only remain in mission worlds for around thirty days, those who directly chose to remain in mission worlds had far more space and time to cultivate those worlds.

If it was someone like that, then without knowing how long they had already remained in this world, becoming a Demon King was not impossible.

As he pondered, Satoru Gojo appeared before Bai Cangshu and struck a wildly uninhibited pose toward his host.

The two opposing techniques, [Blue] and [Red], began forcibly merging. Empowered by his now excessively terrifying cursed energy, the dreadful [Hollow Purple] instantly condensed.

"Yo, if this hits you, don’t blame me~"

Satoru Gojo’s Six Eyes had likewise been stripped of vision within the maze, but his connection with his host still allowed him to effortlessly aim in the other party’s direction.

Bai Cangshu smiled freely and spread his arms.

"Let’s end this boring farce quickly. I’m sure you and the others can’t wait to vent to your hearts’ content in a world like this either~"

Boom!

Hollow Purple shot from Satoru Gojo’s fingertips, tearing apart the surrounding space in an instant.

Bai Cangshu paid it no heed as Musō Tensei activated.

Hollow Purple passed through Bai Cangshu’s body, then carved a trail of destruction through the enormous maze.

The moment Binks and Poppy sensed that something was wrong, they were torn apart by destructive spatial force.

Their flesh and blood were shredded in an instant.

Bzzz!

The illusory maze collapsed in midair. When Bai Cangshu landed, all he saw was a Silver Stinger Sword embedded in the ground.

And a black wristband with a star on it.

Bai Cangshu raised a hand, and the wristband automatically flew into it.

[You have obtained Gift · Gift City Tournament Wristband (1 Star)]

[You have obtained Gift · Blank Gift Game (Small)]

The tattered parchment appeared in Bai Cangshu’s hand, and he discovered that compared to when it had been in the hands of the other two, it had become smaller.

Bai Cangshu roughly understood how this Gift Game worked.

It was meant to have every participant design different Gift Games and compete against one another. Victors could not only seize Gifts, but also gain stronger authority and larger parchment.

They could then establish rules even more favorable to themselves.

It was a game where the strong grew stronger and continuously devoured the weak.

Bai Cangshu sensed the fun in it.

"That guy is quite talented~"

Bai Cangshu grew increasingly curious about the person who had remained in this powerful world and successfully obtained such authority.

Judging only by what he had seen so far, this person had already completely surpassed that guy who had remained in a powerful Native World, yet had ultimately achieved nothing more than completing Qiqi’s Heart Light Pulse through his death.

What was that guy’s name again? Bai Cangshu realized he barely remembered.

In Bai Cangshu’s eyes, someone who could only think of using his own death to push his companions forward was utterly inferior to the person in this world.

The next moment, Bai Cangshu spread his hands, and the [Myriad Tribulations Yin Spirit Yellow Springs Physique] activated directly.

Yin spirits were released from his body one after another.

The pitch-black Yin spirits surged in every direction like a tide.

Bai Cangshu did not expect these Yin spirits to achieve anything significant in a world like this, but merely helping him gather intelligence was already the greatest value these Yin spirits, unable to reincarnate, possessed.

Bai Cangshu showed no mercy.

White Face was released as well, her expression cold. She crossed her arms. Earlier, unable to resist taking advantage of Mercenary Tao’s unconsciousness, she had seized the Throne of the Heart.

Yet she had ultimately been toyed with by Mercenary Tao. Taking advantage of that opportunity, Mercenary Tao had even completely sorted through all her abilities.

White Face now fully believed that the powerful bloodline Mercenary Tao had obtained through seizing her Mount Tai Imperial Lord Ritual had terrifying potential.

Not only could it command countless Yin spirits, it could even replicate the abilities of the Yin spirits it commanded.

Her mouth curved downward, her eyes hidden beneath her bangs, revealing an incomparably gloomy expression.

He had seized such a powerful bloodline, yet he still obsessed over martial arts and qi, still thinking of swinging those ridiculous fists.

White Face nearly felt her heart bleed. She truly felt that Mercenary Tao was an utter fool.

But what made White Face even more gloomy was that she had to accept one reality again and again: despite being as cunning as a demon, she had indeed been defeated twice in a row by this fool.

If, during the first time in the Jujutsu World, her focus had mainly been on Kai of the Fifth Element and Plot Characters such as Suguru Geto—

Then the second time, with full knowledge of the available information and the advantage of world reputation, she had completely lost while controlling a Servant like Gilgamesh.

At that thought, White Face’s sinister gaze turned toward the golden-armored Heroic Spirit who had likewise been released from the prison of the heart.

"Filth, who allowed you to look at this king with those eyes?!"

Ripples spread through the void behind Golden Flash.

White Face found him increasingly repulsive.

Gilgamesh’s strength and stupidity were almost equally unmatched. If he had been a little more obedient, then she would be the one standing here and commanding the Yin spirits…

Uchiha Madara appeared with his arms folded. Looking at that host, his battle-honed instincts told him that the other party had grown stronger again.

That physique had even surpassed the man he had faced on the battlefield.

That vast life force practically rushed at him.

Black Face was the last to appear. It stood directly behind Bai Cangshu, one hand loosely gripping the white katana.

It looked ready to draw its blade for its king at the slightest disagreement.

"I know you thirst for power!"

"I also know you’ve been imprisoned in my cage for far too long!"

"It’s fine. Right now, there is a world containing countless powers and countless Gifts before you."

"Go plunder freely. In this place, there is no lack of Gifts that can allow you to break free from me and regain your freedom!"

Bai Cangshu spread his arms and proclaimed loudly.

He truly did not care whether these Yin spirits broke free from him, nor did he intend to fight like some summoner.

He was even deeply dissatisfied with the way Shigeo Kageyama had forcibly borne hundreds of thousands of Yin spirits.

Then, incomparably dense magic power began radiating from Bai Cangshu’s hands, accompanied by an indissoluble malice.

Pfft~

Black Mud emerged from Bai Cangshu’s hand.

This sight stunned White Face.

Then, under her disbelieving gaze, that incomparably foolish—well, perhaps not quite so foolish—Mercenary Tao gestured for her to step forward.

White Face’s pupils shook violently.

"You don’t care that I tried to seize your body earlier?!"

White Face judged others by herself. If one of the Yin spirits under her control had attempted to possess her, she would certainly slaughter or control that Yin spirit at any cost.

Yet Mercenary Tao… this guy actually…

She could not understand it. Bai Cangshu merely smiled and raised his hand. As the A-rank Anomaly Point and Dimensional Points disappeared—

The Black Mud flowed down.

White Face felt boundless pain and malice wash over her, but at the same time, intense magic power and all manner of sensations began returning.

Roar!

Suddenly, a roar sounded in Bai Cangshu’s mind. His entire body jolted, and the next instant, his skin began to split and bleed.

Bai Cangshu looked at the Black Mud in his hand, then toward the ground.

Something incomparably terrifying was reacting to the Black Mud in his hand?!