# Chapter 2259: Candidate
Lin Feng's words made Old Poison feel humiliated. Who did he think he was? In the Imperial City, countless people feared his existence. Yet now, Lin Feng actually said he would reluctantly accept him—utterly insolent.
Poisonous gas rolled and churned endlessly. Suddenly, an infinite sense of toxicity permeated the heavens and earth. Around Old Poison, many people retreated, distancing themselves from him. The poisonous gas continuously spread outward, soon enveloping his entire body. Hissing sounds emerged, and then, within that layer of poisonous gas, the crowd saw a terrifying giant python.
"Whoosh!" The python's body writhed as it directly pounced toward Lin Feng, spewing clouds of poisonous gas from its mouth, burying Lin Feng's body entirely. It did not open its mouth again—it would not repeat its previous mistake. Lin Feng's attack power was too terrifying, and his speed was fast enough that he could actually burst out from within its body, directly piercing through its flesh.
"Boom!" Lin Feng stepped forward. Nine characters swirled around his body. Heaven and earth trembled as infinite death qi descended upon his opponent's body. The poisonous gas corroded his flesh, so he let death qi corrode the opponent in return. As for Lin Feng's body, he directly walked toward Old Poison. An incomparably massive python and a minuscule human martial cultivator—the contrast was so stark that the demons felt the python could swallow Lin Feng in a single gulp.
"Pfft..." Old Poison spat green venom toward Lin Feng. That glob of poison seemed capable of burying Lin Feng's body entirely.
Lin Feng gathered terrifying dark demonic lightning on his body, fiercely striking out. Countless black lightning bolts flashed down, directly shattering the venom into residue. Lin Feng's body continued charging toward Old Poison. Hundreds of thousands of death brands were frantically struck out, causing Old Poison's body to writhe wildly in agitation. But his dao intent was also frantically corroding Lin Feng. That tiny human body could actually withstand his terrifying poison intent.
In an instant, their bodies drew close, on the verge of collision. Old Poison's face twisted hideously, his enormous eyes gleaming with dark green light. This bastard was seeking death.
"Roar!" Old Poison let out a furious roar. A terrifying poison dan shot toward Lin Feng, its toxicity unimaginably dreadful. But at the same time, all the power on Lin Feng's body transformed into a sword. One slash split the void, descending from the heavens. Even the terrifying poison dan was cleaved in two. Lin Feng's body directly charged toward Old Poison's massive head.
Old Poison's giant tail whipped around, coiling upward toward Lin Feng's body. An ancient, primordial aura spread. The dreadful death notes of "dong dong" resounded. Lin Feng's entire being transformed into a Sword of Death, directly stabbing toward Old Poison. Old Poison suddenly lowered his head, charging forward, not daring to let Lin Feng enter his body. But Lin Feng's sword directly plunged into his head. At the same time, Old Poison's body violently coiled around Lin Feng.
Of course, at this moment, Lin Feng was nothing but a sword—a primordial Sword of Death. Old Poison's body coiled around the sword, only to feel an infinite sharpness. His head gradually shattered as the sword pierced into it. Death force frantically surged into his body, causing his massive frame to tremble violently and howl endlessly. He wanted to twist his head around and devour Lin Feng, but Lin Feng's sword was stuck in his head. When his head turned, Lin Feng moved along with it—it was a blind spot.
The python's shrieks were heart-stopping. The crowd trembled with fear. Old Poison wanted to strangle Lin Feng to death, but that was a sword.
"I concede." Old Poison let out a roar. His massive body began to release Lin Feng. The crowd saw that a third of the sword had already pierced into Old Poison's body—a shocking sight. That terrifying python seemed to have turned completely black.
The sword howled through the air as it emerged, then returned to the void. Lin Feng transformed back into his true form, staring down at Old Poison, who was gasping for breath below. Coldly, he said, "I accept this guardian position."
Old Poison's massive body heaved with fluctuating aura. He raised his head to stare at Lin Feng and asked, "Are you really at the Martial Emperor realm?"
"Yes. For some reason, I cannot break through to the Emperor realm," Lin Feng said calmly. "Of course, this is only temporary. If I were to break through my current realm, killing you might only take a single thought."
The crowd's hearts tightened upon hearing Lin Feng's words. Perhaps this statement was somewhat arrogant and unrestrained, but they could not deny it. For this man to possess such combat power at the Martial Emperor realm—if he truly stepped into the Emperor realm, his strength would indeed be immeasurable.
Old Poison spewed poisonous gas, staring at Lin Feng, and said, "Fine. If you become the Demon Son, I will serve as your Demon Son Guardian. Of course, if you die, don't blame me."
"Rest assured." Lin Feng glanced coldly at Old Poison, then swept his gaze over the other demon beasts. "If no one else makes a move, I'll be on my way."
With that, Lin Feng's steps carried him into the distance. The demons' expressions congealed, and then they all flickered, following after Lin Feng.
Before long, Lin Feng found a mountain range highland. He carved formations in the void, where life and death light evolved and manifested, swallowing the infinite life and death power of heaven and earth. At the same time, he proclaimed all laws to converge here. When the formation dao was complete, the death might it emitted was unimaginably terrifying. The demons were wary, and none dared to provoke him. Although demon beasts held a contemptuous attitude toward human martial cultivators, they had to admit that some terrifying human cultivators were indeed extremely powerful with extraordinary enlightenment. This man not only had formidable combat strength but also terrifying formation dao mastery. Now that he had borrowed formation dao, killing him was even more difficult than reaching the heavens.
However, there would always be those unafraid of death. When a terrifying Iron Armored Rhinoceros trampled through the heavens, charging toward Lin Feng, the entire formation dao seemed to shake, as if on the verge of collapse. Massive boulders fell from the sky, crashing toward the formation with infinite force, as if they would flatten the very earth.
Giant iron hooves viciously stamped down. Countless iron hoof projections appeared in the void, directly crushing toward Lin Feng like condensed mountain peaks slamming into him.
Lin Feng's eyes were closed. His fists punched through the air—ancient sacred fists that suppressed and shattered everything. He did not even open his eyes to look. Only when the Iron Armored Rhinoceros roared and charged did the infinite light of the grand formation dao surge upward, burying it in death force. At the same time, Lin Feng's Great Accomplishment Death Dao and countless death brands were mercilessly struck out. Instantly, a terrifying demon emperor's body plummeted downward.
"This is absolutely the power of a Great Perfection Death Dao." The demons' shock was beyond words. In the Emperor realm, even those at the peak Heavenly Emperor level found it extremely difficult to achieve Great Accomplishment in their dao. Many only reached that point at the Saint Emperor realm, and Perfection remained elusive. But now, all of Lin Feng's superimposed death power attacks made his dao seem to have reached Great Perfection. In an instant, he turned a demon emperor into a corpse.
"Fighting one by one—even the entire Ten Thousand Demon King territory might not find someone who can contend with him. Unless it's a group battle. If this continues, after many years, the Ten Thousand Demon King territory might truly give birth to a new generation of Demon Son." Many people looked up at the void mirror screen. In their eyes was a faint trace of reverence. In the martial world, people always revered the strong. Perhaps the Ten Thousand Demon King, by having those who wished to become the Demon Son undergo this trial under the witness of the entire world, ensured that defeat left no room for argument, and success allowed all territorial beings to witness the Demon Son's strength firsthand, earning true reverence and thus establishing the Demon Son's supreme status.
From various territories, endless experts frantically rushed over. But as time accumulated, Lin Feng remained perfectly intact. Beneath his formation dao, however, lay multiple massive corpses. Many of them had once been demon emperors who commanded the wind and rain. But now, they lay quietly there, reduced to witnesses of the Demon Son's birth.
If Lin Feng was to become the Demon Son, he would inevitably trample over the bones of countless demon emperors. This was inevitable—one general's achievement rests on ten thousand bones.
Gradually, as time passed and bones piled up, the attitude of the experts in the Ten Thousand Demon King territory toward Lin Feng shifted from disdain to respect, even worship.
Bai Yu and the others still stood there, watching Lin Feng's figure in the void. Calmly, he said, "One more week, and the Demon Son will be born. I never thought that among all of us who entered this territory together, the strongest would be him."
"Without this grand formation dao, with our strength, we could still fight. But with this formation dao amplifying death power, there's no chance of victory." Dark Gold Pupil King's pupils were sharp as he murmured softly. He too had never imagined that the Martial Emperor realm cultivator who had walked alongside him—someone he hadn't even bothered to look at much—would be this terrifying. It was too unexpected.
"If he truly becomes the Demon Son, the territorial commanders will select Demon Son Guardians for him. At that time, would you be willing to become his guardians?" Bai Yu looked at them and asked calmly.
"Demon Son Guardian!"
This title, in the Ten Thousand Demon King territory, was a very honorable one. Because the birth of a Demon Son only occurred once in ten million years, and he would inevitably become a supreme existence. It was said that the Ten Thousand Demon King had once stated that becoming the Demon Son meant one foot was already planted in a realm that countless people could never reach. To become a Demon Son's guardian was an honor and could also pave the way for one's own future.
However, Lin Feng's current strength was only at the Martial Emperor realm. Their thoughts still seemed to carry some strange feelings.
"I wouldn't mind becoming a Demon Son Guardian." Purple Void Flood Dragon said indifferently, staring at the void. This was not a shameful matter. If one day the Demon Son reached the peak and could give them a hand, that would be more important than anything else. Besides, they were merely guardians by his side, not slaves. At most, a few hundred years would reveal many things. If the Demon Son's potential was insufficient, they could simply abandon him.