The Grey Rat's Demon Path

Within the range of its colorful light, the strength of all living beings inside will be affected and suppressed. More specifically...

Furthermore, the Colorful Cloud Treasure Mirror provides self-protection...."

The description of the Magical Treasure on the light screen was recorded with extreme clarity.

’A Magical Treasure!’

Xu Chang’an thought to himself.

In his previous life, he was at the Late-stage Core Formation Realm and had even formed a Golden Core.

Naturally, he had possessed Magical Treasures—and more than one at that.

He knew perfectly well how powerful Magical Treasures were.

’The power of a Magical Treasure is indeed far greater than that of a Quasi-Magical Treasure. It’s just a shame that, as good as they are, you need to be at least a Fake Pill Master or a Quasi-Demon King to wield one!

Even for a top-tier Great Demon, trying to wield one is a pipe dream!’

Magical Treasures were powerful, but the Demon Power required to wield them was correspondingly high.

Generally, Demon Power in the Qi Refining Realm is gaseous. In the Foundation Establishment Realm, it becomes liquid.

And once an Inner Core is formed, Demon Power is primarily solid.

Wielding a Magical Treasure requires solid Demon Power for activation.

Therefore, the minimum requirement to use a Magical Treasure was to be a Quasi-Demon King or, in other words, a Fake Pill Master!

’However, with the perfect breakthroughs from my panel, if I were to become a top-tier Great Demon, I might just be able to wield a Magical Treasure, despite the immense drain.’

Xu Chang’an mused.

In his past life, he hadn’t possessed a Magical Treasure when he broke through to Late-stage Foundation Establishment, so this was merely speculation on his part, something he had never verified.

However, since his breakthroughs were aided by the panel, his Demon Power was exceptionally abundant and pure.

If he were to unleash his Demon Power in a single, massive burst when trying to wield a Magical Treasure, using sheer volume to compensate for its quality, he stood a good chance of activating it.

Even if he succeeded, he would likely only be able to manage one or two strikes.

But success would mean he could unleash the peak combat power of an Early-stage Core Formation cultivator!

An Early-stage Core Formation cultivator striking with a Magical Treasure—that would be an attack at its absolute peak.

With such a peak strike at his disposal, he could seriously injure even a Quasi-Demon King if he caught them by surprise.

Although Quasi-Demon Kings could wield Magical Treasures, not all of them actually possessed one.

The appearance of the Colorful Cloud Treasure Mirror brought the auction’s atmosphere to a fever pitch.

"Three hundred thousand Demon Stones!"

"Three hundred and ten thousand Demon Stones!"

"Three hundred and twenty-five thousand Demon Stones!"

"..."

Bids rang out across the venue intermittently.

The Demons participating in the bidding made little effort to conceal themselves, forgoing the use of Arrays to transmit their bids. Instead, they opted for the more direct method of shouting their offers aloud.

At this point, the Demons qualified to bid on a Magical Treasure were essentially all at the Quasi-Demon King level.

In the Red Cloud Mountain Range, these were the truly high-tier members of the Demon Race.

Clearly, they had few reservations about revealing their identities.

In fact, if other Demons learned that they had won the Magical Treasure, it would serve as a powerful deterrent.

There were exceptions, however. Occasionally, a Demon or two would participate via the Array instead of calling out.

"The Cyan Ridge Demon King!"

"The Beiming Demon King!"

"The Void Nether Demon King!"

"..."

Hearing the voices of the bidders, the many Demons seated in the audience were secretly shocked.

The number of Demon Kings attending this auction was far greater than they had imagined.

’Quite a few Demon Kings have shown up!’

Listening to the voices that rang out—some shrill, some deep, others as heavy as a collapsing mountain—Xu Chang’an remained unperturbed.

For most Demons, a Demon King’s might was like a clap of thunder. Just hearing their voices was enough to inspire involuntary awe and reverence.

Xu Chang’an, however, felt nothing.

’They’re all just Quasi-Demon Kings, though. No true Demon Kings have made an appearance.’

It was true. Any genuine Demon King was the true master of a major power.

Their fame was legendary, their might weighing upon the entire Red Cloud Mountain Range.

Moreover, compared to Quasi-Demon Kings, true Demon Kings were exceedingly rare.

As far as anyone knew, across the vast Red Cloud Mountain Range, which spanned tens of thousands of miles, there were fewer than twenty true Demon Kings in total.

Even Red Cloud Mountain, the undisputed hegemon of the Red Cloud Mountain Range, was home to only three true Demon Kings.

The controlling power behind Peacock Demon City, where Xu Chang’an currently was, was Peacock Mountain.

And Peacock Mountain had only a single Demon King: the Peacock King.

Demon King—the very title of "King" carried an extraordinary weight.

They determined the rise and fall of entire factions,

serving as their true foundation!

And while Quasi-Demon Kings were also exceedingly rare, they were far more numerous than true Demon Kings.

That’s not even counting the wandering Quasi-Demon Kings who roamed freely!

The top-tier powers alone—such as Red Cloud Mountain, Peacock Mountain, Ivory Mountain, and Snake and Scorpion Cave—had a considerable number of Quasi-Demon Kings within their ranks.

For example, while Peacock Mountain had only one Demon King—the Peacock King—

it boasted as many as seven or eight Quasi-Demon Kings.

The ones present at the auction now were all such Quasi-Demon Kings.

However, despite them being Quasi-Demon Kings, one would typically address them as "Demon King" out of respect if encountered.

"Four hundred thousand Demon Stones!"

A sharp, domineering voice cut through the venue.

Xu Chang’an couldn’t help but glance over.

The voice had come from private room 001.

’Private room 001! Then he must be the one who won the Purple Patterned Luo Wood Root earlier!’

’Anyone able to bid on a Magical Treasure is undoubtedly a Quasi-Demon King!’

"Four hundred and ten thousand Demon Stones!

Red Flame Demon King, your Magical Combat style is all about brute force. This Colorful Cloud Treasure Mirror doesn’t suit you!"

A voice as heavy as a collapsing mountain rang out.

"Four hundred and twenty thousand Demon Stones! Cyan Ridge Demon King, whether the Colorful Cloud Treasure Mirror suits this King is none of your business!?"

’Red Flame Demon King?!’

The exchange between the two revealed the identity of the Demon in private room 001 to Xu Chang’an.