[Original Novel] Demon King [2]

The cold and handsome man known as the Demon King slightly lowered his head, yet his clear eyes carried a blade-like gaze, piercing straight into the boy's soul! The boy immediately felt a sharp pain in his chest.\ 'Gasp... I can't breathe!' He didn't dare move, letting his wildly beating heart pound against his chest and allowing his oxygen-deprived lungs to ache intensely. 'The Demon King... is too terrifying!' He lay stiffly on the ground, cold sweat flowing continuously like the fear in his heart, soaking his clothes.\ The Demon King carefully examined the boy before him, slightly surprised, and said softly: 'A descendant of Angel? He looks exactly like him...'\ The Demon King's voice was very magnetic, like a piece of smooth silk, drifting through the ears and floating in the heart. It was very different from the sinister magical aura one would imagine. No wonder the Demon King was the strongest and most beautiful being, combining all the wonders of the world. The boy looked up in a daze, staring at the Demon King's flawless, handsome face.\ Suddenly, his figure trembled slightly and quickly became blurry, like a wisp of smoke dispersing and gathering in the air.\ 'Tsk...' The Demon King's eyes flashed with fierce light, his expression harsh. In an instant, two beams of golden light shot from his magical pupils, seeing through the ancient past and illuminating the future.\ The Demon King looked for a while, the golden light dissipating, leaving only those clear eyes, in which flames seemed to dance.\ 'Damn it!!' He roared to the sky, silver hair wildly dancing like a god descending. The air solidified rapidly, blossoms of ice appearing and bursting out of nowhere. The entire world seemed to shatter from this single roar. This was the power of the Demon King!\ The Demon King slammed his fist against the wall, but it did not crack even slightly, as if some strange force covered this castle. 'As expected... he has also been resurrected!!' At this moment, the Demon King's rage surged to the sky, his pure white hair turning strand by strand into fiery red! Dancing like flames. The Demon King clenched his teeth and, full of hatred, said, 'Great Sage! Why do you always oppose me!! One day... I will personally kill you!'\ The boy nearby slumped onto the ground, at a loss. After witnessing the Demon King's immense power, it was hard for anyone to remain calm, all helplessly overwhelmed by his strength.\ The Demon King snorted coldly, extending his massive icy claw and swinging it through the air.\ 'Boom!' In the empty space before him, a pitch-black crack appeared out of nowhere. Light entered it, only to be instantly swallowed. It seemed to lead straight to hell.This is... a dimensional rift!! The boy stared at the endless rift, breathing heavily, unable to believe his eyes.\ A rift capable of interdimensional travel! Crossing universes directly!! This kind of massive passage would normally require almost all the resources of at least ten large countries to open, and he actually tore it open with his bare hands!!\ The Demon Lord... is too terrifying...\ The Demon Lord, paying no attention to the stunned boy, got up and was about to step into the rift.\ At that moment, the Demon Lord suddenly remembered something, his expression faltering.\ He stood there thinking for a while, and a fierce smile crossed his face.\ '…Heh, I originally didn't want to use this method.'\ the Demon Lord thought to himself.\ 'Even though it's very likely to fail… but to completely eliminate that person… I'm willing to risk it!'\ With that thought, the Demon Lord's resolve grew even stronger. That person, the only one in the world capable of threatening him, the Great Sage. To destroy this unstable factor, he was willing to bear any cost.\ 'Hey,' the Demon Lord turned to the boy and said, 'keep this safe. In the future, use it to find me.'\ He removed his ice claw, and the massive ice crystal in his hand slowly shrank into a fist-sized blue orb.\ Then, the Demon Lord held his breath and concentrated, and four more orbs of different colors flew out, floating in the air, emitting strange light.\ At this moment, the Demon Lord had five orbs in his hand: the silver one shone like the sun, moon, and stars, the red one burned like blazing fire, the blue one was as piercing as frost, and the purple one was as deep as a shadowy black hole. They revolved and danced around the colorless orb in the center.\ The Demon Lord picked up the colorless orb and handed it to the boy. The orb was very ordinary in appearance but radiated the same aura as the Demon Lord.\ 'This is the essence of the Star Soul. If it gets close to my core, its color will disappear, and once it completely vanishes, it will automatically return to me.' The boy solemnly accepted the orb and nodded blankly.\ Suddenly, the boy realized this was no ordinary thing. Star Soul Essence—what an unusual name.\ 'Wait!' the boy shouted at the Demon Lord who was about to leave, 'Your Highness, the Demon Lord, where are you going?'\ The Demon Lord was momentarily stunned, then faintly smiled at the boy. 'I don't know either,' he said, gazing into the boy's deep blue eyes. 'But, young Angel, you will surely find me, right?'The boy was stunned. Not only because of that peerlessly beautiful smile, but also because of that trust. Trust from the Demon King.

"Hmm!" The boy finally showed a smile.

The Demon King responded with a smile and turned around. His hair gradually started turning white. The boy thought he would step into the dimensional rift, but…

The Demon King's body began to freeze! From his feet to his head, ice rapidly enveloped him. When the last strand of hair crystallized, the Demon King had turned into a block of ice.

And the four other beads in the Demon King's hand suddenly trembled violently, like untethered wild horses, like a flood breaking its dam!

They flew up, turning into meteors and shot out of the castle.

"No!" The boy screamed in terror and got up to chase after them.

But it was in vain. Outside the castle, the four meteors scattered across the sky, each heading to the four corners of the world.

The boy collapsed to the ground in helplessness but suddenly remembered something. He immediately rushed back into the castle.

Inside the castle, a clear crack appeared on the ice sculpture formed by the Demon King, and it was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Terror was intensifying, and the boy trembled. He watched as the 'Demon King's' entire body was covered with cracks.

With a 'bang' sound, the block of ice shattered into powder and dissipated into the air, shining faintly.

The boy's heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar. Just as he was about to shout, he suddenly realized there was something in his arms…

A pitch-black bead was in his arms, glimmering with a dark light. It was the Demon King's star soul essence!

"Oh my… oh my…" The boy's whole body shook violently, fear… despair, indescribable in words.

"The Demon King… the Demon King… is dead!"