Chapter 960: The Darkwing Demon Emperor!
The moment the bullet parameters changed—
Ling Zhan pulled the trigger again without hesitation!
Gunfire like thunder and dragon's roar echoed through the night sky.
Even more astounding was…
Ling Zhan's firing speed was insane!
A single-shot sniper rifle became a rapid-fire cannon in his hands!
As soon as one shot ended, the next exploded instantly!
The tremendous recoil crashed into his shoulder without moving him an inch!
And then—
WOM!
The squad atop the walls, driven by curiosity, unleashed high-tier radiant magic, illuminating the darkness tainted by the Darkwing Demons.
Hwaa!!
The moment the sky lit up—
The scene revealed stunned both the Demon-Slaying Legion and the Amethyst Legion!
Dozens of headless corpses with black flame wings plummeted from the sky.
Clearly…
Every one of them had been shot straight through the skull!
"Holy shit..."
"All the Darkwing Demons hit by bullets were headshot!"
Every observer stared wide-eyed.
Faces full of disbelief!
No one could understand how Ling Zhan had done it!
The Darkwing Demons' magic completely blocked light and perception!
Yet he was landing headshots?!
What kind of monster was this?!
"Wait!"
"Look closely!"
"None of them are using their Undying Secret Art to revive!"
"They're just dead—one shot to the head and done!"
"Is that black fire on them theirs or the bullets'?!"
Observers noted something else—the corpses weren't reviving.
Darkwing Demons were part of the Ten Thousand Demons!
They too had Undying Secret Arts!
But after being headshot by Ling Zhan, they simply fell and splattered—
Even with their demon hearts exposed, no resurrection occurred!
It had to be the bullets!
They must have an anti-revival effect embedded in them!
Nearby, Zhou Xue'er, Li Chaoge, Saint Luni, Zhu Yaoguang, Ji Wuming, and Charlotte—all top-tier talents—were equally stunned by Ling Zhan's deadly precision and devastating firepower.
But more than shocked…
They shared a feeling of helpless awe.
They knew—they couldn't replicate his precision under the same dark conditions.
Nor could they stop the Darkwing Demons from reviving.
"Damn! The Darkwing Demons are panicking and scattering!"
"He's breaking their lines solo!"
"One man, one rifle, and he just punched a hole in the enemy formation!"
As their kin were headshot with no revival, the rest of the Darkwing Demons scrambled.
They looked at Ling Zhan with fury and fear.
Furious because they'd never been beaten like this—
Frightened because this man had a method to counter their Undying Secret Art!
It was their ultimate weakness!
The Ten Thousand Demons' fearlessness came from resurrection!
Once they reached high enough levels, they practically had multiple lives.
Even if they died four or five times in battle—
Post-war, they could absorb elite corpses and refine them into flesh pills to restore their energy.
Then they'd return to the battlefield, ready to die again.
But now… knowing someone could cancel their resurrection?
That was terrifying.
No one wanted to actually die.
In the rear, a level 189 Darkwing Demon Emperor—already half a step into Demon Lord territory—was livid.
So this was the infamous non-specialist, Ling Zhan?!
"Hmph!"
He growled.
His massive black flame wings flared—
And he dove toward the wall where Ling Zhan stood.
From a distance, he looked like a flaming black meteor crashing down, warping the air with sheer pressure.
Clearly…
He wanted to test Ling Zhan's strength himself.
As he fell—
Ling Zhan turned calmly to his tense allies and said, "Stay here. Go reinforce the others. I'll handle this."
"Yes, sir!"
As curious as they were to see the duel, orders were orders.
Once they'd dispersed—
Ling Zhan leapt into the air, leaving the defensive barrier.
BOOM!!
The Demon Emperor crashed onto a mountain just outside the valley.
The entire peak flattened under his impact.
"You've got guts, kid! Leaving the safety of the barrier?!"
"Not bad!"
The Darkwing Demon Emperor sneered.
And notably—
He spoke not the Demon language, but the Dragon tongue.
Yep…
As expected.
The Ten Thousand Demons might look monstrous, but they weren't mindless beasts.
They had culture, intelligence—and any high-tier Demon rivaled other races in intellect.
In fact…
They often learned faster than others.
There'd even been news of Demons secretly integrating into human society.
Ling Zhan floated mid-air, saying nothing—just fired two shots.
Simultaneously—
'Holy Judgement'!
'Weakness'!
'Confusion'!
Three debuffs slammed into the enemy across space!
All three were SS+ tier!
Before, if they were only SS, they wouldn't have worked well on a higher-level opponent.
But now as SS+…
Not only effective—they were terrifying!
Instantly, the Demon Emperor ate all three debuffs!
His overall stats dropped by a staggering 80%!