The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 3, Part 03: Listen to your brother!

Just as Jason was closing in.

A strange, eerie light suddenly flashed in Li Xingzhou's pupils, and at the same time, his black pupils rapidly expanded, instantly filling his entire eyeballs, turning his eyes completely black with no white showing.

With his dark eyes fixed on Jason, Li Xingzhou murmured softly in a strange, resonant incantation:

“Jason, poor child, have you forgotten your older brother? Have you forgotten how happy you were when I took you everywhere to play when you were little? Have you forgotten how much pain I was in after you were drowned by those bad kids, and how I avenged you? Jason, I am your older brother. As your younger brother, you should listen to your older brother! Otherwise…”

Li Xingzhou raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

With the snap of his fingers, a glint of light flashed in his dark eyes, like a flash of lightning illuminating the rainy night.

When the snap of fingers reached their ears, and when that bright light shone into Jason's cloudy eyes beneath his mask...

Jason was struck as if by lightning, letting out a muffled groan of pain, his body convulsing and frozen in place.

Li Xingzhou stared intently at Jason, his deep voice suddenly becoming high-pitched and majestic, each syllable seemingly containing the roar of thunder and the howl of a demon god:

"Be a good boy, and your brother will treat you the same as before, giving you snacks and playing with you. But if you're naughty, your brother will have no choice but to let you taste the thunder and lightning again..."

As he spoke, flashes of light flickered repeatedly in his dark eyes, while Jason opposite him trembled and convulsed as if struck by a series of thunderbolts, whimpering in pain. Finally, he dropped the large machete in his hand and knelt heavily on the ground before Li Xingzhou...

A bead of sweat trickled down Li Xingzhou's forehead, and his face was somewhat pale.

He pressed his throbbing temples, enduring the tearing pain in his head, and walked up to Jason. He bit his right fingertip, drew a bloody, twisted insect-like incantation on his left palm, then formed a hand seal and pressed the bloody incantation onto Jason's sparsely haired, uneven skull, saying in a slightly hoarse voice with satisfaction:
“Very good, Jason, my dear brother. From now on, I will continue to take care of you as before, and you must also listen to me and use your strength to help your brother…”

A flash of bloody light appeared in Li Xingzhou's palm, and a twisted, blood-soaked worm, seemingly real yet illusory, shot out from his palm and seeped into Jason's skull.

Uh...

Jason shuddered slightly, then whimpered softly, his burly body curling up like a docile puppy, gently rubbing his face, covered by a hockey mask, against Li Xingzhou's palm.

"As expected, your mind is stuck on the moment you drowned..."

Yes, Jason, a two-meter-tall, incredibly strong, and ruthless silent killer, has his mind permanently stuck at the moment he drowned as a child. Even with this slightly intellectually disabled and immature mind, he is mostly in a daze.

What drives him to kill incessantly is nothing more than his undying obsession and demonic nature.

It was precisely for this reason that Li Xingzhou was able to use a beginner-level method of cultivating inner demons to implant illusory memories of family affection into Jason's mind, and use the power of his primordial spirit to make Jason experience the pain of being struck by lightning on a spiritual level.

This combination of kindness and severity finally made the mentally unstable Jason kneel down in awe before his half-brother, opening his heart and allowing him to implant the blood curse of the inner demon.

Of course, even with the blood curse in place, controlling Jason is not so easy.

Although Jason is mentally unstable, he is no longer human. His consciousness is chaotic, his bloodlust is boundless, and his demonic nature is astonishing.

Only Li Xingzhou, a nine-time demon lord with three of his previous lives being supreme demonic beings in their respective realms, could barely control Jason with his remaining spiritual power, using demonic means to subdue demons. This, however, placed a considerable burden on Li Xingzhou's spirit.

My temples are throbbing, and my head is throbbing with pain. It will probably take several days before I gradually get used to and the pain subsides.

"If I were at my peak, why would I need to bleed or cast a curse to deal with a mere Jason, this little monster? A single glance, a casual word, would be enough to plant boundless awe and loyalty in his heart. Unfortunately, with my remaining spiritual power, I can only bleed and cast a curse now, and for the time being, I can only control one Jason. Any more than that and I will be unable to bear it, and I will inevitably suffer a backlash..."

Li Xingzhou was pondering to himself, about to order Jason to return to Crystal Lake and lie in ambush, when suddenly he raised his eyebrows and turned around, only to see a tall and slender figure appear in the shadows of the bushes behind him.

"Not bad, very alert."

Seeing Li Xingzhou turn around, the tall, slender figure spoke approvingly in a pleasant voice with a slight trill of the tongue.

At the same time, she took a few steps forward and stepped out of the shadows.

The sparse moonlight filtering through the gaps in the branches and leaves illuminated her figure, revealing her true appearance.

She was a girl with straight blonde hair, a strikingly beautiful face, and skin so fair it seemed to reflect moonlight.

She wore a dark gray short-sleeved T-shirt, revealing her fair arms. The T-shirt also accentuated the beautiful curves of her upper body.

She wore denim shorts, with an adorably ugly mini dragon plush toy hanging from her belt. Her long, straight legs were encased in ripped stockings that revealed patches of fair skin, and she wore ankle boots.

She stood languidly in the moonlight, her hands empty, her emerald eyes gazing at Li Xingzhou with a scrutinizing air.

"So... who exactly are you?" After a moment of eye contact, the girl slowly asked, "Why were you able to subdue this demon?"

"demon?"

Li Xingzhou paused for a moment, then revealed an elegant and charming smile, and asked in return:

"Before you ask me anything, shouldn't you introduce yourself and explain your purpose? After all, a murder has just happened here, and you, a stranger I've never seen before, suddenly appear behind me... This makes me feel very uneasy."

To be honest, Li Xingzhou was indeed very wary of this girl whose identity and purpose were unknown.

Although he has lost all his cultivation and most of his primordial spirit power has been used to suppress and control Jason, even so, with the keen senses brought by his remaining primordial spirit power, it is not easy for any ordinary person to appear behind him silently without his notice.

Those who can do this are no ordinary people.

In fact, the girl's elusive appearance even made Li Xingzhou wonder if she possessed abilities such as "teleportation" or "instant teleportation".

Faced with Li Xingzhou's question, whether it was because of his handsome appearance and charming smile, or because his words always seemed to subtly and intentionally contain a hint of bewitching allure, the young woman did not keep him in suspense and readily introduced herself:
“Iliana Rasputin. Lord of the Hell's Frontier. In my Hell's Prison, I imprison many dangerous demons. But recently, due to some unforeseen circumstances, some demons have escaped. Jason, this undead killer, is one of them. So don't worry that I will pose a threat to you; I'm just here to hunt down demons. Now, it's your turn to answer my questions.”

(End of this chapter)