Chapter 748 - 358: True Spirit Demon God, Still Zhongji [Revised]
The Spirit Suppressing Army, originally sealing the core area of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range without a single gap, was now in a state of panic. Despite having Fake Pill Cultivators to stabilize morale, some unrest was inevitable within the Spirit Suppressing Army.
Meanwhile, the hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators that had just arrived for support were not in chaos but were anxiously gazing at the demonic qi that covered the sky. Upon dispatching scouts, they discovered there was no path for retreat.
The barriers blocking their retreat could not be broken even by the Golden Core Technique; any slight negligence would result in the Golden Core Cultivators being eroded by the demonic qi, unable to withstand it with the Golden Core Power, causing widespread fear and unease.
After receiving the news, Deng Lai immediately rushed to the edge of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range and attempted to break through using Magical Artifacts and Evil-Slaying Thunder Talismans, but despite expending tremendous effort, he couldn’t create an opening.
Later, Deng Lai moved around to rally about ten Golden Core Cultivators to jointly break the barrier, but each attempt ended in failure without exception.
"How could this be possible?" A Golden Core Elder Cultivator found it simply unbelievable.
The expression of the Golden Core Female Cultivator beside Deng Lai was equally grave, "The Divine General’s mountain array can only cover five to six thousand miles of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range’s core area using twenty to thirty tier three spirit veins around the range. This demonic qi covers the entire Celestial Yin Mountain Range, more than a hundred thousand miles. Such a vast array, how could it be unbreakable everywhere?"
"We’ve tried seven or eight locations, and combined, we cannot make it budge. I’m afraid this would be the same if we tried anywhere else. The current strategy is to first establish contact with the Divine General. Ordinary Sound Transmission Talismans, Communication Stones, and secret techniques are entirely unusable; we likely have to resort to the Celestial Secret Infinite Technique."
Upon finishing those words, the gaze of the Golden Core Zhenren immediately fell on Deng Lai, as only Deng Lai had a Tier Three Celestial Secret Spiritual Artifact among them. More importantly, Deng Lai was now their only backbone.
Yet, Deng Lai hesitated, for using the Celestial Secret Infinite Technique came at too great a cost, unaffordable for ordinary Golden Core Zhenren, with the blood, spirit stones, and resources required. Even as the City Lord of East Pole Immortal City, his financial resources were thin as he lacked a supporting family.
Especially knowing that the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect had the upper hand in Traceless Mountain Range, potentially invading the West Mountain Floating Domain anytime, Deng Lai invested heavily in his cultivation, enhancing his spirit body and level, and acquiring protection and life-saving items.
But just as Deng Lai was hesitating and deliberating other options, a Golden Core Zhenren guarding the core area of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range suddenly transmitted a message.
A large number of Demon Cultivators emerged from the core area of the Celestial Yin Mountain Range.
The Demon Cultivators were neither human nor complete demons.
They were neither entirely demons nor entirely human.
All had the power equivalent to Fake Pills.
And they were numerous!
At least several thousand!
Currently, within the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, bolstered by the demonic qi, they were slaughtering the Spirit Suppressing Army.
Even the Golden Core Zhenren could only suppress and force them back. The Golden Core Technique injures them, but they rapidly recover within a short time frame, even if decapitated, they can regenerate within a hundred breaths.
Upon receiving this transmission, the faces of the Golden Core Zhenren collectively changed, and Deng Lai, who was pondering other methods to break the demon array, dared not delay any further.
Several thousand Fake Pill cultivators represent an immense power, and their terrifying ability to regenerate, akin to growing back severed limbs in the Demon Realm, was too daunting for even a million Spirit Suppressing Army members and the hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Because the million Spirit Suppressing Army troops were spread too thinly and would need at least three to five days to gather together.
Yet the current situation made gathering them even more difficult.
He had no fear of Fake Pill Demon Cultivators.
But he worried that this might just be the appetizer for the Dark Altar Lineage in dealing with them.
...
At the same time.
Wen Jiu from Donghua Immortal City felt the situation outside Cold Pool Mist Valley through the Blood Demon Undying Bone.
The Blood Demon Undying Bone, being a demon corpse, was quite sensitive to demonic qi; it was this sensitivity that allowed it to perceive the extraordinary nature of this demonic qi more distinctly than ordinary Golden Core Zhenren.
Simultaneously, Wen Jiu sensed the aura of the True Spirit Demon Tree through the Blood Demon Undying Bone. This time, the aura of the True Spirit Demon Tree was stronger than when seen at the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect’s Dark Altar previously.
And even more unique.
Without hesitation, Wen Jiu immediately controlled the Blood Demon Undying Bone to fly out of Cold Pool Mist Valley.
Just as it flew out of the cold pond, Feng Jue and the Domain Lord’s Mansion’s cultivators in the misty valley also followed, flying toward outside the Cold Pool Mist Valley.
Clearly.
The group wanted to investigate what exactly was happening.
"Return to your cave and don’t come out." Wen Jiu advised Feng Jue, yet he did not concern himself with the people from the Domain Lord’s Mansion.
Upon receiving the transmission, Feng Jue, who had just flown out of the cave, stopped abruptly and nodded before retreating back into his cave.
Asked by Han Tianxing, he simply said, "This time we have a big problem. I can sense a familiar aura. The true demon realm has taken root and is expanding, devouring the Celestial Yin Mountain Range."
"The true demon realm?"
Feng Jue was stunned.
Han Tianxing did not elaborate further, as some things Feng Jue did not yet need to know, they were far beyond his current understanding.
However, this information had to be conveyed to Han Li.
Han Tianxing immediately transmitted through the Blood Demon Undying Bone, "Fellow Daoist Han, this aura is similar to the demon realm aura I encountered upstream of the Heaven-Reaching River. Not to mention, there’s also a trace of the True Spirit Demon God’s aura. I’m sure there’s a relic of it within the Celestial Yin Mountain Range, and it’s already consuming it."
"The relic of the True Spirit Demon God?"
Wen Jiu emerged from the cold pond, gazing at the demon energy barrier overhead. While asking Han Tianxing, he controlled the Three Thousand Blood Inks to perform divination, to discern whether the Blood Demon Undying Bone left alone in Cold Pool Mist Valley faced fortune or disaster.
