Foundation Establishment Means Death Sentence? Did My Simulator Glitch?

Chapter 77: Invitation from the Demon King!

【The next day, Jiang Yang led you toward the passage guarded by the Xiao Family.】

【Jiang Yang told you that the passage lay on the other side of Huangzhou, and that to reach it, you had to pass through Huangzhou's core region.】

【And by passing through Huangzhou's core region, you might alert the Demonic Beasts there.】

【Because of that, you did not use the Great Void Technique to travel with the other two this time, and instead chose to proceed slowly and keep a low profile.】

【You knew that flamboyantly using the Great Void Technique would easily attract the attention of Demonic Beasts.】

【Half a year later—】

【You arrived at the very core region of Huangzhou—the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【Jiang Yang told you that he had only heard that the Hundred Thousand Mountains were the sacred land of the demon race in Huangzhou.】

【But as for the specific Demonic Beast factions within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, he did not know them either.】

【After arriving near the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you encountered a Demonic Beast above the Core Formation Realm almost every short distance you traveled.】

【You even saw two Demonic Beasts at Deity Transformation fighting each other as if over something important.】

【After entering the outer region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you used a Transformation Technique to disguise yourselves as Demonic Beasts and continued forward quietly.】

【What you did not know, however, was that the moment you entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains, a Demon King deep within them abruptly opened his eyes.】

【The Hundred Thousand Mountains covered an extremely vast area, and the Xiao Family's passage was located not far from them.】

【At first, you had also wanted to avoid passing through the Hundred Thousand Mountains by taking a detour, but later discovered that it was completely impossible.】

【“Little Junior Brother, is your method really reliable?”】

【Jiang Yang looked at his own simple transformation into a tiger demon and knew that anyone paying attention would see through such a crude disguise at a glance.】

【Faced with Jiang Yang's doubts, you sighed inwardly.】

【You also knew that this low-level disguise was easy to see through, but in the current Canglan Realm, there were basically no high-level Transformation Techniques at all, not even demon race cultivation techniques.】

【“I don't know whether it's reliable, but if we don't disguise ourselves, we'll definitely be discovered the moment we enter the Hundred Thousand Mountains.”】

【When Jiang Yang heard that, he knew that given the current situation, he could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive.】

【You knew that the Hundred Thousand Mountains before you were only the first hurdle in leaving Huangzhou. The real difficulty would come later, when you had to break through the Xiao Family's blockade.】

【Seven days later—】

【After entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains, your pace of advance clearly slowed down.】

【After seven straight days of traveling, you still had not left the outer region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【In the outer region, the highest cultivation among the Demonic Beasts you saw had actually reached Deity Transformation Great Perfection.】

【A month later, you finally left the outer region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and entered its depths.】

【After entering the depths, you discovered that the Demonic Beasts you encountered became fewer.】

【But every single one you did encounter had a cultivation no lower than the Deity Transformation Realm.】

【You had not gone much farther when you suddenly discovered that your path had been blocked by a flood dragon.】

【At first, you assumed that this flood dragon was cultivating there and that your arrival had disturbed it.】

【So you prepared to go around the flood dragon and continue onward.】

【At that moment, the flood dragon before you suddenly spoke in human language.】

【“You three, there is no need to keep disguising yourselves. Our Demon King discovered your arrival long ago.”】

【When you heard that, your heart trembled violently, and you stared at the flood dragon before you in disbelief.】

【Then the three of you exchanged a glance, smiled, and removed your disguises, revealing your human appearances.】

【At that moment, Jiang Yang sent you a voice transmission asking what you planned to do next and whether you should force your way through.】

【You told Jiang Yang not to act for now and to first see what the other party's intentions were.】

【You could tell that the flood dragon before you bore no ill will toward you.】

【“So you're here specifically to wait for us?”】

【In the next moment, you saw the flood dragon before you transform into human form and walk up to you as he spoke.】

【“That's right. I was indeed waiting here for you. I didn't expect you would take so long to get here.”】

【“Oh, right, my name is Hei Tian. The Demon King asked me to invite you to the palace!”】

【When you heard that the Demon King had invited you, your heart filled with confusion.】

【You did not know why the Demon King was inviting you, and from what Jiang Yang had told you before, Demonic Beasts hated humans the most.】

【But now, judging from Hei Tian's attitude, the Demon King seemed to hold no hostility toward you.】

【You knew that refusing the invitation right now would be an unwise choice.】

【“Then we'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Hei Tian to lead the way.”】

【Following Hei Tian's lead, you went all the way into the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【Not long afterward, you arrived before a magnificent palace.】

【You saw that the guards here generally all possessed Integration Realm cultivation.】

【Even in the Central Continent, cultivators of that level would form the backbone of a top-tier power.】

【Hei Tian led you all the way into the main hall, where you saw a calm middle-aged man seated on the throne at the center.】

【“Royal Father, I have brought them to you.”】

【Following Hei Tian's gaze toward the man on the throne, you saw that after hearing Hei Tian's words, he slowly opened his eyes.】

【Then you discovered that those cold eyes swept back and forth across the three of you before ultimately stopping on Zhou Lingxi.】

【“I've finally been waiting for you.”】

【Next, you saw the Demon King slowly rise from the throne and walk toward you.】

【At the same time, Jiang Yang sent you a voice transmission, warning you to be careful of the Demon King.】

【“Little Junior Brother, this Demon King's strength is above the Integration Realm, at the very least Initial Mahayana.”】

【Hearing that, your heart instantly sank.】

【Jiang Yang was currently the strongest among you. If even he could not defeat this enemy, then you had no power whatsoever to fight back.】

【You saw the Demon King walk up to Zhou Lingxi and circle around her a few times.】

【“Are you the one from the prophecy?”】

【When you heard that, your brows furrowed tightly, and you immediately became confused about what the Demon King meant.】

【Ever since you entered, the Demon King had kept his gaze fixed on Zhou Lingxi.】

【And from those two things the Demon King had said just now, you could tell that Zhou Lingxi seemed to have some other secret on her that you did not know about.】

【Zhou Lingxi looked at the Demon King, then turned her head and looked at you in confusion.】

【“What prophecy? I'm not the person you're waiting for.”】

【Faced with Zhou Lingxi's denial, the Demon King smiled faintly.】

【“No need to deny it so quickly. Aren't you curious why your identities were exposed the moment you entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains?”】

【When you heard that, you truly were very curious, so you asked the Demon King what the reason was.】

【The Demon King glanced at you, but instead of answering directly, he looked at Zhou Lingxi and said,】

【“Have you cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Art?”】

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