pertwk Chapter 198 The Demon King's Betrayal, The Northern Snowfield
Chapter 198 The Demon King's Betrayal, The Northern Snowfield
Chapter 198 The Demon King's Betrayal, The Northern Snowfield
At noon that day, the spiritual mist above the Lake and Sea Secret Realm suddenly surged violently.
Three mountain-like shadows tore through the clouds—
The Black Tortoise Demon King on the left carried a dark blue-green carapace covered with ancient demonic patterns, each pattern flowing with terrifying fourth-tier demonic power.
The Central Thunder Roc Demon King spread its wings, unleashing a hurricane of spiritual energy. The lightning leaping between its feathers tore the clouds within a hundred miles into shreds.
The right-wing dragon-serpent demon king had twelve human golden core skulls strung around its neck, and its hissing sound caused ripples to spread across the sealing array.
"Humans have enslaved and oppressed my demon race for ten thousand years; today is the day for reckoning!"
The Thunder Roc Demon King's long cry sounded like the clash of metal, and wherever its wingtips swept, the protective magic treasures of thirteen Core Formation cultivators exploded simultaneously.
The Dragon-Snake Demon King swept its long tail, and the fourth-order grand formation immediately emitted bursts of booming sounds.
"Whether you follow the demonic path or the righteous path, you are all filthy humans. From this day forward, this land will inevitably be polluted by the filthy demonic realm. Since our demon race will not use these precious spiritual veins, then no one else will!"
"boom!"
The Xuan Turtle Demon King slammed its giant claw into the center of the formation, and demonic power containing its life essence seeped out from between its claws.
The fourth-order sealing array let out a mournful cry of despair as the nine spirit source beads exploded one after another.
When the Six Harmonies True Monarch, who was on duty at the fourth-order formation in Qi State, arrived, he saw the three demon kings forming a triangular battle formation and frantically attacking the fourth-order sealing formation outside the secret realm.
The Six Harmonies True Lord was enraged and attacked.
However, he was no match for a three-headed, mid-stage fourth-tier demon king.
His natal Ice Soul Sword struck the Xuan Turtle Demon Pattern but was rebounded and cracked; Lei Peng's Hurricane Chains entangled his protective glow; and the Dragon-Snake Demon King's long-accumulated venomous fangs pierced through his dantian.
"puff!"
The life essence blood spat out by the Six Harmonies True Lord transformed into teleportation runes, and the Nascent Soul figure, carrying the broken sword, vanished into the void.
The last scene he saw before fleeing for his life deeply shocked him.
The entrance to the secret realm was like a wound violently torn open, with gray-black demonic energy mixed with viscous black liquid gushing out, and seven spider-like monsters with human faces crawling out along the waterfall.
The three-headed demon king stood proudly before the formation, and the eyes of the demon beasts that had once been tamed by cultivators once again gleamed with a wild, blood-red light.
Sensing the dramatic changes here.
Within the entire million-mile territory of the Qi Kingdom, several Nascent Soul-level lights shone forth, all heading towards this place.
Upon seeing this, the three demon kings scattered in three directions, laughing wildly as they fled.
Emperor Qi was furious. His dragon-patterned sword transformed into a thousand-foot golden rainbow and slashed at the Flood Dragon King. However, the Flood Dragon King withstood the attack with its own scales. The sword beam deflected and only managed to cut off ten scales. After that, the Flood Dragon King used its own speed to disappear into the sea of mist and clouds.
The other two demon kings were also prepared, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators also returned empty-handed.
By the time the human Nascent Soul cultivators arrived, the exit of the secret realm had expanded to dozens of miles, with seven demonic energy vortexes linked together, and foul spiritual energy spreading like a plague.
The withered vegetation has given rise to poisonous mushrooms, and the monstrous beasts with glowing red eyes have devoured each other. The once beautiful and spiritual landscape has been transformed into a dark and demonic abyss.
Emperor Qi stood before the crumbling sealing array, his black dragon robe stained with demon blood.
He crushed the last fourth-tier demon-sealing talisman, only to see its light disappear into the demonic energy as if it were a mud ox sinking into the sea.
Even with several Nascent Soul cultivators working together, they were unable to reseal this place.
Thus, centered on the Lake and Sea Secret Realm, the nineteen cities of the three southern states were all transformed into demonic land.
This event was later known as the "Cataclysm of the Demon's Den".
Afterwards, Emperor Qi ordered all major sects and forces to organize the evacuation of nearby personnel.
At the same time, high-level cultivators were ordered to march south to fight and kill demonized beasts, demonized cultivators, and demonic creatures that continuously crossed over from the filthy demonic realm.
The good news is that the spatial rifts in the secret realm are still too weak, and the enemy's Nascent Soul level creatures cannot cross over for the time being.
The bad news is that the rift is getting stronger and stronger. The royal fortune teller judged that perhaps in about a hundred years, a great demon at the Nascent Soul level would be able to break through, so Emperor Qi should make plans as soon as possible.
This event not only caught the State of Qi completely off guard,
Even the major powers and late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in the Central Plains were caught off guard when they found out.
They regretted not sending high-caliber forces to Qi earlier to take control of the situation.
They originally intended for the Qi Kingdom to probe the demonic cultivators' capabilities first.
As a result, more than a decade later, the demonic cultivators probed the secret realm several times, but ultimately did not cause much damage.
Instead, the demonic beasts under their control rebelled. Several demon kings joined forces and directly defied the orders of the demonic cultivators.
"Although the demonic cultivators launched a counterattack, they are all human cultivators. They are only hostile to righteous cultivators and do not want to destroy the Great Qing cultivation world."
Having been enslaved and hunted by humans for tens of thousands of years, the demonic beasts have long harbored deep hatred for the entire human cultivator race and even this cultivation world.
That's why we're facing this calamity today.
A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from a top sect in Central Continent made this judgment.
At this point, the great cultivators of Zhongzhou had far fewer arguments and no longer hesitated.
Commanded by a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
All the major sects dispatched Nascent Soul cultivators to lead their teams, along with their elite disciples, to the expedition.
They crossed the Monster Mountain Range and set off to conquer the State of Qi.
There are only two objectives in this battle: to destroy the demons and slay the monsters!
The primary meaning of "destroying demons" is to eliminate the evil demons that have crossed over from the corrupt demon realm.
They didn't harbor as much hatred towards the demonic cultivators in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
If they encounter them head-on and the other party tries to stop them, they won't hesitate to eliminate them.
As for slaying demons, it naturally refers to killing the demonic beasts that invaded the Qi Kingdom from the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
In particular, the three Nascent Soul stage demon kings who broke the outer barrier of the secret realm were put on the human cultivators' kill list.
Invading spiritual veins and killing cultivators could barely be considered as a way for demonic beasts to secure a better living environment; at worst, they could just go to war.
However, such an act of destroying the boundary from the inside and letting in demonic creatures from the outside is an evil act of betraying the Great Green cultivation world.
Unforgivable
Without eliminating these ringleaders of the traitorous demonic beasts, we cannot warn those who follow.
It should be noted that there are countless such secret realms in the Great Green Cultivation World. If the same behavior occurs a few more times,
The entire Great Qing might become a battlefield for invasions from various external forces. If that happens, Great Qing might fall within a thousand or eight hundred years.
Therefore, this practice must be stopped!
When Chen Yi met the young monk, he received preliminary information that the Demon King had broken the barrier.
That day, after completing his final transaction with the young monk in the State of Qi,
Chen Yi left Qin Chengcheng a message via telepathy: "I'm going traveling to seek opportunities for advancement. My return date is uncertain. Take care."
Then he boarded the Crimson Soul Sparrow and set off directly north.
At the young monk's place, Chen Yi provided him with a bottle of Azure Thunder Brew with special exorcising effects, in exchange for a jade token identifying him as a demonic disciple, vouched for by the young monk in exchange for his identity as a demonic cultivator.
This jade token ensures that Chen Yi can pass through most of the monster mountain ranges without encountering Nascent Soul cultivators.
Six months ago, Chen Yi obtained a flying boat ticket to Zhongzhou from Hao Youren for the [Nine Heavens Chamber of Commerce].
With the boat ticket and the little monk's jade token, plus Chen Yi's own strength, he felt that he was almost ready to cross the Monster Mountain Range.
Just a few days ago.
On the other side, in Qingfeng Immortal City...
Late at night, at Hao Youren's residence,
A faint, crimson light appeared, and Hao Youren immediately lost consciousness.
A withered old hand gripped the top of his head.
Five lines of blood burrowed into his seven orifices along his withered finger, and his sea of consciousness felt as if it were being stirred by thousands of red-hot steel needles.
Fragments of memory are like a painting torn apart by violence—
The images of the thunder pattern on Chen Yi's sleeve when he handed over the spirit stones, the fragments of "going north to Zhongzhou", and the ticket number "Jiaxu 76" were forcibly removed.
"Pfft!" The blood mist that Hao Youren spat out condensed into a strange rune in the air.
Elder Blood Fiend flicked his finger, and the talisman transformed into a chain that entered his brow, planting a blood restriction in his soul.
After completing this, Elder Blood Fiend quietly left.
After leaving, he returned to a secluded underground cave and began to calculate while looking north.
During this time, he first went to the valley where Master Han Ya had fallen and made some calculations.
It was learned that Chen Yi and Qin Chengcheng of the Miaoyin Sect lured and killed Han Ya Zhenren. Han Ya Zhenren mainly died from being trapped in the formation, not from a lack of strength.
Recently, several hall masters on the demonic path have been at odds, especially after the beast-taming master was wounded by Emperor Qi's sword, and the demon king under his control escaped alone.
A hall master from an ancient demonic sect advised the beast-taming Nascent Soul cultivator to directly use severe punishment to punish the demon king.
But he refused.
He was injured himself and worried about the demon king's backlash.
After the two sides argued, they parted on bad terms, and no consensus could be reached on how the demonic path would benefit from invading the Qi Kingdom.
Under this premise, any defeats, mistakes, or losses caused during the demonic invasion will be magnified.
Those responsible will also be identified by both factions and become victims of the power struggle at the top.
Coincidentally, at that moment, the soul tablet of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator named Cold Crow was destroyed.
He was Elder Blood Fiend's subordinate, so Blood Fiend naturally had to give an explanation to the Lord of the Demonic Path Palace.
He needs to apprehend the two murderers who killed the crow before the next meeting to protect himself.
However, the investigation was still in progress.
In the south, a demonic beast betrayed the demonic cultivators, secretly opening the secret realm's restrictions and allowing the corrupt demonic realm to infiltrate.
This incident put the demonic path in an even more passive position.
The ancient demonic sect master on the demonic side ordered the demonic cultivators to retreat and avoid direct confrontation with the enraged righteous path.
Those who act without authorization will bear the consequences of their own actions.
Elder Xue Sha panicked. With the Qi Kingdom enraged, he was unable to attack the two cultivators from the Miao Yin Sect.
If we can't bring the assassin's head back, he'll be the one punished when the temple holds its next council meeting.
As a result, just when he was desperately seeking any treatment, he suddenly learned from Hao Youren's soul search that...
That chef Chen Yi is actually going to run away north?
This is truly a stroke of luck for him. He can avoid a direct confrontation, but capturing a fleeing Core Formation cultivator will make it much easier to report back.
As for the claim that the spirit chef Chen Yi possesses a rare item that can prevent divination,
That was something Blood Fiend usually wouldn't expend his life force on, but now, after gathering so many clues...
Especially after obtaining the information about the ship ticket from Hao Youren's memory,
Furthermore, by sparing no expense, he was still able to deduce Chen Yi's basic whereabouts.
Elder Blood Fiend decided to intercept and kill Chen Yi before he boarded the ship, preferably capture him alive, and bring him back to the Demonic Sect to become a demonic cultivator and atone for his sins.
After calculating, Elder Blood Fiend summoned a giant blood aura that almost blended into the night sky and flew north at the speed of a late-stage third-order cultivator.
Meanwhile, just as the restrictions of the Lake and Sea Secret Realm were broken, and the filthy demonic aura entered the Great Qi Realm for the first time...
In the attached city market outside Qingfengxian City,
An elderly man with a white beard suddenly opened his eyes and looked tens of thousands of miles to the south.
Old Hu's face was solemn, his gaze deep, and he remained silent for a long while.
I don't know what they found out,
His expression changed slightly, and he immediately woke up his wife and daughter, preparing to head north.
When passing through Qingfeng City, Old Hu paused slightly and asked his wife and daughter to wait for him outside the city.
He rushed to Hao Youren's house and found Hao Youren unconscious and asleep.
Old Hu conducted a brief inspection, then sighed softly:
"Ah, so be it. I don't have two good friends anyway."
He gently touched Hao Youren's brow with his finger, and with a flash of blue light, a blue rune was planted, bypassing the blood-red restriction deep within Hao Youren's soul and protecting the deepest source of his soul.
Afterwards, Old Hu looked even more exhausted, as if he had used up half of the strength he had accumulated over decades.
After finding Mingyue and his wife, he boarded a flying boat heading to the far north and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
Heading north for over a million miles,
Chen Yi traveled day and night, and in less than half a month, he had arrived at the snow-capped plateau in the northwesternmost part of the Qi Kingdom.
Along the way, he encountered a total of seven attacks by groups of demonic beasts.
In five out of the seven encounters, the hordes of demonic beasts scattered and retreated upon sensing the third-tier pressure of the Crimson Flame Sparrow.
Only once did they encounter a flock of Iron-feathered Eagles, where two or three near-third-tier demonic birds formed a battle formation and pounced.
Suddenly, the Crimson Soul Sparrow's feathers exploded with a burst of lightning, transforming into a crimson rainbow that pierced through the gaps in the eagle formation and instantly fled dozens of miles away.
The last time was when the Silverback Wolf King, in the early stages of the first three tiers, leaped into the air to intercept them.
Chen Yi flicked three strands of golden light from his fingertips. The wolf king sensed danger and braked sharply, plunging into the forest below with a roar of resentment.
Now, after crossing this snow-capped mountain and traveling another 20,000 li, we will reach one of the most dangerous areas in the Monster Mountain Range, the canyon region.
That night, the starlight atop the snow-capped mountain made the pristine white snow clearly visible.
As Chen Yi was traveling at high speed,
suddenly,
Below on the snow-covered plain, a dark bat-like shadow with a wingspan of over a hundred feet silently swept past.
"wrong!"
Chen Yi's jade bone lightning pattern lit up instantly, and the golden lightning crystal core was poised to unleash its power within his meridians.
The bat-like shadow was clearly a physical entity, yet no trace of demonic energy could be sensed in the air.
Even the Crimson Soul Sparrow couldn't detect the slightest movement in the air!
Even without revealing a trace of his presence, Chen Yi could feel a deadly crisis looming over him.
"The Moon-Hidden Bat King!"
Chen Yi remembered that the little monk had once told him that there were some demonic beasts in the Demon Beast Mountain Range that possessed special demon king bloodlines.
The Moon-Hidden Bat King is one such example; under the moonlight, it can completely conceal its form and aura and fly at incredible speeds.
If it weren't for the snowy terrain that allowed him to see shadows, Chen Yi might not have noticed the attack until it was almost upon him.
This Moon-Hidden Bat King actually made Chen Yi vaguely sense a strong sense of danger.
Chen Yi estimated that it was either a peak third-tier demon.
However, a powerful demon of this level would have a speed that far surpasses that of the Crimson Soul Sparrow.
So it seems so.
An elder from the Demonic Sect has arrived.
"Blood Fiend. Late Core Formation stage, Blood Cultivator, skilled in divination and deduction. I didn't expect there to be a Moon Shadow Bat King demon beast that is at least in the mid-stage of the third rank."
"This is a bit troublesome."
Chen Yi mentally sketched out the strength of the Blood Fiend Elder.
"Since the enemy was able to track us all the way here, it means my anti-counterfeiting tortoise shell shouldn't be completely effective anymore."
Moreover, with the Moonhide Bat King around, I probably won't be able to get rid of him by speed alone.
It seems this battle is unavoidable before I leave.
(End of this chapter)