Meng Chuan was secretly astonished.
“Although the River of Spacetime has great opportunities, it’s too dangerous,” said Li Guan with a smile. “When an Imperial Lord goes out adventuring, their enemies are naturally terrifying. Your enemies haven’t reached that level yet.”
As Meng Chuan’s strength increased, Li Guan and company gradually provided him with more information.
Moments later, Meng Chuan returned to Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
“Supremacy, Master, I’ll leave now.” Meng Chuan bade them farewell.
“Although you are much stronger, you still have to be careful. After all, you are responsible for completely resolving the threat of a million demon monarchs,” instructed Qin Wu.
“Yes.” Meng Chuan smiled and left.
He arrived in the sky above a vast land. Meng Chuan stepped on the Bloodblade Disc and wore a mask. His hair was white, and he looked at the land. Following that, he instantly dove underground.
Let’s begin!
Swoosh!
At a depth of 30 kilometers underground, he used his Divine Eye of Lightning to probe his surroundings and rapidly flew south at high speeds.
He kept heading south.
After passing through the Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory and the Great Yue Dynasty’s territory, he continued flying south after entering the sea until he reached the end of the world. An invisible void prevented him from going further. The world membrane was just past the void layers. Only then did Meng Chuan turn around and head north. He traveled underground all the way to the north! Most of the ocean was only five kilometers deep. It was rare for it to reach a depth of 15 kilometers. Further down, one would find soil and rocks.
From that day onwards, Meng Chuan began a large-scale reconnaissance. He swept through every corner of the world.
Deep in the North Sea.
No fish could approach a massive underwater mountain range. After swimming for some time, they naturally reached another spot. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three aquatic demon monarchs were traveling at the bottom of the sea. They couldn’t see the massive mountain range, nor could they touch it.
“That Godfiend has started sweeping the sea. I heard that many demon monarchs are being slaughtered,” said a fish demon monarch. “Iron Sand Lake’s 800 demon monarchs have connections with each other. They know each other’s situation. According to them, nearly 200 demon monarchs have died in the past half a month. Out of 800, 200 have died. How many demon monarchs—which are hiding in the world—are now dead?” A turtle demon monarch shook his head and sighed.“The Imperial Lords and demon sages have forbidden us from returning to the Demon Realm. If I’m forced into a corner, I’ll join the human race,” said the snake demon monarch angrily.
“I heard that the three great sects of the human race are also allowing for surrenders,” said the fish demon monarch. “I just don’t know the details.”
“The humans will ultimately be defeated in this war. There’s really no need for us to submit to the humans unless we are in dire straits,” said the turtle demon monarch.
“What can we do if the Imperial Lords and demon sages don’t give us a way out?” said the snake demon monarch angrily.
The three aquatic demon monarchs chatted as they traveled. Although they passed by the mysterious underwater mountain range, they naturally passed by it and failed to come into contact with the underwater mountain range.
At a mountain entrance in the massive underwater mountain range.
A black-robed figure stood there and watched the three demon monarchs pass by.
There are more and more demon monarchs in the depths of the North Sea. The black-robed figure shook his head gently. Archean Mountain is truly trash. Back then, the battle with our Eon Sea Sect was intense. Even Ancestral Master Archean could become an Imperial Lord. Now, facing the alien demons, they are weaklings. If our Eon Sea Sect were to rule the world… We would definitely do better than Archean Mountain.
Chapter 375 - Fifth Firmament Thousand Cricket
In the three human dynasties, countless commoners celebrated the new year. The sound of firecrackers and fireworks resounded as they bloomed. The increasing rarity of demon monarchs made the days peaceful for people.
However, in a secret chamber of a small underwater grotto-heaven.
Demon Sage Nine Abyss stood in the chamber. He used his demonic powers to activate the dense runic patterns engraved in the chamber. The runic patterns emitted a silver-white glow. A scene gradually appeared in the pool—which was in the middle of the chamber-revealing Imperial Lord Starquix’s image.
“Imperial Lord, the situation is getting worse,” said Nine Abyss anxiously. “It’s only been three months, but the mysterious Godfiend has been hunting down demon monarchs everywhere in the world. We can’t even figure out his search methodology. In just three months, we have already lost more than 100,000 demon monarchs. Although we tried our best to hide the news, the demon monarchs are panicking. After all, many of them are acquainted with each other, so they are naturally panicking when they realize a huge number of demon monarchs have died in battle.
“We even heard that ordinary demon monarchs are currently filled with resentment. They can’t escape while the human Godfiend is constantly slaughtering them. Since we forbid them from returning to the Demon Realm, a small number of ordinary demon monarchs have already submitted to the human sects. If we continue to force them like this, there will be no way out. Even more demon monarchs will probably submit to the humans,” reported Nine Abyss.
“Submit to the humans?” Starquix frowned.
“Yes, the humans are quite friendly. They even opened their Grotto-Heavens to allow the demon monarchs to live freely,” said Nine Abyss softly. “Should we allow the demon monarchs to return to the Demon Realm through the numerous World Entrances?”
“Now, there are less than 500,000 demon monarchs left in the human world,” said Imperial Lord Starquix calmly. “They can’t return. Once they return, it will be difficult to control the news and narrative. Countless demon monarchs in the Demon Realm will know that Godfiends are slaughtering demon monarchs everywhere in the human world once they return. It will be difficult to mobilize one million more demon monarchs next time.”
The demon monarchs could still accept being sent to the human world to hide and fight the humans. If they knew that sending them over meant suicide, the demon monarchs would naturally resist.
“It’s just a few hundred thousand demon monarchs. Losing them is a trivial matter,” said Starquix calmly. “We just need to kill that mysterious Godfiend.”
“Yes,” replied Nine Abyss obediently. “However, news will gradually spread. More and more demon monarchs will panic and join the human race. What should we do?”
“It’s been nearly a year since Thousand Cricket came to the human world. When will he recover to the fifth Firmament?” asked Starquix.
“Brother Thousand Cricket has been cultivating diligently. I inquired about its situation before reporting to you. It said that it would take another half a year at the soonest,” said Nine Abyss. “According to the speed of that mysterious Godfiend, it will probably take it a year to wipe out all the demon monarchs. However, in this panic, the demon monarchs will probably collapse completely in half a year. When that happens, most demon monarchs will join the human race… It will be very difficult to arrange enough baits to lure the mysterious Godfiend into hunting them.”
“Order Thousand Cricket to reach the fifth Firmament in a month,” said Starquix coldly.
“This will damage the foundation of his body. The possession has already damaged his foundation,” said Nine Abyss hesitantly. “It will be very difficult for it to return to the demon sage realm in the future. It’s even possible that it won’t be able to recover to the demon sage realm. Thousand Cricket will definitely not be willing.” “I will send a Sacred Body Spirit Pill to him.” Starquix paused for a moment and said, “Along with the
Sacred Body Heavenly Heart Manual.”
Sacred Body Spirit Pills? Sacred Body Heavenly Heart Manual? Demon Sage Thousand Cricket frowned slightly.
“The treasures will arrive today. The Imperial Lord has given strict orders for you to reach the fifth Firmament in a month,” said Nine Abyss with a sigh. “Brother Thousand Cricket, I know it’s bad for you. If you forcefully raise your cultivation to the fifth Firmament in a short period of time, it will damage your foundation. However, with the Sacred Body Spirit Pill, you can at least switch to the Sacred Body. You can also cultivate the Sacred Body Heavenly Heart Manual, turning your body sacred and your heart heavenly. You might reach the Heaven Earth realm even faster as a result.”
“You put it nicely.” Thousand Cricket turned and left.
“Brother Thousand Cricket…” said Nine Abyss.
“I’ll definitely make a breakthrough within a month. If I anger the Imperial Lord, you will probably kill me, am I right?” said Thousand Cricket.
Nine Abyss’s expression relaxed. The black-robed North Sense appeared beside him.
“I said that it would obediently agree,” said North Sense softly.
Nine Abyss shook his head. “By pushing this matter forward, you sure put it in a tough spot.”
“However, the Imperial Lord is still merciful. He bestowed the Sacred Body Spirit Pill and the Sacred Body Heavenly Heart Manual to it,” said North Sense calmly.
“If we push Thousand Cricket into a corner, it might not work hard,” said Nine Abyss.
A demon sage that carried out possession wouldn’t have trouble reaching the fifth Firmament if they ignored the damage to their body. However, since they carried out possession, they needed to protect this new body in all ways possible by raising the compatibility of the Essence Soul and body. How could they exploit it recklessly?
Thousand Cricket had no choice but to break through to the fifth Firmament on the final day of the month he was given.
Boom!
Thousand Cricket came out of his seclusion chamber. His aura was much stronger.
Nine Abyss, Deep Profundity, Fire Dragon, and North Sense were standing outside the chamber.
“I’ve already broken through to the fifth Firmament. I can use the karmic blood curse mystic technique,” said Thousand Cricket calmly.
“Sorry to trouble you, Brother Thousand Cricket.” Nine Abyss smiled as he handed a token to Demon Sage Thousand Cricket. “Use this token to sense the location of all demon monarchs. Return it to me after you’re done with it.”
“I will cast a karmic blood curse on many demon monarchs,” said Thousand Cricket as he nodded. “Once the mysterious Godfiend kills them en masse, he will also definitely kill the cursed demon monarchs. My blood curse will attach itself to his karma! Unless he reaches an extremely high realm in the Dao of Karma, he won’t be able to detect it. Even if he can sense it… he won’t be able to remove the blood curse.”
“Karma is mysterious. Regis Godfiends have very little understanding of karma,” said Nine Abyss with a smile. “That Godfiend definitely can’t sense it.”
Thousand Cricket nodded. He was very confident.
Typically, one could only gradually gain insights into karma once they reach the peak of the Grotto-Heaven realm.
In the entire Demon Realm, Thousand Cricket was the only demon sage that could cast the Karmic Blood Curse. If his target was only a Regis Godfiend, it was nearly impossible for it to be detected.
“Sorry to trouble you, Brother Thousand Cricket.”
“Brother Thousand Cricket, you have contributed greatly,” said Deep Profundity and Fire Dragon.
North Sense looked at Thousand Cricket and smiled. “Demon Sage Thousand Cricket, I believe the Imperial Lords will remember your sacrifice.”
Thousand Cricket glanced at North Sense but didn’t say a word. He turned and left.
Hence, Thousand Cricket held the token and silently approached demon monarchs in the world. He cast a karmic blood curse on the demon monarchs.
Bind.
Thousand Cricket cast a seal. He used his Essence Soul and lifeblood as the foundation and his demonic powers as the tool to cast the Karmic Blood Curse Seal. It silently seeped into an ordinary demon monarch’s body.
Although there were eight demon monarchs in the demon monarch lair, he only left a karmic blood curse on two of them.
In just a day, Thousand Cricket Demon Sage had left a karmic blood curse on a total of 3,000 demon monarchs. This was also the maximum number of people he could leave the karmic blood curse on.
These 3,000 demon monarchs were scattered across the world, including land and sea.
“Done.” Thousand Cricket returned to the small grotto-heaven. He calmly and confidently faced Nine Abyss. “The bait has been set up. All we need to do is wait for the fish to take the bait.”
Chapter 376 - I’ve Been Waiting for Too Long
Thousand Cricket returned the token to Nine Abyss.
With this token, he could sense the location of every demon monarch in the world. If it landed in the hands of humans, they could use this token to kill all the demon monarchs. It would be much faster than Meng Chuan’s large-scale blanket search. Therefore, Demon Sage Nine Abyss usually held it. This time, Thousand Cricket had used it for a day in order to cast the karmic blood curse on 3,000 demon monarchs.
“What if other Godfiends accidentally kill the bait?” asked Nine Abyss as he put away the token.
“These 3,000 demon monarchs are scattered across the world. Even if they are accidentally killed, one can kill ten of them at most. If one kills over 100 of them? It’s not likely that it’s accidental,” said Thousand Cricket confidently. “The one that slaughters most of the 3,000 demon monarchs must be that mysterious Godfiend. If he continues his killing spree, I suspect that more than 95% of the demon monarchs will die at his hands.”
“Let’s wait and see,” said Nine Abyss with a smile.
“As long as a few hundred demon monarchs die, we will be able to determine the target. There’s no need to wait for all the cursed demon monarchs to die,” said Thousand Cricket when a look of surprise appeared on his face. “One of the baits just died.”
“One died? Who killed it?” asked Nine Abyss immediately. “He might be the target.” Thousand Cricket could sense the deaths of the cursed demon monarchs from afar through the karmic blood curse’s connection.
In the darkness, he vaguely saw a figure-a very young man.
He saw him clearly.
When he saw the young man’s appearance, his disguised aura and appearance was useless under the karmic detection technique. The young man was a famous Marquis Godfiend in the human world.
“Marquis Eastcalm, Meng Chuan?” said Thousand Cricket softly in puzzlement.
“Meng Chuan cultivates the Lightning Devastator Fiend Body. His speed is unparalleled in the world. However, he’s relatively weak. He’s only a Marquis Godfiend. It’s impossible for him to withstand the Three Terminal Formation that Patriarch Yellow Oscillate and the others used,” said Nine Abyss. “North Sense is very certain that the target is a Regis Godfiend. Furthermore, he has the strength of a threshold Creation realm expert. His life-preservation means are especially powerful.”
Thousand Cricket nodded and said, “This Meng Chuan is extremely fast. He’s one of the Archean Mountain Godfiends in charge of reinforcing the Godfiends. He might have killed a demon monarch during a rescue. Let’s wait. The more cursed demon monarchs that die, the more certain we will be of the mysterious Godfiend’s identity.”
Chi! Chi! Chi!
More than 4.5 kilometers away, lightning was naturally produced amidst the electromagnetic domain.
The lightning struck the demon monarchs and over a hundred ordinary demons. All the demon monarchs died. Two of the weaker demon monarchs were charred black, leaving only remnants of their bodies behind. The remaining demon monarch corpses were intact. Ever since he reached the Blood Droplet realm, his divine power-D
ivine Eye of Lightning (electromagnetic domain) had increased in strength. Even the lightning produced by the domain could kill third Firmament demon monarchs. If he condensed many bolts of lightning together, he could even kill fourth Firmament demon monarchs with it.
Meng Chuan had no idea that one of the demon monarchs he had killed from afar was affected by Demon Sage Thousand Cricket’s karmic blood curse.
The invisible blood curse entangled with his karma.
There’s resentment and sin again? Meng Chuan’s Seamless domain allowed him to sense the resentment aura and sinful aura. Every time he slaughtered demon monarchs, he would be surrounded by resentment and sin. At his waist, Demon Slayer took the initiative to absorb them all.
However, Meng Chuan didn’t have any insights into karma. He couldn’t sense the karmic blood curse at all. The Bloodblade Disc was mainly used for protecting his body! The karmic blood curse had actually left a mark on his karma, allowing the enemy to use it to lock onto him and carry out a karmic attack. Living in this world resulted in all kinds of karma. New karma was formed every day… The Bloodblade Disc couldn’t negate karma completely.
The Three Terminal Formation only concealed karma; it didn’t completely remove karma. Therefore, the enemy could still attack via karma. In fact, the Three Terminal Formation couldn’t even conceal karma when facing a Tribulation Eminence.
The mysterious hall set up by Ancestral Master Archean Eon was much more powerful, but it could only weaken karmic attacks.
Meng Chuan put away the demon monarch corpses and items before continuing his reconnaissance.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan was very cautious when conducting large-scale underground reconnaissance.
From the south to the north, from the east to the west, from the shallow depths to the deep, he frequently switched his route!
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