by Shian Jeen
“This subordinate indeed found the Ghost Emperor Scripture a while back, only waiting for the day of the Devil Cave’s opening to offer it to Lord Ghost Demon. ” A brief pause later, Huwang Xiao took out a square black metal token that emitted a soft golden glow.
The said Ghost Emperor Scripture was embedded within this black metal token.
The day he killed Bai Zhisheng, he found this Ghost Emperor Scripture inside his spatial ring.
Huwang Xiao was glad that he threw the Ghost Emperor Scripture into his Asura Ring, otherwise, he would be suspected right now.
Ghost Demon Skillet Hai’s hand sucked the dark square metallic into his hands and used his divine sense to check it, smiling at Huwang Xiao, “Not bad, it really is the Ghost Emperor Scripture. When you return later, come to Ghost Demon Valley, you can cultivate in the Ghost Demon Pool for two months.”
The Ghost Demon Pool was created by Ghost Demon Pan Hai by collecting countless various medicinal herbs from the Devil Domain Mainland and other treasures to refine a spiritual pool. Needless to say, the benefits of cultivating in the pool were enormous.
Other devil sect heads revealed envious looks at Huwang Xiao hearing this.
Huwang Xiao quickly made a show of gratitude.
“Alright now, everyone separate and search for the treasures. When we leave, I’ll tabulate your merits according to the number of Demonic Devil Beads you've gathered.” Ghost Demon Skillet Hao said to everyone.
Inside this Devil Cave, other than Demonic Devil Beads that were condensed every thousand years, there were quite a few other treasures. This was also one of the reasons why Ghost Demon, Crimson Devil, and the other two would lead a group of people every time they entered.
Each time they opened the Devil Cave’s sealing formation, it could only remain open for ten days’ time.
Ghost Demon, Crimson Devil, Flaming Devil, and Gorb Fiend mainly focused on snatching Demonic Devil Beads and had no time to search for other treasures within the cave, leaving this task to people like Huwang Xiao and the rest.
Naturally, these treasures needed to be handed out once they were outside the Devil Cave.
At Ghost Demon’s order to disperse and seek out treasures, all the devil sects mind acknowledged respectfully, elation in their hearts as they went off in different directions.
“This Bai Zhisheng’s quite ambitious, cultivating in secret after obtaining the Ghost Emperor Scripture. Today, if it weren’t because Valley Master asked him about this, he wouldn't have offered up the Ghost Emperor Scripture.” One of Ghost Demon’s Grand Enforcer stared coldly at Huwang Xiao’s leaving figure.
Ghost Demon Pan Hai nodded in agreement, “The most important task right now is to find the Demonic Devil Bead. Wait till he comes to the Ghost Demon Pool to cultivate, I will personally deal with him. My Ghost Demon Banner is just missing a few devil cultivators’ corpses.”
“Go, first find the Demonic Devil Bead.”
“Yes, Valley Grasp.”
Ghost Demon Skillet Hai and his Grand Enforcers disappeared from the spot in a flicker.
After Pan Hai’s group left, the location where they stood earlier rippled as Huwang Xiao’s figure emerged.
Huwang Xiao looked coldly in the direction where Skillet Hai’s group remaining, sneering, ‘These old devils, each and every one of them is ruthless.’
“Ghost Demon Banner,” Huwang Xiao muttered to himself.
Huwang Xiao pushed the thoughts of Pan Hai out of his mind and flew towards the deeper parts of the cave, following the trails of the devil qi.
Other than treasures, the cave was plentiful with demonic creatures as well. Especially in the deeper elements of it, some of the more powerful demonic creatures were much like First Order Highgod World masters, and a few were even as strong as Second Order Highgod Realm masters.
Therefore, Huwang Xiao dared not be careless despite having confidence in his own strength.
Just as he was soaring toward the deeper area of the Devil Cave, a sharp sword qi all of a sudden pierced through the air, blocking Huwang Xiao’s path. Two people appeared in front of him, one of them being the Skeleton Sect’s Mo Leng. Apart from Mo Leng, there was also an old man with bulging arms.
From Bai Zhisheng’s memories, this old man was the Venomous Scorpion Sect’s Chief, a perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm master.
“Bai Zhisheng! Today, the Devil Cave will be your burial place!” Mo Leng gnashed his teeth, a sword forged from an earth dragon’s bone made an appearance in his hand, pointed at Huwang Xiao. The bone sword was exuding a harsh green light.
Huwang Xiao looked at the two people blocking his way with cold indifference, “You can still make it if you flee now.”
Mo Leng and the old man were stunned, then broke out in mocking laughter.
“Bai Zhisheng, what did you just say? My ears didn’t hear wrong, right?” The Venomous Scorpion Sect Chief ridiculed, “You think you’re a Highgod World master?”
Huwang Xiao shook his head, he couldn’t be bothered to waste any more time. With a wave of his hands, the Venomous Scorpion Sect Chief was pulled right up to him. Huwang Xiao’s fingers clenched and the old man exploded.
Mo Leng was stunned watching this. As fear crept into his eyes, he turned around and tried to flee.
Looking at Mo Leng, a wisp of true immortal essence force shot out from Huwang Xiao’s finger, piercing through his back in an instant. Starting from Mo Leng’s chest, the true immortal essence fire began to spread outward, reaching his four limbs in less than a breath’s time, burning him to ashes.
Huwang Xiao didn’t stay there for long, continuing to fly deeper in to the cave.
The Devil Cave was only open for ten times, and Huan Xiao needed to find the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s legs, subdue them, and take them away in this short period. Otherwise, once ten days passed and Skillet Hai and the others still left the Devil Cave, he wouldn't be able to leave for one thousand years.
There were seventy years left until the Highgod Advancement Tournament, being trapped here was not on Huwang Xiao’s list.
One day later, after killing several hundred demonic creatures, Huwang Xiao finally arrived at the deepest part of Devil Cave. Here, the devil qi was at its densest, forming dark green yin clouds. Those dark green clouds exuded an invisible power that greatly suppressed one’s soul, even Highgod Realm masters would not have an easy time inside.
As Huwang Xiao went deeper into the green clouds, his face was looking ever grimmer. Stopping on top of a rock stalagmite, he performed the Blood Sacrifice Law with a drop of his blood essence, dropping it onto the ground. Almost immediately, a strange energy fluctuation came from below.
Huwang Xiao’s eye shone with joy, drilling down into the earth until he reached the source of the strange fluctuations.
Soon, he reached the familiar gray space that sealed the 100 Spirits Beast King.
Just like Huwang Xiao entered the grey space, Flaming Devil Ruan Ji, Ghost Demon Pan Hai, Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian, and Gorb Fiend Wang Han attained the deepest region of the cave, for the Demonic Devil Bead always appeared somewhere within the Devil Cave’s deepest parts.
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When Flaming Devil Ruan Ji reached the deepest part of the Devil Cave, the deep violet flames around him abruptly burst outward from his body, turning into a stretch of deep violet sea of flames. Within the area of that deep violet sea of flames, all that insidious devil qi dispersed.
Ghost Demon Skillet Hai, Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian, and Gorb Fiend Shi Wang each displayed their skills, searching for the Demonic Devil Bead.
Although they were certain that the Demonic Devil Bead was formed in the deepest area of the Devil Cave, the location was different each time. Hence, they had to find it before the other three old fellows did. Once they found the location of the Demonic Devil Bead, their chances of obtaining it would greatly increase.
Flaming Devil Ruan Ji and the others were searching for the Demonic Devil B
ead above, whereas Huwang Xiao was inside the gray space underground, traveling at the fastest speed toward the foundation of the hundred spirits demonic qi.
This gray space sealed the last part of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body-its legs. Among the four covered gray spaces, its head contained the most powerful demonic qi, next was its body, and third would be its legs.
Therefore, the hundred spirits demonic qi here was half as weak compared to the last gray space that sealed the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head. With Huwang Xiao’s current strength, it would be easier to handle the sealed hip and legs.
Soon, Huwang Xiao reached the familiar enormous altar.
On the altar was a giant pair of demonic beast legs covered in glimmering golden fur. The hundred spirits demonic qi gathering above the altar actually formed various demonic beast clans’ symbols, containing a mysterious power.
Huwang Xiao inhaled deeply looking at the couple of 100 Spirits Golden Ape hip and legs.
At this time, the entire grey space’s demonic qi violently roiled, condensing into 100 zhang tall Hundred Spirits Beast King’s upper body. This is also a familiar scene to Huwang Xiao. without another word, he summoned the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires to attack the hundred zhang tall Hundred Spirits Beast Ruler.
Time was running out the moment he entered, Huwang Xiao had to use the shortest time to subdue and take away this pair of giant legs.
The first time he came across a hundred zhang tall incarnation of the 100 Spirits Beast King condensed from its demonic qi, Huwang Xiao battled several times with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s help. However, at that time, he had just broken through to Tenth Order God Realm, and now, his cultivation got reached the perfection stage late-Tenth Order God World. Therefore, slightly over an hour later, Huwang Xiao easily destroyed the Hundred Spirits Beast king’s remnant will inside the legs even without Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s help.
After destroying the 100 Spirits Beast king’s remnant will, he flew up to the altar and stood before it. Huwang Xiao’s palm struck down on the sealing formation, trying to forcefully break it.
He only had ten days’ time inside this Devil Cave, which meant that he didn't have enough time to remain here and refine the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s hip and legs. Therefore, he planned on destroying the closing formation to take out the sealed legs and temporarily place them inside the Xumi Temple. Once he was out of the Devil Domain name Mainland, he'd find a safe place to refine them.
However, the sealing formation on the altar was inscribed by a powerful ancient master. Despite thousands of years acquired exceeded while being corroded by the hundred spirits demonic qi, the sealing formation was still strong.
Thankfully, he previously studied the sealing formation in the past and knew where in fact the eye of the formation was located, thus every palm strike fell directly onto the eye of the formation. As long as it was damaged, he would able to take out the 100 Spirits Beast King’s hip and legs.
Every time Huwang Xiao’s hand struck the closing formation, bright golden ripples spread across the space, diffusing Huwang Xiao’s palm force.
But as time wore on, three days later, the golden ripples grew increasingly dim and weak. Watching this, Huwang Xiao’s eyes glimmered with excitement, if this continued, he would have the ability to remove the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s couple of legs in another day’s time.
A day later, when the golden ripples were reduced to a faint gray, Huwang Xiao attacked with a full force Earthen Buddha Palm at the sealing formation. The entire grand sealing formation broke with a booming sound.
Layers and layers of horrifying shockwaves spread out, colliding with each other, their violent energy surging as to break the grey space.
From the center of the sealing formation, a crack appeared. It disseminate, multiplying until the entire formation was covered in crack lines.
The hundred spirits demonic qi from the 100 Spirits Beast King’s legs soared to the world outside.
Exactly at the same moment the sealing formation shattered, the complete gray space shook uncontrollably, causing large amounts of hundred spirits demonic qi to escape in to the cave.
The tremors went up all the way to the deepest area of the Devil Cave. Flaming Devil Ruan Ji, Ghost Demon Pan Hai, Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian, Gorb Fiend Wang Han and their subordinates also felt the violent quakes.
“What’s happening? This is?!” Flaming Devil Ruan Ji’s face tightened.
“Such overpowering demonic qi! How could there be such overpowering demonic qi inside the Devil Cave?! It’s coming from underground!” Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian exclaimed.
“That is no ordinary demonic qi, only peerless demonic beast kings of the ancient times could have such a terrifying demonic qi!” Gorb Fiend Wang Han stated, a bright light flickered in his eye.
“Could there be an ancient demonic beast king’s cultivation dwelling below the cave?!” Ghost Demon Skillet Hai exclaimed.
Just as the group of old devils tried to guess what was happening, the deep violent flames around Flaming Devil Ruan Ji expanded even farther, and he dove into the ground, toward the gray space. He no longer cared for the Demonic Devil Bead.
When the other old devils saw Flaming Devil Ruan Ji actually abandon the search for the Demonic Devil Bead, these were stunned at first, exchanging baffled glances amongst themselves.
“Big brother, are we going down as well?” Gaunt Devil Shi Jiuxin asked Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian.
“Go down!” Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian gritted his tooth, leading his brothers underground, also heading toward the grey space.
Gorb Fiend Wang Han and Ghost Demon Pan Hai also made their way underground after a slight hesitation.
Inside the gray space, when the hundred spirits demonic qi rushed out after the closing formation’s destruction, Huwang Xiao had predicted the violent reaction. He immediately summoned the Godly Mt. Xumi, squeezing the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s hip and legs inside.
Huwang Xiao activated the Godly Mt. Xumi’s formation with all his might, causing it to release wave after wave of radiant fantastic light. Each influx of Buddha luminance was stronger than the previous one, tightly suppressing the 100 Spirits Beast Ruler’s legs.
Regardless of how the legs struggled, how violent the hundred spirits qi surged, it was unable to free itself. Moreover, under the Buddha pressure, its demonic qi was weakening at a fast rate. At this speed, all the demonic qi inside would quickly be expelled and the legs were taken away.
Huwang Xiao was surprised viewing the miraculous effect of Godly Mt. Xumi in suppressing the demonic qi.
While the Godly Mt. Xumi’s Buddha luminance continuing to expel the demonic qi from the pair of legs, a robust aura instantly arrived in the grey space, causing the whole space to quiver.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed. As expected, he had alarmed the band of devils above. Judging from the powerful momentum, it was probably Flaming Devil Ruan Ji. However, from the place where Ruan Ji was, it could take him about ten minutes to reach the altar.
Thinking of this, Huwang Xiao was extremely anxious, pushing the true immortal essence push from his dantian to the limit in to the Godly Mt. Xumi, increasing its velocity in taking in the giant ape legs.
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As Huwang Xiao frantically pushed his true immortal essence force into the Godly Mt. Xumi, Buddhist energy rushed out from the Ten Buddha Formation. The aureate light grew increasingly shiny, spreading in the gray space and leading to the hundred spirits demonic qi to surge violently in the air.
The demonic qi flowing right out of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s legs was greatly reduced.
Even so, Huwang Xiao’s sense of urgency grew stronger, Flaming Devil Ruan Ji was going toward the altar and he only had less than 10 minutes. If he failed to take away the 100 Spirits Beast King’s hip and legs before that, it might be difficult for him to do so once the old devil arrived.
Then, Huwang Xiao felt another violent sh
ake run across the gray space as several powerful presences entered it.
Huwang Xiao’s center tightened, his nerves stretched taut, knowing it was Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian and others.
What was he to do?
Although he was confident that, with his strength, he could maybe handle two to three at the same time, if he was encircled by Flaming Devil Ruan Ji, Crimson Devil Shi Jiutian, and other devil cultivators, forget taking away the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s legs, he himself might not be able to get out in one piece.
Right at this time, energies quivered inside his body, the Dark Tortoise and Vermilion Parrot Divine Fire spirits burst out in a bright light. Aided by the two divine fire spirits, the resistance of the demonic qi reduced significantly.
“This is…?!” Huwang Xiao was stunned, then delighted. He was anxious and somewhat panicked earlier, hence forgetting that both divine fires could suppress the hundred spirits demonic qi as well. Without delay, he swiftly ordered the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire spirits.
Manipulated by Huwang Xiao, the two divine fires spirits flew toward the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s legs, flying around the couple of golden furred legs in icy blue and crimson red light. The hundred spirits demonic qi continued to shrink and weaken.
Watching this, Huwang Xiao carefully controlled the Godly Mt. Xumi and two divine fires spirits to work together, transferring the legs in to the Xumi Temple as fast as possible.
Time ticked by, one minute, two minutes…
Huwang Xiao could feel Flaming Devil Ruan Ji’s impending arrival as he flew closer at rapid rate, he would be reaching the altar faster than Huwang Xiao estimated.
Initially, Huwang Xiao estimated that it would take Flaming Devil Ruan Ji at least ten minutes to attain the altar, but his speed was too fast, he'd definitely arrive in significantly less than ten minutes’ time.
Huwang Xiao tensed up again.
Soon, six minutes had passed.
By this time, the hundred spirits demonic qi from the pair of hip and legs had weakened considerably, as if it could disappear at any moment. Most of all, Huwang Xiao detected that Flaming Devil Ruan Ji was within ten li from him. This distance was nothing but a few breaths of time.