txolops Chapter 2625 Azure Demon Lord
Chapter 2625 Azure Demon Lord
Chapter 2625 Azure Demon Lord
The old woman's cave was hidden deep inside the mountain. Qin Sang broke through the cave's restrictions, glanced around, and her gaze fell on the cloud bed at the very back of the cave.
The cloud-shaped platform flew into the air, revealing the formation below.
The formation is based on a certain kind of spiritual jade, with three kinds of crystals embedded as the array eyes, namely black, white and brown.
These three crystals have different origins and uses. The one that caught Qin Sang's eye was a black crystal. The inside of the crystal was translucent, and a constantly writhing black shadow could be seen inside, as if a long worm was sealed inside.
What emanated from it was pure lightning power, and a kind of lightning that Qin Sang had never seen before.
The old woman used these crystals to form an array to aid her cultivation.
Qin Sang ignored everything else and only took the black crystal into her palm. In the old woman's memory, this crystal was called Nether Thunder Essence, one of the most precious treasures among the goods brought by the merchants from the wasteland.
'Click!'
The Nether Thunder Essence shattered, and the internal thunderous power burst forth, transforming into a bolt of dark lightning that struck Qin Sang's face with considerable ferocity.
The jet-black lightning appeared restrained and profound, yet it also contained a violent power of lightning. Qin Sang had never heard of such lightning in the Spirit Realm, so it was probably unique to this realm.
Qin Sang had always wanted to reforge the Thunder Beast Guardian and upgrade it to a puppet of the Fusion level. The Thunder Department of the Dao Court pointed out the method for upgrading the Thunder Beast Guardian to him. Qin Sang used the Peace Token to exchange for some of the spiritual materials required. The question is whether the remaining part can still be obtained in this realm.
The laws of the two realms are incompatible. The rare and precious materials nurtured in the Spirit Realm are almost impossible to exist in places where true demonic energy is rampant. Even if two treasures have similar characteristics, they cannot be directly substituted for each other. Qin Sang needs to constantly compare and try.
Whether it's alchemy, weapon crafting, or puppet making, the requirements for spiritual materials and the craftsman are extremely high, allowing no room for error.
Since Qin Sang couldn't gather enough spiritual materials, he could only use the second method taught to him by the Dao Court: to find a place with abundant thunder and personally guide the Thunder Beast Guards to absorb enough pure thunder power so that they could gradually transform.
The place where such Nether Lightning Essence is born must be a place where Nether Lightning gathers. I wonder if it can meet the requirements of the Thunder Beast Guardian.
These Netherworld Thunder Essences were all purchased from traveling merchants. The source of these Netherworld Thunder Essences was a place called the Abyss of Netherworld Thunder, located in the northern part of the wasteland. After passing through a convoluted channel, the price of these essences increased several times over by the time they reached the hands of the wasteland merchants. With the old woman's strength, she didn't need to be so impoverished, but the God-Stealing Lice was worried that going out would expose her secrets to powerful figures, so she kept the old woman confined to the tribe year-round, rarely venturing out.
Qin Sang made a decision almost immediately: there was no need to rush into contact with the local forces. Instead, she should head to the Abyss of Nether Thunder first and improve the strength of the Thunder Beast Guardians as soon as possible, so that she could have a powerful ally in this unfamiliar realm.
At this moment, the female cultivator leader cautiously entered the cave, holding an object in her hands—the jade slip that recorded the world's demonic insects.
"Your Excellency, it is indeed this jade slip."
With a sweep of her divine sense, Qin Sang absorbed the contents of the jade slip. She discovered that there were as many as six different kinds of demonic insects similar to the God-Snatching Lice, all of which could silently parasitize their hosts, but their innate abilities were completely different. Moreover, it wasn't just the female cultivator leader making things up; it was indeed written that they were all 'the Demon King's minions'.
In the eyes of cultivators in the spirit realm, the demon realm must be full of demon kings. Unexpectedly, even the natives of the demon realm fear the 'demon kings'. What exactly are the 'demon kings'?
What Qin Sang saw and heard during this period was completely different from the demon realm she had imagined.
Apart from that, this tribe had nothing else of value.
Seeing Qin Sang about to leave, the female cultivator leader looked extremely anxious, "Your Excellency, we..."
Qin Sang knew what she was thinking. This tribe only truly prospered after the demonic insects took over. If the cultivation techniques left by the demonic insects had hidden dangers, it would be equivalent to severing their foundation.
Just by looking at the appearance of those female cultivators, one can tell that there are definitely hidden dangers, and they are overdrawing their lifespan. The same is true for the other cultivation method. Those cultivators may look strong, but in reality, they are already depleted internally. After all, the demonic insects only use them as guards to protect their nest and as tools for future reproduction.
However, Qin Sang had already done more than enough by helping them deal with the demonic insects and eliminate the wolf king, so she said calmly, "You should temporarily stop your cultivation and make up for the deficit. As long as you don't rush for quick success, you should be able to maintain the balance."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Sang had already vanished, leaving behind the fearful and uneasy tribespeople.
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'Shuh! '
A streak of blood-red light pierced through the dark clouds and suddenly plummeted downwards.
Below is a vast expanse of water, and you can vaguely see undulating dark shadows in the distance, which seem to be the shore, but the actual distance is farther than it appears.
This should be a lake. The blood-red light fell straight towards the center of the lake, and stopped abruptly just before it plunged into the water, revealing a figure—the girl who had escaped from the Lotus Pond Cave.
She looked even more disheveled than before, as if she had been attacked again.
The robe she wore before was gone, and she was only wearing a set of close-fitting inner armor that outlined her exquisite curves. Unfortunately, the bloodstains on it obscured her beauty, and there was a shocking wound on her back.
The wound stretched almost diagonally across her entire back, from her left shoulder down to her waist. The hard inner armor seemed to have been sliced open by a sharp blade, and a faint light flickered at the tear. This inner armor had the ability to self-repair, but the light could not be closed. It turned out that there was a dark light between the light and the wound, like a malignant tumor, firmly embedded there. A glance at it looked like a strange insect crawling on her body, constantly burrowing into her flesh and bone marrow.
With each movement of the dark light, the girl's pain intensified.
She had tried several times before, but couldn't completely eliminate the dark light. Given even the slightest chance to breathe, it would immediately grow stronger and become incredibly difficult to deal with. At this point, she couldn't care less about that. Turning to gaze at the horizon, seeing no pursuers, she hastily plunged into the water.
The lake water split into a channel on its own, and the girl rushed to the bottom of the lake as fast as she could. She flicked her fingers a few times, and sand and dust rose from the bottom of the lake. The lake water instantly became extremely turbid. The girl slipped into the channel and passed through the sand and dust barrier. The scenery before her eyes changed dramatically.
This space is not large, but it is filled with stone tablets. The stone tablets stand in a dense forest, and from above, it can be seen that the arrangement of these stone tablets follows a certain pattern, forming a formation.
The stele array has not yet been activated, and the stele forest is unusually quiet.
As the girl burst in, the sound of the wind she stirred up echoed through the forest of steles, like the mournful wailing of ghosts.
The girl glanced at the array of steles quickly and, seeing that it was undamaged, visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Without hesitation, she immediately rushed towards the very center of the array.
This place, surrounded by four stone tablets, is the lowest point in the entire space. Even though the tablet array has not yet been activated, one can faintly sense that this is where the power of the tablet array converges, but right now it is completely empty.
At this moment, the girl took out the blood token again. The token was stained with her blood, making it look even more alluring.
She tried again, but the blood token still didn't respond. She sighed softly and could only place her hopes on the array of steles.
Forcibly suppressing the chaotic energy within her body, the girl quickly completed a hand seal and infused it into her blood token.
'Buzzing...'
The blood token trembled violently, and in an instant, a burst of crimson light erupted. The dense crimson light shone through the gaps in the stele forest, illuminating each stone tablet. The shape of the blood token also began to twist and change, eventually transforming into a crimson stone platform, which landed steadily in the center of the stele array, fitting perfectly.
At the same time, the wounds on the girl's body that had already healed burst open, and streams of bright red blood flowed to her feet, pooling into a pool of blood beneath her, the blood soaking into the pool.
The girl, already injured, had lost so much vital essence that her pretty face turned deathly pale. She looked somewhat listless, but she stood before the stone platform with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, as if this was her last chance.
The Blood Platform absorbed her essence and blood, and strange runes appeared on the Blood Platform in turn, spreading outwards from the monument array along with countless blood threads.
Dense, fine blood vessels quickly crawled up each stone tablet, the pungent stench of blood almost nauseating. The blood-red light was so thick it was almost tangible, and the forest of tablets, the girl, and the blood-red platform seemed to be enveloped in a sea of blood.
The girl shifted her gaze from the blood-red platform to the area directly above it, where she saw a thin thread of blood extending from each stone tablet, drifting and flying towards that point.
These blood streaks converged in the void, weaving into a pattern, resembling a closed blood door.
The girl stared intently at the blood-red gate, hoping it would open.
"Snow weeps... I offer my blood as a sacrifice... I beseech Your Majesty..."
She silently activated the secret technique, bowing her head and chanting towards the Blood Gate, her expression tense.
Once the secret technique was complete, she looked up at the Blood Gate, her eyes suddenly dimming, her expectation turning into disappointment, and finally despair.
The Blood Gate remained tightly shut. It was unclear whether the Lord had failed to sense her worship or was already... unable to respond to her calls!
'Huff huff...'
As her essence and blood gradually ran out, the Blood Gate suddenly dimmed, and the power of the monument array showed signs of going out of control. A sudden gust of wind rose up, turning into a blood-red hurricane that howled through this space.
Soon the array of steles began to shake violently, and countless cracks appeared on the steles. The blood gate vanished with a bang, and the steles shattered into pieces.
A blood-red vortex appeared in the center of the stele forest. Xue Qi, in near despair, let the vortex suck her and the fragments of the stele away, not knowing where she would sink to.
I don't know how much time has passed.
A beam of golden light forcibly tore apart the sea of clouds above the lake. The golden light, like a sword, pierced into the depths of the sea of clouds and swept across the sky above the lake.
The next moment, as if sensing something, the golden light suddenly turned back and landed above the lake, right where Xue Qi had stood.
A cultivator clad in golden armor and helmet emerged from the golden light. Tall and imposing, every movement of his exuded a powerful aura, resembling a deity.
Golden light, like water, spread across the lake's surface. Wherever the golden light touched, the lake remained calm and smooth as a mirror, as if the entire space had frozen in time.
Through the golden helmet, this person had only one eye, located in the very center of his forehead. It was several sizes larger than a normal person's eye, and with its gleaming gaze, it looked like a jewel inlaid on the helmet.
With a flick of his eyes, the one-eyed golden man's gaze swept across the lake's surface, immediately locking onto the center, and he stomped heavily on the ground.
'Whoosh!'
Towering waves surged into the sky, sweeping up all the water in the lake.
The power of that kick was truly overwhelming!
After confirming that there was no ambush below, the one-eyed golden man slowly floated down to the bottom of the lake. He seemed to be able to see Xue Qi's previous actions, and the route he took was exactly the same as Xue Qi's.
Soon, the one-eyed golden man successfully located the hidden space and forced his way in.
Upon seeing the scene inside, the one-eyed golden man couldn't help but let out an angry snort. The prey's trail abruptly ended there, leaving him only ruins and a pool of dried blood.
He searched for a long time, but found nothing.
At this moment, a strong wind came from behind, and more than a dozen cultivators arrived one after another. Seeing the scene in front of them and sensing the suppressed anger in the eyes of the one-eyed golden man, they could guess what was going on. They stood obediently behind him, not daring to breathe loudly.
The one-eyed golden man finally gave up. He strode toward the center of the monument array, the dried blood stinging his eyes.
With another cold snort, the one-eyed golden man hesitated for a moment, then took out a bronze mirror, placed it on his eye between his eyebrows, and knelt on one knee.
The cultivators behind him also knelt down in a rush. They knew what the one-eyed golden man was going to do, and their faces showed awe, not daring to look at the bronze mirror.
At this moment, golden blood flowed from the eye of the one-eyed golden man, merging into the bronze mirror and washing away the dirt on its surface. At the same time, the bronze mirror flew up on its own and hovered above their heads.
Upon sensing the fluctuations emanating from the bronze mirror, all the cultivators prostrated themselves in worship.
The scene reflected in the mirror shifted, and it seemed as if a figure was peering through the bronze mirror.
"You caught them?"
A deep voice came from the bronze mirror.
The one-eyed golden man dared not hide the truth and lowered his head, saying, "The target has disappeared."
"Ok?"
It was just a faint question, devoid of any emotion, yet all the cultivators, including the one-eyed golden man, trembled.
The one-eyed golden man hurriedly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "Your subordinate has discovered a strange place. It is a secret palace built by the Azure Demon Lord himself, and it must have existed for a long time. The Azure Demon Lord and her henchmen laid out plans there a long time ago, and specifically sent this personal guard named Xue Qi to guard the secret palace. Even when the Azure Demon Palace was besieged, the Azure Demon Lord did not recall Xue Qi, which clearly indicates that his scheme is not small."
The person in the bronze mirror simply looked at him silently, without saying a word.
The one-eyed golden man felt the pressure mounting, sweat beading on his forehead, but he had no choice but to continue speaking.
"We tracked down Xue Qi and pinpointed the location of that secret chamber. Although Xue Qi destroyed Qing Mojun's arrangements before escaping, we still found some clues..."
As he spoke, the gold bracelet on his wrist flashed, and more than a dozen balls of spiritual light flew out. The spiritual light contained fragments that were severely damaged and could not be seen in their original form.
"I discovered traces of residual void power within the broken formation. This formation possesses the ability to teleport through the void, and it was just activated. Those who were sent away were likely Qingmojun's confidants, either with special identities and extremely important to Qingmojun, or carrying Qingmojun's secrets!"
Having said that, the one-eyed golden man felt the gaze in the bronze mirror shift away from his back, lingering on the fragments before finally leaving only one sentence.
"Grab him and bring him back."
"Follow the law!"
The one-eyed golden man prostrated himself on the ground and cried out, feeling as if he had survived a calamity.
'Snapped! '
The bronze mirror dimmed and fell into the arms of the one-eyed golden man. He slowly rose and regained his powerful aura.