Chapter 575: Chapter 290: Entering the Grotto Heaven Again
Earlier, they received information that nearly a hundred thousand disciples and vassals of the Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks sect had entered the main peak.
Therefore, they speculated that the grotto-heaven within the main peak might be something left behind by the Blood Demon Sect. Although they didn’t know why it required ten thousand people to enter, they were certain that this grotto-heaven was extraordinary.
"Let’s go and take a look first."
Di Shenhan did not hesitate, nor did he dare waste time, and he headed directly towards Celestial Sword Peak. Upon entering Celestial Sword Peak, he immediately formed a seal with his hands, spitting a mouthful of essence blood into his palm, and within ten breaths, a pulsating blood-red orb appeared in his palm.
When he crushed it, the blood-red mist exploded, instantly dispelling all the concealment arrays in Celestial Sword Peak. However, Di Shenhan’s aura became somewhat weakened, but after consuming a blood-filled Tier Three Yin Pill, his aura gradually recovered.
Wen Jiu witnessed this through the Formless Demon Corpse; this was precisely an exclusive evil technique of the Outer Path Hidden Demon Sect — Blood Heart Birth Demon. It was an extremely potent method for breaking through concealment arrays, spells, and talismans.
Notably, this technique was initially not intended for handling concealment arrays, but for the survival of demon cultivators in the Silent Abyss. Because the Silent Abyss was filled with lands of death and peril, with too many impediments of evil qi. If not dispelled, there might be deadly threats underfoot, hence the existence of this method.
Later, this method was utilized to break through various stealth techniques because both the righteous and heterodox paths had too many who excelled in concealment techniques or possessed concealment talismans and arrays.
Especially those above the Golden Core stage.
They are a bunch of old beings that have lived for hundreds of years; even if they were naive for the first two hundred years, they’d become cunning and sly after that. Therefore, each stealth method is extremely powerful, and some are even more formidable than the Formless Demon Body.
West Mountain Floating Domain’s cultivators are afraid of demon cultivators’ assassinations, and demon cultivators are equally afraid of such righteous cultivators.
"Below!"
After the concealment array was broken, Di Shenhan’s Divine Sense immediately sensed the presence of the grotto-heaven beneath.
When Di Shenhan quickly arrived at the cave entrance, he did not immediately enter but urgently looked back at East Spring Undying Bone. Recklessly entering could be perilous and unknowable, but Di Shenhan knew he had no choice but to enter.
Pushed to the edge of desperation, if Yi Nian Guan Shan decided to lash out recklessly, even he might find it difficult to withstand, making East Spring Undying Bone the key.
"Master Du, if you can capture Yi Nian Guan Shan and his External False Pill alive, the foundation of Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks can offer you an additional ten percent. If Master Du does not believe me, I, Di, can swear a heart demon oath right now."
As soon as he spoke, before Wen Jiu could nod, Di Shenhan unhesitatingly made a heart demon oath, giving no chance to refuse.
Of course.
Wen Jiu hadn’t intended to refuse anyway.
His target was merely the Yinzhou Heterodox Record; as for Yi Nian Guan Shan’s body, letting the Three Life Gates take the External False Pill was no problem. An extra twenty percent was indeed quite satisfying. It’s still beneficial to earn money in cooperation with the Three Life Gates.
If it weren’t for the fact that after this battle, the Divine Fall Mountain Range would probably be peaceful for some time, he would really want to stay there.
Di Shenhan.
He was too generous.
Of course, if Di Shenhan later despised the lack of Yi Nian Guan Shan’s Divine Soul, only having a Living Dead.
Sorry, during our cooperation, you never said you wanted the soul too.
Loyalty is the foundation of cooperation.
Be careful, he might turn hostile without the reward.
After controlling the East Spring Undying Bone to nod, Di Shenhan was the first to step into the grotto-heaven. But upon entering, what unfolded before his eyes was a vast grotto-heaven. The Yin Yang Three Elements held the Life Plate, closing their eyes and calculating before shaking their head with difficulty.
Di Shenhan understood the meaning of the Yin Yang Three Elements and immediately checked the Communication Stone to see if it could relay messages.
Once confirmed to be functional, Di Shenhan finally showed a hint of a smile, "It seems we can only search separately."
"If we keep in touch continuously, it shouldn’t be too problematic. With Master Du here, there shouldn’t be anything in the grotto-heaven that could threaten us," the Yin Yang Three Elements also spoke up, after all, when the Blood Phoenix Demon Monarch resided in the Divine Fall Mountain Range, he was only at the middle stage of Golden Core, while Master Du could even withstand the power of the late stage of Golden Core; the things left behind by Blood Phoenix Demon Monarch after a thousand years couldn’t possibly pose a threat to Master Du.
Di Shenhan wholeheartedly agreed, immediately clasping his hands towards East Spring Undying Bone, "Master Du, I leave everything in your good hands. After this matter, you’ll be the closest of friends to my Three Life Gates. Such cooperation will surely happen often."
These final words not only expressed sincerity but were also genuinely intended to lay down foundations for the future.
He was very eager to have Master Du join the Three Life Gates.
Even if not possible.
As an Honored Guest Elder would suffice.
Wen Jiu merely controlled the East Spring Undying Bone to return the gesture, then proceeded directly towards the True Spirit Divine Demon Array. As Di Shenhan and his companion watched, they unhesitatingly flew off in different directions.
Shortly after escaping, Wen Jiu, through the Formless Demon Corpse, simultaneously activated the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment and Hidden God Technique with East Spring Undying Bone, vanishing outside Di Shenhan’s group’s Divine Sense detection range.
The two didn’t pay it much mind upon seeing this.
Because they knew that this Master Du was not only immensely powerful, but his escape techniques ranked among the best of those in the Golden Core stage.
Being able to disappear right out of their Divine Sense range didn’t cause them to think twice, only made them feel reassured.
After all, the stronger Master Du’s methods were, the safer they would be.
...
One hour later.
The True Spirit Divine Demon Array was within reach.
Without hesitation, Wen Jiu controlled the Formless Demon Corpse and East Spring Undying Bone into the array, quickly pursuing forward. The True Spirit Divine Tree was linked to the True Spirit Divine Demon Array, so detecting the location of the two was exceedingly easy.
I have to say, Yi Nian Guan Shan was cautious, hiding in an area where Tier Three True Demons roamed.
But Wen Jiu didn’t rashly go directly to pursue, because a cornered enemy must not be chased, once Yi Nian Guan Shan was driven to desperation, he would certainly choose to fight to the death, so with the Formless Demon Corpse on hand, Wen Jiu chose the most secure method.
Absolutely cannot give Yi Nian Guan Shan the opportunity to use that celestial-secret-shielding magical artifact. Who knows what else it could do besides shielding celestial secrets?
An artifact that could even resist the Blood Ink Three Thousand Corpse Fate Technique surely couldn’t be just simply a high-grade Tier Three.
"These old beings that have lived for nearly a thousand years really can’t be underestimated." Even though he had already killed Qi Qiantian and Zang Qianjian, Wen Jiu still didn’t dare to underestimate Yi Nian Guan Shan, who was at the early stage of the Golden Core.
However.
Even though Wen Jiu tried his best to overestimate Yi Nian Guan Shan, he still underestimated the extraordinariness of that artifact. Just as he came within a kilometer of Yi Nian Guan Shan, a wave of demonic energy suddenly attacked like a fire wave, sweeping towards East Spring Undying Bone and the Formless Demon Corpse, breaking the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment’s stealth effect on East Spring Undying Bone, completely losing its stealth ability.
At the same time, the ghost transformation effect of the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment was also broken.
This was the first time in history that the ghost transformation effect of the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment was broken, even during the Crossing the Tribulation when celestial thunder couldn’t achieve this.
Fortunately, because of the Blood Demon White Bone Body, the Formless Demon Corpse wasn’t burned through its Formless Demon Body by the demonic energy, and still hid in the darkness.
Regarding the breaking of the ghost transformation effect on East Spring Undying Bone, Wen Jiu could sense that it seemed related to that special demonic energy. Unexpectedly, the demonic energy came from an artifact of Yi Nian Guan Shan’s.
After all, previously he had never sensed this demonic energy within the array, which unexpectedly could burn and break through corpse techniques.
No.
Now it seems, it wasn’t just any magical artifact.
But a demon artifact.
"Clearly, this artifact is related to the Blood Phoenix Demon Monarch. Being able to break through the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment, it is very likely his possession." Wen Jiu boldly speculated and made the worst prediction, "Perhaps Yi Nian Guan Shan has already detected the presence of East Spring Undying Bone."
However.
By relying on the True Spirit Divine Tree, connected to observe the True Spirit Divine Demon Array for a while, Yi Nian Guan Shan still showed no signs of action.
Continuing to let East Spring Undying Bone delve deeper, there was still no motion, but when East Spring Undying Bone executed the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment, that tidal wave of demonic energy would reappear, breaking the concealment.
After a yet another attempt, with Yi Nian Guan Shan’s continued inaction, Wen Jiu could essentially confirm one thing.
Yi Nian Guan Shan could use that demonic energy.
But absolutely couldn’t fully control it.
Thus, despite breaking through the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment on East Spring Undying Bone, he couldn’t rely on that demonic energy to detect the existence of East Spring Undying Bone.
