Chapter 340: Chapter 89: The Mystery of the Ninth Floor of the Earth Abyss (Part 2)
From a distance, wherever the Sword Aura passed, Nether Dragons were slain and plummeted to the ground.
The tide of Nether Dragons seemed to have been cleaved in two.
The next moment, the Sword Aura behind the tide of Nether Dragons changed direction, slaughtering its way back into the swarm. It moved like lightning, weaving through them with deadly grace.
Before the Nether Dragons could even reach Fang Cheng, they were sent scattering through the air, roaring and struggling as they plummeted to the earth.
The Nether Dragons gathered together, spitting out blasts of glacial dragon breath in an attempt to intercept the Sword Aura.
But the Sword Aura moved like a fish in water, completely unimpeded by the dragon breath. Accompanied by rolling thunder, it swiftly reaped the lives of the Nether Dragons.
The few Tier Three Nether Dragons that arrived late could not escape their fate of being slain.
In less than an hour, Fang Cheng had wiped out all the Nether Dragons in the sky, slaying every last one.
Mangled Nether Dragon corpses littered the barren plains. Their eerie blue Dragon Blood stained the dark brown earth in bizarre hues.
Fang Cheng stood atop a massive boulder, a ring of pitch-black Demonic Light flashing into existence around him.
The Demonic Light slowly expanded. Wherever it passed, the remains of the Nine Netherworld Dragons were ignited, bursting into roaring flames.
The black flames spread across the land like ripples on water.
Within Fang Cheng, the Resentment Demon Bead trembled slightly, frantically devouring the Demon Essence Qi.
...
「Ninth Floor of the Earth Abyss.」
On the dark brown earth lay a massive lake, its water as black as ink. The lake bubbled as if boiling, and thick, roiling Demonic Qi surged from it, suffusing the entire area.
Countless ferocious-looking demons gathered in a dense swarm around the Demon Lake, frenziedly slaughtering and devouring one another.
Among them, the nine most tyrannical masses of Demonic Light dominated their own territories, as unshakable as mountains, indulging in the Demonic Qi from the Demon Lake.
These nine masses of Demonic Light were each hundreds of yards in diameter. Within them, the figures of nine demons could be faintly seen: five Nine Netherworld Dragons and four Nine-headed Gu Snakes.
The power of these nine great demons was clearly greater than the Tier Three Demons Fang Cheng had previously encountered. They were likely at the Tier Three Mid Stage, or perhaps even the Tier Three Late Stage.
Aside from these nine, many other Tier Three Demons were also fighting and killing each other around the Demon Lake below.
But the vast majority were Tier One and Tier Two Demons that resembled crabs.
The number of these demons had reached an appalling level.
As far as the eye could see, Demon Crabs made up more than two-thirds of the creatures on the ground surrounding the lake!
The smallest of these Demon Crabs were only palm-sized, their auras extremely faint.
Larger ones were the size of millstones, some as large as houses or palaces, and some even grew to be tens or hundreds of yards in size...
Not only did the Demon Crabs slaughter and devour each other, but they also frenziedly attacked other demons, creating a scene of utter chaos.
On the shore of the Demon Lake stood a towering stone Buddha.
The Buddha Statue was thousands of feet tall, with half of its body buried in the ground, tilted to one side.
The stone Buddha wore a compassionate expression, its hands forming a mudra. Though a part of its body was shattered and lay scattered on the ground, it still exuded an aura of eternal, tranquil permanence.
The stone Buddha was covered in crawling Demon Crabs, making it look as though it were covered in countless black specks.
Fang Cheng’s figure appeared silently at the foot of the stone Buddha. In comparison, he seemed like a mere speck of dust.
Demonic intent surged from his body, and the Li Hen Demon Light swirled around him, refining any Demon Crabs that swarmed toward him into nothing.
He looked up at the stone Buddha, his heart filled with shock.
Beneath the stone Buddha was a Stone Stele, its surface covered in sprawling text that detailed the origin of the Earth Abyss Demons.
The Demon Crab was one of the most peculiar demons in the Earth Abyss. Its Talent Divine Technique was the ability to devour Demonic Qi to strengthen itself.
Compared to other demons, the Demon Crab’s efficiency at devouring and converting Demonic Qi was astonishing.
This very Demon Lake was the source of all the Demonic Qi in the entire Earth Abyss.
Every year, countless Demon Crabs would come here to lay their eggs.
A single female could produce one hundred thousand eggs at a time. These eggs entered the Demon Lake, devouring Demonic Qi to rapidly evolve and grow stronger. This was the origin of the Tier One and Tier Two Demon Crabs surrounding the lake.
Such a vast number of Demon Crabs, in turn, attracted other demons, who treated them as a food source and frantically devoured them to grow stronger.
This was the reason for the endless supply of demons in the Earth Abyss.
Fortunately, due to their habits, the Demon Crabs mostly remained around the Demon Lake, which in turn caused other demons to converge on this location as well.
’Could this stone Buddha be related to the Demon Buddha?’
He walked among the endless demons. Wherever he passed, the Li Hen Demon Light spun and coiled, reducing every demon in his path to ash.
Whenever he encountered a Tier Three Demon, Fang Cheng would release his Sword Aura to slay it.
The nine masses of Demonic Light in the sky seemed to notice something, but upon seeing a mass of pitch-black Demonic Light mixed in among the endless demons, they paid it no further mind.
In this way, Fang Cheng circled the Demon Lake, carefully observing it for any changes.
Sure enough, he discovered an Unparalleled Grand Array hidden deep within the lake!
This ancient Grand Array was silent and still, yet it exuded an aura of profound antiquity, more awe-inspiring than any array Fang Cheng had ever seen.
’A fourth-rank... or even a Fifth-rank Array!’
’The Demon Lord’s left hand is probably at the bottom of this lake... Past the lakebed is the Boundary Membrane of the Red Profound Realm, and beyond that must be the Outer Void.’
Suddenly, he spotted a tall, black Stone Stele by the lakeside.
The Stone Stele was so swarmed with Demon Crabs that it was barely noticeable.
Fang Cheng walked over. The Li Hen Demon Light flew out, and roaring black flames quickly cleared an empty space around the stele.
He saw that the Stone Stele was covered with illustrations and text—it was a familiar inheritance!
—The Ten Directions Netherworld Refining Hell Profound Skill.
Fang Cheng curiously examined the patterns on the Stone Stele, his brow furrowed in confusion.
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