More than seven hundred miles from Crimson Fire Peak.
A purple-haired demon king flew through the air, his divine sense constantly sweeping over the ground, finally landing on the surface.
“Strange, I just sensed a demon king aura here, how did it suddenly vanish?”
Lei Yu Feng frowned slightly. He had chased over precisely because he sensed a trace of demon king aura, yet found nothing.
Unwilling to give up, he cast his divine sense to search again.
This time, he even probed the underground, delving over a hundred zhang deep, but still found nothing.
“It seems I was overthinking it!”
Lei Yu Feng murmured lightly, then soared into the air and vanished from the area.
Moments later, Lei Yu Feng flew back, his divine sense sweeping once more, then snorted coldly before departing with evident reluctance.
Deep underground, Mo Fan waited tensely until the outside world had fully turned to night before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
However, he did not emerge, instead activating his flying sword right there to carve out an incredibly spacious cave mansion.
Once the cave mansion was formed, Mo Fan flicked his sleeve, and a small crimson lizard flew out from his robe. With a shake of its body, it transformed into a giant over ten zhang long, then opened its mouth to spit out Er Ha and the other demon cultivators.
“Great King, are you planning to cultivate the fire spirit body here?” the fire lizard asked.
“Indeed, to be honest, I fear there may be changes at Black Wind Mountain. Now I must raise my strength as quickly as possible to suppress the situation.”
Mo Fan nodded, voicing his inner concern.
“Black Wind Mountain?”
A flash of surprise appeared in the fire lizard’s eyes, then it asked: “Is it that Black Wind Mountain, one of the three great demon mountains bordering the human clan’s southern borderlands?”
“Correct, I am the new demon king of Black Wind Mountain!”
Mo Fan nodded. He was not surprised that the fire lizard knew of Black Wind Mountain, after all, the nearest demon clan sacred mountain to Black Wind Mountain was Phoenix Cry Mountain.
“So that’s it. I once heard that the demon king of Black Wind Mountain was an enlightened wild boar. So it was you, Great King?!” the fire lizard said with sudden realization.
“…”
Mo Fan was speechless, while Er Ha and Bai Xue beside him burst into laughter.
“My true form is not a wild boar. That boar named Zhu Xianfeng was the previous demon king of Black Wind Mountain, but he was already slain by human cultivators.”
Mo Fan spoke up, feeling it necessary to explain.
Though his own true form was not easy to mention, he did not want to bear the label of “wild boar”.
“Oh, so that’s how it is. Then what is the Great King’s true form?” the fire lizard immediately grew curious.
At Mo Fan’s words, his face darkened abruptly, then he said with slight displeasure: “Don’t mention it, and in the future, don’t go prying around. Don’t you know this is private to us demons?”
“And you two, stop laughing!”
Mo Fan turned his head and glared fiercely at Er Ha and Bai Xue, who were laughing uncontrollably. Seeing this, the pair immediately restrained their smiles.
“By the way, with your demon core taken, you have fallen to the peak of demon general realm. How did you sense a demon king approaching earlier?” Mo Fan changed the subject, looking at the fire lizard.
“Reporting to the Great King, though my cultivation has dropped, my king power remains, and my divine sense has not been greatly affected. Strictly speaking, it is even stronger than that Lei Yu Feng’s divine sense!” the fire lizard explained.
“What was your previous cultivation?” Mo Fan could not help but ask curiously upon hearing this.
The other demon cultivators perked up at these words, all looking curiously at the fire lizard.
“Mid demon king realm, on the verge of breaking through to late stage!”
The fire lizard spoke gravely, then snorted coldly: “That Lei Yu Feng is merely at the early mid demon king stage, not even having stabilized his realm. If not for that mountain seal demon soldier in his hand, I would have swallowed him into my belly long ago!”
“It seems we picked up a treasure this time. Who knows when this fellow can recover to demon king realm.”
After hearing the fire lizard’s words, Mo Fan felt inwardly delighted, and at the same time asked about the cultivations of the other several demon kings.
After the fire lizard’s explanation, Mo Fan finally understood why he could not even withstand a single punch from the Ox Demon King of Fiery Cloud Cave.
Because that Ox Demon King and the Great Crocodile King of Great Dream Marsh were both at late demon king realm!
The Zhan Qing Shan of Golden Domain Mountain was somewhat weaker, but still at mid demon king realm.
The weakest was that bird demon king of Ao Lai Peak, also at mid demon king, but similar to Lei Yu Hai, merely at the early mid demon king stage.
However, unlike Lei Yu Hai, he had no powerful backing, nor a mighty protective demon soldier like the mountain seal, so he ultimately met his end.
This could not help but evoke a touch of lament in Mo Fan.
It turned out that in this world too, no matter how hard you tried, even if you stood at the same height as others, without a backer, you were ultimately just a joke in their eyes.
And those who died were mostly those without backers!
Next, Mo Fan had the Ying Ying monster hiding in his collar grasp the palm-sized cuckoo bird and fly out.
The cuckoo bird had just awakened, only to be frightened into fainting again by the fire lizard’s ferocious appearance…
Mo Fan let the demons amuse themselves, while he consumed that section of lotus root along with one Earth Fire Pearl, then began cultivating the fire spirit body with the fire lizard’s assistance.
In truth, it was less cultivation and more refining the powers of the lotus root and Earth Fire Pearl within his body with greater probability.
Then using that power to temper his physique, allowing Mo Fan’s toad demon body to possess a complete cycle of meridians belonging to the fire spirit body.
This process lasted only a short two days, yet it allowed Mo Fan to successfully refine the fire spirit body!
In the cave mansion, Mo Fan sat cross-legged on the ground. With a casual snap of his fingers, a cluster of crimson flames immediately burst from his fingertip. With a shift of thought, the black demon qi around his body instantly turned crimson red, then blazing flames appeared out of thin air, enveloping his form.
The next moment, Mo Fan rose, a low roar escaping his mouth. Crimson red patterns immediately emerged on his skin, like strands of flame tattoos covering his body, while his jet-black long hair atop his head instantly transformed into fiery red!
A flame-shaped mark appeared at his brow!
This scene left the surrounding Er Ha and other demon cultivators utterly shocked without exception!
“Great King, so handsome!!”
Looking at Mo Fan before them, like a fire god incarnate, Bai Xue immediately revealed a fangirl expression.
“Handsome what? The Great King must have gone mad from cultivation deviation, actually setting himself on fire!”
Er Ha curled his lip. Though he said this, the naked envy, jealousy, and hatred in his eyes were unconcealed.
Hearing this, Mo Fan’s solemn dignified bearing instantly crumbled. He glared irritably at the dead tiger, and with a raise of his hand, a wisp of flame shot out, directly igniting Er Ha’s robes, causing the fellow to yelp and roll on the ground.
“Congratulations, Great King, on successfully cultivating the fire spirit body!”
The fire lizard spoke in human tongue, its words also filled with joy, then asked: “Great King, have you comprehended any divine abilities?”
“Mm, indeed I have comprehended a divine ability!”
Mo Fan nodded, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. Though this cultivation session had not increased his realm, his heart was filled with boundless excitement.
Because the divine ability he comprehended this time was unprecedentedly powerful!
“It is time to return to Black Wind Mountain. With my current strength, even against a mid demon king demon cultivator, I should have the power to fight!”
