The entire island was sealed, and the four Core Formation cultivators of Huangxuan Valley directly scanned every inch of land with their divine senses, determined to catch the murderous demon like a turtle in a jar!
This was indeed the most effective method, and also the one Mo Fan dreaded most.
But he had no intention of sitting idly by. After testing the strength of the array barrier, Mo Fan gave up any thought of breaking through it to escape.
Because this so-called Huangxuan Demon-Sealing Array was something he simply could not break.
The only option now was to counter-kill, to stop killing with killing, and make these Huangxuan Valley cultivators fearful!
In fact, that was exactly what Mo Fan did!
However, his targets were not the Huangxuan Valley cultivators, but the other cultivators on the island!
Before that, though, Mo Fan needed to disguise himself to evade the first sweep by the Huangxuan Valley Core Formation cultivators.
His method was simple: he directly sealed his inner demon liquid sea, ensuring not a trace of demonic energy leaked from his body, thereby avoiding detection by the Huangxuan Valley Core Formation cultivators’ divine senses.
The reason demon cultivators were easily identified by human cultivators was none other than their overwhelming demonic energy!
But once the source of demonic energy was sealed, naturally no demonic energy would leak out.
However, most demons would not do this, because while it completely hid their aura, it also caused them to lose all power during the seal.
Mo Fan was now in that state: with his demon energy sea sealed, he did not even have the cultivation of a lesser demon.
But Mo Fan differed from most demons in that he had two sources of power!
Besides the demon energy sea, there was also the spiritual energy sea!
The demonic energy on Mo Fan had indeed vanished, replaced by dense spiritual energy.
His cultivation almost instantly reached the late Foundation Establishment stage!
As long as he did not reveal his true form, unless a great power examined him up close, it would be hard for anyone to tell he was a demon!
Originally, Mo Fan’s spiritual energy sea was only at mid Foundation Establishment strength, but after devouring the mid Core Formation Danyangzi just now, his spiritual energy received feedback and surged instantly!
This allowed him to break through to late Foundation Establishment in one go!
“In the short term, these Huangxuan Valley cultivators will likely not discover me, so during this time, I must make the current situation on the island as chaotic as possible!”
Mo Fan looked up at a Core Formation cultivator passing overhead in the sky, murmuring to himself.
The appearance of that Elder Yunshan earlier had given Mo Fan a sense of crisis; he guessed the other was at least a late Core Formation powerhouse, and with the aid of the other three old fellows, without using his true trump cards, he had no confidence in killing them.
After all, these old monsters were not comparable to those young Core Formation cultivators; their combat experience was undoubtedly vast, making them the most troublesome.
At the same time, Mo Fan did not dare use those trump cards lightly, because they either had severe side effects or excessively long cooldowns, which would disadvantage his upcoming trip to the Dragon Ruins.
Unless absolutely necessary, Mo Fan had no intention of using those trump cards.
“I wonder which demon has such guts to provoke the Huangxuan Valley cultivators!”
“Does it not know Huangxuan Valley is a first-grade sect!”
“Yes, now we are trapped on this island too, living in constant fear!”
At that moment, faint voices of conversation drifted into Mo Fan’s ears from afar, immediately bringing a smile to his face.
He quickly headed in that direction and soon saw three cultivators cautiously advancing through the dense forest.
All three were Foundation Establishment cultivators, two men and one woman, wearing pale yellow robes, evidently from the same force.
“Who?”
Suddenly, one of the male cultivators seemed to sense something and whipped his head around to look at Mo Fan.
“Who are you!”
The three cultivators turned to Mo Fan simultaneously, spiritual power surging as each sacrificed a flying sword orbiting their bodies, faces full of vigilance.
“Fellow Daoists, no need to panic. I, Mo, am a disciple of Tianlu Holy Land. Seeing that you three are also Foundation Establishment cultivators like me, I thought to travel together for mutual support.”
Mo Fan spoke with a smile, proactively revealing his background and adopting an honest appearance.
A disciple of Tianlu Holy Land?
The three showed surprise on their faces upon hearing this.
The Divine Domain was vast, but they had heard of Tianlu Holy Land; it was a transcendent force, far above their own sect!
“So it is Fellow Daoist Mo, meeting is fate!
With Core Formation cultivators on this island now several times more numerous than before, it is indeed not good for us Foundation Establishment small cultivators. If we can band together for mutual reliance, that would be ideal!”
Among the three, the female cultivator immediately spoke with a smile, a hint of unusual color in her gaze towards Mo Fan.
“Junior Sister Feng is right. Since Brother Mo comes from a transcendent force and is willing to travel with us, it is our honour!”
Another cultivator spoke, his words full of courtesy.
“Wait!”
But at that moment, the strongest male cultivator among the three eyed Mo Fan coldly and said gravely, “You say you are a Tianlu Holy Land disciple, and that makes it so?”
“Moreover, Huangxuan Valley just sealed this island, and you appear. Your identity is highly suspicious!”
At his words, Junior Sister Feng and the other cultivator’s faces changed, becoming vigilant again.
“Senior Brother jests. As a transcendent force, would anyone dare impersonate Tianlu Holy Land?”
Mo Fan scoffed, his face full of pride, then added, “Senior Brother’s words just now suspect me of being a demon?”
With that, Mo Fan opened his mouth, and a sword pill flew out. Spiritual power surged around him, the sword pill instantly transforming into an inky flying sword, emanating extreme danger.
“It is actually a sword pill!”
Junior Sister Feng’s eyes widened at the sight, then she tugged the strongest cultivator’s arm and said, “Senior Brother Feng, sword pills are refined only by great forces; demons cannot perform such exquisite artifact crafting.
Moreover, Fellow Daoist Mo is surrounded by spiritual power, without a trace of demonic energy, so he cannot possibly be a demon.”
“Junior Sister Feng is correct, Senior Brother Feng, are you not too sensitive?” The other cultivator nodded.
Senior Brother Feng frowned slightly, then smiled and stepped forward near Mo Fan, saying somewhat awkwardly, “I am Feng Linsheng. I suspected Fellow Daoist just now for our safety; please forgive me!”
“No matter, we are all cultivators; caution allows us to go further.”
Mo Fan also smiled, knowing these three now believed him.
“I am Mo Fan; I will rely on you three from now on!”
Since Feng Linsheng had given his name, Mo Fan naturally revealed his own.
The other two then introduced themselves.
The female cultivator was Feng Qianqian, and the male was Wang Shan.
As the group chatted amiably, a powerful divine sense suddenly swept in rapidly from afar, tightening Mo Fan’s heart.
Though he had sealed his demon energy sea, his divine sense was unaffected and naturally sensed that terrifying divine sense.
The three human cultivators opposite Mo Fan also showed slight alarm, not daring to move.
The divine sense lingered on the three humans and one demon for a moment before quickly departing, letting Mo Fan breathe a sigh of relief inwardly: “Finally passed the first hurdle!”
His reason for finding these three cultivators was not truly to travel together, but to use them to evade the Huangxuan Valley Core Formation cultivators’ divine sense scans.
Mo Fan knew well that if he were alone, the Huangxuan Valley Core Formation cultivators would not withdraw their divine sense so easily, and he might reveal some flaw.
But being with these human cultivators perfectly masked him, letting the scanning cultivator mistake them for coming from the same human sect, naturally ruling out the possibility of a demon cultivator.
This was the human herd mentality!
Having lived a human life once, Mo Fan understood this perfectly.
Next, he learned much information from the three, though they were no fools and subtly probed about Tianlu Holy Land to verify if Mo Fan was truly a disciple.
In the end, both sides were satisfied.
After traveling together for a while, a string of bells at Feng Qianqian’s waist suddenly rang out loudly.
The sudden bell sound made the three’s faces turn grim instantly.
“What is it?”
Mo Fan asked curiously, while inwardly considering an excuse to leave.
The shield’s purpose was fulfilled, and with the divine sense now far away, he had no intention of continuing with them.
His goal was to create chaos, not to actually be a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The island was large, but Mo Fan knew it would not be long before the four Core Formation cultivators overhead finished scanning the entire island.
When they failed to find him, they would realize he had sealed his demonic energy, and the next search would not be so easy to fool.
So Mo Fan must quickly create major chaos. As long as it distracted two Huangxuan Valley Core Formation cultivators, he was confident in defeating them one by one!
At least it would be much safer.
“This is a Demon-Capturing Bell; it does not ring without cause. Once it rings, it means a King realm great demon is nearby, as lesser demons below King realm cannot disturb it!”
Feng Qianqian’s face turned somewhat grim, then she said to Mo Fan, “Senior Brother Mo, we must leave this place quickly, or we will be in danger!”
A King realm great demon?
Mo Fan’s eyes narrowed upon hearing this.
He had long known that those entering this space included not only human cultivators, but also demons!
And there were many powerful demon cultivators on this very island!
The chaos he planned to create would soon erupt from these demon cultivators; it was truly a case of sleepiness meeting a pillow!
“Leave?”
” Mere four Foundation Establishment small cultivators, where do you think you are going?!”
