Under the inch-by-inch sweep of his divine sense, Mo Fan finally located the source of the blood mist.
All the blood mist was actually emanating from beneath the ground covered by the blood mud.
This discovery made Mo Fan frown slightly. He then followed the sources with his divine sense and discovered huge openings hidden under the blood mud, one after another.
They were blood mouths, each several zhang wide. Inside each mouth was a scarlet wall of flesh, and on those walls hung enormous blood cocoons.
The blood-coloured mist was seeping from these cocoons.
As the mist drifted out, the cocoons began irregular movements, as if something alive was hidden inside.
This sight made Mo Fan’s scalp tingle. He immediately leapt into the air, rising several zhang above the ground.
Though Bai Shuang did not know what was happening, she followed suit and distanced herself from the surface.
“What is it?”
Bai Shuang’s willow brows furrowed as she looked at Mo Fan, puzzled.
“This path has a problem.”
Mo Fan took a deep breath, gradually calming himself, then said gravely, “This path is alive.”
“The path is alive?”
Bai Shuang frowned, but quickly realised. Her pupils contracted sharply as she exclaimed in shock, “You mean a giant beast is hidden beneath this path?”
Mo Fan had not been entirely sure what was down there, but after Bai Shuang’s words, he understood completely and nodded. “I am afraid you have hit the mark this time.”
“There really is a living creature?”
Bai Shuang’s eyes widened, but a glint soon flashed in them. She asked, “Tell me the details.”
Mo Fan nodded. Without wasting words, he pointed at Bai Shuang’s brow and transmitted the scene he had just seen into her sea of consciousness using divine sense.
Bai Shuang soon understood everything, but instead of fear, she was delighted. She chuckled lightly. “There is undoubtedly some giant beast below, and those blood cocoons probably contain dragon-blood creatures.
A beast capable of hatching dragon-blood creatures must be far more terrifying than we imagined.
But is this not exactly the place we have been looking for?”
Hearing this, Mo Fan’s eyes also lit up.
Yes, they had been seeking a spot to ambush Lei Yu Zi Dian. Was this not perfect?
“Then let us choose here.”
Mo Fan grinned immediately. Looking at the blood-mud-covered mountain path below, a cold glint gradually appeared in his eyes. “Perfect. I also want to see what kind of monster is down there.”
“Rest assured, a creature that can hatch dragon-blood creatures is certainly terrifying. It will give Lei Yu Zi Dian more than he can handle.
Even if it cannot kill him, it will surely injure him gravely.”
Bai Shuang sneered, then began setting up with Mo Fan.
After the two demons finished their arrangements, Mo Fan sacrificed the Soul-Devouring Banner, drawing himself and Bai Shuang into the ghost domain. He then controlled the banner to fly out of the mountain path and finally lodged it into a stone crevice several li away, concealing all aura.
After all this, the two demons entered a dormant state, quietly waiting.
During this time, through the Soul-Devouring Banner, they saw batch after batch of cultivators from various races enter the area, but none truly survived the mountain path trial. They were all slaughtered by the newly hatched dragon-blood creatures.
Mo Fan did not idle either. Taking advantage of being the banner’s master, he soon devoured all several hundred dragon-blood creatures in the ghost domain.
Until not long after, the appearance of several grey-robed figures made the two demons in the ghost domain narrow their eyes simultaneously.
Witch clan.
These fellows had appeared again.
They had encountered the witch clan once before, yet here they were again so soon, and this time, several at once.
At this moment, the witch cultivators all looked towards the mountain path, about to step onto it. However, the leader raised a hand slightly, stopping the others.
“Witch Elder, what is it?”
One witch cultivator looked puzzled at the leading figure.
“The baleful blood qi here is extremely dense. There is likely considerable danger. Let this old man investigate properly.”
With that, Witch Elder extended a withered arm. The arm instantly elongated, pressing the palm firmly against the ground.
Soon, his entire arm began to rot. All flesh turned into tiny insects that spread out like countless black dots.
This scene was extremely eerie, making Mo Fan and Bai Shuang frown.
It was not fear, but disgust at the bizarre sight, as if the so-called Witch Elder was formed from endless tiny insects.
From within the ghost domain, they could not see the figure hidden under the loose grey robe clearly. They only saw the entire arm vanish, even the bones gone, all transformed into insects.
Those insects immediately crawled towards the mountain path, while many burrowed underground, disappearing from view.
“Hm? A dragon-blood insect mother of such size is hidden here.”
Soon, a surprised voice came from under the loose grey robe.
Before long, the black insects that had crawled out returned, climbing back into Witch Elder’s robe.
“Witch Elder, shall we act to control this insect mother?”
One witch cultivator asked for instructions.
“No need. Though the insect mother is powerful, it is far from our target. No point wasting energy here. Moreover, the insect mother is now in deep slumber. Better not disturb it and risk ruining our plan with noise.”
Witch Elder waved dismissively, then asked, “Has Qin Changsheng arrived?”
“Reporting to Witch Elder, he has already gone to the True Dragon Lair.”
“Good. This child must not fail. Success this time depends on him. I hope he does not disappoint us, or he will end up buried here with these cultivators.”
“Let us go.”
With that, dense blood qi emerged from Witch Elder, enveloping the surrounding witch cultivators. They turned into a mass of blood mist, floated onto the mountain path, and gradually vanished from Mo Fan’s sight.
Watching the departing witch cultivators, Mo Fan frowned deeply. He had caught a name from Witch Elder’s words.
Qin Changsheng.
That fellow who should be dead.
“Could he still be alive?”
“Or is it just someone with the same name?”
A gloomy expression appeared on Mo Fan’s face.
He could not accept the fact that the man might still live, nor did he believe it.
After all, he had personally seen Qin Changsheng swallowed by Poison Fang, and later he himself devoured Poison Fang, which had been broken down by decomposition power. Now, he even possessed Poison Fang’s divine ability.
So how could Qin Changsheng possibly still be alive?
“The witch clan’s methods are terrifying. If possible, I do not want to encounter them again after this.”
A trace of wariness also showed in Bai Shuang’s eyes.
“They are here.”
At that moment, Bai Shuang suddenly perked up. Mo Fan also looked into the distance.
Over a dozen figures descended from the sky, wrapped in a flash of thunder light.
Mo Fan had not seen the leader before, but from the distinctive purple long hair, he guessed the identity with near certainty.
The current head of the Lei Yu family, the great demon king of Wind Thunder Mountain, Lei Yu Shan.
