The appearance of the Red Demon left all the cultivators shocked and furious. Although they had no idea what this fellow actually was, his overbearing manner had already aroused widespread resentment.
Just because someone stood in his path, he wordlessly smashed their entire body to pieces. Such conduct was even more wicked than the ways of the demonic path!
“Fellow cultivator, are you not acting a little too arrogantly? Do you really think our human race has no one worthy?”
Daoist Qingfeng gave a cold snort and instantly struck, sending a sword strike slashing towards that Red Demon.
Yet what happened next horrified everyone. The black robe on the Red Demon’s body suddenly transformed into a suit of golden armour. No matter how the sword qi slashed against it, the armour remained completely unaffected.
It was immortal armour!
Mo Fan’s pupils contracted slightly when he saw it. He immediately recognised the golden armour as one of the immortal treasures he had seen in the memories of the ancient Mushroom Demon.
This immortal armour, like the immortal robe obtained by Old Witch, had originally been worn by two immortal corpses. None of them expected the demon race to acquire it.
At this moment Daoist Qingfeng also frowned and held back from attacking further, for he too recognised that the armour was no ordinary object. Any more strikes from him would be futile.
“Do not bother me, or I will not mind first slaughtering all those little fellows beside you!”
The Red Demon turned his head, issued a warning to Daoist Qingfeng, then charged straight down without looking back, pursuing Old Ancestor Bai Lu.
“Old Ancestor, what exactly is that fellow? Why does he look so strange, like some kind of monster?” Beside Daoist Qingfeng, Xuan Yan could not help asking.
“Red skin, surrounded by demonic qi… I fear that race from a thousand years ago has appeared once more…”
Daoist Qingfeng sighed, then gave the order. “Go. This place is about to collapse. The laws are in chaos, and we could fall into spatial turbulence at any moment. Everyone, stay together and follow me. We leave at once!”
With the True Dragon Lair wide open and no other cultivators blocking the way, the group soon flew out of the abyss and headed down Blood Dragon Mountain.
According to the old custom of treasure hunting, there were nine great teleportation arrays at the foot of Blood Dragon Mountain for leaving the Dragon Ruins space. Once activated, they could quickly return to the entrance of the Dragon Ruins, and from there use the original arrays to return to their starting points.
Thus, after rushing out of the True Dragon Lair, everyone scattered in an orderly fashion and flew down the mountain.
It was at this moment that the black-robed figure finally decided to attack Mo Fan and the others.
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out, and the black-robed figure was instantly blasted away.
Mo Fan looked coldly at the old fellow opposite him and sneered. “This king knew you old thing would not give up!”
“This king does not fear trouble, but neither does he wish to invite it. Some things are better said clearly!”
“It was not I who killed your young master in the True Dragon Lair. You saw it with your own eyes. So can you stop chasing me like a mad dog that refuses to let go?
If this king is not mistaken, your true form should be a king serpent, not a dog, yes?”
Mo Fan’s icy words immediately caused the face hidden beneath the black hood to turn ugly.
This black-robed elder was no demon clan cultivator. He was the black-robed Old Ancestor of Dragon King Sea!
“Junior, do you truly believe this ancestor fears you inside this secret realm?”
The black-robed Old Ancestor slowly raised his head, his gaze icy as he stared at Mo Fan, then let out a sinister laugh. “Perhaps you have not noticed, but this heaven and earth are damaged and the laws are in disorder. Some suppressed powers are gradually loosening. The louder you shout now, the more satisfying it will be when this ancestor kills you shortly!”
Upon hearing this, Mo Fan’s expression changed drastically. He carefully sensed his surroundings and indeed discovered subtle changes in the space here.
“What exactly do you want?”
Mo Fan frowned, staring coldly at the other party. Although he was startled by the changes in the Dragon Ruins, true fear did not appear in his eyes.
The black-robed Old Ancestor stared at him for a long while before speaking gravely. “Hand over the immortal treasure, and this ancestor may spare your life!”
“Heh!”
“So you want the immortal treasure after all?”
Mo Fan immediately laughed upon hearing this, though his smile was extremely cold. He then looked at the other party with curiosity. “Truth be told, I am starting to wonder. Your Dragon King Sea’s Holy Son is dead, and since you are recovering your cultivation, why do you not go avenge your Holy Son? Why come to seize the immortal treasure that belongs to this king!
Or is it… that Chang Qing appears to have perished, but in fact he is not dead at all?”
As soon as these words left his mouth, Mo Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He stared fixedly at the black-robed Old Ancestor’s facial expression, unwilling to miss even the slightest change.
The reason he suspected Chang Qing was still alive was that this old fellow’s behaviour was far too calm. Although he had initially been enraged and sought revenge on Tu Shan Yunjun, after fighting fruitlessly for so long he had simply given up.
Moreover, as the Holy Son of Dragon King Sea, how could Chang Qing die so easily?
Of course, the most important reason was something his subordinate ghost servant had told him after possessing Chi Lian.
Among Chang Qing’s divine abilities was one called “Twin Born”.
As for what “Twin Born” actually did, even Chi Lian did not know.
But based on Mo Fan’s understanding of many divine abilities, he knew that the names of abilities were never random. They always bore some relation to their effects.
Thus, this “Twin Born” was truly worth considering.
Sure enough, his words caused a slight flicker in the black-robed Old Ancestor’s gaze, yet the latter only sneered coldly. “You need not probe this ancestor. Hand over the immortal treasure now, or this will be your death day!”
“Heh! It is not only you who wants the immortal treasure!”
Mo Fan’s lips curved upwards. He instantly understood everything, yet at the same time he looked to the other side. A figure wearing clothing from the ancient era was slowly approaching.
There was a large hole in the figure’s chest, and astonishing demonic qi emanated from his body!
Upon seeing this distinctive mark, Mo Fan was startled once more, for he had seen this fellow before, though only in the memories of the ancient Mushroom Demon. That pale face came from memories a thousand years old.
This was an ancient corpse!
More accurately, an immortal corpse from the primordial era!
Very quickly, however, Mo Fan withdrew his gaze and instead looked playfully at the black-robed Old Ancestor ahead of him, smiling faintly. “Now I do not know which of you I should give this immortal treasure to.”
“How about the two of you fight first?”
“The winner gets the immortal treasure?”
The black-robed Old Ancestor’s eyelid twitched. He glanced at the slowly approaching immortal corpse on the other side, then his figure flashed as he lunged murderously towards Mo Fan!
“Boy, did you really think this ancestor would fall for such petty tricks?”
“Give me the immortal treasure!”
“Old thing, how shameless. It is clearly mine. How does it become yours?”
“But if you want the immortal treasure, it depends on whether you have the life to take it!”
Mo Fan laughed savagely. He had long been on guard against this undying old fogey, so the instant the opponent moved, he countered.
He was unclear how much cultivation the black-robed Old Ancestor had currently recovered, so he struck with full force, enlarging his right hand to the size of a small mountain and swinging a palm straight at him!
At the same moment, the immortal corpse on the other side also moved, appearing beside Mo Fan in an instant and reaching out to grab him.
“Hand over the immortal treasure!”
It was not only Mo Fan who faced trouble. On another path down Blood Dragon Mountain, a group of cultivators from Heavenly Star Holy Land were also ambushed.
The one ambushing them was likewise an ancient immortal corpse, similarly coming for the immortal treasure!
Not long afterwards, the sky above the Dragon Ruins was torn open. Two figures emerged almost simultaneously from that rift.
“Fire Phoenix Saint King?”
“I have long heard your great name!”
An old daoist in cyan daoist robes looked at the fiery-red figure in the distance and revealed a kindly smile.
“You flatter me!”
The Fire Phoenix Saint King in her red palace dress narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, then gave a small curtsey to the old daoist and said clearly, “Senior rarely leaves Inverted Mountain even once. Surely you did not come today for this junior?”
“No. If this poor daoist wished to kill you, would he need to leave the mountain?”
The old daoist smiled faintly, then looked down at the scarred and ruined land below and sighed. “In the past, this poor daoist once received her grace. Returning to this place today, only now do I understand the profound intention behind the treasures she left behind back then. So it turns out that within our Nine Provinces world there exist so many cracks, and these cracks are still rapidly expanding!
Therefore, this poor daoist’s journey this time has two purposes.
First, to erase these cracks.
Second, to carry out the Empress’s will from that year and take away these upper-realm treasures that bring chaos to the world.”
