Ri Ying still managed to escape in the end.
It was not that Mo Fan had gone easy on him. The fellow had been utterly terrified by Mo Fan’s strength, and all his treasures had been destroyed in the tribulation. He had completely lost any courage to fight.
Knowing full well how fast Mo Fan was, he directly burned his essence blood, turned into a streak of blood light, and vanished beyond the horizon so quickly that even Mo Fan could only click his tongue in surprise.
After a moment’s thought, Mo Fan gave up the chase.
It was not that he feared Ri Ying. He was worried about running into some ancient monster that had stayed hidden from the world, and even more worried that the green-robed Taoist from the True Dragon Lair might emerge.
“Carrying great treasures really means I can’t be too flashy. Making a fortune in silence is the true way.”
Mo Fan took a deep breath, then shot into the sky. Looking around from mid-air, he realised he was no longer on a small island but on a vast, endless continent.
Yet he knew exactly where he was. Though it looked like a continent, it was actually still an island, just countless times larger than the one he had entered to reach the Dragon Ruins.
With that in mind, he flew towards a remote area with few signs of human habitation, intending to leave this place first.
Along the way, he swept his divine sense into the pouch in his mouth and discovered only Yingying Monster remained. Even the Soul-Devouring Banner was gone. His heart jolted in shock.
Could they all have been obliterated by the tribulation lightning?
He hurriedly opened his mouth and released Yingying Monster.
“Daddy, was that the tribulation just now?”
“It was absolutely terrifying!”
The moment Yingying Monster appeared, it flew to Mo Fan’s shoulder, still looking shaken as it spoke.
Hearing this, Mo Fan felt a twinge of guilt. “It was my oversight. I didn’t consider your situation.”
In his focus on transcending the tribulation, he truly had not thought that far ahead and had momentarily forgotten that a whole group of demons was still inside the pouch in his mouth.
As a result, they had naturally been affected to some degree during the tribulation.
“Where are the others?” Mo Fan suddenly asked.
“Daddy, do you mean Mummy and the rest?”
“Don’t worry, Daddy. Not only is Mummy fine, the other little mummies are safe too!”
Yingying Monster grinned widely, opened its mouth, and spat out a tattered Soul-Devouring Banner.
The moment the banner appeared, several figures flew out from it. Mo Fan looked over and saw Bai Tian Tian and the four women in black.
Although the women looked rather pale, they bore no visible injuries, which relieved the somewhat guilty Mo Fan.
“Great King, you really treat us too well. Transcending your own tribulation wasn’t enough, you had to drag us into the water too. Were you hoping we’d all get fried to death?”
Bai Tian Tian spoke faintly, her tone dripping with sarcasm. Mo Fan could only give a wry smile and explain, “I honestly forgot this time. I’ll definitely be more careful next time.”
“You dare speak of a next time?!”
Bai Tian Tian glared. Mo Fan hurriedly waved his hands with an embarrassed grin. “No, no, there absolutely won’t be a next time!”
“That’s more like it!”
Bai Tian Tian gave a cold humph. Yingying Monster, perched on Mo Fan’s shoulder, flew over to hers instead, rubbed its little head against her cheek, and said, “Mummy, don’t be angry with Daddy anymore. He didn’t do it on purpose, and didn’t I manage to take you and the little mummies into my pouch in time?
With my protective dragon aura, everyone should have been fine.
Since Mummy and the little mummies weren’t hurt, please stop being mad at Daddy!”
The moment those words left its mouth, Mo Fan’s face twitched. He knew things were about to go south.
Sure enough, the women’s faces first flushed red, then they all turned to glare at him in unified fury.
“Er… well, this really isn’t my fault. The kid just started calling you that on his own!”
Mo Fan gave a pained laugh and immediately turned to flee.
“Lai Bao, you stand still!!”
“Why is this shameless dragon calling us little mummies?”
“Great King, Yingying Monster is still a child. How could you teach him such filthy thoughts?”
“Great King, don’t run, explain yourself!!”
“…”
Mo Fan was speechless and did not dare stop. Only after he had completely lost his bearings did he land with a helpless smile, turn to face the four pursuing women, and shoot a fierce glare at Yingying Monster on Bai Tian Tian’s shoulder.
Bloody hell, always digging pits for your old man!
Yingying Monster realised it had caused trouble, promptly shut its mouth, looked away, and adopted an expression of perfect innocence.
Fortunately, after chasing him for a while, the four women gradually calmed down and stopped blaming Mo Fan. Still, seeing him halt, they could not resist asking, “Why did you stop?”
“If I said I was lost, would you believe me?” Mo Fan replied with a bitter smile.
This place was simply too vast. Even with his current divine sense, he could not scan far, and he had not spotted any teleportation arrays on the way.
“…”
The women were rendered speechless. The excuse was a bit far-fetched, but understandable.
“I know a place that has a great teleportation array. Since we all need to return to the Fengming Mountain demon domain anyway, why not travel with me?” Bai Shuang spoke up just then.
“Good!”
Mo Fan nodded at once. Right now, all he wanted was to return to his own territory and sort through the harvest from this expedition to the Dragon Ruins.
Even after becoming a demon, he was still not immune to worldly desires. He still loved the feeling of lying at home counting his “money”.
Since Mo Fan had no objection, Bai Tian Tian and Hei Yi naturally had none either.
Bai Feng and Bai Shuang were demons of Fengming Mountain, and their White Feather Mountain was also within the Fengming Mountain demon domain, so they had no issues.
Seeing everyone agree, Bai Shuang took out a minor void talisman and activated it immediately.
The next moment, ripples spread from the talisman and enveloped the demons’ bodies.
Soon, Mo Fan felt endless colourful flames of light surround him, creating a dazzling visual impact.
The instant those flames appeared, everything around him vanished.
Before long, the flames gradually faded, and the surroundings became clearer.
When space stabilised, Mo Fan found that he and the others had arrived in a mountain valley.
At that moment, the valley contained only their group and no one else.
Then Mo Fan spotted the ancient teleportation array ahead, resembling an altar.
This array was very similar to the one he had found earlier in the cliff cave. It clearly did not belong to the current era and carried an aura of great antiquity.
Around the array stood several pillars, each with a groove at the top meant for placing void crystals.
However, the grooves were now completely empty.
“Trouble. We’re too late. Someone used this teleportation array before us, and all the void stones needed for transmission have been consumed!”
Bai Shuang’s brows furrowed slightly, her expression rather displeased.
“Sister Bai Shuang, didn’t you say before that as long as we have enough spirit stones, we can still activate this kind of great teleportation array?” Hei Yi asked curiously.
“That is indeed true in general, but great teleportation arrays come in different types. This particular one requires void stones.”
Bai Shuang explained helplessly, pointing to the grooves on the surrounding pillars. “Look at these grooves. They are for placing void stones. Even top-grade spirit stones cannot activate the entire array.
What’s more, a single void stone can only transport one demon.”
At this point, she looked at everyone and gave a wry smile. “Right now I only have one void stone on me, which is far from enough for all of us. It seems we’ll have to look for another great teleportation array elsewhere. Perhaps we can find one that doesn’t require void stones.”
“No need. I happen to have a few void stones here, just enough for us.”
Mo Fan waved a hand dismissively, flicked his sleeve, and several void stones flew out, exactly the right number.
The women were all startled, unsure where Mo Fan had obtained them.
However, they did not press him, nor did they refuse. Soon, the demons stepped onto the teleportation array and placed the void stones into the grooves on the pillars.
As a beam of light soared into the sky, the demons’ figures instantly vanished from the array.
