This time, none of the demons mocked Niu Xiaosheng. Instead, every one of them looked grave.
Without doubt, this was Wangyue Valley giving a show of power to all the demons who came to offer congratulations!
“It is not only a show of power, but also Heavenly Wolf Saint King’s deep dissatisfaction that none of the other Saint Kings came in person!”
Bai Shuang spoke softly. Then she looked towards Ancestor Bai Lu, her willow brows slightly furrowed as she asked, “Senior, Wangyue Valley is so domineering. Do we still need to go and offer birthday congratulations?”
“Of course we must go. In recent years, this Saint King has not been quiet at all. Since he invited us, we have to attend!
Otherwise, would that not mean we look down on him?”
Ancestor Bai Lu sighed. At the same time, he glanced towards several other directions. He saw that after their initial shock, those great demons had all obediently landed on the ground and begun walking towards Wangyue Valley on foot.
“Moreover, right now we represent not only ourselves, but also Fire Phoenix Saint King. If we get scared off by something like this and dare not go, would that not be too shameful?”
Ancestor Bai Lu shrugged his shoulders. Then he flew downwards towards the ground and waved his hand. “Let us go. We will offer birthday congratulations to Heavenly Wolf Saint King!”
The demons exchanged glances. Mo Fan immediately smiled at the five great demons beside him and said, “Ancestor Bai Lu is right. Let us go and take a look. While we are at it, we can see which outstanding demon race prodigies there are in these Hundred Thousand Great Mountains!”
In truth, for these demons, walking on foot would not slow them down much.
After all, even the weakest among them was at mid King realm!
Mo Fan had originally wanted to collect the soul of that Lingxi Gorge demon ancestor from earlier. However, when he activated his tiger pattern, he found no trace of that demon ancestor’s soul. Instead, the souls of those King realm great demons who had been slain were floating in the air.
Seeing this, Mo Fan directly sent Bai Yi over. Bai Yi enjoyed a hearty meal.
“Senior Giant Demon, after breaking through to the ancestral realm, is the gap between each small stage very large?”
On the way, Mo Fan suddenly asked the Giant Demon Ancestor.
The Giant Demon Ancestor furrowed his brows slightly. But after glancing at Niu Xiaosheng, he nodded and said, “You could say that!
Once cultivation reaches the ancestral realm, breaking through even one small stage is as difficult as ascending to heaven!
Therefore, once a breakthrough occurs, strength naturally multiplies!”
“Then if Senior were to face a great demon at early ancestral realm, how confident would you be in killing him?”
Mo Fan asked again.
As soon as these words came out, the Giant Demon Ancestor immediately understood what Mo Fan was getting at. He shook his head and said, “It is not that easy!
Unless the opponent fights to the death, or unless you catch him off guard and kill him, if the opponent is determined to flee, it would be very hard for me to kill him!”
At this point, the Giant Demon Ancestor paused slightly and said in a deep voice, “The reason ancestral realm is so powerful is not only due to strong cultivation, but mainly because they possess the ability to teleport. As long as one has not reached Saint King realm, it is never easy to kill a strong cultivator who can teleport!
As for that fellow from Wangyue Valley just now, his name is Di Sha. He is Heavenly Wolf Saint King’s right-hand man. He possesses a certain divine ability to lock onto enemies, so killing ancestral realm cultivators is indeed much easier for him than for the rest of us!
Against such a fellow, unless absolutely necessary, I do not want to confront him!”
Mo Fan nodded upon hearing this. Then he subconsciously glanced at Hei Yi.
Hei Yi’s Shadow Escape divine ability was somewhat similar to Di Sha’s ability.
In general, ancestral realm powerhouses were not impossible to kill—they were just hard to kill. The main difficulty was catching up to them. But if one had a divine ability to seal teleportation, or could lock onto them like Di Sha, then killing them would no longer be difficult.
“Aren’t Saint Kings also at ancestral realm? Why can they so easily kill demon ancestors who can teleport?”
Niu Xiaosheng could not help asking. He was also very interested in this question.
“Because Saint Kings are powerful enough!”
After the Giant Demon Ancestor spoke, he glanced at Niu Xiaosheng and continued, “If any Saint King wanted to kill me, it would be very hard for me to escape!”
These words shocked all the demons!
But soon they all relaxed and understood.
If Saint Kings were not powerful enough, they probably would not be called Saint Kings and would not be able to intimidate an entire demon domain!
After understanding the might of Saint Kings, the demons became much quieter along the rest of the way.
The hundred-li journey took less than an hour on foot.
When Mo Fan and his group arrived at the area surrounded by demonic energy, they found a group of great demons already waiting there.
“This king Ao Gu has been ordered by the ancestor to welcome all seniors here!”
The leading great demon was a wolf-headed humanoid. When he saw the demons approaching, he immediately cupped his fists.
A dark light flickered in Mo Fan’s eyes. With one glance, he saw through this demon’s information.
Bone Armour Wolf Demon, peak King realm!
Although many animals in this world were not much different from those in Mo Fan’s previous life, some mutant clans still existed.
This Bone Armour Wolf Demon was one branch of the wolf race. Its body was covered in white bones like armour. Among beasts, its combat power was quite strong.
After Mo Fan and his group reported their identities one by one, Ao Gu made a welcoming gesture towards the demons. Then he turned and waved his hand. Rolling demonic power surged out and instantly opened a passage through the thick demonic energy.
“Everyone, please follow me!”
Ao Gu said, then walked ahead to lead the way.
Under the lead of the three ancestral realm great demons, Mo Fan and his group immediately followed. The group of unknown great demons brought by Ao Gu trailed at the very back.
After advancing about a li, the demonic energy in the demons’ line of sight suddenly became much thinner. A massive mountain peak came into view, towering roughly ten thousand zhang high!
But when the demons saw the mountain clearly, they all could not help gasping in shock!
Because this mountain peak had almost no vegetation. The slopes were covered everywhere with dense white bones—some human, some beast, and many broken and damaged weapons.
The entire mountain had been dyed a dark red!
With one glance, Mo Fan understood that this mountain peak had been soaked in who knew how much blood. Even a gentle breeze carried a strong stench of blood.
This was the first time Mo Fan had seen a demon mountain with such heavy killing aura.
He could not help half-joking, “Your demon mountain must have swallowed quite a lot of human blood, right? Doesn’t it usually smell bad?”
Ao Gu, who was leading the way ahead, paused slightly. He turned to look at Mo Fan and grinned, “This is not a bad smell. It is the smell of food!”
“You all come from deep within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. You probably rarely get to eat fresh, sweet blood food!
This time, you are in luck!”
Ao Gu grinned widely. Two rows of sharp fangs were immediately revealed, making him look somewhat ferocious.
Mo Fan smiled upon hearing this and said nothing more.
Yes, demons eating humans was only natural. Asking such a question made him seem a bit foolish.
Seeing that Mo Fan said no more, Ao Gu walked straight to a smooth mountain wall. Demonic power surged. Countless tiny runes bloomed on the wall. Then the wall rippled like water.
“Everyone, please follow me!”
Ao Gu said, then stepped into the rippling water surface without looking back and vanished from the demons’ sight.
Mo Fan and his group followed after him.
Mo Fan was not surprised that Wangyue Valley possessed human arrays.
Among demons, especially powerful great demons, their way of life was basically no different from humans. Knowing human script or even some human arrays was not particularly rare.
Although demon race ideology as a whole was quite stubborn, that did not apply to the upper echelons.
Through the array, Mo Fan soon arrived at the true Wangyue Valley.
Yet what met his eyes left him completely stunned!
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