Facing the aggressive stance of the group of great demons from Lingxi Gorge, Long Changqing could be said to have hit a wall and was ultimately forced to back down.
There was no helping it, the situation was stronger than the demon.
Although he had two mid ancestral realm demon ancestors by his side, the little fatty had brought even more ancestral realm great demons, along with many peak king realm great demons.
If things truly escalated, he might not gain any advantage.
At this moment, Mo Fan was also observing the Lingxi Gorge group. Under the gaze of his Azure Eyed Spirit Pupils, all the information of the demons was laid bare.
Xuan Pangpang’s true form was a black tortoise.
He had brought a total of eight great demons. Among them were three ancestral realm great demons, two at the early ancestral realm and one at the late ancestral realm. The remaining five were all at the late king realm or peak king realm.
What surprised Mo Fan the most was that Xuan Pangpang himself was only at the late king realm, not even having reached the peak king realm.
“No wonder Lingxi Gorge sent so many powerful figures to protect this guy. So it turns out his own strength is not that strong.”
Mo Fan murmured inwardly, though he also understood that cultivation alone did not always truly determine one’s strength. Since Xuan Pangpang could become the Saint Son of Lingxi Gorge, it meant that he must have some real ability.
Aside from the Dragon King Sea group repeatedly running into walls and making fools of themselves, the great demons of White Elephant Ridge were sufficiently calm, all closing their eyes to rest and remaining completely undisturbed by the outside world.
White Elephant Ridge had sent quite a few great demons, but there were only two true representatives. One was the Saint Son of White Elephant Ridge, a robust young man. Mo Fan had seen this fellow before in the Dragon Ruins, and his strength was not weak.
The other was a late ancestral realm great demon, whose true form was a long haired elephant. His spiritual body stood over a zhang tall, and simply standing there made him resemble an iron tower, impossible not to notice.
Bottomless Cave had sent the most demons, more than thirty in total, all of them uniformly rat demons. Each one had a pair of prominent buck teeth and the classic sneaky rat like appearance.
From their formation, there were two demon kings from Bottomless Cave surrounded by the others. Both were young men, and their strength was not weak, both being peak king realm.
This made it difficult even for Mo Fan to discern which of them was actually the Saint Son.
He had asked the three Saint Son level figures beside him about this, but all of them shook their heads.
“Among the nine great sacred lands of our demon race, the most mysterious is Bottomless Cave. That is because these rat demons do not live on mountains at all. I have heard that they may have completely drilled through the underground of the entire Bottomless Cave demon domain.”
Niu Xiaosheng spoke in a mysterious tone.
“Drilled through the entire underground of the demon domain?”
The demons could not help but look at each other in shock. An entire demon domain was enormous, at the very least spanning over a million li.
If what Niu Xiaosheng said was true, it was simply unimaginable.
At this point, representatives of the eight great sacred lands had almost all arrived. Even Qing Hou, the Saint Son of Lion King Ridge who had previously had a dispute with Mo Fan’s group, was present.
Qing Hou merely glanced sideways at Mo Fan and did not say anything more.
Just like that, the demons waited for more than half a day.
At this moment, several figures suddenly descended from the sky and landed in front of the royal throne seats before the Heavenly Wolf Hall. There were five demons in total, all emitting powerful ancestral realm auras.
When Mo Fan saw one of them, his gaze instantly turned cold.
That demon was none other than Mo Dao, the demon ancestor who had once caused havoc at his Black Wind Mountain.
As if sensing something, Mo Dao also instinctively looked toward Mo Fan, then bared his teeth in a grin, revealing rows of sharp fangs.
Seeing this, Mo Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, forcefully suppressing the rage in his heart.
Granny Que’s death back then had this fellow entangled in its karmic cause.
“Granny, rest assured. It will not be long before Fan’er personally slays these murderers and avenges you.”
Mo Fan murmured inwardly, while using the Azure Eyed Spirit Pupils to thoroughly perceive the information of all five demon ancestors, a result that left him deeply shaken.
Among the five demon ancestors, there were actually two late ancestral realm great demons, while the remaining three were all at the mid ancestral realm.
“The foundation of Wangyue Valley is truly strong.”
Even Mo Fan could not help but draw in a sharp breath. Previously, the place he had seen with the greatest number of ancestral realm great demons was White Saint Mountain, but now he realised that Wangyue Valley’s number of ancestral realm great demons seemed to be no less than that of White Saint Mountain.
One had to know that among those five demon ancestors, neither the Nine Nether Ghost Centipede nor the Nine Nether Ghost Spider, who had appeared before, were included.
If those two ghost ancestors were counted, that would make seven demon ancestors in total, with not a single one below the mid ancestral realm.
“This is probably all thanks to the blood pills refined by the Heavenly Wolf Saint King. No wonder that after the White Tiger Saint King senior shattered the southern border’s fortune back then, Wangyue Valley immediately moved to take control of the southern border. The purpose was likely for the endless human population.”
“Using human vitality to refine blood pills, thereby enhancing the overall strength of Wangyue Valley.”
Mo Fan narrowed his eyes, grasping the key point, and could not help but feel shocked by the ruthlessness of the Heavenly Wolf Saint King.
Humans killing monsters and monsters eating humans could be considered the natural order.
But the Heavenly Wolf Saint King did not merely stop at eating flesh. He consumed human vitality and even souls completely, erasing those humans from the world entirely and stripping them of even the qualification to enter the Netherworld for reincarnation.
Moreover, Mo Fan realised that the Heavenly Wolf Saint King did not only target humans. This could easily be inferred from the beast bones found in that cavern, as well as the souls of demon cultivators discovered there.
If demons truly had distinctions of good and evil, then the Heavenly Wolf Saint King could absolutely be considered an evil demon.
At this moment, Mo Fan finally understood why the Heavenly Wolf Saint King had dared from the very beginning to allow his subordinates to give the guests who came to offer birthday congratulations a show of force.
The overall strength of Wangyue Valley was indeed outrageously powerful.
“This Heavenly Wolf Saint King has great ambition.”
“He is probably aiming to replace the former position of the White Tiger Saint King.”
The Giant Demon Ancestor could not help but sigh. As a late ancestral realm powerhouse, he too could see the cultivation of those five figures and felt deeply wary.
“Ancestor, is the Heavenly Wolf Saint King really that powerful?” Niu Xiaosheng could not help but ask.
As soon as these words were spoken, the demons all looked toward the Giant Demon Ancestor.
“The Heavenly Wolf Saint King is a rising talent. His combat aptitude was highly praised even by the White Saint back then. It is said that he also possesses the Heavenly Moon Demon Body, making him extremely powerful.”
At this time, the Purple Mist Demon Ancestor spoke slowly. The Giant Demon Ancestor nodded as well, then said in a deep voice, “That is right. In the past, the Giant Spirit Saint King once exchanged blows with the Heavenly Wolf Saint King, and that time the Giant Spirit Saint King lost slightly.”
“What?”
“My father lost?”
Hearing this, Niu Xiaosheng’s pupils shrank instantly. He then frowned and said, “Why have I never heard of this?”
“Such matters, a Saint King would naturally not tell you.”
The Giant Demon Ancestor glanced at Niu Xiaosheng.
His words also shocked Mo Fan and the others. At this moment, the five demon ancestors simultaneously called out, “Welcome the Saint King.”
As soon as these words rang out, all demon cultivators belonging to Wangyue Valley knelt down, shouting in unison, “Welcome the Saint King.”
“No need for such formalities. Everyone rise.”
A figure instantly appeared upon the throne. He then spoke domineeringly, “This emperor’s birthday banquet shall now begin.”
“The Saint King has given the order. The birthday banquet begins.”
“The congratulatory ceremony now begins. We invite all fellow daoists to present their birthday gifts.”
