Huangfu Kong had clearly communicated with the other families in secret, reaching a tacit understanding with them.

It seems that both sides intend to delay for some time.

Huangfu Kong and the others placed their hopes on Lin Jinglong, while Zhang Shentong and the others seemed to be waiting for the spread and outbreak of the demonic chaos.

However, they could never have imagined that after obtaining the map of the Demon Cave, Lin Jinglong would undermine them during their negotiations!

To put it bluntly, neither Lin Jinglong nor Huangfu Kong had any intention of letting them go. This time, they were determined to settle things once and for all.

So next, led by Huangfu Kong, they conducted detailed negotiations with them, including the handling of the Demon Cave and how the Northern Region should exist in the future.

However, both sides in the negotiations seemed somewhat distracted.

It was afternoon.

Zhang Shentong's group suddenly realized that Lin Jinglong's figure seemed to have disappeared from their sight.

Long Lianxin had already suffered losses at his hands.

He was very wary of Lin Jinglong's methods.

"Shouldn't we find Lin Jinglong? If this guy runs around, our Demon Cave might be in danger!"

Zhang Shentong frowned.

He shook his head and said, "There's no need to worry too much. If he dares to attack the Demon Cave, someone will stop him for us."

"who?"

"Lin Ruchu!"

Zhang Shentong suddenly laughed triumphantly.

He said to Long Lianxin and the others, "You don't know, Lin Ruchu's strength has improved rapidly. He has already achieved the Demonic Yin Body. His strength is even stronger than Lin Sui at her peak, so dealing with Lin Jinglong is no problem."

The others looked at each other with some suspicion.

They initially pinned their hopes on Lin Sui, but now Lin Sui is still being held in captivity by the elders. Although she hasn't been executed yet, she looks almost as good as dead.

If Lin Ruchu could possess such strength after cultivating the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique, would Lin Sui still have lost?

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you." Zhang Shentong said indifferently, "In the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique, Lin Ruchu's talent is even above mine and above Lin Sui's. His Demon Yin Body is unique in this world. I'm afraid only those ancient demons who have survived from ancient times can compete with him."

"If Lin Jinglong runs around recklessly and encounters Lin Ruchu, then he will only face certain death."

"I hope so."

Long Lianxin and the others fell silent.

I wish it would go that smoothly!

Just as they suspected, Lin Jinglong had indeed quietly entered the second demon cave and was heading towards the third demon cave in Shuibei City. The turmoil in this demon cave would break out in the next few days.

It seems that Shuibei City has already made preparations to deal with the situation.

However, their preparations were related to the demonic dragon controlled by Lin Jinglong. After the demonic dragon fell into his hands, Long Lianxin almost lost control of the Demon Cave.

Therefore, Shuibei City, whether it is the martial artists living there or the ordinary people, will be threatened.

Following the map, we navigated through the tunnels of the Demon Cave.

Lin Jinglong thought that although what he did was not very ethical, it was still in order to save the common people.

"Long Lianxin should be thanking me."

Lin Jinglong chuckled.

Suddenly, as he was walking forward, he keenly noticed that, although the underground passageway covered with dense demonic energy was interconnected, there was a place within the Second Demon Cave where the demonic energy had not yet been completely absorbed.

Why is that?

Lin Jinglong was somewhat surprised.

Whether it was the first demonic cave in Tianlang City or the second demonic cave in Fengbei City, he had already used the Heavenly Demon Sword to completely drain the demonic energy.

But as he traversed these passageways, he was surprised to find that there was still demonic energy in the area that had not been completely eliminated.

Although the aura was much fainter than that of the entire demon cave, he had successfully tamed the source of the Heavenly Demon, and his ability to perceive demonic energy surpassed that of anyone else.

"Could it be that there are still some remnants?"

Lin Jinglong was unwilling to miss this opportunity to investigate.

His figure quietly appeared at a fork in the road not far away. Soon after, he passed through a tunnel that was over a thousand feet long and found a place where demonic energy remained.

But before Lin Jinglong's figure entered the cave.

Inside the cave, a skeleton dressed in a black robe suddenly seemed to come alive, its body twitching, the demonic energy emanating from it growing stronger, and countless specks of dust falling from its body.

He has been lying here for what appears to be a thousand years.

Ghostly green flames appeared in the skull's eyes.

"Giggle..."

The skeleton, convulsing, finally stood up.

He made strange, murmuring noises.

"I don't know how much time has passed, or what the outside world has become. How did I end up like this, a dead ghost?"

"So this demonic body is not eternal and immortal after all."

"After death, it will eventually decay..."

The whispers of the skeleton reached Lin Jinglong's ears.

When he appeared inside the cave, he met the gaze of the black-robed skeleton with its two eye sockets glowing with ghostly fire.

A strange look appeared on his face.

What exactly is this thing?

He seemed to be a ghost god who had been resurrected and carried the remnants of his soul from his previous life, and he bore some resemblance to Hades, the King of the Underworld whom he had once met from the Federation of Superpowers.

Hades preserved his will within that skeleton, which underwent special modifications and possessed indestructible abilities.

At this moment, a skeleton was standing in front of Lin Jinglong.

It wasn't that exaggerated; he was just a decaying, rotten skeleton. However, his ghostly body, even as a remnant soul, seemed to be more powerful than Hades, the King of the Superpower Federation.

When Lin Jinglong met the ghostly fire in his eyes.

I even felt a wave of dizziness.

It should be noted that he has now successfully tamed both the Heavenly Demon and the Heavenly Dao's original will. Even if he has not entered the Dao Integration Realm, this tempering of his will is enough to make his soul far stronger than that of an ordinary Dao Integration stage cultivator.

"This skeleton probably has something."

Lin Jinglong thought to himself silently.

At this moment, the skeleton spoke again.

"Young man, is it you who awakened me?"

"I just happened to be passing by."

Lin Jinglong scrutinized the other person with curiosity.

The skeleton was also scrutinizing him, then revealed a knowing look. He smiled and said, "It seems you don't know my identity, but... you did bring me my treasure."

"Put the things down and kneel down to express your gratitude."

"I will grant you an opportunity that comes only once in a thousand years!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the Heavenly Demon Sword in Lin Jinglong's hand.

Lin Jinglong was taken aback for a moment, then raised his sword and said to him, "You were once the owner of this sword?"