Soon, the stone pillars stopped moving, and the passage that appeared before Shi Chan and Liuli was the same width as the previous passage, but the end of the passage was blocked by a black wall, turning it into a dead end.
Seeing this scene, Shi Chan hurriedly turned around and said, "Miss, let's find a way out quickly."
Liuli felt he was intentionally changing the subject, and she pouted, about to speak, when suddenly a loud "boom" came from ahead. She was walking behind Shichan, and upon hearing the sound, she quickly peered out and saw a huge rock falling from mid-air at the exit of the passage, firmly blocking the way out. The rock was of unknown height, extending directly into the demonic energy permeating the air above.
Liuli's expression changed drastically. She exclaimed, "What should we do, little monk? We can't get out!"
Before Shi Chan could reply, he suddenly felt a slight sensation on his body, like raindrops falling on him. He reached out and caught the numerous tiny black particles falling from the sky. Soon, these falling black particles grew faster and larger, gradually turning into stones the size of a baby's fist.
Shi Chan looked up and was horrified to see that the rain-like stones in the sky were growing larger and larger, with several stones already the size of an adult's head. His eyesight was excellent, and he could even see higher up, where among the many stones rushing down from the mist, there were even a few boulders half a person's height.
At this moment, Liuli also saw the huge rocks. Her expression changed, and she immediately took out her Winged Spirit Whip, flew to the front of the boulder at the exit, and lashed out with it. The long whip struck the boulder with great force, but it failed to budge the boulder even slightly.
At that moment, a golden staff flew over, its head raised high, and slammed into the boulder.
Liuli looked closely and saw that the boulder remained completely still despite the blow from the monk's staff.
Liuli turned to look at Shichan, frowning, and said, "What should we do, little monk? We can't break this stone."
Shi Chan looked around and shook his head, saying, "There's no other way but to find a way out through this rock."
By this time, the black stones falling from the sky had grown to the size of an adult's fist, and they caused waves of pain when they hit the body.
With a loud "boom," a rock half the height of a person landed behind the human and the demon, causing the demonic energy on the ground to surge and sweep in all directions.
The passage where Shi Chan and Liu Li were located was about ten zhang long. If they couldn't break through the boulder at the exit and get out, even if they could avoid the falling stones, they would eventually be buried alive in the passage by more and more black stones.
Shi Chan and Liu Li exchanged a glance, both noticing a hint of seriousness in each other's eyes.
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Outside the Demon Palace of Man-Eating.
Nearly half an hour has passed since the Stone Forest transformed into the Man-Eating Demon Palace. The many righteous disciples outside the Demon Palace are growing impatient, their minds filled with unease and worry as they watch the Demon Palace from within.
On the other side of the Demon Palace, Yu Ke, Ji Jue, and the two demons, Lang Yuan and A Hua, remained in the same positions as before, without moving an inch.
Suddenly, Yu Ke's body trembled, his expression changed, and his eyes shone brightly as he stared at the northern night sky. He saw several black lights flying rapidly from the distant horizon. The black lights were almost invisible in the darkness of the night. If it weren't for the moon behind the lights, even with Yu Ke's keen eyesight, he wouldn't have been able to see anything.
In the blink of an eye, several black beams of light flew over and stopped in front of Yu Ke and the others, revealing the figures of several men dressed in black.
The man at the front was tall and imposing, dressed in all black with a blood-red cloak draped over his shoulders, which fluttered gently in the wind behind him. He bore a striking resemblance to Li Molin, but his expression was cold and brooding, exuding an imposing aura. Deep wrinkles creased his brows, as if he frowned frequently.
As soon as he appeared, he said in a deep voice, "Where is Lin'er?"
Yu Ke bowed respectfully and hurriedly said, "Your subordinates are incompetent, causing the young master to be trapped in the Man-Eating Demon Palace. We beg Your Majesty to punish us!"
The man leading the group was none other than the current Demon Lord, the leader of the demon race, Li Gan. His brows furrowed tightly as he asked, "How does the demon array work?"
Yu Ke lowered his head and replied, "It is a magic array that one of the great god Chi You left in the world activated before leaving."
After a moment of silence, Li Gan continued, "Then how did Lin'er get trapped in the magic array?"
“This…” Yu Ke looked troubled. He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and replied, “Please, Your Majesty, rescue the young master first. Once the young master is out, I will naturally inform Your Majesty.”
Li Gan's expression turned cold. He withdrew his gaze from Yu Ke, snorted coldly, and in an instant transformed into a black light, rushing into the demon array. He coldly left behind a single sentence: "None of you need to come in. Just stay outside and guard."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The group of men in black who had come with Li Gan responded in unison. One of them, who looked middle-aged, asked in a low voice, "Yu Ke, what's going on?"
Yu Ke hesitated for a while before lowering his eyes and replying, "Young Master took a fancy to a woman. The moment the Devouring Demon Palace was formed, that woman was trapped inside. To save her, Young Master also entered the Demon Palace. I didn't even have time to stop him."
"Oh?" The middle-aged man raised an eyebrow, asking with great interest, "Young Master has taken a fancy to a woman? What is her background?"
Yu Ke replied in a low voice, "She is a woman from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan named Liuli."
"I see." The middle-aged man nodded slowly, understandingly saying, "No wonder, every woman in the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is an unparalleled beauty."
"Yes," Yu Ke replied, bowing his head, and then fell silent.
Another man behind the middle-aged man looked at the Man-Eating Demon Palace, shook his head and clicked his tongue, saying, "So this is the power of the ancient demon array..."
"There's definitely more than that!" another man replied, "After all, this is just a demonic array operated by one of Chi You's avatars. In my opinion, this array can at most kill cultivators at the second and first levels of cultivation. Even cultivators like us at the mid-level of the Demon Heart realm can pass through it freely. However, if Chi You's true body were to operate the array here, I'm afraid even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would perish if trapped inside!"
“Speaking of which…” a burly man in black said to Yu Ke, “You kids are really lucky to have met an avatar of the great god Chi You.”
The middle-aged man who spoke first echoed, "Yes..."
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