As the group gradually approached the center, the scene before them slowly began to change.
It's hard to imagine that plants could grow inside the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons. They meander out from the messy cracks in the rocks and look just like those demonic spirits—bizarre, grotesque, and disgusting.
They flickered with an eerie glow in a slow, rhythmic manner, as if they were breathing.
The entire area was bathed in their green light, especially the ground-level city.
"Hmm...it saves us the trouble of having our own lighting. That's good."
Qiao Yue muttered to herself.
"I guess these plants will bite when they wake up."
Li Dazhuang rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and mumbled something.
Qiao Yue jolted awake and kicked him angrily: "Shut up! Nobody thinks you're mute!"
Li Dazhuang obediently pursed his lips and didn't dare to utter another sound.
Ke Tinghe glanced at them furtively, thinking to himself: It's good that they're awake, I can't wait to make a big splash.
There were two outposts nearby. The seven men split into four groups and quickly completed their checks before continuing onward.
Further ahead, they could see several humanoid black mists in the distance, appearing and disappearing with the flashing of green light.
Even though we were still so far apart, I could already clearly feel that extremely uncomfortable aura.
"Is this... the Demon Race?"
Chu Hongluan remained silent, tacitly agreeing.
Kotinghe immediately perked up, tiptoed to one of the black mists, and leaned in to examine it closely.
"Why can't I find the nose and eyes...?"
As soon as he finished speaking, two enormous orbs of light appeared on the face of the black mist, staring directly at Ke Tinghe at extremely close range.
"Whoa!" Caught off guard, Ke Tinghe stumbled back several steps, nearly falling to the ground.
Chu Hongluan reminded him, "They are only temporarily suppressed and unable to move, but they are still conscious. They can hear and see whatever you say or do."
Kotinger's eyes lit up immediately.
Doesn't this mean he can start by drawing aggro?
So Koting immediately moved closer, pressing his ear against what appeared to be a demon's ear: "What are you glaring at me for? If you're so capable, why don't you do something to me?!"
As he walked along the way, every time he passed a demon, he would approach it and provoke it.
Sometimes they attack their appearance, sometimes they question their abilities, sometimes they mock them for not having a penis...
Chu Hongluan was somewhat confused; she simply couldn't understand Ke Tinghe's blatantly despicable intentions.
But in Ke Tinghe's view, it was just a strange overconfidence; he was certain that following Chu Hongluan today would lead to a tough battle. He was currently building up his hatred level to the maximum, so that when the fighting really started, those demons would definitely target him first!
With that in mind, would he still be afraid of losing to Chu Hongluan in the monster-stealing competition?
The more Kotinghe thought about it, the happier he became.
At the same time, the team was checking the array points as quickly as possible and gradually delving into the very center of the Demon Cave.
The demons around him, who were frozen in place, were surrounded by a thicker demonic aura and their presence was significantly stronger. Even in their black mist form, the shapes of demon horns, some long and some short, could be clearly seen on their heads.
This is the highest-ranking demon race, whose demon horns symbolize absolute racial power and status.
As soon as they saw human cultivators approaching, their faces gradually took on features, and their gazes followed their movements closely, filled with undisguised malice.
Some people view food with the same hunger and craving.
Some involve simply inspecting and evaluating the goods before selecting them.
The Demon Lord said that as long as one possesses a human, one can break free from the seal. However, possessing a human means giving up one's immortality as a demon.
However, as long as the chosen physical talent is strong enough, one can still grow to the point where no one can kill them.
They've been trapped for far too long.
Many demons are eager to venture out into the world and make their mark.
Even the most thick-skinned Ke Tinghe subconsciously tensed up under such a gaze.
Qiao Yue and the others looked left and right uncontrollably, fearing that the demons would pounce on them at any moment.
As she walked, Chu Hongluan stopped in her tracks.
Ahead, a golden beam of light, a full ten feet in diameter, shot down, reaching from the sky to the earth.
At the center of the pillar of light, a huge mass of blood-red mist surged, and just looking at it made one feel a faint pain in their sea of consciousness.
"Don't look at him."
When Chu Hongluan spoke up to remind them, the others suddenly woke up, hurriedly looked away, their faces and bodies already drenched in sweat.
Even Liu Jinghong, who was already distracted, did not look too good.
The more than 20 sites under their responsibility have been checked without any problems, and now only nine sites remain to be checked.
These nine array points are located around the golden pillar of light, one every three steps, forming a circle around the pillar.
The group moved closer to the pillar of light, looking at the sky, the ground, the walls, and the air, but ignoring the blood mist in the very center.
Apart from Chu Hongluan, they were fearless because of their high cultivation level.
If you get any closer, you can see countless translucent runes flowing within the pillar of light, and golden holy light converging into chains that entangle the blood mist, rendering it immobile.
Without a doubt, the blood mist within that pillar of light is the Demon Lord himself.
A pair of eyes slowly condensed from the blood mist.
He was looking at Chu Hongluan.
He had heard about her from Lan Xiao, and he had also seen her face up close through Liu Jinghong's perspective.
He thought she was just a foolish woman who had high ideals but indulged in the folly of love.
But now that he has actually seen her in person, he subconsciously ignores even Liu Jinghong who is beside her.
First of all, she is an extremely charming beauty.
Secondly, she is a tough beauty with such a powerful aura that she can almost intimidate even him.
A hint of interest flashed in his eyes.
For some reason, this woman had an unusually familiar aura, and he felt inexplicably close to her.
interesting.
Chu Hongluan was also looking at him.
What is that?
He looks like a monster.
She had imagined how sinister and terrifying this great demon, who controlled everything in the darkness and had turned her senior brother's lifelong pursuit into a joke, would be.
In retrospect, they were nothing more than rotten rats trapped in a ditch, unable to turn over.
Chu Hongluan waved her hand, and the team dispersed to check the array points around the pillar of light, leaving only Chu Hongluan and the Demon Lord to confront each other.
"You are Chu Hongluan? I have heard my Grand Protector mention you before."
The Demon Lord's words were delivered with the condescending air of someone in a superior position.
Chu Hongluan looked him straight in the eye, her red lips curling into a cold smile: "If the Great Protector you're referring to is Lan Xiao, then I have to remind you: your information is outdated."
"Because Lan Xiao has already died by my blade."
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