yready #445 - Sauron kills the demons
#445 - Sauron kills the demons
Li Chengfeng's heart stirred, and he decided to investigate the intentions of these demonic cultivators.
He followed closely behind, wanting to probe their true strength.
Suddenly, the formation beneath his feet activated, and his figure vanished in an instant, reappearing six thousand miles away.
Now, his teleportation ability could cover six thousand miles, allowing him to teleport freely within his divine sense range.
However, this teleportation also consumed a significant amount of his mana, nearly one-tenth of it, but fortunately, he was able to rapidly recover his mana by slaying demonic beasts along the way and using the Dust of Time to conceal his aura.
Li Chengfeng floated in the air, gazing down, and his Divine Master's Eye suddenly opened.
His divine sense had become incomparably powerful, and he could see everything below clearly.
He saw those Core Formation stage demonic cultivators, dressed in uniform armor and wielding scimitars, clearly a well-trained team.
Their attire was not for show but to form some kind of formation, as evidenced by the runes on their armor.
They moved furtively, heading straight for the Chaotic Sea region of the Hell Sea, where demonic beasts roamed rampant, and even fourth-order sea beasts, equivalent to Nascent Soul stage cultivators, occasionally appeared.
These sea beasts could transform, but not completely, unlike demonic beasts that could perfectly transform into human form.
Their power was exceptionally strong, but their transformation was incomplete, always retaining some beastly features.
Li Chengfeng mused to himself, 'These demons are heading to the Chaotic Sea, clearly not to slay demonic beasts.
Could it be that they want to cooperate with the sea beasts?'
Li Chengfeng moved silently through the deep sea, using the wondrous ability of the Dust of Time to merge his aura with the surrounding seawater, making his presence undetectable even to the most sensitive senses.
Like a ghost, he used his teleportation ability to move nimbly underwater, creating minuscule splashes that were almost negligible.
He maintained a distance of about ten miles from the demonic team ahead, cautiously tailing them.
Li Chengfeng's divine sense was incredibly powerful, and even in this chaotic underwater environment, he could clearly capture the conversations of the demons ahead.
He listened quietly, pondering to himself.
Above the sea, it might only take a day to reach the Chaotic Sea, but in this deep seabed, the demonic team's speed was greatly restricted.
They had to rely on formations to withstand the terrifying pressure from the deep sea.
The demons all summoned their magical treasures, and a special town-level formation instantly unfolded, with runes dancing around like living things.
They deeply penetrated the seawater, forming an indestructible water-screen eggshell, tightly enveloping everyone and temporarily isolating them from the suffocating pressure.
The leading demon cultivator, Liu Yu, wore purple-black armor that shimmered in the dim light.
Sharp spikes protruded from the gaps in the armor, revealing his formidable strength and formidable ferocity.
He gritted his teeth, his tone filled with unwillingness and anger: "It's really hateful, we had an unfavorable start this time.
I didn't expect the Supreme Elder to encounter misfortune.
That person's saber strike was simply terrifying."
The Great Elder also… alas, the demon infant was snatched away, and the opponent disappeared like a ghost."
Another Core Formation middle stage demon cultivator, Zhang Zhuo, took over, his face also filled with shock and incomprehension: "He did use a demon saber, but his saber technique had reached perfection, seemingly containing some kind of special Dao that we cannot understand.
What's even more puzzling is, why did he help the human race?
I heard that he did this to show his allegiance to the Human Race Resistance Alliance."
It's a disgrace that such a traitor has appeared among our demons!"
"Fortunately," another Core Formation demon cultivator, Tian Yong, added with lingering fear, "that person thought highly of himself and didn't take us seriously.
Otherwise, with the strength he displayed, we would probably have died long ago.
We were lucky to escape this time."
Hearing the demons' secret words, Li Chengfeng's heartstrings tightened, and he instantly recognized that the mastermind was actually Sauron, that heinous great demon.
Sauron's schemes were as deep as the abyss, and his methods were extremely vicious.
This act of leaving survivors was clearly for another purpose.
He pondered for a moment, knowing that undercurrents were surging within the Human Realm Alliance, and the various factions were clearly divided, with the Demonic Path, Buddhist Path, Daoist Path, and Confucian Path each forming their own camps.
As for how they were intertwined, Li Chengfeng still needed to investigate carefully.
However, based on the current situation, Li Chengfeng speculated that Sauron's move was intended to take advantage of the situation, attempting to use orthodox forces such as the Ksitigarbha Temple as a stumbling block to pave the way for his entry into the Human Realm Alliance.
Sauron's origins were a mystery, but he already bore the name of a great demon, and the righteous masters of the Ksitigarbha Temple would naturally do their best to stop him.
If the sea beasts could become a force to restrain or even disintegrate the Ksitigarbha Temple, Sauron's path of infiltration would undoubtedly be smoother, and his voice in the Human Realm Alliance would also rise accordingly.
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a chill, realizing that he was standing on the opposite side of a resourceful, cunning, and extremely cautious enemy.
He carefully examined the demon prisoners, but could not find any clues directly pointing to Sauron, making it impossible for him to easily use the Curse Technique.
Knowing that Sauron was going with the flow, he only killed the leading Nascent Soul late stage expert.
He took his Nascent Soul as a certificate of merit.
But he let go of these small fries, letting them take information, or treasures, to meet with the sea beasts, intending to use the chaos of the Ksitigarbha Temple to smoothly enter the Human Realm Alliance.
Li Chengfeng thought to himself that he wouldn't let Sauron's plot succeed.
He had originally intended to visit the Ksitigarbha Temple, but now he was even more determined, vowing to first eliminate Sauron's wings and expose his hidden malice.
The current Li Chengfeng was no longer the hesitant person he used to be.
His strength was now incomparable to what it once was, and he acted decisively.
Faced with petty villains, he no longer hesitated and would eliminate them to prevent future troubles.
If he encountered a life-threatening crisis, he could only seek self-preservation through seclusion; but if the opponent was just an ant, he would not be soft-hearted and would eliminate them to prevent future troubles.
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng silently moved forward, beginning to set up formations on the opponent's inevitable path.
This time, he used the countless treasures he obtained from the sealed land of the Old Ancestor Jiuquan, especially those precious magical artifacts for applying restrictions and formations, erecting them one by one.
Pieces of spirit stones were accurately thrown into the water, and with nimble movements, in a short while, a trapping and killing formation had quietly taken shape.
Once this formation was activated, even a Nascent Soul stage expert would find it difficult to escape, let alone break it.
Although the cost was high, Li Chengfeng spared no expense in order to eliminate this long-term lurking demon team.
After completing the arrangement, he quietly retreated to a short distance from the demons, deliberately stirring up splashes, causing the demon cultivators to suddenly wake up and scatter their divine sense to investigate, only to see a rogue cultivator seemingly chasing after a sea beast in a panic.
Li Chengfeng deliberately slowed down, creating the illusion of fleeing in terror.
The leading demon cultivator, Liu Yu, sneered: "This guy is courting death, discovering our tracks, we must catch him!"
So, all the demon cultivators lifted their defenses and chased after Li Chengfeng at full speed.
The formation that Li Chengfeng set up was only thirty miles away from them, and for cultivators, this distance was almost negligible.
Soon, he led the demon cultivators into the formation, while he pretended to be panting and exhausted, as if he was about to collapse.
However, the moment the demon cultivators stepped into the formation, they each used their means to firmly imprison Li Chengfeng.
The leading demon cultivator, Liu Yu, sneered: "Boy, you're unlucky, running into us on a mission.
If you know what's good for you, just kill yourself, lest we have to make you wish you were dead."
The other demon cultivators also glared fiercely, facing a Core Formation early stage rogue cultivator, they were full of confidence, and with such a disparity in strength, victory seemed certain.