novelraw Chapter 257 : You Can't Escape, I Say!
Chapter 257 : You Can't Escape, I Say!
Mo Baizhou was stunned for a moment. He pursed his lips, about to say something when an extremely flirtatious and explicit gaze fell upon him.
He frowned and turned his head to look, meeting the eyes of Demon Lord Wan Kong, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. She fixed her gaze on him, her slender fingers in black armor closing one by one as she smiled wickedly, "Long time no see, Young Master~"
Mo Baizhou's eyes showed obvious disgust. He took a step back, holding his sword horizontally in front.
Chu Sang grasped his other hand, saying seriously, "Don't be afraid, Fourth Senior Brother. When we're out, I'll definitely protect your chastity and bring you back to the sect safe and sound!"
"......?"
"Tsk, where did this stinking girl come from? Don't interfere with this lord's business... Oh, Fourth Senior Brother?" Demon Lord Wan Kong's expression strangely softened. She laughed lightly, "Hehe, little girl, you seem to have some courage. But today, your senior brother is destined to not leave. If you obediently hand over your senior brother, perhaps I might spare both your lives. Otherwise, this Young Master will have to die here today, and I'd be a bit reluctant~"
"Wan Kong, at such a critical moment, don't mess things up and ruin the grand plan!" You Liu reprimanded coldly.
Then, he also turned his gaze to the black-clad man not far away, whose appearance somewhat resembled the old Demon Sovereign in his youth. Seeing the ancient demon sword in Mo Baizhou's hand, he easily guessed his identity and inwardly concluded: Yan Wangxing couldn't be allowed to live, and this man likewise couldn't be spared!
Mo Baizhou was on high alert, his palms slightly sweating. He was quickly estimating how many demon lords he, at late Divine Transformation stage, could take on alone. The odds weren't high. He wondered how to safely cover his Little Junior Sister's retreat... Right, his Little Junior Sister. He saw Chu Sang beside him looking particularly calm, even calmer than him.
Soon, Mo Baizhou understood where his Little Junior Sister's confidence came from.
Chu Sang seemed to be the most pitiful, weak, and helpless one in the group, but when she acted, it was a trump card.
When Demon Lord Wan Kong rushed over, intending to deal with her as the soft target first, she retreated and summoned Hong Niang, who had been pent up for days, to stretch her muscles.
If she couldn't win in direct combat, she could still play the summoning game!
After digesting 30% of the Demon Emperor's demon core during this time, Hong Niang's strength had broken through another realm. The half-step Unity stage beast demon's appearance struck fear into everyone present.
Every trace of the powerful demonic energy, containing extreme poison, silently invaded the entire area in an instant.
Even Yan Wangxing instinctively took a step back, his expression growing increasingly strange. He immediately turned his head to look at the equally confused Mo Baizhou, pointing in astonishment, "She, she......"
Huh? An early Divine Transformation stage cultivator contracted a half-step Unity stage beast demon?
And hadn't been backlashed by it?
Did she use some unorthodox method, or did she move it with love and justice? How come he couldn't see that she had such strong personal charm??
Not only were Yan Wangxing and the other demon lords shocked, but Mo Baizhou wasn't being a very competent senior brother either. He was in a somewhat dazed state... No wonder his Little Junior Sister dared to come alone to the demon realm. So she had this ace up her sleeve?
"Hong Niang, the demon lords' primordial spirits probably aren't as tasty as the demon kings'. It'll be troublesome from here on." She smiled slightly, well aware of her weakness, retreating far away to observe the upcoming bloodbath.
Hong Niang looked disdainfully at the demon lords shrouded in murderous aura, clearly not very willing. Although these fellows had high cultivation and eating them would help her cultivation to some extent, the demon race's aura was quite foul. Eating them would be no different from eating stinky tofu.
But, for her master's sake, even if it was stinky tofu, she could swallow it!
"Damn it, where did this half-step Unity stage beast demon come from? In the beast realm, it would at least be a top-tier demon king. If we keep fighting like this, we won't gain any advantage..." One male demon lord said, his voice fierce but inwardly fearful.
"What are you afraid of? It's just half-step Unity stage, not truly Unity stage. Even if it were truly Unity stage, so what?"
You Liu's face was gloomy. He stomped his foot, and the demonic energy around him suddenly surged violently!
His strength directly climbed rapidly from the peak of late Divine Transformation stage, breaking through the bottleneck of Divine Transformation stage to reach early Unity stage!
Reaching Unity stage without relying on any external force, genuinely Unity stage.
Moreover, reaching Unity stage didn't bring heavenly thunder, which meant he had reached this realm long ago. He had just been hiding his strength, not revealing it, suppressing his external strength at the peak of late Divine Transformation stage.
"Early Unity stage. I didn't expect this old man was still hiding his strength. No wonder he had the guts to try to steal my position..."
As soon as Yan Wangxing finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared, instantly closing in on You Liu's inner circle. The wind stirred up mountains and rivers as the Thousand Killing Demon Blade fell with an unstoppable, terrifying force, directly striking at vital points!
Naturally, Demon Lord You Liu's early Unity stage strength wasn't far behind. He had been biding his time and secretly plotting for many years, waiting for this very moment, today!
The pressure from two Unity stage powerhouses collided simultaneously. The other demon lords, unable to get close, went forward to deal with Mo Baizhou and Hong Niang.
As both sides engaged in fierce combat, taking advantage of the chaotic battlefield, Chu Sang attached a concealment talisman to herself and quietly found an inconspicuous corner, withdrawing from the battle.
No one noticed her.
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The battle didn't last very long. Although You Liu had successfully broken through to Unity stage, in terms of both talent and strength, he was ultimately a bit inferior to Yan Wangxing, who had become famous at a young age. Yan Wangxing was a heavenly demon born in the netherworld, with innate talent second only to the late old Demon Sovereign, stronger than demon cultivators of the same level. Not to mention, in his words, this "old man" who had long lost his peak combat power due to age and declining vitality.
Finding an opportunity, he slashed You Liu in half with one strike.
The killing aura carried by the ancient demon blade was on par with the Ten Great Evil Swords. The severed wound was difficult to heal in a short time.
Demon Lord You Liu's body transformed into a mass of intangible black mist, his primordial spirit leaking out. The situation wasn't much better for the other demon lords. Apart from Demon Lord You Liu at Unity stage, the remaining four demon lords were all at Divine Transformation stage. Only Demon Lord Wan Kong at late Divine Transformation stage could match Mo Baizhou in battle. The other two demon lords were only at mid Divine Transformation stage, and the weakest, Xi Ji, was merely at early Divine Transformation stage, the most inferior among the demon lords, barely maintaining her position through other means.
Now that her biggest backer had fallen, Xi Ji couldn't maintain her smile. She had always been a clever person who knew how to follow the powerful. Even though her strength wasn't great, she could sit in her current position in the demon realm where might made right, proving her considerable skills.
Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, she immediately sought an opportunity to retreat. The other demon lords naturally weren't fools either. With their strength, they could thrive anywhere. There was no need to risk their lives for this power struggle.
But they found they couldn't escape.
The prison they had set up was naturally only aimed at Yan Wangxing. They weren't stupid enough to trap themselves. But now an invisible barrier appeared before them, and they couldn't get out no matter what. What was going on??
"Don't waste your effort." A clear and beautiful voice sounded in their ears, lazy and relaxed. "You can't escape. I said so."
"Who... are you? You little bitch, what did you do?!"
A demon lord suddenly turned his head towards the figure where the voice came from, his face twisted, cursing loudly.
Compared to her usual outrageous actions, she was particularly well-behaved today, abnormally well-behaved. Chu Sang walked up from behind with a calm smile on her face, clapping her hands. Instantly, layers of formations appeared, dividing the battlefield and enclosing it within.
Even the prison was included.
The formation was the highest grade celestial formation from the cultivation world. Forget about these demons who had almost no deep research into formations, even those old elders from the Eight Trigrams Sect with a hundred years of experience would need a long time to solve it.
Some demon lords didn't believe it and tried to forcefully break through, but their full-force attacks landed lightly, not moving the formation one bit, not even causing a single crack.
Trying to break it by force, who knows how long it would take.
Before the formation could be broken...
Their lives would be forfeit here!
Chu Sang clasped her hands together, "Just giving you a taste of your own medicine. Didn't you want to trap us? So we might as well trap you too. This way, none of us can get out. How fair!"
The demon lords' expressions became extremely ugly. Earlier, they had been focused on fighting Yan Wangxing's group and subconsciously forgot about this unknown early Divine Transformation stage nobody!
They only now belatedly realized that the seemingly most inconspicuous one was actually the most troublesome, cunning, and tricky variable!
"Wait, young lady, have you misunderstood something? You... are a cultivator, right?" Chu Sang's disguise hadn't been removed, her attire and demonic energy still that of a demon, but being able to use such a formation, anyone with eyes could see her true identity was a cultivator!
At this moment, Xi Ji and the others had no time to care why a cultivator had mixed into the demon realm and gotten involved with Yan Wangxing and the old Demon Sovereign's son.
Xi Ji turned her beautiful eyes, looking at Chu Sang with a kind expression, speaking gently, "Young lady, this is an internal struggle of our demon race. We didn't intend to involve an outsider like you. You don't need to be our enemy!"
"Involving you was unintentional."
"Did those two coerce you somehow? How about we make a deal? We can open the prison now and let you out. We can even specially assign people to escort you out of the demon realm. In exchange, you release the formation and let us out. How about it?"
"I am indeed an inexperienced young lady, but I'm not a fool. You know better than I do whether you'd really let me leave alive, don't you?" The demon race was most adept at backstabbing.
Even if they escorted her out of the demon realm, probably the moment she stepped out of the demon realm, those demon cultivators would immediately attack and end her life.
Chu Sang picked her ears, this nonchalant attitude instantly made Xi Ji's hypocritical smile falter. "You... don't be ungrateful. If you don't open the domain, you can't get out either. We'll all die here!"
"Die?" Chu Sang said cheerfully, "Well, you'll go first then~"
Her voice suddenly softened,
"Hong Niang, take action, slaughter them."
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Dealing with the demon lords wasn't difficult. As for the prison forged from eighty-one ten-thousand-year soul-binding chains, breaking it wasn't easy, but it wasn't without solution either.
Brute force conquers all.
There's nothing in the world that's absolutely indestructible.
Under sufficiently powerful and fierce attacks, any barrier claimed to be impenetrable by blade or sword couldn't escape the fate of shattering.
After a full three days and nights, the three of them finally got out.
To be honest, it was easier than imagined. From their engagement with the demon lords to resolving the demon lords, no other unexpected events occurred. The Divine Decree she had worried about multiple times never appeared to cause trouble, far less eventful than the previous trip to the beast realm.
As for Qin Xixue who escaped last time, she hadn't appeared again, who knows where she had hidden.
However, Chu Sang always harbored a hint of unease in her heart, unable to describe the feeling.
After coming out, they searched around the altar for a long time but couldn't find the entrance.
They couldn't enter the altar.
Yan Wangxing walked over with his arms crossed, complaining to her coldly, "You acted too early just now. It would have been better to wait until they opened the altar before making a move."
Those demon lords died too easily. It would have been better to squeeze out their value before they died, to do the dirty work for them.
"There wasn't enough time, the risk was too great." Chu Sang hadn't ruled out the possibility of waiting in ambush, but once they missed the opportunity and the other side succeeded, it was very likely that the crisis from the beast realm would repeat itself.
She had to eliminate every bit of risk.
"Besides, who said I have no way to get in?" Her tone suddenly changed. She quickly grabbed his hand, and before Yan Wangxing could react with widened eyes, Chu Sang swiftly took a knife and forcefully cut his palm. Instantly, blood gushed out!
She mercilessly pressed his hand, which had lost half its blood, against the wall.
Yan Wangxing cursed loudly, enraged, "Are you crazy!"
"Shut up."
Chu Sang quickly cut her own palm with the knife. As soon as blood pearls appeared, she likewise pressed it against the wall.
At the same time, a mysterious formation and a hidden door suddenly appeared on the seemingly ordinary wall.
Chu Sang turned her head to Mo Baizhou and said,
"Fourth Senior Brother!"
"...I understand."
Mo Baizhou also stepped forward, neatly cutting his palm with his sword. Immediately, bright red blood flowed along the sword hilt to the blade. The complex, meandering patterns on the sword body were instantly permeated by the blood.
A strange red light appeared on the black sword body!
Mo Baizhou thrust the sword horizontally into the recessed area in the middle of the hidden door.
The formation visibly began to rotate rapidly. With a muffled "Boom!" sound, the ancient, tightly closed stone door began to open bit by bit—
Chu Sang's eyes lit up. It had succeeded.
Earlier, when listening to Yan Wangxing talk about the altar, she had patiently pondered the cause and effect within.
The old Demon Sovereign and every previous generation of Demon Sovereigns had the ability to open the altar, but only he couldn't.
The only two differences between him and other Demon Sovereigns were that he hadn't received the demon race's inheritance and the ancient demon sword.
If so, could she assume three conditions for opening the altar?
—Unity stage Demon Sovereign strength.
—Demon race inheritance.
—And, the ancient demon sword?
Of course, this was all just speculation.
To verify the guess, the only way was to try it on the spot.
Take a gamble!
If she won the bet, it would be considered a brilliant deduction. If she lost, it would thoroughly prove that after the old Demon Sovereign's death, no one could open the altar again.
If so, no one getting it would also be a good outcome.
And obviously, she had bet correctly.