Chapter 1121 - 458: Ambush (Part 3)

Chapter 1121: Chapter 458: Ambush (Part 3)

"I know, but I don’t want to bring her trouble."

"I’m not afraid of them continuing to make a move. Since the earth dragon turned over, whether in Huai Valley Village, Renxin Pavilion, the Human Dao Alliance, or the Immortal Mansion, there have always been people around me wanting me dead."

"Being able to live until now isn’t just about good luck; if they want to kill me, they’d better have the ability to do so."

Wu Chang thought to himself, you definitely have more than just good luck; your destiny is even better than luck.

The light of destiny surrounding An Rong was even more dazzling than Olivia, the Plane Son who survived until the end, truly the protagonist of the Dungeon Plane.

Usually, the villains who want to kill the protagonist mostly end up suffering due to the protagonist’s halo, not meeting a good end.

He asked, "If you stand from the perspective of the poisoner, assuming his strength or identity doesn’t allow him to make a direct move and can only act through other means, what would he do?"

An Rong fell into contemplation. After over ten minutes, he looked up at Wu Chang, and transmitted a message:

"This vehicle is too bumpy, making my thoughts chaotic and hard to concentrate."

Wu Chang: ...

If you couldn’t think of anything, you should’ve said earlier, making me wait so long for nothing.

The True Self relied on Grandmaster Level Mechanical Control, making the all-terrain vehicle extremely durable.

He floored it all the way, regardless of the terrain, not even slowing down in sparser woods.

Along the way, they passed many demons, but most of these demons just saw a black shadow flash by, and when they turned back, the all-terrain vehicle was already gone.

Even some flying demons, seeing the all-terrain vehicle from above, assumed it was some new demon and didn’t attack them.

And so they sped along for more than three hours until they finally arrived at Gourd Mountain, where the Wind Demon King was located.

Gourd Mountain was named so because its shape resembled a lying gourd.

The valley at the gourd’s opening frequently had strong winds, which, when blowing, would darken the sky and shake the surrounding trees.

Before the Demon Realm appeared, many cultivators suspected that Gourd Mountain hid an Immortal Mansion, and that the strong winds at the gourd’s opening were pouring out from the mansion inside the mountain.

However, cultivators from the Human Dao Alliance had visited many times, and even Elders at the Great Grandmaster level came twice, yet none found the Immortal Mansion, so it was left at that.

When the Demon Realm manifested, the Wind Demon King used this not very famous nor rugged small mountain as a stronghold, proving that there must be something unusual inside the mountain—just something the Human Dao Alliance hadn’t discovered before.

The all-terrain vehicle stopped outside Gourd Mountain, and as soon as they got off, the first thing everyone did was lean against tree trunks and vomit.

Amidst the vomiting, Sword Star looked up at the True Self and said:

"Peace, your driving skills seem even wilder than before."

Wu Chang said, "The basic speed of the all-terrain vehicle is too slow, affecting my performance. Next time, I’ll have Earth Puppet make some powerful vehicles, and I’ll seriously take you guys for a spin."

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads collectively, indicating that going slower would make the experience longer, and too fast might not be a good thing.

After a brief rest, they reined in their auras and moved toward the direction of the gourd’s opening.

According to An Rong, when the Human Dao Alliance sent cultivators to explore the Demon Realm, Lü Changgeng had, on his way back, taken a distant look around Gourd Mountain and coincidentally saw a whirlwind descending from the sky into the gourd’s opening.

To test the Wind Demon King, one must start with the gourd’s opening.

On the way here, An Rong had told everyone that the territory of each Demon King was not chosen randomly. The strongholds of the four Demon Kings, like the Seven Stars Immortal Mansion, subtly contained some array rules, being akin to the "eyes of the array."

Within their territories were four special demon qis of earth, wind, water, and fire. While within their territory, the Demon King could continuously absorb demon qi from it, making their strength almost inexhaustible.

It was best for them to lure the Demon King to the edge of its territory and then engage it in battle.

If they were at a disadvantage, they just needed to distance themselves from the Demon King’s territory, as the Demon King, out of caution, wouldn’t dare to chase out.

For Wu Chang, the ultimate goal of this journey was to explore the Celestial Gate, not to waste too much time on the Wind Demon King, so he approached the gourd’s opening slowly according to An Rong’s method.

The most prominent feature of a Demon King’s territory is that at the boundary, one would feel the corresponding element becoming extremely active.

In the territory of Candle Yin Remains, all vegetation on the mountain was dead, and the air seemed to contain threads of fire that burned the lungs upon inhalation.

The territory of the Water Demon King was always shrouded in mist and rain.

With the Wind Demon King entrenched in Gourd Mountain, there should also be corresponding changes.

However, as they got closer, from five miles outside Gourd Mountain to less than five hundred meters from the gourd’s opening, they saw neither active elements nor the frequent strong winds characteristic of the gourd’s opening.

It appeared calm and peaceful, yet Wu Chang’s brows remained tightly furrowed. From the start, he had a foreboding feeling, as his inspiration was telling him that there was danger ahead.

He knew there was something odd about Gourd Mountain, but because the danger warning was too faint, posing no threat, he paid it no mind and continued leading everyone closer.

But the increasingly clear inspiration told him the Wind Demon King had not moved elsewhere and was still within Gourd Mountain. However, the true territory of the Wind Demon King might be inside the mountain’s belly?

Wu Chang’s main body waved his hand and said: "Get a little closer. If we still can’t find the Wind Demon King, then..."

The main body looked at the True Self, and the True Self looked at the Shadow and said:

"If we still can’t locate the Wind Demon King, then figure out a way to find the entrance to the mountain’s interior. Shadow, you can go in and check."

He brought along members of the Secret Magic Knight Order this time not just to let them lie back and benefit; they must play an active role when needed.

They were still in the preliminary exploration stage, and the Blessing status was still active. As long as they didn’t initiate any attack, they wouldn’t suffer any harm.

Shadow nodded and said: "Leave it to me."

The group continued to approach the gourd’s opening, and when they were less than a hundred meters away, suddenly the sky and earth changed color, and a heavy black wind surged out from the gourd-shaped mound’s opening.

In the blink of an eye, within a radius of ten miles around Gourd Mountain, everything was shrouded in black wind.

Within Gourd Mountain, thousands of demons rose with the wind, covering the sky and swooping down toward them.

Wu Chang True Self excitedly rubbed his hands together; he was just worrying about not having an opportunity to stack power, and here the Strength Value was delivered right to his door.

No, he shouldn’t be excited now; he should say:

"Not good, it’s an ambush!"