Chapter 955 - 177: Strange Canyon, Massive Blood Demon Crystals!

Chapter 955: Chapter 177: Strange Canyon, Massive Blood Demon Crystals!

(Happy New Year!)

After two more days, the three finally walked out of the desert,

and suddenly encountered a gigantic canyon,

this canyon was like a natural chasm, dividing the entire world into two.

As they gazed left and right, it stretched endlessly, connecting all the way to the horizon, with no idea how far it extended.

Ahead, mist lingered, a sea of clouds, with occasional peaks revealing themselves. Jagged rocks lay atop, where once in a while ancient trees protruded robustly.

Every now and then, a large bird burst through the sea of clouds, soared high with outstretched wings, stirring the clouds to roil, followed by a clear call cutting through the long sky, akin to celestial music reaching their ears.

What a celestial scene!

The group was transfixed, as if for a moment they forgot their purpose.

Zhou Xun murmured to himself:

"The clouds begrudge the sky for being low, the fleeing Peng tries to compete in height, never did I think such a sight could be here!"

The only thing that seemed puzzling was within these mists, there seemed to be a faint hint of blood, quite eerie.

Immediately, Zhou Xun took out the ’Small Divination Compass’ and glanced at it, the arrow pointed towards this canyon before them,

thus Zhou Xun slowly spoke:

"Next, we need to descend to the bottom of the canyon, prepare your defenses, follow me down."

With that, he tapped his waist, took out a Tier Four Middle-Grade Defense Talisman, activated it and attached it to himself, transforming into a golden, translucent shield that enveloped Zhou Xun,

as for Xiaojin and Xiaojia, they also each activated a Defensive Light Shield.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Zhou Xun nodded, waved his hand grandly.

"Depart!"

With that, he leapt into the canyon, his body merging into the mist, his figure disappearing in an instant.

Once inside the mist, Zhou Xun only saw a vast whiteness ahead, visibility extending only a mere ten yards or so.

He swept with his Divine Sense, astonishingly finding it could only reach over three hundred yards,

"This mist is truly strange, having the ability to suppress Divine Sense, even compared to being inside Ghostly Mist back then, it cannot be matched!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun opened his mouth, nine purple Spirit Lights flew out, turning into nine Thunder Shields of about a yard in size, blocking in front of him,

spinning rapidly,

for in such an environment, should a Demon Beast launch a surprise attack, there would be no time to trigger defensive Divine Techniques,

thus pre-activated defenses showed their importance.

With this thought, Zhou Xun dared not be careless, hurriedly taking out two Tier Four Low-Grade Defense Talismans from his Storage Bag, activating and attaching them to himself.

Two faint blue, translucent shields surrounded the inside of the Thunder Shields,

with a total of four layers of defense, only then did Zhou Xun feel reassured, focusing his mind on the surroundings.

The further down he went, the lower the visibility became, surely due to the dense mist blocking the light, one wondered if reaching the canyon floor would be akin to night.

Yet what was gratifying was the Spiritual Energy Concentration increased as he descended. Having only descended a thousand yards, the Spiritual Energy Concentration was already over fifty percent higher than at the top.

Looking at it this way, the bottom of the canyon must have astonishingly rich Spiritual Qi, under such conditions, the probability of rare Spirit Medicine growing was higher, of course, more formidable Demon Beasts would also be more numerous.

Just as they descended to four thousand yards,

suddenly—

ahead, a surge of spiritual power emerged,

immediately followed by a sharp claw breaking through the dense mist, appearing before Zhou Xun,

the claw was enormous, reaching dozens of yards in size, entirely crimson-hued, with eerie black patterns etched across it.

From this one could infer that this Demon Body must be hundreds of yards large.

With a "bang", this giant claw struck on the outermost violet Thunder Shield, obliterating it in one strike, vanishing into the mist,

"At least at Tier Four Middle-Grade!"

Zhou Xun snorted coldly, Xiaojin and Xiaojia were also ready, prepared to deploy their Divine Techniques as soon as that giant eagle showed itself again,

perhaps because of their previous failed attempt, the Demon Beast didn’t make another appearance.

"Let’s stop for a moment!"

After descending another five thousand yards or so, there appeared a protruding platform on the rockface ahead, about thirty yards in size, providing a good resting place for all.

Upon landing on the platform, Zhou Xun waved his hand and set up a Tier Four Low-Grade Restriction,

"Let’s rest here for a bit!"

He said, sitting cross-legged, closing his eyes to meditate and adjust his breath.

Meanwhile, he transmitted to the two beasts:

"Xiaojia, be ready to use ’Thousand Layers of Profound Light’ to hinder that beast’s movement, Xiaojia, join me and do it together, make sure to keep it here!"

"Understood, Master!"

The two beasts responded quickly,

only now did they realize, Zhou Xun’s stop here, was merely to set a trap to lure that Demon Beast out.

Thus, they sat cross-legged, adopting a state of demon power recovery.

About half an Hour passed, all was still silent around, with only the mist gently rippling in the breeze.

Nominally, Xiaojin and Xiaojia were closing their eyes to recover demonic power, but in truth, they were secretly on the alert, ready to respond to any sudden situation.

Though Zhou Xun appeared to be meditating, his Divine Sense spread out like fine threads, vigilant of every movement around him.

Suddenly, a faint ripple of spiritual power emanated from below the platform, Zhou Xun’s heart tightened, he slightly opened his eyes, signaling Xiaojin and Xiaojia with a covert signal.

The two beasts instantly understood, maintaining their recovery posture outwardly, while secretly gathering demonic power.

Soon after, a gigantic crimson claw thrust out from the mist, and another followed, the two claws spanning several hundred yards apart,