Chapter 807 - 511: Black Stele, Ghostfire! (Double-Length)

Chapter 807: Chapter 511: Black Stele, Ghostfire! (Double-Length)

Song Changming’s hand reached out across the space again, and the thunder spread out like a massive spider web, dragging the corpses of several Great Demons into his talisman array.

Spirit swords also flew back, hovering at his sides.

Song Changming looked indifferently at the distant King of the Nine Netherworlds; the Bull Demon missing an arm didn’t dare trouble him.

After all, the King of the Nine Netherworlds himself had obtained an Immortal Fruit and still needed to properly digest it before he could use his Demon Power.

From start to finish, Song Changming never stood up. After swiftly extracting the blood and flesh essence of these Great Demons, he merely glanced quickly at the situation within Black Mountain before closing his eyes again and resuming cultivation.

Now in the field, not only he, but many powerful Grandmasters with high cultivation levels and Great Demons with deep Tao Practice have obtained Immortal Fruits from the Immortal Tree.

This included Situ Ming, Bai Qing, and people from Huaqing Pool among others.

On the Demon Race side, Demon Kings like Chong Hao, Chongsi, the King of the Nine Netherworlds, and Celestial Venerable Mo were the first to succeed in obtaining them. Other quick-eyed Great Demons followed suit in the chaos, reaping the benefits as well.

They found that while the number of Immortal Fruits was limited, the Immortal Tree not only bore fruit but also had more blooming Immortal Flowers.

These Immortal Flowers may not match the exceptional effects of the fruits but are treasures too; obtaining them can still greatly enhance Tao Practice and cultivation, serving as the next best option.

It’s worth mentioning that whether it’s the fruits or flowers from the tree, an individual can only pick one.

Upon the second touch, whether fruit or flower, it instantly dissipates into gas, merging with the earth below, inaccessible to their living bodies.

Hence, even if a demon wished to monopolize all the flowers and fruits on the tree, it was meaningless; they couldn’t even carry them away, nor pick a second one.

This is why, when seizing the Immortal Tree Flower Fruit, the later demons and grandmasters were relatively harmonious, opting to outwit and brave the Immortal Tree rather than engage in messy conflict with other competitors.

That brought no benefit to them and made themselves more vulnerable.

The demons and most grandmasters also found that as long as they retreated outside the prior barrier, the branches and vines the Immortal Tree could manipulate were unable to extend further.

With a swish, Situ Ming landed beside Song Changming; after obtaining the Immortal Fruit, he decisively chose to team up with Song Changming for cultivation.

Huaqing Pool hesitated for a moment before choosing to stay beside Hua Sichen.

After all, both came from the same Imperial Family, and when needing to advance and retreat together, compared to Song Changming, he had to admit he trusted Hua Sichen more, even if he’s the one he always wanted to surpass.

Bai Qing and more Martial Arts Grandmasters ultimately chose to cluster around Hua Sichen.

While around Song Changming, only a few like Situ Ming and some Martial Arts Grandmasters were willing to remain.

With more Great Demons and grandmasters benefiting and retreating, those remaining naturally faced increasing danger.

"Let go of me!"

A Great Demon entangled by branches struggled only to grow weaker, until fully drained and consumed.

Many Great Demons and grandmasters seeing the situation futile, no matter how regrettable, decisively chose to retreat.

Only a few who couldn’t see the situation clearly remained, unwilling to give up, trying to evade the sweep of the vines and risk everything to seize Immortal Fruits.

Ultimately, most of those who grew greedy met a bad end, becoming mere supplies for the Immortal Tree.

Soon, there were no people left beside the Immortal Tree, no one dared approach this fatal ancient giant.

Yet within Black Mountain, calm did not return.

The roots of the giant tree crazily flailed about, seemingly attempting to turn the space inside Black Mountain upside down.

And soon, everyone realized why this Immortal Tree remained agitated.

From beneath the giant Immortal Tree, amidst flying soil, a demon beast emerged entirely black like ink.

It was over ten meters long, resembling a beast akin to a lion or tiger, covered in a layer of black scales.

As the crowd discovered it, the demon beast furiously opened its mouth, biting down on the end of one of the tree roots.

Compared to the thick tree root, the beast indeed appeared very small, like an ant shaking a tree.

But its existence caused the Immortal Tree to convulse wildly, causing a commotion even greater than the recent scramble for Immortal Fruits by the demons and grandmasters.

"Black Sun Devouring Beast! It’s the Black Sun Devouring Beast from An Province!"

A Great Demon from the Nine Netherworlds was the first to recognize the origin of this emerging black beast.

An Province borders the Nine Netherworlds, hence the fame of the Sun Devouring Beast was known.

The Sun Devouring Beast carries pure blood of ancient demon beasts, thus is incredibly powerful in An Province, with each appearance of a Sun Devouring Beast bringing great catastrophe, such as millions of casualties, barren lands, or all-encompassing black fog.

Thus, the Sun Devouring Beast also represents an ominous demon beast, typically even avoided by the Demon Race.

They never imagined encountering a Sun Devouring Beast, unseen for many years, within the Celestial Ruins Realm.

"Sun Devouring Beast! I indeed didn’t see it wrong just now!" Chong Yin crouched beside his two elder brothers, looking at the manifesting Sun Devouring Beast and calmly remarked.

Chongsi and Chong Hao had already obtained Immortal Fruits; only he, too severely injured, hadn’t reached for the Immortal Tree, merely waiting for his wounds to heal further before attempting.

The Sun Devouring Beast was extremely fierce; unlike all grandmasters and Great Demons, it ignored the fruits on the tree, instead biting firmly into a portion of the root beneath.

Ultimately, it tore off a large chunk of root bark, gulping down as if feeding on flesh to satisfy its hunger.