Chapter 427 - 175: Demon Realm, City of Ten Thousand Beasts! Mo Long Cave

The world had been drained of all color, leaving only an interweaving tapestry of black, white, and gray. The Malice was as thick and heavy as a mountain.

A true Demon Realm!

Through her eyes, she could even make out the terrifying, savage Demon Ghosts moving beneath the dense miasma!

ROAR!

HOWL!

SQUAWK!

SHRIEK!

...

Countless roars echoed from all around.

In the sky and on the ground, within the forests, over the forests, and beyond...

There was nothing but demons!

Packs of wolves stood on the peaks, howling. Giant snakes coiled around the mountains, their massive bodies writhing madly and sending earth and stone tumbling down.

Giant birds soared overhead, their harsh shrieks piercing the air.

Jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards; birds, beasts, fish, and insects...

Every wild animal and Fierce Beast she had ever seen, and even those she hadn’t, had all transformed into Demon Ghosts.

They roamed freely through this mountain range.

Their numbers were simply incalculable!

"Just as I thought. These wretched beasts have built a Demon Country!"

He gazed upon the sea of beasts surging between the mountains, where Demon Qi flooded the heavens and stained the very color of the world.

Huaisheng Daoist’s expression was grim.

Even though he had anticipated this, truly seeing it for himself still weighed heavily on his heart.

Killing intent stirred within him.

Because he saw more than Chen Qin’Yin.

Chen Qin’Yin had only seen the Demon Qi and the Demon Beasts.

He, however, saw what lay shrouded beneath the miasma and Demon Qi: the faint, chaotic traces of human presence!

These damned Demon Ghosts were keeping vast numbers of humans!

Demon Ghosts were raising humans in pens, just as humans raise livestock.

The implications of such an act were self-evident.

How could this not fill him with rage?

’This... This is the legendary Demon Country!?’

Chen Qin’Yin reeled in shock.

Born in the relative safety of the Central Continent, she had seen her fair share of Demon Ghosts in her few thousand years of life.

But when had she ever witnessed such terrifying Demon Qi?

So many demons?

As the shock subsided, anger took its place, tinged with a deep, lingering fear.

She was no fool. Seeing the terrifying Demon Ghosts in these mountains, she naturally made the connection to the sparsely populated Eastern Continent.

The disappearance of the continent’s population was, she now feared, deeply connected to these Demon Ghosts.

At the same time, a sliver of relief pierced her fear.

’If I didn’t live in the Central Continent, where the Demon Ghosts are suppressed...’

’If I lived here, in the Eastern Continent... how hopeless would that be?’

"It is indeed the Country of Ten Thousand Demons!"

Huaisheng Daoist took several deep breaths, forcing down the rage that churned within him.

"The five paths of the world—Dao, Buddha, Demon, Ghost, and Evil...

"In the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, it’s rare to see Demon Ghosts amass enough power to become a real threat. That isn’t to say the Demon Ghosts themselves are insignificant.

"It was because at the end of the ancient era, the Netherworld Venerable Master had swept the world clean of Demon Ghosts, using the Yin Department Divine System to utterly suppress them.

"Should a Demon Ghost ever cause trouble, any Daoist holding a Divine Position is required to suppress it immediately. Otherwise, they lose the life-extending benefits granted by the Divine System.

"This was a rule established long ago by the Netherworld Venerable Master!

"Even after his disappearance, this single decree continued to bring millennia of peace and tranquility to the countless lives on the Central Continent.

"In truth, the ferocity of Demon Ghosts has been well-documented in countless legends.

"This so-called Country of Ten Thousand Demons is one of the paths a Great Demon can take to achieve the Dao.

"By gathering the qi of ten thousand demons, one can consolidate the destiny of the entire Demon Race!

"It is the path that Great Demon is taking to become the King of the Demon Race, and perhaps even the Demon Race God!

"It is also said to be the cruelest of all paths.

"Unspeakably cruel... for humanity."

AWOO!

Just as the two were reeling from the shock, a chorus of wolf howls suddenly erupted from the mountains, rising and falling in waves.

And with the howls came wave after wave of unbelievably ferocious Demon Qi!

In an instant, Demon Qi roiled through the mountains, and a deathly chill fell over the vegetation.

The thick, rolling miasma, heavy as a mountain, was torn to shreds.

To the naked eye, black shadows could be seen shooting up from the mountains!

Trailing terrifying, ink-black Demon Qi, they came howling, moving with insane speed.

From an immense distance, thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of feet away, a putrid stench already washed over them.

’Oh no, they’ve found us...’

Chen Qin’Yin was startled at first, but then forced herself to remain calm.

Her Concealing Technique was superb. With her level of Cultivation, unless it was a Void Realm Great Demon...

...it would be impossible to detect even the slightest trace of her.

’The one who should be worried is this old Daoist!’

’Wait, where is the old Daoist?’

Chen Qin’Yin casually glanced over and was instantly dumbfounded.

’Where did he go?’

’That old Daoist... he actually slipped away?’

Chen Qin’Yin’s heart pounded in her chest!

Feeling the tide of Demon Qi rushing toward her, she immediately prepared to flee!

But suddenly, she felt a heavy slap on her back.

From out of the void, Huaisheng Daoist struck, slamming his palm into Chen Qin’Yin’s back.

He used the rebound force from the blow to instantly vanish back into the void.

Cultivators of the Netherworld Daoist Temple were not skilled in close combat or ranged attacks. Their Physiques were weak, and they possessed very few Divine Power Techniques.

Furthermore, the art of Invoking Gods was slow and came with numerous restrictions.

However, they had their own unique strengths.

Namely, their Concealing Methods were among the best in the world.

If that weren’t the case, then five years ago, in the Capital City of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty...

...how could he, with his strength not yet at the Feather Transformation Realm...

...have drawn out a clone of the Leader of Gui Chen Sect to personally try and capture him?

It was because no one in the entire Gui Chen Sect, aside from the Leader of Gui Chen Sect himself—

—not even the two Feather Transformation Realm Guest Ministers, could break his Concealing Method!

BANG!

The immense force of the blow, while not enough to break through Chen Qin’Yin’s Magical Presence, instantly shattered her Concealing Technique!