"Boom! Crack!"
In the silent mountain forest shrouded in red mist, a series of violent roars echoed.
Suddenly, a fierce beast about ten feet long shot out from the dense forest like a cannonball, its organs shattered as it fell into a pool of blood.
"Are these beasts really that strong?"
Looking at the fallen second-realm beast, Su Changqing, who had been rushing forward in a somewhat disheveled manner, wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The mountain path was rugged enough, but the fierce beasts appeared one after another, and were becoming increasingly stronger.
From the initial first-realm beasts to peak first-realm, and now to the commonly seen second-realm beasts.
It wasn't that he couldn't move an inch, but his speed was greatly reduced.
"It's been a whole day, why haven't I seen the Celestial Demon Pool yet? And I haven't encountered a single demon..."
Su Changqing looked around, yet couldn't distinguish east from west, south from north.
All he saw was the omnipresent red mist and the occasional roars from fierce beasts.
"Could it be that the demons know of a shortcut?"
Doubt flashed across Su Changqing's face as he sensed something was amiss.
But in this place, there's no village in front or shop behind, and he couldn't tell direction, let alone ask for directions.
With no other choice, he pondered for a while and then had to move forward again.
Yet as he went on, Su Changqing's eyelids twitched more severely.
"Roar~"
A faint roar of a fierce beast came from the side. Su Changqing stepped through the dense fog to look, and couldn't help but freeze in shock.
Slowly raising his head, he found himself facing a colossal beast over a dozen feet tall, like a mountain peak.
The giant beast was asleep, but the aura emanating from its body made Su Changqing's heart tremble.
"Where have I ended up..."
Su Changqing's scalp tingled as he turned and left without hesitation.
At the same time, he conjured up an array to conceal himself.
With the protective array, Su Changqing moved much faster without disturbing any of the fierce beasts.
But by now, Su Changqing felt more uneasy as he went on.
.
Those fierce beasts with strong auras were increasingly numerous, each larger than the last.
Su Changqing shuttled through this primeval-like forest, as small as an ant.
Until he had unknowingly traveled a great distance, Su Changqing slowly stopped, face full of shock as he looked ahead.
This seemed to be the depths of the Dragonbone Mountains. we(b)nove.l.co\m
In front, there stood a colossal, menacing, and dreadful skull, exuding boundless murderous aura.
The skull was left with only white bones, large and unmatched, with hollow eye sockets as deep as two fathomless abyssal pools.
Its lower jaw bones were sturdy and massive, with serrated teeth arranged like lofty mountains.
Beside this grand and mighty skull, countless massive beasts resided, emitting terrorizing energies that even distorted the void.
Su Changqing gazed at the ancient giant skull, licked his dry lips, and muttered,
"Dragon... skull!"
...
On the other side.
As time went by, the Yao and Human tribes were drawing closer to the Celestial Demon Pool, and naturally encountered each other.
"Kill!"
Seeing the Yao tribe ahead, Wu Yong grinned and stepped forward.
Endless arrays swirled around him, the terrifying intent to kill soaring to the sky.
The three or five Yao tribesmen ahead didn't even have a chance to fight back and were massacred by the shaking divine patterns.
But strangely, the nearby Yao tribesmen saw this and showed no intent to assist.
They looked on with cold smiles, casting a meaningful glance at Wu Yong, and then retreated into the thick fog.
"Cautious indeed."
Wu Yong suspected nothing, glanced at the Guiding Talisman in his hand, and continued swiftly forward,
"I'm not running slow either, why haven't I seen any peers or Brother Chang Qing?"
Wu Yong muttered in confusion, quickening his pace.
But he didn't notice that the Guiding Talisman in his hand had subtly changed.
In the distance, at some distance from the Celestial Demon Pool.
You Lin's hand imprinted a seal, and an unusual array plate in his hand kept changing.
He gazed at the center of the thick fog, with a sinister smile,
"The clansmen should be almost gathered, it's time to act."
These two days, You Lin was not hasty to reach the Celestial Demon Pool but used a parent-child chain method to gather the Yao clan.
He divided four hundred Yao tribe members into ten groups of forty each.
The guiding talismans of these teams all pointed in different directions.
And at the end of those directions, there would be one Human already led there.
The Human Race sent formidable people this time, not royal heirs perhaps, but still stronger than most Yao tribesmen.
But no matter how strong, could they be stronger than forty Yao tribe members combined?
Thinking of this, You Lin's smile widened.
He walked lightly towards the Celestial Demon Pool, a sinister chuckle echoing in the thick mist.
"Hey, Human Race... I'm waiting for you at the Celestial Demon Pool."
...
"Kill!"
"Despicable, you demons are cheating!"
In a dense forest, Mo Xiong stood covered in blood, shouting angrily at the dozens of Yao tribe members surrounding him.
"Heh, despicable?"
A member of the Lingxi clan sneered, "Your Human Race has a saying, 'All's fair in war.'"
"You're the ones who insisted on coming to our demon territory, who can you blame?"
With that, he waved his hand lightly, mocking and smirking,
"Be careful, break his limbs, but don't really kill him."
"We'll still need him to lure Su Changqing in."
As these words fell, the dozens of Yao tribe members laughed menacingly and charged forward.
"Kill!"
Knowing he could not escape, Mo Xiong roared with grief and rage, charging at the dozens of Yao tribesmen.
...
Mo Xiong's predicament was not unique.
At this moment, the disciples of the Human Race were also encountering Yao tribe blockades and pursuits.
Angry shouts and miserable screams echoed continuously from every part of the dense forest.
But among these, there were two exceptions.
"Die!"
Miao Feng, covered in blazing flames and riddled with wounds, bloodstained, burst out of the demon crowd.
"A bunch of shameless scoundrels!"
Miao Feng shouted angrily at the Yao tribe ahead, with her eyebrows furrowing:
"Just you wait, once we're out of here, the Little Immortal Sect will surely settle the score with you all!"
As her words fell, Miao Feng turned and fled into the dense fog.
Her strength was formidable, and the blazing flames allowed her to break free from the forty Yao tribe members' siege.
But this was her limit; she could save herself but was powerless to rescue other peers.
However, just after charging into the thick fog, Miao Feng didn't run far before running into Wu Yong, who was covered with blood.
"You escaped too?"
Miao Feng raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting Wu Yong to be so strong.
"Killed a dozen, can't fight anymore."
Wu Yong panted heavily, anger on his face, "These damned demons even play dirty!"
"Let's find Brother Chang Qing, with his strength he surely has broken out."
"Then we'll discuss how to save other peers."
Wu Yong's thoughts coincided with Miao Feng's.
Among this group of disciples, Su Changqing was the strongest.
Though they definitely couldn't fight against those four hundred Yao tribe members, there was more hope in saving people.
No more words, the two gritted their teeth, ventured into the dense fog, and searched for Su Changqing nearby.
Meanwhile.
After two days, the Celestial Demon Pool finally welcomed its first arrival.
It was the Little Peng King.
Along the way, he had mostly bulldozed through. Though the fierce beasts he encountered caused some trouble, they weren't a major hindrance.
He was confident that with his speed, he would be the first to reach the Celestial Demon Pool.
He wouldn't enter for now, but chose to wait at the Celestial Demon Pool for Su Changqing's arrival.
However, such thoughts changed once he reached the Celestial Demon Pool.
Because upon arrival at the pool, he saw someone inside, and that youth in a robe turned around as if he knew he had come.
The Little Peng King's eyes widened in shock, "Who are you!"
In the demon pool, the robed youth turned his head upon hearing, and responded sternly.
At this moment, the youth in the Dao robe inside the demon pool turned his head and coldly said.
"I've been waiting for you, Human Race... I'll be expecting you at the Celestial Demon Pool."
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