Bao Wuxin smiled wryly, "The vastness of the Underworld is beyond anyone's knowing, just barely escaped one danger, and now we're lost in another labyrinth."
"Everyone, please don't worry..."
Zhang Kui smiled slightly and shared his speculation, "The Underworld and the Mortal World mirror each other. We only need to find a node passage to leave."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a bronze bell emitting Divine Light floated out, hanging in front of the Dragonbone Divine Ship.
A faint shadow of Shen Xu appeared, bowing to Zhang Kui, "Shen Xu greets the Sect Leader."
Zhang Kui nodded and asked, "Can you contact the main body?"
He had brought a segnt of the Divine Court Bell, with Shen Xu releasing a clone to accompany them inside.
Shen Xu's clone shook its head slightly, "Unable to make contact, but rest assured, if there's a node passage nearby, Shen Xu will sense it imdiately."
Zhang Kui nodded with satisfaction, acknowledging the profound mysteries of the Divine Path. Even he couldn't sense or open these Underworld nodes, yet the Divine Path did so effortlessly. No wonder the Ancient Immortal Court used the Divine Path to govern the Underworld.
The demons saw Zhang Kui's confidence and felt slightly assured in their hearts. After all, they didn't need sustenance; even searching for years was of little consequence.
Chai Kingdom's Princess Chi Liyan originally felt anxious and remained silent. She hadn't expected the rescue journey to be so perilous, fearing Zhang Kui's anger. Seeing the situation, she was sowhat relieved.
At this mont, her expression suddenly changed. She took out a pale yellow scale from the Storage Ancient Artifact.
The scale was as crystalline as glass, emitting a faint shimring powder, dreamlike and illusory.
Chi Liyan's expression turned excited, "Sect Leader Zhang, this is a scale from my father's physical body. It's reacting now. His Divine Soul must be nearby!"
The Great Venerate Toad looked puzzled, "This place is thousands of miles from the node. What's the Insect Emperor doing here?"
Others exchanged glances, their hearts heavy with the peculiarities revealed by this matter.
Zhang Kui's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking before saying, "We'll know what's going on once we find them, but we must be cautious."
Chi Liyan breathed a sigh of relief, expressing her gratitude with a nod, "Thank you, Sect Leader Zhang!"
With a target, the Divine Ship set off again, but this ti it slowed its pace.
They noticed that every ti they veered off course, the Insect Emperor's scale dimd, and journeying southwest made the powder glow more intensely.
Seeing this, Zhang Kui accelerated. Half an incense stick later, the Dragon Ship slowly halted.
Before them lay a vast, silent Gobi desert, where a massive dark mountain range surged from the ground. Its steep slopes resembled an ancient fierce beast, exuding an endless, terrifying aura.
At the foot of the mountain were piles of pale, lifeless bones, resembling a white ocean. Scattered on the ground were broken weapons and bronze carriages, devoid of Spiritual Qi but not decayed.
"What... is this place?"
The Great Venerate Toad was imnsely astonished.
Yuan Huang's eyes flickered, turning to Chi Liyan, "You ntioned the previous Insect Emperor of the Chai Kingdom found a Desolate Beast egg in the Underworld. If my guess is right, it should have been here."
Zhang Kui nodded in agreent.
This was clearly an Ancient Battlefield, perhaps preserved by the terrifying Qi chanism emitted by the mountain.
Among the white bone ocean, most were humanoid yet extraordinarily tall, reaching five ters with horns on their foreheads.
Additionally, there were hundreds of massive bones resembling small mountains, dog-like with broken bone wings scattered around.
From a distance, one could sense the fierce battles that had transpired here.
Bao Wuxin suddenly had an epiphany, "I once heard, among the Ancient Wild Beasts, so were entire tribes. Could this be their lair?"
"A Desolate Beast lair?!"
The Great Venerate Toad was taken aback, staring uncertainly at the giant bones, "Could these all be Demon Bones?"
Everyone else tensed up, vigilant; the Wild Beast Demon Bones from the Wolf Mountain Forbidden Land's battle had left a considerable shadow on them.
Zhang Kui's eyes, through the Tongyou Skill, shone with Divine Light, observing ahead before shaking his head slightly, "Rest assured, no Divine Charm remains; they are all dead objects. But this mountain is peculiar..."
In his eyes, the black mountain was a single massive stone, extending deep underground, unknown how far. More oddly, it naturally ford an Evil Array, exuding such terrifying energy.
The Chai Kingdom's expedition had three Mahayana Realm demons, a Snake Demon, a Poison Bee Demon, and a Centipede Demon, all in human form.
The Poison Bee Demon, a long-faced middle-aged man with black and yellow streaked hair, respectfully stepped forward and asked, "Sect Leader Zhang, may I use a skill to investigate?"
"Oh... of course."
Zhang Kui smiled and nodded.
Since completing the Seventy-Two Demons Technique, the seventy-two stars in the darkness of his mind vaguely ford a lotus silhouette, ceasing to accrue skill points from slaying enemies.
Zhang Kui knew that unless he attained immortality, the Thirty-Six Celestial Gang Skills were a distant dream.
The Underworld was vast, and thoroughly exploring it would undoubtedly require many helpers, which is why he brought so many people inside.
But perhaps out of fear or due to the Underworld's eerie terror, everyone but familiar faces like Yuan Huang, Bao Wuxin, and the Great Venerate Toad remained cautious, not demonstrating their true strength.
Now that soone volunteered, it was exactly what he wanted.
Seeing Zhang Kui's nod of approval, the Poison Bee Demon felt a bit flattered and promptly moved forward, forming a spell with his hands. Then, opening his mouth wide, countless poison bees spewed out like a black mist, flying towards the towering mountain like dark clouds.
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