Under Lu Ping’s gaze, the Golden Core Horned Demon did not attack again but instead rushed towards the abyss, seemingly attempting to escape without a fight.
"Interesting."
Lu Ping squinted, growing even more curious about this Horned Demon, and imdiately wielded the Celestial Ruins Demon-Slaying Sword to chase after it.
The speed of this sword was extrely fast, and under the execution of the Sword Technique of Soaring, the Golden Core Stage magical power unleashed was almost at the Nascent Soul Stage.
The next mont, the Golden Core Horned Demon executed a defensive maneuver, conjuring a barrier of black mist on its surface that blocked the attack of the Celestial Ruins Demon-Slaying Sword with a bang.
Heh, pretty decent defense.
Seeing his sword strike blocked, Lu Ping showed a trace of surprise but did not pursue further; instead, he quietly hovered above the abyss, his gaze surveying it.
Back in the abyss, the speed of the Golden Core Horned Demon decreased sowhat.
Around him, several Evil Demons road rapidly, like ghosts.
As Lu Ping pondered whether to strike again, he saw the demon shift its gaze and charge toward several nearby weaker demons, at the Foundation Establishnt Stage.
Its charge was swift, and in a flash, it perford a devouring technique, swallowing an Evil Demon whole.
This was not a singular action; after devouring one Evil Demon, it moved again, attacking the remaining demons.
Under Lu Ping’s watchful eyes, it devoured several Evil Demons in a cold-blooded display of cannibalism.
Witnessing this bloodthirsty scene, Lu Ping noticed that its aura seed to grow stronger.
This act of devouring kin appeared to restore its power.
"I suppose you eradicated this territory’s Cave Master."
The Golden Core Horned Demon said, its blood-red eyes fixed on Lu Ping.
"Your aura is different from theirs."
Back in the abyss, its form reverted to a state of black mist.
"Indeed, I am different from them."
Lu Ping replied calmly.
The Golden Core Horned Demon said nothing more, its gaze coldly fixing on Lu Ping.
The two Golden Core beings stared at each other for several breaths of ti.
Then, the Golden Core Horned Demon snorted coldly, ignoring Lu Ping and headed deeper into the abyss.
Seeing the demon leave, Lu Ping showed no intention of pursuit.
The ergence of this Outer Realm Demon led Lu Ping into contemplation.
After so thought, he retrieved the Golden Core of the Demon Cave Master, removed the seal on it, and prepared to inquire about the nature of this abyss.
Before Lu Ping could ask, as the Demon Cave Master temporarily regained freedom, he used his Divine Sense to probe the area, quickly realizing it was the Demon Cave and easily deduced Lu Ping’s actions here.
Exploring further with his Divine Sense, the Demon Cave Master soon found no surviving demon cultivator presence, clearly wiped out by the Cyan Mountain Sect.
Not bad at all.
That Ling Baisha has likely also fallen.
"I have two questions."
Releasing the Golden Core of the Demon Cave Master, Lu Ping spoke thoughtfully.
"Speak."
The Demon Cave Master, no fool, guessed Lu Ping would inquire about the abyss and the Outer Realm Demons within, but pretended ignorance and asked his question.
Lu Ping had no interest in what the Demon Cave Master was scheming.
"First question, what’s with this abyss?"
"Second, where do the Outer Realm Demons in the abyss co from?"
After posing these questions, the Demon Cave Master did not imdiately respond, seemingly unwilling to answer.
Lu Ping waited for a while.
"You think I can’t find out if you don’t want to tell?"
Seeing no response from the Demon Cave Master, Lu Ping no longer wished to waste ti.
As a Golden Core Ancestor, Lu Ping had learned many cultivation techniques, including so secret techniques and divine abilities.
Among them was a Secret Technique called Soul Search, capable of reading a target’s mory directly.
Under this Soul-Searching Technique, all of the target’s mories, cultivation techniques, and secrets would be revealed to Lu Ping.
Such a powerful and domineering Secret Technique posed obvious risks.
If a cultivator was subjected to Soul Search, their Divine Soul would suffer greatly, potentially becoming a fool or, in severe cases, being completely destroyed and dissipating.
Thus, the Soul-Searching Technique was also classified as a Forbidden Technique, grouped with Demonic Secret Techniques, and resisted by nurous Righteous Cultivators, making it almost lost.
Lu Ping had acquired the Soul-Searching Technique by chance in the cave mansion of an ancient cultivator.
Now, the Demon Cave Master’s reluctance to speak ant little to Lu Ping.
He planned to refine the demon’s Divine Sense anyway, preserving its Golden Core for Cyan Mountain Sect mbers’ cultivation to reach the Golden Core Stage.
The value of the Demon Cave Master’s Golden Core lay right here.
Without speaking further, Lu Ping directly perford the Soul Search on the Demon Cave Master.
"Lu Ping!! What are you doing!!"
Sensing a terrifying power like a tide rolling towards his Golden Core, the Demon Cave Master paled.
Without waiting for pleading, Lu Ping deployed the Soul-Searching Technique, conducting the Soul Search on the Demon Cave Master.
Soon, Lu Ping accessed all sorts of information.
His brow furrowed at tis, sotis exuding killing intent, and other tis showing a solemn expression.
While reading the Demon Cave Master’s mory, Lu Ping witnessed the monstrous cris and killings committed by the Demon Cave Master, and saw how he rose from an obscure loose cultivator to beco a demon, reigning as the master of the Demon Cave.
The Soul Search didn’t last long, and soon Lu Ping obtained the answers he sought.
First was the matter of the abyss.
This abyss had always existed, but at its end, it connected to the underground of Lingxi State, not to another world.
This realization allowed Lu Ping a sigh of relief.
If the abyss indeed connected to another world, the consequences would be dire, and the place would need to be sealed permanently.
The Golden Core Horned Demon was indeed from another realm, belonging to the Horned Demon clan of Outer Realm Demons.
It had significant origins, as the Demon Cave Master knew, coming from a faction of the Divine Demon Sect, where it served as an elder.
The na Divine Demon Sect hardly sounded easy to provoke.
Demon Sect, huh?
Lu Ping’s eyes twinkled.
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