In a very short ti, a powerful, oppressive aura enveloped the entire Ferocious Land. The myriad creatures of the Ferocious Land trembled!
Luo Xiu stood in mid-air, feeling his body grow heavy.
What on earth is this thing that suddenly erged?
Cave Spirit Xiao Yu said, "This is the Ferocious Demon Monarch."
"..."
「anwhile」
In the sky, the Fierce Beasts that had been besieging Black Fatty and Lao Ba felt the terrifying pressure. Their will to fight vanished, replaced by anxiety and fear.
A three-headed golden eagle stamred, "That's... that's the Ferocious Demon Monarch!"
"The Demon Monarch has escaped! Everyone, run!"
"..."
The gathered Fierce Beasts, seemingly scared out of their wits, fled in all directions until not a trace remained. Seeing them flee, neither Lao Ba nor Black Fatty gave chase.
Lao Ba glanced at Black Fatty and said, "I'd almost forgotten about that. Back then, His Majesty used Ghost Valley Mountain to suppress him deep underground. Now that the Crown Prince has taken Ghost Valley Mountain, that fellow can finally see the light of day again."
Black Fatty gave a nonchalant smile. "His Majesty left that guy for the Crown Prince. He once said that the mont that monster sees the light of day again is the mont he ets his doom!"
Lao Ba said, "Still, we should be cautious. That guy's been infected by The Void. We can't get too close."
"..."
BOOM!
The vast land where Ghost Valley Mountain once stood suddenly split apart, revealing a chasm a hundred zhang wide that looked like a bottomless abyss. A powerful demonic aura surged from the chasm, coalescing in the sky into a human-headed, lion-bodied Demon Beast.
The Demon Beast was nearly a hundred ters long and wrapped in chains that glowed red-hot. As its fanged maw gaped, it breathed out roaring flas, and its long hair whipped about like incandescent iron wires. Even from a great distance, Luo Xiu felt an unbearable heat, his back soaked with sweat as if he were in a furnace.
This thing... is at least at the Red Emperor Level.
Luo Xiu clenched the Golden Crow Feather in his hand, his expression growing more solemn.
Lao Ba suddenly flew to his side. "Crown Prince, this Ferocious Demon Monarch is a complete Lao Liu. He was hiding underground watching the battle, just waiting for us to get exhausted so he could co out and take us all out in one fell swoop."
"But a Lao Liu is just a Lao Liu, no match for , Lao Ba!"
"Crown Prince, you just step aside for a mont and watch Lao Ba take him down!"
With that, Lao Ba flapped his wings, and the powerful gust of wind blew Luo Xiu far into the distance. Then, he and Black Fatty flew toward the Ferocious Demon Monarch.
"Hey, Demon Monarch runt! Taste your Eighth Master's Golden Crow Divine Fire!"
In an instant, black flas howled through the sky!
By now, Luo Xiu had retreated to a safe distance. He knew that since he could only exert the strength of the Mahayana Realm, he would be no help in the fight. In fact, he would only hinder Lao Ba and Black Fatty, so he could do nothing but watch quietly.
As ti passed, the battle between Lao Ba, Black Fatty, and the Ferocious Demon Monarch grew ever fiercer. The entire sky above the Ferocious Land beca their battlefield! Red and black flas blotted out the sun, intertwining and colliding in a scene reminiscent of the apocalypse.
Suddenly, Luo Xiu's gaze sharpened as he turned to look at the place where they had fought the people from Shattered Star City. To his astonishnt, he saw that amidst the pile of corpses, Yang Ju's body was dissolving into motes of light that coalesced into a vibrant red flower.
Is that a Life-Forfeiture Flower?
Luo Xiu imdiately flew toward it, attempting to seize the flower. But at that sa mont, the one-ard old man rose from the pile of corpses. He let out a roar and recklessly pounced, grabbing hold of Luo Xiu.
"Get the Young Master out of here... Hurry!"
At his words, figures began to climb out of the corpse pile one by one, taking the Life-Forfeiture Flower and flying into the distance.
The one-ard old man gripped Luo Xiu's waist tightly with his remaining arm and began to detonate his Dantian. "Hahahaha... Boy, you're going to die with !"
His expression unchanged, Luo Xiu slamd his elbow down, the tip shattering the old man's spine. The old man scread in agony but refused to let go.
"Boy, you're done for!"
Luo Xiu's face darkened slightly as the Aura of the Dead erupted from his body.
"Luo Tian's Control over Xuanzhong."
"The Fourth Form."
"Ghost God Power!"
Unexpectedly, in the next instant, a flawless white hand reached out and clamped down on the back of the old man's neck. Before the elder could self-destruct, his body bizarrely dissolved into a puff of black ash, his form and spirit utterly obliterated in a heartbeat.
Luo Xiu's gaze locked onto that flawless white hand. He instantly felt a terrifying presence, and not knowing if this person was friend or foe, his first instinct was to slap the hand away as he drifted backward. He then lifted his eyes to see the hand's owner.
It was a white-haired man with a handso face and a refined air. Like the current Luo Xiu, the white-haired man had a face that most won would envy. Luo Xiu watched him with a tense expression, remaining vigilant. He had already spread his Divine Sense to cover a radius of tens of miles, but he still hadn't detected when or how this white-haired man had appeared.
The white-haired man gave Luo Xiu a deep look before glancing at the right hand Luo Xiu had just slapped.
How can this little fellow touch and remain unhard? What secrets does he possess?
Luo Xiu, of course, had no idea what the man was thinking. He asked, "Who are you?"
The white-haired man returned to his senses, then turned his back to Luo Xiu and looked toward the chaotic sky ahead. "Neither friend nor foe. There's no need to be tense. I am here only for the Ferocious Demon Monarch."
"Thanks for your help just now," Luo Xiu said.
The white-haired man's face was impassive. "Even if I hadn't acted, that man couldn't have hard you even if he'd self-destructed ten tis." He suddenly asked, "Judging by your actions, you want the Life-Forfeiture Flower?"
Luo Xiu nodded slightly.
The white-haired man said, "While the Life-Forfeiture Flower is hard to find, it's not considered a priceless treasure in the Celestial Realm. The core disciples of the great sects and factions basically each have one."
"However, a person can only use a Life-Forfeiture Flower once in their lifeti. After that, even obtaining thousands more would be useless."
Luo Xiu replied, "One is all I need."
"How about a trade?" the white-haired man proposed.
"Let's hear it."
"I'll find the Life-Forfeiture Flower you want. In exchange, I only want the Demon Monarch's corpse. Also, I'll make an exception and take you as my disciple."
"Take as your disciple?"
"Frankly, I've been watching you in secret since you arrived on the tenth floor," the white-haired man said. "You asured ten Ultimate Boundary Fusion Paths and received the Ghost Valley's heritage. You barely qualify to be my disciple."
Luo Xiu refused him flatly. "Sorry, I already have a sect."
"Then there's nothing to be done."
Leaving that sentence hanging, the white-haired man's figure suddenly vanished.
Before Luo Xiu could react, a trendous BOOM echoed from the sky ahead, followed by the agonized shriek of the Ferocious Demon Monarch.
"To think that I, the Ferocious Demon Monarch, who reigned supre for a lifeti, would et my end today... How lantable, how tragic—!"
「A few monts passed.」
Everything returned to calm. Lao Ba and Black Fatty dejectedly flew back to Luo Xiu's side.
"Sorry, Crown Prince. That Ferocious Demon Monarch... he was taken by that mysterious person. We couldn't stop him. He was gone before we could even react."
Luo Xiu's gaze grew grim. "That man is mysterious and unfathomable. I suspect that even at my peak, I wouldn't dare claim I could defeat him."
"Sigh!" Lao Ba sighed. "But before that mysterious person left, he said he doesn't like to be indebted to others. He said he would personally bring you the Life-Forfeiture Flower."
"Let's hope he keeps his word."
Black Fatty slamd a claw into the ground in outrage. "But this isn't a good deal! We lost out big ti, trading the Demon Monarch's corpse for a single Life-Forfeiture Flower!"
Luo Xiu asked curiously, "Is there sothing special about the Demon Monarch's corpse?"
Lao Ba flapped his wings. "Bah, the Demon Monarch's corpse itself isn't worth much. Its inner core, its Ling Bone... they're worth less than a turd from , Lao Ba!"
Black Fatty then explained, "It's just that the Demon Monarch was infected by The Void long ago and was then sealed by His Majesty. So, his body contains remnants of The Void—that's what's truly valuable!"
"Crown Prince, you may not be aware, but His Majesty left this Demon Monarch for you. He wanted you to encounter The Void ahead of ti and co to understand it, because he said that you are the only one unaffected by it."
"But who would have thought that the mysterious man was the true scher? We had the Demon Monarch beaten to a pulp, and he swooped in and stole him! Son of a bitch!"
The more he spoke, the angrier Black Fatty beca. He slamd his claw into the ground again, and the earth instantly cracked!
Luo Xiu gave a wry smile. "It's too late to talk about this now. Both of you, get into the Cave Heavens Talisman. I'll get us out of the Divine Oracle Cave Heaven."
"..."
「In the sky.」
The white-haired man stepped out of a warp in space. Looking down at Luo Xiu on the ground, his eyes trembled slightly.
Why... were you able to touch ? What secrets do you hold?
His cheeks suddenly flushed. Staring at the right hand Luo Xiu had touched, he muttered, Is this what it feels like to be touched by a man?
"..."
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