Chapter 184 – The Demon God’s Blood Ocean
In a quiet space connected to the third realm of the Land of the Ancient Gods, a speck of white light suddenly appeared. The light grew brighter and larger until it formed an oval-shaped tear in space.
From the gap emerged a hand with long, bone-spiked nails. The hand looked cold and had extremely sharp, black-painted nails. The hand was covered in bumps, with bone spikes protruding from each bump.
After the strange hands appeared through the crack, they grabbed it and mercilessly tore it apart. The small crack was no longer oval-shaped, but had become at least ten feet tall. Waves of red and black immediately appeared through the tear in space, and a huge figure emerged from the crack. The figure had a distinct hump on its back, making it appear hunched.
He was over ten feet tall, and his body, like his hands, was covered in bumps. Some even broke off and oozed a pungent black liquid. Each bump had a bone spike. If you looked at this guy, anything but his joints would be covered in bone spikes.
There were several pieces of cloth hanging from the bone thorns. If you looked at this person’s ugly face, you could see that it was very similar to Hunchback Meng, but much larger.
On his head were two spiral-shaped horns with blue lightning arcing between them. He looked like a demon from hell. He dragged himself through the gap and then pinched with his right hand. The gap instantly shrank to a mere speck of light. The gap trembled violently before disappearing without a trace.
The demon looked into the void and muttered to himself, “Master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the fourth realm. Everyone here must die!” After finishing speaking, he was about to start flying, but stopped when he sniffed with his nose upturned and looked southeast. He said, “Strange, why do I feel like there’s such a disgusting smell there? It makes me want to go there and kill whoever produced it.”
At that moment, a wandering spirit suddenly appeared, but when they saw this demon, they ignored it and simply walked away. The demon also ignored the wandering spirit, staring in the direction of the disgusting smell. Its body disappeared as it flew toward the smell.
The direction the demon was headed was where Wang Lin and the Ancient Emperor were. Wang Lin calmly looked at the Ancient Emperor, who was trapped in the light. The light from the pagoda had shrunk from 30 feet to only 15 feet.
After Wang Lin became a soul devourer, he lost all human emotions. He became cold and heartless. Just as he was about to command the wandering souls to attack again, he sensed through the wandering souls he controlled that a powerful soul fluctuation was coming toward him from the northwest.
Shortly after, the wandering soul under his control used a special technique to transmit what it saw to Wang Lin.
“This… This is… Hunchback Meng!” Wang Lin was shocked, even though Hunchback Meng had changed a lot, Wang Lin could still tell that this demon was indeed him.
Wang Lin retracted his divine sense to prevent any attacks on him and sent a message to the Ancient Emperor through divine sense.
“Hand over the inheritance…”
The Ancient Emperor was stunned. Even when he came here a thousand years ago, he had never seen these beings communicate with divine sense. However, he quickly reacted and replied with his divine sense, “Se…Senior, I don’t know what inheritance treasure you are talking about.”
After the Ancient Emperor finished speaking, his heart felt bitter. After becoming a Spirit Formation stage expert, he no longer needed to address anyone as senior. When he said those words, he felt bitter.
Suddenly he said, “Senior, if you are looking for the inheritance from the Ancient God Land, then you have looked for the wrong person. The treasure belongs to someone called the Six Desire Demon Lord.”
Wang Lin pondered for a moment, and felt the powerful soul fluctuations getting closer. Wang Lin used the wandering souls he controlled to sense the distance between them. While Wang Lin spoke with the Ancient Emperor, he controlled the wandering souls to block his path.
However, Hunchback Weng’s body was extremely strange, and no matter how many wandering souls attacked him, they couldn’t cause the slightest bit of damage. This surprised Wang Lin.
Wang Lin didn’t believe the Ancient Emperor when he said that the inheritance wasn’t his, but belonged to the Six Desires Devil Lord. Even if what he said was true, people like the Ancient Emperor and the others wouldn’t just enter the Land of the Ancient Gods, or they would be at the mercy of the Six Desires Devil Lord. After all, he was the one who held the key to entering and exiting this place.
Regarding the inheritance, Wang Lin first heard about it from Duanmu and the others, but they didn’t want to talk about it further. Only later did Wang Lin find out.
The Ancient Emperor was willing to fight the Six Desires Demon Sovereign in the second realm. He must have his secrets. Wang Lin ordered the wandering souls around him to launch another attack.
The Ancient Emperor gritted his teeth as he sent another message with his divine sense. “This old man doesn’t have an inheritance treasure, but when I came here all those years ago, I received a fragment of an inheritance treasure. This fragment contains a spell that will create a way out of here. However, it can only be used in the exit whirlpools in each region to teleport out of the Land of the Ancient Gods, or else I wouldn’t be trapped here. As for that fragment, I destroyed it after I learned the technique.”
What the Ancient Emperor said was true. A thousand years ago, he was a powerful expert, so he naturally saw the inheritance and knew the method it used to leave this place. That was why he was able to escape this place a thousand years ago and why he still dared to return.
Not many people received this spell at the time; however, the reason why almost no one was able to escape was due to the limitations of its use. One had to be in the exit vortex for it to work.
Many people who passed through the first and second realms didn’t even think about leaving the Land of the Ancient Gods, because they didn’t want to waste all their efforts. As a result, they gave up the opportunity to use the exit whirlpool in the second realm, but the third realm was vast, and finding a way out was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Furthermore, due to the fear of all the wandering souls, no one dared to spread their divine sense too far, making finding a way out even more difficult.
This spell must be used specifically at the exit whirlpool. If used at the entrance whirlpool, it will have no effect. Back at the exit of the second realm, the Ancient Emperor didn’t have enough time to use the spell at the exit whirlpool there, and was forced into the third realm.
“If you take me to the exit of the third realm, I’ll teach you that spell in return!” The Ancient Emperor appeared calm, but in his heart, he was secretly trying to figure out why this person wanted this. Although he didn’t know why, he had to respond, or the wandering souls would continue to attack. At that time, the only path left would be death.
Wang Lin didn’t respond any further. He sent out his divine sense, and once again, all the wandering souls around him began to attack. Wang Lin carefully calculated. Based on the information from the wandering souls, Hunchback Meng should arrive here in the time it takes two incense sticks to burn.
The wandering souls’ attacks intensified under Wang Lin’s command. To help speed things up, Wang Lin deployed his divine sense to summon more wandering souls to join the attack.
The Ancient Emperor’s face paled. He suspected that what he had said earlier wasn’t what this person wanted to hear. He gritted his teeth and swallowed a few more pills to keep his light burning.
But the attacks from the wandering souls were relentless. At the most critical moment, the Ancient Emperor sent another message with his divine sense.
“I’ll give you a spell! Please tell this strange creature to stop attacking…” The Ancient Emperor immediately took out a piece of jade and placed it on his forehead for a moment. Then, he held it tightly in his hand as he looked around.
After enough time for an incense stick to burn, Wang Lin sent out his divine sense, and all the wandering souls stopped their attacks. The Ancient Emperor relaxed slightly. He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth. He then sent the jade slip out of the light’s reach.
As the jade flew out, Wang Lin immediately grabbed it with his soul. He examined the jade and discovered that it contained very detailed instructions for the spell.
The ancient emperor became extremely nervous after throwing away the jade. He was afraid that after this person received the jade, they still wouldn’t let it go.
Wang Lin pondered silently for a moment, then all the wandering souls around him pounced on the Ancient Emperor and continued their attacks. The Ancient Emperor revealed a distressed smile. He revealed a venomous expression and began using his own spiritual energy like crazy to maintain the pagoda’s light.
However, the number of wandering souls attacking was too great. Soon, the pagoda began to shake. Then, with a loud bang, a crack appeared in the pagoda, splitting it in two.
At that moment, the Ancient Emperor’s body suddenly moved and disappeared without a trace. Ten feet away, the Ancient Emperor let out a miserable scream and revealed himself. Countless wandering souls pounced on him and began to rapidly devour him.
At the same time, a spirit emerged from the Ancient Emperor’s body, carrying a storage bag. Wang Lin took the bag after the spirit handed it to him and hurried away.
This time, he didn’t go looking for anyone else, but returned to where his body was hiding.
In the void, the Ancient Emperor’s body shrank, his face pale. His Yuan Ying continued to emit the Fire of Yaun to prevent the wandering souls from devouring him, but he was only able to stall for time and not expel them.
Even if his life-saving magical treasure was not damaged or if his cultivation level was still at the mid-stage of Spirit Formation, he still wouldn’t be able to face so many wandering souls trying to devour him.
Not long after Wang Lin left, Hunchback Meng arrived. His body moved like a shooting star. He glanced at the Ancient Emperor and his brows furrowed. The disgusting stench was no longer there. Just as he was about to follow, he suddenly stopped and looked at the Ancient Emperor. A thought crossed his mind.
He reached out and grabbed the Ancient Emperor’s shriveled body with his hands, then shook the Ancient Emperor until all the wandering souls were thrown out of his body.
After all the wandering souls were removed from the Ancient Emperor’s body, with a cold smile on his face, the demon made a hole in space and threw the Ancient Emperor into it.
After the crack appeared, one could clearly see that the other side was a blood-red world. The ground was covered in a thick layer of blood, and even the sky was blood-red, like a piece of blue cloth soaked in blood.
On the blood-stained ground sat many cultivators, all of whom looked like Hunchback Meng at this moment. They were all extremely large and had one to four horns on their heads.
On this bloody ground, there were many stone pillars, and atop each one sat a cultivator. In the distance, there were many stone pillars of various sizes, but the most prominent was a stone pillar that looked like it was entering the heavens. Atop it sat a red-haired cultivator. Although his face couldn’t be seen clearly, an aura of arrogance and pride could be felt from him.
When the Ancient Emperor was thrown there, his Yuan Ying hadn’t been completely devoured by the wandering souls, so his body quickly began to recover. When he opened his eyes, his face immediately changed.
“Red Flame Demon Sovereign…. Undefeated Southern Madman… Sky Demon Witch… all of you… aren’t you all dead?” The Ancient Emperor’s face paled as his gaze fell on the few people who entered the Land of the Ancient Gods with him a thousand years ago among all the demons.
The Scarlet Flame Demon Sovereign was killed in the second realm. The Ancient Emperor personally witnessed his body being destroyed by purple lightning. The Scarlet Flame Demon Sovereign’s Yuan Ying didn’t even have time to escape.
There was also the Unbeatable Southern Madman, who was attacked by tens of thousands of these strange creatures and died in less than the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense.
As for the Sky Demon Sorcerer, who was the teacher of the Six Desires Demon God, the Ancient Emperor had followed him closely a thousand years ago. He had personally witnessed him tunneling using an inherited treasure to escape before being attacked by an extremely unusual Divine Sense and instantly dying.
After seeing all the people who should have died here, he couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart. Suddenly, he turned his head, and he saw a demon that looked like Hunchback Meng through the gap.
“Hunchback Meng!” The Ancient Emperor’s pupils shrank. The crack closed instantly. The Ancient Emperor was extremely cautious. Although this place was filled with cultivators, it was clear that all of these people were people who had died in the Land of the Ancient Gods over the years.
A hoarse voice sounded from a distance. “Welcome to the Sea of Demon God Blood…”
Wang Lin’s speed was extremely fast. After a while, he was able to traverse this third realm. However, midway, he stopped and noticed the Ancient Emperor’s change in location through his connection with the wandering souls. He saw Hunchback Meng open a rift, and the Ancient Emperor was thrown inside. Even the red light that came out of the rift was visible to Wang Lin through the wandering souls.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. Although he had a jade slip with a spell to leave here, he didn’t know if the Ancient Emperor had sealed it. To be safe, he would look for Duanmu, Wang Qingyue, and the Six Desires Devil Sovereign and ask them about leaving the same way.
However, the appearance of Hunchback Meng and the red light from the crack gave Wang Lin a bad feeling. He gave up searching for people like Duanmu and Wang Qingyue and decided to retreat to where his body was hidden.
On his way back, he tracked Hunchback Meng’s location with the wandering spirits. He saw that Hunchback Meng wasn’t heading toward him, but toward Duanmu and Wang Qingyue. Wang Lin quickened his pace and quickly returned to his body. When the demon Xu Liguo and the second demon saw Wang Lin’s return, they immediately flew out of the rock.
Wang Lin immediately used his divine sense and returned to this physical body. After a while, his eyes opened. During this journey, his soul had improved greatly.
He moved his body and emerged from the rock. Without hesitation, he headed towards the location of the fourth realm.
Wang Lin’s face darkened. Hunchback Meng’s appearance had disrupted his plans, and it filled him with dread. More importantly, Hunchback Meng was immune to the attacks of wandering souls.
That was the main reason why Wang Lin decided to leave the third realm as soon as possible. Wang Lin knew that in terms of cultivation, he was far too weak compared to these old men. If it weren’t for the fact that this place contained many wandering souls, he wouldn’t be able to compete with them at all. He wouldn’t even have the qualifications to chat with them.
Now that the wandering souls were useless against Hunchback Meng, Wang Lin had lost his only advantage. If they met, his only path would be death. Hunchback Meng only needed to wave his hand for Wang Lin to disappear like smoke.
Wang Lin was well aware of his own limitations. Although he had always had the upper hand, he knew that the reason for this was that he could borrow external forces for help.
If Hunchback Meng had been caught in a storm like before, his chances wouldn’t have been as great as a dog drowning.
However, now that the external force was gone and both had the same starting point, no matter how brave Wang Lin was, he had no choice but to leave immediately.
Wang Lin was not a fool. Once he made his decision, he quickly flew towards the exit of the third realm.
Along the way, he didn’t even bother devouring the wandering souls. He rushed forward.
If Wang Lin gave up his physical body and traveled with just his soul, his speed would be many times faster than it was now, which was why he abandoned his body to travel to the third realm earlier.
When he had only taken half a step, Wang Lin suddenly stopped. He turned towards Duanmu and Wang Qingyue. His face turned dark as he saw the terrifying scene through the wandering souls.
Duanmu and Wang Qingyue didn’t last long under Hunchback Meng’s attack. He created a crack, and from it emerged a giant demonic hand that grabbed Duanmu and Wang Qingyue without them being able to resist.
The demon’s head was full of bone thorns. There was an evil aura around it that made people tremble with fear.
Wang Lin’s face showed uncertainty. He took back the demon Xu Liguo and the second demon. Then, he took a deep gulp of Ling Qi and used all his Lin Qi to quickly leave.
He could already feel that the demon-like Hunchback Meng was already chasing him at breakneck speed.
Wang Lin walked quickly along the path. His face was grim as he calculated. If the two of them were to walk at their current speed, he should be able to reach the whirlpool leading to the fourth realm before Hunchback Meng caught up.
Just then, the demonic Hunchback Meng used some strange method unknown to Wang Ling. Hunchback Meng’s body was covered in a blood-red light, and his speed increased severalfold. As the distance between them shortened, Hunchback Meng’s speed not only didn’t decrease, but actually increased.
Wang Lin’s heart sank as he realized that if this continued, Hunchback Meng would catch up to him in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.
It took at least the time it takes two incense sticks to burn to reach the exit. Wang Lin scanned his surroundings with his divine sense, using the wandering souls around him to quickly scan the area. His eyes were fixed on one direction as he contemplated a very bold move.
He hesitated for a moment, then without further hesitation, he slightly changed direction and immediately fled in that direction.
The Six Desire Demon Lord was very frustrated. In the third realm, he did not dare to spread his divine sense too far, so he still had not found a way out. After so many years, he had determined that the way out was in the northwest.
In fact, he had known the exit was there two years ago, but the number of souls wandering there was too great for him to handle, even with his magical treasure. So he had spent the past two years slowly luring out some souls to thin out their numbers before continuing his journey.
His speed was indeed very slow, but it would guarantee his success. It was only a matter of time before he entered the fourth realm portal and was teleported to the body of the Ancient God.
He had just lured a large number of wandering souls and was about to destroy them all using the young man’s body when his expression changed. Although he didn’t dare to spread his divine sense too far, he still knew everything that was happening within a thousand feet.
The Demon Lord of Six Desires saw a young man approaching within a thousand feet of him. He was immediately stunned upon seeing the person, then grinned and shouted, “He surrendered himself to me!”
Wang Lin stared coldly at the Six Desire Devil Lord. Instead of slowing down, he quickened his pace. Instantly, a large number of wandering souls appeared around Wang Lin. They remained around him like bodyguards.
Just as the Six Desires Goddess was about to act, she suddenly stopped. She frowned as she stared at the wandering souls surrounding Wang Lin, causing a sense of horror to well up in her heart. These strange creatures that had forced her to be extremely cautious and cautious had not only not harmed this junior, but had even protected him. This had shocked her greatly.
He didn’t dare act rashly, but instead calmly stared at Wang Lin. He wanted to see what this damned junior would do. Wang Lin stopped at the edge of the 1,000-foot radius of the Six Desire Devil Lord. The reason Wang Lin had all the wandering souls surrounding him was to warn the Six Desire Devil Lord not to act rashly.
Wang Lin’s message had been successful, and the Six Desire Devil Lord hadn’t acted recklessly. Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. Although Wang Lin wasn’t afraid of the Six Desire Devil Lord with all the wandering souls surrounding him, the Six Desire Devil Lord possessed a very strange magical treasure. If they were to fight, it would definitely take time, and Hunchback Meng was rapidly approaching.
Wang Lin stared at the Six Desire Devil Lord with an awkward expression. He silently counted the time. The Six Desire Devil Lord narrowed his eyes. He didn’t have Wang Lin’s ability to control wandering souls, so he didn’t know which devil was heading his way. When he saw Wang Lin’s hesitant expression, while he hesitated, he let out a cold smile.
If it weren’t for the fact that there were so many wandering souls surrounding Wang Lin, he would have already acted. However, at this moment, he didn’t want to complicate matters, so he coldly snorted, “This time I’ll let you off the hook. I’ll count to three and you’ll be on your way. Get lost!”
Wang Lin silently counted a few breaths and revealed a strange smile. He muttered, “Now is the time!” He immediately looked at Six Desire Devil Lord and said, “Thank you!”
After he finished speaking, he immediately charged northwest, into the midst of the crowd of wandering souls.
Six Desire Devil Lord frowned. As he pondered the situation, his face suddenly paled. He saw a blood-red meteor shooting toward him. In the blink of an eye, the meteor was already about 1,000 feet away from Six Desire Devil Lord. Hunchback Meng’s enormous demonic form was revealed.
“You… You are Hunchback Meng? You… You ate the Ying Bian Dan?” Six Desire Devil Lord’s pupils shrank. He realized from the pressure Hunchback Meng was emitting that he was already at the Spirit Formation Late Stage, and was only a step away from the Ying Bian stage.
The only way to reach this level of cultivation is to consume Ying Bian Dan!
However, the Six Desires Demon Lord immediately moved the young man’s body in front of him and flipped him horizontally. While staring at Hunchback Meng, he said, “It’s not because of Ying Bian Dan. What did you eat to turn like this?!”
Hunchback Meng stared at the Six Desires Demon King with wide eyes. The person in front of him felt very familiar. In fact, this wasn’t the first time he had felt this way. When he saw the Ancient Emperor, Duanmu, and Wang Qingyue, they all gave him a very familiar feeling. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall anything.
He quickly pushed those feelings to the back of his mind. He smiled cruelly and said, “My name is not Hunchback Meng, but Demon God Tu Si!”
As he spoke, he swung his right hand, covered in bone spikes, at the void, creating a large crack. As the crack suddenly appeared, a wave of red light erupted from it. Soon, a ten-foot-tall crimson figure emerged from the crack.
“I’ll leave this person to you. I’ll go after the next one!” Hunchback Meng flew away after he finished speaking.
The Demon Lord of Six Desires was stunned by the sight before him. He muttered to himself, “Master…”