Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming-Chapter 703 - 697: Cross-Border War - Searching for Gui Ling

Chapter 703 -697: Cross-Border War – Searching for Gui Ling

Li Miaozhen and Elder Long Qian gave their all, which a Demon Immortal not at their peak just couldn’t match.

Even though the Demon Path had many secret techniques for preserving life, such techniques had their limits and couldn’t always maintain strong combat power, especially since the treasure he relied on for protection was restrained by the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon. How could he withstand the assault of these two powerful beings?

As this demon perished and his Dao vanished, the originally demon-infused pitch-black Demon Tower suddenly deflated like a punctured ball, its hundred-zhang-high tower slowly shrinking to just over a foot tall.

Moreover, the flames that had once roared inside the tower also retracted, leaving the tower’s surface exuding only a faint demonic aura, as it quietly floated in front of the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon.

Normally, treasures of this level would have developed spiritual nature. If their master were killed, they would often choose to flee and hide in secretive places, awaiting a faded destined one!

If they couldn’t find a cultivator who practiced similar cultivation techniques, these treasures might choose a being with weaker Dao cultivation to nurture, making sure the cultivator’s technique closely conformed to their own.

This was also why many cultivators suddenly rose to prominence after stumbling upon such an opportunity.

Qin Feng looked at the Demon Tower a few times, feeling that this treasure didn’t choose to flee probably because it wasn’t originally the possession of the Soul Devouring Demon Venerable.

The Soul Devouring Demon Venerable hadn’t had the artifact for many years, and, limited by his Dao cultivation, couldn’t possibly refine the Demon Tower completely in such a short time, thus failing to gain its recognition fully.

Moreover, the Soul Burning Demon Flame emitted by the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon felt familiar to the Demon Tower!

Now that the Demon Path had been annihilated by the Righteous Path cultivators, and all sects of the Demon Path had been conquered with only a handful of Demon Cultivators hiding in fear, barely daring to show their faces, the fortunes of the Demon Path had almost vanished.

In such a situation, even if the Demon Tower chose to flee, it might not be able to find any traces of Demon Cultivators again, and the Soul Burning Demon Flame made it instinctively crave closeness. Therefore, Qin Feng felt he must be the right person for this treasure!

He pondered for a moment and then flames of Soul Burning Demon Flame suddenly surged around him. He even shattered a few Spiritually-rich Demon Crystals he had obtained from the Red Flame Demon Realm, making his demonic qi even denser.

He then cautiously approached the pitch-black Demon Tower that was just over a foot tall.

The Demon Tower did not resist his approach. In fact, as Qin Feng’s hand, burning with Demon Flame, touched the tower, it even tilted slightly towards him.

Overjoyed, Qin Feng hurriedly wrapped the entire tower with the Soul Burning Demon Flame.

Of course, he didn’t intend to destroy the Demon Tower with the Demon Flame. Given his current strength, that was impossible.

He merely wanted to refine it preliminarily, to control even just one or two of its outer prohibitions minimally, so that, moving forward, the Demon Tower would no longer be able to flee!

Even though he was a Righteous Path cultivator, and this Demon Tower was not suitable for him, it was still a powerful treasure, as seen by the Soul Devouring Demon Venerable’s previous ability to suppress Elder Long Qian with it.

Without the formidable power of the Demon Tower, the Soul Devouring Demon Venerable himself, limited by his cultivation, would never have been able to match Elder Long Qian, let alone the fact that Elder Long Qian had two Demon Immortal Spiritual Beasts under his command.

Such a powerful treasure was something Qin Feng was reluctant to just cast aside.

Moreover, allowing the Demon Tower to flee would inevitably tempt inexperienced Junior Cultivators to cultivate Demon Techniques, thereby cultivating for themselves a master.

To prevent cultivators from straying on the wrong path in the future, Qin Feng felt it best that he take on this Demon Path treasure himself!

If it didn’t work out, even sealing it in the Sect’s Demon Refining Cave was better than letting it fly away and tempt cultivators into the Demon Path.

While he was relying on the Soul Burning Demon Flame to refine the prohibitions in the Demon Tower, Elder Long Qian and the two Demon Immortal Realm Spiritual Beasts under his command were simply staring at Qin Feng.

Or perhaps, at the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon beside him.

They were preoccupied with the battle earlier, although they noticed Qin Feng’s actions, they didn’t get distracted and focused all their spirit on slaying the Soul Devouring Demon Venerable.

Now that the demon had perished and his Dao had vanished, their heads turned towards the colossal Dharma Image that nearly obscured half of the sky.

Even though Elder Long Qian had been shocked several times since their meeting, he could not help but feel shocked again when he saw the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon!

Not to mention the intimidating appearance of the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon, just its nearly ten-thousand-zhang-large body was enough to astonish anyone.

It had not been long since they last separated, and Qin Feng had not only achieved the Immortal Dao of Longevity, with formidable cultivation combat power, but even his Dharma Image had grown to such a tremendous size.

Did it have to be so exaggerated?

Even Elder Long Qian, with his temperament, felt a bit overwhelmed.

Not only was Elder Long Qian left dumbfounded, but the two Demon Immortal Realm Spiritual Beasts under his command were also slack-jawed!

Then they looked down at their own bodies and immediately felt extremely ashamed.

Their originally not insignificant bodies now seemed like little rabbits standing in front of a giant elephant when compared to the Nine-Headed Ghost Fire Flame Dragon. The difference was just too vast.

Fortunately, Qin Feng soon withdrew his Dharma Image.

After all, continuously displaying Fatian Xiangdi was very draining. Since the battle had ended and the Demon Tower was quite compliant, allowing him to refine a few of its outer prohibitions and no longer needing to guard against it, he naturally withdrew his Dharma Image.

“Haha…”

Elder Long Qian, having cultivated for over ten thousand years as an elder cultivator, quickly regained his composure and a smile appeared on his face. He spoke,”I wouldn’t have believed it was you two if I hadn’t recognized the aura on your bodies. I’d have thought someone else was impersonating you.”

His smile was filled with relief but also revealed a complex emotion that was hard to pinpoint, “Though I knew you were favored by the Heavenly Dao and that your cultivation would progress rapidly, I still find it hard to believe it has advanced to this extent!

Tell me, how did you cultivate so quickly? It’s quite humbling for us old folks!”

“Ancestor Martial Uncle, you flatter us!”

The two of them flew over and paid their respects to Elder Long Qian.

Qin Feng explained, “Disciple and Senior Sister Miao Zhen fortuitously participated in the war of the ten-direction Ghost City against the Otherworld, visited that Divine Realm, seized a few Divine Fruits, and came across some opportunities, which allowed us to advance so rapidly in our cultivation!”

He did not elaborate, and Elder Long Qian did not ask for details.

This was not the place for a detailed discussion; there would be time for that later.

“By the way, why are you here, Ancestor Martial Uncle?”

Beside him, Li Miaozhen asked curiously, “We left the Sect because of special circumstances, why did Ancestor Martial Uncle come to such a remote place?”

Elder Long Qian sighed lightly, “There’s no harm in telling you. Earlier, I was entrusted by two ancestors to secretly protect Qin Feng. However, I didn’t expect that near the God Burying Abyss, he would be teleported with that Demon Cultivator to an unknown location. After returning to the Sect, I asked Gui Ling Ancestor to perform divination, and he instructed me to wait for you here in the Desolate Wilderness. I was thinking that since your powers were still weak, I would secretly protect you as we headed south, but unexpectedly, you have grown to such a level that not only do you not need my covert protection, but you have also greatly helped me. If you had not arrived in time, I certainly would not have been able to withstand those Demon Cultivators, and I would have had to retreat ignominiously, leaving a severe threat to our Biluo.”

“Oh? What do you mean by that?”

Li Miaozhen, curious, asked, “They are just a few demons. Even though they have already become Demon Immortals, they are not much for our entire Cultivation World. Any Righteous Path Cultivators can eventually eliminate them if they show themselves. Even if they escape, how much damage can they really do?”

“You don’t know the whole story!”

Elder Long Qian said, “These few demons alone certainly couldn’t cause much harm to our Cultivation World, but they have found some remnants of ancient Otherworld powers in the Two Realms Mountain and used the altar to communicate with forces from the Outer Realms. If our star region in Biluo is re-targeted by several Great Worlds, we will face another Great Tribulation!

Once those mighty enemies from those Great Worlds invade, the catastrophe will be indescribable. Our Biluo is currently plotting over this star region and hasn’t recovered to its glory before the Ancient Great Tribulation; solely relying on our current strength, not to mention seeking revenge against those Great Worlds, even resisting them would be difficult.

Moreover, while the various factions are currently on expeditions and haven’t transported back the resources from other realms on a large scale, although they have started recruiting disciples extensively, our Cultivation World isn’t at a stage of explosive development yet. To resist those Great Worlds, even if everything goes smoothly, it would take at least a thousand years!”

Elder Long Qian shook his head, “What I am talking about is the number of lower-level cultivators, let alone the Great Powers who can play a crucial role and the Immortals who form the core strength, whose growth takes even longer.

Low-level cultivators can be raised with ordinary resources, but becoming an Immortal isn’t easy, let alone achieving the Dao and becoming an immortal Great Power.

Such development takes a long time!”

Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen were not concerned with Elder Long Qian’s extensive explanation; their attention was entirely focused on the demons communicating with the Otherworld forces through the altar.

“Did they succeed?” Qin Feng asked curiously.

“…”

Elder Long Qian gave him a strange look, “The Three-Legged Crow you captured alive was one of the Otherworld Creatures that came through that altar!”

“What?”

Qin Feng was startled, “That altar can already transport living beings? Does that not mean that this place could become a battlefield for an invasion by those Great Worlds at any moment?”

“Hehe, don’t panic!”

Elder Long Qian chuckled lightly, “Wars between Great Worlds aren’t so easily started, and that altar is too small to allow the Great Powers to cross the Void into Biluo.

Moreover, we have already won. Breaking that altar will temporarily ensure Biluo’s safety.

Nevertheless, we should leave this place quickly and report this matter to the ancestors and await their decisions!”

Qin Feng asked, “This place is quite far from the Southern Domain. Even though we have attained the Immortal Dao, it would still take several days to return to the Mountain Gate. Could anything go wrong?”

“Hehe, don’t worry, we don’t need to travel that far.”

Elder Long Qian smiled, “Right now, Gui Ling Ancestor is planning how to conquer the Nordic God Realm with Gongsun Mountain Master in the Spring and Autumn Academy. We just need to go to the Spring and Autumn Academy near Lingxiao City!”