Chapter Twenty-Four: Devil

  In the midst of dense mountains, there were all kinds of venomous insects and snakes. The miasma rose to the sky. Occasionally, a flock of birds flew over from the air, but was sucked into the mouth of a giant snake on the ground with great force, causing a large number of birds to fall into the snake's mouth.

  This is 'Bahuang Mountain', a desolate mountain and treacherous waters one hundred thirty thousand li away from the Great Luo Heavenly Path, rarely visited since ancient times.

  Several mountain goblins held wooden sticks, driving away the poisonous insects that kept showing their sharp fangs, while carefully heading in the direction where the heavenly thunder had just fallen.

  These several giant mountain goblins, about six zhang tall, are the overlords of this mountain forest hundreds of miles around. Normally they roam freely and unbridled, their ferocious reputation resounding throughout the mountains. However, for the past few days, they have been intimidated by a strange aura, hiding deep within their caves and not daring to show their faces. This unusual fear has filled the hearts of these violent mountain goblins with humiliating anger. But that aura is truly too terrifying; even the few brain cells in their heads vaguely know that if they get close to it, they will die!

  Driven by their fear of death, these mountain ogres endured hunger and thirst in the cave for several days. On this day, they suddenly heard a loud thunderclap in the sky, and the terrifying aura that had been making them fearful suddenly disappeared. The mountain ogres were overjoyed, thinking that the heavenly thunderbolt had already shattered the owner of the aura into dust. They then deliberately chose the heaviest and sturdiest wooden clubs they had made before, and slipped out of the cave, heading in the direction where the thunderbolt had fallen.

  All the way, they brutally killed more than a dozen ferocious beasts that accidentally appeared in front of them, trampled thousands of poisonous insects and snakes to death, and jointly tore a twenty-meter-long giant snake into pieces. Several mountain demons held bloody meat blocks in their hands, took a few steps and gnawed on them, and finally arrived at the place where the thunder fell.

  This was originally a small and exquisite valley, surrounded by seven strangely shaped mountains that formed the shape of a skull. Several mountain demons knew clearly that this place was originally inhabited by a fierce and cruel giant roc, which was the master of the sky within a thousand miles, and they had always been at peace with these few land-based overlords, neither able to do anything to each other, nor bothering to provoke each other. Now seeing the place where the thunderbolt fell, it turned out to be the valley where the giant roc lived, several mountain demons couldn't help but feel a thrill of joy, 'heh heh' laughing as they walked closer to the valley.

  The originally small mountain valley has now become a deep and bottomless abyss. The seven mountain peaks were struck by lightning and turned into powder, the ground was covered with large pieces of black glass, all of which were formed after the rocks melted and solidified. Within several miles of the mountain valley, all the mountain peaks burst open, and cracks of varying depths and sizes spread across the land, from which wisps of black mist continued to emanate. Several mountain demons excitedly jumped over the cracks, constantly approaching the abyss.

  "Whoa~~~~~" Several Mountain Goblins finally arrived at the edge of the deep chasm, and they danced with joy in a burst of excitement. The Roc is definitely dead, it's definitely dead! With such a huge pit, how could it not be smashed to pieces? From today on, these brothers will be the dual overlords of the air and ground within a thousand miles around here. Who dares to fight them?

  "Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!" A mountain goblin excitedly waved its wooden staff and let out a loud, long howl towards the sky.

  Who would have thought that the mountain goblin's vigorous swing of his arm was too fierce, and with a loud wail, he tumbled down into the abyss along with the heavy wooden club. The other mountain goblins were frightened and let out strange cries, dropping their clubs and turning to flee in fear of falling down themselves.

  The mountain goblin that had fallen down was wailing in despair, when suddenly his body came to an abrupt halt and he found himself suspended in mid-air. This bizarre occurrence frightened the mountain goblin out of its wits, causing it to let out a loud shriek once again as it lost control of its bodily functions. For it had sensed that aura, the same aura that had kept him and his brothers holed up in their cave for days, too afraid to venture out - an aura filled with boundless evil, unparalleled eeriness, and reeking of death.

  Two red glows floated beside the Mountain Ogre. As it watched the Mountain Ogre struggling desperately, the two red glows flashed and a gloomy voice suddenly growled: "Damn guy, I wanted to suck some blood food, but it's such a dirty thing. Never mind, can't be a meat food, then be a slave. Such a big blockhead, seems to have some brute strength."

  A ray of red light pierced into the mountain goblin's brow, and the mountain goblin who was frantically twisting and struggling suddenly stiffened all over. Two drops of blood tears dripped from his two big eyes, and his pupils suddenly turned into a strange dark red color.

  A dark fog surged up from the ground, supporting the mountain demon, and slowly flew into the abyss with him.

  A few of them had just run out less than a mile when they suddenly heard the roar from their brother. They turned back to see that the mountain ogre who had fallen into the abyss was standing on a mass of black fog, waving at them repeatedly. These big guys with stupid brains were suddenly delighted, didn't their brother die? They happily ran back again, roaring with joy and asking for news from the mountain ogre.

  A few streaks of red light flashed by, and these mountain goblins also shed blood tears in their eyes, with both eyes turning into a crimson color.

  A beauty with a face as lovely as that of an eighteen-year-old maiden, two eyes gleaming with blood light, layers of blood waves surging in her eyes, like a young man emerging abruptly from the endless sea of blood in front of several mountain goblins. She was wearing a black long gown, but it seemed to have been burned by fire, with tattered holes and scorch marks all over.

  The young man gently stroked his smooth, hairless head and sighed softly: "What a formidable Purple Thunder Heaven Fire. If not for the rapid decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the energy in this world would not be enough to condense into the 'Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder', then today... Hehehehe! Great calamity did not die, it is only fitting that I, the old ancestor, unify this realm."

  He slowly raised his head, and the young man looked at the blue sky, sighing: "Do you know? Back then, it was just sealing my old ancestor, but today it brought a disaster to your disciples! Hehehe! According to those little brats' words, the highest cultivation in the current cultivation world is only the Nascent Soul stage? Nascent Soul stage! What's the use of that!"

  A lonely smile, the young man sighed: "Those who follow me will live, those who oppose me will perish. This is the way of heaven, and that's all there is to it."

  In the distant sky, hundreds of black lines, black lights, and black fog shot over. A group of cultivators with evil energy all over their bodies flew in quickly, and they all bowed to the young man: "We are the younger generation of the Yinwei Gate, greeting the Blood God Ancestor. Congratulations, Ancestor, on escaping the great disaster and returning to the world!"

  "Yin Gui Men~~~~" The Blood God Patriarch sighed softly and said leisurely, "Yin San Niang's soul was scattered for the sake of this old patriarch back then. You are all San Niang's juniors, so I will treat you with a different attitude."

  "Let's talk about it! You're going to attack Darunia first, what have you prepared?"

  The Blood God Patriarch smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Since you want to destroy the Great Luo Dan Dao, then destroy it."