Chapter 236: Chapter 230: Even the Jiaolong Turns into a Worm in My Hunyuan Palace
"Got it!"
Spanning the horizon, the Elephant Demon suddenly swung its trunk. Its small, red-gleaming eyes pivoted, targeting the mountain range below.
"Found the location?"
From within the surging black smoke of demonic qi, a hideous and savage lion’s face emerged. It was scar-laden, and strands of fresh red meat were caught between its yellowed, protruding teeth.
"Mm, it’s faint, but we have a rough area."
A ferocious grin spread across the Elephant Demon’s face as it coiled its trunk and took a deep breath.
The next instant!
A violent, raging gale howled forth from its nostrils.
The physical bodies of Ranxue Jing Yaomo were terrifying. This was especially true for the pure-blood demons of the Gu Clan. When they manifested their True Bodies, each was larger than a mountain. Even without employing Sorcery and Demon Skills, their mere physical strength could wreak extreme havoc.
The Elephant Demon blew through its trunk, and a storm descended from the sky. The mist and clouds hovering over the mountain range were instantly dispersed. Even the vegetation of the Forest Sea on the mountains was swept clean. The bare mountain peaks were laid plain, concealing nothing.
"There!"
Five pairs of ferociously malevolent eyes locked onto the tiny figure hidden among the mountains.
In a flash!
Demonic qi surged rampantly. Vast expanses of black smoke billowed and intertwined, accompanied by an endless, bloody stench. Five massive, heavy shadows dove downwards simultaneously, their descent marked by a deafening roar and a terrifying, oppressive force. Vast swathes of shadow engulfed the entire mountain range.
"Heh, the fish took the bait~"
Qi Xiu’s robes fluttered violently in the malicious wind. His face held a smile of gleeful anticipation, as if a great play was about to begin.
"You ’human livestock’ certainly have some guts, laughing in the face of death. I’ll take your soul now and lock it before the graves of my children for eternity, never to be reincarnated!"
Seeing Qi Xiu, the Elephant Demon snorted coldly. With a wave of its massive hand, an immense pressure bore down, and dense demonic qi permeated the air, sealing the void.
BOOM—
The sky-reaching hand fell. A distorted Paper Ghost let out a sardonic laugh, mocking the Elephant Demon who had just boasted of avenging its children.
Otherworldly creature—Paper Ghost!
After Qi Xiu ascended to the Blood-Stained Realm, the Paper Ghost summoned by the Upper Clear Bell had reached the Initiate Realm. It was capable of replicating appearance and stature with perfect accuracy. Even its aura and soul could be copied. Unless faced with a Dao Expert, ordinary cultivators simply could not tell it apart.
"You’re just a pig with a stretched-out snout, stop pretending to be an elephant!" the Paper Ghost, caught in the Elephant Demon’s grasp, taunted. This instantly ignited the Elephant Demon’s rage.
"Courting death!"
Roaring hysterically, the Elephant Demon tore the Paper Ghost in its hand to shreds. Its blood-red eyes fiercely swept the surroundings.
"Search! Split up and search! This human livestock must still be hiding here! Dig three feet into the ground if you must, but find him for me!"
BOOM!
The five Great Demons, each as large as a mountain, split up and headed towards the surrounding peaks.
And right here, right now, directly under the eyes of the five demons, Qi Xiu stood within the Hunyuan Palace, hands tucked into his sleeves. He calmly watched as the demons gradually moved away. His gaze slowly settled on the Water Demon—a slightly smaller creature with hair covering its face. It seemed human, yet not, and was engulfed in watery mist, its body covered in dark blue-green scales.
"Let’s start with you, then."
The mountain fog was thick and lingering.
The shark-like demon Wen Qianshan, the size of a small hill, strolled slowly. Its massive, boulder-like, unsettlingly green eyes scanned the mountain range before it. With every step, a plethora of foul-smelling scales fell from its body with a loud CLATTER, CLATTER.
Big Brother is really something, why fret so much over a mere human? he grumbled internally. So what if a few of his brats were killed? All this wasted time means fewer humans for us to eat.
Full of complaints, Wen Qianshan scratched the dead skin on his face. RIP! He tore off a large piece of skin, still attached to flesh, then tossed it into his mouth and began to CRUNCH, CRUNCH on it.
He was a Water Demon. Being on land was quite uncomfortable; his skin constantly shed and broke out in sores, and the itching was unbearable. Over time, all of his skin and flesh would dry out and crack. While not fatal, it was awfully distressing.
"Ah, let’s take a break."
Seeing his brothers walk further away, Wen Qianshan decided to sit down. He didn’t want to search anymore.
After all, it wasn’t *his* brats who had died.
But just as this Blood-Stained Realm demon sat down, propped against a mountain range and continuing to scratch and tear at his skin, the surrounding fog suddenly became much denser. The dense white mist crept up, covering Wen Qianshan’s shins, then his waist. By the time the mist reached his neck, a chilling, sinister aura instantly alerted him.
Not good!
Realizing something was amiss, Wen Qianshan tensed, ready to fight back.
But in the void around him, numerous ancient, door-panel-sized, blue-black Talisman Scripts abruptly surfaced. They quickly formed a partial array, and a vast black ocean materialized out of nowhere, instantly engulfing Wen Qianshan! The boundless, immensely heavy water, combined with an extreme chill, instantly froze the entire black ocean, sealing him firmly within.
"You..."
He managed to utter only one word before Wen Qianshan’s mountain-sized body was frozen solid within the black ocean.
The next moment, Qi Xiu appeared, his eyes swirling with vibrant colors, his hands suddenly spreading open. An indescribable ripple emanated from him, as if a mysterious power had descended upon this world.
"Hunyuan Palace, retrieve!"
The black ocean churned tumultuously.
Beneath the surface, green light flared in Wen Qianshan’s eyes. He shattered the ice with a deafening CRASH and roared with laughter.