Chapter 177 Chu Yan Descends into the Submarine Volcano!
"Then I'll personally return to the Demon World!"
"Call out the senior members of the War Heaven Demon clan!"
The Demon Dragon Lord rose at once and declared.
If he could truly slay the Chu family Beast God and absorb his dragon blood, his own bloodline power would unquestionably rise another level, and his combat strength would skyrocket!
So the Chu family Beast God was a particular obsession of his.
After the Demon Dragon Lord returned to the Demon World, a Demon Lord suddenly said, "What if we use a battle formation to open a passage from the Mortal Realm to the Netherworld Hell, and send those World-Creation Realm experts through?"
If powerful figures from Netherworld Hell intervened, breaking open a channel from the Mortal Realm to the Supreme Divine Realm would probably be easy for them!
"That's risky!"
"We don't have any World-Creation Realm experts in our Demon World to counter them. If they turn on us, who knows what the consequences would be!"One Demon Lord shook his head, feeling the plan was far too reckless.
"But Hell also has our Demon Race's elder experts!"
"With them present, those World-Creation Realm powers wouldn't necessarily attack us, right?"
"Those words sound comforting, but who really knows the situation inside that domain? What if our elder experts have already fallen there?"
The Void Demon Lord sighed. Trying to get our race and other factions to coexist peacefully—it's difficult!
Long-term coexistence will inevitably erupt into all-out war; how that ends is anyone's guess.
"Why don't we first ask the Red-Haired Elder and the others to gather intel on Hell, then decide?"
"Fine, but don't expect too much!"
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Supporters from the three Forbidden Lands arrived on the battlefield, pushing the demon gods back a bit and expanding the barrier.
The demons' assault intensified.
At the same time, martial god experts from the Chrono Cave and the Withered Blood Sea joined the fray, plunging the Chu family side into another fierce struggle.
Still, it was only a hard fight—the losses weren't huge.
After all, the Chu family had Chu Long, a half-step Immortal-tier cultivator. If he and his martial-god harem combined forces, they could even slay true Immortal-tier opponents!
So Chu Long was effectively unbeatable here.
Relying on his strength, he continuously expanded the barrier. The demons noticed the changes the barrier expansion caused but were powerless to stop it; even the Demon Lords couldn't hold it back and had to exhaust themselves trying to block Chu Long.
Their best tactic was to besiege other martial gods, sapping time and forcing Chu Long to dispatch rescues!
In the Canghai Domain, faced with an onslaught from hundreds of demon gods, Chu Yan finally unleashed his Divine Fire, Cangtian Virtual Flame.
Wherever that Divine Fire passed, demon gods instantly turned to ash.
After all, Divine Fire could wound even the Ancient Ancestors of a Forbidden Land; easily burning a martial god to death was nothing!
"The power of Divine Fire is terrifying!"
Even Chu Yunling was deeply shaken watching it. Among the Chu family now, the only one who could wipe out so many in one blow might be Chu Long at his half-step Immortal-tier, right?
"The Divine Fire is indeed powerful, so I try not to use it unless absolutely necessary," Chu Yan said. He now possessed four Divine Fires: Cangtian Virtual Flame, Dayu Divine Flame, Extinction Demonic Flame, and Chaos Divine Flame!
Dayu Divine Flame came from the Undying Fire Sea and had earth-shattering, sky-burning destructive might!
He had fully refined the first two Divine Fires. If he could completely refine the Extinction Demonic Flame and the Chaos Divine Flame as well, Chu Yan was confident he could break through to Immortal-tier!
Chu Yunling frowned and said, "At this point, we shouldn't be holding back. Driving the demons out of the Mortal Realm must be our top priority!"
Thanks to the Beast God giving them a place of refuge—without the Beast God's barrier, the Mortal Realm would already have fallen—Chu Yunling felt there was no need to demand parity in realm during battle. The invaders didn't only send Demon Saints when they entered the Mortal Realm, did they?
Chu Yan pondered and agreed that Chu Yunling had a point. If the barrier weren't there, would he remain so calm?
"Very well, from now on I'll go all out!"
Chu Yan's eyes hardened with resolve.
Not long after, the two of them arrived near a submarine volcano, where a fierce battle raged. Two serpentine dragons, one azure thunder-drake tens of thousands of meters long and one golden True Dragon of similar scale, were battling dozens of demon gods.
Although the demons outnumbered them, the two true dragons were terrifying in strength and were each taking on multiple demon gods alone!
"I can sense a Divine Fire within that volcanic mouth. If we obtain it, the Chu family will be severely wounded; we could even slaughter the martial gods in this Divine Battle space!"
A demon god of the Flame Demon clan said excitedly. Originally, a descendant from their clan possessed a Divine Fire and planned to use it to slaughter the area and make a name for their Flame Demon clan. But by sheer misfortune, they encountered a member of the Chu family who also commanded Divine Fire—and before they could wreak havoc, that person had the Divine Fire ripped away!
This enraged the entire Flame Demon clan because that was their only Divine Fire.
Even in the Demon World there were only a handful of Divine Fires; they were priceless treasures. Discovering Divine Fire traces in the Mortal Realm, the Flame Demons led a large force of demon gods to seize it.
"Hold these two true dragons in place. I'll take the Divine Fire!"
The Flame Demon's demon god Chiyan shouted to the others.
"Don't worry, we'll deal with the two true dragons!"
"But as we said before—if you obtain the Divine Fire, you'll have to help us hunt down martial gods in the future. If you break that promise, you know the consequences!"
"Haha, don't worry. How could I, Chiyan, go back on my word?"
Devil-fire burned around Chiyan as he dodged the two true dragons' attacks and plunged headfirst into the submarine volcano!
At that moment, Chu Yan followed closely and entered the volcano mouth as well.
"Be careful!"
Chu Yan's echoing voice rang from the volcanic mouth.
"Don't worry. I'll handle things outside!"
Chu Yunling, who had just arrived, answered. She then summoned her Fire Qilin and Kunpeng to join the battle!
"Chu family Beast Tamers?"
Every Demon Lord who saw Chu Yunling charged toward her on sight.
Their grudge with the Chu family ran deep. They had thought invading the Mortal Realm would be easy, but so many demon deaths had resulted from the Chu family!
So whenever a Chu family martial god appeared, the demons immediately flew into a blind rage.
Without a word, Chu Yunling stood atop the Kunpeng and charged.
There was nothing to negotiate with the demons.
On the other side, Chu Yan descended into the submarine volcano. The moment he entered the volcanic mouth, the other four Divine Fires within him began to stir.
"It's really Divine Fire. I just don't know which type it is."
He looked downward, where crimson magma radiated a fiery glow, and within it the vague phantom of a phoenix flickered.
"Is that phantom caused by an egg of a spirit beast below, or by the Divine Fire itself?"
Since the volcano was not currently erupting, Chu Yan couldn't make out the specifics!
As he plunged deeper, a terrifying strike suddenly blasted upward from below!