"Remember!"
"There is no exchange of benefits between us, only life and death!"
Chen Nan gritted his teeth, his voice full of coldness.
Wusu roared and struggled incessantly, trying to break free from the influence of the sacred artifact on his body.
But no matter what it did, it was in vain.
The blood energy within was completely out of control.
Desperate and unwilling, it let out a mad laugh: "Chen Nan, do you think you are the savior?"
"Do you really think you can save this sky?"
"No!"
"You can't save it!"
"Because this sky is rotten through and through!"
"It's rotting from the roots!"
"Otherwise, how could our demon army have invaded the Three Realms?"
"How could they have occupied Lingxiao?"
"I advise you to give up your dream of saving the Three Realms."
"Because some dirtiness and darkness are not something you can bear."
"I come from the underworld, so why should I fear darkness?" Chen Nan's gaze was icy: "Do you think I don't know what dirtiness and darkness you're talking about?"
"We'll see!"
"One day, I will shatter the darkness of this world and let the sunlight shine on the areas shrouded in darkness!"
Wusu laughed heartily: "That day will never come. You will never know the terrible power of the sacred artifact you wield."
"I'll take a wild guess."
"It won't be long before it devours your Dao heart, devours your soul, and then devours you."
"Don't doubt my words."
"Those wriggling skulls above the sacred artifact..."
"are... the previous owners of this sacred artifact!"
"You will soon... repeat... their fate..."
With that said.
Its physical body turned into a dried corpse, drifting in the air before falling to the ground.
Chen Nan sat there quietly.
Although he had dealt with the myriad demons with a single blood-red staff.
Although it seemed effortless.
However.
His current state was extremely poor.
The soul power of his secondary soul was constantly increasing, about to surpass his primary soul.
This was an extremely dire situation for Chen Nan.
Because once the secondary soul grew strong, let alone obliterating it.
The secondary soul might very well obliterate his primary soul.
He desperately wanted to control the blood-red staff to continue devouring.
But...
He felt a sense of being unable to muster the strength, though his heart was willing.
The blood-red staff was completely beyond his control now.
This feeling of losing control caused his heart to beat faster and faster.
"What is the origin of this weapon?"
"Why did it even devour a demon?"
Chen Nan looked at the shining red staff in the night sky.
He had a premonition.
This red staff definitely had an astonishing origin.
As for its specific origin.
It was still unknown for the time being.
In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.
The blood lake on the ground had turned into a pool of black water, devoid of its fishy odor.
Dried corpses were vaguely visible floating on the surface of the water.
From a distance, they looked like driftwood.
Chen Nan moved his mind.
The staff flew into his hand.
He looked down, and the staff had many skull heads in various postures, like human faces, some making faces at him, some laughing, and some scolding.
He counted.
There were eight of them.
This meant that this blood-red staff had eight previous owners.
And all eight of those owners had been backfired by this blood-red staff.
"This staff is going to backfire on me. I need to suppress it. In the future, if you encounter similar trouble, you'll have to find your own way!"
"Unless, both of us are controlled by it!"
The secondary soul left a sentence, then relinquished control of the body to Chen Nan.
Although it was a secondary soul.
It had a pure heart and desired good.
Chen Nan released everyone from the immortal mansion and then had the Nine-Headed Fiery Lion transform into its true form, carrying everyone and flying towards the Divine Stone Mine tens of thousands of miles to the south.
"Boss, we heard what Wusu said!" the Nine-Headed Fiery Lion said with concern, "In my opinion, you should give up that red staff!"
"I don't want you to be backfired by it."
As these words were spoken.
The atmosphere instantly became heavy.
Chen Nan said, "Although that weapon is very strange and malevolent, it is a victorious artifact for restraining demons, and it cannot be discarded!"
Xuan Qingniao couldn't help but say, "But what if you are also backfired?"
Chen Nan smiled and asked, "Are you concerned about me?"
Xuan Qingniao snorted, "What does your life or death have to do with me?"
Chen Nan looked up at the vast sky, the stars twinkling brightly, "If I can drive the demons out of the Three Realms, what does it matter if I lose my life?"
Feng Jiu lowered her head in shame.
If he had had this resolve ten thousand years ago.
How could the demons have taken root in the Triple Heaven?
Xuan Qingniao stared blankly at Chen Nan.
She had never seen anyone speak of life and death so casually.
Perhaps!
He had long since cast aside life and death?
To be able to walk alongside such a man, no matter how far she went, was her good fortune!
At dawn.
The group arrived at the Divine Stone Mine.
From a distance, they saw many powerful rabbits and ferocious bulls.
They had occupied the Divine Stone Mine.
Whoosh!
Mad Rabbit, in a lewd manner, burrowed into Xuan Qingniao's embrace and said in a childish voice, "We've captured this Divine Stone Mine, aren't we amazing?"
Compared to Mad Rabbit's lewd demeanor.
Bull God was even more serious: "Senior, I just had people count the divine stones mined from this Divine Stone Mine. There are about 3.6 million, and their quality is very high."
Chen Nan nodded slightly, "Although the number of divine stones is not as many as I thought, it's enough to set up some powerful formations!"
"Alright, let's continue on our way to the Azure Dragon Tribe!"
Time was precious to him.
He had to use the shortest possible time to consolidate the forces of the Triple Heaven, then flatten the Myriad Demon Cave, and make the Triple Heaven a peaceful and prosperous land.
Only by leveling the Myriad Demon Cave could he open the Heavenly Ascent Path and head to the Fourth Heaven.
Thus.
Chen Nan and his group did not delay, following the markers on the map, and flew towards the location of the Azure Dragon Tribe.
The experts from the Bull Cave and Rabbit Mountain, two great demon tribes, followed behind due to their limited speed.
Five days later.
The Nine-Headed Fiery Lion, carrying Chen Nan, Xuan Qingniao, and the members of the Phoenix Tribe, arrived before a series of undulating mountains.
"This mountain is called Wolong Mountain!"
"The terrain is steep, like a giant dragon coiled here."
"Legend has it that this mountain range was formed from the transformed body of an ancient divine dragon after its death."
"Even the Heavenly Court had not been built at that time."
Feng Jiu spoke of the origin of Wolong Mountain.
"However, at the very beginning, the Azure Dragon Tribe was not called by this name."
"It was called the Divine Dragon Tribe."
"But because Azure Dragon later became one of the Four Divine Beasts, the Divine Dragon Tribe was renamed the Azure Dragon Tribe."
Chen Nan couldn't help but chuckle: "Is this being opportunistic?"
Feng Jiu shook her head: "I'm not very clear about the specific reasons. But one thing is obvious: the people of the Azure Dragon Tribe have fiery tempers and are very resistant to outsiders."
"They don't even put our Phoenix Tribe in their eyes."
"As for whether we can persuade them to join us in going east, it will depend on luck!"
Chen Nan smiled and said nothing.
Since they were from the Azure Dragon Tribe.
Given my relationship with Azure Dragon, if I gave an order, would they dare to disobey?