At this moment, Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable seemed to have noticed this "abnormality" as well. However, since he himself had been at fault, he did not use it to reproach Firestone Venerable and simply swallowed his anger.
Soon after, his injuries had recovered, though his aura was somewhat wan. After giving Firestone Venerable a long, cold look, he stopped meditating and flicked his sleeve, descending from the air.
"Three months is far too tight. We should not delay any longer..." Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable swept his gaze over Wei Tu and the others. After leaving behind these words, he immediately turned into a streak of light and flew deeper into the Hundred Spirits Demon Realm.
Seeing this, Gong Man and Crippled Kite Demon Venerable naturally did not hesitate. They followed closely behind Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable and departed with him.
Only then did Wei Tu, Pity Centipede Demon Venerable, Firestone Venerable, and Lady Myriad Wonders follow behind the three, some hesitating, others wavering.
So the authority to decide who entered and left the core region of the Hundred Spirits Demon Realm was in Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable's hands... Wei Tu realized belatedly.
At the same time, he grew curious. How had Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable and the other two, who were merely Demon Venerables, learned of this ancient secret buried deep within the Hundred Spirits Demon Realm—and learned the method of opening the path to this "core region"?
More than ten days later.
Led by Phantom-Armed Demon Venerable, Wei Tu and the others arrived near an inconspicuous little hill with sparse spiritual energy.
Then, after he took out a strange ancient spirit artifact resembling a deer antler, the empty space around them instantly began to tremble faintly, ripples visible to the naked eye spreading through the void.
Immediately afterward.
A "violet crystal gate," existing within