At the top level of the central fortress of the Shekou Defense Line.
Zhou Tianming removed his armor and stood at the edge of the fortress in white robes. Looking at Lu Yang beside him, he said, "Boss, I've been hearing strange whispers lately. I didn't want to trouble you before, but I feel like I can't hold on much longer. The whispers keep tempting me to join them."
Lu Yang smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "It's the call of an Ancient Demon, isn't it? Don't agree to it. Once you do, you may gain power for a short time, but the demon will then take over your body, completely erase your consciousness, and make you disappear from this world."
The Blazing Demon God had told him this. Whenever magical elements entered a new world, they brought not only the ability for that world's creatures to learn magic, but also all kinds of beings from other dimensions that used magical elements to communicate.
Ancient Demons were one such kind. Even the Blazing Demon God did not know how they came into existence. He only knew that they were sealed within another dimension. Whenever a creature heard their whispers and agreed to make a contract with them, they would briefly grant the contractor immense power before devouring the contractor and appearing in this world.
The key was that they could not be killed. What came was merely a wisp of divine consciousness. Even the Blazing Demon God feared the Demon King among the Ancient Demons. Like the inner demons faced by cultivators during tribulation, they always appeared at the critical moment when god-tier powerhouses advanced. One moment of carelessness could mean death and the destruction of the soul.
But after so many years of fighting, the Blazing Demon God