The Demonic Race Is Indeed Insidious and Cunning

Following the direction indicated by the Ruyi Heart Sutra, you discovered the senior's cave dwelling was located in the Underground Abyss.

The dark red city walls were a hundred zhang high.

From afar, they looked like a bloody sky curtain, stretching across the land.

Jiang Chuan stood on the city wall, gazing into the distance.

An incredibly long and narrow crack, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, was embedded in the yellowish earth.

The crack was dark and deep, as if it connected to the eighteen layers of hell, ready to devour all living beings.

"Ancient texts record that the Underground Abyss has seventy-two layers, with countless earth demons stationed on each layer. The deeper you go, the more earth demons and the greater the danger."

"I hope the senior's cave dwelling is in the earlier layers; otherwise, it will be quite troublesome."

Cultivators classify demons into three types: heavenly, earthly, and human.

Earth demons are the demonic beings that live in the Underground Abyss.

The Asura Demon that Jiang Chuan heavily injured with a single kick during the Warrior Monk Institute assessment was also a type of earth demon.

Earth demons are cruel and bloodthirsty, often leaving the Underground Abyss to slaughter ordinary people indiscriminately.

Therefore, the major powers of the Qingyuan Realm frequently issue missions to exterminate and hunt earth demons.

Before heading to the Underground Abyss, you visited the Heavenly Dao Pavilion in Youyun City and spent two thousand Spirit Stones to purchase intel on Lu Chenling's whereabouts.

After paying the Spirit Stones and cursing them as money-grubbing bastards, you successfully obtained Lu Chenling's location.

Lu Chenling entered the Underground Abyss for training three days ago.

You immediately set off for the Underground Abyss.

Upon arriving at the Underground Abyss, the scene that greeted you made you freeze.

The dark Underground Abyss was like a giant Taotie, roaring to the heavens and swallowing all light.

As soon as Jiang Chuan entered the Underground Abyss, he swept his Divine Sense and saw many cultivators shouting incessantly.

"Fellow Daoist, need protection? One thousand Spirit Stones a day."

"Fourth Realm Cultivator protection! Two thousand Spirit Stones a day."

"Earth demon heads for sect missions, three hundred Spirit Stones each."

Jiang Chuan looked at the mountain of earth demon heads and silently gave a thumbs-up to the shouting cultivators.

You actually dare to do this business, truly not afraid of death!

Would sects like Bodhi Temple care about a few earth demon heads?

Not at all.

The reason they posted missions was largely to train their disciples.

If they weren't caught, they could be directly classified as obstructing the original intentions of the major powers of the Qingyuan Realm in cultivating disciples, and attempting to harm the younger generation of cultivators in the Qingyuan Realm.

At that point, it would be difficult even to die.

Following the guidance of the Ruyi Heart Sutra, you soon attracted the attention of a group of Yaksha.

Yaksha have blue skin, red hair, and two horns on their heads. They are demonic creatures born from the union of blood demons and zombies. Their strength is among the weakest of the earth demons.

You activated your low-grade treasure artifact, the Jadeite Saber, and killed dozens of Yaksha with three strikes. However, you were then noticed by Winged Demons.

Winged Demons have wings on their backs, bird-like heads, and human bodies. They are cruel, bloodthirsty, and enjoy eating human brains.

"Catch that human, don't let him escape!"

"I want this human's thigh."

"I want his palm!"

"If you all finish, what will I eat?"

"You can eat shit!"

"Bastard! How dare you speak like that?"

Jiang Chuan: .

Looking at the bickering Winged Demons, Jiang Chuan didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Good news: the Winged Demons were fighting amongst themselves.

Bad news: they were fighting because they were discussing him and couldn't agree on a distribution.

"Stop arguing! The Asura Demon territory is ahead. If we don't speed up our pursuit, when the Asura Demon kills this human, we won't get a single piece of meat."

Hearing the voices behind him, Jiang Chuan urged the Jadeite Saber beneath his feet, made a sharp turn, and chose to go around.

Asura Demons rank among the top ten of all earth demons.

Rashly entering Asura Demon territory could easily attract Fourth Realm, or even Fifth Realm, Asura Demons.

At that point, Jiang Chuan would have no choice but to lay down his neck and accept death!

"Gah gah! Look at this human, so stupid! I told him the front was the Asura Demon territory, and he actually believed me," the Winged Demon cackled loudly.

"Dammit, I actually got tricked by a Winged Demon!"

Jiang Chuan's face darkened, and he felt so frustrated he wanted to spit blood. "Demons are truly insidious and cunning! Not a single word of their lies can be believed!"

Zheng!!!

A world-shattering sword hum suddenly rang out.

In the next moment, a brilliant sword light, like the rising sun, illuminated the entire first level of the Underground Abyss.

A cold, chilling killing intent swept across the heavens and earth like a breached ocean.

"This sword!"

Jiang Chuan was startled.

The Winged Demons, who were closely pursuing him, cried out in terror.

"A human great power is clashing with a Demon Emperor! Run! If you don't run now, it'll be too late!"

"Zhuo Yunsheng! You killed my three Demon Emperors, do you want your Bamboo Immortal Island annihilated?!"

An angry roar, like a thunderclap, caused the firmament to tremble.

It felt as if a thousand needles pierced his brain, and intense pain instantly spread through Jiang Chuan's entire body.

Jiang Chuan's face contorted, and he almost fell off the Jadeite Saber.

Ignoring the pain, Jiang Chuan had only one thought in his mind.

"Escape! Run quickly!"

The weakest of the Demon Emperors among the Underground Demons were Seventh Realm powerhouses.

The aftermath of a clash between Seventh Realm powerhouses was enough to turn Jiang Chuan into dust.

Jiang Chuan controlled the Jadeite Saber, transforming into a stream of light that streaked across the sky.

"Annihilate my Bamboo Immortal Island? Chigou, do you think you're worthy?"

As soon as Zhuo Yunsheng's voice fell, a blood-colored storm appeared out of nowhere.

Wuwuwu!

It sounded like the wails of ten thousand vengeful spirits, or the roar of a demon god towards the heavens.

The blood-colored storm swept across the eight directions, and wherever it passed, all things were annihilated.

[Demon Emperor Chigou clashed with Zhuo Yunsheng of Bamboo Immortal Island, affecting several layers of the Underground Abyss.]

[Many rogue cultivators and demons were unable to dodge and were directly turned into dust by the shockwaves.]

[You narrowly escaped the shockwaves and survived the aftermath of this great battle.]

"Truly, when gods fight, mortals suffer!"

Jiang Chuan looked at the bare ground before him and sighed.

This had originally been a dark mountain range inhabited by a large number of Yakshas, but it had been turned into dust by the shockwaves from the clash between Demon Emperor Chigou and Zhuo Yunsheng.

"The Qingyuan Realm is too dangerous. If I want to survive, I can only become stronger!"

Jiang Chuan clenched his fists, a desire for power reigniting in his eyes!

[With the desire for power rising in your heart, you followed the guidance of the Ruyi Heart Sutra and continued towards the depths of the Underground Abyss.]

[Due to the previous great battle, many demons were annihilated.]

[You successfully arrived at the sixth layer of the Underground Abyss.]

[On the sixth layer of the Underground Abyss, you encountered cultivators from various major forces, which greatly surprised you.]

Jiang Chuan entered the sixth layer and looked at the many cultivators not far away, a look of surprise on his face.

"Little monk, if I were you, I'd turn around and leave right now."

A female cultivator, dressed in red and wearing a phoenix hairpin, sat cross-legged on a large rock. Noticing Jiang Chuan approaching, she spoke slowly.

Jiang Chuan put his palms together. "Amitabha! Why do you say that, fellow Daoist?"

"Little monk, stop playing dumb."

The female cultivator paused and continued, "A month ago, Elder Tingquan of the Yellow Springs Demonic Sect deduced that a great opportunity was about to emerge on the sixth layer of the Underground Abyss. The cultivators who have come here all seek this impending opportunity."

"You, a mere Third Realm cultivator, intend to compete with us for this opportunity?"

"If you know what's good for you, leave quickly. Otherwise, when you encounter demonic cultivators, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"Leave? Go where?"