Dao Lord Taichu toyed with the identity plaque for a moment before putting it away.
Then he looked ahead and continued deeper into the Heavenly Demon Hall.
Before long, he arrived before a pitch-black Stone Gate. Countless unfathomable symbols were carved upon it, emanating an ancient, weathered aura.
"Finally found it." Dao Lord Taichu muttered as he pushed open the Stone Gate.
At once, a vast aura rushed toward him, as though an unparalleled ferocious beast had awakened. An immense pressure bore down on him.
What was this?
Dao Lord Taichu frowned.
It was a massive passageway, boundlessly broad and a hundred zhang wide. A primordial, ancient aura rushed forth, as though in the distant past, a terrifying existence had stood atop heaven and earth, looking down upon the entire universe.
"Roar..."
Just then, a deep growl sounded.
Immediately afterward, a massive corpse crawled out from the end of the dark passage.
The corpse stood over ten zhang tall, its entire body covered in scale armor. Two horns protruded from its head, and its face was hideous, with fangs bared.
"Roar!"
The massive corpse threw back its head and roared, then charged straight at Dao Lord Taichu with a violent, cruel aura.
"Wretched beast, you're courting death!"
Dao Lord Taichu's expression turned cold. Gripping the Slaughter Divine Spear, he smashed it viciously toward the massive corpse.
In an instant, a dull boom erupted. A violent recoil swept through Dao Lord Taichu's body, nearly shattering every bone in him.
"Hm?"
Dao Lord Taichu froze. His strength was extraordinarily formidable. That strike alone would likely have blasted even a Demon King into pulp.
Yet this massive corpse before him was completely unharmed.
"What formidable defense."
Dao Lord Taichu spoke with a grave expression.
"Kill!"
The next moment, Dao Lord Taichu stepped through