The First Ancestor Demon Emperor, a Giant Zongzi

What happened?

Su Xiangxue steadied herself and asked in surprise, "We didn't trigger any mechanisms!"

"We didn't trigger the mechanism; someone else arrived first."

Bai Qiuran probed the underground palace opposite with her Spiritual Sense, scanned the area, and quickly found the culprit.

The Flower King and Eagle King of the Monster Race, for some unknown reason, were frantically leading a group of people as they fled upwards from the lowest level of the underground palace. Behind them, a giant creature in the darkness was chasing them.

"Huh? Someone arrived first, and you didn't even notice them with your powerful Spiritual Sense?"

Su Xiangxue asked in surprise.

What's so strange about that?

Wisdom Immortal exclaimed, "Judging from how distracted you two were when you came here, I doubt you would have even noticed them if they were sailing side by side in a boat!"

Su Xiangxue blushed, while Bai Qiuran murmured, "What is that? A dragon?"

In his Spiritual Sense scan, an incredibly enormous monster, resembling a dark golden dragon, was stretching out its limbs from the lowest level of the underground palace, chasing after the Flower King and the others.

It was incredibly fast, its mouth agape, swallowing one of the Monster Race in the group every few seconds. Bai Qiuran tell that the Flower King and Eagle King were no match for this monster; they were only alive because they were faster than the people they had brought with them.

By constantly abandoning their subordinates, Flower King and Eagle King successfully reached the top of the underground palace. This time, not only Bai Qiuran, but also Su Xiangxue witnessed Flower King and Eagle King running out of the underground palace entrance.

Upon seeing the bridge, the two Demon King's faces lit up with joy. But as soon as they stepped onto the bridge, another giant dragon emerged from the darkness below, took a bite, and swallowed the two of them, along with the bridge itself, whole.

The dark golden dragon swallowed the two Demon Kings, slowly raised its head, and its cold and ruthless eyes locked onto Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue, who were standing on this side of the bridge.

Immediately, accompanied by the rumbling sound of collapsing earth and rocks, more giant dragons emerged from the abyss, their heads poised to stare at the two people at the bridgehead with hungry eyes. They wrapped their bodies around the underground palace or climbed along the rock walls of the underground cavern. Bai Qiuran counted them; there were nine giant dragons in total.

An incredibly terrifying sense of pressure emanated from her bloodline, making it difficult for Su Xiangxue to breathe. She froze on the spot, her body covered in cold sweat. Seeing this, Bai Qiuran quickly stepped in front of her to share the pressure.

What kind of monster is this?

Bai Qiuran asked.

"This is the Nine-Headed Ancestral Dragon, and this is the First Ancestor Demon Emperor."

Wisdom Immortal's voice was filled with tension.

"Be careful, Old Bai. He used a secret technique to transform his corpse into something like a zombie before he died, retaining almost all of his strength from before his death. And... it's very thirsty now."

How powerful is it?

"Very high."

Wisdom Immortal replied, "What do you think the strength of Immortal Emperor-level is?"

Bai Qiuran silent. Like Wisdom Immortal, he was completely clueless about the realms above the Immortals, but just by hearing the name of this realm, he knew that it was not a realm that any Immortals could reach.

"Watch out! It's coming!"

Following the warning from the Wisdom Immortal, the First Ancestor Demon Emperor, who had poked his head out of the underground palace, could no longer suppress his hunger. All nine of his heads opened their abyss-like mouths and lunged at Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue.

Bai Qiuran grabbed Su Xiangxue's hand and pulled her backward, while simultaneously raising his hand and striking out a huge Palm Seal.

Bang!

The Palm Seal flew out and slammed one of the heads of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor into the rock wall, creating a large Rift. Seawater poured into the space through the Rift.

However, the Palm Seal that could kill a Great Demon in one blow in the Wisdom Immortal Cave Abode only made the First Ancestor Demon Emperor shake its head when it struck one of the heads.

"So hard!"

Bai Qiuran amazement. Although he had only exerted less than one-tenth of his strength, this was the first time since he had lived for over a thousand years that he had seen something withstand his attack without any damage.

Based on this alone, Bai Qiuran understood that, no matter what, they could not allow this Monster Race Progenitor to leave this tomb intact today.

The dizziness of one head obviously didn't affect the Nine-Headed Dragon much. The other heads of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor quickly followed, attacking in succession, giving Bai Qiuran no chance to breathe.

Bai Qiuran put one arm around Su Xiangxue's waist and lifted her up, while using his other hand and legs to constantly resist the bites of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor.

Whip kicks, spring kicks, split kicks, punches, palm strikes, elbow strikes— Bai Qiuran, with near-instantaneous speed, began to entangle with the First Ancestor Demon Emperor in this underground tomb.

One second he kicked one of the Nine-Headed Dragon's heads away, the next he appeared near the rock wall several miles away, raising his hand to unleash a blazing Thunder of lightning.

But the Nine-Headed Dragon's speed was no less impressive; even though Bai Qiuran's speed was almost instantaneous, it still managed to track his speed.

The nine heads were repeatedly knocked back by Bai Qiuran, crashing into the rock wall and causing wave after wave of strong earthquakes. In the blink of an eye, dense, intricate cracks appeared on the rock wall of the underground cavity, resembling several spider webs stacked together.

More seawater poured in, and the rock walls began to become unstable, bulging outwards and forming strange bends.

"The rock face is about to give way!"

Wisdom Immortal reminded, "Be careful to protect the underground palace! All the valuable things are there!"

"I know!"

Bai Qiuran responded and raised her hand to cast several Imprint Techniques, which covered the underground palace, forming a semi-transparent protective shield. At this moment, the starving First Ancestor Demon Emperor, seeing that he could not subdue Bai Qiuran for the time being, suddenly roared and began to struggle.

It pulled its enormous body, which was still at the bottom of the underground palace, out completely. The underground cavity could no longer contain its body, and it burst through it in one go.

The sky suddenly shone brightly, and the islands and mountains covering the underground palace were lifted into the air by the Demon Emperor. Then, seawater surged in from all directions, submerging the underground palace in the sea.

Bai Qiuran's semi-transparent protective shield successfully blocked the seawater, while he and Su Xiangxue floated to the surface, leaped out of the water, and stepped onto the sea surface.

By this time, the sky had completely changed color.

Looking out, in Bai Qiuran's view, the entire sky above the sea had turned into oppressive dark clouds.

The gale whipped up huge waves, Thunder shot out from the gaps in the clouds, crashing onto the sea and creating enormous spray.

It's likely that the entire coastal region of the Demon Realm has been transformed into this typhoon-like weather. Dragons possess the power to control wind and rain; this phenomenon is probably just a natural occurrence caused by the appearance of the Immortal Emperor-level First Ancestor Demon Emperor.

After transforming into a zombie, this Nine-Headed Dragon clearly experienced a decrease in its control over its Superpower, resulting in a slight overflow of power, which is perfectly normal.

Amidst the turbulent waves, Bai Qiuran finally found the location of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor. The enormous, dark golden Nine-Headed Ancestral Dragon stretched out its body, with its nine dragon heads connected to its massive, mountain-like dark golden body. Behind it, a pair of Wings that blotted out the sky were slowly unfolding.

Near the Demon Emperor, there were still some remains of limbs and flesh left by Sea Beasts. These powerful Sea Beasts, which were originally at the Nascent Soul Spirit Severing levels, were nothing more than moving fodder in the eyes of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor.