272: The World Inside the Giant Monster! Revenge on the Ancestor

The moment his Divine Sense sensed something was wrong, the Soul Devouring Ancestor's abdomen suddenly bulged high, and thick, slippery black tentacles suddenly seeped out from his seven orifices, including his nasal cavity and even the corners of his eyes, like streaks of black lightning, suddenly attacking Chen Dengming's Divine Sense.

Chen Dengming immediately felt a sharp pain in his mind, a pain that traveled to his heart, more painful than having his finger cut off. His outstretched Divine Sense felt as if it had been bitten and torn apart by something.

He immediately and subconsciously withdrew his Divine Sense.

At the same time, the surface of the cold liquid ahead also rippled with a 'splash,' and slippery, eerie tentacles shot out in pursuit.

Just then, Chen Dengming withdrew all his Divine Sense. As he watched the slippery tentacles emerge from the water, a thought struck him.

In an instant, gather your mind and spirit, cast aside all worldly thoughts, concentrate your Divine Sense on the spiritual platform, and enter a state of Unity of Heaven and Man.

"Whoosh!--"

The tentacles, exuding an eerie and sinister aura, froze in mid-air as if groping in the dark, before slowly extending outwards in all directions.

Chen Dengming remained motionless, letting the numerous slippery tentacles brush past him.

Two of them touched his cheeks, allowing him to feel their icy, chilling touch, like the water of a dark spring, penetrating to the bone.

He was like a cold stone, his heart as still as a deep well, his emotions completely undisturbed, showing no fear or surprise.

"Whoosh--"

The numerous tentacles that had been extended then retracted with lightning speed, disappearing into the cold liquid below and retreating back into the body of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

A moment later, the liquid suddenly floated to the surface.

As Chen Dengming's pupils gradually contracted, the corpse of the Soul Devouring Ancestor suddenly surfaced.

This Nascent Soul Old Monster cultivator exuded a lingering, oppressive spiritual power, and even his eyes were darting around.

However, its eyes were now a chilling, completely black color, and upon closer inspection, they seemed to be filled and controlled by those black tentacles from before.

Chen Dengming stood there motionless, holding his breath and suppressing the turmoil in his heart, like a wooden puppet playing a game where he couldn't move, for any movement would be disastrous.

'Drip-drop--'

A few drops of liquid fell to the ground.

Black tentacles and wisps of black mist emerged from beneath the black robes of the Soul Devouring Ancestor, lifting his body off the water and brushing past Chen Dengming.

Chen Dengming remained calm, but the hairs on his neck stood on end. He felt as if a large, chilling block of ice had swept past him, and the temperature around him had plummeted.

He dared not look to the side, only able to vaguely see the Soul Devouring Ancestor's sour face out of the corner of his eye, and a Storage Bag hanging from the waistband of what appeared to be a fourth-tier high-level robe.

Suddenly, the other person stopped, almost at a 45-degree angle to him.

Chen Dengming's palms began to sweat, feeling warm and sticky, as his mind raced.

What are you doing?

Why did it suddenly stop?

Have they found him?

"Thump--"

Just then, a clear sound, like a piece of wood striking a stone, reached Chen Dengming's ears.

Out of the corner of Chen Dengming's eye, he saw the 'Soul Devouring Ancestor' strike the rock wall several times with the ebony staff he had been gripping tightly in his hand, making a sound.

Then, tendrils resembling thick black hair extended from his sleeves, wrapping around the ebony staff. After a while, he seemed dissatisfied and threw them away, as if he now found the thing cumbersome.

After throwing away the ebony staff, the figure continued to drift forward, gradually disappearing into the winding, downward-sloping passage filled with gusts of Yin Wind and black mist, its shadow swallowed up as well.

It wasn't until several dozen breaths had passed since the Soul Devouring Ancestor's figure had completely disappeared.

Chen Dengming's stiff body moved slightly as he looked back.

After a moment's consideration, he still expended some Mental Strength and spiritual power to use his Heavenly Eye to observe the surroundings.

Compared to Divine Sense, this level of observation based on Dao power is very difficult for the Senluo Offspring to perceive or detect.

He didn't dare expand the area too much, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the area within a few miles around him was safe.

Through his Heavenly Eye, he also observed that the winding passage behind him branched into many forks along the way, leading to unknown destinations.

"This passage is quite strange."

Chen Dengming looked down at the sticky, gel-like ground beneath his feet, a flash of blue light in his eyes.

The Heavenly Eye can see directly through the ground and into the earth.

He had only ventured half a zhang deeper when he suddenly felt a tremor in his heart, sensing a faint yet intensely oppressive and chilling aura.

This aura was entirely of the same origin as that of the Senluo Offspring, but it was far more terrifying. The moment he came into contact with it, he felt as if his heart had been struck by lightning and went numb, and a chill ran through him.

At the same time, he also observed black pipes, resembling conduits, deep underground, spreading out in all directions, with the same cold liquid flowing slowly within them.

An invisible fluctuation, like a gentle breath, rose and fell from the ground, as if the earth itself possessed life.

Upon observing this, a chilling thought immediately surfaced in Chen Dengming's mind.

"Could this be inside the body of some great monster?"

"Could it be Senluo True Body?"

Chen Dengming felt as if he had been electrocuted. He shuddered, and when he thought about how even the powerful Nascent Soul Nascent Soul Late Stage monster, the Soul Devouring Ancestor, had been defeated and his body had just been taken to the same morgue as his, he felt that this possibility was extremely high.

He immediately looked around.

He forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, secretly wiped the sweat from his palms onto his robe, and his gaze fell on the ebony staff on the ground.

Things have come to this point; panicking will only make things worse.

He quickly calmed down, considered how to leave, and walked over.

After a moment of contemplation, he circulated his Human Immortal Way Power to cover his palm.

He then carefully picked up the ebony staff from the ground.

The moment his palm touched the ebony staff, he sensed a faint resistance and fluctuations in Soul Power.

It was as if a Soul Spirit was hiding within the ebony staff, repelling him.

No wonder the Senluo Offspring residing in the Soul Devouring Ancestor's body made strange movements, tapping the wooden staff. It probably sensed the Soul Spirit inside the staff and tried to force it out, but failed.

The power of a normal Senluo Offspring should not be this weak.

Chen Dengming guessed that the Senluo Offspring that had just resided in the body of the Soul Devouring Ancestor was probably in its infancy, not very large in size, and not very strong.

However, since it is currently suspected to be inside the body of the Senluo True Body, it is naturally impossible for it to have conflicts with his children and grandchildren.

Chen Dengming looked at the ebony staff in his hand.

This wooden staff is very heavy, probably weighing half a ton.

Not only is there still resistance now, but the restriction also seems to have not been lifted, possibly because the Divine Sense imprint of the Soul Devouring Ancestor has not dissipated.

Thus, Chen Dengming could deduce that the Soul Devouring Ancestor had likely only lost his Physical Body, while his Nascent Soul had escaped.

He pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly flashed with Silver Light, like lamps, and he used the Eye-Startling Technique to send a surge of Human Immortal Way Power into the ebony staff to wreak havoc.

This high-level power, originating from a certain immortal being, is clearly extraordinary.

The Nascent Soul Old Monster's Divine Sense imprint was indeed powerful, but now it was like a tree without roots, gradually being shaken by the Human Immortal Way Power.

Suddenly, a surge of Divine Sense power materialized into the figure of an old man with a hunchback and a goatee, bursting forth with a gaping maw and a sinister, terrifying expression. He roared, "You insolent brat, how dare you touch this ancestor's magic Law Treasure?"

Chen Dengming remained calm, already prepared. His Human Immortal Way Power immortal suddenly erupted, and the cold Silver Light bursting from his eyes was like two sharp swords, piercing straight ahead.

"Old man! If you can't swallow this insult, then swallow a mouthful of shit! From now on, don't call me Soul Devouring Ancestor, call me Shit-Devouring Old Dog!"

"You bastard—ah!"

A bloodcurdling scream, reaching the level of Divine Sense, rang out Soul Devouring Ancestor's Divine Sense was brutally torn apart, and the mark collapsed along with the crack.

Chen Dengming suddenly felt as if the half-ton ebony staff in his hand had become half as light.

At the same time, he also sensed the Spiritual Qi within the ebony staff.

It wasn't just one share, but more than a dozen.

One of the auras of Soul Spirit felt quite familiar to him.

It turned out to be Jia Guoxian, the Dragon Transformation Sect Golden Core Cultivator from the Hualong Sect who had once defended the city with him on the Border Town, but had betrayed him in a critical moment and abandoned him to cover the rear.

Sensing his presence, Jia Guoxian, who was inside the ebony staff, also became restless, his resistance intensified, filled with resentment and fear.

"I never imagined that, Fellow Daoist Jia, despite your elaborate schemes to escape, you would not only be unable to escape this calamity, but your very soul would be refined into a soul arrow."

Upon seeing this, Chen Dengming was deeply moved, but his expression remained calm, showing no pity whatsoever.

No zuo no die (If you don't do stupid things, you'll get burned).

He was always chivalrous, but he was not a saint who would do good deeds like repaying evil with good.

Even Bodhisattvas possess wrathful eyes, and saints also possess protective Dharma bodies.

Jia Guoxian deserved to die; he reaped what he sowed.

There are many who reap what they sow.

Thousands of miles away from the Border Town, nestled among a remote mountain range, stands a dark and somber peak.

A raging mountain stream gushed forth from a cave resembling a water curtain, its turbulent currents swirling and surging. The terrifying roar relentlessly shook the very soul.

However, what was even more unsettling than the howling sound of the water was the series of angry roars that seemed to be deliberately suppressed.

Even when deliberately suppressed, the roar still emanated a powerful spiritual aura, plunging the surrounding area into a deathly silence.

But among the bare rocks along the waterfall, nestled in a crevice, was a spirit no bigger than a fist, resembling an infant, uttering a suppressed roar of barely suppressed rage.

"Longevity Dao Child!!"

His bright eyes seemed to spit fire, and the anger in his heart surged like flames in his chest, about to burst forth.

Just now, his Law Treasure Soul-Reaping Bow Staff, had its Divine Sense Mark broken.

The power that shattered his Divine Sense Mark was so familiar; it was none other than the Longevity Dao Child he had previously been chasing.

This former prey not only caused him to lose his Physical Body and end up in this state, but now he is still alive and has even taken away his Law Treasure and spoken rudely to him.

Thinking of this, he was so angry that his Nascent Soul almost exploded on the spot.

His Law Treasure have been taken away, which means that his Physical Body has also been discovered by the enemy and is likely to be destroyed.

The thought of that damned brat, who actually made him swallow a mouthful of shit and renamed him Shit-Eating Old Dog, and who might have done something audacious enough to insult his corpse, made the Soul Devouring Ancestor so angry that he suffered severe internal injuries.

But at this moment, he was at a loss and had to find a suitable body to Body Seizing immediately in order to stabilize his cultivation level and prevent it from falling.

As for how long it takes to stabilize one's cultivation after Body Seizing, a conservative estimate would be several decades.

At the same time.

Within the Longevity Sect.

He Yingyu looked tired but relaxed. Using her Spiritual Qi, she carried the two unconscious boys and girls out of the entrance to the Daoist land and landed on the ground covered with ginkgo leaves. Her exquisitely embroidered skirt trailed on the ground, stirring up dust.

Upon seeing the Third Ancestor Su Yanyan waiting outside, He Yingyu's delicate, porcelain-like face revealed a gentle smile as she respectfully greeted him.

"Third Grandmaster, my Husband has temporarily escaped danger. I believe he will definitely get out of danger."

"Um!"

Su Yan Yan nodded slightly, but she knew that He Yingyu was forcing a smile.

Chen Dengming is indeed temporarily safe, but he is not completely out of danger yet. He has most likely been swallowed into Senluo's body.

If it were during a time of peace, perhaps the First Ancestor would have tried to go to the Fallen Forbidden Zone to save them.

But given the current situation, the First Ancestor is unable to intervene.

While the Dao Child is indeed very important, the sect, its lineage, and the many other disciples within it are also extremely important and require the protection and oversight of the First Ancestor.

Thinking of the First Ancestor's arrangement, Su Yan Yan gazed at He Yingyu with her beautiful eyes, then at the two teenagers, a boy and a girl, floating beside her, and shook her head slightly in her heart.

This child of Chen Dengming has absolutely no aptitude for cultivating immortality, but he has shown a very strong obsession with it.

If it weren't for that obsession and longing for Chen Dengming, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to muster such strong Mental Strength before.

But now that these two children have entered the Cultivation World, with such an obsession, how should Nephew Disciple Chen interpret it?

"I'm thinking too far ahead. Right now, the most important thing is to figure out how to rescue him."

Su Yan Yan smiled inwardly and said to He Yingyu, "You can come with us this time. After we get to the Border Town, we will leave the Fallen Forbidden Zone and depart from the Four Domains."

There might be a chance to avert danger for him, but Senluo True Body is too powerful. We can only say there's a chance to probe from the sidelines, but remember, never act impulsively.

He Yingyu was startled and immediately bowed to express her gratitude.

"On behalf of my Husband, I thank my third grandmaster!"

She firmly believed that Chen Dengming was a lucky man and would surely be able to turn danger into safety.

She absolutely refused to remain a widow.

In this world, no one can be as outstanding as her Junior Brother.

(I've added an extra chapter even though I haven't reached the monthly pass limit, hehe)