As the figure spoke, purple-black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. "Millions of years ago, I fought the Outer Realm Demons here alongside the mighty experts of the heavens. In the end, to seal them away, I had no choice but to enter the game myself and slay the demons here. But I was ultimately corrupted by their influence and could no longer be accepted by the Immortal Realm. The great powers of the heavens could not bear to kill me outright, so they had no choice but to bind me within the lightning tribulation using the Immortal Slaying Lock, turning me into the... core of the Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation."
Qin Shaofeng's pupils suddenly contracted. At last, he understood why the central lightning dragon possessed intelligence—the figure before him was the artifact spirit of the lightning tribulation itself!
He had never expected the intelligence of the Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation to come from an existence from ten thousand years ago!
Wait!?
Outer Realm Demons?
"What are Outer Realm Demons?" This was Qin Shaofeng's first time hearing of them.
At this moment, he felt much the same. He would never believe the words of this neither-human-nor-ghost thing before him.
The lightning-art sword in his hand pointed directly at the wriggling creatures around the other party's heart.
Those writhing things seemed to possess some spirituality, sensing the threat to their lives as their movements visibly quickened.
Lightning radiance erupted around Qin Shaofeng's Spiritual Sense avatar, making the demonic qi floating nearby hiss and crackle. Clearly, these wriggling monsters were anything but ordinary—and they were extremely dangerous!
"Young friend, those old fossils in the Immortal Realm buried this history long ago beneath the dust of time. The Outer Realm Demons quietly crawled out from cracks in the void, feeding specifically