A scene surfaced in Shi Lei's mind: outside a cell, the ground was carpeted with stark, icy-white bones.
It was what he had seen the last time he entered the Demon Immortal Pagoda. He had personally watched a Demon Race World Lord Realm cultivator who had entered the Demon Immortal Pagoda in the same batch get drained dry by that wolf outside the cell, reduced to white bones. The wolf had then turned and looked in his direction, and he had met its gaze.
"You may die seeking inheritance. If you are confident, come over."
The wolf's words still echoed in his mind. In the end, fear had made him retreat.
It was not as if there was only one Demon Immortal. There were other Demon Immortals inside the pagoda. He did not need to take such an enormous risk for an inheritance.
Though he had not had much contact with the Netherworld Wolf, it had left an indelible impression on his mind.
He had deemed the Netherworld Wolf the strongest being on this floor. Before entering, he had even considered whether he should find a way to sacrifice several Demon Race World Lord Realm cultivators to obtain inheritance from the Netherworld Wolf.
In his heart, the greater the difficulty, the more it proved the inheritance's power.
Now, the Netherworld Wolf had actually walked out of its cell.
"Could it be that place was not a cell? No, no, no, impossible. My guesses, and those of the other ancestors, should not have been wrong." Shi Lei cried inwardly.
Thud, thud, thud...
Every step the Netherworld Wolf took seemed to land upon the hearts of these Demon Race cultivators, making their hearts shudder along with it.
Some of the Demon Race cultivators even thought the wolf before them was a prodigy