He's Back?
Demon Domain.
To the northwest lies a perilous place called the Bone-Eroding Abyss.
This place is shrouded in dark purple poisonous miasma all year round, and the bottom of the abyss is covered with jagged black bone spikes, which are said to be the remains of High Antiquity ferocious beasts.
The abyss walls were steep and sheer, occasionally entwined with blood-red vines bearing scarlet fruits that emitted a bewitching fragrance. From the depths of the earth, muffled rumblings could be heard from time to time, as if magma was surging, casting eerie crimson patterns on the rock walls.
Almost no one comes here on weekdays, because even Peak Great Emperor Realm expert can easily be affected by the poisonous miasma here.
However, recently there have been rumors that Divine Crystal have appeared here, so more and more Great Emperor Realm experts have come to explore this area.
Deep within the Bone-Eroding Abyss, there is a cave abode hidden in a crack in the abyss wall. Its entrance is concealed by an illusion array, but the interior space is extremely spacious.
A man sat cross-legged on the central stone platform, dressed in a black robe with dark patterns, and had an exceptionally handsome face.
He was surrounded by thirty-six blood-red array flags, the runes on the flags flickering with his breath, weaving together to form an impenetrable spirit-locking array.
The flashes of light continued incessantly.
"Call!"
A flash of light disappeared in an instant, and he suddenly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Haha! After so long in seclusion, your Array Dao of formations has finally reached this level! Excellent! Senior Sister! I lost to you in formations again last time, but this time, let's see how you'll beat me!!"
Huang Hao laughed heartily, looking up at the sky.
From this day forward, he will officially become the strongest formation master on the Cangyun Continent!!
"Alright! Time to get out of seclusion and show off!! Hey, that Old Lu, I wonder if he's still around! Unbelievable! He called himself a good brother, but he disappeared without leaving any useful information!! You better not let me find you again, or I'll blast you to pieces with my magic array!!"
Huang Hao grumbled and cursed, but his eyes were filled with resentment.
There were two main reasons why he went into seclusion for more than 500 years. One was that his best friend had suddenly disappeared and gone into hiding, and no one knew where he had gone. This made him extremely bored, and he had been searching for him but could not find him.
Secondly, after his senior sister emerged from seclusion, she overwhelmed him with an array, putting him under immense pressure, which ultimately led him to choose to go into seclusion.
He elevated his formation skills to a higher level, putting his lifelong research into practice and achieving mastery of Array Dao. Now that he has succeeded, his formation skills have more than doubled!
Huang Hao dispelled the surrounding array, then walked deeper into the cave abode. He first took a quick bath, changed into new clothes, and tidied his appearance.
"I need to take better care of my appearance. This time, I'm going to be the most dazzling guy in the Demon Domain! I'll blind everyone's eyes!"
Therefore, image is very important.
He scanned his own appearance with his Divine Sense and was very satisfied.
"In terms of looks alone, I'm only slightly less handsome than Old Lu! Hehe, with my looks and my Array Dao formation skills, I'd definitely charm a whole bunch of beauties!"
He said smugly.
Then, he looked towards the corner, waved his hand, and a storage treasure flew into his hand.
To better prepare for his breakthrough in seclusion, he found this rarely visited place, created a cave abode there, and placed his communication device in a corner so as not to be disturbed.
However, when he took out the sound transmission treasure, he discovered that it emitted several bright lights!
"Um, it was my senior sister who sent me messages. Is she worried about me?" Huang Hao smiled.
He tried to channel Demonic Qi Demonic Qi into it, but found that the speed was extremely slow, as if the Sound Transmission Jade Slip had been unused for too long and was getting old.
"Thankfully, I can still hear my senior sister's recording."
He played the recording.
He quickly finished listening to the recording.
"Wait! He's back?! Living in Demon Descent City?! Good, good, good! You Old Lu!! So you went to the Immortal Ruins?! Very well! You wait, I'm coming to settle accounts with you right now! You abandoned me for so many years! I'll blast you to death with an array!!!"
Huang Hao burst into laughter, hastily straightened his clothes, and flew out of the cave.
His anxious appearance was just like that of a young woman waiting at home, finally hearing that her husband who had gone out to join the army had returned.
Huang Hao opened the dusty cave abode door, and a sliver of weak light pierced into the cave abode from the outside. He couldn't help but reach out to shield his eyes from the sunlight.
"It's been so long since I've seen the sunlight! I wonder what's happened outside in over five hundred years! I guess nothing's changed, after all, only five hundred years have passed."
For cultivators like them, five hundred years is far too short; often, a single period of seclusion can last for hundreds or even thousands of years.
"Now that my cultivation level has increased, along with my improved array formation skills, I should be able to put up a fight with Old Lu!"
He had just smugly thought about it for a moment when his eyes lit up, and he stroked his chin. "A full fight might be a bit difficult, but exchanging a few blows shouldn't be a problem."
The image of Lu Qing'an indiscriminately killing people of the same cultivation level flashed through his mind, and he felt a little guilty.
But just as that thought crossed his mind, he pouted again.
If I'm getting stronger, then that freak Old Lu must be getting stronger too!
This guy's level is inhuman when he gets going!
"Alright, one move is always fine!" he said earnestly.
After having this thought, he sighed again.
"At least we can survive his clutches! Yes, that's for sure!"
Huang Hao thought to himself.
"Alright! Hehe, let's hurry and see him! That guy! I wonder if he's even missed me!!"
Huang Hao rubbed his palms together, looked at the sky, and searched for direction.
He knew Lu Qing'an even before Lu Qing'an knew Xiao Qingyi. The two had gone through life and death together, cultivated together, and improved together.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they grew up wearing the same pair of pants!
"Huh! What... what is this?!"
He had just looked up at the sky when he was startled by something hanging from a large tree above him.
It was an irregularly shaped crystal the size of a pigeon's egg, emitting a green light. The light was strange, as if it were shining into the tree, giving the impression that it would eventually merge into the entire tree in a short time.
He darted up to the tree and bent down to pick up the glowing crystal, the size of a pigeon's egg.
"Wow! Such powerful energy! This thing... seems extraordinary!"
His eyes widened, and a look of delight crossed his face.
Could it be some kind of little baby?
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, several voices rang out not far away.
"Release that Divine Crystal!!"
Upon hearing the sound, Huang Hao turned his head and looked up at the sky.
A group of people landed on the large tree and stared intently at him.
This group consisted of five people, all of whom were at the Great Emperor Realm.
"How strange, how can Great Emperor Realm expert enter this place so easily?" He had an array around him, so he wasn't afraid of the powerful miasma inside. These five people are quite brave.
Huang Hao didn't show his face directly, but deliberately turned to the side and asked, "This is the Divine Crystal you're talking about?"
Why are you standing sideways?
Because he discovered that powerful people never show their true colors!
Some even show it to others behind their backs!
However, since you can't see other people's expressions when you're facing away from them, he felt that facing away from them was both sophisticated and allowed people to see what they looked like, which suited him perfectly.