HCB Chapter 226: The Heavenly Demon Reappears
Chapter 226: The Heavenly Demon Reappears
Chapter 226: The Heavenly Demon Reappears
Gu Heng and Qin Yiyao left.
But only half an hour later, a man in black robes emerged from the forest in the opposite direction and returned to the entrance of the deep valley.
"Phew, that little vixen tasted pretty good..."
The man in black robes muttered to himself, sticking out his tongue and licking his lips.
Although they came here on an important order from above, with the Soul Envoy present, the mission should be completed without any failure. So he took the opportunity to slack off and ran to a city hundreds of miles away to enjoy some meat.
Anyway, he finished as quickly as possible, and no one would notice that he had secretly enjoyed himself.
Then, his pupils suddenly contracted sharply as he stared at the entrance. "Hmm?"
Why is it so quiet?
He frowned, then walked inside.
Not long after he left, he found the body of a colleague right in front of him. Black poisonous blood was flowing from his seven orifices. The body was still warm, and he had probably been dead for no more than an hour!
The man in black robes had a livid face.
He knew this guy; he was responsible for guarding the gate to prevent the captured "flesh and blood" from escaping, and also to keep an eye out for anyone passing through this deep valley and discovering what the Evil Soul Palace was doing.
But he died.
Moreover, judging from the manner of his death, he had clearly been poisoned with an extremely potent toxin.
The man in black robes stepped over his corpse and walked deeper into the cave until he arrived at the empty underground palace.
The ground was littered with corpses. Even the purple-robed Soul Envoy in the Integration Stage, the evil cultivator he feared, was now bleeding from all seven orifices, his face filled with extreme resentment, as if he had never expected his death!
"what happened……"
His face trembled violently.
The man in the black robe was terrified. He had only taken a short break to sneak a taste of meat, and when he returned, he found all his colleagues dead?!
Is there anything more terrifying in this world?
But soon, he changed his mind and wondered if he was particularly lucky.
If he had been here, he might be dead along with these guys now.
"Oh no, what should we do now..."
The man in black robes was just beginning to feel relieved when his face filled with anxiety. They had traveled a great distance to the edge of the Eastern Frontier because they had received a death order from above to release the soul of the "Crimson Flame Demon" sealed beneath this deep valley palace.
If I were to flee back to the main hall now, I would return empty-handed.
What awaits them is a punishment more terrifying than death!
The man in black robes had been in the Evil Soul Hall for so long that he knew what kind of force it was. The Hall Master would never forgive those who failed to achieve their goals.
"Ugh!"
Thinking of this, the man in black robes sighed heavily.
Then he looked at the altar.
The blood sacrifice formation that broke the seal is still in operation...
It's a bit strange.
This formation should theoretically be controlled by the purple-robed soul envoy, who would pour the power condensed from the flesh and blood of these living beings into the seal, and then allow the soul of the Crimson Flame Demon to break free.
But now, the people who controlled the formation are all dead, yet the formation is still operating?
The man in black frowned, only to see the runes on the altar suddenly glow red.
Immediately afterwards——
A deafening roar came from the altar.
"...Never mind, let's try anything!"
The man in black robes didn't think much of it. In the current situation, it seemed that the formation was still in operation and the blood pool under the altar was boiling. Although he was also puzzled, since the action to break the seal was still ongoing, he might as well continue!
At the very least, I need to give some explanation to my superiors in order to save my life.
He threw all the corpses of his comrades on the ground, one by one, into the blood pool—in truth, the flesh and blood of cultivators were far more useful than the flesh and blood of the living beings they had previously collected. However, the Evil Soul Hall needed to keep a low profile; a large-scale hunt for cultivators would inevitably attract attention.
Otherwise, based on the Evil Soul Hall's practices thousands of years ago, they could have wiped out the entire Sunflame Dynasty and used it for a blood sacrifice.
Mortals, demons, and demon races—those "righteous forces" don't care about their lives or deaths, and they don't bother with them if their numbers are too small.
This pool of blood contains the flesh and blood of hundreds of thousands of living beings.
Add to that the cultivators with considerable strength, that should be enough...
The man in the black robe was uncertain.
He could only wait.
"Crack!"
After a while, a crack suddenly appeared in the altar, and then the whole thing shattered, and the man in black robes was forced back to the edge of the underground palace.
Then, a figure enveloped in crimson-gold demonic flames slowly rose from the now-ceased boiling blood pool! As soon as it appeared, it let out a long howl.
"Roar!"
The sound was like a wolf's howl, or a dog's bark; it was like a roar of anger, or an excited shout!
The scream was terrifying, as if a skull were being shattered and the heart was being pierced. The man in black robes was filled with fear, breathing heavily, as if he would die of a heart attack at any moment.
That sound is terrifying!
Only a powerful being, and one that is also extremely evil, could possibly have such a voice.
Run away!
That was the only thought left in his mind.
Then he immediately turned and fled.
But the next moment he found that it felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on his back, so heavy that he couldn't move.
Even more terrifying, he felt countless fine threads wrapping around his body...
He struggled desperately, but to no avail.
"What are you running for?"
“I’ve watched you guys work back and forth for months, only to be interrupted at the last minute. I’m actually quite desperate.”
The man in black robes stared at the crimson-gold demonic shadow that suddenly appeared before him—without a doubt, this was a part of the soul of the "Crimson Flame Demon" sealed underground!
It escaped.
But the first thing they did after escaping didn't seem to be to thank them.
"But don't worry, your efforts have not been in vain. I have been secretly cooperating with you all along. Otherwise, how could you ants break this 'Myriad Spirits God Seal' with the flesh and blood of some trash?"
The Crimson Flame Demon said with a smile, although it didn't show its mouth at all, only a blurry demonic shadow.
"Heavenly Demon Lord, I thought you... were still asleep..."
The man in black robes said tremblingly.
The fear he felt at the sight of the demonic figure was even greater than the fear of his colleagues suddenly being poisoned to death!
"Hahaha, asleep?"
The Crimson Flame Demon's voice suddenly turned cold.
"Ever since that damned woman led her people to destroy my body and split my soul, I have remained absolutely conscious!"
"Then, then you..."
The man in black robes sensed the raging fury of the demonic shadow, as if it had been accumulating for countless years to give it such a murderous aura.
But he didn't know what the Crimson Flame Demon was planning to do.
But the next second, he knew. Without the slightest hesitation, the Crimson Flame Demon crushed the black-robed man's soul.
Before his consciousness completely dissipated, a question still lingered in the black-robed man's mind.
Why did he help this guy escape?