483 Demon Lord (1/2)
The 5 sages remained silent
Now, everything was clear.
Shang Hou was merely a magical clone of a demonic king in the Demonic Heart Realm and had arrived in Da Qian by accident before maturing here.
Compared to the harsh environment of the Demonic Heart Realm, Da Qian was like heaven.
Therefore, after inspecting the plan of the 5 sages, Shang Hou devised a plan to help himself by bringing his true body over after opening the gate of the realm and in the meantime force the environment of Da Qian to adapt to become his personal playground!
Therefore, his plan was to open the passage for a short while before destroying it!
Compared to the 5 sages who were willing to sacrifice Da Qian, this foreigner chose Da Qian instead! Shang Hou even had the plan to protect Da Qian.
Da Qian was still able to gain the support of the heavens to manipulate the 9 Heavenly Sky Net Array because it had no choice!
The natives of Da Qian had already chosen to betray it. Therefore, it could only rely on a foreigner.
”We have... done wrong!?”
Lord Yin and the other sages gazed towards the demonic shadow in the Demonic Heart Realm as well as the weakened Bone Door with their wavering hearts.
It was true that they would be able to increase their cultivation as soon as the passage to the Demonic Heart Realm was formed. At least, they would be able to purify their dream elemental force. The quality of their dream elemental force was now increased and they now understood the Demonic Heart Realm. If they were to cultivate in isolation, the sages might be able to achieve yet another breakthrough.
However, all of these was assuming that the passage to the Demonic Heart Realm was to remain open. As soon as the two realms break off, everything to revert back to how it once was before the collision of realms!
Therefore, it was an all-in to sacrifice Da Qian for the Demonic Heart Realm.
Would Shang Hou let them have their way?
If the Demonic Heart Realm was a friendly place, why would this demon try all means to bring its true body to Da Qian?
Even if the sages had decided to enter the Demonic Heart Realm for good, Shang Hou's true body was in the way and recklessly entering the door would only be sacrificing oneself.
Unknowingly, the 5 sages had realised they had arrived at the desperate situation which Shang Hou had plotted for them!
”The will of Da Qian has no other choice!”
Shang Hou laughed as he looked towards the 5 sages. ”I need 3 sages as a sacrifice. The remaining 2 shall remain as my loyal servants and will be able to ensure your survival if you allow me to imprint my Spiritual Will Steel Seal on you. The opportunity is here and it is up to the few of you if you want to take it!”
”Don't fall into his trap!”
Sage Baize sounded hoarse. Although the 5 sages did not break up immediately, the clouds above them started to separate and everything was clear.
”The heavens are just while the sages are selfish... Keke!”
Seeing this, Shang Hou let out a weird laugh as he stood before the Bone Door.
Behind him, his true body started to solidify, revealing a tall demonic shadow - it had purple skin and black tattoos all around. There were two small horns on his head and his eyes were bloodshot. He had fangs like Asura and a ghostly claw covered with a layer of magma on it. The other hand was strangled in chains and fire.
”Rumble!”
At this point in time, dim red streaks of lightning from the Demonic Heart Realm started to strike down, preventing this Asura from leaving its realm.
Although it was a devastating demon, it still found it hard to progress under the might of the Demonic Heart Realm!
”Asura...”
The purple demon roared and started to holler a chant which could not be understood. At the same time, one of its hands, the ghostly claw, managed to go through the Bone Door, entering the realm of Da Qian!
”Demonic Heart Realm...”
Shang Hou appeared serious and started to shout towards the skies. ”I shall offer these sacrifices as a price to pay for my departure!”
”This is not good!”
In that instant, the 5 sages felt a sense of danger and felt like their lives could be taken from them anytime.
They finally understood Shang Hou's plan. Shang Hou wanted to use them as a sacrifice in exchange for Asura's entry into Da Qian!
”Sigh... things have escalated to such a stage and the only solution is to sacrifice...”
The Ancient One sighed and gazed towards the attacking Head of Hidden Dragon Guards, Superior Wu Zun and Qian Huanyi before shaking his head. ”Hollow... annihilate!”
”Rumble!”
The space behind him started to vibrate. The hollow which was originally still resisting the pure dream elemental force started to crumble. The mountains, trees, birds, animals and even cultivators in the hollow turned to dust in an instant, through flames, turned into the natural source of the realm.
”The 12 Witches Magical Array! Rise!”
Beside The Ancient One, 12 weird-looking witches appeared with ferocious looks on their faces. They gave off an ancient vibe and roared as they formed the array, summoning an unknown giant which struck an axe out!
”Where... does such power come from? What kind of magical body is this?”
Superior Wu Zun's eyes glistened as he struck his fist out in retaliation. ”Superior magical fist!”
”Bang!”
The giant axe shook before falling to the ground. Superior Wu Zun's arm was severed. Where the axe landed, space was torn apart and everything there was destroyed!
”The Ancient One... is indeed decisive!”
The remaining 4 sages sighed.
After their hollows were all being refined by the Demonic Heart Realm, although they were all temporarily weakened, after the ordeal, there were countless benefits.
However, now, they did not have the time. They could only resort to desperate means and retrieve the natural source of their realms to fight! This was the decisive ultimatum of a sage!
Under the threat of death, the remaining Sage Baize, Evil Divine, Lord Yin and Li Qingmian started to refine their hollows as well, filling their bodies with an unimaginable amount of energy from their natural sources.
”Flowers from the Dream Pen!”
The pen in Li Qingmian's hands shook and a colourful lotus flower started to bloom at its tip. In every flower, there would be another world and in every strand of grass, there would be another heaven. In the next instant, the flower started to wither and energy capable of destroying a world was created. Without hesitation, he directed the energy at Qian Huanyi.