Chapter 358 - Underground Demon Cave, Magi Soul Sword! (2/2)
Li Changshou took out a paper effigy from his sleeve and placed it outside the cave. He handed two talismans to Zhao Dezhu and entered the array formation with the Jade Emperor’s incarnation.
This time, he had accidentally barged into the nest of the negative karma demon…
The talismans on the two of them lit up slightly and their figures disappeared. The Taiji Painting on their backs slowly dissipated. The array wall did not fluctuate at all.
Zhao Dezhu silently praised him.
In front of him, a pitch-black mountain was floating in the middle of the underground hole that the array had created.
There was a jade-green pool at the top of the mountain. There were sixteen huge piles of white bones around the pool, emitting a strange fluctuation.
Looking down from the top of the mountain, he could see that a large number of Cave Abodes had been dug out everywhere on the mountain.
What Zhao Dezhu saw on the demonic mountain were demonic beasts with astonis.h.i.+ng strength.
Li Changshou looked over and saw a mountain of merit!
“Minister, your ability to enter the array can be said to be superb! What should we do next?”
“Your Majesty, since you have found this place, you should first investigate the matter of the Magi and get rid of the negative karma demons here. Only then can you protect the righteous path of the universe and show your majesty!” The Jade Emperor’s incarnation nodded and asked, “There are hundreds of demons here. Are we enemies?”
After saying that, Zhao Dezhu felt that something was amiss and added, “I naturally don’t feel the pinch for such an incarnation. I’m just afraid of alerting the enemy and running away.”
“Although there are many experts in the demon race here, there are very few Dao runes in the Zenith Heaven. Furthermore, there are negative karma and karma around me.”
Li Changshou smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I have some tricks up my sleeve that can destroy this place in an instant. I won’t leave their corpses intact! However, to be safe, we should investigate first and find the source of the matter regarding the Magi. We should give the Magi a proper explanation.”
“Sure!”
Zhao Dezhu smiled and squinted. “Then today, I’ll see how capable you are.” Li Changshou bowed with a Dao salute and said, “I accept your orders.”
Then, he turned around and looked at the mountain hidden underground. He was eager to try.
Merit!
A huge amount of merit! Don’t throw your head away, don’t spill your blood!
By secretly burying a set of spiritual paper effigies, he could easily take back the merit and destroy the source of the place. The matter of the Magi would naturally be resolved!
At that moment, Li Changshou was fully focused and began to perform multiple operations. He first informed Ao Yi and the others to hide far away in the sky. Then, he released a paper effigy and carefully checked the surface terrain. He released his immortal senses and realized that this was the territory of the demons. There were many demons, and a few powerful demon kings were active on the ground. That should be the cover of the demons.
Li Changshou quickly targeted a small demon patrolling the mountain. He carried the paper effigy and secretly went up. While the other party was playing the clapper and singing the mountain song, he knocked the small demon unconscious and carried him to the forest beside him.
What was worth mentioning was that he was a male demon. Li Changshou was only interrogating him about the demon race’s power. He would not do anything strange. At the same time, Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu touched the top of the underground mountain and began to investigate the altar. Even the Jade Emperor’s incarnation did not notice that a hole had been formed in the underground array formation. A paper effigy that was specially used for ‘Spirit Explosion’ quietly entered the mountain with a set of paper effigies that looked like Earthly Demons. It hid its tracks and hid at the bottom of the mountain.
Everything was ready and could be activated at any time!
The progress was quite smooth. Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu secretly reached the pond at the top of the mountain and carefully checked the arrangements.
According to Li Changshou’s understanding of array formations, the sixteen piles of white bones were the foundation of the array formation. The center of the pool was the array core. The array formation formed a strange spiritual energy flow that connected to the earth meridian that they had been searching for a long time. Of course, the array formations in this place were very complicated. Just the connection point between the ground and the bottom of the pool had several overlapping array formations! After comprehending the spiritual energy of the array formations slightly, Li Changshou came to a conclusion. The overall arrangement here was like a “water pump” that extracted the True Spirit. It used the earth meridians to draw the True Spirit over from extremely far away and trapped it in the pool! Li Changshou and the others followed the earth meridian and saw complicated restrictions along the way. They were all connected to the array formation set up there!
Clearly, that was the answer to the problem of the Magi.
The scheme of the demons was right in front of Li Changshou! Li Changshou silently took out a few Shadow-Retaining b.a.l.l.s and saved enough evidence.
Actually, what made Li Changshou feel that the demons there deserved to die was the pile of bones that had been refined into the array foundation… These were all once mortal flesh and blood bodies. Thousands of years ago, they had been imprisoned in this place. Every bone had been set up with restrictions, and their souls had been refined into evil souls…
He did not know what kind of evil array it was, but it was extremely heartless!
Although humans and demons were at odds with each other and had been fighting for many years since ancient times, the human Qi Refinement cultivators had gotten rid of the demons once and for all. They rarely abused the demons.
However, demons were usually ferocious when dealing with unarmed mortals… The corners of Li Changshou’s mouth twitched slightly. He asked the paper effigy hiding outside the array formation to take out the second set of Spirit Explosion Set and bury it outside the array formation. It would be activated later.
Double Spirit Explosion, stabilize your hand and ensure that the demons and ashes will not be left behind!
At that moment, Zhao Dezhu sent a voice transmission.
“Changgeng, the heavenly secrets have revealed that the children of the Magi who have yet to be born are trapped here by the array formation.”
Li Changshou, who was about to say “attack”, was stunned. He immediately said, “There are restrictions in the pool that we can’t see through.”
“I’ll do it.” The Jade Emperor’s incarnation closed his eyes. Wisps of Heavenly Dao power spread out quietly without alarming any living beings.
The Jade Emperor had given the demons enough face by using the Heavenly Dao to investigate. Not long after, the Jade Emperor pointed at Li Changshou’s paper effigy. A wisp of Heavenly Dao power was added to Li Changshou’s paper effigy, allowing Li Changshou to see the hidden situation in the pool. At the bottom of the pool, three huge bronze toads were squatting. They opened their mouths and spat out wisps of jade-green flames. The flames ignored the water in the pond and wrapped around a green sword. The sword contained an astonis.h.i.+ng spiritual aura, causing the scene to be filled with strangeness…
There were three demon experts in the heads of the three bronze toads. Zhao Dezhu looked at Li Changshou and asked, “Changgeng, what should we do?”
Li Changshou frowned slightly and felt conflicted…
At that moment, he understood something. That sword contained the newborns that the Magi should have in ten thousand years. There was a high chance that he would not be able to save them now. However, there was also a possibility that he could send the True Spirit in the sword back to reincarnation.
Moreover, this sword should be a precious treasure of the demon race. The three old demons also seem difficult to deal with.
If the sword was seized and detonated again, there would be more variables. Moreover, there was an 80% chance that he would be working for nothing. There was a 30% chance that he would let half of the demons go.
If he did not s.n.a.t.c.h the sword, he would flatten the place. The chances of success were 98%. Moreover, the True Spirits of the Magi were refined by the demons. They would not increase his negative karma… Li Changshou squinted and made a decision in the blink of an eye. “Your Majesty, I want to see if I can s.n.a.t.c.h that sword and see if I can release the True Spirit inside. I have the support of the Magi, and I have responded. I don’t want to misspoke like I did in the East Ocean.” The Jade Emperor smiled and nodded slowly. “My schemes are not as good as Changgeng’s. Changgeng, go ahead and make arrangements. It’s fine even if my incarnation falls here.” Li Changshou’s heart warmed. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and said firmly, “Your Majesty, there’s no time like the present. This is a rare opportunity. Why don’t we take advantage of this opportunity to promote the Heavenly Courts’ prestige and cause a huge commotion for the demons!”
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