The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 447 - 425 The Deterrent Power of the Dragon Cave_1

Chapter 447: Chapter 425 The Deterrent Power of the Dragon Cave_1

Green Rock Mountain Range.

Atop a rocky peak, the Sword Boat was moored.

The geniuses from the great powerful forces of the Human Race had suffered a setback at the hands of the White Fox Demon King on this night filled with stars and moonlight.

This ninth-level Demon King displayed its power with its defective bloodline, rendering their Divine Artifacts ineffective and instantly entrapping their Spiritual Souls.

Yuan Qi, an eighth-level Giant Ape embodying a two hundred zhang tall body with every movement imbued with immense strength, also caused them to take note.

That night, the image of the Demon Race in their minds suddenly became much more formidable and towering.

They suddenly realized that the Demon Race was not their flesh and blood sustenance, not their pills or Spiritual Material artifacts.

Within the Demon Race, the true Great Demons were far stronger than they had imagined!

"The gap in realms and levels is not insurmountable."

Pang Jian sat quietly in a corner, silently channeling his power.

With his Divine Sense, he looked inside his dantian and saw the faint lightning within each star, representing the secrets of the stars.

Inside the core of the "Heart of Winter" was also engraved the Rules of Extreme Cold comprehended by the Ice Demon.

Surrounded by a Thunder Vortex, the Thunder Pond contained numerous deep and clear thunder imprints.

But, he had not truly comprehended the Gist of the Great Tao contained within.

He could harness star power from within the stars, use the Extreme Cold Alien Power at the depths of the "Heart of Winter," and borrow some of the might of the lightning from the Thunder Pond.

Yet, regarding the core of the Great Tao and the operation of these differing Alien Powers, the hidden rules and secrets, he hadn’t understood deeply.

"Not knowing their meaning might be the key factor that limits my combat power."

With this thought, he let his Spiritual Soul descend into the Spiritual Sea of his dantian and immersed into the deep core of the crystal within the "Heart of Winter," sinking into those secret areas of rules that were crystal clear and icy.

In an instant, his body was encased in cold ice.

Next to the pit deeply sunken into the earth, Yuan Qi, who had not reverted to his Human Race form, suddenly sensed something and raised his head to glance at the rocky peak where Pang Jian was.

"Another Divine Object with ice attribute, containing the Rules of Extreme Cold, yet not belonging to the Human Race."

Yuan Qi saw through everything.

He grinned with bared teeth and began to pour buckets of thick fresh blood into the deep pit again, gathering the fresh blood of many demons with similar bloodline attributes to the Rock Bear into a blood lake in the pit.

It wasn’t long before the massive demon body of the Rock Bear appeared out of thin air.

The old bear still lay there contentedly in the blood lake created by Yuan Qi, with a dazzling light of blood in its chest where visible Bloodline Crystal Chains were interwoven.

The Demon Heart of the ninth-level Black Stork Demon King was swallowed by him, and he was analyzing the intricacies branded within.

"That kid."

With narrowed eyes, Old Bear’s gaze fell on Dong Tianze and he called out, "Come down here!"

Pang Jian, who was frozen in ice, opened his eyes within the ice block and frowned.

"You have that person’s aura on you; you must be one of the Divine Guards."

Old Bear spoke again, and his wrinkled and furry face unexpectedly showed a kind expression, "I have something for you!"

Dong Tianze hesitated, glancing at Pang Jian.

Seeing Pang Jian nod slightly, he flew off the rocky peak towards the ninth-level Rock Bear below.

"When I was young, I followed the lord. Ah, so many years have passed, yet the lord’s valiant figure still cannot be extinguished in my mind."

With his bloodline pulsating, Old Bear exuded a suction force that adhered Dong Tianze to it, bringing him to a halt above his chest.

Where Dong Tianze stood was the area where the bright bloodlight and the secret skills of many bloodlines intertwined; he immediately sensed errant tendrils of bloodline electric threads.

"Use the seal left by the lord on your forehead to try understanding and accept it, whatever you can take counts as yours!"

Old Bear reminded with a deep voice.

Dong Tianze’s eyes lit up.

He immediately sat cross-legged in that area of dazzling bloodlight, activated the Phoenix Seal on his forehead, and sank his Spiritual Soul into the seal, transforming into a young Demon Race warrior wandering within the sea of light wrought by the Bloodline Crystal Chains.

"Pang Jian, Dong Tianze, indeed the favored children of the Purgatory Human Tribe."

Dong Wenjian couldn’t help but speak enviously, "As you said, when the great calamity of the Purgatory World arrives, prodigies that no one can stop will emerge in the world below. In our era, the ones who have emerged are Pang Jian and Dong Tianze, eh!"

As he and Lin Manhe spoke, he noticed from the depths of Zhou Qingchen’s forehead, a deep red mountain floated out.

The mountain suddenly transformed into the likeness of Zhou Qingchen himself.

"Spiritual Soul Out of Body, Soul Wandering Realm!"

Hu Yuanyuan’s eyes widened, noting that within Zhou Qingchen’s chest, a bright red bead appeared.

The bead swirled with blood qi, and torrents of thick Alien Power of blood continuously tempered Zhou Qingchen’s body.

"The strength of Great Demons is of great help to me."

Zhou Qingchen smiled brightly, seeing that Pang Jian was also looking, he explained, "My Spiritual Soul also contains divinity and relies heavily on the tempering of the body. I’ve heard you say that the more sturdy and powerful our physical bodies are forged, the quicker the breakthrough in the Spirit Condensation Realm will be. Therefore, when I previously slew Great Demons, I absorbed a lot of the essence of blood with the Heaven Essence Bead."

"Refining the essence of blood into the body, I felt my Spiritual Soul become light and ethereal, and it left my body in an instant."

As he spoke, his Spiritual Soul took a turn outside before obediently sinking back into the Sea of Consciousness.

"Add Zhou Qingchen to the mix! You guys who have killed your way out of the Fourth Realm truly have terrifying potential," Dong Wenjian remarked, becoming increasingly emotional.

"Qi and blood, physical body forging."

"Flesh and blood drive the spiritual soul."

"It seems, I also need to change my approach."

Fan Chen, Hu, and Liou Youyu all murmured to themselves in secret.

After that, these favored talents of the Human Race, who had been thwarted by the demon races of the Saint Spirit Continent, each recalled the body refining secret skills they knew. They then focused on tempering their physical bodies with the gains they had acquired from slaying demons.

Days passed like this.

When all the demon blood had been consumed in the deep pit, Yuan Qi had once again transformed back into human form and looked nervously at the Rock Bear lying in the pit, still looking up at the sky.

The fierce sun was high, its rays blinding.

Unaware of everything, the Rock Bear experienced the intense "thump-thump" of his heart, waiting for the natural emergence of his hidden bloodline.

The demon ritual known as "Return to Ancients" had reached its most critical step, and Yuan Qi had done all he could.

With the Rock Bear’s age, seniority, and profound foundation, if the secrets of the talents perceived by his ancestors suddenly became fully manifest, he would be the one most likely to ascend to the status of a Demon God.

"I’m sorry."

The White Fox Demon King suddenly reappeared.

This Demon King, who had taken on the form of a human with a head of long silver-white hair, still maintained the appearance of a delicately small human girl.

She stood atop another rocky peak, her slight figure appearing somewhat desolate and lonely. Her voice carried weariness and helplessness as she spoke to the Rock Bear below, who was about to complete the "Return to Ancients" ritual, "I don’t dare to make an enemy of Dragon Cave."

The old bear scoffed, "Did you come here just to tell me this?"

"No."

The White Fox sighed deeply, hanging her head like a little girl who had done something wrong, and said, "I have reported everything to Dragon Cave truthfully, including the appearance of the grey ape, and everything else."

"Including..."

She glanced at Yuan Qi: "Including the Ancient Demon Clans hidden in the Fragment Land of Northern Qi. And the existence that could contend against the Old Thunder Dragon. I didn’t dare to conceal anything."

The Rock Bear let out a long sigh, "There aren’t many demons who dare to defy Dragon Cave; I don’t blame you."

"You!"

Yuan Qi’s face was filled with anger as he pointed at the ninth-ranked demon prodigy, "Even if you don’t dare to defy Dragon Cave, you shouldn’t have told those dragons everything I confided in you! Lord White Fox, you are a great talent of our Demon Race’s new generation. You should have your own bottom line!"

"I’m sorry."

The White Fox played with her silver-white hair, exposing her originally exquisite little face.

Her beautiful and delicate face was now covered with deep, bone-visible wounds. The split red flesh was strikingly glaring, and the ghastly wounds upon closer inspection made one’s heart tremble.

"I’m powerless against Dragon Cave. I’m sorry, because I wasn’t worthy of competing for the seat of a Demon God and wasn’t one of the six competitors, Dragon Cave could easily lay hands on me."

She reverted to her mountain beaver form.

Her little snow-white beaver demon body revealed the same deep scars as on her cheeks, yet not a drop of blood flowed.

Pang Jian, with his keen sight, used his golden spiritual soul to carefully observe and noticed many severed veins hidden within her demon body.

This demon prodigy, who just a few days ago was overwhelming with demon power and shocked the world with her divine skills, had clearly suffered extremely severe injuries, possibly even her Great Tao foundation was damaged.

Now, even if Yuan Qi performed the "Return to Ancients" ritual to awaken her bloodline, she likely could not achieve her wishes.

"I came only to tell you that Dragon Cave has taken notice of you. Run, find a way to flee the Saint Spirit Continent. In this world ruled by Dragon Cave, any non-demon different kind that dares to interfere with the competition for a Demon God’s seat can be rightfully executed by Dragon Cave."

"Your backing True Gods should have warned you to stay away from the Saint Spirit Continent."

"Especially at this special time."

"You dared to come here, dared to get involved in the competition for a Demon God’s seat, and if Dragon Cave kills you, the True Gods will have nothing to say."

"Good luck to you."

The ninth-ranked White Fox, dragging her tragic demon body, flew towards the territory she governed.

The countless veins of hidden thunderbolt burst within the Rock Bear’s chest as he roared, suddenly plunging into the earth with a gasp.

"I will retrieve the bloodline talents that rightfully belong to me!"

His voice, thick and muffled, was filled with deep anger.

Yuan Qi, who had wanted to reproach the White Fox, saw her in such a pitiful state and knew she had risked her life to come to warn them, he found himself unable to utter any words of blame.

Watching White Fox leave, he gained a deeper understanding of Dragon Cave’s impact on the demon race and felt the supreme authority of the old dragon.

In the vastness of Purgatory, those demons who dared to stand up to Dragon Cave indeed were few and far between.

The White Fox was just hesitating, and she had ended up in such a state.

What would become of the Rock Bear if he could not ascend to a Demon God after this competition ended?

"You stay here; I’ll go talk to her," Pang Jian suddenly flew out, chasing after the ninth-ranked White Fox. It was not until Yuan Qi looked at him in shock that he explained, "I might be able to save her."

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