Text Chapter 22: The first time I entered the demon realm, I was proud
The test venue of the second level is carried out in a demon realm, which is adjacent to Ziyang Gate, has a vast area, and has a large number of demon cultivators under the Yunling Realm, as for the demon cultivation above the Yunling period, there are not many, which is just suitable for the recruitment and assessment of disciples in the condensation stage of Ziyangmen.
The specific origin of the demon cultivation is no longer verifiable, it is said that since there were human cultivators, the demon cultivation has always existed, so some people say that the demon cultivation has been living in this continent, but some people say that the demon cultivation came from outside the sky, and later entered this continent and occupied a part of the area.
Since ancient times, the struggle between human cultivators and demon cultivators has never stopped. Demon cultivators want to expand their territory and enslave humans to serve themselves, and human cultivators rise up and try to exterminate all demon cultivators.
Helplessly, the demon cultivation power of this continent is strong, not much worse than that of human cultivators. After countless battles, in the end, the power of the human cultivators and the high-level figures of the demon cultivators decided to divide the land and rule, and the high-level cultivators would no longer easily start a war between them.
However, in order to cultivate future talents, human cultivators and demon cultivators have set up many demon realms for human cultivators to come to test and hone each other's juniors through small-scale battles.
Demon cultivators are cruel by nature, regard human life as grass mustard, and often use humans to cultivate evil magic and demonic skills, and their level and strength are similar to those of human cultivators. The difference is that the demon cultivator contains a magic crystal in his body, and as the strength of the demon cultivator increases, the energy contained in the magic crystal will also become stronger.
The magic crystal is also very useful for human cultivators, not only can it be used for alchemy to improve cultivation, but it can also be used as a power stone, which can be used to drive some formations or flying magic weapons and the like.
In this second level test, for the sake of safety, the Ziyang Sect sent thirteen elders above the spirit period, including Guan Xiongfei, to enter the magic realm with them.
However, the demon cultivation under the spiritual period must be solved by the team itself, and life and death are in order. After all, this is a trial, not a play, so after the students learned about it, they already knew it, and they behaved as usual, and some of them didn't know much beforehand, and they couldn't help but feel a little heavy in their hearts.
It is estimated that Guan Xiongfei also knows that some students may not know in advance that the second level will be in danger of life, so he said on the spot, if you are afraid, you can quit now, and after entering the demon cultivation, you can't quit at will.
The students looked at each other, and none of them were willing to quit, after all, when they knew that the second level was to hunt demons, they were prepared that there might be danger, and demons would not sit there waiting for you to kill and not fight back.
Besides, so many people are watching, even if there are a few people who are greedy and afraid of life, they are embarrassed to quit. If you quit if you are afraid, not only will you be laughed at by everyone, but it may also affect your future cultivation future, a cultivator who is greedy for life and afraid of life and does not dare to fight against demon cultivation will have any future, even if there is that opportunity, people will not necessarily give it.
Seeing that no one had withdrawn, Guan Xiongfei ordered each team leader to come, register the names of the members of each team, and then each received a specific information about the demon cultivation and a storage bag. The storage bag contains the materials that the team members need for a month, and after the materials are consumed, they can also be used to store magic crystals.
After everything was arranged, a group of students and the elders and miscellaneous servants of Ziyangmen boarded a large flying boat and went to the Demon Realm, most of the students were taking the flying boat for the first time, so they were very excited and curious, constantly communicating with their companions, sometimes looking at the white clouds in the distance, sometimes overlooking the small buildings and trees on the earth.
Since under normal circumstances, cultivators need to reach the Transformation Realm before they have the ability to fly without relying on external objects, even if Xiao Changsheng's Air Wing Flying Secret Method can only fly for a short time, and neither the height nor speed of the flight can be compared to the Transformation Realm.
Therefore, Xiao Changsheng was also quite curious at this time, thinking that he didn't know when he would be able to fly freely, and he didn't know when he would be able to refine this flying magic weapon.
The speed of the flying boat is not slow, it will land in about a day, Guan Xiongfei and other elders first fly down, and then command all the students to descend from the flying boat in turn according to the team, and randomly choose a direction to enter the demon realm.
As soon as I stepped into the Demon Realm, I felt that it was completely different from the territory of human cultivators, the sky and land were mostly blood-colored, and the leaves of the trees were rarely green, mostly black or dark green. The aura flowing in the air was also quite thin, and it was obvious that if he was injured in the Demon Realm, it would definitely be difficult to recover.
Xiao Changsheng and his party of ten people chose an open space to stop and discuss the follow-up action plan. Xiao Changsheng first took out ten distress signal devices from the storage, one for each person, in case he encountered the demon cultivator of the Yunling Period and could not resist it, someone would be able to pull out his hand and send a signal.
Then take out the specific information about the demon cultivation, these materials, everyone has already read it roughly, mainly recording the road map of the gathering area of the demon cultivation, as well as the types of demon cultivation, the level of cultivation and the means of attack, etc.
"You've read this information before, if you don't know it, you can read it again, let's discuss, where do we go first?"
"Laughing team, you know our strength, you can decide where to go, since we choose to follow you, we all believe in you," Zhou Xiaotian spoke first.
"Yes, wherever the laughing team goes, we will follow," the others also agreed.
"Okay, this time, there are a total of one hundred and ninety squads, entering the Demon Realm, it is inevitable that the peripheral ones will encounter each other, and the strength of the peripheral Demon Cultivators should be slightly worse, so I want to follow this Black Water River, all the way to the west, looking for Demon Cultivators to hunt along the way, the ultimate goal is Ten Thousand Demon City, there are enough Demon Cultivators for us to choose from. Xiao Changsheng thought for a moment and spoke.
"There are only ten of us, isn't it a bit dangerous to enter the Ten Thousand Demon City?" The rest of the people didn't expect that Xiao Changsheng had a big appetite and wanted to go to the Ten Thousand Demon City, but there were only ten people waiting for him, and the danger of going to the Ten Thousand Demon City was too high.
Just said that he wanted to obey Xiao Changsheng, but now it is not easy to object, so Zhang Liangqian and Wu Yulian, two women, raised their own questions.
"I know everyone's doubts, most demon cultivators like to show people in human form, along the way, we first understand the habits of demon cultivators, and then, we can disguise themselves as demon cultivators to squat outside the city, once a demon cultivator goes out of the city, they will follow behind, and then wait for the opportunity to act. Xiao Changsheng had obviously already thought of a countermeasure.
"This strategy is good, as long as we are careful, the chance of being found should not be high, the highest cultivation in the Ten Thousand Demon City is only a few early stage of Yunling, even if it is discovered, it should not be a problem for us to escape for help," Zheng Shaoqi agreed first.
"But, Laughing Team, there is a big gap between our body shape and Demon Cultivation, how can we disguise it?" Wu Yulian asked, and several other people also showed thoughtful looks, obviously thinking of this layer.
"Don't you know any exercises to change your body shape?" Xiao Changsheng asked as he looked at everyone.
"I've only learned a simple method of disguise, but it's hard to change my body shape," Zheng Shaoqi replied, and the others nodded yes.
"I have a secret method that can change the appearance of the body, which was taught to me by my master before, called the method of shrinking bones and changing shapes, with your cultivation, it is very easy to master, pass it on to you first, and when everyone is proficient, we will hurry. Xiao Changsheng pondered for a while and said to a few people.
A few other people, seeing Xiao Changsheng, were willing to take out the secret method of changing their body shape and teach everyone, and they just squatted outside the city, instead of rushing into the city. I knew that the other party was really thinking about everyone, and he was not the kind of captain who was overjoyed and impulsive and reckless, so they all thanked him and agreed with Xiao Changsheng's plan.
It took a quarter of an hour to pass on the bone shrinking and transformation method to nine people, and then waited on the side for a few people to practice proficiency. Several people are cultivation geniuses, and they all have a lot of cultivation, and the method of shrinking bones and changing shapes is not very difficult to learn, as long as you understand the trick, with the cultivation of a few people, it is quite easy to learn.
In less than half an hour, the nine people basically mastered the trick, Zhou Xiaotian who comprehended it first, and Wei Dazhi who comprehended it at the latest, relatively speaking, among the nine people, Wei Dazhi's talent cultivation was the worst, if it weren't for the help of the 10,000-year-old stone stalactite, now the cultivation is still in the early stage of condensation.
After all there was no problem, the ten of them headed in the direction of the Blackwater River. After walking for less than an hour, Xiao Changsheng stopped at a path in front of a black forest on both sides, closed his eyes and used his divine sense to sense the movement in the woods.
"Laughing team, is there any situation?" Zhou Xiaotian asked, and the rest of the others were also on guard.
"The demon cultivators should also know that we have come to the trial, so there is an ambush in the woods here, and there are also ten demon cultivators, five on the left and right. Xiao Changsheng opened his eyes and said.
"This Demon Realm was originally for us Condensation Realm monks to experience, we are both hunters and prey, if nothing else, the Demon Cultivator will definitely send the same number of people to fight against us first, and in case of defeat, we will send additional manpower. Zheng Shaoqi obviously knows more.
"That makes sense, what should we do now?" Chu Ruyi asked.
"It's rare to meet, of course it's to try the means of demon cultivation, everyone be careful, I'm in front, Brother Zhou is in the back, and the rest of the people are in the middle, go!" Xiao Changsheng gave an order and moved forward.
He had already discovered the location of the demon cultivator just now, so after he was halfway there, he suddenly sent out two thunderballs and ran towards the woods on the left and right side of the road. In an instant, there were two screams, and then eight demon cultivators appeared in the woods, rushing towards them with different weapons.
The exercises of this group of demon cultivators are obviously similar to the martial arts of human beings, and they can't continue to send out spells for long-range attacks, and can only rely on their sturdy bodies and giant weapons in their hands to fight the enemy, and the eight people are all dressed in black, and the weapons in their hands are either maces or zhang two long knives.
This comparison is similar to Zhou Xiaotian's taste, holding a giant knife in his hand, he first faced a demon cultivator, crackling and slashing, and Xiao Changsheng Zheng Shaoqi and others kept sending out spells and long-range attacks, trying not to let the other party get close.
For a time, the sword gang in the air, the sword gang was vertical and horizontal, mixed with thunderballs, fireballs, wooden thorns, wind knives and other spells, and the momentum was overwhelming.
Among them, Xiao Changsheng's thunderball spell is the most powerful, after all, the actual strength is the condensation consummation stage, which is much higher than everyone present, although it is clumsy, it does not burst out with all its strength, and it is not something that the opposite demon cultivator can resist.
When a thunderball goes down, the opponent's demon cultivator swings his mace and smashes it, and his body will involuntarily go numb. However, Xiao Changsheng not only knew the thunderball spell, but then the huge wooden thorn spell followed, and the other party had no time to resist them one by one, and there would always be a few hits. When the opponent is in a hurry, another thunderball passes, and the battle is basically over.
As soon as the demon cultivator on the other side passed away, he immediately turned into a humanoid skeleton and stepped forward to check it curiously. In the heart part, there is a white, cone-shaped crystal, slightly cool in the hand, with the divine sense, there is a stream of energy flowing inside, in addition, there is no more, so I put it in the storage bag casually.
The other people, except for Zhou Xiaotian, were not so simple to deal with, but fortunately, at the beginning, Xiao Changsheng sneak attacked and solved the two demon cultivators, and he had an advantage in numbers. Therefore, he has been standing on the upper hand and pressing a few demon cultivators.
After eliminating his opponent, Xiao Changsheng did not help others, but stood aside, helping to press the formation, watching several people fight, and further understanding the strength of several people.
Among the nine people, of course, Zhou Xiaotian is the strongest, and he is about to solve the opponent at this time, Zheng Shaoqi, Long Jianqiu, Zhang Xiaoshan, Wu Yulian and Liang Yufeng are not weak, and several people's cultivation is close to the high stage of condensation, and each person deals with a demon cultivator, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.
Chu Ruyi, Wei Dazhi and Zhang Liangqian, although their cultivation is slightly weaker, but the three of them are also able to win the battle against a demon cultivator, and it should be immediately after Zhou Xiaotian, they will solve the opponent.
Sure enough, after a while, Zhou Xiaotian and Chu Ruyi and the other three people all eliminated their opponents one after another, and the remaining five demon cultivators, seeing that they had lost half of their number so quickly, didn't care about fighting anymore, and turned around and were about to flee into the depths of the woods.
"Brother Zhou, quickly help intercept a few people, don't let them run away," Xiao Changsheng hurriedly spoke, and he quickly chased after the fastest Demon Cultivator.