Chapter 172: Demon Refining Cave
The four of them walked around the bustling area of the city and quickly gathered a lot of information.
As rumors say, the city has a population of tens of thousands, and its composition can be described as a mixture of dragons and snakes, but it is roughly divided into two parts:
One is the evil path that originally lived in the Half Realm or entered here through the power of the Heavenly Mirror, and these people all surrendered to the inner demons and were willing to serve them as the Lord;
The second is the righteous path of the Half Realm or the Xuanmen, which is deprived of the mind by the demons and degenerates into an evil path.
These people are divided into two parts: the city protector and the ordinary residents, the city guard force is headed by the heart demon, and there are four demon lords and eighteen demon guards, all of whom are once famous and powerful, and many of them are the righteous path of the heart manipulated by the heart demons.
Ordinary residents set up shops here to sell medicinal herbs in exchange for various cultivation resources, and it seemed that it had become a large sect with a complete system.
The location of the inner demon is also very clear, and he has been cultivating in the Heavenly Treasure Hall in the inner city all year round.
Although there is no clear clue about the demon seed, I heard a noteworthy news, just over a year ago, the demon began to frequently use the Sky Voyeur Mirror, recruiting people from the Xuanmen, and at the same time recruiting the evil ways around the Yinwan Mountain Range to join.
At the same time as this happened, it was rumored that the heart demon had built a training ground called the "Demon Refining Cave", and every once in a while the elite would be summoned to enter, but anyone who could go through the trial could join the city protection army and become the direct force of the heart demon.
In the alley, Li Mo pondered: "This demon refining cave is likely to have a heavy relationship with the demon seed. ”
"Demon seeds need a lot of resources to grow quickly, and the earth demon used to cause the growth of the demon tree by plundering the righteous path in the first place, maybe this heart demon is also doing the same thing. ”
Qin Ke'er agreed.
"The most strange thing is that the people who entered the Demon Refining Cave did not come back, and the explanation of the people in the inner city for this is that those who failed to pass Guò were exiled and were not allowed to return to the city. If you want me to say, it's likely that all of these people are dead. ”
Shu Sanming said.
"It's dangerous enough there, but with Senior Li here, I'm not afraid. ”
Tang Huaiyuan said.
"That's right, the new batch of demon refining caves will be convened tomorrow, if it is really related to the demon seeds, then we can take the opportunity to sneak in and see what is going on. ”
Shu Sanming also clenched his fists and said.
"That's exactly what I thought, but I'll be with Kerr if I go, and you have more important tasks to do. Li Mo said.
"Please ask the seniors to command. ”
As soon as they heard about the more important task, Shu Sanming and the others were in high spirits.
Li Mo said, "On the outskirts of the Yinwan Mountain Range, there is a team of more than 300 people I brought, and they are now waiting for news from me. Leave the city tonight and bring them out of the city, and then we will join forces with the outside and destroy the city. ”
"Seniors, rest assured, this matter is on our senior brothers. ”
Shu Sanming patted his chest and said.
Then, the four of them separated, and Li Mo took Qin Ke'er to the direction of Chengbei Street, and arrived outside the north gate of the inner city in a short time.
The huge inner city was covered with a haze that hindered the penetration of the five senses, and the magic circle embedded in the tall walls was like a large open net, waiting for people to send it to their doors.
At this time, there were many people gathered outside the city gate, in groups of three or five, three or four hundred people.
Li Mo glanced at it and found that there were more than a dozen people in the early stage of the Divine Power Realm, and this proportion was by no means low, if it was the number of people in the current world, it was the number of people of a large sect, but in this era, it could be seen everywhere.
At this moment, the gates of the inner city were closed, and the geist guards on both sides stood with forks, their robes fluttering in the wind.
After waiting for a while, the gate slowly opened, but I saw a general in iron armor riding a fierce beast covered in iron armor and walked out of it.
Naturally, this iron armor is a physical substance condensed by consciousness after the soul has cultivated to a certain level, and cultivating to this point is equivalent to cultivating the soul body into the entity realm, which is equivalent to the existence of the soul of the entity.
If it is the righteous path cultivation, it will take a very long time, but the evil path is cultivated with the method of going against the heavens, and the speed is much faster, but generally if it fails, it will end up in the end of the god and the form of the gods.
"Meet the Ironguard. ”
The guards saluted respectfully, and the crowd outside the city bowed with them.
"One of the Eighteen Demon Guards, the Iron Guard......"
Li Mo blended in the crowd and squinted slightly.
This person's cultivation is also a good hand in the middle stage of the Divine Power Realm, and this person alone can deduce the combat power of the entire Underworld City, which is indeed extraordinary.
Among the eighteen demon guards, the cultivation of the Iron Guards is only considered to be at the upper middle level, and the four demon lords with higher status are all Heavenly King-level figures.
Many righteous powerhouses have broken into here, and they have been defeated by these people before they have even seen the face of the demons.
"Four hundred and twenty people, very good, come with Benwei. ”
The Ironclad waved his hand.
So, the people followed the ironclad guards into the inner city.
Stepping into the inner city as soon as possible, the dense yin qi rushed up like a bone-bound soul, surging straight towards the body, fortunately, the effect of this soul-fixing pill was good, and it would not reveal flaws under this impact.
"Can you stand it?"
Li Mo said in a low voice.
In order not to reveal their identities, both of them limited their cultivation to the realm of spiritual aperture.
After all, the characters in the Divine Realm in this city should all be recorded, and the sudden appearance of two faces will inevitably arouse suspicion.
The restrictions of cultivation made it impossible for the two of them to use too much True Qi to resist Yin Qi, so it was easy to expose their feet if they were not careful.
"It's fine. ”
Qin Ke'er shook her head lightly, her pretty face was still as cold as before, but there was a little warmth in the depths of her eyes.
Li Mo's considerate care all the way, she is not unclear, even if she has been cold, but he has never taken it to heart.
The inner city was overcast, and the buildings seemed to be splashed with ink, so dark that it was mixed with the night, and from time to time there were patrols passing by on the road, and the ironclad guards stopped to salute when they saw them.
Li Mo secretly released his five senses, recorded the surrounding terrain in his mind, and drew a clear map.
However, it is clearly walking along the edge of the inner city and not setting foot in the hinterland, so it is not yet known about the situation further down.
Walking through the streets and alleys, you will arrive in front of a huge valley.
The four columns of guards in front of the valley guarded with a cold face, which showed that this was a military location.
When you enter the valley, the flat ground stretches over to a stone wall that is too high to see, and at the bottom of the stone wall there is a huge cave with three big characters written on it: Demon Refining Cave.
At this time, the Iron Armor Guard stopped and said in a deep voice: "On the orders of the Ancestor, the residents of the city will be allowed to challenge the Demon Refining Cave every other month, and once the challenge is successful, they can join the city protection team. ”
Many people were excited, for these evil ways, especially the evil ways from the Xuanmen, being able to join the city guard was a symbol of the strong.
Then, the Iron Guard said, "This is an opportunity for you to ascend to the sky, but you have to take advantage of it. ”
Everyone is also gearing up, although if they fail the trial, they will be exiled, but if they can succeed, it will be a step to the sky.
Looking at the desire in everyone's eyes, the Iron Guard slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, revealing a sinister smile, and then waved his big hand and said, "Go, this guard will be waiting for you at the end of the line." ”
All the evil ways took a deep breath and strode towards the cave.
The pitch-black cave stretched endlessly, and sharp prisms appeared from the dry and rough stone walls from time to time, and gusts of yin wind whistled out from the cracks in the stones, blowing people could not help but stir their spirits.
I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly there was a bright light in front of me.
The crowd walked briskly until they reached a huge cavern.
As soon as I walked in, there was a loud bang, and a stone door fell to seal the entrance.
At the same time, the passage on the side of the cave was also blocked by a stone door.
But he saw that there were a large number of small holes in the four walls of the cave, and with the sound of the sound of the squirrel, a large group of black rats came out of the hole.
Although everyone was on guard, there were still people who were pounced on by the black rat as soon as they saw their faces, and the black rat opened its mouth, its teeth were as sharp as jagged teeth, and it directly tore off a large piece of meat with one bite.
For a while, there was a scream, and the other evil ways hurriedly launched an attack and killed the black rats that pounced on one after another.
"Icefield jerboa. ”
Li Mo said in a low voice, Qin Ke'er understood it, and he already knew it in his heart, and with his two fingers, a touch of ice qi converged into a sword, and he shot it casually, killing one black rat after another.
This ice jerboa is good at jumping and attacking the enemy, its teeth are extremely sharp, once it is put on by the opponent, the light one has less meat, and the heavy one has no bones.
Of course, this didn't pose any threat to Li Mo and the others, because these jerboas were just early stage cultivators in the Spirit Aperture Realm.
Therefore, more than a dozen Divine Realm powerhouses in this crowd didn't even move at all, and they stood aside with their hands and killed the jerboa with just a gas shield.
If there is a wise evil way, they stay by the side of these strong people, and there is a lot less trouble.
The number of rats was huge, and waves rushed out endlessly, but after a while, the kung fu cave was full of rat corpses, and then the evil dao body was exhausted and fell in a pool of blood, and a group of jerboas pounced on it and gnawed the corpses clean.
"Sure enough, there are weird ......"
Li Mo said secretly.
But seeing that everyone's blood disappeared as if it had been absorbed as soon as it landed, it could be concluded that there was a magic circle that absorbed blood underground and transmitted the blood to another place, and that it was likely to be the Demon Tree.
The blood spilled through battle has a special power that can promote the growth of the magic tree.
Time passed slowly, the battle in the field became more and more intense, the rats died in large numbers, and the evil ways fell to the ground one after another, and when the rats disappeared, only half of the more than 400 evil ways were left.
Most of the evil ways are unbearable, and there is fear on their faces, only to realize that this trial is not as simple as imagined, and it is actually a life and death experience.
However, this fear was quickly swept away, and everyone was optimistic that maybe this was the whole of the trial, after all, for many people with low cultivation, this level was already very terrifying.
It's just that this is clearly not the case, and with the opening of the stone gate on the other side, a path leading deeper is revealed.