Chapter 471: The Flood Zone Arrives, the Great Demon Blue Leech

Although one can obtain relevant inheritances of the Heartless Demonic Path within the Profound Feather Immortal Gate, Du En had not come into contact with them before, so naturally, he could not use them to circumvent the oath at this moment.

However, it does not matter; he is currently using the name of Venerable Jiuyun to take the oath.

What does I, the dignified acting special envoy of the Immortal Gate, Du En, have to do with him, Venerable Jiuyun, Xu Tianci? Therefore, logically speaking, this oath-taking should not have even a single sign, ripple, or influence, because there is no basis for it to be established at all; that Venerable Jiuyun is already dead through and through.

But when Du En took the oath, he could faintly perceive some sort of clue or disturbance.

It seemed as if a faint, very unformed thread was about to be cast out, as if it were about to land somewhere, but it shattered and vanished just as it began to ripple, showing no signs of success.

Although Du En is occupying the magpie's nest and everyone around him currently thinks he is Venerable Jiuyun, he is not the real one after all; an oath taken under a false name would normally not even have this much of a ripple.

So, that guy not only didn't die through and through, but his state has even become bizarre, to the point that his karma and fate have become treacherous, and he is attempting to infiltrate and influence my side?

He immediately narrowed his eyes, his thoughts beginning to race.

He wasn't afraid, though; after all, he had long been prepared and had contingency plans for such methods. The simplest approach was to do as he did last time: use the Phoenix Remnant Hatred to burn it.

However...

When his divine sense swept over the one person and one spirit acting within the estate, Du En stopped overthinking and spoke to the two people in front of him: "Then without further ado, let us depart immediately."

"Good!"

"Excellent!"

The two Great Cultivators also knew that the matter was urgent; the longer they lingered, the more likely they were to be detected by those Great Demons, leading to a failure of their efforts. Thus, they did not pause or hesitate, nodding in agreement one after another, then together they sneakily slipped out of Jiuyun City and galloped toward the south.

In the south of this Void Micro Continent, there exists a flood zone, which is a forbidden land for living beings; any living being that enters it can never walk out alive.

Although a great river flows through it, there is actually no terrifying terrain; on the contrary, this great river, which originates from the Flowing Cloud Mountain Range and passes a thousand miles south of Jiuyun City, actually belongs to the type of stable watercourse that is both deep and slow, with rare disastrous currents.

Around its estuary, there are densely packed, rare natural deep-water ports, and further south lies the Flat Wave Sea, where the wind and waves are very small. Although it is vast and boundless with no islands in the large sea area, with the methods of immortal cultivators, it is naturally still possible to cross it and connect with the immortal cultivation world of Star Fall Island deep in the sea.

If only this great river could be developed along its course.

It is just a pity that in the middle and lower reaches, there is a Turbulent Wave Mouth; this is the lair of the fifth-rank Great Demon, the Bloodthirsty Blue Leech. It often stirs up wind and waves, causing the great river to flood and submerge both banks, thereby forming a vast flood zone.

The reason for doing so, besides its naturally cruel disposition, is also because it can divide its demonic power into sub-bodies, transforming into countless blue leeches that flow with the water, lying in wait within the mud and water, specifically to suck the blood and flesh of living beings! "I still remember when Fellow Daoist Jiuyun had just reached the Deity Transformation stage and came over to investigate, he once fell for this monster's trick. Haha, apologies, apologies, it was a slip of the tongue on my part."

Arriving outside the flood zone, Ancestor Gengluo appeared to have made a slip of the tongue, but the look in his eyes as he watched Du En carried a strange color, clearly tinged with a hint of sarcasm and irony.

Of course, he did not really want to mock or anger the other party; rather, on the way to this place, the more he pondered, the more he felt something was wrong, especially Du En's lack of haggling over benefits, which made one think there was a problem. That is why he wanted to test him with his words at this moment.

"No matter, for it is indeed true."

Du En naturally saw through the other party's probing, but he had no intention of pretending to be too convincing; he was intentionally playing mystery and setting up a smokescreen. Thus, he nodded and acknowledged it directly at this moment, completely unlike the past demeanor of Venerable Jiuyun, which made the two Great Cultivators' hearts skip a beat, feeling it was very strange and thus becoming suspicious and uncertain.

Boom! Before they could figure out the reason, Du En had already flown into the dead and desolate flood zone ahead, and then, as if he had poked a hornet's nest, streaks of blue immediately erupted from the turbid mud and water.

Those were water leeches with dark blue bodies, as large as a normal person's arm, with mouthparts containing fine, sharp teeth, appearing extremely terrifying. They could easily bite through third-rank magical artifacts, and even a single one would require a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to deal with it cautiously.

Seeing that attention was already being drawn, the ancestor and the old monster immediately stopped thinking about anything else and hurriedly hid their forms and auras, lest they be detected by that Great Demon and it flee away.

What makes the Bloodthirsty Blue Leech most troublesome is this technique of dividing into thousands of clones. If one does not find the true body and kill it in one blow, but instead chooses to entangle with these demonic power clones, then as soon as it senses that the situation is wrong, it can calmly abandon the river and flee into the deep sea.

Therefore, someone is needed to attract attention and lock onto the location of the Great Demon's true body.

Du En appeared to take the lead, without the slightest hesitation or excuse, which was also not the style of Venerable Jiuyun.

Watching these dark blue demonic leeches attack, he showed no surprise. Glancing over and pointing a finger, a clanging sound immediately rang out; a magical artifact burst forth, instantly completing a circle and piercing through them to kill them on the spot.

To tell the truth, for a trick like this, he could have easily handled it just by releasing some pressure, but since he still had to act a little, he could only waste a little more effort and use this fifth-rank mid-grade ordinary magical artifact.

Such an artifact could be considered a remnant of his inventory; he had originally thought it could retire, but he did not expect it to have a use today.

Du En grasped the magical sword that flew back, feeling a little bit of emotion in his heart.

However, even such an ordinary strike made the two people in the dark sigh in admiration again and again! What a good magical artifact!

How refined and excellent, how clanging and powerful, radiating precious light! It is just that the lack of spiritual resonance is a bit of a flaw. Hmm, it must be that this fellow Jiuyun has not yet completely subdued and refined it, and can only crudely drive it now!

So that's it; no wonder his actions had changed so much. It turns out he obtained such an opportunity and thought he had something to rely on, eh?

The two in the dark looked at each other, and from each other's eyes, they saw a hint of greed. Faintly, it seemed they had other thoughts and had reached a tacit understanding.

Du En naturally noticed their small movements, but he did not care. On the contrary, this was intentional; otherwise, he would have used those belongings of Venerable Jiuyun to fight.

In short, it was to lure and observe every move of these two Great Cultivators. For now, he remained calm on the surface, continued to fly forward, and at the same time, his voice spread out: "Monster! Today, this seat will use you to sacrifice my sword!"

Intentionally deepening his tone, his voice shook for a hundred miles. At the same time, he drove the sword out, precious light erupted, and amidst the whistling, it directly plowed through, carving a deep trench out of the flood zone ahead. The edges of the scattered light shattered, suddenly exploding and turning into needles of light, scattering in all directions.

In the disturbed muddy torrent, those demonic leeches had not yet made a move before they were pierced through and nailed into the mud and water, causing blood to overflow and soak the area.

"Arrogant!"

From the depths of the flood zone in the distance, inside the Great Demon's lair at the Turbulent Wave Mouth, a cold, angry voice suddenly erupted. Following that, demonic power was seen surging into the sky, as if black clouds were covering the void, and the surging flood was driven by it, rushing toward Du En's side.

He immediately pinched a spell and pointed his sword. He saw the sword body erupt with a burst of intense light and power, then it grew in the wind, shook its body, and actually transformed into a colorful great dragon, roaring as it rushed out. With a claw and a tail, it shattered the vanguard of the flood, then twisted its body and pounced toward the incoming Great Demon. Then it pounced on nothing.

"Good, good, good. You really did obtain a rare precious artifact, but Jiuyun, do you think you can kill me like this? It is simply ridiculous!"

That turbid water avatar was slashed apart, and the Great Demon's voice lingered in the wilderness. The entire flood zone suddenly trembled, and then, one after another, dark blue demonic leeches—its demonic power clones—emerged.

Densely packed, countless! "How is this possible?!"

Ancestor Gengluo could not help but be astonished.

"It is indeed too many!"

The old monster Xuanxu was also secretly horrified.

Because although they had long anticipated that the demonic power clones here would be troublesome, they did not expect there to be so many. How on earth did this Bloodthirsty Blue Leech manage to divide so many? Could it be that for these thousands of years, it has been doing this same thing? Was it prepared and plotting long ago? Various suspicions surged into their hearts, and the two were momentarily frozen in place.

"Why have you two not made a move yet? I have already locked onto its true body; this is the time to finish the task in one battle. Why not strike quickly? Why not strike quickly?"

Although Du En could easily wipe out these superficial clones, he still chose to transmit his voice to these two Great Cultivators, wanting to take the opportunity to observe their true colors.

He spoke very firmly, even though neither of them had discovered where the Great Demon's true body was. Thus, it caused them to have a misunderstanding: that Venerable Jiuyun had long ago perceived the clues to the Great Demon's behavior here, and thus had managed to obtain a precious artifact in preparation for dealing with it.

The reason he did not mention any conditions before, besides feeling confident, was also because the situation here was equally urgent! We've been played! We were careless!

The two old fellows thought this, but instead, they felt relieved and, without hiding, jumped out directly.

"What?! You two fellows have come too?!"

The Great Demon Blue Leech saw that the situation was not good and immediately wanted to slip away. Of course, before that, it hurriedly cast spells and operated its power, controlling countless clones to swarm up.

Although it had also been plotting for many years, such methods, combined with itself, could at most suppress one or two Great Cultivators of the same rank. If it encountered a situation of three against one, it was very self-aware and did not believe it could win.

Therefore, it made a decisive choice: it had to take advantage of the delay here to quickly run away and escape.

"Where are you fleeing to?"

Du En shouted, channeled his magic to flash forward, and the two people and one demon saw his figure disappear, only to reappear somewhere amidst the dense swarm of leech demons.

The leech demons along the way, numbering in the thousands, all suddenly exploded! Looking closely, it was Du En gripping the hilt of that magic sword to control the artifact, as if he were being dragged along to crash through them.

Then he twisted his body and casually cast a few magic talismans; these were the stock of Master Jiuyun, and could be considered to have reached the fifth rank.

Instantly, fire dragons and thunder birds surged forth, their momentum extraordinary, with fierce heat and scorching thunder, crashing violently into the silt.

Boom! The demon power erupted like a volcano, directly resisting the fire dragons and thunder birds, and the silt and murky water were blasted away, revealing the ugly body of the great demon beneath.

Its dark blue, wrinkled leech body exuded a sense of decrepit old age, yet a young man's face was plastered onto its head, appearing to be in its prime and full of vitality; at this moment, its eyes held anger and shock, but its reaction was not the least bit sluggish, and it opened its mouth to spit out the Myriad Spirit Blood Bead it had been refining for a long time.

That was its natal magic treasure, and because it saw that Du En's magic artifact was astonishing, it dared not be negligent and used it directly.

Instantly, Du En felt a force of blood and flesh extraction that seemed extremely weak to him strike, and he ignored it by simply shaking his body.

Of course, on the surface, he still put on some defensive measures to go through the motions.

"The demon is at its wit's end; you two, quickly clear out the clones, and do not let them come over to obstruct or disturb me while I exterminate the demon."

"Very well!"

"Hehe!"

As Gengluo Old Ancestor responded, his entire body erupted with Geng Metal Qi, as if transforming into a white egg, then condensed into an illusory long blade of weaponry, shooting out silently.

Although those leech demon clones were fearless and bloodthirsty, facing this kind of Spirit Severing attack, they were still dying at a very fast rate, and the blood quickly dyed the murky waves red, making this place like a pool of blood.

The Xuanxu Old Freak had even greater skills; as he moved, he seemed intangible, easily avoiding the fierce pounces of the leech demons, and with a single point of his finger, hundreds or thousands of leech demon heads exploded, blood splattering everywhere, and they died on the spot.

It was clear that with the great demon itself being entangled and unable to control them, and the dense stream of leech demons being split in two, these leech demon clones, despite their massive numbers, appeared strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and were easily slaughtered by the two Spirit Severing experts.

The great demon Blue Leech watched with eyes splitting from anger, shocked and furious.

Bang! The Myriad Spirit Blood Bead was knocked back by the ordinary magic sword, its brilliance already dimmed, frightening the great demon into quickly focusing its attention, its heart filled with bitter complaints.

Damn Master Jiuyun, who knows where he got such a treasure, it is actually this formidable; it has devoured the blood and flesh of thousands of living beings, extracted their essence blood, and painstakingly refined it for over a thousand years, a Myriad Spirit Blood Bead that could easily suppress cultivators of the same rank, making their flesh and blood unstable and devouring them, yet it could not resist at all—it is truly damnable! And the gazes cast by those two great cultivators also increasingly carried a strange look, as if they felt that using it so crudely here was truly a waste of a heavenly treasure, that virtue did not match the position, and the artifact did not match its master! Greed lingered in the depths of their eyes, never fading.

At this very moment, Du En naturally noticed the thoughts and ideas lingering in the minds of these two people and one demon.

Because he was observing them in an orderly fashion.

He soon reached a conclusion.

There was nothing obviously abnormal.

That time with Master Jiuyun was actually the same; even when searching his soul and memories, one could only see some ordinary and common situations, but in reality, he must have possessed some strange aspects, which is why he did not die completely, and even transformed into some kind of unfathomable state.

(End of this chapter)