Chapter 92: Demon Domain Unleashed

I just, being self‑absorbed, made a little battle analysis I thought was perfect.

In the end, I spent ages analyzing!

The final conclusion was that I became a clown!

When Li Mu was all disheveled in the wind, the strange laugh of that Northern Dark Demon King sounded at his ear again.

…

Heh heh heh…

"Just an ant in the Refining Qi Realm, yet you not only see through my true form but also completely ignore my demonic aura!"

The Horned Demon King let out a mocking laugh while fixing his gaze on Li Mu.

"Human!"

"On you, there must be a great secret!"

"I have changed my mind; for now I will spare your lives!"

As he said, the Northern Dark Demon King shook his head and sighed.

"What a pity!"

"What I have here is only a Clone; after revealing my true form, I cannot sustain it for long!"

"Once I shake off this damned demon hero's pursuit, I will investigate personally!"

"Demon Domain, unfold!"

With those words.

The Northern Dark Demon King suddenly gaped his massive blood‑stained maw, and a terrifying suction surged wildly from it!

In an instant.

Li Mu and the others felt the world around them spin wildly.

Having no strength to resist, they were pulled by the Northern Dark Demon King into his Demon Domain!

…

"What did you say?"

"During the Outer Disciple's assessment, a Demon King actually appeared!"

"And moreover, this Demon King even opened a Demon Domain!"

The four senior stewards of Ziyang Sect's inner peak, upon receiving Song Haolin's distress signal, immediately rode the teleportation array and flew on swords.

They reached Gu Yun City in the shortest possible time.

Seeing a group of Gu Yun City local officials, terrified and trembling like quails, they were all like quails.

Everyone knelt en masse, but they chattered, chattering for a long while.

In the end, none could utter a single complete sentence!

They looked utterly terrified.

Wu Zhengyong merely gave them a faint glance, showing no intention of killing them.

If the intelligence is accurate.

If this time Song Haolin, Li Mu, and the others must face a Demon King.

How could these mundane mortals possibly sense anything?

Even Song Haolin, carrying the Demon-Detecting Mirror, saw no trace of anything.

Therefore, even if Wu Zhengyong and his men killed all these local corrupt officials of Gu Yun City…

It would still be of no use; at most it would just serve as venting their anger.

"Enough!"

"I roughly know the course of events."

"Let me first check what the situation actually is!"

Whoosh…

The kneeling Gu Yun City officials scraped their knees on the ground, successively making way to the left and right, creating a passage.

Wu Zhengyong and the four inner‑peak stewards of Ziyang Sect, each with solemn faces, passed by the Gu Yun City officials who resembled dogs of a bereaved family.

They strode into Duan Jiangyuan's residence.

There, at the entrance of the county magistrate's office,

There was a massive vortex of a bizarre crimson, like fresh blood, slowly rotating counter‑clockwise.

As it spun, waves of extremely terrifying, ferocious, and brutal demonic aura erupted from the vortex, raging and spreading outward.

Sss…

At the sight of the huge red vortex, Wu Zhengyong and the other three involuntarily drew a gasp of cold air.

"It really is a Demon Domain!"

Demon Domain!

Such a defiant‑against‑the‑heavens ability is extremely rare even among the Demon Race!

The holder!

Each one is a great demon who governs a region and has a notorious reputation throughout the Qian Kun Realm!

To master a Demon Domain!

One must possess an immense demonic power, enough to manifest that power into a tangible domain!

Once drawn by the Demon Race into a Demon Domain,

Either one must directly defeat the Demon King,

So that the Demon King's own demonic power cannot sustain the domain's consumption, causing the Demon Domain to vanish naturally.

Or, they would try every possible method to destroy everything inside the Demon Domain, causing its interior to become uncontrolled.

Otherwise, the people inside the Demon Domain would have no way to leave here.

As long as the Demon King drags someone into the Demon Domain, everything ends!

Cultivators from the outside world.

Unless a powerful being who personally masters the laws of spatial domains can freely shuttle between the Demon Domain and reality.

If not, even if a cultivator's own cultivation realm is stronger than the Demon King who opened the Demon Domain.

But even then they cannot, from the outside, employ divine techniques to forcibly destroy it!

Otherwise, if the Demon Domain is forcibly broken by magical power!

The cultivators trapped inside would be swept into spatial turbulence along with the domain's destruction, and within moments be torn into a mass of shredded flesh and blood mist!

In other words.

From now on, there is no way to help the people inside the Demon Domain.

"Damn it!"

Wu Zhengyong slammed a heavy fist onto the huge blood‑red vortex before him, his face full of anxiety and unease.

"The silver lining in this misfortune is that the one who opened the Demon Domain is merely a Clone of the Demon King left behind in Gu Yun City."

"Therefore, within this Demon Domain there will only be the Demon General and Demon Soldiers commanded by this Demon King!"

The Steward of Zigai Peak stepped forward, patted Wu Zhengyong's shoulder and said comfortingly,

"Also!"

"Since this Demon King can wield a domain, it means it must be at least an eighth‑rank Demon King!"

"With its strength, even if it is merely a Clone left here."

"To instantly slaughter Song Haolin and his party would be nothing more than a fleeting thought."

"Yet it not only refrained from doing so, but actively activated the Demon Domain, draining the Clone's demonic power completely, trapping it without killing it."

"That indicates the Demon King has an even greater scheme behind it."

"What we must do now is set up a formation here, ready at any moment to counter the Demon King's next assault."

"At the same time, we must be prepared to rendezvous with Song Haolin, Li Mu and the others inside the Demon Domain at any time."

Speaking so, the Steward of Zigai Peak couldn't help but look at the massive red vortex, his expression solemn as he said,

"Now, all we can do is trust the people inside!"

"……"

The sensation of weightlessness engulfed him like a tide, causing Li Mu to panic for a moment.

Afterward.

He felt his body being wildly yanked by the raging demonic aura, and then darkness fell all around.

When Li Mu regained consciousness, he found himself amid an extremely damp primeval forest.

Li Mu swallowed.

"Ah!"

"Your great‑grandfather!"

"Little brat, where the heck did you come from?"

"Damn, is this still Gu Yun City?!"

Li Mu wore a bewildered expression.

The key is!

This place has not a speck of spiritual energy!

All around, the air is saturated with terrifying demonic aura so dense it feels solid!

"What is this place?"

"Damn!"

"Is this the Demon King's Demon Domain?"

"Even in the air itself, it is filled with extremely terrifying demonic aura, and I can feel my own true Qi circulation being affected!"

The more than fifty Outer Disciples of the Ziyang Sect who were also swept into it could no longer conceal their panic.

Each of them drew the weapons at their waists, eyes wary as they scanned the surroundings.

But when everyone, because this place is saturated with terrifying demonic aura, causing their own strength to be limited to varying degrees, and some are panicked,

Li Mu, however, had already begun to enjoy the feeling of staying here!

Only because.

Since Li Mu entered the Demon Domain of this Northern Dark Demon King, the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll in his Sea of Knowledge has been jolted as if injected with a strong dose of chicken blood.

It now constantly, frantically absorbs the demonic aura within the Demon Domain, converting it into the purest golden spiritual energy that begins to replenish Li Mu himself.

At the same time, the semi‑transparent virtual screen before Li Mu began to flash a stream of

【Ding!】

【System identified that the host is using the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll to absorb Demon‑King‑level demonic aura, triggering Heavenly Dao Blessing!】

【Congratulations, host, you have obtained Tenfold Harvest!】

【Ding!】

【System identified that the host is using the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll to absorb Demon‑King‑level demonic aura, triggering Hundredfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!】

【Congratulations, host, you have obtained Hundredfold Gain!】

"……"

Just after a short while, Li Mu could clearly feel his true Qi and blood already brimming to an extreme limit!

No exaggeration!

This Demon Domain is, for Li Mu, literally a feng shui treasure land for his cultivation!

But right now I'm still in the team, so whatever I do is inconvenient and draws too much attention.

Otherwise.

If that were the case, Li Mu would have already let loose, running all over this Demon Domain, slaying monsters to level up while searching for a way out of this cursed place.

However, in this sky‑blocking primeval forest.

The trees grow in massive clusters, so lush it's almost unbelievable.

Each one is towering, with dense branches and leaves.

As if to block every ray of light from above; only a few stray beams of moonlight filter through the leaf gaps.

Consequently, visibility around everyone is extremely low, and a sense of unease begins to sprout in each heart.

Only, Li Mu had already entered the Forbidden Realm—the Ninth Forbidden—while in the Refining Qi Realm.

Thus, after breaking through the Concentration Realm, his physical strength not only doubled to a terrifying degree!

At the same time, his six consciousnesses and five senses were enhanced almost metamorphically!

It's like being in this primeval forest: others feel only dim oppression, with the scenery ahead barely visible.

Moreover, the air here is thick with heavy Demon Qi!

This causes many Outer Disciples present to have their environmental perception severely weakened.

Each of them, though not to the absurd level of being blind‑eyed, still has their senses dulled to the extreme.

But the same situation, when applied to Li Mu, results in two completely opposite conditions.

Li Mu, whose six consciousnesses and five senses become extremely sharp, feels his hearing and sight are crystal clear, ethereally precise.

A single glance makes the world before him appear as if a Super Night Vision Device were turned on, every detail laid bare.

At the same time.

His hearing is terrifyingly acute; even the rustle of a nearby ant crawling on a tree trunk cannot escape Li Mu's ears.

"Hm?"

"Something's up!"

Suddenly, Li Mu heard a strange sound; just as he was about to follow it, his gaze met Song Haolin's, who was also looking this way.

Suddenly.

Song Haolin gave Li Mu a meaning‑filled smile, then made a neck‑wipe gesture, as if gathering a corpse!

"Whoosh…"

At that moment, in the dimly lit primeval forest, a sound of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out.

One Bone Spike, astonishingly, shot straight toward Li Mu.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a muffled thud.

The Bone Spike that intended to pierce Li Mu's throat instead landed right at his feet.

Its shaft, due to its terrifying penetrative power, kept trembling.

Seeing this scene, Song Haolin said nothing, but his complexion turned noticeably ashen.

Undoubtedly!

Given Song Haolin's cultivation, he naturally detected the Bone Spike shot from the dense forest in advance.

But he didn't warn because he wanted to use the blade to kill, intending to have Li Mu die here.

Thus, he wouldn't have to risk being discovered by these Outer Disciples when forcing a strike.

He could also use the blade to make Li Mu die plausibly in this Northern Xuan Demon King's Demon Domain.

Thereby, he could, with a clear conscience, take Li Mu's head to the Lin Family in exchange for a sky‑high bounty.

It's a one‑arrow, two‑hawks!

Unfortunately.

My meticulous scheme was effortlessly evaded by Li Mu's defiant luck.

"Hmph!"

"This kid's luck is truly defying the heavens!"

"But I don't believe that if your luck is good once, it can be that good every time…"