Chapter 386: Bai Hong Demon Emperor

The Tongming Thunder Pool returned to calm once more.

On the shore soaked in demon blood lay two gruesome corpses.

The Xuanming Spider Emperor lay sprawled rigid, its entire body covered in deep burn marks, its interior utterly smashed by spiritual seals.

Not far away, the Golden-Eyed Lion Emperor crouched as if to flee, yet it too had been blasted in the back by spiritual seals; beyond that, its flesh had been slashed by chaotic swords, revealing gaping wounds deep enough to show the bone.

Shen Yi lay on the ground, eyes closed, observing the panel.

【Slain Xuanming Spider Emperor at the peak of Soul Transformation; total lifespan ninety-seven thousand years; remaining lifespan fourteen thousand years; absorption complete.】

【Remaining demon lifespans: sixty-three thousand years.】

This old demon had survived within the Thousand Demon Cave for who knows how many years.

The meager remaining lifespan was within Shen Yi's expectations, yet he felt no disappointment, after all, the opponent's value lay not merely in simple lifespan.

He now felt an urgent desire to find a desolate place and thoroughly study the Boundless Dao Imperial Palace.

However, he could not move just yet.

If possible, directly using the Nanyang Transformation Art to disguise himself as the Xuanming Spider Emperor would also be a good choice.

But this path still held a few problems.

The most critical was cultivation; with Shen Yi's current strength, even if the Transformation Art were utterly realistic, the demonic energy radiating from his body would be worlds apart, leaving only a hollow shell.

Secondly, even if luck favored him and he became the Xuanming Spider Emperor.

The Secret Method Pavilion would be freely accessible, but the other caves would forever close their gates to him.

Shen Yi did not yet wish to sever his relationship with the Jin Chi Demon Emperor.

On the path of cultivation, techniques alone are insufficient.

Magical treasures, pills, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures are all indispensable.

"..."

With this thought, Shen Yi quietly maintained the appearance of one on the brink of death.

Just as he had expected.

After the Tiehua Yinhou Array dispersed, the demonic qi and foul stench lingering here quickly attracted the attention of many gazes.

They approached warily, then began to whisper among themselves.

Before long, two winged demons swiftly scattered toward the distance, heading to the Great Demon Emperor's cave to report the news.

"Dead... the Spider Emperor and the Lion Emperor are both dead..."

The remaining demons swarmed closer, yet in their varied eyes surged a uniform fear.

How many years had it been since the Thousand Demon Cave suffered such a crushing blow?

Starting with the Hua Xue Demon Emperor, in a short span of time, numerous Demon Emperors had been ambushed and killed one after another, dying in inexplicable ways.

The days of ease were abruptly shattered.

Was this truly the world's supreme Thousand Demon Cave?!

Whoosh—

Amidst the demons' whispers, a streak of golden light descended from the sky, and in the blink of an eye stood beside the Lei Chi.

The voluptuous woman stared fixedly at the devastated Tongming Thunder Pool.

Her gaze first swept over the corpse of the Xuanming Spider Emperor, then quickly settled upon that lion.

"Who did this!"

Her ample chest heaved rapidly, and her pupils instantly turned vertical.

As a sharp interrogation swept outward, all the demons twitched, involuntarily lowering their bodies and emitting whimpering cries of grief.

"What good is asking them?"

A soft voice rang out from mid-air.

Immediately following, a sturdy white horse trotted forward; though it appeared divine and handsome, its size was no different from an ordinary horse, the only strangeness being the absence of eyes on either side of its head, replaced instead by a vertical pupil growing from its brow bone.

The vertical pupil was pitch black and lightless, and set against the white body, it appeared all the more eerie.

Beyond that, a scar resembling a lightning strike remained on its chest.

For a Demon Emperor, a formidable body could heal almost any injury; this was clearly deliberately left behind, as if to remind itself of something.

"..."

The Jin Chi Demon Emperor turned to look; though somewhat irritable, she forcibly suppressed her emotions and casually bowed her hands.

Even with her pride, facing the Bai Hong Demon Emperor, she could not help but feel a measure of awe.

It was this Demon Emperor of the Third Cave who had once led the assembly to ambush Nie Jun.

Even though that cultivator had comprehended the embryonic form of a Dao Palace, in the end, he could only flee with severe injuries.

The Bai Hong Demon Emperor descended upon the Lei Chi, and the churning thunder magma naturally parted; it walked through the air, scanning the surroundings with its vertical pupil.

With this simple motion.

residual black mist suddenly rose from the surroundings.

It summoned a wisp before its eyes to examine, pondered for a moment, then walked to the front of the Xuanming Spider Emperor and gently prodded the corpse with its front hoof.

During this time, including the Jin Chi Demon Emperor, all the demons remained silent.

Until the white horse arrived before the lion.

The Jin Chi Demon Emperor's eyelids twitched twice; she walked forward slowly: "How did it die?"

The white horse casually kicked, flipping the eight-zhang tall, muscular body directly over, and said indifferently: "It is not dead."

Before the words had fully faded, it suddenly stepped onto the lion's chest.

Under that immense force, Shen Yi spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and vaguely opened his eyes.

"Who laid hands on it?"

The white horse asked concisely.

"Shen Yi, True Person Lingxi." Shen Yi replied in a weak voice.

Hearing this, the white horse stared blankly at the lion's face with its black eyes; after about ten breaths, it slowly walked down: "It is the truth."

"How is that possible!"

Even Jin Chi, the Demon Emperor who trusted the Golden-Eyed Lion the most in the arena, showed surprise in his eyes upon hearing this.

She had personally fought both of these cultivators.

Even setting aside the lion, just the Xuanming Spider Emperor, even if he could not kill the two of them, would at least not suffer a major loss.

After all, this spider was best at dealing with Mount Wutong cultivators.

But Bai Hong, the Demon Emperor, had never made a wrong judgment before... could it really be true?

"Two great formations were set up; it was premeditated."

Bai Hong stared at the ground, peeling out a bit of red from the residual black mist, took a deep breath, and swallowed the scorching red mist into his nose and mouth: "You were deceived by True Person Lingxi; she is not as wretched as you described. Her strategy was to retreat to advance, and her goal was not this lion."

"Are you saying the problem lies with this Emperor?"

Jin Chi bared his teeth, and a hint of defiance hid on his wild face.

However, Bai Hong, the Demon Emperor, ignored her and simply said on his own: "Take it back to recover from its injuries and wait for this Emperor to interrogate it."

Hearing this, the plump woman walked to Shen Yi's side, her face gloomy, transformed into the massive original form of the Nine-Striped Fierce Tiger, hoisted him onto her back, and flew straight toward the sky.

All the way back to the Spirit Plant Garden.

She crashed through the light curtain, found a quiet place, and threw the lion on her back onto the ground.

She then transformed back into human form, stood with arms crossed, and struggled to adjust her breathing.

Though unwilling to admit it, the matter was indeed as Bai Hong said; the news about True Person Lingxi had been spread as a joke from her, and she also knew about that cultivator surnamed Shen.

By all rights, this matter should have aroused attention.

Yet she had tacitly accepted that Lingxi had already escaped the Thousand Demon Cave... those bastards actually dared to team up and put on a play to deceive her.

Jin Chi, the Demon Emperor, suddenly gritted his teeth, looked at Shen Yi with a hint of guilt: "This time this Emperor is in the wrong; rest assured, this Emperor will compensate you."

Shen Yi frowned, covered his chest, did not reply, and only coughed forcefully a few times.

At the same time, he quietly looked around.

He saw that the surroundings were all some kind of fertile fields; the spiritual qi contained within, just by smelling it, made his entire body's spiritual power feel much more comfortable.

(End of this chapter)