Chapter 177: I Disagree!

【Five-Colored Divine Light: The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth cycle...】

Li Heng looked at the few short lines of text before his eyes and fell into deep thought. Should this be considered a successful identification or not? Normally, there absolutely shouldn't be only a few lines of text.

But if it hadn't succeeded, it should have been garbled text.

Could it be that there is such a thing as a half-successful identification?

His expression was strange, and such a thought popped into his mind. However, he also knew that regardless of which possibility it was, it meant that the grade of this Five-Colored Divine Light was certainly extremely high!

It couldn't even be identified by the Standard Innate level Identification Function?

Interesting.

He smiled slightly. His current Source Power was 6,300 points, which was neither too much nor too little; he could afford to spend one or two thousand to upgrade the Identification Function to see the true nature of this Five-Colored Divine Light.

Of course, one shouldn't get carried away.

Having said that, he burned another 2,000 points of Source Power, causing the Identification Function to soar to the Strong Innate level. Immediately, the information bar began to change, and several more paragraphs of text appeared.

【The transformation of the five virtues of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth is the original divine light between Heaven and Earth, containing the true meaning of the five elements, but at this moment it is still in a seed state, having not yet sprouted...】

Li Heng fell into deep thought once again.

Having spent these 2,000 points of Source Power, he had finally obtained some key information: it was in a seed state and had not yet sprouted? Then there must surely be a way to make it sprout...

Unfortunately, his Source Power was now somewhat insufficient.

He did not intend to gamble again. Now his Source Power was only 4,300; at most, he could upgrade the Identification Function one more time, but he would be wiped out, which was very unwise.

Li Heng felt that he was completely unable to urge this Five-Colored Divine Light to manifest any wonders; the state of the divine light was extremely calm and silent. So even if he knew the method to make it sprout, he estimated it would still require a great deal of effort and could not be immediately converted into combat power.

In this way, the upgrade to the Identification Function would have been in vain.

Now the Identification Function was already a bit over-performing...

Recovering from the matter of the Five-Colored Divine Light, he looked toward Kong Que, only to find that because she had lost too much essence blood, her Original Qi was severely damaged, and she was lying on the ground, unconscious.

If she were not treated quickly, she might even perish.

Li Heng shook his head helplessly; this Kong Que was still too weak and would need more training in the future. His thoughts stirred slightly, and a ray of light discovered by the Great Sun appeared in his hand, radiating a Godly Intent that nurtured all things.

Then, with a flick of his finger, he shot it into Kong Que's body.

The Sun can kill, but it can also nourish living beings.

However, he had not used the latter function many times; after all, with his strength, he had no need for such a function at all. If it weren't for Kong Que suddenly fainting, he would have almost forgotten about it.

The Great Sun Divine Intent that nourished living beings spread out within Kong Que's body, and her entire body began to emit a very warm, faint light. Under the light, Kong Que's Original Qi began to recover, her originally pale skin became rosy again, and her consciousness was able to slowly wake up.

She opened her eyes from the endless darkness, looked at everything around her, looked at Li Heng before her, and felt the warm light within her body, immediately understanding something, "Many thanks, Master, for your intervention."

Kong Que slowly crawled up from the ground and said softly.

In fact, she had originally wanted to die, which was why she had exhausted all her essence blood to open the secret treasury of the Kong Que clan. However, Li Heng had still acted to save her, even though she no longer had much utility value.

Should this be called unexpected, or not unexpected?

Kong Que thought in confusion.

But she knew.

This life now was given by her Master.

"Your body is very weak; you must practice more in the future to avoid fainting here and there later on. What kind of behavior is that? Alright, since the matter is concluded, I suppose you also want to leave this sad place. Let's go."

"Let's go take a look at that so-called Ten Thousand Demon Ridge."

Li Heng spoke calmly and stepped away.

"Yes, Master." Kong Que followed closely behind.

Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

Looking down from above, it was a pitch-black expanse; demon clouds, Magic Qi, and sinister winds swirled, and armies from many forces gathered here. In the end, they had still agreed to Jinpeng's proposal to use the method provided by Jinpeng and the others to attack the Present World in advance.

For the past five days, they had also been preparing their troops.

"Is your Ten Thousand Demon Ridge bullying people? What kind of trash food is this? It tastes terrible!" A tiger demon gnawed on a large pork knuckle while chewing and cursing.

Last time the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge held a Great Banquet and summoned them, these idle demons and Strange Monsters, to go, the food was incredibly delicious, and the meat was truly rich but not greasy. But now?

Not only was it dry and stringy, but it was also bland and tasteless?

He even suspected that the cook had been changed.

"You stupid tiger, you'd better keep your voice down. It's good enough that they're feeding us for free. Don't forget that the main force now is not us, but those major powers."

A cat demon lying on a giant rock spoke indifferently.

"Master, what do you think the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge is thinking? When they held the Great Banquet, they said we would be the main force, eating and drinking well when attacking the Present World. Now they've gone back on their word and called in other forces."

"At this rate, I'm afraid we won't even get to drink the soup."

Hearing this, the tiger demon spoke indignantly again.

"I'm afraid there was some change of plans? You should be careful; I always feel that this matter is a bit Weird and dangerous," the cat demon said.

Similar conversations were also happening among the many demons and Strange Monsters.

Qingshi, Baixiang, and Jinpeng stood in the sky above the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge. Of course, they did not dare to fly too high, because too high up was the area of the sealed White Strange Mist, which they dared not touch.

The three of them frowned slightly.

Being here, below the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, whether it was the conversation between the tiger demon and the cat demon, or other demons and Strange Monsters, they all seemed to be complaining that the food at the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge was not good, much worse than the previous Great Banquet.

Hearing these things in their ears made them somewhat irritable.

But they had no choice.

That stupid pig in charge of the kitchen had suddenly gone missing.

"Hmph, playing hide-and-seek all of a sudden? After this matter is over, I will definitely find that stupid pig! To be missing at such a critical Node is clearly giving us attitude."

Qingshi's expression was ugly, and he snorted coldly.

"Big Brother, you don't know how arrogant that pig demon is. Back then, when I asked him to extend the time of the Great Banquet, he actually dared to give me attitude. If it weren't for the fact that the food he made was truly delicious, I would have killed him back then," Baixiang also hurriedly chimed in.

"That stupid pig might have run away, or he might have met with an accident."

Jinpeng spoke indifferently.

"I can sense that he has hidden some of his cultivation; his true strength is definitely not as trashy as it appears on the surface. Now that he has suddenly gone missing, there are only these two possibilities."

"If he suddenly fled, perhaps he was worried we would kill him; his cultivation should be at the Strong Second Heaven Peak, at the stage of directly breaking through to the Great Innate. But if something happened to him, and he disappeared so silently, then surely some Great Innate must have taken action to slaughter him."

He calmly deduced these possibilities.

"Forget it, neither possibility is worth worrying about. In any case, Ten Thousand Demon Ridge is very chaotic right now; it wouldn't be strange if that pig demon was unlucky enough to be eaten by some hidden Great Innate."

"Let us prepare for the current oath-taking assembly instead."

"As for us acting as commanders, those factions are very unwilling to submit."

Qingshi suddenly calmed down and said.

Jinpeng suddenly smiled, "Big Brother is right."

Soon, on Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, the Soul-Suppressing Drum sounded.

This is one of the several major Yin artifacts used by Ten Thousand Demon Ridge to suppress factions. Once the drum sounds, it sweeps through the entire Ten Thousand Demon Ridge and reaches the surrounding Ghost Domain. When the drum sound explodes, soul bodies burst; it is extremely suppressive to the souls of the human race.

At this time, the numerous demons and Weirds also knew.

The days of getting a free ride were over; it was time to contribute.

In front of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, on a wide open space, numerous factions gathered, interspersed with some loose demons and Weirds, all of whom had attended the Great Banquet and had now responded to the summons.

"This Ten Thousand Demon Ridge is quite imposing."

The Weird soul dressed in merchant robes chuckled upon seeing this.

"With the edict of Hanging Mountain, who wouldn't be imposing? That is a major faction with the Dharma Aspect Realm, unlike us. But perhaps it is because you, old Weird, are too trashy and not one of the top-ranked agents."

The demon next to him, who looked like a mountain of flesh, mocked.

"Heh, you meat chunk from the Blood Flesh Cave are actually praising this Ten Thousand Demon Ridge; could it be that you've taken benefits from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge?"

The agent Weird soul retorted.

"You all, stop arguing; mind the harmony."

A group of people nearby said in unison, even creating a resonance. Looking closely at this group, each one was as flawless as white jade and very slippery, completely different from the various demons and Weirds around them.

One Weird and one demon immediately shut their mouths.

Puppet City, a very Weird and evil faction; even they, as Weirds and demons, felt the things there were evil, and they did not want to get involved with them.

"Everyone, be quiet."

A voice like a lion's roar exploded across the entire venue.

Immediately, Qingshi appeared in the air, looking down at the numerous demons and Weirds present, his aura suppressing the entire venue, with Baixiang and Jinpeng behind him.

"Now that the time is approaching, it is time to attack the Present World. I thank you all for coming to help. However, my Ten Thousand Demon Ridge operates on the principle of voluntariness and allows those who are afraid to withdraw."

"Those who are afraid now may withdraw."

Qingshi looked around again, as if to confirm.

At this moment, only that mountain-of-flesh demon spoke up. "Qingshi, don't waste your time. At a time like this, who would dare to withdraw? Are they not afraid of being eaten by someone else in one bite?"

The numerous demons and Weirds deeply agreed.

Withdrawing now would prove that one is a soft persimmon. Everyone wants to squeeze a soft persimmon; if they withdrew now, they would likely not even be able to walk out of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge. They no longer had a way out.

Besides, going to the Present World, wouldn't that mean eating well and drinking well?

Wild humans are delicious, after all.

So what is there to be afraid of?

"Good, since that is the case, we shall proceed to the final step."

"Since ancient times, nothing can be accomplished without rules. With so many people, there must certainly be one person to command so that there can be rules and they can be twisted into a single rope, not scattered. It is also said that if a general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted to death. Therefore, this commander must have strength."

After speaking, Qingshi continued to look around.

The numerous loose demons naturally understood the implication and knelt down one after another, shouting in unison, "Green Lion Demon Saint has profound strength and unfathomable divine might; he should be the commander of this army. We ask the Demon Saint not to decline."

Seeing this, the other major factions snorted coldly, but they did not object; after all, they had tacitly accepted this, but seeing this situation, they could not help but curse them as shameless.

Seeing this and hearing this, Qingshi nodded with satisfaction.

But just as he was about to continue speaking.

An abrupt voice rang out.

"I disagree."

Li Heng and Kong Que walked out from the demon crowd, smiling slightly.