Chapter 3668: Nurturing the Demon

The Black Python's sensation was instantly sensed by Ye Liuyun, and it began to run back.

Unfortunately, the Black Python's retreat speed was not as fast as the burst of Demon Qi, and it was quickly caught up by the Demon Qi.

Although the Black Python's Physical Body was strong and it possessed Cave Heaven Realm cultivation, it still could not resist the corrosion of those Demon Qi.

After he explained the situation to the others, they all suggested first observing the situation before saying anything, and not to risk entering the Cave again.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense opened up, and he discovered that many places on this Xingqiu were exhaling this Demon Qi, as if replenishing the consumed Demon Qi here.

There were no Demon Beasts near the sites where Demon Qi erupted. When the Demon Qi dispersed, those Demon Beasts would gleefully absorb it.

"Could the source of the Demon Qi be inside this Cave?"

Ye Liuyun guessed in his mind that perhaps these Demon Qi eruptions were not aimed at the Black Python, but merely coincidentally encountered by them. A Martial Cultivator like Liu Xingyang, who only cares about treasure hunting, would naturally not converge on the demon's lair here, and thus would not know this situation.

So he decided to observe for a while longer, and immediately led the group away, rushing to other Demon Qi eruption sites to investigate.

On the way they killed many Demon Beasts, acquiring some ordinary resources. When they arrived, Ye Liuyun without exception discovered the entrance to an underground Cave.

At one Cave entrance they even encountered five demons and fought another battle.

Among these five demons, one was instantly controlled by Qianhuan and then killed; it showed no special abilities.

Another demon spewed a flame attack, but the fire was absorbed by Ye Liuyun's Clone Puppet, which then knocked the demon out.

The other two special demons: one demon used a black mark on its body to trigger a black Formation that could trap a person's Soul, similar to the Black Tortoise's soul‑snaring rope.

The black Formation was shattered by Ye Liuyun with Buddha Light Power, Yi Dao, slashing the demon as well.

Another demon had a red flame symbol on its forehead; its attack turned out to be a yin fire that could scorch the Soul. However, Gu Changhong's Formation placed it in mid‑air, so the attack was interrupted before it could burn anyone.

"Keep it; I'll have use for it," Ye Liuyun instantly sent a Transmission Voice to Gu Changhong.

Gu Changhong used a sealing Formation to heavily restrict the demon, rendering its power unusable, then captured it alive.

Another demon seemed capable of going berserk, which only increased its strength considerably, yet it still could not defeat the Demon King or Bà Tiān. In the end, Long Nv rushed forward to spar, and using the ruby ring on her hand, she drained its power and finally killed the demon.

Ye Liuyun, watching the two captured demons, did not attempt Soul Search or enslavement; instead he handed them both to the Clone Puppet. Then he had Gu Changhong and others carve a large rune Formation to prevent their escape.

Next, he lifted the restrictions, allowing the two to regain strength and continue attacking the Clone Puppet.

The two demons gave their all, hurling both yang fire and yin fire at the Clone Puppet, but the fire powers were all absorbed by the Clone Puppet, strengthening its fire source.

The Clone Puppet's fire power was weak, containing only some source energy, so it used the two demons to boost its fire power.

Seeing the Clone Puppet as merely a puppet, the two demons tried to refine it into golden water. Their intellect seemed indeed low; each time their energy was depleted they recovered, then burned again, never realizing the Clone Puppet was using them for cultivation.

Ye Liuyun and the others kept a close watch on nearby Cave entrances, hoping to see whether the two demons could draw more demons for rescue.

Two days later, the Clone Puppet's fire source had grown threefold, yet the two brutes still tried with all their might to burn it to death. Even the Monster Beasts found these two fools hopelessly incurable.

However, they also discovered that these demons have their own

language, enabling communication. The two repeatedly communicated while simultaneously attacking the Clone Puppet.

Moreover, with these two demons present, the surrounding Demon Beasts would not approach. It seemed as if, without their summons, the Demon Beasts dared not come.

The Clone Puppet felt its enhancement was sufficient and decided to cultivate slowly; it again used sealing runes to imprison the two's power, then stored them in a Storage Ring. Afterwards it returned to Ye Liuyun's Space World to consolidate the newly absorbed fire power.

Ye Liuyun did not stay at the Cave entrances; instead he led the group to scour for resources, killing the local Demon Beasts along the way. He even rotated the Mercenaries in his hand, letting them adapt to fighting Demon Beasts.

The Mercenaries brought by Wang Wenli were handed over to Ye Liuyun for unified command; Ye Liuyun let them familiarize themselves with Demon Beast traits, hoping they will be useful in future battles.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense remained open, monitoring the activity at the Cave entrances. Occasionally some demons emerged, but they only surveyed the vicinity, and after finding nothing abnormal, they promptly returned.

In the end, Ye Liuyun and his party discovered twenty Cave entrances on this Xingqiu, and he seemed to have grasped the demons' pattern.

Every five days, five demons would emerge from each entrance to scout the situation. If no anomalies were found, they would immediately retreat.

The Cave entrances where they had previously fought demons each, after they killed the demons, once dispatched fifteen demons.

However, they did not go far, merely probing the aura and communicating before returning to report; thereafter no such large numbers appeared to scout or search.

Ye Liuyun could not tell whether they had detected the scent of these humans. Yet, according to the Monster Beasts, their keen noses would certainly pick up the scent.

While Ye Liuyun and his group roamed, several underground Cave entrances suddenly began simultaneously erupting that Demon Qi.

"Fifteen days."

Ye Liuyun noted the interval between the two Demon Qi eruptions.

Then he released the sufficiently cultivated Clone Puppet and the two demons, letting them continue fighting, with the Clone Puppet first absorbing the fire power.

This time, they stayed at a distance from several Cave entrances to monitor, no longer wandering. They had already gathered plenty of ordinary resources on this Xingqiu, so further travel was unnecessary.

Unexpectedly, after the Demon Qi eruption, five demons emerged from each entrance, and this time their search range was no longer limited to the vicinity of the entrances but spanned the entire Xingqiu.

Ye Liuyun estimated they were beginning to hunt for the whereabouts of these humans, so he immediately instructed everyone to prepare for battle. The recent severe transcoding gives us more motivation, faster updates; please click to exit reading mode. Thank you.