Chapter 420: The Mysterious Lu Yuhou

This sudden change in Jiemie Heshang left Zhang Nuo puzzled. It seemed the monk had sensed something approaching from that direction, and anything capable of making him feel fear was certainly no ordinary object!

At the same time, among the crowd, several cultivators with not-insignificant cultivation bases also sensed waves of chaotic Spiritual Pressure coming from the direction the skeleton was looking!

"Could it be that he has appeared?"

The monk muttered to himself, his expression one of utter disbelief! However, a moment later, a streak of light finally appeared on the horizon. This streak was as black as ink, like a burning black meteor, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived before the crowd! As the black Qi dissipated, it revealed the figure of Lu Yuhou!

"Fellow Daoist Lu!"

Many in the crowd recognized Lu Yuhou and spoke up immediately. However, when Wei Shang's gaze fell upon Lu Yuhou, he felt a surge of tension; he had witnessed with his own eyes what had happened to Lu Yuhou in the cave.

"That's not right! Fellow Daoist Lu, why is the aura on your body that of Demonic Arts?"

Several cultivators sensed the massive change in Lu Yuhou. Changing the cultivation method one practices in such a short time—such a heaven-defying feat seemed hardly possible! Yet, the Lu Yuhou before them was indeed emitting wisps of Demonic Qi!

Wei Shang retreated bit by bit, a faint sense of danger rising in his heart. Lu Yuhou must have encountered something terrifying in the Cave Abode; otherwise, his aura could not have changed so easily! It must be that the thing inside the Small Umbrella had occupied his body!

This meant that the Lu Yuhou they saw now was merely a shell, while the soul had been replaced by someone else!

"That skeleton, what is the thing sealed within your prayer beads?"

Lu Yuhou ignored everyone else entirely. With a grim gaze, he swept his eyes toward the prayer beads in Jiemie Heshang's hand! Upon being asked this, the monk's pale, bony hand trembled. Then, with a flip of his palm, the prayer beads vanished, and the arrogant, overbearing aura he had exuded moments ago disappeared without a trace!

"What does Senior mean by this?"

The skeleton's cultivation base already surpassed everyone present, yet he called 'Lu Yuhou' Senior, which many could not understand! Zhang Nuo's gaze darted back and forth between Jiemie and Lu Yuhou. Soon, he also discovered the difference in Lu Yuhou: the dense Demonic Qi on his body was something even a cultivator who had practiced Demonic Arts for hundreds of years might not possess!

Putting away his Magic Treasure, Zhang Nuo felt things were rather suspicious. When he had clashed with Lu Yuhou's Divine Sense before, the other party clearly had not been practicing Demonic Arts!

"Fourth Brother, there is something wrong with this Lu Yuhou!"

Zhou Huizheng had also discovered this point!

"I know! Don't make a sound yet!"

Fearing to attract Lu Yuhou's attention, Zhang Nuo, Zhou Huizheng, and the others hid behind the crowd, watching everything in front of them carefully.

"That skeleton, looking at you, you should also be a cultivator from the Demon Realm. Do you not understand what I am saying? Must you wait for this Venerable One to personally snatch the prayer beads away?"

Lu Yuhou's expression turned cold. His icy words made everyone present feel very uncomfortable, as if he were imposing a powerful pressure upon them while he spoke!

Jiemie Heshang trembled all over, and the flame of the Relic on his chest became extremely unstable, looking as if a small gust of wind could blow it out.

"It seems that bald donkey is in trouble!"

Chunyangzi gloated as he sent a voice transmission to Zhang Nuo.

"Has Lu Yuhou been subjected to Possession by some demonic entity?"

Zhang Nuo's thoughts shifted, and he guessed this point! Aside from this, there was perhaps no other way to change a cultivator's inherent aura. However, looking at his cultivation base, it still remained at the Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Perfection, a point that left Zhang Nuo unable to fathom it; one must know that when possessing someone else's physical body, one's cultivation base usually drops significantly!

"It could be Possession, or it could be Demonic Qi Infusion. But in this old man's view, the former is more likely!"

Chunyangzi pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

That someone could easily possess a Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator—to what extent the possessor's cultivation must have reached, Zhang Nuo understood deeply without Chunyangzi needing to say it!

Taking a slight breath of cold air, Zhang Nuo felt that everything happening on this First Immortal Mountain was too bizarre! Just as Zhang Nuo and Chunyangzi were conversing, Jiemie Heshang and Lu Yuhou in mid-air finally had a falling out!

"Skeleton, what is your name? Since you have also fallen into the Human Realm, you should have lost your previous cultivation!"

Lu Yuhou lifted his palm slightly, and a streak of pitch-black Demonic Qi rose from it, reaching a height of over a zhang. That Demonic Qi was like a flame, and its violent churning made people's hearts turn cold!

"That bald donkey is named Jiemie! He is from the Demon Realm! He doesn't belong to the Human Realm at all!"

This time, Zhang Nuo finally found his chance. Judging by Lu Yuhou's appearance, if the monk did not hand over the prayer beads, he would strike immediately. Since someone was helping him kill this person, why not take advantage of it?

Zhang Nuo's shout made the monk so angry he nearly fell from mid-air! His eye sockets, filled with Demonic Qi, glared with hatred toward where Zhang Nuo was!

"Jiemie! Hmph! A nameless nobody!"

As soon as the last few words left his mouth, it was as if Lu Yuhou had made a decision. His figure moved violently, and carrying the streak of Demonic Qi in his palm, he charged toward the monk! With a wave of his hand, the Demonic Qi struck at Jiemie with a 'swish'!

The skeleton did not show weakness either; the Relic flame on his chest flared up violently, circled above his head, and struck back against the Demonic Qi!

Boom! The two seemingly intangible things collided, and at the moment of contact, a loud explosion erupted. Lu Yuhou's figure remained motionless, while Jiemie Heshang was sent flying dozens of zhang away!

This exchange immediately revealed the gap in their strength. The skeleton let out a long howl toward the sky, then turned his figure and tried to flee! Seeing this, Lu Yuhou smiled faintly, then opened his mouth wide and spat out a Small Umbrella!

Others did not feel much at the appearance of the Small Umbrella, but Wei Shang was so scared that cold sweat poured down; it was the thing inside this Small Umbrella that had taken Lu Yuhou's body!

At this moment, Jiemie Heshang was fleeing for his life, paying no attention to what was happening behind him! After Lu Yuhou summoned the Small Umbrella, he unhurriedly grasped it in his hand, while his other hand slashed at the void in front of him. Instantly, a gap a foot long appeared in the void!

He threw the Small Umbrella into the void, and in the blink of an eye, the void closed. The next moment, above the skeleton's head, space fluctuated, and the Small Umbrella appeared once again!

The eyes of everyone present nearly fell out; even using the void to transport a Magic Treasure, it shouldn't be this fast! Jiemie Heshang, who was in mid-flight, suddenly felt something strange above his head. Looking up, he saw the Small Umbrella opening rapidly!

Although he did not know what divine ability this umbrella possessed, since it was summoned by the person who called himself a Venerable One, it must have immense power. He dared not delay any longer, increasing his flight speed even more as he fled into the distance!

The Small Umbrella did not pursue directly but stopped in place. After opening completely, it spun rapidly, and its size began to swell wildly! This speed of enlargement was almost faster than Jiemie Heshang's flight speed! In the blink of an eye, the umbrella became hundreds of zhang in size!

It covered the monk underneath like a piece of the sky! This time, Jiemie was truly terrified; if he were rolled into the umbrella, he would never be able to escape, no matter how great his divine abilities were!

'Whoosh!'

Before the monk could react, the huge umbrella closed instantly, wrapping him firmly inside! At the same time, the giant umbrella shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally returning to its original size, and with a flash, it flew back into Lu Yuhou's hand!

"Hmph! I told you long ago, you are no match for this Venerable One!"

The cultivators present stared with wide eyes. What kind of Magic Treasure was that Small Umbrella, to be able to grow so large—calling it a piece of the sky was no exaggeration!

Zhang Nuo also felt a chill in his heart. His flight speed was about the same as Jiemie Heshang's; if this umbrella attacked him, it was hard to say whether he could dodge it, unless he had the same divine ability as Baijiaowang to escape using the void!

"Are you all cultivators of the Human Realm?"

Holding the Small Umbrella, Lu Yuhou looked at the crowd with icy eyes! No one dared to be the first to speak, looking at him in terror, each one like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for their parents' scolding! Some were even quietly retreating!

"Why is no one answering this Venerable One?"

The entire sky was so quiet that one could clearly hear a needle drop. Lu Yuhou's voice was not loud, but it was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan! It immediately caused quite a stir!

Without exception, everyone's bodies lit up with flight light, and in an instant, various streaks of light shot off in different directions! Everyone understood the situation now! The person in front of them was no longer Lu Yuhou; this guy who called himself 'this Venerable One' had already transcended the scope of human cultivators!

If they didn't run now, it would be hard to survive and return! Zhang Nuo, Zhou Huizheng, and the others thought the same, especially after the words Chunyangzi had secretly told him!

"The origin of this person is very likely from the Ancient Demon Realm!"

The Ancient Demon Realm—that was the name for a realm that had already been destroyed! Compared to the current Demon Realm, the cultivators there were unimaginably more powerful!

Zhang Nuo was just about to control his escape light to fly away when suddenly Qin Haizhen called out to him!

"Come here!"

At this moment, Su Mubai could be seen with many Array Disks appearing in his hands, which he threw toward the distant sky. At the same time, these Array Disks activated all at once, and Dharma Arrays, each a zhang in size, blossomed in the sky. Looking from afar, they were like flowers in full bloom! They stretched on for hundreds of miles without end!

At this time, Su Mubai stood at the center of a Dharma Array, while Su Haizhen and Zhou Huizheng stood by his side. Seeing this, Zhang Nuo guessed in his heart that these Dharma Arrays would surely take them away from this place even faster! He immediately flew toward Su Mubai as well.