Chapter 627: Demon Thunder Sea

Such a thing had actually occurred within the Demon Realm; surely the Immortal Domain Sixteen Chambers did not yet know of this! Zhang Nuo could not help but worry about the affairs of the Underworld again. In order to obtain the method to reach the True Immortal Realm, would the Demon Realm still go all out to deal with the Underworld?

Thinking this in his heart, Zhang Nuo's expression had already become unsightly. The Demon Realm was one of the important forces for the Underworld expedition; if any accident occurred midway, it could very likely lead to the failure of the entire plan!

Baji the Old Demon naturally did not know what Zhang Nuo was thinking. He was single-mindedly focused on wanting to know the method to reach the True Immortal Realm. In the time it took for Zhang Nuo to hesitate, he had already performed soul-searching on the gray-robed cultivator, but the result left him greatly disappointed. In the gray-robed cultivator's mind, there only remained some fragmented words about Garuda, with no useful information at all!

"A waste of effort, to have obtained nothing at all!"

Baji threw a fierce punch, finishing off the gray-robed cultivator! Turning back around, he then noticed that Zhang Nuo was lost in thought.

"Little Zhang, what happened after you entered the Immortal World? How did your cultivation level increase so much all of a sudden?"

"It's a long story!..."

When Zhang Nuo finished recounting his experiences, Baji Laomo was so shocked he could not speak for a long time. Especially when he heard that Zhang Nuo was actually a Human Emperor of the Human Emperor Realm, the muscles on his face twitched, and finally, he said with an envious expression:

"You have almost become a miracle of the Immortal World! In that case, I must address you as Lord Human Emperor now!"

"That is not necessary. Regardless, you taught me the Eight Extremes Demon Veins, so you should count as my master!"

With a faint smile, Zhang Nuo did not place much importance on these formalities!

"Hehe! What is your purpose for coming to the Demon Realm this time? You aren't planning to turn the Demon Realm upside down as well, are you?"

Although Zhang Nuo's cultivation had advanced to the Golden Core Middle Stage, this was not the most powerful existence in the Demon Realm; this sentence was merely something Baji said casually!

"Of course not. I came this time to go to the Demon Thunder Sea!"

As soon as the three words "Demon Thunder Sea" were spoken, Baji Laomo's expression changed instantly. He looked Zhang Nuo up and down for a long time before asking in confusion:

"Why are you going there? That is a major forbidden land of the Demon Realm. Even those whose cultivation has reached the Late Void Refinement Stage Great Perfection Stage rarely dare to enter!"

"I know this, but for the final layer of the Immovable Underworld Art, I have to take a risk!"

Zhang Nuo looked at Baji Laomo. Back in the Human Realm, Baji also knew that Zhang Nuo practiced an Underworld cultivation method, and especially for this final layer, he understood perfectly well what was needed!

"You are going to look for Yin and Yang Qi?"

"Correct!"

Zhang Nuo said noncommittally.

"Little Zhang, there are some things I must make clear to you face-to-face. Although I have never practiced the Immovable Underworld King, I have only heard a little about the Ninth Layer. As for the Yin and Yang Qi it requires, I also tried to search for it back in the day, but Yin and Yang Qi are produced when the heavens and earth were first opened; even if one obtains it, refining it is extremely difficult. Furthermore, there are countless powerful demons in the Demon Thunder Sea. This trip can be described as a nine-deaths-and-one-life situation!"

Seeing that Zhang Nuo's expression did not change in the slightest, he continued:

"There are as many cultivation methods in the world as there are hairs on an ox; it is not only the Immovable Underworld King that can help you improve your cultivation. I think you should just forget about this matter! Saving your life is what matters most!"

"Fellow Daoist Baji does not know, but Zhang possesses another great divine ability that requires the assistance of the Immovable Underworld King. If this technique cannot be cultivated to Great Perfection, then the power of this divine ability will also be greatly diminished!"

What Zhang Nuo was referring to was naturally the Illusion Dharma Image. If this technique, which was based on the phantom image of the Immovable Underworld King, could not be cultivated to Great Perfection, it would just be an ordinary divine art and would not serve as a killing move in the future battle of the Underworld!

"What kind of divine ability is it that makes you so obsessed?"

Baji Laomo was very puzzled.

Zhang Nuo thought for a moment, and golden light flowed over his body. A Dharma Image Golden Body over three zhang tall appeared above his head! Baji Laomo only took one look and could not help but be slightly startled. Back in the Human Realm, this Dharma Image did not have such momentum; after not seeing it for hundreds of years, it now possessed such power!

"Since that is the case, then I have nothing more to say. However, once you enter the Demon Thunder Sea, remember to be careful! The dangers inside are likely something you have never seen in your entire life!"

Sighing lightly, Baji Laomo warned him.

"I am already prepared! Thank you! Oh, right, there is one more thing, and that is regarding Garuda. If Fellow Daoist Baji obtains a method to enter the True Immortal Realm in the future, please find a way to let Zhang know!"

"That goes without saying! You helped me so much in the Human Realm; I, Baji, will not be ungrateful!"

Nodding slightly, Zhang Nuo exchanged a few more polite words before parting ways with Baji the Old Demon. He transformed into a streak of light and continued to flee toward the Demon Thunder Sea. Being able to meet Baji the Old Demon in the Demon Realm was truly a surprise to him, especially since he had learned about Garuda from him! It could be said to be a major discovery!

Thinking along the way, several years later, Zhang Nuo finally appeared on the edge of the Demon Thunder Sea! Just as Baji Laomo had said, the Demon Thunder Sea was indeed the most dangerous place he had ever seen!

The Demon Thunder Sea was boundless. In the sky above the sea surface, dark clouds gathered, and bursts of thunderous roars rang out incessantly. Occasionally, one could see a bolt of lightning fall, striking the sea surface and kicking up massive, heaven-toppling waves!

Frowning slightly, since he had already come this far, Zhang Nuo did not want to give up halfway. Gritting his teeth, he charged directly into the Demon Thunder Sea!

Bolts of thunder fell beside him, and the power contained within them would sometimes tear the void apart. If one were to strike a person, the consequences could be imagined!

While flying at high speed, Zhang Nuo kept his Divine Sense fully expanded, constantly guarding against the lightning descending from the high sky! Several months later, Zhang Nuo entered the interior of the Demon Thunder Sea. At this time, the thunder in the sky became more and more frequent, and the huge, thunderous roars made one's scalp tingle!

This day, a small island appeared ahead. This island was not large, only a few miles across, and it was barren, without even a single plant!

Landing on the small island, Zhang Nuo took out the Jade Slip that the Great Prophet had given him back then, sank his Divine Sense into it, and identified his current location!

A moment later, he withdrew his Divine Sense, and a complex expression could not help but appear on his face. According to the records in the Jade Slip, Zhang Nuo was still a long distance from where the Yin and Yang Qi was located, but the deeper one went into the Demon Thunder Sea, the greater the danger!

If it were truly as recorded in the Jade Slip, that the Yin and Yang Qi could be obtained once he reached that point, then things would go smoothly. If he had to go through extra trouble, things would become complicated. In just a few short months, Zhang Nuo had already learned of the dangers of this Demon Thunder Sea, having killed hundreds of demon beasts!

It was conceivable that once he entered the vicinity of the Yin and Yang Qi, the heavenly thunder would be even denser! Moreover, because the Yin and Yang Qi was a miraculous object from when the heavens and earth were first opened, it was equally attractive to some high-level demon beasts!

If the Yin and Yang Qi were guarded by several powerful demon beasts, things would be even harder to handle! The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Zhang Nuo shook his head slightly. What was wrong with him? He had never bowed his head to difficulties, yet now, he was thinking so much! Could it be that because his cultivation had increased, his courage had grown smaller?

Suddenly, Zhang Nuo felt a shiver run through his entire body. He looked up violently toward the high sky, only to see that there was nothing there, just the dark clouds unique to the Demon Thunder Sea churning! These thick dark clouds had even blocked out the sunlight!

"Strange, just now there was clearly a feeling of being watched, and this person's cultivation was not low!"

He muttered to himself. Although that feeling had only flashed by, Zhang Nuo could be certain that the feeling just now was very real and could not have been his imagination!

Having flown in the Demon Thunder Sea for so long, this was the first time he had such a feeling! After thinking for a moment, Zhang Nuo once again steered his escape light and flew toward the depths of the Demon Thunder Sea!

Just a moment after Zhang Nuo left the isolated island, inside the dark clouds high in the sky, a white bone skeleton completely shrouded in black Qi appeared!

After glancing in the direction Zhang Nuo had left, it disappeared silently into the sky! And at the same time the white bone skeleton disappeared, on the isolated island, from the place where Zhang Nuo had previously stood, a red beetle crawled out from underground. With a soft "hum," its wings vibrated, and it chased after the direction in which Zhang Nuo had fled!

This red beetle was very fast, and when it flew, one could not see its wings vibrating at all, as if a streak of red light were flying in the sky!

Several hours later, this red beetle finally flew into Zhang Nuo's body! Zhang Nuo, who was speeding along, suddenly stopped his figure, his expression becoming exceptionally ugly!

That red beetle just now was exactly one of the "Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insects" he had secretly hidden underground when he left the isolated island, and within the insect's body, there was a wisp of his Divine Sense!

This spirit insect had seen the white bone skeleton that appeared in the sky clearly! It was clearly Jiemie the Monk, who had been taken away by Garuda in the First Immortal Mountain of the Human Realm!

Seeing Jiemie the Monk in the Demon Thunder Sea made Zhang Nuo have to think seriously: could it be that he had escaped from Garuda's shackles?

He looked up at the high sky again, but Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense did not feel the existence of anything; only the feeling of being watched on the isolated island appeared again out of thin air!

"Which fellow daoist is playing a joke on Zhang? Why not come out and meet!"

Silently circulating his Mysterious Technique, Zhang Nuo shouted loudly toward the sky! Although his voice drifted very far away, there was not the slightest reaction from the sky!

Zhang Nuo believed his intuition; the other party simply refused to come out and meet. At that moment, he let out a cold snort, and several Flying Swords surged out from his body, transforming into silver giant dragons that charged toward the sky above the Demon Thunder Sea!

A high-pitched dragon roar shook away much of the dark clouds in the sky, and gradually, a few rays of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the clouds! This allowed some dawn to appear in the Demon Thunder Sea, which had been in darkness for so long!