Chapter 156: Scream All You Want, I Can't Hear You!

But just at this moment.

Clang!

A bell toll, as if from the ancient past, rang out.

With a loud boom.

The world before his eyes instantly froze.

Including the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, dense cracks appeared abruptly upon the surface of that giant eyeball.

The entire scene of the world before Lu Tianyu's eyes shattered like a pane of glass amidst a series of cracking sounds.

Finally, it returned to nothingness.

Lu Tianyu's consciousness returned; cold sweat poured down his forehead, and his entire body was icy cold.

He knew he had walked on the edge of death.

If not for the help of the Bahuang Heaven-Swallowing Tripod, his soul would likely have been shattered by the glare of that eye.

And at this moment.

He discovered the giant eyeball had moved an inch into the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod.

And twelve of the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles had already pinned down the eyelid of the giant eye.

One of the needles was resting on the edge of the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod.

Lu Tianyu understood in an instant: someone had controlled this needle to strike the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod, which was what had awakened him.

Who else could it be but the Qian Gu Empress?

His thoughts stirred.

With a hiss, the final needle pinned into the eyelid of the giant eye.

Lu Tianyu gasped for air: "Thank you for your help!"

The voice of the Qian Gu Empress rang out: "There is no time to lose, hurry and drag the eyeball inside."

"Your speed in acting just now was a little slow; with one needle failing to pin in, it caused it to release a sliver of power."

"Remember for next time, the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles must be applied all at once; there is an order, but the interval between them must be one ten-thousandth of a breath."

She was the creator of the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, so naturally, she knew the key to using them.

"Understood!"

Lu Tianyu sat cross-legged in mid-air, his hands constantly forming seals, exerting his full power to drive the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod.

Hum, hum, hum!

A massive suction force generated within the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod, dragging the giant eyeball in bit by bit.

If it were at any other time, Lu Tianyu could have easily pulled the eyeball inside.

But at this moment, the eyeball was incomparably heavy; there was no need to guess that the eyeball felt the danger and was resisting Lu Tianyu's pull with all its might.

But all of this was to no avail.

The giant eyeball was pinned by the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles and could not awaken a shred of consciousness, so it could only be dragged into the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod by force.

Lu Tianyu shouted loudly: "Refine for me!"

Hum, hum, hum!

The runes on the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod circulated rapidly, and wisps of gray mist shrouded the giant eyeball.

Woo, woo, woo~

Black smoke rose abruptly from the surface of the giant eyeball, surging one after another into the depths of the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod.

"Ah, ah, ah—"

A series of shrill, unbearable sound waves erupted from the eye, rushing violently toward Lu Tianyu.

Lu Tianyu had been prepared and hurriedly sealed his Divine Sense Sea.

Even his Divine Sense, comparable to the Great Vehicle Stage, dared not clash head-on with these shrill sound waves, so he could only seal his sea of consciousness.

Scream all you want, how can I hear you!

Sure enough, everything returned to silence.

But Lu Tianyu could feel that the giant eyeball was attempting to make its most desperate struggle to break free from the restraints.

Yet, pinned down and unable to move, it was even less capable of attacking him, the controller.

It could only watch helplessly as its energy was extracted, bit by bit being devoured and refined.

Within Lu Tianyu's field of vision, the giant eyeball was slowly shrinking.

But the force of its struggle was growing ever greater.

Clang, clang~

The entire Heaven-Swallowing Tripod was shaken until it swayed.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

Lu Tianyu hurriedly spat out three mouthfuls of essence blood.

He knew this was the critical moment of refinement and could not be careless in the slightest; he had to control the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod.

After the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod absorbed his essence blood, it shot out threads of blood-red light, firmly controlling the giant eye.

The giant eye immediately quieted down.

Lu Tianyu could still feel its frantic struggling, but it was already useless.

Wisps of black mist were sucked out, and after entering the depths of the Heaven-Swallowing Tripod, they were refined by an inexplicable power, then transformed into a torrent that rushed into Lu Tianyu's eyes.

Just at this moment, the voice of the Qian Gu Empress rang out again: "Use the Eye Technique I taught you to refine this energy into your eyes."

Lu Tianyu immediately began to circulate his energy as instructed.

Woo, woo, woo~

Small whirlpools appeared in his eyes, sucking in the black currents of Qi one after another.

He operated his Eye Technique rapidly to refine them.

If anyone were here, they would see Lu Tianyu's pupils become profound, inlaid with a pitch-black color.

Furthermore, his eyes became incomparably deep, like a bottomless black hole.

Moreover, this black hole grew deeper and deeper, carrying a massive suction force as if it could swallow everything.

And at the same time.

Cui Jinjia followed the tracks of Shen Guangdao, Zong Xuejun, and Ming Tiansuo, who had run out, and began to dive underground.

She knew the gravity of the situation and did not pursue the three, but instead searched for Lu Tianyu.

Deep underground, she felt the demonic Qi, which confirmed that the Demon Cave Lu Tianyu spoke of must be down below.

Very quickly, she found the entrance to the cave.

Without hesitation, Cui Jinjia directly activated the defense of her golden armor and continued searching downward.

Her speed was extremely fast, and she soon found the cave entrance where Zong Tianling was in seclusion.

At this moment, in the horizontal cave, black Qi surged with grand momentum.

Cui Jinjia narrowed her eyes slightly: "Such thick demonic Qi!"

"It seems that the person Young Master Lu said was breaking through to the Great Vehicle Stage here must be the one inside."

"But with me here, how could I let a demon cultivator break through to the Great Vehicle Stage? If I did, wouldn't I, Cui Jinjia, have lived in vain!"

Hum!

The golden armor on Cui Jinjia's body suddenly emitted ten thousand rays of golden light, and she stepped forward toward the cave.

The dense demonic Qi was like it had met its nemesis; under the golden light, it turned into gold one after another, as if it had been assimilated.

As a descendant of a Hidden Ancient Sect, she possessed a natural advantage in suppressing demonic Qi.

At this moment, inside the cave, the demonic Qi within Zong Tianling's body had reached a peak, and he was just one final step away from breaking through.

"Hahaha!"

"Heaven does not fail me, Zong Tianling, allowing me to successfully advance to the Great Vehicle Stage!"

"From now on, the era of the demon cultivators has arrived. All you so-called righteous people, go to hell! Hahaha!"

Zong Tianling shouted loudly: "Come!"

A gray, hideous Nascent Soul flew out from the top of his head and abruptly opened its eyes.

It opened its small mouth and pursed it into the shape of a whistle.

Woo woo woo~

A shrill, piercing scream rang out, and a torrent of demonic Qi rushed into its small mouth.

The Nascent Soul grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming round and plump bit by bit.

Meanwhile, the color of the skull in front of him faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Once the color of the skull turned completely white, the Nascent Soul would undergo a mutation, followed by the blessing of the laws of heaven and earth, and his Nascent Soul would turn completely black, becoming a Demonic Infant.

Then there would be a change in heaven and earth, and the lightning tribulation would descend.

And the time required for this process was only one hour.

This was the advantage of a demon cultivator's advancement.

The advancement of a righteous cultivator required at least three months, or even a year.

The time for a demon cultivator's advancement was shortened by far too much.