Chapter 214: Demon Venerable Essence Blood

What greeted Lv Fang's eyes was not a mist barrier, but an endless wilderness. On the corpses of the demon-barbarians crushed by the collapsing mountain, clusters of ownerless luck floated upward. Just a second ago, everything had been normal, but in the next second, this place had transformed into a Lower Upper Realm.

While marveling at the wonder of it, he also felt a sense of curiosity toward this place.

What kind of existence was this Lower Upper Realm, to be sealed by two treasure mountains? Was it man-made?

Was it the work of some great power from the ancient era?

But why?

Could it be that some terrifying existence was trapped inside this Lower Upper Realm?

The more Lv Fang thought about it, the more he felt this was possible. Both the Demon Heart and Song Ce must have sensed something, which was why they were so desperate to find the true Lower Upper Realm.

They were truly two troublemakers who feared nothing.

"How much do you know about this type of Lower Upper Realm?"

Lv Fang asked the Demon Heart in his mind, attempting to extract some clues from it, but it was of little use. It insisted that it didn't know either, though it was certain that this place was definitely not simple.

Saying that was the same as saying nothing. He didn't know when the Demon Heart had become so well-versed in "nonsense literature."

He didn't know if it was truly ignorant or if it was concealing something.

Just then, Pan transformed into a streak of light. Bold and confident, it rushed toward the collapsing mountain, collecting the clusters of ownerless luck into its possession.

"Great! We have finally found the Lower Upper Realm."

Pan shouted excitedly. Just as it was about to deliver another speech, it frowned and looked toward the entrance. There, nearly a hundred elite barbarians were flying rapidly toward them.

The elite barbarian army had arrived late, but they had arrived nonetheless.

The barbarian commander leading them was also a Fourth-Rank barbarian warrior. He looked like a small giant, standing a full twelve feet tall, making him exceptionally eye-catching. What drew the most attention, however, was his third arm, which grew right out of his chest.

It was an iron-black arm. Perhaps it was an illusion, but one felt that this arm possessed terrifying power the moment they saw it.

Zheng Xu walked straight up to Song Ce, scanned the collapsed mountain ahead, clenched his third fist, and said, "What happened here? When I was outside earlier, I found I couldn't transmit sound to you."

Song Ce nodded slightly and said, "I could transmit sound earlier. It must be because this place suddenly transformed into a Lower Upper Realm."

Having said that, he told Zheng Xu about what had happened here.

Zheng Xu could not hide the joy in his eyes. He looked at Pan ahead and said in a muffled voice, "Since the Lower Upper Realm has been found, let us act separately. Whoever finds the Sealing Ground first, contact the other via sound transmission talisman."

Pan seemed to know Zheng Xu, and their relationship was not good. It kept a cold face and said, "That is even better. We shall find the Sealing Ground based on our own abilities."

Zheng Xu said no more. He grinned, took Song Ce and his subordinates, and headed into the distance, disappearing quickly.

"Sealing Ground?" Lv Fang watched Zheng Xu and Song Ce leave, unable to help but frown. The term "Sealing Ground" was too fitting for this place.

The Lower Upper Realm was sealed; could it be that there was a Sealing Ground inside the Lower Upper Realm? Was the reason the demon-barbarians went to such great lengths because of what was sealed within this Sealing Ground?

As Pan walked over with an expressionless face, Lv Fang probed, "They have already left. What shall we do?"

Pan sneered, "Even if they hadn't left on their own, I would have found an excuse to split up with them. Your task of finding the Lower Upper Realm is complete, but now my task is to find that Sealing Ground."

Lv Fang had been worrying about how to ask, not expecting Pan to offer the words himself. He pretended to ask casually, "Sealing Ground?"

Pan transmitted his voice to Lv Fang, "Actually, the great demons above are all looking for an opportunity—an opportunity to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was from that time that our demon race secretly formed an alliance with the barbarians."

"An opportunity?" Lv Fang pressed, "Is the Sealing Ground that opportunity?"

Pan nodded vigorously, "That's right. A thousand years ago, the powerhouses of the demon and barbarian races found this opportunity. Because the Great Zhou Dynasty's national fortune was flourishing, even with our two races united, we did not have the upper hand."

"The recent joint attack by the demon-barbarians on the northern and southern frontiers of Great Zhou ended in a crushing defeat, which proves this."

"Therefore, we have no choice but to seek other methods to deal with the rise of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"The Sealing Ground is that opportunity. In the ancient era, many alien races were sealed in special places because they were too powerful."

"For the past thousand years, our two races have been searching for such places, hoping to release these powerful alien races to help us deal with the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"We had never succeeded before. Not only are Sealing Grounds extremely rare, but entering such special places to break the seals is also very difficult."

"It wasn't until recently that this Lower Upper Realm was discovered. Both the demon prophets and the barbarian prophets sensed abnormal energy fluctuations at the Sealing Ground here. Do you know what this means?"

Pan became more excited as it spoke, finally staring at Lv Fang with fervent eyes.

Lv Fang pondered for a moment and hesitated, "Is it because the seal at the Sealing Ground here has loosened? Perhaps we can break the seal here?"

He had heard of such situations involving abnormal energy fluctuations back in the Buddha Kingdom.

At that time, it was precisely because of abnormal energy fluctuations in the Buddha Kingdom's trial grounds that the special area could be opened.

"Exactly!" Pan laughed loudly, "As long as our Bai Yu Wing race can break the seal here, it will be a great achievement."

"Do you know how much the Demon Emperor above values this matter? If it weren't for the fact that those above the Fourth Rank cannot enter this place, the Demon Kings and Quasi-Demon Venerables would have appeared here."

Lv Fang's eyelids twitched upon hearing this, and he felt uneasy.

He seemed to have inadvertently learned a major secret of the demon-barbarians. If the sealed powerful ancient alien races were truly released, it would undoubtedly have the potential to overturn the northern and southern frontiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This was something he did not want to see. He felt both uneasy and somewhat fortunate; thanks to his decision to disguise himself as the Bai Yu Hawk Demon, otherwise, he would likely have only been able to stand by and watch.

Thinking of this, Lv Fang curled his lips and probed, "It seems you have a way to find that Sealing Ground? Otherwise, you wouldn't have said you wanted to split up with those barbarians just now."

Pan smiled confidently and took a blood-red ball the size of a fist out of its storage bag. Just as Lv Fang was puzzled, seeing the blood ball pulse a few times, he exclaimed in surprise, "What is this? It looks like a living thing."

"Sense it yourself." Pan said with a smirk.

The Demon Heart spoke first, "Such powerful demon Qi. This is a drop of blood—a drop of blood that might belong to a Demon Venerable."

Lv Fang's eyes sharpened. He sensed the fist-sized blood ball. Although his perception was not as strong as the Demon Heart's, he still sensed what it had said.