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He hadn’t expected to encounter Lu Changsheng here.
“Master!”
Lu Qinglian and Dugu Aotian, two disciples entering the Demon Realm, had found Lu Changsheng early on and were overwhelmed with joy.
Now, Dugu Aotian wouldn’t need to return to Demon Marshal Dugu Mietian’s palace.
Xia Ningxue, ignoring the two disciples beside her, threw herself into Lu Changsheng’s arms, becoming the epitome of tenderness, “Do you know how worried I was?”
Xia Ningxue’s tone carried a sob of overwhelming joy.
Lu Changsheng gently patted Xia Ningxue’s back, “I’m sorry for making you worry.”
Lu Qinglian also moved closer, “Master, Lian was also very worried about you, thankfully you’re alright.”
Dantai Meng watched from the side, feeling a hint of envy.
In the entire Demon Realm, aside from Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, everyone else only harbored fear towards Dantai Meng.
Yet Lu Changsheng always had help along the way, and people like Xia Ningxue, Lu Qinglian, Dugu Aotian risked their lives, entering the Demon Realm to attempt rescuing Lu Changsheng.
“This enchantress, she dared to abduct you, I will kill her.”
Xia Ningxue drew out her Mo Xue sword, pointing it directly at Dantai Meng.
“Hey, your beloved is unharmed, while I suffered a great loss. You needn’t be like this, right?”
Dantai Meng wasn’t necessarily Xia Ningxue’s match.
Just like her, Xia Ningxue was at the fifth level of Immortal Emperor, but Xia Ningxue also possessed the cultivation from several lifetimes of the Ancestor from Guanghan along with the mysterious and unpredictable Goddess’s Power.
“Our current strength is not enough to contend with Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.”
Lu Changsheng pressed down Xia Ningxue’s Longsword.
Lu Changsheng had not yet seen Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable with his own eyes, but he could roughly sense the terror of the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
An Ancient Demon Realm Powerhouse, if provoked to disregard everything, then unless Tai Hua Holy Land would send him along with Xia Ningxue to the Heavenly Court’s Ninefold Heavenly Prison, there would be nowhere to hide from the frenzied Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
Seeing that Lu Changsheng was unharmed, Xia Ningxue finally calmed down, sheathing her Longsword, “If you ever dare to lay a hand on my beloved in the future, I’ll kill you.”
“Hmph.”
Although Dantai Meng wanted to retaliate against Xia Ningxue and speak up, a fierce glare from Lu Changsheng silenced her immediately, eliciting only a cold snort.
Who would want to provoke this scourge?
If Dantai Meng had a choice, she would’ve preferred not to have any involvement with Lu Changsheng to begin with.
“Who dares to bully this Venerable’s daughter?”
Suddenly, an appalling aura descended, causing the entire Nine Nether Domain and a million mountains to tremble.
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Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, Lu Qinglian, Dugu Aotian, all changed their expressions drastically.
This surge of Demonic Might was thousands and thousands of times stronger than any Demon Realm powerhouse they had ever encountered before.
Demon experts like the Impermanence Demon Monarch and Heavenly Soul Demon Monarch seemed inconsequential in front of this Demon Shadow.
A towering figure appeared, blotting out the sun and the moon, darkness rapidly spreading across the Nine Nether, the eyes of this Demon Shadow as profound as black holes, with Great Dao Laws materializing into Dao runes around him.
Underneath this Demon Shadow, Lu Changsheng and his group seemed like mere ants.
Seeing this person appear, Dantai Meng was overjoyed.
Her backbone had arrived.
“Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable…”
For the first time, Lu Changsheng felt a sense of powerlessness.
In the presence of an Ancient Demon Realm Powerhouse, Immortal Emperors were nothing more than insignificant insects.
This was one of the most powerful individuals in the Demon Realm, whose renown made many Holy Lands tremble in fear.
All the experts from Yaochi Holy Land were dispatched and ambushed by Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable in the Demon Realm, with over half suffering casualties, and only with the collective efforts of the major Holy Lands were they able to rescue the people of Yaochi.
One could see the extent of his unrivaled Demonic Might.
“Father, wuuu…”
Dantai Meng saw Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable’s arrival and felt extremely aggrieved.
Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable seeing Dantai Meng in tears, his icy gaze fell upon Lu Changsheng, “Is it you, boy, who took advantage of my absence to bully my daughter?”
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Lu Changsheng was speechless.
It was Dantai Meng who had captured him and taken him to the Demon Realm; all he did was try to escape back to the Immortal Realm.
However, Lu Changsheng didn’t bother arguing with Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, as these high-ranking Demon Realm Powerhouses acted domineeringly, valued strength above all, and never reasoned with the weak.
“Watch how I kill you.”
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The Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable extended a finger, and the space-time around Lu Changsheng solidified. With Lu Changsheng’s level of cultivation, he couldn’t budge even slightly.
So powerful.
This was the first time that Lu Changsheng had encountered a demon from the Demon Realm of such a level. This being was simply not in the same league as the Impermanence Demon Monarch.
The Impermanence Demon Monarch and Lin Beichen were mere subordinates of the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
All of his life-saving tricks were futile in front of such a great expert.
“Wait a minute.” Dantai Meng saw that the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was about to kill Lu Changsheng and, fearing that Lu Changsheng would activate the Blood Curse and destroy both of them, stopped the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, “Father, can you not kill him?”
“Daughter, why would you plead for this youngster?”
The Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was somewhat surprised. Could it be that his daughter had some entanglement with this youngster?
“This…”
Dantai Meng’s eyes darted about, finding it difficult to admit that she had become a servant to Lu Changsheng.
How could the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable not realize something was amiss? Scanning with his Divine Sense, he detected part of Dantai Meng’s Dao marks within Lu Changsheng’s body and immediately became furious, “You scoundrel, you actually used a Blood Oath on my daughter!”
What sort of being was he, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable?
In the Demon Realm, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was one of the several strongest demon lords, one below and above millions!
His daughter’s status was noble; how could she be someone else’s servant?!
Facing the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, Lu Changsheng knew that showing any weakness would leave him without a shred of hope for survival.
It seemed the only option was to use Dantai Meng as a bargaining chip and see if he could threaten the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable into letting them go.
“Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, Dantai Meng’s life is in my hands. With a single thought from me, she could be reduced to ashes. You must let us go.”
Lu Changsheng locked eyes with the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, prepared for mutual destruction.
The Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was slightly moved.
This junior, who seemed no different from an ant in his eyes, hadn’t submitted to his demonic might and even dared to use his daughter’s life to negotiate with him.
“You little rascal, you do have some spine, much stronger than those hypocrites from the Heavenly Court. Do you know that the Blood Oath is a Cultivation Technique personally created by me? You don’t have the power to threaten me with it.”
With two fingers, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable pointed at Lu Changsheng. An invisible suction force emerged, forcibly extracting a portion of Dantai Meng’s Dao marks from Lu Changsheng’s body and transferring them back into Dantai Meng.
Lu Changsheng’s face turned pale.
The methods of the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable were beyond comprehension.
The Blood Oath was the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable’s Cultivation Technique. Having created such a horrifying technique, he had long considered the possibility of it backfiring on him, and thus created several methods to break it.
Lu Changsheng had lost his most significant card against the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
“Father is truly formidable.”
Dantai Meng, having finally shed her servant status, was ecstatic.
She no longer had to be beholden to Lu Changsheng.
She had suffered no small amount of indignities during this time.
“When we return, I will send you to the Eternal Dream Devil Realm for bitter training, as punishment.”
“Father!”
Dantai Meng had acted rashly, nearly costing her life, and the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable did not let her off easily.
“Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, please, for the sake of my father, let us go.”
At this moment, Dugu Aotian stepped forward to pressure the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
“You?”
The Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable looked towards Dugu Aotian. His features bore a resemblance to Demon Marshal Dugu Mietian, and he quickly recognized the other’s identity.
“I am humoring you, just because of the Old Demon Marshal. I am following your father’s orders; you have no right to command me.”
With a cold snort, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable’s formidable Demonic Might sent Dugu Aotian flying.
He could kill Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, and Lu Qinglian, but Dugu Aotian was off-limits.
After all, he had to give Demon Marshal Dugu Mietian some face.
“Lu…”
Xia Ningxue held Lu Changsheng’s hand tight, knowing that they couldn’t escape their fate today and resolving to live or die together with Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng felt the warmth in his palm and was deeply moved.
Xia Ningxue truly was a Virtuous Wife and Good Mother.
“Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, could you possibly spare these juniors for the sake of this Old Dragon?”
Three figures descended, the one in the lead was an old dragon with white hair, horns, and a staff.
There were two others—or rather, two dragons—that Lu Changsheng recognized: his disciple Ning Qianqian and Candle Dragon Clan’s Huo Zhang.