Chapter 421: Chapter 421: Giant Bones Buried Underground, Seven Steps to Heaven Destroy the Bone Demon
Ye Feng discovered that this mole was indeed very simple-minded, plump, and not afraid of strangers. One could say it was both clumsy and adorable, as well as foolish and fat.
As for its age, it was only three years old.
To a mole, this age wasn’t small.
But it was still very guileless.
As for why the mole possessed the strength of a middle rank Demon General, through the Spirit Beast Pavilion’s scouting, Ye Feng found out that it was because it had absorbed another kind of bloodline power and, through a twist of fate, perfectly integrated it.
Therefore, the mole hadn’t fully unearthed its own strength yet.
Even if it were to fight, it could only rely on its strong defense and wasn’t able to exert its full strength.
“Little guy, how did you become so strong?” Ye Feng poked the mole’s chest with his finger and asked.
Wang Ping’an finally got up from the ground and hid behind Long Tianxing and Qiao Jiaxi, peeking at the mole through the gap.
“Strong? What is strong? A type of grass you can eat?” The mole lifted its head, its round belly protruding, looking utterly bewildered.
Ye Feng changed the question and said, “Can you take us to see where you live?”
“Sure!” the mole chirped and hopped to the entrance of the burrow, gestured to everybody, and then dashed into the depths of the tunnel.
“Let’s follow it,” Ye Feng said. He used a strand of Wind Element Spirit Energy to envelop himself and the four disciples and entered the underground.
Descending several thousand meters along the burrow, they finally arrived at the mole’s home.
It was a subterranean cavern.
The area was very warm, as if near a volcano.
Ji Ziling extended her finger, ignited Spiritual Energy, and lit up the surroundings. Only then did they see the mole lying comfortably on a skull, sprawled out in all directions.
At first glance, there didn’t seem to be anything magical about the place.
But Ye Feng was captivated by the mushrooms growing on the stone walls.
“A type of mushroom containing a special bloodline power, and most of the mushrooms here have been eaten by the mole,” he noted.
Ye Feng looked at the stone wall, where many dried-up roots of mushrooms were visible. Clearly, they were all devoured by the mole.
At that moment, the mole plucked off the last few mushrooms and handed them over to Ye Feng with both hands.
Ye Feng, looking at the mushrooms, sensed a force contained within them that seemed to originate from deep underground and appeared foreign to this world.
“No wonder an ordinary mole could mutate to this extent; it turns out it has absorbed a special power,” Ye Feng murmured.
Upon hearing this, the disciples exchanged glances.
Their perception wasn’t as good as Ye Feng’s; they couldn’t detect the underlying issue and for now, could only follow Ye Feng’s train of thought.
“Let’s continue to descend.”
Ye Feng swiftly decided, pocketed the mushrooms, and took the four disciples and the mole with him as they continued their descent through the earth.
This time, the group descended for quite a while.
They only came across a hollow area hundreds of miles underground, and after passing through, they landed in a massive subterranean cavern similar to County King City’s underground trial grounds.
It was a circular area over a hundred miles across and dozens of miles high.
The rock walls above were dark red, resembling scorching hot magma, lighting up this world and allowing the mushroom-like creatures on the ground to survive.
In the center of this area lay a colossal skeleton.
It resembled a serpent, with a length of a kilometer and a diameter of several dozen meters, a solitary horn atop its head, and a pair of wings with a span of hundreds of meters behind it.
“What kind of Demonic Beast is this?” the disciples asked in awe upon seeing the massive skeleton.
“A Divine Origin Realm Demon Emperor that has fallen,” Ye Feng revealed, pointing to the center of its forehead where strands of red blood essence floated up, settling on the mushrooms in the area.
“This is quite a treasure trove!” Ji Ziling pointed at the mushrooms, “They contain the blood essence of a Demon Emperor and are very suitable for enhancing the strength of Spiritual Beasts. No wonder the mole is so formidable.”
“Indeed,” Ye Feng agreed.
Most of the blood essence seeped into the mushrooms of this area, while a smaller portion nourished those in the mole’s home, causing them to mutate.
“Sect Leader, do you know when this Demon Emperor fell?” Long Tianxing inquired.
“It’s probably been about ten thousand years,” Ye Feng replied.
He had deduced this result using a strand of Wind Element Spirit Energy.
“To have fallen for so long,” Qiao Jiaxi remarked in surprise, walking over and gently touching the Demon Emperor’s remains, which she found to still be very hard.
“But even after ten thousand years, it’s still so sturdy and well-preserved; it’s truly amazing!” Long Tianxing extended a hand, transforming it into a silver claw and attempted to scratch the surface of the Demon Emperor’s body, but he couldn’t break through.
“Cultivation is essentially a process of continuously enhancing oneself and breaking through limits. Even at the Element Gathering Realm, the body is extremely strong. By the Spirit Sea Realm at the Demon King level, the entire body is valuable. And the remains of a Demon Emperor are an even rarer treasure, good for taking back as precious Refining Materials.”
Ye Feng said as much.
The divine nature of this Demon Emperor’s corpse had lost much of its power. Although it once belonged to a Demon Emperor from the Divine Origin Realm, ten thousand years had passed, the remains now only had the strength at the Quasi-Emperor level.
However, if truly refined, it could still be used to forge a supreme grade Spiritual Artifact.
“Let me take it.”
Ye Feng applied the power of the Heroic Spirits, preparing to lift the corpse.
Hum!
But just at that moment, a vast amount of Evil Qi burst forth from the space between the corpse’s eyebrows, making the pair of hollow lifeless eyes of the Demon Emperor shine with bright light. It suddenly unleashed a terrifying pressure, instantly blasting everyone away.
“Be careful!”
Ye Feng’s left hand supported the Wind Spirit Pearl, and with the power of the Heroic Spirits, he created a stable barrier to protect the four disciples and the mole.
They quickly retreated, reappearing thousands of meters away.
“Roar!”
The Demon Emperor’s corpse, with eyes glowing crimson, vibrated its wings, hovering in midair, its body covered in strange crimson patterns, nearly returning to the strength of the first level of Divine Origin Realm.
Its power, though slightly inferior to a true Divine Origin Realm being, was enough to sweep any Half-Step Great Venerable like Mos Quasi-Emperor.
“Such dense Evil Qi!”
Ye Feng realized something and suddenly understood, “No wonder the Evil Qi from the ancient city ruins on the ground is so sparse, it’s because it seeped into the deep underground and merged into the Demon Emperor’s corpse, waiting for a day to erupt.”
It was the invasion of the Evil Qi that had caused the qi and blood of the Demon Emperor to be expelled, benefiting the surrounding mushrooms.
“Sect Leader, what shall we do?” asked Long Tianxing, his face stiff.
The momentum of the Demon Emperor’s corpse was too strong; he couldn’t withstand it. If it were not for Ye Feng being by his side, he would have likely been crushed and his body shattered by that wave of pressure.
“Just a Quasi-Emperor level, not enough to pose a threat to us. As of now, I have at least three ways to deal with it,” Ye Feng said, very calm.
Heroic Spirit Power, Slaughter Energy, “Seven Steps to Heaven”.
Any one of these three methods could do the job.
“Didn’t you want me to teach you “Seven Steps to Heaven” just now? Next, I, the Sect Leader, will personally demonstrate it for you,” Ye Feng said.
“Roar!”
The Evil Qi-controlled Demon Emperor’s corpse, turned into a Bone Demon, vigorously swung its tail heavy as mountains, crashing down with a thunderous bang.
“Stop!”
Ye Feng pointed his finger, and Heroic Spirit Power surged out, locking the Bone Demon in midair, rendering it unable to move.
Then, Ye Feng stepped forward.
With each step he took, his momentum surged. He also recited the incantations of “Seven Steps to Heaven”.
“One Step Qi Refining, the Cosmos Resurrection.”
“Two Steps Element Gathering, stirring winds and clouds.”
“Three Steps to King, heaven and earth tremble.”
“Four Steps to Emperor, profound with the Dao.”
“Five Steps to Sovereignty, pressuring through eons.”
“Six Steps Saint Manifestation, trampling the galaxies.”
“Seven Steps Heavenly Venerable, invincible in the cosmos!”
As Ye Feng took seven consecutive steps, he felt an immense pressure on him. Between heaven and earth, vast profound energy surged toward him, greatly enhancing his momentum at that moment, as he entered a mysterious domain.
He lifted his foot but before it could fall, an intimidating force descended, scaring the Bone Demon, which revealed a human-like fear in its eyes.
Inside, the Evil Qi was scared, letting out screams.
“Aaah!”
The Evil Qi collapsed on the spot, transforming into countless smoky grey clouds, which Ye Feng captured with a wave of his hand, devoured, and refined by the Slaughter Energy.
Boom!
The Bone Demon, no longer controlled by the Evil Qi, fell heavily like a mountain onto the ground.
Ye Feng took a deep breath and slowly lowered his raised foot.
“Seven Steps to Heaven” was powerful.
If that step had fallen with full force, its power would have been terrifying without bound. While Ye Feng could not calculate the true power, he felt that an ordinary Middle Rank being from the Divine Origin Realm would undoubtedly be crushed outright by this step!