Chapter 277: Chapter 138: Great Xia’s Number One Celestial Demon Bone, Only Eighteen Steps in the Late Stage of the Seventh Layer?_3
Entering the Demon Qi Group, intending to rescue the Fourth Elder, Han Li’s face was instantly filled with rage and sorrow, his muscles trembling all over. Feeling the extremely dense Demon Qi around him, no matter how angry he was, he had no choice but to retreat.
Retreating to the outside of the Demon Qi Group, the Tier Eight Powerhouse, who had previously been full of joy, suddenly knelt on one knee and cried out in sorrow, "Old Fourth, Old Fourth... Why didn’t you come out sooner if you couldn’t hold on? Now that you have died here, how will I explain this to your wife and nephews, how will I explain this to the Sect Master?"
Inside the Demon Qi Group, what was once a slightly chaotic scene had now transformed back into the image of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon flying through the Cosmos, without a trace of the Fourth Elder’s recent presence!
Around them, the cultivators watching this scene, glancing at the Demon Qi Group, then at the wailing Han Li, were all somewhat moved.
The Fourth Elder was a Late Stage Seventh Layer powerhouse. Such a level of cultivation, even for those with exceptional talent, would likely require several decades to a hundred years to achieve. Yet, in an instant, his body and soul were utterly destroyed. His cultivation, capable of awing millions, was instantly reduced to nothing!
Even Yu Jiansheng and Wang Linghui, who had repeatedly clashed with Han Li, displayed expressions of sadness at this moment, shaking their heads and sighing.
Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er, watching this scene, also had a heavy expression on her delicate face. To her, every cultivator here, especially the Seventh Layer powerhouses, was a truly precious treasure of the Great Xia Dynasty. Now one had perished in the blink of an eye, naturally causing her heart to ache.
"Third Princess, something’s not right!" Guan Nanfeng furrowed her brows, using True Qi to transmit her voice. "The Demon Qi from a Tier Two Celestial Demon Bone, no matter how dense, shouldn’t limit a Late Stage Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator to moving only this short distance! Even the densest Demon Qi near a Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone couldn’t extinguish the True Qi of a Martial Cultivator this quickly!
A Late Stage Ninth Layer Martial Cultivator, with the combined True Qi from their five Strange Veins, has nearly double the True Qi Amount of a Late Stage Seventh Layer cultivator. Additionally, their five Strange Veins convert elixirs twice as fast, and their movement speed is much quicker. All these advantages combined only allow them to travel ten times the distance of a Seventh Layer cultivator!
A Late Stage Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator could only move this short distance within this dense Demon Qi of the Celestial Demon Bone. If a Late Stage Ninth Layer Martial Cultivator encountered the dense Demon Qi that the Fourth Elder just faced, they wouldn’t reach the Celestial Demon Bone either!"
Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er furrowed her brows and responded via True Qi transmission, "Granny, you mean the Celestial Demon Bone in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm is a Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone, and even a Late Stage Ninth Layer cultivator would be at great risk trying to refine it? My father once told me that when our ancestors refined the first Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone, two Mid-Ninth Layer companions perished. Only a Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone could be this dangerous!"
Guan Nanfeng furrowed her brows for a moment. Her eyes gradually lit up, and her face slowly became excited as she transmitted via True Qi, "Third Princess, the Celestial Demon Bone before us might be even stronger! It could perhaps be a Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone—a Celestial Demon Bone that only the Immortals of the Immortal Sects in the Central Divine Dynasty possess!"
The Third Princess was taken aback by these words, her bright eyes revealing her surprise.
A Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone had never been seen in the Great Xia Dynasty! Even in the Rakshasa Kingdom, which was more prosperous and far larger than Great Xia, a Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone had never appeared! It is said that only in the Central Divine Dynasty can Celestial Demon Bones beyond Tier Three be found!
Could the Celestial Demon Bone in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm possibly be a Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone? No wonder... No wonder so many powerhouses have perished in the Ba Mountain Secret Realm, despite it only having been opened a few times! A Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone, if nurtured for hundreds to thousands of years, could it not create a ’small’ world several times larger than Great Xia? Moreover, the special abilities granted by fusing with a Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone would definitely be much stronger. They would far exceed the wondrous abilities of a Tier Three Celestial Demon Bone by many, many times!
Thinking of all this, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er, who had always been calm and composed, couldn’t help but show her excitement on her charming face.
Not far away, Lin Xuankong, who was secretly observing Guan Nanfeng and Xiaoo Ying’Er’s lip movements, couldn’t help but show a change in his expression. A Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone? A Tier Four Celestial Demon Bone that neither the entire Great Xia Dynasty nor the even more powerful Rakshasa Kingdom possesses?
Just then, near the Demon Qi Group of the Celestial Demon Bone, another Martial Cultivator stood up.
This Martial Cultivator was also a Late Stage Seventh Layer powerhouse, a Golden Armor General from Prince Yu’s Mansion named Wang Linglan. However, the position he chose was several tens of zhang away from where the Fourth Elder had entered the Demon Qi Group, clearly unwilling to enter from the same spot!
Seeing another person step forward, Lin Xuankong’s heart stirred.
The density of Demon Qi within the Demon Qi Group varies greatly in different areas. If Wang Linglan is lucky and his route encounters thinner Demon Qi, he might advance two or three hundred steps... Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but furrow his brow.