359: Chapter 359 The Trembling of the Demon's Left Arm

That ripple came quickly, but vanished even faster.

It was so fast that Su Changge almost thought he had misperceived it.

But Ye Qingyao's reaction told him that he had not misperceived it at all.

The moment Su Changge paused, Ye Qingyao drew her sword and turned, pointing the tip at the ground beneath her feet, her entire Aura surging to its Peak in a single breath.

"Revered Master!"

There was suppressed tension in Ye Qingyao's voice.

"Something is moving underground."

Su Changge kept his feet planted where he stood, neither advancing nor retreating.

His face was very calm.

【I know something is moving underground.】

【The question is, what can I do about it?】

【Am I supposed to squat down and tell it, 'Hey, could you please stop moving?'】

The Purple Mansion Saint Master also sensed that ripple.

Her expression turned extremely grim.

"Heavenly Demon Qi!"

The Purple Mansion Saint Master's voice grew sharp.

"It is the Heavenly Demon Qi beneath Divine Flame Mountain that is stirring!"

Xiao Huang struggled to crawl up from the ground.

"What is going on? Has the Dao Revered Master not already suppressed the Demonic Fire? Why is the Heavenly Demon Qi still stirring?"

The Purple Mansion Saint Master shook her head.

"Red Ember's Demonic Fire was merely a facade. The real problem lies with the Seal. Although the Dao Revered Master neutralized Red Ember's Dragon Vein Detonation Array, the operation of the Formation had already caused damage to the Seal. Cracks have appeared upon it. The Heavenly Demon's left arm is leaking evil Qi outward through those fissures."

Xiao Huang's face turned pale.

"Are you saying the Seal is about to break?"

"Not yet," the Purple Mansion Saint Master said, gritting her teeth, "but if we do not repair the cracks, at this rate of infiltration, it will be completely torn open in three days at the soonest, or seven days at the latest."

"What will happen then?"

The Purple Mansion Saint Master's voice dropped to a whisper.

"Once the Heavenly Demon's left arm is freed, the entire Blazing Dragon War Continent will turn into a living hell. The power of a single Heavenly Demon's left arm is enough to destroy half of the Chixiao Dao Domain. In the ancient era, the price to Seal it was the fall of three Great Emperor Level powerhouses."

Xiao Huang's lips trembled.

The Cultivators in the venue also heard the Purple Mansion Saint Master's words, and the fear that had just subsided began to spread once more.

"Heavenly Demon?"

"Something even more terrifying than those four dragons?"

"We just escaped the Demonic Fire, and now we have to face a Heavenly Demon?"

Su Changge stood there, listening to the rising chorus of discussions all around him.

【A Heavenly Demon's left arm. Something that required three Great Emperor Level powerhouses to Seal.】

【I can't even reach the Qi Refining Second Layer.】

【Who wrote this script? Can I please get off this ride?】

The ripple underground appeared once more.

This time, it was stronger than before.

Fine cracks appeared on the ground beneath their feet, and wisps of dark red mist seeped out from them.

The dark red mist was laced with an evil Aura that made one's Soul tremble.

The complexions of the low-level Cultivators instantly turned deathly pale.

Some began to vomit.

Others fainted on the spot.

Ye Qingyao slashed out with her sword, and a silver-white Sword Qi swept across the ground, forcing the seeping dark red mist back by several yards.

"Revered Master, this is the Heavenly Demon Qi testing the waters."

Ye Qingyao's voice was steady but urgent.

"It is sensing the situation outside."

Su Changge stood in place, not saying a word.

He was waiting.

Waiting for Ye Qingyao to fill in the blanks with her imagination.

Ye Qingyao did not disappoint him.

A flash of realization crossed her eyes.

"This Disciple understands now."

"Revered Master's decision to spare those four dragons just now was not out of mercy."

"Revered Master had long since sensed the movement of the Heavenly Demon underground, and thus intentionally left Red Ember and the others alive for future use."

"Although Red Ember's World-Burning Fire was eroded by the Heavenly Demon's evil Qi, its essence remains Dragon Fire. Dragon Fire repels evil and can be used to assist in repairing the Seal."

"With a single move, Revered Master has already calculated three steps ahead."

Su Changge's face remained tranquil.

【Thank you. You've found another excuse for me.】

【You are my mouthpiece, my brain-replacement, my all-around substitute.】

【Without you, I would have died eight hundred times today.】

Xiao Huang was stunned upon hearing Ye Qingyao's analysis.

"The Dao Revered Master left Red Ember alive for this purpose?"

Xiao Huang looked at Su Changge's back, his eyes filled with unspeakable shock.

"Calculating three steps ahead with every move, laying out plans in silence. I have lived for thousands of years, and only today do I know what a true Master is."

Red Ember, lying on the ground, also heard these words.

A complex light flashed in his dragon eyes.

Fear.

Unwillingness.

And a trace of inexplicable relief.

He had actually been spared.

Spared by an existence he absolutely could not afford to provoke.

And the reason for sparing him was not compassion, but because he still had utility.

This caused Red Ember to tremble even more deeply beyond his fear.

This man in white was no saint.

He simply deemed that killing him was not worth the effort.

The ripple underground appeared for a third time.

This time, it was even more violent.

The entire venue was shaking slightly.

There were more cracks in the ground, and dark red mist surged out from them in torrents.

Suddenly, a voice came from deep underground.

That voice was not a human voice.

It was not a dragon's voice.

It was not the voice of any living thing.

It was a kind of ancient, twisted whisper, laden with billions of years of resentment and madness.

"Out... go..."

"Must... go... out..."

Everyone heard that voice.

Fear swept across the entire venue like a tsunami.

Even Xiao Huang was shaking.

Even the Purple Mansion Saint Master stepped back.

Even the tip of Ye Qingyao's sword shifted slightly.

Su Changge heard that voice.

His heart turned cold.

【Damn it, it's talking.】

【A Heavenly Demon's left arm that has been sealed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years is talking.】

【It's coming out.】

【What should I do?】

Then, the voice stopped.

The whisper ceased the moment it reached the Dao Rhyme of the primordial violet qi remaining around Su Changge.

The voice was cut off as if its throat had been grabbed by something.

The surging dark red mist also stopped.

Those wisps of dark red mist that had seeped out from the cracks began to shrink back frantically after coming into contact with the residual Dao Rhyme of the giant palm special effect.

It was not a slow retreat.

It was flight.

It was fleeing as if it had encountered its natural predator.

The dark red mist retracted back into the cracks ten times faster than it had surged out.

The cracks began to heal on their own.

The ground returned to calm.

Everything was as if nothing had ever happened.

Su Changge stood in place.

The entire venue was silent.

Everyone was looking at him.

What they saw was this scene.

The Heavenly Demon Qi surged out, and everyone was terrified.

Then, upon touching the Aura around the Dao Master, the Heavenly Demon Qi was so scared that it ran back in by itself.

Even the cracks in the Seal healed on their own.

In front of the Dao Master, the Heavenly Demon Qi didn't even have the courage to exist.

Xiao Huang's eyes turned red.

He fell to his knees again with a thud.

This time, it was not begging.

It was heartfelt submission.

"With the Dao Master here, the Heavenly Demon dares not emerge!"

Xiao Huang's voice had changed pitch.

"The Dao Master is the pillar of our Blazing Dragon War Continent!"

The Purple Mansion Saint Master also knelt down.

"On behalf of the three thousand Disciples of the Purple Mansion Sect, this old one thanks the Dao Master for the grace of suppressing the demon."

Everyone knelt.

Ten thousand people knelt before Su Changge once again.

But the meaning of this kneeling was completely different.

The first time they knelt, it was to beg.

Begging a powerhouse to step in and save their lives.

This time, they knelt to worship.

Worshipping a supreme existence capable of suppressing all evil in the world.

Su Changge stood there, facing the prostration of ten thousand people, standing with his hands behind his back.

The wind stirred his white robes.

The golden giant palm slowly dissipated above his head, turning into golden specks of light that rained down like fallen petals.

Landing on every person.

Landing on the scorched earth.

Landing on the ruins.

It was beautiful to the extreme.

At this moment, Su Changge reached the Peak of his prestige since his Transmigration.

However, there was only one voice in his heart.

【That Heavenly Demon Qi ran back by itself.】

【I didn't scare it away.】

【It was scared off by the residual Dao Rhyme of the special effect.】

【It's the same principle as when Red Ember was scared off last time.】

【The Law Rank of the special effect is too high; the Heavenly Demon Qi couldn't tell it was fake.】

【But this is only temporary.】

【What happens after the Dao Rhyme of the special effect completely dissipates?】

【Will the Heavenly Demon Qi seep out again?】

【Will I have enough Emotion Points to cast the Grandmist Immortal-Suppressing Art next time?】

【I don't know.】

【So I have to leave here quickly.】

【The further, the better.】

Su Changge took a step forward.

"Let's go."

He said two words to Ye Qingyao.

Ye Qingyao sheathed her sword and followed.

Zhao Tian hurriedly jumped up from the ground and trotted along behind.

Xiao Huang raised his head from his prostrate position.

"Dao Master!"

Su Changge's pace did not stop.

"Dao Master, the Seal of Divine Flame Mountain!"

There was anxiety in Xiao Huang's voice.

"Although the Heavenly Demon Qi has temporarily retreated, the cracks in the Seal..."

Su Changge paused for a step.

He did not look back.

He only turned half his body, his peripheral vision falling on Red Ember, who was lying on the ground.

"He knows how to fix it."

Three words.

Then, Su Changge continued walking.

Xiao Huang was stunned for two breaths.

Then, he looked at Red Ember.

Red Ember lay on the ground, his dragon eyes filled with bewilderment.

"Me? I know how to fix the Seal?"

The Purple Mansion Saint Master walked over, looking down at Red Ember.

"You have set up the Dragon Vein Detonation Array for three hundred years; you know the structure of the Seal better than anyone. If you know where the Seal is weakest, you know where it needs to be repaired most. If the Dao Master says you know, then you know."

Red Ember's dragon body shuddered.

He wanted to refute.

But he opened his mouth and said nothing.

Because the Purple Mansion Saint Master was right.

He did, in fact, know.