307: Chapter 307: The True Foundation of the Eternal Night Demon Sect

In the Forbidden Ground of the back mountain, above the abyss.

The stone bridge swayed slightly under their feet; in the abyss below, sinister winds howled and ghost fires flickered.

Xiao Ran walked in front, while Li Changsheng remained hidden within the law seed.

The runes on both sides of the stone bridge emitted a dim golden light in the darkness, flickering on and off.

"Xiao Ran, are you sure you want to forcibly kill those three Grand Elders?"

Li Changsheng asked in a low voice, his tone tinged with a hint of worry.

He had always preferred a cautious approach.

Xiao Ran did not turn his head.

"I am sure. Keeping them alive will sooner or later be a disaster."

"But they are at the Peak Integration Stage. Can the two of us at the Middle Integration Stage defeat them?"

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"Is a slumbering Peak Integration Stage expert still a Peak Integration Stage expert?"

"How much strength can a pile of old bones actually exert?"

"Besides, we have the law seed; we can pick them off one by one while they sleep. If we let them wake up, that would be the real trouble."

"If an expert at the Integration Stage is determined to hide, we won't be able to find them."

Li Changsheng was silent for a moment, then nodded.

He knew that what Xiao Ran said was right.

The three Grand Elders of the Eternal Night Demon Sect were the Sect's final foundation.

If they did not die, Xiao Ran would never be able to truly control the Eternal Night Demon Sect.

Moreover, once they woke up and learned that the Third Supreme Elder and Sect Master Li Jiuyou had been killed, they would definitely retaliate madly.

By then, it would be them who died, not Xiao Ran.

"Let's go." Xiao Ran continued to walk forward.

At the end of the stone bridge was a massive cave.

The entrance was three zhang high and five zhang wide, with walls of black rock covered in dense, intricate runes.

The runes circulated, emitting a suffocating aura.

The cave was very dark, with only a few eternal lamps burning, emitting a faint green glow that cast ghostly shadows against the cave walls.

Xiao Ran stood at the entrance and took a deep breath.

His Divine Sense spread out, enveloping the entire cave.

He saw three stone coffins arranged in the deepest part of the cave.

The stone coffins were large, each two zhang long and one zhang wide.

The stone coffins were engraved with dim golden runes that circulated, connecting the coffins to the surrounding Restrictions.

"Let's go in." Xiao Ran stepped inside the cave.

The two walked up to the first stone coffin.

The stone coffin lay there quietly, like a slumbering beast.

A line of words was carved on the coffin lid.

"Tomb of Xuan Mingzi, First Grand Elder of the Eternal Night Demon Sect."

Xuan Mingzi, the Senior Brother of the Third Supreme Elder, had been in seclusion for seven thousand years and was the oldest existence currently in the Eternal Night Demon Sect.

Xiao Ran pressed his hand onto the coffin lid.

The Guixu Vortex rotated, devouring the runes on the coffin lid.

The runes extinguished one by one, like candles blown out by the wind.

The dim golden light gradually faded, and the coffin lid began to loosen.

"Hum~"

The stone coffin let out a low hum, as if in warning.

Xiao Ran did not stop.

He increased the intensity of his devouring.

The runes flickered uncertainly before finally extinguishing completely.

"Boom!!!"

The coffin lid exploded, shattering into countless pieces that scattered across the floor.

Inside the stone coffin lay an old man.

His hair was white, his face withered, and he was so thin he was nothing but a skeleton.

Yet, his body radiated the terrifying aura of the Peak Integration Stage.

Xiao Ran did not hesitate.

He raised his hand, the Guixu Vortex condensing in his palm, and struck towards the old man's head.

The gray-black vortex rotated, carrying the power to devour everything.

The old man's eyes snapped open.

In that instant, a terrifying power erupted from him, forcing Xiao Ran back several steps.

There was no panic in the old man's eyes, only a calm that saw through life and death.

"Junior, you wish to kill me?"

The old man's voice was hoarse, like wind blowing through withered branches.

Xiao Ran steadied himself and looked at the old man.

"Grand Elder, my apologies."

The old man slowly sat up, his movements very slow, his bones making a rattling sound like a rusted machine restarting.

He sized up Xiao Ran, a flash of complexity passing through his gray eyes.

"The Third Supreme Elder, he is dead?"

The old man asked.

He had sensed a trace of his old friend's aura.

Xiao Ran nodded.

"Dead."

"And the current Sect Master?"

"Also dead."

The old man was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"I have waited for thousands of years, and this is the outcome I get?"

His voice carried a hint of desolation, and a trace of relief.

Xiao Ran did not speak.

The old man looked at him and suddenly laughed.

"Junior, do you think that just because I was slumbering, I knew nothing? Although my eyes were closed, I was well aware of every movement outside."

Xiao Ran's expression changed slightly.

"Grand Elder is very patient."

The old man shook his head.

"I am just an old pile of bones unwilling to leave this world!"

"Since you have walked to this point, it is fated that only one of us can survive."

He stood up from the stone coffin, his body radiating a terrifying aura as vast as mountains and seas.

"Come, let me see how strong you are."

The old man stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering without wind.

Xiao Ran took a deep breath and stopped suppressing his cultivation.

The aura of the Peak Middle Integration Stage erupted, and the gray-black vortex swirled around him.

The old man looked at him, a flash of shock passing over his face.

"To have the cultivation of the Integration Stage at such a young age—the Third Supreme Elder does not die unjustly at your hands."

Xiao Ran had no intention of continuing to reminisce and attacked fiercely.

At this moment, Li Changsheng, hiding within the law seed, also attacked.

The power of the Guixu Vortex and the Innate Dao Embryo intertwined, transforming into a beam of light mixing gray-black and silver-white, blasting towards the old man.

The old man raised his hand, black spiritual energy condensing in his palm to form a shield.

The beam of light slammed into the shield, erupting with an earth-shattering roar.

The shield shattered, and the beam of light was also blocked.

The old man took a step back, a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"What powerful strength."

Xiao Ran did not speak.

He activated the Guixu Vortex again, the gray-black vortex condensing in his palm and transforming into a massive black hole that covered the old man.

Li Changsheng also attacked simultaneously, the Clear Qi transforming into countless Sword Qi that shot towards the old man like a rainstorm.

The old man was unhurried, forming seals with both hands.

Black spiritual energy surged from his body, transforming into countless black chains that entangled the black hole.

The chains tightened, and the black hole was compressed, finally disappearing.

At the same time, a layer of black light shield appeared on his body, blocking all the Sword Qi.

"Juniors, you are strong, but it is not enough."