378: Refining the power of the shadows

The originally peaceful Shadow Demon Clan Inheritance Stone Stele suddenly began to vibrate.

The Nether Shadow Power on it surged out, mixed with heart-palpitating Devilish Qi, transforming into hideous humanoid demonic shadows.

"Human Race?"

"You are not qualified to obtain our Legacy!"

"Go to hell! Human Race!"

"The Legacy of our Shadow Demon Clan is not something you humans can touch!"

...Various raspy and sharp demonic voices seemed to strike from all directions, mixed with powerful Divine Sense attacks, instantly surging toward Su Yun.

"Oh? Sorry, but I insist!"

Su Yun wasn't affected in the slightest; the Devouring Power in his hand directly transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long dragon shadow that soared around him.

It caused the surrounding lake water to churn violently, and the powerful Devouring Power swallowed the Devilish Qi within the water.

Then, with a thought, that dragon shadow suddenly flew toward the Shadow Demon Clan Inheritance Stone Stele.

The black phantom on the stone stele immediately released one Spell after another, attempting to resist the dragon shadow.

Unfortunately, it was completely useless.

All the Spells were swallowed by the dragon shadow.

Finally, the dragon shadow let out a deafening dragon roar and directly enveloped the entire stone stele.

The demonic voices echoing around came to an abrupt halt, as if they had never existed.

At this time, the Nether Shadow Power contained within the Shadow Demon Clan Inheritance Stone Stele was still constantly resisting the Devouring Power, manifesting various demonic shadows.

But this resistance disappeared in less than a breath's time.

No matter what demonic shadow was manifested, it was instantly devoured.

Soon, all the Nether Shadow Power on the Shadow Demon Clan Inheritance Stone Stele was continuously drawn out and directly merged into Su Yun's body.

"Done. This Nether Shadow Power is quite interesting."

Su Yun thought to himself as he felt the Nether Shadow Power continuously pouring into his body.

The Nether Shadow Power was somewhat similar to the power of the Nether Shadow Dragon Clan, except it had an additional surge of violent Devilish Qi.

Furthermore, a portion of the Shadow Demon Clan's spatial Spell Legacy was hidden within the Nether Shadow Power.

While absorbing the Nether Shadow Power, he was also comprehending the Shadow Demon Clan's space-attribute attack spells.

This happened to make up for his lack of space-attribute attack spells.

After all, although he had learned spatial movement techniques, he had never learned space-attribute attack spells.

space-attribute attack spells were extremely rare; even the Cultivation Technique Pavilion in the Taixuan Holy Land didn't have many.

Half an hour later.

Su Yun finished refining all the Nether Shadow Power.

The aura on his body became several points more powerful.

Now, his control over spatial abilities was also even stronger.

If he encountered that Tribulation Crossing Realm Elder from the Blood Fiend Sect again, he wouldn't need Heavenly Illusion Power for concealment and still wouldn't be discovered.

At this moment, the System's prompt sounded in his mind at the right time:

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for successfully plundering Ye Jingchen's Opportunity, gaining 600,000 Luck Points. Remaining Luck Points: 5,600,000.]

Immediately, the Shadow Demon Clan Inheritance Stone Stele suddenly cracked and then directly turned into fly ash.

The surrounding Devilish Qi was also instantly cleared, and an invisible ripple spread from this stone stele to other places.

That ripple was transmitted directly to a hall in the deepest part of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins.

A dark shadow in the deepest part of that hall suddenly trembled, as if something was awakening.

The Devilish Qi contained throughout the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins also began to grow restless, but the magnitude was so subtle that it was difficult to notice.

Meanwhile, Su Yun, at the bottom of the lake, had a solemn expression:

"Was that an illusion just now?"

He felt that after the stone stele shattered, a faint Divine Sense ripple seemed to have been emitted.

"It doesn't seem to be an illusion. It looks like I need to be more cautious; perhaps there are still Shadow Demons of an extremely high Realm hidden in these Shadow Demon Clan Ruins."

Afterward, Su Yun left the lake and came ashore.

"Wait, something is a bit off. It seems the surrounding Devilish Qi has strengthened a bit?"

"But let's find the other key fragment first!"

After making up his mind, Su Yun took out that grey stone again and probed it with his Divine Sense.

Now, he could clearly perceive that the key fragment was in the deepest part of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins.

"That seems to be the direction of the Shadow Demon Clan Treasury?"

Su Yun picked up the shadow demon clan identity token again to sense the location of the Shadow Demon Clan Treasury.

"Sure enough, my senses were correct; it's in the same direction."

"Then shall we go directly to the Shadow Demon Clan Treasury?"

Leng Xirou asked.

"Yeah, let's go to the treasury first, and then to other places!"

Su Yun replied.

Then, with a flash, he disappeared from his spot and flew toward the distance... Some time later.

Su Yun arrived at the middle area of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins.

He saw a Stone Bridge several hundred feet wide; the other side of the Stone Bridge seemed to be the depths of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins.

To the left and right of the Stone Bridge was powerful spatial turbulence, a pitch-black void.

Most importantly, the space near the entrance of the Stone Bridge seemed to be sealed by some Ancient Restriction, making it impossible to fly or merge into the Void Realm, so Su Yun could only reveal himself and blend into a large group of Loose Cultivators.

At this time, at the Stone Bridge entrance, there were several teams from the Five Great Demonic Sects, as well as a large number of demonic cultivators from Affiliated Sects and Loose Cultivators.

They were all trapped here.

Because on the Stone Bridge leading to the depths of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins, there were endless Shadow Demon Remnant Souls.

These Shadow Demon Remnant Souls seemed to have revived after absorbing the endless surrounding Devilish Qi; although their strength was not as it was in life, they still possessed extreme power, with a vast majority being in the Dao Integration Realm.

Additionally, with Devilish Qi everywhere here, these Shadow Demon Remnant Souls could quickly recover after being attacked, making them very difficult to deal with.

If they wanted to pass through the Stone Bridge to the depths of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins, they had to clear these Shadow Demon Remnant Souls.

"Dammit!"

"Many of these Shadow Demon Remnant Souls are in the Dao Integration Realm!"

"And there are too many of them."

"We can't beat them!"

"Let someone block these Shadow Demon Remnant Souls first, and we can take the Opportunity to pass!"

"So many demonic cultivators from our Five Great Demonic Sects' Affiliated Sects have followed us, plus some Loose Cultivators—the numbers are sufficient."

"It's perfect to let them go first and buy time for us!"

"So that we can directly enter the depths of the Shadow Demon Clan Ruins."

...The leaders of the Five Great Demonic Sects' teams discussed among themselves.

They never cared about the Affiliated Sects.

Mainly because there were too few demonic cultivators in the entire Haomiao Realm, the Five Great Demonic Sects had accepted so many Affiliated Sects and allowed the demonic cultivators from those sects to continuously increase their strength during this time.

And now was exactly the time for these Affiliated Sect demonic cultivators to contribute.

"When the time comes and they truly obtain the Shadow Demon Clan Legacy, they would at most give a little bit to these Affiliated Sect demonic cultivators as a token."

"You lot, get moving! Hold back these Shadow Demon Remnant Souls."

The demonic cultivators of the Five Great Demonic Sects began to command the Affiliated Sect demonic cultivators and Loose Cultivators behind them.

"On what grounds?!"

"We can't beat them either!"

"Isn't this just sending us to our deaths?"

"We are the demonic cultivators of your Five Great Demonic Sects' Affiliated Sects!"

"We are Loose Cultivators! What right do you have to demand that we Loose Cultivators go first!"

The Affiliated Sect demonic cultivators and Loose Cultivators behind them instantly erupted in an uproar.