196: Demonic Gathering (Part 3)

Boom...

In the dark gold hall of Nightmare Demon City, several divine demon statues on both sides slowly moved, emitting the dull sound of rocks rubbing.

One of the demon statues slowly moved to the lower right side of the main hall and gradually stopped.

Immediately after, white smoke began to rise from this demon statue.

Amidst the swirling smoke, the outline of the demon statue began to twist and change,

Eventually, it transformed into a gigantic skeleton sitting cross-legged on a white bone lotus platform, with its hands forming a flower mudra and its head slightly bowed.

It seemed to exude a compassionate divinity, yet also a strange demonic nature.

Pfft...

A wisp of white flame suddenly ignited in front of the demon statue,

From within the flames, a misty, graceful female figure slowly emerged.

“This is...”

Celestine's consciousness emerged from a kaleidoscope of light and shadow,

And she found herself in a vast, profound dark gold hall.

The moment her consciousness solidified, some information flooded into her mind,

As if it were a memory that had always been hidden deep within, suddenly recalled by her.

“So that’s it, Nightmare Demon City?”

Celestine lowered her gaze, silently surveyed her surroundings, and then cast her eyes to the very top of the hall.

There, a colossal figure sat quietly on a spiral throne, with countless black humanoid figures climbing on his body.

Dense, dark gold characters solidified into a wide cloak that trailed down to the base of the massive throne, making him appear incomparably majestic.

“Demon Lord...”

This name quietly flowed through Celestine's mind.

Boom...

As Celestine observed her surroundings,

Three other demon statues in the hall were slowly moving.

One of them slowly moved to the position directly opposite Celestine, on the lower left side of the hall, and stopped there.

Gurgle...

Viscous black blood continuously seeped from the surface of the demon statue, wriggling as if alive, completely dissolving and reshaping its original form.

Finally, the demon statue transformed into a bizarre aggregate formed by countless infants, emitting a primal, bloody Demonic Path aura.

And in front of the demon statue, the flowing black blood converged into a small pool of blood.

In the center of the blood pool, a graceful figure shrouded in blood mist slowly floated up.

Morgana's consciousness completely solidified, and she instantly received the rules of this place.

After she understood her current situation, her first thought was to try to sense the Clone bodies scattered in various places.

However, her consciousness was empty, with no connection to any sub-bodies.

It seemed that all of her consciousness had been forcibly pulled into this place.

Beneath the hazy blood mist, Morgana's expression immediately became somewhat unsightly.

This meant that if she died in this place, it would be a true Divine Soul annihilation!

But then, her expression quickly returned to normal,

She turned and knelt respectfully towards the very top of the hall.

“Greetings, Demon Lord!”

......

At the very top of the Nightmare Demon City,

Li Ke rested his chin on one hand, quietly observing below.

At this moment, his pupils, which reflected the birth and death of countless illusions, lingered with interest on Morgana.

He clearly felt the constant surge of shock and panic in Morgana's heart, and a hint of emotion arose within him.

Among the many Demonic Technique Legacies recorded on the canmo stele,

The Nine Sons Ghost Mother Divine Demon Chapter was not the strongest, but it was definitely the hardest to kill.

During this time, Morgana, as the inheritor of the Nine Sons Ghost Mother Divine Demon Chapter,

And having embarked on the path of the “Ghost Mother Concept Body,” could easily split into tens of thousands, possessing unimaginable vitality.

Perhaps her ego had inflated somewhat, believing that no one could truly kill her.

Yet, she never expected him to directly use his dream authority,

Bypassing her almost immortal flesh and blood body, and directly pulling her main consciousness into this place.

This psychological drop from the clouds must have made her very uncomfortable.

Of course, Li Ke also knew that,

If not for the deep connection established by Dao Heart Demon Seed as a coordinate,

It would be almost impossible to accurately capture her main consciousness among her myriad Clones.

Moreover, this was only temporary.

Morgana was currently too infatuated with the convenience of the “Ghost Mother Concept Body,”

Instead, she overlooked the true core of the Nine Sons Ghost Mother Divine Demon Chapter—the “Nine Sons.”

This dream summons was also a wake-up call for her.

Once she truly gave birth to the “First Ghost Son,” and even her Divine Soul and Karma began to differentiate,

Perhaps even dream Divine Ability would find it difficult to kill her.

......

“Wait a moment, someone hasn’t arrived yet.”

Li Ke's calm voice descended from the top of the hall.

The high hall seemed to form a kind of cavity, causing the voice to echo repeatedly in layers, appearing incomparably majestic and profound.

“Yes!”

Upon hearing this, Morgana stood up from the ground and waited respectfully.

Boom...

At this moment, within the hall,

The other two demon statues also moved to their final positions, stopping beside Celestine and Morgana.

One of the demon statues was silently covered in a layer of black flames,

Its overall form slowly underwent a spiral twist, eventually transforming into a giant, grotesque spiral humanoid.

However, this spiral humanoid was incomplete, missing an arm and a leg, presenting a suppressed and distorted beauty of incompleteness.

Whoosh...

A wisp of black flame detached from the demon statue,

Transforming into a tall, blurry male figure on the ground.

His figure was identical to the demon statue, also missing an arm and a leg; it was Hatties.

At the same time, on the other side,

Crack crack...

On the last moving demon statue, fine cracks began to appear.

From the gaps in these cracks, dense, dark gold vines gradually grew out, slowly prying open the entire demon statue, causing it to become fragmented.

Countless fragments separated from each other, yet were connected by the vines, with shadows flickering within, eventually forming a massive and bizarre demon nest.

An indescribable, terrifyingly oppressive and grotesque aura diffused from within.

“Creak...”

Below the demon nest, a narrow door suddenly appeared,

From the bottomless darkness within the door, a slightly hunched black shadow slowly emerged.

The black shadow seemed to be composed of viscous darkness, leaving dark footprints on the ground.

“Master...”

After Hatties and Barton's figures solidified,

They simultaneously bowed respectfully towards the top of the hall.

“Master?”

This address caused both Celestine and Morgana's expressions to subtly shift.

They quietly sized up the two,

Realizing that the identities of these two might be different from theirs,

Seemingly having a closer connection with this Demon Lord.

This mysterious Demon Lord had not contacted them again after imparting his Demonic Technique to them.

But they were not children and knew there was no free lunch in the world.

Therefore, they had always speculated and been wary of this Demon Lord's intentions, constantly preparing to pay the price.

“That spiral demon statue, I saw it in Oak Tree City (Claus Family's territory)...”

“The other one, perhaps the master of Charles Manor...”

Some secret thoughts circulated in their minds...

......

On the throne above,

Li Ke used his authority as the Lord of Dreams,

Carefully observed the Divine Soul states of Barton and Hatties, and nodded almost imperceptibly.

Although Hatties's Divine Soul was still incomplete,

In the incomplete parts of his Divine Soul, some hidden patterns seemed to be appearing, faintly exuding a sense of refining all spirits.

Li Ke was not sure if this was truly the legendary sign of condensing a True Spirit Mark,

But it should not be a bad thing.

And Barton's transformation was a complete rebirth.

The Spirit Sealing Demon Taming Art he Cultivated,

Its essence was to establish a symbiotic relationship with numerous demonic creatures,

Although its overall power was vast, it was relatively dispersed, lacking a core.

His future path would inevitably involve gradually constructing a demon nest to integrate the power of many demonic creatures.

Previously, Barton had always lacked a core trait of sufficiently high status to subdue the many strange demonic creatures in the nest.

So Li Ke gave him a section of Nightmare Flower vine,

With its extremely high-status “binding” and “energy absorption” traits, it was already sufficient to carry Barton's core abilities and construct a powerful demon nest.

Yet, he didn't expect that he would also have an Opportunity,

And obtained equally high-status “Seal” and “suppression” traits.

These four traits perfectly matched, and the demon nest constructed on this Foundation would be terrifying beyond imagination.

Once the demon nest formed, aside from the drawback of slow movement,

Under the same Realm, even if other top Demonic Path inheritors fell into it, they would likely find it difficult to escape.

Seeing Barton and Hatties grow to their current level, Li Ke also felt quite gratified.

After all, unlike Celestine and Morgana, who were born Devil Heads,

The two of them were originally ordinary Mortals and did not possess much Demonic Path talent.

Therefore, even when Li Ke forced them to observe the canmo stele,

The Legacies they obtained were all various “Secret Methods,” and not complete Demonic Path Legacies.

But even so, through their persistence and effort,

Either by combining multiple Secret Methods or by relying on other Opportunities, they both embarked on a Demonic Path almost as strong as that of born Devil Heads,

This could already be called a miracle of the Demonic Sect.

Thinking of this, Li Ke slightly raised his head,

His gaze pierced through layers of dreams, following an extremely hidden Demonic Technique connection, looking into the distance.

In that direction, there was an extremely weak, yet extremely ethereal and bizarre aura.

The aura was erratic, as if close at hand, yet also as if far away, difficult to grasp.

It actually resisted the pull of his Millet Dream, and simply did not respond to the summons.

Li Ke narrowed his eyes slightly.

That girl, Tara, to whom he had taught the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Secret Method,

Logically, she should still be struggling on the brink of life and death due to the eruption of her bloodline disease.

The terrifying lust generated by the Ancient Harpy Bloodline was continuously absorbed and refined by the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Secret Method, forming a very special Cultivation cycle,

Which could greatly accelerate her progress in Cultivating this Secret Method.

This was an important experiment for Li Ke to test the Demonic Technique Legacy's resistance to Bloodline contamination.

There were only two possible outcomes:

Either the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Secret Method would suppress the bloodline disease,

Successfully helping Tara escape Bloodline contamination and establish a Heavenly Demon Foundation.

In that case, Tara should now be a Heavenly Demon Path demoness who manipulates people's hearts everywhere.

Or, the bloodline disease would suppress the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Secret Method, leading to complete Bloodline loss of control,

In that case, Tara should have already lost her sanity and exploded.

“What in the world is this situation...”