350: Chapter 350 The Inner Demon Seeks Help

The scene shifted.

When Su Mo opened his eyes again, he found himself in a completely different world.

A dark red sky hung low, looking like congealed blood, devoid of sun, moon, or stars. Only occasional twisted purple lightning streaked across the distant horizon, illuminating the boundless black soil below, which looked as if it had been repeatedly scorched by intense flames.

The air was thick with violent Devilish Qi. Inhaling it through the nose and mouth instinctively caused irritability and discomfort.

This was the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Su Mo was no stranger to this place.

With a slight perception, he confirmed that he was in a certain region of the Heavenly Demon Realm.

This was one of several anchors he had left behind.

Evidently, through some special means, he had not been teleported to the same location as Yun Wuya, who had used the World-Breaking Demonic Eye.

"I must first find that fellow's trail..." Su Mo's Divine Sense spread out like spilled mercury, preparing to search for Yun Wuya's residual aura.

A heavily injured Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, even in the Heavenly Demon Realm, would have an aura as conspicuous as a torch in the dark night; it shouldn't be hard to find.

Just then.

An extremely powerful and completely undisguised aura was racing toward his position at an incredible speed!

That aura did not belong to Yun Wuya, but to a native creature of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and it carried a sense of familiarity to Su Mo.

"Hmm?" Su Mo's brow quirked slightly. He stopped his search and stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for the newcomer.

Almost the instant he stopped, that aura arrived!

Under the dark red sky, a petite figure appeared out of thin air, landing steadily several yards in front of Su Mo.

The newcomer was a girl who looked to be about the age of a human teenager, dressed in a simple black dress.

She had a fair and delicate face that still held some lingering childishness. Her eyes were a singular light purple, clear and bright.

Her long black hair was tied up with a simple bone hairpin, with a few stray strands hanging playfully by her ears.

She wasn't tall, even a bit petite, but standing there, she possessed a natural agility.

What made Su Mo's eyes flicker slightly was the Heart Demon aura emanating from this girl, as well as her unique Soul fluctuations.

After the girl landed, her amethyst-like eyes instantly locked onto Su Mo. She was first stunned, then her eyes widened abruptly and her small mouth hung open, her face showing a look of unbelievable ecstasy as she blurted out:

"Esteemed Teacher?! Is it you?! You've come?!"

Her voice was crisp as a bell, filled with deep admiration and excitement.

Su Mo looked at the pretty face before him, which was almost identical to a human girl's, and felt that familiar Heart Demon Origin. A code name quickly flashed through his mind as he asked tentatively:

"Are you... Heart Demon Four Five Six?"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's me! Esteemed Teacher, you still remember me!" The girl calling herself Heart Demon Four Five Six nodded excitedly, her eyes curving into crescents. "You can just call me Xiao Liu! Everyone in the clan calls me that now!"

Su Mo nodded.

"You didn't just happen to be passing by, did you?" Su Mo asked.

He could sense a hint of urgency and anxiety in Xiao Liu's aura.

Having her situation seen through by Su Mo, the joy on Heart Demon Four Five Six's face was quickly replaced by worry. She suddenly knelt on the ground, looked up with her small face, and said urgently:

"Esteemed Teacher is wise! I didn't happen upon you; I was actually in a hurry to seek help from the Shadow Demon Race! Sensing your aura fluctuations, I came to take a look, and I didn't expect it to really be you!"

"Stand up and speak." Su Mo raised a hand slightly, and a gentle force lifted Xiao Liu up. "What happened?"

Heart Demon Four Five Six stood firm and spoke very rapidly:

"Since receiving your guidance years ago, our clan's cultivation speed has increased greatly. Many clansmen have broken through Bottlenecks that had troubled them for a long time, and our overall strength has improved significantly in just a few short years."

"But because of this, we drew the wariness of the nearby Yanyu Demon Clan. They joined forces with two other vassal races to constantly harass our territory and slaughter Heart Demon clansmen! Now, they have mobilized their entire race, wanting to completely exterminate the Heart Demon Clan."

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Su Mo's eyes.

The Heavenly Demon Realm was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. It was only natural that the Heart Demon Clan's sudden surge in strength due to his guidance would attract the greed of powerful neighbors.

"Among them, what is the cultivation Realm of the highest-ranking person?" Su Mo asked, his tone remaining calm.

Heart Demon Four Five Six answered hurriedly:

"The leader is the Clan Chief of the Yanyu Demon Clan, who is a Great Demon Lord! The leaders of the other two vassal races are also at the Peak Demon Lord cultivation!"

Her eyes were filled with worry. A Great Demon Lord was equivalent to a Taiyi Golden Immortal of the Immortal Realm; for the current Heart Demon Clan, that was an absolute power they could not contend with.

"A Great Demon Lord, I see..." Su Mo nodded slightly.

He was naturally clear about the Realm divisions of the Heavenly Demon Realm. A Demon Lord corresponded to a Golden Immortal, and a Great Demon Lord corresponded to a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

One Taiyi Golden Immortal plus two Peak Golden Immortals was indeed enough to sweep through this region.

"In that case, there's no need to go looking for outside help anymore." Su Mo looked at Heart Demon Four Five Six. "Take me directly to the ancestral land of your Heart Demon Clan."

Heart Demon Four Five Six was first startled, then an unbelievable light of joy erupted in her purple eyes:

"Esteemed Teacher! You... you're willing to personally take action to save my clan?"

Su Mo smiled faintly:

"Since you call me 'Esteemed Teacher,' how can I sit idly by and do nothing?"

He had other considerations in mind. Resolving the crisis of the Heart Demon Clan was only one part; more importantly, he needed to use the Demon Race's channels to search for Yun Wuya's trail.

A heavily injured Peak Taiyi, even in the Heavenly Demon Realm, was definitely not something that could be easily hidden.

Heart Demon Four Five Six was so moved she almost shed tears. She nodded heavily:

"Thank you, Esteemed Teacher! With you here, our clan will surely turn danger into safety! Esteemed Teacher, please follow me!"

She no longer hesitated, her figure turning into a more solid light purple streak of light as she flew off at full speed in a certain direction.

Su Mo stepped onto the projection of the Cangxu Realm and followed unhurriedly behind her, his speed not falling behind in the slightest.

During the flight, a faint doubt surfaced in Su Mo's heart.

Before he left the Heavenly Demon Realm years ago, he had left an Incarnation with Heart Demon Nine Five Two Seven and told her that if there was a major crisis that couldn't be resolved, she could contact him through the Incarnation.

Now that the Heart Demon Clan was facing the threat of extermination, why hadn't Nine Five Two Seven used the Incarnation?

Had something happened to that Incarnation, or had some change occurred within the Heart Demon Clan that even Nine Five Two Seven could not control?

This thought flashed through Su Mo's mind, but he did not voice it.

No matter what, he would know once he arrived.