60: Schemes from all sides, the ancient demon's legacy site

Green light filled the heavens and earth. Li Jiangchen's heart tensed, and the heavy water bead floated to his side, transforming into a three-zhang water domain to protect his body.

However, the moment the green light touched the blue water, a sizzling corrosive sound erupted, continuously dissolving the Heavy Water Profound Domain.

“This corrosive power… it’s similar to the power of a Death Domain.”

In the sky, a mournful wail echoed. The Scarlet Blood Demon King, in the form of a sky-shrouding giant python, had its scales corroded by the green light, revealing large patches of flesh.

At this moment, it was spewing blood flames, barely protecting its vital points.

“This Scarlet Blood Demon King’s strength is much weaker than an ordinary God Observation Realm expert. Could it be a Clone?” Li Jiangchen frowned, looking at Precious Flower Demon Lord, who had been silent for a long time.

At this moment, the lotus lamp swayed precariously, the faint light emitted by the burning lamp oil barely protecting her within three feet.

After all, it was only a half-Spiritual Artifact, and the incomplete Divine Ability it contained was not defensive, unlike the heavy water bead.

It could be destroyed at any moment.

Just then, Precious Flower Demon Lord’s voice came, tinged with anxiety.

“Please, Your Excellency, protect me. I have a way to break this tree heart space.”

Hearing this, Li Jiangchen hesitated for a moment before flashing in front of Precious Flower Demon Lord, instantly greatly reducing her pressure.

“Thank you, Your Excellency, for your assistance.”

“Act quickly,” Li Jiangchen said indifferently.

At this moment, Spirit Lord Gu Rong was channeling the green light force field manifested by the ten thousand spirits umbrella, with most of it concentrated on the Scarlet Blood Demon King.

Dealing with the remaining power was not difficult.

“Alright.”

Precious Flower Demon Lord pointed a finger at her glabella. A drop of refined Origin blood flew out and fell into the green jade lotus lamp. Immediately, a figure, strikingly similar to Bao Hua but with a completely different temperament, emerged from the lotus lamp.

“An Artifact Spirit… aren’t those only born from High Grade Spiritual Artifacts? How could a mere half-Spiritual Artifact have one?” Li Jiangchen wondered inwardly.

As soon as the Artifact Spirit phantom appeared, it darted towards the ancient tree of the tree heart. The surrounding green light filled the heavens and earth, yet offered no resistance.

“Explode!”

The Artifact Spirit exploded, turning into a heaven-shrouding white light. Immediately, space vibrated, and large and small holes appeared around them. Infinite Death Qi surged out from the holes, and through them, a gigantic, silvery-white demon corpse, undulating like mountains, could vaguely be seen.

“This is… an ancient demon remnant!”

Li Jiangchen’s pupils contracted.

He hadn’t expected Precious Flower Demon Lord’s Heart-Nature to be so decisive, even self-destructing her Artifact Spirit and damaging the lotus lamp’s potential, just to break open this tree heart space…

“No!”

At this moment, Spirit Lord Gu Rong was in a frenzy. The ten thousand spirits umbrella erupted with monstrous green light, and countless demon souls rushed forth, annihilating everything.

“Go.”

Li Jiangchen flashed through the Void Realm repeatedly, then abruptly plunged into a hole. Immediately, the world spun. His gaze swept around, seeing countless roots descending from the ancient tree above, drilling into the ancient demon remnant like living creatures, absorbing the contained Death Qi.

However, many of the roots were already rotten, emitting a strong, foul smell.

“Indeed, this is where the ancient demon remnant was suppressed. The Great Compassion Tree King wanted to refine the ancient demon, but unexpectedly, the ancient demon remnant counter-eroded it through its roots.

The ancient tree’s main body can only last for a few hundred more years at most.” Li Jiangchen’s lips curled into a slight smile, his gaze fixed on the ancient demon remnant’s mountain-sized head.

Black flames burned around the demon corpse remnant, with only a greyish, hazy weak point on its head.

Just then, a clear light flashed past, transforming into a swift streak, and drilled into the ancient demon remnant’s head.

“Precious Flower Demon Lord!”

Li Jiangchen’s eyes sharpened. He flashed through the Void Realm repeatedly, avoiding layers of black flames, and followed Precious Flower Demon Lord into the weak point on the head.

Soon, two more auras arrived at this place.

“Hehehe, Tree King, your main body is so weakened, no wonder you want to take Possession of a mere Demon Lord.” The Scarlet Blood Demon King sneered, “Now, those two little rats have already drilled into the ancient demon remnant. It seems the ancient demon Legacy you’ve refined for thousands of years will eventually fall into outsiders’ hands.

Even the Origin of the tree heart won’t be saved.”

“You seek death!”

Boom—

demon souls rampaged and devoured, gnawing away all the Scarlet Blood Demon King’s flesh and blood, leaving only a snake-shaped skeleton falling into the Void Realm.

A miniature demon soul phantom shot out from the remains. The Blood Lotus in its mouth spat out a blood flame, instantly melting the surrounding space and revealing the outside scene.

“Trying to escape? It’s not that easy.” Spirit Lord Gu Rong threw out the ten thousand spirits umbrella. Light bloomed from beneath the umbrella, transforming into a vast emerald ocean. No matter how the blood flame burned, it still couldn’t be stopped.

Accompanied by a mournful wail, the Scarlet Blood Demon King’s remnant soul was subdued, transforming into a streak of blood light that shot over and landed on the umbrella surface, becoming a blood python pattern with a Blood Lotus on its head.

“Hmph, coveting this Lord’s secret treasure, yet only sending an Incarnation. Truly ignorant of death,” Spirit Lord Gu Rong sneered.

At this moment, in another Suspended Mountain, a black blood pool deep underground was gurgling with bubbles.

Suddenly, the blood water surged, and a blood python with prominent horns and claws on its belly, exuding terrifying Demonic Qi, shot out from it.

Violence appeared in the blood python’s eyes, and it flicked its long tongue: “Interesting, I only intended to trip up that old tree, but two little rats actually drilled into the tree heart.

However, losing an Incarnation that I refined for hundreds of years is a significant loss. I hope those two little rats can ruin the old tree’s plan.”

The blood python slowly sank into the blood pool.

At this moment, inside the ancient demon remnant.

Li Jiangchen stood on the ground, surrounded by oppressive Death Qi, as if he were in a Death Domain. Countless large and small Nether Beasts floated in the distance.

The sky resembled a shattered mirror, with root-like tentacles constantly extending from above, grabbing Nether Beasts one by one and secretly refining them.

“Is this inside the ancient demon…?”

Li Jiangchen opened his demon domain and summoned Ancient Spirit.

As soon as she appeared, Ancient Spirit took a deep breath. The Death Qi that Li Jiangchen couldn’t avoid rushed into her body like swallows returning to their nest.

“Such a comfortable feeling, just like being home,” Ancient Spirit murmured.

“Can you sense where the Legacy within the ancient demon remnant is?”

Hearing this, Ancient Spirit turned her head towards the east and said solemnly, “It’s right there.”

“Good, let’s go quickly. We must seize the Legacy before Spirit Lord Gu Rong arrives.”

An incense stick’s time later, the two stopped.

Before them, a greyish crystal floated in the Void Realm. An ancient tree was coiled around it, with countless roots tightly wrapped around the crystal. Demonic power continuously seeped in, and countless cracks could vaguely be seen forming on the crystal’s surface.

“Master, that is the core of the ancient demon remnant, and also the core of its Legacy.”

“Go.”

“Yes.”

Ancient Spirit transformed into a swift streak, seemingly unimpeded, arriving before the grey crystal. She then turned into a black mist and glided into it through a crack.

‘Strange, where did that Precious Flower Demon Lord go?’ Li Jiangchen activated his spiritual sense, searching for Precious Flower Demon Lord’s possible hiding place.

Bao Hua, merely a wood demon at the Demon Lord level, possessed a half-Spiritual Artifact treasure that had already given birth to an Artifact Spirit.

Previously, if she hadn’t activated her treasure to break the tree heart space, they wouldn’t have been able to reach this place.

“The Scarlet Blood Demon King’s Incarnation, Precious Flower Demon Lord with a half-Spiritual Artifact, a batch of ancient demon sub-souls, plus me… Hehe, I didn’t expect it to be so lively this time.”

Suddenly, Li Jiangchen’s gaze swept across the sky. An aura abruptly appeared. Spirit Lord Gu Rong had an icy expression, murderous intent in his eyes, holding the ten thousand spirits umbrella, with countless roots swirling around his body.

“The Scarlet Blood Demon King was actually slain by the Spirit Lord. Truly unexpected.” Li Jiangchen noticed a blood python pattern had appeared on the ten thousand spirits umbrella.

Spirit Lord Gu Rong exuded killing intent and said, “Mere insects, daring to steal the Origin of the tree heart and the core of the ancient demon Legacy.”

Boom—

The sky tore open, and ancient tree roots surged in, assailing Li Jiangchen like an overwhelming tide.

Previously, the feeling wasn’t strong because Spirit Lord Gu Rong had focused most of his attention on the Scarlet Blood Demon King. Now, with his full power unleashed, he immediately displayed the might of a Demon King level expert.