72: The schemes of Su Huli and the Empress against the God Emperor have been exposed!

"Revered Master, quickly leave!" The Demon Empress Chi Ling's delicate shout had just fallen.

Rumble~

The white jade altar, where the seven swords of absolute gods originally stood, exploded with a bang. Then, a dark green fire Dragon soared from underground, its blazing flames burning so intensely that space itself warped violently.

"Roar~"

Accompanied by a Dragon's roar, the fire Dragon opened its enormous maw and pounced towards Cao Meng, who was still in the Star Source Body Infusion + burst state in the sky.

"Oh my, what a powerful spiritual flame manifestation!"

Cao Meng was greatly alarmed. The pressure from this fire Dragon already far exceeded that of the Mid-stage Saint Domain, and it possessed a body comparable to the Red-Clothed Demoness Yan Yumo, who had a Spirit Treasure-like physique.

"Cannot resist head-on~"

Cao Meng retreated rapidly without hesitation. At the same time, the gigantic Dragon tail of the Divine Dragon Transformation swept out, meeting the fire Dragon's enormous maw.

"Boom~"

With a muffled thud, the Myriad Beast Dharma Image, Divine Dragon Transformation, was shattered, and the Dharma Image dispersed.

Borrowing the force of this blow, Cao Meng also retreated several hundred zhang.

After the fire Dragon's attack failed, it didn't pursue. It collapsed with a roar, transforming into dozens of dark green fire Phoenixes that scattered in all directions.

At this moment, inside the Sword Tomb, more than a dozen surviving White Deer Academy Disciples also began to flee in terror.

"Senior Brother Cao Meng, help!"

"Help..." Cao Meng looked back, only to see two female Disciples pierced through by a fire Phoenix, turning into ashes in the blink of an eye, leaving no bones behind.

In no time, the remaining Academy Disciples were caught by the fire Phoenixes and incinerated into ashes.

As a result, all twenty-two Academy Geniuses who chose to enter the Li Clan Sword Tomb, with the exception of Cao Meng, Xuanyuan Baiying, and King Gou Yuan Hao, perished.

Just as Cao Meng, Demon Empress Chi Ling, and Yan Yumo rushed out of the Sword Tomb, a familiar graceful figure suddenly flew out from the surging magma.

A Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, four to five zhang long, covered in beautiful snow-white fur, bathed in flames, swiftly fled towards Cao Meng.

"Is this the true form of a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox? It's indeed beautiful."

Cao Meng's movement technique didn't stop; he continued to flee forward.

"Revered Master, your Fox Spirit aunt might be looking for something. When the killing was halfway through, she used an earth 遁術 to forcibly break through the Sword Tomb's protective array and infiltrated underground~" Demon Empress Chi Ling followed closely beside Cao Meng, her cherry lips opening to report and explain to Cao Meng.

"Mm."

Cao Meng hummed softly.

This Fox Spirit Su Rui's hidden presence in the Li Clan Sword Tomb, and the Female Emperor Revered Master's plot to seize the Li Clan's territory, both seemed to be for a certain supreme treasure.

She just didn't know if she had succeeded.

The group of three rushed out for more than ten li before stopping. At this point, Su Rui, who had transformed into her Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox true form, also caught up.

Then, her demonic body solidified, and a peerlessly beautiful woman, wearing a white fox fur long dress with eyes full of emotion, appeared before Cao Meng.

Beautiful~

She was indeed a Fox Spirit.

Cao Meng was slightly stunned, then quickly regained his composure.

Su Rui looked at Demon Empress Chi Ling and Yan Yumo beside Cao Meng, her rosy, water-like face filled with unconcealed astonishment.

One was Demon Empress Chi Ling, a Primordial Spirit body, unfathomably profound.

The other was Yan Yumo, whose previous ferocity had left her deeply unsettled.

These two peerless Prodigies had actually been subdued by him.

And the Li Clan Sword Tomb.

The Qingqiu lineage had schemed for hundreds of years without success, yet this brat swept it all up. The Thirty-six Swords of Heavenly Dipper, the seven swords of absolute gods, and those seven or eight hundred spirit swords—any one of them could stir up a bloody storm, but he snatched them all in one go.

"Cao Meng, you're quite impressive. A Legacy of over a thousand years, practically impregnable, yet you alone managed to take it all. Impressive indeed." Su Rui said with a hint of admiration.

Cao Meng chuckled, not refuting, "Aunt, you and my Master were so patient and calculating, you must have wanted to obtain some treasure from the Li Clan Sword Tomb, right? Have you gotten it now?"

"Just a little bit short."

At this point, the smile on Su Rui's face instantly vanished. She said with a look of vexation, "It's all your fault, you brat. You broke the array neither early nor late, but precisely when I was about to succeed. If you had waited just a little longer, I would have succeeded."

"My fault?"

Cao Meng was speechless, "Who told you to hide it from me?"

"Forget it, we'll make a long-term plan later." Su Rui shook her head and looked back.

The location where the Li Clan Sword Tomb once stood had become a sea of magma, with dark green flames churning within the magma, and waves of scorching heat assailing them.

Faintly, a deep roar could still be heard.

"What is that thing beneath the magma?"

Demon Empress Chi Ling looked at the Fox Spirit Su Rui and explained, "Master, this place should be similar to White Deer Academy's Demon Suppression Prison. This Sword Tomb should be a Seal array, and beneath it, an ancient Devil Head should be sealed. In its prime, its cultivation should have been the Undying Emperor Realm, just like mine."

"Master, you broke the seven swords of absolute gods, took the Sword Tomb array, and the Mistress and King Gou also took the two most crucial treasures of this Seal, so this Seal is broken!"

"Undying Emperor Realm?"

Cao Meng's expression changed slightly. That was a legendary existence, said to be coeval with heaven and earth, and as brilliant as the sun and moon.

"How are you sure it was originally an Undying Emperor Realm existence?"

Su Rui and Yan Yumo also looked at Chi Ling curiously.

The era was still one of divine-devil revival; the Dao of cultivation was far less prevalent than in ancient times. Many ancient secrets could only be known by big shots like Chi Ling.

"Because the Undying Emperor Realm is said to have an indestructible Primordial Spirit. It's not difficult to defeat them, but it's hard to kill them completely. Therefore, many ancient mighty figures, after defeating an Undying Emperor Realm enemy, would suppress them, slowly wear down their Primordial Spirit Origin over time, and then finally kill them."

"If they didn't have Undying Emperor Realm cultivation, it wouldn't be worth such a huge effort; they would just be killed directly."

"However, Master, you don't need to worry. After countless years of devouring and weakening by the Sword Tomb array, this fellow's Origin has been weakened to the Early Stage Divine Emperor Realm. If you and Master work harder, it won't be long before you can kill him."

As Chi Ling spoke, she didn't forget to wink at Cao Meng meaningfully.

"Divine Emperor Realm!"

Su Rui's face immediately turned grim. "Divine Emperor Realm, it's hard to say if anyone in our Eastern Continent's nine provinces and eighty million li territory has entered the Divine Emperor Realm in a thousand years. Moreover, this fellow is an Emperor Realm demoted, so his combat power is probably far from what an ordinary Divine Emperor Realm can compare to, right?"

The treasure, coveted by her entire clan, had fallen into the hands of such a demon, so it was no wonder Su Rui's face was grim.

"Senior, do you know what kind of monster is suppressed here?" Su Rui looked at Demon Empress Chi Ling curiously.

"I don't know."

Demon Empress Chi Ling shook her head, "When this palace was suppressed, there was no Sword Tomb in this area yet~"

"Then that's troublesome~"

Rumble rumble~

At this moment, the ground beneath their feet trembled violently again, and the magma sea in the distance churned even more fiercely.

"Master, quickly leave! The monster is about to come out. It's not advisable for us to confront it head-on right now..."