40: Chapter 40 The Demon Lord Returns, But All in Vain!

"Senior Brother..."

Song Yun's mouth hung open for a long time, his throat feeling as if it were blocked by something.

He looked at the frozen apocalyptic scene, then at the calm back in front of him, his mind completely blank.

Gu Changsheng turned around and swept a glance at them.

"Are you all awake?"

His voice broke the deathly silence.

"Awake, we're awake!"

Song Yun jolted, nodding like a pestle pounding garlic.

"Then why haven't you left yet?" Gu Changsheng lifted his chin. "Do you really want to be buried with this cave dwelling?"

Only then did the group snap out of their daze, scrambling to gather behind Gu Changsheng; the way they looked at him could no longer be described as awe—it was as if they were looking at a god.

But just at this moment.

"Crack—!"

A shattering sound, more piercing than all the previous collapses, rang out above their heads.

The space that Gu Changsheng had frozen with a single word was actually torn open by a huge gap from the outside by brute force!

Black demonic flames, like a breached flood, surged out from the rift!

A figure burning with black flames, with an aura of extreme tyranny, stepped out from the rift.

His scarlet gaze swept across the devastated ruins, and finally, it locked onto Gu Changsheng and his group.

"Demon... Demon Lord Mingyan!"

A Disciple recognized the newcomer and was so scared they froze on the spot.

The Disciples of the Daoxuan Immortal Sect were all pale as sheets.

Just escaped the wolf's den, only to fall into the tiger's mouth!

Demon Lord Mingyan's gaze lingered on Gu Changsheng for a moment, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

Middle Stage of the Wufa Realm?

He remembered clearly that when they first met, this kid had clearly just stepped into the Wufa Realm!

How many days had it been?

Something was wrong!

This kid must have obtained a huge Opportunity inside!

Demon Lord Mingyan, already burning with rage because the dragon essence fruit had been stolen, was now even more consumed by jealousy.

He took a step forward, appearing in front of everyone, his terrifying pressure making everyone except Gu Changsheng unable to breathe.

"Kid, I'm asking you!"

"Is the Opportunity in this cave dwelling all on you?!"

Gu Changsheng raised his eyelids, looking at the old Devil Head burning with fire in front of him, his Face expressionless.

"What is Senior Demonic Lord talking about?"

"I don't understand."

"Don't understand?" Demon Lord Mingyan laughed out of extreme anger, black flames condensing into a pulsating skull in his palm.

"Then I'll make it clear."

"Are all the treasures in this cave dwelling on you?"

"You had better confess honestly, otherwise, I don't mind refining you little brats into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner one by one!"

As soon as he said this, the Disciples behind started trembling in their boots.

Song Yun braced himself to keep from kneeling, his Face as white as paper.

Only Gu Changsheng remained the same.

"Senior, those words make no sense."

He spread his hands.

"This Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range is inherently ownerless land. We juniors are here to Cultivate and have obtained some Opportunities; does Senior want to rely on your cultivation to swallow them all?"

These words were simply adding fuel to the fire!

Demon Lord Mingyan stared fixedly at his overly calm Face.

A Wufa Realm junior, facing him, why was he so calm?!

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon!

"Good! A silver-tongued kid!"

Demon Lord Mingyan's patience was exhausted, and he couldn't be bothered to talk more.

"Since you won't speak, I will search your soul myself!"

He suddenly raised his hand, and a giant demonic flame palm that covered the sky, carrying the terrifying aura of burning everything, slapped down towards Gu Changsheng!

However.

Just at the moment the giant palm was about to touch Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng slowly raised his eyes, his thin lips parted slightly, and he spat out one word.

"Freeze."

Buzz—!

There was no earth-shattering roar, no violent collision of Laws.

That giant demonic flame palm, capable of shattering mountains and rivers, just eerily... froze.

It stopped three feet above Gu Changsheng's head, the demonic flames still burning, but it could not sink a single inch further!

Time seemed to be frozen at this moment!

"What is going on?!"

Demon Lord Mingyan's Face revealed a look of shock and uncertainty.

He had been able to roam the Demonic Path for a thousand years without dying because of this keen intuition for danger.

He had only felt this way when facing those old monsters in the Holy Land who were in closed-door cultivation!

But the kid in front of him...

He looked at Gu Changsheng again; the latter was still calm, not even blinking an eye.

Demon Lord Mingyan's heart sank.

He thought of this kid's background.

Changsheng Gu Clan.

A terrifying Family that had existed since the Primordial Era.

How could a Qilin of such a Family not have a few life-saving trump cards capable of destroying the world?

What if...

What if his palm strike forced out a wisp of some old monster's Divine Thought, or triggered a replica of some Emperor weapon...

Then the trouble would be huge.

He had not reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm easily, and he didn't want to lose his life for some uncertain treasure.

Thinking of this, a layer of fine cold sweat seeped out on Demon Lord Mingyan's forehead.

It seemed he had been too arrogant!

He slowly withdrew that giant flame palm, and the surrounding demonic flames also converged a lot.

"Hmph!"

He refused to admit defeat verbally, snorting coldly.

"For the sake of your Gu Family, I will spare you this time."

"Kid, we will meet again!"

Before the words fell, he turned around and tore through the Void Realm, disappearing as if fleeing.

Looking at his blustering back, Gu Changsheng hooked his lips into a playful arc.

"Farewell, Senior."

...

Above the Lingxiao Heavenly Palace.

The Disciples of the Daoxuan Immortal Sect were limp on the deck one by one, panting heavily, their Faces filled with the look of surviving a disaster.

Song Yun looked back at the Void Realm that was annihilating behind him, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Thrilling.

Too damn thrilling!

Gu Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back at the bow of the ship, watching the sea of clouds surging below, his expression calm.

He was calculating his gains this time.

"Nine-Turn Sea-Overturning Emperor Art", Sea-Overturning Pill, dragon essence fruit... these were all secondary.

The biggest gain was that piece of "Taixu Chaos Divine Bone".

The Physiques of Cultivators in the world, from low to high, are divided into Mortal Body, Spirit Body, King Body, and Saint Body.

Above the Saint Body, there were even the legendary Ten Great Divine Physiques.

His previous Chaos Dao Bone was one of the Ten Great Divine Physiques, naturally close to the Dao, and immune to all methods.

But this "Taixu Chaos Divine Bone", which evolved after fusing the Taixu Divine Bone and the Taixu Dao Seed, had never appeared in any classic.

Its power had exceeded the cognition of this world.

The most intuitive benefit was that it allowed him to grasp a capability that only experts in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm could master while in the Wufa Realm—a Divine Ability.

"Word of Law."

Gu Changsheng whispered.

This was the first Divine Ability he had unlocked.

Using his own Laws to forcibly distort and change the Laws of the real world.

With one word, he could determine the world; with one thought, he could make heaven and earth overturn.

Overbearing, and unreasonable.

Luo Xiyao walked not far behind him and stopped.

She looked at the terrified fellow Disciples beside her, and then looked at the back that had been unperturbed from beginning to end.

Whether facing Ye Kun's crazy sacrifice, or facing the towering demonic might of Demon Lord Mingyan, this man had shown an almost absolute sense of control.

As if everything in this world was within his calculations.

For the first time, a thought arose in Luo Xiyao's heart.

Perhaps, following him was the most correct choice in this era.